Our Mission

Our Mission:

The purpose of the guild is to contribute to the growth and knowledge of quilting techniques, patterns, history and quilt making by providing educational meetings, fun and fellowship.

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Mark your Calendar

Desert Sage Quilters Guild

has set the date for the next Quilt show

April 7 & 8, 2017





keep checking back for more information ....



 

Saturday, October 17, 2015






Hat ~ Scarf ~ Gloves ~ Socks

It's time to bring your
 Hats, Scarfs, Gloves and Socks 
to the October guild meeting.

October 22, 2015 7:00 PM

so they can be distributed right after 
Thanksgiving.

The charity's that will benefit will be
Crisis Center 
Valley House
East End Providers
 

Thursday, October 15, 2015


 The "Fancy Stitches" workshop was a great success.
Twenty people attended and practiced some very interesting 
embroidery stitches demonstrated by, Joan Anderson,
Elaine Quinn, Kathy Adamson and Pauline.







Wednesday, October 14, 2015



Desert Sage Quilters Guild

Christmas Potluck

December 3, 2015
4:00 to 6:00 pm
Mountain View Barn
Off Highway 93 North of Twin Falls
 


Saturday, October 10, 2015






NIGHT OWL QUILTERS
October 20th @ 7:00 pm
Hancock Fabrics Class Room
Come and hang out with the girls!


Monday, October 5, 2015

Fancy Stitches Workshop

Date:  Saturday October 10, 2015
 
Time: 10 am to 3 pm 

Place : Gooding County Fairgrounds, first building on left

Cost: $5

Lunch: potluck, bring a dish. There is a full size kitchen with refrigerator and stove.
water and coffee and snacks will be provided.

There will be a hands-on workshop to learn and practice fancy stitches you can use to embellish and add extra detail to your quilting projects. There are different instructors at each table with different stitches for you to practice making. You will have time at each table. All Materials will be supplied. You will need to bring a pair of small scissors. Examples of some of the stitches are bouillon stitch 3 different ways, filler stitch to make a free form leaf, buttonhole stitch, knotted pearl stitch, cast on stitch to make a flower and a cretan stitch.

There is space available but we would like to have a general idea of how many will attend so we have enough supplies. If you plan on attending please contact Pat @ daileyplace@gmail.com or call 329-3547 if you have not confirmed already

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Last month I had the opportunity to visit with the "Community Quilt Group" that gathers twice a month at Hancock Fabric's here is Twin Falls. It is funny how you can attend our guild meetings and listen to the "Community Quilt Ladies" talk about their quilt projects but never really get the big picture of what they do. I am not the expert on this subject and decided to go to one of their work days and it was awesome.


The day I went they just received a ton of quilts from one of their     
many volunteers as you can see in this photo of a shopping chart full of
quilts ready to have the binding sewn on.














 Trying to interview them for this post was
challenging because there was a bee hive of
activity around handing out assignments for
the day. Several volunteers came to work and
many more work out of their houses.












As you can see there are all phases of quilting happening in Hancock's classroom. Then they took me to the back room where all of their supplies are stored.












Everything in this room is donated except the batting which our guild helps with financially,








This is what I found out about the "Community Quilts Group". The "Community Quilts Group" donates to an average of 16 different groups during any given year. Just a few are:
St Luke's Twin Falls - NICU, Pediatrics, MSTI, and pediatrics in Jerome. Valley House, Neighbors in Need, Safe House, Women's Crisis Center,
CSI Refugee Center, Burn -out victims who lost a child in fire, 5th District Judicial CASA (Foster Child Program) and this list goes on and on. They need volunteers to help sew the quilts, tie or quilt the quilts. Right now they have an overabundance of quilts that need bindings. If you are interested in helping out you can contact Phyllis ByBee, Sue Pack or Susan Stallings for more information. I believe this is one of the coolest things we do as a guild and one of the most rewarding. So if you are looking at how to be more involved this might be your outlet, sewing quilts for this organization. There is nothing like a soft quilt in a time of crisis. I also, need to mention that the "Community Quilts Group" also, sews pillowcases and cuddle cloths to donate as well. My short time with them was fantastic! Thanks Sue, Phyllis ans Susan....

By Karen M.