Sunday, July 9, 2017

Christmas in July

Our July 12 meeting will feature Carol Sullivan from Laughing Ladies Quilting in Berthoud. She will present a series of do-able projects ideal for gift giving.

Carol Sullivan is an instructor for Laughing Ladies Quilt Shop in Berthoud. She will share ideas, patterns, and samples of fabric and quilted gifts you can make for everyone on your list.

Bio: She was raised on a cattle ranch southwest of Douglas, Wyoming attended a rural school through the 8th grade and graduated from Douglas high school in 1973. As a youth she was active in 4-H.  She began sewing at age 8 and has continued sewing through all her life.  Over the years she has done alterations, made dog and cat muzzles for a vet supply house, and been a 4-H leader teaching youth to sew. During the years her children were in school she worked at the school district.  From 1995 to 2015 she worked as a Certified Dental Lab technician fabricating crowns and bridges for dental offices.  Ten of those years Carol ran her own dental lab.  Currently she works part time at Laughing Ladies Quilts in Berthoud serving customers, making store samples and teaching classes. In January of this year Carol attended sewing machine repair school and since has started Sullivan Sewing Machine Service and Repair.  She has a son, daughter, one granddaughter, and 3 grandsons. 

 
You are invited to participate in this holiday meeting by bringing projects that you have made that would be good ideas for holiday gift giving. If you have a copy of the instructions and pattern information, please bring that as well. We will photocopy those instructions for all and have them available at our guild Sew Day on Saturday, July 15, as well as at our August meeting.
 
To give Carol enough time to present her program we are revising the meeting schedule just a bit.  After Carol is done speaking, we will have our usual Show-and-Tell AND the members holiday gift ideas Show-and-Tell.

 

Saturday Sew Day - July 15


Join the Estes Valley Quilt Guild for the Christmas in July Sew Day on Saturday, July 15, 2017 from 9:30 to 3:30.  We will meet at Shepherd of the Mountains Lutheran Church, 2000 Ptarmigan Trail.  There is no fee for this workshop, but we ask that you bring $10 to cover the cost of lunch and a donation to the church.  We will be ordering sub sandwiches and will provide water, coffee, tea, fruit, chips and cookies.

This is an opportunity for you to use all the new patterns that you will receive from Carol Sullivan, our presenter at the regular guild meeting on Wednesday, July 12th.  So, gather up your fabrics, pack up your sewing machines, bring your rulers and cutters and join us for a fun day of sewing.  


We will provide work tables, cutting mats, irons, boards, extension cords, power strips, spray bottles and even a little holiday music.  You bring whatever you think you need to complete your projects.  Really, you can work on whatever you choose.  So, bring your cheerful dispositions, see what your friends are doing, learn from others and have a great time together.


Please RSVP (if you haven’t already signed up) to Debra Van Tassel at debra.vantassel@colorado.edu