The Carolina Shores Quilt Guild is 20 years old this year! In 1985 a small group of ladies who shared the love of quilting formed this group to share ideas and improve their techniques. Today there are about 40 members consisting of both beginners and experienced quilters.

The Quilt Guild meets the second Friday of every month except August at the POA clubhouse from 9:30 AM

to 2:00 PM. The business meeting is followed by a workshop, demonstration or lecture.

In addition to our regular meetings, members also can attend various outings. Another get-together is a reciprocity arrangement with the Oak Island Beach Quilters. Several years ago they invited our Guild for lunch and a meeting to share ideas. The relationship has continued. This year we will host them for lunch at our regular May meeting. Show and Tell is always a high-light at all these events.

Members also have the opportunity to attend Quilt Shows. There will be a show in June by a Wilmington, NC, quilt guild. There are others also within our general area.

One of the service projects in which the Guild is involved is making quilts for the children who stay at Ronald McDonald House in Durham while undergoing treatment at Duke University Hospital. Within the past year about 60 quilts were delivered along with some knitted booties and several cloth books.

New Officers (L to R): Nancy Sneska, President, Lucy Demski Timmerman, Loretta Ebanks and Judy Harrington, the three Vice-Presidents, Bonnie Reinecke, Secretary, and Ruth Radcliffe, Treasurer
Quilt Guild Members before their annual luncheon
Dottie Gibbs with four quilts for the Ronald McDonald House
Barbara Errickson with Fall and Winter Wall Hanging	Kathy Welker with quilt for the Ronald McDonald House
Loretta Ebanks with Flowers and Children's Toys Quilts
Jeanne Shields with Stack-n-Whack Quilt
Ana Barreto with hand-quilted Dresden Plate Quilt
Solveig Snyder with Coaster Packets for stemware	Ruth Radcliffe's Afghans for Children
Rose Marcisyn and Kay Forbes with Landscapes learned from class taught by Judy Lily
Lucy Demski's large hand-quilted fan quilt	A close-up shot of one fan
Marilyn Anderson with her hand-appliqued Baltimore Album quilt	Barbara Errickson holding her applique flower square
Betty Goodwin with her landscape quilt "Blue Ridge Mountains"	Betty Goodwin with an assorted squares quilt for the Ronald McDonald House
Kathy Welker holding "Circle of Friends" for which she won third place in the Oak Island Quilter Challenge	Solveig Snyder with her mystery quilt.
Lucy Demski showing a 60-year-old quilt	Lucy showing a quilt that she repaired with tulle
Old yo-yo quilt purchased for one dollar at a yard sale
Double wedding ring quilt finished in 1940	A close-up of a single block
Lucy with a Baltimore Album quilt with a burned area repaired	A close-up of one applique of the quilt
Lucy with unfinished quilt top made by her mother-in-law during WW II	Close-up of a block of the quilt
Kathleen Ball holding her Celtic applique quilt	Solveig Snyder with fan-dangle wall hanging
Regina Sharpe with odd blockpillows	Marilyn Anderson with churn dash quilt for the Ronald McDonald House
Judy Harrington holding her fan-dangle wall hanging	Bonnie with fan-dangle wall hanging
Kathy Welker instructs Quilt Guild members in making cloth children's books
Front cover	Squares for future book