The Carolina Shores Quilt Guild is 22 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 50 members consisting of both beginners and experienced quilters.The Quilt Guild meets the second Friday of every month except July and August at the POA clubhouse from 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM. The business meeting is followed by a workshop, demonstration or lecture.

One ongoing effort is called "Block of the Month." The intent is for everyone to make one block each month to learn different ways to make quilt blocks, and, for those people who know how to quilt, to help those of us who cannot. The blocks are put together and finished to make quilts for children at the Ronald McDonald House.

Another undertaking, chaired by Lucy Timmermann, is the Quilt Cop-op. Each person picks out the pattern for the quilt that she wants to make for herself. She also provides the material if it is to be a certain color or pattern. Everyone in the group makes a block a month for another person. There are 10 members of this group, one for each month.

During this year's meetings, Morie Austin has presented "Tips from Morie" covering issues such as selecting colors and making labels.

In addition to regular meetings, members also can attend quilt shows in the surrounding area. One 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 they will host us on May 9th for our now-annual challenge. The theme this year is movement. Show and Tell is always a high-light at all of these events.

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. See specific information about the number of items donated under the link for the Ronald McDonaldHouse.

The Carolina Shores Quilt Guild PO Box 4465 Calabash, NC 28467 Email contact: jo@okeefes.org

April 13, 2007 Meeting
Carol Naas showing Block of the Month squares while Kathleen Ball and Bonnie Reinecke watch	Morie Austin giving tips about making labels
Quild Quild members and purses they made
Kathleen Ball with "Venetian Glass" quilt	Marilyn Anderson with "Pin Wheels" quilt for the Ronald McDonald House
Rose Marcisyn with "Oriental Butterflies" quilt
Shashiko wall hanging made by Solveig Snyder and Shashiko pillow made by Kathleen Ball
Ann Jarmusz with her purse	Mae Kerr with a purse in a different style that she made
A queen-size quilt in the "Broken Star" pattern. Lucy Timmerman made the top and then Barbara Hutton machine-quilted it for the Ronald McDonald House to use in a raffle. Rocking horses are on the back.
Lucy Timmermann's embroided "Roses and Lace" quilt
I apologize for the yellow tone of these photos. I failed to completely return my camera to normal settings after using it with a miscroscope. Jo O'Keefe