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This MPS small group has been around for awhile but has seen its membership change over the years. Jacque Ervin and Michelle Herrmann are the original charter members of the small group.   As other members left the group or moved away, Jacque and Michelle were joined by Becky Bohlinger, Liz McElhinny, Christie Frey, and finally, Dianne McDonnell.  Because they feel that they have achieved a good cohesiveness, they now consider themselves a “closed” small group. How did they come up with this name for their group?  Well, it seems that at one of their weekend quilting retreats on the Oregon Coast, there were more bottles of wine per capita than actual food items. Read More →

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Oh what a night!  We had another action-packed evening together as a guild. Keeping Your Resolution to Reduce (Your Stash) For our evening program, Vickie Rooks and Dawn DeLong presented the joys of scrap quilting.  Vickie shared the stash-organizing techniques that she learned from Joan Ford’s Scrap Therapy.  Joan has two books out:  Cut The Scraps and Scraps Plus One.  She has 7 steps to get your stash organized, and Vickie shared three of them with us:  Get Started  Cut scraps into 5″, 3 1/2″, or 2″ squares Sort your squares any way you wish, ie: by color, value, or style During her presentation, VickieRead More →

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This blog post was submitted by Liz: A few weeks ago I made a trip to Vancouver WA with my husband. He is a train guy and I dropped him off at the Wye and went off to explore some quilt shops in the area.  The first shop was A Quilt Forever. It is a family-owned business that Yvette and her mother Sharon run. They have an online store and recently moved the bricks and mortar shop from their home to a retail space. Fabrics run from Civil War traditional to contemporary modern lines. The new space has a classroom and the ladies plan toRead More →

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It’s been a long time since we last met–November 26th, to be exact– and we won’t be together again until the 28th of this month. So, to get back in the swing of things, let’s review what happened a couple of months ago… Thirty-one members participated in the Secret Santa program that actually started way back in June when we were given the opportunity to take home a sandwich-sized bag and pack it with fabric from our own stash. We also included our name and a wish list. In July and August, each participant was secretly given someone else’s fabric-filled bag. Then it was timeRead More →

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Who Are We? We are a group that loves quilting.  We love to quilt.  We love to learn about quilting.  We love to teach about quilting. 2013 Raffle QuiltDesigned by Jan Cornutt We are over 100 members strong. Our ages vary greatly.  We encourage each other. We love to get together once a month.  Smaller groups of us try to meet regularly throughout the year.  Some of us love traditional quilts. Others of us are fascinated by art quilts.  Some of us are all about modern quilting. We show our quilts to inspire others. What Is This All About? This space will be about ourRead More →