PieceMakers
Quilters Guild
Paris
Meeting Date: 3rd Tuesday of the month
Start Time & Meeting Duration: 7 - 9 pm
Meeting Place: First United Methodist Church, 205 North Elm, Paris
How to get there: From Hwy 22 in Paris (Walnut Street,) turn North on Elm. Turn right onto Short Mountain Street, and park in the lot. The meeting hall is beneath the church.
Meeting Format: We have a business meeting; introduction of guests, door prizes, Show & Tell, monthly program; social time with exchange of ideas.
General Guild Activities: We have occasional workshops. A fun activity is our annual guild Hoffman Challenge where we see what geniuses we all are. We also make a fund-raising opportunity quilt for our regional Mount Magazine Butterfly Festival, held each summer. We make Tea Cup themed mini-wall hanging blocks as a thank-you for each Program leader.
Quilt Exhibition: We participate in the annual EHC sponsored Mount Magazine Butterfly Festival Quilt Show.
Workshops: Occasionally, with outside teachers.
Retreat: None.
Community Projects: Donation of Love Quilts for the children of the Headstart-Early Childhood Education program.