Message from the President
Welcome To Our Guild
The Northern Lights Quilters Guild provides an environment of sharing and appreciation for the art of quilting for quilters of all levels. We invite new members to join throughout the year and currently have a membership of more than 40 quilters. The meetings are held the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month (with changes on holidays) - please refer to the link to the schedule for 2009 - 2010. The first monthly meeting is held at Heritage Park, 1 Tolen Drive, in downtown Fort McMurray (near Keyano College), and the second meeting is held at Suzy Q's Quilt Shop on Franklin Avenue. Please check out our sponson page for address and phone number for the store. See the Membership tab for information about yearly fees.
The meetings include activities such as mystery quilt projects, demonstrations, projects like Block of the Meeting, and most importantly social time and Show and Tell, where the inspiration begins!! We also boast course offerings and weekend retreats throughout the year, work on quilting projects for donations to different organizations/causes, and ensure celebrations throughout the year with gift exchanges and potlucks.
Continue to come back to our website for updates on our Guild activities, announcements, peruse the links on the top of the page to our advertisers, on-line shopping options, schedule of events, and the photo album of wonderful quilts and projects.
If you already enjoy being a member, check out the secure area (password required) for a look at the Trunk Shows, more Show and Tell, class pictures, AGM and meeting minutes, as well as other goodies. If you can't remember the sign-in information, please contact us for help.
Enjoy and keep quilting!!
Paula Caines, President
Upcoming Events
Bandanas for Local DogsSew Bandanas for Local Dogs!
The McMurray SPCA has requested quilters to help with the annual "Dog Jog" by making bandanas to be used as prizes. [Since dogs come in all shapes and sizes, I suspect that the bandanas should be in all sizes as well.] The Dog Jog is to be held on June 12th at Howard Pew Park in Waterways. All the funds raised will go to caring for animals at the shelter.
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Meetings
Block of the Meeting
(BOM 2009/2010)
Click here to access instructions
The Stephen Lewis Foundation's
Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign seeks to build solidarity,
raise awareness and mobilize support in Canada for Africa's grandmothers. The campaign was
launched on March 7, 2006, on the eve of International Women's Day.
Since the launch, some 220 groups of Canadian grandmothers have taken up the call to action. To date, the campaign has raised more than $6 million for African grandmothers and the children in their care. SLF has directed these funds to community-level organizations in 15 sub-Saharan African countries that provide grandmothers with much needed support, such as food, housing grants, school fees for their grandchildren and grief counseling.