Florida Quilt Network - Newsletter #241
www.FloridaQuiltNetwork.com
November 5, 2018
Quilting Friends,
This is hard for me to believe, but in two more months, FQN will be celebrating our 20th year!! Yep, our first Florida Quilt Network newsletter was sent out to maybe 20 or so people in January 1999. I was simply looking for a way to connect Florida quilt guilds together so we could share national teachers when they came to town. FQN has grown since then, of course, publicizing all kinds of quilting events in Florida, as well as (on the website) detailing quilt guilds, quilt shops and longarm businesses in Florida.
You can read any of the past 240 newsletters in the archives.
I’m very proud of what FQN has become with your help. We’re hovering at about 4000 interested readers, who hail from all over the world, but mostly in Florida. All expenses come out of my pocket, but the ads for machines that run occasionally in the newsletters help with those expenses. If you’d like to help with those costs, ask for my paypal account name.
If you’re a fairly new reader of this newsletter, you may not know that the Calendar page on the website is a quick way to view upcoming events all over the state. Give it a look-see.
Happy Quilting,
Mary-Jeanine
PS: I’d love to hear from you, so drop me a line sometime.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS: (Newsletter number follows)
2018
Nov 7 Ellen Lindner Lecture & Class in St. Pete www.suncoastquiltingcircle.org/
(#239)
Nov 9-10 Quilt Show in Ocala www.crqocala.com (#240)
Nov 9-17 Shop Hop in Central Florida info here (#241)
Nov 12 Guild Program in Lady Lake centralfloridamqg.blogspot.com (#240)
Nov 15-16 Deb Heatherly Lecture & Classes in Orlando/Rockledge www.TheQuiltPlace.com (#240)
Nov 17-Jan 27 Quilt Exhibit in Amelia Island www.aiquilters.com (#241)
Dec 5 Maggie Dillon Trunk Show in St. Pete www.suncoastquiltingcircle.org/ (#239)
Dec 6-9 Quilt Retreat in Lake Yale craftythreads@gmail.com (#237)
2019
Jan 16 Mark Sherman Lecture in Largo www.suncoastquiltingcircle.org (#240)
Jan 25-26 Quilt Show in Palm Harbor info here (#235)
Jan 25-26 Quilt Show in Sebring 256-244-2088 (#237)
Jan 25-26 Quilt Show in The Villages QGOTV.Org (#238)
Feb 2 Airing of the Quilts in Sarasota info here (#241)
Feb 2-3 Quilt Show in Dade City www.PioneerFloridaMuseum.org (#236)
Feb 8-9 Quilt Show in Vero Beach vbsunbonnetsue@Gmail.com (#238)
Feb 8-9 Quilt Show in Panama City www.sabqg.org (#237)
Feb 15-16 Quilt Show in Seminole www.midpinellasquiltshow.com (#241)
Feb 15-16 Quilt Show in Tampa http://www.quiltersworkshoptampa.org/ (#240)
Feb 22-23 Quilt Show in Punta Gorda info here (#240)
Feb 23-24 Quilt Show in Cudjoe Key
Feb 27-Mar 2 AQS Show in Daytona Beach www.quiltweek.com/locations/daytona-beach (#239)
March 1-2 Quilt Show in Naples www.NaplesQuiltersGuild.com (#239)
Mar 2 Quilt Show in Bushnell mailto:baprice47@aim.com (#234)
Mar 8-9 Quilt Show in Sarasota info here (#233)
Mar 9-10 Quilt Show in Fort Lauderdale PR@browardquiltexpo.com (#234)
Mar 16-17 Quilt Show in Estero momc318@gmail.com (#240)
May 3-4 Quilt Show in Gainesville www.TreeCityQuilt.com (#241)
July 18-20 Stitcher Paradise in St. Petersburg www.stitcherparadise.com (#240)
Sept 19-21 Quilt Show in Jacksonville quiltfestjax.com/ (#241)
Nov 1-2 Quilt Show in Brooksville (#241)
Nov 15-16 Quilt Show in Mt. Dora www.lakequiltguild.com (#235)
2020
Feb 7-8 Quilt Show in Ft. Myers www.swfqg.com (#237)
Feb 14-15 Quilt Show in Bradenton info here
Feb 21-22 A1 Quilt Extravaganza in Amelia Island www.aiquilters.com/show (#229)
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SHOP HOP IN CENTRAL FLORIDA
Pick-a-Pair Shop Hop
Nov 9-17, 2018
Grand Prize - $80 shopping Spree at Each Shop
Second Prize - $60 shopping Spree at Each Shop
Third Prize - $40 shopping Spree at Each Shop
9 of your favorite greater Orlando shops:
More info: www.sewminithings.com/event/pick-a-pair-shop-hop
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QUILT EXHIBIT IN AMELIA ISLAND
The Amelia Island Quilt Guild will celebrate its 30th anniversary by co-sponsoring a quilt show featuring quilts by Mary Kerr, American Quilt Society award winning quilter. The show, “Recyled Hexie Quilts” will feature 22 of Ms. Kerr’s quilts that use vintage hexagons in today’s quilts. The show will run from November 17, 2018 through January 27, 2019 at the Amelia Island History, 233 S. 3rd Street, Fernandina Beach, FL. For more information contact information contact www.aiquilters.com and on our Facebook Page, Quilts by the Sea.
Save the Date for The Amelia Island Quilt Guild 30th Anniversary Celebration, February 16, 2019, from 4-6 p.m. A gala, featuring award winning quilts from our previous shows, will be held at the Amelia Island History Museum, the site of the guild’s first quilt show. A drawing for a raffle quilt will be held. Members and guests will spend time with light refreshments. More information will be available at www.aiquilters.com and on our Facebook page, Quilts by the Sea.
The Amelia Island Quilt Guild will be one of the featured quilt groups on November 3, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to noon for the “Crossroads: Changes in Rural America”, a Smithsonian Institute traveling exhibit at the Old Callahan Train Depot. On this Saturday, the West Nassau Historical Society will feature quilts and provide an opportunity to show the community the many contributions made by quilters. The quilt guild will have a community quilt for participants to learn some of the quilting skills and actually quilt!
Lauree Hemke
Program Chair
Amelia Island Quilt Guild
SAVE THE DATE: AI Quilts BY THE SEA Show, Feb. 21-22, 2020
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QUILT DISPLAY AND SALE
5th Annual “Airing of the Quilts” Sponsored by Sarasota Modern Quilt Guild
Outdoor Quilt Display & Sale
Saturday, February 2, 2019
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Free & Open to the Public
Maxine Barritt Park,
Beachfront near the Pier
1800 S. Harbor Drive, Venice FL 34285
(South of Sharky’s Restaurant)
Wander in and visit at the pavilion at a beautiful beach-side park.
Modern quilts made by our talented members will be hanging among the palms.
Quilt Challenge displays
Some Quilts will be for sale.
Visit us at- https://sarasotamodernquiltguild1.blogspot.com
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QUILT SHOW IN SEMINOLE
Location:
Seminole Recreation Center
9100 113th Street North
Seminole, FL 33772
There is plenty of free parking. Click here for a map to the Quilt Show.
Days and Hours:
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QUILT SHOW IN GAINESVILLE
Join us for the 25th Anniversary of the Tree City Quilters Guild Quilt Show entitled Quilts for all Seasons.
The event will be on May 3 & 4, 2019 and will be held at the Grace Baptist Church in Gainesville, FL.
For more information, visit our website at www.TreeCityQuilt.com
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QUILTFEST IN JACKSONVILLE
Quiltfestjax is over for another year. We judged and hung 436 quilts. They were beautiful!! We are now in the process of getting ready for the show next year. It will be Sept. 19-21 at the Prime Osborn Convention Center. The new form entering quilts will be on the web site about April 1. Hope to see everyone there and have many new quilts entered.
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QUILT SHOW IN BROOKSVILLE
November 1st and 2nd 2019 Hernando Quilters’ Guild Presents:
“Color Explosion” 2019 Quilt Show
Hernando County Mining Association Enrichment Center (The Quarry)
800 John Gary Grubbs Blvd., Brooksville, FL 34601 (352-544-5900)
(Off Route 41 (1/2 mile north of SR 50/41 intersection)
Friday November 1, 2019 – 10:00am to 5:00pm
Saturday November 2, 2019 – 10:00am to 4:00pm
Admission: one day $7.00 – Two days $10.00 – FREE PARKING
Over 200 Quilts, Vendors, Boutique, Silent Quilt Auction, Opportunity Quilt Raffle
For more info: btheriault1@tampabay.rr.com
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QUILT SHOP IN ORLANDO
We have some big news about our Quilts & More Shop.
Quilts & More is expanding! Doubling the size of the shop- Doubling the selection! No new address just taking over the space next to where they were previously located! Make sure to stop in and see what is changing!
Quilts & More
11601 S Orange Blossom Trail #106
Orlando, FL 32837
(321) 800-6620
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