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T.S. Eliot said that April is the cruelest month, but for my money, February has it beat. I lived most of my life in the north where, by February, winter has already held sway for 2 or 3 months, and spring is still a long way off. Even though February is the shortest month of…

Those of you who remember my September column already know that I’m not a huge fan of starting the New Year on a random day in the middle of the winter! (There would be a certain logic to starting a new year on the solstice, but January 1? Seriously, who picked that date?) Unfortunately, despite…

Did anyone make it to the Stitches show in Pasadena at the start of the month? If you didn’t get a chance to see our booth and our quilt display, check out our guild’s Facebook page – both venues looked fabulous! Thanks to the setup crew of Terry Simon (and her Sherpa, Howard), Robin Clarke,…

One of the hardest things about being guild president – at least for me – is coming up with topics for this column every month. This month was supposed to be easy – I was going to be able to write about the Mystery Hop! Alas, the best-laid plans… A few days before the hop,…

On November 14th we will have our annual Affiliates Night. A few of our affiliate members will join us and show us some of the new things they have in their stores. We will also be revealing our Round Robins from this year. There will be 22 quilt tops to look at. On December 5th is…