The new group is called the Queen Bee Quilting Club. It is not a guild, and there is no membership or annual fee to join. Just $1 when you come to offset the cost of utilities.
Good news is that this new quilt group meets on Monday evenings. I thought the evening time will be something I am able to do.
Bad news is that is that the traffic is heavy on this 2-lane road that takes you to the group location. This road takes people home to Maryland and West Virginia in the evening rush hour. Definitely not a joy to see a line of brake lights all the way up the dark road. Since I already get together on Mondays during the day with my friend, I probably will not attend this group every week on Monday evenings, but I could come once per month. The drive may not seem so bad once the Daylight Savings time kicks in and it remains lighter later in the evenings.
My evening rush-hour ride to the quilting group |
Although later than I hoped, I made it to the quilting group, which meets at an activity barn on the Guthrie property that is home to Joshua's Hands.
Here we are when I got there.. I think there were 11 ladies total that evening.
Electric outlets are along the ceiling beams of this Activities Barn. At least there were no cords to trip on. :-) |
I brought my block #5 to do from WebFabric's BOM for February. Since I arrived late, or maybe because I was talking too much, but by the time I was done with all my cutting of the almost 50 little pieces, it was almost to the time I thought I would be leaving. I stayed a little longer and got one little bowtie piece done.
Not much progress to show for the night, but I did enjoy the group, meeting new friends and chatting with others who enjoy quilting too!
Happy Stitching!
I have the same problem with our local quilt guild, timing. Maybe some day it will work out! Enjoy your time with your new friends. I've started sewing a few small things and am so anxious to start my Swoon quilt. I think we'll have a wedding this fall (my son) so it may get sidelined again but hopefully soon! My daughter is putting another offer on a house this weekend so maybe I'll have my full sewing room back in a few weeks. How's the EQ coming along? I may have to invest in this.
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I think it is always a challenge to find a group that is not too far away to drive to and you enjoy the people too.
ReplyDeleteI live pretty secluded here and everything I might like to try out is just too far away. blogging is my new avenue for meeting new friends and being inspired by.