Marathon Quilter's Guild Calendar

Program of Events

Monthly Meeting Date	Meeting Activities		Date	Workshops & Events
September 10 2024	Membership Sign-up – Dues $25.00 Welcome Back Cutting Fabric for November Project Summer Challenge Reveal Show & Tell		September 7, 2024	PolyArts Festival - Hopkinton Town Common Hopkinton, MA (10:00 am - 4:00 p.m.) Rain or Shine - Marathon Quilters will be there!
October 8	Diana Annis / Antique and Village Quilts How to collect, store, care for, conserve quilts Members can bring a quilt Bring any "cut out" Placemat Kits Show & Tell
October 8
November 12	Sewing "Meals on Wheels" Placemats Show & Tell
December 10	Meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Holiday Potluck Party Games Bring Finished Meals on Wheels Placemats Bring Items for Dignity Matters Drive Show & Tell		December 7, 2024	HCA Wintermarket - at the HCA in Hopkinton, MA 11:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Holiday Handmade Crafts & Gifts Food Trucks Visit with Santa (11:00 am - 2:00 p.m.)
January 14 2025	Tina Craig presents "Swaps, Bees & Raffles: The Joy of Group Projects" Show & Tell
February 11	"Creative Process & Implementation of a Group Design, the 2026 Boston Marathon Quilt" Presented by Nancy Burdick and Jean Bertschmann Raffle Quilt Show & Tell		Februay 28 to March 16, 2025	Silent Auction of Gift Baskets Hopkinton Public Library, 14 Main St., Hopkinton, MA Themed Gift Baskets Marathon Quilters donated a basket with a theme of "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie". Basket Drawings are on March 16, 2025 Organized by Friends of the Hopkinton Public Library
March 11	Pam Weeks / Curator of NEQM History of storytelling, raising social awareness and protest in textiles and quilts Show & Tell
April 8	Program TBD Annual Meeting & Guild Elections Show & Tell
May 13	Program TBD Show & Tell
June 10	End of Year Potluck Show & Tell		April 11-12, 2026	Marathon Quilt Show "A Thread Runs Through It" Celebrating Marathon Quilters' 30th Anniversary

Workshop Registration: Register in advance. Fees for workshops vary depending upon the invited speaker and room availability. Pricing will be emailed closer to workshop date. Open Sew: $10.00 each for members in-person event (via Zoom is free) Open Sew: $15.00 for non-members in-person event Contact us for more information: marathonquilters@dlstewart.com See How Much Fun We Had at Previous Workshops Pillowcase Workshop -- View Photographs Soft Curves & Skinny Lines Workshop -- View Photographs Half-Square Triangle Workshop -- View Photographs Improvisational Piecing Workshop -- View Photographs Circle Workshop -- View Photographs Embellishment Workshop -- View Photographs Happy Villages Workshop -- View Photographs	The Marathon Quilters 2023 contribution to the Hopkinton Center for the Arts - The Winter Market Auction. https://hopartscenter.org