Yankee Quilters welcomes the talented quilt artist and speaker Barbara Graceffa to its meeting on Tuesday, March 10th at 7:00 p.m. at Emma’s Quilt Cupboard in the Horace Mann Plaza in Franklin. This will be an amusing program of Barbara’s personal stories, insider jokes, silly poems, games, and trivia on fabric stashes, messy sewing rooms, UFOs, quilters’ husbands, and more – guaranteed to tickle your funny bone! Great fun for quilters of all experience and styles.
A member of the New England Quilt Museum’s Teachers League, Barbara is an award-winning quilter and teacher, talented interior decorator, and published author who has taught quilters in the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East. East. She has been honored with four solo exhibits. Her quilts hang in local and international juried quilt and art shows. They have appeared in local and national print publications and on local cable and PBS TV networks. Two quilts reside in museums in Boston and Ohme, Japan with others in private collections from Paris and Madrid to San Francisco and Sao Paolo, Brazil. Barbara is based in Quincy.
All welcome. Non-member fee is $5.00 for this special program. New members always welcome. Dues for new members are $40 a year.
Quilters from new to experienced are welcome to attend Yankee activities throughout the year. A major focus every year is the creation of dozens of quilts which are provided to cancer patients and other families in need.
In addition to monthly meetings on the second Tuesday in Franklin, the group offers speaker programs, member “show and tell” demonstrations and opportunities to sew together throughout the year including three-day local “staycations” throughout the year, including on April 10th-12th in Holliston. Registration deadline for the April event is March 15th.
Yankee Quilters Guild is a 501-c-3 charitable organization based in Franklin with members throughout the region. The Guild meets on the second Tuesday each month at Emma’s Quilt Cupboard in Franklin, Horace Mann Plaza, East Central Street, Franklin in space generously donated by the store. Donations to the Guild are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by current law.
