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Pieceful News
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Newsletter for Ladies of the Lakes Quilters of Lakeland, Inc.
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September, 2025
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We meet on the Third Thursday of the month at First Presbyterian Church, 175 Lake Hollingsworth Drive, Lakeland, Florida
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NOTES: Please remember this is a fragrance free meeting space.
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SWAP
November-Holiday themed wall hanging
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23-Sit and Sew at Larry Jackson Library
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11-Second Saturday Boutique Sew along
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20-24-Fall Retreat at the Fabric Warehouse
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NO October sit and sew at Larry Jackson
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8-Second Saturday with Daryl Potato Chip Quilt
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21-Boutique Sewalong at First
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Welcome New/Returning Members
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Keep a lookout for our new/returning members in the meeting and introduce yourself!
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Now is the time to bring in your donations for the boutique. There will be receptacles at the meeting for collection.
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SUNSHINE CLUB
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Congratulations to Michelle Pugh, now Michelle Lay for her wedding to Brian.
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Congratulations to Treva Lawter on the birth of her great grand daughter, Juliana Elaine.
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CHARITY PINNING
Donna, at Carillon Lakes hosts a charity pinning on the First Friday of the Month. Contact Donna Bishop if you would like help pinning your charity quilt. After pinning, you can stay and work on your own project.
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Charity Info from Jean McCarter
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There is a need for port pillows to be made for cancer patients to velcro on their seat belts. It is managed through the Arts in Medicine program sponsored by Watson Clinic. If you are interested in helping out, please click the button below for more information.
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This month's fat quarter drawing is Shades of Fall.Bring in a fat quarter, and if your ticket is drawn, you go home with a fat quarter bundle. See Diane Bishop at the back table to turn in your fat quarter(s). Fat Quarter drawing for October is Halloween/Purples.
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Second Saturday Class News!
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Another Second Saturday class is in the books! Our October Second Saturday is a Quilt Show Boutique Sewalong. Sue Tanner has some really great patterns to share with us. RSVP on the events calendar for your spot. Patterns and fabric will be provided, although, if you have some fabric you want to liberate from your stash, please feel free. Come make something fun. You keep the first one you make, then donate the rest to the boutique. This is a free event. Please come and sew with us.
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2026 Quilt Show
OPPORTUNITY TICKETS
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Please remember to pick up your Opportunity tickets from Marcie at the meeting. They are $25 for 30 tickets and are located at the back table. We ask each member to sell $25 worth.
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2026 Quilt Show News!
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Thank you to all of our chairs and volunteers for a great kickoff meeting. Our 2026 Quilt Show will be here before you know it and we are getting ready. Sharon Kennedy will be asking for volunteers to work the show, so please sign up.
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Basket Donations!
Don't forget to bring your basket Donations for the Quilt Show to the meeting. There is a basket for collection on the back table. You can also sign up to sponsor a basket!
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2026 Quilt Show Forms, Guidelines and Categories are available both here, on the website and at the meetings. Now is the time to be planning on what quilts you would like to display and/or have judged.
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Charity News from Louise
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A note we received from one of the charities we support. Thank you for all you do.
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Do we need Yoga? Well, heck yeah we do. Michelle Pugh has over 20 years of experience as a yoga teacher and quilter. She understands completely hours of being bent over a sewing machine or a cutting mat until the wee hours of the night...just one more block. The chronic use of the right foot on the pedal or the out of habit twisting to the ironing board. In this lecture she is going to help us to find those repetitive movements and unwind them. Plus help us create new patterns of movement and to help us stay pain free and balanced. Come prepared to stretch a bit and laugh, yes, she is pretty funny!
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Inheriting a love of sewing from my grandmother and mother, I have always enjoyed experimenting with all kinds of arts and crafts, from painting to smocking to embroidery, and most recently, to quilting. I love fabric, have way too much of it, (not enough!) but truly enjoy working with it and seeing all of the possibilities it offers my creative soul.
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Continuing a family legacy of quilting for over 25 years, Emma Jane has tried it all, and she loves every (almost) step of the quilting process. A career public school teacher for many years, she jumped ship after having a baby in her 40s during the pandemic, and now teaches quilting for guilds, shows, and local quilt stores. She studied Spanish in high school and college and has traveled to numerous Spanish speaking countries. Her love of travel has influenced her appreciation for craft art.
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Featherweight Circle News
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For the month of October, we will be working on our own projects and looking forward to meeting in November to work on the market bag that Joyce has brought to the group in the past. The pattern and instructions will be coming soon. This group is open to all members with Featherweights. Please check the events calendar on the website to RSVP for each month. That is where you will also find more information for each month.
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Upcoming October Class with Marcia Layton
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Garden Frolic! If you like adorable applique projects, this one is for you. Check it out and sign up for this fun class.
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Tickets are now on sale for our Annual Christmas Party. Go to the Events calendar and get yours today!
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The Lakeland Public Library is interested in teaching quilting classes and would like to see if there is anyone in our group that would like to volunteer to head it up. Here are the details: The library would like to start quilting lessons again in November. Monday afternoons from 3-5 were strongly suggested starting November 3 and ending December 15. 10 machines are available that have been serviced. The library will be supplying cutters, mats, fabric, batting and backing. etc. Please contact either Jacqui Anderson or Kimberly Boothe if you are available to volunteer.
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Quilters of Lakeland, Inc.
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