October 2022

President’s Message Judy Hoffman Greetings, 

Our 40th Anniversary party is almost here. We will have a quick business meeting then it will be
time to celebrate. I understand there may be treats for all. I hope you all can attend.

Here is another member to tell us how she got to quilting.

Peggy Weidman
Although many women in my extended family were seamstresses, no one was a quilter. I did a little
sewing in high school but after that, my sewing was largely limited to repairing things. After a long
career as a cell and molecular biologist, I retired and took up macro photography as a hobby.
Then one day I saw an advertisement for a class on making T-shirt quilts. I have a large collection of
T-shirts and thought that would be a great thing to do with them. So I signed up for the class.
I followed all the pre-class instructions and purchased all of the supplies with help from the ladies at
Capital Quilts (I didn’t even know what a rotary cutter was). I was psyched! Wouldn’t you know it,
the day before the class, the instructor hurt her leg and they cancelled the class.
I was so disappointed! I went back to Capital Quilts and asked what I could do. They found a book
on making t-shirt quilts for me and I started making the t-shirt quilt on my own, with occasional trips
to Capital Quilts for advice and help. By the time I finished, I was hooked!
Numerous quilts later, I’m still in love with the creativity and of quilting and cherish my first quilt, flaws
and all.