Activities

Activities Chair: Kara Jones (joneskara5@gmail.com)
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2026 Spring Retreat

The retreat will take place on Thursday March 5 through Saturday March 7, 2026 and will be held at the same location as last time, the Hampton Inn Fort Detrick (1565 Opossumtown Pike Frederick MD).
The cost is $89 and sign-ups open in one week on January 23 at 9am.
For more information, click HERE or reach out to activities@clusteredapiresquiltguild.org.
Hope to see you there,
Shannon and Jane

 

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Members' Map is Here!

Select this link to view the map of members' addresses (created by Kara)! You can use this information to arrange carpools, set up social activities, etc!

Note that this information is only shared with members; if you would like to have yourself removed from the map, please contact Kara at activities@clusteredapiresquiltguild.org.

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Block-of-the-Month

Chair: Cindy Shugars
2026 BOM
In 2026, we’re going to do a sew along with Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life.
The BOM for January is posted on the A Quilting Life website. Sherri has a good video on YouTube where she shows the completed block and explains a bit more about the program and how users can follow along. Here is the link to the BOM: https://www.aquiltinglife.com/a-quilting-life-block-of-the-month-january-2026/
Here is the link to the YouTube video on the January 2026 BOM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBnrZonn58E
2025 BOM

This year's block of the month is being designed by Cindy Shugars and consists of scrap-busting blocks! Help meet your 2025 goals of using scraps and clearing your stash by follow along. Patterns will be added each month as we go, and will be made available in Member Resources at the close of the year in case you need to catch up.

 

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Sewing Bees

The Activities Committee is helping to organize members into new Sewing Bees. To kick us off,  the activities committee is hosting an Informational meet-up on January 24th.

If you're available and interested in joining a sewing bee, we highly encourage you to attend. The organizational meeting will start at 10 am and last  ~30 minutes. Afterwards, if you're interested,  our President Sheila will lead us in working through the January Block-of-the-Month (so bring your machines and fabric if you'd like to participate! (No irons please.)
Location: Urbana Public Library
Date: January 24, 2026
Time: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
If you are unable to attend, but are still interested in joining a bee, please send an email to Kara at activities@clusteredspiresquiltguild.org with your general availability (weekdays/evenings/weekends).

What’s a sewing bee? A sewing bee is a social gathering of quilters where members collaborate on projects for themselves or community service. I’ll help organize members into bees, but bees will be peer-led, with members deciding collectively what to work on. This is a great way to get to know your guild-mates.

Our first bee is Sew InSpired. It includes a group of 12 members who meet monthly to sew, share ideas and stories, as well as support and motivate each other through sewing and quilting events. Group size is limited to 12 and the group meets in a member's home for each monthly meeting.  The bee is currently full. To be added to an interest list, please contact Mary Pauley at pauley.mary.ann@gmail.com.

We have a virtual "longarmers' bee" meets quarterly via Zoom. The purpose of this bee is to provide support, encouragement, and inspiration to the longarmers within the guild. Contact Fran Scher at fmkess@gmail.com if interested in joining.