Mountain Laurel Quilters' Guild

The next meeting will be on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.

Our speaker this month is Donna Orford. She grew up in Marietta, GA, attended GA Southern College and graduated with a BS in Recreation in 1975. She spent a long career working in Recreation, but had many other careers along the way. Donna moved to Flowery Branch, GA, when she married her husband, Jerry Cheek. They fell in love with the Franklin area after 20 years of traveling there for bicycling trips. They decided that Franklin was where they wanted to retire so they bought a house in 2017, retired and moved to their forever home. Like many of us, she grew up sewing clothes. She felt she was never very good at that but that was the only way she and her sisters could afford to have the latest fashions in their high school years. Franklin is where she found her love of quilting so for the last 7 years she has been learning and perfecting her skills. She became a certified Studio 180 Designs instructor, (Tucker), in 2023 and has been teaching quilting for 4 years.

Demonstration of Tucker Trimmer, not just for squaring up blocks Tucker Trimmer Tool Basics Designed as a trim down ruler for squares that are constructed from triangles, the Tucker Trimmer™ tool helps quilters produce high quality pieces of work. By starting with squares that are slightly larger than necessary, quilters can quickly sew and press units and then trim them down to an exact measurement. In addition to the instructions included here, you can also watch video demonstrations for using your Tucker Trimmer™ tool at: http://www.youtube.com/user/DebTuckerStudio180. The Tucker Trimmer I, II, and III are not just for trimming your finished blocks. It can do so much more. For example, you can make Log Cabin blocks, Curved Log Cabin blocks, Eight at once Half Square Triangles, Shaded Nine Patch, Shaded Four Patch, Cyclone, and more.

Michael DeGrave will be at the February meeting for Sewing machine cleaning and repairs. For an appointment, please contact Beth Fannin (352) 816-3074 at least one week prior to our guild meeting, which will be February 17th.

Ask An Expert? - If you have any quilting related questions please send them to Beth Fannin at ewfannin83@icloud.com. We'll try to get them answered in our next meeting.

Meetings are held the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 12:30. Come at 11:30 to socialize and bring your lunch.

Grant-Reeves VFW Hall

174 Cornelia Crossing Shopping Center

Cornelia, GA 30531

Doors open at 11:30 unless there is basting starting at 10:00.

12:30 Show and Tell of donation and members' quilts and meeting.

Monthly programs may feature a speaker, trunk show, or twice-yearly festive luncheons.

Meetings usually include door prizes.

Send mail to:
151 Shady Lane
Toccoa, GA 30577