Mountain Laurel Quilters' Guild

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

We are pleased to have LuAnn Luedtke as our speaker at our March meeting. So many of you have had your quilts quilted by LuAnn. Following is a little bit about LuAnn’s quilting journey. She will be talking about how she gets her inspiration for a quilting design on quilts. I started sewing when I was about 10 years old. I made a lot of my clothes growing up so sewing was not new to me. My daughter wouldn’t wear store bought clothes when she was young because she hated the tags. Then I had a long dry spell of not sewing for about 20 years before I started quilting. I got interested in quilting about 13 years ago. It was a totally new experience. Piecing was no problem since I had a history of sewing. I loved how you could sew blocks together, then cut them up and resew them into a totally cool pattern. Quilting was totally new to me. I thought that everyone who made quilts also did their own quilting, so I set out to learn how to quilt. I watched plenty of YouTube videos and started practicing by making lap quilts for my little dog. I never took any classes in quilting because I wanted to do my own thing and not have to worry about following any rules. That’s it. Because I thought everyone did their own quilting I had no fear of it: just a lot of determination. Now it is my favorite part of making quilts. I do all free motion and have found that it is my happy place. I do semi custom and custom quilting and love a challenge. I thank you all for letting me quilt your quilts for you. There is so much talent in this guild.

Michael DeGrave will be at the March 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 March 10th.

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