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Maine
The Pine Tree State

State flower: White Pine Cone & Tassel
State tree: White Pine
State capital: Augusta
State bird: Chickadee
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| Statewide Guild: Pine Tree Quilters
Guild. 2,000+ members. Annual dues $12; bi-monthly newsletter. 3 meetings per year, January, May & September in Augusta with national speakers and workshops. |
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- Bridgton
Chickadee Quilters. We meet at 7 p.m. the 1st & 3rd Thursdays September-June at the Bridgton Annex. Qulters of all levels are welcome. We have workshops, sew days, and guest speakers. We hold a show in July.
For more
information, contact mwhite6@adelphia.net
- Calais
St. Croix International Quilters' Guild (a chapter of Pine Tree Quilters Guild of Maine) has about 40 members from the St. Croix Valley area of Washington County, Maine and Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada. We meet the first and third Wednesdays of the month (6:00 on the first Wed. and 7:00 on the 3rd Wed.) at the Calais Methodist Homes Recreation Hall on Palmer Street. Our meetings feature have Block of the Month, Fabric Drawings, Show & Tell, programs and workshops. We sponsor a quilt show every other year. Visitors and new members welcome.
- Cornish.
VALLEY NEEDLER'S. We currently have about 15 members who pay $21 a year in
dues. Part of our dues cover membership in the Maine Quilt Guild. We meet at
7:00 pm on the second and last Wednesdays of the month at the Congregational
Church across from the Library in Cornish. Our programs are varied. Our
annual quilt show is held during the Cornish Apple Festival. Guests are
welcome, membership is encouraged. contact valleyneedler@alphasports.com
for more information.
- Fort Kent
We are the Northern Neighbors Quilters, a chapter of the Pine Tree Quilters Guild. We meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month except July at 1:00pm at the Municipal Building. (We celebrate special events in December and August and meet elsewhere.) Fellowship, a brief meeting and Show and Tell are on the agenda. Visitors are welcome. Joan Paradis jlparadis@sjv.net
- Greenville.
Moosehead Quilters. Founded in the summer of 2003, we have grown to over 44 members hailing from Rockwood to Lily Bay on the shores of scenic Moosehead Lake in Maine. We meet twice monthly throughout the year. Business meetings are held on the first Monday of the month at 7 pm. Workshops are held on the third Saturday from 9 am to 3 pm. Every meeting includes a 'show and tell' session where members and visitors display and admire current projects or new techniques. Contact moosehead_quilters@mac.com
for more information, or visit our website.
- Kennebunk
Evergreen Quilters. We have 90 plus membrs. Dues $20 per year. Meet 4th
Monday each month with exception of July & December at St. David's Church, Rt. #1 ,
Kennebumk. All levels of quilters invited to attend.We have Fat Quarter Swaps,
workshops,lectures, Secret Sisters, trips, annual raffle quilt, porton of proceeds going
to charity. Quest Shops at several meetings per year. Social Hour, & 50/50 raffle, one
half goes to New England Quilt Museum
- Norway
Pine Needles of Norway/South Paris. We have approximately 35 members. Dues are $15 per year. We meet every Thurs. from 9:00 am - 11:00 am in the community room of the South Paris branch of Norway Savings Bank. All skill levels are welcome. We have sew days, workshops and fun days scheduled. We meet informally in the summer months. FMI -- Carole Shuttle 207-743-2221
- Orr's Island
Ocean Waves Quilters. We have about 20 members. Our dues are $12/year. We
meet weekly at the Orr's Island Methodist Church. We don't do much business,
just get together to help each other and enjoy each other's company. We have
a quilt show the 3rd week in July. Guests and new members welcome. Sue
Cary scary@gwi.net
- Otis
Otis Country Quilters. We meet Tuesday at 6pm at Otis town hall. We have
about 30 members. We bring in our machines and teach each other new things.
We have teachers come in once or twice a year. we do a quilt show every
year. And every other year we raffle a quilt to help us do charity
work. contact home243@aol.com
and please let me know you are asking about the quilting guild on the
subject line. Happy quilting!
- Oxford Hills
Starry Night Stitchers. We have a small, informal group that meets every Tuesday evening from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm. In the winter we meet at Norway Savings Bank in South Paris and in the summer we meet at Garden Gate Quilting studio in Norway. We bring our sewing machines and work on different projects. This year we hope to start a round robin.
- Rangeley.
Pieceful pines quilters. Contact: Martha Smith for more information
207-670-5788 mjs41353@yahoo.com
- Turner
Pine Tree Quilter's Guild, RD Box 252, Turner 04282
- Union
Come Spring Quilters. Meetings are held from 7-9 p.m.at the Peoples United Methodist
Church in Union on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month (except in Nov,Dec,July
&August when we just meet the 2nd Thursday). Our chapter was formed in 1990 and is a
local chapter of the Pine Tree Quilters Guild, a statewide quilting organization. Our
chapter is made up of quilters of all levels of quilting ability from beginners to
advanced. We always welcome new members. Contact: Poulin@midcoast.com
- Windham
Nimble Thimbles, Community Center, Windham 04062
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