Covid-19 Updates for Upcoming Events

Hi Everyone,

I hope this finds you all healthy and that you are weathering this pandemic okay.  I know it's taking a toll on everyone.  Please know that I wish you all the best and hope for nothing less than things being back to normal soon!

Here are some more updates for you on our upcoming events.

Our upcoming retreat is cancelled.  I'm sure this is no surprise to anyone. We will hope for a November retreat.

As you saw in the email, our social meeting for next Saturday has been cancelled. You should have received an email about that.  Jill offered in her email some online alternatives to keep you engaged with the sewing community.  Gudrun Erla is hosting a quarantine quilt along that you might enjoy participating in.  There is also a free quilt along for national quilting day you might be interested in.  We hope these are things to keep you engaged and distracted.

Given our successes with some online formats the last couple of years, the board has decided to purchase a professional Zoom membership for the guild.  This will allow us to host up to 100 participants at a time, with no real time limit (ok 24 hour meeting limit - not an issue!). Remember how the Zoom meeting kept ending with Rene'?  Well, that won't happen anymore with a subscription.  We can record and keep recordings for later streaming/download.  We decided this would be a great investment for this situation and beyond.

So, we are pivoting for our April meeting.  Guild member Lisa Ruble is going to do an online program for us for our April meeting.  More details will follow.  You will all be able to join our meeting by Zoom, and we can still "get together."  We will save the gab making for later.  If this persists and there are other teachers who cannot come, we will come back to the bag making. Pam and I will host that and demo/teach it for you online.  (I'm just not in a position to do it right now, with all the demands at work.)

We have discussed maybe having our social meeting next Saturday on Zoom.  If we decide to uncancel the meeting and do it virtually, we will let you know.  We are all just a bit overwhelmed right now and are not sure we could pull it off in time.

Big virtual hugs to you all. 

Peace and Be Well,
Stephanie