Letter From the President

The holidays are over and a new year has begun.  The air is cold and we are indoors most of the time.  So how many UFOs do you plan to get finished?  Or do you have visions of new quilts in your head?  Which ever plan fits your life just make sure you spend some time quilting!  This year promises to be another great year for the Eastern Long Island Quilter’s Guild.  We have a new executive board, a list of wonderful speakers and workshops lined up, our annual quilt show is always a crowd pleaser, and of course we have some of the nicest quilters in the world who attend our meetings, workshops, participate in our activities, and volunteer to help at the show and all through the year.  I invite you all to attend meetings and get involved in at least one committee this year.

The newsletter has a new editor, Beverly Delaney, and I welcome her to this new position.  She will be leading us in a new direction and I hope that many of you will assist her in this venture.  There are numerous opportunities for volunteers on the newsletter staff.  Speak to Beverly to find our more.  The executive board decided at its first organization meeting to reinstate the words, Eastern Long Island Quilter’s Guild Newsletter, to the cover.  This keeps the purpose of this publication in focus for the reader and reinforces the guilds mission.

So have you decided on finishing a quilt or starting a quilt?  Me?  I keep making new ones and finish old favorites when I can.  I don’t worry about how many quilt tops I have, because someday I’ll get around to …….

Keep Quilting and Laughing!

Barbara Arnold