Behind the Scenes for ECQG Members

Workshop Drawing Winner

Congratulations to Denise Russell

Thanks to all the guild members who entered the drawing for the free workshop. 256 members bought a $20 packet of tickets to qualify for the

drawing worth $55. Please continue selling raffle tickets and sharing our social media posts about the raffle quilt and the quilt show – it adds to our quilt show income!

Keep working on those show quilts!

Quilt Entry is open through March 27. Each guild member is allowed to enter up to six quilts, but there is no guarantee that all of your quilts will be accepted into the show, even though we usually have space for over 300 quilts. Use the online Entry Form to enter.

Click on the following subjects for more Quilt Entry information:

Judging categories

Entry Rules

Entry Form

Quilt Entry - Deadlines

Online, March 27 - prefer online registration
Mailed, Postmark date March 17 – mail earlier if possible
In-Person Delivery, March 26/27 - hand in paper copies with printed photos to Carolyn Powers at the March Guild meetings

Quilt Photo Tips

Quilt photos need good lighting to give the jury the best opportunity to appreciate your hard work. This website has good ideas to help you take the best pictures and increase your chances of being in the show.

Click here for tips on how to take a great picture for your quilt entry -

Tips for Taking Quilt Photos.

The tips resource is from Stitched in Color.

We Need Lots More Postcards

Thanks to those who have already brought in postcards! We currently have around 500, but we need 1,000 or more to fill our postcard booth at the show, since they sell out fast!

We have two more Postcard Playdates:

Saturday, March 7 @ Stitched 10 am - 2 pm

Sunday, April 26 @ Tiny Stitches 1 pm – 4 pm

Postcards Chair Holly Lightfoot has inventoried the postcards we have collected so far. We already have plenty of postcards for children.

Here are some ideas for postcard themes that sell well, and others that we really need.

*Autumn

*Winter

*Halloween

*Flowers

*Art

*Sports/Teams

*Ocean/Beach/Travel

Christmas

Music

Easter

Patriotic

Valentine

* best sellers

Please visit our postcard table at the meetings for embellishments, card backs, and inspiration.

Steve discovered postcard making this week, and he’s made some real beauties!

Meet Alice

Pam Cobb of Revive Sewing LLC has begun the process of reclaiming a vintage Singer sewing machine to be raffled off at Georgia Celebrates Quilts. Named after the first president of East Cobb Quilters’ Guild, Alice will be cleaned, restored, and updated with a beautiful new paint job that matches our 2026 raffle quilt, Terrazzo!

Pam invites us to follow her as she works, describing Alice’s current health and her plans to bring her to mint condition. So far, there are three Instagram posts about the process. As Alice improves, Pam will post more installments, and we will link them in future QS Insiders.