BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.6//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:80@rnqg.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260916T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260916T210000 DTSTAMP:20260605T023656Z URL:https://rnqg.org/events/guild-meeting-rita-partridge/ SUMMARY:Guild Meeting -- Rita Partridge DESCRIPTION:\n\nWool has become a favorite textile for Rita Partridge\, a f ormer member of RNQG.  In recent years she has employed a multitude of em broidery stitches to enhance wool quilts.  Her lecture this evening inclu des examples of how she uses wool in her quilts\, holiday decorations\, us eful projects and the ways she chooses to embellish them.\n\nLong recogniz ed for her beautiful handwork\, Rita's sewing and crafting passion began a t an early age\, "assisting" her grandmother with rug hooking by handing h er the requested strips of wool.  This led to many different endeavors in needle arts: knitting\, crocheting\, needlepoint\, embroidery and sewing. \n\nHer love for quilting bloomed while in college.   Over the years\, he r quilting projects have  encompassed a wide variety of techniques: scrap py\, pieced\, appliquéd and embroidered.  She has won many blue ribbons for her artistry.\n\nImages of some of her works appear below.\n\n \;\ n\n \;\n\n[gallery size="medium" ids="4516\,4515\,4513"] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rnqg.org/wp-content/uploads/RP-portrait2 .jpg CATEGORIES:Guild Meeting LOCATION:Congregational Church of Canton\, 1541 Washington Street\, Canton\ , MA\, 02021\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1541 Washington Street\, Ca nton\, MA\, 02021\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Congregationa l Church of Canton:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR