2025 PROGRAMS
EVENTS CALENDER
Please Note: The Tuesday Bee Group meets at The Mansell House, 1835 Old Milton Pkwy., Alpharetta, unless otherwise noted.
JANUARY 6, 2025
PROGRAM
Speaker Jan Doyle “Quilts and the Underground Railroad” and UFO Awards
- 6 PM Gather and Business Meeting,
- Speaker begins at approximately 7PM
- Alpharetta Adult Activity Center
EVENTS
- January 6, 6-9:30 PM – Monthly Meeting, Alpharetta Adult Activity Center
- January 8, Community Sewing at Preston Ridge Community Center. Drop in any time during the hours of 10 AM-3 PM. Bring your sewing machine and sew with us to make items for Quilts for Kids and Ryan’s Cases for Smiles. . Contact Oldsewnsew2@Concast.net
- January 21, 6-8 PM — Tuesday Bee Group, Mansell House
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
PROGRAM
Speaker: Meg Cox “Behind the Scenes at the Greatest Quilt Museum in the World”
- 6 PM Gather and Business Meeting
- 7PM Speaker
- Alpharetta Adult Activity Center
EVENTS
- February 3, 6-9:30 PM —Monthly Guild Meeting, Alpharetta Adult Activity Center
- February 12, Community Sewing at Preston Ridge Community Center. Drop in any time during the hours of 10 AM-3 PM. Bring your sewing machine and sew with us for Quilts for Kids and Ryan’s Cases for Smiles. Contact Oldsewnsew2@Concast.net
- February 18, 6-8 PM — Tuesday Bee Group, Mansell House
MARCH 3, 2025
PROGRAM
Speaker: “Lori Dickman “Speedy Solutions for Cutting &Organizing Your Scrap Stash” and Temperature Quilts Display
- March 3, 6 PM Gather and Business Meeting
- 7 PM Speaker
- Alpharetta Adult Activity Center
EVENTS
- March 3, 6:00-9:30 PM — Guild Meeting
- March 12, Community Sewing at Preston Ridge Community Center. Drop in any time during the hours of 10 AM-3 PM. Bring your sewing machine and sew with us to make items for Quilts for Kids and Ryan’s Cases for Smiles. Contact Oldsewnsew2@Concast.net
- March 18, 6:00-8 PM — Tuesday Bee Group
- March 27-30 Spring Retreat (1pm Th-1pm Sun) FFA_FFCLA Retreat Center, Covington
- March — CES Guild Retreat
- Guild Exhibit in the Community Room at City Hall “Temperature Quilts”
APRIL 7, 2025
PROGRAM
Speaker: Emma Powell “Managing Your Unfinished Projects”
- 6 PM Gather and Business Meeting
- 7 PM Speaker
- Alpharetta Adult Activity Center
EVENTS
- April 7, 6-9:30 PM — Guild Meeting, Alpharetta Adult Activity Center
- April 9, Community Sewing at Preston Ridge Community Center. Drop in any time during the hours of 10 AM-3 PM. Bring your sewing machine and sew with us to make items for Quilts for Kids and Ryan’s Cases for Smiles. Contact Oldsewnsew2@Concast.net
- April 15, 6-8 PM — Tuesday Bee Group, Mansell House
MAY 5, 2025
PROGRAM
Speaker, Carol Stanek “Landscape Quilts Trunk Show”
- 6 PM Gather and Business Meeting
- 7 PM Speaker
- Alpharetta Adult Learning Center
EVENTS
- May 5, 6-9:30 PM — Guild Meeting, Alpharetta Adult Activity Center
- May 14, Landscape Quilts with Carol Stanek Workshop
- May, Community Sewing at Preston Ridge Community Center. Drop in any time during the hours of 10 AM-3 PM. Bring your sewing machine and sew with us to make items for Quilts for Kids and Ryan’s Cases for Smiles. Contact Oldsewnsew2@Concast.net
- May 20, 6-8 PM — Tuesday Bee Group, Mansell House
JUNE 2, 2025
PROGRAM
Speaker: Paulina Roman “Thread Types and When to Use Them”
- 6 PM Gather and Business Meeting
- 7 PM Speaker
- Alpharetta Adult Activity Center
EVENTS
- June 2, 6-9:30 PM — Guild Meeting, Alpharetta Adult Activity Center
- June 17, 6-8 PM — Tuesday Bee Group, Mansell House
JULY
Community Service Project Meeting
July 1, 6 PM-9:30, Alpharetta Adult Activity Center
EVENTS
- July 1, 6-9:30 PM — Guild Meeting (in-person), Annual Community Service Sew day
- July 18, 6-8 PM — Tuesday Bee Group
AUGUST 4, 2025
PROGRAM
Speaker:TBD
- 6 PM Gather and Business Meeting
- 7 PM Speaker
- Alpharetta Adult Activity Center
EVENTS
- August 4, 6-9:30 PM — Guild Meeting, Alpharetta Adult Activity Center
- August 13, Community Sewing at Preston Ridge Community Center. Drop in any time during the hours of 10 AM-3 PM. Bring your sewing machine and sew with us to make items for Quilts for Kids and Ryan’s Cases for Smiles. Contact Oldsewnsew2@Concast.net
- August 19, 6-8 PM — Tuesday Bee Group, Mansell House
SEPTEMBER 8, 2025
PROGRAMS
Speaker: Member Presentation “5 Quilts in 10 Minutes”
- 6 PM Gather and Business Meeting
- 7 PM Program
- Alpharetta Adult Activity Center
EVENTS
- September 8, 6-9:30 PM — Guild Meeting, Alpharetta Adult Activity Center
- September 10, Community Sewing at Preston Ridge Community Center. Drop in any time during the hours of 10 AM-3 PM. Bring your sewing machine and sew with us to make items for Quilts for Kids and Ryan’s Cases for Smiles. Contact Oldsewnsew2@Concast.net
- September 16, 6:30-8 PM — Tuesday Bee Group, Mansell House
OCTOBER 6, 2025
PROGRAM
Speaker: Jaimie Davis “Baltimore Album Quilts
- 6 PM Gather and Business Meeting
- 7 PM Speaker
- Alpharetta Adult Activity Center
EVENTS
- October 6, 6-9:30 PM — Guild Meeting, Alpharetta Adult Activity Center
- October 8th, Community Sewing at Preston Ridge Community Center. Drop in any time during the hours of 10 AM-3 PM. Bring your sewing machine and sew with us to make items for Quilts for Kids and Ryan’s Cases for Smiles. Contact Oldsewnsew2@Concast.net
- October 21, 6-8 PM — Tuesday Bee Group, Mansell House
- Guild Exhibit at the Alpharetta Arts Center “Off the Bed and On To the Walls”
NOVEMBER 3, 2025
Speaker: TBD
- 6 PM Gather and Business Meeting
- 7 PM Speaker
- Alpharetta Adult Activity Center
EVENTS
- November 4, 6:-9:30 PM — Guild Meeting (in-person), 2023 Annual Guild Challenge Quilts Due, 2025 Officer Election and Budget final voting
- November 12, Community Sewing at Preston Ridge Community Center. Drop in any time during the hours of 10 AM-3 PM. Bring your sewing machine and sew with us to make items for Quilts for Kids and Ryan’s Cases for Smiles. Contact Oldsewnsew2@Concast.net
- November 19, 6-8 PM — Tuesday Bee Group
DECEMBER 1, 2025
Member’s Holiday Celebration
December 1, 6:30-9:30 PM, Location TBD
EVENTS
- December 1, 6:30-9:30 PM CES Guild Holiday Party
- December 10, Community Sewing at Preston Ridge Community Center. Drop in any time during the hours of 10 AM-3 PM. Bring your sewing machine and sew with us to make items for Quilts for Kids and Ryan’s Cases for Smiles. Contact Oldsewnsew2@Concast.net
- No Tuesday Bee Group
Chattahoochee Evening Stars is a proud member of the Alpharetta Arts Leader Group that operates in a strategic partnership with the City of Alpharetta Recreation Parks & Cultural Services Department (ARPCS). This partnership helps us continue to fulfill our mission to promote quilting through educational programs and demonstrations. We look forward to advancing the art of quilting in our community.
