President’s MessageDear MVQU Members,
It is with great sadness that I share the news of the death of Beverly Dasch’s daughter, Catherine. Many of you knew Catherine through her visits at our guild meetings. Our sincere condolences go out to Bev and her family. For the time being, Elizabeth Eastmond, a long-distance member, has stepped in to help maintain our blog. You can still submit entries to the blog at our regular email address: www.mvqu.news@gmail.com. Please take the time to visit the blog to see recent updates at http/.mvquilters.blogspot.com. Thanks so much for your help during this time, Elizabeth.
This is a busy time for Guild business. We have a newly elected slate of officers to lead us into next year. Congratulations to our new Executive Board and thank you for volunteering to serve and lead the guild.
Bert Garino, President, Ellen Patton, Vice President, Dotty Edwards, Treasurer
Cathy Hanratty, Secretary, Libby Dudley, Nominating Chair
Membership renewal is underway now. Please complete a membership form (available for download on our blog, or in hardcopy at any bee or meeting from Kathy Edwards or Lynn Miller), and pay your dues before the end of May. We are also required to submit individual registration forms to the Hollin Hall Senior Center for every member who attends any guild meetings at the center. Forms are available in hard copy from Lynn Miller or the Senior Center Office and are due by the end of May. These forms must be completed each year, so even if you have completed one before (or even if you’ve never been required to complete one in past years), you should do so now. Senior Center funding is dependent on the number of people who routinely use the space. Please remember to sign in when you come for bees so that they get credit for those of us coming in those days as well. We submit our sign-in sheet on meeting days.
Our spring is full of fun and creativity with workshops and lectures, most recently from Cynthia England and an upcoming lecture from Freida Anderson. In a spirit of sharing our creativity, the guild will have another opportunity to donate quilts to the Carpenter’s Shelter. They will be collected by Lynn Miller through our last bee in May, for delivery to the shelter in early June. The shelter provides temporary housing and transitional assistance to families in need, and quilts of all sizes and styles are appropriate.
As a reminder, the Frosty Snowman and Tree blocks are due by the June luncheon. You may also turn them in at any meeting in May. Pieced blocks with no appliqué are also welcome.
Gail Franchi has sign-up sheets available for those interested in the September 17 bus trip to the Pennsylvania National Quilt Show. Cost for MVQU members is $25, which includes the cost of the seat on the bus, entry to the show, driver’s tip and refreshments of a light breakfast and bottled water.
Once again, we have a busy and exciting month in store. I look forward to seeing you and sharing our quilting creativity at upcoming bees, meetings, workshops and lectures.
Happy quilting,
Lynn Miller, MVQU Co-President
Spring QU Events Not to Be Missed
Lecture and Workshop “Autumn Glory” with Frieda Anderson
May 26th and 27th, 2009
Several Mt Vernon and Burke members are looking forward to fall and giving themselves a gift by attending the Autumn Glory workshop with Frieda Anderson, May 27, 2009. There are only a few spots left and they are being advertised now on QU Digest. So if you've been thinking about this one, don't miss this chance to attend the last workshop of the season. Or invite a friend along if you are signed up. Contact Angie Miller at a2miller@live.com for more details.
This is a no sewing machine required class. Raw–edge fusing makes this class fun and easy, and you’ll learn new techniques to make it fast. Students may select from one of two wall hangings: “Fall Glory” (flowers) or “Three Pumpkins.” The workshop fee is $40 and includes the pattern. Optional fabric kits are $30 and take the worry out of fabric selection.
Join us for a one hour lecture and PowerPoint presentation titled “Walks in the Woods with George” on Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 12:30 pm, Hollin Hall Senior Center, Room112. Frieda will share how her daily walks in the woods with her Jack Russell Terrier affects her quilting. Frieda will have many of her quilts on display as well as patterns and fabrics for sale.
Frieda’s quilts have won many awards. Her most recent wins, “Celebrate Spring,” Third Place, International Quilt Festival Chicago 2008, and “Whispering Pines,” Judges Choice International Quilt Festival, Houston 2007, reflect just how much those daily walks influence her creativity. Her quilts have also been featured in magazines such as Quilters Newsletter and Fons and Porter Love of Quilting and most recently in Quilting Arts Magazine. Learn more about Frieda Anderson and view her gallery of quilts by visiting her website at: http://www.friestyle.com/
Calendar Events for May- May 5, 2009—Bee, 12:30, Room #216 Holin Hall Sr. Center
- May 12, 2009—Business Meeting/Show & Tell, 12:30, Holin Hall Sr. Center
- May 19, 2009—Bee, 12:30, Room #216 Holin Hall Sr. Center
- May 26, 2009—Frieda Anderson lecture, 12:30 p.m., Room #112, Hollin Hall Sr. Cntr.
- May 27, 2009—Frieda Anderson “Autumn Glory” Workshop shared with Burke QU, 9:30 am-4:00 pm, Mt. Vernon Governmental Center
Looking Ahead• June 5, 6 & 7, 2009—36th Annual Quilters Unlimited Quilt Show, Dulles Expo Center, Chantilly, Virginia
• June 9, 2009—MVQU’s Annual Summer Luncheon (see news below)
May BirthdaysMay 4 Donna Walbrecht
May 5 Joan Clemons
May 13 Lynn Miller
May 31 Kay Brill
(Happy #80!!)
MVQU’s Annual Summer Luncheon—June 9, 2009
Just a friendly reminder that May 25, 2009, is the cut off date for refunds should you need to cancel your plans to attend MVQU’s Annual Summer Luncheon to be held at the lovely Mt. Vernon Inn Restaurant on June 9, 2009. Currently, as vacancies occur due to cancellations, we are filling the openings from a wait list. If you would like your name added to the wait list, then please let Rhonda Adams or Beth Smith know. Should your plans change after May 25th and you will be unable to attend the luncheon, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can accommodate those who may remain on the wait list, on a first come basis. We look forward to seeing you there.
--Rhonda and Beth
September Bus Trip The plans are complete for our bus trip to Pennsylvania National Quilt Show in Philadelphia on Thursday September 17, 2009. The bus will be leaving the senior center at 6:30 am and returning at 8:30 pm. The cost is $25.00 for members of Mt Vernon and $45.00 for non members. For this fee you will have a seat on the bus, admission to the show, driver tip, and a light snack on the way to the show. We will be stopping on the way back for a quick, on your own, dinner. Once paid, your fee will be nonrefundable, so please check your calendar before submitting your registration form.
As a member you may sign up a guest now before the trip is opened up to other QU guilds, but remember your guest’s fee is $45.00. If you are interested in joining us please fill out the registration form at the end of this newsletter, or see Gail Franchi at meetings and bees.
MVQU, You're the Best!
Thank you for the signed quilt blocks! I am so touched by your thoughtfulness. It is wonderful to read the signatures and recall the faces that go with the names.
As I go forward with this next phase of my life, I will have a wonderful quilt to remind me of the great time I had being a guild member.
Regards,
Tammy (see the newsletter for her new address)
Claims for Reimbursement (Deadline May 12)
I am approaching the end of my term as your Treasurer. I ask that anyone who needs to be reimbursed for costs incurred on behalf of the MVQU submit their receipts attached to the Reimbursement Form. The form can be found on the right column of the blog under QUILTER’S LINKS. Click on MVQU Reimbursement Form 2008/2009. Please submit that form to me AT or BEFORE the May 12 business meeting.
Thanks for everyone’s support this year. I hope that you will give our new Treasurer/Membership Chair, Dotty Eisenhour, your continued support as she takes over the books on July 1. --Kathy Edwards
Renew your Membership with Quilters Unlimited It’s time to renew your membership with Quilters Unlimited, Mt Vernon Chapter. The 2009—2010 Membership Form is available on the MT Vernon Blog. Look on the right side of the page and you will find it next to the Silver Thimble. Click on it, print it, fill it out, write a check and then bring both to the next business meeting or bee. Dotty Eisenhour will be assisting me during the 2009-2010 Membership Drive so you can return your form and funds to her or to me, Kathy Edwards.
As a member of MV QU, some of the benefits made available to you during the past year include: the wonderful live auctions, RaNae Merrill lecture and workshop; Cindy Souder lecture; a holiday party; Bonnie Hunter lecture and workshop; Emily Martin Lecture and workshop; Cynthia England lecture and workshop. And let’s not forget the bees, the retreat, the Blocks of Month, National Quilting Day, and all of those wonderful Show and Tells that we shared with each other. We truly are one talented group. Then before this year is over, Frieda Anderson will present a lecture and workshop, we will submit our quilts to the Quilters Unlimited Quilt Show and we’ll close out our year with a luncheon at George’s Mt Vernon Inn.
So don’t miss out on next year’s events beginning with the Big QU annual meeting featuring Mary Mashuta, our live Auction in November, Margaret Miller lecture, just to name a few. Our Vice President, along with help from previous Vice President is putting together programs that will tickle your creative thread and get you started to creating that wonderful quilt to enter in next year’s Quilt Show. So what are you waiting for??? Go to the MV Blog (at http://mvquilters.blogspot.com) and select the MV QU Membership Form 2009-2010 print it out. Then fill it out and give it to either Dotty Eisenhour or Kathy Edwards.
(Form at end of the newsletter.)
Visit the Amish Quilts at the Textile Museum in Washington, DCYou are invited to attend a series of public programs complementing the exhibition Constructed Color: Amish Quilts, on view now at The Textile Museum in Washington, D.C., and featuring 29 dazzling quilts from the collection of the International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. See below for details.
Lecture: "Amish Quiltmakers: Constructing a Life" on Saturday, August 1 at 2 pm
Learn more about Amish culture in this special lecture by Patricia Crews, Willa Cather Professor of Textiles at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Director of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum. Crews will provide an overview of the Amish and their beliefs, exploring how their world view and beliefs shape the quilts they make. The stylistic differences between Amish quilts will be described and illustrated with pieces from the International Quilt Study Center's holdings, one of the world's most comprehensive collections of Amish quilts. Fee: $10/members; $15/non-members. Advance registration is required; space is limited. Call (202) 667-0441, ext. 64 to register.
Highlights & Tours
Drop in to take a docent-led tour of highlights from the current Textile Museum exhibitions, Constructed Color: Amish Quilts and Recent Acquisitions, every Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 pm, now through September 6, 2009. No reservations are required.
Guided Exhibition Tours
The Textile Museum offers group tours of current exhibitions during the following days and times: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10:15 am to 3 pm; Thursday from 1:30 pm to 3 pm. Please reserve the tour at least four weeks in advance of the preferred date. To schedule a tour, call (202) 667-0441, ext. 65 or visit http://www.textilemuseum.org/.
Mount Vernon Chapter Officers 2008 – 2009Co-Presidents—Lynn Miller and Carol KunkelCo-Vice-Presidents—Angela Miller and Lynne FishburnSecretary—Dotty EisenhourTreasurer—Kathy EdwardsNominating Chair—Jim Melton
Please submit items to Beverly Dasch, MVQU Newsletter Editor, at
mvqu.news@gmail.com.
The deadline for June’s newsletter is May 30th.
(Beth also recommended the Amish quilt exhibit at the Textile Museum which will be there through September.)
(click on quilt to go to Jane Sassaman's blog, where you'll find lots of interesting quilts and things)
The ladies who run the Bunny Tales blog are at Quilt Market in Philadelphia this week, and oh my! You've never seen such Eye Candy! She's been posting a slew of photos every day so be sure to scroll backwards to see them. Click on the picture to head to her blog.
She has one picture on her most recent post with a gathering of bloggers/fabric designers and shop keepers, with links to all their places. Have more fun than you can stand, clicking and linking and looking! (Click on picture to go there.)
