Mount Vernon Chapter Officers 2012-2013
President— Ruth Morgan
Vice Presidents/Programs— Barbara Jones & Libby Dudley
Secretary— Dotty Eisenhour
Treasurer—Mary Downey
Nominating Chair— Patricia Bolton
Newsletter—Lynne Fishburn
Vice Presidents/Programs— Barbara Jones & Libby Dudley
Secretary— Dotty Eisenhour
Treasurer—Mary Downey
Nominating Chair— Patricia Bolton
Newsletter—Lynne Fishburn
President’s Message
Greetings from Ruth
Why do we make quilts?
What inspires us to begin a quilt? Is it wonderful fabric with fabulous color?
Maybe it is a pattern or picture we have seen. Or do we cut and sew and quilt
to mark a special occasion, to remember a special person or place? Seasons turn, jobs change, babies are born and
friends move away. All of these events
can be remembered and honored through our passion for quilting. So, remember we are not making blankets, we
are making memories. We are making
history. We are making quilts.
Our annual auction is just days away. Please come, bring a friend or two, have
lunch, your participation will help make this fundraiser a success. We have some beautiful quilts and tops plus
some stunning baskets, the ever popular bake sale table, Ro’s delicious lunch
in the café and items for purchase in our boutique. There truly is something for everyone and I’m
sure it will be a fun afternoon.
Also, please note: The November business meeting has been moved
to Tuesday, November 27th.
See you then.
November
Letter from Co-VPs Barbara and Libby
November – a month to give thanks
for choices. Mount Vernon quilters not
only get opportunities to choose government officials, and dark or light for
their turkey dinner, but can savor the cornucopia of choices at the chapter’s
Quilt Auction, Boutique, White Elephant Table, and Bake Sale on Tuesday,
November 13th. We can also be grateful that we have such creative
members who come up with interesting items to offer and to show, using skills
they have developed. You can learn some
new skills, or polish ones you have, at workshops coming up. Take advantage of
the MV member early-bird special through November 27th for Eileen
Doughty’s Cherry Blossom Time Postcard Quilt – a half-day mini-project to learn
about fusing, inking, and thread painting on January 23. See the column at
right for workshop descriptions and registration forms. Besides Eileen’s workshop, you can also read
descriptions and sign up for February’s Ro C. and Lynn E. Tessellation
Techniques, March’s Bonesteel Interlock/Revisited, and May’s Combs Patchwork
Illusions. Early-bird specials for those go through end December 31. All the
workshops offer something different, so you can choose, or take them all! Pictures of the projects are in the
write-ups. We don’t have regular
programs on the 4th Tuesday of November and December, however,
starting in January have your calendar marked for some real treats through May.
This month, and every month, we can be thankful for all the friends we make
among fellow quilters and for so many choices as we enjoy our craft – teachers,
speakers, designs, fabrics, colors, threads, and more. Happy Thanksgiving!
OUR AUCTION IS COMING!!! OUR AUCTION IS COMING!!!!
Mark your calendars!! Mt. Vernon’s auction is just 2½ weeks
away – on Tues. November 13, 2012. Our auction starts promptly at
12:30 p.m. at the Hollin Hall Senior Center, 1500
Shenandoah Rd., Alexandria, VA and will be over by 4
p.m. We’ll have a Live Auction (full of beautiful vintage quilts and
coverlets carefully cleaned and restored, an antique sewing machine and table
complete with manual and all parts in working condition, and then quilts, wall
hangings, lap quilts and jackets (made by our own members); we have a Silent
Auction with AMAZING baskets – fabrics, foods, kits, blocks and SO MUCH MORE;
we have a Chance Auction with many vintage items – several antique quilt tops,
and several fabric baskets and more; a Buy It Now Boutique with darling items
hand-made by our members – pin cushions, ornaments, jewelry, bracelets,
placemats, table runners, baby afghans, and more; and a White Elephant table(s)
to end all bargain shopping opportunities!!! – fabrics, books,
quilt-related items – for $5 you’ll be able to wheelbarrow out more things than
you ever dreamed were possible to get at such cheap prices!!! Bring
a family member to help you “tote” out your goods. In fact, bring
ALL your family members to help you carry – you are going to need them…
Did I mention the Baked Goods table??? OHHHHHHH…. Well, first,
we’ll be serving a yummy lunch courtesy of the lovely Ro Coller (we wouldn’t
want your blood sugar to drop during the auction and interfere with your
bidding decisions!) We are having a scrumptious Southern chicken
salad served over a bed of fresh field greens with a fluffy dinner roll and a
side of cranberry-burgundy jello salad - hand-made by Ro
herself. Mmmm-mmmm. Lunch costs $5 (bottle of water
included). Offered for sale at the Baked Goods table will be jams,
jellies, and preserves made by our members, as well as luscious baked goods –
breads, cookies, cakes, and more. And even more spectacular are
the Sack Suppers (who wants to have to cook after a great day at the auction –
well guess what? – you don’t have to…. buy a Sack Supper!!) Some of
our members will have prepared Sack Suppers – complete meals for 2, 4, or 6
people which you can take home, heat and serve. Is that cool or
what?
Please come to the auction!!! Your chapter needs your
support. Whatever money our auction brings directly impacts the
kind, number and quality of programs our chapter is able to have the following
year. Please bring your family, bring your
friends. Invite neighbors, ask the people who just moved in next
door – it’s a great way to get to know someone! The more people you
bring, the more people who will potentially spend money. Drag people
in off the street. We will swear to the police you didn’t force them
at gunpoint!!!!
One more thing – we need a couple volunteers to help us
out. By putting out streets signs advertising our auction, we
attract more than just our own people and just our immediate community to
attend (last year several people came because of our signs). We need
one or two people to put out signs the week before the auction (the signs will
be made up and ready to go) and then pick them up and bring them to our “bee”
room for storage and re-use after the auction. The signs are light
weight, there are 10 of them and they can all be carried in one
hand. Putting them in the ground is easy – they are just like the
political signs you see everywhere – easy in – easy out. This is a
great way to help out the chapter if you can’t work on the auction
otherwise. Please consider volunteering! We desperately
need your help.
Many
thanks - Andrea Gribble, Auction
Chair
MVQU’S
HOLIDAY LUNCHEON
is
coming up on
December
11, 2012
~
We’ll be collecting windmill blocks ~
For
each block turned in you’ll
another
chance to win them all!
Date: December
11, 2012 @ 12:30
Place: Hollin Hall Senior Center, big meeting room
Bring: 1) Something to share (appetizer, salad, entrée,
or
dessert.
2) Red & white windmill blocks
(directions for the block are on the sidebar under Luncheons)
Questions:
Nancy Barkume 703-360-3203,
Carol Allen
703- 360-1606 or Joan Peake
703-549-4988
Our
next 5th Tuesday event will be January 29, 2013.
Save the date and watch for details.
Community Relations
For our December and January displays we are in need of small
Christmas, Winter or Channukah quilts or wall hangings. Please have your name on the items you
display. We display quilts for a month
at a time in the Hollin Hall office and at the Sherwood Library. If you have a quilt you are donating or have
one you’d like to ‘show off’, please consider letting us display it for a month.
We’d also like to find other places to display our passion, so if you
know of a friendly venue, let me know and I’ll contact them.
Jill Crispino, Community Relations Chair
Farewell Blocks
We need your help!
We would like to send blocks to Joan Bingman but don’t have her new
address. If you are in touch with Joan
please pass her contact information to Pat Alfredson.
Just a reminder Farewell Blocks is
an ongoing project. A collection of
blocks are given to members who are leaving the area as a memento of their
association with Mt. Vernon QU. We would like to always have a supply of
blocks on hand. Instructions
for a 9 1/2 inch nine patch friendship square block can be found on our Blog’s
sidebar under MVQU Info. The center star
should be of a medium or dark colored solid or print. The border material
should be either white or cream. Please
return your finished blocks to Pat Alfredson.
Are you ready for a Mystery?
Mary Mazzuchi and Pat Alfredson have planned a Mystery
Quilt. Part 2 of the mystery was distributed
at the October Business meeting and is available on the Blog as well. To find the instructions just look for Mystery
Quilt on the sidebar. It is not too late to join in on the fun. Our plan is to show our quilts at the June
Luncheon.
Spring
Retreat Bird-In-Hand, Pennsylvania
SAVE THE DATE - April
30 – May 3, 2013 – Watch for details!
Celtic Celebration has
been very well received, with only four Chapter Visits remaining. If
you haven’t already purchased tickets, get yours today. Tickets are
6 for $5.00 or $1.00 apiece. As of October 18, ticket sales total
1,645.
Vienna QU set high
standards last year by selling 6,000 raffle tickets—a first for QU! And
hats off to Centreville QU, who this September sold all 250 tickets before we
even visited—another first. Mt. Vernon alone has sold 785 tickets
thus far—way to go Mt. Vernon! I am guessing that is a first for us
too. Lets’ continue this year of firsts. If every member
purchases just 6 tickets for $5, we will do just that.
The creation of this
vibrant beauty truly was a Mt. Vernon QU member-wide effort. It
began under the guidance of Pat Alfredson and Rosemary Coller, who developed
the layout design and block selection. The 204 Bull’s Eye blocks
that frame the center medallion were pieced by most of our members. The
center medallion and border, designed by Pat Alfredson, was hand appliqued at
weekly bees. Lynne Fishburn free motion quilted the top using
pebble, meander, and tear drop and wrap designs. See close up
pictures of Celtic Celebration and more facts and trivia on our QU Fundraising
link: http://www.quiltersunlimited.org/ .
Angela Miller, Mt. Vernon Raffle Committee Chair
MVQU - BUSINESS MEETING - OCTOBER 9, 2012
The meeting was
called to order at 12:30 by Barbara Jones, Co-Vice President.
Heidi Johnson was introduced as a visitor.
The Minutes of the
September stand as submitted.
Treasurer’s
Report: Mary
Downey reported that we now have 88 members.
Our bottom line is still very good.
She also said that we made a profit of $227.23 on the Philadelphia bus
trip.
Programs: Libby Dudley
announced that there were still a few more spaces for the workshop on beading on
Oct. 24. Registrations forms are now
available for the January, February, March and April workshops. Early registration prices will be in effect
until January.
Mystery Quilt: Mary Muzzuchi announced that
instructions for Step 2 and 3 are available now. Steps 4 and 5 will be given out at the January
business meeting. The finished quilts
should be done by the January business meeting.
The size of the quilt is 45 x 59.
The quilts will be shown at the June luncheon.
Mary also asked for more of the friendship star blocks, which will be
given to members moving away. The blocks
should be bright colored stars with white or off white backgrounds. The pattern is on the blog.
Raffle Quilt: Angie Miller has delivered
250 tickets each to the other QU chapters, as well as 8 x 10 pictures of the
quilt. Several of them have sold all of
the tickets already. The tickets are $1
or 6 for $5.
Community
Service: Lynn Miller spoke about the October 30 workshop for making flannel
baby blankets. In preparation for the
workshop, wash two pieces of flannel and cut one piece 30 inches and one 40
inches.
December
Luncheon: The
luncheon will be held on December 11. It
will be a potluck. Please bring main dishes,
side dishes or desserts. The block to be
presented at the luncheon is the Windmill Block by Gwen Marston. The directions will be posted on the blog. The blocks should be made with reds and
bright whites. Conversations are also
taking place with Mary Kerr to be a guest speaker.
Auction: Andrea Gribble is still
looking for help for the auction. If you
plan to bring food for the bake sale, please sign up for what you will be
making. Ro needs help storing some of
the items for the auction. Andrea said
that she can advertise the auction only twice on the QU Digest.
Bus Trip: Andrea said a good time was
had by all. She recommended doing the
trip again next year.
Hospitality: Refreshments were provided by
Barbara Dove, Lynn Miller and Kathy Pellegrini with a fabulous table scape for
Halloween.
Door Prizes: The prizes were won by Heidi
Johnson, Ro Coller and Hedy Vann.
Announcements
Regarding
our meetings at Hollin Hall - Please
sign in with both HH and MVQU; pick up chairs and leave both rooms we meet in
(Bee and Meetings) neater than we found them—chairs, tables and lights. Many groups use Hollin Hall so be considerate
of noises in the hall, etc. and keep the kitchen door closed to flies, etc. Tornado drills – go to hallways, sit on floor,
head on knees or shelter in downstairs restrooms. Fire drills – leave building (done in A.M.)
T showed a star quilt
she has made and was quilted by the women of St. John’s Lutheran Church. Raffle tickets are available for purchase.
October 20 is the
date for the Senior Center Auction.
Business meeting for
November will be on the 27th.
Bill Rice, Vienna
Chapter, showed three antique quilts that were donated for the Vienna
auction. He had received four quilts and
the fourth – a yo yo quilt – has been donated for the MV auction.
Jim Melton spoke about
the Del Ray Art Festival, the bus trip and about the possibility to selling
some of our quilts at other venues.
Lynn Miller has a
friend that has three antique feedsack quilts for sale for $500 each. It was suggested that she put the
announcement on the QU Digest.
Show and
Tell: Participating
in show and tell were Andrea, Ann Marlin, Carolyn Paden, Patricia Bolton, Jill
Crispino, Angie Miller, Hedy Vann and Jim Melton.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:45, followed by refreshments.
Respectfully
submitted,
Dotty
Eisenhour, Secretary
Bad Weather an Cancellation Policy
When weather comes, Hollin Hall follows Fairfax County GOVERNMENT closures. If the County government offices are closed, then Hollin Hall is closed. If there is a question about weather conditions on any meeting, program or workshop day, please look for an eBlast. We will make a decision and let our members know. That being said, please be careful and use your own good judgment.
Members Recommended Favorite Notions, Tools &
Gadgets
In October, T Carter showed us her “hang it dang it”. One person
can hang any size quilt, anywhere, perfectly, all by themselves in about a
minute with only one picture hanger on the wall.
Here
is a link to the company’s website: http://www.hangitdangit.com/
November BIRTHDAYS
11/01 – Hedy Vann
11/07 – Kathleen Shaw
11/09 – Colleen Griffin
11/14 – Lynn Eccleston
11/15 – Barbara Zygiel
11/19 – Linda Guidotti
11/23 – Ann Steck
11/24 – Tammy Mannarino
November
9-18, 2012 - Quilters'
Quest in and around the National Capital Region. For details see www.quiltersquest.org.
November
13, 2012 – MVQU AUCTION
November
20, 2012 – Vienna QU Auction, Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept, 400 Center Street, South
Vienna. For more information contact
Bill Rice
November
27, 2012 – MVQU Business
Meeting & Newsletter Deadline
(A note from your editor – When you hear of area events that you
think will be of interest to our members please forward the information on to
me at mvqu.news@gmail.com. Thank you.)
2012 - 2013
Committee Chairs
Auction: Andrea Gribble
Auction Storage: Ro Coller
Community Outreach: Jill Crispino
Community Service: Lynn Miller
December Luncheon: Nancy Barkume, Carol Allen & Joan Peake
June Luncheon: Patricia Bolton & Jeanne Goldfein
Greeter & Door Prizes: Ann Marlin
Challenge/Mystery/Farewell Blocks: Pat Alfredson and Mary Mazzuchi
New Member Kits: Dotty Eisenhour
Quilt Collector: Lynne Fishburn
Auction: Andrea Gribble
Auction Storage: Ro Coller
Community Outreach: Jill Crispino
Community Service: Lynn Miller
December Luncheon: Nancy Barkume, Carol Allen & Joan Peake
June Luncheon: Patricia Bolton & Jeanne Goldfein
Greeter & Door Prizes: Ann Marlin
Challenge/Mystery/Farewell Blocks: Pat Alfredson and Mary Mazzuchi
New Member Kits: Dotty Eisenhour
Quilt Collector: Lynne Fishburn
MVQU Boutique Coordinator: _______________ (This is a fundraising activity for us)
Hospitality: Carol Conahan
Fall Bus Trip: Andrea Gribble & Mary Downey
Spring Quilt Retreat: Jeanne Goldfein
QU Raffle Quilt: Angie Miller
Fall Bus Trip: Andrea Gribble & Mary Downey
Spring Quilt Retreat: Jeanne Goldfein
QU Raffle Quilt: Angie Miller
QU Event – Annual Meeting 2013: Andrea Gribble
& Ruth Morgan
Audit: Barbara Dove
Senior Center Rep: Mary Stauss
Audit: Barbara Dove
Senior Center Rep: Mary Stauss
Sunshine:
Barbara Zygiel
Newsletter
Deadline – 4th Tuesday of the Month
The deadline for the November newsletter is Tuesday, November 27, 2012
The deadline for the November newsletter is Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Send your articles to mvqu.news@gmail.com
