January 2014 Newsletter

To see or print a PDF of the January 2014 Newsletter click HERE to access Google Drive.  If you desire to print the newsletter, once you have reached the document on Google Drive use the printer icon to print.

Our January newsletter features articles by:

• Presidents T Carter and Andrea Gribble
• Vice Presidents Pat Alfredson & Mary Mazzuchi
• December Luncheon Log Cabin Blocks
• Minutes of December 3, 2013 Meeting
• Updates/Information for current activities
• Applique Calendar Quilt Project
• Girl Scout Sewing Lessons
• Donations for next Fund Raiser
• Charity Workshop February 4, 2014 – Pattern & Instuctions
• 2014 QU Quilt Show Registration Process
• Administrative Information
• Executive Board Positions
• Committee Chair Positions
• Upcoming Events
• Birthday Reminders
• Next Newsletter Deadline

Charity Workshop February 4, 2014

For our February Charity Workshop, Maria Spetalnik has offered her Stashbuster pattern.

Our workshop will be February 4, 2014 at Hollin Hall in the large meeting room on the first floor from 11 am to 3 pm.  

Click HERE to reach the PDF of Maria's orginal pattern.

Click HERE to reach a PDF with Lynn Miller's instructions for making this pattern using yardage or scraps vs a jellyroll. 

December 2013 Show & Tell

Lynne Fishburn -- Garden Memories from Grandmother's flower garden pattern

 Pat Alfredson -- Charity Quilt

 Pat Alfredson -- Gail's Quilt.  This quilt was started by Gail English, Pat finished the piecing, and Angie Miller did the quilting.   Detail of quilting is shown in upper picture.

 Lynn Miller -- Flower Power, made from strips donated by Beth Smith, stash fabric, and lots of free motion quilting which is shown in lower picture

Lynn Miller -- Alphabet panel quilt -- Panel was donated to Ro Coller; she passed it on to the guild, and Lynn added border and quilting

 Lynn Miller -- Panel Quilt.  Panel was from Variety Store at their half price sale.

 Ro Coller -- beaded leaf on purse

 Ro Coller -- quilt top found at Thrift Shop

 Ann Marlin -- Lady Bugs on the Move

 Ann Marlin -- Golden Delight from Flim Flam pattern

 Ann Marlin -- Teal on the Go from Flim Flam pattern

 Ann Marlin -- Love Those Kimonos

 Ann Marlin -- Asian Circles

 Rosemary O'Brien -- fabric Christmas ornaments.  These are easy to make from an semi-circle of fabric.  The pattern is also used to make Christmas napkins.

 Ruth Morgan -- Tesselations from Ro and Lynne's workshop

 Judy Albert -- Beaded Maple Leaf.  "This was started in October 2012 in a workshop with Judy Shapiro.  I finally finished a year later as one of my UFO's/Phd's.

 Sally Barber -- Island Quilt for the Storybook Quilt Project

Sally Barber -- Stack and Slash Quilt for charity

Sally Barber -- Log Cabin, joint project with daughter Mary Greer

December 2013 Newsletter

To see or print a PDF of the December 2013 Newsletter click HERE to access Google Drive.  If you desire to print the newsletter, once you have reached the document on Google Drive use the printer icon to print.

Our November newsletter features articles by:

• Presidents T Carter and Andrea Gribble
• Vice Presidents Pat Alfredson & Mary Mazzuchi
• December Luncheon - Must Reserve Your Spot
• Updates/Information for current activities
• Quilt Retreat March 17-20, 2014
• Storybook Quilt Educational Project
• Charity Workshop February 4, 2014
• "True Blue" QU Show Guild Challenge
• A Quilter's Musings
• Bits and Pieces
• Administrative Information
• Executive Board Positions
• Committee Chair Positions
• Upcoming Events
• Birthday Reminders
• Next Newsletter Deadline

The sidebar has been updated with our 2013-2014 Calendar of Activities.  Under Luncheons you'll find instructions for the December Luncheon Block. 

November 2013 Newsletter

To see or print a PDF of the November 2013 Newsletter click HERE to access Google Drive.  If you desire to print the newsletter, once you have reached the document on Google Drive use the printer icon to print.

Our November newsletter features articles by:

• Presidents T Carter and Andrea Gribble
• Vice Presidents Pat Alfredson & Mary Mazzuchi
• October Business Meeting Minutes
• Auction Chair - Enrica "Rickie" Frost
• December Luncheon - Must Reserve Your Spot
• Updates/Information for current activities
• Quilt Retreat March 17-20, 2014
• Auction Wrap-up
• Storybook Quilt Educational Project
• Charity Workshop February 4, 2014
• "True Blue" QU Show Guild Challenge
• A Quilter's Musings
• Bits and Pieces
• Administrative Information
• Executive Board Positions
• Committee Chair Positions
• Upcoming Events
• Birthday Reminders
• Next Newsletter Deadline

The sidebar has been updated with our 2013-2014 Calendar of Activities.  Under Luncheons you'll find instructions for the December Luncheon Block.  Under Show & Tell you will find pictures from October Business Meeting's Show & Tell.  Under MVQU Program/Workshop Registration Forms you can find the Retreat Registration Form.

December 2013 Luncheon Block

Our luncheon block will be a LOG CABIN. Start with a solid red center and make your logs 1 1/2 inches wide. The block should measure 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 (8" finished when sewn into a quilt).  One side of the block should be red on white patterns and the other side should be greens. Please use the link below for access the block instructions. Each completed block earns 1 ticket for the block raffle.

Click  "HERE"  to access the instructions for the block.  

October 2013 Show & Tell

   Storybook Quilt Project

 Heidi Johnson - The boy and the Quilt

 Jill Crispino - Reuben and the Quilt

 Beth Smith - The quilt Makers Gift

 Mary Mazzuchi - Tje Tamale Quilt

Auction Item

 Yo Yo Villiage - Made for the Auction - Lot's of interest so bring your checkbooks!

Visitors from California

The four photos above are representatives from the Quilts of Honor group visiting from California.  The Marine Corp Museum was closed and Mt. Vernon graciously opened their doors to this group so they could display and present their quilts to America's heros.   This group of women came to the Variety Store to shop and Dianne Tippins invited them to our meeting.

Regular Show & Tell

 Lynn Miller - Glads on the Rail Fence - Based on a pattern in Sandy Turner's Big Pink Quilts book

 Lynn Miller - Big Bang - Pattern - Turkey Foot - I call this "Big Bang" because it has bright stars and black holes.  It is quilted every 1/4 inch.  The block pattern was used in a quilting magazine to demonstrate methods of machine applique.

 Judy Albert - Art Deco - This is a challenge quilt for the Burke QU Art Quilt Bee challenge "Art of the World" - 1 of 6 genres of art.

 Mary Ritenour - Crazy Quilt Tree Skirt - front and back

 Jill Crispino - Oriental Geometrics and Butteflies

 Pat Alfredson - Leftovers

Pat Alfredson - Strip Challenge

 Beth Smith - Strip Challenge

 Ann Marlin - Liberty Belle - Snap Sack Patter

 Carol Conahan - Fancy Shoes - Made for my best friend for her birthday

 Libby Dudley - Strings and Things - for the Use It Up challenge MVQU 2012-2013.  Was finished in time for the September reveal but was out of town.

 Libby Dudley - Lapis Mosaic in Blue - Collected all my scrappy blue strips, mostly narrower than 2 inches and went to town.  Still have plenty!  Reminds me of an ancient stone floor.  The daisy border is from a dear relatives stash.  So happy to find a good home for it.

 T Carter - Stained Glass - Turning Twenty 5, Simply Sashed by Tricia Cribbs - I pieced this quilt top for St. John's Lutheran Church, Alexandria, VA.  The women of the Creative Ministry (Donna, Cathy, Norma, Darleen, Barbara and T) quilted it by hand.  We will raffle Stained Glass at our annual craft fair on Saturday, November 9, 2013.  Hope to see you there!  The fabric selections:  I co-mingled a variety of batiks, hand-dyes, mottles and prints.  The black fabric is a Kona solid by Robert Kaufman.  The back is Stonehenge by Northcott.

From left to right - Ro Coller, Judy Albert, Dotty Eisenhour, Kathy Zahaczewsky, Mary Downey, Rosemary O'Brien and Libby Dudley - Georgia Bonesteel class project "Interlock Revisited"

October 2013 Newsletter

To see or print a PDF of the October 2013 Newsletter click HERE to access Google Drive.  If you desire to print the newsletter, once you have reached the document on Google Drive use the printer icon to print.

Our October newsletter features articles by:

• President T Carter
• Vice Presidents Pat Alfredson & Mary Mazzuchi
• September Business Meeting Minutes
• Auction Chair - Enrica "Rickie" Frost
• Updates on current activities
• Calendar Quilt Applique Project
• Girl Scout Project
• Storybook Quilt Educational Project
• "True Blue" Qu Show Guild Challenge
• Important information on new opportunities
• Charity Workshop October 22, 2013
• Quilt Retreat March 17-20, 2014
• Special Quilt Exhibit at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond, VA
• 29^th Annual St. Francis Quilt Show
• Invitation to the Cardinal Quilter Annual Auction
• Administrative Information
• Executive Board Positions
• Committee Chair Positions
• Upcoming Events
• Birthday Reminders
• Next Newsletter Deadline

The sidebar has been updated with our 2013-2014 Calendar of Activities.  Under MVQU Program/Workshop you’ll find the registration form for the Paula Golden November Workshop.  Under Auction you can find important information regarding our October Auction.

October 2013 Charity Workshop

Charity Workshop – October 22, 2013 – 11 am to 3 pm

The first MVQU Charity workshop of 2013 is scheduled for October 22, to be held in the first floor meeting room from 11:00 a.m. till about 3 p.m.   The project is a pieced quilt which uses 1 yard each of 4 fabrics.  Please read through the instructions (links below) to familiarize yourself with the project as you select your fabrics.  One set of instructions is taken directly from the book Super Simple Quilts #2 by Alex Anderson & Liz Aneloski (with copyright permission).  The second set of instructions are my re-write using strip piecing techniques to speed up construction of the quilt top.  Please print out both sets, and if you have any questions, please contact Lynn Miler at philiplakier@msn.com.  Please bring your precut fabric, machine, extension cord and supplies, and a bag lunch on Oct. 22.  Two ironing boards and irons will be supplied.

Click "HERE" to go to the printable PDF for the original instructions as published in the book "Super Simple Quilts #2 by Alex Anderson & Liz Aneloski (with copyright permission)

Click "HERE" to go to the Word DOC with strip piecing instructions for this project.

September 2013 Show & Tell

Kathy Zahaczewsky
Row Quilt Challenge

Ann Marlin

Ann Marlin

 Barbara Zygiel
Traditional Pattern Scottie Dog

 September -- Calendar Quilt Banners

Lynn Miller
Quilt Name Inner Peace
from Pattern Inner City which is paper pieced
"This quilt was hand pieced, using English paper piecing methods, machine quilted with metallic thread and mounted on artist canvas to emphasize that it is an "art quilt" and to make it easier to hang straight."

Joan Oelschlager

Lynn Eccleston
Beaded Beach Fantasy
"This is a collage of seashells that I have spent about 3 years on completion.  Just sorry that it's completed."

 Lynn Eccleston
November block for Calendar quilt

 Lynn Miller
October Calendar Quilt Block
This quilt was machine pieced, hand appliqued, and beaded and machine trapunto and quilted.

 

  

Lynn Miller

Celtic Garden Back

"This quilt was machine pieced, appliqued, and quilted. There is so much quilting that when my husband first saw it from the back, he thought it was the front of a whole cloth quilt."

 

Lynn Miller
 Celtic Garden Front

Mary Downey
Spinning Wheels
Done for a family in Texas

 Mary Downey
Autumn in Virginia
from the Pattern The Romance Continues by Marti Michel

Mary Stauss
Goodbye Basketballs

Ro Coller
Clothesline Tote Bag
from Auntie's Bag Pattern

 Ro Coller
Crab Mola Tote Bag
from Reverse Applique Class 2012

Ro Coller
My Green Heaven
Back

Ro Coller
My Green Heaven
from Bonnie Hunter Class

 Ruth Roush
Desert Longhorn Skull
from pattern Longhorn Skull

 Ruth Roush
Southwest Tesselation

T Carter
Loon Creek
from Loon Creek Pattern by McKenna Ryan
"I created this quilt to celebrate the gift of spring after a long, cold winter in the Minnesota North woods.  The lovely lonely call of the Loon provides on of the first signs of the changing season."