MVQU meets Tuesdays at 12:30pm in Hollin Hall Senior Center, 1500 Shenandoah Road, Alexandria, VA 22308. For more information click here.

Sunday, December 29, 2013

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


Saturday, December 28, 2013

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. 

Saturday, December 7, 2013

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