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

Thursday, December 28, 2017

January 2018 Newsletter

To see and print a copy of this Newsletter, click HERE to access Google Drive. If you desire to print the newsletter, use the printer icon once you have accessed Google Drive.

Thursday, December 14, 2017

December 2017 Show & Tell

 Carolyn Paden
Christmas Charity Quilt

 Ginny Mayes -- Blues for Theo
from pattern Twinkle found on Gladiquilts blog

 Ginny Mayes  -- Cross Knots
pattern Cross Knots by Aria Lane

 Ginny Mayes -- Don't Fence Me In
designed by Melinda Pirone of Sew Precious Creations

 Ann Marlin -- Blue Border & assorted squares

 Ann Marlin -- Winter Follies

 Kathy Zahaczewsky -- Spinner
from October Spinner class with Barbara Cline

 Colleen Griffin -- charity quilt

 Cynthia Johnson -- Kennel Quilts

 charity quilt

 Susan Crowe

 Susan Crowe -- charity quilt

 Libby Dudley -- Green and Yellow Blocks
"All the large blocks are made entirely from half square triangles with no solid square patches.  Small blocks are all solid squares.  All are pre-cut patches found in a small baggie at a Florida show boutique table for $1.   A year's long voyage of discovery.  Machine quilted by Sonia Gondol."

 Jim Melton -- Dresden plate

 Jim Melton -- his first quilt

Jim Melton -- mother's quilt
hand quilted

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

November 2017 Show & Tell



 Mary Stauss
Spinner from Barbara Cline workshop
"Really great workshop.  The instructor had many tips, "tricks" and insights on layout to enhance the 'movement,' Spinner, design."

 Ann Marlin
Table runner

 Ann Marlin
Table runner
( There were several more I didn't get good shots of.)

 Carolyn Paden
Jenny Beyer Log Cabin Quilt

 Carolyn Paden
Vintage Dreams designed by Colette Belt

 Rosemary O'Brien
Happy Halloween -- 1993 wall quilt

 Rosemary O'Brien
2017 large quilt using some of same fabrics

 Sally Barber
pillows for a great-grandson





Sunday, October 29, 2017

November/December 2017 Newsletter

To see and print a copy of this Newsletter, click HERE to access Google Drive. If you desire to print the newsletter, use the printer icon once you have accessed Google Drive.

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Sleeping Bag Supply List

Click HERE to access the sleeping bag supply list.

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Proposed Bylaws Changes

Click HERE to access proposed bylaws changes. Parts that need to be removed are in blue ink; replacement wording is in red ink and underlined.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

October 2017 Show & Tell

 MVQU's quilt presented to Julie Ellis, Hollin Hall director, on her retirement

 Nancy Barkume  -- Garden of Delights
from pattern Garden Path made with Robert Kaufman fabrics
"This is a raffle quilt made for the Mount Vernon Unitarian Church's annual Holiday Shop in November."

 Nancy Barkume -- Sunrise, Sunset
from pattern Spectrum by Alison Glass
"It's all about using up fabric from my stash."

 Nancy Barkume
back of same quilt 

Ann Marlin


Ann Marlin

Ann Marlin
Hearthstone (Christmas)

Ann Marlin

Ann Marlin -- Happy Quilt
from Square Dance pattern by MSQC

Ann Marlin
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
a Log Cabin pattern

Carolyn Paden
Bow Tie Celebration 1

Carolyn Paden
Bow Tie Celebration 2

Carolyn Paden
MVQU charity quilt

Blanche Ammann
charity quilt

Ginny Mayes
Miami Sunrise, DC Sunset for a Greensburg Guy
from pattern Bermuda Sunrise

Mary Stauss
charity quilt

Mary Stauss
charity quilt

Mary Stauss
charity quilt

Zoe Ann Brown
Tumbling Blocks

Zoe Ann Brown
Challenge Quilt

Zoe Ann Brown
Dresden Plate

Veronica Abrams

Sally Barber
charity quilt

Thursday, October 5, 2017

September 2017 Show & Tell

 Carol Allen
"My daughter is getting married, and I decided to make a quilt for each of the four bridesmaids and 2 flower girls."

 Carol Allen

 Carol Allen

 Carol Allen

 Carol Allen

 Carol Allen

 Carol Allen

 Carol Allen

 Joyce Keating
Charity quilts

 More charity quilts

 JoAn Stout
Wandering Stars -- a traditional pattern

 JoAn Stout
Dogs -- charity quilt
 
 Susan Crowe
Color Challenge from pattern Shoofly

 Lynn Miller
Denim Stained Glass
Machine pieced and quilted

 Lynn Miller
Flannel Hexi-Log Cabin
pattern from Fons & Porter Love of Quilting
 
 Lynn Miller
When Kaffe & Tula Met in the Garden
 Hand pieced one inch hexies, machine quilted

 Joan Oelschlager
Woodland Creatures
3 Yard Quilt pattern

 Joan Oelschlager
back of quilt

 Joan Oelschlager
K's Flowers in the Shadows
from pattern Cool Breeze by Kim Schaefer

 Joan Oelschlager
Row by Row 2015

 Jim Melton
Many Colors
"Fabric on the quilt was all taken from our tables, including the back."

 Jim Melton