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

Friday, March 30, 2018

April 2018 Newsletter

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Sunday, March 18, 2018

March 2018 Show & Tell

 MVQU's display at Martha Washington Library

 Mary Mazzuchi
Crayon Quilt from Long Branch ES

 Mary Mazzuchi
2nd Crayon Quilt from Long Branch ES
Quilts will be hung in the school.



 Mary Mazzuchi
Fidget Quilts for Lynbrook ES autistic students
 and students with attention deficit issues

 Lynn Miller
Kaleidoscope -- a traditional pattern
"This pattern has had a recent resurgence in the Modern Quilting
 movement and is now often called 'Grandmother's Surprise.'"

 Ann Marlin
Slideshow -- designed by Janine Burke

 Ann Marlin 
Bold Black & White
Dash it All pattern from Stitching Tree

Ann Marlin
Road to Christmas
Intersection pattern from Missouri Quilt

 Libby Dudley
Hot Pad
Pattern is from a Sewing Shop in Moab, Utah
"This is an easy modification of a popular hot pad design."

 Libby Dudley
Improv
"Scrappy bits put to use at idle moments. 
 It sat on the design board for months waiting for border and binding."

 Ro Coller
Black and Blue and Pinwheels
Pattern is Pineapple Surprise from book
Jelly Roll Quilts by Pam Lintott

 JoAn Stout
Jelly Roll Quilt

 Ines Van Herck
Irish Circles
designed by Karen Cunningham
Hand pieced and Hand quilted

 Ines Van Herck
Stonefield -- designed by Susan Smith
Hand pieced and Hand quilted
 Ines Van Herck
detail from Stonefield
Hand pieced and Hand quilted

 Ines Van Herck
Hand pieced and Hand quilted
 Ines Van Herck
detail from above

 Ines Van Herck
Hortense et Petunia
Hand pieced and Hand quilted

Veronica Abrams
Coconut Chips

Veronica Abrams
Windmill
pattern Pinwheels

Enrica Frost
Knitted shawl -- personal design

Enrica Frost
Knitted hats -- personal design
"This is what happens when you're recovering from surgery."

Thursday, March 1, 2018

March Newsletter

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