May 2020 Newsletter

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May 2020 Show & Tell

 Libby Dudley

"Spider Web Table Runner. The gold background pieces were ready for adding the scraps when I adopted them, from a source that I have forgotten.  Am grateful to that unknown quilter who provided the format, reminding me how to construct this great design for using fabric bits.  Worked on this off and on for over a year and finished soon after the sequestering began. "

 Ginny Mayes 

"This is the leaf quilt I was working on at the quilt-in in February. It is a king-sized Leaf Promenade I made for my dad’s 80th birthday. I called it Deer Season in the Dolly Sods because he used to go hunting with his uncle in Dolly Sods when he was young."

 Ginny Mayes 

46 scrub caps for Capital Caring

 Ginny Mayes

lots and lots of masks

 T Carter

"Masks for family and friends in Colorado, Minnesota and here in Virginia."

 T Carter

more masks

 T Carter

"Scrappy Floral on B&W. (quilt top) Pattern by Cabin in the Woods. All fabric from my stash: some from the MVQU free table, an MVQU action purchase, leftovers from several previous quilts and a prize won at a MVQU birthday raffle."

Joan Oelschlager

charity quilt

 

Joan Oelschlager

Mount Vernon row by row

 Joan Oelschlager

some small projects: slide pencil pouches, jelly roll purses, mug organizer and masks

 

Joan Oelschlager

charity quilt

 

Joan Oelschlager

charity quilt

 

Lynda McGee

"I’m new to the guild (went to one meeting before the shutdown).  

Here’s a couple of quilts I’ve finished during the lockdown.

Baby quilt for my great nephew ...

 Lynda McGee

"and big t-shirt quilt for my daughter. (If you look close at the ‘bar harbor’ shirt, you might make out the quilted DNA chain...she’s a genetics researcher)"

 Helen Shaver

Leftover Squares

 Helen Shaver

Elvira Quilt

 Jim Melton

 Marianne Urban

"This is for my sister in law Norma who was  long overdue a quilt.  It is a double Irish chain, 80 by 100, 100% made from stash.  Nothing purchased!  The background  is vanilla, not yellow, and the machine quilting done by a friend is Baptist fan done with rulers  I precut scraps into shapes with my GO.  So I really use my scraps!  Norma volunteers heavily at a historical home so I chose my oldest squares.  Mainly from the80’s and 90’s.

Marianne Urban presently in a rehab facility for the ninth week due to a fall, major surgery and not having permission to put any weight on leg until yesterday.  Let the rehab begin...please!"

Sally Barber

Fidget quilt for Capital Caring

(along with LOTS of scrub caps and masks)

This is a picture of an International Quilt Festival in Russia.  People sew quilts that are all 1 meter by 1 meter with ribbons at the corners.  They are then attached and audience can walk between the blocks.