September 2026 Show and Tell

Participants in the charity workshop to be held on October 20th will be able to assemble Fabric Cafe's Town Square quilts from kits with the pattern and precut fabric pieces. Carol Allen and Ginny Mayes brought their Town Square quilts as samples.

Carol Allen with her Town Square quilt 

Ginny Mayes's Town Square quilt

Libby Dudley's Deli placemat

The back of Libby's Deli placemat

Veronica Abrams with a baby quilt made from a panel found on the free table.

Veronica Abrams with her Bright Stars from a pattern by Barbara Cline. Veronica took the class for this quilt at the 2026 Road2VA show in Richmond this summer.

Veronica Abrams with her quilt made from the African Queen panel from Creative Sewing Lounge.  The panel was also available at the Road2VA quilt show in 2026. The fabric on the outer border is actually the "wrong" side of the fabric to tone down the colors.

Joan Mayer's stunning Cathedral Star, from a free Donna Jordan pattern.

Mary Stauss's Ladies and Purses quilt

Mary Stauss's nine-patches of nine-patches, hand quilted

The back of Mary Stauss's quilt

Barbara Zygiel and her Christmas Tree quilt.  The quilt was designed by Barbara herself and was featured in a magazine.  The quilt was hand-pieced by Barbara and machine quilted by Lynn Miller.

Lynn Garner and her Dancing Ladies quilt.  The pattern for the quilt is Reach for the Stars.  The quilt was done at the Christian Compassion Retreat in Lancaster, PA in June of 2026.

The back of Lynn Garner's Dancing Ladies quilt.

Lynn Garner and her Flowering Panel quilt.

Joan Oelschlager showed how she upcycled some favorite pants by adding lace patches

Joan Oelschlager and her upcycled pants

Lynn Miller showed several quilts she had made either with fabric or blocks found on the free table, or with quilts begun by Gigi Corbin and completed by Lynn.  Lynn quilted all of them herself.

The wonderful backing on Lynn's quilt with orange columns

One of Gigi's quilts that Lynn completed

Lynn Miller with another quilt she completed

Lynn Miller with one of Gigi Corbin's quilts that Lynn completed.

Andrea Grutza honored New York State Parks with this quilt, the result of a shop hop

Shannon Robinson's Tranquil Stars which she blessed with custom long arm quilting

A closeup of Shannon Robinson's custom quilting on her Tranquil Stars quilt

Shannon Robinson's owl quilt with owl fabric surrounded by 2 1/2" squares

Shannon Robinson and her patchwork bag

Rickie Frost and Tina Wujick showed some of their scarves created by echo printing leaves on silk.  This one is by Rickie.

One of Tina Wujick's echo printed silk scarves.

Rickie Frost with one of her echo printed silk scarves

Tina Wujick with one of her echo printed scarves created with Rickie

Rickie Frost with another echo printed scarf

One of Rickie Frost's echo printed silk scarves

Rickie Frost and an echo printed silk scarf

Rickie Frost's autumn-themed echo printed scarf

Rickie Frost recycled and repurposed beads and crystals from antique chandeliers

Tina Wujick showed some of the threads that she has hand-dyed

Tina and more of her hand-dyed thread

Tina Wujick's colorful triangle quilt

The back of Tina's triangle quilt.  The spiraling quilting is visible.

Tina Wujick and her curved-piecing quilt

Tina Wujick and her pieced and lined patchwork bag.

Results of the "Where Have All the Squares Gone?" Challenge

 

Barbara Zygiel graciously donated sets of twelve 10" squares of fabrics. Participants in the "Where Have All the Squares Gone?" Challenge were to use some fabric from every square in the quilt of their choosing.  Some of the completions were shared at the September 2026 MVQU Business Meeting.

Barbara Zygiel with her Slices quilt using the challenge fabrics.

Donna Porcaro's bold Churn Dash

Carol Allen's challenge quilt in a woven version of Chinese Coins.

Carol Allen's second challenge quilt hides the squares within other squares!

Kathy Z's squares danced on the diagonal

Jeanne Farmer's precious little houses using the stamps and patterns from Jeannekes Etsy shop.

Mary Downey's Falling Squares stood out from their black background

Paula Weinberg's woven blocks alternated with bright red

Deb Van Laere used holiday fabrics in her quilt

The wonderful cheater cloth backing for Deb's quilt

Veronica Abrams claimed Lynn Miller talked her into making the complicated pattern from the magazine for her challenge quilt.  The quilt is Rhapsody by Amy Lollis and was in Better Homes and Garden quilt magazine.

The stunning result of Veronica's quilt from the pattern Lynn suggested.

Tina Wujick's energetic challenge quilt

Lynn Miller's Five and Dime used twenty-five 10" squares plus sashing

The back of Lynn Miller's Five and Dime quilt

Sharon McAuliffe's classic Snowball quilt

Sharon McAuliffe's second challenge quilt grouping squares together with light blue sashing 

Shannon Robinson's challenge quilt using big and tiny Four Patches