July Meeting Notes

 Friday and Saturday Sewing days are early this month! Join us July 7 and 8 in our usual place. At our last meeting we had representatives from the VA hospital and they gave us a bag of snacks. We will have those at Sewing and any leftovers will be at the regular meeting.

Our July meeting is July 11 at we will start at 6:30 because it's our annual summer pot luck and collection for WHEAT. Bring your favorite dish to share and we will collect much needed food items for WHEAT. This time WHEAT is looking only for food....or monetary donations, if you want. Cathy reported that they are pretty tight on food inventory at the moment. The list of requested food items is below.

Remember that we have to register for all of our events and you can register for free at Hanover Parks and Rec Website. We are under Clubs and Social.

Items for WHEAT

Boxes of breakfast cereal

Boxes of instant oatmeal

Oatmeal

Pancake mix with syrup, some low sugar or sugar free

Boxes of Mac ‘n cheese

Any size and type of tomato products

One pound boxes of spaghetti noodles

Containers of Spaghetti sauce to feed 4-6

Ramen noodles

16-ounce jars of peanut butter and/or jelly

6-ounce cans of tuna

Cans of chicken

Other cans of meat

16-ounce cans of any vegetables

Cans of dried beans, pork and beans, black and pinto beans

Pound bags of white or brown rice

Cans of fruit, some low sugar or sugar free

Any size or kind of soup

Any type of one-dish meals, Brunswick stew, chicken and dumplings, beef stew

Quart envelopes of dried milk

Envelopes of dried potatoes

Dressing Mix

Meal starters like hamburger helper

Paper grocery bags

Monetary donations are used to help citizens with utility bills or other emergency expenses and can be mailed to WHEAT P.O. Box 171 Beaverdam, VA 23015

CSQ 34th Anniversary

I don't know if it's a birthday or an anniversary but County School Quilters is 34 years old! We've grown over the years and have always been a steadfast group that promotes quilting and friendship while being involved in community activities. Visitors and new members are always welcome.  

Free quilting frame available

I was recently contacted by a woman from Louisa who has a full-size quilting frame, with extensions, that she wants to give away.  She thinks it is probably maple.  It sounds like it has never been used.  If you are interested in it, please contact me and I will give you her name and contact information.

Sadly, we have lost 2 members from Country School Quilters.  

Linda M., a long time member of Country School Quilters, passed this morning, after a long illness. She will always be remembered with fondness for her kindness and the beautiful quilts she made. 

Michal R. also a member of Country School Quilters passed on June 4. Please keep them and their families in our prayers.   

More veterans quilts delivered!

 Actually, this batch of quilts were picked up. Last night, we had the pleasure of hosting our liaison at the VA Hospital along with two of her coworkers.

John Scheid, Jennifer Farrell and Kathleen Bunch came to share with us how important and special our quilts are to their patients in the Interventional Radiology (IR) Department. we learned what they do in their department and how they identify the veterans that need our quilts the most. They truly care about the quilts and much as we do.

We had 37 quilts ready for them to take! That brings our 2023 total to 66. Great work everyone! I think we were all inspired to go home and start making more quilts for "our veterans".

Tuesday Meeting

Our Tuesday meeting is going to be a visit from our contact at the Veterans Hospital. Bring any of your finished veterans quilts so that we can send her back with a nice stack!

Also, don't forget to send in your quilt exhibit entries by Friday. You can get the information here.

The July meeting will be our annual summer potluck and food drive for WHEAT. We'll post next month a list of things they need.

Getting Ready for the Quilt Exhibit!

 We are very excited about our upcoming quilt exhibit at The Montpelier Center. We are fortunate to have a venue in our community where we can share our love for quilts and quilting. We have attracted many new members from previous shows along with a lot of appreciation from the community. The more members who participate the more diverse and interesting our exhibit will be. Our exhibit will be September 9 - October 9. Quilts will be hung September 8 and taken down October 10.

When we sent the original survey you offered between 31-45 quilts and several of you said you could contribute more if needed. Even if you didn't respond to the initial survey, we do want your quilts!  But now it's time to finally commit. Please enter any and all quits that you want. We may not be able to take every quilt but we would rather have too many than too few.

You may offer your quilt for sale. The Montpelier Center takes a 30% commission on for sale items, in the same way any other professional venue would.

Quilts are limited to 76" in length.

Please copy and paste the following "form" and fill it out for each quilt you are entering. Email the form answers, along with a photo of your quilt to karenannehayes52@gmail.com by June 15.

Quilt Name:

Maker/makers:

Dimensions:

For Sale: NO / YES, what price _____ (30% goes to Montpelier Center)

Descriptive information that you want printed on the display card next to your quilt (pattern, hand or machine quilted, inspiration, whatever):