The next two weeks are busy. The Trash and Treasure program will be Tuesday, November 12. Sewing Days will be on Wednesday and Thursday (November 20 and 21) of the next week. So let’s finish that week by meeting for lunch on Friday, November 22. Come to Kitchen 33 at 12:30 for laughter and relaxation. This will be our last luncheon for 2024 since the holiday season is here. Please let Brenda know by Wednesday, November 20, if you can come. Hope to see you there!
Our meeting schedule has been set for 2025. Here are the dates for you to add to your calendars. The dates will always be posted on the sidebar of this blog for you as well.
7pm
Meetings
January 14
February 11
March 11
April 8
May 13
June 10
July 8
August 12
September 9
October 14
November 11
December 9
Sewing
Days
January 15, 16
February 19, 20
March 19, 20
April 16, 17
May 21, 22
June 18, 19
July 16, 17
August 20, 21
September 17, 18
October 15, 16
November 19, 20
December 17, 18
The month of October is busy for many people so our luncheon will be on Friday, November 1. We will be at Kitchen 33 at 12:30. Bring your quilts and tops for a little show and tell. Please let Brenda know by Wednesday, October 30, if you can attend. A text, phone call, or voicemail will be fine. Come and share some laughter and fun. See you there!
Reminder: We will not have a meeting on October 8
November 12 will be our Silent Auction Trash to Treasure program. Tidy up your sewing room and bring "goodies" to donate - all money goes towards supplies for quilts for veterans.
A digital scale is my new quilting tool - it was in my kitchen! Hope this information helps you in counting quilt pieces.
I thought it would be fun to make a very scrappy veteran quilt that would be a project that would take me longer to make.
These two blocks make an interesting design, so I started cutting pieces for 9 inch blocks. The quilt will be 45 x 54, so I’ll add borders. Two color quilts are so much faster with strip piecing, cutting multiple layers at a time, etc., but I wanted the “scrappy” look – the more the better, right? That means getting out a lot of fabrics and only cutting several pieces of each one – pressing, cutting, refolding, putting away, repeat, repeat, repeat.
Okay, so now I have stacks of each shape. Have I cut enough? The quilt uses a total of 630 pieces and I don’t want to do all that counting so I came up with a new tool to do the work for me. That new quilting tool is a digital scale from the kitchen.
Here's what I did: weigh 10 pieces. 10 pieces weigh 8 grams
I can stop cutting now and start sewing, because I have enough for TWO quilts!
UPDATE: Quilt #3 has been added!
Thank you to everyone who made blocks with red centers. . .the blocks just keeping coming and now I'm working on quilt #5 with red centers. Here's a review of the easy block with a 2-1/2" center. (see July 8 post for more information)
The first quilt is finished. I decided to set it on-point so I trimmed the blocks to 7-1/2" - Here is the quilt and the directions for blocks on point to make a veteran size quilt.
While we were at sewing this weekend we discovered that there is a conflict at the Montpelier Center with our October meeting. Since Trash to Treasure is probably our most important meeting for raising funds for the veterans quilts, we decided to move Trash to Treasure to November and to cancel the October meeting.
We will have October Sewing days on the 16th and 17th, as scheduled. If you have quilt tops or quilts to deliver in October, you can drop off at sewing days or wait until the November meeting.
If you want to do something on October 8th, you can still go the the Montpelier Center and enjoy some musical entertainment.
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An update on the request for quilts to display at Verena on the Glen. I currently have the quilts that were on display at the Montpelier Center so have offered those for the 2-hour exhibit at Verena. That will be October 10. Brenda may also have another opportunity to show off our quilts at another senior living center in the area. The quilts will be included in our December delivery to the VA, but in the meantime we can use them to bring some happiness to others.
The rainy/cloudy weather didn't stop us from loading up our cars and sewing for 2 days at the Montpelier Center. There were lots of quilts in progress and a few completed projects!
When we finished sewing on Wednesday the veteran quilts were taken down and they will be shared at Verena at the Glen (retirement community) and also at Morningside Care facility before their final destination at the V.A. Hospital in Richmond. It's great to share our quilts with others. Thanks to Brenda for taking these sewing day pictures.
The U.S. Navy Band Concert at the Montpelier Center today (Sept 13) has been canceled due to sickness in the band. It has been rescheduled for Oct. 20 at 5 p.m.
This is the event where Country School Quilters will have a booth and give away 4 quilts to veterans. Mark your calendars for Oct 20.
Join us for our luncheon this month on Friday, Sept 27, at 12:30. We are meeting at Lakeside Barbeque (formerly Virginia Barbeque and recommended by Betsy S.) at 6920 Lakeside Avenue, Suite E.
Bring your projects for show and tell. Then let’s proceed to Quilting Adventures at 6943 Lakeside Avenue. The Quilting Adventures website states there is additional parking behind their building or in The Hub Shopping Center next door. These are the preferred spots.
Please let Brenda know by Wednesday, September 25, if you can attend.
Join us and find an
inspiration for your next project!
Out YTD total is now 129! That's 13 more than we made in all of 2023! I think we might hit 150 this year.
Well done ladies!
WHAT: Quilt Show
WHEN: Thursday, October 10 2:30-4:30 pm.
WHERE: 10286 Brook Rd., Glen Allen, VA
Country School Quilters have been invited to participate in a quilt show that will be hosted by Verena at the Glen, located at 10286 Brook Rd., Glen Allen.
The event will be Thursday, October 10 from 2:30-4:30 pm.
It will be a time to visit about your quilts with residents.
For more information or to let her know you plan to come, please call Judy Nguyen, Life Enrichment Director at 703-362-7217 or email jnguyen@verenaattheglen.com
The machines were humming as we sewed together in our beautiful room at The Montpelier Center for Arts & Education.
You are invited to join the fun!
On Thursday, I delivered the next batch of quilts and we had 42! I think that's a record for one delivery. Jennifer told me they had gifted the last quilt yesterday so these were perfectly timed. This brings our YTD total to 99. That's another record! Of course we have 16 quilts hanging at the Montpelier that will be in our next delivery. That means that we are easily going to beat our number of quilts for 2023, 116.
Thanks you for your generous donations of 112 pounds of staple foods, $90.00 in cash and $425.00 in checks yesterday at your meeting. It is folks like you who give to those in need in Our Western Hanover Community that allow us to do what we do…you are greatly generous and loving towards others, allowing families to receive emergency services when needed and additional food to feed their families through WHEAT.
Love You Gals,The quilts have been hung at the Montpelier Center! There are being displayed in support of the Music Under the Stars and Stripes event in September. CSQ will give 4 quilts to veterans at the event and will have a ten there so we can talk about our service quilts. Everyone at the meeting last night got to see the quilts and you can stop by and see them any time you want. They are exhibited in the dance studio.
