Friday, June 19, 2015

Quilts for Veterans Delivered

Susan Ryan posted the following on facebook today: 


Delivered 21 quilts this morning to the dialysis unit and outpatient chemo clinic at McGuire VA Hospital. Made some very nice veterans happy.
Susan Ryan's photo.

Thank you, Susan, for delivering all the quilts. There will be more at the end of the year!

(Susan is a CSQ member and retired O.R. nurse from McGuire VA Hospital)

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Veteran Quilt Display at Montpelier Center

Please bring all veteran's quilts to the meeting Tuesday night. There were several quilts that needed a binding, and we are ready to hang them at The Montpelier Center.  The plan is to hang 3 quilts and we will change them every 3 months. This is a great way for us to share with the community!   Thank you and see you Tuesday. 

Thursday, June 4, 2015

JUNE MEETING

REMINDER: Our June meeting will be June 16, (due to the election in our building on June 9.) 

 

June sewing will be our regular 2nd Friday & Saturday of the month - June 12 & 13.

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Free Quilt Patterns

The other day I was thinking about how many free quilt patterns that there are on the web. Then I set out to make a list of as many sites as I could find and share them here. There are more than what's on this list but these are the ones that I think have the best designs.

Riley Blake Designs has tons of patterns. Most are simple with one block repeats and simple borders but there are a few really unique ones. Cinema is one that's interesting and, I think, could be changed to make it veteran's size.

Jinny Beyer has several free patterns and they are more complex than most free patterns. There are even a few bargello designs.

In The Beginning fabrics has lots of patterns and there is a lot of variety in designs. You are bound to like something on their page.

Blank Quilting has a couple dozen free patterns.

Pat Sloan has a bunch of patterns and Traffic Jam would be great for scraps.

Andover Fabrics has TONS of patterns. Sherwood is one that could be a veteran's quilt by eliminating the outer border and making the middle border a little wider.

Hoffman Fabrics has a decent collection of free patterns.

Robert Kaufman has pages and pages of free patterns!

About.com has 5 pages of patterns.

Michael Miller has a lot of "modern" quilt patterns.

Clothworks has about 100 free quilt and project patterns.

Fabri-Quilt has a nice variety of patterns.

Windham Fabrics as 33 pages of patterns!

Timeless Treasures has 19 pages of patterns.

Of course Bonnie Hunter has THE best collection of scrap quilt patterns.

There's a Pinterest Board for free patterns and there's even a Facebook page for free patterns!

If you are looking for a new pattern maybe one of these sites will have something you like. If you have a site that I don't have listed here leave a link in the comments.

Sunday, May 10, 2015

CORRECTION - MAY MEETING

The post I made yesterday was about our MAY meeting - I have changed the post to say May, not June.

Saturday, May 9, 2015

May Meeting

Our MAY meeting will be an interesting one with lots going on!
 
Miriam Ahladas will be presenting a program on crazy quilts - which will be our block of the month. Please bring any crazy quilts (old or new) to share during the program.
 
1. Bring your oldest quilt and share its story.
 
2. Remember to bring ALL veterans quilts to the meeting as they will be delivered soon. If your quilt doesn't have a label, you can get one at the meeting and sew it on.
 
3. Return your 3 Wonky Square blocks to Vicki.
 
4. Bring your regular Show & Tell.
 
5. We will NOT be meeting for sewing on Tuesday May 26 (the building is not available to us).
 
6. JUNE MEETING. Our building will be used for voting on June 9 (our regular meeting date) so we have rescheduled our meeting to JUNE 16.

See you Tuesday - come early to visit - meeting starts at 7 p.m.

Monday, May 4, 2015

May Dates

May 8th & 9th: Fri.-Sat. sewing, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
May 12:  meeting 7 p.m.  program on foundation piecing crazy quilt block by Miriam Ahladas
                                         also bring your oldest quilt(s) & share it's story ( did you or someone in your family make it, was it found at flea market, etc.)
May 26:  NO Tuesday sit & stitch










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