August meeting announcements

The August meeting is tomorrow,  Tuesday, August 11 at 7pm at The Montpelier Center for the Arts. Dawn Burnett is going to entertain us with a presentation on "A Brief History of Quilts."

We will also have the monthly show and tell and pinwheel block exchange. 

There are also a lot of veterans quilts ready to be picked up for binding.

August sewing days are Wednesday and Thursday, August 19 and 20. The doors are usually open by 9. Come whenever you want, work on whatever you want and leave whenever you want.  Just come and have fun.

July Meeting Roundup

Tuesday's meeting was a huge success. Margaret inspired everyone with her trunk show of scrappy veterans quilts.

I was completely gobsmacked to bring home 23 finished veterans quilts! Many of these were from Margaret's trunk show.

I also brought home 10 quilt tops ready for quilting. These will add to 3 that I already had a 3 or more that Brenda took home.

We will be very busy quilting the next few weeks.

We also had a successful drive for WHEAT  and received this note from Cathy Williams. 

I collected in the WHEAT Food Drive last night from CSQ a generous portion of canned tuna, canned chicken, canned tomatoes, some wipes, canned corn. Thank them for us. You are always generous. And $645.00 in checks and cash which we will spend buying fill-in items for our food pantry.

Thank CSQ for helping out needy neighbors in Western Hanover County with the basic necessity of food.

Thanks, Cathy Williams, Food Assistance Coordinator, WHEAT and CSQ member

July meeting and sew days!

 Our July Meeting is this coming Tuesday, July 14 at 7 pm at the Montpelier Center. Our program is being presented by Margaret Griffiths. She will share a trunk show of a lot of veterans quilts that were made using crumb blocks and scrap fabrics. You will be awed and inspired by all the new veterans quilts that she has made.

We will also have our annual July collection for WHEAT. Cathy Williams will be in the parking lot before the meeting to accept the donations. Donations can be product or monetary/checks. For a list of current needs, check out their pantry page here.

Our sewing days are July 15 and 16, this Wednesday and Thursday. The Montpelier Center is having summer camp this week so we will use the old library space for our sewing space, this same as last month.

Generosity Delivered

Thanks to you generosity, we delivered $675 to the Montpelier Center from our collection at the June meeting! The new director,  Ryan, was excited to receive it. 

This week I also delivered 30 more veterans quilts to our contact, Jennifer. The Interventional Radiography department at the Fredericksburg center still isn't operational so she is splitting the quilts between Richmond IR and Fredericksburg for general use. She reports that both facilities are thrilled to have them.

Our total for the year is 69!

Sew Days - Change of location!

Because of summer camps at the Montpelier Center,  we will have sewing days in the former library. The AC is better in that space too!

Opportunity to try an Accu Cutter!

 Annette has an Accu Cutter and lots of dies, which she plans to bring to sewing days next week.  This is your opportunity to try out the cutter – bring your scraps or bigger pieces of fabric that you’d like to cut.  She will be there both Wednesday and Thursday.

Thanks, Annette!

Chandelier Quilt Instructions

To go along with the June program on quilts set on point, I've written cutting instructions for one of my favorite veterans quilt patterns.  Sharon Gustafson introduced me to this when she made several veterans quilts a few years ago. I make at least one a year now. It comes together very quickly.

(I don't know why Blogger insists on putting this photo sideways.)

Even if you don't like this particular block, you can substitute any 8" block and use the side triangle cutting instructions in the pattern.

Download the instructions here.