Up and coming, April, 9, 12, & 13th

Thanks to Denise for a really fun and informative program in March. I think we all learned a lot from her great notes and lovely show and tell details! So glad she posted her son's quilt, too! Looking forward to future quilts!

On April 8th, hope you can join Sharon G. for some new ideas she has for our scrap quilts. Knowing how organized and prolific a quilter she is, I'm already inspired that she'll share some of her experience with us.

Also, if you have some 4" squares, it's not too late; bring them in for Gwendolyn to continue with her block of the month quilt ideas. You may bring them on Tuesday or on our sewing days, April 12th or 13th.

Please do join in on the fun! Now that we have more daylight, it's so much fun to quilt in the light!
Regards,
Marcy

Estelle Porter's Fiber Art Exhibit!

Evening Egrets

Estelle Porter is an accomplished fiber artist with strong ties to Randolph-Macon College.  Her fiber art is the culmination of training in a variety of media.  She incorporates painting, drawing, photography and printing along with fiber art techniques to achieve a variety of surface design effects on cloth.  Recent work reflects her rediscovery of family connections to the Greek island of Kythera.

April 14 - May 24 2019

Randolph-Macon College, Pace-Armistead Hall

Flippo Gallery

211 N. Center St., Ashland, VA 23005

Gallery hours:  Monday-Friday, 11am - 4pm

Opening Reception April 14, 2019 3 - 5pm

Let's have a big CSQ showing at the opening reception!

Heritage

March Dates - 3/8 & 3/9 & 3/12

Thanks to Gwendolyn for getting our scrap-happy Veterans Quilts energies going during the February program. Although I am nowhere near as prolific as some of y’all, I am sure making more quilts than I used to! So, for March, we’ll switch gears - our sewing days will come before our meeting date! If you can, please join us on either Friday or Saturday, or both, March 8 &/or 9 for two days of sewing fun. Work on your projects, visit, join us with a lunch from home or purchase something in Montpelier. Hopefully, the weather will be more spring than winter, but but inside it will be sunny!

Join us for our regular meeting on March 12, when Denise Z. will share her unique experiences in creating some wonderful and successful pictorial quilts. I am really looking forward to the creativity that will be launched from this topic! I hope to see many of you at one or all three sessions. MG

February update - Sewing days 2/8 and 2/9 meeting 2/12

After a super-charged January program by Vicki, we continue to rev up our Veterans and Scrap Quilt efforts with a program by Gwendolyn that focuses on using our fabulous stashes (We know who we are!!). Gwendolyn writes: Scrap quilts offer creative possibilities to play with color and patterns. They can be traditional or modern. We'll look at examples of both and introduce a new block of the month for a group veterans quilt. To participate: Cut 4 four-inch squares of any dark or medium fabric (any color except yellow) and sew together into a four patch unit. We'll be placing them on the diagonal with alternate blocks in a light or yellow fabric from my stash." Please bring blocks to Feb and/or March meeting (multiples are good!), and during sewing days Gwendolyn will bring blocks for laying out and stitching up together in case anyone wants to help with that part of the process.

Our Flickr Account

I think by now that everyone knows that we have the Flickr account where Margaret generously uploads photos from our meeting each month. Flickr has implemented some new policies to limit the size/age of libraries and Margaret has received notice that our older photos will be deleted.

Margaret has downloaded to her computer all of the photos from 2013 - 2015 and she will start deleting those files January 31. If you want any of those photos for yourself please go to the Flickr site and download the photos that you want. Here's the link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/94945132@N03/albums

Margaret is not going to be making copies of the archived photos. She's just keeping them until we discuss what to do with them. If you want any of the photos you need to download them yourself before January 31.

At the next meeting we should discuss archiving of photos. Do we really want to keep these photos forever or should we have some sort of policy where the photos are deleted after a period of time, say 2 years.

Veterans Quilt Patterns links

Thanks to everyone who was interested in my veterans quilt patterns tonight and, to those not interested thank you for not heckling me. 😀 Here are the links to the instructions for all of the quilts that I shared at the meeting. Click on the quilt name to go to the tutorial.

Strength Quilt

Blockade Quilt

Redoubt Quilt

Regiment Quilt

As a bonus I shared this quilt that's made with 4" finished half-square triangles. Make 180 4" HST blocks that are half light and half dark and have fun arranging them. Here's one that I made plus some other ideas for arranging the blocks.

January 8 Meeting

Just a reminder to bring your W.H.E.A.T. donations. We support W.H.E.A.T. with non-perishable food, supplies, and cash/checks each December - and due to the snow cancelling our December meeting we are starting the new year off by remembering those in our community who benefit from our giving.

It's time to pay our annual CSQ membership fee of $15.00.

ALSO, and this is very important, please fill out the form requested by Hanover County Parks and Recreation. This is something they require us to do each year. It helps them validate the use of the building, which we do so at no charge.

So having said all that, looking forward to seeing everyone at our meeting on Tuesday - program by Vicki and bring your show & tell!

Also mark your calendars for Friday and Saturday Jan 11 & 12th to sew together. . .

HAPPY NEW YEAR!