The class registration for the Quilters Unlimited Show has begun! Check out the Lectures and Classes schedule and register!
Some instructors include: Mark Lipinski, Pam Clarke, Bonnie Hunter, Emily Martin. These are just a few of the instructors that Big QU has lined up.
So if you are interested in jelly roll quilts, machine quilting, applique, improving basic quilt making skills, EQ6, Baltimore style quilts, a mystery quilt - then this show is for you.
Photographing Quilts For Quilt Show
It is time to bring in those beauties to be photographed for the show. The QU quilt show will be June 5-7, 2009 at the Dulles Expo Center.
Bev will be at our bees and monthly meeting with camera in hand. At the Monday bees, Feb. 2 and 16, she will arrive around 7:30 p.m. At our monthly meeting, Feb. 9, Bev will be there around 7:00.
If you have any questions about photographing your quilt, call Bev. If you have other questions about getting your quilt in the show, call Beth.
Other Important Links:
QU quilt show entry form
2009 Quilt Show Entry Instructions
Hanging Sleeves
Bev will be at our bees and monthly meeting with camera in hand. At the Monday bees, Feb. 2 and 16, she will arrive around 7:30 p.m. At our monthly meeting, Feb. 9, Bev will be there around 7:00.
If you have any questions about photographing your quilt, call Bev. If you have other questions about getting your quilt in the show, call Beth.
Other Important Links:
QU quilt show entry form
2009 Quilt Show Entry Instructions
Hanging Sleeves
Chapter Project: Ronald McDonald House Quilts
Gladys, our VP, is heading up a new project to make two quilts for Ronald McDonald House at Inova Fairfax Hospital from batik fabrics. Marie is assisting by collecting blocks at Monday night bee and showing off what we've done.
The goal is to make two quilts as each room as two beds. A light aqua blue fabric will be furnished to us for the backing. Members of the Thursday Bee have already made several blocks and Marie will bring these to Monday night bee to display.
Each block you make will have 2 contrasting or co-coordinating fabrics and will finish to a rectangle 10 1/2 " long and 9 1/2 " wide.
To make one block: Cut 2 pieces of fabric #1 10 1/2" x 4 1/4". Cut 1 piece of fabric #2 10 1/2" x 2 ". Join the three pieces with the 2 " strip running down the middle.
(Yes that is a 1/4" measurement for fabric #1!)
To make many blocks: (and we encourage you to make many as we will need 180 blocks) Cut several different batiks a10 1/2 " x 10 1/2". Then cut a 2" strip off each piece and set aside. Cut the remaining 10 1/2" x 8 1/2" blocks in half lengthwise creating 2 rectangles 10 1/2 " x 4 1/4". Join these two matching rectangles with a contrasting 2" strip from your pile.
The most important dimension is the 10 1/2" length. Don't worry too much if your blocks iron out a little less that 9 1/2" in width -- this will not pose a problem when we join the blocks.
The blocks are easy to make and we hope everyone will participate. Bring them to Monday Bee, bring them to the February meeting, we will keep collecting blocks until we have enough to join the tops.
Here's a picture of some of the blocks. Sorry for the poor resolution, but it was with a camera phone.
The goal is to make two quilts as each room as two beds. A light aqua blue fabric will be furnished to us for the backing. Members of the Thursday Bee have already made several blocks and Marie will bring these to Monday night bee to display.
Each block you make will have 2 contrasting or co-coordinating fabrics and will finish to a rectangle 10 1/2 " long and 9 1/2 " wide.
To make one block: Cut 2 pieces of fabric #1 10 1/2" x 4 1/4". Cut 1 piece of fabric #2 10 1/2" x 2 ". Join the three pieces with the 2 " strip running down the middle.
(Yes that is a 1/4" measurement for fabric #1!)
To make many blocks: (and we encourage you to make many as we will need 180 blocks) Cut several different batiks a10 1/2 " x 10 1/2". Then cut a 2" strip off each piece and set aside. Cut the remaining 10 1/2" x 8 1/2" blocks in half lengthwise creating 2 rectangles 10 1/2 " x 4 1/4". Join these two matching rectangles with a contrasting 2" strip from your pile.
The most important dimension is the 10 1/2" length. Don't worry too much if your blocks iron out a little less that 9 1/2" in width -- this will not pose a problem when we join the blocks.
The blocks are easy to make and we hope everyone will participate. Bring them to Monday Bee, bring them to the February meeting, we will keep collecting blocks until we have enough to join the tops.
Here's a picture of some of the blocks. Sorry for the poor resolution, but it was with a camera phone.
Sit N Sew This Saturday
Just a reminder that the Sit-N-Sew is this Saturday, January 31 from 10:30 AM - 3:30 PM at Goodwin House. We are meeting in the Auditorium.
This is a good opportunity to work on a project. Because we are in the Board Room there will not be any tables available for basting quilts. We should be moving back to the Auditorium in the Fall once Goodwin House completes the project they are working on.
Its also a good time to work on our new chapter project for Ronald McDonald's House (see the next entry).
Bring your own lunch, or walk to Giant and visit their salad bar or deli counter.
This is a good opportunity to work on a project. Because we are in the Board Room there will not be any tables available for basting quilts. We should be moving back to the Auditorium in the Fall once Goodwin House completes the project they are working on.
Its also a good time to work on our new chapter project for Ronald McDonald's House (see the next entry).
Bring your own lunch, or walk to Giant and visit their salad bar or deli counter.
Arlington QU Member Directory Out
Happy Holidays Everyone!
I've just published the Arlington QU Directory and it has been emailed out to everyone. If you haven't received it, we probably don't have you on the email list or we have the wrong email address.
Send us an email to arlingtonqu@gmail.com and we'll correct it.
Once you get the directory, if you find that you or someone you know is not listed then its probably because you or they elected not to be in the Big QU directory when the membership form was turned in. So if you want to be listed, send an email.
Thanks,
Joe
Arlington QU Treasurer
arlingtonqu@gmail.com
I've just published the Arlington QU Directory and it has been emailed out to everyone. If you haven't received it, we probably don't have you on the email list or we have the wrong email address.
Send us an email to arlingtonqu@gmail.com and we'll correct it.
Once you get the directory, if you find that you or someone you know is not listed then its probably because you or they elected not to be in the Big QU directory when the membership form was turned in. So if you want to be listed, send an email.
Thanks,
Joe
Arlington QU Treasurer
arlingtonqu@gmail.com
Mysterious Round Robin: Third Fabric
Yes its been a busy weekend for me and posting!
Here's a photo of the last fabric. Thanks again to Suzanne for supplying the photo!
Here's a photo of the last fabric. Thanks again to Suzanne for supplying the photo!
Outliers' Round Robin
Late post showing the Outliers' Round Robin quilt as of November!
Yea I'm a little behind in posting. My apologies to the Outliers for being so late.
Thanks to Suzanne and her iPhone for the picture!
Enjoy!
Yea I'm a little behind in posting. My apologies to the Outliers for being so late.
Thanks to Suzanne and her iPhone for the picture!
Enjoy!
December Pot Luck
We had a grand time at the December pot luck! Lots of good food and fellow quilters.
We had great entertainment from the Too Quirky Quilters, Kim Fess and Rebecca Heinz. They provided us some songs about quilting, showed some beautiful quilts, and provided lots of comedy. Lots of laughs were had by all and I saw a number of heads nodding to the comic routines involving smuggling fabric and tools under our spouses' noses. Of course one can never have too much fabric!
We also had a silent auction of some fabrics and other quilting goodies. We made $353.00.
A request was made of Kath's Hominy casserole. Here it is:
Heat oven to 400 deg
Butter a large casserole dish (mine was 9x 13)
Layer the ingredients in the order given, to make 2 complete layers.
bake at 400 for 1 hour to brown cheese. (I baked for only 45 minutes)
Kath reports that the origin of this recipe is the Baltimore Sun, but she has made some modifications to the original recipe. She also reports that it is a very tasty leftover!
Also, the third fabric for the Round Robin was released. I'll try and get a photo of it up soon.
Please let me know if I left out any interesting bits from the evening!
Happy Holidays!
We had great entertainment from the Too Quirky Quilters, Kim Fess and Rebecca Heinz. They provided us some songs about quilting, showed some beautiful quilts, and provided lots of comedy. Lots of laughs were had by all and I saw a number of heads nodding to the comic routines involving smuggling fabric and tools under our spouses' noses. Of course one can never have too much fabric!
We also had a silent auction of some fabrics and other quilting goodies. We made $353.00.
A request was made of Kath's Hominy casserole. Here it is:
- 2 16-oz cans of hominy (rinsed off and broken apart by hand)
- 1 16-oz. cans of corn (I used a 32 oz bag of frozen, thawed in the microwave)
- 1 c sour cream (and I added a cup of heavy cream [could use yogurt], whipped with 3 tbs of horseradish)
- 2 4-oz cans of green chiles
- 1 lb Monterey Jack cheese, grated
Heat oven to 400 deg
Butter a large casserole dish (mine was 9x 13)
Layer the ingredients in the order given, to make 2 complete layers.
bake at 400 for 1 hour to brown cheese. (I baked for only 45 minutes)
Kath reports that the origin of this recipe is the Baltimore Sun, but she has made some modifications to the original recipe. She also reports that it is a very tasty leftover!
Also, the third fabric for the Round Robin was released. I'll try and get a photo of it up soon.
Please let me know if I left out any interesting bits from the evening!
Happy Holidays!
November Meeting Featuring Sandra Smith
Our November meeting was a lot of fun. Sandra Smith was our guest speaker. She had lots to show and tell. Truly a spectacular show and an inspirational speaker!
We also had the last round of the Round Robin. Here are some pictures of the quilts in progress. To see a bigger version of the pictures, just click on them!
Remember that next month is our Holiday Potluck Dinner. Please bring a covered dish or desert to share! Also bring along your plate, silver and napkins; although plates, plasticware and napkins will be provided!
See you next month and at bee!
We also had the last round of the Round Robin. Here are some pictures of the quilts in progress. To see a bigger version of the pictures, just click on them!
Remember that next month is our Holiday Potluck Dinner. Please bring a covered dish or desert to share! Also bring along your plate, silver and napkins; although plates, plasticware and napkins will be provided!
See you next month and at bee!
Fall Retreat: New Windsor
I'm running behind on blog entries! Kerry provided me some pictures of the fall retreat in New Windsor. It looks like everyone had a great time and accomplished much!
I'm trying something new with the photos - a montage. Let me know what you think!
I'm trying something new with the photos - a montage. Let me know what you think!
