Circular Motion VI

Here are some more quilts at the exhibit. For more info check out the first blog about the Circular Motion exhibit.

To see a bigger version of the picture, click on it.

"Vision" by Carolyn H.

From Circular Motion

"Circular Table Runner (but not for a circular Table)" by Ginny H.

From Circular Motion

"Circle East" by Gladys C.

From Circular Motion

More to come.

Circular Motion V

Here are some more quilts at the exhibit. For more info check out the first blog about the Circular Motion exhibit.

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"Circle Of Friends" by Gladys C. , Carol J., Laura S., Kath H. and Martha G.

From Circular Motion

"Fenêtres" by Jocelyn C.

From Circular Motion

"African Geese" by Jean W.

From Circular Motion

More to come. Check back later!

Circular Motion IV

Here are some more quilts at the exhibit. For more info check out the first blog about the Circular Motion exhibit.

To see a bigger version of the picture, click on it.

"Circle Quilt" by Laura S.

From Circular Motion

"Spring in the Shenandoah -- You are so Beautiful!" by Nyra W.

From Circular Motion

"Batik Curves" by Marie M.

From Circular Motion

More to come. Check back later!

Circular Motion III

Here are some more quilts at the exhibit. For more info check out the first blog about the Circular Motion exhibit.

To see a bigger version of the picture, click on it.

"Mellow Yellow" by Chieko M.

From Circular Motion

"Crop Circles" by Andrea H.

From Circular Motion

"Going ‘Round the Bend" by Nancy F.

From Circular Motion

More to come. Check back later!

Circular Motion II

Here are some more quilts at the exhibit. For more info check out the first blog about the Circular Motion exhibit.

To see a bigger version of the picture, click on it.

Here's Sally B.'s "Solar Sets":

From Circular Motion

"Kigali" by Susan G.

From Circular Motion

"Homage to Kandinsky/Color Study" by Suzanne L.

From Circular Motion

More to come. Be sure to visit the Center For the Arts in Manassas, VA.

Circular Motion I

Hello All! We've got a show Circular Motion on display at Center For the Arts in Manassas, VA.

Thanks to Sally for organizing this show!

I'll be posting some pictures of the quilts periodically, hopefully to entice you to go the exhibit. Click on the photos to see a bigger version, especially for Kath's to see her embellishments!

Here's me and my quilt "Round Tuit".

From Circular Motion

Here's one by Kath, "Out of the Pod"

From Circular Motion

More to come! In the meantime, go! The Center for the Arts is open M-F 10-5, Sat 1-5.

Mark Lipinski and Arlington QU!

Arlington QU members Kerry, Carolyn, Lisa, and Joe took Mark Lipinski's mystery quilt class at the QU Show!

We had a great time in class, lots of laughs, tips on sewing curves, and design tips.

Here's Kerry's design wall.


Here's Carolyn's design wall.


Here's Lisa's design wall.


Here's Joe's design wall.

Update:Thanks to Carolyn for sharing the pictures!

Challenge: What's for Lunch?

This is a new challenge project by our very own Kristy Dolbeare! Its called What's For Lunch? The goal is for projects to be "show ready" by the January 2010 meeting so they can be entered into the Annual QU Quilt show.

What's it about?

Its a fun challenge project that quilters of any level can participate in. The quilts can be as simple or as advanced as the quilter chooses. It will be so fun to see the creativity of each of our members!

Instructions:

• Place 6 coordinating fat quarters in a small brown lunch bag. **
  Please use 100% cotton quilting fabric, pre-washed.
  Brown lunch bags will be provided at the May meeting. If you are unable to attend the May meeting, you may provide your own brown lunch bag or can contact Kristy.


• Bring your bag of 6 FQ’s to the June 8, 2009 Arlington QU meeting.**
  Keep your bag anonymous – no names, no markings. Bags will be anonymously swapped with participating members.


• Take your bag of tasty fabric “treats” home and begin cooking up a spectacular quilt! You can use any recipe (pattern or design) of your choice.


• You must use at least a 6 ½” square of each FQ provided on the front of the quilt. (The 6 ½” square can be divided into smaller pieces.) You can also add fabrics from your own stash.


• Quilts can range in size from a wall hanging to a bed quilt - minimum 18”x18”, maximum 115” x 115” (largest acceptable for quilt show).


• Complete your quilt by the January 2010 meeting. It must be “quilt show ready” by this meeting in order to show your challenge quilt in the 2010 QU Quilt Show. It would be great to show off our challenge quilts at the show!


• Also bring to the Jan 2010 meeting a note card with a small snippet of each of the 6 FQ fabrics you received attached to the card.


• Do not show the FQ’s you bring, the FQ’s you receive, or your project at any point in the process to any guild members until the January meeting when we will unveil our scrumptious creations!

**If you can't make it to the May (already gone by!) or the June meeting, contact Kristy.

Membership and Auction

Membership: Renewals and New

I, your friendly neighborhood treasurer, am now able to accept membership forms and dues! In fact, I already have one completed form and check.

Remember to fill out your membership form from the Big QU web site and bring it in or mail it to me.

If you mail it, please provide a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) so that I can mail your membership card.

Checks should be made out to Arlington QU.

Annual Auction Night
The Annual Auction night is coming up, second Monday in May!

Here are some auction payment guidelines (note this is from a previous email sent in April):

I strongly encourage (request!) that you bring a check and make it out to Arlington QU. Checks make it easier for us to track the money, especially differentiating between membership dues and the auction. It also helps us track down any errors that occur, especially if you note on the check its for membership and auction. Last year we had a few people pay their membership dues twice!

I will not be bringing change, so if you pay with cash it'll need to be exact. If we have change we'll make it. The mini auction went like this and it worked out. (Yes, this is my insidious plot to encourage you to write a check!)

Trust me when I say that checks make things easier for us tracking revenue, i.e. the auction winings, membership, etc. Especially near the end when people are lining up to pay out and we are still keeping track of the on-going auction.

The other thing that'll be helpful is to have your membership form already filled out. I'll bring some membership forms to the remaining meetings.

All this helps to make the auction go smoothly and we appreciate your assistance. Let's have fun!

Remember checks are to be made out to: Arlington QU

Also, remember that the proceeds of the auction go back into the general fund and help to pay for speakers and other activities.

See you at bee or the next meeting!

2009 New Windsor Spring Retreat Photos

These are a few of the many wonderful projects worked on during the New Windsor Retreat, February 20-22, 2009.

Margaret is shown with her I Spy quilt ready to be given to a lucky kid.

Beth shows the front of her Quilt of Valor. The back was also pieced in red, white, and blue.

Judy displays her spectacular nine patch quilt top.

Lynne at her workspace putting together a miniature Monkey Wrench quilt.

Laura shows her wool rectangle background on which will be appliquéd bright circles of Kaffee Fassett fabric.

Kath with one of her quilts, square in a square.

Ginny happily shows us one of the tops she completed during the retreat.

Nancy, who after wowing the group with her demos of the new Curve Master presser foot, stayed up past midnight, completing the colorful top.

Trish is happy with her magnificent appliqué, which will brighten her office wall.

Susan with her cherries wall hanging. The design came from a photo her husband took of a tree in their yard.