This year we’re meeting on the 1st Monday of January.  It shouldn’t interfere with the holiday because of the way the calendar is falling

EQ has a free download for an Advent Calendar wallhanging.   The project is for EQ7, and  few of you have upgraded to it, but it’s also up there in PDF format that anyone can use.  Each block is a pocket; some appliqued numbers and some pieced.

Countdown to Christmas PDF

 

 

At Home with Fiber Art exhibit

June 29 – July 26th, 2012.

Art quilters Floris Flam and Betty Ford join other Resident Artists of the Fiber Art Studio @ VisArts at the Common Ground Gallery.  Includes felted, quilted, woven and knitted pieces.  Opening reception Thursday, July 12  7-9PM.

VisArts, 2nd floor
155 Gibbs Street
Rockville,  MD 20850

 

The Great Western Virginia Cover-up:  Historic Quilts and Bedcovers

through Spring of 2013
Mon-Sat, 10-4:30 PM year-round
Sun, 1 to 4:30 PM, summer

Over 50 of Southwest Virginia’s finest old quilts and coverlets take center stage in a new exhibition at Ferrum College’s . Drawing from the
collections of the Blue Ridge Institute & Museum as well as regional
museums, historical societies, and private collectors, the exhibit showcases regional bedcover-making traditions from the 1700s to 1950.  Most of the pieces have never before been exhibited.

Ferrum College
Blue Ridge Institute & Museum DuPont Gallery
540-365-4412
http://www.blueridgeinstitute.org

Admission free

(thanks to Gayla for forwarding this information)

Joyce wants to make sure that each and every one of you get your input on guild activities.

If you missed turning one in, or you thought of more things to say… just use this PDF: Survey Form

The PDF is a ‘form; you can type into the fields.  But it won’t let you save it — only  print .  It still might be better than handwriting for some 🙂

For those with Microsoft Office, here’s a “.doc” that you can save: Star Survey Sheet

When you’ve finished, please return your survey to Joyce Noell.

(from Elsie)

Next show meeting: Thursday, May 3 from 6:30 to 8:30
at Creative Quilting on Peters Creek Road.

We need volunteers for a few more Show Coordinators. What we have so far is below.  Please tell me if I have left anyone off or if I have put you down as a volunteer and you cannot.

We need someone for….

admissions table**	decorating table and organizing volunteers to sell tickets
hospitality**	organizing box lunches for the vendors and workers with CC staff
printed show program**	after registrations are complete, organize program
program advertising	business cards from supporters/advertisers
publicity/printing	some is established (flyers, bookmarks, etc) and we can use some new ideas too)
security	finding someone to cover night time security–Sue Dixon’s son has done it and so has Lilly Tilly”s son
signage**	I did it the last two years and can again, but someone else is welcome to it— start after registrations are in in late February
workshops	if we decide to try to have them again

**organization for these can begin in January

sponsored by Star Quilters

Saturday, March 31, 2012
9:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Patrick Henry High School

2102 Grandin Road, SW
Roanoke, VA 24015
$25.00 per person (includes lunch)

Featured Speaker: Barbara Cline of
Delightful Piecing, Shenandoah Valley, VA

Door Prizes ~ Vendors ~ Favors ~ Show and
Tell ~ Fun ~ Fellowship

Register by snail mail using this form:
NQD Registration

We started off 2012 with a new activity each monthly guild meeting: a strip exchange.  To participate:

• bring a baggie with your name on it
• enclose 6 strips of a single fabric in the color-of-the-month, each cut 2.5″ by full width (~42″)
• drop it off in the basket at the front desk at the beginning of the meeting

At the end of the meeting, your bag will be filled with 6 *different* fabrics.

Yes, you can bring multiple bags. 🙂

So far, the colors have been..

January: white-on-white

February: red

March: green

The upcoming colors will be listed in the “Programs” page.