Roanoke Valley, Virginia
Martha Akers shared her bargello quilt experiences with us, providing information on the history, where to find classes, what equipment to buy, and tips on fabric choices and construction techniques.
This year’s challenge celebrated the 30th anniversary of the founding of the guild. Entries were required to be 30″x30″ and to use 30 units of something. All members voted on their favorite to award the ribbons.
Cabin Branch and Stone House guilds host a Quilt Show each year in March. The show gives members of both guilds an opportunity to showcase the quilts they have created, and a chance to share the work, and the fun, of the past year with the community. The show offers demonstrations, a children’s activity, and a vendor mall. A silent auction, with items made and donated by guild members, is also part of the show. Two quilts will raffled off and the winners are announced near the end of the show.
This year’s quilt show will be held March 12-13, 2011, at the Prince William County Fair Grounds, 10624 Dumfries Rd, Manassas, VA 20110. Hours are Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The show will have over 200 quilts on exhibit, a merchant mall, silent Auction, raffle quilts, and quilt appraisals. Admission is adults $5, seniors $4, and under 12 get in free. Free parking is also available.
For additional information:
CBQ web site,
Stone House site
e-mail info@cabinbranchquilters.org
Show Chairperson Sandy Johnson– sojvoj@aol.com
Show media contact POC Deborah Van Wyck — debvanwyck@aol.com
The Cabin Branch Quilters (CBQ) guild and Stone House Quilters guild, both located in Prince William County, Virginia, serve the community by making lap quilts for the ACTS Turning Point Shelter for abused women and children in Prince William County, SERVE in Manassas, and Annaburg Manor, larger quilts to the Prince William County Police Department for children in trauma, and Preemie Quilts for infants in intensive care at area hospitals. Both guilds are also dedicated to providing educational programs and workshops in various techniques relative to the needs of those interested in the art of quilt-making to educate the public and preserve quilting’s traditions, culture and history. The guilds belong to the National Quilters Association and the American Quilters Society.
CBQ meets at the Lake Ridge Baptist Church in Woodbridge the fourth Monday of each month at 7:00 pm and SHQ meets at the Java Rock in the Manassas Baptist Church at 8730 Sudley Road, Manassas every second Monday of the month from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. Both guilds have monthly programs and workshops and several community service projects.
Electric Quit (EQ) overwhelms many quilters when they first start using it. Sometimes they give up trying!
I’ll share what I’ve learned in a Demo at guild meeting, or a lab session. For a demo, I’d project the screen up on the wall so everybody can see. For a lab session, you’d bring your laptop with EQ already installed, or tag along with a friend.
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Block and flower kits were taken by guild members. Once they were all back completed, the center was joined. Next; we laid out where to place the flowers on the center and borders for applique; and the pieces went out again to members.
Layered with the thinnest Quilters’ Dream batting, members are quilting it with traditional outline quilting. It lives for now in Judy’s shop, Creative Quilting on Peter’s Creek Rd. Stop by if you have time to work on it whenever the shop is open. So far (Nov 11) we’ve logged 16 hours quilting.
photos by Kitty DeLapp
Susan Starkey present a program on manipulating photos and using them in fabric projects. Here are few shots to remember it by:
It may be clear as crystal the day you attend a lecture, but later you may have trouble recalling the details. Here is the contact information for our speaker:
Susan R. Starkey
540-871-3328
www.elegantcrafter.com
info@elegantcrafter.com
The star blocks for the raffle quilt are all joined. Last night we got together to work out getting the flowers appliquéd in the inter-block corners and the borders.
For people taking borders:
Pictures courtesy of Kitty DeLapp.
The new budget was presented at the June meeting..
| Quilt Show
Programs Workshops Comfort Quilts Hospitality Raffle Quilt Special Events Library |
6000
2500 1000 1000 500 500 300 350 |
Meeting Space Contribution
Membership Newsletter Historian Publicity/Website Corresponding Secretary Sunshine Misc. |
3500
300 150 100 100 25 50 478 |
Grand total: $13,543
You are invited to join the Star Quilters Guild on a bus trip to the West Virginia Quilters, Inc. Quilt Festival. There will be 100+ quilts, exhibits, vendor and demonstrations. The raffle quilt is a 1930‘s Round Robin made by quilters from guilds across Wet Virginia. You can find more information at http://www.wvquilters.org….
The date is Saturday, June 26, 2010. We will depart from the Bonsack Wal-Mart. The departure/return times will be announced at a later date.
It may be possible that we can stop at Tamarack. Tamarack: The Best of West Virginia is the nation’s first showcase of handcrafts, fine art and regional cuisine. It comprises a warmly decorated retail store, working studios for resident artisans, a fine art gallery, a theater, and A Taste of West Virginia food court, managed by The Greenbrier Resort.
The cost will be $25.00 per person which includes the $6.00 admission to the Quilt Festival and the bus fare.
Please sign up as soon as possible. We would like at least 30 members to sign up and pay to reserve the bus. Susan Butler collected names and fees at the May meeting. If you weren’t at the May meeting please contact Susan Butler, Kathy Wickham or Victoria Person.
If you enjoyed the last bus trip, this should be another great time. If you missed that bus trip, please join us for a wonderful day of fun and fellowship.
