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February 5, 2022 Quilts of Valor - National Sew Day #NSD2022
It’s almost time for the 9th Annual Quilts of Valor National Sew Day, Saturday, February 5, 2022! This is the National Day of Sewing, laughter, awards, and raffles while creating comforting and healing Quilts of Valor for our Service Members and Veterans.
There will be a Facebook Live event at 11:00 AM Central time and videos will be posted throughout the day. If you’re not on Facebook, not to worry, everything will be on the QOVF YouTube channel. While you’re sewing and having fun, you can also meet Lori Thompson, the new Executive Director; see a few favorite things from the Board; learn a new pattern for a block or the longarm; and a few other QOVF surprises. There will also be a few raffles throughout the day.
National Sew Day is open to everyone. So, -- join the fun!!
Joyce Cotner, Linda Fall, Barbara Garvine
It’s almost time for the 9th Annual Quilts of Valor National Sew Day, Saturday, February 5, 2022! This is the National Day of Sewing, laughter, awards, and raffles while creating comforting and healing Quilts of Valor for our Service Members and Veterans.
There will be a Facebook Live event at 11:00 AM Central time and videos will be posted throughout the day. If you’re not on Facebook, not to worry, everything will be on the QOVF YouTube channel. While you’re sewing and having fun, you can also meet Lori Thompson, the new Executive Director; see a few favorite things from the Board; learn a new pattern for a block or the longarm; and a few other QOVF surprises. There will also be a few raffles throughout the day.
National Sew Day is open to everyone. So, -- join the fun!!
Joyce Cotner, Linda Fall, Barbara Garvine
February 12, 2022 – Community Quilts Workday
Community Quilt Workday will be dedicated to making twin quilts for Educate Tomorrow. Let’s make quilts for students transitioning out of the foster care system. Gather up your fabrics that young adults (18 year old) may like and let's use them to make quilts. Let's try to bring a little joy to their lives because they have so little. Fabric suggestions: Graphic prints, solids, something that all gender identities would like. Workday will begin after the General Meeting.
We are going to follow a video quilt tutorial with the fabulous Jenny Doan of Missouri Star and make Dakota Sunrise quilts for the students of Educate Tomorrow. The quilt is shown in two colorways, and is suited for scraps or pre-cuts.
Here is a short list of the fabric requirements.
Visit the online tutorial for more details on cutting and sewing this easy quilt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLlcpFBIFkM
To learn more about Educate Tomorrow, visit: https://www.educatetomorrow.org/index.php
Community Quilt Workday will be dedicated to making twin quilts for Educate Tomorrow. Let’s make quilts for students transitioning out of the foster care system. Gather up your fabrics that young adults (18 year old) may like and let's use them to make quilts. Let's try to bring a little joy to their lives because they have so little. Fabric suggestions: Graphic prints, solids, something that all gender identities would like. Workday will begin after the General Meeting.
We are going to follow a video quilt tutorial with the fabulous Jenny Doan of Missouri Star and make Dakota Sunrise quilts for the students of Educate Tomorrow. The quilt is shown in two colorways, and is suited for scraps or pre-cuts.
Here is a short list of the fabric requirements.
- 1 layer cake (or scraps) cut as follows:
- 16-10 x 10 inches (uncut, if using layer cake)
- 31-5 x 10 inches
- 15-5 x 5 inches
- 48-2.5 x 2.5 inches
- 2 1/2 yards background cut into 2.5 inch strips
- For Sashing: 57-10 x 2.5 inches and 54-5 x 2.5 inches
- For Border 2.5-inch strips to fit quilt perimeter
Visit the online tutorial for more details on cutting and sewing this easy quilt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLlcpFBIFkM
To learn more about Educate Tomorrow, visit: https://www.educatetomorrow.org/index.php
March 12, 2022 – Lecture and Class
March’s Program will consist of guest speaker Leanne Parsons, coming to us via Zoom from Newfoundland, Canada to present a lecture entitled: Negative Space: A Positive Element in Modern Quilts.
Following our general meeting lecture, there will be a 2-hour workshop on paper piecing with freezer paper.
We all know and love how wonderful paper piecing is for creating intricate, precise blocks, but ripping out all those itty-bitty bits of paper at the end is so irritating! Doing paper piecing with freezer paper lets us keep all the precision of paper piecing, but with none of the ripping out of tiny bits of paper at the end. In this 2-hour workshop students will learn how to paper piece with freezer paper using the Burst Pattern. Burst is a great scrap buster and the pattern includes three size options - mini, throw and large lap.
The 2-hour workshop will be $20 to register and require the purchase of a pattern. The Zoom class is limited to a maximum of 25 students.
The pattern includes three size options, Mini (27" x 27”), Throw (54" x 54”), and Large Lap (72" x 72”). All participants in the workshop make the same size block no matter what size quilt they plan to finish with. The quilt size is determined by how many blocks one makes. The regular price of the pattern is $14. Individual students will receive a discount by using this link. The link already has the discount code applied, but if for some reason it doesn’t work, use the code: BURSTWORKSHOP.
For further information, please go to: DevotedQuilter.com
Supplies needed during the workshop:
- Freezer paper (Target carries Freezer Paper for under $4 but subject to change.) Note that freezer paper and wax paper are NOT the same thing and wax paper will not work for the workshop.
- Fabric already cut according to the pattern
- Pattern template printed out
- Pencil
- Ruler
- Paper scissors
- Iron and ironing surface
- Rotary cutter, mat and ruler – I like to use a short ruler, so my 1” x 6” is perfect, but a larger one is fine. “Add a quarter” rulers are good, too.
- A piece of thin, stiff plastic – something like a credit card
- Sewing machine, threaded with a neutral thread
March 12, 2022 –Class
$20.00
$20.00
National Quilting Day - March 19, 2022
by Barbara Garvine
Yes, there is a day for quilting! And this year it’s Saturday, March 19th.
Even though remnants of quilts have been found dating back to 3400 BCE, National Quilting Day began in 1989. Despite our present challenges, let’s share our love of quilting on March 19th! Here are some ways to mark the day:
by Barbara Garvine
Yes, there is a day for quilting! And this year it’s Saturday, March 19th.
Even though remnants of quilts have been found dating back to 3400 BCE, National Quilting Day began in 1989. Despite our present challenges, let’s share our love of quilting on March 19th! Here are some ways to mark the day:
- Hang a quilt(s) outside
- Quilt with a small group online or in-person
- Visit an online quilt museum
- Take a quilt class
- Check out the 2023 BQE website
- Visit a quilt store
- Share the story of a family quilt
- Organize your stash
- Work on a UFO
- Create a quilt bucket list
- Buy a new quilting book or magazine
- Find a new quilting blog or podcast
- Share your quilting knowledge
