Richmond Modern Quilt Guild May, 2011

| May 22, 2011

Friday night we met at Quilter’s Corner for our second meeting of the Richmond Modern Quilt Guild!  We had lots of fun – lots of inspiration – lots of instruction – and fabulous show and tells!  It is amazing that 82% of the people who attended our first meeting last month JOINED and are now […]

SHOW AND TELL – RMQG – May 2011

| May 22, 2011

There were so many wonderful SHOW AND TELLS at our Richmond Modern Quilt Guild Meeting last night. We even had some interesting discussion about the pros and cons of using  FRICTION PENS (write on fabric – apply an iron – and VOILA, the INK MAGICALLY DISAPPEARS!)   However, if you use the pen to mark […]

My First Meeting of VCQ, May 2011

| May 16, 2011

The Virginia Consortium of Quilters met in Midlothian, VA in May.   I joined and thoroughly enjoyed my first meeting.  We had great food and wonderful favors  from our host guild – the Country Piecemakers in Powhatan, VA! I was excited to FINALLY MEET Bonnie Stapleton – my goodness, I have communicated with her in […]

VCQ May, 2011 Richmond (Show and Tell)

| May 16, 2011

At the end of the VCQ day – we all gathered to share what we had done during the day (or previously!)  The workshop presentations were especially fun because since we could only participate in ONE, we got to see what the other folks were doing! The quilts of  valor were fabulous and the cause […]

Colonial Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild – Williamsburg, VA May, 2011

| May 7, 2011

Today was a beautiful day……sunny, cool…….perfect.  It was a great day to go to Williamsburg and be inspired by all of the beautiful quilts in show and tell! Joyce and Sherry gave us a preview of all of the upcoming programs and we got a GREAT LAUGH out of her faux pas…….”If it is August, […]