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Quirky Quilter Haymarket Quilter’s Unlimited Newsletter

Haymarket Quilter’s Unlimited Guild

HQU MEETING

• 1st Thursdays 7:00pm @ Alvey Elementary School: 5300 Waverly Farm Dr, Haymarket, VA 20169

Check Page 4 for the

WARRIOR RETREAT

UPDATE!

President’s Message

You know how sometimes you can’t think of a thing to say that anyone might want to hear? Well, that is me today. So I will keep it short and simple (I know, that rarely happens). I hope you are doing lots of quilting this month and I hope some of it is for our chapter (auction, community service, challenges). And I hope to see you at the March meeting!

Quilt Show Photographs — LAST CALL!

Thursday Night, March 7, at 6:00 pm is the last photo opportuni-ty for the QU Show Quilts. Be Sure your Quilt has a sleeve and that you bring a copy of your registration sheet!

March 2019

Card Challenge

A quick review of the challenge that was given at the February meeting. Connie will bring the cards again for those who didn’t take one. Ok, a card was chosen, the challenge was to take the card and make a 24 inch square quilt using the colors of the card, the number or character, suit.... that being said, I will tell you that I have gone to Quilterscache.com for pattern ideas. They actually have patterns for 24 inch blocks...... just an idea. Looking forward to see what you do for this challenge due in May......

Visit the Haymarket QU Webpage! Want to know the full calendar of activities for the year or the details on the workshops? Can’t

find your newsletter? Go to the Haymarket QU web page https://quiltersunlimited.org/

chapters/haymarket/ for that and more!

https://quiltersunlimited.org/chapters/haymarket/

https://quiltersunlimited.org/chapters/haymarket/


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BIG BEE an informal,

monthly WEEKDAY bee where members can come and work on any project usually at Haymarket/Gainesville library.

SATURDAY BEE similar to

BIG BEE built held on Satur-

day or Sunday.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

BEE held on the 4th

Wednesday of the month

(usually) at Joyce Tobias’s

home in Dominion Val-

ley. The group works on

Community Service (CS) pro-

jects. If you are interested in

attending, contact Joyce

Tobias

([email protected])

BOUTIQUE BEE held on

the 3rd Thursday of the

month (usually) at Piedmont

County Club. The group

works on items that will be

donated to the HQU

Boutique at the Quilt Show

in the spring of 2018. Any

questions please contact

Susan Arbogast at 703-981-

3589.

February HQU Meeting Presentation

"Panels as Art Quilts" At the March meeting, Joyce Hughes will tell us about using "Panels as Art Quilts." Check out info about Joyce in the attached flyer. Joyce's workshop will be on Friday, March 8 at Warrenton Presby-terian Church. Come, join us! She will be bringing kits ($15) that include all the materi-als you need except thread. You may bring your thread from home, or purchase Mettler thread from Joyce. There are a few spaces left in the workshop. If interested, contact Mary Anne Sykes ([email protected])

HQU Quilt Auction Donations

HQU Auction April 6th – What’s a Quilt Auction without Quilts? Please think about donating quilts of any size, even tops! Quilts are a very popular item that people bid on. Also, consid-er donating a fun quilting-related experience/service/talent to the auction! A trip to the Vir-ginia Quilt Museum or a local quilt show and lunch? Binding a quilt? Teaching a one-on-one class on your specialty (paper piecing? Hexies? Applique?)? Think about what would excite you to bid on, and think about providing that for others to bid on. It’s easy to donate – just write up what you are donating, include a retail value, and email it to Helen Loera at [email protected]. And if you are cleaning out your sewing room, consider donating items to the auction. Helen and the Auction Committee are still accepting donations.

HQU Upcoming Workshops in 2019 April Workshop

"Three Styles of Modern Quilting" by Deborah Schupp

Deborah will be attending the February meeting to show us the actual samples of the

quilts we will be making in the workshop, and to answer our questions.

The information flyers for HQU’s 2019 workshops are attached. Please print them out or save them on your computer where you can refer to them. Contact Mary Anne Sykes ([email protected]) if you have registration questions.

For other questions about workshops and lectures, contact Bonnie Anderson,

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]




Early Bird Corner

Want to get more sewing done daily? Want to finish more projects than you do

now? Then the March early bird demo is tailor made just for you! Come hear tips and tricks from our own Kathi Ca-pellini, the QUEEN of getting

more done!! See you at 6:45pm before the business

meeting starts!!

Preview for APRIL!

The early bird demo for April is “Coloring and Quilting”!

How could coloring and quilting go together? Here is

one idea to try the technique. Make a pillow. If you enjoy

yourself you can make a wall hanging and quilt it to your

heart’s delight. You could use free motion and lots of pretty thread colors. You could also

make any small items like little bags, needle books

etc. Come see a short demo of this technique and try a

little bit of coloring yourself.

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Community Service News

Why HQU's Mission (as a non - profit) in education and community service is IMPORTANT

Our goals are for each member to contribute in some way to charities by piecing, quilting,

or binding, etc., lap quilts, drawstring bags, making hospital shawls, sewing lap quilts for the

nursing home (size 45x45"), new Habitat for Humanity homes gifts of lap or bed quilts. Take

fabric from the free table(2 tables in February!) - good practice for beginners, use up your

own stash- or add it to a kit.

Do you know of a church mission group that wants charity fabric projects?

Tell Betty who keeps a list.

YOU do NOT need to feel like an expert quilter to do this and PLEASE show your project

during Sew N Tell. We admire anyone creating a simple charity project, work with a friend

or your bee, AND let's set a goal of every member helping with at least one project in 2019.

Smile right now if you are already a---

Pretty Piecer- many of you have used your own fabric, worked at home and Community

Service Bee days with donated fabric to complete tops, Quilting Queen-at least 11 members

having finished projects by doing the quilting, Beautiful Binder- a couple of great volunteers

here, Pillowcase Powerhouse - Wounded Warrior Retreat visitors are getting a lot with De-

livery Divas-Linda B and Betty soon to deliver 14, including several being made by 2 bees as

their February meeting day project. CASA is another charity that gives these to foster chil-

dren from us. Betty delivered 7 flannel quilts, 5 cotton quilts, and 2 Bereavement blankets

to the hospital.

Would you like to help during a big HQU workday for our charity projects? Perhaps the 1st

one could be our Friday March Big Bee- please think about if you would participate. Picture

a foster child getting your project- yep- a real good feeling isn't it?-- Pat Widener

President Sue Heisler

VP Operations Kathi Cappellini

VP Programs Workshops/

Implementation

Bonnie Anderson

VP Programs Workshops/

Planning

Pat Ferrara

Secretary Carolyn Fulmer

Treasurer Maddie McDonald

Nominating Joan Girardi

Officers for 2018-2019

Quilt Sisters We are putting out an urgent call for Quilt Sisters! We have had a bunch of new HQU

members and we would love to have another Guild member help to make them feel at

home. You do not have to have been a long time member of our guild in order to be-

friend a newer member so "feel the love" and volunteer. Please contact Martha Scott

by email: [email protected].



Sunshine & Shadows

Do you know of someone in our Guild celebrating an

exciting event or mile-stone? Do you know of someone in our Guild in

need of a pick me up letter? Send your requests for Sunshine & Shadows to Helga Hill so she can get a card in the mail!

Advertising Opportunities

Interested in placing an ad in the QU Show Pro-

gram? Please see the attached flyer on the

email for more details. Ads range between $50

and $300, and do not need to be quilting relat-

ed.

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WARRIOR RETREAT UPDATES!

Questions? Contact Linda Bowlin at [email protected]

Quilts The 3 beautiful quilts, created by Cindy Simms, quilted by Joseph McGowan and bound by Polly Monica, that were shown at the February Sew and Tell were donated to the Warrior Retreat. We have now donated 15 quilts to the Warrior Retreat. With one more quilt dona-tion, each bed in both the Lang House and the New PennFed House will have a new quilt on it. How fantastic is that?! Thank you to all who helped this request become a reality! The Warriors cer-tainly deserve it! Our new goal is to provide another 18 quilts. By having additional quilts the volunteers will be able to make the beds, putting a different quilt on it, while the others are being washed and dried. By alternating the quilts the volunteers will not need to dry the quilts at a high heat to speed the drying time. This will save wear and tear on the quilts, keeping them looking nicer longer. Please consider working with your bee or friends to make a top as we start on our new goal. Pillowcases At the February meeting we received 59 pillowcases! Thank you to Mary Walsh, Jackie Clattenburg, Carol Proven, Marlene Peterson, the Bedazzled Bee and everyone whose names I did not get.To date we have donated 320 pillowcases. Pretty amazing! Thank you to all who have helped! During February Sew and Tell the Bedazzled Bee showed the pillowcases they made at their bee charity day and challenged other bees to make pillow-cases as well! Will your bee take up the challenge?



HQU 2018-2019 Calendar (updated 12/27/18) (Note: “Library” is the Haymarket Gainesville Library)

Sep 2018

6: Fall Retreat Signups begin (2:00 p.m.)

6: Meeting @ Alvey Elementary School 7: Workshop – Accurate Piecing, Beverly Fine

20: Boutique Bee, 10-4 @ Piedmont Country Club

26: Community Service Bee, 10-3 @ Joyce Tobias’s

27: Big QU Fall Event – Karen Combs

28: Big Bee, 10-3 @ Library

Oct 2018

4: Meeting @ Alvey Elementary School My Quilts since 1986, Kevin Womack

5: Workshop – Introduction to Printing with Spoon-flower, Kevin Womack


20: Saturday Bee, 10-3 @ Library


Nov 2018

1: Meeting Quilting History – Outside the Box, T. Carter

2: Workshop – Flower Explosions, Marisela Rumberg

8-11: Fall Retreat @ Comfort Inn, Martinsburg, WV




Dec 2018


6: Meeting @ Alvey Elementary School Holiday Event


Jan 2019

3: Meeting @ Alvey Elementary School Behind the Scenes of the ‘Inspired by ...’ Challenges” by

Donna DeSoto

11: Workshop – Tumbling Triangles, Julie Belin

10 am; Warrenton Presbyterian Church



20-22: Winter Local Retreat @ Hampton Inn, Manassas


Feb 2019

7: Meeting @ Alvey Elementary School HQU Quilters’ Journeys, 3 HQU members

8: Workshop–Quilts Rule w/Ruler Work, Jane Hauprich



Quilt Show Photograph Session (11-1) 20: Community Service Bee, 10-3 @ Joyce Tobias’s


28: Last day to register quilts for the show

Mar 2019

7: Meeting @ Alvey Elementary School Panels as Art Quilts, Joyce Hughes

Quilt Show Photograph Session (begins @ 6:00)

8: Workshop – Panels as Art Quilts, Joyce Hughes


14-17: Spring Retreat @ Comfort Inn, Martinsburg, WV

16: National Quilting Day




Apr 2019

4: Meeting @ Alvey Elementary School Through a Woman’s Eyes, Deborah Schupp

5: Workshop – Three Styles of Modern Quilting, Debo-rah Schupp


6: AUCTION! @ Alvey Elementary School 18: Boutique Bee, 10-4 @ Piedmont Country Club



May 2019

2: Meeting @ Alvey Elementary School Yes, You Can Machine Quilt Your Vintage, Mary Kerr

3: Workshop – A Vintage Challenge, Mary Kerr




Jun 2019

1: Big QU Annual Meeting – Karen Eckmeier

6: Meeting @ Alvey Elementary School 7: Workshop – Seriously Whimsical! Carolyn Fulmer

and Bonnie Anderson




Jul 2019 - No Meeting Aug 2019 - No Meeting

2019-2020

Sep 14, 2019 – Bus Trip to Philadelphia Quilt Show

Nov 14-17, 2019 - Fall Retreat@Cacapon

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