Shop Hop Weekend & MiniQuilts

It's Shop Hop from Thursday March 29th through Sunday April 1.
Check out participating shops here:
http://kcshophop.com/

Bee's Knees Challenge

Sarah's in Lawrence is featuring some of the 101 mini quilts we've made for the charity auction at our guild show April 21-22.

Old Fashioned Calicoes Challenge

If you are interested in owning any of the quilts come to the Heart to Hands Show

Saturday, April 21, 10am-5pm

Sunday April 22, Noon-5pm
DOUGLAS COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS

Almost Amish Challenge

You can bid in a silent auction or take your favorite home with the Buy It Now price.

Click here for more about the quilt show:
http://www.kawvalleyquiltersguild.org/id.html

Donation Quilts

Betty brought a stack of quilts to the February meeting.

Deb R. collects these for local charities.

Deb on the left, often hidden behind quilts

Thanks for all the generosity. She's coordinating all the programs we've been giving to over the years: Head-Start, Love Quilts, Hospital, Shelters, etc.

Here's what she wants:

Quilts for kids: New born to18 years old

Head Start says they will take any design---and use batting if you want to---quilt it, tie it.

Boutique Sew-In at the March Meeting

Boutique Sew-In

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Connie and Linda F. invite you to spend the afternoon on Tuesday, March 20th at a Sew-In in our regular meeting room.

Bring your "Boutique Challenge Project" to finish, or work on one of the projects provided by the Boutique committee. All funds raised by these sales go to fund KVQG programs.

They are looking for hand-made items for the guild Boutique table at the April quilt show.

 They'll have patterns and ideas for knick-knacks, pincushions and gee-gaws sure to be big sellers.

Quilt Show

Heart to Hands

Saturday, April 21, 10am-5pm

Sunday April 22, Noon-5pm

(Evan did the logo for Denise who's in charge of publicity.)

The Quilt show has a theme Heart To Hands. Click here for more information:
http://www.kawvalleyquiltersguild.org/id.html.

We also have a color scheme: RED

Ferrol has agreed to do the decorating again.

And she wants you to start collecting RED accessories...

Red flowers...

Red floral containers...

Start seeing red....

And bring antique and new RED quilts...

 Above, a quilt by Susan F.'s grandmother.

Thanks to Ferrol, Denise, Evan and everybody else who is working on the show.

Click here for a form to register quilts:

http://www.kawvalleyquiltersguild.org/quilt_show_entry_form.html 

Sarah's Challenge --Sixties Prints

Denise S. Psychedelic Circles

Sarah's Fabrics gave members kits from Barbara Brackman's Old Fashioned Calicoes.

 We'll see several miniquilts at the auction in April.

Carmen R. Yellow Submarine

Karen H. Flower Power

Done in Broderie Perse

January Daytime Show and Tell

Mary Ann: Baby Quilt

Nancy W: Morris Medallion

Sara C: from an American Jane pattern

Linda F used the tiny strips given away at the retreat

Lime green and taupe

Carol J's never-ending hand applique project has ended

For the Quilts of Valor...by whom????

We're working on a system to collect names

DeAnne's entry into a War of 1812 contest in New York

"To Those Who Fought."

Another mystery maker

You missed a good show and tell if you stayed home because of the cold.

Pictures from the January Meeting

Member Marge Banks gave lectures and a workshop on Seminole piecing.

And brought a lot of quilts

Jan's 2012 opportunity quilt is quilted!

January Program: Marge Banks

January 16th and 17th our program will be by Marge Banks:

My Journey with Seminole Patchwork

"The art quilts by Marge Banks are made of Seminole patchwork patterns. She assembles the traditional patterns in non-traditional ways using non-traditional fabrics---rich batiks. In the late nineties, Marge began experimenting with quilting for the first time. Her background of sewing since she was a child and her collegiate studio work in painting prompted her to 'paint with fabric.' "

See more about the Tuesday afternoon workshop by clicking here:
http://www.kawvalleyquiltersguild.org/description_2.pdf

Member Quilt Show: Sheryl

Sheryl S is serving on the program committee this year.

We found her Etsy store site, which features a few of her quilts.

Ocean View

by Sheryl Schliecher

And her fabulous long-arm machine quilting.

The online shop is called Osage River Quilts.

Click here to see more:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/OsageRiverQuilts?ref=seller_info

Possibilities

Sheryl Schliecher

This picture from last year's quilt show was pirated from Amy B.'s blog.

http://amybradleydesigns.blogspot.com/2011/05/kaw-valley-quilt-show.html