Tuesday August 18 Quilt of Valor

This week we will be doing a new QofV directed by Jera.
She has chosen to do the blocks
Union Shield the same as our August BoM

UNION SHIELD BLOCK

Quilter's Night Out Leaf Challenge

Some fun examples

Reminders for Tuesday August 11

It's a fast moving summer and heading into Fall isn't it?

New Friends, day group, will be learning our August blocks of the month.  Barbara Douglas will be teaching.  Hope you have been keeping up with the blocks with only 8 more blocks to do.

Night group will be continuing on with the project If the Hat Fits...Linda has emailed us the following

Some suggestions for our class on Tuesday, August 11. 

1.  Please read “General Craziness”, page 10 in your book before you come.  It will help you understand what we will be doing. 

2.  Put a new rotary cutting blade in your rotary cutter. 

3.  Bring a large, unused 18” x 18” pizza box to put your pieces in to take home.  I think Costco has a large pizza box.  If you can’t find one let me know and I will see if I can get some. 

4.  Bring 9 fat quarters as explained in the book and your freezer paper patterns. 

Note:  My daughters cut 9 fat quarters and then each took 3 witches to make a table runner or skinny wall hanging.  They turned out cute. 

Linda

Quilter's NIght Out Idea

During the quilt show Cathie D showed this project possibility for Quilter's Night Out in October.

The pattern is free offered on Fat Quarter Quilt Shop's blog for download but halfway through August, the 14th to be precise the pattern will no longer be free.
So, may I suggest you head over to HERE 
and download your directions...even if you aren't sure you will want to make it as a small wall hanging you can do anything you want once you have it.

Maybe a long table runner or a throw quilt.  

Add more blocks or add different blocks.

We will NOT be doing kits but you can make your own kit from your stash or new fun fabrics.
Just wanted to give a head's up!

July Blocks of the Month

Check out the blocks on the BOM page
https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8561922443600443731#allposts

...Fabric is more than fabric.

We acquire fabric not just for it's beauty-there 

are many things out there we don't feel 

compelled to stash- Fabric comes with 

POSSIBILITIES, Dreams and Visions!

It has the potential to spark our creativity,it's

a seed planted to grow into something

wonderful.

Quilts are more than the sum of their parts

when we grow a quilt- we grow ourselves.

A quilt may last longer on this earth than

we will.

Bonnie Hunter

http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2015/06/when-

fabric-folding-never-ends.html

image from: http://tobiaspeciva.photoshelter.com/image/I0000CfCyqZ8HkOw

It's Time to Hang the Quilt Show

All hands on deck!
We will be hanging the quilts for the show Tuesday July 7 starting at 10 Am!
A few tall friends or family members would be useful for reaching the high spots and if you have a small ladder bring it along.
Night group will be hanging the ribbons on Wednesday July 8 7 Pm...be the first to see who wins the ribbons.