May Newsletter now online

May 2012 newsletter is now online.

One piece of information is missing: Who won 1st place in small quilts?

We will find out at the meeting!

Wow! What a Show

We did it! The Quilt Show was terrific! Karen Malio and her minions came through and produced a very professional exhibition of the works of an extremely talented group of women who make up the Merrimack Valley Quilting Guild.

From the Rust exhibit to the Round Robin, from Terry Gelinas and her beautiful quilting to Angie hawking the White Elephant Table goodies, from Best in Show to Judge’s Choice, we should all be proud of what we accomplished.

 

Thanks to all who gave their efforts to make this a successful show!

Suzanne Marshall Workshop

Suzanne Marshall, from St. Louis, taught a class for us on appliqué. Twenty MVQ members enjoyed her teaching skills. Here you see her on the floor showing how she does appliqué and the second photo is a close up of her technique where she does stitching around her appliqué to enhance the items. She also taught a class on hand quilting where she gave many tips and techniques and shared almost 25 types of batting to try and quilt through.

Quilt Show Volunteers

Here is a listing of the volunteers for the quilt show. These are the times everyone committed to.  Please double check the list to your personal schedule.  If you have any questions or cannot fulfill your commitment, please contact Maddie Burke.

Quilt Show Judging

I’d like to thank the following for their invaluable help in the judging room last Friday:

Ann Hockmeyer

Carol Sullivan

Pat Lucey

Deb Kelso

Shirley Reed

Bev Valle

Mary Jo Ray

Teri Gelinas

We definitely had the A Team there and the judging went very smoothly thanks to their stellar efforts.

I’d also like to thank everyone who came to pick up their quilts for their patience and good humor. We were running a little behind and there was a wait to get in the door. Everyone’s cooperation was appreciated!

Warm regards,

Carrie Zizza

Fat Bottom Bags to Sell at the Show

Please turn in the Fat Bottom Zip Bags you have made at our April 19th guild meeting. I will get them tagged and counted for sale in the boutique at the show. They will be priced at $10 each. If you want to make one the pattern is still available at http://hillsidequiltworks.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/fat-bottom-zip-bag.pdf . Remember that bags made from beautiful fabrics will sell the fastest! Thanks! Marianne

April Newsletter

The newsletter for April has been posted.