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The Quilt Patch |
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10381 Main Street, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 • 703-273-6937 Hours: Monday-Saturday 10-5, Thursday 10-8, Sunday 12-5 |
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Visit this page any time to find out what's happening at the Quilt Patch. Current happenings include our visit with Ruth McDowell, Project Linus, and the Annual VA-MD Quilters' Quest shop hop. Scroll down to read all the details.
Ruth McDowell Update
*NEW*Piecing Workshop Learn how to piece flowers and vegetables the Ruth McDowell way. Experiment with both straight and curved seams and how to avoid Y-seams. This is strongly recommended if you are enrolled in the upcoming Ruth McDowell workshops in October and will give you a big head start on your project. Ask or click here for supply list. *Sewing machine required. 1 session, $48 Monday 10am-4pm - August 4 Intermediate: Instructor, Kay Lettau Designing From Nature (Waiting List) This workshop focuses on the ways in which natural forms have been used in quilts, including examples from Ruth's work as well as others'. The focus will be primarily on piecing, and both block designs and full-size freehand drawings will be discussed. Each student will begin to develop her/his own quilt design reflecting her/his own response to nature. Ask or click here for supply list. *Sewing machine required. Intermediate, Advanced. 5 sessions, $500 Monday through Friday, 10am-4pm October 6-10 OR October 13-17
Lecture: New Work by Ruth McDowell This exciting lecture will be held at the charming Old Town Hall across the street from the Quilt Patch. Ruth will show many of her newest quilts and discuss how she gets her inspiration and then how she transfers that concept into cloth. Ruth always brings lots of quilts and you can get up close to see how she construct complex shapes, and her extraordinary free motion quilting. There are still tickets available to the lecture. Tickets are $10. Call to ask about group discounts. One QU chapter bought a block of tickets and members saved $2 per ticket. Good thinking! Tickets will NOT be mailed. We have a list and will check people off at the door, so bring identification.
Project Linus We have scheduled another "Blanket Days" and hope that you will give up some of your time to spread a little hope and comfort to children and young people at risk. We welcome all the help we can get and are always looking for sewers, young and old.
For those of you who wish to help but are unavailable to come and sew, we are happy to take any donated tops that need finishing, especially those appropriate for older boys and teens. If you are looking through your work space and see things you know you'll never get to again, we can turn them into treasures. You may drop them off any time at the Quilt Patch. We also collect finished blankets, comforters, and quilts for Project Linus. Please mark your donations with your name and contact information.
Please join us any or all of the scheduled days. I know how busy everyone is, but I guarantee that your service will make you feel wonderful, knowing that you have helped make a child happy. We have records to uphold: 74 quilts finished in January and 81 finished in April!!
Cruisin' Through the Quilters'
Quest It's time to start planning for the Annual VA-MD Quilters' Quest shop hop in November, and we are planning to sponsor a bus again (think Cruise). Participants last year had such a rousing good time that we're already getting queries about the coming Quest.
There will be a "Cruise Director" who will help you have the best possible time with games, goodie bags, door prizes, a gourmet lunch each day plus snacks. If you wish to join us on our little "cruise," you will need to register with a $40 deposit. We will let you know the final payment due date in the next newsletter along with the final cost. If you cancel your reservation before the final due date, there will be a $15 fee with the balance refunded. If you cancel after the final payment date, there will be no refund of any fees. Final cost will be in the range of $85-$90 for two days inclusive. Preference will be given to guests who sign up for both days, which will qualify you for full benefits. If we do not fill the bus, we will consider people who only want to travel one day. If you are cruising with friends, please try to register together if at all possible.
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