“Members' Corner”

Welcome, BVQ Members! This is your Guild information page. Click on any of the links below for further details.
NOTE: Guild News items, Hospitality Schedule and Fabric Fun are updated monthly; other newly added or updated items are highlighted in red.
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RECENT AND UPCOMING EVENTS   GUILD NEWS   MEETING INFO   MISCELLANEOUS
Recent Meeting Highlights   Help Needed!!   Fabric Fun   AQS Book Club
March 13: Doll Clothes “Sew-In Day”   Meeting/Membership News   Hospitality Schedule   Magazine Subscriptions
March 20, 2010: BJ Titus Workshop   President's Message   Meeting checklist   Speakers' Workshops
March 23: Quilt Show Meeting   Raffle Quilt   Scrap Bag   BVQ Workshops
April 6: Board Meeting   Sunshine       Jo-Ann Discount Cards
April 16 - 18: 6th Annual Retreat   Winners' Circle        
BVQ 2010 Quilt Show   Bee News        


Meeting Highlights and Membership News

Meeting Highlights ** Winners' Circle ** Your Help Is Needed ** Meeting Checklist

At our January meeting, we cut fabric for pillowcases and assembled charity quilt kits. The February meeting was cancelled due to a winter storm warning. With all the snow we are getting this winter, it's a good excuse to stay home and quilt!

Winners' Circle

(Please note that due to the time needed to count and divide the money, there will be a cut off time of 7:15 P.M. for purchasing 50/50 and Not-So-Blind-Raffle tickets at the Guild meetings.)
(no raffles in February - meeting was cancelled)

January 2010 Winners
Fabric Raffle:   Lee Hickman and (again!) lucky Debbie Shisler
Not So Blind Raffle:   Deb Kelly
50/50:   Nancy DeBerardinis
Block of the Month:   Ellen Nobles-Harris (lucky again, too!)

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Your Help Is Needed!!

We are collecting items for “Baskets of Cheer” to be given to BVQ members who are going through a tough time dealing with a serious illness, surgery or the death of a loved one. Bring new or “gently used” item(s) to any Guild meeting and give them to Sue, who will store them, and prepare and deliver baskets as needed. Suggested items are candles, CDs, DVDs, books, bath salts, snacks….think of what would YOU like if your were the recipient. Thank you for your help!

We still need a Publicity Chair, a team to coordinate the 2012 Raffle Quilt, and assistants to the President and Program Chairs who are willing to take over those jobs next year for 2010-2011. Please consider taking your turn as an active Guild member! You will be glad you did, because you will have the opportunity to make new friends and to contribute to BVQ's exciting plans and activities.

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Raffle Quilt News

2010 Raffle Quilt ** 2012 Raffle Quilt - your help is needed!!

2010 Raffle Quilt - “Cocoa Galaxy”

  2010 Raffle Quilt   If you haven’t picked up your 2010 raffle quilt tickets for our current raffle quilt, please see Ellen Nobles-Harris at any Guild meeting. You receive two books of tickets with your paid membership, which you may sell or keep (don't forget to turn in the ticket stubs!). Please consider asking for extra tickets that you can sell on behalf of the guild.

If you have any suggestions for venues to display our raffle quilt and sell chances, please let Ellen Nobles-Harris or Betty Jean Boyd know - our sales need a boost! The quilt will be raffled at our quilt show in October, so time is running out!

2012 Raffle Quilt News

Believe it or not, it is time to start planning our 2012 Raffle quilt! It takes a full year to make it, and we like to sell tickets for a full year. SO, it is time to step up to the plate to volunteer to take on this extremely worthy challenge! Ellen Nobles-Harris, who has graciously done this for us the past few years has detailed notes about the whole process—you won’t be starting from scratch with no guidance!! So, please consider taking on this job.

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2010 Quilt Show: Something New from Something Old... decades of thread stories

What's Happening ** Entry Forms/Rules ** Auction ** USO Challenge ** Next Meeting ** Committee Chairs

What's Happening

AUCTION: Auction Chair Katy Hoess says, “Oooooh, I’m sure you had all kinds of lovely donations ready to bring in February before the snowstorm interceded! Bring them along this month, even if they have a Valentine’s theme! We have LOTS of empty baskets to fill. This month LET’S THINK SPRING! Bring in anything floral - fat quarters, a pattern, a kit, even a good book or movie that reminds you of SPRING.” Please bring donations to Katy at the charity table and get your raffle ticket for the March prize.

QUILT ENTRIES: Quilt Show entry forms are now available for download here! Be sure to read the rules carefully and contact Registration Chair Lil Koster if you have any questions.
Entry Rules
Entry Form
UFO Challenge Form   (submit this form for UFO Challenge or USO Challenge entries, in addition to Entry Form)

Note: The forms are in pdf format. If you don't have Adobe Reader, you can download it here: http://get.adobe.com/reader/
BAZAAR: Starting in March, Bazaar Chair Christine Rushton be collecting items for the Quilt Show Bazaar. Any quilting, sewing, and knitting related items are needed. Also books, holiday items and novelty items. In other words, just about anything you can think of, but please no upholstery material! Bring the items to the meetings and Chris will take them.
Now that our committee CHAIRPEOPLE are in place, please volunteer to be on a committee! It’s fun! Sign up at any BVQ meeting or contact the chairperson(s) of any committee that interests you.

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Auction

Donations requested for the March meeting: Do you have any gifts tucked away from this past holiday that would be perfect for someone, just not you? Something that you were saving to “regift”? Bring it in!

Do you have an item that you think would be a wonderfully inspiring start for a basket – maybe a mug, a book, a quilt kit? Bring it in!

For donations of items you make: While you are busy planning or sewing your quilt for the show, consider trying your choice of fabrics or pattern on a small item for the auction – a table runner, a bag, place mats, a small wall hanging. Large quilts also welcome!

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New This Year!...the USO Challenge!!!

Most of us have UnStarted Objects...you know, those piles of coordinating fabrics in a box with a book or a pattern, or that sketch you’d filed just waiting for the inspiration to start working on it. START IT NOW and finish it for the show! Or just finish a UFO or two for the UFO Challenge. Who will finish the most??!!

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Next Quilt Show Meeting

The next Quilt Show meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at Brandywine Assisted Living at Longwood, 301 Victoria Gardens Drive, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Committee chairs, please make every effort to attend. The meeting is open to any BVQ member - come and share your suggestions and learn about opportunities to help with the show.

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2010 Quilt Show Committee

Show Chairs Sue Nann, Jody Beitzel and Karen Martin
Admissions Rikki Newlander
Auction Katy Hoess
Award Ribbons Ann Tumolo
Bazaar Chris Rushton
Decorations Joan Jasper
Donations/Door Prizes Ellen McLaughlin
Hanging Ellen Nobles-Harris
Judging Kathy Silvon
Program/Logo Deb Kelly
Publicity Maureen Bonnes and Betty Jean Boyd
Raffle Quilt Ann Tolman
Receiving Ellen Richardson
Refreshments Lillian Kreider
Registration Lil Koster
Treasurer Eric Fischer
Vendors/Appraiser Dawn Romanzcak
White Gloves Mary Alice Peeling
Workshops/Demos Betty Dix

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Hospitality

When you are on the list, please bring a snack and a two liter bottle of your favorite drink. If you cannot come, please ask a friend to bring it for you, or trade with someone. And please sign the check-off sheet at the refreshment table so we know you've come. Also, whenever donating food for snacks or pot-luck dinners, please indicate if your dish contains nuts or shellfish (for the benefit of those with food allergies).

April, 2010
Set-up help: (20 min. early) Clean-up help: (allow 15 minutes at the close of the meeting)
Nancy DeBerardinis Diana Dewalt
Betty Dix Nanette Duea
Nancy Dyroff Barbara Fecondo
Judy Filipkowski Eric Fischer
Heidel Gerhard Carolyn Gillespie

May, 2010
Set-up help: (20 min. early) Clean-up help: (allow 15 minutes at the close of the meeting)
Sue Green Barbara Gross
Peggy Hallowell Karen Hammock
Lee Hickman Katy Hoess
Gail Jacobs Joan Jasper
Jen Johnson Barbara Keller

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Sunshine

Happy Birthday!!!
Patricia McLaughlin   March 17
Diane Camarote   March 20
Diane Kilpatrick   March 22
Nancy Dyroff   March 30

We were saddened to hear that Alice Terné passed away the week of February 14. She was a long-time member and former president of BVQ and also a member of the BrandyWine Bee in the Wilmington area. She lived in Wilmington and was always eager to hear what the guild was doing and tried to attend the meeting when her health was good. We will miss her smile and her quilt making.

Anne Denney is still recovering and BVQ continues to send Best Wishes for a speedy recovery. She writes,
I want to thank the members for the great basket I received...It was a nice treat for me. I felt like the girls didn’t forget me, even though I haven’t been around for along time! I can’t go out in the cold and am hoping it is warm for BJ’s class and did sign up for it. My last chemo treatment is at the end of April. Hope to see you all soon. Love, Anne.”
We wish Barbara Keller success with her upcoming surgery and send healing thoughts her way.

Marty Shea is home and recuperating after being hospitalized recently. Best wishes to Marty as he regains his strength and continues to improve.

Heather Smalley was “under the weather” (pardon the pun) last month, and we will be glad to see her in March feeling much better!

Guild members, please forward Sunshine information (births, deaths, congratulations, etc.) to Ruth Young, so that she can acknowledge our members' birthdays and life events on the Guild's behalf. Thank you for your assistance!

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Fabric Fun -- Monthly Raffle

The Fabric Raffle theme again this year is “Going to the Movies”. Each month a different, authentic movie title will be introduced to describe that particular theme for the fabric. Use your wild imagination! Be creative! Bring one or more 100% cotton fat quarters (18" x 22") or a 1/4 yard of fabric in that month's theme to the meeting. You will receive one ticket for one piece of fabric, or three tickets for every two pieces of fabric (they can be different).

February ** March ** April

February's theme is “The Sound of Music”
1965 Musical starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer
In Salzburg, Austria, Maria is studying to become a nun. However, Reverend Mother is not sure if convent life is right for her. Maria is temporarily sent to be governess to seven children of a stern widower, Captain Georg Ludwig von Trapp. Eventually, they fall in love with each other and wed.

The love fabric this month is hearts. Hearts of any color such as red, blue, green, plain, stripe, plaid, lacy, etc. Also any size hearts, such as large, medium, small, double, elongated, etc.
We will have the February fabric raffle at the March meeting, since the February meeting was cancelled.
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March's theme is “Easter Parade”
1948 Musical starring Judy Garland, Ann Miller, Fred Astaire
Broadway star Don Hewes bought Easter gifts for his sweetheart, Nadine Hale. Later, he is told by her they are no longer a dance team. Next, Don tries to turn his new partner, Hannah Brown, into a copy of Nadine. There is jealousy and rage between the two women. In the end, Don and Hannah walk in the Easter Parade and Don proposes to Hannah.

Fabric representing the Easter holiday…. baskets, bunnies and chicks, candy, churches, crosses, decorated eggs, new holiday garments for adults and children, such as dresses, funny hats, gloves, jewelry, shirts, shoes, flowering plants, spring scenes, etc.
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April's theme is “Mother Wore Tights”
1947 Musical starring Betty Grable and Dan Dailey
A woman looks back at her childhood when her parents were in show business and raising a family. Father wore the pants, but Mother wore the tights.

Fabric print for Mother's Day. Small, medium or large floral prints, gifts of any kind, sewing tools, family scenes, kitchen utensils, etc.
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BVQ Scrap Bag

Scrap Bag News ** What is the Scrap Bag? ** Scrap Bag FAQ ** Scrap Bag Project Ideas

Scrap Bag News

Scrap BAGS!!   Thanks go to the BVQ members who have been giving and taking Scrap Bag scraps! It has been fun to see the results of your creativity at Show 'n Tell. The Scrap Bag has been replenished after our January charity workshop so there's lots more to choose from now! Stay tuned for details about the 2010 BVQ Challenge, which will put our Scrap Bag to good use!

Please limit your donations to quilting fabric scraps no less than 1" wide. Save your pieces larger than fat quarters to donate to Guild auctions or the quilt show bazaar. Donate your unwanted non-quilting fabrics to Goodwill or another charity that can use them. You can help the Scrap Bag Lady by smoothing out and sorting your scraps by color or theme and placing them in zipper plastic bags. Large bags of crumpled, frayed scraps take a while to deal with! Thank you for your help!

What is the Scrap Bag?

Just finished a project? Wait! Don't throw out those leftover scraps and orphan blocks! Bring them to the BVQ meetings and dump them in the Scrap Bag!

Anything 3/4" or larger is welcome! Skinny scraps 3/4" - 1" wide and a foot or more in length are perfect for wrapping clothesline for making clothesline bowls, or can be used like yarn to knit or crochet into purses (think Madge Ziegler's “Bags from Rags”). Little scraps, especially those left over from fused projects, are great for fabric postcards or fabric collages! Larger scraps can be sewn into crazy quilt blocks or pieced into squares for charity quilts. We'll take orphan blocks or parts of blocks, too. Questions? Check out the FAQ or contact Lil Koster Also let us know if you have any suggestions or special requests.

Whenever you get the itch to make something for an upcoming BVQ auction or charity project, you can dig through the Scrap Bag for fabric to use. (The Scrap Bag is available at most BVQ meetings.) So bring us your tired, your poor, SCRAPS!!

Many thanks,
Lil Koster, “The Scrap Bag Lady”

Scrap Bag FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions):

Q. What is acceptable for the BVQ Scrap Bag? The newsletter said a piece as small as 3/4" was OK, but is that the width of a strip, or can it be a square/rectangle piece of material?
A. 3/4" wide strips longer than a foot or so are great for making clothesline bowls. For non-strip scraps, we'll take anything at least 1" on any side.
Q. Are we collecting batting scraps?
A. Not at this time. Due to the large donations of scraps at the March meeting (thank you, everyone!), your Scrap Bag Lady has quite enough to store and tote! However, if anyone needs batting scraps, just ask and we will find you some.
Q. Are members allowed to use the scraps for projects they are working on personally? Sometimes you need just a bit of something!
A. You may take scraps for your own use, but we hope that you will contribute scraps of your own at some point in time. One of our goals for the Scrap Bag is help to keep precious fabric out of the landfills! It can be our "green" initiative!
Q. Much of the fabric in the Scrap Bag is in individual zipper bags. Can I take fabric out of those bags or do I have to take the whole bag?
A. Feel free to take whatever scraps you'd like. If you need a bag to put them in and there are no bags available, ask Lil Koster, SBQ (“Scrap Bag Queen”), for one.
Q. What can I make with those scraps?
A. Grab some red, white and blue scraps for a Quilt of Valor, or grab a baggie or two and make a 9" x 12" quilt for the Priority: Alzheimer's Quilt project. Need more ideas? click here for a .pdf document with lots of suggestions.

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AQS Book Club

Would you like a discount on your quilting books? Being a member of BVQ allows you to order books at a 30 percent dicsount. When BVQ has an order for at least six items we will order directly through AQS. Payment can be made when the merchandise has been received. Remember, BVQ pays the postage! Check out the AQS website to see what is available - and be sure to check out the “Special Sales” section for unbelievably low prices (even before our discount)! See Deb Kelly for details.

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Quilting Magazine Subscriptions

Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting magazine has once again offered the opportunity for Guild members to purchase new or renewal subscriptions through BVQ for $20.00. You will save almost $10.00 off the retail cover price, and BVQ earns $5.00 for each subscription that we order! Gift subscriptions and Love of Quilting Calendars are also available.

We are also promoting Quilter's Home magazine - BVQ will receive $5.40 for each subscription initiated through the Guild.

See Gail Jacobs at a BVQ meeting or email her to subscribe to either publication.

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Jo-Ann Fabric Discount Cards

Betty Jean Boyd has 10% discount cards for Jo-Ann’s. All you have to do is present your BVQ membership card along with the discount card at checkout. If you don’t have your BVQ membership card, see Heather, our membership chairperson. See Betty Jean for the Jo-Ann’s card.

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Board Meeting

The next Board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 6, 2010, at 7:00 until 9:00 p.m., at the Quilters Corner in the Olde Ridge Village Shops. If you plan to shop, please come early as Angela is always willing to help us. All Board members and committee chairs, as well as any interested BVQ members, are invited to attend.

*** Brandywine Valley Quilters would like to thank Angela and her staff at Quilter's Corner for supporting our Guild. They have graciously made their classroom space available to us for our Board meetings, and they welcomed the attendees of our 2009 New Member Tea with demonstrations and provided gifts for the new members. ***

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