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Coordinator's Corner
Happy New Year! Uhuru is off to a great start in 2007. Several vacancies among the officers and committee chairs have been filled. A number of members have stepped forward to plan activities for the first half of the year that should motivate and rekindle the creative spirit in each of us. I am really excited!
Many thanks to Jennifer Morris. We wish her much happiness, smooth transitions, and safe journeys. Many thanks to the committee chairs and members who are stepping down to pursue other venues. Many thanks to Uhuru members who are continuing in and those who are new to leadership positions. Uhuru could not continue without all of you.
To develop a calendar of events for the next two years, all committee chairs, officers (and interested members) are invited to a planning session at my home on January 6 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Please RSVP by January 2, 2007.
Sewfully,
Carol
Upcoming Quilt Show
Southern Comforters of Bowie, Md, Inc. Quilt Guild presents
Fans of Friendship Quilt Show 2007
March 10, 2007 - 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
March 11, 2007 - 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
C. Elizabeth Rieg Special Center
Bowie, Maryland
For more information, call 410-451-2728 or 301-805-8078, or visit their website: www.southerncomforters.org
January's Workshop: Preparing Quilts for Exhibition
Jennifer Morris
This month we will share several methods on documenting and preparing quilts for exhibition.
We will cover the following
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Please bring the following tools
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Sew Help Me. . .
Tips to boost your creativity
To keep your ironing board cover fresh and clean, cut a strip of freezer paper to the length of the ironing board and iron it to the top. Any brown marks, glue spots or fusible accidents go on the freezer paper and not on your cover! When the time is right, simply peel away and apply a new sheet of freezer paper. An extra benefit: the freezer paper creates a stiff background for pressing pieces.
If you scrapbook, use your scrapbooking paper punches in various shapes to cut freezer paper shapes, and then simply iron them onto the quilt top and quilt around the shape. This works equally well with shelf paper - no ironing needed, simply peel off the backing and hand-press the sticky side to your quilt top.Guild Quilt ExhibitWe have been invited to display quilts at G Street Fabrics (Rockville) in June 2007. If you would like your quilt to be considered, it must be ready for the Jury Committee by April. More details will be available at the January meeting. Reminders: |
...and a big birthday grin at Mary Brown (1st); Adrienne Randall (6th); Margreta Silverstone (7th); Renea Bailey (12th); Patricia Johnson (16th); Jennifer Morris (18th); Linda McKenzie (25th); Melba Brown (26th); and JoAnn Burles (31st) |
Just Sew You Know
Spring 2007 Color Trends"New York fashion designers are flourishing in a season of new beginnings, using surprising neutrals with innovative splashes of corals, yellows and purples to create a spring in bloom." Make your new quilts reflect spring by using this soft pallet of stylish colors developed by Pantone – the world-renowned authority on color! New Colors in Review |
Fabric SearchesIf your local quilt shop doesn’t have any a particular fabric, check these online fabric search web sites: www.alwaysopenquiltshop.com Online quilt fabric calculator: |
Membership - Renewable at January's Meeting
Sheryl Smith, Chair
Membership Dues
Annual membership dues are $24, dues for new members are prorated in June to $12. Membership dues are for the period January 1 to December 31. Visitors may attend one meeting free of charge.
Former members who have not renewed their membership will be charged $2.00 per meeting until they pay their annual dues. General membership and members of the Board of Directors must pay dues in order to participate in guild meetings, activities, and voting.