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Next Meeting:
July 19, 2008
Cedar Heights Community Center
1200 Glen Willow Drive
Seat Pleasant, MD

  Agenda (times are approximate):

  11:00 a.m.
  Sit and Sew

  12:30 p.m.
  Business Meeting

  1:30 p.m.
  Refreshments

  2:00 p.m.
  Show & Tell;
  Ugly Fabric Auction
 

Note:  Please turn all cell phones to vibrate during the meeting.

Bring your nametag!!

Coordinator's Message

July 2008

What a wonderful show! I can’t say thank-you enough to all the members who volunteered their time, relatives, and other resources to make the show a reality! The attendees had only good things to say. Our next show: the last weekend in June 2010. THANK YOU!!!

Mark your calendars for October 2 - 4, 2008. Uhuru will be exhibiting at the Original Sewing and Quilt Expo in Chantilly, VA. In exchange for serving 24 “volunteer days” as volunteer ambassadors ( set up/take down hands, ticket takers, classroom angels, white glovers, etc.), we will be able to exhibit -- at no cost to us -- at least 25 quilts (large ones) and set up a table for selling raffle tickets and recruiting members. For more information, go to www.sewingexpo.com. If you wish to volunteer, please contact Carol Williams ASAP.

November is election month for Uhuru as well as for the nation. Whether the current officers wish to continue or not, we still need to hold election for Coordinator and Treasurer. Let’s not forget our retreat! Details to come.

Sewfully,
Carol

Quilting is an opportunity - benefit from it!

Jackie Tyson-Hope entered her large quilt "Mandingo Warrior" in the Annapolis Quilt Guild show (where it won second place) and also in the Sully Plantation show. Jackie says that the Sully show was a very conservative and interesting venue and a challenge to enter. She encourages other members to enter quilts in invitationals; it is a very surprising reward for your effort. Uhuru Quilt Show - we're on U-Tube! http://www.youtube.com/user/kyraeh

The Charm Exchange Jackie Tyson-Hope, Chair

We are exchanging AFRICAN PRINTS for July, with 27 participants: Cynthia York, Charlene Dean, Dolores Johnson, Brenda Brown, Dawn Felix, Bernadett King, Elsie Houston, Mia Baker (2), Myra Sumpter, Cynthia Wilson, Betty Phillips, Deb Sanger, CC Flowe, Sarita Brewer, Judy Roye, Denise Davis, Sara Knox, Tammie Morrow, Nadine Mills, Margreta Silverstone, Cornelia Carter-Sykes, Jackie S (2), Jackie T (2), Sandra Benjamin.

Cut 6-1/2” (six-and-one-half-inch) squares of 100% pre-washed cotton (please make sure that the size and quality of your squares are what you yourself would like to receive). Please remember to cut off the selvedges before you cut your squares. Place squares in a baggie with your name on it, and put it in the "Charm Squares" basket or hand them to Jackie.

If you signed up but are unable to come to the meeting, please mail your squares to Jackie or have someone bring them to the meeting. Please e-mail or telephone Jackie if you have questions.

Block of the Month Cornelia Carter-Sykes, Chair

For June we're making the Nine Patch Star block (http://www.quilterscache.com/N/NinePatchStarBlock.html) from Quilter's Cache. Remember our "each one teach one" motto, so if you find you have a suggestion or pointer for completing the block, please share it with your fellow quilters.

Check out our Calendar of Events, now online

Just Sew You Know...

Watch 'QATV' Season II

The new series of "Quilting Arts TV" shows (Series 200) has begun airing on PBS stations across the U.S., but you can have all 13 episodes now on DVD to watch whenever you like. Topics for the second season of shows include:

• How hand- and machine-quilted fabrics provide gorgeous surface textures that can be enhanced with a quick and easy application of rolled-on paint color.

• How to create fabric pillow charms that can be used as jewelry or to enhance your artwork.

• How to make creative, free-motion dimensional leaves using thread, fabric, and water-soluble stabilizer.

• Learning a formula for color selection in your projects, from appliqué to patchwork.

• How to turn outdated or "ugly" fabric into new, original, and exciting designs by screen printing with a masking tape resist.

• How the world of digital stitch can be combined with traditional techniques for innovative quilt making

Ugly Fabric Auction Tammie Morrow

Declare Your Independence From Ugly Fabric!

July is a great opportunity to liberate your stash from the Ugly Fabric that's been weighing it down and stiflling your creativity. That being the case - it's time for another Ugly Fabric Auction! So round up and bring in for auction that red, white, blue, Pepto-Bismol pink, yellow, poison green, polka-dot, purple, plaid, orange, fuschia, striped, flowered... you get the idea. All proceeds go to the Uhuru treasury.

Our next auctions are scheduled for October and December; address any questions to Tammietrekkie@yahoo.com.

Sew Help Me... Tips to boost your creativity

Some Pretty Clever Uses for Ugly Fabric

• Make a quilt carrier - If necessary, wash it in hot water to get rid of any residual color that might transfer to your quilt. Sew several pieces together to get the size you want, then sew it into a carrier.

• Make a hanging sleeve - if you're not concerned whether the sleeve is the same fabric as the backing, this is a good use!

• Make a pin cushion -- Camilla

• Binding for scrappy quilts - Sew several strips together - the shorter the strips, the scrappier the binding.

• Backing for a quilt can be from different uglies. -- Margreta

• I made a blanket for my dog to sleep on -- Cynthia

  You can use “uglies” to experiment with fabric paints and other embellishment techniques -- Margreta

• Applique - cut little "nothing" shapes (including flower petals!) and applique them onto a plain or pieced border.

• I used my ugly fabric to make a "storybook" quilt that was in the quilt show, "Little Pic-a-Ninnies" -- Brenda

• Give it a pat, call it beautiful, and add it to your stash.

Birthday/Hospitality Dawn Felix, Jocelyn Herbert, Pat Johnson

A Very Happy Birthday to Sandra Ealy (20th)

The Hospitality Committee is asking for refreshment donations from members.

We are asking for sandwiches, cheese and crackers, fruit, salads/vegetable tray, water, light/regular beverages and desserts. Please e-mail Dawn at least one week before the meeting so we can make sure that a variety of refreshments are offered.