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Next Meeting:
September 16, 2006

  Agenda:

  10 - 11 a.m.
  Board of Directors

  11 - 2 p.m.
  General Membership
  Door Prizes
  Charm Square Exchange
  Show n Tell
  Market Place
  Light Refreshments

Guild Coordinator
Jennifer Morris

Assistant Guild Coordinator
Tammie Morrow

Treasurer
Jeanette Cumberbatch

Secretary
VACANT

Parliamentarian
Barbara Brown

Block of the Month
Renea Bailey, Chair

Challenge Project
Bennie Mann, Chair

Charm Squares
Shirley Hodge, Chair

Community Service
Felicia Few, Chair

Door Prize
Elsie Houston, Chair

Exhibits/PR
Melba Brown, Chair

Fundraising
Carol Williams, Chair

Hospitality
Renea Bailey, Chair

Library
VACANT

Membership
Sheryl Smith, Chair

Newsletter
Linda McKenzie, Chair

Road Trips
Tammy Morrow

Small Groups & Bees
Deborah Sanger, Chair

Web Site
Lawana Holland-Moore, Chair

General
Membership Notice
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.

Meeting Location:

College Park Community Center
5051 Pierce Ave.
College Park, MD  20737
Center Phone: 301-441-2647

The Uhuru Quilters Guild meets the third Saturday of every month, unless posted otherwise.

Board of Directors Meeting
10:00 am – 11:00 am

General Member Meeting
11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Directions:
From Washington Beltway

1. Take 495 towards College Park (Univ. of MD)
2. Take exit 25 B south (Rt. 1 / Baltimore Ave.)
3. Go about 2 miles
4. Make a left onto Lakeland Road (at the fire station)
5. Make a right turn onto Rhode Island Ave.
6. Follow the curve; Rhode Island Ave. becomes Pierce Ave. The building, rose
   colored, is on the right.

Hospitality
Renea Bailey, Chair

Please Note:  Since attendance at the meetings has been very low because of vacations and other activities, anyone who may be attending the September meeting, would you please contribute very light refreshments, i.e. beverage, fruit, or cookies.

When the refreshment period begins, please put away all quilts and materials. This will prevent any damage to your valuable items. The refreshment period is only for 45 minutes.  Upon completion of this period, trash bags will be circulated so you can dispose of unfinished food and drinks before we open Show N Tell or continue a workshop. 

"Quilters come with strings attached." Many, many strings.

Quilter's Retreat

The Women of Color Quilters Network, Inc. New York Chapter is conducting a 1st Annual Quilt Conference and Retreat on September 28 through October 1, 2006 at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge.

For more information see the website:  www.WCON-newyork.org

"Tell a Friend" Contest

Help spread the word about QNN by entering the "Tell a Friend" Contest. It's easy, it's quick and you could win some great prizes! The person who forwards the QNN Newsletter to the most quilters between August 16 through September 16 wins a variety of wonderful quilting goodies. To participate, forward the QNN newsletter to all of your quilting friends, make sure to include this email: tellafriend@quiltersnewsnetwork.com. This address HAS to be included because it's how the numbers will be totaled. For more information visit the Tell A Friend page on QNN.

September is National Sewing Month

--The American Sewing Guild is sponsoring a Sewing Showcase on Sunday, September 17, at G Street Fabrics (Rockville location only), to commemorate National Sewing Awareness Month.  Admission is FREE and the program runs from 12 noon – 3 p.m. with three different guest speakers.  This forum is hosted by Helen DeRoo, president of the ASG Maryland Chapter.  Mark your calendars and plan on an afternoon of fun and inspiration.  For questions and further details, contact the Education Department, 301-231-8998 x 240.

-- G Street Fabrics will participate in the Quiltpink Benefit sponsored by Better Homes and Gardens American Patchwork Quilting magazine.  The project is a benefit for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and will culminate in an on-line auction of completed quilts in May, 2007. Mark your calendar, as September 30 will be in-store Quiltpink activities.  This will be the final date which squares or donations will be accepted. For more information, visit G Street Fabrics (www.gstreetfabrics.com)

Kudos

Shirley Hodge had two quilts on display in the C Street lobby entrance of the Department of the Interior August 11-18, in observance of their Diversity festivities. One quilt was made with Uhuru's 2005 BOM and the other was her "School Days" quilt, which had been displayed at the Sumner in 2005 with the Daughters of Dorcas and Sons guild. -- Way to go, Shirley!

Donnette Cooper is a featured artist in the exhibit, New Possessions: Jamaican Artists in the U.S, which celebrates the 44th anniversary of Jamaican independence. Visit the exhibit at the Art Museum of the Americas, 201 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC (down the street from the Corcoran Gallery). August 4-October 29. Museum hours Tuesday thru Sunday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. -- Congratulations, Donnette!

Winifred Wallace's quilt, entitled "Join the Crowd," was chosen as part of the traveling collection of the Original Sewing & Quilt Expo.  It is a part of the "Conversations in Fabric Quilt Challenge."  The collection will be seen at 8 upcoming events and the first show will be in our area September 28-30 in Chantilly, VA. -- Congratulations, Winifred!

Upcoming Shows

Chantilly... 33rd Annual Sully Quilt Show & Sale, Sully Historic Site, 3601 Sully Road, Sept. 10, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Contact Barbara Ziman or Kelly Roder; 703-437-1794; Barbara.Ziman@fairfaxcounty.gov; Kelly.Roder@fairfaxcounty.gov; www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/sully)

Chantilly... Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Dulles Expo & Conference Center, 4368 Chantilly Shopping Center, September 28, 29 & 30, 2006; 703-378-0910
http://www.sewingexpo.com/cities/chantilly.htm

NeedleChasers of Chevy Chase present "A Quilters' Neighborhood"
Friday, October 20, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 21, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

NeedleChasers of Chevy Chase will be holding its biennial quilt show on October 20 and 21 of this year. The show will include a terrific raffle quilt (designed by Donna Radner), a silent auction, a boutique with hundreds of hand-sewn items, and a display of quilts made by guild members. If you'd like more information about the show, please visit their website at www.needlechasers.org, and click on the Quilt Show 2006 button.  Or send an e-mail to contactus@needlechasers.org.

Brandywine Valley Quilters present "Somewhere In Time"
Brookhaven Municipal Building, Brookhaven, PA
Saturday and Sunday, October 14 and 15
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. both days; auction Saturday 4:30 - 7:00 pm

The show features over 100 beautiful quilts made by local artisans, including judged quilts and special exhibits. An auction, a merchant mall, bargain bazaar, queen-size vintage style raffle quilt, Quilter's Cafe and much more. For more information, please visit www.brandywinevlyquilters.org.

Uhuru Road Trip - Quilters' Quest
November 11, 2006

If you are interested in a bus trip for the 2006 Quilters' Quest, please e-mail Tammie (tammietreckie@aol.com) with your proposed route. The most number of votes will determine the route. The estimated cost of the trip $40.00, no food or drinks will be provided. We will need at least 20 participants for the small bus; 35 participants will be needed for the large bus.

The 2006 Quilters' Quest promises to be great fun. Visit all 13 participating shops and be eligible for some great prizes. Jinny Beyer has designed this years' Quilters' Quest quilt. It is a sampler of Basket blocks in luscious colors. Collect a different basket pattern from each shop and then put these together in a quilt to commemorate this marathon event. If you spend more than $30 in a shop, you will receive a free kit for that shop's block. Otherwise you may purchase the kits for $3.00.

Shops will be offering in-house daily drawings and everyone who finishes will be eligible for the grand prizes of "Quest Bucks." These monetary coupons will be redeemable in any of the participating stores.

QUILTERS' QUEST 2006 PARTICIPATING SHOPS:

The Artful Quilter (Centreville, VA)
Bear's Paw Fabrics (Ellicott City & Towson, MD)
Capital Quilts (Gaithersburg, MD)
Chesapeake Bay Quilting, Waldorf, MD
Cottonseed Glory (Annapolis, MD)
Jinny Beyer Studio (Great Falls, VA)
Material Girls Quilt Boutique (La Plata, MD)
Patches Quilting & Sewing (Mt. Airy, MD)
The Quilt Patch (Fairfax, VA)
Seminole Sampler (Catonsville, MD)
Sisto's Sewing & Quilting (Frederick, MD)
Traditions at the White Swan (Hagerstown, MD)

Sew Help Me. . .
Tips to boost your creativity

Here's a quick and easy tip to add more texture and visual interest to your art quilts: You know that little scrap of fabric you start off your seams with ... the little things commonly called "bunny ears" or "spiders" or "dog ears" or something else? Stop throwing them out -- start saving them up!

Put together two pieces of scraps for the bunny ears. When you've filled up a few, why not use them in your art quilts? Simply add on a few lines of variegated thread, throw in a few metallics, some glitter, whatever your quilt calls for. You can use them as they are, or trim them down to a specific shape. Then just applique in place!

You'll be pleased at getting yet another mile out of the scraps you were just gonna throw out anyway!

Block of the Month
Renea Bailey, Chair

The theme for the 2006 Block of the Month is the latest craze in quilting -- Postcard Quilts!  They are quick, uncomplicated blocks, so no UFOs will be sitting around to be quilted. You can complete several postcard quilts in no time flat!  Each month I will make a postcard quilt and post it along with a template so that you can create a similar postcard.  Or, let your creativity flow and create a postcard based on the theme for each month.  Have fun, and bring your postcard quilts in for show and tell.

The theme for September postcards is Africa On My Mind

Just Sew You Know

… and a big Birthday grin at Elsie Houston (2nd); Sandra Duncan (4th); Becky Griffin (17th); Pansy Lovelace (17th); Tammie Morrow (18th); Marilyn Sweatt (20th); Sheryl Smith (21st); Evelyn Holland (29th); and Lou Nell Badgett (30th)

Artist Instructors Needed

Prince George's Park and Recreation
Cora B. Wood Senior Center
3601 Taylor Street, Brentwood, MD

Artists and student artists are needed for the following workshops: Stained Glass Jewelry Making; Tap and Jazz dance for Seniors; Watercolors for Beginners; Quilting; Microsoft Word for Beginners.

Please contact Regina Jackson, Director of Woods Senior Center, for more details: 301-699-1238.

Book Special

Since it's almost "Back to School" time, the Professional Quilter is offering a special on their teaching resource, The Challenge of Teaching. This is part of their Workshop Notebook Series, which is designed for you to use at your own pace to either learn new skills or reinforce existing skills. This resource is written by NQA Certified Teacher Jeannie Spears. Just use code T6 to receive a 10 percent discount when you check out. http://www.professionalquilter.com/resources.asp