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Charity QuiltsDemo Days 2013
Duke City Appliqué Society
Free Demos
First Friday Sew-In
Metro Quilt Shop Stroll
New Mexico State Fair
New Teacher at the Quilt Works
Pinon Quilters Sew-In
Quilt Shows
Semi-Annual Sale
UNM Quilting Classes
SEMI-ANNUAL SALE --- Wednesday through Saturday, early July 2013
20% off all full-priced merchandise. And, of course, our "garage sale" from 6:00 to 8:30 on Friday.[posted: 05 Feb 13]
FREE DEMOS
Here are the demos we have scheduled to date; we shall update this list as we firm up other items, and shall alert you to each upcoming demo by e-mail. [This is another good reason to be on our e-mail address list.]• Saturday, 4 May 2013, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm {Previously scheduled for Sunday, 21 April}: Sun Hat, by Shirley Brabson. With Amy Butler's Blue Sky Hats pattern you can make a sun hat that splendidly protects you from our intense sun rays while you work in the yard or sashay around the neighborhood. This is a great project project for a wild fabric, and also works well with a subdued choice; it is not a difficult project.
[posted: 26 Mar 13]
DEMO DAYS 2013
Friday and Saturday, early November 2013, 10 am to 4 pm. Door prizes will be awarded hourly each day beginning at 11 am. In addition there will be lots of other prizes for you. You earn a chance at these prizes for each demo you attend and for each $10 you purchase in merchandise. Watch for additional information as the event approaches.[posted: 05 Feb13]
DUKE CITY APPLIQUÉ SOCIETY
If you love
hand appliqué, join this group; it meets at The Quilt
Works from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm on the second Sunday of each
month. As the sponsoring organization for this group, we require
that you join The Appliqué Society after two visits. Visit the
following web site to learn more about this organization:
http://www.theappliquesociety.org. The pictures at the right were taken at the December 2011 meeting (at which the members, once again shared some decadent deserts). Each of the blocks shown on the design wall was contributed by a member. Marge Martinez's name was drawn from the "hat" for the blocks in the left-hand picture; these blocks were created from Edyta Sitar's book, Hop To It. A very happy Christine Eckstine is pictured at the right with blocks in Edyta Sitar's Sweet 16 pattern.
FIRST FRIDAY SEW-IN
If you have a UFO ("unfinished
object") that needs special attention, want some help to get over
a "knotty" quilting problem, would like to take the opportunity to
work on a charity quilt, or simply enjoy getting together with
other quilters in a relaxed environment, join us at the First
Friday Sew-In. There is no cost for the First Friday Sew-Ins, and
you do not need a reservation; just come. Most months, we meet on
the first Friday of the month, from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm.The picture shown here was taken at our December 2010 Sew-In. In the middle of the tables are several of the Kittie Pillows we made for donation to the Robbie Jones Memorial Cat House at Animal Humane New Mexico. In addition to sewing Kitty pillows, Sheryl made big strides toward preparing her bargello quilt for sandwiching and quilting, Lois finished the binding on her quilt, and Rhonda finished about half of the quilting on her wall hanging for the Introduction to Machine Piecing class.
Our schedule for the next few months is shown below; among the charities for which we shall be making quilts are the Wounded Warriors Project, Blue Star Mothers, and the Quilts of Valor Foundation. Mark these dates on your calendar. We shall send a reminder to all of the people on our e-mail address list about a week in advance.
8 February 2013 (Note: Rescheduled from 1 February)
1 March 2013
5 April 2013
[posted: 05 Feb 13]
PIÑON QUILTERS SEW-IN, Thursday, 14 March 2013
This group will sponsor a sew-in on March 14, from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. They will have a pot luck at noon, and will be sewing on charity projects. The group welcomes anyone wishing to sew on these projects. It is fun and you’ll meet some great quilters. For more information, contact Doris Bowen at: 299-6570.[posted: 05 Feb 13]
2013 NM STATE FAIR QUILT COMPETITION
It is time to start thinking about entering your quilt in the 2013 New Mexico State Fair Quilt Competition. Ribbons and prizes are awarded in 41 different Classes, and the quilts are displayed in the Creative Arts Building throughout the duration of the Fair. Participants are divided into three age groups:Section 155 - Quilts made by juniors (17 years of age and under): Classes 31 & 32
Section 157 - Quilts made by persons over 65: Classes 57 & 58
Sections 177-213 - All of the rest of us: Classes 177 - 213
The Quilt Works presents a Gift Certificate to the first place ribbon winner in each Section.
Complete information about the Rules, Classes, etc., is found in the Home Arts, Division 12, Sewing/Needlework section of the New Mexico State Fair Premium Book. For the 2012 Fair, it was at the following url:
http://www.exponm.com/pdf/home/sewing.pdf
We expect that the Premium Book for the 2013 Fair will be available at the same url.
We shall publish additional information as it becomes available.
[posted: 05 Feb 13]
QUILT SHOWS
THE 2013 QUILT WORKS EMPLOYEES' QUILT SHOW
The Annual Quilt Works Employees' Show will be hung on Monday, 01 April, and remain in the shop through Sunday, 14 April. We shall post pictures of these quilts on our GALLERY page, but you really must view the quilts in person to gain the full impact of the colors and workmanship. Through 31 March, you can visit our GALLERY page to view pictures of the quilts we displayed in our 2012 show.VINTAGE CZECH GLASS BUTTON TRUNK SHOW
For those of us who like to embellish our quilts with buttons, or
use decorative buttons on other projects at the shop, Jean Post
(one of our teachers) has a great Trunk Show of vintage Czech
Glass Buttons at her shop, Elinor Oldham's Art & Beads, 3301
Menaul Blvd,
#27, Friday through Sunday, 12-14 April. There are about 500
buttons
in the show, a few of which are pictured here. The show is open
from 11:00 to 5:30 on Friday and Saturday, and from 12:00 to 5:00
on Sunday.[posted: 26 Mar 13]
METRO QUILT SHOP STROLL --- Friday, 16 August, and Saturday, 17 August 2013
Quilts Olé,
Busy Bee, Southwest Decoratives, and our shop invite you to
stroll from shop to shop, pick up free patterns, and become
eligible for prize baskets and many other giveaways. The 2013
theme is "Modern." Pick up your Passport at the first shop you
visit, and get it stamped at each shop. When it is completed,
leave it at the fourth shop. Our prizes in 2012 included baskets
(each valued at more than $250) put together by each shop, and a
sewing machine contributed by Bob's Sewing and Vacuum
Center. In addition to the major prizes, our shop also gave
away a door prize every hour on the hour. It was not necessary to
be present to win.Our setting of the blocks designed by the four shops for the 2012 Shop Stroll is shown at the right. The patterns for the blocks were free at each shop. Each shop also had kits for its block. And our shop had kits for the setting of the four blocks, as well as patterns for the setting.
[posted: 05 Feb 13]
UNM QUILTING CLASSES
Two UNM Continuing Education Division Quilting classes are taught at the Quilt Works by Carol Bell: Quilting 101 and Quilting 102. Quilting 101 is designed for the absolute beginner, and leads naturally into Quilting 102. The classes run sequentially on Wednesday evenings: Quilting 101 starts on 30 January 2013 and runs through 06 March, and Quilting 102 begins two weeks later (20 March) and ends on 08 May 2013. Below is a link to the Crafts-Hobbies page in the Division of Continuing Education at UNM. On that page, click on the "View All Crafts & Hobbies Courses" box. Scroll down that list until you find 05406 (Quilting 101) and 05407 (Quilting 102). For additional information about each course, click on the course title.UNM Quilting Classes.
[posted: 05 Feb 13]
NEW TEACHER AT THE QUILT WORKS:
CHARITY QUILTS and PROJECTS
(25 Aug 10, 14 Dec 10) The
Quilt Works continues to be involved in a variety of charitable
programs; we list the principle ones here, and invite you to
participate. As you may have noted elsewhere on our web site, all
of our First Friday Sew-Ins have devoted at least part of their
efforts toward these projects.• QUILTS FOR HOMELESS TEENS: The quilt in the picture on the right is one of more than two dozen lap quilts that we made for the Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) Title I Homeless Project for distribution to homeless APS students.
• QUILTS OF VALOR: These quilts are being given to active duty personnel wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq.
• ONE MILLION PILLOWCASE CHALLENGE: We have joined the American Patchwork & Quilting One Million Pillowcase Challenge. If you’d like to reduce your stash and make an impact in our community, this is a great project. Make pillowcases and donate them to your favorite charity. For more information about this Challenge, and to register your participation, go to the following web site: http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/millionpillowcases/. Alternatively, bring your pillowcases to the Shop; we will take care of distributing them and registering your participation.
• ZIACASES: The Community Fund of Southern NM and the Las Cruces Red Cross have joined to make Ziacases, pillowcases for NM National Guard members serving overseas. Trudi Pickett is the coordinator. When you bring your pillowcases to the Shop, we will take care of forwarding them to Trudi.
• BANANA COOLERS: With a Banana Cooler gently resting around your neck, life in the hot sun is a lot more endurable. We have made Banana Coolers both for our Armed Forces personnel serving overseas, and for the Albuquerque Rescue Mission. Here is a link to our pattern: Banana Cooler Pattern
• PILLOWCASES FOR THE SALVATION ARMY "TOY & JOY STORE": We devoted our December 2010 First Friday Sew-In to making pillowcases for the Toy and Joy Store, and received many more pillowcases from customers who were unable to come to the Sew-In but wanted to participate. As of this date (14 Dec), we have donated 130 pillowcases to the Salvation Army! We expect to continue this very much appreciated project. If you have made pillowcases - especially with young children in mind - we will make sure that they are taken down as soon as we receive them.