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Charity QuiltsDemo Days 2012
Duke City Appliqué Society
Free Demos
First Friday Sew-In
Metro 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, 18-21 January 2012
20% off all full-priced merchandise. And, of course, our "garage sale" from 6:00 to 8:30 on Friday.[posted: 14 Dec 11]
FREE DEMOS
Your response to Demo Days - 11 & 12 November 2011- was so tremendous that we have decided to hold monthly demos of some of our models and special "tricks." The demos will concentrate on quilts and quilting topics that are not on our class schedule. 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 aother good reason to be on our e-mail address list.]• Friday, 13 January, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Mitered Placemats
• Sunday, 29 January, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Serenity Oriental Wall Hanging
• Friday, 24 February, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Machine Binding
• Friday & Saturday, 30 & 31 March, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm: tba
• Friday & Saturday, 27 & 28 April, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm. tba
[posted: 14 Dec 11]
DEMO DAYS 2012
Friday and Saturday, 09 & 10 November 2012, 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. Drawings for the "big" prizes will be Saturday, 10 November at 4 pm. Watch for additional information as the event approaches.[posted: 14 Dec 11]
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.
6 January 2012
3 Fewbruary 2012
2 March 2012
13 April 2012 (Note: Second Friday of April)
[posted: 14 Dec 11]
PIÑON QUILTERS SEW-IN, Thursday, 8 March 2012
This group will sponsor a sew-in on March 8, 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 would welcome 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: 14 Dec 11]
2012 NM STATE FAIR QUILT COMPETITION
It is time to start thinking about entering your quilt in the 2012 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 2011 Fair, it was at the following url:
http://www.exponm.com/pdf/home/sewing.pdf
We expect that the Premium Book for the 2012 Fair will be available at the same url.
We shall publish additional information as it becomes available.
[posted: 05 Nov 11]
QUILT SHOWS
METRO SHOP STROLL --- Friday, 17 August 2012, and Saturday, 18 August 2012
We are already looking forward to next year, when Quilts Olé, Busy Bee, Southwest Decoratives, and our shop will again invite you to stroll from shop to shop, pick up free patterns, and become eligible for prize baskets and many other giveaways. Thank you once more for the tremendous excitement your brought to our shops this year. Nearly 400 Passports were picked up; and, from the 254 that were returned by Saturday evening, we drew 56 prize winners. Here is a link to the list of winners: Winners [If we misspelled your name, please send us an e-mail, and we shall correct the error.][posted: 07 Sep 11]
UNM QUILTING CLASSES
There have been some changes to the UNM Continuing Education Quilting classes, taught at the Quilt Works by Carol Bell. "Quilting for the Confident Beginner" has been renamed "Quilting 102," and now follows Quilting 101 (instead of being offered in parallel with Quilting 101). The classes run sequentially on Wednesday evenings: Quilting 101 starts on 25 January and runs through 29 February, and Quilting 102 begins the following week (7 March) and ends on 11 April. For complete information about these classes, and about signing up for these classes, click on this link: UNM Quilting Classes. This is complete list of the Crafts & Hobbies courses at UNM; scroll down to class numbers 05406 (Quilting 101) and 05407 (Quilting 102). We have copies of the supply lists at the Shop.[posted: 14 Dec 11]
NEW TEACHER AT THE QUILT WORKS: Betty Standiferd
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.