Meetings
Program December 2016
We were delighted to have Kris Poor of Poorhouse Quilt designs join us for our December meeting. She had some great projects to show us and well as demonstrations on how to use different types of fusible foam products. Kris showed us and demonstrated the making of the fold ‘n stitch wreath which so many of us have made as well as various styles and designs of bags using the fusible products and many samples of quilted bowls and how she uses the fusible foam products to make them. Kris is probably just as well recognized for her many styles of Christmas ornaments and the star ornament will be the focus of her workshop. It was a fun presentation!
Ronni Longwell
October 2016 Program: Timna Tarr
We had a fun October meeting with Timna Tarr as our guest speaker. Timna Tarr is a modern quilter who works with color. Her quilts have won awards at national shows and have appeared on the cover of national quilting magazines. She is also the designer of our 2017 Raffle Quilt and brought her smaller version of that quilt to show us, along with many other beautiful quilts, design styles and colorways. Her trunk show showed us new quilting techniques that made us think outside of our traditional designs and see a new way to be inspired by color and modern design.
Ronni Longwell
Quilter of the Year
Congratulations to Nancy Dempsey for her being named Quilter of the Year. Nancy is well deserving of this honor. She is a member who steps in at every emergency or task that needs help. She pulled the program together this year when personal problems caused Rosemary Bray to step down. She provides a raffle each month and will be acting co-chair of the kitchen at the Quilt Show.
MVQ succeeds when members of Nancy’s caliber take part!!
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