WFQ Annual Meeting December 8th

The "Annual Meeting" required by our bylaws will be held Wednesday, December 8th, at 5:30 p.m. at the Home Town Cafe in Sedro-Woolley. Members are encouraged to attend! We will elect directors for the coming year and continue to plan our next quilt show!

Our membership year is the calendar year so dues are due again in time for January 1st. Our dues are $5 per year! Such a bargain. If you're a Skagit County Quilter and you want to join us, come to our meeting! We typically meet once a month until about February when things heat up for the quilt show planning and then we meet twice a month.

Word on the street is that people are making quilts in anticipation of our 2011 show, which will again be held during the first week in June. Where will it be? No site selected yet, but we're committed to being downtown with the Blast from the Past festival.

Our show theme for 2011 is "Blast of Color" and this promises to be a fabulous theme! A challenge is in the works for those of you who love to meet a challenge, and we have lots of other plans in store.

Do you know a business who would like to be a sponsor of our show? Are you a business who would like to sponsor our show? If you're targeting the quilting community for your advertising, this is the place to be. Contact us via this blog for more info.

Above is a photo of our recent presentation to the Sedro-Woolley Eagles Club for their gracious help in our search for a venue for the 2010 show. What will they do with this great quilt designed by Julie Anderson? We can hardly wait to find out!

WFQ Meeting - show planning and fun!

The next meeting of the Woolley Fiber Quilters will be Wednesday, October 13th at 5:30 p.m. at the Home Town Cafe in Sedro-Woolley. We're making plans for another spectacular quilt show during the first weekend of June in 2011! You are invited to attend the meeting and participate in the show! We also welcome sponsors and parties who are interested in being vendors (of quilting-related products and services) during the show. We had so much fun last time - don't miss out!

More quilt shows

Here is a list I have compiled of upcoming quilting events in our region. If I have left off yours, plz send me the info!

Leavenworth Quilt Show – September 8 - 12
Innovations (commercial) – Tacoma Convention Center – September 15 – 18

Walla Walla Quilt Festival – September 17 - 19

Columbia River Gorge Quilters – Stevenson, WA – September 16 – 18

Project Linus Western Region Conference – Heathman Lodge Vancouver, WA – September 17-19

Cabin Fever Quilters – Port Townsend – September 17-18

Pieceful Discoverers – Aberdeen Museum – September 18 - 19

Northwest Quilting Expo (commercial) – Portland Expo Center – September 23 - 25

Washington Stars present Marianne Fons – SPSCC Olympia – September 24 - $20

Moonlight Quilters – Bellingham – September 24 – 25

9th Annual Duvall Outdoor Quilt Show – September 25

Ladies of the Lake – Longview, WA – October 1 - 3

La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum Quilt Fest – October 1-3

Sea Pals “Whale of a Quilt Show” – Ocean Shores – October 1-3

NCWQG – Wenatchee Town Toyota Center – October 8-9

Tokeland Quilt Show – Bayshore RV Park – October 9-10

Washington State Quilters – Spokane County Fair & Expo Center – October 15 – 17

Gig Harbor Quilt Festival – Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church – October 15 - 16

Clark County Quilters Featured Artists Show – HH Hall Building, Vancouver – October 22 – 24

West Sound Quilters – Kitsap County Fairgrounds – October 22 – 24

Block Party Quilters – Issaquah – November 5-7

Rusty Barn Quilt & Sewing Festival (commercial) – Western WA Fairgrounds Puyallup – November 18 - 19

Upcoming Quilt Shows in our area

Here are a couple of great shows coming up that you will want to get on your calendar!

Cabin Fever Quilters of Chimacum - 30th Quilt Show
September 17 and 18th at Jefferson County Fairgrounds,
4907 Landes Street, Port Townsend, Washington.
Suggested entry donation of $4.
The show is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
This year's featured quilter is Charlie Petersen.
http://www.cabinfeverquilterswa.com/

The guild donates over 100 quilts a year to Hospice of East Jefferson County and to Child Protective Services.

Moonlight Quilters of Bellingham
September 24 & 25
Friday 9 - 7 and Saturday 9 - 5.
"Quilted from the Heart of the Northwest"
New Horizon Community Church, Guide Meridian & Horton Roads, Bellingham, WA
Admission $3.00
http://www.moonlightquilters.org/

WFQ Meeting August 18th

We'll have another meeting on Wednesday, August 18th, at the Home Town Cafe in Sedro-Woolley. 5:30 p.m for an hour or so. To review results, make plans, and talk quilts! Join us!

BZB Quilt Show this weekend!

Here's a shout out to our friends in the Busy Bees Quilters - their annual show is July 30-July 31-August 1! This weekend! Held at the new Monroe High School again, this show is always a visual treat. Check out their web site for the whole scoop!

www.busybeequilters.com

Embellished quilts

If you're a fan of dense quilting and intense embellishment, you loved these two quilts from the WFQ show! Linda Downing's lovingly embellished crazy quilt and Sharyn Erickson's lavishly created tree quilt. Both perfect and fascinating!