Crystal Quilters Calendar - July

 

Friday, July 12 - 11:30 am - 3:30 pm - Annual Crystal Quilters Guild Picnic and Challenge Quilt Reveal.  Picnic will be at Nancy's house.  You may arrive any time after 11 am. See newsletter for her address.

For the picnic, please bring:

a. a chair for yourself

b. a dish to share (labeled with ingredients for those with allergies) Serves 4 - 6.

c. your finished Challenge quilt, in a brown paper bag.  Have a paper pinned over the label. 

d. your Mystery Quilt, if you made one.

e. a secret pal treat (one for the person who gave you gifts since January and one for your own Secret Pal)

f. your Show & Tell

g. Traveling Robin Participants-please bring the container you have been working on so it may be passed onto the next person.

Friday, July 19 - 1:00 pm - Crystal Quilters workshop.  Will be held at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 Division St., Buckley.  Cathy D.will teach us a Jelly Roll quilt pattern. 

This month our workshop will be to make a quilt using a “jelly roll” (42- 2 ½” strips). 

Cathy Dormaier will teach this workshop. Finished quilt will measure 75” x 78”

Supplies: For Contemporary Jelly Roll Quilt.

• Jelly Roll (42 -2 ½” strips)

• Border #1—1/4 yard

• Border #2- ½ yard

• Border #3 and binding-2 yards

• Sewing machine, supplies, rotary cutter, cutting matt, iron, etc.

• After quilt top is made, you will need 4 1/8” yards of fabric for your Backing.

Important:

1. Before the workshop, please cut each strip in your jelly roll into 4 pieces that are 2 ½” wide by 

10 ½” long. 

2. Cut one 2 ½” wide by 10 1/2” piece into two pieces, 2 ½” x 5 ¼” long.

3. Clip or pin all five cut pieces of each strip together.   

 

Crystal Quilters Calendar - June 2024

 

Tuesday, June 4 - 1:00pm - GAB meeting

6:30pm - Evening Workshop Meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 Division St., Buckley.

Friday, June 7 - 11:30 am - Crystal Boutique will meet at 11:30am at the Fire Station to discuss the Quilt Show. 611 Division St., Buckley.

Please join us prior to our monthly meeting. Everyone is invited. We will be discussing our plans for our annual quilt show.

Thank you,

Marji and Marie

12 noon - Four Seasons restaurant, 820 Griffin Ave, Enumclaw. 

                        Please Note the time.

1:00 pm - General Guild Meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 Division St., Buckley.  

Please remember to bring:

* Your “Show & Tell”

* Secret Pal treats

* Treats to share with others at the guild (if you would like).

Friday, June 21 - NOTE NEW TIME:  12:30 pm - Guild Workshop at the Enumclaw Library, 1700 1st St., Enumclaw.

The project will be led by Susanne on the Layer Cake Quilt.   This workshop will be making a quilt using “layer cakes” (42 coordinating 10” squares).  Please bring your sewing machine, sewing supplies and a small iron.

Susanne will share directions for cutting, but it’s important to keep the fabric in the same sequential order as it was when you purchased it. More information is in the June Newsletter.

Here is Susanne's example quilt:

Friday, July 12 - The Guild’s summer picnic at Nancy’s house. At that time Secret Pals will be revealed, completed mystery quilts will be shown, and the challenge quilts will be shown and voted on.

Friday, July 21 - Guild Workshop led by Cathy D. will teach a class on how to make the rectangular block jelly roll quilt shown here.

Crystal Quilters Calendar - July 2023

Friday, July 7 - 11:00 am - Quilt Show Committee meeting

We will have a short Quilt Show committee chair meeting prior to the picnic, come early so we can get updates on how your committees are shaping up. 

Bring sign-up sheets if your committee needs volunteers. 

11:30 am - Guild's annual Picnic and Challenge Quilt reveal.  Nancy's house, directions are in the newsletter.

The picnic is a Pot-luck lunch. Please bring a food item to share for 6-8 people, such as salad, dessert, etc. Please attach a note to the dish if food has nuts or is gluten free. If you feel uncomfortable sharing food, bring your own lunch. Bring your own chair.  We will supply napkins, plates, glasses, utensils, water, and iced tea.

We will have our “Annual Quilt Challenge” with all the entries displayed to enjoy and vote for this year’s winners. Looking forward to seeing the creativity of our guild.  Reminder that the completed quilts are due at the picnic on July 7th. Place your completed quilt in a brown paper sack and bring to the picnic. Cover the label. All work (Piecing/Quilting) must be done by the guild member. We will choose the winners at the picnic.

Cathy D. will bring a couple strata samples for the September Bargello Wall Hanging workshop to help you collect the right fabric for this project.

 

At the picnic, Puyallup Valley Quilters (PVQ)will be visiting and showing their 2023 raffle quilt to sell tickets. So bring a couple dollars to support the PVQ raffle.   The PVQ drawing will be in September. Crystal Quilters will display our raffle quilt.

Evening Meeting: No meeting in July.

July 13th -16th - King County Fair at the Enumclaw Expo Center

Enter a quilt in the fair, participate in the fair by volunteering to staff our booth displaying our 2023 Raffle Quilt or demonstrating your skills at the fair.

July 21st - 1:00pm Guild workshop at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 Division St., Buckley.  Our July workshop will be on Curve Piecing.

This month our workshop will be to learn how to sew curve piecing. Evangeline H. will be teaching this workshop. Many different quilt designs are now incorporating curves in their designs. Two methods of  piecing will be taught to you to take your quilts to the next level. This is an intermediate class. Supplies needed are:

* Elisa’s Backporch Design crazy curves templates in either size (3 ½” or 7”).

* Template grips-a MUST! These templates slip easily, and accuracy is important.

* 28mm rotary cutter. Your large wheel won’t work.

* Personal cutting mat, no smaller than 12” or larger than 18” to fit at your workstation. A 12” square ruler to square up blocks is helpful.

* Regular size rotary cutter, pins, ¼” piecing foot, thread, seam ripper, sewing machine. (Plus, basic 

sewing supplies you use at home).

* Fabric needed:

3 ½” templates use 5” charm squares + background fabric.

7” templates use 10” squares/layer cake size + background fabric.

**Scraps can be used in the above sizes according to your template size.

**More information on page 5 of Newsletter.

Tuesday, August 1st - 6:00 pm - Evening Meeting at Front Porch Quilts, 832 Main St, Buckley.  Marj asks for volunteers to come and demonstrate skills.  Looking at making a BOM in fall.

Friday, August 4th - Annual Guild Field Trip.  Donna Q. shared the field trip is going to La Conner quilt museum. They will also stop at a quilt shop, eat lunch there, and stop at homemade ice cream on way home. 

Donna shared she won’t be able to go on the field trip as her husband wants to take her somewhere for her birthday. She needs a volunteer to take over the coordination. Plans are complete, just need a coordinator. Contact Nancy or Donna if you are able.

Friday, August 18th - 1:00pm - Guild Workshop at Buckley Fire Station, 611 Division St., Buckley.

August's workshop is an “Open Sew”.  Bring whatever you'd like to work on.  It's a good time to finish up any quilts for the Quilt Show!

Friday. September 1 - 11:30 am -  Lunch will be at Frankie's Pizza, 117 Roosevelt Ave, Enumclaw.

1:00 pm - General Guild Meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 Division St., Buckley.

Crystal Quilters Calendar - July 2022

Friday, July 8 - 11:00 am - Annual Potluck Picnic at 11:00am. Location: Nancy Agler's house, 25722 SE 398th St., Enumclaw.  Please a bring a food item to share. If you feel uncomfortable, you may bring your own lunch…we will supply water, tea, coffee. Bring your own chair.  

There will be the Challenge Quilt Reveal as well.  If you have a challenge quilt to show, please bring it in an unmarked brown paper bag with a picture of the panel attached.  If entering, the Challenge quilt prizes are 1st place-$100, 2nd place is $75, and $50 for 3rd place. 

Friday, July 15 - 1:00 pm - Guild  workshop meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St., Buckley.

We will work on Tote Bags/Ornaments to sell in the Country Store at the Quilt Show.

For this workshop we will make Christmas Ornaments.  You will need:

*3" foam ball (you can use either rough or smooth).

*Satin straight pins - about 300;

*MAIN Color fabric - 32 rectangles (2” x 3" each) - It will take just OVER 1/8 yard in total of your Main Color fabric;

*ACCENT Color fabric - 24 rectangles (2 x 3" each) - It will take just UNDER 1/8 yard in total of your Accent Color fabric;

*About 10-1/2" of trim or fabric, to wrap around your finished ball - I'll be using a 10-1/2" by 2-1/2" strip of my Main Color fabric;

*Narrow ribbon for the bow and hanger, (typically use about 24" of ribbon PER bow, and about 9" for a hanger);

*Decorative pearl pin (for attaching the hanger);

*Tools...Sharp scissors, Flexible Tape Measure, Pen or Pencil. 

**For more information contact Rhonda Stickley (rkstickley@gmail.com)

Friday, August 5 - Donna’s Field trip to LaConner Quilt Museum in LaConner, WA.  Donna Quezada shared this outing was once called the President’s Field Trip/Outing. This year’s outing is going to La Conner to visit the quilt museum. Donna shared there are a couple of nice restaurants up there…on the way back there is a fruit stand that sells the best ice-cream she ever had. 

La Conner is 2+ hour drive…must leave early in the morning…date is Friday, August 5th. (There isn’t a meeting on Friday, August 5th). In the past we tried to incorporate a quilt store, but the museum has a store that everyone might enjoy. We can carpool. There will be a sign-up sheet at the picnic…or you can call Donna.

If you're interested to learn about the Quilt Museum and the exhibits there, go to Quilt Museum. 

August 19 - 1:00 pm - Guild  Workshop meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St., Buckley.  We will work on Pillowcases/Gift Bags to sell in the Country Store at the Quilt Show.

Crystal Quilters Calendar - February 2022

 

Friday, February 4 - 11:30 am - Lunch will be at Oshio Teriyaki, 730 Griffin Ave., Enumclaw.

1:00 pm - General Guild meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St., Buckley.  

Also, to protect our membership from COVID, please bring your proof of vaccination/booster card and wear a mask at our meeting. 

Friday, February 18 - 1:00 pm - Guild Workshop meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St., Buckley. Again, we ask that you please wear a mask while at the meeting. 

Friday, 4 March - 11:30 am - Lunch will be at TBD.

1:00 pm - General Guild meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St., Buckley.

January 2022 Update!

 Friday, January 21 - 1:00 pm -  Crystal Quilters Workshop.  

From Susanne:  Since the Buckley Fire Station is closed for January, we will be meeting at the church hall of Cedar Community Church on 192 Cedar Street, Buckley. 

At this workshop we will continue sewing together the 4” plaid homespun/flannel squares for comfort quilt tops.

If you plan to attend the Workshop, please bring your sewing machine, prepared bobbins in neutral colored thread, scissors, and a power strip if possible.  If you have any additional 4” plaid homespun/flannel squares at your home, please bring them.

Bonnie will bring an iron and a table-top ironing board.

Clarine will be at the church hall at 12:30pm to sell cookbooks and Challenge Quilt fees. Please let Susanne (Newsletter) know, if you'll be buying the cookbooks, how many you will want so that Clarine can bring the right number of books. 

**Originally we were going to hold a Quilt Show Organizational meeting at 12:30pm on Friday, January 21st, however, the meeting has been postponed until February.  More information will be discussed at our February Guild meeting on February 4th.

Hope to see you all at our workshop

February Calendar Update

Wednesday February 15 - 1 pm - Quilt Show Committee meeting at the Buckley Library, 123 S. River Ave.  All are welcome!

Friday Feb.16 - Guild Workshop at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St., Buckley.  You must be signed up with Mary S. who will be giving the workshop, and also have your own copy of the pattern.
Here are the needed items for the workshop:

Poppy by Ann Shaw (pattern)

This is an art quilt, sized at 35" X 29". This art quilt is comprised of five small complete quilts.  One each  of four petals, plus the background.  Making an art quilt is meant to be fun and enjoyable, there is no rush.

Supplies list:
Iron 
Ironing mat
Freezer paper
Scotch tape 
Scissors for cutting paper
Sharpie with fine point
light source for tracing -optional
Cutting Board
Rotary Cutter
Ruler
batting
backing
sewing machine
threads

Selection of fabric.  you (not necessarily the fabrics) should be bold -choose light, medium. dark and small, medium  and large prints

If you don't know what color to make your Poppy, Google "pictures of poppies", or "poppy pictures", etc.

This class goal is to complete one full petal (out of the four) -   the top, batting and backing.  There is plenty of time to accomplish this goal.

This is an easy and fun quilt I am sure you will enjoy creating. 

If you have any further questions, please email or call Mary S. - her info is in the membership directory.

Workshop Update!

Friday, April 14 - 12 noon - @ the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St., Buckley. Our workshop this month will be a lecture and trunk show by Julie Luoma of Off The Wall Quilt. Note the new time!  Julie will also have her products to sell.  You can see Julie's website here: Off The Wall Quilt.

Tell your friends!  Guests are welcome, for a $10 fee.

Crystal Quilters' Calendar - November 2016

Friday, Nov. 4 - 11:30 am - Lunch @ The Lee, 1110 Griffin Ave., Enumclaw.
1:00 pm. General Guild Meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St., Buckley.  We will be introducing a slate of officers for next year, and we'll also be playing Quilt Bingo.

Make your Bingo card ahead of time.  It should be raw edge/unfinished - no batting, quilting or binding needed - these will be put into a Comfort Quilt top later.  Follow the instructions in your newsletter to make the Bingo card (or click here)  You'll need one fat quarter per Bingo card per game, to be prizes for the winners.  We will be playing 2 games, so you'll need at least 2 fat quarters. 

Friday, Nov. 18 - 1:00 pm - Crystal Quilters Workshop at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St., Buckley.  Vonda will teach a Double Binding technique.

Dec. 2 - 12 noon - December Pot Luck at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St., Buckley.  Bring a dish to share (please list ingredients for those with food allergies) and 2 fat quarters for a game/gift exchange.

* Upcoming Quilt Shows and Events *

Oct. 5 - Nov. 20 -" Best of the Festival", La Connor Quilt and Textile Museum. 703 S. 2nd St., La Connor. This is a showcase of the quilts that won 1st Place and Merit Awards at The Quilt and Fiber Arts Festival.

For more info, see the website  or email "kathleen@laconnerquilts.org"

Nov. 10 - 19 - "Stitch Along The Lewis and Clark Trail Shop Hop".  10 different quilt shops on either side of the Columbia River along the Pacific Coast.  

For more info, see the Center Diamond Quilt Show website here.

Nov. 11-13 - "Gimme Space to Create!" Block Party Quilters 31st Annual Quilt Show, Issaquah Community Center, 301 Rainier Blvd S, Issaquah, WA.  Featured artist: Lisa Jenni.   Hours: Fri/Sat 10-5, Sun 10-4.  Admission $7

For more info, see the website or email "publicity@bpquilters.org"

Nov. 17-19 - Quilt, Craft & Sewing Festival, 110 - 9th Ave. SW, Puyallup, WA 98371-6811.  Admission $10 for 3-Day Pass.  Hours: Thursday and Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday 10am-4pm

For more info, see the website.

Crystal Quilters Calendar - May 2016

Friday, May 6 - Lunch and the General Guild meeting are CANCELLED for this month, due to health issues.

Note: New Day and Time!  Thursday, May 12 - 1:00 pm - Quilt Show Committee meeting at Buckley Library, 123 S. River Ave, Buckley.

Wednesday, May 11 - Barn "Quilt Block" painting at Cow Lick Quilts.  Please register ahead of time.

Friday, May 13 - 10:00 am - Tour of The Warm Company in Elma, WA.  Meet at Sears parking lot in Enumclaw @ 7:30 am, leave at 7:40, or if you live in Buckley or beyond, meet in the Target parking lot in Bonney Lake @ 7:45 am and leave by 8:00 am.  The Warm Company makes 'Warm and Natural' and other battings as well as Insul-Bright and Steam-a-Seam 2.  See their website here.

Saturday, May 14th - Barn "Quilt Block" painting at Cow Lick Quilts.  Please register ahead of time.

Friday, May 20 - 1:00 pm - Guild Workshop at Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St., Buckley.  The workshop will be on border ideas for quilt tops.  Bring your quilt top for suggestions!  

Note: New Day and Time!  Thursday, May 26 - 1:00 pm - Quilt Show Committee meeting at Buckley Library, 123 S. River Ave, Buckley.

Friday, July 8 - Guild Potluck Picnic and Challenge Quilt Reveal, our location will be at Clarine's house,  Further details to follow.

* Upcoming Quilt Shows and Events *

Wednesday, May 4 - 10 am - 4 pm.  Block Printing on Fabric Class at Arts Alive! Gallery, 1429 Cole Street, Enumclaw.  360-802-6787 or see the website.

May 5 - 8 - Puyallup Valley Quilters Quilt Retreat, Cascade Camp and Conference Center in Yelm, WA.  This event is open to Crystal Quilters members; there are a few more spots available.

More events and more information coming soon!

Crystal Quilters Calendar - January 2016

Happy New Year!

Friday, Jan. 8 - 11:30 am - Lunch will be at Frankie's Pizza, 117 Roosevelt Avenue, Enumclaw.

1:00 pm - General Guild Meeting at  Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St., Buckley.
* Bring your photos and ideas of your suggestions for the 2017 Raffle Quilt!
* If you will be participating in the Traveling Round Robin this year, have your first block done and your box of fabrics ready to pass.
* Don't forget to wear a name tag!  Preferably your own.  

Friday, Jan. 15 - 1:00 pm - Guild Workshop at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St, Buckley.  We will be making microwave fabric bowls to donate to the Empty Bowls event and also to sell at the quilt show.  
* Please bring 2 coordinating 10 inch squares of 100% cotton fabric (NO metallic!) and the Wrap and Zap batting (available online here at Joann) or 100% cotton batting (no scrim) for each bowl you want to make.  There are tutorials you can look at  here and here to help you understand what we will be doing.

Friday, Feb. 5 - 11:30 am - Lunch  will be at Mariachi Alegre, 29401 Hwy 410
Buckley.
1:00 pm - General Guild Meeting at  Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St., Buckley.

* Upcoming Quilt Shows and Events *

February 25-28 - Sewing & Stitchery Expo Show, Washington State Fair grounds, 110 Ninth Avenue SW, Puyallup, WA 98371
For more info, see the website.

Feb. 19-20 -  "Going Coastal" 30th Annual Quilt Show by Kitsap Quilters.  Kitsap County Fairgrounds, President's Hall, Bremerton.  Hours 10 - 5.  Admission: $5 donation.
For more info, see the website.

March 11-13 -"Quilting in Paradise" Quilters Anonymous Annual Quilt Show at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds, 14405 179th Ave SE, Monroe, WA 98272. Hours are 10 - 5 Friday & Sat., 10 - 4 on Sunday.  Admission is $8.
For more info, see the website. or email showinfo@quiltersanonymous.org 

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Crystal Quilters Calendar - November 2015

Friday, Nov. 6 - 11:30 am - Lunch will be at The Lee, 1110 Griffin Ave.
1:00 pm - General Guild Meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St, Buckley.  
We will have the re-cap report on the Quilt Show, and as well as the presentation of our slate of officers for next year.

Friday, Nov. 20 - 1:00 pm. Guild Workshop at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St, Buckley.

Friday, Dec. 4 - 11:30 am  General Guild Meeting and Annual Christmas Party at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St, Buckley. We'll have a potluck lunch, so please bring a dish to share.
We will also have the drawing for the 2015 Raffle Quilt at this meeting, so make sure your ticket stubs and money are turned in!
More info on this meeting soon!

* Don't forget to wear a nametag!

* Fabric for quilts for teen boys/men is still needed for our Comfort Quilts.

* Upcoming Quilt Shows and Events *

November 12-14 - Quilt, Craft & Sewing Festival, Washington State (Puyallup) Fairground, 110 - 9th Ave. SW, Puyallup, WA 98371-6811.  Admission: $10 for 3 Days or $9 with coupon (postcard). Hours: 10 am - 5 pm Thursday & Friday, 10 am - 4 pm, Saturday.  Free Parking.
For more info, see the website.

Nov. 13 - 15 - "Shapes and Angles" Block Party Quilters 30th Annual Quilt Show, Issaquah Community Center, 301 Rainier Boulevard South, Issaquah, WA.  Fri & Sat. 10 - 5, Sun 10 - 4. Featured artist will be Janet Steadman.  Admission $7.
For more info, see the website.

November 21 - "Every Quilt has a Story"-- Family History Quilt Show, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 13420 94th Avenue East, Puyallup, WA  98373
For more information:  Elizabeth Thomas at (253) 224-2756 or elizabethquilts@hotmail.com

Thursday, November 26 - Happy Thanksgiving!

Crystal Quilters Calendar - September 2015

Friday, Sept. 18 - Deadline for Quilt Show Entries paperwork to be submitted!
1:00 pm - Guild Workshop at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St, Buckley.

We will be working on aprons to sell at the Country Store.  If you need help finishing your quilts for the Quilt Show or help filling out your Entry Form, you'll find it here.  Also, there will be volunteers available to take photos of submissions for the quilt show, so if you need photos taken, bring your entries to the workshop!

Quilt entry deadline is September 18th at our workshop. Every quilt must have a completed entry form with a photo.  The quilt size is important so measure it please.  Make 2 additional copies of the form.  Give one of the completed forms to Nancy or Jan at the September 4th meeting or September 18th workshop.  You can email forms to Jan at gjburley67(at)msn(dot)com before the September 18th deadline.   Keep the other 2 forms.  Volunteers will have cameras at the workshop along with blank forms.  The Quilt Show Committee plans the quilt layout and makes the labels from these forms so it is very important they get them as early as possible.

Also, please bring donations of 7 inch equilateral triangles of Christmas fabric (2 coordinating pieces each) and give to Judy at the workshop.  She needs these for the Make & Take at the Quilt Show.

Thursday, October 1 - 2 - 4 pm.  Quilt Collection Day
The Quilt Show Committee and volunteers will be collecting your Quilt Show entries at Cedar Community Church.  Cedar is on the corner of Mason and Cedar Street in Buckley.  The quilts will be collected in the Activity Hall on the Mason Street side of the church.  Bring your quilts, each in their own white “garbage” bag with one of the forms taped to the outside.  The third copy of your entry is for you to keep for claiming your quilt at the end of the show.   If you can’t make the collection day, call Nancy or Jan and make arrangements for dropping quilts off early.  We can’t collect quilts at a meeting or workshop!

Friday, Oct. 2 - 11:30 am - Lunch will be at Mariachi Alegre, 29401 Hwy 410 in Buckley,
1:00 pm- General Guild Meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St, Buckley.

Friday & Saturday, October 9th and 10th - Sharing Our Stitches - our quilt show!
For more information, click on the "Our Quilt Show" tab at the top of the page.


* Upcoming Quilt Shows and Events *

September 15-18 - Annual Gig Harbor Quilt Walk in Downtown Gig Harbor, WA will feature quilts in dozens of local businesses. Maps of where the quilts are located will be available at downtown merchants and the Gig Harbor Visitor Information Center (3125 Judson Street)

September 18-19, "Starry Starry Night", EverGreen Quilters Show, Birchwood Presbyterian Church, Family Life Center, 400 Meadowbrook Ct, Bellingham, WA  98226
For more info, see the website.

September 18-20 - Sea Pal Quilters' Annual Quilt Show, Ocean Shores Convention Center, 120 W Chance A LaMer, Ocean Shores, WA 98569
For more info, see the website.

September 18-20 - Walla Walla Valley Annual Quilt Show, Walla Walla Fairgrounds, 360 Orchard St, Walla Walla, WA 99362.  Featured quilter will be Katie Pedersen.
For more info, see the website or email info@wallawallaquiltfestival.org

September 24 - October 3 - North Central Washington Quilt Shop Hop.  For more info, contact Dianne at The Attic Window Quilt Shop @ 509-888-2006 or see the website.

September 26 - Annual Outdoor Quilt Show "A Festival of Color", Main Street, Duvall, WA.
For more info, see the website.

October 2-3 - "The Evolution of Quilting: A 30 Year Journey" West Sound Quilters Quilt Show, Kitsap County Fairgrounds, President's Hall,  Brementon WA.
For more info, see the website.

October 2 - 18 - Washington Road Trip 2015.  For more info, see the website.

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Crystal Quilters Workshop

Friday, June 19 - 1:00 pm. -  Beginning Bargello Workshop at the Buckley Fire station, 611 S. Division St, Buckley. 

Here are the supplies that you will need for this workshop:

Bargello Pillow

 For the workshop, you will need 2.5 inch strips.  You can use a Jelly Roll or you can cut your own.  It works best to use batiks, small prints or "nothing" prints (that look like a solid from a distance) for this technique.

If you wish to make a 16 inch pillow, you will need 8 strips cut selvage to selvage.  For an 18 inch pillow, you will need 9 strips, cut selvage to selvage.

Sew these strips together using 1/4 inch seam allowance, lengthwise, making sure to alternate contrasting colors.  You may repeat colors or they may all be different.  You will be making a strata.

a sample strata

Press all the seams the same direction on the wrong side, then from the right side, making sure to press nice and flat.  (No chicken lips!)  After pressing, sew the first and last pieces of fabric together forming a tube.  Press this seam, matching the direction of the rest of the seams.

Please have this tube ready for the workshop on June 19 so that we can start cutting, adjusting and sewing right away.

Bargello panel on a jacket

You will also need a sewing machine and your usual sewing kit and cutting tools.

If you have any questions about this, call Vonda @ 360-897-9019.

*  Don't forget to bring your Traveling Round Robin blocks to exchange, if you are taking part in that activity.

Crystal Quilters' Calendar - May 2015

Friday, May 1 - 11:30 am - Lunch will be at the Buttered Biscuit, Too!, 9801 219th Ave. Place E. (off Hwy 410), Bonney Lake.
1:00 - 4 pm - General Guild Meeting at the Buckley Fire station, 611 S. Division St, Buckley.

* Please wear your name tag.  We like to know who you are!

Please Note: There will be no regular guild workshop in the month of May.  See * below for more information.

Wednesday, May 13 - 1:00 pm.  Quilt Show Committee meeting at the Buckley Library.

Saturday, May 16 - 9 am - 2 pm - Enumclaw Garden Club annual plant and garden art sale.  In the "pony" parking lot, at the corner of Cole St. and Initial Ave., Enumclaw.

Wednesday, May 20 - Crystal Quilters' Annual Tour of Martingale Publishing, Bothell, WA, including lunch and quilt shop stops as well.  Carpool meets at the Sears parking lot in Enumclaw at 8:55 am. (If you will be slightly delayed, please give Judy a call to let her know you're on your way, so the carpool will wait for you.)

* Saturday, May 23 - 10 am - 2 pm.  Quilt Show Workshop at the Enumclaw Library,  1700 1st St.  We will be making reversible aprons to sell at the Quilt Show in October.  Patterns for the apron will be available at the guild meeting on the 1st.  Please bring your sewing machine, cutting equipment and sewing kit.  You can use your own fabric or go the guild "stash" @ Patricia's house. (please call first)  There will be a "small" competition among guild members re: the aprons.  More info on that later.

Saturday & Sunday, May 30 - 31 - 2:30 pm.  Cascade Foothills Chorale presents: "The American Stage: Minstrels, Vaudeville and Early Broadway" at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1535 Washington Ave., Enumclaw.  $10 General Admission - Food Bank donations welcomed.  
For more info, see the website or call 360-825-4259.

Friday, June 5 - 11:30 am - Lunch will be at The Kitchen, 1521 Cole St. Enumclaw.
1:00 pm - General Guild meeting at the Buckley Fire station, 611 S. Division St, Buckley.

Upcoming Events for Crystal Quilters

Friday, July 10 - Noon (please arrive @ 11 am) - Guild Potluck Picnic and Challenge Quilt Reveal in Clarine's beautiful yard.  Don't forget to bring a chair to sit upon!

July 16 - 19 - The King County Fair at the Expo Center.

Upcoming Quilt Shows and Events

May 7 – 10 - Puyallup Valley Quilters' 17th Annual Cascades Retreat, Yelm, WA (cost of retreat $190.00)

May 15 - 16 - "Quilts In The City" Quilt Show by Yakima Valley Quilters Guild.  10 N. 8th Street, Yakima.  $6 admission, free parking.

For more info, see the website.

May 23 - 24 - Chewelah Arts Guild 16th Annual Quilt Show, Jenkins High School, 702 East Lincoln, Chewelah, WA

For more info, see the website.

June 5 - 7 -  "Blast of Farms" Woolley Fiber Quilters Annual Quilt Show, Downtown Sedro-Woolley, WA during the Blast From The Past Festival.

For more info, see the website.  

June 24 - 28 - Western Washington Shop Hop.  For more info, see the website.

June 21 - Sept. 8 - Washington Row By Row Experience. For more info, see the website.

June 28 - 29 - "Island Journey: A Quilt Show" by the Vashon Island Quilters Guild.

For more info, see the website.

July 11 - Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, Sisters, Oregon.

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Crystal Quilters Workshop Reminder

Just a reminder: Our workshop for March will be on Friday, March 20th at 1:00 pm in the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St.  This month Ingrid will be teaching us how to make the 60 degree table runner or table mat.

table runner

You will need 1 1/2 yards of a border or multi-stripe print for the table runner, plus 1 1/2 yards of backing fabric.  You will also need to bring your sewing machine and the usual sewing kit.  Also, if you have a large 60 degree triangle (8+ inches per side), please bring that.  If you don't have one, there will be one available for you to use at the workshop, and alternate cutting directions will be given also.

table mat

table mat made without a border print

table mat made with a border print

Saturday, March 21 - Worldwide Quilting Day! (click on the link)

Friday, April 3 - 11:30 am - Lunch will be at Frankie's Pizza, 117 Roosevelt Ave., Enumclaw.
1:00 pm - General Guild meeting  at the Buckley Fire station, 611 S. Division St,, Buckley.

Friday, April 17 - 1:00 pm - Guild Workshop at the Buckley Fire station, 611 S. Division St.