Crystal Quilters Calendar

Friday, Oct. 4 - 11:30 am - Lunch will be at The Mint Restaurant, 1608 Cole St.
1:00 pm - General Guild meeting at the Enumclaw Library meeting room. 1700 1st St., Enumclaw.   Our speaker this month will be Susan Olds, giving a talk and slideshow on Pioneer Quilts.  (visit her blog here) This is a great show - you may want to bring a friend to see this too!  Donna will be sharing information on Ergonomics for quilters.  (As many of you know, Donna is a licensed Chiropractor)

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 11, 12 & 13 - Our Quilt Show!  The quilt show will be at the Buckley Hall, 127 N. River Road, Buckley 98321.  Please enter your quilts to show everyone your beautiful work.  Do you have items to put in the Country Store?  And don't forget to sign up to help with the show however you can!  Many hands make light work, as the saying goes.  

Friday, Oct. 18 - 1:00 pm - Guild Workshop at the Mt. Villa Mobile Home Park clubhouse, lower level, 1099 Mt. Villa Drive, Enumclaw.  Vonda will be presenting the Tessellating Place Mat, which is a fun project.  (and a great idea for Christmas presents too!)

Friday, Oct. 25 - 10:00 am. Field Trip to the Crazy Quilters of Federal Way Quilt Show.  Meet at the Sears parking lot.

Friday, November 1 - 11:30 am - Lunch - location TBD
1:00 pm. General Guild meeting at the Enumclaw Library meeting room, 1700 1st St., Enumclaw.  Our speaker this month will be Bertha Moore.  She is Enumclaw's Quilt Artist who will be sharing her trunk show with her beautiful Art Quilts.  Plus, members are encouraged to share easy project ideas for the holidays with the rest of the guild. 

Friday, November 15 - 1:00 pm. - Guild workshop.  Location TBD, as the Mt. Villa clubhouse will not be available.  Please share with Norma if you have some ideas of where we could meet.

* Evening meetings are cancelled until further notice, due to lack of attendance.

* Don't forget to wear your name tag!  We want to know who you are.  (There will be a 25 cent fine for members who have forgotten their name tag.)

* Please bring your Pet Robin to show if it is finished and you've not previously shown it.

If you need further information on anything, please click on the highlighted "No comments" below to leave a message, including your email address, and someone will get back to you shortly. If it is urgent, please leave a phone number where you can be reached and someone will be in touch soon.

Crystal Quilters Calendar

Friday, Sept. 6 -  11:30 am - Lunch will be at My Three Sons Restaurant and Bakery, 1343 Cole St. (formerly The Twisted Kitchen)
1:00 pm - General Guild meeting at the Enumclaw Library meeting room, 1700 1st St., Enumclaw.  A special program will be presented by Charlene Phinney on Art Quilts.  Also, Sharon will give a demo on the Double Disappearing Nine Patch technique.

Friday, Sept. 20 - 1:00 p.m. Guild Workshop at the Mt. Villa Mobile Home Park clubhouse, lower level, 1099 Mt. Villa Drive, Enumclaw.  Norma will be teaching a Napkin/Biscuit Basket project.

Friday, Oct. 4 - 11:30 am - Lunch - Location TBD.
1:00 pm - General Guild meeting at the Enumclaw Library meeting room. 1700 1st St., Enumclaw.   Our speaker this month will be Susan Olds, giving a talk and slideshow on Pioneer Quilts.  (visit her blog here) This is a great show - you may want to bring a friend to see this too!  Donna will be sharing information on Ergonomics for quilters.  (As many of you know, Donna is a licensed Chiropractor)

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 11, 12 & 13 - Our Quilt Show!  The quilt show will be at the Buckley Hall, 127 N. River Road, Buckley 98321.  Please enter your quilts to show everyone your beautiful work.  Do you have items to put in the Country Store?  And don't forget to sign up to help with the show however you can!  

Friday, Oct. 18 - 1:00 pm - Guild Workshop at the Mt. Villa Mobile Home Park clubhouse, lower level, 1099 Mt. Villa Drive, Enumclaw.  Vonda will be presenting the Tessellating Place Mat, which is a fun project.  (and a great idea for Christmas presents too!)

* Evening meetings are cancelled until further notice, due to lack of attendance.

* Don't forget to wear your name tag!  We want to know who you are.  (There will be a 25 cent fine for members who have forgotten their name tag.)

* Please bring your Pet Robin to show if it is finished and you've not previously shown it.

If you need further information on anything, please click on the highlighted "No comments" below to leave a message, including your email address, and someone will get back to you shortly. If it is urgent, please leave a phone number where you can be reached and someone will be in touch soon.

Calendar of Events

Sept. 4 -  8 - Leavenworth Quilt Show, throughout the village of Leavenworth, WA 98826.  For more information, please see Quilter's Heaven website.

Sept. 13 - 14 - 29th Annual Harvest of Quilts by the North Central Washington Quilt Guild at Town Toyota Center, 1300 Walla Walla Ave., Wenatchee, WA.  For further information, visit NCW Quilt Guild.

Sept. 19 - 21 - Northwest Quilting Expo, Portland Expo Center, 2060 N. Marine Dr., Portland, OR.  For further information, see the Northwest Quilting Expo website.

Sept. 13 - 14 - "Bountiful Baskets" Quilt Show by the EverGreen Quilters.  Birchwood Presbyterian Church, Family Life Center, 400 Meadowbrook Court, Bellingham, WA 98226.  Fri 10 - 8, Sat. 10 - 4.  For further information, visit the EverGreen Quilters website.

Sept. 21 - 22 - "Fall Into Quilting" Evergreen Piecemakers Quilt Show at Kent Commons, 525 Fourth Ave. N, Kent, WA.  Hours: Saturday Sept. 21.  10 - 5, Sunday Sept. 22.  10 - 4.  For further information, visit  Evergreen Piecemakers website.

Sept. 27 - 29 - "Whale of a Quilt Show"  Ocean Shores Conventions Center, Ocean Shores, WA 98569.  There is also a Quilt Walk throughout the town with quilts on display in various shops and hotels.
Visit the Sea Pals website for further information.

Sept. 27 - 29 - 14th Annual Quilt Show at the Walla Walla Valley Quilt Festival. Walla Walla Fairgrounds, 360 Orchard Street, Walla Walla, WA 99362.
For further information, please visit the Walla Walla Quilt Festival webpage.

Sept. 28 - A Festival of Color -  12th Annual Duvall Outdoor Quilt Show, Historic Downtown Duvall, Main Street. Hours are 10 am to 4 pm. For more information, please visit the Quilt Show webpage.

Oct. 4 - 6 -  The 2013 Quilts and Fiber Arts Festival, La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum. 703 Second Street, La Conner, WA  98257.  For further information, please visit the La Conner Quilt Museum website.

Oct. 10 - 12 - Pacific Northwest Quilt Festival Public Quilt Show (formerly MQX), Oregon Convention Center, 777 MLK Jr. Boulevard, Portland, OR.  $12 admission good for all 3 days.  For further information, see the Quilt Festival web page.

Oct. 25 - 27 - "Quarter Century of Quilting" Quilt Show by The Crazy Quilters of Federal Way.  Fri & Sat 10 - 5, Sun 10 - 4.  At the Weyerhauser King County Aquatics Center, Banquet Hall, 650 SW Campus Dr., Federal Way, WA.  For more information, visit the Crazy Quilters website.

King County Fair Update

Important Information:

Quilt entries for the King County Fair need to be delivered to the fairgrounds on Sunday, July 7 and Monday, July 8.

Set up for the Fair will be on Wednesday, July 10.

The fair runs for 4 days:  Thursday July 11 through Sunday July 14.  See the fair website for further information on hours, etc.

Don't forget that we need people to demonstrate at the fair.  Have you signed up?

Pick up your quilts after the fair around 6 p.m. on Sunday, July 14.

Let's have a great show of quilts this year and support the county fair!

Crystal Quilters Calendar

Friday, June 7 - 11:30 a.m. Lunch at Charlie's Cafe, 1335 Roosevelt Ave. E., Enumclaw
1:00 p.m. - General Guild meeting at the Enumclaw Library, 1700 1st Street.
We will be having Susan Olds present her talk and slideshow on "Pioneer Quilts of The Oregon Trail".

Friday, June 21 - 1:00 p.m. Guild Workshop.  The meeting will be at the new quilt store, Heavenly Quilts and Fabrics, 135 Jefferson Ave. Suite G, in Buckley.  Julie B will teach free-motion quilting on your domestic sewing machine.  Please bring 2 quilt sandwiches that measure 12" by 14" to practice on, your sewing machine that you can lower the feed dogs on, and a darning foot for the machine, if you have one.

Saturday, June 22 - Field Trip to Meeker Mansion, 312 Spring St., Puyallup.  This will be during Meeker Days Quilt Festival, in which they will be showing their collection of antique quilts.  We will be going as a group and will carpool from the Sears parking lot in Enumclaw.  Meet there at 10:15 - 10:30 a.m.
The cost of the tour is $5 per person and the tour will start at 11:00 a.m.  (Also, the MoonSpinners Group will be demonstrating carding and spinning yarn in the Large Parlor on that day)
After the tour, we've made arrangements, for those who care to participate, for lunch at The Trellis Cafe (a nice little tea room with great food) in Exhibitor's Mall, 10312 120th St. E., Puyallup.
There will be a sign-up sheet at the June meeting to sign up for this fun Field Trip.

Friday, July 19 - 12:00 Noon. Annual Potluck and Challenge Quilt Reveal.  Please bring a dish to share and your finished Challenge Quilt.  The meeting will be at Pat G.'s house, see newsletter for address.  Don't forget your Show & Tell as well!

There Will Be No Meeting In August!

Friday, September 6 - 11:30 a.m  Lunch.  Location TBD.
1:00 p.m. General Guild meeting at the Enumclaw Library, 1700 1st St.

* Evening meetings are cancelled until further notice due to lack of attendance.

* Don't forget to wear your name tag! We want to know who you are.  There will be a 25 cent fine for those who have forgotten their name tag.

* Please bring your Pet Robin to show when it is finished.  No waiting required!

* Are you working on your Crystal Clear Color Challenge?  It's due in 6 weeks! (July 19th @ High Noon)

WANTED:
* Country Store ideas and projects.  See Patricia G.
* Quilt Show committee volunteers!  Especially someone with computer skills.

If you need further information on anything, please click on the highlighted "No comments"  below to leave a message, including your email address, and someone will get back to you shortly.  If it is urgent, please leave a phone number where you can be reached.

Crystal Quilters Calendar

Friday, May 3 - 11:30 a.m. Lunch at The Kettle, 1666 Garrett St., Enumclaw.
1:00 p.m.  General Guild Meeting at the Enumclaw Library, 1700 1st St. 
The demonstration at the meeting will be 'Intriguing Embellished Scarves' given by Cathy Dormaier.

Monday, May 13 - Field Trip to That Patchwork Place.  Update: meet at the Sear's parking lot in Enumclaw at 9:00 a.m.  We will be carpooling.

Friday, May 17 -1:00 p.m. Workshop at the Mt. Villa Mobile Home Park clubhouse, lower level.  1099 Mt. Villa Drive, Enumclaw.  Donna will be teaching a Fused Self-portrait Wallhanging.

Self-Portrait by Donna Q.

  Info from Donna on the workshop:

This project can be done with a flair for realism or with a flair for your alter-ego.  Since it is not going to be photo realism, I suggest the fun of the alter-ego.  Rather than choosing beige batik for the face and brown, black, blond or grey for the hair, chose colors that you love or reflect a part of your personality.  The only rule is to have fun and use your imaginations.

Self Portrait Supply list for the workshop on May 17th.

All done in batiks

2 fat quarters for background

1 piece minimum 8 x 10 inches for face

1 piece minimum 12 x 12 inches for hair

A few larger scraps about the size of your hands or so

Small scraps for facial features

Embellishment objects like buttons, charms, scrabble letters, etc.

   (What do you like to do? Quilt, garden, grandkids, horses, dogs, books, cook, sew, swim ...)

18 x 22" fusible batting

Steam-a-seam 2 Light or Wonder-Under for fusible applique;

   enough to fuse all the features.

Sewing machine - preferably one with fancy stitches

Scissors

4 or 5 different colors of thread

      matching and contrasting

A sense of humor and fun imagination

Optional: Free motion foot

We will also need a few irons and ironing boards or ironing pads

   and plug strips.

Friday, June 7 - 11:30 a.m. Lunch at Charlie's Cafe, 1335 Roosevelt Ave. E., Enumclaw

1:00 p.m. General guild meeting at the Enumclaw Library, 1700 1st St.

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* Evening meetings are cancelled until further notice due to lack of attendance.

* Don't forget to wear your name tag! We want to know who you are.

* Please bring your Pet Robin to show when it is finished.  No waiting required!

* Are you working on your Crystal Clear Color Challenge?  It's due in 2 months! (July 19th @ High Noon)

WANTED:
* Country Store ideas and projects.  See Patricia B.
* Quilt Show committee volunteers!  Especially someone with computer skills.

If you need further information on anything, please click on "comments" at the bottom of this post to leave a message, including your email address, and someone will get back to you shortly.  If it is urgent, please leave a phone number where you can be reached.

Crystal Quilters Calendar

Friday, April 5 -
11:30 a.m.  Lunch at The Rendezvous, 1118 Myrtle Ave, Enumclaw.

1:00 p.m.  General Guild Meeting at the Enumclaw Library, 1700 1st St.  Pam Hewitt from The Quilt Barn will be doing a presentation on her trip to Bali and how batik fabrics are made.  Sorry, there will be no scissors sharpening at this meeting.

Friday, April 19 - 1:00 p.m. Workshop at the Mt. Villa Mobile Home Park clubhouse, lower level.  1099 Mt. Villa Drive, Enumclaw.  Vonda will teach machine quilting using our charity quilts.  Bring your sewing kit and sewing machine (a walking foot would be useful also).

* Don't forget to wear your name tag! We want to know who you are.

* Please bring your Pet Robin to show when it is finished.  No waiting required!

* Evening meetings are cancelled until further notice due to lack of attendance.

* It's not too early to start collecting charms, buttons and other embellishments to personalize your self-portrait that will be done at the May workshop.  Donna will bring an example to the April meeting for you to get ideas.

* Are you working on your Crystal Clear Color Challenge?  It's due in 3 months! (July 19th @ High Noon)

UPCOMING:

Friday, May 3 - 11:30 a.m. Lunch.  Location TBD
1:00 p.m.  General Guild Meeting at the Enumclaw Library, 1700 1st St. 

May 13 - Field Trip to That Patchwork Place.

Friday, May 17 - Workshop at the Mt. Villa Mobile Home Park clubhouse, lower level.  1099 Mt. Villa Drive, Enumclaw.  Donna will be teaching a fused self-portrait.  

WANTED:
* Country Store ideas and projects.  See Patricia B.
* Quilt Show committee volunteers!  Especially someone with computer skills.

If you need further information on anything, please click on "comments" at the bottom of this post to leave a message, including your email address, and someone will get back to you shortly.  If it is urgent, please leave a phone number where you can be reached.  

Calendar of Events

March 27 - June 23 - Historical Quilts from The Latimer Museum at the LaConnor Quilt & Textile Museum.  703 S. Second St., LaConnor, WA.  
For more information, see http://www.laconnerquilts.com/exhibits/current-exhibits/historical-quilts-latimer

Monday April 1 - Tuesday April 30 -  Fidalgo Island Quilters Walk 2013, Anacortes, WA
For more information, see www.fidalgoislandquilters.com/resource-center.html

April 4- 6 - Clark County Quilters Show, Vancouver Church of Christ, 9019 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA  Hours are Thurs. & Sat. 10 - 5, Friday 10 - 6.
For more information, see www.clarkcountyquilters.org/ 

April 6 -7 - Stash Fest 2013, LaConnor, WA.  A unique fund raiser for the LaConnor Quilt & Textile Museum.  Features extraordinary fabric vendors, a gigantic book sale and the opportunity to buy Stashfest Insider Visits with quilting and textile leaders.
For more information, see http://www.laconnerquilts.com/upcoming-events/stashfest

April 11 - 13 - Fidalgo Island Quilters Show, Swinomish Casino & Lodge, 12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes, WA. Hours: Fri & Sat. 10 - 6, Sun 10 - 5.
For more information, see www.fidalgoislandquilters.com

April 11-13 - Festival of Quilts, Northwest Quilters 39th Annual Quilt Show.  Portland Expo Center, Exhibit Hall A, 2060 N. Marine Drive, Portland, OR
For more information, see www.northwestquilters.org/

April 19 - 20 - Fabric of the Forest Quilt Show, Forks High School, Auxilary Gym, 231 S. Spartan Ave., Forks, WA
For more information, see www.piecemakersquiltclub.org/

April 24 - 27 - Annual AQS Quilt Show, Paducah, KY.
For more information, see http://aqsshows.com/AQSPaducah/

April 27 - 28 - Barn Quilts Around Washington, Central Washington Quilt Show, Kittitas Event Center, 512 N. Poplar St. Ellensburg, WA.  Washington's First Barn Quilt Trail.
For more information, see: barnquiltswashington.org

May 17 - 18 - Quilts In The City, Yakima Valley Quilter's Guild Show.  Yakima Convention Center, 10 N. 8th St., Yakima, WA.  98901-2515
For more information, see http://yakimavalleyquiltersguild.org/quilt_show_2013