RSQ Members' Information
RSQ News
Next meeting: May 27, 2008 at our location in Lexington
Our final speaker for the year, Jeanne Williamson, will speak on her experiences making a small quilt a week for seven years, and of the different techniques and materials she used. Her project evolved into what is now called the "Journal Quiilt Project", the exhibits over the past two years at Images, and the tome edited by Karey Bresenhan, "Creative Quilting".
2007-2008 Schedule
- September:
- Show & Tell
- October:
- Rosemary Bawn, "A Quilters Scrapbook"
- November:
- Barbara Barber, trunk show and lecture
- January:
- Benefit Quilts
- February:
- Nancy Crasco, "Looking to the East: Inspiration from Asian Textiles"
- March:
- Bea Grayson, and a workshop on Saturday, "From Photo to Finish"
- April:
- Mary Kay Ryan, and a workshop Wednesday on "Tessellations"
- May:
- Jeanne Williamson her journal quilts
- June:
- TBA (something fun) with dessert and coffee
See the program schedule in detail.
Quilt Show Committee Meetings
Next Quilt Show Committe Meeting: May 20, 2008
(Note: no April meeting.)
The Quilt Show Committee meets the third Tuesday February through June and in September. The meetings are at the Robbins Library in Arlington Center from 7:00pm-9:00pm.
All RSQ members are welcome to attend.
Newsletters
Find current and past issues of Stars 'N Strips, the RSQ Newsletter
Membership form (pdf file)
New Members' FAQ
- How do I get a name tag?
- What is a block of the month?
- What about those raffles at the begining of the meeting?
- What is the raffle quilt?
- What are benefit quilts?
- What is show and tell?
- How do I meet people?
Answers
- How do I get a name tag?
- Ask at the membership table at a meeting.
- Back to questions
- What is a block of the month?
- From time to time a member will prepare a pattern and hand it out to interested people at a meeting. The participants will make that block and bring it in. The participants' names will go into a hat and one lucky quilter will win all the blocks!
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- What about those raffles at the beginning of the
meeting?
- The name tag raffle is for those who wore their name tags that night. They write their names on slips of paper which are collected by the name tag raffle person. One of the names will be drawn and that quilter will win a pin!
- The monthly raffle is for all, including those who forgot their name tags. You buy tickets (3 for a dollar) from the raffle person. Those whose ticket numbers are drawn win prizes. Prizes typically include: fabric, patterns, thread, notions and quilt books. If you don't win, that's okay too. Put your name on one of your losing tickets and turn it in. At the last meeting of the year, one of the losing tickets gets drawn for a big end-of-year prize!
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- What is the raffle quilt?
- The raffle quilt is a quilt we all make together that we raffle off at our annual show. The raffle quilt is designed, pieced and quilted by RSQ members.
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- What are benefit quilts?
- Benefit quilts are quilts we make and donate to various non-profit organizations. For the last few years, our benefit quilts have been donated to REACH Beyond Domestic Violence Inc., Welcome Baby - a program within the Family Nurturing Center of Massachusetts, and the Germaine Lawrence School. (links open in new windows) Individual quilters and groups make baby, lap and twin-sized quilts throughout the year. Additionally, one of our meetings is devoted to benefit quilts night where we all work together on quilts. It's great fun!
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- What is show and tell?
- Show and tell is the part of the meeting where people have the chance to show what they've finished since the last meeting.
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- How do I meet people?
- Introduce yourself during the pre-meeting social time.
- Participate in show and tell
- Wear your name tag to every meeting
- Volunteer
- Join a Bee
