Next Meeting
September 19 at 10 am
August Show & Tell
Current Community Service Projects
Placemats. Meals on Wheels serves 1500 people over the age of 60 in King County! Looks like we can sew all the placemats we want to! See a sampling of those turned in last month on the Outreach page. These placemats go together fast. Use those fat quarters you’ve fallen out of love with, scraps, strips, or orphan blocks. Use prewashed/preshrunk cotton flannel as the batting. Check with Susan Lombard for scraps, strips, and flannel.
Car Seat Quilts. PICC, Treehouse, and the YWCA have all requested car seat quilts in a finished size of 25” by 30”. These are easy to make using 30 charm squares, a jelly roll, or fat quarters. A complete tutorial for how to make a car seat/stroller quilt can be found here: https://www.cloverandviolet.com/2019/06/sophie-car-seat-quilt-free-pattern.html. This pattern is fancier than you may want to attempt, but it gives a good description of how to make and place the ties and how much fabric you will need for backing, binding, and batting. We suggest you attach the ties before sewing on the binding for additional strength.
Car Seat Quilts. PICC, Treehouse, and the YWCA have all requested car seat quilts in a finished size of 25” by 30”. These are easy to make using 30 charm squares, a jelly roll, or fat quarters. A complete tutorial for how to make a car seat/stroller quilt can be found here: https://www.cloverandviolet.com/2019/06/sophie-car-seat-quilt-free-pattern.html. This pattern is fancier than you may want to attempt, but it gives a good description of how to make and place the ties and how much fabric you will need for backing, binding, and batting. We suggest you attach the ties before sewing on the binding for additional strength.
Area Happenings
- March 16-June 23. Journeys: Quilts from the Contemporary QuiltArt Association and the Pacific Northwest African American Quilters. Washington State History Museum, 1911 Pacific Ave, Tacoma.
- May-July. Quilts by the Mukilteo Lighthouse Quilters on display at Rosehill Community Center, 304 Lincoln Avenue, Mukilteo.
June 7-29. - Art in Stitch at Boxx Gallery, 616 Maple St, Tieton (near Yakima). A unique collection of two- and three-dimensional fiber art – appliqued, beaded, and embroidered artwork, silk quilts, and sculptures – by two members of SAQA. Maybe visit some wineries while you’re there.
- July 19 & 20. Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club’s 36th annual quilt show. Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 South Blake Avenue, Sequim.
- July 20 and 21. Mukilteo Garden & Quilt Tour. Self-guided tour of six residential gardens which will be embellished with about 100 quilts. Tickets ($20) go on sale June 10.
- July 27. Quilts on the Beach hosted by the Cama Beach Quilters. Cama Beach State Park, 1880 W Camano Dr, Camano. Free outdoor display.
- August 16&17. Quilty Pleasures quilt show by Camano Island Quilters. Port Susan Middle School, 7506 267th St NW, Stanwood.
- August 17, 10 am-3 pm. Clothing and Textile Advisors of Snohomish County 13th annual fabric sale. Hope Community Church, 9717 31st Avenue SE, Everett. Most fabric and yarn, $2/lb; notions, $2/gallon bag; patterns, $0.25; needlework; and lots more.
- August 24. A Quilter’s Dream quilt show and bazaar by Crazy Quilters of Federal Way. 29645 51st Ave S, Auburn.
- September 14. Bainbridge Quilt Festival. Outdoor quilt show on Winslow Green, 100 Winslow Way, Bainbridge Island.
- October 4&5. Quiltmakers of Olympia quilt show. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1601 North St SE, Olympia.
- October 11-13. Branching Out. Block Party quilt show at Issaquah Community Center, 301 Rainier Blvd S, Issaquah.
- October 12&13. Gig Harbor quilt show. Swift Water Elementary School, 10811 Harbor Hill Dr, Gig Harbor.
- November 21-23. Quilt, Craft, and Sewing Festival. Washington State Fairgrounds Showplex Building, 100 9th Ave SW, Puyallup.