Been quite a week

We are now in the midst of our participation at the International Quilt Festival at the Donald Stephens Convention Center.  Stop by the booth of you're there, especially around 1:00.  We are awarding some special Veterans their Quilts of Valor.

Also, last week I got a call that Kaye England wanted a quilt of valor for a veteran Pepper Cory had in her class!  Check this out!  http://quiltville.blogspot.com/   Yeah, I'm a name dropper!  plus Bonnie Hunter and Pam Hunter and Mark Sherman.  What a group of fun people!  Thank you Rosemary for your service.  BTW, I did look at the label and saw that Donna N pieced this quilt and Pat I quilted it.
Rita

April 5 Sew In Reminder notice and Goings On

Here is notice of our next Sew-in on Tuesday, April 5 at the Moose Lodge, St. Charles, 10-3. We are having guests! Would like to meet with the Rosemont Show volunteers. Upcoming: awarding 6 QOVs at the Rosemont Show, April 9.  If you are at the show, stop by.  Ceremony is at 1 PM.   May, RWW. Request is for 50. May 27, we are a part of Aurora's Veteran's Week. Awarding 10 quilts on Friday. We have been invited to have a booth this summer at the Aurora Farmers Market(dates to be determined), and at the Quilt and Textile Show in Batavia, July 15-17. Check your calendars to let me know if you can help.
Rita

March, St. Charles Sew In

At yesterday's sew in, Wayne M & Wayne F were awarded their Quilts of Valor. Thank you gentlemen for yours service.  I received this thank you:  Hi Rita.  Missed you today when I got my "Quilt of Valor". Sorry you weren't there, but I heard that you had a death in the family. Sorry for your lose.
The quilt is beautiful, I hope to get many years with it.
Thanks to all the ladies and yourself for making this possible

Wayne

Thank you, gentlemen for your service

Joyce and Bob awarded two QOV's this past week.   One to his Captain Lynwood B.  They then awarded a friend, Steve F, also Army, Vietnam.  "You should of seen his wife's face when I presented him the quilt.  She own's Alterations by Tony, a bridal shop here.  In her spare time (haha) she quilts.  She knew of QOV and was so excited to see Steve receive a quilt."

Membership info

Well, it's taken me a bit to get to the QOV Members Only page. If you are a member you are eligible to get to the Members Only page at QOVF.org. Some of the items listed are: pantographs for longarming, thread specials, free patterns, QOV shirts from Lands End--to name a few.

Also,
Someone posted a listing for free patterns. I use most of these myself! I hope shortly, I can bring along some fabric, you bring along a pattern you want to work on and have happy picking! What say you. You are always welcome to come here to "shop"....it's here for you.
Missouri Star Quilt Company Tutorials - http://quiltingtutorials.com/
Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville - http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/free-patterns.html
Mary Quilts - http://www.maryquilts.com

MODA - http://blog.modafabrics.com/funfree/free-patterns/
http://www.unitednotions.com/fcc_collections-millbook-1889.…
MARCUS FABRICS - http://www.marcusfabrics.com/cg…/fabricgallery/projects.cgi…
WILMINGTON PRINTS - http://www.wilmingtonprints.com/projects
RJR FABRICS - http://www.rjrfabrics.com/free-patterns/new/
ROBERT KAUFMAN FABRICS - http://www.robertkaufman.com/quilting/quilts_patterns/

Yorkville sew-in

February has been a busy month. Yesterday our Yorkville group met with Cheryl P bringing in 3 tops. For a little fun, would be neat to see what 3 quilters would do with these! Have quite a few UFO's that are ready to assemble and some quilts ready for binding.

NEW Sewing location for QOV Illinois

Time to announce another location and day available to meet and sew/quilt for our Veterans.

 

Shorewood Bible Church 1900 Hicks Road, Rolling Meadows, IL  60008.  Rolling Meadows, our first official meeting April 13th and the second Wednesday of the month there after from about 9-3.   Thank you Barb G and Maggie A.

Thank you Gary W, for your service

Gary,

Thank you for giving us the pleasure of awarding you with a Quilt of Valor last night at our quilting meeting.  We enjoyed meeting and sharing your stories.

Once again we wish to thank you for your service,

Pat and group,

QOV – Land of Lincoln, Crest Hill

Thank you Mr. Floyd D for your service.

On Feb 10, Deb S awarded Floyd his QOV. Floyd served in the Pacific during WWII. Thank you sir for your service.

And I might just remind you, we have our next sew-in at Sewing Etc., Yorkville, Tuesday, Feb 16.  If you need a project, contact me so I bring a kit or something along with me.  I'm trying to lighten the load ;)  
See you Tuesday.
Rita

Help!!

HELP! I need a couple volunteers who are going or will go to the Riverwalk Quilters Guild Quilt Show, Friday, May 13 (2 pm - 7 pm) and/or Saturday May 14 (9 am - 5 pm). It'll be an information-only booth. Please email me or call me.
Rita

A positive note from a Machine Quilter

I am going to post a thank you from one of our machine quilters. I know you hear all the time....SLOW down....THIS IS NOT A RACE!!!, getting too many complaints from our quilters. Make sure your seams ARE together before sewing...sew a 1/8" around the top especially if not putting on a border..... Well, in the past week I received two emails from one of our machine quilters. You need to know when we get a good note:

 "Hi Rita, I am currently working on quilt #2/4 that I have here and am having a great time since I recently moved my machine upstairs to my former living room.

Just wanted to say how wonderful the QOV packages are with all the materials cut to size! I love it that I don't have to make a backing and/or measure and cut batting. I hate cutting batting!! It is great to open the "package", put the backing on my frame, then the batting and top and get started. Yea! Better get down and finish this one so I can start another tonight. I'm trying out a different pattern on each and a new one for me to boot. Figuring out the quilting pattern is the most difficult part. Haven't been on my machine in months and it is great to turn it on once again.
Hope the sew-ins go well on Saturday.  Nancy
and note #2:
I forgot--I also love that someone has stay stitched the edge of each quilt top--no open seams to repair before quilting! Yea! Nancy"

St Charles February Sew In

St. Charles Sew-in...numbers, you want numbers? we had about 21 people, I count 14 new tops came in, people dropped off about 7 finished tops and I really didn't get a good count on how many quilted but not bound tops cause they were on the table and had people taking them home to bind. So, one down and a biggy coming up on Saturday. We're doing it! Here is what you're looking for! Highlight! Mr. Kenneth F (Navy/Vietnam) was awarded his Quilt of Valor. Thank you, sir, for your sacrifice, bravery and service)