October 21: Bedford Water Authority in Moneta located at 1500 Radford Church Road, Moneta, VA 24121. Meeting is from 1 pm to 3 pm. and Todd Cassell (Fork Mountain Quilting) will be the speaker and
will talk about how to keep your home machines in tip top shape.
October 22-26: *** Special Event - Quilt Retreat *** Attention all you Lake Quilters! The 2025 Retreat is ready for registrations!! Our annual Retreat will be held at the 4H Center here at the Lake Wednesday, October 22 through Sunday, October 26.
New this year, we will offer day passes for those who wish to sleep in their own beds and bring their own food! We will also offer 3 and 4 night options for those who wish to stay overnight with
2 meals each day (we will bring our own lunches to keep the cost down). It will no doubt be a great time of laughter and fellowship, with plenty of time to catch up on all those pesky UFOs and
begin new, fun projects! There will be a day where chair and table massages will be available for an extra charge. Space is limited (20 overnighters, 5 day passes) … so watch our Website and /
or come to our next few meetings where the registration forms will be available. Hope to see you there! Complete the attached registration form and return to Veronica.
Retreat Registration Form (PDF)
Want to join or renew your membership?
Membership information, Applications and Renewal Forms can be
found on the Guild page.
The Virginia Register is available online
(it's free) at http://www.countryregisteronline.com/Papers/VACURRENTISSUE.pdf.
This is the newspaper we used to pick up at our monthly meetings.
The Smith Mountain Arts Council has a YouTube channel
called SMAC-Tube where the community can share their artistic
talents. Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkgNq0lbGbL2kaSh2y82QIA/featured.
Those who wish to contribute a video (3-5 minutes) can email
Karen DeBord (debordk@gmail.com) with a brief description of
their video and receive info on how to submit it.
Be sure to check out our Special Events
page to learn about events in our area.
Virginia Quilt Museum: Volunteers are always needed at
the museum https://www.vaquiltmuseum.org/volunteer.
Eloise Vass has provided us with an application form for the
Franklin County Barn Quilt Trail. If you have made a block
and are displaying it on land or water you can be included in
the Quilt Trail by submitting an application-- Click here for a pdf of the application.
The first publishing date for the brochure will be May 5th, 2017.
If you need further info call the Franklin County Ext. Office
at (540) 483-5161 or contact Eloise Vass. Her phone number and
email address are in your directory. See below for further information
on Eloise's past involvement with the Franklin County Quilt Trail.
Learn all about the Barn Quilt Trail of Franklin County. History,
maps, and contacts are provided. There is also a Facebook page
at https://www.facebook.com/barnquilttrailfc/.
Learn about the Barn Quilt Trail
of Craig County, VA: https://www.vaco.org/county-connections/welcome-to-craig-countys-barn-quilt-trail/. The money raised by the sale of the Barn Quilts
helps support the Craig County Public Library.
August 2017: Eloise Vass continues to work on
a Quilt Trail on the water at SML. If any of you currently
have a block on your dock or if you want to place a block on
your dock, please contact Eloise. Click Here for a photo of Eloise's Dock Block (2013)
and more about her work with the Quilt Trail in 2011.
Visit the Quilt
Trails of Western North Carolina. Six
contiguous counties host quilt blocks. Nine driving trails take
you to view vividly painted quilt squares installed on barns
and buildings of participating communities.
Also visit the Barn Quilt Trail of
Craig County, VA: http://visitcraigcountyva.com/craig-county-barn-quilts-trail/. The money raised by the sale of the Barn Quilts
helps support the Craig County Public Library.
Speaking of quilt trails and painted
quilt squares, Eloise Vass has hung a painted quilt square
on her dock. Click
Here for a photo of Eloise's Dock
Block. Maybe we could start a Boating Quilt Trail here at
SML. In 2011 Eloise was instrumental in creating and hanging
a Drunkard's Path Block on the outside wall of the Artisan
Center in Rocky Mount, VA. You can read more about this event
on the Community
Service page under "2011 Community Service Projects."
Marie Schoepke sent in the following ... Don't miss
watching this YouTube video. What an awesome, inspiring and beautiful
person Diane Rose is.... we can all learn a great lesson
from her.... and not only about quilting either! http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=7lfaSmDxVZQ.
Also from Marie (March 2012) .... What to do on a snowy
day? Make quilts in the snow... http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2012/03/quilt-patterns-in-snow.html.
If you are on Facebook checkout http://www.facebook.com/snowart8848.
For weather cancellation notice
of guild meetings visit http://www.wdbj7.com
and click on "Weather" / "Closings and Delays"
