For weather cancellation notice
of guild meetings visit http://www.wsls.com
and click on "Weather" / "Closings and Delays"
Our next meeting is May 28. For more information on
meetings and programs please visit About
the Guild and Programs.
Membership information and a 2013 Renewal Form can be found on
the Guild page.
A slideshow of the April Meeting has been added to
the Show & Tell page.
From Neva Hart, VCQ/VQM: Virginia quilters are searching for
quilts made in Virginia before the year 2000. On June 1 volunteers
for the Virginia Consortium of Quilters will hold a Documentation
& Discovery Day at the Blue Ridge Institute at Ferrum College
to record information about Virginia's quilts and their makers.
Photos of each quilt and background about who made it will be
archived in a database kept at the Virginia Quilt Museum and
the Institute. Read
more...
Virginia Quilt Museum 2013 Opportunity Quilt. The Virginia
Quilt Museum has unveiled its 2013 Opportunity Quilt (aka Raffle
Quilt). This quilt is a reproduction of the oldest quilt in the
museum's collection. To learn more about the quilt, the reproduction
fabrics, and how to buy tickets click
here.
A slideshow of the Holiday Luncheon has been added
to the Show & Tell page.
A slideshow of the Challenge Winners and the top three
picks has been added to the 2012
Challenge page.
Our own Lucy Ricardo won first prize in the Virginia Quilt
Museum’s Christmas Ornament Contest. Lucy entered one
of her yo-yo ornaments and visitors to the museum's gift shop
voted it their number one favorite.
To learn about quilt shows, events,
and exhibits in our area please visit our Special
Events page.
Marie Schoepke sends along 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.
Ever wanted to make a hooked rug to
go with your quilt? Learn
about rug hooking at Smith Mountain Lake.
For weather cancellation notice
of guild meetings visit http://www.wsls.com
and click on "Weather" / "Closings and Delays"
