Santa Clara Valley
Quilt Association

Special Announcements
Ways and Means Scrap Challenge Has Begun

For information, see Ways and Means Committee Scrap Challenge.

Time for Round Robins Again!

Read about it here: Round Robin 2008.

The Raffle Table Committee Needs Your Help

Learn how you can help by clicking here.

Quilt Show DVD
2007 Quilt Show DVD Price Reduced!

You can now order a copy of the 2007 Quilt Show DVD showing all of the quilts from our 2007 quilt show for the reduced price of $10.00. Use the order form here: 2007 Quilt Show DVD Order Form (PDF)

Calendar

May 2008
May 13 10:00am - 9:30pm Quilt 'Til You Wilt
May 17 10:00am - 5:00pm Saturday Quilt 'Til You Wilt
May 26 7:00pm Board Meeting
May 29 9:30 am General Meeting
Guest Speaker: Cindy Needham

More than you ever wanted and needed to know about threads. That is what the May program will bring us. On Thursday, May 29, Cindy Needham, a Superior Threads national educator, and designer of quilting patterns, will present a lecture "Thread Fact and Fiction". This talk will help you understand using decorative threads, identifying and solving thread issues and learning about needles and tension issues. Cindy also works with vintage linens, creating whole cloth quilts from them. She is the author of "Wholecloth Linen Quilts" published last year by AQS.

Following the lecture on Thursday afternoon, Cindy will teach a 3 hour Open Thread Bar. This will be the same basic class as the all day Friday class, just with less class time to actually try out the information presented. The Thursday afternoon class will be 1 to 4 and the fee is $20 plus the $10 kit fee.

Fat Quarter Frenzy Due at meeting

For the May meeting, the fat quarter theme is Flowers

May 30
$35
$10 kit fee payable to instructor in class
9:30am-4:00pm Class - "Open Thread Bar" - Cindy Needham

On Friday May 30th, from 9:30 to 3:30, Cindy will again offer the Open Thread Bar. This class will be $35 plus the $10 kit fee. In the class you will learn about thread weight, tensions, needles, and working with decorative threads. Then you will explore the various types of threads on your own machine by using the Superior threads provided with the class for your use. Cindy will provide a panel to work on and keep for home reference. Cindy will not be selling threads, just helping us learn to use them.