Volunteer and Get a Pin by Jen Dietz

As ACQ is a volunteer organization, the only way we can run successfully is through your help.  This year we are incentivizing you to volunteer and sign-up for these opportunities through the webpage.  This could include bringing treats for the guild meeting, helping to transport our speakers to the meetings and classes, volunteering to help with show and tell at guild meetings, and finishing projects for charity quilts.  If you volunteer 10 times throughout the year, you will receive an ACQ pin to proudly wear at all ACQ events (and all other times as you so choose). 

For example: the easiest way to sign up for hospitality is to access the calendar (ACQ Calendar), click on the guild meeting, and you will see the hospitality sign up.  You will need to be signed into your account for your name to be added to the list correctly. 

February 2020 Update

I thoroughly enjoyed Demo night and went straight home to make 9 patches. Yes! I changed my needle and thread. If anyone has some extra 9 patches to share, Charitable Quilts with gladly take them. 

Our year is off to a great start with a number of people emailing questions about our committee. 

Some answers are as follows:

Yes! We provide quilts for children and adults in hospitals.

Yes! We accept donations of fabric, quilt tops and blocks.

Yes! We have quilts in varying stages of completion for you to choose how you participate in this worthy cause. We have quilt kits to sew, tops to quilt and bind. 

At our next meeting, please stop by the table to ask more questions and share your ideas.

Sheila Clark 

Charitable Quilts Committee

sheila-clark@comcast.net

    

Masquerade on the 8th Planet by Gerald Dunbar

On Friday, January 24, 2020, my mother and I had the pleasure of attending the opening reception for the "Men Who Quilt" exhibit at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum.  ACQ and Quilters DENver member, Jerry Dunbar, has a quilt in the exhibit.  It is a wonderful example of hand quilting and original design.  There are several quilts that will catch your eye including a block quilt mounted on the wall; a quilt that looks like a woven blanket; and 2 young/old portraits in log cabin that you have to stand way back from to see the images.

The exhibit also includes a separate gallery of David Taylor applique quilts.  There were several I had seen before but there were also several new quilts in the display.  Most are on loan from private collections and this might be the only time you get to see them up close.  I have always admired David's techniques and stylized quilting.

Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum: https://www.rmqm.org/current-exhibitions.htm

We’ve had multiple inquiries about what our quilt guild can do to help and have three recommendations with upcoming deadlines.

Make a Tree Block: The Wollongong Modern Quilt Guild has requested 12.5” tree blocks that they will use to make quilts for Australians who have lost so much along the South coast of New South Wales. 

See more info on this Facebook post.

Bring your blocks to the February 13 meeting. 

Guidelines for making a block: 

• Blocks should be a generous 12.5” (they will trim to size when they make the quilt tops) 
• Can be any tree pattern in any technique
• They do have some free tree patterns. Request to join their Facebook group and check the files there for patterns if you wish to use their patterns
• Low-volume (white or pale gray) backgrounds and any colors for trees. What are low-volume fabrics? 
• Use 100% cotton fabric
• If you’d like to see what others are making, search the hashtag #bushfireblocks on Instagram or Facebook 
• If you post photos of what you make please include these hashtags: #bushfireblocks and #acq

Australian Pattern: ACQ member Marianne Jeffrey spoke at our October 2019 meeting and designed our 2020 raffle quilt. Marianne is from Australia and she has created a foundation pieced pattern of Australian animals called Australiana Adventures. She is selling the pattern on her Etsy shop and all profits will be donated to the Red Cross Bush Fire Appeal

Visit Marianne’s Etsy Shop 

Wildlife Pouches--there are multiple organizations promoting these efforts, sometimes with conflicting information, which is understandable given the scale of this disaster. If this is an area that you want to support we recommend you stay in touch with the Colorado Crafting for a Cause Facebook group that has recently organized. They are coordinating efforts both in Australia and locally to help animals and other causes. 

• You can connect directly with them through their Facebook group (request to join). Be sure to read their announcements and events for their latest information. 
  
  
• You may bring any wildlife pouches you’ve made to the ACQ February 13 meeting and ACQ member Judy Tauchen will deliver them to the Colorado Crafting for a Cause group.

Thanks everyone for your concern and your generosity!

Judy, an ACQ member, has crocheted a bird's nest to help Australian animals according to the instructions found at the Animal Rescue Collective Craft Guild. 

Calling all crafters: your help is needed to make wildlife pouches to help Australian animals. Go to their Facebook page to get all of the details, including instructions and materials to use. Find the FILES link to get the instructions on their Facebook page.

At our December quilt guild meeting, this stunning raffle quilt for 2020 was revealed.

Modern Amish was made by the following ACQ members who also participate in the Quilters Denver bee: Jen Dietz, Marianne Jeffrey, Carole Fronk, Amy Petersen, Christian Dietz, Karen Burkenheim, Mary Holt, Jan Rosa, Janet Thornber, Barb Pond, and Herb Anderson. Not pictured: Issac Rios Cabera, Susan Roy, Jerry Dunbar, and Rachel Lambrecht.

This quilt was designed by Marianne Jeffery and custom quilted by Amy Petersen. It is foundation paper pieced with fabric that was hand-dyed by Amy. It finished at 96"×96". This quilt has been appraised at $11,500 by quilt appraiser Cindy Brick.

The winning ticket will be selected at our December 10, 2020 guild meeting at 8:00 pm. You can contact an ACQ quilt member to purchase a ticket or watch for us at quilting community events throughout the year. 

Much thanks to everyone who participated in making this quilt. What a talented group of quiltmakers!

The winning ticket was drawn by a young guest at ACQ’s December 12 guild meeting at 8:00 pm.

We’re pleased to announce the winner was Don McLean. Don has served on the maintenance team at the church where we have held our meetings and quilt shows for years. He bought 6 tickets during the 2019 Festival of Quilts.

He has been buying our raffle tickets every year for 28 years. Congratulations Don!

ACQ Members: Renew Online Now and Save Time Later!

Just a few quick steps and your membership will be renewed for 2020. Or, if you weren't a member in 2019, please join us today for great quilty inspiration this year!

Reset Your Password

If you haven't signed in to your account yet, click on the blue silhouette (desktop) or the arrow (mobile) found at the top right of the page, and click on 'Forgot password'. Follow the prompts to reset your password.

Review Your Profile

After you've signed in to your account, click on the blue silhouette at the top right and select "View profile". If you have information to update or correct, select "Edit profile". We encourage you to add a profile picture, it will help us to get to know each other. 

Renew Your Membership

When you're signed in to your account, you can follow the prompts to pay your dues securely online. You may land on a page that gives immediate access to your balance due—click on the blue button "Pay Online". Or look for the message alert at the bottom left of your screen. 

Register for 2020 Workshops

Now that your membership is up to date, be sure to check out the 2020 Workshops and register soon.

Remember that the best price for workshops is the Early Bird Admission for ACQ members before workshops open to non-members. Register soon for March and April to get the best rate.

• February 14-15 with Lea McComas: Quilt Applique Portraits, a 2-day workshop is now open to members and non-members.
• March 13 with Lynne Hagmeier of Kansas Troubles: 30-Something has early admission available to members through 1/18/20 and opens to non-members 1/19/20.
• April 17-18 with Sherri Lynn Wood: Wedge Curve Improv, a 2-day workshop has early admission available to members through 2/22/20 and opens to non-members 2/23/20. 

See all workshops

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Doors open at 6:00 • Dinner starts at 6:30
Show & Tell • Silent Auction 
2019 Raffle Quilt Drawing • 2020 Raffle Quilt Reveal

Scout your quilting supplies, notions & fabric for treasures:

• Duplicate items

• You’ve finished the project but the tools can be reused

• Fabric you’re not going to use

• Kits or UFOs that you no longer wish to make (bonus if the pattern is part of the package!)

Please only bring items that someone else will want! (If your item does not sell, please take it home at the end of the evening.)

One Dollar Table: There will be a table for patterns and solo fat quarters. No bid sheet is necessary for these items. 

Print the Bid Sheet and fill it out for each item that you're donating (except patterns and solo fat quarters). Bring your unwanted quilty items with bid sheets to the meeting. Be prepared to find amazing treasures as you shop and bid at the December meeting.

Holiday Potluck

If you have any holiday favorite foods to share, please feel free to bring a family favorite. All foods can be bought or baked—if you don’t cook, please buy. Please bring enough of your food item for 8 to 12 servings or more.

By last name please bring the following:

• A – D Salad: Vegetable, Pasta, Jello, Fruit or Side Salad

• E – H Dessert

• I – R Side Dish: Breads, Potatoes, Pasta, Appetizers, Veggies 

• S – Z Main Dish: Hot or cold

*Please have your food item ready to go. If you have a favorite recipe, please share it. Let’s have fun—don’t stress out!

**Also, please do not bring serving utensils. We have a lot to use at the church and then yours won't get mixed in with theirs.