This month's features:
* * * * * BVQ September meeting reminders! * * * * *
About Brandywine Valley Quilters...
Greetings! Brandywine Valley Quilters was established in 1987 to pursue our members' interest in quilting techniques and history, and to further our knowledge and gain experience in all aspects of the art of quilting.
We are a non-profit organization and a member of the National Quilting Association, Chapter PA369.
The Guild meets on the second Tuesday evening of each month, at the Garnet Valley Middle School, located on Smithbridge Road in Concordville, PA (see below). Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. with a short business meeting including “show and tell”, fabric and block exchanges, 50/50 and Not-So-Blind Raffles. A break for refreshments and socializing follows, with the evening's program presentation beginning at 8:00 p.m.
Our programs feature lectures by nationally-known or local quilt makers and teachers. We make and donate quilts to comfort at-risk children. We also make and raffle a queen-sized quilt at our biannual quilt show to raise funds for educational and charitable purposes.
The purpose of our chapter is:
- To bring together persons interested in quilts and quiltmaking while promoting fellowship among chapter members
- To support and encourage the art of quiltmaking both today and historically
- To encourage members to improve their own workmanship through the sharing of each other's knowledge, skill, and experience
- To establish and promote educational and philanthropic endeavors through quilts
If you are ever in the area, please visit us and discover the joy of quilting! You will receive a warm welcome and delicious snacks!
If you are interested in becoming a member of Brandywine Valley Quilters, come to a BVQ meeting and ask any member how you can join, or read on for details...
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Benefits of membership
Guest fees are $5 for meetings with a speaker / lecture and $3 for guild-run activity meetings. Membership is $35/year which includes $10 worth of raffle quilt tickets.
If you would like to join BVQ, simply download and complete a membership form (Word or .pdf format), write a check for $35.00, payable to Brandywine Valley Quilters, and mail them both to the address listed below or bring them to a BVQ meeting. We look forward to meeting you!
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Directions to Garnet Valley Middle School
*** In case of inclement weather, call the Garnet Valley Hotline at (610) 579-4546, or visit the Garnet Valley Schools website for school closing information.
If school is closed, the meeting is cancelled. ***
*** Visitors: be sure to check our program page before coming to our meetings. Sometimes the school is not available to us and we must schedule the meeting in a different location. ***
From Baltimore Pike in Delaware County:
Take Baltimore Pike (Route 1) South past the Franklin Mint and Wawa Dairies, go about another 1/2 mile and turn left on Valley Brook Road at the light.
Proceed for about 1/2 mile and turn right onto Smithbridge Road. The school is about 2.5 miles on the right.
From Route 202:
Coming from the South (Delaware), make a right (Bruster's Ice Cream) on Smithbridge Road.
Coming from the North (West Chester), make a left (past Richardson's Nursery) on Smithbridge Road.
The school is approximately 2 miles on the left.
Find detailed directions at www.randmcnally.com.
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President's Message for August, 2008
I have been busy this past month sewing during those hot and humid days that I did not want to be outside. My quilts for the show in October are slowly being completed and hope to have all done by September. I felt as though I had lots of time to get these quilt done but the time does fly by.
The September meeting will be back at the Garnet Valley Middle School on September 9th and our speaker will by Bonnie McCaffery. Bring a sewing friend to our meeting to hear Bonnie and see what our guild is all about.
Keep those donations coming for our quilt show auction and the bazaar. Please be sure you sign up with the Quilt Show committee to help out one of the days as we have jobs that are easy to do and do not require standing. We have a great time at the show and get to see all the people that attend and spend time with the vendors and get to hear the show lectures. Some of the lectures are Making Bowls from Clothesline, Rotary Cutting, Beading, English Paper Piecing, What to do with Mother’s Stuff and Three-Seam Pillowcases and also one by BJ Titus.
Tonight is picnic time and voting on the best quilt to interpret the Challenge theme. We have great cooks and I know the food will be outstanding. Also enjoy being the judge for a change and help select the winners. Thanks to Barbara Gross for chairing this event. The Hospitality Committee needs our thanks as well for bringing all the basic needs.
-Betty Jean Boyd
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2008-2009 Executive Board
| President |
Betty Jean Boyd |
| 1st Vice President (Membership) |
Barbara DeVault |
| Membership Assistant |
Nancy DeBerardinis |
| 2nd Vice President (Newsletter) |
Christine Rushton |
| 3rd Vice President (Programs) |
Jody Beitzel |
| |
Mary Alice Peeling |
| Secretary |
OPEN |
| Treasurer |
Ellen McLaughlin |
BVQ Board meetings are held several times throught the year. All BVQ members are welcome to attend and to share their suggestions and ideas for making our Guild even better!
2008-2009 Committee Chairs
| 2008-2009 Committee Chairs: |
| 50/50 |
Peg Miller |
| AQS Book Club |
Deb Kelly |
| Bee Coordinator |
OPEN |
| Block of the Month |
Lil Koster |
| BVQ Challenge (2008) |
Barbara Gross |
| BVQ Challenge (2009) |
Barbara Gross |
| Charity |
Rikki Newlander |
| |
Betty Dix |
| Fabric Raffle |
Joan Jasper |
|
Anne Marie Kiesling |
| Historian |
Lee Hickman |
| Hospitality |
Dorothy Miller |
| |
Nancy Campbell |
| |
Mary Ann Aristarco |
| Librarian |
Maryann Lewis |
| |
Marge Stitz |
| MAQGNet Liaison |
Program Committee |
| NQA Liaison |
Betty Jean Boyd |
| New Member Tea 2009 |
Carol Gillespie |
| Nominating Committee |
to be selected |
| Not-So-Blind Raffle |
Bridget Wilson |
|
Barbara Gross |
| Publicity |
Julie Gricco |
| Quilt Show (2008) |
Karen Martin |
| |
Jeanne Concitis |
| Raffle Quilt (2008) |
Ellen Nobles-Harris |
| Raffle Quilt (2010) |
Ellen Nobles-Harris |
| Retreat (2009) |
Barbara DeVault |
| |
Ellen McLaughlin |
| Sunshine |
Ruth Young |
| Ways & Means |
|
| --- Fons & Porter Subscriptions |
Gail Jacobs |
| Webmaster |
Lil Koster |
| Workshops |
|
| --- Speaker Workshop Coordinator |
Betty Jean Boyd |
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How to contact us
MAILING ADDRESS:
Brandywine Valley Quilters
P. O. Box 953
Concordville, PA 19331
E-MAIL CONTACTS:
General Guild Questions -- for further information about BVQ. Please note that any messages with attachments sent to this address are blocked.
Membership -- to become a member of BVQ, or to update your membership information if you are already a member.
Quilt Show -- for information about our upcoming show, or to send your comments about our past shows.
Newsletter -- to submit information for publication in our newsletter. Deadline for Newsletter Articles is the 25th of each month. Advertising rates (for a 1/8th page ad) are $5.00 for a single run; $25 for 6 ads per year (however, we cannot guarantee in which months they will run).
Programs -- to submit suggestions for Guild programs, or if you are interested in presenting a program at a BVQ meeting.
Workshops -- for information about presenting or attending a workshop.
Sew Enchanted Evenings -- to sign up for our Sew Enchanted Evenings workshops (or if you are a BVQ member and would like to host or conduct a workshop!)
Webmaster -- for site-related matters: to share comments about the site, report broken links or other technical difficulties and to request additions or changes to site content.
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