Village Squares Quilters

January meeting

We received a thank you card from United Hebrew for a well appreciated donation of quilts.

and Ernestine was very pleased with the quilt that Susan Wolman made of VSQ Album Blocks - front and back of quilt!

Sandra Parrott has enticed us with a quilt show challenge called Black and White Plus One. You can see the full story both in the February Newsletter and here. (for member access, please email Sylvia)

Quilt show charity selection submissions are requested of members by January 24, 2012. Please email, snail mail, or call Sylvia with your proposal. Which 501(C)3 charity should members select and why? Voting will be done at the February meeting. Members who cannot attend, may voice their vote after reading the entries in the February Newsletter, but before the February meeting.

Cary Lou has the signup sheets for the Raffle Quilt quilting.

Raffle Quilt Schedule for hand quilting: Abby - 1/18-27/12, Mia - 2 weeks, Laura - 2 weeks, Rhona - 2/27-3/2/12, Linda - 1 week, Barbara - 2 weeks.

Abby ran a wonderful extended show and tell where members were requested to bring in five quilts that they made and wanted to talk about. There was a good turn out as you can see from the photos. There were also prizes raffled off to those present. Also, look at the great turnout at the December 2011 meeting lunchroom and the December Show and Tell.

VSQshow.org

To kick off the quilt show season, Gail handed out the Red Books to Chairs. If you missed gettin yours, please contact Gail. Our first quilt show meeting will be January 17th and the second will be March 20th. There are still Chair vacancies that we'd like to fill.

Check out the new mini-website VSQshow.org, which lists all the information that the public needs to know about our quilt show for 2012. If something is missing, please contact Sylvia.

The Quilt Show link on the left also takes you to the quilt show pages.

Planning ahead

Bedford Babies Fabric Cutting Party will be held the last Tuesday in January from 10am-4pm at Cary Lou's house. More to come.

Cary Lou read the thank you that VSQ received from the John A. Coleman School in White Plains. See it here. (Page down on the linked page to see all the art work.)

Pat and Abby are arranging the schedule for hand quilting the Raffle Quilt. There will be several two week intervals at various VSQ members' homes from 10-1 or 1-4 with signups in January. See current status of quilt top here. (If you don't see your block, we'll reshoot when the borders are on the quilt.)

Outreach received Thank You from NYS Veterans Home in Montrose, NY.

To follow up, the NYS Veterans Home has allowed us to meet in their Empire Room. VSQ members will bring sewing machines and irons and ironing boards to a date to be set in February. Quilts to be made are preferably red, white, and blue.

Congratulations to Sada Chiu, who won the cathedral windows quilt that Gail auctioned for the guild.

VSQ door prize raffles and Lucky Draw made for an exciting start to the meeting. It's good to see that more members have been able to find our new location. If you have questions, please call a member of the board for directions. Actually, it's easy.

Thanks again for the donation!

Thank you to Elaine Cosgrove who again appreciated the Guild's efforts in outreach 
by donating quilting fabrics and many quilting books.
Thanks so much for thinking of us and helping us in our outreach efforts!
			

Thanks to VSQ

To all VSQuilters: 
I had a very pleasant visit from Susan today.  
We  enjoyed just talking about things we share in common and also talking about 
any topics which came to mind. Several of you have written encouraging notes and 
sent cards, thank you so much.  I have completed my chem treatments (very, very 
rough sessions) and will begin radiation tomorrow (Wed.).  I have at least 30 sessions, 
one each day except Sat. and Sun. for six weeks.  So, if all goes as planned, I should 
complete all phases by the second or third week of January.  At that time I hope that 
my life will resume as close to normal as possible.  Susan told me the monthly meetings 
are now held in Purchase, (somehow with all that has been going on I missed reading that 
part).  That is good to know because "if" I am able I want to bring my"gift" to show 
all of you.  Maybe you have seen the finished product but I am so thrilled that I want 
you to see it again.  To all of you, I can not thank you enough for thinking of me and 
giving me such a wonderful, beautiful quilt.  I hope to be able to join you on the 13th, 
if not, then when I am able to return I will bring it.  When I use it, I will always 
think of your thoughtfulness.    Thanks again,
Ernestine Bryant

Great News! We have a Quilt Show Location

Thanks to everyone who looked, called, visited, and tried to find a quilt show venue for us to hold the show.
Thanks to Abby Shipper who succeeded!

			Greenville Elementary School, 
			100 Glendale Road, 
			Scarsdale, NY 10583
			Phone: 914.472.7760
			[MAP] Directions
			

To picture what we saw and will have for the quilt show use, please take a look.
The building hallways are a square leading around the perimeter to each of the quilt areas. The entry to the building leads to the Lunchroom (front right), which has two levels and a kitchen. Down the right hallway there is a large space in front of an enormous gym (back right) where we'll have our quilts. It also has a stage. Down the back hallway, there is a second gym (back left) that is hexagonal in shape with a large space in front. Up the left hall from there is room 109 where we can hold the demonstrations.
We'll post more as we progress.
Again, thanks to all especially Susan Wolman, Rhona Hiney, Gerry Listman, and Abby Shipper!

Show and Tell

See the VSQ November 2011 Show and Tell Quilt photos

What a cheerful meeting location!

Check out the photos from our new meeting location and October's Show and Tell.

VSQ Meeting Location has Changed

Starting in October 2011, we will meet at:

The Purchase Friends Meeting 4455 Purchase Street Purchase, New York 914-946-0206

Please contact Abby Shipper for more information.

From Isabel Becker

A number of my fabric pictures will be at the Scarsdale Art Association's outdoor show in Chase Park, off Popham Road in Scarsdale, on Sat., Sept. 17 & Sun. Sept. 18, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Other pieces will also be displayed at the Larchmont Art Festival on Sat., Sept. 24, 1 - 5 p.m. in Constitution Park off Larchmont Avenue. I hope to see you there.

VSQ Board Positions take office

For the next two-year term beginning September 2011

President:			Judy Simek
Vice President:		Linda Goldberg
Secretary:			Veronica O'Connor
Treasurer:			Pat Julian