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The July, 2008, BBQG Newsletter may be downloaded by clicking here. [All newsletters are presented on this website in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer, please visit the Adobe website for a free download.]
Carmel reported on 6/10 that we now have 158 members.
Aug. 5 BBQG Board Meeting
Aug. 12 Karen Summers - "Basic Quilting"
August 16 -
Ready? Set? SHOP!! That's right its time for the BBQG Shop Hop to Houston on
August 16th. We will be going to The Painted Pony, Quakertown Quilts,
Quilt and Sew Studio and The Feathered Star. Cost is $40 for BBQG Members and
$50 for non-members. This includes a fabulous lunch from the Charleston Tea Room.
So come join the fun and contact Michaele to sign up for the Shop Hop!
All of July - BBQG's exhibit at the Arts Council of Brazos Valley - features various works by guild members who have won ribbons at our quilt shows, miniatures, garments, etc. See photos below...this is an awesome exhibit of our guild members' talent! The address is 2275 Dartmouth in College Station, 2-3 blocks south of Harvey Road. Exhibit hours: M-Th, 9 - 6; Friday, 9 - 5; Saturday, 10 - 2. Information is posted on the Arts Council of Brazos Valley website.
Announcement received 7/15/08 from Diana D. - I'm hosting a retreat at Quilter's Cabin in Tomball. I have openings so contact me if you're interested in attending.
Diana
Location: Quilter's Cabin, Tomball
Date: Monday, July 28 (12 noon)-Wednesday, July 30 (3pm)
Cost: $110. for two nights; no food provided (coffee, tea, bottled water is provided)
Food: breakfast foods or lunch fixins or dinner food, snacks/drinks to share...I'll provide further explanation if you're interested in attending
Check out the website---www.quilterscabin.com
Rules for the 2008 Houston Go Texan Show with a note from JoAnn are posted on the Quilt Shows page. Deadline is ???
Care Quilt Challenge - Anty Depressant - Deadline is Sept. 30, 2008 - Click here for details
Texas Spirit - 2008 BBQG Block Challenge - Make a block that reflects the Texas Spirit. In other words, when you look at your finished block, you will immediately think of the State of Texas. Jeanne J. and Connie S. are in charge of this. They need enough blocks to make a queen-size quilt for a bed; so keep it "right" for a bed quilt. Deadline for the block challenge is October 1, 2008. Click here for details.
Quilt Bingo "Card" due at October, 2008, meeting - Join the fun and have yours ready! They will be used for Care Quilts later. Download instructions here.
The "Links" page includes links to all of our advertisers, the Lone Star Quiltworks Summer Class Schedule, and links for searching out Texas quilt shops and shows.
Community Service Projects page has been updated in February with extensive information and examples of Care Quilts.
Photos page has been updated July 14. The page is FULL and cannot expand vertically any further! It now shows Becky Goldsmith's quilts and Show 'n Tell from the July meeting and Becky Goldsmith's workshop on Needle Turn Applique, as well as photos from the summer retreat. Please be aware that this page takes lots of time to load with so many photos.
Coming Soon - An added page to this website which includes members' comments and photos of quilt shops and museums visited during trips. If you are visiting a quilt shop before we have posted basic questions, just take good notes and a few photos (maybe you with the shop owner, etc.) and get them to the webmistress to post.
This information was received on July 1, 2008:
"I wanted to be sure you knew that Burnice Walsh, known to all as G-Mom, went to be with the Lord on June 25, 2008. She was 98 years old. She is the mother of Margaret M. and grandmother of Peggy G. She was an avid quilter and a charter member of BBQG as well as a member of the Wednesday Quilting Bee.
Please pass this along to guild members as a few I am sure still remember her.
Thank you, Wanda M."
Below are photos taken by President Beverly Alexander and a friend of Brazos Bluebonnet Quilt Guild Show at The Arts Council of Brazos Valley exhibit (scheduled for all July).
