The September, 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.]
For information about the Brazos Bluebonnet Quilt Guild and location of member meetings, please see the information webpage.
Carmel reported on 8/4 that we now have 161 members.
Sept. 2 BBQG Board Meeting; 5:30 p.m. at the Brazos Valley Arts Council
Sept. 9 Care Quilt Workshop - 9 a.m. until ... at the Brazos Center in Bryan -
Bring sewing machine and sewing supplies. Lunch will be Potluck...
please bring something to share.
Members' Meeting at 7 p.m.
LoneStar Quiltworks is hosting a bus trip to the 34th annual International Quilt Festival at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston...the largest quilt show in the world. The bus trip will be on Friday, October 31, departing by 8:30 a.m. from the shop. The price for the trip will be $65.00 per person, and this includes transportation to and from the show, a light breakfast, tip for the bus driver, ticket into the show, a few "goodies" on the bus, and your dinner on the return trip (a boxed dinner from McAlister's). Click here for details in an Adobe .pdf file. Contact the shop at 979-595-1072 if you are interested in joining in on the trip.
Rules for the 2008 Houston Go Texan Show with a note from Jo Ann are posted on the Quilt Shows page. New information from Jo Ann W. posted 8/6 - "The Go Texas committee will not have the 2009 rules until late this fall. The Committee have not changed the rules drastically for the last several years with one exception: ownership of the quilt. The only bit of information that we have for the 2009 contest is that we can retain ownership for our quilt. I need commitment forms by Sept. 30. This will provide me with the information to plan their hanging. I need the quilt no later than 9 AM on Oct. 14."
Care Quilt Challenge - Anty Depressant - Deadline is Sept. 30, 2008 - Click here for details; click here for a .pdf file of the contest rules.
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 August 18. It now includes Shop Hop photos taken by Peggy C., as well as Becky Goldsmith's quilts and workshop on Needle Turn Applique and a few photos from the summer retreat. Show 'n Tell photos taken by Kerry D. at the August meeting are also included. Please be aware that this page takes lots of time to load with so many photos.
7/23/08 - Click to view Member Reports of Visited Quilt Shops and Museums - We have added this new page to BBQG's website which includes members' comments and photos of quilt shops and museums visited during trips. Currently, it features Anne Perry's July visits in Iowa to the Kalona Quilting & Textile Museum, Fons & Porter's store in Winterset, and The Quilt Block in West Des Moines. 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.
Click to download Lone Star Quiltworks' Fall Class Schedule in Adobe .pdf format.
See photos below from BBQG's exhibit at the Arts Council of Brazos Valley which ran through July 31. Information about BVAC's new exhibits and activities is on the Arts Council of Brazos Valley website.
Below are photos taken by President Beverly A. and a friend of Brazos Bluebonnet Quilt Guild Show at The Arts Council of Brazos Valley exhibit (scheduled for all July). 8/5 - More photos of our members' beautiful quilts on display added by Anne (photos taken 7/16). Hope this becomes an annual event!
It was difficult to obtain accurate color in the photos of the quilts with the lighting in the exhibit room, so some of the photos below are "off color." Here is another view of the exhibit from the entry point:
