Meeting/Program Information
2nd Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. – Business Meeting/Show & Tell (September through May)
4th Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. – Program Meeting
Normally at Lake Braddock Secondary School, small cafeteria. Enter through door #15 then straight down the hall, signs are normally posted showing direction. Address: 9200 Burke Lake Rd, Burke, VA 22015 (MAP) (Except as noted in the calendar)
Burke Leadership/Volunteers 2019-2020
| President | Heidi Osterhout |
| Vice President Admin | Chandra Cookson |
| Vice President Programs | Jessica Berman |
| Secretary | Bonnie Prouty |
| Treasurer | Marilyn Owendoff |
| Welcome Committee | Barb Sherwood |
| Nominations | Susan Fernandez |
| Membership | Bonnie Ruetenik |
| Directory | Jean Taylor |
| E-Blast | Jim Watson |
| Newsletter | Judy Grumbacher |
| Property Chair | Pat Price |
| Quilt Challenges | Nicki Allen and Sue Bynum |
| Quilt Collector | Dudley Shugart |
| Quilt Show | Anne Beebe |
| Ways and Means | |
| Bee Keeper | Teri Wilkie |
| Soldier Quilt | |
| Education/Donations | Marsha White |
| Summer/June Social | |
| Retreat, Fall | Jean Taylor |
| Midnight Madness | Karen Brewster |
| Retreat, Spring | Debbie Bullock and Karen Brewster |
| Winter Social | Sew and Sew Bee |
| Auction | |
| Sunshine/Birthdays | Susan Novack |
| Charity/Baby Quilts | Debbie Bullock |
| Outreach | |
| Web Master/Facebook/EBlast | Jim Watson |
A copy of the Burke QU Chapter Bylaws is available HERE.
Special Notices
Upcoming Burke QU Speakers and Events
February 12, 2020 – Business Meeting
Location: – Lake Braddock Secondary School, Small cafeteria
Start Time – 7:00 PM with the meeting at 7:30 PM.
February 26, 2020 – Lecture Meeting
Location: Lake Braddock Secondary School, Small cafeteria
Start Time – 7:00 PM with the meeting at 7:30 PM. Our Presenter this evening will be Cindy Grisdela. She will be presenting a talk on “Anatomy of an Improv Quilt.” To look at her Web page click HERE.
March 11, 2020 – Business Meeting
Location: Lake Braddock Secondary School, Small cafeteria
Start Time – 7:00 PM with the meeting at 7:30 PM.
March 25, 2020 – Program Auction
Location: Lake Braddock Secondary School, Small cafeteria
Start Time –
April 8, 2020 – Business Meeting
Location: Lake Braddock Secondary School, Small cafeteria
Start Time – 7:00 PM with the meeting at 7:30 PM.
April 22, 2020 – Lecture Meeting
Location: Lake Braddock Secondary School, Small cafeteria
Start Time – 7:00 PM with the meeting at 7:30 PM. Our Presenter this evening will be Shannon Shirley. She will be presenting a talk on “Creating Children’s Artwork Quilts.”
May 13, 2020 – Business Meeting
Location: Lake Braddock Secondary School, Small cafeteria
Start Time – 7:00 PM with the meeting at 7:30 PM.
May 27, 2020 – Lecture Meeting
Location: Lake Braddock Secondary School, Small cafeteria
Start Time – 7:00 PM with the meeting at 7:30 PM. Our presenter will be Barbara Cline from Harrisonberg, VA. Her lecture will be “Designing Inside of Block Lay-outs“.
June 10, 2020 – End of Year Social
Location:
Start Time –
Recent Burke QU Speakers and Events
23 Oct – Burke QU had a Great opportuntity to have Geraldine Wilkins of Fredricksburg, VA as our guest presenter. Geraldine’s presentation, “From Back Stage to Main Stage – Drama and surface design with rulers”, was an awe inspiring presentation. Her talents with free motion quilting and rulers amazed us all. There was much interest after her presentation on how we could attend one of her classes. Thank You Geraldine for a lovely presentation and a fun evening. If you would like to take a look at her Web page click HERE.
16 – 20 Oct Burke QU had their annual Fall Retreat. A great time was had by all and many great looking Quilts were designed on the design walls with lots of Oooh’s and Aaaw’s for the great designs and all of the hard work that went into them. Thank you “Harvest Hoe Down” Committee for all of the hard work in setup and tear down. The event was Loved by all and it was great to just get away for a little while and Focus on Fun things in our Lives. Thank You.
14 Aug the Burke QU Chapter hosted Candace Hassen, of Atlanta, Georgia. Candace presented her view of quilting and the various options you have when you go places where you would not want to bring all of your sewing supplies but want to do something sewing related like cutting, attaching quilt tags and other small jobs that complete your quilt. She showed us her little traveling kit which contained various things like a rotary cutter, small ruler, marking pens, small cutting mat and others so you would have a small go kit that would provide you with what you might need for accomplishing small portable quilting efforts. She also showed us how she organizes various strips on a card in a box so you have the material resources that you might need. Candace then talked through the trunk show that she brought. Her work was inspiring and her pattern and color selections had many of us very impressed with her talent for matching pattern and color into great works. Thank you Candance for a Lovely presentation. If you would like to look at her Web page click HERE
Burke QU is now on Facebook
We are now on Facebook. We have a public page for guild announcements and a members closed group for showing off our quilting talents and communicating about guild business with each other.
If you are a member and on Facebook, head on over to join our group.
Click Here to view some of our Show and Tell
For credits email BQU President
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For Veterians Day Charity Block Update Chick Here
For Notes on Soldier Quilts Click Here
Newsletters
All newsletters are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. For information about PDF files, click HERE.