Here are some of the things TVQG has going on in April 2024

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TVQG’s guest speaker is Cathi Farwell.

Cathy has a large Pinterest following.
Here is a link to her Pinterest Page:  pinterest.com/cathifarwell/

Block of the Month

The Block of the Month for April 2024 is a Nine-Patch Variation Block.  Quilters are invited to make this block to bring to the April 16, 2024 General Meeting.

The color profile for this block uses white as a background combined with medium or dark blue for the center block and light or medium blue-colored fabric for the corners.

The unfinished, block size is 12 1/2″ square and the finished block size is 12″ square.

Link to pattern

For every block of the month presented you will receive a ticket.  There is no limit to the blocks you may submit.  If you are the lucky winner you will be awarded all the blocks for that month.

Fat Quarter of the Month

At each general meeting, our quilters bring in various themed fat quarters. For each Fat Quarter brought in the quilter receives a raffle ticket.

The Fat Quarter theme for April  2024 is Weather.  Any fat-quarter that depicts sun, rain, clouds or rainbows, falls into this category.

Pizza Box Challenge

This anonymous challenge started in March 2024 with our Challenge Team handing out a “pizza box” for the participants to document their preferences and store any preferred fabric.

This challenge consists of your making three different blocks of your choice based on the original participant’s instructions and fabrics (if included).  Then each month for the next five to six months quilters will make and add three additional unique quilt blocks to another participant’s pizza box.  At the conclusion of the challenge the original participant will receive their pizza box back filled with an assortment of unique completed blocks all ready to assemble in to a quilt.

If you are interested in participating in this challenge, please visit the “Pizza Box Challenge Desk” at the next meeting.

UFO Challenge

Each calendar year we hold a UFO Challenge.  This challenge is meant to encourage our quilters to complete their unfinished projects (UFO’s).

Our current UFO Challenge for began on January 1, 2024, and will run through the December 31, 2024. Prizes for UFO participants will be awarded at the January 21, 2025 meeting.  Guild members are not required to turn in a form documenting their current UFO projects.  Participation in this challenge is on the honor system and there is no fee to participate.  For each completed UFO that is presented during the Show and Tell portion of a General Meeting in 2024, you are eligible to receive a ticket. Prizes for participating in this challenge will be awarded in a random ticket drawing at the January 2025 General Meeting.

And, by the way, if you aren’t familiar with the term UFO for quilters it stands for any UnFinished quilt Object (project)

TVQG Discontinues the Sherwood Charity Quilter’s Open Sew Day

Due to a lack of participation from TVQG members this Open Charity-focused Sew Day was discontinued.  On Tuesday, March 12, 2024, all fabrics were passed on to the Newberg Parks & Rec / Fire & Rescue sewing group that meet weekly at the Newberg Armory. Several TVQG members belong to this group. The focus of Armory Sewer’s Group is to create charity quilts to share among the community and to have on hand to share when disasters such as fires and floods happen.

Good Neighbor Center Donation Item for April

TVQG is a supporter of the Good Neighbor Center in Tigard.  We have a Good Neighbor Center bin available at all General Meetings for members to drop off any supplies to them.  This month one of their major needs is for diapers of any size.  For additional information about the efforts of the Good Neighbor Center please visit their webpage at https://gncnw.org/.