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LOOKING AHEAD.... NeedleChasers' meeting line-up for 2023-2024
January 14, 2024: Zoom session
from 11 a.m. to
12:45 p.m.
Sheila Frampton Cooper: "Spontaneous Creation and Inspiration

Join us for a zoom lecture as Sheila Frampton Cooper takes us into her process of creating bold, graphic, colorful art quilts. She will share her thoughts about color, line, shape and inspiration, and discuss what she feels makes a successful quilt. Spontaneity and improvisation are her trademarks. Talking to us from Los Angeles, Sheila's enthusiasm and love for her work is infectious. She loves teaching and enjoys watching students develop their own style. To learn more about her and see her work, visit her website: zoombaby.com
January 24, 2024, from 10 a.m. to Noon Community Service Sit and Sew
 
Finishing up the quilt top for the NCCCC Pastor Cheryl’s Signature Quilt! Also a few items remaining to prep for the Quilt-a-Thon and Breast Cancer Bosom Buddies. Help women going through breast cancer treatment. If you would like to help with these projects please let Debbie Lamb-Mechanick (lambmechanick@verizon.net) know you are interested in coming! AS ALWAYS, EVERYONE IS INVITED TO BRING THEIR OWN PROJECTS TO WORK ON AND ENJOY THE CAMARADERIE OF THEIR FELLOW NEEDLECHASERS!!!!

Attendees must be fully vaccinated, but masks are optional. We are following the North Chevy Chase Christian Church rule for meetings in their church spaces.
February 14, 2024 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Annual Quilt-a-Thon

Come and share the love by giving generously of your time and talents to benefit the GW Medical Center NICU on Valentine’s Day. We will be working in teams to complete Incubator Covers for their little ones. Come one and come all – this will be a fun-filled day with laughter, prizes, and lots of smiles. Sign up to be a sewer or helper at the December meeting OR contact Debbie Lamb-Mechanick (lambmechanick@verion.net or 301 646-6508) and let her know how you would like to participate. Lunch and materials are all provided!

Attendees must be fully vaccinated, but masks are optional. We are following the North Chevy Chase Christian Church rule for meetings in their church spaces
March 13, 2024 from 10 a.m. to Noon Cindy Grisdela: Anatomy of Improv

Have you ever wondered how to create an Improve Quilt without a pattern? Where do you start? How do you know when it's finished? Cindy Grisdela will share her tips and tricks in this entertaining lecture about the process for working improvisationally from start to finish.

Attendees must be fully vaccinated, but masks are optional. We are following the North Chevy Chase Christian Church rule for meetings in their church spaces
March 13, 2024 from 12:45 p.m.to 1:45 p.m.
AND
March 14, 2024 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cindy Grisdela Workshop: Abstracting from Art

This workshop is now full, but we are maintaining a wait list. Please contact Julie Nelson or Judy Pearson if you wish to be added to the wait list.

Description:
Use a work of art as inspiration for an abstract quilt design. It can be a painting you admire, a photograph, a graphic design, or anything else you find inspiring. We will be using the source as inspiration only for color and shape—not representing the work itself. Through lectures, demos, and individual discussions we will study our inspirations and how to translate them into fabric. Then we will explore a series of exercises using the colors, lines, and shapes from your inspiration work(s), concluding with one or more quilt tops. Because we start with different inspiration pieces, all the work will be different. Cindy's examples include work inspired by the painters Paul Klee, Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian and a graphic clothing design.

Attendees must be fully vaccinated, but masks are optional. We are following the North Chevy Chase Christian Church rule for meetings in their church spaces.
Coming Attractions!


September 2024:
David Owen Hastings (https://davidowenhastings.com/)(ZOOM lecture and workshop)

Meetings 

We warmly invite members of the quilting community to attend our program meetings. All visitors will be required to pay a fee of $5 at the door. The guest fee may be applied towards a membership fee that day. We normally meet the 2nd Wednesday each month from 10 AM - 12:30, at the North Chevy Chase Christian Church, 8814 Kensington Parkway, Chevy Chase, MD 20815. (Click here for directions.) With the pandemic, however, we may meet remotely as conditions indicate. Workshops require registration in advance of the event.

  Winter Weather Policy.  NeedleChasers follows the lead of the Montgomery County Public Schools:   if school is cancelled, our NeedleChasers meeting for that day is also cancelled. If the schools have a delayed opening, our NeedleChasers meeting will take place at its regular time.

About Our Other Programs........

"Wee Bees"
  • 1st Wednesday of each month benefiting various not-for-profit organizations.
  • See Community Service page for further details

"Sit-and-Sew Bees"

  • Generally held the 4th Wednesday of each month 
  • Meet in Harlow Hall at NCCC Church from 10:00 am to 2 pm.
  • Sit and Sew - Members come to work on a project of their own or Community Service Projects or just join in for the camaraderie!
  • “Boutique Bees” specialty meetings where techniques or projects for the Artisan Boutique are constructed.  Members wanting to sit and sew on their own projects are ALWAYS welcome!