Lynda Tredway: —"Leaves of Redemption: A Memory Project"

Lynda Tredway describes her motivation for this project as follows: “As a white, Midwestern daughter, I experience racism’s pangs in my family raising a mixed race daughter. As a mother, I hear the all-too-regular stories of my daughter, her father, and her husband. As a teacher, I hear similar stories of racism from my students—Black men and boys whose gifts are a treasure in and for our society.

Because I want the unknown names of the victims of lynching to be memorialized, remembered, counted, as an artist and a history teacher and a memory keeper, I make quilts for each state—often several quilts for some states—to remember the thousands of men and women lynched in America.”

Click HERE for an overview of Lynda's project.

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.

Open Community Service Sit-and-Sew

You are invited to bring one of your current projects to work on with fellow NeedleChasers -- both hand sewers and machine sewers are welcome! There will also be a number of simple pre-cut kits (bosom buddies, pillow cases, etc. - with instructions) to finish for our on-going community service activities.

We will be hosting a "basting station" for guild members who need space to create their next "quilt sandwich". Click HERE if you would like to reserve a slot for spray basting.

For folks beginning new projects, the AccuCutter will be available, as well as cutting mats and rotary cutters, to help you get started. For the "cut-ups" among us, Julie Nelson will bring fabric that needs to be cut into squares for an on-going Lutheran World Relief quilting project.

***Program Change*** Improv Piecing Techniques

Machine sewers AND hand-piecers will delight in learning not one, but three improvisational piecing techniques: Round We Go, Skinny Strips Make the Connection, and Patchwork Fields (designed especially for our non-machine sewers)! We promise you will gain color confidence as well as learn whole new opportunities to turn your scraps into exciting new fabric.

Bring your sewing machine or sign up as non-sewer so that you can experiment with these fun and easy improv piecing techniques. With the kits provided you will be able to create one-of-a-kind fabric that will be used in constructing boutique items for next year's quilt show. You are invited to make an improv for the Artisan Boutique and then, if you wish, take another one home (or some interesting scraps to try out a new technique).

Sign up is encouraged to ensure that we have sufficient kits available for everyone!  Details activities will be available at the July meeting.

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.

September 11: David Owen Hastings—Zoom Lecture "Exploring Nature with Paper & Stitch" and Mini Zoom Workshop "Scraptastic Quilted Miniatures"(https://davidowenhastings.com/) Click HERE to register for the workshop.

October 9: Elizabeth Lee, "Playful Portraits" lecture and trunk show

October 10: Elizabeth Lee: "Playful Portraits" workshop Click HERE to add your name to the waiting list for the workshop.

Sign up instructions for both workshops will be available in mid-June in the members only section of the website.