Quilter's Day Out Planning Committee

I'm all a twitter with excitement about Quilter's Day Out. It is a national holiday, of sorts, for quilters. Whoopee!! Quilter Jargon spoken here: fat quarters; bias binding; and 1/4 inch seams....smile...you understand, don't you? If you are in the secret sister quilt club, you do...smile

The idea behind QDO (Quilter's Day Out), is there is one day that all the quilters in our area come together for one giant Sit-N-Sew. The event has evolved, this year to include a speaker, Valerie White, who is an accomplished contemporary quilter. All quilting is art, whether contemporary or traditional. Both evoke feelings, which is, in the end, what true art is all about. Valerie will be showing some of her quilts and giving an in depth discussion for 45 minutes, about her art form.

QDO (Quilter's Day Out) is held on the 3rd Saturday in March, this year being St. Patrick's Day, Saturday, March 17th. The event will last from 10:00 to 3:00, with a cafe, hosted by the youth group of the church.

We are having this gathering of the guilds at Ballardsville Baptist Church. In this picture you can see the oversize gymnasium that will be filled with hundreds of quilters, both active in guilds and those that want to check this thing called quilt guild out. Then again, it might be they are there for a chance to win 1 of 4 sewing machines we will be having for a door prizes.

These events take lots of planning by the quilters and let's face it, some really, really helpful husbands, who we are fortunate to have.



For our part, Northeast Quilting Friends will be organizing a quilt challenge, "Think Green" is the theme. This is the first attempt to issue a quilt challenge at any of the QDO events. We wanted to make it easy for everyone to contribute a quilt, so, the only requirement is the quilt must have green somewhere on it and, do to space limitations, we are asking the perimeter be no larger than 200 inches, or smaller than 72 inches. A form must be filled out and submitted, for planning purposes, no later than March 1st. Viewer's Choice will award the cash prizes and ribbons. Please e-mail me if you want an entry form: Julieb380@insightbb.com.

Good Luck to all that enter!
See you at Quilter's Day Out!