Bayside Quilters July Meeting & Big Fabric Sale!

 The Bayside Quilters Guild July guest speaker was 

Cyndi Souder of Moonlight Quilts in Annandale, VA.

 Here is what Cyndi says about herself and her quilting 

“I prefer to make art quilts, but I’ll make the odd bed or

 baby quilt if the situation calls for it. I’ve found that I’m making

 more tribute quilts lately. People bring me the clothing of 

a lost loved one and I create a lasting textile memorial

 for them to treasure and, perhaps, hand down to the 

next generation. Sometimes I get to make a celebratory 

quilt to mark a happy occasion like a birth or an anniversary. 

It’s always good to commemorate an event with a quilt.” 

Cyndi usually works with commercial fabric, but that seems to be changing.

 She likes to stamp and layer her own fabric to use as backgrounds 

and incorporate silks where she can. She likes to add texture 

and embellishments, using beads, old clock parts, and trinkets

 from the home center. Currently she is very involved with her 

“Power Suits-An Art Quilt Challenge” on display at the 

Morin Gallery at the Arts Center in Orange, VA.

Cyndi had a nice selection of quilts ... but this wall hanging

was the all time show-stopper!

Gold & Silver Crowns

 My photo's don't do this justice!

Made using various shades of silk.

I love all the hand sewned crystals around the edges

 not to mention the beading on the crowns.

 As an award winning wall hanging [for sale]
no one asked Cyndi her asking price.

...

ON TO THE

 B-I-G

FABRIC SALE

After the meeting there was a big

fabric and notions sale.  The fabric was left

to the Guild when a longtime member passed away.

The money raised from the sale is being split

between Talbot Hospice & the Outreach portion

of Bayside Quilters.

 26 Tubs brimming with fine fabric

in every color and pattern you can imagine.

 The price is right!

$1.00/yard & $3.00/yard

I purchased my fabric in 1 yard pieces

which I'm splitting with Debby, my sister.

We're going to have a nice stash of fresh and
beautiful fabric to add to our collection.


I mainly concentrated on fall fabrics
[which I don't have many of until now]
as well as Christmas.  I did find a few
beautiful pieces of fabric with bears, butterflies, flowers,
fairies, and plain white on white fabrics 
that I couldn't pass up for the price.

 These flew off the table!

L-Jo    R-Chris

Jo & Chris are just two of the ladies who worked hard

to sort through all the mounds of fabrics and notions.

Without them and the team of other ladies from the Guild

[who volunteered countless hours] this sale

wouldn't have happened.

Hopefully, I'll finish sorting and pressing all

my fabric today and will share a photo

of my new 'additions' later.