What Judges Look for When
Judging Your Quilt
Coming in September:
George Siciliano
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Next Newsletter Deadline
August 20
Presidents Message
The summer has finally come with all of its heat and humidity-the dog
days, perhaps, although the dogs are telling me they do not like too much
heat either. They have complained about snow, rain, rain, rain, and now
heat. I loved the snow because I had an excuse to stay inside and sew.
I liked the rain because of the same thing. Can I like the heat any less??
Of course not! My home is air conditioned.

The summer also brings trips to MAQ and Quilt Odyssey, the lake and
beach and the adults who were formerly known as my children. The
summer will also bring the county fair where we are again working to
finish quilts for children in the fairs air conditioned meeting room right
near the cafeteria. Everyone is invited to come join us for as long as you
like on the 13th of August, and anyone who has a partly finished ABC
quilt or some tops you would like to donate (or fabric for backings) wed
love them.
This year we have great speakers coming and a great quilt show in the
works (if we can find someone to coordinate it) and good ongoing efforts
by small groups and our ABC coordinator to provide service to the
community. I would love to see the guild do even more in this area and
welcome ideas and offers. The day at the county fair is a good start.
My secret sister has been busy also and has found the most wonderful
silly chicken with a quilt on her back. I just love her and the fabric she
sent. How lucky I am to have a sister like her. I hope the rest of you who
have secret sisters are having as much fun as I am finding just the right
trinket or fabric. I love to shop with an excuse. Sandy DAngelo FSQ Quiltline
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August 2003
Upcoming Lectures & Workshops
NEWS FLASH!!
MANHOLE COVERS ACCEPTED AT
AQS ULTIMATE GUILD CHALLENGE!
GAITHERSBURG CITY HALL EXHIBIT
August 4: Nancy Ogletree, What Judges Look for When
Judging Your Quilt. This fun lecture will introduce you to all
the mistakes that Judges look for sometimes VERY
noticeable, sometimes not. Nancys truck show includes them
all made especially to show what NOT TO DO. Do you have
a question that seems too silly to ask? Never fear, Nancy will
be here for you. Remember that quilt that just missed a first
place? Bring it along Nancy will take a look at it and give
you her best advice on making award-winning quilts.
September 7: Workshop with George Siciliano; workshop
FULL, taking registrations for wait list, Size Really Does
Matter. Miniature paper foundation piecing. 9am-4pm,
Potomac Community Center. Class list and directions
available at guild meeting.
September 8: Lecture by George Siciliano, miniaturist,
This Guy Must be Nuts.
October 5: Workshop with Annette Ehly; workshop
registration opens August 4. Surface Design and Fabric
Painting. A combination of fabric paint, salt, sun & fabric
folding are used to create design. The paint is applied to the
surface of the fabric. Fabrics will be created for landscapes
and floral appliqué. Supply fee $10.00
October 6: Lecture by Annette Ehly, Dyeing Can be Fun.
Workshop Policies
Cost: $35.00 FSQ members, $40.00 nonmembers. Due at
time of registration. Cost does not include any fees due to
instructor for class materials. Class registration will open to
nonmembers at the Guild meeting immediately prior to the
class, i.e., one month before class.
Cancellations: Cancellations received at least one month
before class will receive full refunds. Cancellations received
after this date will receive 50% refund unless class is fully
enrolled. If fully enrolled, 100% of registration fee will be
refunded.
Registration form available at Guild meeting, or on line at
www.friendshipstar.org.
The ten Manhole Cover quilts that were entered into the
AQS Ultimate Guild Challenge were accepted and will be
exhibited in the Nashville, Tennessee, show from
August 27-30! Congratulations to the makers of those
quilts!
The quilts that will be in the Nashville AQS show are:
JoAnn Aulick . . . . . . . . . . . Cherry Blossom Time in DC
Coralyn Colladay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Slew of Seattle
Margaret Hartranft . . Derwood--Dont Play in the Traffic
Karey Herriman . . . . . The City of Mothers & Daughters
Kim Jalette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Love Thy Neighbor
Judy Lundberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pittsburgh, PA
Neani Mee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wisteria and Pine
Liz Notte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kentlands, USA
Marie Quattrocciochi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National Zoo
Margreta Silverstone . . . . . . . . . . Lynden, Washington
The City of Gaithersburg has again asked FSQ to provide
an exhibit of quilts in the City Hall gallery. Andi Risotti,
gallery director for the City, visited FSQs Quilt Show in
April and was particularly impressed by our Manhole
Cover quilts and wants to feature some of those in this
years display. Lauren Kingsland is curating the show,
and invitations have been sent to Manhole Cover quilters.
The show dates are from August 8 to October 7, 2003.
The opening reception for the show is Thursday,
September 18, 7:00-8:30 PM, at City Hall.

The City Hall is open during business hours weekdays,
plus on the weekend during Olde Town Days in
September. Access to the show during the week is
subject to the room availability as the gallery is also a
meeting room. FSQ Quiltline
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August 2003
FSQ SPONSORS AWARD AT
MONTGOMERY COUNTY FAIR
THANK YOU GIFT FROM WINNERS
OF RAFFLE QUILT
KEEP COOL WHILE QUILTING AT THE
MONTGOMERY COUNTY FAIR--AUGUST 13
Last years Quilt Day at the Montgomery County Fair was
so successful that we will do it again. On Wednesday,
August 13, 9:00am to 9:00pm, FSQ will sponsor this event.
Fair-goers will be invited into the air-conditioned comfort of
the Garden Room to tie quilts destined for children through
the ABC quilts program.
FSQ members will prepare the quilt sandwiches on
Sunday, August 10, 1:00-5:00pm, location to be determined.
On Wednesday the 13th, members are needed to help direct
the volunteers, machine sew bindings on the tied quilts, and
ensure that each quilt is labeled.
If you would like to be a part of this effort, sign up at the
Guild meeting, or contact Sandy DAngelo, Coralyn
Colladay, or Rose Remund.
Fair passes will be available for those who volunteer for at
least two hours. Those who work at least four hours will
receive a food coupon worth $3.00. All participants will earn
hours toward membership in the Montgomery County
Agricultural Fair board. High school students can earn
service hours.
Good News: This effort will not only result in many quilts for
the ABC kids, but will also give the Guild a reduced rental
rate for the 2004 Quilt Show. See you at the Fair!!
FSQ is sponsoring a $25 award for the Best Large Quilt in
the Montgomery County Fair. Capital Quilts sponsors an
award for the Best Wall Quilt. (FSQ also sponsors a $50
award at the Maryland State Fair.)
Be sure to enter your quilt in the Fair!
The Montgomery County Fair is looking for a volunteer(s) to
become the Quilting Department chair at the Fair in 2004,
and to shadow the current chair this year to learn the ropes.
Interested persons should contact Barbara Cannizzo,
Superintendent of Home Arts, at 301-253-4659.

The winners of FSQs 2003 Raffle Quilt, Jack & Linne
Lindquist, from Bemidji, Minnesota, sent five quilting books
and two of Earlene Fowlers novels to FSQ as a thank you
gift after they received the raffle quilt.
What a nice way for them to say thank you, and what a
wonderful addition to FSQs library. The books are:
Q is for Quilt by McClun and Nownes
Quilting with the Muppets
Quilting Back to Front by Scouler
Two-for-One Foundation Piecing by Hill
Magical Four-Patch and Nine-Patch Quilts by Porcella
Arkansas Traveler and Steps to the Altar
by Earlene Fowler
(her two latest mysteries in hardback) FSQ Quiltline
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August 2003
BUS TRIP TO FORT WASHINGTON
QUILT SHOW
GOING TO FORT WASHINGTON?
PUT ON YOUR WHITE GLOVES
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL for 2003-2004
FSQ will be taking a bus trip to the Pennsylvania National
Quilt Extravaganza, at the Fort Washington PA Expo Center
on September 20. The bus will depart from the Christ the
Servant Lutheran Church parking lot at the corner of
Centerway and Montgomery Village Avenue.
As before, we will be leaving promptly at 6:45 AM; please
arrive by 6:30 AM. We will stop at Sauders Quilt Shop in
Denver, PA to boost the local economy. Prior to heading
home, we will stop for dinner. Tickets to the quilt show are
included in the bus trip price; lunch and dinner are self pay.
We will be arriving back in Gaithersburg around 10 PM.
Cost for the trip is $41.00
Please mail a check (made payable to FSQ) to Chris
Zimmerman at 13 Pitt Court, Rockville, MD 20850 or bring it
to the August 4 meeting. Please include a telephone
number on your check in case we need to contact you.
Payment must be received by August 30 to reserve a seat
on the bus. For questions call Chris Zimmerman or Diane
Heller.
Hope you can join us.
Once again FSQ will be able to sell tickets on our raffle quilt
at the Fort Washington quilt show. (We made over $600
last year.) To do so, the guild must provide 32 hours of
white glovers on Saturday, September 20, the same day as
the bus trip. White Glovers are respon