What's up with our talented Emerging Makers?????
February 2020
These pictures are "Blocks For Brushfires"...sent to Australia to support quilts being made for the recent brushfire devastation. Some quilts will be auctioned at fundraisers and some will be delivered to families who lost their homes and farms.
Emerging Makers
We will have 12 openings for our first group of young makers with an interest in learning sewing skills and working with color in quilting. This is very much a beginning sew class experience. Youngsters with prior sewing experience might become bored with the elements of this class. We would hope to provide Emerging Maker Sew-Ins quarterly following the sessions below that would be suitable to any Emerging Maker and satisfy the more experienced youngsters in their journeys. We will follow Gyleen Fitzgerald’s “Dream” curriculum. These makers will work in 4 sessions to complete a quilt top and a charity project.
Session Dates:
September 14, 2019 1000 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. each session date
October 5, 2019 bring a sack lunch
October 19, 2019 healthy snack and water provided
November 9, 2019 materials for the projects are free-of-charge
All participants will receive a small kit to use at their machines, a “Dream” book, an instruction notebook, crayons, sharpies, and a tote bag to keep their things together.
Location:
JuntoSpace (in Robbins Jewelers Building at the corner of Oakland and West Chester Pike...large white sign out front) ~ Address: 2524 West Chester Pike, Broomall, PA 19008
How BVQ Members Can Help:
1. Nominate a youngster (age 10+)…complete form CLICK HERE FOR FORM
2. Allow us the use of a good, functioning, used sewing machine for 3 months. Donations of used machines in working order accepted… complete form below
3. Donate items we need to complete our project kits (one kit per participant).
Tools we need: Materials we need:
(12) small snips/thread cutters (24) 1 yd cuts of 100% cotton primary color solids
(12) spools of neutral thread (12) 1.5 yd cuts of cotton batting 45” x 60” cut
(12) machine needles size 18 or 19
(12) 6-inch rulers
(12) 12”x12” pizza boxes
(12) seam rippers
Contact Jeanne Phillips with questions at
jeanne.phillips1816@gmail.com or 443.756.1509
- Business Sponsors: Hayes Sewing, Gyleen Fitzgerald, and JuntoSpace by Nancy Arico ❖ Thanks to the generosity of BVQ members, we have received the following support:
- 5 Machines loaned to Emerging Makers (Bobbie Spaid, Diane Camarote, and Jeanne Phillips)
- 5 Machines donated to Emerging Makers (Deb Kelly, Kathy McIlvane, Mary Jane Goodman, and Deanna James)
- 2 machines cleaned and repaired by Hayes Sewing, 3 machines currently at Hayes Sewing for cleaning and repair, and 2 Machines to be brought by participants
We will have 12 openings for our first group of young makers with an interest in learning sewing skills and working with color in quilting. This is very much a beginning sew class experience. Youngsters with prior sewing experience might become bored with the elements of this class. We would hope to provide Emerging Maker Sew-Ins quarterly following the sessions below that would be suitable to any Emerging Maker and satisfy the more experienced youngsters in their journeys. We will follow Gyleen Fitzgerald’s “Dream” curriculum. These makers will work in 4 sessions to complete a quilt top and a charity project.
Session Dates:
September 14, 2019 1000 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. each session date
October 5, 2019 bring a sack lunch
October 19, 2019 healthy snack and water provided
November 9, 2019 materials for the projects are free-of-charge
All participants will receive a small kit to use at their machines, a “Dream” book, an instruction notebook, crayons, sharpies, and a tote bag to keep their things together.
Location:
JuntoSpace (in Robbins Jewelers Building at the corner of Oakland and West Chester Pike...large white sign out front) ~ Address: 2524 West Chester Pike, Broomall, PA 19008
How BVQ Members Can Help:
1. Nominate a youngster (age 10+)…complete form CLICK HERE FOR FORM
2. Allow us the use of a good, functioning, used sewing machine for 3 months. Donations of used machines in working order accepted… complete form below
3. Donate items we need to complete our project kits (one kit per participant).
Tools we need: Materials we need:
(12) small snips/thread cutters (24) 1 yd cuts of 100% cotton primary color solids
(12) spools of neutral thread (12) 1.5 yd cuts of cotton batting 45” x 60” cut
(12) machine needles size 18 or 19
(12) 6-inch rulers
(12) 12”x12” pizza boxes
(12) seam rippers
Contact Jeanne Phillips with questions at
jeanne.phillips1816@gmail.com or 443.756.1509