TVQA Assembly Day 2019 in Smyrna, TN

On Saturday, July 20th, 2019, our Guild hosted the Tennessee Valley Quilters Association (TVQA) annual meeting of Guilds from all over Tennessee and northern Alabama. We met at a local high school in middle Tennessee.

Andrew Lee, was one of our speakers for the day.  

Andrew is a retired soldier who proposes quilting as a way to reduce PTSD ... Andrew Lee served in the US Army for ten years.  He hopes to one day create a sewing therapy group for veterans.

I was able to take (1) completed Quilt Of Valor to Andrew for him to award to a Veteran of his choosing.  I also took (3) other QOV tops that need additional work to finish (borders, more blocks, sashings, etc.).  It was a "Win, Win" donation.

Teresa Duryea Wong, was our second speaker for the day.  Teresa wrote the book, American Cotton:  Farm to Quilt.  Teresa had a slide show with approx. 100 slides which was very interesting.

Quilts of Valor

Tomorrow is my monthly Quilt Guild Meeting and I am finally getting some items that have been lingering in my Sewing Room for months.

I have (3) Quilts of Valor in different stages of completion.  Andrew Lee, is a retired soldier who proposes quilting as a way to reduce stress.  Andrew began making Quilts of Valor for soldiers touched by war.  Andrew, who has a passion for Quilts of Valor is willing to take fabric, blocks, partially completed quilts and completed Quilts of Valor.  Andrew has many helpers, who help him complete the quilts, which he awards to those Service men and women, who have been touched by war. 

It will be a blessing for me, to be able to give these Quilts of Valor to Andrew.    

Notions Sale last Saturday, June 29th

Weekly Sewing Group hosted a Notions Sale--

Our Sewing Group received a massive donation of Sewing notions, which we chose to sell at a local space in our area of middle TN.
We set up the sale items on Friday, the 28th of June and had our actual sale on Saturday, the 29th.  All items were priced well below market value.  Friday was rather slow but Saturday made up for it.  We had a good crowd of buyers and made a nice profit.  The funds received will help fund our future sewing projects for those in need in our community. 

Fidget Mats-Most of the items I chose, will be used for Fidget Mats.  I found that I truly enjoy making these projects.  We use place-mats as our base and then add little scraps of fabric of different textures and other details that someone in a Nursing Home may enjoy feeling.  Everything must be attached extremely well, since you can never be sure if someone may try to put it in their mouth.  Anyone that has lots of little fabric scraps can create a unique Fidget Mat.  

I will try to get some pictures posted later today.