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Community Quilts

Our Guild donates crib or lap-size quilts that are in turn given to the more than 300 children and moms a year, who pass through the Skagit County Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse Shelter in Mount Vernon. Click here to find out more.

Raffle Quilt

Raffle Quilt Lacuna Surround
Raffle Tickets $1. Donations go toward the purchase of fabrics to make quilts for women and children in the Skagit County Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse Shelter in Mt. Vernon.

Find out more about our Quilt Raffle!

FIQ Library Book Listings

FIQ Library List April 2010

submitted by Loretta Fisher, FIQ Librarian

In June we will be taking inventory of the Library books, so all books need to be returned at the June meeting and no books can be checked out in June.  Don’t forget to return your books in June!

April 2010: We have added the following new books to the Library:

Jelly Roll Quilts by Pam and Nicky Lintott – Projects for using the popular new rolls of 40 fabrics cut into 1-1/2″ strips.

Artful Applique II by Jane Townswick – New applique patterns and Jane’s “scraplique” method.

New books added in March 2010:
Kaleidoscopes & Quilts by Paula Nadelstern – The noted author’s definitive book.

Points of View by Valerie Hearder – Nine step-by-step projects feature an easy pattern method and focus on using fabric as the “paint” for your landscapes.

Creative Quilt Collection Volume Two from That Patchwork Place – A collection of the best quilts from today’s  most popular designers,

Maple Leaf Quilts by Ilene Bartos – Twelve projects showing fresh ways to use Maple Leaf blocks and techniques for making triangle squares with perfect points.

above pdf includes books added Feb 2010:
Beyond the Block
by Linda K. Johnson and Jun

e K. Wells (a.k.a. Crafty Ol’ Broads)
Blended Borders
by Pamela Mostek  
Color Shuffle
by Karla Alexander 
Crazy for Scraps
by Sally Schneider  
Dazzling Quilts
by Pamela Mostek  
Friendship Triangles
by Edyta Sitar 
Intuitive Color & Design
by Jean Wells  
Luminous Landscapes
by Gloria Loughman

FIQ Library Book List by Author’s Last Name-March 2009
(Adobe PDF)

A reminder when returning books, please don’t forget to retrieve the card from the file box and note the date (month and year) of your return. Put the card back into the book before returning it to the appropriate box. Your help in this is much appreciated.