CRQSG January 2008 Meeting Minutes

The next meeting of the Capital Region Quilt Study Group is scheduled for:

Saturday, January 24, 2009
10:30am -- 3:00 pm (room set-up starting at 10:00am)
Guilderland Public Library
2228 Western Avenue
Normanskill Room (smallest of the two meeting rooms)

Discussion topic: As I write this, our very own Linda Miller has begun
the fabulous Chintz, Costumes, Quilts & Christmas European Textile
Museum and Christmas Market Tour ( http://textiletour.com/Dec08.htm
<http://textiletour.com/Dec08.htm ). She will be in Switzerland,
France, Germany and The Netherlands fondling fabric and seeing the
textile archives of several museums, including the largest collection
of printed textile sample books in the world. We've asked her to bring
back book lists and fabric sources. Her husband, Lloyd, promises to
take many, many photos to share with us. Sounds marvelous!

Variations on these tours are scheduled each year. The link to the
2009 version is http://worldofquiltstravel.com/Christmas.htm
<http://worldofquiltstravel.com/Christmas.htm Never too early to
start hinting to your beloved about what a nice Christmas gift this
would be!!!!

As always, we'd love to see what's new in your collection or what
you've recently made.

New Books:
1) Album Quilts of Ohio's Miami Valley (Ohio Quilt Series) by Sue C.
Cummings was released in October 2008.
2) Quilting Designs from the Past: 300+ Designs from 1810 - 1940 by
Jenny Carr Kinney is to be released January 2009.
3) Massachusetts Quilts: Our Common Wealth by Lynne Zacek Bassett is
scheduled for release in Febrary 2009.
4) Border to Border: Quilts and Quiltmakers of Montana by Annie
Hanshew is to be released March 2009.
Watch for them at your favorite book vendor/quilt shop or they can be
pre-ordered from Amazon.

Hot drinks (coffee, tea, hot chocolate) will be available. Feel free
to bring snacks and other nibbles.

See you then!!