Announcements
Upcoming Events
May 2
Sky Painting Class With Nancy Hershberger
May 4th
River's Bend Quilt Guild Trunk Show by Nancy Hershberger
6pm - Trinity Lutheran Church. 2217 Chicora Rd, Chicora, PA 16025
May 9th
Grange Chicken BarBQue
12pm - 5pm. $14 a ticket
May 16th
Landscape Class with Nancy Hershberger
July 2nd
Slow Stitching Picnic
July 16th
Christmas in July EPP class
July 18th
QAYG Table Runner Class
July 20th
All Guild Picnic
August
Shop Hop - Information coming
August 28th
Judy Fenton Trunk Show at 6pm
August 29th - 30th
Laura Heine Collage Class by Judy Fenton
September 23-25th
AQS Quilt Show Bus Trip. Columbus, OH
October 10th
Luminary Quilt Class
Quilt Show Basket Raffle Items
The basket raffle committee is in need of Summer Fun Fabrics. Please bring in a fat quarter of fabric for the baskets. fabric can be any that are bright and cheery.
Two Centaury Quilts presented October 21, 2024
Presented by Barbara Frohne
Online sources of ideas and classes on Facebook:
Vintage Quilting [Kelly Kline]
1914 Boehm House Linens Classes {Rhonda Cox Dort]
Both have Facebook sites, teach classes, and share
information-lots of ideas and information.
Cleaning quilt tops and linens: Retro Clean, Restoration
It they smell moldy add ¼ cup of ammonia Place linens in a large storage tub, add the hottest water from sink, soak 24 hours. Agitate occasionally when soaking. Squeeze excess water out and place into washing machine with washing detergent on gentle cycle. Dry in dryer or better yet hang outside or lay on grass to dry.
Suggestions: Be fearless! Forget about the quilt police! This is about making projects started and never finished useable. Do not worry about keeping things authentic, this is art! Honor the integrity of the quilt, stabilize, keep it close to what the original maker started and then put your own spin on it. LET THE QUILT TALK TO YOU AND HAVE FUN.
Barbara Taylor Frohne
Assisted by Pam Ulrich, Karen Bowser and Machelle Smith
Cumberland Valley Grange America250PA Anniversary Quilt
Celebrating the Declaration of Independence
Friends of the Farm Show Foundation Inc., Fundraiser
The Cumberland Valley Grange #2104 is spearheading a quilt project to celebrate America250PA and raise funds for the Friends of Farm Show Foundation Inc., which assists in paying for educational programming and will provide financial support for agricultural scholarships at the PA Farm Show. The quilt will be displayed at the 2025 PA Farm Show for attendees to participate in hand quilting the top. The finished quilt will be
raffled during the week of the PA Farm Show on January 10, 2026.
Prizes 1St - $50 2nd - $30 3rd -$20
Quilt Blocks must meet the following criteria:
Color scheme: Americana reds, blues, whites, cremes, tiny or delicate prints in reds, blues, whites, and creams.
1. 12 ½" by 12 ½" inches unfinished, including the seam allowance.
2. Pieced quilt block, any pattern.
3. The material must be 100% cotton.
4. Embroidery permitted.
5. No embellishments. (charms, buttons, etc.)
6. The material must be pre-washed before block construction.
7. Blocks will not be returned. Any blocks not used in the anniversary quilt will be used for future non-profit fundraising projects.
8. Must be postmarked by November 12, 2024.
9. Quilt blocks and registration form must be mailed to:
Cumberland Valley Grange, C/O Lizzie Bailey 356 Park Avenue,
New Cumberland, PA 17070.
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Just Jelly Rolls (Mostly) SSQG Program September 16, 2024
Presented by Barbara Warden
Why a program on Jelly Rolls?
· Program Committee Survey indicated a strong interest in learning about precut fabric usage
· Saturday, September 21, is National Sew a Jelly Roll Day! National Sew a Jelly Roll Day is the third Saturday of September each year, and was started in 2016. As far as I can discover, Jelly Rolls are the only precuts to have a National Day
· Jelly Rolls are versatile—you can make many things from a Jelly Roll
· If you need to use 2 ½” strips in your project, the width cutting is done for you
· They are fun to use!
What is a Jelly Roll?
· Moda Fabrics first created Jelly Rolls in 2006, and these bundles have become an industry standard.
· The term “Jelly Roll” is specific to Moda Fabrics and is used to identify bundles of 40 2½” wide 42”-44” length fabric from one collection. They may also be a collection of solid color fabrics, or a selection of rainbow colored fabrics or fabrics of the same color varying from light to dark.
· Typically, there are 2.75 yards of fabric in a Jelly Roll. Currently the cost of a Jelly Roll is between $40 and $45, which seems quite high, but is in line with the cost of fabric today and the fact that some of the labor has been done for you. If you are making a large quilt, it may take 2 or 3 Jelly Rolls to complete the quilt, along with background fabric, backing, and binding fabric.
· Other fabric companies use different terms to describe what we quilters generically call “jelly rolls.”
o Island Batiks calls their strip sets Island Strips
o Hoffman Fabrics calls their strip sets Bali Pops (40 strips) or Bali Poppy (20 strips)
o Timeless Treasures calls their strips Tonga Treats (40 strips) or Junior Tonga Treats (20 strips)
o Riley Blake Designs calls their strips Rolie Polies
· 38 Jelly Rolls opened and laid out end to end equal a little more than 1 mile. Moda has sold enough Jelly Rolls, laid out end to end, to encircle the earth!
Why use a Jelly Roll?
· The strips are already precisely machine cut into 2½” x width of fabric strips, so this is an advantage to anyone who is not confident using a rotary cutter or who has issues with arthritis in their hands
· The bundles, packaged by the manufacturer, usually have 1-3 strips of each fabric that appears in a particular collection, so you typically get coordinated colors and/or patterns, which means that they should look together in your project
· You can use the colors and/or patterns in your Jelly Roll as inspiration to find the coordinating background and border fabrics you may need to finish your project
Some Disadvantages of Using Jelly Rolls
· The pattern on the strip may not be cut as straight as you would cut it if you were doing it yourself, which may or may not be important, depending on your project
· Most (but not all) strip sets have pinked edges, and you have to figure out where the 2 ½” edge really is—the outside of the pinked edge or the inside (lower) edge? You need to be sure when you are sewing that you are consistently using the same spot. Moda Jelly Rolls use the outside of the pinked edge as their 2 ½” mark.
· What do you do with leftover Jelly Roll strips if your project doesn’t require a full bundle?
Tips for Sewing with Jelly Rolls
· Many Jelly Rolls with pinked edges have a lot of “fuzz.” Take a lint roller and roll it across the top and bottom of the jelly roll before you even unroll it.
· Once unrolled, if you steam your strips as you press them it will help to realign the fibers
· One source recommends starching your strips as well. They may shrink slightly in length, but will retain their 2 ½” width. They will be less likely to stretch or distort as you are cutting and sewing with them if they are starched
You Can Make Your Own Jelly Rolls
· Do you have leftover fabric? Try cutting it into 2 ½” Jelly Roll strips!
o Try using a Stripology ruler
o Try using an AccuQuilt GO with a 2 ½” die.
o Just use a ruler and rotary cutter—measure carefully!
Resources: Highly recommended if you are interested (or maybe you just want to kill some time by watching quilting videos and reading about quilting!)
· my.modafabrics.com Scroll down to “Catch the Fun: Get Ready for Project Jelly Roll 2024” and click on “Read More”—lots of free patterns and fun videos showcasing Jelly Roll quilts.
· For Social Media postings, use the magnifying glass on Facebook to search #projectjellyroll2024 and #nationalsewajellyrollday You can also share using these hashtag topics.
