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| Fat
Quarter Raffle |
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meeting of the Redwood Empire Quilters Guild (REQG) contains
a Fat Quarter Raffle. You must be a REQG member to
participate in this Raffle. |
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| Instructions |
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A member may bring one or more
fat quarters
of good quality cotton fabric to the Fat Quarter Raffle
Table at each REQG general meeting. Each meeting a different
theme and/or color combination is published in the
newsletter to help the member in fabric selections for the
Raffle. For each fat quarter you bring, you will
be given a raffle ticket on which you write your name to
enter in the drawing (held later in the meeting) for fat
quarters received at that meeting. The more fat
quarters submitted, the greater the number of winners and
the greater variety of fabric won.
Each Fat Quarter
Raffle winner must donate a fat quarter and write another
REQG member's name on the raffle ticket for the remainder of
the Guild year (our meeting year ends with the June
meeting). For example, the Fat Quarter Raffle winner
for March must donate a fat quarter and submit someone
else's name for the raffle at each of the next 3 meetings,
starting with the April meeting and ending with the June
meeting. This can make for delightfully unexpected surprises
if the name on the winning ticket happens to be that of a
member who did not bring a fat quarter to the meeting.
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| Fabric |
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The fat quarters you bring
must be of good quality 100% cotton fabric, but need
not have been preshrunk. Fat quarters are customarily folded
in half twice, rolled up, and bound with a ribbon, rubber
band, or fabric scrap, but fat quarters will also be
accepted simply folded. Before the meeting begins, be sure
to drop off your fat quarters in the container provided on
the Fat Quarter Raffle Table. If you forget ties for your
fat quarters, there will be some rubber bands or ribbon
available. Then fill out your raffle tickets and wait in
eager anticipation for the drawing. Maybe you will be the
winner this time! |
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| Colors and Themes |
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Fat Quarter Raffle Chair encourages REQG members
to participate in the Fat Quarter Raffle to explore color
areas they might not have considered or liked, to venture
beyond their usual themes and ideas, and to expand their
creativity. Through the guild year, the Fat Quarter Raffle
Chair may inspire this color exploration by working
with every color of the standard 12-color color wheel,
usually in some combination of hues and neutrals. Use the
color scheme of the month as a prompt to adventure into
colors that are 'not you.' To add interest to the Fat
Quarter Raffle, the calendar month may be used to
suggest colors, themes, occasions, seasons, associations, or
moods. These notions can be taken beyond fat quarters to
broaden the selection of fabric, appliqué patterns, and
quilting designs for your own projects. |
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