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• AnQU Fabric Sale

  • When
    October 18, 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    2647 N Powhatan St, Arlington, VA

  Annandale QU is having a fabric sale October 18 thanks to the generous donation of a long time member.   Fabric will be $7 per pound (approximately 3 yards).  We have a lot of Jinny Beyer fabrics - mostly yardage.  Keepsake Quilting medleys (discontinued), Jinny Beyer quilt kits, fat quarter bundles, tote kits, large pieces of yardage, embroidery floss and more!

  Easy parking on the street at 2647 N Powhatan St, Arlington.

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• FQU Business Meeting

  • When
    November 06, 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Burke Presbyterian Church, 5690 Oak Leather Drive, Burke, VA

  Please join us for our business meeting where you can learn about all the fun things we do - assorted challenges, block exchange, community service, mystery quilts, retreats, show and tell, and more. 

  Parking is available in the main lot and on the street.  Please do not use the lower parking level as that is for the pre-school. 

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• FQU program - Marty Ornish- Tattered Splendor: Ruined Quilt Couture

  • When
    November 20, 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  Step into a world of texture and reinvention.  Marti will share a slideshow of her award-winning wearable art, all made from deconstructed vintage quilts and linens. You’ll get an inside look at the process: from zero-waste design principles to unconventional draping techniques as well as creative problem-solving, the thrills of maximalist style, and the misadventures of making it up as you go.

  

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• FQU Winter Luncheon - Gingerbread Theme

  • When
    December 04, 2025
  •  
    10:45 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Country Club of Fairfax
  • Spaces left
    49

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  The FQU Winter Luncheon will be held December 4,2025

  starting at 10:45am

  The Country Club of Fairfax

  5110 Ox Rd

  Fairfax, VA

  At 10:45am we will have Hot Chocolate – Sip and Mingle.

  Don't forget to bring your 10.5" unfinished gingerbread friendship block and/or your gingerbread challenge piece.

  Be there or be square!

  The menu options are:

  Vegetarian:

  Three Cheese Ravioli with Tomato Basil Cream Sauce and Garlic Bread

  Chicken:

  Chicken Marsala with Mushrooms, Sweet Onions and Marsla Wine Sauce with mashed potatoes and green beans

  Salmon:

  Poached Salmon with Lemon Thyme Butter with Roasted New Potatoes and vegetable medley

  All selections include salad, dinner rolls, Coffee & Tea, Hot Chocolate Bar and Cake.

  Price: $40 per person with registration online only. Guests are welcome.

  Fee is non-refundable, but it is transferable.  If you can't attend, you may find someone to take your place.

  Registration closes at 10pm on Nov 20.

  Contact Debbie Bingham or Dora Lockwood if you have any questions.

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• QU Board Meeting

  • When
    January 07, 2026
  •  
    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  QU members not on the QU Board are welcome to attend. Please contact Nancy Moore for information on the location or Zoom link. 

  These meetings are not open to non-members.

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• FQU Business Meeting

  • When
    January 08, 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Burke Presbyterian Church, 5690 Oak Leather Drive, Burke, VA

  Note: non-standard date because New Years is on a Thursday.

  Please join us for our business meeting where you can learn about all the fun things we do - assorted challenges, block exchange, community service, mystery quilts, retreats, show and tell, and more. 

  Parking is available in the main lot and on the street.  Please do not use the lower parking level as that is for the pre-school. 

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• FQU program - Timna Tarr -The B-Sides: Rarely Seen Quilts and the Inspiration Behind Them

  • When
    January 22, 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  Note: non-standard date because New Years is on Thursday.

  This trunk show includes quilts that Timna is unable to travel with either because she no longer owns them or they are too big to pack up. Timna discusses the themes that appear in her work, while showing photos of what inspired her to make the quilts - everything from windows to chickens to raindrops.

  
  

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• FQU Business Meeting

  • When
    February 05, 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Burke Presbyterian Church, 5690 Oak Leather Drive, Burke, VA

  Please join us for our business meeting where you can learn about all the fun things we do - assorted challenges, block exchange, community service, mystery quilts, retreats, show and tell, and more. 

  Parking is available in the main lot and on the street.  Please do not use the lower parking level as that is for the pre-school. 

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• FQU program - Eliza Hardy Jones -Song Quilts Project

  • When
    February 19, 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  Musician and quilter Eliza Hardy Jones traveled across the US and Northwest Russia interviewing women and gathering their songs. She developed a notation method that transcribes these songs into quilts. Each Song Quilt celebrates the contributions of “women’s work” to national identity, global culture, and shared traditions.

  

  
  

  
  

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• QU Board Meeting

  • When
    March 04, 2026
  •  
    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  QU members not on the QU Board are welcome to attend. Please contact Nancy Moore for information on the location or Zoom link. 

  These meetings are not open to non-members.

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• FQU Business Meeting

  • When
    March 05, 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Burke Presbyterian Church, 5690 Oak Leather Drive, Burke, VA

  Please join us for our business meeting where you can learn about all the fun things we do - assorted challenges, block exchange, community service, mystery quilts, retreats, show and tell, and more. 

  Parking is available in the main lot and on the street.  Please do not use the lower parking level as that is for the pre-school. 

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• FQU Spring Retreat

  • Start
    March 19, 2026
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • End
    March 22, 2026
  •  
    3:00 PM
  • Location
    Hilton Garden Inn, Martinsburg, WV

  Join us for the Fairfax QU retreat next spring.  We’ll meet at the Hilton Garden Inn in Martinsburg, WV from Thursday, March 19 until Sunday, March 22, 2026.   The hotel is located at 65 Priority Drive, Martinsburg, WV.  The phone number to call the hotel and make a room reservation is 304-263-0101.  Tell them that you are with the Fairfax quilters and you will get our daily rate of $139.  This includes a made-to-order breakfast at their restaurant.

  The hotel rooms have a refrigerator, microwave & coffee maker.  The hotel does not allow us to bring food into public areas, but we will have a section of the ballroom set up for eating food that we bring from home or “carry out” through the back door. 

  Our work area is a spacious ballroom with three entrances from the parking lot and natural light from two walls of floor-to-ceiling windows.  You will be able to reserve a workspace for yourself and a friend when the floor plan is finalized in January.   Workspace is selected in order of registration.

  You must be a member of Fairfax QU to attend.  The fee to attend the retreat is $60, which is non-refundable. 

  
  

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• FQU program - Nicki Allen- First, Last and Favorite, My Quilting Journey So Far

  • When
    March 26, 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Burke Presbyterian Church, 5690 Oak Leather Dr, Burke

  Note: non-standard date because of retreat.

  Nicki will present a trunk show of her quilts going back 30 years to present day. She’ll talk about the evolution of her style and experiences that have influenced her work.

  Nicki has been a member of the Burke Chapter of QU since 2005. She loves quilting in all its various forms and describes her style as “versatile”.  Her quilts have been juried into many quilt shows and publications. She was recently honored with Artist in Residence positions in both the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Shenandoah National Park - a notable achievement reflecting the significance of her work.  

  
  

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• FQU Nicki Allen Landscape in a Hoop Workshop

  • When
    March 27, 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Burke Presbyterian Church 5690 Oak Leather Dr Burke VA
  • Spaces left
    15
  • Registered
    5 registrants

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  Nicki Allen - Landscape in a Hoop

  
  

  Nicki will teach you the basics of a fiber landscape - with a twist! The entire project will be completed in a hand embroidery hoop. She will display how layering fabrics of different color, size, and value can result in a dimensional art quilt. Basic embroidery stitches will be used to secure the landscape and add texture. The hoop acts as both a tool to keep your fabric pieces tight, and a frame from which to hang the finished project. Be forewarned, these are addictive!

  The registration fee is $50.

  The fee includes a mandatory kit that contains all the supplies needed to complete the project. Including needle and embroidery floss.  Students only need to bring scissors and a needle threader if they find threaders helpful.  Bringing a small rotary cutter and small 12x12 mat is optional.

  Parking is available in the main lot and on the street.  Please do not use the lower parking level as that is for the pre-school. 

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• FQU Business Meeting

  • When
    April 09, 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Burke Presbyterian Church, 5690 Oak Leather Drive, Burke, VA

  Note: non-standard date because of Easter events.

  Please join us for our business meeting where you can learn about all the fun things we do - assorted challenges, block exchange, community service, mystery quilts, retreats, show and tell, and more. 

  Parking is available in the main lot and on the street.  Please do not use the lower parking level as that is for the pre-school. 

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• FQU program - FABRIC SALE

  • When
    April 23, 2026
  •  
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    Burke Presbyterian Church, 5690 Oak Leather Dr, Burke

  Note: non-standard date because of Easter events.

  

  
  

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• FQU Business Meeting

  • When
    May 07, 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Burke Presbyterian Church, 5690 Oak Leather Drive, Burke, VA

  Please join us for our business meeting where you can learn about all the fun things we do - assorted challenges, block exchange, community service, mystery quilts, retreats, show and tell, and more. 

  Parking is available in the main lot and on the street.  Please do not use the lower parking level as that is for the pre-school. 

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• FQU program - Alicia Thomas/Virginia Quilt Museum - Art Quilts of the VQM Collection

  • When
    May 21, 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Burke Presbyterian Church, 5690 Oak Leather Dr, Burke

  If you prefer your quilts to be more artistic and less traditional, then this presentation is for you. We'll examine art quilts made since the 1970s in this presentation including pieces where you can see the evolution from traditional quilt blocks to more modern art quilts. We'll even take a look at a fun 3-Dimensional art quilt.

  
  

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• QU Board Meeting

  • When
    June 03, 2026
  •  
    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    In-Person

  QU members not on the QU Board are welcome to attend. Please contact Nancy Moore for information on the location or Zoom link. 

  These meetings are not open to non-members.

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• Spring Luncheon

  • When
    June 04, 2026
  •  
    11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    TBD
  • Spaces left
    55

  Join us for the spring luncheon.  Time, place and fees are yet to be determined. Please check back for more details later.

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