Hexagon quilts created as a result of the 2016 PBQ Summer Challenge will be displayed at the West Roxbury Public Library in January. Completed quilts that were not ready in September will also be included as well as hexagon quilts members have made in the past. If you have not visited a PBQ Quilt Show at the West Roxbury Public Library in the past you will find it to be a really fun gathering with members of PBQ and friends socializing, quilting, and having a good time.

Susan Powers is organizing the show and has provided an application form and the requirements for anyone planning to submit quilts for the show. Only members in good standing can hang a quilt in the show. For further information or to receive the application form and requirements document by email, members can contact Susan directly.

Put the dates on your 2017 calendars.

At our October 26, 2016 meeting, PBQers were presented with another educational and entertaining trunk show. This time it was by award winning quilter, Timna Tarr. Timna has a family legacy of quilting which she explains she was not interested in perpetuating until she was introduced to long arm quilting. Then she took off and continued the family legacy. She then expanded into a successful business in long arm quilting.

Timna explained how she likes small compositions and always completes one quilt before she moves on to the next.

Her work is about color and she loves circles. PBQers were particularly interested in her quilted versions of maps of her hometown, Hadley, MA. Timna spent 13 years long arming for clients while designing and and creating her own quilts. It was a pleasure to be introduced to such an inspirational quilter.