JUNE MEETING
June 10, 2008
7:00 P.M.
9378784141
Visitors Welcome - $5.00 Speaker Fee
Even if it is a BEAUTIFUL day we will not cancel the
meeting!
(No Newsletter in July: Remember meeting is July 8)
Lecturer is Crazy about Curves
Come join us for an evening with Vikki Pignatelli, full-time
professional quilt-artist, designer, international teacher, lecturer and
author. The meeting will be 100% Vikki. No business will be discussed as Vikki
would like to spend as much time with us as possible. If you have guild
questions on a topic please contact the person directly, and he or she will be
glad to answer your questions.
Vikki entered the world of quilting in
1991 by attending a beginner’s class and quickly fell in love with the art of
quilting. She is a self-taught artist with experience in painting (watercolor
and oils) and sculpture, and she enjoys a passion for color and flowing
designs. She developed a simple layering technique that is a blend of piecing
and appliqué.
Vikki is the author of two books
featuring this technique, Quilting
Curves and Quilting By Improvisation. Also, Vikki has written “how-to”
articles published in various quilt magazines.
When the Miami Valley Quilters’ Guild
compensates their speakers, we ask that nonmembers pay an entrance fee of
$5.00.
Membership
dues are currently only $20.00/year and we encourage you to become a member,
get involved and share in the great times we have together. What a bargain, pay for 4 meetings and get 8
free along with all the other benefits of being a MVQG member!
Vice President
A
Note from the President
Many thanks to Billie Ferguson and her team who put together a wonderful quilt
show.
We can all be proud of the quality,
variety and quantity of quilts that our members displayed. There were around
300 quilts. There were also 24 people for whom this was the first time they put
a quilt in our show. Somebody from
We didn’t have an official judge for
the show, and we hope that helped encourage first-timers to enter their quits.
Personally I am opposed to judging since I see each quilt as a unique,
beautiful, creative expression. We did have viewers’ choice ballots, but even
that I don’t participate in as each quilt has a special beauty. There are
plenty of other quilt shows that people can enter who want their work to be
judged.
I am grateful to Susan Hill who has agreed to be the
next quilt show chair, and several of the current workers also agreed to help
with the 2010 show!
Every other year we look forward to a
guild challenge. I thank Sue DeSantis
who has agreed to run the next challenge.
All this we do for the love of quilting.
Ron
Lundquist
President, 294-7844
July Meeting
July 8, 2008
7:00 p.m.
Quilt as Desired?!
Fiber construction artist, Cathy Franks, will talk to us on “How
to Find a Quilting Design”. She is an international award winning quilt artist
known for her design techniques and quilting style. Cathy has been quilting for
30 years, machine quilting for 15 years and long arm quilting since 1993. Her
work is awesome and really something to see and emulate.
Cathy will be blessing us with a
wonderful workshop the following day. Check out her website at cathyfranks.com
to see just a small part of what she has accomplished.
Vice President
(Mark your calendar and set your alarm...no
newsletter in July)
Welcome New Members
For your information:
There are 189 current members. For the
May meeting 78 members and 6 guests attended.
Cicily
Brogan
937-886-9001
cisbbrogan@aol.com
Lynn
Hunger
18 South Mulberry
969-8700
quiltlady@woh.rr.com
Lois
McFarland
429-8855
budgel@aol.com
Please make the following changes to your roster:
Amy Ciric
sirius@atrius.com
Ann Frederick
annquilts38@aol.com
Phyllis Helm
pileka@att.net
Linda Newcomer
gary.newcomer@ssbcglobal.net
Susan Voegtly
Secret
Stitchers
Secret Stitchers for next year will
be headed up by Barbara Carruth.
A big thank you to her for stepping forward and allowing
fellowship to flow through our guild.
Sunshine News
If you hear of a member who could use our support, please call Lee
Peterson at 439-7298.
No news is good news!
If you hear of a member who could use our support, please give Lee a call.
June/July Stitch-Ins
The 3rd
Monday Evening Stitch-in is held on the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m.
The 3rd
Monday June evening stitch-in will
be held June 16th at Marlo Sigler’s home. The address is
The July
evening stitch-in will be held July 21st at Helen
Stevenson’s home. The address is
Please
call Marlo and Helen for directions and to let them know you’ll be coming. Enjoy
an evening with friends and get some of your quilting and piecing done!
Workshops for 2008
June 28 (Saturday) 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Vikki
Pignatelli
Combination
of Improvisational Curves and Manipulations of Quilts
Cost is 45.00 – Sold Out
July 9
(Wednesday) 9 or 9:30 a.m. to
4:00 or 4:30 p.m. (6 hours) Cathy Franks
Running Amok
with Creativity
Cost is 40.00 – Check with
Location of workshop is McDonald’s
Maximum number of students is 20.
August 16 (Saturday) described as a
one day workshop Leigh MacDonald
Based on her
new book “Adventures in Circles” which won’t be published until July
Cost is 40.00 Sing up today before it is opened to the general
public...!
Location of workshop is to be
determined.
Maximum number of students is 20.
WORKSHOPS: Fees MUST be paid 2
months in advance or your spot will go to someone on the waiting list or anyone
else wanting to take the workshop. I will NOT be putting class information in
the newsletters. I will e-mail you the information or you can go to the teachers website. If you have questions please feel free to
e-mail me at xbrindley@donet.com or call me at 937-372-8861.
Workshops Chairperson
Quilted Tree Ornaments
As a member of TWIG 17, I am asking my fellow Miami
Valley Quilters’ Guild to make quilted Christmas tree ornaments for a designer
tree that would be at the 2008 Festival of Trees/Sugarplum in November.
The guild would receive publicity for
designing the ornaments on the tree and free entrance tickets to go to the
Sugarplum on Saturday. The ornament size should be small, such as postcard
size, and the color would need be red, green or white
or a combination of these.
I would collect the ornaments monthly
at the meetings and also at the retreat. The last month that I could collect
would be in September.
Thank you in advance for your support
for the Dayton Children’s Medical Center Festival of Trees/Sugarplum event.
Connie
Combs
TWIG 17—20+ year member
(Check out the website
for some of the ornaments already submitted...if you need ideas, type in “free
quilted christmas ornament pattern” on your search engine...
Quilt Shows
(Check the website for
additional shows...if you know of a show not listed, e-mail to mvqgoh@aol.com)
June 1st – Oct. 12th
Quilting
Stories
Sponsored by the
Summer and Fall
Quilts
of the
“A Museum Hop” that consist of nine
venues that showcase over 400 quilts that were created during the 20th and 21st
centuries. The exhibits are located within a short drive of each other in the
June 7th – Jan 4th,
2009
Quilts
of
The Hayes Presidential Center in
June 19th – 21st
39th
Annual NQA Quilt Show
Show is held at the Greater Columbus
Convention Center. The show will feature exhibits, classes, lectures, an
extensive vendor mall and special events. The 400+ competition quilts will be
joined by a special theme exhibit of Rose
Quilts, selected quilts from Sacred
Threads: 2007, a fascinating exhibit of Vintage Kit Quilts from the collection of noted quilt historian
Xenia Cord, an exhibit called Contemporary
Colorations: The Wow Factor and a sampling of wonderful NQA Chapter Challenge.
Sew Quilt Embroidery Festival
June 26 – 28
Thursday-Friday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Pre-festival workshops begin
Wednesday, June 25th 9 a.m.
Admission: $8 Advance or with coupon
$7
Quilter’s Gathering - An Evening with TV Super Star Kaye Wood
Come Join Kaye for a FUN evening of
“Giggles and Chuckles”
Friday evening June 27th, 5
p.m.– 6:30 p.m.
Tickets available ONLY $10
Kaye is an
award winning quilt engineer, renown for her techniques in simplifying
quilting. She is also the hostess of the program, Kaye’s Quilting Friends, on Public Television. Kaye likes to
consider herself a quilt engineer because of the tools
she has designed and the techniques she has created. Her tools and techniques
have revolutionized the quilting world enabling anyone to make a quilt in a
timely manner and with great accuracy. Since she started designing in 1979,
Kaye has authored over 20 books and created 9 quilting tools. Kaye also has an
online TV program www.kayewoodtv.com. For
information contact: www.pcmexpo.com
June 27th and 28th
25th
Anniversary Quilt Show
Show is sponsored by the Owensboro
Area Quilters’ Guild and is held at
July 17th –
20th
Celebration
2008
If you missed last
month’s meeting, our speaker Ann
Calland gave us an overview of The Quilters Hall of Fame in Marion Indiana
(an easy day trip). It is located in The Marie Webster House and is the only
quilt museum in the home of a world-renowned quilter. Their Celebration 2008
exhibits include Quilts by 2008 Honoree, Helen Kelley; American Quilts: A
Retrospective 1850–1950; Quilts from Marie Webster
Quilt Guild and the Indiana State Quilt Guild. Address is
Want to do
a Twisted Bargello or finish/start a Judy Niemeyer?
If you are interested in
learning how to do a Twisted Bargello or finish/start a Judy Niemeyer, come to
Appalachian Quilt Store in Enon. We have 5 ladies already working on
their Bargello!! If you want to start or just want to come by and take a
look to see if you are interested, please do.
Here are the dates:
June
12
6-8pm
Twisted Bargello/Judy Niemeyer
June
26
6-8pm
Twisted Bargello/Judy Niemeyer
Let me know if you have any
questions. I’m excited to get started and finish my Niemeyer. And
maybe even start another Twisted!!!
Susan
Hill
937-426-4740
Directions:
Take I-675 North to Exit 24 (Enon). Turn right at the light. It’s 2.3 miles on the right. Look for the “Howard’s
IGA”. Turn in here. The quilt store is just left of the IGA. So easy.
Please
Note: If you have a Judy Niemeyer pattern, it may be wise to
check her website to see if there have been any revisions.
Pointers & Tips for
Quilting
Keep
Those Pins Short: If you prefer to pin baste your appliqué pieces, be sure to get some
fine, short pins. Using regular sewing pins will lead to the frustration of
having your thread get caught up in the pins. The fine
pins will also leave holes that are much less noticeable.
Prewashing without Tangle: When prewashing quilting fabrics,
place a dry towel in the dryer with the fabrics to keep them from twisting.
Acid-Free
Storage: The safest technique for storing a quilt that is not
being displayed is to wrap the quilt in acid-free tissue and place it into an
archival storage box. Support any folded areas with rolls of tissue to prevent
creases. Remove from the box every few months and refold so the creases are not
always in the same areas of the quilt.
Consider Using the Other Side: Consider using the wrong side of your
fabrics now and then. They may be a softer shade or the lower value
of a color you are looking for. After all, when you purchased it, you
paid for both sides!
Straighter
Borders and Bindings: It helps to cut the borders and bindings on the length
of the grain (along the selvage edge) because
there is not as much stretch and they are less likely to be wavy when finished.
Solving
Needle-Threading Problems: Threading
pearl cotton is difficult because the strands separate. Put a dab of glue on a scrap of
paper and run the end (about 1/2 inch) through the glue. Let it dry and
threading is much easier. This should work for embroidery thread as
well. Why not prepare 3 or 4 strands at one time and they would be ready
to thread when needed.
Reminder
Quilt pins are
available at each meeting from Kim Gros. Each pin is $3, up to 2 pins. After
that they are $5 apiece.
Deadline for August 2008
Issue: Monday, July 14
(Reminder – No July
Newsletter)
All articles are
subject to editing and approval by the editor. Materials received after the
published deadline date will be considered for publication only if space and
time permit.
MVQG’s 2008 Officers
President Ron
Lundquist
Vice President
Treasurer Sandy
Hartz
Recording
Secretary Kathy Bean
Corresponding
Secretary Debbie Bertke
2008 Board Meetings
February 4
May 5
August 4
November 3
All officers and committee chairs are
expected to attend the Board meetings which are held quarterly on Mondays as listed. All Guild members are invited to attend.
Quilting stories, ideas,
news?
Send to:
Chris Garcher
MVQG Newsletter Editor
9372334641
E-mail: DJGarcher(at)compuserve.com
Advertisers
For fees and
contracts, please contact:
Ed Chamness
9373725821
or
Susan Oppenheim
9374121026
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or information to post:
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