NOVEMBER MEETING
November
11, 2008
7:00
P.M.
9378784141
Visitors
Welcome
Our Program Puts the Fun in Fundraiser
Please
join us for our fundraising event! Bring friends and family as there is no cost
to get into the meeting. We will be playing Quilto.
Bingo for quilters. The cost is only $4.00 per card or 3 cards for $10.00.
You
are welcome to bring your own beads or buttons to mark your cards (the cards
are reusable, so no ink please).
Patty
Jones has agreed to call for us again; she was a blast at last year’s retreat!
There are many prizes and give aways. The “grand
prize” will be $45 toward a 2009 workshop fee. (The 2009 schedule is printed
further on in this newsletter and is on the website.)
This fundraiser is VERY important to
our guild in many ways! We have 500 Quilto cards and would like to see every card being used
and all of us laughing and having a great time while raising money. Remember,
friends are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Vice President
A Note from the President
Congratulations and thank you to all the newly elected officers of the
Guild. They and any other members are welcome to come to the guild board
meeting 8 3 at 6 p.m. at the
Each of us has a
significant responsibility to participate in helping the guild to function
smoothly and to provide a friendly, supportive environment for quilters in the
area, just as all of us are grateful that back in 1980 a group of quilters
decided to make the effort to create this organization. Thank you—founders!
For those who might be
interested, the local art quilt group is having a show (see Quilt Shows) at the
All this we do for
the love of quilting.
Ron Lundquist
President, 294-7844
Welcome
New Members
At the October meeting, 71 members attended with 8 guests and 5 new
members.
Vera Andrews
814-360-0399
juandrews@earthlink.net
Gail Carroll
937-293-2432
gwstaub@sbcglobal.net
Kathy Evans
599 Woodhaven Trail
Yellow Springs OH 45387
937-767-2959
kevens52@msn.com
Sandy Gorbeaux
Huber Heights OH 45424
233-1601
sgoubs@woh.rr.com
Kris Webb
937-788-2828
Please make the following changes to your roster:
Debbie Arrington
862-9348
Lynn Hunger
mhunger@woh.rr.com
Deanna Lasher
Membership 2009
The 2009 membership dues must be paid by the end of January to remain
active on the mailing list. The fee is $20.00.
Dues can be mailed
to:
Kim Gros
Medway OH 45341
If you want to receive your card by mail, please include a
self-addressed, stamped envelope. Please mark your check with “Dues for 2009.”
Open Sew Held at Local Quilt Shop
Hi! We are going to
have an open sew on November 13.
You can sew a bargello, Niemeyer, Beyer, your own
creation or, heaven forbid, finish a UFO!!! Let’s have fun, work/sew a little,
and maybe finish something!
We will meet at Appalachian Quilt Shop in Enon from
6–8 p.m. See you there!
Susan Hill
426-4740
November Stitch-In
Evening stitch-in held on the third Monday of the month
at 7 p.m.
The 3rd Monday evening stitch-in will be held November 17th at Sue DeSantis’ home.
The address is
Please call Sue for
directions and to let her know you’ll be coming. Enjoy an evening with friends
and get some of your quilting and piecing done!
Sunshine News
If you hear of a member who could use our support, please call Lee
Peterson at 439-7298.
A speedy recovery to Marlo Sigler who broke her hip in
September. If you would like to send her a
get-well-soon card, her address is:
Marlo Sigler
Susan Schaller is having surgery this month. We wish her a speedy recovery. If you would like to send her a card or note,
her address is:
Susan Schaller
Exciting Workshops Lined Up for 2009
We have four workshops
scheduled for
2009 – one in February, two in August and one in November.
I’m truly excited to have such
awesome teachers pass on some of what they know!
I can’t tell you how
fulfilling taking workshops within our guild has been to me. I not only learn a
new skill or technique, but I get to spend time with and meet some really
awesome people. You really get to know how talented and wonderful our guild is
by attending these workshops.
I will have sign-up sheets available
for Anita Shackelford this month
and then, beginning in March, for the rest of the year. I will be accepting
checks for Anita’s class in December. Like the other classes payment needs to
be in by January. If due to weather Anita cancels, I will refund your money.
Other than that there are no refunds unless approved.
If you should cancel, your spot will
go to the next person on the waiting list (if there is one) and that person can
write a check to you. If there is not someone on the waiting list I will not
“call around” to find someone to replace you, but you are welcome to try.
Please call me first to see if there are people waiting before you find a
friend to replace you. I’m not trying to be insensitive, just as fair to
everyone as possible.
I can’t wait to see who signs up and
who I will be privileged to spend time with in 2009!
Workshop Chairperson
372-8861
2009 Calendar of Events
Date Event Details
January 13th Community Quilts Check Newsletter
February 10th Anita Shackelford Lecture Designing the new Album Quilt. Guest fee $5.00
February 11th Anita’s
Workshop Wildflowers
Website: www.thimbleworks.com
Cost: $55.00
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Place:
March 10th Talents and Treasures in our guild Several Demo’s by
just a few of the awesome
people in our guild.
April 14th Stories of men who quilt Ron and Ed tell how
they got involved with
quilting, show some of their work
and discuss men in quilting.
May 12th Sewing machine maintenance Everything
you need to know about Special Guest from Sew-A-Lot keeping your sewing machine in tip top
shape. Guest fee $5.00
June 9th Guild fundraiser and possible pot luck. Fundraising event is
up in the air.
Guests are
welcome, no fee.
July 14th To be determined; e-mail me with
ideas. I’ve had a few suggestions and welcome more. Due to budget constraints
having a lecturer is not possible.
E-mail
August 11th Annette Kennedy
Lecture Possibilities with paint
Guest fee $5.00
August 12th Annette Kennedy
Workshop From photo to pattern to quilt
Website: www.annettekennedy.com
Cost: $55.00 plus $7.00 pattern fee
Time: tbd
Place: Kathy Bean’s home
August 13th Annette Kennedy
Workshop Painting Calla Lilies
Cost: $55.00 plus $10 kit fee
Time: tbd
Place: Kathy Bean’s home
If
you take both of Annette’s workshops there will be a $10 discount. You do NOT
have to take one to do the other. They are independent of each other. If you take
both you are welcome to leave your supplies at Kathy’s home. Thank you Kathy!!
September 8th Jennifer
McCann Lecture Colors and Values
Guest Fee 5.00
October 13th Challenge
Quilts Sue DeSantis
Those who were up to the challenge hang their work and
cross their fingers.
November 10th Julieanne Kravetz
Lecture Photofabrique Quilts
Guest Fee $5.00
November 11th Julieanne Kravetz Workshop Photofabrique
Technique
Website: www.photofabrique.biz
Cost: $30.00 plus $30.00 prepaid and mailed kit fee.
Time and Place: tbd
This
workshop is very different from Annette’s. We will be working with photographs
of people vs. landscapes and the technique is also different. We will mail our
photo to her and she does something with it on her computer (no harm to the
original) and we turn it into a quilt. See her (and students) gallery on her
website. This would be an awesome Christmas gift!!
December 8th Christmas
Pot Luck
I would love to have some students who have taken workshops
share what they have learned this year.
Sign Up for 2009 Retreat
Information and materials for the 2009 retreat can be found on the Guild
website.
Quilters’ Rendezvous
Where has your quilting taken you
lately or where will it take you in the future? Join us for an exciting and
fun-filled weekend of quilting at the 2009 MVQG Winter Retreat at Bergamo/St.
John Conference Center,
Your initial booking of this
fabulous rendezvous is a $50 deposit for lodgers and a $25 deposit for
commuters, payable to Miami Valley Quilters’ Guild. Registration will continue
at the October meeting or you may mail your registration form to Sandy Hartz,
Forms are available on the website
and will be available at the guild meetings.
Lodger Commuter
Single $193.00
1 day $37.00
Double $158.00 2 days $66.00
Triple $146.00 3 days $88.00
Final payment is
requested by the January meeting. Any changes or additions will be completed
prior to February’s meeting.
Please remember the
retreat is for current guild members (2009 dues paid).
For retreat questions,
call:
Lesa Bame at
9378485844, or Sandy Hartz at 9374299031
Sally F Kerr Memorial Retreat Scholarship Fund
The Sally Kerr fund is available to
provide a “quilter in need” with a full or partial scholarship so they will be
able to attend retreat. Anyone who would like to make a donation to keep this
scholarship going into the future may do so by marking the registration form
and including it with your retreat fees.
Information about obtaining a scholarship
or making a donation can be had by contacting Kathy Bean, Heidi Young, or Lesa
Bame.
Application forms will be at the
registration table. We will accept applications through the November
meeting. Applicants will be kept confidential and will be notified before the
December meeting.
Kathy Bean ktmbean(at)yahoo.com
New Quilt Book Highlights
Sue C.
Cummings, a quilt historian, lecturer, and collector whose specialty is
The book
documents album presentation quilts made by families and neighbors to
commemorate life passages. More than 750
names appear on the quilts which date from 1888 to 1918 and come primarily from
Darke,
Cummings
will share some of interesting stories she discovered in more than 35 years of
documenting these quilts at a Meet the Author event from 7 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday,
December 3, at Books & Company, in the Towne and
A professor emeritus in the Department of Chemistry, Cummings may be reached at sue.cummings@wright.edu
Quilt Shows
October – November
Quilts
by Deborah Melton Anderson, liturgical and art quilter, will be on display at
For
more information, contact Marylyn Doyle, assistant curator, Epiphany Gallery,
at mndoyle@msn.com
November
13th – 16th
Greater
Presented by Mancuso Show Management the exposition is held at
Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center,
November
3rd – 28th
Art quilt exhibit is held at the
Quilting Heritage of Wayne County
DATES:
Through November 2, 2008
LOCATION:
HOURS OF OPERATION: 2:00 - 4:30 PM
Wednesday through Sunday.
ADMISSION FEE
DESCRIPTION: To celebrate
The Marbaum
Collection: 25 Years of Contemporary Quilts
DATES:
Through November 2, 2008
LOCATION: The
8000
HOURS OF OPERATION:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 12 – 5 PM
Thursday: 12 – 8 PM
Sunday: 1 – 5 PM
ADMISSION FEE
DESCRIPTION: The private collection curated by Hilary and Marvin Fletcher contains 21 former
Quilt National Exhibition pieces dating back to Quilt National '85.
Quilting African American Women's History:
Our Challenges, Creativity, and Champions
DATES: Through November 8,
2008
LOCATION:
937-376-4944 800-752-2603 (toll free)
HOURS OF OPERATION:
Tue - Sat: 9:00 AM -5:00 PM
CURATOR: Carolyn Mazloomi
ADMISSION FEE
DESCRIPTION: This is the largest exhibit of its kind and
showcases more than 100 contemporary quilts. Experience the imagery that tells
the story of African-American women and their crucial role in the survival of
their people from slavery to the present.
Favorites from the Mountain Mist Historical Collection
DATES: Through November
12, 2008
LOCATION: Cultural Arts Center
HOURS OF OPERATION:
Mon - Fri: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Mon - Thu: 7 - 9:30 PM
Sat : 1 - 4:30 PM
CURATOR: Linda Pumphrey
DESCRIPTION: Mountain Mist® shares their favorites from the
collection of fabulous appliqué designs to graphic pieced quilts. These
historical quilts date from late 1880s to 1975 with a concentration of quilts
from the 1930s and 1940s. Each quilt is a work of art and mastery in needle
workmanship.
AMISH QUILTS: The Midwestern Tradition
DATES: Through November
15, 2008
LOCATION: Snowden Gallery
The
175
HOURS OF OPERATION:
Wed, Fri & Sat: 11:30 AM - 4 PM
Thu: 11:30 AM - 7 PM
ADMISSION FEE: Freewill donation
CURATOR: Jan Wass
DESCRIPTION: Quilts from
Patterns from the Past: Quilts of
DATES: Through January 4,
2009
LOCATION: Hayes Presidential Center
Spiegel Grove
HOURS OF OPERATION:
Mon - Sat: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sun & Holidays: Noon - 5:00 PM
DESCRIPTION: As the first state formed from the Northwest
Territory,
Charity Cruise
Join Kaye Wood on a LoveQuilt™ Charity Cruise in the Carribean
on the Carnival Pride. Help make a difference! All 6-hour quilts made during a
quilt-a-thon on board the ship will be donated to a charity to be given to
those who need a little extra love. The goal is 60 finished quilts at the end
of the cruise.
Cruise date is June 6 – 13, 2009 and prices start at $1151 per person.
For more information contact Kaye Wood Inc., 800-248-KAYE (5293) or visit
www.kayewood.com. To reserve a cabin, call 800-288-6006, ext. 77317. Cruise sponsored
by Janome, Clover and Mountain Mist Batting.
Southern Pecan Pie
Ingredients
3 eggs
3/4 cup granulated
sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup corn syrup
2 tablespoons
unsalted butter
1 and 1/2 teaspoons
vanilla extract
1 and 1/4 cups pecans
1 10-inch unbaked pie
crust
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat eggs slightly to combine yolks and
whites. Add corn syrup and sugars. Melt butter and add to the egg and sugar
mixture. Stir in vanilla and pecans until well blended. Carefully pour into pie
crust, being careful not to overfill. Bake for 50 minutes or until set. If the
edges of the crust begin to brown too early, cover the edges with aluminum
foil. Cool before serving.
Pointers & Tips for Quilting
Color: To put a spark in your quilt, use a bit of yellow or black.
Needleturn Appliqué: When doing needleturn appliqué, use a round
wooden toothpick to turn the fabric. The roughness of the wood snags those
little tiny, short, fibers and rolls that fabric right under. Then you can do
the needlework.
Leftover Scraps: Have lots of scraps and they are over loading your sewing room? Collect
them and call the local elementary school or Head Start or even the local child
care center. They will take them off of your hands to make collages from. The
children love the bright colors, odd shapes, and even better, the teachers love
not having to use their precious resources to tear up paper for this project.
Stiletto: Use a stiletto to hold down your fabrics as they approach and go under
the presser foot. You will find your seam allowances will be that perfect 1/4
inch from the start of the seam all the way through the end.
Storing bobbins and thread: Save large empty pill bottles to hold thread and bobbins for a take
along appliqué project. Poke a hole through the cap so you can pull out the
thread you need without your spool running away!
Removal of Paper: Try wetting the paper on the back of paper-pieced
blocks to make it easier to remove. Spray the paper on the project until it is
pretty wet. Let it dry for 20 or 30 minutes. Most of the paper will have dried
enough to make it strong again, but the paper just around the seam lines was
still be wet and weak. The paper will come out in
record time, with a lot less fussing.
Marking Quilt: Use a pouncer to chalk a quilting design on
your quilt, then spray lightly with spray starch to
give it a little more staying power.
Changing Needle: When paper piecing, change the needle several times throughout the
project. Paper dulls the needle.
Cutting Mat Storage: To keep your rotary cutting mats flat between uses, hang them on men's
dress slack hangers, with the metal clips. The clips will hold the mat securely
and in a flat, vertical position. Then, tie a pretty ribbon through the handle
of your rotary cutter and slip it over the hanger. Everything is all together
for your next project.
Portable Pressing Table: To make a portable pressing table, use a wooden collapsible TV table.
Place several layers of batting to fit the top, and then make a drawstring
cover of canvas duck to secure. It is great to have beside the sewing machine
for pressing as you go and folds up out of the way when not in use.
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
wave when finished.
Seam Roller: Use a small wooden wall paper seam roller to iron the seams on small pieces.
Stain Removal: Make a paste of Oxyclean stain remover and
apply to the stain. After wetting the spots, use an old soft paint brush to
apply the paste. Throw the quilt into a full washing machine and let it go
through a full cycle on gentle.
Fabric Usage: Remember to consider using the wrong side of your fabrics now and then.
It may be a softer shade or a lower value of a color you had in mind. After
all, when you purchased it, you paid for both sides!
Table Protection: When using adhesive spray on a block, put the block in a cardboard box
before spraying. This will contain the spray and your table surface will be
protected.
Threading
Prewashing Fabrics: When prewashing quilting fabrics, place a dry towel in the dryer with
the fabrics to keep them from twisting.
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 December 2008 Issue: Monday,
November 17
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
Need to reach us?
Please send all guild correspondence to our post office box address. That way
our officers will receive it. Our address is:
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whole, without the written consent from the Guild.
Website
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