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VFHQ News – May 2008
Clips from Chris
As I pack my bags to prepare for one
of my favorite guild events…retreat time.
I find it so funny to see my dog Tina’s reaction to the suitcase coming
out. First the pathetic sad look, then
she attempts to pack for me, although her choice of items that she feels I need
and what I truly need are so very different.
She thinks I need a few of her stuffed toys, dog bones but me, I worry I
didn’t take all of my necessities, fabric, thread, pins and of course
clothing. Then she moves on to the worry
stage, where she doesn’t want to leave my side.
I truly do miss her along with the bird and of course the hubby but they
all know I’ll be home soon enough so they best take advantage of time away from
me, enjoying those late night snacks, walks in the dark, and just bumming around
so I’ll see you after retreat!
- Chris
May Meeting Preview,
NEED QUILTING HELP?
Come to our May meeting and enjoy two great topics:
Learn about helpful gadgets to make
your job easier. Our two resident Gadget Queens, Beth Quigley and
Judy Snook, will be on hand to demonstrate. If you have gadgets you'd
like to share, please contact Judy Snook and let her know you will be bringing
something to share.
Next, our own outstanding professional
longarm quilter, Shellie Blake, will explain what you
need to do and say when you bring your quilt to a longarm
quilter to be finished. At the same time, Shellie will show us how to
"square up" a quilt (To be honest, I never knew, and I've been
quilting a long, long time.) and how to finish the quilt with a perfect
binding.
- Gloria Clark
Refreshments
Sweet Savory Beverage
Cathy Radcliffe
Maryanne Brooke Cathy Fennell Lisa
Hudock
Karen Glasthal Carol Divis Linda Weimar
Erin Holvoet Carolyn Nentwick Gail Dovalovsky
Bees Bees Bees Bees Bees…
Our
Bees are open to all members of the Valley Forge Homestead Quilters Guild. They offer an opportunity to share quilting
information and renew friendships. We
work on our own hand projects (as there is usually not any room for sewing
machines); we assist others with their quilts by suggesting ways to layout
quilt blocks, work with colors, etc.; and it’s a time to enjoy each others
company in a smaller venue than our guild meetings. Please check your calendar and see if you are
able to join one or both of the Bees each month. If you would like to host one of the Bees,
please contact Jean Hayden (Afternoon Bee) or Beth Quigley (Evening Bee).
Afternoon
Bees—2nd Tuesday
The May
Afternoon Bee will be hosted by Patti McLain Fulton on
Preview:
The June Afternoon Bee will be hosted by Nancy Hannum.
Evening
Bees— 4th Tuesday
The May Evening Bee will be hosed by Rosemary
Geisler,
Preview:
The June Evening Bee will be hosted by Chris Candello.
Calling All Gadgeteers
Do
you have a gadget that you think really works? Makes quilting
easier? Helps you to be more accurate? Is handy for storage?
Aids in making any part of quilting less stressful on your body? Any
gadget you are surprised that it really is helpful? We would love
to see/hear about it at the May meeting. Beth and I have "a
few" things to share - we'd love to add what you have discovered.
Please call Judy Snook,
-Judy Snook
St. Christopher’s Hospital Tour
Our guild has been invited to St.
Christopher’s Hospital for Children for a private tour on
- Shirley Horning
P. S. It would be
nice if we each made a quilt to take as a thank you for the tour and lunch.
Birthdays
May
May
2 Beth
Quigley
May
5 Shirley
Horning
May
6 Cynthia
DiLorenzo
Margaret Gingerich
May 14 Ruth Heslin
May 22
Carol Dilks
May 23 Edith Neal
May 26 Irene Pettigrew
June
June 4 Sally Rapp
June 5 Mare Beth Conard
June 8 Nancy Hannum
June
19 Dorothy Hammett
June
20 Candy Garrido
June
23 Joyce Stemple
June
28 Donna Raymond
Guild Workshops Mark Your Calendars!
Fruits & Veggies – Rosemary Geisler and Judy Snook
DATE:
TIME:
PLACE: Trinity Reformed Church,
BRING: Supply list will be provided upon payment to
Jean Hayden
Original “Shabby Chic” design wall hanging – Liz Hawkins
DATE:
TIME:
PLACE:
BRING: Supply list will be provided upon payment to
Jean Hayden
Our Quilt Show
Boutique: This area of our quilt show is a consignment
shop of your handmade items. Marge Quinn
and Jackie Santangelo welcome your items that you
would like to sell in the boutique.
Please remember that 10% of what you sell goes to the guild. Also, all members are asked to donate an item
for sale in the boutique and those profits go to the guild to support our
programs.
Staffing: One of the few responsibilities we all have
as members is participating in the staffing of our biennial quilt show. Staffing can include: helping at the
registration desk, the raffle quilt table, the Chinese Auction, Grandma’s
attic, security, helping in the kitchen with the food, white gloving, and
set-up and taking down of the show. A
sign-up sheet for assisting in the various areas was sent around at the last
guild meeting. Thanks to all who signed
up but there are more times available to assist. The book will go around at the May meeting
and every meeting after until all time slots are filled. Please sign up but if
you want to communicate your preferences immediately, contact Chris Candello.
All chair people: On
Fat Quarter Raffle
The
current Quarter Raffle drawing will occur at June’s guild meeting. The fabric theme for this time is
Contemporary/Retro fabric. Here are a couple of ideas for
contemporary/retro fabrics: Kaffee Fassett, Amy Butler, Michael Miller, Timeless Treasures,
Marie Kelzer, and Free Spirit. To participate, simply bring a
fat quarter, place it in the designated basket, along with your name, and
you’ll be eligible for the drawing to win them all! You will
receive one chance to win for each fat quarter you contribute. The
guidelines are simple:
1.
The fabric must be a fat quarter measuring 18" X 22".
2.
It should be washed and ironed
3.
It must keep to the announced theme
4. It should be “quilt-shop-quality” fabric
Any
questions, contact Jean Corday.
Many Thanks
Just a quick note of
thanks for your thoughts and prayers during my husband’s medical
adventure. As you know, due to some
rather nasty and highly unusual complications from surgery, his expected 1-day
hospital stay turned into 11. The
good news is that the doctors believe that the cancer has been eliminated. The bad news is that this saga was pretty
miserable and scary, he lost a lot of weight and muscle mass and still has
limited stamina. But he's on the mend,
feeling good, and is up to his old tricks of doing more physical stuff than
people half his age are able to do.
Please know that your kind wishes and prayers meant a great deal to me
during that truly frightening time.
Thanks so much!
Lou
A Note from B.J. Titus
Hi Chris,
First, I would like to thank you very
much for all your hard work in setting up the tables/chairs, irons/ironing
boards, and the delicious lunch. Whew...and I thought I was busy. You did an
outstanding job of making us very comfortable.
Saturday was definitely a highlight in
my quilting career. To see your members working so enthusiastically on their
projects simply filled my heart with joy. I would very much like to receive
digital images of their completed projects if they would be so inclined to send
them to me bjtitus3@comcast.net.
Again, thank you and your members for
sponsoring my workshop. I look forward to seeing you all again at your quilt
show in October, if not before.
Best regards,
B.J.
Newest Books Added to Our Library
One of the perks of membership in VFHQ
is the opportunity to check out books from our guild library for free. The library is available at each guild
meeting. Recent additions to the library
include the following:
– Contemporary Quilts by Sandra Meech
– 300 Paper-Pieced Quilt Blocks by Carol
Doak
– A Stitch in Time by Lucinda Ganderton
– Fill the House with Quilting by Eileen
Westfall
– Playful Patchwork Projects by Kari
Pearson & Friends
– Patchwork by Diana Lodge
– You Can Be A Super Quilter by Carla J.
Hassel
– Mostly Table Runners by Calico Printworks
– Quilting Through The Years by Debbie Mumm
– Quilts From A Gardeners Journal by
Debbie Mumm
– Great American Quilts - Book 10
– Quilt the Seasons by Barbara K. Baker
& Jeri Boe
– Spring Cleaning by Atkinson Design
– Slumber Party by Elaine A. Waldschmitt
– Wacky Rails by Rhonda Dieker
– Fat Quarter Friendly by Fons & Porter
– Table Settings For the Seasons by Clotilde
– Quilts to Come Home To by Hoffman & Zimmerman
– Quilted
– Foundation-Pieced Quilt Labels by
Linda Causee
– Garden Lattice Quilts by Eleanor Burns
– On the Farm by Garden Trellis Designs
– Triangle Tricks by Sally Schneider
– Christmas Greetings: Thimbleberries by Lynette Jenson
– Scraps Again by Calico Printworks
– Two for One Foundation Piecing by
Wendy Hill
– Quick and Easy Scrap Quilts by Leisure
Arts
– Paper Piecing Picnic from Quilters
Newsletter
– Christmas Delights by Jaynette Huff
– Applique Through the House by Mary M. Covey
– Quilting Season by Debbie Caffery
– Nana's Garden Quilt by Mackie
– Bargello Quilts by Billie Lauder
– Power Cutting from Omnigrid
– Sew with the Stars
– Quilts and More by Lynda Milligan
& Nancy Smith
– Borders & Bindings by Mimi Detrich
– Start Quilting by Alex Anderson
– At Home in the Pines by
– 5 Easy Pieces by Nancy Smith &
Lynda Milligan
– Country Bouquet Quilts by Debbie Foley
& Valerie Boman
– Garden Gathering by Cathy Wierzbicki
– Kids Starting Quilt by Alex Anderson
– Four Seasons of Quilts by Cori Derksen &
– Everyday Embellishments by M'liss Rae Hawley
– Friends Forever Quilting Together by
Smith & Milligan
– Quilts by Diane Phalen
– Winter by Lois Krushina
Fletcher
Meeting Minutes –
Meeting Commenced:
Chris Candello welcomed all including
two new members, Irene LeBlanc (Donna’s mom) and Candy Garrido
and three guests.
BOM winner: Margaret Gingerich.
Door Prizes:
Norma Brechbiel, Carol Divis
and Irene Pettigrew.
Bees: Beth Quigley will host the evening bee on
Tuesday, April 2nd at
Patti McLean will host the afternoon bee on Tuesday, May 13th at
Fat Quarter Raffle: Jean Corday
reminded the members that the 2nd quarter fabric will be contemporary retro
quarters, such as Amy Butler.
Challenge for past & present year: Linda Hamel
discussed the NQA Show in June in which VFHQ was invited to participate. Anyone who started a 2007 challenge quilt and
hasn’t completed it but would like to show their quilt in this Show should
contact Cathy Fennell for details. Linda
reminded everyone that the 2008 Challenge is anything
Fons and Porter Magazine:
A yearly subscription to this magazine in being offered for $15.00,
which includes 2 books and two Sulky threads.
See Linda Hamel if interested.
AQS Discounted Books: See Kathy Graff for the catalog
of books, which are offered at a good discount.
Raffle Quilt Tickets: Donna Raymond is handling the raffle
tickets for our Quilt. Each member is
responsible for selling at least $10.
Chances are 6 for $5 or $1 each.
If anyone would like to display our quilt at an event, please see the
web site or Lou Chandler for the display information. Donna has directions on how the quilt should
be displayed.
Invitation from Homemakers: Pat Knoechel, Eleanor Burns’ sister, will be speaking on June
20th at
Tonight’s Program: Cyndi Hershey spoke about color
in quilts and displayed the quilts she brought with her, some of which are
shown in her two most recent books.
Break: Refreshments, individual guild business,
chatting, etc.
Workshops: Jean Hayden’s reminders included:
- This Saturday, April 19th is B.J.
Titus workshop at
-
Quilt Show: Jean Hayden asked that members sign up in the
book being circulated to volunteer at this show. The hours are Friday
Excursions: Wednesday, May 14 at
Comfort Quilts: Shirley Horning advised that there is an
invitation to St. Chris’ luncheon on Friday, June 13th. Please check the May Newsletter for further
detail.
Conkerr Pillowcases:
Judy Snook will continue to collect pillowcases. She has received 85 pillowcases to date.
Show and Tell
Meeting Adjourned:
Respectfully Submitted:
Marge Quinn, Recording Secretary
AQS Order
It’s that time again to consider
ordering books from AQS, the American Quilters Society. A significant discount is available on books
ordered via our guild through AQS. Kathy
Graff, chair, will be sending around the order forms and the book selection sheets
for your consideration at our May Guild meeting.
June Meeting Preview,
Our
Traditional Guild Picnic occurs in June.
Don't forget that our picnic begins at
Refreshment
assignments:
- If your last name begins with A—F, bring a
dessert
- If your last name begins with G—L, bring a
salad or hors d’oeuvre
- If your last name begins with M—Z, bring a
main dish
To
make this a successful picnic, we do rely on all our members to bring one of
the above. Thanks to all of you, this is
always a wonderful meeting.
Quilt Shows
ArtQuilt
Elements 2008: April 4 –
Quilters
Unlimited Quilt Show:
NJ
Quilt Convention:
Celebration
of Quilts 2008:
Annual
Quilt Show sponsored by the Muncy Historical Society
& Museum of History:
Quilt
Odyssey 2008:
Art From Your Heart:
August 1 -3, 2008, Community College of
Read About Fictional Quilting
Chiaverini,
Jennifer. The
If you
are a Jennifer Chiaverini fan then you already know
that her latest novel, The Winding Ways Quilt has been in the bookstores since
the beginning of April. This new book
continues the story of Sylvia Compson and her friends
but in this book some of the original quilters and founders of Elm Creek Manor
are moving on and away from this lovely place in
Schitano,
Arlene. Quilt As Desired: A Harriet Truman/Loose Threads Mystery.
Harriet Truman’s husband kept his
genetic illness from her and then died and left her by herself. To help her, Harriet’s Aunt Beth invites her
to run her long-arm quilting business while Aunt Beth takes a long needed
vacation. Harriet is reluctant but goes
anyway only to find that she really has missed her quilting. She makes many new friends, some are wonderful
and some are not so nice as strange things begin to
happen to the quilts that she is working on as well as to one of her aunt’s
best friends. I read this in one night,
too, I just couldn’t put it down and I don’t really like mystery stories. Arlene promises that this is the first of
many Loose Threads Mysteries.
Thayer,
Terri. Wild Goose Chase: A quilting
mystery.
Dewey Pelicano is a computer techie but with the sudden death of
her mother, she becomes the owner of a successful quilt shop. Her sister-in-law is her problem staff member
but during a national quilt show where they have set up their booth, strange
things start to happen including several murders. If you love to attend quilt shows especially
the vendors, you’ll want to read this involving mystery story. Again, I read it in one night,
I could not put it down until Dewey was cleared of all charges. Terri is working on another in this series
entitled Old Maid’s Puzzle.
-Cathy Fennell
Homemakers
Country Quilters are hosting Eleanor Burns’ sister, Pat on
Happy “20th” Thimbleberries