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VFHQ News –
November 2009
Clips from Chris
It’s the most wonderful time of the
year…RETREAT time! I know you all
thought I was going to say holiday time. Thanks to our friend, Sally Rapp, for
all of her efforts in coordinating such a wonderful weekend for all of us
retreat goers. This is such a great time
of year, brisk evenings, fall foliage and what better way to prepare for the
holidays, sewing amongst friends. I hope
to have lots of show-n-tell come our November meeting.
- Chris
November Meeting – November 17, 2009
Would you like to learn a new quilting
skill but not sure where to begin? At our next guild
meeting, we will have a round robin of mini-workshops to help you broaden your
skills. There will be 5 mini-workshops offered. You will be choosing three of the five. Your choices are as follows:
–
Appliqué
with Gloria Clark and Linda Hamel
–
Hand
quilting with Lou Chandler and Cathy Fennell
–
Machine
quilting with Shellie Blake and Becky Weiland
–
Accuquilt
demonstration with Chris Candello
–
BOM
presentation for 2010 with Sally Rapp and Beth Quigley
Plans for this meeting have been
altered slightly from what was outlined in last-month’s newsletter. Due to time constraints, rather than having a
mix of demo and hand’s on workshops, all will be demos featuring techniques,
tips, and tricks.
Refreshment Assignments
Sweets Hors
d’oeuvres Beverages
Karen Glasthal Nancy Hannum Beth
Quigley
Kate Sevensky Candy Garrido Chris
Candello
Beth Quigley Marge Quinn Jean
Hayden
Judy Snook Donna LeBlanc Sally
Lightcap
Mary Plewinski Erin Holvoet
Bees Bees Bees Bees Bees…
Afternoon Bee – 2nd Tuesday
November
November 10, 2009, 12:30 – 3:30 PM, at
the home of Kate Sevensky, 1 Paxon Circle, Broomall, PA, 610-359-9449
December
December 8, 2009, 12:30 – 3:30 PM, at
the home of Paula Pettyjohn, 213 East 7th Avenue, Conshohocken, PA,
610-828-9035.
Evening Bee – 4th Tuesday
November
November 24. 2009, 6:30 – 9:00 PM, at
the home of Donna Raymond, 106 Spring Ridge Road, King of Prussia, PA
610-265-0440
December
December 22, 2009, 6:30 – 9:00 PM, at
the home of Donna Raymond, 106 Spring Ridge Road, King of Prussia, PA
610-265-0440
Our Bees are open to all members of
the Valley Forge Homestead Quilters Guild.
We work on our own hand projects (there’s not usually room for sewing
machines); we assist each other by suggesting ways to layout quilt blocks, work
with colors, etc.; and we enjoy each others company in a smaller venue. Check your calendar and see if you are able
to join one or both of the Bees this month.
If you would like to host one of the Bees, please contact Jean Hayden
(Afternoon Bee) or Beth Quigley (Evening Bee).
Birthdays
November
November 1 Joan Lautensack
November 5 Amy Frazier
November 12 Sally Lightcap
November 13 Sandy Darlington
November 19 Joan Markowitz
November 28 Cheryl McGuire
December
December 1 Ally Howell
December 2 Joan Gunder
December 3 Ethel Hutchinson
December 5 Ann Palmer
December 7 Carol Divis
December 8 Gerry Fontaine
December 10 Lois Allen Charles
December 12 Dottie Dolgash
December 19 Becky Weiland
December 20 JoAnn Thomas
UFO and BOM 2009 – Beth Quigley
DATE: January
23, 2010
TIME: 9:30
AM—4:00 PM
PLACE: Good shepherd Lutheran Church, King of Prussia, Pa
PRICE: $10.00
Comfort Quilt Workshop – Jean Corday
DATE: February
27, 2010
TIME: 9:30
AM – 4:00 PM
PLACE: Good
Shepherd Lutheran Church, King of Prussia, PA
PRICE: Free. And a free lunch is included. Please see Jean Corday to sign up.
Bermuda Sunrise – Linda Hahn
DATE: April
TIME: 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM
PLACE: TBD
PRICE: $25.00
Visit http://www.twocountryquilters.com/
for more information about Linda.
Machine Appliqué – Debra Gable, Zebra Patterns
DATE: June
19, 2010
TIME: 9:30
AM – 4:00 PM
PLACE: Good
Shepherd Lutheran Church, King of Prussia, PA
PRICE: TBD
To see some of Debra’s quilts, visit http://www.zebrapatterns.com/
Appliqué Group
The applique group is going back to
its original plan to meet on the first Tuesday of the month. On Tuesday, December 1, we will meet at the
home of Martine Green. Martine's address
is as follows: 477 Maynard Drive; Wayne,
PA 19087. Her phone number is
610-687-0854.
Welcome
Peggy Melachrinas took her first quilting class with
Sally Rapp about fifteen years ago and recently a class with Chris Candello and
that’s how she heard about VFHQ Guild.
Peggy lives in Collegeville and has been sewing since she was eight
years old. She took the class with Sally
but seriously started quilting about four years ago. Her grandmother was a quilter and she has
always been interested
in quilting but recently has more time to invest in quilting now
that the kids have gotten older. Peggy
loves stars, log cabin and other pieced quilts. She hasn’t done appliqué but
would like to learn. She machine quilt
or has her quilts machine quilted but would like to work on her hand
quilting. Peggy has completed two
bed-size quilts, one is king-size. Her
other interests are scrapbooking, knitting, and reading. Peggy works part-time teaching a babysitting
class for 4H. Peggy has four
children. Her oldest child is married
and lives in Florida. Her daughter is
teaching art at an international school in China. Two children live at home, Matt who is
fifteen and Sarah who is thirteen. Peggy
is also the grandmother of an adorable 18 month old grandson. Recently, she had the opportunity to travel
to China to visit her daughter and visited a quilt shop there where everything
was pieced by hand. Welcome, Peggy!
Comfort Quilts
I forgot to mention one item at our
meeting regarding Comfort Quilts; any quilts, dolls, or kaps you might be
finishing up and would like delivered over the Holiday season, please bring to
the November 17th meeting.
I have a target date of December
11th to do a delivery to St. Christopher's and University of Pennsylvania.
NO GUEST
FEES!!!! BRING A
FRIEND!!!
Call
or email with any questions or supplies you might need.
As always, thanks so much for
all your help.
- Jean C.
2009 Block of the Month
November’s block is Yankee Doodle Star
on page 27 of the Fons and Porter book, Stars*and*Stripes Sampler. Check out page 22 for the December block,
Liberty Block. Please remember to bring
your completed block(s) to the guild meeting to exhibit and take a chance to
win a prize. If you have any questions
or need help with your blocks or fabric selection, please do not hesitate to
call me. Thank you - Beth Quigley
2010 Block of the Month
(could be block of the
week too!)
Sally Rapp will be organizing the
program using Sylvia's Bridal Sampler from Elm Creek Quilts by Jennifer
Chiaverini. Patterns of 140 traditional
blocks are included in the book that was inspired by her popular novels.
A limited number of books are
available from Sally at $17.50. Call to
reserve your copy and/or bring monies to the November meeting where they will
be available for purchase. Stay tuned for further details. -Sally Rapp
Simply Charming
The new chair of the Fat Quarter Raffle,
Jackie Santangelo, is mixing it up this time.
The current raffle theme for the next 2 guild meetings will be
"Simply Charming" To participate, bring in a "quilt-shop
quality" Charm Pack, place it in the designated basket, along with your
name and you'll be eligible for the drawing to win them all! along
with your choice of a free charm pack pattern. You will receive one chance to
win for each charm pack you contribute.
Number of charm packs will determine how many winners. Drawing will be held at the December guild
meeting. Any questions, contact Jacqui Santangelo
50 - 50 with a Twist
The October winner of 50-50 With a
Twist game, Deal or No Deal, was Gerry Fontaine. She chose the money and won $25.00. Susan
Dryburgh won the box containing a bobbin caddy and bobbins. The remaining names went into the Survivor
bag. Remember, this prize will be
awarded at the August meeting. Play November's
50-50 for a chance to win money for your stash!
Tickets are $1 for one or $5 for six.
- Kate Sevensky, Sally Lightcap and Nancy
Hannum
Thank You
To My Quilting Friends:
Just a short note to thank you for your well wishes and prayers during my
recent surgery. I honestly feel that it made a difference. It's so
nice to know that you were thinking of me.
Sincerely, Marge
Craft Fair
The Chester County Craft Guild is
having their 5th annual fall (juried) craft show next month. I attended this a of couple of years ago and it is a REALLY nice show.
I'd recommend it heartily.
DATE:
Nov 21-22; TIME: 10-5;
PLACE: West Pikeland Cultural Center
(off 113), Yellow Springs, PA. FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.pacrafts.org/cccg
-Chris
Brandywine Valley Quilters
Tuesday evening December 8, 2009, 6:30
PM, at the Garnet Valley Middle School, Glen Mills, PA (directions on our
website)
Enjoy a pot luck dinner… while you browse over 30 raffle baskets -
stationery, “pamper yourself” (lotions, masks, oils), fabric, sewing notions,
DVD boxed sets - to name only a few! 20
tickets for $10.00 – imagine what you could win for 50 cents! Or purchase one or several of over 100 books
(over 50 quilt books!), and over 50 quilt patterns – nothing over $2.00!!
Have fun participating (or just
watching!) as we hold our LIVE AUCTION of beautiful handmade items (quilts,
wall, hangings, table runners, totes). Just
in time for Holiday gift giving or setting yourself up for a long winter of
sewing! See our website at: www.brandywinevlyquilters.org
Quilt Shows
Layers: Unfolding the Stories of
Chester County Quilts: September 10, 2009 – February 25, 2010 (part two). An exciting new exhibit of
quilts never publicly shown before reveals the many stories of Chester County,
PA quilts, their makers and their owners. For more information contact the Chester
County Historical Society, 225 N. High Street, West Chester, PA 19380,
610-692-4800 or www.chestercohistorical.org.
Main Line Quilters presents Quilt Road
Show: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Berwyn United
Methodist Church, 140 Waterloo Ave., Berwyn, PA. The entry fee is $5.00. For more information visit:
www.mainlinequilters.org.
Quilt Show ’09, Lebanon Quilters
Guild: December 3 – 6, 2009, Thursday – Saturday: 10 AM – 8 PM, Sunday: 10 AM –
5 PM. Admission is $2.00 for Adults,
Youth $1.00, and children under 12 are free.
For more information, call (717)-679-5522.
Meeting Minutes – October 20, 2009
Meeting Commenced: 7:00 p.m.
Chris welcomed all members, including new member Linda Wengerd. We also had several guests from Penn Oaks Quilters
located in Fraser.
BOM: Winner is Marge Quinn.
BOM 2010: Sally Rapp told us she has some extra copies
of Sylvia’s Bridal Sampler book at $17.50 each should anyone like to purchase
them for our BOM in 2010. She also
showed a couple of completed block that she has done, and she had some fabric
suggests to show us.
Door Prizes: Winners: Vickie Lopresti, Joyce Stemple and one our of
Penn Oaks guests.
Bees: Evening Bee on October 27th at 6:30 will be
hosted by Jacqui Santangelo; afternoon Bee on November 10th at 12:30 p.m. will
be hosted by Kate Sevensky.
Fat Quarter Program: Jacqui’s theme for October,
November, and December is “Simply Charming” using charm packs. Anyone who would like to cut charm squares
on the new Accuquilt, please see Jacqui. The drawing will be in December with a
special incentive added.
Comfort Quilts: Jean Corday reported that she and Laura
Chaplar will be delivering comfort quilts to the VA Hospital on October
29th. She has some tumbler kits cut
using the new Accucut, please pick up at the back table. Also, please bring in any quilts, dolls, or
kaps to the November meeting so they can be delivered to the hospitals in
December in time for the holidays.
Workshop: Jean Hayden was absent, so Chris told us that
she has a Block of the Month/UFO workshop scheduled for January. The Comfort Quilt workshop will be held on
February 27th. Linda Hahn’s workshop
will be held on March 17th. In June we
will have a workshop with Debra Gabel from Zebra Patterns.
Retreat: Sally told us the retreat being held the
first weekend in November is filled at this time. She also showed us the quilt that was just
completed for the retreat center; she will be presenting it to them on retreat
weekend. If anyone would like to help
with the next quilt for the retreat center, please see Sally for instructions.
Excursions: Linda Hamel told us about a possible
excursion to the State Museum of Pennsylvania located in Harrisburg; an
interest sheet is being passed around.
The tentative time frame for the trip would be early spring. In addition we have another opportunity for
8-10 members to help with a repackaging process at the State Museum; that would
take place in the beginning of November.
See Linda if you would like to be included. There is also talk about a
bus trip to the Lancaster Quilt Show in March, additional details will follow
Warm Wishes: Chris informed us that our good friend Mimi
Dietrich just had surgery. We are
sending her warm wishes. We will have a
get well card next month for everyone to sign.
Tonight’s Program: Gloria introduced Betty Neff and
her husband Richard. Betty gave a
wonderful lecture on “compulsion to create/patience to organize” along with a
trunk show of her beautiful scrap quilts.
She gave great tips for sorting, organizing, cutting, and storing. As Betty says: Buy Less…Share
More. Following the program there was
much fun with shopping and looking at the quilts. Wednesday morning Betty will be doing her
Heart & Home workshop.
50/50 With a Twist: Winners for tonight, Gerry Fontaine and Susan Dryburgh.
Show and Tell
Meeting Adjourned: 9:42 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by Jean Corday - Recording Secretary
AQS Books
Quilting books make great Christmas
presents for your quilt friends and they can be ordered at a discount through
Kathy Graff during the November guild meeting.
Recipe Request
Spicy Thai Pasta Salad
1 (12 to 16 ounce) package angel hair
pasta
2 tablespoons sesame oil or more
6 tablespoons honey
5 tablespoons soy sauce
1/4 cup oil
2 tablespoons crushed red pepper
1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
1/4 cup chopped green onions
1/2 cup peanuts
Cook noodles to al dente. Mix all
liquid ingredients in measuring cup. Pour over noodles. Mix in with cilantro,
green onions, peanuts and red peppers before serving.
December Meeting Preview – December 15, 2009
Begin
the holiday season with our guild’s holiday party and gift exchange. For the exchange, please bring a
quilting/sewing related gift costing between $7 and $10. Also, bring a treat to share with the group:
if your last name begins with a letter between A-H, please bring a hors
d’oeurves; if your last name begins with a letter between J- Z, please bring a
dessert. There will be surprises, lots
of fun and great prizes for all, see you there.
Good Shepherd
Dear Candy and members of the Guild,
Thank you very much for your generous
donation to Good Shepherd. With the ever
increasing cost of keeping the church facilities up and running, your check is
especially appreciated!
Sincerely,
Fred Brown
Church Council President
Did You Know?
Many
textile names reflect their places of origin.
For instance, muslin is from Mussolo, the Italian name for the city of
Mosul in modern Iraq where it was originally woven. Calico originated in Calicut, a seaport in
Southwest India. Chambray and denim are
both named after French towns. (Quilters
Newsletter, June/July 2009)
For Sale
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please call: 610-265-6991.
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Guild Board Elected
Officers: President – Chris Candello Vice President – Marge Quinn Treasurer – Candy Garrido Secretary – Jean Corday Membership Chair – Nancy Hannum Immediate Past President – Lou Chandler Committee Chairs On Board Program Chair – Gloria Clark Newsletter – Cathy Fennell (editor) Committees Info & Resources Web Master – Lou Chandler Publicity – Nancy Hannum Historian – Nancy Hannum Library – Carol Divis AQS books – Kathy Graff Guild Meeting Support Set-up – Cathy Fennell Refreshments – Laura Chaplar Hostess/ Door Prizes – Patti McLain Fulton Hospitality – Vicki Lopresti Block of the Month – Beth Quigley 50/50 Game – Kate Sevensky Fabric Raffle –
Jackie Santangelo Challenge – Judy Snook Guild Events Quilt Bees – Jean Hayden (day) Applique Group – Gloria Clark Retreats – Sally Rapp Excursions – Linda Hamel Quilt Show – Jean Hayden Projects & Support Raffle Quilt – JoAnn Thomas Comfort Quilts – Jean Corday Sunshine – Norma Brechbiel Member Comfort – Judy Snook & |
received by the first of the month. Cathy Fennell Guild Meetings
DATE: Third Tuesday of each month
TIME: 7 p.m.
PLACE: Good Shepherd Lutheran
Church, King of Prussia, PA |