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VFHQ News – February 2010
Clips from Chris
Now that
February has arrived (and we all experienced some snow), it appears that we are
all working towards our quilting goals. There’s a lot of quilt action happening
in our guild. I’ve seen great show and tells, tremendous progress with those UFO’s, and many
participating in the BOM. It is so hard to keep up with it all. I feel very confident that our 2010 Quilt
Show will be another great success (following which, maybe—and I mean maybe—our
dear friend and quilt show coordinator Jean Hayden might be able to rest). So let’s all continue the good work and keep
on quilting.
- Chris
February Meeting – February 16, 2010
One of our
favorite quilt shop owners, Jackie Gauker, will be at
our February meeting to share her antique family quilts with us. Jackie has great stories and is a laugh a minute. Jackie will have terrific items to sell so
bring your cash and/or checkbook. Hope to see you there. For information about Jackie and her shop, visit
Quilters Palette, visit www.thequiltpalette.com.
NOTE: we
were just notified that the Good Shepherd church is having a function in the
Sanctuary the night of our meeting and they’re suggesting that we concentrate our
parking on the side of the auditorium where we meet, and we could also park
along the grass on the side driveway (from Henderson Rd.) if need be. The church is very good to us so let’s do all
we can to accommodate their needs on this night.
Refreshment assignments:
Sweet Savory Beverage
Sally Chillington Barb Sherman Sherlee Hilberg
Sandy Darlington Margaret Gingerich Ann
Lister
Peggy Melachrinos Deb Graves Marsha
Bullwinkle
Michelle Hiatt Cathy
Fennell Marebeth
Conard
Comfort Quilts
Hello Ladies,
The comfort quilts workshop will be held on Saturday, February 27th, so check
your calendars and save the date.
The workshop
will kick off the 2010 year for giving back to the community.
Thanks for all your help.
- Jean Corday
Bees Bees Bees Bees Bees…
Afternoon Bee – 2nd Tuesday
February 9, 2010, 12:30 – 3:30 PM, at the home of
Joyce Stemple, 4905 Martha Lane, Schwenksville, PA
19473, 610-287-0428
March
March 9,
2010, 12:30 – 3:30 PM, at the home of Sally Rapp, 28 Marian Road, Trappe, PA,
610.489-6892
Evening Bee – 4th Tuesday
February
February 23,
2010, 6:30 – 9:00 PM, at the home of Judy Snook, 163 Sloan Road, Phoenixville,
PA, 610-933-8094
March
March 23,
2010, 6:30 – 9:00 PM, at the home of Chris Candello, 322 Vista Drive,
Phoenixville, Pa, 610-948-1061
Our Bees are
open to all members of the Valley Forge Homestead Quilt 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).
Appliqué Bee
The Appliqué
Group will meet at the home of Judy Snook on March 2 at 7:00 p.m. We
always meet on the first Tuesday of each month, and you are always welcome to
attend. It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or an expert.
We all help each other. Please come and join in the
fun. Judy's address is as follows: 163 Sloan Rd.; Phoenixville,
PA 19460.
Martine
Green will welcome our group on the first Tuesday in April (April 6) at 7:00
p.m. Martine's address is as follows: 477 Maynard Drive; Wayne, PA
19087. As always, our entire guild is invited.
- Gloria Clark
Birthdays
February
February 3 Arlene McCall
February 10 Barbara Jones
February 17 Esther Canning
February 19 Ann Lister
February 24 Sandy Dounce
March
March 4 Lou Chandler
Susan Glaser
March 6 Marie Waters
March 9 Patti McLain-Fulton
March 14 Dawn Heefner
March 15 Lisa Steuer
March 18 Cathy Fennell
March 23 Mary Plewinski
March 26 Barbara Wright
March 27 Patricia Brant
March 28 Irene LeBlanc
Comfort
Quilt Workshop – Jean Corday
DATE: February 27, 2010 (Saturday)
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.
UFO – Celebrate
National Quilt Day and Meet a New Quilter Tea
We’d love to
see old and new members at the Tea. We
will offer some tidbits on accurate cutting, setting borders, gadgets and of
course, the AccuQuilt will be there for all to
utilize.
DATE: March 20, 2010 (Saturday)
TIME: 9:30 AM—4:00 PM
PLACE: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, King of
Prussia, Pa
PRICE: No charge
Please see
Jean Hayden to sign up.
Bermuda
Sunrise or New York Beauty – Linda Hahn
DATE: April 17, 2010 (Saturday)
TIME: 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM
PLACE: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, King of
Prussia, PA
PRICE: $25.00
Wool
Appliqué - Jackie Gauker of
Quilter’s Palette
DATE: May 14, 2010 (Friday)
TIME: 6:00 – 10:00 PM
PLACE: Trinity Reformed Church, Collegeville, PA
PRICE: $15 – includes a light dinner
Machine
Appliqué – Debra Gable, Zebra Patterns
DATE: June 19, 2010 (Saturday)
TIME: 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM
PLACE: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, King
of Prussia, PA
PRICE: $25.00
To see some
of Debra’s quilts, visit http://www.zebrapatterns.com/
Hand
Quilting & Hand Appliqué –
Morning: Hand quilting with Cathy Fennell & Lou Chandler
Afternoon: Hand Appliqué with Gloria Clark
DATE: July 17, 2010 (Saturday)
TIME: 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM — Hand Quilting
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM — Hand Appliqué
PLACE: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, King
of Prussia, PA
BRING: Please bring the following:
Quilting
hoop—preferably 12" or 14" in diameter
A good
thimble—preferably one designed for hand quilting (with large dimples).
PRICE: $10
Appliqué
Technique – Linda Pool
DATE: August 18, 2010 (Wednesday)
TIME: 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM
PLACE: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
Trooper, PA
PRICE: $25.00 plus kit ($15.00)
Congratulations
Our fellow
member Linda Hamel has won a second place prize in the creative category
for her "Moon Dance" quilt (her black, white & zinger
challenge) at the Peddler's Village 23rd Annual Quilt Show. All of
the winning quilts from that show will be on display until April 11 2010 at the
Village Gazebo at Peddler's Village on the Main Green. For more
information and photos of the winning quilts, visit http://peddlersvillage.com/special_events/quilt_competition.htm.
Congratulations
Linda....keep on quilting !
- Chris Candello
50 - 50 with a Twist
"Come
on down!" shouted the members of the Valley Forge Homestead Quilters
before Bob Barker could even think about saying it! Martha Klein and Lynn Radliff
took center stage and bid on an LG Steam Washer and Dryer set. Martha came closest without going over and
took home $30 in cash. Lynn took home
the quilted recipe box. It sounded like
the audience had a lot of fun.
The February
50-50 game will be Family Feud. If you
have not e-mailed me with your favorite time to quilt, please do so until the
morning of the meeting. I would like to
have 100 people surveyed. Tickets are
still $1 for one or 6 for $5. Please buy
your tickets early.
The new committee,
- Kate Sevensky,
Sally Lightcap and Nancy Hannum
Welcome
Debbie Bianco is a new member residing in Philadelphia. She found us through the link on Steve’s
webpage. She considers herself the queen
of UFOs and started sewing in grade school through classes given by Mrs.
Roberts at Sears. When asked how and
when she got interested in quilting, her answer was “must have been a full
moon!” She enjoys the quilt projects she
gets done which includes a bed-size quilt.
Debbie is a nurse practitioner at Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia. She works long hours and
doesn’t get to quilt as much as she would like but joined the guild to
get/catch the quilting fever again. She
says she is already inspired after just one meeting. Welcome, Debbie!
Fat Quarter Raffle
The 3 “P”
Challenge – January,
February & March, 2010
In conjunction
with the VFHQ Challenge (September 2010), we have an opportunity to have an
incentive to get started on the Challenge project or add some fun fat quarters
to your stash with this quarter’s Fat Quarter Raffle. Bring in a fat quarter that is either PLAID, POLKA Dot or A FAT QUARTER THAT IS A COLOR
STARTING WITH THE LETTER “P”. When you
drop off your fat quarter, fill in the entry form with your name and as many
colors that start with the letter “P” that you can think of on the spot. No cheat sheets from the internet allowed.
In March,
one name will be drawn, and one entry form with most “P” colors will be the
winners.
-Jacqui Santangelo
Thank Yous
From St.
Christopher’s Hospital for Children:
Dear Ms. Corday:
The gifts of your time and talents are truly appreciated. Thank you for thinking of our patients at St.
Christopher’s Hospital for children.
Sincerely,
-Barbara A. Lucas
From Alex’s
Foster Parent:
To the kind
people at the Valley Forge Homestead Quilt Guild:
Our foster son, Alex, just got home tonight from St. Christopher’s Children’s
Hospital in Philadelphia where he was a patient for several weeks for bone
cancer.
He had you blanket on his bed the whole time.
He loves it. He brought it home
and he has it on him every chance he has.
Thank you,
Alex and his foster parents
2010 Block of the Month
I
was very pleased with the display of 80+ blocks in January. Approximately 20 people participated and
anyone else who wants to participate is welcome at any time. You just need to bring the assigned blocks
for the month. You do as many as you wish.
Each block gets you one entry or a maximum of 4 entries each month. Here are some guidelines:
– Must bring
in designated block (s) for the month to enter the
drawing
– No entry if
blocks are not what was specified
– If absent
the night of the meeting your blocks can not be entered into the drawing for
that night or at a future meeting
– Each month
"line up" your blocks on the large design wall
– Tickets
available from Sally or Beth
– Place
tickets in specified box
– Participants
will be eligible for a monthly prize as well as a final prize consisting of several
big baskets of goodies which will be awarded at a drawing to be held in December
2010. You may win more than once for the
monthly prizes, but you may only win one big basket in December.
– If you need
help with construction of blocks, give Sally or Beth a call.
Designs are
from Jennifer Chiaverini - SYLVIA'S BRIDAL SAMPLER
from Elm Creek Quilts. We are doing the
48 blocks listed below—4 blocks per month (or one a week!). Here is the list of blocks planned for the
year:
Easy Intermediate Skilled
Album I 50-40 or Fight Bride's
Bouquet
Amethyst Aunt Sukey's Choice Dresden Plate
Bear's Paw Autumn Leaf Fool's
Puzzle
Broken Dishes Card Trick Love
in a Mist
Cats and Mice Dove in the Window NY
Beauty
Churn Dash Follow the Leader Spinning
Hourglass
Clay's Choice Grandmother's Fan
Contrary Husband Grandmother's Flower Garden
Contrary Wife Jack in the Box
Corn and Beans Lancaster Rose
Dutchman's Puzzle Lincoln's Platform
Farmer's Daughter Mother's Delight
Friendship Quilt Odd Fellow's Patch
Friendship Star Posies Round the Square
Grape Basket Providence
Jacob's Ladder Right Hand of Friendship
Key West Beauty Sarah's Choice
Ohio Star Saw Tooth Star
Ribbon Star Stamp Baskets
Sister's Choice Weathervane
Snail's Trail Wedding Ring I
Below are
the blocks we will be doing for the next three months. All blocks are 6" finished.
March April May
Farmer's
Daughter Amethyst Contrary Husband
Grape Basket Lancaster Rose Contrary Wife
Autumn Leaf Lincoln’s Platform Mother’s Delight
Saw Tooth
Star Fool’s Puzzle Rt. Hand Friendship
Of course you
can do any others blocks listed in the book but they will not count toward the
prize drawings.
Sally Rapp and Beth Quigley
AccuQuilt
Since we
have purchased the AccuQuilt, it has gotten much
use. Many members have taken advantage
of having items cut for their quilts, the Comfort Quilt committee has utilized
it in making kits, and Chris has become quite proficient at demoing
this wonderful invention. When we had
decided to purchase AccuQuilt, we realized that there
would be other dies that members would like us to purchase. Therefore, if a member is able to make a small
donation when they use the AccuQuilt, these funds
will be put into an account that will be used to purchase new dies and to replace
the plastic sliders that are needed and that do wear out. This is an optional donation. One need only
contact Chris to utilize the AccuQuilt. To see the other dies go to accuquilt.com and
click on Studio Dies on the toolbar.
Thanks for your support of the AccuQuilt.
Spring Is Coming and So Is “Retreat”
A $20
non-refundable deposit will hold your space for our 24th retreat at Mensch Mill Retreat and Conference Center in Berks
County. The balance is due by April 15th
to Sally Rapp.
The cost for
Thursday to Sunday is $190 and includes 7 meals and 3 nights lodging and the
Friday to Sunday is $145 and includes 4 meals and 2 nights lodging.
Openings are
still available. More detailed
information for our newer friends is available from Sally or talk to any member
who has previously gone to get a feel for the fun and good times enjoyed at our
retreats.
- Sally Rapp
Our Quilt Show
Take a
moment right now to mark your calendar to make sure you don’t schedule a
vacation or anything else on the dates of our quilt show which will be held
October 22 and 23, 2010 at Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church, King of Prussia, PA. As
usual, we will check-in our quilts at our October 19, 2010 guild meeting. The set-up for the event will be October 21
(after 12-noon). Please remember that
all members are needed to help with this event so when the sign up sheets come
around to help, please sign up!
Attention
quilt show chairs: Our first quilt show
meeting for the chairs of the committees will be February 15, 2010 beginning at
7:00 PM. We will meet at Steve’s in King
of Prussia. Come early and shop as our
way of thanking Steve’s for hosting our meeting. The meeting will be over by 9:00. Please
call Jean Hayden, quilt show chair, for further information.
Snow Policy
Just a
reiteration of our policy in the event of inclement weather on the day of our
guild meeting:
– We'll make a
determination by 5pm on a snowy day.
– We'll e-mail
that determination to guild members at that time.
– If you
normally get notification regarding newsletter availability, then you will get
one of these e-mail messages.
– If you do
not have e-mail, then you'll simply identify a buddy who does have access
to e-mail and call that person to verify whether or not we'll be meeting
– If your
e-mail access is through your work and you've been sent home early due to snow,
then you'll identify a buddy who has e-mail access at home to find out our
meeting status.
– We’ll also
put notification of storm-related determinations on our web site (if our web
master is available to do so at the time needed)
Hopefully
our meeting nights will be free of snowy complications, but it will be nice to
have a clear-cut way of determining our status in the event of inclement
weather.
Did You Know?
What is the
difference between typical white quilting cotton and fabric “prepared for
dyeing?”
Cotton
fabric is naturally an ecru or cream color.
If the fabric is destined to be sold as white fabric, it is bleached,
washed, often treated with optic whiteners, and then washed again. Fabrics treated with optic whiteners
generally do not accept dye as well as untreated fabrics.
Fabric
labeled “Prepared for Dyeing (PFD)” generally has no optic whiteners, finishes,
or sizing added. PFD fabric may shrink
more since it has not endured the same amount and type of processing and
washing as a commercially prepared white fabric.
(from “Quilters
Newsletter”, Dec/Jan 2010/No. 413, page 28)
The Quilt Block, Inc Fat Tuesday Sale
In honor of
Fat Tuesday, Tuesday, February 16, 2010, we’re having a Fabulous Fat Quarter
Tuesday Sale. All Precut Fat Quarters
.75 Cents off our regular price.
See you
around The Quilt Block, Inc
Jan & Cynthia
The Quilt Block, Inc, 95 E. Welsh Pool Road, Exton, PA 19341
610-363-0404, www.thequiltblockinc.com
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.
Order and
Chaos – Color and Perspective, The Quilts of Nancy
Cosmos: Jenkins Arboretum,
January 29 – February 21, 2010. Jenkins
Arboretum is open to the public 365 days a year from 8:00 AM to sunset with
free admission. For more information:
http://jenkinsarboretum.org/events.shtml
Quilt Fest
of New Jersey VI: March 4 –
7, 2010. 50 Atrium Drive, Somerset, NJ 08873.
For more information:
http://www.quiltfest.com/activities.asp?id=30.
New
Directions Quilt Show presented by County Line Quilters: March 20 and
21, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Location is Archbishop Wood High School, 655 York
Road, Warminster, PA 18974. For more
information: countlinequilters.org.
AQS
Lancaster Show: March 24 – 27, 2010, Lancaster County Convention
Center. For more information:
http://www.americanquilter.com/showscontests/lancaster/2010/general_info/about_the_show.php
Plum Crazy Over Quilting Show presented by Beachplum Quilters of the Jersey Shore: April 17 & 18, 2010, Saturday, 10:00 –
5:00 PM and Sunday, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Admission is $7.00. For more
information: www.BeachplumQuilters.org.
Quilt
Odyssey 2010: July 22 –
25, 2010, Hershey, PA. For more
information: quiltodyssey.com or call 717-423-5148.
March Meeting
Preview – March 16, 2010
To celebrate
National Quilting Day on March 20 and our monthly meeting, Linda Hahn will
introduce us to “Margarita Madness and Other Cool Quilting Techniques”.
This is a machine quilting class without a machine. Using a unique
technique to audition designs, attendees will draw and design along with Linda
as she demonstrates numerous backgrounds, blocks, sashing,
and border quilting designs. For more
information on Linda, visit http://www.twocountryquilters.com/. For more information on National Quilting
Day, visit http://nqaquilts.org/nqday/.
Meeting Minutes – January 19, 2010
Meeting
Commenced: 7:00
p.m. Chris welcomed all members. Our meeting started with a few silent moments
for Art Hutchinson and other passed loved ones.
We had 9 guests and 2 new members join us.
Steve’s
Sewing Center: is doing a
raffle quilt for the victims of Haiti on January 30th and 31st. If you are interested in helping with the
quilt, contact the shop or check Steve’s web site.
Block of the
Month: Sally has the tickets
to enter your name for January. You can
put your name in for each completed block that is selected for this month. If you need help with the blocks, Sally will be
at the workshop on Saturday.
Door Prizes: Winners are Jacqui Santangelo,
Cheryl McGuire and one of our visiting guests.
Bees: The evening bee will meet at Beth Quigley’s
home on January 26th. The afternoon bee
will meet at Joyce Stemple’s home on February 9th.
Appliqué
Group: Will meet at Gloria
Clark’s home on February 2nd.
Thanks: Barb Jones said a “thank you” for all the
well wishes she received from everyone for her knee surgery.
Fat Quarter
Raffle: Jacqui encouraged us to
bring in our 3-P fat quarters. This is
in conjunction with the challenge we are having this year. The drawing will be in March.
Comfort
Quilts: Jean C. passed around
the sign up sheet for the comfort quilt workshop that will be held on Saturday,
February 27th. She also read two thank
you notes; one from St. Christopher’s Hospital and one from a patient who
received one of our comfort quilts. The
little boy keeps his comfort quilt on his bed all the time!
Quilt Show: Jean Hayden reminded us to “Save the Date”
for the upcoming fall quilt show, which will be held on October 22nd and 23rd.
Workshop: Jean Hayden reported the following workshop
schedule: January 23rd, BOM; February
27th, Comfort Quilts; April 17th, Linda Hahn; May 15th, Jackie/Quilters Palette
will do wool appliqué; June 19th, Debra Gabel; July will be hand quilting and
hand appliqué, and in August we will do an appliqué workshop.
Connecting
Threads: Kathy Graff is taking
orders from the Connecting Threads book.
All books are 40% off. There are
no shipping or sales tax fees. See Kathy
to place your order.
Spring
Retreat: Sally is now taking a
$20.00 deposit for the spring retreat which is being held April 29th – May 2nd.
Tonight’s
Program: Gloria introduced our
speaker, fiber artist Terry Kramzar. She presented a trunk show of her traditional
and art quilts. She went step-by-step explaining
a technique she created that she calls - little boxes. This technique was done on her Leaf quilt,
which is using a detailed method of grids and templates and quilting through
the top and batting of the quilt. She
went on to say that this may seem time consuming, but does produce perfect
results.
Thangles: Chris showed us the quilt that Chester County
Quilting is doing through their monthly Thangles’
program. If you are not able to get to
the quilt shop each month, Chris has offered to pick up monthly blocks for our
members.
Grocery
Receipt Program: Candy
reviewed the grocery receipt program.
Unfortunately Acme is no longer involved with this program; however, Genuardi’s and Redner's are
continuing with it. So bring your
receipts in.
50/50 With a
Twist: Tonight we are playing
Price Is Right with our contestants Martha Klein and Lynn Radliff. They are bidding on the price of a washer and
dryer with the pedestals. The correct
price is $3,000+. Martha was closest at
a price of $1,400.00.
Show and
Tell
Meeting
Adjourned: 9:20 p.m.
- Respectfully Submitted: Jean Corday -
Recording Secretary
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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, Sally Rapp 50/50
Game – Kate Sevensky,
Sally Lightcap Fabric
Raffle – Jacqui Santangelo
Challenge
– Judy Snook Guild
Events Quilt Bees
– Jean Hayden (day) Appliqué Bee
– 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 & |
Information
for the next newsletter must be received by the first of the month. Send to: Cathy
Fennell Guild
Meetings DATE: Third Tuesday of each month TIME:
7 p.m. PLACE:
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, King of Prussia, PA |