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VFHQ News – May
2010
Clips from Chris
Now that winter is past, I suddenly
feel the urge to drive. My hubby set
out for a drive to Lancaster County, I, of course having an ulterior motive, fabric,
went along. I suggested to him since it
was a beautiful day, let’s take one of our fun cars but, he was not taking the
car for fear of the Lancaster County roads.
Either way, it was a great time. The weather was great and it was so
nice to visit the shops. It seemed so long since I visited them—one month. Good news is that it appears that all the
shops are stocking their shelves with wonderful fabrics. My game plan while visiting the shops was to
deposit quilt show flyers then, being the wise person that I am, replacing my piles
of flyers with piles of fabric so the hubby would never notice. The plan did not pan out. He became suspicious because the bag weight
never depleted but it grew, so he thought he should check my bag. I did admit to him that I did have to pick up
those “block of the month” fabrics because I was way behind on it. That seemed
to work for him and didn’t inspect my bag.
I guess the real moral of the story is, leave the hubby home when
shopping for fabric or have them ship it home.
Happy Quilting!
- Chris
May Meeting – May 18, 2010
“This Quilt, That's Me or This Quilt,
That's Not Me.” That’s the title of this member participation trunk show.
Members can bring a quilt that they either feel is most like them or feel is
most not like them (we all have them, Quilters). Please remember, one
quilt per person (participation is voluntary—or, in other words, you don’t have
to bring a quilt if you don’t want to).
(Because of Primary Elections we will meet in the Sanctuary this
night.)
Refreshment assignments:
Sweet Savory Beverage
Donna LeBlanc Ann Palmer Irene
LeBlanc
Karen Glasthal Ann Lister Ethel
Hutchinson
Norma Brechbiel Gail Forster Jean
Corday
Marie Waters Ellen Kirkner Becky
Weiland
Sherlee Hilberg Gloria Clark Beth
Quigley
Beth Quigley
Bees Bees Bees Bees Bees…
Afternoon Bee – 2nd Tuesday
May
May 11, 2010, 12:30 – 3:30 PM, at the
home of Dottie Dolgash, 676 Brookwood Road, Wayne, PA 19087, 610-688-6534
June
June 8, 2010, 12:30 – 3:30 PM, at the
home of Candy Garrido, 602 Landis Road, Harleysville, PA 19438, 215.256-7989
Evening Bee – 4th Tuesday
May
May 25, 2010, 6:30 – 9:00 PM, at the
home of Karen Glasthal, 675 Westwind Drive, Berwyn, PA 19312, 610-407-0794
June
June 22, 2010, 6:30 – 9:00 PM, at the
home of Marge Quinn, 919 Fillmore Road, E. Norriton, PA 19403, 610-584-5094
Appliqué Bee
June
June 1, 2010, 7:00 – 9:00 PM, at the
home of Gloria Clark, 762 Laurel Lane, Wayne, PA 19087, 610-687-1728
July
July 6, 2010, 7:00 – 9:00 PM, at the
home of Lou Chandler, 4 Ferry Lane, Phoenixville, PA 19460. (corner of Valley
Forge Rd. & Ferry lane. If driveway
fills up, park at G-Lodge).
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 all 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) or Gloria Clark (Appliqué Bee).
Birthdays
May
May 2 Beth
Quigley
May 6 Cynthia
DiLorenzo
Margaret Gingerich
May 14 Ruth
Heslin
May 17 Mary
Eisele
May 22 Carol
Dilks
May 26 Irene
Pettigrew
June
June 3 Kim
Bonanni
June 4 Sally
Rapp
June 5 Mare
Beth Conard
June 8 Nancy
Hannum
June 20 Candy Garrido
June 23 Joyce Stemple
June 28 Donna Raymond
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: Church
of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints, Trooper, 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). Project materials will be supplied
PRICE: $10
NOTE: Sign-up
soon so we’ll know how many kits will be needed (we’ll want to take advantages
of sales to purchase the fabric, batting, etc.)
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)
Harvest Festival UFO Workshop
DATE: September
25, 2010 (Saturday)
TIME: 9:30
AM – 4:00 PM
PLACE: TBD
PRICE: Free
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.
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! As usual, we will check-in our quilts at our
October 19, 2010 guild meeting. The
registration form will be available later this month (you’ll use one form for
each quilt you’re exhibiting). You may
exhibit 3 quilts in the main exhibition areas (one of which can be bed-size);
and you may exhibit any of your guild activity quilts (in the “workshop” room).
Boutique: For those of us who are working (or will be working) on items
for our Quilt show Boutique, you'll find the related forms in the
Administrative section of our web site under "forms." There is
a form for items you intend to donate and a form for items you intend to sell
on consignment (both can be found in the same file).
Quilt
Committee Chairs will meet on May 10 at 7:00 at Steve’s in
King of Prussia.
50 - 50 with a Twist
"Jeopardy" was the 50-50
With a Twist game of the night. The
contestants were Chris Candello and Cathy Fennell. Cathy won $28.50 for her "stash" by
having the correct question. The
audience did an excellent job providing the musical interlude, just like on the
real show. Keep up the good work! Look for another exciting game in May. Tickets are still 1 for a $1 or 6 for $5.
-Kate, Sally and Nancy
Fat Quarter Raffle
In the Good Old Summertime –May, June
2010
How tired are you of winter? Let’s get thinking of the good old
summertime, sandy beaches, watermelon slices, and mountain retreats. What makes you think of summertime? Bring in your summery fat quarters,
fill in the entry form with your name, one form for each fat quarter
entered. The drawing will be in June,
just in time for a vacation quilting project.
-Jacqui Santangelo
Block of the Month
Please bring your book to the meeting
each month to get the updates for the blocks to be done the following month.
Designs are from Jennifer Chiaverini -
SYLVIA'S BRIDAL SAMPLER from Elm Creek Quilts.
Below are the blocks we will be doing for the next three months. All blocks are 6" finished.
May June July
Contrary Husband Broken
Dishes Cats & Mice
Contrary Wife Jacob’s Ladder Friendship Quilt
Mother’s Delight Grandmother’s Wedding Ring I
Flower Garden
Rt. Hand Friendship Bride’s Bouquet Stamp
Baskets
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
Welcome
Diana Heiney, our newest member, is an
attorney who lives in Wayne, PA. She
heard about us at the quilt shop and from our representatives at our raffle
quilt table at Quilt Odyssey. Diana has
been sewing for as long as she can remember and her aunt, the family
seamstress, taught her to hand stitch doll clothes when she was five or six. She made her own clothes up through graduate
school. Diana has always had an interest
in quilting but not the time. Due to her
inclination towards packsatitis, she didn’t want to start a stash but succumbed
to this desire in 2002. Diana enjoys
designing and making quilt tops the most, preferably scrappy or ones that have
a visual intricacy of some sort. She has
completed a bed-size quilt and likes to make quilts that have meaning for
her. Diana also enjoys woodworking, stained
glass, reading, all varieties of needlework and cooking. She is currently not working outside the home
but has a wonderful and understanding husband and a seventeen-year-old son. She
also has an aging lady Labrador although in the past they’ve had a cat, five
hermit crabs, a starfish, and a snake or two came to visit for a while.
Welcome, Diana.
New Library Items
Books
BALTIMORE’S COUNTRY COUSINS by Susan
McKelvy
BITS OF BARGELLO by Karen Gibbs
BLESSED HOME QUILT, THE by Dori
Derksen and Myra Harder
DECK THE HALLS by Cheryl Almgren
Taylor
FAT-QUARTER QUILTING by Lori Smith
HOME COMINGS by Debbie Mumm
HOP TO IT! By Edyta Sitar
I LOVE BATIKS by Suzanne McNeill
LAYER CAKE, JELLY ROLL AND CHARM
QUILTS by Pam & Nicky Lintott
LAYERS OF CHARM PLUS 1 by Minnesota
Charm Company
JELLY ROLL INSPIRATIONS by Pam &
Nicky Lintott
MEMORIES SO SWEET by Sandy Berry
NINE BY NINE
QUILT A GIFT by Barri Sue Gaudet
QUILTER’S HAPPY HOUR by Lori Buhler
QUILT REVIVAL by Nancy Mahoney
QUILTING YOUR STYLE by Leah Fehr
QUILT THE SEASONS, BOOK 2 by Pat Sloan
SEW FUN, SO COLORFUL QUILTS by Groves
& Jacobsen
SEW ONE AND YOU’RE DONE by Evelyn
Sloppy
START QUILTING (3rd edition) by Alex
Anderson
SUDOKU QUILTS by Cyndi Hershey
THROUGHLY MODERN DRESDEN by Anelie
Belden
YOUNG AT HEART QUILTS by Julie Pappa
DVDS
ELLY SIENKIEWSKI TEACHES YOU BEGINNING
BALTIMORE APPLIQUE
SEW EASY EMBELLISHMENTS with Nancy
Zieman
GRANDE FINALE with Ricky Tims
QUILTING CAVEMAN STYLE AND FISHIN’
with Ricky Tims
DISCOVER YOUR CREATINVE WINGS with
Bernina
TODAY I WILL CREATE LIKE NEVER BEFORE
with Bernina
Congratulations!
Mary Molettiere had entered her “Storybook Farm”
quilt into the county Line Quilters Shows last month and won two ribbons. Her quilt was made from the McKenna Ryan
series of patterns (the patterns were so kindly borrowed from Beth Quigley and
the fabrics were purchased in Maryland while on the Ricky Tims
trip with Valley Forge Quilt Guild. She
won both a Vendor’s Choice Ribbon and an Honorable Mention Viewer’s Choice
Ribbon. Here is Mary in December with
her “winning” quilt. Great job!
Gail
Forster sent her quilted Oriental wall hanging to the Denver National
Quilt Show and recently heard that it was accepted as part of the show. She made this particular quilt during the
past snowy winter. She said it was fun to get the acceptance
letter. Gail also commented that it is
“sad, my wall hanging gets to travel more than I do”. Here is Gail with her quilt at our February
meeting. You go, girl!
Quilt Shows
Layers: Unfolding the Stories of Chester
County Quilts #3: February 27, 2010 through September 25, 2010. The final installation of Chester County
community owned quilts will be placed on view in this third installation. Don’t
miss the chance to see the outstanding work and read the stories that tell us
that quilts are about more than fabric. For more information contact the
Chester County Historical Society, 225 N. High Street, West Chester, PA 19380,
610-692-4800 or www.chestercohistorical.org.
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.
ArtQuilt Elements 2010:
April 17 – May 20, 2010. ArtQuilt
Elements, formerly ArtQuilts at the Sedgwick, is now a biennial juried
exhibition celebrating its ninth show. In April and May 2010, AQE will be
presented by the Wayne Art Center, 413 Maplewood Avenue, Wayne, PA 19087. For
more information, visit the ArtQuilt Elements website or http://wayneart.org/.
Timeless Treasures Quilt show presented by the Colonial Quilters
Guild: June 5, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM and
June 6, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Admission is
$7.00. It will be held at the Charles
Chrin Community Center, 4100 Green Pond Road, Easton, PA 19045. For more information call Nancy at
610-365-8428 or visit their website at 222.colonialquilters.org.
Vermont Quilt Festival:
June 25 – 27, 2010, Champlain Valley Expo, Essex Junction, VT. Friday-Saturday, 9:00 AM –
6:00 PM; Sunday, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM. For more
information visit www.vqf.org.
Quilt Odyssey 2010:
July 22 – 25, 2010, Hershey, PA.
For more information: quiltodyssey.com or call 717-423-5148.
Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of
Bengal at the Philadelphia Musuem of Art,
now through July 25. Philadelphia
Museum of Art, Perelman Building, Fairmount and Pennsylvania Aves.,
Philadelphia, PA 19130.
Admission: adults $8, seniors $7, students $6, children 12 and under
free. For more information: 215/763-8100; philamuseum.org
Meeting Minutes – April 20, 2010
Meeting Commenced:
At 7:00 p.m. Chris welcomed all members.
We welcomed two guests for the evening, Linda and Maureen. Susan Glaser showed us her beautiful quilt
that won viewer’s choice at the Loose Threads Tea.
BOM:
Sally announced the blocks in May are Contrary Husband, Contrary Wife,
Mother’s Delight and Rt. Hand Friendship.
Winner for the monthly drawing was Ruth Heslin. Sally also spoke about the archival boxes to
store your quilts. We would be ordering
them as a group. Each box is $29.25;
however, the cost does come down if more than 5 are ordered. She can also order acid free paper. Contact Sally if you would like to order any
boxes or paper.
Door Prizes:
Winners are Laura Chaplar, Mary Molettiere and Karen Glasthal.
Bees:
The next evening bee will meet at Patti McLain Fulton’s home on April
27th. The afternoon bee will meet at
Dottie Dolgash’s home on May 11th.
Appliqué Group:
Will meet at Judy Snook’s home on May 4th.
Fat Quarter Raffle:
The theme for April, May, and June is “In the Good Old Summertime”. Bring in your summery fat quarters and enter
the drawing.
Comfort Quilts:
Jean C. announced that Norma will be making a delivery of comfort quilts
to St. Christopher’s on Friday, April 23rd.
She will be delivering the following:
33 quilts, 120 surgerical dolls, and 109 children’s books.
Workshop:
Jean H. reported the following workshop schedule: May 15th, Jackie/Quilters Palette will do
wool appliqué; June 19th, Debra Gabel; July will be hand quilting and hand
appliqué; August we will do an appliqué workshop and September a UFO workshop.
Quilt Show:
The staffing sign up book is being sent around, please check times and
dates.
Spring Retreat:
Sally announced the theme for the spring retreat is “Prom Night”. Lots of fun and activities are planned.
AQS:
Kathy is circulating the AQS book.
See Kathy if you would like to place an order.
Tonight’s Program:
Candy introduced our speaker, Didi Salvatierra; she is an award winning
professional fiber artist. Her quilts reflect a love of color and texture while
incorporating techniques of traditional quilt making. Didi presented a trunk show of her basket
quilts, many which were antiques and heirlooms.
She also showed us newer versions of basket quilts. She incorporated a lot of history about
basket quilts, color, fabric, and hand quilting.
Challenge:
Judy encouraged us to keep working on our fall challenge, which is a
3-P’s theme.
50/50 With a Twist:
Tonight we are playing Jeopardy with
our contestants Chris Candello and Cathy Fennell. Chris has $10,000 to wager and Cathy has
$12,000 to wager. Chris wagered $10,000
on her question and Cathy wagered $6,000.
The clue is: A collection of
fabric that can used in the future. Chris
said: What is Moda fabric? Cathy said:
What is Stash? Cathy is the big
winner and took the cash prize.
Show and Tell
Meeting Adjourned:
9:50p.m.
Respectfully Submitted: Jean Corday - Recording Secretary
June Meeting Preview – June 15, 2010
Enjoy our wonderful annual picnic as
well as listen to Polly Mello tell us about “Quilts That Go Bump In the Night”. This is not about Halloween
quilts. It's a trunk show of quilts representing unusual events,
including historical disasters. Recommended by Dawn
Heefner and all of us who met Polly at Quilt Odyssey. Please
remember to make this a successful picnic, we do rely
on all our members to bring one of the following.
- 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
Recipe - Irish Scone
– Grease 10 inch iron skillet or a
bunt pan
– 4 cups sifted flour
– 1 cup sugar
– 4 teaspoons baking powder
– 1tsp salt
– 4 or 5 large handfuls raisins
– 2 large eggs
– 2 cups buttermilk
Preheat oven 375. Sift flour, salt, sugar, baking powder, add raisins and mix well to coat
raisins so they do not drop to the bottom of the scone while cooking. Beat eggs lightly with a fork, pour into
the dry mixture, add buttermilk and mix real wel. Mixture will be wet,
pour into prepared pan, level the mixture with a fork so it is
even and put into pre-heated oven. Bake
for 1 hour, turn out on to a cooling tray. Let
cool then enjoy with butter and a cup of tea.
Do not cut like a cake, cut scone in half then slice down to make a slice.
Enjoy.
Mary
American Quilter’s Society
American Quilter’s Society Show
deadlines for entering quilts are as follows:
AQS
DesMoines: June 7, 2010
AQS
Lancaster 2011: November 5, 2010
AQS
Paducah 2011: January 3, 2011
For more information visit the AQS
website, http://www.americanquilter.com/.
If you like challenges,
The National Quilt Museum, www.QuiltMuseum.org, sponsors an annual New
Quilts from an Old Favorite contest.
This year’s block is Orange Peel and the entry deadline is November 1,
2010. For art quilters, check out the
calendar at Studio Art Quilters Association, www.saqa.com, for a variety of
challenges.
(from American
Quilter, Vol. XXVI, No.3, May 2101, page 8.)
41st Annual NQA Quilt Show
See information in the official
graphical version of the newsletter.
Quilts Needed
Houston, TX- Entries sought for “Still
We Rise Again: Quilts for New Orleans”.
This is a juried exhibit featuring quilts that celebrate the unwavering
spirit of New Orleans, the GulfCoast, themes of
rebirth, renewal and the recovery of a city devastated five years ago by
Hurricane Katrina. Quilts will premiere
at International Quilt Market & Festival October 30- November 7, 2010 . (Other exhibit locations TBD.)
Entry deadline July 1, 2010.You may submit up to two entries for
consideration. For Entry form e-mail:
m_walter@charter.netor or visit www.aquiltersgarden.com (Exhibit to benefit
appraiser scholarship & conservation workshop for damaged quilts) Questions
contact curator Mary Walter 617-480-6360.
Sue Nickels at Shady Maple Banquet Center
Award winning machine quilting and
machine appliquer and lecturer, Sue Nickels will be at the Shady Maple Banquet
Center on Wednesday, May 26, 2010. She
will give two programs: 9:00 – 11:00 AM
and 2:00 – 4:00 PM. The cost is $15.00
per person ($12.00 per person for groups of 20 or more). For ticket request: John Groff, 307 S. Summit Ave., Quarryville,
PA 17566. Please include: payment to
“Hinkletown Sewing”, name, address, phone number and time of preferred
program. For more information please
call 711-786-3771 or email jogroff@epix.net.
Archival Storage Boxes
Here is the information Sally shared
with us at the April meeting for anyone interested in archival storage boxes:
Archival Polypropylene Corrugated Textile
Boxes
Safely store your quilts in a moisture
resistant, lightweight, ph neutral white polypropylene box. These boxes are put together with a pH
neutral adhesive for added strength during stacking and handling
Storage boxes are available in the
following sizes and prices are based on quantity ordered. If we get multiple orders the price per box
is less. Shipping cost is extra.
Price Each box
1 Box 5
boxes 10 boxes
30 x 18 x 6" $29.25 $25.90 $25.25
36 x 24 x 8" $25.20 $31.30 $30.60
40 x 24 x 6" $36.25 $32.30 $31.65
Buffered Acid-Free Tissue to wrap your
quilts.
Cost is $1.00 per sheet for a 20" x
30" sheet
Interested people should sign up with
Sally Rapp by May 20, 2010 and indicate desired number of boxes/sizes and how
many fabric sheets you desire. Fabric sheets come 100 to a box so you can order
then by the sheet. If VFHQ decides to
place an order you will be required to pay in advance.
- Sally Rapp
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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 & |
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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
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