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VFHQ News – March 2007
Lines from Lou
Ah yes! We’re finally into March, which my
semi-optimistic psyche considers the beginning of Spring. And—while admittedly a bit snow remains on
the ground—it is actually starting to feel like spring! So today I’m finally packing away the last of
the Christmas decorations and I may actually send off the last of the Christmas
presents. Who knows, I might even
conquer my printer problems and finish the Christmas cards. I don’t know if it’s my enthusiasm for Spring
or unadulterated shame that’s motivating this exuberant completion of
long-awaited projects, all I know is
that I must clear away anything that’s not springy.
And now that
I’ve admitted my extreme procrastination, don’t you all feel better about
yourselves? I’m happy to be able to lift
your spirits—it’s the least I can do on this beautiful spring day.
Best
Lou
March Meeting –
At our March
meeting we will learn from and enjoy Mary Anne Ciccotelli
as she demonstrates the “Needle and Thread Approach to the Folded Hexagon.” During
this lecture, each person will be supplied with a pre-cut hexagon to fold as
the demonstration is illustrated during a power point presentation.
Actual samples of each step will also be available for review.
Participants should bring a sewing kit.
These hexagons could be used to make the Folded Hexabags.
These and additional folded fabric projects will be displayed at the
presentation. For more information,
visit http://sewingandbeyond.com/.
Refreshments
Food Beverage
Linda Hamel Denny Shaw
Mary Plewenski Martha
Klein
Joan Gunder Diana
Marebeth Conard Edith Neal
Joan Markowitz
Ally Howell
Celebrate National Quilting Day –
We quilters
have our own special holiday – National Quilting Day! Whether you observe the
day alone, with a few friends, or with a large group, we invite you to join
with quiltmakers and quilt enthusiasts across the
country for this special celebration.
National Quilting Day gives us the opportunity to reflect with pride on
the traditions of quiltmaking and the contributions quiltmakers have made to their families and communities for
many generations. NQA began sponsoring National Quilting Day with a resolution
passed by members attending the 22nd Annual Show in
Block of the Month
Dimensional
Whimsy #4 for April is available on the website and will be presented at the
March meeting. Bring your March block to
the guild meeting and you could win a prize.
Paper copies of Dimensional Whimsy #4 will be at the BOM table. In addition, pictures of
the quilt is now on the web site.
Bees Bees Bees Bees Bees…
Afternoon Bee—2nd Tuesday
The
Afternoon Bee will take place on
Evening Bee— 4th Tuesday
Jean Hayden,
"Quilts
in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur
Collection," running March 10-Sept 16 needs two different kinds of
volunteers:
1. Quilters willing to "lend" their quilt(s)
to hang in the Visitor Reception Area for a month at a time. They can
handle up to 6 quilts at a time (crib, twin, or queen—king-size won't fit!) and
they need to have a sleeve for hanging. If you'd like to display a quilt,
contact Betty Fiske at
2. Volunteers to serve as demonstrators in the exhibition — you
may have to interact with visitors who have questions. They need every
Saturday & Sunday (and any holiday Mondays) covered from
In return
for either,
Guild Display in Honor of Quilting Month
In
observance of "our" National Quilting Day and to publcize our guild, I have arranged a"quilter's"
display at the
Birthdays
March
March 4 Lou
Susan Glaser
March 6 Marie
Waters
March 9 Patti
McLain-Fulton
March 10
March 14 Dawn Heefner
March 15 Lisa Steuer
Karen
Wagner
March 18 Cathy Fennell
March 19 Sue Hampel
Lenis
Hetzinger
March 23 Mary Plewinski
March 25 Marie Traxler
April
April 2 Marsha Bullwinkle
April 4 Rosemary Geisler
April 6 Arlene K. Greenwald
Marge
Quinn
April 7 Norma Brechbiel
April 9 Jean Corday
Good Thoughts
Please keep
in your thoughts and prayers two of our members who are currently dealing with
serious illnesses. Nancy Dietch was diagnosed with cancer of the throat. And Cynthia DiLorenzo
was diagnosed with breast cancer. Your
good thoughts and prayers will help them through this very difficult time.
Calling all NQA members (& wannabes)
Our NQA
membership is due this month (the notice was in the stack of mail) and in order
to renew our chapter membership we must list five current National Quilt
Association members with their ID # and expiration date.
Getaway Weekend
Guild Workshops – Mark Your Calendars!
Jean will be collecting your deposits and/or
book money at our upcoming guild meeting.
We’re initiating our 20th
Anniversary Celebrations with this Turing Twenty workshop!
Turning Twenty – Chris Candello – Two days to
choose from
DATE:
TIME:
PLACE: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
Trooper, PA (see map on our web site)
BRING: Basic sewing supplies, your sewing machine, 20
fat quarters, rotary cutter, mat and your lunch.
Or
DATE:
TIME:
PLACE:
BRING: Basic sewing supplies, your sewing machine, 20
fat quarters, rotary cutter, mat and your lunch.
And there’s more 20th
anniversary festivities—During both these workshops, Steve of Steve’s
Sewing,
Also, as
part of our celebration, you can go to Steve’s to purchase your fat quarters (and/or
fabric to be cut into fat quarters) and if you tell them it is for these
workshops, they will discount the fabric 20% (are you catching on to this “20” theme?). And, of course, his staff will help you with
your selection.
In addition
to that, a professional massage therapist will be on had to provide chair
massages for $1/minute.
Chris will
have bundles of 20 fat quarters put together by Generations & Chester
County Quilting for a fee. These can be
purchased at the workshop or at Guild meeting.
Braided Quilt As You Go – Rosemary Geisler
and Judy Snook
DATE:
TIME:
PLACE: Trinity Reformed Church,
BRING: Your lunch.
Supply list will be provided upon payment to Jean Hayden
Stars by Magic – Nancy Johnson-Srebro
This is a
terrific opportunity to attend a workshop with this nationally known quilt
artist, and do so at a significantly reduced rate for guild members. Once-a-year we host a big-name quilter and
this year’s celebrity is
DATE:
TIME:
PLACE: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
Trooper, PA (map on our web site)
BRING: Your lunch.
Supply list to be provided upon payment of deposit to Jean Hayden.
Christmas in July – Beth Quigley
DATE: TBD
TIME: TBD
PLACE:
PRICE: $10.00
BRING: Your lunch.
Supply list will be provided upon payment to Jean Hayden
Welcome to New Members
Betty Dix
heard about us from
Joan Lautensack, who resides in
Janet Lentz
lives in Conshohocken and found us on the Internet. Her mother-in-law taught her to quilt in 1982
and since then has made several large quilts and many small ones. She enjoys making wall hangings and laments
that she—like many of us—does not have enough time for her favorite hobby,
quilting. Besides quilting, Janet enjoys
reading and has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
She is a quality manager for a chemical company, is married and has a
grown son. Janet is a cat lover and currently
has two cats.
Fat Quarter Raffle
We all need
more fabric - right? Perhaps the newly initiated Fat Quarter
Raffle—which we hold quarterly—may bring more fabric your way. Simply
bring a fat quarter, place it in the designated basket and your name will then
be entered 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 must be “quilt-shop-quality” fabric
Our second
raffle will be in April. For our April drawing the theme is Batik
fabrics, this fabric is widely available at all the quilt shops. The
basket will be available in March and then again in April, so bring your fat
quarter whenever you can. Any questions, contact Linda Hamel.
Meeting Minutes –
– Cathy
Fennell welcomed all including three new members.
– BOM
winner—Marge Quinn –Shellie Blake had the March block directions
available. The color pictures of the BOM
will be on the web soon.
– Door Prizes—Ruth
Heslin and Rosemary Geisler
– The evening
bee will be Tues. Feb. 27 at Donna Raymond’s home, – daytime bee will be at on
Tuesday, March 13 at Jean Hayden’s.
Everyone in the club is welcome to come to the bees.
– Secret Pal
skit was presented by Jean Hayden and Norma Brechbiel. A great way to make new friends or get to
know each other better. Gift prices
$6-$10/month.
– Jean still
has openings for workshops.
-
Turning 20 at The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Fri. March 30. And Good Shepherd on Sat. March 31. The books (versions 1 & 3) are available
for $7 and $8 respectively.
-
Magic Star- Wed., May 16 at The
-
Braided quilt as you go-Trinity Reformed Church in
Collegeville- April 21- $10 + pattern
-
Rosemary Geisler and Judy Snook helped members
create an iron –on wall hanging
– Everyone was
invited to enjoy the refreshments.
– Kathy will
be available to take AQS books orders next month. Nancy Johnson-Srebro
books will be in before the May workshop.
– Ethel talked
about how to take out a book from our lending library. She also said there are books for sale.
– Steve’s sale
this weekend—some fabrics will be 25% off.
Karen K. Buckley will be at Steve’s March 23 and 24.
– Susan Glaser
announced that a group of ladies meet the 4th Wed. of each month at
– Show &
Tell
– Adjourned:
After finishing iron-on phase of project.
Respectfully
submitted
Nancy Hannum, Recording Secretary
The Singing Quilter
The Singing
Quilter, Cathy Miller, and husband John, will give a 2-set performance on
As Our 20th Anniversary Approaches
As we move
toward our 20th anniversary, we are seeking out the history books and/or any
pictures that past historians may have.
If you have these, please contact Cathy Fennell and she will take them
off your hands. The books will then be
archived in the library at
News from Steve’s
We still
have a few spots left for the Karen Kay Buckley Workshops. Friday,
On Saturday
and Sunday, April 21 and 22 is a special trunk show/lecture and workshop with
artist Paula Scaffidi from Fiberella
(www.fiberella.com). Come and see what all the
"buzz" is about using the needle felting machines! You do not
have to own one to come... borrow one of ours to see if this embellishment
technique is for you. You will not be disappointed!
We
hope you can make it to the Saturday Sampler! This unique mini demo is on
the second Saturday of each month now through June from
Pamela
Quilt Auction for Relay!
Visit the
website, http://www.delawarequilts.com/relay#auction to participate in helping
to raise money for Relay, Find the Cure sponsored by the American Cancer
Society. This particular quilter has
recently put up a quilt for auction, which is on the above web site. The quilt has not been appraised but the
quilter says it is worth well over $700.
The materials alone were more than $200 and the quilting was another
$190. She is asking that you share the
web address with anyone who may be interested in owning this quilt. If they pay using credit card on line, the
full price is tax deductible. Thanks for spreading the word.
Alex Anderson Lecture
Alex
Anderson will present two lectures on Wednesday, May 9th at the Shady Maple
Banquet Facility. Tickets are $15 ea (or $12 ea for a group of 20 or
more) and you have to choose whether to see her from
Quilt Shows
Wild By
Design: 200 Years of innovation and artistry in American Quilts at the
James A. Michener Art Museum in New Hope, PA on Friday, Feb 16 through Sunday,
June, 3, 2007. This lively exhibit, which was organized by the International
Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, presents quilts from
the early 1800s to the present day that explore innovations in color, abstraction,
figuration, and other models of expression.
The selection of works in the exhibition affirm
that American quilt artists’ greatest aesthetic legacy is that their work is in
every sense of the term, Wild by Design.
For more information: call
Quilts in a
Material World: Selections from the
Homemaker’s
Country Quilters presents A Showcase of Quilts XII: New Traditions at the
Quilts in a
Material World: Special One-Day
Conference,
McCall’s Symposium 2007
Treat
Yourself...Mile-High Style!
Dear Quilting Friends,
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Even though the snow is still flying here in Colorado, summer is on its way,
and the McCall's Quilting staff is busy preparing to host five full days of
quilting fun during our 2007 Symposium. The beautiful foothills of the
The McCall's Quilting Staff
Shop online
You can now
shop online at Burkholder Fabrics!!
They are offering 10 % discount on online purchases. Just enter coupon #200701. This is good thru
March 31,2007and the website link is www.burkfabrics.com . My recommendation is to also go
and check the shop out....what a great store, it is one of my favorites.
They also extend a 12% in store discount to guild members....I hear a road
trip idea.
- Chris Candello
Interested in Doing Quilt Repair?
The other
evening at our meeting a gentleman asked if there was anyone interested in
repairing two quilts. If you are interested please contact him directly,
you may either email or call him. If you are emailing him under the
subject make sure you specify "Quilt repair" so that he doesn't
accidentally delete the message. He did mention that he has
the fabric to do the necessary repairs on both quilts,
he just needs the talent and is willing to pay for the repairs. His name
is Mike Gallagher, his number is
A Note of Thanks
What can I
say, but "Thank you", "Thank you", "Thank
you"!!!!!!!!!! I couldn't believe it at the
January meeting when my name was drawn to receive all the Thimbleberries
Fat Quarters of fabric! I was in total shock!! Sincere thanks to
each member who contributed a fat quarter to this special drawing. Just
wanted to let you know, I will not put my name in the basket for the next
drawing, so you all will have a chance to win! Again,
sincere thanks.
Norma
Brechbiel
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Guild Officers President
– Lou Chandler Vice
President – Cathy Fennell Treasurer
– Linda Hamel Recording
Secretary – Nancy Hannum Corresponding
Sec – Chris Candello Immediate
Past President – Gloria Clark Committee Chairs Program
Chair – Gloria Clark Workshops
– Jean Hayden Newsletter
– Cathy Fennell Web Master
– Susan Glaser. Refreshments
– Paula Pettyjohn Set-up –
Mary Beth Bullwinkle Hostess/
Door Prizes – Susan Glaser Hospitality
– Donna LeBlanc Block of
the Month – Shellie Blake Quilt Show
– Jean Hayden Quilt Bees
– Jean Hayden (day) Raffle
Quilt – Gloria Clark Challenge
– Linda Hamel Adventure
– Sally Rapp Comfort
Quilts – Shirley Horning Publicity
– Nancy Hannum Secret Pal
– Joan Gunder Historian
– Patti Fulton Library –
Art & Ethel Hutchison AQS book
sales – Kathy Graff Sunshine –
Norma Brechbiel 20th
anniversary – Chris Candello |
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