November 24, 2015 Bits & Pieces Page 1

Lanark County Quilters Guild Newsletter

November 24, 2015 Volume 20, Issue 3

Bits & Pieces PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE by Carol Darou

Wow, this year is really flying by!

It’s so exciting to see so many people attending our meetings. If you are a new

member, please ask questions and don’t be afraid to get involved.

The December QT is so much fun. I hope you pick up your tickets tonight.

Thank you for your donations to LAWS and The Table (food bank).

I guess we wont see each other again until January, when we will be having our Stash Sale. Until then, have a wonderful Christmas.

Carol

Are you wearing your name tag?

Did you bring your… mug, library books, Show and Tell,

Block of the Month?

Visiting Artists

October’s guest speaker was Bethany Garner from SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) who presented a wonderful trunk show of “little quilts” as well as some of her own creations. Bethany explained that there are 3,400 SAQA members worldwide and 450 small quilts were received for inclusion into a 25th Anniversary travelling trunk show which is travelling the world right now to introduce people to fibre art and open their minds to possibilities. Each trunk has 50 pieces in it. Below are some pictures of these amazing pieces of art:

Fall Retreat

Seventeen of us had a wonderful time at the McIntosh Inn for a couple of fun-filled days of hard work and good food. From Perth were Nancy Jossinet, Mary Cooke, Julie Cuthbertson, Lee Steele, May Walton, Johanna Zylstra, Marie Amyot, Patricia Parry, Marion Bierworth, Nora Scrutton (her cousin), Marilyn Robinson, Berkeley Butler, and Bev Davidge; plus Pat Berry, Jean Boyd, Diane Fyn, and Helena Boldt from

Brockville. It was a wonderful group, very cohesive, with everyone sharing ideas and inspiration. I gave a short tutorial on making French seam pillow-cases. People brought fabric or patterns for draws, so everyone went home with something. The Spring Retreat is booked for April 2016 by Nancy Jossinet. ~ Bev Davidge ~

December QT Wednesday, December 2

10:00 - 3:00 @ Perth Civitan Hall Cost for lunch: $15.00 per person

This is your last opportunity to sign up and pay for our December QT. Lunch includes meat or vegetarian lasagne, salad, dessert, coffee/tea. Please see me to sign-up. ~ Marilyn Robinson ~

January Executive Meeting

Date: Tuesday, January 12 @ 10:00 a.m. Hostess: Muriel Hopper 285-6726 Address: 873 Leslie Crane Drive, Perth Directions: From Perth take County Rd 10 for about 5 kms; turn right on Leslie Crane Drive into Fellinger’s Mill Estates. Muriel’s home is behind the 2-car garage at #873. Use the side door and just follow the hallway.

Next Meeting — Tuesday, January 26 @ 1:00 p.m.

Annual Stash Sale!!!! Remember to bring your money! Contact Alexis Mongeau by January 20 to book a table for selling your unwanted fabric at this meeting.

International Plowing Match 2016 The Fresh Taste of Quilting competition rules and entry information, as well as the entry form, can be found at www.plowingmatch.org/2016-committees/

quilting. Entry forms and fees must be received by April 15, 2016.

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Executive Meeting Report — November 2015

Carol Darou thanked Jean Sherwin for hosting this meeting. President (Carol Darou) - read out a note from Bethany Garner of SAQA. Vice President (Marilyn Robinson) - gave a brief overview of the Interguild meeting she attended. Marilyn is starting to work on the Fall 2016 sale. Arrangements are in place for the December QT. Past President (Jean Sherwin) - will start contacting members for the 4 positions needing to be filled by June 2016. Treasurer (Janice Spitz) - the Treasurer’s report was reviewed and approved. Block of the Month (Heather Buchan) - showed a sample of the paper-pieced block for November. Library (Marie Amyot) - showed this month’s books for the library, as well as a sample block she has done from one book. Membership (Muriel Hopper) - we have 163 members. Membership Directory is printed and in all members’ folders. Newsletter (Lynne Green) - 104 members have requested the newsletter by email. Anyone on the list from last year’s membership who have not renewed this year will be deleted from the mailing list this month. Outreach (Loree Tannett) - gave an overview for the Sensory Quilts and the Charity Quilt. Program (Beverley Davidge/Alexis Mongeau) - Alexis advised that Sharon Kryvenchuk’s workshop has been cancelled due to low sign-up numbers. She circulated a thank you note from Carla Alexiuk. This month Cathy will be covering

Technique for the Challenge. Publicity (Arlene Pellett) - showed the poster for Joni Newman’s trunk show. Social (Barb Dodds) - all is going well.

October 2015 Meeting Review

There were 117 members and 11 visitors attending our October meeting. Door prizes of patterns and a calendar were donated by Mary Young, Lois MacLean, and Bridget O’Flaherty; winners were Christine Piché, Nijole Destin, Arlene Langstaff, Leona Blair, and Rosemarie Alarie. There were 14 items for Show and Tell including huge and small quilts, wall hangings, a stool, bags, and a calendar of Bridget O’Flaherty’s own quilts. Peggy Beckett asked if anyone is interested in sewing feminine hygiene kits for the Days for Girls Project, to please contact Louise McDiarmid. Carol Darou announced that our blog is now being administered by Cathy Price. (To find how to get onto the blog, see the back page of our newsletter, under Reminders.) Carol also advised that our Membership Directory is being printed in November, so although you can join/renew at any time during the year, your name and contact details will not be included in the Directory unless you have paid by the end of October. She also reminded members that Jean Sherwin is still looking for people to fill the positions of Vice-President, Treasurer, Program Coordinator, and Library Coordinator. Carol presented name tags to the following new members: Judy Wood, Julia Egener, Cait Maloney (not present), Rosemarie Bowick, Helen Mowbray, Ingrid Olimer, Wendy Kehoe, Sandy Pulham, Jill Nolan (not present), Linda Lake, Donna Easter (not present), Debbie Mundell. Marilyn Robinson confirmed the date, time, place and menu for the December QT. A sign-up sheet is at the back of the room tonight and she asked people to sign up as she has to give the Civitan the number of people attending as soon as possible. The cost is $15.00 which must be paid by the November meeting. Nancy Jossinet spoke about the possibility of running a round robin and what this involves. If anyone is interested in doing this see her to sign-up.

Heather Buchan thanked everyone who brought in last month’s block of the month. She also thanked people for returning the Lombardy blocks. Heather showed samples of this month’s block, and advised that next month will be foundation piecing as there will be two months to complete it. Marie Amyot presented the books for this month, all of which had been donated to the library by members. Guest speaker Bethany Garner also donated a book to the library during Marie’s presentation. Loree Tannett spoke about the sensory quilts and advised that Bonnie Leclair had put together some samples that were at the back for people to see. Loree showed a sample of the Monkey Wrench pattern she has chosen for the charity

quilt; she advised that the retreat for this will be in February and sign-up will be November. Beverley Davidge advised that the recent Fall Retreat was wonderful and the Spring Retreat has been booked. She advised that in November, Joni Newman will be doing a Stained Glass workshop on the day of our meeting. Alexis Mongeau advised that 15 people have registered for Joni Newman’s workshop so far. Sharon Kryvenchuk will also be doing a workshop on November 17; Molly Hartin will be doing a workshop on February 9. Cathy Price who is in charge of this year’s Challenge for Program, referred members to the Alphabet Challenge insert in the newsletter. She had a table set up at the back with Colour ideas for every letter of the alphabet and encouraged members to have a look and make notes. Members reviewed and approved the 2015-2016 budget as presented by the Treasurer.

The Common Threads

More SAQA mini quilts: Show & Tell: L-R: Fan Quilt (Alice

Banford); Stool (Trish Connerty); Squares Wall-hanging (Babs Grose).

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Library

Women of Grace and Charm by Barb Adams and Alma Allen is a tribute to twelve American Women, including Rosie the Riveter, who served in WWII. For each woman, her story is told and a quilt block is designed. All twelve blocks have a six inch centre star. Different arrangements are given for joining the blocks, some with appliqued or pieced centre blocks. Other patterns are included for redwork, cross stitch, and rug hooking.

Nature's Offerings by Maggie Bonanomi has patterns for projects inspired by the four seasons. Quilts, hooked rugs, pincushions, table runners, and even a silly rabbit are included. Maggie Bonanomi can be contacted at: maggiebonanomi@juno.com

Portfolio 21: The Art Quilt Sourcebook published by SAQA,

Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc., and two copies of the SAQA Journal were presented to the Library, compliments of Bethany Garner who brought the SAQA 25th Anniversary Trunk Show in October. SAQA is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the art quilt. There are almost 3300 members in 32 countries. The SAQA website is www.saqa.com. Thank you to Bethany Garner for the October trunk show and the donation to the LCQG Library. ~ Marie ~

The Stash

Membership

The 2015/2016 Membership Directory is printed and a hard copy is in your file folder at the Membership table. ~ Muriel ~

More Show & Tell

Block of the Month

You will have two months to complete November’s block, which is a paper-pieced flower. Four blocks combine to make a twisted star. Make sure to check your folder at the Block of the Month table where you will find the instructions and pattern, and see a sample block. ~ Heather ~

Program

Our Stash Sale is coming up in January. For those who would like a table at our January meeting, please contact Alexis Mongeau by January 20.

On Wednesday, February 10, 2016 Molly Hartin will be teaching a Valentine’s Day workshop called “Let Me Call You Sweetheart”. Cost is $25.00 The Tuffet workshop with Cathy Price will run on

February 2 (Part 1) and again on February 23 (Part 2). Cost is $25.00 plus $95.00 for the kit. Times and locations of workshops can be found under Upcoming Events on the back page of this newsletter. ~ Beverley & Alexis ~

Social

Thank you to the following Members for providing tonight’s treats:

Beth Cozens Joan Hunter Stephanie Everitt Shelley Moore Sharon Goral Dee O’Connor Gail Gutierrez Cindy Olson Sue Gieratz Christine Piché ~ Barb ~

Outreach

Not much to report this month. We are proceeding with our two projects for this year.

Fidget or Sensory Quilts:

Please continue to think about or make your small quilts. Check the box to either contribute interesting supplies or feel free to take something you can use. So far we have one recipient, Fairview Manor in Almonte. Please feel free to contact a facility you may know about or refer

the name on to me at the meeting. I would like to start distributing the quilts when and every time we have 10.

Charity Quilt:

I will know by the meeting, the date of our In-town Retreat. It will be in February. I will have a list at the meeting that you can sign to indicate interest. The Retreat will run over three days. Friday night will be for cutting and organizing the sewing units; Saturday, we will assemble the units and organize them for the quilt top; Sunday will be the final assembly so the top will be ready for the quilter.

I know this sounds like a lot of work, but many hands make light work. I want to encourage all levels of skill to come. We can all learn something and get to know each other a little better. You do not have to commit to the entire Retreat. Come for a bit of time, do a little work, enjoy the process, just offer what you are free to do. For those who receive eNewsletters, the form that a group will need to apply for the quilt is also attached. Please download it and pass it to a group that you think might be interested. For those who receive hard copy newsletters, you can get an application form from me. Just remind the organization that the deadline is February 1, 2016. They can

give it back to you to pass on to me or mail it to me: Loree Tannett, 66 North Street, Perth, ON K7H 2T2. ~ Loree ~

Above L-R: Modern Baby Quilt (Carole Armstrong); Love

Birds (Lois Roberts); T-shirt Quilt (Carol Darou); Fireworks Wallhanging (Anna Cornel); Below L-R: Scrappy Quilt (Jean Sherwin); Lisa’s Birds (Linda Norris); Northern Neighbours workshop with Carla Alexiuk.

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REMINDERS

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Notices: Check out the table next to the Membership table at the back for notices of upcoming events, and other quilt related items for private sale. Workshop Fees:

Full day workshops: Guest Speaker—$35 Guild Teacher—$25 Half day workshops—$15

Fees are due at sign-up. Bring your own iron. Refunds are given ONLY if there is a family emergency or if the workshop is cancelled. Free Stuff: There is a table at the back for you to place items you wish to give away. However, you must remove any unclaimed items by the end of the meeting.

Blog: Visit our blog for the latest information on Guild activities, meetings, workshop news, upcoming events, quilting tips and photos of Guild members’ work. Log

onto www.lanarkcountyquiltersguild.wordpress.com. Comments welcome. Newsletter: If you have additions or articles you would like included in the newsletter, or wish to start receiving the newsletter by email, please contact Lynne Green at 267-5882 or email at greenstone44@cogeco.ca. Membership: Any changes to your information in the Guild directory should be given to Muriel Hopper and it will be included in the next newsletter.

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Contact List President: Carol Darou 264-0883 Vice-President: Marilyn Robinson 273-9732

Past-President: Jean Sherwin 267-4062

Secretary/Archivist: Molly Hartin 278-1669

Treasurer: Janice Spitz 264-1455

Block-of-the-Month: Heather Buchan 267-8481

Blog Administrator: Cathy Price 267-8092 Blog Assistant: Lynne Green 267-5882

Librarian: Marie Amyot 267-1715

Membership: Muriel Hopper 285-6726

Newsletter: Lynne Green 267-5882

Outreach: Loree Tannett 466-0417 Photographer: Ruth Wilson 875-7058

Program: Beverley Davidge 345-1956

Program Co-Chair: Alexis Mongeau 267-7447

Challenge: Cathy Price 267-8092

Publicity: Arlene Pellett 264-0710

Show & Tell: Peggy Beckett 268-2443 Social: Barbara Dodds 264-9217

Rosemarie Alarie 273-8721

Mailing Address:

LCQG, PO Box 20101, Perth ON

K7H 3M6 Email: lanarkquilters@hotmail.com

The Backing

Upcoming Events

Workshops (Contact: Alexis Mongeau) **Remember to bring your iron to all workshops**

Tuesday, February 2 10:00 - 1:00 St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

Tuffet (Part 1 - Piecing the cover) with Cathy Price

Wednesday, February 10 10:00 - 3:00 St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

Let Me Call You Sweetheart by Molly Hartin

Tuesday, February 24 9:30 - 12:00 Lions Hall

Tuffet (Part 2 - upholstering the tuffet) with Cathy Price

Shows

Stitched Together: Nov 1 - Feb 16, 2016 The Art and Warmth of Quilts PAMA - Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives 9 Wellington Street East, Brampton, ON

Our Cultural Fabric: The Origins Nov 6 - Jan 30, 2016 of Bruce County’s Quilts Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre 33 Victoria Street North (in the town of Saugeen Shores) Southampton, ON

For our Guild member snowbirds, check out the Quilters’

Travel Companion website at:

www.quilterstravelcompanion.com and click on Go Traveling!, then Shows, then Quilt Shows - United States, to

find quilt shows that might be close to wherever you are enjoying the warm weather.

Newsletter Deadline The deadline for January newsletter articles is January 14. ~ Lynne ~

Did you know?

Some tips shared by quilters to Fons & Porter: Wooden figures sold at craft stores make good quilting

designs, especially for kids’ quilts. Alcohol prep pads kept in your sewing box and near your

sewing machine are great if you jab yourself with a needle. You can also use them to clean your needle when it gets sticky from fusibles or glue.

Lay your blocks on pieces of construction paper to help you decide what colours to use for borders on your quilts. When you decide what colour family works, head for that section in the fabric store.

Use pencil grips to protect the points of your small pointed scissors as well as prevent poking and cutting fingers.

Your tips, hints or general news are needed for this section or elsewhere in the newsletter, so please email or give them to Lynne Green. Thanks.