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Next Meeting:

June 6 ~ 7:00 p.m.

St. Philomena School

Student Activities Center

324 Corys Lane

Portsmouth, RI

(Handicapped accessible)

Board Members

President: Gail Palazzolo

Vice President: Susan Rood

Secretary: Veronica Mays

Treasurer: Sue Bates

Newsletter Editor

Catherine Hawkes

Website Editor

Allison Wilbur

Guild Photographer

Susan Rood

NEQM Liaison

Claudette Reuss

Guild Librarian

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Committees

Boutique: Marla Rusling and

Leslie Addlem

Community Service: Jennie

Nestlerode and Peggy McCandless

Hospitality: Linda Willoughby

Membership: Marilyn King Simoes

Program: Lori Bessette

Quilt Show: Janet Roche and

Kristin Meranda

Raffle Quilt: Barbara Niekerk and

Susan Rood

Strip of the Month: Noreen Kissell

Sunshine: Carol McOsker

Address

Quilters by the Sea

PO Box 708

Portsmouth, RI 02871

Email

quiltersbytheseari@gmail.com

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Quilters by the Sea RI

Volume 12, Number 10

QBS Mission Statement

To instruct, encourage, and develop the art of quilting;

to share techniques, ideas, and experiences;

and to extend friendship.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Hello everyone and welcome new members,

Congratulations to the entire Guild for our

lovely quilt show in May. It takes an entire

Guild to put on such a fine show. Thank you

to co-chairs Janet Roche and Kristin Meranda and to the many,

many people (members, spouses, friends, grandchildren, etc.)

who helped make the show so successful. The show is an im-

portant revenue source for the many programs, workshops and

charitable efforts the Guild undertakes each year.

As important as the show’s financial success is the sharing of our

love of quilting with our families and friends and the next gener-

ation of quilters. Most of these quilts are private works of textile

art rarely seen outside the maker’s home. This is such a rare op-

portunity for the visiting public to see them. By that measure, I

think the attendance and the look of delight when visitors en-

tered The Pennfield School said it all. It was a beautiful display,

supported by friendly Guild members willing to share their

knowledge and enthusiasm. Thank you all for making the show

a great deal of fun.

Because of our busy agenda for June, I suggest that all members

arrive between 6:30 and 6:45 p.m. to sign in because we will be

starting promptly at 7:00. There will be two tables (alphabetical

by last name) set up for check-in to speed things up.

Stop at the Membership Tables to check in, pick up your raffle

ticket for the door prize, and check your membership status.

May is the month we usually ask members to renew their mem-

berships; as we had no meeting in May, we did renewals at the

show.

We have 21 new members who joined at the Show; most of

them are planning to attend their first meeting in June. Please

make them feel welcome. New members are anxious to connect

with their new Guild. Given that we do not meet in the eve-

nings over the summer, if you are willing to exchange contact

information or a business card with a new member from your

town, please do so.

(Continued on page 3.)

June 2019

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Quilters by the Sea 2018-19 Calendar

June 6: Gladi Porsche Trunk Show, Ice Cream Social, and Annual Meeting.

“The Quilting Journey,” Please check out Gladi's website at gladiquilts.net.

We will also enjoy our annual Ice Cream Social and vote for QBS officers for

2019-20. Nominations (including self-nominations) should be made to Susan

Rood between now and the June meeting.

Name tag

Strip of the Month and Bee Block (if participating)

Show and Tell (quilt show ribbon-holders and Sweatshirt Challenge)

Planner/calendar (for workshops/events)

An appetite for ice cream!

JJJUNEUNEUNE PPPROGRAMROGRAMROGRAM: G: G: GLADILADILADI PPPORSCHEORSCHEORSCHE

I am a wife, mother, grandmother, friend, and retired primary care physician.

I am an avid reader, enjoy many kinds of music, play the accordion in the band

Tutto Bene, and love traveling with my husband and exploring new places.

Tucked into whatever spaces I can find in my very full life is my passion for

making quilts.

I create my own designs, usually based on traditional quilt patterns, but artfully arranged with an

eye toward presenting something new and interesting. Although I do make some utilitarian quilts,

for most of my work my intention is to create something beautiful with the highest quality crafts-

manship I can provide at the time. I enjoy learning new techniques and stretching myself with

challenging projects.

Designing and making quilts is undoubtedly an artistically creative endeavor for me. I love the

challenge of choosing just the right fabrics and colors for a project. I use a machine for piecing, but

do most of my applique by hand. Most of my quilts are heavily hand quilted as I love the soft-

ness and flexibility of quilts done by hand. I also find hand quilting meditative and relaxing. It

definitely helped relieve the stress I experienced as a busy physician and Medical Director of the

University of New Hampshire Health Services. In retirement, I still find it relaxing.

www.gladiquilts.net/page_bio.html

~ Lori

Agenda for Thursday, June 6, 2019

St. Philomena School Student Activity Center

Check-in 6:30 to 6:45 p.m. ~ Meeting begins 7:00 p.m.

7:00 Introduction of new members and end-of-year reports; thank you to Board

7:10 – 7:20 Brief intro and election of new officers

Nominated Slate: Elaine Wilson, President; Susan Rood, VP;

Barbara Saar, Treasurer; June House, Secretary

7:20 – 7:35 Ice Cream Social (Break)

7:35 – 8:35 Guest Speaker: Gladi Porsche, Trunk Show of Quilts

8:35 – 8:50 Show and Tell with Kristin Meranda: Viewer’s Choice Awards, Vendor’s Choice

Awards, and Past President’s Choice Awards

Show and Tell with Chris Bagley: Sweatshirt Challenge

8:50 – 9:00 Announcements: Sew Days over Summer, NEQM Quilt Museum

Adjourn

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TREASURER’S NOTES

As I come near the end of my two-year term as Treasurer, I am busier than ever. I will report

what I have for the quilt show here. Keep in mind that most, but not all, income and expenses

have been reported to me. Included here is the quilt show data which includes Entry, Boutique,

Raffle Baskets, Book Sales, Vendors, and Ads. Raffle quilt is listed separately, and finally the

Small Quilt Auction whose net proceeds are donated to the New England Quilt Museum.

Quilt show net profit of $5,993

Raffle quilt net profit of $1,926

The Small Quilt Auction has bids totaling $1,100, which allows our guild to receive numerous

benefits from the New England Quilt Museum. If you did bid on a Small Quilt Auction item but

were not at the quilt show at the conclusion on Sunday, please contact Denise Duval to make

your payment and receive your item. Thank you all who participated in making and bidding on

these wonderful quilts.

Membership is not really part of the quilt show, but thank you for those who paid their dues at

the show, and a special thank you and welcome to our new members!

Continue to read your newsletters for updates on the quilt show data. I also will have more fi-

nancial data in the next newsletter that show how our quilt show and raffle quilt pay for our

amazing speakers. I expect that we will continue with amazing, informative, and entertaining

speakers and opportunities for great workshops and outings.

Our current balances are $18,858 in the checking account and

$5,105 in the CD.

(Continued from page 1.)

Under the calendar on page 2 is an agenda for the June 6 meeting. We have a tighter than nor-

mal program, including elections, ice cream social, our wonderful guest speaker Gladi Porsche, and

a special Show and Tell of quilt show ribbon and Viewer’s Choice winners.

We will start the meeting promptly at 7 p.m. See you all there.

Happy Sewing,

Gail

~ Sue Bates

Officer Nominations for 2019-20

In accordance with QBS By-laws and Robert's Rules of Order, the following slate of officers for

the Quilters by the Sea Executive Board is presented by the appointed Nominating Committee:

President, Elaine Wilson

Vice President, Susan Rood

Secretary, June House

Treasurer, Barbara Saar

Because of the Quilt Show in May, nominees will be voted on at the June meeting. At that time

nominations also will be accepted from the floor. Thank you.

~ The Nominating Committee

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Thank you to all the people who helped plan and prepare for the quilt show:

Thank you to all the people who set up and took down the show:

Barbara Beaumont, Lori Bessette, Liz Bezel, Donna Chaves, Barbara Condon, Nancy &n George DeV-

illers, Shirley Fisher, B. Anne Greene, Catherine Hawkes, Norma & Hope Hogan, Nancy Keith, Carole

Kenny, Noreen & Richard Kissell, Nancy & Steve Landreville, Betsy Leslie, Penny Lewis, Alyson, Samson

& Freya Lombard, Veronica & Dereke Mays, Peggy McCandless, Kristin’s son, Sandy Mitra, Jennie Nes-

tlerode, Gail, Joe, & Mary Palazzolo, Diane Roman, Susan Rood, Barbara Saar, Sarah Sullivan & family,

Lynn Thurston, Debby Timby, SaraJane Tirpaeck, Nancy Vaillancourt, Linda Willoughby & grandson,

Elaine Wilson & family.

Thank you to all of the people who volunteered to work at the show.

Thank you to all the people who worked at tables the show:

Chris Bagley, Barb Beaumont, Lori Bessette, Marilyn Bunnewith, Donna and Kendall Chaves, Jean

Cromwell, Sally Cooper, Colleen Craveiro, Serafina Deascentis, Nancy DeVitters, Denise Duval, Marilyn

Ferkinhoff, Judy Ferreira, Shirley Fisher, Carol Garvey, Gay Gullison, Jan Gunzelman, Norma Hogan,

Karen Jameson, Aggie Johnson, Aggie Keeney, Nancy Keith, Carol Kenney, Noreen Kissell, Loretta Kre-

bel, Nancy Landreville, Penny Lewis, Alyson, Samson and Freya Lombard, Judy Messenger, Sandy Mi-

tra, Martha Munkacsy, Jocelyn Pacquette, Gail, Joe, and Mary Palazzolo, Deb Pereira, Jeanette Perry,

Claudette Reuss, Diane Roman, Susan Rood, JoAnn Rosemonrt, BVarbara Saar, Ruth Sears, Dana Ste-

venson, Lynn Thurston, Debby Timby, Sara Jane Tirpaeck, Jane Unsworth, Nancy Vaillancourt, Carolyn

Windham.

With thanks to Marilyn King Simoes, our membership chair, who worked both days accepting 21

new members and many renewals.

A special thanks to Debby Timby who photographed the show and Sue Bates who worked all day

both days collecting the money from the booths.

Co-chairs: Janet Roche and Kristin Meranda

Artistic Staging Chair: Noreen Kissell

Awards Chair: Kristin Meranda

Boutique Co-Chairs: Leslie Addlem and

Marla Rusling

Challenge Quilt Chair: Chris Bagley

Community Service Chair: Jennie Nestlerode

Demonstrations Chair: Suzanne Munroe

Door Favors Chair: Nancy Vaillencourt;

Assistant: Susan Rood

Info Cards and Program Chair: Catherine Hawkes

Membership (Current Guild Membership Chair):

Marilyn King Simoes

Program Ads Chair: Veronica Mays

Publicity Chair: Gail Palazzolo

Printing of Bookmarks and Posters:

Sandy Reynolds

Quilt Registration Chair: Susan Rood.

Raffle Baskets Co Chairs: Deb Pereira,

Diane Gouveia, Jane Unsworth

Rack Layout: Alison Wilbur,

Quilt Layout Co-Chairs: Sandy Reynolds and

Ruth Sears; Assistants: Linda Willoughby

and Lori Bessette

Signs Chair: Susan Bates

Small Quilt Silent Auction Chair: Denise Duval;

Assistant: Marilyn Ferkinhoff

Treasurer (Current Guild Treasurer):

Susan Bates

Vendors Chair: Jenny Nestlerode

Volunteers Chair: Janet Roche

Janet and Kristin, Co-Chairs

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THE QBS QUILT SHOW 2019 WRAP-UP What is new since Quilt Show 2017?

The new venue, The Pennfield School. Many people commented on the natural light in the gym and that it

was large enough for 144 quilts and membership, raffle quilt, and raffle baskets to be in front of the stage.

More extensive artistic staging to deinstitutionalize the gym. Decorating the admissions table. QBS Bunting.

Renting metal racks from The Rhododendron Needlers Quilt Guild was great for set-up and take-down in-

stead of using the bulky wooden racks owned by QBS.

More extensive publicity than past shows in social media, print, The Rhode Show, QBS newsletter, QBS web-

site, and NEQM website. Targeted distribution of posters and bookmarks, as well as our traditional distribu-

tion of posters and bookmarks to other guilds.

Using the square for credit card purchases.

An organized effort to sell ads—$20 each for business card size ad with the possibility of a coupon offer on

the back to make money and encourage attendees to visit our vendors after the show.

A Sunday special at noon at the silent auction: Any quilt without a bid can be brought home NOW with a

five dollar added donation to the starting bid amount.

Saving money with a smaller two-page program instead of a booklet-size program.

Selling advance tickets to guild members.

Having a quilted sweatshirt as the challenge quilt.

Having volunteers wear aprons so attendees would know who was working at the show.

Making awards more meaningful by limiting the number of awards. The goal was to have 15% to 25% of

the quilts receive an award.

Hourly PA announcements publicizing demonstrations and winners of the raffle baskets, the raffle quilt, and

the membership raffle.

Giving volunteers a volunteer record sheet so they could remember where they were working at the show,

and getting volunteers from Portsmouth High School National Honor Society.

Creating an institutional memory of the tasks, timeline, and recommendations of the show committee in

notebooks written by each subcommittee chair.

The quilt show is a team effort!

Attendance: Because of extensive publicity, more people attended in 2019 than in 2017: Approximately

350 people attended on Saturday (tally sheet lost) and 214 on Sunday: 110 entered between 10 a.m.

and 12 p.m., 98 between 12 and 2 p.m., 6 between 2 and 3 p.m.

Boutique: Due to the diligence of guild members, there were more items in the boutique than in 2017 (five

totes full) and there were more quilts in the silent auction (57).

Members volunteering: 71 members from our youngest (age 9) to our oldest (age 90) worked on the show

committee, on set-up, at the show, and on take-down.

Vendors: The same number of vendors (10).

Number of quilts: Fewer quilts than in 2017: 144 quilts in 2019, 154 quilts in 2017.

Participating members: Fewer members entered quilts than in 2017: 49 in 2019, 56 in 2017.

Challenge: 13 members participated in the Sweatshirt Challenge.

Demonstrations: 9 members gave demos in 2019.

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2019 “A Bouquet of Quilts” Quilt Show Awards

Vendor’s Award

Barbara Beaumont: Spring Blooms

Kendal Chaves: Music Makes My Heart Sing

Betty Davis: Blue Bell

Elizabeth Greene: Pink Quilt

Nancy Landreville: Cosmos

Kristin Meranda: Karen’s Camelot Quilt

Deborah Timby: Graph

Linda Willoughby: Dutch Chintz

Viewer’s Choice Award

1st Place – Kristin Meranda: Karen’s Camelot Quilt

2nd Place – Barbara Beaumont: Nature’s Confetti

3rd Place – Sara Jane Tirpaeck: Funky Birds

President’s Award

Marilyn Ferkinhoff: Snake River

Shirley Fisher: Ruffled Roses

Peggy McCandless: Bargello Bonanza

Gail Palazzolo: Dresden Plate

Sandy Reynolds: Feathered Stars in a Flower

Garden

Deborah Timby: Birds of a Feather

Sara Jane Tirpaeck: Funky Birds

Sweatshirt Challenge Winners

Most Creative: Veronica Conaky Mays

Most Wearable: Jeanette Perry

Best Quiltage: Marla Rusling

Viewer’s Choice: Marla Rusling

New England’s Oldest And

Largest Quilt

Festival

Celebrating 43 Years

Wed., June 26 - Sat., June 29

Wednesday Preview 7:00 - 9:30 p.m.

Thursday-Friday 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (Quilt exhibits close 5:00 p.m. Saturday)

Champlain Valley Exposition (CVE)

105 Pearl St. (VT Route 15)

Essex Junction, Vermont

Ticket Prices at the door: One Day $12 Two Day $22

Three Day $32

vqf.org

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June: Flag Day/LGBT Pride Month

Red ~ White ~ Blue / Rainbow

If you would like to participate, bring TWO strips of cotton fabric 2½” x width of fabric (selvage

to selvage) in the month’s color and/or theme to the monthly meeting. For each strip you bring

in, you will receive a ticket and the opportunity to win all the strips for the month.

If you have won the strips in the past and have made a project using them, please bring it to the

meeting so we can all get ideas!

Sunshine and Shadows

If you have any member news that requires a bit of sunshine,

please let me know by either phone or e-mail.

~ Carol McOsker

Proposed Amendment to Quilters by the Sea By-Laws

The By-Laws require notification before a vote is taken.

The Board will ask for a vote at the June meeting.

In light of our recent votes and action, the Board proposes this change to the By-Laws:

By-Laws, Article II

Current: A $25 contribution to the New England Quilt Museum will be made to

honor the birth to or passing of any current member of Quilters by the Sea.

Proposed amendment: Add the words: The same contribution will be made for the

passing of any former President of Quilters by the Sea.

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At the Museum… May — December hours: Tuesday - Sunday 10-4

Through June 23: Explorations II — Inside the Quilt Artist's Studio

Through Aug 4: A new exhibit entitled In Praise of Silk spans three centuries of quilt-

making, highlighting silk. A curator's reception on Saturday, May 11, will feature guest

speaker Dr Robert Forrant, professor at UMass Lowell, who will be presenting “The Silk

Mills of Lowell.”

June 25 through August 18: 19th-Century Basket Quilts. American Quilt Study Group members

were challenged to study a 19th-century quilt with a basket motif and create a new quilt

using the original as inspiration. The exhibit includes 25 study quilts and statements from

the quiltmakers about the process and what they learned.

www.nequiltmuseum.org ~ Claudette

Bayberry Quilt Show Demonstration Schedule

Thursday Friday Saturday 10:15 am Nantucket Bags 10:00am Quilters Treasure 10:00 am Come Quilt with Me Why this bag is so useful... Being creative with Tsukineko Inks Rotary cutting your way... 11:00 am Ask Adele 11:00 am Ask Adele 11:00 am Ask Adele Whats New in Notions Part 1 Free Motion Quilting for Todays’ Quilter Whats New in Notions Part 2 12:00 pm Barbs Originals 12:00 pm Bits N Pieces 12:00 pm Hancy Creations How to use your artwork... Handi Quilter Using our tools to mark quilts 1:00 pm Thimbles for You 1:00 pm Martelli 1:00 pm Quilters Treasure How to Use a thimble... Martelli Cutting Systems Quilt as you go 2 – 4 pm Bayberry in Action 2 – 4 pm Bayberry in Action