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Lanark County Quilters’ Guild Newsletter

October 24, 2017 Volume 22, Issue 2

Bits & Pieces PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE by Marilyn Robinson

Welcome to Fall! It’s amazing, when you think about it, how things constantly change – the days – the

weather – the seasons. Some of us prefer things to remain the same – there is comfort, familiarity in constant

sameness. But, unfortunately things cannot always be the same. There is challenge and excitement in

change, and as we individually face the challenges in our lives as change occurs, the Lanark County Quilters

Guild is also facing the challenge of change.

Due to Administrative changes in the School Boards, your Quilt Show Committee was forced to postpone the

Quilt Show from 2017 to 2018 – that in itself is a challenging change. Now, due to further changes we are also

faced with the challenge of a new Venue. The Lanark County Quilters Guild Quilt Show will be held in July of 2018 at the

Smiths Falls Memorial Community Centre. Further information will be available as the Committee firms up final details. This

is an exciting new challenge and we are looking forward, with your help, to having a wonderful Show!

You are probably getting a little tired of hearing me ask for volunteers...but I promise I will not stop! (this is something that

will not change for a while)

Please, we need you! If you feel a little “isolated” or lonely, or feel you would like to know more members of the Guild, please

volunteer! There will be a sign-up sheet at the Membership desk if you would like to help with our Show.

Finally, I was remiss in my last message in not congratulating those members who were awarded ribbons in our local summer/

fall fairs. Congratulations to you!

“If you want a thing well done, get a couple of old broads to do it.” Bette Davis

Marilyn

Visiting Artists

Our guest speaker in September was Mary Elizabeth Kinch,

a quilt artist from Toronto who loves making full size quilts from

lots and lots and lots of small blocks.

Mary Elizabeth is a professional quiltmaker, author, fabric

designer, teacher and lecturer. She co-authored two best-selling

books, “Small Blocks, Stunning Quilts” and “Small Pieces, Spec-

tacular Quilts.” She is passionate about studying antique quilts,

the lessons they can teach and applying that new knowledge in

imaginative ways to create beautiful antique inspired Reproduc-

tion Quilts and exciting Modern Quilts. Here are a few photos of some her amazing work:

Christmas QT “QT” Quilting Time, an LCQG tradition

Take a day before the hectic Holiday Season to relax, not cook, work on your favorite project and catch up on

news.

Enjoy a full lunch, beautiful door prize and games – all

included for $15.00.

Sign up at the October 24 meeting with Nijole Deskin at

the Christmas display table or contact Nijole.

CIVITAN CLUB OF PERTH 6787 Lanark County Road 43

DECEMBER 6, 10:00am-3:00pm

Shop of the Month

The Shop of the Month for October is Jennifer Hamilton from

Maberly. She now accepts Mastercard and Visa.

The "Canada 125-Quilt" will be on display at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum [3 Rosamond St. East , Al-

monte ]until December 16

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Executive Meeting Report — October 2017

President (Marilyn Robinson) - Marilyn Robinson thanked Nijole Deskin for hosting the meeting. Vice President (Nijole Deskin) - next Executive Meeting will be at the home of Minerva Osborne. Christmas Sale Committee will be having a meeting on Monday, October 16, 2017, to discuss the Sale. They will also be

having a pricing meeting on Thursday, November 2, 2017. Christmas QT on Wednesday, December 6, 2017, has a menu change, but the cost $15 will be the same. Past President (Carol Darou) - Peggy Beckett will do Show & Tell when Beverley Davidge is away in the winter. Treasurer (Diane Gallagher) - Treasurer’s Report was read and a motion was put forward by Linda Lake to accept the Report as is, and it was seconded by Marilyn Lockyer. All were in favour. Block of the Month (Minerva Osborne) - Minerva showed the next block, a Disappearing Pinwheel Block. Library (Marilyn Locker) - the book sale in September only brought in $24, but she will find other ways of culling the books. In October, she will be featuring the Tools Library. Judy Pattinson has stepped forward to help with Library. Membership (Janice) - absent; reported that she has about 110 members renewed, along with a few new members. Newsletter (Hope Bell) - absent; advised the deadline for newsletter articles is second Friday of each month. Outreach (Nancy Jossinet/Mary Cooke) - There will be a Work Party to assemble the Outreach Quilt on Tuesday, Octo-ber 17, 2017, from 9:30 am until 3 pm. @ St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, in the basement. There are 12 signed up

YAK is coming to our next General Meeting and our Christmas sale to sell tickets on the Raffle Quilt Program (Marlene Starkman/Linda Lake) - Guild Challenge will be announced at the October General Meeting. In No-vember, we will be having Valerie Miller. Publicity (Arlene Pellett) - Arlene showed the poster for the October General Meeting Social (Peggy Cowle) - Roberta Peets will be helping with Social. Business Arising — Marilyn Robinson asked Diane Gallagher if the Audit was done and the reply was yes. We will sponsor Quilt Canada 2018 with a donation of $200, put towards Viewer’s Choice. QOTT, biannual Quilt Show venue has changed to the Smiths Falls Community Centre. July 11-15, 2018.

September 2017 Meeting Review

President Marilyn Robinson called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm and welcomed everyone. There were 93 members and 4 visitors signed in this evening. Door Prizes were donated by Marion Bierworth, Marilyn Robinson, Marlene Starkman, Heather Buchan, and Bridget O’Flaherty. Winners of the Door Prizes include Minerva Osborne, Alice Banford, Betty Schermerhorn, Donna Greene, Mary Cunningham, Jeanne McCandless, Connie Merkley, Wilhemine Hill, Yvette Yachne, Judy Barrie, and Carol Darou. 10 Year Pin was handed out to Debbie Linse. Nancy Jossinet informed us that the Fall Retreat was cancelled, but the Spring Retreat will be in April 2018. OUTREACH: Nancy showed the Outreach quilt pattern for this year and has decided to do a Work Party, instead of mak-ing kits. BLOCK OF THE MONTH: Minerva Osborne showed the first block of the year, a 3D Pinwheel Block. SOCIAL: Peggy Cowle asked members for fabric for a project she is working on outside the Guild. The UFO Challenge, ran by Lois MacLean and Rick Richardson, will continue again this year, as it was very popular last year. Marilyn Robinson brought everyone’s attention to the Proposed Budget. A motion was brought forward by Marilyn Devlin to accept the Proposed Budget. It was seconded by Kathy Harper, and all members were in favour.

The Common Threads

LCQG 2017 Christmas Sale Saturday, November 4, 11:00 - 2:00 Glad Tidings Pentacostal Church, 160 Wayside Drive, Perth

DONATIONS: Please bring your donated items to the October Guild meeting. For last minute donations, please contact

Nijole Deskin (613-267-2982/nijolekd@gmail.com) to arrange drop off or pick up.

LUNCHEON: Christmas sale volunteers needed—Our luncheon needs many hands for continued success. We still need

six more kitchen helpers for November 4 and 11 pans of squares plus 7 more loaves of sandwiches so if you can help please email llakeg@gmail.com or call Linda at 905-376-1220

CONSIGNMENTS: The guild will charge 10 % of selling price for consignment articles. You decide on the price. Please bring your items, & the consignment form to Glad Tidings Church between 1-3 pm on Friday, November 3rd (or arrange for a friend to take them !) Anna C. will have tags for you to attach to your items at that time.

This year only one large quilt per person will be hung, however if you bring more than one large quilt and your first quilt sells then your second quilt will be hung etc. (So if you have multiples label them 1,2 etc.) Quilts not hung will be dis-played folded. In previous years very few large quilts have sold at Christmas Fair, smaller seasonal items are much more popular.

The committee needs to know the size of your large quilt(s) by October guild night (October 24th) so please bring the measurements to guild or contact Anna Cornel.

A PDF of the consignment form is enclosed. If you are unable to print it, there will be extra copies at the guild meeting.

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Library Crazy Shortcut Quilts by M. McManus & S. Raffuse; donated

by Edith Seaward.

This book is a mixture of making modern crazy quilts and quilt as you go using decorative stitching. The instructions are easy to understand and the book is suitable for a beginning quilter as well as an experienced one. The authors describe the pro-jects as “CRAZY quilts that you can make in a very SHORT time using a few straight CUTS and decoratively stitched into

gorgeous home décor QUILTS”.

Bed & Breakfast Quilts by M. Dietrich; donated by Edith Sea-

ward.

A book with lovely, traditional quilt patterns and yummy-looking recipes for great breakfast dishes. I couldn’t decide

which I like better! (But I know I like quilting better than I like

cooking.) Lots of great tips and easy to follow instructions.

Thank you to Judy Pattinson for offering to help Edith and me

with the library!

~ Marilyn Lockyer ~

The Stash Block of the Month

This month I will be presenting the Disappearing Pinwheel, it is a fun block with the option of many different patterns, have fun with it. If you have signed up to receive your copies, check for your copy in your file folder, in the file box, if you have not signed up for this year , there is still time, sign up sheets are available .See the samples at our B O M table, also I still have some extra copies from last seasons BOM available, it would be a shame to waste them, give a copy to a friend and maybe get them interested in quilting, better yet bring them to our next meeting and introduce them to Quilting. ~ Minerva Osborne ~

Social Thank you to the following members for providing tonight's treats:

Joy Price Ruth Rodford Barb Sangster Diane Saxberg Jean Sherwin Kathy Smallwood Janice Spitz Bronwen Sutton ~ Peggy Cowle ~

Show & Tell

1st Row L-R: My Town

Quilt (Evelyne Michaud ); Fall Colors Batik (Babs Grose); Mommy Time (Babs Grose); Angela’s Flower

Garden (Judy Pattinson) 2nd Row L-R: Bethany Garner Workshop piece

(Bev Cooper); Grandmothers Flower Garden (Wilhelmine Hill); T-Shirt Quilt (Anita Payne); Bursting Zinnia

(Bridget O'Flaherty); Origi-nal Abstract (Bridget O’Fla-

herty);

3rd Row L-R: (Alice Ban-ford); SAQA mini (Anita Payne); 12” Mini Blocks (Anita Payne); Strip Quilt

(Alice Banford)

Are you wearing your name tag? Did

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

Block of the Month?

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Reminders - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Notices: Notices of upcoming events, and other quilt related items for private sale now shares space on the larger table for free stuff.

Workshop Fees: Program will charge an appropriate fee for workshops, subject to costs associated with the workshop presenter.

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 large table in the centre of the room 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. This table now shares space with the notices of upcoming events and other quilt re-

lated items that were previously located next to the Membership table.

Blog: Visit our blog for the latest information on Guild activities, meetings, workshop news, upcoming events. Log onto www.lanarkcountyquiltersguild.wordpress.com.

Comments welcome.

Newsletter: If you have any articles you would like included in the newsletter, or wish to start receiving the newsletter by email, please contact Hope Bell at 275-1018 or email at hopebell@kpmg.ca. Membership: Any changes to your information in the Guild directory should be given to Janice Trudel and it will be included in the next newsletter.

The Backing

Upcoming Events

Workshops (Contact: Linda Lake or Marlene Starkman) **Remember to bring your iron to all workshops**

Oct 24: Guild member Heather Buchan will give a talk on the history of the guild, PLUS come see the 15 piece display of Canada 150 quilts touring the area. If you didn’t make it to any area shows over the summer, you won’t want to miss

these!

Nov 28: Renfrew quilter Valerie Miller creates graphic quilts employing traditional techniques and modern style. Her quilts have featured at Quilt Market in Houston and Quilt Con in Pasadena. Come see her trunk show Nov 28 and join her workshop Nov 29 to learn her curves technique and cre-

ate a modern and sophisticated table runner.

Jan, 2018: Guild member Cathy Price is teaching Log Cab-in Pillow with Button Closure. Two dates: Sat. Jan 20 and Wed. Jan 24. (based on minimum enrolment). Also at the

January meeting is our annual Stash Sale!

Feb. 2018: Guild member Bridget O'Flaherty is teaching Landscape Thread Painting by Numbers. Two dates: Sat. Feb

24 and Wed. Feb 27.(based on minimum enrolment).

Did you know?

Pizza boxes are good storage containers for quilts in progress. New boxes can be pur-chased in bulk and with small/medium /

large / extra large sizes, there is the right size box for blocks ranging from 6 to 20 inches.

Your tips, hints or general news are needed for this section or else-where in the newsletter, so please email or give them to Hope Bell. Thanks.

Contact List President: Marilyn Robinson 273-9732 Vice-President: Nijole Deskin 267-5982 Past-President: Carol Darou 264-0883 Secretary/Archivist: Cathy Price 267-8092 Treasurer: Diane Gallagher 267-5681 Block-of-the-Month: Minerva Osborne Blog Administrator: Cathy Price 267-8092 Blog Assistant: Lynne Green 267-5882 Librarian: Marilyn Lockyer 402-7188 (cell) Membership: Janice Trudel 682-0035 Newsletter: Hope Bell 275-1018 Outreach: Nancy Jossinet 267-0022 Mary Cooke 283-9370 Photographer: Cathy Price 267-8092

Program: Linda Lake (905) 367-1220 Marlene Starkman (416) 985-5687

Publicity: Arlene Pellett 264-0710 Show & Tell: Bev Davidge 345-1956 (Sept-Dec & April-June) Social: Peggy Cowle 259-2326 Roberta Peets 267-5250 Barb Dodds 264-9217

Mailing Address:

LCQG, PO Box 20101, Perth ON K7H 3M6 Email: lanarkquilters@hotmail.com

Quilting Frame For Sale Only used for large quilts, all parts for other sizes are still new. Asking

$200.

If interested contact Dianne Gaudreau dianne-

gaudreau1847@hotmail.ca

Next Meeting - Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Newsletter deadline—Friday, November 17

November Executive Meeting

Date: November 14, 2017 @10 a.m. Hostess: Minerva Osborne

Address: 484 Ramsay Twp. Conc 4A, Carleton

Place, phone # 613-253-7167

Directions: from Perth go east towards Carleton Place,

on Hwy. # 7, our Street (Concession Line) 4A, is the

first Street after you pass the Tatlock Road, turn left on

4A, we are the third house on the right, a grey brick

with an black iron fence in front.