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Woodstock Quilt Guild

March 2017 2016-17 Executive

President- Ellen Armour

Vice President – Jean Cummings

Past President- Susan Hayden

Registrar – Terry Harcombe

Secretary – Dianne Lawson

Treasurer- Kim Reeleder

Website: http://www.woodstockquiltguild.weebly.com

Committees:

Community Quilts – Gayle Lawrence

Fat Quarter Draw : Sandra Culberson

Web Site: Marilyn Sarchfield & Jolene Clark

Phone Committee: Linda Markey & Vicki Albright

Refreshments: Dianne Lawson

Sunshine: Linda McAffee

Photography: Trisha Robinson

Library: Shelley Dionne

Program: Doreen Antworth

Newsletter: Janet Wright

Quilt Show: Betty Doherty

Booking Instructors: Janet Melanson & Diane Scott

Retreat: Annette Dykeman, Linda Markey & Terry Dickinson

Legacy - Betty Doherty

Super Saturday: Betty Doherty & Susan Hayden

PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

Hello Members

Super Saturday and was great as usual.

The weather this past week has been very nice wonder what is coming next week ha ha ha

How about getting your quilts ready for the Quilt Show 2017?

Ellen

Woodstock Quilt Guild

Agenda

Opening Remarks, Welcome

Approval of Agenda, as published in March 2017 newsletter

Approval of minutes February, as published in March 2017 newsletter

Business arising from the minutes –

Correspondence

Treasurers Report – as published in March 2017 newsletter

Quilt Show 2017

Retreat

Super Saturday

Mystery Quilt – Janet W

Teachers- Janet M & Diane S

New Business –

Committee Reports, as per Newsletter March 2017

Program

Break

Fabric Draw

Show and Tell

Next meeting Monday April 3 2017.

Meeting Adjourned

Minutes February 6, 2017

Ellen called the meeting to order at 7:05 and welcomed everyone. We had a visitor

Jean Saunders and a guest speaker.

MaryAnn MacNabb-Walker presented about Woodstock Old Home Week Hobby

Show. This has been non-existent for the past eight years, and she is making an

effort to bring the Hobby Show back this summer. She had a handout for us and is

open to suggestions. She wants participation at the show from quilters, sewers,

knitters and other crafters. Facebook page is Woodstock old home week hobby

show. There will be ribbons awarded after judging for first, second, and third

place. There was a question about security and insurance. Security is be provided

when exhibits are not tended by volunteers. MaryAnn will check on insurance.

Approval of Agenda: Moved by Sandra Culberson and seconded by Kathy Boone the

approval of the agenda as published in February 2017 newsletter. Carried

Approval of minutes January meeting: Moved by Janet Melanson and seconded by

Diane Scott the approval of the minutes as published in February 2017 newsletter

with one correction – the spelling of Jane’s last name – should have been Carlisle.

Carried

Business arising from the minutes:

Volunteer Positions still open – Photographer

Correspondence: Get well card from Nadine Bolton. She appreciated the box of

gifts that helped her through her days of treatment and recovery.

Treasurers Report: Moved by Kim Reeleder and seconded by Trisha Robinson the

adoption of the Treasurers Report as published in February 2017 newsletter.

Carried

Quilt Show 2017:

Betty informed members that we have 98 blocks and we are hoping for 150. We

want to have all the blocks so the “project” can be assembled by May.

Vendors at the quilt show will be accommodated by us. If you are willing to billet a

vender for two nights and provide them breakfast that would be appreciated.

Ticket sales are going well. Jackie offered to give people more tickets if you wish.

Also Jackie has a schedule for selling tickets at Sobeys, on March 24. If you wish

to volunteer see Jackie at break time. Janet Nichol will have a volunteer sign up

sheet for the actual show. Thursday to help with set up. Friday and Saturday to

help with the actual show. The raffle quilt is here tonight to see. An older quilt will

also be on display at the quilt show. Ageless NB will do a feature story on quilts in

the next issue.

Super Saturday: See the newsletter for requirements for the two options of Log

Cabin quilts for the February 18th Super Saturday.

March Super Saturday will be a retreat bag. Hardware will be provided for one bag

for each participant. If you wish to order more hardware, let Betty know so she can

get the order done.

April Super Saturday will be free motion quilting by Debra Flewelling.

May Super Saturday will be held by Margie Grieve. She is excited to be coming.

2017 Retreat:

Annette Dykeman spoke about the upcoming retreat in October. Registration form

is in the newsletter. Trisha noted an error in the registration form. A misplaced

“please”. Hard copies are available at meeting tonight.

Mystery Quilt:

Janet Wright noted that C2 is a 4 1/2 inch square. Janet showed the three blocks,

two of which you will make two. This is chapter two of five chapters. Final project

will be 48” x 48”.

Janet also passed on the two quilts to Portage NB. The quilts were graciously

accepted and it was noted that 30 of the 50 quilts have been donated.

Janet Melanson introduced the Oh Canada quilt pattern. If there are 10 people

interested, then Gail Mitchell from Fredericton will be contacted to come and

teach the project. It will be on a Saturday, and you will be expected to bring six

half meter fabrics of a color – washed and ready for cutting.

New Business –

Committee Reports, as per Newsletter February 2017

Library: It was discussed and agreed that names will be posted in the newsletter

for overdue books. Could we have a list of all library books on the website? Perhaps

or maybe on the facebook site.

Program:

We were saddened to hear that Doreen’s mom passed away last evening so she was

not in attendance at the meeting. Janet Melanson covered the program info. All

participants in the Red Challenge for February showed their project. March

challenge is “Spring”.

Stitchery Challenge is due for showing this month. There were three patterns and

they were all due to be put together for tonight. One name will be drawn for the

“Stitches from the Garden” book. Jackie Walker won the book! Congratulations.

Trisha Robinson presented a Color Wheel challenge. She did a presentation of the

basic color wheel. There are 12 colours on the wheel. You can get a color wheel at

paint stores or other outlets. By adding black or white, you can change the value of

the colour. By adding other colours to the main color, it changes the color and may

make it dull or bright. Primary colours are Red, Yellow, Blue. They come from

nature, in our environment. Secondary colours are green, orange, purple (violet) are

made by mixing two primary colours. To get the purest of secondary colours, you

need to use equal amounts of the two primary colours. The six Intermediate colours

are developed by using equal parts of primary and secondary colour. The middle of

the wheel is where the value scale comes into play. It is achieved by adding black or

white. (Black is the absence of colour and white is when our eye absorbs all the

colour light rays at the same time.) There are ten gradients between black and

white (various shades of grey) You can use a ruby red beholder, or take a digital

picture and then change it to black and white and you will see the difference in the

colour values. Temperature is also a consideration with colour. Red orange and

yellow are warm. Blue Green Purple are cool colours. If you add a warm (red) to a

purple, you will get a warm purple. Tertiary colours are found in the middle of the

colour wheel and they are earthy. Their purpose is to give harmony. They are

comprised of equal parts of the three primary colours. As you alter the amounts of

each primary colour, it tones or dulls the colour. A tertiary colour adds toning to a

quilt. It calms the colour down. The four colour properties are value, hue, tone and

temperature.

After a break, of coffee, library, and looking at the quilts, Sandra did the draw for

the fabrics. Winners were Kim Reeleder, Linda McAfee and Ann Gran

After an inspirational Show and Tell, meeting was adjourned at 9:15

Next meeting Monday March 6 2017.

Respectfully submitted by Dianne Lawson

The MONEY PAGE $$$$$$

Don’t forget money reports run one month behind!!

Treasurer's Report for March 2017 Newsletter

Submitted by Kim Reeleder

Balance December 31, 2016 $ 9,430.23

Income: FQ Draw $ 87.75

Membership $ 40.00

Christmas Dinner $ (12.00)

Total Income $ 115.75

Expenses: Community Quilts $ 20.00

FQ Draw $ 17.75

Misc $ 3.00

Total Expenses $ (40.75)

Balance January 31, 2017 $ 9,505.23

Community Quilts Two quilts were given out in February. Quilters have been busy - I received three

completed quilts, three quilt tops, two backs and a binding this month, as well as a

variety of fabrics pieces. Thanks everyone.

Gail Lawrence 324-9119

Super Saturday Up coming dates :-March 18th...retreat bag

:-April 22nd...free motion quilting..Debra Flewelling

:-May 27th...Margie Grieve..project TBA

March 18th Retreat Bag Requirement

1 fat quarter – exterior fabric

1/2 yard lining and pockets

1 – 16 inch zipper

1 yard of 20” wide light weight fusible interfacing

25” x 8” soft and stable or dense fusible fleece

Thread to match

Sunshine Committee:

Thinking of you cards sent to Trisha Robinson and Janis Richard and a sympathy

card to Doreen Antworth. Linda Mc

Program Committee:

Hello girls! Are you ready for the April challenge? The challenge is Rain.

The March challenge was Spring is coming. I can’t wait to see them.

Last month Trish gave a talk on the color wheel. You will use the idea of the color

wheel to use the 5 colors that you will receive on guild night. The project that you

make will use these colors. It can be 24” x 24” to as big as 40” x 40”. It can be

square or rectangle, BUT you must use the colors you get. The background is as you

wish. You have 4 months to finish it. The colors must be pinned to your project

and a little write up of how you used your colors. The goal is how many colors you

can get from the 5 colors I give you. Have fun!

Everyone doing the beads we will be doing February and March. We have only April

and May left.

Also here are your 2 blocks of the month. They will all be from this website. The

address is http://www.quilterscache.com/

All these blocks will be 12” blocks.

Chinese Puzzle

http://www.quilterscache.com/C/ChinesePuzzleBlock.html

Mothers Dream

http://www.quilterscache.com/M/MothersDreamBlock.html

Doreen A

Maple leaf Challenge

As of February meeting we have 114 blocks with only 40 members now participating.

I’m thinking we might send a picture in to the CQA Magazine to show how we are

celebrating Canada’a 150th Anniversary. Wouldn’t you like to see your block in a

National magazine. So get busy and make your block if you have not already done so.

Only 36 more to our goal. Remember I need your block before the quilt show, next

month would be good. . Thanks Janet M

RIVERSIDE COURT QUILTING SESSON

Trisha will be looking for more volunteers for Tuesday March 14th and Tuesday

March 28th. from 1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Please contact her if you can come. GOOD

COOKIES!!

Library

Please remember to bring back your books.

Retreat

Just a reminder that, as always, our retreat is being held at the Villa Madonna. This year’s dates are Oct 19-22. Cost for the whole weekend, including meals, is $305.00. You will find the registration form in the newsletter. We are already one third full, ladies!! Lots of registrations came in last month. But we still have lots of room – cut off is 45 participants. Also, we will start a “ladies in waiting” list once we get full, so if there are cancellations we can fill the vacated spot. Just a reminder, after the April meeting we will be inviting non-members who attended last year, and then we will open it up to others. If you have never gone before, and are interested, don’t hesitate to ask us! It’s always a fun time, and you can get so much done with all the dedicated sewing time! Our phone numbers can be found on the registration form, or you can e-mail me at dykemans@nbnet.nb.ca. 2017 Retreat Co-ordinators, Linda, Terry & Annette

Instructors Report

We have booked Gail Mitchel on Saturday May 13th at St Gurt’s Hall to teach

the “Oh Canada Quilt”. She taught this class at EdVentures, Summer 2016 in

Fredericton and will be doing this class at the CQA in Toronto in July 2017. It is a

fun class where you buy a specific colour and trade with other members and end up

with enough kits to make the Quilt with 10 different colours. The cost of the class

will be $10.00 which includes the pattern. We will tell you what colour you are

responsible to buy, 6 (20 inch) or 1/2 a meter of fabric which must be washed and

pressed before class , at total of 3 meters of fabric to trade. Remember this is

meters not yards. Gail will tell us how to cut the Fabric at the class. Please see

Janet M or Diane Scott to sign up and pay at the next meeting. You will get your

instructions and the other material lists upon payment. Remember May 13th, one

week after the quilt show.

Janet M & Diane S

FYI

There is a Singer sewing machine dealer/ servicer from Nova Scotia that

services domestic and commercial machines that occasionally comes this way.

He is willing to work on machines in the area providing there are enough

people to make the trip worthwhile. (He also has family up here.) If you are

interested, the phone number is 1-902-543-8593 – Bridgewater Sewing

Center. He services other models as well.

For Sale: Rolling quilting frame. Solid wood and it holds a Queen and maybe

a King. Asking $100.00 Please see Betty Butler

Newsletter Mystery Quilt

Chapter 3

Block D : Make Four

Divide the block into quarters for easy construction. The upper left and bottom

right are the same.

Sew B3 and B1 together, press

Sew the four small squares together as shown (A2,A3, A1 plus B1/B3)

Lower left corner: on wrong side of A1, draw a diagonal line from corner to corner.

Place this on top of C3, right sides together. Stitch on the line and trim. Press.

Piece the four quarters together

This block, as all blocks will measure 8 ½” unfinished

Block E : Make four

Refer to diagram This block is contstucted the same as Block D. The only change

is color placement. Will measure 8 ½” unfinished.

Next month : Chapter 4!!

2017 Woodstock Quilt Guild Retreat

Thursday, Oct 19 –Sunday Oct. 22

Name:_______________________________________ Phone:________________________ Email:_________________________________________________________________________ Emergency Contact: ____________________________________________________________

NOTE: Retreat begins Oct. 19 at 11:00 a.m. Ends: Oct. 22 after lunch, but before 2:00**

Entire fee is due at the time of registration, unless making cash payments. For those paying by cheque, please make cheques payable to Woodstock Quilt Guild ______ Enclosed is my deposit of $50.00 to hold my place, and a post-dated cheque dated September 5th for the balance of $255.00) _______Enclosed is $305.00, the total fee for my retreat.

_______ Enclosed is my first cash payment of $___________. I will make others as follows: (date &

amount : ___________________________________________________________________________

Please list any food allergies or dietary restrictions: ________________________________________________________________________ Do you have a room request based on physical/medical limitations? ________________________________________________________________________ ________ I snore ** If you wish to make alternate arrival or departure days, please contact one of the coordinators, and we can get back to you on the cost. Thanks! Please return registration form and payment to any of our co-ordinators: Terry Dickinson 328-8386 Linda Markey 328-3506 Annette Dykeman 328-2152 Register Early! Registration will be open to other guilds after April 3, if space allows.