February, 2011

Hi Ladies,

Hopefully on this Saturday you are taking some time out of your busy schedule to SEW!!

Here is more information about quilt shows you might want to visit this year www.qhinwisconsin.blogspot.com. 

Check out the newsletter for more quilt shows- take the time to schedule a road trip to see one or two!!

Here is another “pick me up” for this January day...a youtube video about a blind quilter in Texas. Inspirational!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lfaSmDxVZQ

See you soon!

 

TIES THAT BIND

Meeting is Wednesday, February 16 @ 7:00 pm                                                                              February 2011

ANOTHER GENTLE REMINDER:

Pay up!! Your 2011 dues of only $10 are due asap to Mary M. our treasurer.

PRESIDENT ANYONE?:

Sherry filled in for Joan L…is anyone lusting to lead our discussions at guild meetings??

MUSEUM OF QUILTS AND FIBER ARTS:

Our friends at the Museum have a “laundry list” of items that can be donated to help the cause. Tentatively, the remodeling of the barn is to be finished by June 1 (tentatively). We’ll have to take a road trip to check things out!

SPEAKER FOR FEBRUARY MEETING:

Brad, from Frank’s Sewing Center will be our featured speaker in February. He will help us keep our machines fired up for sewing.

**If anyone has suggestions for speakers or work shops, please speak up at meetings or send us an email.

BROWN BAG VEST WORKSHOP:

Eunice has graciously consented to show us how to make the vest she made out of Lola’s brown bag fat quarter. Tentatively scheduled for 5:30 pm before the April meeting. Eunice will give us a “supplies list”, but you will need a men’s shirt one size bigger than you normally wear as the base of the vest.

2011 SLINGER QUILT SHOW:

We are looking for a featured quilter for the 2011 show. Our theme this year will be Sampler Quilts- Sampler Celebration.  So to inspire us, the first few months of Block of the Month challenge will be themes- same fabric, same size, your choice of patterns- so that the winner of the BOM will have a start on a Sampler Quilt!

FEBRUARY  HOSTESSES:                                  

Ree, Carolyn B, Lola

March: Suann, Lois, Lynn

 BLOCK OF THE MONTH:

Lois wins her Summer Garden Blocks, and will decide the theme for the Sampler block in March. We expect that her quilt will be done next month (chuckle). Joan D. picked 30’s fabrics with white background- done in any 12.5” pattern for February.

BIRTHDAY BLOCKS:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Only 7 women signed up for 2011 birthday blocks. It’s not too late to join this group!! Nancy provided patterns and red fabric for her Redwork snowman sampler quilt blocks. Since everyone will be doing a different “star” block in different colors, she hopes to have this “Sampler” quilt done for the show.

BROWN BAG EXCHANGE:

We shared our brown bag presents with the rest of the guild, and decided that this event is a KEEPER! Brown bag exchange (fat quarter of your choice in an unmarked brown paper bag) will go on as scheduled in May.

LOOKING FOR THE IDEAL PARTY PLACE:                                                                                                                                                                                                  We are currently looking for the site of the 2011 Christmas Party. If you have any ideas, please share them at the next meetings. We do have a few months to make plans. We have several choices for dates- since the 3^rd Wednesday of the month falls Christmas week. We could have it December 14, or schedule a date in January.

QUILT SHOWS:

After a few hours on the computer and several more sifting through all of the information, the 2011 Quilt Show list is ready to be revealed. There are a huge number of shows this coming year- hopefully you can make it to one or two of them.

Quilt Show List for 2011:  

February 26, 2011  Open 10-4, Washington County Fair Park, Viewer’s Choice Quilt Show, refreshments, vendors, classes, demos, $5 admission. For more information http://www.winterquiltshow.com/Quilt_Submission_Form_WQS_2011.pdf

March 18-19, 2011 The Art of Quilting - Milwaukee at Mount Mary College
 92nd and Burleigh Admission $5 Over 300 quilts traditional and contemporary. Quilt Raffle Vendor Booths Demonstrations Antique Quilt Bed Turning Gift Boutique Bernina Sewing machine raffle. quiltshowinfo@ymail.com      www.wsqg.net

March 19, 2011. Annual Quilt & Purse/Tote Show -
  Fantastic quilts and purses/totes displayed (with some for sale) Medford Area Senior High School-  free 715-748-5842 schill@tds.net

March 26-27, 2011 A Quilter's Heaven - We are the Stars Quilt Show - Manitowoc Expo Center, 5201 Vista Rd., Manitowoc, 10 - 4 $5 Hundreds of quilts made by members. Raffle Quilt, Silent Auction, Charity Booths, vendors, Consignment sales, Featured Quilter Area chosen from our members. Sue DuPont, (920) 684-3979 www.patchoflakeshore.com dupes74@sbcglobal.net

 

April 3-5, 2011. Prairie Heritage Quilt Show
St Albert's Parish Center, 2420 St. Albert Drive Sun Prairie. Vendors, luncheon, Over 200 quilts and challenge quilts. 12-5, 9-8, 9-3. Klaudeen Hansen, (608) 837-2298.  janell924@charter.net  www.sunprairiequiltshow.com   

April 9 & 10, 2011,  Kaleidoscope of Quilts, Courthaus Quilters,

Monroe High School, 1600 26th St., Monroe, Sat 10 - 5, Sun 10 -4.  $5 ($4 w/ non-perishable food item) Raffle, judged show, vendors, boutique, food, guild challenge.  courthausquilters@tds.net  NO pictures allowedAlice Brooks (608) 214-4192  www.courthausquilters.com

April 29-30, 2011 Spring Fling Quilt Show
$5 Admission. Quilt categories (lap to twin) and other to include bags, aprons, clothing, wall hangings, etc.  Vendors, demos, cash viewer’s choice awards  Featured quilter is Lori Franz from Bean Counter Quilts Barker's Island Inn, Superior, WI www.country-schoolhouse.com 

April 27-30, 2011 26^th Paducah Quilt Show Paducah Expo Center, Paducah, KYwww.americanquilter.com

April 30 - May 1, 2011 Crazy Quilters Quilt Guild, Park View Middle School, Hwy. 83 & NN, Mukwonago, 53149  Sat 9 - 4, Sun 11 -4 $5
Over 250 quilted items, judged by independentjudges. Vendor malls, bed turning, lunch and concessions available both days. Queen size raffle quilt. Themed basket and miniature quilt silent auction. Quilt appraisals by appointment (262-392-2932).  Email: cosinski@wi.rr.com       www.mukwonagocrazyquilters.com       Phone: Linda Schubert, (414) 529-2593

April 30 & May 1, 2011 It’s a Stitch Quilt Guild
Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School, 3399 Division Rd, Jackson, 10 - 4  $5 Speaker: Wendy Butler Berns. Featured Quilter: Jeanniene Rakowski. 250 quilts+ and quilted items. Silent Auction, Fabric Challenge, Bed Peel, Grannies Attic, Raffle Quilt, Demos, Marketplace, Cash Awards, Door Prizes, Food www.itsastitchquiltguild.com       portquilter@live.com      Kathy (262) 338-0054

May 11-14, 2011, Arthur Amish Country Quilt Show,

Otto Center, Arthur, IL 10-4 daily. $3 admission. Demos, venders, 100+ quilts. Some of the finest handwork in IL Amish Country. www.illinoisamishcountry.com

May 14 & 15, 2011,  A Garden of Quilts, Rock Valley Quilters, Rock County Fairgrounds, Memorial Dr., Janesville, Sat & Sun 10 – 4, $4,  200+ judged quilts, demos, bed turning, vendors, appraisals by appt., Handicap Accessible, Free Parking, Featured Quilter, food, Raffle Baskets. Sophie, (608) 752-8322 http:.//webpages.charter.net/rvqg   

  

June 10-11, 2011 Sewing/ Quilt Expo
University of Wi. Platteville, I University Plaza  Platteville, WI Friday classes, Saturday- lots of choices, National and local presenters, well-supplied vendors, fabric resale room, scissor sharpening, sewing machine donation pick up. www.uwplatt.edu/cont_ed

June 16-18, 2011 Minnesota Quilters Show
St. Paul River Center, 175 West Kellog Blvd.
St. Paul, MN www.mnquilt.org

July 1-2, 2011: Augusta Area Senior Center,     601 Main Street, Augusta WI, 54722 Corn and Bacon Days-                                                                                                   4-8 Friday, 9-3 Saturday. For info, call Barb 715-286-2953 http://www.augustawi.com/community-center/pages/community-center-2010-press-release.html

Aug. 6 & 7, 2011 Curtiss Corners Quilt Show
Curtiss Corners Community Center, W of Abbotsford on Hwy. 29, 1/4 mi. N on Hwy. E, Curtiss, Sat & Sun 10 - 4  Free! demonstrations, vendors, plate lunches served, home baked pies and a craft sale. fbuckx@charter.net       Peggy Valitchka, (715) 748-2475