Newsletter October 2011
QUILT
SHOW:
Bring
it on! Turn on your sewing machine, limber up your fingers, fire up
the iron, and FINISH that great quilt for the 2011- 20th
Country Quilt Show. Sign-up sheets went around at the September
meeting; if you’ll be available for the Nov. 7th show we
need your help! Enter on line or by mail, just make sure that you DO
enter.
COUNTRY
STORE/BOUTIQUE:
Calling
all crafters, bakers, & cookie makers: we need you! The continued
success of the Quilt Show and Country Store are in OUR hands. If
everyone donates a few items, we all look great! Sign up now, please.
BINDING
DEMO/WORKSHOP:
Audrey
plans to de-mystify bindings for us in October.
If
you’d like to sew along, find the list of what to bring at the end
of the newsletter.
TRADITIONAL
BLOCKS W/ A NEW TWIST:
Jan
and Linda continue to come up with great ideas that we can use and
adapt in our future quilts. We are always thankful for the fact that
they like to share!
BORDERS
II WORKSHOP:
Fifteen
TTB quilters enjoyed a rainy Saturday at the Germantown library with
Jan Krueger’s Borders II work-shop. We played with fabric to create
12 different border techniques- some that we’ve tried before, and
others we used in totally different and unique ways. It was a lot of
fun!! Workshop participants should bring their work to show and
tell in October!
GOT
THREAD?:
Any
quilter with excess thread (all of us) can donate those extra spools
to our Tanzanian connection, Sue Werner. Sue and her friends will be
teaching African women to sew; our surplus will be going to a
fantastic cause. This may be the start of a great business for these
women.
2012
ELECTIONS COMING UP:
We
need fresh ideas & new faces, please consider donating a little
of your precious time to the guild. Positions open for 2012:
>Moderator:
be a good listener, keep things moving.
>Assistant
Moderator: back up and 2013 moderator
>Newsletter:
w/ template, writing, use computer
>Committees:
come up with new ideas to fast-forward our enthusiasm.
>Members:
always needed and welcome
OCTOBER
HOSTESSES Sylvia,
Norma, Colleen Please remember that hostesses are responsible for
taking out the garbage at the end of the meeting.
November: Helen L., Eunice G., Pam J.
BLOCK
OF THE MONTHEunice was the
winner of the Thanksgiving theme blocks- we are thankful for the
years that we have been able to share quilting memories with her!!
Eunice’s
choice for the October BOM is a 12 ½” block with a Christmas
theme. By that time, she hopes to be living in sunny Florida. Our
best wishes to Eunice and her family.
BIRTHDAY
BLOCKS:Both Pat D. and
Colleen are awaiting their October birthday blocks. Pat gave us a
pattern for a sailboat, and Colleen has asked for a pieced tea cup.
Lola’s block for December is the Antique Tile- done scrappy, while
Eunice’s Diamond is also a scrappy block.
What
will your block be for 2012??
BROWN
BAG EXCHANGE Your time is
almost UP!! You have approximately two months to finish your gift
quilt before the December 14th
Christmas Dinner. Get crackin’…
MUSEUM OF QUILTS AND
FIBER ARTS:
Did
you know that our guild has contributed almost $7000 to the Museum
since 2007? The museum is OPEN for business. Check out their website
for unique shows, classes, and speakers. Scotland’s Linzi Upton’s
quilted yurt is coming in October… don’t miss it!! See the yurt
and hear Linzi- October 7,8,9 in Cedarburg. http://wiquiltmuseum.com/
http://www.thequiltquine.com/content/yurts.html
QUILTS
FOR KATHY HOSPICE & OTHERS:
The
“ORPHANAGE” is filling up rapidly. Your orphan blocks are being
transformed into wonderful quilts and lap covers that we will share
with area residents in facilities around Washington County. At the
present time, there are close to 20 projects that we can showcase at
the November Quilt Show. How’s that for teamwork? And remember…your
orphan blocks could be someone’s inspiration. **Mary D. has created
stitched labels to sew on these quilts.
QUILT
SHOWS 2011
October
1 & 2, 2011: Pine
Tree Quilters, show at the Patriot Center, Rochild WI
October
8 & 9, 2011: Lighthouse
Quiters, show at Racine Case High School, Racine WI.
October
28 & 29, 2011:
Treasures of Tomorrow Quilt Show, East Gate Alliance Church, 2203 E.
Becker Road, Marshfield, WI
November
5, 2011,
Country Quilt Show. Ties That Bind Quilt Guild. Sampler Celebration.
Slinger Middle School, 521 Olympic Drive, Slinger Wi. $5, 8:30-4:30.
Quilt Exhibits, vendors, door prizes, antique bed peel, country
store, luncheon. Featured quilter Linda Halprin.
www.slingerquiltshow.org
or call 262-689-4832, 262-673-7350
November
12 & 13, 2011: HHQ
Patchwork Harvest Quilt Show, Hudson Middle School, Hudson, WI
BINDING
WORKSHOP:
1. Sewing Machine
2. Thread
3. Straight pins
4. Walking foot
5. Scissors
6. Pencil
7. 6” square
8. Small wallhanging (20”
square)
OR- quilt sandwich
9. 3 strips WOF cut 2.5” for
binding
