Edmond Quilt Guild Highlights for 2013 The Year in Review

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1 Edmond Quilt Guild Highlights for 2013 The Year in Review President: Nancy Forest Vice President: Patti Pickhard Secretary: Lisa Stroble Treasurer: Sandy Sheldon Membership: Missy Reid Programs: Judy Elliot Communications: Linda Gaither Loving Touch Committee: Janice Yount Hospitality Committee: Shirley Weiss Quilt Show Chair: Sue Esparza Web Master: Don Lusk Programs: January- Su and Dwayne Bunch of Piece Keepers talked about how quilters can navigate through the Internet with minimal hair-pulling. February- Darcy Ashton will talk about how she started in quilting and how she jumped to pattern design and book publishing. March- Amanda Lipscomb of the Oklahoma City Modern Quilt Guild will come and talk to us about this new quilt movement. April- Barb Nicholson came and presented "Heirloom Quilted Vintage Tablecloths", showing us what she has done with all these wonderful vintage linens. May-no meeting due to weather June-no meeting July- Marilyn Watson from Dallas "A Clothesline of Quilts Across America" talked and showed us a collection of barn quilts. August- RaNae Merrill, an award winning quilter, author, and teacher, showed and talked to us about her unique spiral quilts. September- Ava Morton came and talked about Chickasaw Stitchwork and Seminole Patchwork. October- Mary DuBlois from The Quilter's Corner presented "Fun and Easy Pre- Cuts". She demonstrated the many ways precuts can be used to create

2 interesting quilts November- Donna Skvarla presented a program on Depression Era quilts. December- Our Christmas Party Workshops: We had two workshops this year, one in April with Barb Nicholson on quilting vintage linens (handkerchiefs were used) and one in August with RaNae Merril who taught us how to design and make a spiral quilt. Both were extremely well attended. New Advertisers/Vendors: We have 2 new advertisers this year. They are Expressions in Quilting and The Quilted Castle. Vice President Challenges: Our Vice-President had three quilt challenges. The first one was a Paint Chip Challenge. Each participant was given a paint chip and hand to make a quilt using the color of the paint chip. The second challenge was Red, White and Blue Miniature Quilt Challenge. There were 21 quilts on display. Our challenge quilts were made by Barbara Bain, Shirley Weiss, Barbara Buetter, Joan Ballew, Lee Gray, Gloria Kreuer, Joyce Wolf, Linda Olson, Amy Veitch, Sharon Lynn Thompson, Diane Jackson, Karen Davis, Carlene Moore, Sue Esparza, Sandy Sheldon, Charlene Brewer, Barbara Kendall, Jere Marcotte, and Genie Ford. The last VP challenge of the year was to create any Holiday quilt. We had 39 quilts entered into our challenge. The winning quilt was a Christmas angel done by Sherry Bellack. The other our winners (in no particular order as they were ALL wonderful) were: Joann Young Thanksgiving; Brenda Esslinger - Deer Hunting Season Opening; Sharon Banta - The Lost Sock; and, Shirley Weiss - Halloween Witch Award winning Guild Winners: Cherrie Hampton s Award Quilts: Oklahoma Windsong 2nd Place EQG 2012 Peoples Choice - EQG 2012 Best Quilting Award - Fiber Arts of Oklahoma 2012 Best of Show - Oklahoma State Fair 2012

3 First Place AQS Wall Quilt First Time Entry Honorable Mention 2013 NQA Featured in AQS Magazine July 2013 Featured in AQS 2014 Calendar Winner Circle IQF 2013 Traveling Exhibition IQA Featured in IQA Magazine October 2013 Won Omigrid s "The Future of Quilting Award" Water Bearer Sacred Threads 2013 Published in Sacred Threads Exhibition 2013 Jewels of Lake Como First Place Prarie Quilt Challenge 2011 First Place EQG 2012 (Tryptic by 3 people) 2nd Place NQA 2013 Sharon Banta / Cherrie Hampton/ Millicent Gillogly Cultivator Sacred Threads 2013 Published in Sacred Threads Exhibition 2013 Omaha Sacred Threads 2013 (One of 39 pieces chosen from 231) Rhododendron IQF In Full Bloom Traveling Exhibition Wild Goslings 2nd Place Pacific International Quilt Show XXII 2013 Best of Show Oklahoma State Fair 2013 Charlotte Hickman s Award winning quilt: Springtime Woodlands, Best in show at EQG in 2012 Best of Show in the Edmond 2013 Quilt Show 2nd place in Pictorial Quilts at MQS 2013, traveling exhibit Hands All Around Appeared in the Commemorative Program of the 2013 International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX Traveled to International Quilt Festivals in Chicago and San Diego

4 Appeared in Quilters Newsletter Magazine State Fair Quilt Winners: Marion James Quilted Wall Hanging Cherrie Hampton Quilts Master Category Machine applique quilt Machine quilted quilt Crib quilt T-shirt quilt Novelty quilt Hand applique quilt Crib quilt Miscellaneous quilted items Quilted clothing Best of Show Membership:

5 By the end of the year membership had reached 162 members.