Anderson COUNTY Piecemakers Quilt Guild. VOLUME 11, Issue 9 May CO-VICE PRESIDENTS Sharon Sims & Mary Lowery TREASURER Betty Jo Moss

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1 Anderson COUNTY Piecemakers Quilt Guild Newsletter VOLUME 11, Issue 9 May 2017 PRESIDENT Evelyn Smith SECRETARY Joan Beard CO-VICE PRESIDENTS Sharon Sims & Mary Lowery TREASURER Betty Jo Moss NEWSLETTER Clara Tingle MEMBERSHIP Clara Tingle LIBRARIAN - Rebekah Roberts & Hannah Roberts REFRESHMENT CHAIR Dixie Willing AROUND THE BLOCK: 1 Evelyn Smith Guild President Hello Quilters, What Beautiful weather we are having. I bet you ve been out in the yard and flower beds working. Now is a busy time. I hope you take a little of it for yourself if nothing else go sit on your porch or patio and relax and maybe read a book or watch the birds. I hope you ve had you sewing machines running. It s Spring Cleaning time so make it time to Spring Clean your sewing machines and Lord help us our sewing rooms. It s about time for another all-nighter or part of a night. We will discuss this at the next meeting. Hope to see you there. P.S. Don t spend too much at the Paducah show. NEXT MEETING: Sharon Sims & Mary Lowery Co- Guild Vice Presidents This month, Sharon Sims will be sharing how to make a small bowl suitable for use at parties and receptions. SECRETARY S REPORT: Joan Beard - Secretary The Guild Board met at 6:00 PM. Upcoming events and ideas were discussed. At 7 PM, President Evelyn Smith called the regular meeting to order. Peggianna Miller provided delicious refreshments for the meeting. Betty Jo reported that several charity items were turned in at Quilters Day Out: 21 Pillow cases, 7 children s quilts, 4 NICU sheets, 5 Lap Quilts. We now have permission to hang a quilt in the large meeting room. We need to puchase a rod to hang it on. A motion was made by Faye Green and seconded by Mary Lowery to purchase the rod. Officer election will be held in August and the new officers will take over in September. There are three offices that need to be filled this year: President, Vice-President and Treasurer. Per our by-laws, a member can serve in office for 2 years before they have to step down. However, they have be elected for a different office. Please consider serving as officer. Discussion was held concerning the block of the month that Clara places in the newsletter. Because most of us don t get the mailed newsletter until the Saturday before the meeting, Therefore, the block in the newsletter will be due the following month. Sharon need ideas to teach (30-40 students) in her sewing class. The ideas must be simple because they are done by hand and not machine. The Burgoo Festival will be September 22, 23 & 24. There will be a quilt block contest again this year. Submit a 12½ block pertaining the the Burgoo Festival Theme. There is a $75 prize. There will be a quilt show again this year at the Presbyterian Church September 23.

2 The question was asked, Dowe need a license to raffle a quilt? You can make $150 3 times a year by raffles or you can take Donations. SHOW & TELL: Joan Beard Anita s Arrowhead Challenge Quilt Mattie Spaulding Color Inside the Lines black, white and primary colors Dianna Gray (announced that she is moving to Owensboro soon we will miss her.) Quilts Puppy days (for grandson), Rug hooking Sheep on a Hill Her Grandmother s hand pieced quilt. Japanese Jigsaw Puzzle Custom Quilted Civil War Quilt. Cheryl Guthrie Name Tag, Tool Caddy, Strip sets center block pink - Light in the Window (Black, white & yellow) Eileen Scott Casserole Carrier Quilted wool appliqué. Rhonda Barnett 2 Pillow tops, Quilted with Inspirational sayings. Marsha Cole Tool Caddy, Door Greetings, 110 Minute Table Runner, Wall hanging for her foyer, Color Wheel for her sewing room. Barbara Sorren Tessellating Stars in green Linda Marean Ocean Waves and Tide Pools Pillows for her daughter, Name Tag bag with zipper (pattern Posey or Brides Bouquet). Martha Morris Garden Path Shelia Dolan Block of Month for May, 24 Birds Redwork with bird fabric borders Dixie Willing Charity Quilt for Cancer Center in green. Peggianna Miller Flower Block, T-Shirt Quilt, Churn Dash name tag, Flowers appliquéd Helen Volgelsbey Hand Quilted Her Great Grandmother s Hexies Feed Sack Quilt. Betty Jo Moss Blue and white Welcome Quilt, Challenge Quilt Jayne Austin pattern AKA The What was I Thinking? Quilt. Evelyn Smith February Block of the Month, Rug hooking Sheep on a Hill, Mug Rugs Betty Jo Moss taught us how to make a name tag with instruction from You Tube. TREASURER S REPORT: Current Available Balance: $ MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Betty Jo Moss ~ Treasurer May 1 - Quilt 7 pm May Sew Days 4 th & 20 th May KEHA State Meeting - Owensboro May 13 Creative Hand Stitchery - 1-3pm Anderson Public Library A time to do any type of hand work, e.g. Knitting, Crochet, Embroidery, etc. and to have fun. May 16 - Ext. Homemaker 9 am May 18 - Picnic in the 4pm Lions Pavilion May 20 Saturday Jessamine Piece Quilters Annual Quilt Show Nicholasville Christian Church, 104 South Second Street, Nicholasville, KY web site June 5 - Quilt 7 pm June Craft Camp At Lake Cumberland 4H Education Center June 12 Creative Hand Stitchery - 1-3pm Anderson Public Library A time to do any type of hand work, e.g. Knitting, Crochet, Embroidery, etc. and to have fun. June 20 - Ext. Homemaker 9 am June 21 - Summer Begins July 3 Table Runner Challenge due 2

3 MAY BIRTHDAY GREETINGS to: Jackie Sims 5/1 Marilyn Prophet 5/9 Roetta Walls 5/22 Kay McDaniel Hayes 5/26 Joyce Cox 5/29 THOUGHTS AND PRAYER LIST: Amelia Sparrow s Husband, Tommy is very ill with cancer. Amelia was a founding member of the Piecemakers Quilt Guild. Miss Polly Stamper does not have cancer. She feels tired a lot. Opal Phillips (from the Senior Center) is also very ill. Connie Pigman s Mother-in-Law recently died. She was well known by some of our Mercer county friends. RECIPE OF THE MONTH: Do you have a great recipe that you use for get-togethers like our All-nighters or meetings that includes snacks? Send them or give them to me and I will include one each month. If you have a special recipe you would like for me to feature or if you have a request, let me know. Broccoli Apple Salad 4 cups fresh broccoli florets, (about 2 medium heads) ½ cup shredded carrots ¼ cup diced red onion 2 large apples such Gala, finely chopped ½ cup pecans, coarsely chopped ½ cup dried cranberries Creamy Dressing Ingredients: ½ cup lite mayonnaise ½ cup low fat Greek yogurt 2 Tablespoons lemon juice 1 Tablespoon sugar ¼ teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon pepper Contributed by Kay Scheffler 1. In a large bowl combine broccoli, carrots, red onion, apples, pecans and dried cranberries. 2. To make the dressing: Whisk together dressing ingredients. 3. Add the dressing to the salad and toss to coat. Chili until ready to serve. From: The Recipe Critic at WANTED / FOR SALE: Are you looking for a special pattern, fabric, information? If so, let me know by note or and I will list it here. FEEDBACK: If there are any errors or you were left off the show and tell, let me know and I will include it in our next issue. Or if you would like to contribute an article, hint, event, class, joke, funny story to share, please let me know. ~Clara Tingle at or Kyrose1@outlook.com. 3

4 MORE ABOUT THE FLOWER OF SPRING: I wanted you to see what a full Flower of Spring Quilt looked like. Notice that the flower center and the leaves are same color in all the blocks, but the flowers are different colors. One other quilt I have seen of this pattern had a yellow center and different shades of purple for the flowers from very light to very dark. I have been thinking about making a seasonal wall hanging with light yellow for spring, purple for summer (Althea), orange for fall, and bright red for winter. ~Clara BLOCK OF THE MONTH: I had trouble deciding on a block for June. I thought about what makes June special. It has Father s Day, Flag Day and Summer Solstice. I found the Summer Nights block in a book I have and hope you like it. If you want to want to make it for Father s Day, use his favorite color. Using red, white and blue could also used for Flag Day. Or make it to resemble the North Star. Most of all have fun with it. I am making this block using some night sky fabric for the background with the star a white blender for a Summer Night North Star. This block will be due at the June meeting. ~Clara 4

5 SUMMER NIGHTS 1. From the background fabric: a. Cut 4 squares 4½ X 4½ (A) b. Cut 4 squares 2½ X 2½ (B) c. Cut 2 squares 4⅞ X 4⅞ (C) Cut each square in half diagonally once to make 4 triangles. 2. From focus fabric: a. Cut 4 squares 2⅞ X 2⅞ (D) Cut each square in half diagonally once to make 8 triangles. b. Cut 1 square 4½ X 4½ (E) c. Cut 8 squares 2½ X 2½ (F) Draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on the back of each F square. 3. Sew 2 D triangles to adjacent sides of each B square. Press. Sew a C triangle to each unit. Press. 4. Aligning the corners, sew on the drawn line, press, and trim the F square on one corner of the A square and then sew another F square to an adjacent corner. Repeat this step to make a total of 4 A/F units. 5. Sew 2 units created in Step 4 to opposites to the E square to make the center row. Press. 6. Sew 2 units created in Step 3 to opposite sides of a unit created on Step 4 to make the top row. Press. Repeat to make the bottom row. 7. Sew the 3 rows together press. 5