April 16th -Lecture: Journeys Time travel with several MVQ quilters & their quilts.

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1 April 2015 Merrimack Valley Quilting Guild Celebrating 35 years of encouraging the art of quilting in the Merrimack Valley. MVQ was established in PR ES I D ENT S MES S AG E EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President: Ann Hockmeyer Vice President Betty Dahlquist Secretary: Jan Taylor Treasurer AP: Elaine Rando Treasurer AR: Marianne Karp Whew! We made it through our awful winter! April is finally here and it s time to stop hibernating. We have a lot to do this month. Everyone should be getting ready for our annual quilt show. Helen and Gail have done a lot of work with their team of dedicated volunteers to make it happen. Remember that you must contribute two hours at the show as part of your membership duties and please be as generous as you can with your time and talent as it takes an army of people to put on such a big show. Our beautiful raffle quilt will be on display at MQX in Manchester this week. Please call Betty Hastings and volunteer to quilt sit or white glove. We must work four hours a day at MQX in order to have our quilt there and help is needed! Our meeting this month is going to be fun! We have some of our own members speaking about their quilt journey. I ve always loved hearing and learning from our journey quilters each year. I get to share my story and quilts with you, along with two others! Remember to bring your penny raffle basket to the meeting! See you there! Happy quilting, Ann Hockmeyer To reach any committee, please address correspondence to MVQ Guild PO Box 566 Haverhill. MA Newsletter items must be in to me by the 1st of each month: Pat.lucey@verizon.net April 16th -Lecture: Journeys Time travel with several MVQ quilters & their quilts. Workshop: Scrap Queen Unleashed! Saturday, April 18th GEORGETOWN LI- BRARY Our own Signe Kaleel will be making us use our scraps & tame them all into submission, atleast in theory. Join Signe as she teaches us how to make beautiful scrap quilts utilizing several techniques including just going at it. Fuggly, crummie, fractured, stringy or playful.plan to use your scraps & maybe even your friends scraps. Totally addicting!! $25

2 2017 Raffle Quilt Fabric Guidelines 1 Set is equal to (3) four inch squares of fabric all cut from the same fabric. OR a larger set of up to (5) four inch squares all of the same fabric. Give us all you got! We need a variety of colors in lights, mediums and darks, quilt shop quality and perhaps newer to your stash. Clear tones, fabrics that read as one color, prints, textured solids, subtle stripes, plaids, checks, dots, geometric. Think all colors like: Turquoise, teal, seafoam and jade; lime, mint, olive, tarragon, and greens from the garden; red, burgundy, berry, pink, magenta, coral, melon, peach, tangerine, orange; daffodil, butter, honey yellow and soft gold, cool grays light and mediums; lilac, grapey purple or grayed purple, amethyst; and the blues, denim blue, navy, royal, marine and periwinkle; a few browns, chestnut, chocolate and tan. Just NO old stuff, no fabrics that are more than 50% white, huge prints which do not read as any particular color and true solids. Hope this helps. Bring to the April, May and June meetings basket at back table. This year we are featuring 9 demonstrations from some of our most talented members. You may want to plan your visit to catch one or several of them. We don't want to keep them a secret! Friday May 1st 10 Finagling Fusible Web - Maddie Burke, Making it all Behave 11:30 am Spectacular Sulky Samplings - Ann Hockmeyer, Certified instructor 1 Free Motion Doodle Quilting - Bev Valle 2 Bind with your Back - Liz Swan, Using the backing to wrap and bind your quilt 3 Terrific Half Square Triangles - Deb Kelso, Many ways to sew HST, this is the best! Saturday May 2nd 10 Fashioning Fabric Flowers - Roselie Berard, Spring Flower embellishments 11:30 Stretchers for Art Quits - Sue Molin, Mounting for a professional presentation 1 Portable, Perfect Pressing - Carrie Zizza, Repurposing and sewing productivity 2 Spatial Harmony - Expanding the Square - Ruth Martineau, Exploring Japanese Notan

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4 This and That Sunshine Lady: Mary Jo Ray If you know of someone who needs a bit of sunshine in their life, please contact Mary Jo on her phone please! PROGRAM UPDATES - April 18th Workshop "Scrap Queen Unleashed" still has seats available and we guarantee there will be lots of laughs with Signe and some new techniques to help you use up those scraps, effectively and beautifully. Cost is $25. LOCATION CHANGE: GEORGETOWN LIBRARY Seats are still available for Joe Cunningham class on FRIDAY, May 22nd. Basic sewing equipment and only four yards of fabric. He'll take you comfortably out of your comfort zone and you'll have a blast. Cost is $35. All classes must be paid in full when you sign up. Please check with Program to make sure you have paid and are signed up. Most of the remaining classes will be open to non-guild members after the February meeting. The Guild's budget and fundraising efforts which contribute to Program offerings still needs your additional support thru workshop participation. Why not take a class, it's always a great day spent with like-minded women, fabric, and food. And most of us either learn a thing or two or having something to share! The MQX Festival will be at the Manchester Radisson on Thursday April 9, Friday April 10 and Saturday April 11. We are going to have the raffle quilt there. Betty Hastings call her at or to IF YOU CAN HELP OUT. Quilt judging for the show will take place on April 29 th at the Merri- mac Public Library, 86 W. Main St., Merrimac, MA. We will start checking in quilts at 8:30. The judging will start at 9:00. If you can t get your quilt to the library that day, please take it to one of the drop off spots and it will be transported for you. Unfortunately, picking your quilt up at the library is not an option this year. It will be taken to the show the next day for you. If you have any questions, please don t hesitate to contact me: Carrie Zizza

5 Red, White and Blue and Celebrating 35 Years of MVQ! May 1st and 2nd.. What to bring to April Meeting : Scratch lottery tickets for our basket for penny raffle Any penny raffle baskets you have done and wrapped in cellophane (unless you are bringing Thursday morning to High School) Fat Quarters for Angie for white elephant table Your calendar so you can sign up to work at the show May 1 and 2. We are ALL SET for Thursday workers. Baked goods (individually wrapped), cases of soda or water What you can drop off at High School on Thursday, April 30 th Any items for white elephant area Any finished penny raffle baskets Any items you are selling at boutique (forms on blog or back table) Your quilts for show if not judged come in LEFT FRONT door between 8:30-10:00 only) Enter side door by athletic fields (extreme left side of high school) for other than quilt drop off and to enter the show on Friday and Saturday. Remember JUDGED QUILTS must be at Merrimac Library on Wednesday, April 29 th morning between 8:15 and 8:45 AM Any last minute questions contact Gail Wozniak or Helen Weymouth. BOUTIQUE TABLE Forms are on the blog or the back table. Bring items labeled with your code, # and price on Thursday or on the days of the show. Questions?- Maggie H_Judd or Pat Lucey WHITE ELEPHANT DONATIONS Please see Gail or Helen if you are exhibiting a quilt this year they have something for you!! Bring on Thursday or day of the show.

6 Thursday, May 21 th Friday, May 22 st NOTE: FRIDAY DATE Thursday, June 18 th Joe Cunningham, San Francisco CA. Lecture: How to Have Fun Workshop: ROCK THE BLOCK, Album Style. Joe Cunningham How can a quilt that looks so complex be so simple? Rock the block with a simple process that leads to unavoidable originality. Fun, easy, & yet deeply satisfying & eye-opening, this class will have you inventing your own ways to make block quilts all your own. (Requires 4 yards of fabric) $ Lecture: Waste Not, Want Not.your Time Gladi Porsche, Medical doctor, musician, blogger and Cocheco Guild member. Gladi is an appliqué & traditional quilter who is using her free time to create lovely, intricate & award winning quilts. Her wonderful use of color, design sense & her detailed workmanship bring traditional to a new & contemporary timelessness. BOOK SWAP: Literary type or GUILTY Summer reading. Add a personal note & bookmark! WIN a SEAT in the April Workshop with our Scrap Queen Signe Kaleel. Good only for the April 18th Workshop. If you'd to go head over to the program table to pick up your Ticket for a chance to win. There are still seats available for this workshop if you aren't feeling lucky. NEW WORKSHOP LOCATION: GEORGETOWN PEABODY LIBRARY, 2 MA- PLE STREET, GEORGETOWN MA. From 9-2pm.

7 Merrimack Valley Quilter s Guild Meeting Minutes March 19, 2014 The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm at St. Luke s (Holy Angels Church) Plaistow NH by vice president, Betty Dahlquist Carrie Ziizza spoke about the judging which will take place at the Merrimac MA public library on April 29th. Drop offs will start at 8:30 am and at the conclusion all judged quilts will be taken by Carrie and/ or Anne Hockmeyer and they will deliver them to Timberlane High School on Thursday for set up. Gail Wozniak explained how tags were to be fixed to the quilts, half way up the back on the right side. Handouts with these directions and and directions as to which doors to use at the high school were made available. There will also be a new quilt pick up procedure after the show. Contact Carrie with any questions. Minutes of the last meeting, as printed in the newsletter were accepted and approved. Details of the treasurer s report were made available and it was accepted and approved. The current balance is $28, The UFO auction brought in $ Betty Hastings requested that members sign up to sell raffle tickets at the MQX show April 9-11 at the Radisson in Manchester NH and also turn in their own tickets for the raffle quilt. A report on the recent Mystery Bus Trip has been posted on the blog. More information on the quilt show was given; entry forms needed to be in to Layne Rando by Monday March 23, pink advertising flyers are on the back table- please take some and distribute, please bring in scratch tickets for a raffle basket to the April meeting or Thursday set up, more raffle baskets are requested, individually wrapped baked goods and drinks will be needed -see Deb Zuckas for details, and silent auction items are needed. Lynne Grenier requested sets of three 4 squares of the same fabric for the raffle quilt. A list of requested colors was provided. She also spoke about the upcoming programs. The May workshop with Joe Cunningham is full and there is a wait list. Participants are reminded that this is a Friday workshop. For the upcoming Saturday appliqué workshop, if the weather is poor please call the library to be sure it is open. For Signe s April scrap workshop, a sewing machine and basic supplies will be needed. Bring scraps, some will be available. The vendor this evening is Quilter s Quarters in Georgetown. The charity quilts made from the toilet paper rolls were shown. Angie St Cyr asked for donations for the white elephant table. Cotton quilting fabrics are needed - no upholstery fabric. Bev Valle and Lin Caido showed the raffle quilt top Spice Mountain. Membership chair, Liz Swan announced the door prize winners. There were 62 members and one guest in attendance. Show and tell was followed by a 15 minute break, after which the monthly raffle winner was drawn. Lynn Grenier introduced Holice Turnblow, our speaker for the evening. He spoke judging process and the requirements needed to become a judge. about the Respectfully submitted, Carol Sullivan Acting Secretary

8 MVQ TREASURER REPORT APRIL 8, 2015 Elaine Rando Checking Balance Money Market Annuity as of 12/31/ TOTAL FUNDS $27, PAYMENTS Bresnahan Storage Monthly March ** Programs/Workshops March Speaker Monthly Bank Maintenance Fee Feb, Mar & April ***45.00 TOTAL DEPOSITS Monthly Bank Fee Returned for April *** Programs/Workshops Quilt Show Booklet Ads Quilt Show Judging TOTAL NOTES/QUESTIONS Quilt Show Expenses to come Taylor Rental School Rental Booklet Printing Kitchen Judging Received a check from the Retreat 12/15 ed Kathy, did not hear back yet Refund Insurance Certificate for quilt show Done **Bresnahan Storage increased to $57.00 per month ***Santander Monthly Fee - $15.00 if we go below $5, Checking or $10, Total of Cking & Savings. I Spoke with the Bank and they returned this month s fee.

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11 Newsletters are available by snail mail to only those without computer access- Send $10 to Pat Lucey, [not MVQ] and at least 10 address labels during the summer. You will get your September newsletter. This covers stamps, paper and toner for the year. 19 Willow Rd, Boxford, MA Where can I find: Quilt-quality fabric? Needles? Pins? Patterns? Interfacing? Muslin? 108 fabric? Flannel? Discounts? Art Greeting Cards? Templates? Cutters? Olfa Mats? Rulers? Books? AtQuiltersQuarters.blogspot.com 59 North Street Georgetown MA Just 2 doors north of Perley School

12 Next Meeting April 16thth 7:00 Holy Angels Hall, Plaistow, NH Doors open at 6:00 for set-up and socializing! SH-H! Please Check List: Name Tag Show and Tell $ for raffle Refreshments [if it is your turn!] $ for membership Refreshments: T-Z and anyone who likes to bake! Board Meetings Held at Plaistow Library at 7:00pm April 8th May13th June 10th Pat Lucey is always collecting knitted or crocheted hats for babies and children! I also have a source for leftover yarn! Cancellations! Info will be on the Blog