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Volume 7, Issue 4 April 2009 OFFICERS: President: Bonnie Bowman bsbowman@cox.net Vice President Lee Gray leegray33@cox.net Secretary: Brenda Esslinger Blee0115@aol.

net Loving Touch Committee: Vicky Wyalie Vicky.wyalie@dvn.com Hospitality Committee: Gloria Kreuer gkreuer@cox.net Quilt Show Chair: Pam Forrester quiltergirl1959@yahoo.

1 Volume 7, Issue 4 April 2009 OFFICERS: President: Bonnie Bowman bsbowman@cox.net Vice President Lee Gray leegray33@cox.net Secretary: Brenda Esslinger Blee0115@aol.com Treasurer: Cathy Dawson cjdaws@sbcglobal.net Membership: Patti O Neil pattioneil@cox.net Programs: Sue Esparza 2sisters-aberry@cox.net Communications: Judy Elliott kjkelliott@cox.net Loving Touch Committee: Vicky Wyalie Vicky.wyalie@dvn.com Hospitality Committee: Gloria Kreuer gkreuer@cox.net Quilt Show Chair: Pam Forrester quiltergirl1959@yahoo.com Web Master: Don Lusk luskd@yahoo.com Mission Statement The mission of the Edmond Quilt Guild is to preserve, teach and share the history and art of quilting. SEW WHAT S NEW Edmond Quilt Guild P O BOX 1843, Edmond, OK The Edmond Quilt Guild meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm at the Memorial Road Church of Christ 2221 East Memorial Road Edmond, Oklahoma President s Report Bonnie Bowman A Rose is a Rose is a Rose If that were true of quilters, then we too would be just alike. Your survey results, however, tell us that simply isn t true. While we have many things in common, our interests are diverse. Here is a profile of the average quilter in the Edmond Quilt Guild. We describe ourselves as Passionate Enthusiasts (69%) and we quilt for hobby and occasionally make quilts (48%). We describe our ability as quilters as Intermediate (65%). Approximately 75% of us admit to making bed-size quilts while a whopping 89% make smaller quilts and projects. In the minority are those that quilt on a longarm machine and those that dye their own fabric, both at only 12%. Most all of us (75%) piece by machine and machine quilt. A mere 20% of us like to machine piece and hand quilt our projects. You might also be surprised that about half of us design our own quilts and also like to embroider by hand. Our experience is, on average, a little over 15 years and we ve started an average of 7 quilted projects this last year. While we d like to quilt more, we do spend on average 9 hours quilting every week. Our favorite quilt size? Lap or sofa sized quilts. We re about split into thirds, those that do all their own quilting, those that do some of their own and yet send many projects out to be done and the remaining third send all of their projects out to be quilted. Gone are the days when anyone in our guild utilized a church group to hand quilt their projects. A large portion of us (59%) belong not only to a guild, but also a small group or bee. Over one third of us belong to more than one guild. We keep our talents hidden.sometimes not such a good thing. Around half of our membership has never entered a quilt in a quilt show or contest. Most of the rest have entered local shows but fewer still have entered national or international contests, exhibited in galleries or shown at state or county fairs. The style of quilts we prefer to make most often is split evenly between Traditional and Traditional with a twist. But, we re all over the map with trying everything else as well! It was hard for most of us to pick only one style we like looking at and all agreed at 71% that we liked them all and enjoyed looking at all styles of quilts. Why do we quilt? For the pure pleasure it brings us! 99% said so and I m pretty sure that the one lone person who didn t check that box just forgot to! Next in line, neck and neck for why, were (1) that we loved to give quilts as gifts and (2) because we absolutely love working with fabric.

Volume 7, Issue 4 Page 2 SEW WHAT S NEW Our primary inspiration for making quilts comes from patterns published in books, magazines and from pattern racks.

2 Volume 7, Issue 4 Page 2 SEW WHAT S NEW Our primary inspiration for making quilts comes from patterns published in books, magazines and from pattern racks. All of the other inspirations are all so evenly matched that it shows that we appreciate any source of inspiration that comes along. Our favorite source of fabric and supplies, to no one s surprise, is Quilt Shops. But, we shop everywhere and employ the internet as readily as catalogs, and chain stores as readily as craft stores. Our second most favorite places to shop are Quilt Shows, which we attend, on average, a couple of times a year. About half of us are ready to jump in the car and go anywhere within driving distance, even if that means out-of-state. While we may vary in how computer savvy we are, at least 82% of us browse quilting websites and 68% of us like to shop for supplies online. We want to learn anything new about quilting and all categories of instructions were checked as being interesting to at least a forth of our guild. The most asked for instruction was for Technique Workshops followed by Tips and Shortcuts for Speed and Accuracy. We had many talented members come forward with skills they are willing to share and we hope to put them to work soon with special events to share those skills. Our board will be working very hard to help you continue to grow as a quilter and embellish your own repertoire of skills. Happy quilting! Bonnie Bowman April Birthday List Nancy Wallace 4-5 Donna Watson 4-10 Sadie Hild 4-12 Mary Ann Prewitt 4-12 Sarah Daneke 4-15 Dixie Grosshans 4-18 Carolyn Smith 4-21 Anita Hyman 4-27 Reta Brown 4-28 Sharon Coon 4-30 Vice-President s Report Lee Gray Just a reminder that the April 21st EQG meeting is when your SUEBONNET SUE Lottery blocks are due. The more blocks you bring, the more chances you have of winning a bundle of 12 or so blocks, enough to make a crib quilt. The pattern is on the web site. Our April vendor will be Becky from Stitch in Time. Happy Quilting! Any one interested in starting or joining a small group, please contact Bonnie Bowman. She is compiling a list of names of interested quilters and hopes to have enough folks to get a new group going in the near future. Small groups are a great way to make new friends, get to know other members better, and share your quilting. Bonnie s contact info is on the front page of the newsletter.

Volume 7, Issue 4 Page 3 SEW WHAT S NEW Program Report - Sue Esparza Thank you to Charlotte for enlightening all of us to the unlimited possibilities in our quilting!

3 Volume 7, Issue 4 Page 3 SEW WHAT S NEW Program Report - Sue Esparza Thank you to Charlotte for enlightening all of us to the unlimited possibilities in our quilting! If you are feeling a little inadequate after her presentation, then start thinking outside your box. You, we, can do it! Our April program compares Russian quilting, past and present, with American quilting. Marilyn Withrow toured Russia for three weeks, staying with quilters and their families. She visited fabric factories, lacquer box factories, museums, Churches, and the Golden Ring towns in rural Russia. Marilyn brings Russian fabrics, quilts, and other items -- and great stories! -- from Russia to share with the audience. Irena Bluhm will be our guest speaker and workshop in June (shared with Norman Quilt Guild) with the evening meeting at Rose State s auditorium. Check the last page of this newsletter for more information to register for her workshop on applying color to an already quilted piece. Stretch yourself learn a new technique! In July, we are sharing Bonnie Sabel with COQG. Her lecture and workshop will be on creating quilted postcards. The lecture and workshop will be at our usual meeting place. Bonnie will also be our vendor that evening. Remember to keep putting aside those unloved fabrics, books, patterns, orphan blocks etc for our stash sale in October. Tables will be $10, you keep the profits of your sales. UPCOMING: April 21: Marilyn Withrow - From Russia. With Quilts! May 19: What can you do with paper in quilting? June 16: Irena Bluhm - digitized machine quilting designs - shared with NAQG (Norman) July 21: Bonnie Sabel - quilted post cards lecture and workshop August 18: pending September 15: Mary Schopp of the Rabbit s Lair - wool appliqué lecture October 20: EQG s Second Non-Annual Stash Sale November 17: Toni Steere - color lecture December 15: pending Sue Esparza Reveille Quilt Studio Longarm Quilting, Memory & T-shirt Quilts Kerry Fisbeck 2000 Reveille Road Edmond, OK, kerryfizz@sbcglobal.net The Savage Quilter Fabrics, Patterns, Books, Notions & Classes 6815 N May Ave debbiesavage@sbcglobal.net

Volume 7, Issue 4 Page 4 SEW WHAT S NEW With Spring and

Quilting JANOME Michelle Schroeder 7821 S Sooner Rd 405.

4 Volume 7, Issue 4 Page 4 SEW WHAT S NEW With Spring and warmer weather come the return of the quilt shows and shop hops! Make plans for checking out some of the ones listed below... Sooner Quilts Quilting Supplies & Custom Longarm Quilting JANOME Michelle Schroeder 7821 S Sooner Rd Guthrie, OK Toadally Awesome Quilting Brenda Esslinger 3428 NW 26th Street Oklahoma City, OK blee0115@aol.com

5 Volume 7, Issue 4 Page 5 SEW WHAT S NEW Membership Report Patti O Neil Hello members! Last month s program was very inspiring! We had 76 members present and 4 guests. Our total membership is 127. Please remember to wear your badge to meetings!! It helps us get to know one another. If your name is shown below, your 2009 membership card is available to pick up at the next meeting: Jackie Beebe, Marsha Black, Charlene Brewer, Sharon Coon, Ruth Denney, Mary Dubois, Kerry Fisbeck, Tommy Lou Flynn, Genie Ford, Liane Gaspredes, Laurette Graham, Dixie Grosshans, Neva Hestand, Judith Howard, Anita Hyman, Nelda Johnson, Marilyn Karper, Tina Kirschling, Julie LaFollette, Cathy Lewis, Sherrill Lewis, Susan Lucky, Cinde Michaud, Linda Morton, Teresa Moses, Margaret Newman, Trish Pate, Debi Pickens, Mary Ellen Schopp, Mari Anne Simpson, Sharon L Thompson, Bonnie Voth, Rubena Wallis, Jane Winton, and Debi Young. Remember, we don t mail out membership cards; you need to pick it up at the meetings. Patti O Neil OUT & ABOUT Quilt of NW ARK Tomorrow s Heirlooms XII - April 3-4, 2009, Holiday Inn NWA Convention Center, 1500 South 48th St, Springdale AR, debmoore@centurytel.net International Quilt Festival Chicago - April 17-19,2009, Donald Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N River Rd, Rosemount Ill, Pontotoc County Quilt Show - April 24-25, 2009, Pontotoc County Agri-Plex, 1700 N Broadway, Ada OK, Hop the River Shop Hop - April 24-26, 2009, including Chickasha (x2), Cache, Wichita Falls (x2) and Burkburnett TX, for more information and maps Quilters Guild of Arlington Annual Festival of Quilts - May 8-9, 2009, Bob Duncan Community Center, 2800 S Center St, Arlington TX, IMQA - MQS 2009 Fire And Ice - May 13-16, Overland Park Convention Center, Overland Park, Kansas, or Hill Country Quilt Guild - Pigment of My Imagination - May 22-24, Edington Gym, Schreiner University, Kerrville, TX, or Abilene Quilters Guild 15th Annual Regional Quilt Show - June 13-14, 2009, Abilene Civic Center, 1100 N 6th, Abilene TX, or 40th Annual NQA Quilt Show - June 18-20, 2009, Greater Columbus convention Center, Columbus OH, Central Oklahoma Quilters Guild - A Time To Shine - June 18-20,2009, State Fair Park, OKC, Mesquite Quilts June 26-27, 2009, Rutherford Recreation Center, 900 Rutherford Dr, Mesquite TX, Creative Quilters Guild of Ellis County Christmas in July Annual Quilt Show - July 17-18, 2009, Midlothian Conference Center, 1 Community Circle, Midlothian TX, or

Volume 7, Issue 4 Page 6 SEW WHAT S NEW Loving Touch Vicky Wyalie Reminder!!!.. May Flower Placemats.. Turn in deadline is the April 2009 Guild Meeting. Receive one ticket for each placemat turned in.

The placemats will be presented to the Meals on Wheels of Edmond for distribution during May 2009.

6 Volume 7, Issue 4 Page 6 SEW WHAT S NEW Loving Touch Vicky Wyalie Reminder!!!.. May Flower Placemats.. Turn in deadline is the April 2009 Guild Meeting. Receive one ticket for each placemat turned in. Prizes will be drawn for the winners at the April guild meeting. Prizes include a $50 gift card to Savage Quilter, project boxes, and a hand made quilters bracelet. The placemats will be presented to the Meals on Wheels of Edmond for distribution during May Vicky Wyalie Hospitality Committee Gloria Kreuer The last couple of meetings, I ve had the pleasure of saying hello to most everyone coming in the door. It is amazing how friendly and open everyone is. This is what makes our meetings so enjoyable. Remember, if you need anything, like information about participating in small groups or if you are aware of a member in need, the guild would like to know. We can offer support during a trying time, and if appropriate, ask our members for assistance. We all know how generous our quilter are! Gloria Kreuer As requested by several guild members after Charlotte s presentation: Love who you are. Look in the mirror in the morning and smile and say, I am too blessed to be stressed and too anointed to be disappointed! Winners make things happen - Losers let things happen. Be Blessed Ladies and pass this on to encourage another woman. Peaceful, creative, contented, whole, Quilting becomes my very soul.

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8 Volume 7, Issue 4 Page 8 SEW WHAT S NEW Some of My Toys Need a New Home How About Your Home! #1 #2 #3 #4 1. Horn Quilter s Dream Heavy Duty Cutting Table: includes a heavy duty clear cutting mat (170 x 36 ) in excellent shape as wasn t used, table folds to compact 17 x 40, and has easy roll lockable casters. was $220 now $ Solid Oak Quilt Rack with 4 arms to hold and display your finished treasures now $ Dazor Circline Illuminated Magnifier: model 8MC-100: 5 diameter viewing area, 3 diopter and +75% magnification, all metal floating arm lets you position light source with a touch of a finger, weighted desk model so sturdy, perfect condition was $150. now $ Singer Featherweight Portable Machine model AM , Style 221, Work Style 270: mint condition with instruction booklet, approximately 11 lbs, key for locking. Also includes original retail installment contract dated Nov together with payment booklet was $400. now $325 For more information or to take one of these great toys home with you, please contact Betty Lorenz at or (cell) To EQG guild members, I ve got all the hand blocks up on my design wall and if you could see them it would knock your socks (or gloves) off! The blocks are simply amazing. On an individual basis, they are wildly creative, colorful, symbolic, and beautiful. Collectively, they are going to result in one powerful and impressive quilt. Thank you to everyone who so graciously participated in this challenge. And one final word it s not too late to get in on the action if you are still working on a block and would like to bring it next month, I would gladly accept it. I hated that I was not at the meeting to personally receive the blocks you so generously made and I apologize for that, but it couldn t be avoided. I look forward to seeing you all in April. Laura, retired guild queen Irena Bluhm s Workshop in June Learn how easy it is to apply color using colored pencils to a small, already quilted piece, ready for painting. You don t have to be an artist, just try to paint what you see. Irena is not afraid of using bold colors and stark contrast to create a drama. Also learn how to do shading in order to make your designs look dimensional. It is a lot of fun and very relaxing. Irena feels very passionate about what she is doing and loves sharing her experiences, the good along with the bad, so you don t have to go through the pain of learning the lessons the hard way. like she did. Supplies: kit $35 (includes a computerized system stitched sample 11 x 11 prepared for color application, 2 oz bottle of textile medium, a dispenser cup, 1 box of 12 colored pencils, 1 set of 6 brushes, CD tutorial, and package of 12 paper patterns. No other supplies are needed for this class! Kit fee is due to Irena the day of the workshop. Sign up for the class will begin at the April Guild meeting. Workshop cost is $30 and is due when you register due to demand for the class and number of available slots.

SEW WHAT S NEW. Edmond Quilt Guild P O BOX 1843, Edmond, OK 73083

SEW WHAT S NEW. Edmond Quilt Guild P O BOX 1843, Edmond, OK 73083 SEW WHAT S NEW Edmond Quilt Guild P O BOX 1843, Edmond, OK 73083 Volume 7, Issue 2 February 2009 OFFICERS: President: Bonnie Bowman bsbowman@cox.net Vice President Lee Gray leegray33@cox.net Secretary: