October Ruth Sears, President A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Transcription

1 October 2016 Volume 10, Number 2 Next Meeting: October 6, 2016 ~ 7:00 p.m. St. Barnabas Church 1697 East Main Road Portsmouth, RI (Handicapped accessible) For the October Meeting: Remember your: Name tag Fabric strip of the month Boutique of the month Show and Tell Board Members President: Ruth Sears Vice President: Chris Bagley Secretary: Jennie Nestlerode Treasurer: Martha Munkacsy Newsletter Editor Catherine Hawkes Guild Photographer Susan Rood Committees Hospitality: Donna Bozeman and Donna Chaves Fabric Strip of the Month: Chris Bagley Boutique Item of the Month: Carol Garvey, Lori Bessette Membership: Carol Garvey, Lori Bessette Community Service: Noreen Kissell Sunshine: Carol McOsker Program: Sarah Sullivan Librarian: Norma Jones Raffle Quilt ~ Judy Messenger; Susan Rood and Barbara Niekerk Next Board Meeting Wed., Oct. 12, 7:00 p.m., home of Martha Munkacsy Web Site QBS Mission Statement To instruct, encourage, and develop the art of quilting; to share techniques, ideas, and experiences; and to extend friendship. A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Hello Quilters! As we head into fall, we have a few months yet of beautiful sunny and still warm weather, so go out and enjoy it while you can. Get started on those UFO s that you have found hiding under current projects or start working on those items that will be gifts for the holidays. Many of you know Dotty Blair, who will be our speaker in October. She promises to bring a variety of quilt projects to share and we can all look forward to having a great presentation. We are starting the planning for the quilt show and hopefully you all have something you are getting ready to register. Each time we have a show there is so much inspiration for others when we see the amazing work being shared. I am sure this next one will be just as enjoyable as all the others. The NEQM is still working to replace the heating/air conditioning system in their building, and we will have a jar for donations once again at the October meeting. We were able to send a small donation last month and hope you can donate a few dollars this month to send along. Having our own quilt museum in New England allows all of us to learn and share so much about quilting within a reasonable distance, and I hope you can support this worthy cause. Mittens will be available for purchase at this and the November meeting, so bring your wallet and get some holiday shopping done! See you on October 6th, and keep stitching, Ruth Sears, President 1

2 Quilters by the Sea Calendar October 6: Dotty Blair Trunk Show: Confessions of a Short-Attention- Span Quilter Dotty has won ribbons at The Vermont Quilt Festival and at Images in Lowell, MA, and numerous local awards. In addition, she has exhibited in two juried shows at the New England Quilt Museum. Locally Dotty has taught informal quilting workshops and have been president of two guilds and has a longarm quilting business. She makes traditional quilts (with her own sometimes untraditional fabric and color choices) as well as more innovative art quilts. Dotty includes the humorous stories that are attached to some of her quilts it is best not to take ourselves or our creations too seriously and shares about 30 quilts utilizing a wide variety of techniques: hand piecing, machine piecing, hand quilting, machine quilting, beading, embroidery, and much more. Note: October workshop with Chris Bagley has been cancelled. November 3: Diana Annis Trunk Show: Redwork Workshop with Diana Annis: Redwork, November 5. Fee TBA; minimum 10 students. Learn this classic embroidery stitch done in red thread on cream fabric. You will make a holiday ornament to practice your stitching. December 1: Holiday Party If you are interested in signing up for a workshop, please contact Sarah Sullivan. Spring Meeting Dates: January 5,6,7 February 2 March 2 April 6 May 4 June 1 Are you interested in history? You can be a QBS Historian Thank you members, for bringing the items in June from previous activities of the QBS. We have some pictures, a quilt top, and lots of assorted information to work with, and now we need some people interested in working on putting this together to save for future members. I know there is more out there and we will continue to collect and organize what we have as the year goes on. Let Ruth know if you are willing to help out with this valuable project. Raffle on the Road Do you know of a great shop, event, or other location where we could display our guild raffle quilt and sell tickets? If you have a suggestion about a place to take the quilt, please contact Susan Rood or Barbara Niekerk to offer your ideas. 2

3 TREASURER S REPORT ~ Martha Munkacsy, Treasurer The 2017 Quilters by the Sea Quilt Show will take place on April 22 and 23 at Portsmouth Middle School. The title of the show is Spring into Quilts. Janet Roche and Susan Rood are the chairs of the event. Many of the committees are filled, but volunteers are still needed to help with planning as well as during the show in order to make it a success. There will be a meeting of all those who ve signed up to work on the show on Thursday, October 13 at the Middletown Library at 6:30 p.m. In order to have a quilt registered for the show, one must be a paid member by December 1, Thank you, Janet Roche and Susan Rood, Chairs Strip of the Month by CraB November... Yellow December... Green January... Blue February... Indigo March... Violet April... Solids May... Black June... White TWO cotton 2 ½ x 42 strips of fabric Questions? Christine Bagley. Membership and the Quilt Show If you have any friends who have not renewed their membership, please let them know the deadline for that is December 1 in order to register a quilt in the show to be held in April. 3

4 Sunshine and Shadows If you have any member news that requires a bit of sunshine, please let me know by either phone or . ~ Carol McOsker Boutique of the Month: Honey, You re the Greatest! In appreciation for our friends, the bees. Points of departure: bee-print fabrics black and yellow color schemes (or, for the subtle, ochre and brown) bee-shaped/decorated items hexagon patchwork patterns hexagon-shaped items (pin cushions, mug mats, coin purses ) Save the Bees theme (tote bag, pin, tie-on hat band for one s gardening hat ) Time to get busy as a well, you know... Plymouth County Cranberry Quilters Stitch It Forward ~ 2016 Quilt Show October 22, 2016 ~ 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. West Elementary School 170 Plympton Road, Plymouth, MA Admission $8 Over 175 quilts Vendors ~ Demos ~ Boutique ~ White Elephant Guild Quilt Raffle ~ Basket Raffles ~ Door Prize ~ Refreshments Quiet people have the loudest minds. ~ Stephen Hawking In the silence, I rediscover who I am. ~ John Francis 4

5 Community Service Advocacy Project The group of 6 quilters has met with Iain Guest, founder and leader of the Advocacy Project and we are well on our way to making two quilts using the squares embroidered by the refugees in Jordan. Each one is amazing and the stories are heartbreaking. We will continue to share information as we build the quilts to be used to tell the stories of these women, in hopes of a brighter future for them and their families. NEQM We are collecting donations this month to support the NEQM in their drive to replace the heating system in the building in Lowell. You may donate cash, or checks at the meeting. Checks may be made out to QBS or NEQM and Martha will see that they get the money. Please support this, especially if you have not yet, as they need to fund the replacement system now. Noreen It s not too late to take the UFO CHALLENGE You bring a UFO to the October 2016 meeting. You challenge yourself to finish it by the June 2017 meeting. You sign an agreement stating you will finish by June 2017 or pay a fine of your own choosing to Quilters by the Sea. You decide on a large amount ($25, $50, $75, etc.), because you want to encourage yourself to quilt! You show the guild your UFO and ask for group support and intervention in the future, if necessary. When you finish your UFO challenge and the agreement is fulfilled, you pay nothing! You have one less UFO!!! Your name is entered along with all the successful quilters to win a free membership to QBS for !!! You control your destiny join the fun! Look closely at the present you are constructing. It should look like the future you are dreaming. ~ Alice Walker 5

6 QBS 2017 Quilt Show Raffle Basket Donations Any help you can give to fill these baskets will be much appreciated. The basket themes are: Knitting needles, yarn, notions, needle holders or cases, patterns, books, kits, embellishments, anything knitting related Gadgets any notions; Is there something you just can t live without and think someone else would also love? Beginners fat quarters, charm packs, scissors, rotary cutter, mat, ruler, pins, needles, thread, patterns, books Baby/Child Craft baby/child themed fabric; 5 and 10 squares, fat quarters, books, patterns, crayons, glue, glitter and other items to keep children or grandchildren busy Christmas holiday fabrics, fat quarters, charm packs, ornaments, embellishments, patterns Kitchen premade, patterns and/or fabric for: placemats, napkins, pot holders, hot pads, towels, aprons, mug rugs, appliance covers Liquor/Wine - a bottle or two of liquor or wine, food based fabric, coasters, fabric wine bottle holder Workshop we will have a bag with that we would love to fill with rulers, mat, pins, rotary cutter, scissors Navy/Patriotic red, white, blue and gold fabric; patriotic patterns and/or books; Navy themed items Jelly Rolls/Batik jelly rolls, batik fabrics, books, patterns Man Cave snacks, snacks, and more snacks, drinks, bottle or can cozy, coffee, food themed fabric all for the man in your life you would like to keep occupied with you are sewing! Stamps stamp sets, stamp pads, markers, paper, embellishments, pre-cut die images, storage containers, pre-made cards and envelopes, books Use your Joann s and Michael s coupons! Other suggestions: Marking tools Needle cases Needle threaders Needles/pins Note pads Pin holders Pincushions Quilt pins Rotary supplies Rulers Scissors large and small Thimbles Thread All contributions and donations are greatly appreciated and we thank you in advance for all your help with the baskets. If you have any questions, please call Donna Bozeman. 6

7 Quilters by the Sea Meeting Minutes September 8, 2016 ~ St. Barnabas Church, Portsmouth, RI Program: Welcome our own Chris Bagley! Chris has been teaching a UFO class for the past few years. Bill Murray said Don't let stress take over. Stress is the death of art. You need to make time for you to sew. Chris loves to read all the articles in magazines and one tip was if you have way to many seam rippers it is because you don't have one that is sharp enough. Common aspects of UFO collections: Do you still like it? Why did you put it away? Does it still have all the fabric and directions to finish it? It is OK to change fabrics. If you don't like the way the quilt looks it is OK to change it. Orphan blocks go great on canvas and make great gifts. When you get home and find your UFO's, put them all together and think about them in order of interest. Pin a note to the UFO of exactly what it needs. Set a goal for each quilt. Start a journal; it will help motivate you. Pledging to the guild will also help motivate you. We then went around the room and guild members either showed us or told us about their UFO's. Please give your pledge slips back to Chris. If you need to give your UFO as a gift before the June meeting, please bring it in before you give it away or take a photo of it. After a 10-minute break, the business meeting began. President: Ruth wanted to give a public thanks to Catherine Hawkes, our newsletter editor. Also a thank-you to Allison Wilbur for staying on and helping with programs. If anyone would like to help work on programs with Sarah Sullivan, please let Ruth or Allison know. We are still looking for a historian. If you are interested in working on the Advocacy Project, please sign up on the sheet or see Ruth. We received an offer in the mail to buy Quilter s Dream batting as a guild at a discount; a group of people is interested so Ruth will put together some more information. Treasurer s Report: Please see the newsletter for budget pie charts. We have $12,574 as of July 2016 in all of our accounts. If you have any questions, see Martha. Quilt Show: Co-chairs Susan Rood and Janet Roche announced that we have the Portsmouth Middle School April 21-23, so the show will be Saturday and Sunday and set up will be Friday. We can set up during the day as it is the end of school break. Please see the clipboard that went around to sign up for committees. Raffle Quilt: As of right now, the raffle quilt has only broken even. It will go back to Ryco and then to Just Quilts. If you know of any venue to bring the quilt to, let Susan Rood know. Community Service: We will be continuing projects from last year. Raffle Baskets: Please see the raffle basket donation sheet that went around and bring back your donations. Program: We formed a large circle and Ruth asked questions about our quilting and sewing experiences and interests. If the answer to the question was yes, then you stepped into the circle and could see who else shared the same interest. Strip of the Month: Tonight we had 34 red strips, Karen Jameson won. Boutique items: If you have something, please turn it it in! Barbara Niekierk won. Membership: Door prize was won by Janet Roche. 71 members have renewed. If you forget your name tag, it will cost a $1. (Continued on next page.) 7

8 (Minutes, continued.) Special NEQM Raffle: Lesley Addlem, Catherine Hawkes, Pat Giarrusso, and Sarah Sullivan each won a pair of donated passes to the New England Quilt Museum. Quilt-Away: This year s Quilt-Away will be Oct 31 to Nov 2nd. The cost is $156 for the two nights at the Bayside Resort. If you want to go, please let Nancy Burgess know BEFORE you book a room. Programs: October will be Dotty Blair. Chris will be doing a one block wonder on October 1st and 29th, the first class will just be cutting and the second class will be setting your blocks. November will be redwork and we will have a workshop associated with it on Nov 5th. Show and Tell: A variety of quilts were shown including baby quilts, a table runner made with fabric from France, larger quilts, a Halloween wall hanging, a Kaffe quilt challenge, and few small quilts. Respectfully submitted, Jennie Nestlerode Out and About Shows, Workshops, Shop Hops, and More (Submit items you think we d like to know about!) Sally Mavor Solo Show, Bristol Art Museum: Through October 30. Sally is a textile artist and the author of Felt Wee Folk and other books. The Bristol Art Museum is on the grounds of Linden Place on Hope Street in Bristol, RI. Monthly Quilters Get-Together: Quilting at the Middletown Public Library takes place from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month (third Thursday in November and December). Upcoming dates are Oct. 27, Nov. 17, Dec. 15. Cranberry Quilters Stitch It Forward Quilt Show: October 22, 2016, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., West Elementary School, 170 Plympton Road, Plymouth, MA. See details elsewhere in this newsletter. New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA: Through October 16: Confluence ~ Water's Beauty, Use and Misuse. Saturday, October 15: Curator's Reception and Gallery Talk with Quilt Artist and Confluence Co-Curator Deborah Weir, 11:00 a.m. Through November 19: Narragansett Bay Quilters Association, Winners of the Viewers Choice Award at Summer Celebration 2015 (Classroom Gallery). 8