What s Inside. President s Perspective Karen Keller. Volume 24 Issue 6 February 2016 !!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Color Red !!!

Transcription

1 Volume 24 Issue 6 February 2016 President s Perspective Karen Keller The Color Red Do you have a bin or shelf where you have neatly organized your red fabrics? Just kidding, I am not talking about planning or priorities this month. I am talking about that wonderful addition to our palettes that is so delightful. I don't know what we would do without it. According to Wikipedia Red color has a predominant light wavelength of roughly nanometres. So can they pinpoint exactly what part of light has red in it? That's what it sounds like. I think of it as the top color of a rainbow or between orange and pink on the color wheel. Josef Albers, (influential in art education and color theory), said If one says 'red' - the name of color - and there are fifty people listening, it can be expected that there will be fifty reds in their minds. And one can be sure that all these reds will be very different. Red is a very emotionally involved color. It s the color of fire and blood. It brings feelings of strength, pain, anger, passion, and love. We add it to our holiday quilts and to our valentine quilts. Some quilters add it to black and white and ZING it s stunning. It is the red stripes in our American flag that stands for Valor and Hardiness. Matadors use it to anger bulls, but bulls are colorblind so I don t know. It is definitely a color that gets noticed. Let us not forget in 2011 when Joanna S. Rose presented her Infinite Variety quilt show in New York. 650 red and white amazing quilts. Would it have been just as stunning in green and white? I don't think so. What s Inside Program Betsey Koss Trunk Show Mystery February 6, 2016 Quilt Day Haven Looking Ahead Donating gift cards and checks Pat Sloan lecture and workshops in March In caveman days, they painted on cave walls with iron oxide to get red and, by the way, iron oxide causes the red color around the planet Mars. Later on in America we used the Cochineal insect or the root of the Madder plant to produce red dye. To this day if you see red dye number 4 on the ingredients list or natural red color it comes from the Cochineal bug. Google Starbucks and this bug. Very interesting. Not to worry though, today our fabric is dyed with an artificial variety. No bugs involved. So to finish up don't get angry, get red and put those emotions into your next quilt.

2 Volume 24, Issue 6 February 2016 Programs Cookbooks First VP s Mary Toussaint & Jo Cassar What wonderful hints and tips we got on our Whistle Stop program. Has anyone made a selvedge project, done any appliqué, sorted your fabric and put a faux flange on your mitered border yet? Thank you Sue, Karen, Patti, Joyce and Becky. Betsy Koss will be joining us on February 11 to share her trunk show, Every Quilt Tells a Story Can t wait REMINDER PAT SLOAN Just a reminder that we do still have lots of cookbooks available. If you need some for yourself or to give as a gift (remember your kids and grandchildren should each have one, especially if you have a recipe in the book.) I will have them at every meeting so please seek me out at the meeting, by or phone. Diane Ladue MARCH MEETING AND WORKSHOPS WILL BE HELD AT FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF TROY 6363 LIVERNOIS TROY, MI The church is located on Livernois between South Blvd. and Square Lake Road on the west side of Livernois There is a very good map on their facebook page. For this meeting, we are requesting only cookies for the refreshment table. There will be a sign-up sheet at the February meeting. Cookies and a beverage will be it. Looking forward to the next two programs and the two that follow. 2

3 Volume 24, Issue 6 February 2016 CharityCommittee,MakeADifference CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Kindnesscantransformsomeone'sdark I just want to say what a wonderful job all of momentwithablazeoflight.you'llneverknow our board members and committees are howmuchyourcaringmatters.makea doing We all benefit from the time and differenceforanothertoday. effort these women have given GLHQ. Pleaseconsiderpickingupaquiltkit,pillow casekit,orpreemiequiltkitatourmeetingin February.Wewouldalsoliketoencourageyou topickupapatternforoneoftheaboveand useupthosefabricsthatyou'vestillnotused foronereasonoranother.whatbetterreason touseupthatfabricyoujusthadtohave,than onacharityitemthatwilltransformsomeone's darkmomentwithyourkindness?notto mention,foreachturnedincharityitem,you'll receiveaticketgoodtowardsourcharitythank YouRaffleattheendoftheyear. We'vegotmemberswhoprefertodobindings, sopleasedon'tworrythatyou'llhaveto completetheentirequiltprocess.infact,ifyou prefertojustpiecethetop,orquiltthequilt,or sewthebindingson,youabsolutelymaydo whicheverpartoftheprojectyouenjoy. AbigThankYoutoallthatdroppedoffquilts, pillowcases,andpreemiequiltsatthejanuary meeting.wereceived10lapquilts,10pillow cases,3preemiequilts,and2babyquilts. InJanuary,yourCharityCommitteedelivered 13LapQuiltsand8VeteranQuiltstoChurchof ChristCareCenter,and31pillowcasesto Ryan'sCaseforSmiles(formallyConkerr Cancer). Sincerely, YourCharityCommittee DebRobinson,DeniseMacDonald, DebbieVerschueren,andDebMontague Now it's your turn to get involved If you would like to continue in your current position or would like a new challenge, let me know. Or if you would like to be more involved in the workings of the guild, contact me You won't be sorry I'll be waiting for your call Joyce Cushing Membership Kathleen Joseph At our January meeting, we had 85 members signed in and 2 guests. One new member joined. Our total membership is now 150 and we are full Welcome packets were given to the new members. The 2015 rosters were available at the membership table for members to pick up and will be available at the February meeting. Please add our new member to your roster: Claudia Martello # Emerald Lake Dr, Troy, MI C: camartello@wowway.com 3

4 2015&2016BlockoftheMonthArticle MarchBOM IrisFoldingTechnique CongratulationstoJoyceMontanteonwinningtheJanuaryDecorativeStitchesBOMBLOTTO. WhenthinkingabouttheBOMtechniqueandpatternforMarch,IimmediatelythoughtaboutLuckO Irish. WearesoluckytohavePatSloanforourMarchspeakerandwell,whodoesn twanttobeirishforaday LastyearwelearnedalotaboutpaperpiecingthroughworkshopsandtheNewYorkBeautiesBOMChallenge andiwantedtofurtherexplorethistechnique.throughsomeresearch,idiscoverediris$folding. OnWikipedia,History$of$Iris$Foldingdescribesthistechniqueasapapercrafttechniquethatinvolvesfolding stripsofcoloredpapertoformadesign.thecenterofthedesignformsaniris ashapereminiscentofthe irisdiaphragmofacameralens. Itissimilartopaperpiecingwherethedesignisdrawnonafoundation paperthenstripsareappliedfromtheback(wrongside)butthe sequenceofapplythestripsisentirelyreversed. Hopeyouarecuriousaboutirisfolding.YoucandownloadtheGLHQ MarchBOMpatternandgivethistechniqueatryinfabric. ThoseofyouinterestedinexploringmoreaboutIrisfoldingingeneral, patterns,techniques,picturesandamemberforum. VideoDemonstrationofIrisFoldingDiscussionofirisfoldingandvideo demonstrationshowinghowtodothispapercrafttechnique.

5 Volume 24, Issue 6 February 2016 MarchFlagtheme:FourYleafedcloverisnotaShamrock Today,theshamrockisthemostrecognizedsymboloftheIrish,especiallyonSt.Patrick'sDay,whenallover theworld,everyoneisirishforadayithoughtashamrockwasafouryleafedcloverandtomysurprise,thisis notso. ThewordshamrockcomesfromtheGaelicwordSeamrog,meaning littleclover.acloveristhecommonlyusedname foranynumberofplantsbelongingtothegenustrifolium,meaning havingthreeleaves. Whiletryingtoconvertthe IrishintoChristians,St.PatrickusedtheshamrocktoexplaintheholytrinitywitheachleafrepresentingtheFather,Son andholyspirit. Thethreeleavesofashamrockarealsosaidtostandforfaith,hopeandlove.Afourthleafiswherewegettheluck from.thefouryleafedclover,or luckyclover,isanuncommonvariationofthethreeyleafedclover,andwidely consideredtobeasymbolofgoodluck.becausetheyareamutation,theyarerare,andnotfoundinthesame abundanceastheshamrock,andthus,consideredlucky.thetraditionalirishsymbolofashamrockdoesnotincludethe fourthleaf.source:tenontours TheHistoryChannelhasaseriesofshortvideosaboutthehistoryofSt.Patrick sdaydiscussingthemythology ofleprechauns,shamrocks,wearingofgreenandcelebratingst.patrick sdayeverymarch17.youcansee theseshortvideosat: Hopeyou lltryexperimentingwithirisfoldingforthemarchbom.asyouprobablyfiguredoutthemarch Patternwillbeashamrock oh,imeanafouryleafedclover ForFebruaryGuildMeetingY Don tforgettobringyourfebruaryflagforachancetowintheshadowappliqueblottobannerduringthe FebruaryGuildMeeting.ItisnottoolatetodownloadtheinstructionsfromtheGLHQwebsite,under Activities,BlockoftheMonth2015Y2016.Theselittlebeautiesarequicktomake. ExamplesofFebruaryShadowAppliqueFlags 5

6 Volume 24, Issue 6 February 2016 i Quilter to Quilter Sale This is the opportunity you ve been waiting for. If you have quilting items that you no longer use or want and just don t know what to do with, here s your chance to sell them and earn a little cash. You clean out your stash and someone else finds what he or she needs at bargain prices. All you need to do is rent a table, bring your quilting related items to the church the day before, man your table the day of and clean out your area at the end of the day. If you have large items, 2 x 2 x 2 or larger, they go to the Large Item room which will be staffed by volunteers who will handle sales for you. GLHQ is inviting the entire quilting community to join us by renting tables, selling their goods and/or shopping the sale too. It s a great opportunity to reach out to friends and guilds in the area. Tables will be available to non-members starting February 8th(the day after quilt day). First United Methodist Church of Troy, 6363 Livernois, Troy, Set up Friday April 22, 4PM 8PM Sale Saturday, April 23 10Am 2PM Admission - $4 Early Bird (10 11AM) $3 (11AM 2PM) Information including: table contracts, large item forms and flyers to share are available on our website under the About Us tab or Contact Diane Ladue, dladue@me.com or

7 Volume 24, Issue 6 February 2016 Barbara Ollesheimer February 1 Jean Usner February 5 Martha Hale February 6 Patti Kreh February 11 Barbara Geiger February 14 Jennifer King February 15 Sheila Johnson February 17 Ruth McCormick February 19 Donna Gibbs February 20 Deb Fassler February 21 Patti Miller February 24 Vera Milz February 24 7

8 Volume 24, Issue 6 February 2016 GreatLakesHeritageQuilters KathyTaylor 1337LochavenRoad Waterford,MI48327 glhqpress@gmail.com February Meeting February 11, :00 p.m. Birmingham Unitarian Church Woodward Avenue Bloomfield Hills, MI Checklist Name tag Your mug or cup for beverage Charity top or quilt Haven donation Your checkbook to register for workshops 8