Women Of the West QUILTERS. March 2012

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1 Women Of the West QUILTERS March 2012 MARCH PROGRAM Norma Riehm will bring a trunk show and lecture to the March WOW guild meeting. For more information about Norma and her quilt style, visit her AQS Blog-of-the-Week winning blog at Monday, March 26, 7 p.m. President s Column I hope that all of the attendees of the February meeting enjoyed Karen McTavish s dynamic trunk show. What a wealth of talent she has. We are so lucky that we have so many truly talented professionals in our area, and that they are so willing to share their stories and gifts with us. March is looking to be just as much fun! If you have not signed up for the class with Norma Riehm please do so as soon as possible. It is an all day event on March 27 th, 10-5 pm. $55.00 includes kit and lunch for the day. She will also be speaking at our meeting on the 26 th. We will be having a board meeting on Monday the 26 th at 5:30 pm. We will be in our meeting room for this before the general meeting. If you d like to order a dinner from Roberts it can be arranged. Please let me know if you have any agenda items and I will add them in! Remember this is your guild, all members are welcome to attend board meetings. Women of the West Quilters is seeking Chair members for our quilt show in Please think about volunteering your services in this vital area of our guild. This position can be held by more than one person! As always, thank you each and everyone of you for sharing, caring, and enjoying the craft of quilting with us! You may reach me at pres.womenofthewest@gmail.com Norma Riehm, of Hayward, WI is a professional art quilter with a national teaching schedule. She will hold a lecture and trunk show for our March program. She specializes in using craft items in her art quilts and quilting with her domestic sewing machine. Her My Friends of Spring quilt appears in the latest issue of Quilter s Newsletter on page 19 as a finalist in the Alliance for American Quilts contest. Lori Allison Vice President Yours in Stitches and Giggles, Patti Marrin

2 Next Board Mtg.: March 26th, 2012, 5:30PM. The center will allow us to order and eat in the meeting room. There was no Board Meeting for February WOW Quilt Guild Meeting February 27, 2012 The meeting was called to order by the President, Patti Marrin. The vice president, Lori Allison discussed the March workshop with Norma Riehm. She needed 18 ladies to sign up for the workshop for it to be a go. The guest speaker Karen McTavish was introduced. Karen grew up in Arden Hills, MN and became involved in quilting through her mother. She has published 6 books. She is a long arm quilter with a traditional style. She showed several samples of her trapunto quilts. Karen shared with us her three rules for quilting; 1) Do the hardest thing, 2) Never take short cuts and 3) Do what a hand quilter would do. But above all, quilting is for the people we love. Karen kept everyone laughing with her stories of adventures and mishaps. Birthday Club brought in $48.50 toward the monthly room rental. Membership counted 4 new members and 12 guests this month. The meeting was adjourned with Show & Share. Respectfully submitted, Angela Coleman CO-Secretary WOW 2012 Challenge The Road I Traveled November 2012 Program Create a poster-sized quilt somewhere between 16 x 20 and 24 x 36 or any shape that is approximately square inches (multiply length times width). The road begins anywhere on the left side and finishes anywhere on the right side and measures approximately 3 on the left and the right, but can be any size, shape, or length inside the quilt. The quilt represents something about your life; it has a story to tell about your life s journey. The quilts will be hung first without names for voting by the members. Then each member will talk about their own quilt. Based on Viewer s Choice Secret Ballot, three $50 prizes will be awarded to best 1) artistry, 2) creativity & 3) workmanship. Lori Allison, Vice President Block of the Month The block of the month for March is any tree pattern using batik fabric Directions can be found on the WOW quilt guild website. For each block made, (up to three) you can put you name in the drawing for ownership of the blocks made for that month. Dawn Bryant/Carol Henderson One of Karen s trapunto whole cloth quilts. Karen is on the right. Carol Olson, small group coordinator, is looking for some ladies to join. Block of the month was drawn and the new block shown for next month. February s winner of 22 Indiana Puzzle blocks was Angela Coleman. Directions for March block are available on the WOW website. Our new resolution committee chairs are Cindy Stenson and Pam Plocek. Forms will be available for participation in March. Small Groups Carole Olson will welcome your inquiry regarding joining a small group. A day group with just 3 members is looking for additional quilters. For information call Carole at or carole_olson@msn.com Birthday Club Birthday club brought in $ Good job everyone!! Diane Salls Quilt Survivor-West Metro Back by popular demand, we will have our 2nd Quilt Survivor activity. I need 2 or 3 volunteers to help me

3 plan this fun activity. It will take one short meeting coffee to make up the rules. Are you interested? Let Mickey know at or at information and sign up will be available closer to the retreat. Quilt Retreat Committee The Workshop Is A Go! Volunteer Still Needed Looking for a volunteer for the position of Guild Historian. Let Patti or Mickey know if you would be willing to volunteer. Patti is at pres.womenofthewest@gmail.com Hallelujah! We will have a workshop Falling Leaves with Norma Riehm on Tuesday, March 27 from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the Medina Ballroom. Lunch and a kit is included in the $55 class fee. Note: this class was recently offered in another suburb of Greater Minneapolis for $100! Such a deal! There are still a few spaces; contact lori.allison@hotmail.com if interested.??? Secret Sisters??? Theme for March is weather. Fabric showing different weather raindrops, clouds, spring, or any other gift you can think of that is weather related. Mary Hess SHOW & SHARE GALLERY Sample of Norma s quilts. Membership: At the February Meeting we had 81 members signed in and 12 visitors. We have new members: Julie Arrowood from Eagan; Jean Neilson and Kerrin Curtis both from Long Lake; Kim Andrews from Minnetonka, and Diane Juul, of Plymouth. Elaine Miller with a quilted purse and wallet. Please renew your 2012 membership dues. $24.00/year and $30.00/year for mail delivery of the newsletter. Please see the membership committee for your dues envelope if you have not paid. Total paid membership as of the February meeting is 120 members. LuAnn Sing/Shirley Bonacci Membership Committee Quilt Retreat The quilting retreat is scheduled for Oct , 2012 at the Green Lake Bible Camp in Spicer, MN. More Julie Harstad s Tiger Lily

4 Nancy Jones - winner of Block of the Month for January. Diane Juul Judy Nemier Stepping Stones pattern Janet Balej purple squares quilt Chris Coffman s Irish chain quilt as displayed by Patti Marrin. Shawn Taylor with a Judy Nemier pattern quilt. LuAnn Sing s Quiet Quilt for her grandnephews, as displayed by Patti.

5 MARCH CHECKLIST: Block of the Month Your Nametag Birthday Club Donations Show and Share Community Service projects or donations Free books, magazines, & fabric to share The Women of the West Quilt Guild was organized in December of 1997 to encourage and support all levels of quilters. The guild offers education, programs, fellowship, communication and community service while providing a place to be among people that share the same interest of the art of quilting. Meetings are held the 4th Monday monthly at 7 p.m. at the Medina Entertainment Center. If there is a conflict with a holiday, another night will be scheduled. The Medina Entertainment Center is on Highway 55 in Medina. Historian Membership WOW 2012 Officers & Committee Chairs President Patti Marrin pres.womenofthewesr@gmail. com Vice President Lori Allison Iba0718@hotmail.com Secretary(s) Patty Morris Avonis4menu.gmail.com Angela Coleman angela_coleman@yahoo.com Treasurer Janet Balej jbalej@netzero.com Activity Chair Mickey Ellis ellis_mickey@yahoo.com Birthday Club Diane Salls dsalls40@yahoo.com Block of the Month Dawn Bryant dawn.bryant@usbank.com Carol Henderson carololemn@comcast.com Community Service Nancy Miller nancy_miller@comcast.net Maple Grove Sr. Quilters Door Prizes Shawn Taylor Luv2quilt@dishmail.net Brenda Dunlavy bdunlavy@compasspointmedia.com OPEN Shirley Bonacci shirlgrl44@yahoo.com LuAnn Sing lmsing54@mchsi.com Newsletter Editor Angela Coleman angela_coleman@yahoo.com Assistant Editor Lisa Olson lpolson53@gmail.com Secret Sisters Mary Hess quilta@usfamily.net Small Group Coord Carole Olson carole_olson@msn.com Resolution Quilts Pam Plocek Cindy Stenson d.plocek@mcshi.com eyore1861@yahoo.com Sunshine & Shadows Barb Pavek jrpavek@msn.com Web Mistress LuAnn Sing lmsing54@mchsi.com Retreat Coordinators Nancy Erbst Nancy@erbst.org Linda Lynholm Mary Inman Forbes mary.inman-forbes@blackboxvs.com