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1 SEW WHAT S NEW Edmond Quilt Guild P O BOX 1843, Edmond, OK Website : April 2016 OFFICERS: President: Kathy Opalka sixopals@sbcglobal.net Vice President Becky Beierle beckyb@iasdirect.com Secretary: Vicki Daniel vdaniel29@gmail.com Treasurer: Patti Hamm phammok@gmail.com Membership: Andrea Stallings hamm_i_am@hotmail.com Programs: Cherrie Hampton Cherrie.Hampton@gmail.com Communications/Web Master: Dottie Alexander quilt_girl@sbcglobal.net Loving Touch Committee: Jasmine Malone malonecreations@yahoo.com Hospitality Committee: Linda Olsen Ieolsen@outlook.com 2016 Quilt Show: Sue Esparza woodenquilt@gmail.com Founder s Chair: Alice Kellogg WonderLand48@cox.net 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 Kathy Opalka April 2016 President s Report I think spring is here at last! Allergies and pollen are everywhere. We have had winds, dust storms, wild fires, and rain. I love when Mother Nature paints the landscape with wonderful fresh greens and spring flowers, and new life springs up around every corner. We should all be able to bring some of these ideas to our quilt canvas. Pastels and flowers are so beautiful under the skilled hands of our great quilters in our guild. Please remember to bring your quilts for Show and Share, size is not important. The Workshop and Meeting Presented by Cathy Miller, The Singing Quilter from Canada was great, and a special Thanks goes to Cherrie for lining her up. This brings me to plant a seed for thought, there will be several positions to fill on the board for next year, so please put some thought into volunteering. The second part of Becky s block challenge is due in April. It was quite a surprise on the number of blocks received in March. Check out her information sheet in this newsletter. ONLY 3 months to go to Quilt Show, Becky is still collecting items for the Artisan s Market. If you have new ideas or projects please let one of the board members know about them or send me an . Also we are always looking for presenters and teachers. I can be reached at sixopals@sbcglobal.net or kathryn.opalka@gmail.com Happy Spring to all and Keep Quilting, Kathy Mission Statement: The mission of the Edmond Quilt Guild is to preserve, teach and share the history and art of quilting.

2 Volume 13A Issue 4 Page 2 SEW WHAT S NEW Quilt Show July 8 & 9, 2016 Alice Kellogg I NEED HELP! The quilt show is quickly coming and I am behind schedule on the raffle quilt sales. Come see me or Sue at the back of the meeting room and check out some tickets to sell to your family and friends. Do you know someone with an upcoming birthday or anniversary? Send them a raffle ticket with their greeting card. They will have a chance to win our beautiful quilt and will know the details of the show because it is right on their ticket stub. ENTRY FORMS should be on the website by now. Read through the rules and deadlines. Run a copy of the form, fill out the required information, attach a picture to the form (or send the pic to me via WonderLand48@cox.net) and give entries to me at any regular meeting or mail them to me Old Farm Road, For those poor peeps that can't get the entry form to print, I will have some extra ones at the membership table. However, these will be for ladies that have a problem printing or do not have access to a computer. Help us save money by printing your own, if you can. It is not only acceptable, but encouraged to save paper and put the quilt story on the back of the entry form. Just a little personal note, if you have never entered a show before, we have a first-time entrant category. You have NO excuse for not entering. Don't tell me that you have never gone to a quilt show and looked at a quilt and said, "Well, I am as good as she is." Of course you have and of course you are! Help your guild shine and strut your stuff.

3 Volume 13A Issue 4 Page 3 SEW WHAT S NEW Program Report Cherrie Hampton 2016 EQG Program Calendar April 19 Randa Parrish Randa s Quilt Obsession The Queen of Hot Notions will present a fabulous trunk show and her newest notions to make our sewing lives easier. As the originator of the OKC Winter Quilt Show and owner of Oklahoma s largest quilt shop, she has changed the quilting landscape of our entire state. May 17 Melody Crust Quilt Toppings: Fun and Fancy Embellishments Workshop Simple Surfaces Melody s lecture and workshop will focus on the use of fun and creative ways to enhance and embellish our quilts and express our individual creativity. She will discuss paint sticks, threads, crayons, buttons, ribbons, foil, and beads and give us innovative ideas for their use. You will leave her class with many new technical tools. June 21 No Meeting July EQG QUILT SHOW July 19 Quilt Show Summary and Celebration August 16 Liz Bergey The History of the Sewing Machine Liz, a Professor from OU, will be bringing some machines as well as a visual lecture on the fascinating subject of our favorite quilting tool. September Velda Newman A Painters approach to Quilt Design Workshop Bird Studies (2 day class) This is one of those rare opportunities to really get to know and learn from an international icon in the quilting world. Our project will be the creation of birds using fabric, paint, ink and clever stitching techniques. This will be our first 2 day workshop and it will be 9-4 on Monday and Tuesday in our regular meeting room.

4 Volume 13A Issue 4 Page 4 SEW WHAT S NEW October 18 Quilter s Swap Meet For $15.00, you can rent a table to sell your extra stash, tools, patterns, machines, and quilting tools. Anything quilt related. We will have an all-day SALE in our regular meeting room. The sale will begin at 12:00 noon- and continue all afternoon and evening. There are only a limited number of tables available so don t miss out on being an EQG entrepreneur. (One third of the tables have already been rented.) For table rental contact Cherrie ( ). November 15 Alice Kolb Silver Threads Golden Needles Workshop Sew a Crooked Line Alice is an international teacher and author who will be focusing on garment sewing, She will teach us ways to individualize our creations through personalizing yardage with trims, needle accents and decorative sewing. Her trunk show will provide many project ideas and examples. December 20 Christmas Party Toadally Awesome Quilting Brenda Esslinger 3428 NW 26th Street Oklahoma City, OK blee0115@aol.com The Savage Quilter Fabrics, Patterns, Books, Notions & Classes 6815 N May Ave debbiesavage@coxinet.net

5 Volume 13A Issue 4 Page 5 SEW WHAT S NEW Fons & Porter s Love of Quilting Fons and Porter s Love of Quilting magazine has once again offered the Edmond Quilt Guild the opportunity to purchase a yearly subscription (6 issues) to the quilt magazine Love of Quilting for only $ Also included with a new/renewal subscription are three spools of Sulky thread and two separate quilting publications. See or contact Dottie Alexander for the subscription form. The subscription form is also on page 11 of this newsletter Quilt Show Notes Sue Esparza & Wendy Wells Quilt Show Notes: Only 99 days to SHOWTIME!! The crunch is on. If you aren t powerquilting, can t say BE CALM AND SEW ON. Too late for the calm part, but do sew on! My fabric is still in the bag where it was last month. I need the power for sure. T-shirts will be available to pick up at the April and May meetings. Thanks to all who ordered this time around. Let s see all those shirts at meetings and definitely at the show!! Things, events, planning is all going so smoothly towards the show it s almost scary. Thank you to all on the committee and their helpers. As Alice said in her portion, the entry packet is now on the website. Check out the three pages you need to return with your entry and please read through it all. Included this time is a page on making the sleeve so your quilt can be hung properly. Only the small quilt category will be pinned to curtains. Please pickup raffle tickets, take postcards with the picture and information. You never know where you might meet an interested person! Sooner Quilts Quilting Supplies & Custom Longarm Quilting JANOME Michelle Schroeder BE CALM AND SEW ON! Sue and Wendy 7821 S Sooner Rd Guthrie, OK

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7 Volume 13A Issue 4 Page 7 SEW WHAT S NEW We look forward to seeing lots of challenge blocks! If you have any questions please call Becky Beierle, for answers.

8 Volume 13A Issue 4 Page 8 SEW WHAT S NEW OUT & ABOUT 13th Annual Spring Fling Shop Hop March 31, April 1 & 2, 9am-6pm. Participating shops are Country House Quilting, Pea Ridge, AR; Crooked Creek Quilts, Greenwood, AR; Mama s Log House, Huntington, AR; The Quilt Corner, Sulphur Springs, AR; The Rabbit s Lair, Rogers, AR; Sager Creek Quilts & Yarnworks, Siloam Springs, AR; Sew A Stitch, Rogers, AR. Sew Oklahoma Shop Hop April 1-2, 2016, 9am-5pm. Participating shops are Prairie Quilt, Hennessey; The Savage Quilter, OKC; Quilt Sampler, Tulsa; Quilting Post, Stillwater; Cotton Patch, Tulsa; and Sooner Quilts, Guthrie. For more information, visit Sew Ok Shop Hop on Facebook. Norman Area Quilters Guild Quilt Show April 8-9, 2016, Cleveland County Fairgrounds, 615 E. Robinson, Norman, OK. Friday 10-6, Saturday Muskogee Area Quilt Guild Quilt Show April 8-9, 2016, St. Paul United Methodist Church, 2130 W. Okmulgee, Muskogee, OK. Admission $5.00 Show time is 9am-4pm. MOKA Quilt Study Group meeting will be April 8th & 9th in Leavenworth, KS. Guest speakers will be Barbara Brackman and Carol Elmore on Saturday. The Friday evening program will be a trunk show of antique quilts at Reunions Antique Store, Leavenworth. Cost for the meeting is $35.00 per person. Deadline to register is March 31, For more information, go to MOKA Quilt Study Group on Facebook or Barbara Bruce, MOKA Kansas rep. at barbarabruce600@gmail.com. Pontotoc County Quilt Show 'Get Looney about Quilting', Friday April 15th 9am-6pm, Saturday April 16th 10am- 4pm. Pontotoc County Agri-Flex, 1700 N. Broadway, Ada, OK. Cimarron Valley Quilters Guild Quilts Galore Home Tour April 16-17, 2016, Stillwater, OK. This is a home tour with five locations displaying over 300 quilted items. Please check for updates and more information. Admission is $5.00 in advance or $8.00 at the door. Tickets available at The Quilting Post, 717 S. Main, Stillwater Quilters Poker Run Thursday, April 28th, Friday, April 29th, and Saturday, April 30th 2016, 10am-6pm. Each participant will receive one free pattern from each shop visited. Participating shops are: Quilt N Bee, 506 C Ave., Cache Johnson's Quilt Shop, 105 W. Commerce, Altus Sew & Sew's Inc., 5125 N. Portland Ave, OKC Threads of Tradition 928 W. Main, Yukon The Quilted Hart, 3595 NW 32nd, Newcastle, OK Debs Quilt Shop 427 S. Hwy 81, Duncan Stitching Memories Quilt Guild May 13-14, 2016, 9am-5pm, Quilting Stars Quilt Show, Stephens County Fairgrounds, 2002 South 13th Street, Duncan, OK. Knot Sew Perfect Quilt Guild Knot Sew Perfect Quilt Show, Friday May 27th 9am-6pm, Saturday May 28th 9am-5pm. Western Technology Center, 1000 S. Bailey, Hobert, OK. Road to Oklahoma June1-30, There are 23 shops participating this year. Beginning April 1, 2016, more information will be available at There will be a free pattern give away at each shop. Green Country Quilt Guild Quilt Tulsa 2016 June 3-4, 2016, 10am-5pm, Central Park Tulsa Fairgrounds, 21st and Yale, Tulsa, OK. Guest speaker is Mary Lou Weidman. Edmond Quilt Guild Show Festival of Quilts, July 8-9, 2016, 9am-5pm. Memorial Road Church of Christ, Summit Building (located behind the main church building), 2221 Memorial Road, Edmond, OK. Piecemakers of Cushing Sept. 9th & 10th Cushing Youth Center, 700 S. Little Street Cushing, OK. Admission is $5.00. Motorcoach to Houston International Quilt Festival November 3-6, The Travel Group, Tulsa, OK, has scheduled a round-trip motorcoach to the Houston Quilt Festival for $589. For more information, you can contact them at or There will be flyers available at the sign-in desk at the guild meetings.

9 Volume 13A Issue 4 Page 9 SEW WHAT S NEW. Loving Touch Jasmine Malone Miscellaneous Tips If you prewash your fabrics, make sure to fully unfold the material before placing it in the washing machine. Leaving it folded will make the center fold a lot more difficult to remove when you iron the fabric after washing. To keep your glue sticks fresh, store them in the refrigerator. This will also help the sticks from drying out too quickly. Greetings fellow quilters, For the month of March we were able to donate nine quilts to Hope Center. For the quarter we received eight baby quilts, 16 youth quilts and 48 placemats; what a great start for the year. We would like to double this for the next quarter. Additionally, wanted to say congratulations to Vicki Pratt for winning the placemat challenge basket. Don t forget there will be another challenge for the next quarter, 10 or more quilts and 30 or more placemats. There was a great turn out at our first Sit-n-Sew with a total of seven ladies showing up; we had a great time hanging out and sewing together. Our next Sit-n-Sew is currently scheduled for April 21, 2016 at the Community of Christ, 1200 E. Danforth Rd, Edmond, OK. Hope to see you there. V/r Jasmine Malone

10 Volume 13A Issue 4 Page 10 SEW WHAT S NEW Nancy's Trunk Fabric Books Patterns Notions - Classes Vintage Featherweight Sewing Machines & Access. 6 Mi. E. of Perkins, OK on Hwy 33 Open Tues Wed-Thur-Fri 10-5 Sat Closed Sun. & Mon

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