Merrimack Valley Quilting Guild

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1 April 2012 Merrimack Valley Quilting Guild Celebrating 32 years of encouraging the art of quilting in the Merrimack Valley. MVQ was established in EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President: Marianne Nowacki Vice President Cathy Harnish Secretary: Barbara Callard Treasurer AP: Ginny Plattt Treasurer AR: Karen Parent PR ESID ENT S MES SAGE April is Quilt Show Month! Thank you sooo much to everyone who is working hard to bring our quilt show to Plaistow once again. Our fans depend on us!! I made copies of the show flyer and gave them to friends and family and they were happy to hear about it and have put it on their calendars. I see a good group of ladies made the folded fabric ribbons for the winners of the show and again there will be a generous distribution of them. There are many volunteers working on all the tasks involved in creating this show. There will be many more volunteers (You!) working the 2 days of the show to make it a success. Thank you one and all! Pretty soon I will be splitting my time between quilting and gardening maybe 70/30. How about you? Do you have a floral or gardening quilt in your future? If you ve finished one recently, show it off and tell its story at the next Show and Tell. Marianne To reach any committee, please address correspondence to MVQ Guild PO Box 566 Haverhill. MA Newsletter items must be in to me by the 1st of each month: Pat.lucey@verizon.net April 19th Suzanne Marshall She has won awards at Paducah and Houston for her appliqué and hand quilting. She will do a talk on The Evolution of a Quiltmaker and talk about design inspirations from her award winning quilts. She will offer a Friday class on hand quilting and a Saturday class on appliqué.

2 Merrimack Valley Quilters Guild Minutes of March 15, 2012 General Meeting Meeting was called to order a 7:00PM by President Marianne Nowacki. Next Board Meeting April 4 th at the Plaistow Library at 7PM. *3/24/12 --Pat Lucey hosting Work Shop to make folded fabric Rosetta flowers for the Quilt Shop award ribbons at her house. Contact Pat if you plan to attend. *Quilt Show Boutique Contact Maggie Judd and Pat Lucey if you are putting your creative handicrafts or surplus items in the Boutique. *Quilt Show Entry Forms due 3/25/12 to Pat Lucey. Forms available on our website. *Raffle Tickets See MaryLou Kilcoyne to turn in raffle ticket stubs or for more tickets to sell. *Drop Off Locations There are five Quilt Drop Off Locations. Please see the Blog for Guild Members on this list. Contact the person you will be dropping off your quilt(s) to prior to the show. *Quilts to be Judged need to taken to the Merrimac Public Library on April19th by 10AM. Carrie Zizza will be there to take in the quilts and stay until they are judged and picked up after. The judging is limited to a total of 100 quilts. See website for times and additional information. *Quilts to be displayed at the Show are to be delivered in tagged bags the same as we have done in the past. Tags for entered quilts will be available at April Meeting. If you cannot attend in April, contact the drop-off member who should have your tags. See the website for the how to directions and requirements. *Quilt Show Publicity Karen Malio request members to take Show Posters to any locations where the posters can be displayed.fabric stores, libraries, public bulletin boards, etc. The Poster is also to be available on our website for printing out. Karen is planning on using balloons to help direct people to the show. *Silent Auction Silent Auction has been canceled due to lack of participation. *Penny Raffle Last day to drop off items and baskets for the Penny Raffle is at the April Meeting. *Baked Goods & Drink Donations Please bring all donations of drinks for the Show (water/soda) to the April Meeting. Please drop off baked goods on Thursday during the hanging of the quilts. *Website Info Cathy Harnish request all information regarding the Quilt Show to be included on the website be forwarded her as soon as possible WEBSITE Address: We had a BLAST! We traveled to Maine and visited three quilt shops of course, money was spent in each one. Thanks to Gail Wozniak for arranging this yearly trip. A very tired group departed from the bus in Haverhill!

3 ARE YOU A NEWCOMER? This is the last one and you can still participate in a BLOCK RAFFLE = an opportunity to make just one block for a chance on winning enough blocks to make a small quilt. For $1 you receive a 9 x 11 piece of selected theme fabric, which must be used somewhere in a block created in any design/pattern you choose. You may make additional blocks for additional chances to enter the raffle. Additional blocks must be in different patterns; that is, no sets of the same pattern. Depending upon how many blocks are collected, the raffle will have multiple winners. Instructions for the final Block Raffle Theme: SUMMERTIME For each entry make a 9 block (9 ½ unfinished) Add fabrics to coordinate with the theme fabric colors Please use quilt-shop quality fabric Attach your name to each block entered Theme fabric will be available at April and May meetings. All completed blocks will be collected and winners drawn at the June meeting Questions: contact Andrea Bursaw, or bursawaj@comcast.net May Lenore Crawford She will talk about fusing and fabric painting with quilts. She will do a Friday workshop on Mini Blended Fabric Collages and a Saturday workshop on fusible flowers. June An end of year dessert social with a talk from Pam Potter from NH Quilt Emporium on what you can do with those jelly rolls, layer cakes, five inch squares etc. Forms are online or at back table. Fill out clearly All items must be tagged with your code [Your initials?] and price 80% to you and 20% to Guild -Sit for an hour or two at the table. All items this means white elephant goodies, too! Bring on Thursday set-up or Friday. Must be picked up at end of show. See Maggie Judd or Pat Lucey

4 APRIL 27TH AND 28TH 9:00 TO 4:00 TIMBERLANE REGIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL CHALLENGE: PLEASE MAKE YOUR QUILT RESEMBLE YOUR FAVORITE CARD, SO WE DO NOT INFRINGE ON COPY RIGHT LAWS. Replicate Your Favorite Greeting Card Think of all the possibilities this could be do you have a favorite Mother s Day Card which has a lovely vase of flowers you want to replicate in fabric, did you just get a Halloween card that has the cutest idea on it, whatever think about these ideas and lots more possibilities. Make a trip to your favorite card shop and see all the ideas out there. The card has to be attached to the quilt when displayed Please make it under 30 inches on any given size and a minimum of 12 inches on any side. Donations Needed Still... for the Quilt Show s Penny Raffle Baskets please! MV Quilters donations have been stellar in the past, and I m hoping that the tradition will continue, BUT so far donations have been sparse. The good news is that we have plenty of empty baskets. Anything new in its original packaging would be appreciated. Perhaps you bought a pattern and decided it s not your technique of choice, perhaps you own a business and would like to donate a gift certificate for your services, perhaps you bought a fat quarter bundle but several fabrics are leftover, perhaps you bought a zipper for a new purse but haven t made it yet or the color choice has changed, perhaps you bought a charm pack but have decided that you need bigger hunks of fabric to accomplish your project, perhaps you bought a tool and now can do without it, perhaps you have an extra rotary cutting blade for a size cutter you no longer use, perhaps you have an extra spool of thread, and so on. In the past members have donated entire baskets filled with goodies. Wonderful! All donations will be appreciated. There will be a collection area at the next Guild meeting to accept whatever you have to offer. Commercial sources have also been contacted for donations which are trickling in. If you have any questions, please contact me. In the meantime, many thanks for your help! Adeline Rieger, Penny Baskets Raffle, 2001 MVQ Quilt Show, , ad@rieger.com

5 Help the Quilt Show- Bring soda & water donations to April meeting. I am asking for donations of bottled water and canned soft drinks for the Quilt Show. If you would like to bring your donation to either the March or April Guild meeting, I will be happy to take it from your car and I will store it and then bring all the donations to the Quilt Show myself. Let me know when you arrive that you have it and I will make the transfer either before or after the meeting. This will allow me to determine what, if anything, I will need to have the guild purchase, and hopefully, it alleviates the heaving lifting for you. Your donations are VERY much appreciated!! Deb Zukas Talented Quilters Wanted for Quilt Show Demonstrations. Please consider sharing your talent demonstrating a technique at the quilt show. You can do a demo on Friday or Saturday or both days if you are so inclined. You choose what you want to demonstrate. Some ideas are demos on paper piecing, ribbon embroidery, hand quilting, needleturn applique, redwork, etc. If you feel this is something that you would like to do, please me at roselieberard@yahoo.com or see me at the March meeting. JUDGING - WILL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY, APRIL 20TH AT THE MERRIMACK LIBRARY AT 8:00 AM. Tag & Bag all quilts!!!!!!!!! CARRIE WILL TAKE ALL QUILTS TO HER HOUSE IF THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PICKED UP BY 4:00.

6 Jeanne Elliott Beginning Tole Painting Beginning quilting Professional quilting of your quilts! Quilting by Catherine Hand Guided Long Arm Machine Quilting Custom quilting Edge to Edge Binding Basting (for hand quilting) Catherine Harnisch Methuen, MA

7 New England Quilt Museum 18 Shattuck Street Lowell, MA Phone: Ladies, Brown Bag Lunch 1st Thursdays 12:30 pm-1:30 pm Book Club 3rd Thursdays 12:30 pm- 1:30 pm Rosemary Diana Dow, LMT, NCTMB Nationally Certified Licensed in MA & NH MASSAGE THERAPIST Stone Therapy Massage Specialty Deep Tissue and Stress Reduction Andover Hair & Skin Care Salon & Spa 93 Main Street, Andover, MA Hours by appointment INCLUDES Sunday and Monday Gift Certificates Available Introductory Offer - $65.00 Ask about the Signature Franciscan Stone Massage

8 Next Meeting: APRIL 19TH Suzanne Marshall Remember as a courtesy to turn off your cell phones.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Refreshments: S-z Check List: Name Tag Show and Tell $ for raffle Refreshments [if it is your turn!] $ for membership New England Quilt Museum 18 Shattuck Street Lowell, MA