Pieces & Patches. President s Message. September 2015 Volume 31 Issue 1

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Pieces & Patches September 2015 Volume 31 Issue 1 President s Message We have had a break from our monthly VAQG meetings and classes and during that break some of us have had a chance to visit family

It has been fun this summer attending many of the informals and working on head start quilts and boutique items. It is hard to believe that the quilt show will be here before you know it.

1 Pieces & Patches September 2015 Volume 31 Issue 1 President s Message We have had a break from our monthly VAQG meetings and classes and during that break some of us have had a chance to visit family and friends up North. I hope you all enjoyed your summer. I am not only looking forward to the weather cooling off this fall but also to getting back in the swing of the guild. It has been fun this summer attending many of the informals and working on head start quilts and boutique items. It is hard to believe that the quilt show will be here before you know it. Ginny Perkins has been working very hard at making the show a great one. Do you have your quilts ready to put into the show? If you have never entered a quilt in the show I challenge you to do it this year. Remember, you don't have to wait until you have a perfect quilt. None of the quilts in the show are perfect. Put at least one thing in the show if you have never done it before. Our membership books will be ready for you to pick up at the September meeting. Look them over and see all the great information in them. Our membership committee has worked hard on them. Check out the back cover to see all the classes we are offering. There is still room to sign up on some of them. On the first page you will find all the board members listed along with the committee heads. You will also find the web site address and password on the inside front cover. Keep your book handy so you can reference it when needed. Hope to see many of you at the September 23, meeting or soon after if you are still up North. Happy quilting, Mary Johnson

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4 VAQG 2016 Quilt Show Quilt Show news...just a reminder that on Saturday, October 24th, the Boutique will be selling holiday-themed items at the craft fair at Jacaranda Country Club. Jane and Ruth will need your items prior to that date to price them. If you want to attend the show, admission is free and time is 9-2. It's a great show so if you are in town, please come...stop by the boutique's booth...and say 'hello'. If you have questions, call me, Ruth Fortsch, or Jane Jeffrey. Road Scholar has donated a gift certificate and items for the basket raffle. In addition, an ambassador from Road Scholar will be speaking at our September members' meeting. The ambassador is bringing two gift certificates to be given away that evening. The presentation will be about the escorted trips this non-profit organization give and will include some craft camps. If you are not familiar with Road Scholar, it used to be called Elderhostel. They have been around for many, many years and if you want to check out their website trywww.roadscholar.org. I have been on several trips with them and always find the care and education you receive gets an A+...at least from me. Don't miss this presentation and a chance to win a gift certificate! We are looking for members with a background in bookkeeping, retail cash handling or bank tellers. There are a number of jobs at the quilt show for members who like to accurately count and handle money. We need sales people at the Boutique tables, a head Boutique cashier as well as counters and verifiers in the Treasury room. We have short shifts, half day and all day shifts. There are both sitting and standing jobs. This is a great way to get to know other members, have fun and be an important part of the 2016 Quilt Show. Contact Dawn Moore, Treasurer at treasurer@vaqg.org or Show Pins Pins are now available for the 2016 VAQG Show. You can purchase yours at the next guild meeting for $5.00 from Andrea Shlasko. Quilters Classifieds - Selling or looking for a machine? Do you like to earn money making T-Shirt quilts? Do you repair old quilts for a fee? You can advertise for free on our website! Just send an towebmaster@vaqg.org to learn more. Reminder: Please do not wear perfumes or scented lotions for the comfort of our members with allergies or sensitivities. Head Start Donation Thank you to Crazy Quilter s and Quilter s Stash for donating fabric for Head Start Quilts. 4

5 September 23, 2015 VAQG Meeting Ever thought about a quilting or craft-themed vacation, a river cruise, or maybe a trip to Cuba? An Ambassador from Road Scholar will be at our September 23rd members' meeting to introduce travel with the organization and answer any and all questions you have about the group. Welcome back Quilters! The Winner Circle will again this year be meeting at the Jacaranda Library off of Jacaranda Rd. Our first meeting for this year will be Wednesday, October 21, :00 am until 2:00 pm. in the same room as before! Name of room is the Meeting Room go right inside the doors and turn to your right and that is the meeting room. We will have sign posted for all you new quilters who are not in a circle this one is for you also!! Come and see what it is all about and meet others who are new to the guild. Very informative and full of good people!! Please note the following months schedule are as follows Wednesday, November 18, 2015 Wednesday, January 20, 2015 Friday, February 19, 2015 Tuesday, March 15, 2015 Wednesday, April 20, 2015 All times are from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm Welcome Back To VAQG Quilting School! Do you get excited at the start of school, getting new pencils, notebooks and saddle shoes? Me too! And here is the Workshop List and the registration form. Talented national and neighbor teaching artists are coming to us with a variety of techniques and traditional and modern styles. Please return with your check to the Guild P.O. Box on the bottom of the form. If the classes are full, sign up for the waiting list. When a member who is confirmed cannot attend, you can work out an exchange with her for her space. And if we find we have a large waiting list and the workshop teacher's schedule can accommodate an additional class, we will add one. And teachers will often take an extra couple of students. Almost all of our members are served these ways. The Circle's Hostess Schedule for the classes are listed. The duties are helping set up, get the teacher's lunch, assist the teacher during class, put away our supplies. We will buy your lunch too that day. Thank you to these Class Angels! Looking forward to seeing you in the classes, it's a great way to learn, meet friends, and support our Guild's mission. Call or me with any questions. Leslie Lacktman Continued to page 6, 5

6 VAQG Education Classes For Wednesday, September 23, 2015 Re-Use Your T-Shirts In A Quilt Ginny Perkins Our own Ginny Perkins will teach us how to repurpose our favorite t-shirts from travels, schools, concerts or? Learn to cut the important words/pictures, fuse to interfacing, create borders and make the quilt that tells a story, provokes a conversation and will save all those memories. If you don t have the 9-12 t-shirts needed, collect them from Goodwill or yard sales. Wednesday, October 28, 2015 Arts and Crafts Rose With Machine Trapunto Brian Fackler Brian has been a professional award winning longarm quilter since 2006, and is knowledgeable in most aspects of quilting. His co-created 2014 top has won 6 awards in national competitions with several awards for best machine quilting. He also stitched our 2016 Opportunity Quilt for the Venice Area Quilt Guild, along with the 12 Days of A Quilter's Christmas. This block will be perfect for a wallhanging, a tote or focus in a quilt. Tuesday November 17, 2015 Scrumptious Star Stitchery Gail Garber Bold, colorful geometric designs with flying geese and intricate piecework have won worldwide awards for this New Mexico artist. This class is especially tailored for the novice paper foundation-piecer. Working with one of Gail s designs, learn the ins and outs of this fascinating technique that enables the student to stitch very complex designs with ease and best of all, accuracy. $8.00 pattern fee. (Fabric kits are available for this class) Gailgarber.com Wednesday November 18, 2015 Sensational Stars Gail Garber Design your own circular stars in different settings. Students will learn drafting and paper foundation piecing techniques as well as tips for glorious color selection. By the afternoon, you ll be stitching together your one-of-a-kind celestial masterpiece! A circular star pattern is available as a backup if necessary for students that are not happy with their design. $7.00 workbook fee.gailgarber.com Tuesday January 26, 2016 Melinda Bula Fabulous Fusible Quilts; Clematis With the wonderful look of a painting, Melinda uses fabric and thread to create beautifully unique, artistic quilts. Clematis can be done in any color you c hoose, use the color chart on her website and look at the values range if changing color. Melinda will help all students make a color chart with the fabrics students bring in for a gorgeous blossom! The entire class does the same pattern on class day. Supply List is on Melinda s website Melindabula.com Wednesday January 27, 2016 Melinda Bula Renegade Thread Play Make a colorful flower to practice your Renegade Thread Play. Learn how to color and shade with thread, while adding details and highlights to make your flower pop. This is a free motion thread technique that uses bold lines and a thicker thread. Kit $45. Supply List at Melindabula.com 6

7 Wednesday February 24, 2016 Betty New Creative Quilting With Your Walking Foot Betty New is a quilt author, designer for Windham Fabrics, and longtime teacher. She specializes in machine quilting on a home machine, piecing and EQ7 classes. One of Betty's quilts won first place at the Houston IQA show. 'Luthier's Dream toured with the IQA. Venus Di- Vine is included in the book 500 Best Traditional Quilts. Beginner to advanced students will learn from these techniques. Last time Betty was scheduled, her classes sold out! Don't miss her this time! Thursday February 25, 2016 Betty New Fool-Proof Techniques for Paper-Piecing Start at the beginning and learn the method of foundation paper piecing. Learn tips and tricks to make perfect paper pieced blocks. This is a technique class, not a project. You will make several different blocks of varying difficulty that can be used in a project later on. After this class you will be able to move forward and complete paper piecing projects on your own. Wednesday March 23, 2016 Pauline Herda Design Your Memory Quilt With Photographs Pauline Herda is a longtime enthusiastic quilter from Wisconsin where she lives permanently and on Siesta Key where she escapes for March, April. She has been quilting for 20+ years and loves color color color and new techniques. Choose your 3 5x7 photographs, either color or black and white, design a wallhanging of your vacation, family birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, multi-generational celebrations, or going off to college. Pick fabrics that represent your family; likes, personalities, fabrics from past dresses, etc. The Guild will print your photographs if you do not have access to an inkjet printer. Class Fee. Tuesday and Wednesday, April 26 & 27, 2016 Christine Ravish Choosing Solids For Modern Quilts Christine is a VAQGuild member and refers to herself as a compulsive maker, relishing the process, the materials and the product. This workshop is developed from her article published in Modern Patchwork. Learn to choose solids and focus on value and proportion when combining colors for 3 little improv quilts. Christine is a quilter and garment maker and founding member of the Sarasota Modern Quilt Guild. Her quilt designs are published in Modern Patchwork Magazine, Quilty, Generation Q, and 1000 Quilt Inspirations. VAQG Class Helper Schedule Select 1 member to be the Angel of the Day. See Hostess duties on website. September 23, 2015 North Star Gals T-Shirt Quilts October 28, 2015 Quilting Bees Arts and Craft Rose With Machine Trapunto Tues. November 17, 2015 Sandpipers Scrumptious Star Stitchery November 18, 2015 Scrapbaggers Sensational Stars Please the Circle member attending, the class date and phone number to Leslie Lacktman 7

8 Venice Area Quilters Guild Class Registration Form Please PRINT legibly Name Phone: ( ) Cell # ( ) Class registration lists will be posted on the Guild website Check the website to confirm your enrollment, supply lists, and/or teacher fees for kits and patterns. There are no refunds for classes unless someone else takes your spot or the entire class is cancelled. As classes fill, we will start a wait list. Pay for the class and if a spot doesn t open, we will refund your payment. If you are unable to attend the class, please let us know, so we can offer the class to those on the wait list. Sign up now for Classes. Class Date: Teacher: Class Name: Member Non-Member $30 $40 9/23/Wed 10/28/Wed 11/17/Tues 11/18/Wed 1/26/Tues 1/27/Wed Ginny Perkins Brian Fackler Gail Garber Gail Garber Melinda Bula Melinda Bula T-Shirt Quilts Arts and Crafts Rose With Machine Trapunto Scrumptious Star Stitchery Sensational Stars Fabulous Fusible Flowers; Clematis Renegade Thread Play 2/2016 TBA 3/23/Wed 4/26+27Tues. & Wed. Pauline Herda Christine Ravish Design Your Memory Quilt With Photographs Choosing Solids For Modern Quilts $60/ 2 day class $80/2 day class DATE POSTED: CHECK# TOTAL $ Please include this completed form & your check payable to VAQG, for the total amount of all your classes. Mail to: VAQG, PO Box 2208, Venice FL Any questions- classes@vaqg.org 8

9 A Scrappy Mystery By: Andrea Shlasko and Kathie Porteous As you probably guessed from the title I have finally done two things. I have taken on a partner, and together we have designed a scrappy Mystery. Please note that this quilt can also be made using two fabrics or a small selection of fabrics. It will be made using 2 strips. You can decide to go all scrappy, or make all your lights one color and use scrappy choices for the darks or you can just choose one dark and one light. If you decide on just two colors buy about 1 ½ yards of each. I am sure you will enjoy this quilt any way you color it. Just make sure that your darks and lights contrast sharply. If you are going scrappy on your lights be sure that they are all of the same value. Here is a way to determine value: Lay all your fabrics next to each other and then squint REALLY hard. This will essentially reduce the colors into shades of grey. You can easily see if they are the same shade of grey and thus have the same value. This quilt has no triangles and no set-ins so it would be good for a beginner but interesting enough that a more advanced quilter would enjoy it too. Please note that the number of strips needed is approximate. It is best to start cutting the large pieces out and whenever you have ends left on a strip cut out some smaller pieces. If you notice, we assumed you would do that for piece E because your strip might be a bit short. I based my calculations on a 40 long strip so you may use less fabric. I did NOT include borders in my calculations. You are going to need to decide whether you want them later. The block finishes to 13½ and the finished size without borders will be 40 ½ X 54. Piece Size Total pieces Light Total pieces Dark #pieces per 40 strip Total Strips needed Light Total Strips needed Dark A 2 X 9½ B 2 X ½ 2 ½ C 2 X 6 ½ D 2 X ½ 1 ½ E 2 X 3 ½ F 2 X 2 We will cut these later 3 3 ½ Total strips needed (approximately) ½ 9

Circle Spotlight Deborah Iversen is a founding member of the Venice Area Quilt Guild.

A year after the Guild organized, Deborah thought it would be a great idea to have a Quilt Shop in the area, founding Deborah's Quilt Basket in March, 1984.

Her Grandmother in South Dakota was a quiltmaker and was inspirational in formulating a love of quilts.

10 Circle Spotlight Deborah Iversen is a founding member of the Venice Area Quilt Guild. The Guild was formed by a group of women who had taken Quilt Classes though the Adult Educational Program provided by Sarasota County in Venice. A year after the Guild organized, Deborah thought it would be a great idea to have a Quilt Shop in the area, founding Deborah's Quilt Basket in March, The nearest shop was in Lakeland, 100 miles away. Deborah grew up in retail spending a lot of time at her parents Jewelry Store wrapping gifts starting at age 6. Her Grandmother in South Dakota was a quiltmaker and was inspirational in formulating a love of quilts. In 1983, she left her position as a Merchandise Manager with Burdines Department store to combine her love of quilting and retail experience. She has served on a Retail Advisory Board for Quilting Treasures Fabrics, won numerous ribbons at local Quilt Shows, 3rd Place in Hoffman Challenge Garment category, an original design appeared in Quilter's Newsletter, & enjoys designing patterns used in her shop. She is a member of the Clamshells Circle, acting as their contact person. Her favorite charity is Pillowcases for Kids that are given to All Children's Hospital. When she is not quilting, Deborah enjoys visiting her family in South Dakota, where she has been known to fix fences, stack bales of hay, and tend to horses at her Dad's Ranch. Past experiences include cattle round-ups, snow-skiing, river-rafting, canoeing & extended trips on a motorcycle. Safer loves include the opera and plays! Membership Welcome new and renewed members. The VAQG Membership Directory for will be available from the Circle Reps for distribution in September and at the September 23rd VAQG meeting. Please consider supporting these VAQG member owned businesses. 10

Mini Quilt Silent Auction VAQG Quilt Show 2016 To all VAQG members: Please create at least one or two mini quilts for the silent auction at our quilt show in 2016.

11 Mini Quilt Silent Auction VAQG Quilt Show 2016 To all VAQG members: Please create at least one or two mini quilts for the silent auction at our quilt show in Your quilt may be any size up to a perimeter of 80 inches (approximately). Mini quilts are fun to make and easy to quilt! And the proceeds from this silent auction are donated to our South County Food Bank. So it s fun and for a good cause. I will have a table at the formal meetings, starting in September, so that you can turn in your mini quilts. Or turn in your mini quilts any time to Susan Fender or any member of the Sew Happy Circle. You may me if you have questions: susanandbillfender@gmail.com My telephone is THANK YOU!! Susan Fender Thirty six children in two Venice Head Start classrooms received their quilts from Vaqg community service on August 27. Earlier in August 136 quilts were delivered to Our Mother's House, and Head Start schools in North Port and Venice. Thank you to all our members who donated their time and quilts to Head Start. You have made many children happy to have these nap quilts. Our Mother's House needs bibs. Please bring bibs to the community service table. September 9, 2015 Informal The workshop will be held at the Suncoast Technical College. We will be making tote bags for the quilt show. Please contact Ann Dieter for further information Deadline for the October newsletter is Friday September 25,

12 Venice Area Quilters Guild PO Box 2208 Venice, FL Pieces & Patches Newsletter of the Venice Area Quilters Guild September 2015 October 2015 Newsletter Deadline: Friday, Sept. 25, 2015 Send News and Photos to Kathie Porteous Andrea Shlasko, webmaster Send address, phone and changes to Nancy Mundorf, Website Address: 12

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