A publication of the Waco Homespun Quilters Guild Waco, Texas JUNE 2014 CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR JUNE

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JUNE 2014 CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR JUNE 2 nd Board Meeting- All outgoing / incoming elected members of the board and chairpersons are requested to attend the meeting.

1 JUNE 2014 CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR JUNE 2 nd Board Meeting- All outgoing / incoming elected members of the board and chairpersons are requested to attend the meeting. Location is at the home of Joyce Jones, 5413 Point Wood Circle, Waco at 6:00 p.m. All guild members are invited to attend. The order of business is to set the budget and make plans for th Guild meeting/program Sue Nickels > Machine Quilting for Today's Quilts Dues are due $30 17 th Workshop with Sue Nickels > Basic Stitched Raw Edge Machine Appliqué (See Program News for more information) 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Bring a sack lunch 20 th Information for the July newsletter sent to kccurlee@hot.rr.com 30 th Change password for the Website Quilt Blocks A publication of the Waco Homespun Quilters Guild Waco, Texas Guild President Karen Woodard We are looking forward to a great year. Thanks for picking up the gavel! 1

2 President s Notes Most of you probably know me from chairing the Community Service committee for the guild, my name is Karen Woodard. I didn't want the guild to be without a president, so I volunteered...and now I'm a bit nervous about it. But we have a great board of officers and other chair members, so I'm sure together we can move the guild forward into its next year. Because there are some great co-chairs on the community service committee, I will be able to continue to chair this committee with their help. I feel that we have some good momentum going so I want to follow this through for at least another year. A little about myself since I still feel very new to the guild and Waco - after a year being here I still get confused on Valley Mills road! I joined the guild last year in June since I had just retired from Frito- Lay and now living here during the week - no more weekly commuting up to Frisco (Dallas area) for work. I started garment sewing when I was 7 making the usual pair of PJs. Then took actual sewing classes and made my first dress - I still have a scrap from that dress. In high school I took "Home EC" so I would have time to sew. With my teacher's help, I made a pink linen lined suit. It turned out great and I was pretty proud of myself. Too bad I grew out of it so fast! Then in 1969 I married my husband Jerry and informed him that one of the first major purchases we would make was a sewing machine. Surprisingly he was perfectly okay with that, so I bought a Kenmore. I continued to do all types of garment sewing for myself and family. But in 1993 I took a quilting class at a store that opened very close to our house in Houston. And as the usual saying goes, the "rest is history". I haven't stopped quilting since then. I still do some garment sewing particularly for my granddaughters. I have just loved all of the camaraderie and friendships I have made over the years with my quilting. Belonging to a quilt bee and participating regularly is so much cheaper than going to a psychologist to tell your troubles to! Your friends help you through the difficult times and will cry and laugh with you when needed. They will give advice freely too whether you want it or not. So together let's continue to make this guild a fun and friendly group. Encourage others to join us. There is always something new we can learn from each other, so the more the merrier. Any ideas you might have for the guild, please let myself or someone else on the board know so we can discuss it A big thanks to Sue Anderson for some great programs she lined up this past year and we are off to a great start with Sue Nickels in June. You won't want to miss this meeting. See you there. Happy quilting to all of you, Karen. 2

3 May Meeting Minutes Submitted by Janine Hoffpauir, Secretary Homespun Quilters Guild Meeting Minutes May 19, 2014 Meeting called to order at 6:30 pm by President Rose Schroeder. Sunshine and Shadows was conducted Congratulations to members Rita Schormann, Alice Beard, and Judy Stewart for winning prizes at the Arlington Quilt Show. Newsletter-information for inclusion in the Newsletter needs to be submitted for the following newsletter by the Friday after the meeting; Pictures for a pictorial directory were requested. Program was a presentation of Overview of Contemporary Art Quilts by Dr. Mary Ruth Smith of Baylor University. Committee reports- Programs. June program will be presented by Sue Nichols on Machine Quilting. She will also hold a workshop on Machine Appliqué, with tonight being the last day for member registration. Community Service. Current projects include pillowcases, baby bibs and burp cloths. CareNet donations were 16 items, and 37 to the Family Abuse Center. Five quilts and walker caddies were donated to Nursing Homes. Sit and Sew will be suspended for the summer and to re-start in September. UFO Monthly prize went to Karen Curlee. Round Robin. The program was explained to the membership, with start of round Robin in June and reveal to be in September. Row by Row Experience Quilt Shop Hop will be conducted July 1 to September 2, List of participating shops can be found at the Row by Row Experience Quilt Shop Hop at the site on the internet. Ways and Means. Napkins are this month s Guild Bizarre Booth project. Show and Tell was conducted Elections. Slate of nominees: First Vice President-Susan Hutrya, Programs Second Vice President- Joyce Jones, Membership Secretary- Dawn York Treasurer- Melva Magee Parliamentarian- Rose Schroeder Bee Keeper/Retreat-Linda Buckner Community Service-Judy Woodward Librarian- Jeraldine Fellbaum Property Manager- Cindy Bruce Ways and Means- Cindy Bruce Newsletter- Karen Curlee Guild Challenge- Tina Hutrya Door Prizes- Patsy Tindell Sunshine and Shadows- Karen Curlee Round Robin- Patty Field Texas Association of Quilt Guilds (TAQG) Judy Stewart Motion to accept slate of nominees by acclamation was made by President Rose Schroeder. Linda Buckner-first approval. Seconded by Patty Field. Slate of officers was accepted by affirmation. The duties of the President will be conducted by the Executive Board until a candidate is found. Door Prizes were awarded. The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 by the President. Respectively submitted, Janine Hoffpauir, Secretary 3

4 Hi Guild Members Program News Submitted by Sue Anderson, 1 st Vice President Programs Since this is my last report as Programs person, I just want to say thanks to all of you for making this experience really great for me! It has been fabulous to meet and get to know you all. Thanks especially to Rose, Debbie Dewey, and all of this year s board members, and to Barbara B., Karen C., Jerry M. and all of my new Bee friends. You gave me lots and lots of support, help and most of all, friendship! THANK YOU! Best wishes to Tina for a wonderful new year of programs! I am so excited for Sue Nickels visit in June! We are thrilled to have Sue speak to us at our June meeting, and she will do her Raw Edge Machine Appliqué workshop for us the next day, Tuesday, June 17 th. I will have the sign-up sheet and copies of the general information and supply list for the workshop at the May meeting. Sue s guild presentation will be on Machine Quilting for Today s Quilts. She will share her progression from hand quilter to the machine quilter she is today. This personal journey includes slides of Sue s quilts and her sister, Pat Holly s quilts as well as quilts from machine quilters who have influenced the current machine quilting trends. Sue will bring a selection of her quilts to share and provide time for discussion at the end, so be sure to bring your machine quilting questions! Sue s workshop will be Basic Stitched Raw Edge Machine Appliqué. Learn all about stitched raw edge machine appliqué in this workshop. A small amount of fusible is used to seal the edge yet leaves the block soft. The machine blanket stitching makes this project secure for washing. Students will work on a practice sampler of ideas in class to learn the technique. Feel confident to work on any appliqué pattern after taking this class! The cost is $40 as of May 16 th ; we only have 5 spaces left!! July Guild Garage Sale We re having a Garage Sale! Purchase a table for $10 to use to sell your old sewing Stuff (table money will go to the guild), ( Stuff $$ goes to you!)!! You still have a couple of months to clear out those out-ofcontrol sewing areas! (If you have fabric that you want to ditch, please don t forget that you may donate it to our great Community Service group.) Don t have enough Stuff to have a table of your own? No problem, share a table! We would like to raise some extra money for our guild and our new board, so let s do it! I ll have table reservation sheet at our next meeting!! August, - Dixie Bradbury, Easy Half-Square Triangles with Template Techniques Dixie and her husband, Frank, bought an existing sewing machine sales and service business in 1990 in San Antonio. She hired a lady to teach quilting classes, and the business which started with 100 bolts of fabric eventually became 3700 bolts. After the passing of her husband, the quilt shop became her reason to keep going. What was the store name? Seventh Heaven Quilt Shop in San Antonio. Dixie owned her business for nearly 23 years, finally retiring towards the end of A few years before her retirement, Dixie purchased the copyright from Shirley Grenridzig of Templates Techniques. These templates help the quilter make accurate, easy and fast half-square triangles. Dixie is now able to go to guilds, quilt shops and quilt shows teaching and introducing these great templates to many more people! It keeps her in touch with her joy of quilting and the wonderful people she has met and continues to meet. We are really excited to have Dixie share her templates and her stories with us in August! September or October Community Service Sew-In! Karen Woodard will provide additional information at a later date 4

5 November Brenda Asmus, certified from Marti Michell educator, lecture and workshop! We are excited to have Brenda Asmus visit our guild in November! She will give a presentation on Tempting Quilts from My Template Toolbox. These will, of course, be Marti Michell s Perfect Patchwork templates! There are lots of fun patterns made with these templates. Also, Brenda will conduct a workshop, on the Tuesday after our November meeting. Stay tuned more details to follow! We have lots of great things going on in the Homespun Quilt Guild!! Spread the word, and bring your friends!! Thanks to all of you for a great year!! Supply List for Sue Nickels' Workshop Fabric:100% cotton (I pre-wash and press my fabrics) Background block- 12 ½ square (starch before coming to class) Appliqué Fabric- 5-6 small pieces (approx. 10" squares) for appliqué flowers and leaves. Cut 1" x 18" bias strip for a stem. Thread: 40/3 or 50/3 weight cotton* in colors to coordinate with appliqué fabric. I like Mettler 50/3ply thread and/or Superior 40/3ply King Tut Tone on Tones by Sue Nickels *Sue will have some King Tut thread for sale in workshop Open Toe Appliqué Foot: A MUST for machine appliqué (sometimes called an open toe embroidery foot) [This foot does not usually come with your machine attachments and will need to be purchased separately. It is a foot that is completely open in front of the needle and gives good visibility for stitching. It may be called something different for different brand machines (open toe embroidery for example). It is the #20 foot on the Bernina. If you have any questions about this foot, please me ] Sewing Machine: Blanket stitch used. Please bring the sewing machine you will be using to do the techniques successfully at home. Sometimes small travel machines don t have the stitches and the ability to do the techniques properly. Bring your sewing machines tray table or extension bar- just having the free arm can make stitching more difficult. Don t forget foot pedal and power cord! Scissors- small embroidery type for precise cutting of appliqué pieces. Sewing Machine Needles- 80/12 sharp (Schmetz brand called Microtex sharp) ½ yard paper-backed Fusible Web- I use Soft Fuse and will have this for purchase in class. Please do not bring Heat and Bond products or Lite Steam a Seam 2 or Steam a Seam 2 (Lite Steam a Seam is fine) Basic Sewing Supplies- straight pins, hand sewing needle, extra bobbins, pencil, pencil sharpener, fabric marking pencil, small tweezers. Spray Starch (I use Best Press, Niagara or Faultless original weight) [THE GUILD WILL SUPPLY IRONING STATIONS, EXTENSION CORDS AND MULTI-PLUT STRIPS] PLEASE NOTE: The very small mini-irons do not work for Sue's technique. Sue s book Stitched Raw Edge Appliqué is a companion for the workshop, not required 5

6 May Membership Information Submitted by Debbie Dewey, 2 Vice President Membership May Guild Meeting: 48 Members in attendance 1 Visitor / New Member: Carolyn Self Membership consist of 85 members Service hours: 141 Bring your best smile to the June meeting. Would like to take your picture to start a pictorial directory. See Barbara Burr and smile. June Birthdays Nita Scott 17 th Betty Fergason 18 th Barbara Greenwood 25 th Linda Buckner 26th {Members with this month s birthdays are asked to be the guild greeters for the month. Thanks for helping make our guild warm and inviting to visitors.} Here are the ingredients: Pizza Pizza The pizza box block will start in June. If you would like to participate, please contact Patty Field at pattylfield@gmail.com or text to (c) 1. Bring a center block, to the June meeting. Make it no larger than 18 on 1 side; in other words a block 18 x 18 or 12 x 12 or 15 x 12 or smaller. Basically any size, 18 or under that you want. 2. There will be 3 exchanges, the 1 st one starting at the June 16 th meeting and ending at the September 15 th meeting what a Grand Reveal. 3. A pizza box will be provided to keep block and fabrics all together. 4. We will put all of the boxes on a table and in June you will pick a box at random. Then each month you will return the box you chose with a border. You will do this 1 more time and then at the September meeting we will return the now beautiful wall hanging to its original owner. Please send you box with a friend in the event you are unable to make the meeting. She can pick a new box for you. 5. You may add any instructions if you want. For instance, I do not want any orange, or please only use the fabrics I have included. Obviously, you should include some of fabric from the original block, but you can include some or all of your own fabric. Maybe you will want it to be scrappy, just say so in your instructions. 6. Please text or me if you plan to participate, so I will know how many pizza boxes to being in June. My phone # is Thanks and happy sewing. Patty Field 6

7 Community Service Submitted by Karen Woodard Thanks everyone for turning in quilts during our last meeting. We got in a total of 12 completed quilts ready to get donated, 17 pillowcases and several bibs and bur pads. Please keep up the great work even during the upcoming summer months. Unfortunately the needs of the groups we are serving don't stop just because it's the typical time for vacations. SIT and SEWS - we will start up again with the sit and sews in September, with the first one being 9/11. The agenda for this session will probably be baby quilts. More to come on this and the dates for the last quarter of the year. BEES - to get more quilts completed with the fabric that has been donated to us I wanted to ask if any of the current bees in the guild would like to take this on for a project for the next couple of months. Let me know if your group might be interested in helping out and I'll coordinate this with you. SUMMER ACTIVITY - if you are like me, I look forward to having my granddaughter spend some time with me during the summer. And she is into quilting already! So I thought there are probably many other Grandma's (Nana's or whatever the kids are calling you) that will have their grand kids visiting too. If there is enough interest, I can try and organize a sewing session where we can get our grand kids together and have some time with them. I think it would be great for them to sew with other kids interested in the art of quilting / sewing also. Let me know if your interested and what dates you will have them - if you are really lucky they might even live in this area! My address is kawoodardaquilter@yahoo.com. I'll get with you sometime towards the middle to end of June if there is enough interest to make this worth while. UFO Challenge - as you saw at the May meeting two of our members completed a total of 7 quilts between them. The "little push" of the UFO challenge helped get these completed. It's not too late to join if you too need a "little push". You just might get to be on the court of the Queen. The latest court member is Karen Curlee. Happy quilting, Karen. Door Prize Winners $1 Judy Clements (2); Rose Schroeder; Lorene Baker 50 cents Karen Fleuriet; Carolyn Self; Evelyn Hackney 25 cents Carolyn Self (3); Aileen Boucher (4); Kenita Fendley Show & Tell Ginny Quieor Wool Appliqué Evelyn Hackney Cat Quilt, Runner from Class Karen Curlee 4 UFO s Marie Biles Jelly Roll Quilt Jan Rogers 3 Kids Quilts Judy Steward Flag Quilt, 2 12 x12 Quilts Crazy Fools: Currently there are only 3 members: Jackie Lott, Barbara Burr & Debbie Dewey. Donna Rogers plans on joining us soon. We are learning some new stitches. Next meeting we will share some new beading seams we have completed. By: Debbie Dewey Loose Threads: Barbara Burr is making quilts that will be given to men that are currently being treated for cancer. Our bee is beginning a batik block swap within our bee. We need to select a focus fabric to be used in the blocks sooooooooooo that called for a road trip in June! By Karen Curlee 7

Quilts from the Heart at St. Louis Church: Our quilting bee, Quilts from the Heart at St. Louis Church, meets once a month on the second Saturday of the month.

8 Quilts from the Heart at St. Louis Church: Our quilting bee, Quilts from the Heart at St. Louis Church, meets once a month on the second Saturday of the month. We make charity quilts for Providence Hospital and Providence Park. We provide all the supplies and machines and welcome anyone who wants to quilt for charity. We have taught quilting to several people who had never quilted before. For more information, call Maxine Hammonds, We have heard many heartwarming stories over the years from patients who have received these quilts. By: Clara Jean Matustik Shop Hops and Quilt Shows Row by Row Shop Hop July 1- September 2 Theme- Sew a Season rowbyrowexperience.com 2014 East Texas Shop Hop July Results from the Arlington Quilt Show: Master Pieced One person Rita Schormann One Block Wonder 1 st in this category and it also received a red Merit quilting ribbon. Autumn Wedding 3 rd in this category Rita Schormann Art Quilt Whimseyville, USA 1 st in this category (This is the quilt that was done by Alice Baird, Judy Steward, Carolyn Henson, and Rita Schormann) and it also received a Judges Choice Award Ribbon. This was entered by Alice Baird and I do not have a photo for this one. Kilkenney Castle 3 rd in this category Rita Schormann Kit or Block of the Month Quilt Rita Schormann Thimbleberries Goes to Baltimore 1 st in this category and it also received a blue Merit quilting ribbon. (This is the quilt that won Best of Show in Tyler and a ribbon for best machine quilting) Mixed /Other Techniques Lake Michigan Beach Boys 3 rd in this category made and entered by Alice Baird (I do not have a photo of this one) 8

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Homespun Quilter s Guild Pieces & Stitches Newsletter December, 2013 Temporary Co-editors: Rose Schroeder and Joyce Jones.

Homespun Quilter s Guild Pieces & Stitches Newsletter December, 2013 Temporary Co-editors: Rose Schroeder and Joyce Jones Merry Christmas everyone! Thank you to everyone for helping with the newsletter.