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1 Cherokee Rose Quilters Guild Volume 20, Issue 7 July Officers President: Broach Winsley Vice President: Dori Holt Day Secretary: Phyllis Carpenter Night Secretary: Jeanne Andersen Treasurer: Tina Corbitt Inside This Issue President s Message Bee News Birthdays Calendars Community Service Day Minutes Door Prize Winners Eve Minutes Fat Qtr Winners Featured Member Georgia Quilt Council Golden Scissors/Pins Hospitality Library News Programs Membership Program Supplies Quilt Til You Wilt Raffle Info Show & Tell Treasurer Forms Treasurer s Report Ways & Means KIDS CAN QUILT We have 22 kids signed up for the hand quilting class June 30 and July 1. And we have a waiting list. There are about 8 boys signed up. One boy is from the Ukraine and speaks no English. That should be fun. The first person to sign up home-schools her children and she put the word out on the homeschool network. At least one of the papers put out the word. One of the Mississippi guild newsletters had an article about children quilting. I wrote and asked for more detail. Here s what I got. KIDS CAN QUILT This started about three or four years ago. Simple machine pieced projects. One year a small throw, purse, tote bags; this year a pillow top machine quilted. Most of the participants are grandkids of guild members and have been there throughout so each year a different skill is introduced. A couple have gone on to make full sized quilts themselves at home, etc. We are all about the education and sharing of quilting skills. My grandkids are waaay off in Denver, Colo so I envy your choice! The guild pays for the materials and each adult brings her own machine and works with the kid to learn the skill. The kids pay maybe $10 each to cover costs. Any "kits" left over are sold to guild members so nothing goes to waste. My grandson, Jackson, who will be 5 August 18th, overheard me talking to a mother on the phone and said he wanted to make a block. He made two 9-patch blocks one was cow fabric and black; the other was green and pink. I gave him the blocks and showed him how to line them up for a 9-patch. He sewed the rows without my help. Then I pinned the rows together and he joined them. He joined the 2 blocks and decided to make a Chef s apron so he sewed ties on 4 corners. The next day he came in and said he wanted to make another block. He picked out Easter Egg fabric and teal but laid them out in a non-tradional ways. Maybe I can get him to make enough for a small quilt. Let s share our knowledge with the next generations. Please Submit August newsletter information by July 29 to Joany crqguild@gmail.com Join the new Yahoo Group for our guild. or Broach at broachwin@aol.com for more information

2 July 2011 Cherokee Rose Quilters Guild Page 2 Standing Committees Historian Charlie Phaneuf Hospitality, Day Charlie Phaneuf Rachel Phaneuf Hospitality, Night Charlene Shanks (C) Pat Oliver Librarian Jennie Hollis (D) Rita Lee (N) Membership Albertha Brown Sandy Capazzi, Cathy Hanrahan, Diane Johnson, Connnie Tallant Geralynn West Newsletter Joany Orsi Programs Emma Parker (C) Phyllis Carpenter Linda Herren Doreen Thornton Publicity Linda Jones Telephone, Day Annie Kellum Telephone, Night Annie Kellum Ways and Means Brenda Senn Vickie Hecht Sunshine Jane Wilding CHEROKEE ROSE QUILTERS GUILD There are no day minutes sent for the newsletter. Featured Member Marge Frost How long have you been quilting? Since nearly 20 years. Who taught you how to quilt? I am mostly self taught, using books and magazines for ideas. What are your favorite quilting techniques? I love to piece. I am particularly fond of Drunkard's Path designs and Log Cabin blocks ----things that are simple and involve strips. What are your favorite colors to work with? "My" colors are reds, greens and mustardy yellows. Most of my work is with scraps. What are your favorite fabrics to work with? All cottons...mostly traditional prints, my current favorites are the dusty looking Civil War type colors and prints. What is your favorite quilt shop? I enjoy Little Qults, and shops along the road when we travel. If you sew by machine, what kind(s)do you use? I have a Bernina 1090 Quilter's Edition What inspires you to make a particular quilt? I am quite impulsive...i often start by making "just one block" and before long I have my sewing room turned upside down hunting up fabrics to use. I have never, ever cut all the fabrics for a quilt before starting to sew. What is your favorite quilting book or pattern? I learned the most about color from Jinny Beyers' " Color Confidence for Quilters." I love Marti Michell's "Scrap Patchwork and Quilting." Both books came out in the early 1990's. On average, how many quilts do you make in a year? I've slowed down considerably because of arthritis in the wrists and thumbs, but in years past, probably I have completed over 30 bedsize quilts. Do you quilt your own quilts or do you send them out? I have handquilted, "bigstitched " or machine quilted my own, except for two...my very first bedsized quilt, and just a few weeks ago, a T-shirt quilt quilted by Broach Winsley. What quilt-related item(s) are you working on right now? I'm thinking about my donation quilt, and I'm working on a scrap quilt done with Civil War fabrics in a Roman Square design. What other hobbies do you have? I love to play bridge, read and I play the piano. Tell about one way that quilting has changed your life. Quilting has given me a way to spend time with myself doing something I truly enjoy. I am absolutely NEVER bored! Are you on any committees with the CRQG? Not presently. Feel free to tell us more about yourself and your family. I am married to Jerry, a former Eastern Airlines Captain. We have four grown children, and two teenage grandsons. Our youngest is being married (at last!) in June and all of us will travel to Fairbanks, Alaska, for his wedding. It will take place at a campground! I'm sure I will have tales to tell about the whole experience.

3 July 2011 Cherokee Rose Quilters Guild Page 3 Ad Hoc Committees Bee Keeper Sandra Wilson Challenge Quilt Patti Howell (C) Terry Tinsley Christmas Party Jorie Smetana (C) Ann Marie Mangiosi CHEROKEE ROSE QUILTERS GUILD Minutes of the June Night Meeting, June 23, 2011 Submitted By Jeanne Andersen, Night Secretary The meeting was called to order by Broach at 7:00. Odds and Ends-- Put your name on the sheet going around if you want s about "quilting stuff". The address is CRQGlist@yahoogroups.com The quilt class at the Library for kids is full with a waiting list. If you want to help, let Broach know. There are magazines for free on the back table. KiwiQuilts is having a sale, Friday and Saturday. Turn off cell phones. Community Service Bev Mahle Jane Wilding GQC Liaison Susan Fisher Golden Scissors, Day Jane Wilding (C) Golden Scissors, Night Jane Wilding (C) Photographer, Day Charles Phaneuf Photographer, Night Charles Phaneuf Quilt Til U Wilt Phyl Schiwal (C) Jane Wilding Webmaster Joany Orsi Christmas Party will be catered at the Rock Inn. Look for more details as the year progresses. BEE - there is a change for July. It will be at Irene's at 9:30. Call and let her know because she is serving lunch. COMMUNITY SERVICE- The quilts are due August. So far around 40 have been turned in. Keep them coming. MEMBERSHIP- 34 members present. 1 visitor Renae Lee, and one new member, Wanda Hostick. DOOR PRIZES AND FAT QUARTERS- Susan Fischer, Eleanor Agan, and Annie Kellum won and Dorie Holt won the fat quarters. TREASURER- $ 4, Balance. MINUTES- Approved. GEORGIA QUILT COUNSEL- No report. Still collecting the print cartridges... LIBRARY- No report. QUILT TIL YOU WILT- Set aside the first weekend in November. Nov.5!! RAFFLE- Vickie Pruitt won the Picnic basket. PICTURES/HISTORY- Pictures on web soon. DAY HOSPITALITY- Bring a drink to share and food to sell. Bake sale!! so bring money to buy... PUBLICITY- Kids class has great response. Full and waiting list. June 30-July 1 at Library TELEPHONE- Calls made. SUNSHINE- Rita's daughter doing well after surgery. PROGRAM- July day is the Yard Sale. Sign up for a table and bring your goodies to sell. You can also donate things to the guild to be sold. Your table fee goes to the guild and you keep the proceeds of what you sell. There will be food for sale too. Banquet table $, Long skinny table- $5.00 to $8.00 and the card table size is $5.00. Show and tell- 3 Scissors, 6 pins. And 5 community quilts turned in tonight.

4 July 2011 Cherokee Rose Quilters Guild Page 4 Show N-- Tell Because of the large amount of photos in June only a sample of photos will be in this newsletter. Please visit the group photo gallery to see them all.

5 July 2011 Cherokee Rose Quilters Guild Page 5 Programs July 14 Rent a table for the first yard sale ever that includes everything else besides sewing/quilting and also includes sewing as well. Have lotzzz of small change to buy your goodies at the July day meeting. Also, donate baked goods, PLEASE, for "Guild Table." July Favorite and Disappointing Notions/tools Please bring your favorite notion/tool and your most disappointing notions and/or tools to describe to the group. Please be ready to participate Kaleidoscopes Making Complicated Blocks Easy Workshop When: October 8 th 10am- 4pm with Sarah Sorenson Cost: $20 plus $4 Kit Fee (The $4 fee will be waived if we get 15 students) Please pay Doreen Thornton to sign up for the Workshop (checks made out to Cherokee Rose Quilters Guild) Our project will be easy enough for those new to paper piecing and challenging enough for those with experience. (For larger photo of project..click here) Do Kaleidoscopes look difficult or intimidating with all those sharp points and numerous pieces? Learn the easy way in a paper piecing workshop on October 8th taught by Sarah Sorenson. Make one block to use it as the center for a medallion quilt or more blocks the choice will be yours. Sarah has been paper piecing for about 16 years, almost as long as she has been quilting. Her love for the technique of paper piecing is obvious when you see her miniature quilts and wall hangings. She has taught paper piecing classes and conducted workshop for a number of shops and guilds. In 2004 she had the opportunity to sew for Jodie Davis, a nationally known author and president of QNN in Jodie s book 10, Minutes to Learn Paper Piecing. More recently, Jodie commissioned Sarah to complete the blocks needed for a full size quilt. Sarah has also taken classes with quilt designer, Judy Neimeyer, whose paper piecing patterns are absolutely stunning. PLEASE BE KIND!! Please be sure to fill out the Golden Scissors and Treasurer forms BEFORE the meeting? You can also download the forms from the Member Forms page on the website at this link

6 July 2011 Cherokee Rose Quilters Guild Page 6 Bee News We had to make some last-minute adjustments to our bee for June and it was held at my house. Hope everyone got the message. Eight of us had a great time. Thanks, Eleanor, for bringing the dessert! Hope you re feeling better, Terry! The July bee will be on Thursday, July 21 st, at 9:30 a.m. at Irene Gardner s house (4954 Horton Place, Douglasville). Irene will be serving lunch so please call her at or her (i.gardner@comcast.net) and let her know you are planning to attend. If you have any questions about the bees, please call or me at sandra7779@comcast.net. Everyone is welcome! Sandra Wilson, Beekeeper Day Hospitality Day hospitality is inviting you to bring goodies for everyone to enjoy at the meetings. Day Hospitality is working in conjunction with our July Day Meeting program this month. We are asking you to bring a drink to share, nibbles (pre packaged and priced nibbles) for the "yard sale", and plenty of money to buy food and items at the "yard sale". Brownies, cookies, small loaves of dessert breads, fudge, even maybe a pie (SMILE) -- all of these would make very good items for the Guild to be able to sell and make some money. We so greatly appreciate all of you who month after month are so willing to bring food to share with others. THANKS! Golden Scissors Irene Gardner Potato Chip Quilt" 251" Sandra Wilson. "Bullseye"..266" Sandra Wilson. "House Divided" 300" Pins Rita Lee "Mass of Unity". 96" Rita Lee "Noah's Ark".. 139" Rita Lee "The Trinity". 196" Vickie Hecht "Take Me Out to the Ballgame".. 185" Vickie Hecht."Twist and Shout" 158" Vickie Hecht. "Color Book Kitties".. 162" Community Service Quilts!! The quilts are due August So far around 40 have been turned in. Keep them coming. (These quilts also received pins, but are listed separately for Community Service) Jeanne Anderson.one quilt, did not measure Gail Ford... "Under the Sea". 154" Gail Ford.. "Cuddle Bears" 162" Gail Ford.. "Loveable Toys" 156" Gail Ford.. "Flowery Plates".. 166" Community Service Notes!! The sites I ve seen over the past several weeks have just made my head spin! We have been traveling, logging many miles, taking a lot of pictures and making memories. We did something new this year. The Hot Rod Power Tour, a traveling car show of approx cars of all shapes, sizes, colors and power. The tour started in Cocoa Beach, FL and ended in Detroit, MI; stopping in a different location each night and we traveled back roads to most of these locations! So what does all this have to do with quilting? Well, needless to say I m not getting much of it done but I m catching up on my reading more about that in a minute. What struck me was the amount of time, effort, and love these men put into their machines or in many cases their works of art! Isn t that what we do with our quilts? As I looked at these cars, I was awestruck with the details put into them, the different color combinations used, and pride the builders showed if you asked a question about the car. Is that any different than us? Like quilters, car builders / enthusiast are always thinking about what else to do to their current project or what the next project might be. I m hoping your current project or next project is a quilt for Douglas Co. Head Start Program, as we would love to supply all 141 kids with a quilt of their own. Have you made one or more? There is still time. A line from the book I m currently reading says You know quilts are never perfect or finished. Just abandoned. Is it time to abandon a project and turn it over to a great cause?

7 July 2011 Cherokee Rose Quilters Guild Page 7 Membership Members Day- 33 Night- 35 New Members Day- 0 Night- Wanda Hostick Visitors Day-Florence Pinkerton Night- Renae Lee New Member Information Wanda Hostick 5061 Saint Clair Place Powder Springs, GA Phone: Cell Birthday: 5/21 hostickd@bellsouth.net Sherry Bailey 4070 Chapel Hill Farms Drive Douglasville GA Phone: , Cell: Birthday: July 13 JMB2245@yahoo.com Fat Quarter Winners Day- Linda Jones Eve-Susan Fisher, Eleanor Agan, Dori Holt Door Prize/ Raffle Winners Day- Irene Gardner, Charlene Shanks, Charlie Phaneuf Eve- Annie Kellum Raffle- None July Fat Quarter Lottery is: Purple and/or Pink 100% cotton fabric is the same for both Day and Night meetings. Each fat quarter you bring equals one lottery ticket. July Birthdays July Sherry Bailey July Rachel Phaneuf July 22...Brenda Senn Challenge Quilt Two Color Quilt Challenge 1. Must use Red/White or Navy/Off White for colors. Can be either not both or mixed. 2. Must be not less than 12" square and not more than 36" square. Can be 144" total perimeter if you want to make it rectangular or round. Not less than 48" total perimeter. 3. Must have a nine-patch block somewhere on quilt. Remember there are many different kinds of 9- patches, such as shoo-fly, monkey wrench, etc. Also many 9-patches together form a checkerboard. The entire quilt could be a 9-patch. For more info contact Patti Howell and Terry Tinsley Publicity Irene Gardner's quilts are now on display at the Wellstar Douglas Hospital in Douglasville. Community Service We will be doing small (lap size) quilts for the Head Start program of Douglas Co. This program helps prepare 4 and 5 yr olds for kindergarten and they are eligible for the program in two ways. We will commit to 25 quilts for Head Start. For more information please see the website. Georgia Quilt Council Nothing New at this time Ways and Means Nothing New at this time Library News Nothing New at this time Sunshine News Jane Wilding, though doing better still needs our prayers to continue to have a good recovery. Shirley Huffman, friend of Phyl, Husband passed away Rita's daughter doing well after surgery

8 July 2011 Cherokee Rose Quilters Guild Page 8 Treasurer s Report Beginning Balance... $ Disbursements Janice Chesnick (June Day Speaker)... (155.00)... Deposits Membership Balance of May Quilt Class with Broach Ending Balance. $ You can download and print a Check Request Form from the website You can download it from the Member Forms link on the website. Treasurer Tina Corbit also has them 30 minutes before each meeting If you download it from the website you can fill it out before the meeting. Members Area We will try a members area here for tips and items of interest. I will run them for two months and then they will be removed. Vickie Has a small group of ladies coming to her house on Tuesday evenings at 7:oopm until about 9:00. We begin the evening with prayer and devotion, we support each other who going through difficult times and would like to have others join us. There is much laughter joy and fellowship and at the same time a few of the ladies are able to crank out a quilt. If interested, Please call Charlene Shanks or Vickie Hecht Charlene and I can't wait until August for our turn to do the auction for our goody basket. I am looking for an upholster to redo a sleeper sofa for me. Do you have any contacts? If you know of anyone please give me a call. Rita From Irene Gardner Free quilt patterns, Easy, quick and colorful Download and print right from your computers! Irene s favorite is the first one "Super Zig" For Sale 1926 Singer sewing machine, in a cabinet, Model 128, Serial Number AA It is knee operated and has original fabric electric cord. It does need some clean up, but the decorative detail is beautiful. Asking price is $75. If interested, you can either contact me, Bea West (beadeew@bellsouth.net) or the owner, Cindy Buff (buffcp@bellsouth.net). If you contact Cindy, you will be able to get directions and a time to meet her - the machine is in a home south of Douglasville, near the Dog River. Cindy will also be very busy from last of July to mid August as she prepares for another school year.

9 July 2011 Cherokee Rose Quilters Guild Page 9 July 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Independence Day Day Meeting 9:30 am Quilting Bee 9:30-1: Eve. Meeting 7pm-9pm 29 Newsletter articles for July due to Joany 30 Aug 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Day Meeting 9:30 am Quilting Bee 9:30-1: Eve. Meeting 7pm-9pm Newsletter articles due to Joany