Patchwork Post. Friendship Quilters of San Diego. President s Message. Meetings. October Speakers & Workshops at a Glance:

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1 Friendship Quilters of San Diego October 2015 Patchwork Post Shelly Gragg: Webmaster Gloria Mauno: Newsletter Editor Speakers & Workshops at a Glance: Meetings Karen Brow Lecture/Meeting: September 14, 2015 Workshop: Saturday 9/19/2015 Catherine Wilson Lecture/Meeting: October 12, 2015 Workshops: Sunday 10/18/2015 Catherine Redford Lecture/Meeting: November 9, 2015 Workshop: Mon, Tues & Wed. 11/9-11/2015 Pam Buda Lecture/Meeting: January 11, 2016 Workshop: Tuesday 1/12/2016 David Taylor Lecture/Meeting: February 8, 2016 Workshop: Sun & Mon 2/7-8/2016 Norma Whaley Lecture/Meeting: March 14, 2016 Workshop: Tuesday 3/15/2016 Mary Lou Weidman Lecture/Meeting: May 9, 2016 Workshop: Sun. & Mon. 5/8-9/2016 Board Meeting Tuesday, October 5, 6:30 pm at Clara Silvey s home. Guild Meeting: 2nd Monday of the month (Sept June) 7 PM, Garden Road Elementary School President s Message Dear Quilters, Our September meeting was very special for me as we were able to see and greet so many of you after our summer break. It was great to see people laughing, smiling and sharing all that has gone on during the summer. So if summer is almost officially over it is time to let fall into our lives. If you have not thought about the autumnal colors now is the time to start. The first one to come to mind is orange and shades of rust, an array of golden hues, the browning of the greens and let us not forget one of my favorites, the purples to include burgundy and burnt red. Having grown up in the Midwest, fall is the most vibrant seasons and as quilters we should take time to rejoice playing with these colors. To me it does not make any difference what you choose to make with them. A simple log cabin design can burst with all these color opportunities. Speaking of opportunities our Ruby Jewels opportunity quilt did well at the San Diego Quilt Show and I want to thank all who came to support quilting in our area along with some very talented members who had quilts on display. In October we are pleased to have Cat Williams as our guest speaker. She is a Judy Niemeyer credentialed teacher. If you re not familiar with Judy s designs, go to Quiltworx.com and plan to be inspired. She is one of the major artists in the realm of foundation (paper) piecing. In my book she definitely has kicked it up a notch or two. Making one of her quilts is on my 2015 to do list. It may rollover onto the 2016 list but it is still there. So much happened at our first meeting. We are starting another year of the UFO Challenge along with three or four special projects. We have a retreat over Halloween at Vina de Lestonnac in Temecula and may have a few openings. Also the first weekend in October we will be planting the seeds of future quilters at the Old Poway Park event. Be sure and check out more information on this in the newsletter. October Birthdays be sure and bring a Door Prize to share. It is your turn and only a quilter knows what another quilter might love. Buy some fabric, sew a few seams and we will see you next month, Suzy WE NEED YOUR HELP It is greatly appreciated if you can stay after the guild meeting ends to help tidy up. This includes helping complete putting away folding chairs, tables, picking up leftover items, and just overall basic clean-up. Please considering staying to help us, this is something that if everyone pitched it, it would be done in a jiffy, and not causing anyone to be left behind with it all. THANK YOU!

2 Page /2016 Board President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Programs 2015/16 & Membership Philanthropy Newsletter Website Mailing Media/PR/Advertising Library Retreats/Loot Locker Refreshments Phone Tree Block of Month Banner Master Special Projects Suzy Weinbach Collette McManus Ruth O Neil Cheryl Wilson Collette McManus Michele Cassidy & Grace Steinway Charleen Renne & Ruth O Neil Gloria Mauno Shelly Gragg Amy Wazny Barb Dacy Holly Torrez & Yvonne Gagne Jennifer Shults Bonnie Dresser & Cheryl Cooper Kathy Brubaker Margaret Byrne Kay Lettington & Sandra McCullough Marilyn Garner Candy Mittag Colleen McCune Opportunity of the Month Ed and Leah Estrin Sharing/Picture taking Mini Groups Banner Membership Clara Silvey Karen McCarty Marilyn Garner We had five guests and four new members at our September meeting. We also had 103 members in attendance. Our current membership is 139. Remember to bring your boxtops, wear your nametag, and sign-in at the membership table. Thanks! Michele and Grace Membership Chairs Library News We had a very successful "Shop In The Light" book sale and earned $63.00 toward new books!! Thank you all so much for your support. If you have any ideas about which new books you would like to see in the library - please call or Yvonne or Holly. We are very eager to hear from our members about current books! Speaking of current books, we have a few more brand new additions to the guild library: BIG BOOK OF SCRAPPY - 77 patterns from That Patchwork Place CONSTANTINOPLE (applique projects inspired by Turkish tiles) - Tamsin Harney JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY QUILTS AND QUILTERS - Teresa Wong WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS: A quick review of our library policies... You are welcome to check out as many books as you want. Books are checked out for one month and may be renewed if there are no reserves. We gladly welcome donations which are either put directly into our library or sold at our "Shop In The Dark" sales. The money raised from these sales goes directly toward the purchase of new books. You can review the entire contents of our library by selecting the library tab on our website. If there are any books you are interested in reserving -please call or Yvonne or Holly. We will bring as many books as you request to the next meeting. Many of our members like to request groups of books - such as: All the books about BORDERS All the KAFFE FASSETT/SALLY COLLINS books All the BALTIMORE ALBUM books See you all in October at the Library Table!! Holly & Yvonne Upcoming Events Ramona Back Country Quilters Quilt Show October 16 & 17, am-4pm / View Community Church, 1191 Meadowlark Way, Ramona / Free Admission Quiltfest Oasis Palm Springs October 8-10, am-6pm / Palm Springs Convention Center, 277 N. Avenida Calalleros / $14.00 Admission Pomona Sewing, Quilt & Craft Festival October 8-10, am-5pm (Sate. 10am-4pm) / Fairplex, Building 6, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona / Free Admission with Printed Coupon or go to quiltcraftsew.com/

3 Philanthropy Welcome back everyone. Many of you were busy this summer helping Philanthropy by making placemats and finishing quilts. We now have 16 quilts made since June that are ready for donation and 53 placemats that were brought in Monday night. Thanks to everyone for your contributions and for supporting Philanthropy by donating money for our Loot Locker fabric packets. We earned $37.00 which will help to buy more batting and plastic bags for our kits. If you would like to get placemat kits during this month to bring to the October meeting, please contact me at and we can make arrangements to do so. We need to have lots more Christmas placemats for Meals-on-Wheels to deliver by mid to late November. We are planning a Sew-a-thon on November 11. So mark your calendar. We will have solid times and location for you by the October meeting. Thanks again for your support. Charleen and Ruth Page 3 Programs Hello, Members! Our October workshop is with Cat Wilson, a certified Judy Niemeyer instructor. This is paper piecing that is easy and very do-able! If you like paper piecing, you will like this technique. And, if you have never tried it, or are afraid of it, come learn an easy and foolproof method for success! I still have places in our October workshop. Please let me know immediately if you are interested in attending. Thanks! Collette Opportunity of the Month Thank you to all the members who supported the Guild by buying tickets for the Opportunity of the Month drawing. Leah and I greatly appreciate your comments and your support. And thank you to the members who contribute items to our cause to be added to a future drawing. It makes for bigger baskets so there is more to win. The winners for September were all of the members of the guild because we again raised over $100 for the month. The drawing winners were Collette, Barb Tritchies (sp) and Lee Mary. On another note, Leah and I are also doing the Door Prize drawing. Please remember that after you check in, come to see us and take a door prize ticket. Put your name on the back of the ticket and drop it in the can. At the end of the meeting, a name or names will be drawn for the month's door prizes. See you next month at the October meeting. Ed and Leah Estrin

4 Page 4 UFO Challenge Here are the rules for the UFO Challenge. 1. Choose four items that you want to finish between now and June. 2. Fill in the form and pay $ There are no ongoing deadlines for when they are due as long as it is before June. You will receive an entry with your name on it for the prize drawings and a button for your flower pin for each entry you complete. If this is the first time you have participated in the UFO Challenge, you will receive a flower pin when you pay your fee.

5 Page 5 Budget Recipe Corner Please send my your recipe and you may see it posted here! Special Projects More Special Projects Colleen and I thought we would also do a few small projects that can be completed in a short time period. The first will be a holiday potholder exchange at the December potluck meeting. The minimum size of the potholder is 7 x7 or larger. You can make as many potholders as you wish and you will go home with a new potholder for each one you make. Don t forget to use multiple layers of Warm and Natural batting, or Insul-Brite. If you put in free potholder patterns on the internet, you will find hundreds of cute patterns. There is no charge for the small projects as the prize is taking home a project if you made one. Thank you, Candy Mittag LIBBY'S PUMPKIN CRANBERRY BREAD Yields - 12 slices per loaf 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 3 cups granulated sugar 1 can (15 oz.) LIBBY'S 100% Pure Pumpkin 4 large eggs 1 cup vegetable oil 1/2 cup orange juice or water 1 cup sweetened dried, fresh or frozen cranberries PREHEAT oven to 350 F. Grease and flour two 9 x 5- inch loaf pans. COMBINE flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Combine sugar, pumpkin, eggs, oil and juice in large mixer bowl; beat until just blended. Add pumpkin mixture to flour mixture; stir just until moistened. Fold in cranberries. Spoon batter into prepared loaf pans. BAKE for 60 to 65 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. FOR THREE 8 x 4-INCH LOAF PANS: PREPARE as above. Bake for 55 to 60 minutes. FOR FIVE OR SIX 5 x 3-INCH MINI-LOAF PANS: PREPARE as above. Bake for 50 to 55 minutes.

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7 Page 7 October Birthdays If your birthday is in October, that means it s your turn to bring a Door Prize. Please bring a grift wrapped prize between the price range of $10-$20, not to exceed $20. It can be a newly purchased item, or a specially made item. Please place your prize on the stage for the end of meeting drawing. BIRTHDAY FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME Oct 06 IRENE NEAL Oct 07 TRUDY CLEVELAND Oct 09 SONIA LUKENS Oct 11 PEGGY DUNN Oct 13 KATHERINE GREENE Oct 15 KATHY MOUNT Oct 19 RUTH JONES Oct 19 BARBARA MAIETTA Oct 20 HOLLY TORREZ Oct 24 JILL LOMBARD Oct 25 ELLEN LUNDIE

8 Friendship Quilters of San Diego P.O. Box 1174 Poway, CA Next General Meeting October 12, 2015 Name Tag Your Mug Library Books Items for Sharing Refreshments Door Prizes if it s your Birthday Month Friendship Quilters of San Diego meet at Garden Road Elementary School Garden Road Poway, CA Doors Open for Setup 6:00pm Tables Ready 6:30pm Meeting Begins 7:00pm Please help put chairs away after the meeting