Tualatin valley quilt guild

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1 Tualatin valley quilt guild NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2013 FEBRUARY 2013 GUEST SPEAKER IS BILL VOLCKENING Bill Volckening will be the TVQG guest speaker at the February general meeting. He will speak about his collection of New York Beauty quilts. Bill will explore the New York Beauty quilt through American history. Bill s collection of New York Beauty quilts includes more than 50 samples, mostly quilts and a few tops, plus ephemera. In the summer of 2011, the Benton County Museum in Philomath exhibited 21 of the quilts drawing a record number of visitors. NEW TVQG WEBSITE The New York Beauty quilts were also featured in a recent issue of Quilter s Newsletter. Last summer Bill was a guest speaker for TVQG. He showed us his collection of 20th century quilts. Many guild members requested that he return with the New York Beauty quilts. TVQG s February meeting will be 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Sherwood Senior Center, SW Sherwood, Blvd., Sherwood, Oregon. TVQG has a new website that s a handy place to go for guild information, both for members and prospective members. For members, it includes information about the April retreat, the quilt raffle, speakers for our monthly meetings and more. A membership form is provided for people who are interested in joining our guild. The link to visit the website is One useful feature of the website is a page with links to quilt shops, quilty causes, and other information. We would like to include contact information for any of our members who offer longarm quilting services on this page. If you provide such services, please send your information to Molly Skeen at mollyskeen@gmail.com. continued on page 2 Tualatin Valley Quilt Guild meets at 7:00 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month, January through November. Meetings are at the Sherwood Senior Center. Guests are asked to pay $5.00 at the door before the meetings. February Birthdays Flavia Carlson...Feb. 25 Bonnie Schweizer...Feb. 20 Wendy Week...Feb. 13 THE NEXT CHARITY QUILTING SEW DAY IS MONDAY, MARCH 4, JOIN THE GROUP AT 10:00 A.M. AT THE SHERWOOD SENIOR CENTER. A VARI- ETY OF FABRIC IS AVAIL- ABLE AT THE SR. CENTER. A REMINDER Bring the following items to the next TVQG meeting on January 15: 1. Name Tag 2. Block of the Month 3. Fat Quarter of the Month, Black & White 4. Show and Tell Items 5. A box of Ziplock bags, gallon size.

2 February 2013 Newsletter Page 2 New TVQG Website (continued from page 1) Another feature of the website is a password-protected members-only section. To access this section, enter this password when prompted: fivepatch You can sign up to receive notices whenever we add new information to the website. At the bottom of the right sidebar, simply add your address to the Follow TVQG via box and click the sign me up button. FAT QUARTER OF THE MONTH February s Fat Quarter of the Month is black and white. Bring a fat quarter of a white fabric with a black design OR a black fabric with a white design. No other colors, please. Bring a fat quarter to the meeting, get a ticket, and win a stack of fat quarters to build your stash. BLOCK OF THE MONTH At the January meeting, LoisMarie Mayer presented a block called Square Dancing. It is from McCall s Quick Quilts, May This block should be made with BATIK fabric. Follow the directions to get 2 blocks, 14 x 14 inches (finished). Sylvia Richen will be presenting the new Block of the Month at the February meeting. Charity Quilt Group continues to help others There was a suggestion from one of our members that we do a special collection each month for the Good Neighbor Center. Betty and I talked to Heidi, the Good Neighbor Center director, about this and she was pleased with the idea. Heidi mentioned that this month they could use gallon-size, zip lock type bags. They will really appreciate anything we can gather for them. Therefore, each month TVQG will announce an item of the month for members to bring to the General Meeting. We will be in contact with Heidi to create a list of needed items and assign any items to an appropriate month. For instance, school items might be a priority in August or September. Donations will be given to the Good Neighbor Center. If you are unable to donate a quilt, perhaps you can donate some of these items instead. ITEM OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY IS GALLON-SIZE ZIP-LOCK-TYPE PLASTIC BAGS. Betty M. & Vergie K. GO SEE THIS PLAY! The Gallery Theater in McMinnville is presenting the play, QUILTERS, Feb. 22 to March 16. The play illuminates stories contained in various patches, using music, dance, and drama to depict women on the frontier. Show times are 7:30 p.m. on Friday & Saturday and a 3:00 p.m. matinee on Sunday. IT S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN Well, it s almost that time. Tualatin Valley Quilt Guild by-laws state that a nominations committee needs to be appointed in February. An official search for candidates for the Guild officers begins now. If you would like to be on the nominating committee, let President Marie know. If you would like to be nominated for any of the elected offices (President, Vice-President, Secretary, or Treasurer) let President Marie know. All the various committee leaders for will be appointed by the new president. However, if you would like to be a committee chair, please let everyone know.

3 P A G E 3 T U A L A T I N V A L L E Y Q U I L T G U I L D C h a r i t y q u i l t i n g g r o u p Once again we had a good gathering for the Charity Group. It will be nice to get more quilts ready for the kids at the Good Neighbor Center. Please remember that anyone can donate a quilt or a blanket. Liz has made up more beautiful quilt kits to take home from the TVQG General Meeting each month. Please take one and return it when it is completed. Again...thanks for all your efforts for these families. Please consider making a twin-size quilt to donate to the young men in the Wings program. Vergie, Betty, and Liz IT S TIME TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINION! What you would like your Guild to do? Or stop doing? How do you feel about another Raffle Quilt, or the Block of the Month and Fat Quarter of the Month programs? Would you want the guild to participate in another Bazaar or a boutique sale? What are your thoughts about the Quilt Retreat? Are there things we aren t doing that you would like to do? Are there things you would like to see discontinued? Let your elected officers know what you want! Speak up! quilting events Quilt Run 101 February 8-18, the 13 th Annual Oregon Coast Shop Hop. Includes shops from Brookings to Astoria, with a fat quarter provided by each shop and special sales. If interested, contact Marie at for more details (she went before and is considering doing so again) or info@quiltrun101.com. Prizes, challenges, sales, and freebies. Lovely time to travel and appreciate the Oregon coast. Kitsap Quilters 27th Annual Quilt Show 2013, Feb 15 and AM to 5PM. Donation $5. More than 200 quilts on display. Vendors from Washington and Oregon. Demonstrations. Members' Boutique, silent auction café, Featured Artist Jan Larson, raffle quilt, Contacts: Mary Ann Hooker, 2013 Quilt Show Chair, kitsapquilternews@gmail.com or Mary Polensky, mrpolen@yahoo.com. Kitsap County Fairgrounds, The 12th Annual Winter Winds Shop Hop is Feb.6th through Feb. 16th. Visit 16 shops in the Willamette Valley for sales, freebies and prizes. The grand prize is a 3 night stay at the Beachcombers Haven in Gleneden Beach, OR. The place sleeps 4-6; big enough for a mini-quilt retreat for you and your friends. Details are online at A Quilting Workshop will be held on Feb. 23 through Feb. 25 at the Zion Mennonite Church, from 10:00 to 3:00 daily. There are hands-on workshops, demonstrations, and a quilt exhibit with over 100 quilts. International gifts from One Fair World will be available for purchase. A homemade soup and bread lunch will be served on a donation basis from 11:00 a.m to 1:00 pm during the show S. Whiskey Rd, Hubbard, OR. Ca;; for more information. ANOTHER WAY WE CAN HELP Martha Granda, a TVQG member, is also a member of the King City Knitting and Crochet group. They have been asked to donate knitted or crocheted pillows to the Portland Pilot Project. The Pilot Project assists homeless and elderly people. TVQG members can help in this endeavor by saving all of the small pieces of fabric that are left after cutting pieces for blocks or after trimming those blocks to their correct size. Those little pieces are great for pillow stuffing. So, when you are working on a quilt, don t throw those pieces away. Save them in a bag and bring them to a Guild meeting. Martha can pick them up at the meeting. Our President, Marie, is also a member of King City Knitting and Crochet Group and will accept your donations of scraps.

4 TVQG CALENDAR February 19, :30 p.m. The TVQG Board and our Guest Speakers will have a pre-meeting dinner at Manzanillo Restaurant, Borchers Dr. Sherwood. ( ) 7:00 p.m. General meeting. Guest speaker will be Bill Volckening with a presentation on New York Beauty Quilts. March 4, :00 a.m. Charity Group Quilting sew day at Sherwood Senior Center March 5, :00 p.m. TVQG Board Meeting in the King City Clubhouse Cardroom. March 19, :30 p.m. TVQG Board members and Guests dinner. Restaurant to be announced later. 7:00 p.m. General meeting at Sherwood Senior Center. TUALATIN VALLEY QUILT GUILD 2013 RETREAT The 2013 Quilting Retreat will be held Friday, April 5, 2013, to April 7, 2013, at the Tilikum Camp and Retreat Center. There is an optional Early Start on Thursday, April 4, The cost will be $165 for the Friday to Sunday schedule and $220 for the Thursday to Sunday schedule. Quilters work in a large room with plenty of space for cutting, laying out quilt tops, ironing, and sewing, Delicious food is prepared by Tilikum s great chef and served family style. Those who have special dietary needs are accommodated. There are beautiful grounds to wander and quilters willing to take a trip over to nearby quilt shops (Boersma s in McMinnville and The Quilted Hill near Yamhill). Peggy Grunden is our Quilting Retreat Chairlady again this year. Contact Peggy if you have questions about the Retreat. COMPLETE PAYMENT IS DUE BY THE MARCH 19TH GUILD MEETING. TVQG ELECTED OFFICERS & COMMITTEE CHAIRS President, Marie Godfrey, Vice-President, Sherry Little, Secretary, Mary Hamn, Treasurer, Bonnie Holt, Past-President, Laurie Beck, Membership, LoisMarie Mayer, Publicity, Bonnie Holt, Raffle Quilt, Shirley Schultz, Block/ Month, LoisMarie Mayer, Fat Quarter/Month, Helen Crowell, Quilt Retreat, Peggy Grunden, Newsletter, Sherry Little, Charity Quilting, Liz Cadish, , Corresponding Secretary, Shirley Schultz, Betty Murphy, , and Vergie Karlson, Facility Liaisons, Martie Smith, , On a personal note: I d like to thank all the TVQG members who ran errands for me, or stayed with my mother so I could get a break, and gave general support and lots of prayers for me and my mom. Thank you also for all the sympathy cards when Mom passed away in January. Quilters are the best people in the world! Sherry

5 Marie G. had found all these February and early March 2013 events for us. 1. Fiber Artists Working in Series You may have missed the opening February 1st, but you don t have to miss the exhibit at the Architectural Heritage Center in Portland it lasts until February 26 Georgia French - "Concentricities" This exhibit shows works from five Studio Art Quilt Associates artists, each one selected for her originality of design and strong personal vision. Five new works from each artist's own personal series are on display. Architectural Heritage Center 701 SE Grand Ave Portland, OR Exhibits at the La Conner Quilt Museum, near Tillamook, OR Because of recent architectural work at the museum, the museum will be open every day to accommodate visitors. Color, Design, & Inspiration: Kaffe Fassett & Brandon Mably February 14 - March 24, 2013 Who are Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably? Ask a quilter and they will tell you: quilters and fabric designers. Ask a knitter and they will tell you: knitters and knitting pattern designers. They will both be correct. In fact, Kaffe, and his studio partner, Brandon have worked in many different media, including: needlepoint, mosaics, rugmaking, tapestries, yarn and fabric design, and costume & set design. Kaffe s newest book, Kaffe Fassett Dreaming in Color (2012), is an autobiography, in which he shares rich, detailed stories about his lifelong creative journey as well as hundreds of glorious photos taken along the way.

6 Kaffe Fassett is a prolific author of books on color and design in craftwork. A recent book, Kaffe Fassett s Simple Shapes Spectacular Quilts (2010), is full of quilts composed of their signature fabric designs made from simple squares, rectangles, and diamonds. Many of Kaffe s quilts are created as a joint effort with Liza Prior Lucy who does much of the sewing for his quilts. At left, Bordered Diamonds from the Kaffe Fassett s Simple Shapes Spectacular Quilts book. Image courtesy Abrams Books. In addition to designing fabrics and quilt patterns, Brandon Mably designs knitwear patterns for Vogue Knitting and Rowan Yarns, and leads workshops in knitwear design and use of color throughout the world. Brandon has been the Studio Manager of Kaffe Fassett Studio in London England for many years and has worked closely with Kaffe in the design, creation, and execution of knitwear, tapestry, patchwork, mosaic, and mixed media artwork. This exhibit will feature knitwear by Brandon. Kaffe and Brandon have been collaborating for many years; adding new fabric lines to their colorful collections each year and designing new quilting and knitting patterns. Their most recent collaboration is a new knitting book, Knitting with the Color Guys (2012). Image at right: Zigzag Throw by Brandon Mably from the Knitting with the Color Guys book. Image courtesy Kaffe Fassett Studio. Crazy Quilts, Silks, & Satins February 14 - March 24, 2013 In addition to designing fabrics and quilt patterns, Brandon Mably designs knitwear patterns for Vogue Knitting and Rowan Yarns, and leads workshops in knitwear design and use of color throughout the world. Brandon has been the Studio Manager of Kaffe Fassett Studio in London England for many years and has worked closely with Kaffe in the design, creation, and execution of knitwear, tapestry, patchwork, mosaic, and mixed media artwork. This exhibit will feature knitwear by Brandon. Kaffe and Brandon have been collaborating for many years; adding new fabric lines to their colorful collections each year and designing new quilting and knitting patterns. Their most recent collaboration is a new knitting book, Knitting with the Color Guys (2012). Image at right: Zigzag Throw by Brandon Mably from the Knitting with the Color Guys book. Image courtesy Kaffe Fassett Studio.

7 During the 1890 s and for about thirty years, the Crazy Quilt rage continued. Many older Crazy Quilts are composed of bright-color fabrics in silks, velvets that have been sewn to a foundation fabric and have the added embellishment of embroidery stitches, as seen in the 1885 quilt below. The quilts in this exhibit will include lavishly embroidered quilts as well as quilts that don t include the fancy stitches. Seen at left, Log Cabin Var.: Square in a Square, a foundation pieced quilt (c.1890) made with many silks and shiny fabrics. Why not make the trip to the coast a two-day event? There s the ice cream at Tillamook Cheese, and exotic cheeses at Blue Heron; Jane s fabric patch, and barn quilts (be sure to get a map at Pacific Restaurant, at st St, is a great place for lunch or dinner; don t be put off by its unimaginative outside. 3. Kitsap Quilters 27th Annual Quilt Show 2013, Feb 15 and AM to 5PM. Donation $5. More than 200 quilts on display. Vendors from Washington and Oregon. Demonstrations. Members' Boutique, silent auction café, Featured Artist Jan Larson, raffle quilt, Contacts: Mary Ann Hooker, 2013 Quilt Show Chair, kitsapquilternews@gmail.com or Mary Polensky, mrpolen@yahoo.com. Kitsap County Fairgrounds, President's Hall, Bremerton, Washington (MAP) 4. Quilters are Birds of a Feather, February 15 and 16, 10 am to 5 pm, Kitsap County Fairgrounds, 1200 Fairgrounds Rd, NW Bremerton, WA Send inquiries to kitsap.quilter.news@gmail.com

8 5. Puyallup WA Registration Open For Sewing And Stitchery Expo Registration is now open for the February 28 March 3, 2013 Sewing and Stitchery Expo in Puyallup Wa. You can find the 2013 Brochure and Registration forms HERE. Since its inception in 1984, the Sewing and Stitchery Expo has grown and is recognized nationally as the largest and most comprehensive consumer education tradeshow for the sewing industry in the United States. The focus is on education. The show has hundreds of lectures, demos and classes ranging from their 1 needle sessions which are 45 minutes long and cost just $5 when registering on-line. The 2 through 4 needle lectures/classes start at $20 per session. Of course there are free sessions as well. There are classes for both the quilters and sewers in the crowd, novices and experts alike will find session to interest them. In addition the show will have more than 400 booths to shop from as well. You can find the 2013 Brochure HERE, and online registration will begin in the first week of January, So, check out the brochure and start planning your schedule now. 6. Vacation Planning For 2013 So are you getting ready to plan your vacation for 2013? Well if you want to include a great International quilt festival while you are at it, you should consider one of the following events; April 11 13, 2013 Cincinnati OH International Quilt Festival Cincinnati April 24 27, 2013 Paducah KY 28th Annual AQS Paducah Quilt Show & Contest Registration begins January 17, 2013 May 2 5, 2013 Denver CO Denver National Quilt Festival VIII August 2 4, 2013 Long Beach CA International Quilt Festival Long Beach 2013 October 17 20, 2013 Santa Clara CA - Pacific International Quilt Festival XXII October 31 November 3, 2013 Houston TX International Quilt Festival Huston 2013 If you are looking for a little international travel you can try one of these events; May 15 18, 2013 Pentiction British Columbia Canada Quilt BC 2013 June 7 9, 2013 Galway Ireland International Quilt Festival of Ireland 2013 October 17 20, 2013 Koningshof Netherlands Open European Quilt Championship 2013