Sunny Sue s HISTORY OF SUNBONNET SUE'S RAFFLE QUILT FOR Quilt Show: Inside this Issue. Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club of the Olympic Peninsula

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Sunny Sue s Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club of the Olympic Peninsula June 2017 To further the act and skill of quilt making and to foster an appreciation of

HISTORY OF SUNBONNET SUE'S RAFFLE QUILT FOR 2017 Kitty Nyles, a long time quilt club member and artist, designed the applique patterns of bugs and flowers.

Kitty died about 3 or 4 years ago and club member Lydia Nelson was able to purchase the blocks for the Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club during the estate sale.

The finishing touches like satin stitching and embellishments were added by several club members and also a few more block needed to be sewn.

Lydia Nelson sewed all these blocks and Lydia and Ilse Osier later sewed everything together.

1 Sunny Sue s Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club of the Olympic Peninsula June 2017 To further the act and skill of quilt making and to foster an appreciation of quilts old and new. HISTORY OF SUNBONNET SUE'S RAFFLE QUILT FOR 2017 Kitty Nyles, a long time quilt club member and artist, designed the applique patterns of bugs and flowers. Kitty had planned to make a quilt for herself or as a gift and had finished machine appliqueing nearly all the blocks. Kitty died about 3 or 4 years ago and club member Lydia Nelson was able to purchase the blocks for the Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club during the estate sale. It was decided to use the existing blocks for the 2017 raffle quilt. The finishing touches like satin stitching and embellishments were added by several club members and also a few more block needed to be sewn. To make it a large queen size quilt the green/beige Batik blocks in the "drunkards path" pattern were added. Lydia Nelson sewed all these blocks and Lydia and Ilse Osier later sewed everything together. Inside this Issue Community Quilts News Important Dates Guest Lecture August 9th SM&AC Quilt Display Birthdays Lunch & A Movie Check It Out! Education Quilting Technique (Rolled Quilt Basting) The quilt was machine quilted by club member MaryAnne Clayton. Quilt Show: Needed: Small Quilts for the Quilt Show. These are quilts to be given as Joy Quilts after the Quilt Show. They need to be square, in the inch range, with no sleeve. The theme could be, but not essential, Don't Bug Me, which is the Quilt Show theme.

Community Quilts News.. Beverly Beighle is the winner of the Sunbonnet Sue heritage quilt. Congratulations! Bev has been a member since 2003.

When we meet on the last Wednesday in June, a few members will be needed to help attach sleeves on the quilts that will hang in the Community Quilts area.

IMPORTANT DATES In June the business meeting will continue to be held at 10:00 am on the 2nd Wednesday. Announcements have been moved to10:00 am weekly.

2 Community Quilts News.. Beverly Beighle is the winner of the Sunbonnet Sue heritage quilt. Congratulations! Bev has been a member since Thanks to all of you for supporting the club by buying raffle tickets. We raised $ When we meet on the last Wednesday in June, a few members will be needed to help attach sleeves on the quilts that will hang in the Community Quilts area. Check the sign-up posters to see if there are openings to sit at the Community Quilts table. We will have quilts there that need bindings sewn down as visitors pass by. IMPORTANT DATES In June the business meeting will continue to be held at 10:00 am on the 2nd Wednesday. Announcements have been moved to10:00 am weekly. Board meetings will be the first Wednesday from 9:00 to 9:30 am. That way all members will be able to sew or attend any classes held that day. June 7 9:00 Board Meeting 10:00 Announcements Baguettes June 14 10:00 Business Meeting 1:00 Art Quilt Sues (Karen s Quilt Shop) June 21 10:00 Announcements June 28 10:00 Announcements Community Quilts Thanks to you, we have enough OMC comfort quilts to last the year. Whew! Are we thrilled! One of the Sue s ran into a woman whose daughter spent her last days at OMC and had been given one of these quilts. This mom couldn t express how much she appreciated the gift and what it meant to the family at that most difficult of times. Your quilts surely make a difference. We are gearing up to make some twin bed quilts for veterans living at Sarge s Place in Forks. We will be bringing you more information about this 12-bed housing project soon. We have met their current needs by delivering nine quilts already this year. Cindy and Carol SBSQC Guest Lecture & Trunk Show August 9 th Stan Green will present his quilting perspective and his dynamic quilts. Of all the art media I've worked in-- photography, watercolor painting, pottery, rug hooking--quilt making has become my passion because it is the one that allows me the most freedom to play with color and texture. As my style has evolved, the development of each new quilt follows the same patter. It starts with an idea for the placement of fabric shapes and colors. Once the piecing is done, the threadwork begins. I usually don't have a plan for the hand stitching when I start; I work intuitively, and the colors and patterns sometimes seem to choose themselves. I have the most fun when the design simply flows. Here is the link to the article published in April Page 2

Sequim Museum & Art Center Displays SBSQC Quilts Happy Birthday to: 6/5 Pat Paynton 6/6 Jody Dundas 6/8 Ingrid Engmyr 6/9 Alanna Levesque 6/9 Susan Stednick 6/10 Kennie Starzenski 6/13 Deborah

Arts Center. Community and Joy quilts were on display for the First Friday Art Walk and the Arts and Crafts Event to kick off the Irrigation Festival.

3 Sequim Museum & Art Center Displays SBSQC Quilts Happy Birthday to: 6/5 Pat Paynton 6/6 Jody Dundas 6/8 Ingrid Engmyr 6/9 Alanna Levesque 6/9 Susan Stednick 6/10 Kennie Starzenski 6/13 Deborah Roedell 6/14 Sarah Davis 6/15 Bonnie Hardman 6/24 Shirley Lehman 6/24 Serena Mylchrees 6/25 Sage t Glover 6/28 Jayna Orchard In May we had some of our members quilts hanging in the Sequim Museum and Arts Center. Community and Joy quilts were on display for the First Friday Art Walk and the Arts and Crafts Event to kick off the Irrigation Festival. Immediately following that weekend, Marcie Keinberg's Evergreen State quilt was put on display for a few weeks. This Saturday, the Boys in the Boat quilt will be re-hung in the front entryway and the Evergreen State quilt will then be displayed in a new area, near the informational video that the museum plays for all to see. Stop by and see all the displays, and congratulate our club members on their beautiful quilts. Thank you to all who have offered their quilts to be on display. This is a wonderful opportunity to share about Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club. We have a great fan in Judy Stipe, Executive Director Volunteer. She would like to have Sunbonnet Sue Quilts on display at the Sequim Museum and Arts Center as often as possible. So glad we can help with that! LUNCH AND A MOVIE This is an invitation to join us the third Wednesday in June, June 21st, for lunch and a movie. Bring your sack lunch & we will watch one of our library s quilting DVD s. Let s meet before noon at the tables in the front of the room & we will project the movie on the front wall. We are planning about 45 mins. Some of you may remember Catherine Bilyard suggested this when we got our new projector. (thanks, Catherine, for one more of your great ideas) We loved the idea & wanted to try it. It s another great excuse to gather our quilters together for companionship and learning & we are planning for more than one showing this year. Hope to see you there Your Education Team, Judy, Seri, Belinda, Janet Page 3

Check it Out! A mystery quilt! Look at these cool polka dot blocks! Alison Dargie has started a quilt and invites us to follow along as it comes to life.

Check back next month: We will have fun following the clues while we wait for the final reveal. Think you might already know which book? Check in at the library and leave your guess with us.

Every trick Eleanor offers is to make quilting more enjoyable. Her clear and easy-to-follow directions will inspire you to create your own adorable gift.

We, too, are there to help you whenever we can. Just arrived, a new DVD, Whimsical Letters in Fabric (library #48) by Joanne Sharpe.

4 Check it Out! A mystery quilt! Look at these cool polka dot blocks! Alison Dargie has started a quilt and invites us to follow along as it comes to life. Alison s quilt, Alison s colors, Alison s design Alison is the speaker but a book (from our library) is the platform. Do you have any idea which one? Check back next month: We will have fun following the clues while we wait for the final reveal. Think you might already know which book? Check in at the library and leave your guess with us. Looking for a baby quilt pattern? This cutie that Julie shared earlier is from an Eleanor Burns book, Quilts Through the Seasons, #798 in our library. Every trick Eleanor offers is to make quilting more enjoyable. Her clear and easy-to-follow directions will inspire you to create your own adorable gift. She includes a pictorial guide for the machine quilting, as well. Remember, there is always somebody at the library table to help you find what you are looking for in the shelves. We, too, are there to help you whenever we can. Just arrived, a new DVD, Whimsical Letters in Fabric (library #48) by Joanne Sharpe. Joanne can teach you how to turn your personal handwriting into stylized, artistic lettering and then show you how to put your words on a quilt. Just like this! Yep! That s Vicki s very own handwriting on steroids Easy, peasy! Watch for the finished quilt to show up at the library table. We will put your name on the waiting list to check out this DVD. Remember, Choose to Use the Library! Your librarians, Julie Malone and Vicki Naumann Page 4

EDUCATION CLASS OFFERING STILL HAS OPENINGS!!! Presented by Sharon Clayton and Marilyn Williams Machine Embroidery on T shirts We will be modifying the neck with embroidery.

5 EDUCATION CLASS OFFERING STILL HAS OPENINGS!!! Presented by Sharon Clayton and Marilyn Williams Machine Embroidery on T shirts We will be modifying the neck with embroidery. Date: June 7 th Location: Karen's Quilt shop Time 10:30 am - 4:30 pm Fee: $ students We will provide: The design for two different shirts (Please bring a USB stick when you sign up) Stabilizers Instructions for both designs Bonus surprise project Lots of door prizes and lots of information sheets. Newsletter Submissions Information for the next newsletter must be received by the 25th day of the month. Send to Penny Cahoon mpre1@netzero.net Phone: Scraps will be distributed to members by the 1st Wednesday of each month. Page 5

6 Community Quilts Technique.. Rolled Quilt Basting (demonstrated 5/24) This technique allows you to pin baste a quilt on a table or other large working surface. No more crawling on the floor. It has been covered on several blogs, with credit given to Sharon Schamber for the original idea. Two 1 x 3 pre-finished boards are used. These come in 8 lengths at Home Depot for $6.83. HD will cut boards to any length you like. You will need them at least 9 longer than the width of your quilt back to get your hands around them. Plumbers insulation tubes are an alternative to the boards. Placing a garden stake inside each one will keep it rigid, which is what you want. There are advantages to either the boards or the tubes. With the tubes, you can anchor your fabric s edge to the tube with straight pins which helps keep it straight, while the boards give you a flat surface to push against. This becomes a matter of preference. It is suggested that your backing is 6 to 8 wider than the top and is first well starched so that it smooths out better. It will also glide easier when quilting. Most laundry starch is scented, which is a problem for many. Mary Ellen s Best Press Clear Starch Alternative has a scent free option available. Your batting is cut the same size as the backing. You are now ready to begin. Lay your backing fabric wrong side up on the table with the bottom edge right in front of you. Place your top, right side up, straight and centered on the backing. With the first board, begin wrapping the top around the board. It is critical that you keep both ends even. Smooth out any wrinkles as you go, pushing the wrinkles to each end. It doesn t have to be really tight, but you want to avoid causing creases or folds in the fabric. After a few turns of the board, begin the same process with the top on the second board. Continue wrapping a few turns at a time with each board until you reach the end of the quilt. Now, both layers of the quilt are wrapped around the boards. The backing shows the right side of the fabric, the top shows the wrong side. Set the top aside while you turn the backing around on your table with the free edge closest to you. Begin unrolling the backing away from you up to an arm s length. Method one: add the batting, allowing it to float from the back of the work space. Place the top onto the batting, making sure it will unfold parallel to the backing and batting. Method two: Wrap the batting around a third board and position it between the wrapped backing and top, and unroll all three as you go. Do which ever works best for you. Pin the exposed section in front of you. When you re done pinning the first section, pull it forward and let it hang off of the table and unroll another section of top and backing. Again, make sure you carefully smooth it out. Continue this process until you get to the end of the quilt. If you have your quilting design in mind, you can mark it as you go or mark the top before you begin rolling. Your Community Quilt Team Cindy & Carol Page 6

Sunny Sue s. Thank you, Alison Dargie! Calling all quilters. Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club of the Olympic Peninsula

Sunny Sue s. Thank you, Alison Dargie! Calling all quilters. Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club of the Olympic Peninsula Sunny Sue s Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club of the Olympic Peninsula October 2017 To further the act and skill of quilt making and to foster an appreciation of quilts old and new. Reminder from your President: