Cotton Patch Dispatch

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1 Cotton Patch Dispatch Cotton Patch Quilters, PO Box 49511, Athens, GA Website: FEB 2015 CPQ Calendar Tue, February 10, 2015 Fay Rawls Trunk Show on antique quilts Quilt Receiving Thu, Feb 12, PM to 8 PM and Sat, Feb 14, AM to 1 PM All at Lyndon House Fri-Sun, March 6, 7 & 8, 2015 A Journey in Quilts CPQ Quilt Show Tue, March 10, 2015 Give yourselves a pat on the back! 2015 Quilt Show Wrap-Up Tue, April 14, 2015 Yard Sale Sat, April 18, 2015 Chris Eichner workshop Whole Thread Painting and Thread Sketching Message from the Presidents We are fast approaching our quilt show. We hope everyone is working on finishing their entries if they are not already finished. They are due February the 12th or 14th. Time is getting close and the excitement is rising. Don t forget to tell everyone you know about coming to the show. We have a lot of great quilts entered and we want as many people to see them as possible. We sure enjoyed our program by Sylvia Schafer in January. I think we all learned more about what modern quilts are. We have a few modern quilts entered in this year s show but I expect after this great program, we will have more for the next show. Also if your interest was piqued, remember there is a modern quilt group. Contact Sylvia if you are interested. Our upcoming February program given by Mary Walker has been canceled due to a conflict in Ms. Walker s scheduling. Instead we will be having a trunk show of antique quilts presented by our own member Fay Rawls from her extensive collection of antique quilts Also, don t forget our upcoming workshop presented by Chris Eichner on April 18th. Remember this will be on a Saturday so it is an opportunity for those of you who work to be able to attend a workshop. Be sure to sign up at our next meeting or contact Linda Zacker. Happy quilting ~ Mary Colley & Pat Dwinell Officers Co-Presidents: Mary Colley and Pat Dwinell President-Elect: Chris Langone 1 st VP (Member ed.): Linda Zacker 2 nd VP (Membership): Linda Murray Secretary: Kathy Burkes Treasurer: Terri Bear Committee Chairs Bee Keeper: Mary Ann Cox Challenges: Barbara Redman Community Service: Sue Brassard and Diane Klonowski Door Prizes: Deb Henderson Fundraising: Bobbie Monk Show and Tell: Bobbie Monk Internet: Charles Nicolosi Library: Jodie Seila and Madeline Hawley Publicity: Denise Stanchek Social: Brenda Richardson and Barbara Flick Sunshine: Pat Schroder Quilt Show: Frances Arnold Newsletter: Nupur Kittur 1

2 January Meeting Minutes ~ Shirley Bryant, substituting for Kathy Burke, Secretary The meeting was called to order. The program was presented by Sylvia Schaefer, one of our own members. It was a very informative and enlightening program on Modern Quilting. Frances Arnold gave us information on the quilt show and called our attention to the sign-up sheets for helping at the show. These included, publicity, hostesses, raffle tickets, boutique, kitchen, set up, and take down. She asked that we sign up to help, even more than once. She also asked to borrow metal ladders, at least 8 feet tall to use during set up. In addition to providing food during the show, food will also be needed for set up day. Quilts will be received on Feb 12th in the community room from 5-7 PM and on Feb. 14 in the Fiber Room from 10 AM -1 PM Bobbie Monk urged members to take the Raffle quilt to places that we are going and to sell more tickets. Mary Colley announced our February program to be presented by our Georgia Quilt Museum. A workshop to be held on February 21st called ABC s of Quilting was announced. This is for beginning quilters. The cost will be $20 payable to the Lyndon House Foundation. She also announced an upcoming workshop to be given in April by Chris Eichner on whole cloth thread painting. Members are needed to prepare refreshments for the April and May meetings. Please contact Brenda Richardson or Barbara Flick if you can help. Terri Bear asked members to look at the Treasurer s Report in the January newsletter and contact her if there are any questions. Wonderful door prizes were provided by Deb Henderson and 4 lucky members took home great prizes. Madeline Hawley will host an Antique Road Show at the Athens Library. The public is invited to bring their favorite quilts from home to learn about its history and value. The exhibition at the library will be available for viewing on the second floor of the Athens Library from January 24-Feb 20. Charles Nicholas has set up a way to send surveys to our members by the web site. If you wish to do so, contact him. Jodie Seila will host a handwork bee be to be held at the Lyndon House. Ginny Lynch will host the UFO s bee group on the 3rd Friday of each month in the Fiber room. Sherry Paul hosts the Wool Bee on the 4th Thursday of each month at the Lyndon House in the downstairs lounge. Mary Colley announced the following upcoming opportunities: 1. Jan 11-March 8: nature inspired quilts will be shown at the State Botanical Gardens. 2. May 28-31: North Carolina Symposium in Flat Rock, NC 3. Feb 24: CP Board meeting at 7:00 PM at Mary Colley s house 4. March 12-14: Quilt Expo, Gwinnett Civic Center 5. March 26-29: Savannah Quilt Show Committee Chairpersons were reminded to submit information to Nupur Kittur (nupur.kittur@gmail.com) for the newsletter. 2

3 CPQ Committee Notes LIBRARY The Library is open again on Tuesday Evenings on Guild night from 6:30p to 8p. It was closed for classes being held in the Fiber Room. I found some books in the library box for donation. Thank you for donating these books. Please let me know who you are so I can give you a personal thank you. We are NOT accepting magazines in the library; please do not bring them to donation box. If you have checked out some books, and had them over a month, please return them to the Library box. Thank you ~Jodie Seila jodiequilts@gmail.com SOCIAL THANK YOU to Shirley Bryant, Judy Cole and Fay Rawls for the delicious refreshments at the January meeting. ~ Barbara & Brenda INTERNET If you have announcements, events, etc. for the website or , I would greatly appreciate all of the When's (dates, times), the Where's (physical location), the Who's (names of people involved, contact info) and What's (full name of the event, cost/fees). This will reduce questions and speed up the announcement! ~ Charles Nicolosi INTERNET Please send me your address if you do not receive announcements from me at members@cpquilters.org. If you have a personnel blog or website that you would like to have listed on the CPQ website, please let me know! ~Charles Nicolosi CHARITY BEE is looking for volunteer longarm quilters to help quilt the large volume of quilt tops we re churning out. Tops, batting and backing will be provided. If you d like more information, contact Ellen Nelson. Antique Quilt exhibit at the public library February Quilt Events around Town A collection of antique quilts owned by Madeline Hawley and other members of the Cotton Patch Quilters may be seen in the Heritage Room Gallery on the second floor of the Athens Clarke County library. The exhibition will be available for viewing to the public. January 20 February Baxter St, Athens, GA Creatures in the Garden Quilts at the State Botanical Garden Mountain Laurel Quilt Guild display at JANUARY 11 - MARCH 8, 2015 VISITOR CENTER & CONSERVATORY 2450 S. MILLEDGE AVE. ATHENS, GA THIS EVENT IS FREE! This exhibit will include quilts featuring a variety of birds, butterflies, cats, etc. embedded in scenes with flowers, trees, and natural landscapes. The majority of the quilts in the exhibition will be available for purchase, with proceeds benefitting both the individual artist and the Garden. 3

4 Upcoming Workshop on Whole cloth painting! Instructor: Chris Eichner Date: Saturday, April 18, 2015 Time: 9:30 am 4:00 pm Costs: Class ($25) + Kit ($25) Where: Lyndon Arts House Fiber Room How to Register: Contact Linda Zacker Supply list Artists paint tray, multiple compartments for mixing paints----craft store Paper and fabric scissors Mechanical pencil with soft lead Masking tape Portable light (if you have one) Disposable plastic cup 10 x 13 foam core board Clean up rags 3 Large plastic bag for work surface 3 brushes for acrylic paints( white bristles) 1) flat #4 shader, 1) # 5/10 spotter, 1) # 1 scrubber Required: Kit fee: $ includes: Pimatex PFD fabric, pattern, photo, set of textile paints and extender The beauty of these paints is that they are fast drying and do not bleed into one another. The mum photo maybe painted in your choice of colors therefore the threads you choose should complement your mum. Please bring an apron for old clothing as the acrylic paints stain. The focus of this class will be blending primary paints to achieve a value of color which represents your mum. Thread painting the mum to embellish veins and petals can be achieved with free- motion embroidery. I will demonstrate this technique, time may not allow for this to be accomplished during workshop; however you will know how to before you go home. Finishing your flower at home: Free motion embroidery Darning foot (free motion) check your sewing machine manual Microtex needle # 80/12 or jeans needle 80/12 Pellon 910 non fusible interfacing, - 2 layers cut 10 x 13 or 1) 10 x 13 piece of Sulky Fuse n Stitch stabilizer. Sewing machine with ability to lower feed dog Become familiar with stitch width and upper thread tension adjustments I used 2 to 3 values of color each for dark, medium, and light to highlight, also 2 greens for leaves and black or very dark green for crosshatching. Bobbin filled with 50 or 60 wt. thread or invisible thread of your choice Free- motion thread painting cannot be accomplished without the spring loaded free-motion foot. Questions? Please call Chris Eichner (828)

5 Quilt Show!!! March 6-8, 2015 WOW..we are only 5 weeks away from our upcoming show!! We had 207 quilts registered and from looking at the photos, it is going to be a wonderful presentation of the work of the Cotton Patch Quilters. I hope that you are all working hard to get your quilts finished up and ready to be received on February 12 th and 14 th. I will be posting a YouTube video shortly that will walk you thru how your quilts need to be prepared for those dates. We are still looking for helpers during the show, from Set-up on Thursday to the final take-down on Sunday afternoon. We will have sign-ups available at the February meeting but you can also me (showchairman@cpquilters.org ) and let me know how you would like to help. In the next weeks, I will be sending out LOTS of s with important information and asking for assistance. Please take the time to read these and respond if you can help, and PLEASE do help. The success of our show will greatly depend on the involvement of our members. Please mark your calendar for Thursday, March 5 th at 5:30pm.that will mark the opening of our show and will begin with a celebration of our guild, our show and our ribbon winners. Plan to be there!! I am greatly looking forward to spending the first weekend in March together!!! ~Frances Arnold Show Posters Thanks to all who have signed up to put up show posters. Please try to have them posted by our next meeting in February. If you need more posters or don't remember where you said you will take them, just me (langonec@gmail.com). The show will be great so let's make sure lots of people come to see it! ~Chris Langone 5

6 Quilt Show Boutique ~ Terri Bear The Boutique needs a few more good women to help during the show. JOB DESCRIPTION BOUTIQUE HELPER: Greet customers, direct them to items they want to see, help open quilts that are displayed on the racks when they want to see the whole quilt, bring them and the items they want to purchase to the cashier, remove the tag and pin to give to the cashier, THANK them for supporting our guild and shopping with us - and see you again at our next show. Number of helpers needed and when: 2 helpers Friday Mar 6, noon - 3:00 3 helpers Friday Mar 6, 3:00-6:00 1 helper Saturday Mar 7, 9:45 - noon 2 helpers Saturday Mar 7, noon - 3:00 3 helpers Saturday Mar 7, 3:00-6:00 2 helpers Sunday Mar 8, noon - 2:00 Quilt Racks, Drying Racks & Baskets, Oh My! The Boutique would like to borrow your Quilt Racks, Drying Racks and/or Baskets for the Show. If you can loan us one or more, be sure your name is on it and bring it to Set-Up (Thu, Mar 5) before noon. Thanks! Early Bird Boutique Receiving Early Bird receiving for Boutique items can be arranged for a Wednesday morning at the Lyndon House between 10:00 and 12:00 on February 4 th and 11 th. When you are ready call or Terri Bear to make an appointment bearwalksinbeauty@gmail.com 6

7 BEE NEWS ~ Mary Ann Cox HAND QUILTING/HANDWORK BEE: GREAT NEWS: Jodie Selia is now leading a Hand Quilting/Handwork Bee. She has already shared information about the type of hoop, needle, batting, etc that she likes to use with those who have shown interest in such a Bee. If you would like to join the group, please see Jodie's contact information in our membership directory available through the Members Only section on our website. Also contact her for meeting day and time. The location is currently scheduled to meet in the Lounge of the Lyndon House. ART QUILT BEE: Jodie Selia has gotten this Bee started. It meets the third Thursday of each month at the Lyndon House from 1:00-3:30. Please contact her details. MODERN ART BEE: This Bee needs a leader. Please contact Mary Ann Cox, mabcox@charter.net, if you are interested in leading this group. After our January program, I feel there is an increased interest in getting this Bee going again. Thank you Dale Harrison, for leading this group while you could. For those of you who are interested, you may want to Google National Modern Quilt Guild for information. CHARITY BEE: This community service Bee leaders are Sue Brassard and Diane Klonowski. The Bee meets each Wednesday in the Fiber Room of the Lyndon House from 9:30 until. For specific information about this Bee, please see their article in our newsletter each month. MONDAY MADNESS at Judy Caputi s home the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month, beginning at 10:00. Some of the members of this Bee have made a quilt using some of Judy s fabric (she has quite a stash) and one of her patterns. This quilt has been entered in our quilt show so be sure to look for it! THIRD FRIDAY/UFO BEE: Ginny Lynch is the leader. This Bee meets in the Fiber Room of the Lyndon House on the third Friday of each month beginning at 9:30. Bring a project and supplies, ideas for projects, techniques to share and come to work by hand or machine. NIGHT OWLS at Denise Stanchek s home the 1st Monday of each month beginning at 6:30 PM. STITCH AND BITCH BEE leader is Mary Grider. It meets the 1st Saturday of each month in the Fiber Room of the Lyndon House from 10:00-3:00. Come to work on a new project or to finish up an old one-either by hand or machine. WOOL APPLIQUE BEE meets at the Lyndon House on the 4th Thursday of each month in the Lounge of the Lyndon House. TRAVEL BEE leader is Chris Reynolds. Please let her know of your interest in traveling to quilt shops, quilt shows, quilt exhibits etc. that are not too far away and to find out her current plans. Please consider joining one or more of our Bees for fun, fellowship, getting started on a project or finishing one, and to learn and/or share quilting techniques. A table of all the bee information is given on the next page. You can print that page out and post it on your fridge to have all the information on hand! 7

8 Cotton Patch Quilters Bees and Meetings, 2015 Bee/Meeting Day Time Location Leader/Contact* Charity Bee Every Wednesday 10 am-1 pm Fiber room at Lyndon House Sue Brassard or Diane Klonowski Night Owls 1 st Monday 6:30 pm Hand work 1 st Thursday 1-3:30 pm Stitch and Bitch Monday Madness 1 st Saturday 10 am-3 pm 2 nd Monday 4 th Monday 10 am Guild Meeting 2 nd Tuesday 6:30-9:00 pm Art Bee 3 rd Thursday 1-3:30 pm UFO (Unfinished Objects) 3 rd Friday 10 am-12 pm Wool group 4 th Thursday 1-3 pm Travel Bee Occasional To be decided for each event Denise Stanchek s home Downstairs lounge at Lyndon House Fiber room at Lyndon House Judi Caputi s home Community Room at Lyndon House Fiber Room at Lyndon House Fiber Room at Lyndon House Downstairs lounge at Lyndon House To be decided for each event Denise Stanchek Jodie Seila Mary Grider Judi Caputi Pat Dwinell or Mary Colley Jodie Seila Ginny Lynch Sherry Paul Chris Reynolds *Please consult the member directory in the members only section of our website for addresses and telephone numbers of the bee leaders. 8

9 A report on the Handwork Bee ~Jodie Seila Jodie Seila is leading the Handwork Bee at the Lyndon House. This bee is for anyone who would like to do handwork with a group of guild friends. Jodie is teaching hand quilting for anyone who is interested. This is the information she sent to the members who had signed up for this bee. If anyone else would like to join us you are welcome to come. If you have never quilted, you will need a hoop about 12 round, a number 10 Betweens quilting needle, I prefer the John James Gold and Glide needles, 1 yard of good quality muslin, and some batting that is 80 % cotton and 20 % polyester. I have used Harriet Hargrove batting and it works very well. I think you can still buy it at JoAnn fabrics. If not, get a good quality 80/20 batting. 100% cotton batting is too difficult to hand quilt. Draw a straight line on your fabric with a blue water soluble pen. Then draw another design with curves. I recommend a feather design that you can find in any hand quilting book. I will teach you how to go around a curve and pass over to areas you have not quilted. When you feel comfortable with this process, you can quilt anything you want. I recommend a thimble that has raised top and deep grooves so you can use it without slipping off your finger while you quilt. The Clover thimble is a good thimble to try. It is easy to use with people who have arthritis. It is very comfortable on a knuckle that is deformed. I recommend that you wear your thimble for several days before you come to class so you do not feel awkward when I am teaching you. It is really not possible to hand quilt without using a thimble. So don t show up without one. If you do not know or understand how to draw on your fabric, just come and I will have a stencil you can use. It is impossible to quilt without some kind of frame. The people who know how to hand quilt and want to use your method that you are comfortable with do not need to change your method unless you want to try what I teach. At this bee, we will use our own quilts, hoops, and quilting methods. We will not be at a large quilting frame. If you have any questions about what I am going to teach, please ask. If you are not interested in hand quilting and you want to do other handwork instead, join us. A report on the Unfinished Objects (UFO) Bee ~ Ginny Lynch This past Friday, January 16, Barbara Redman, Chandler Pike, Lola Gazda and Ginny Lynch spent several hours working on various projects, i. e. binding on show quilt, sleeve for show quilt, sun bonnet sue quilt for a church raffle, and cutting fabric for a project. We all solved all the problems of the world and enjoyed just being together! All are welcome to join us. Next 3rd Friday is February 21; 9:30 AM till?? 9

10 TREASURER S REPORT Nov/Dec 2014 OPERATING ACCOUNT $ Beginning Balance on November 30, 2014 CREDITS: $ Fund raising raffle quilt Membership dues $ TOTAL CREDITS DEBITS: $ Community Service Challenges $ TOTAL DEBITS $ Ending Balance on November 30, 2014 MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT $ Beginning Balance November 30, 2014 CREDITS: $0.23 Interest DEBITS: -0- $ Ending Balance on December 31, 2014 ~Terri Bear, Treasurer 10

11 See you at the next guild meeting! 6:30 PM, Tuesday, February 10 th 2014 At the Lyndon House Arts Center If you ve sold raffle tickets, please bring the money to Bobbie Monk. Bring your quilts for show and tell. Don t forget your name tag (There is a 25 cent fine if you forget!) 11