The Common Thread Chronicle October 2018 Upcoming Meeting: October 8, 6:30 PM Pine A & B RMQM: Inspiration for You Common Thread Quilt Club exists to promote quilting camaraderie in the Parker area through programs, sharing of skills and community service projects TULA PINK FABRIC DESIGNER & ILLUSTRATOR The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum is sending a speaker for the next meeting to give a presentation on the quilt fabric designer, Tula Pink. She is described as Fun and Quirky! The presentation will be followed by a Tula style craft project to complete at the meeting. There is a $3.00 craft supply fee (you do not need to bring anything with you to the meeting, nor do you have to do the project). We will also be unveiling the Fall Challenge projects that you have been working on! We will meet in Pine A & B Common Thread Quilt Club meets the 2nd Monday of each month at the Parker Adventist Hospital, 6:30 PM
The Common Thread Chronicle page 2 The Common Thread Chronicle PAGE 2 Don t Forget to Bring: Nametag Show and Tell (especially a fall theme!) Fall Leaf Challenge Christmas Stockings for Parker Task Force Hospital Bags l LEADERSHIP: Ethel Swartley, Moderator and Membership Chair ethelinexile@gmail.com Jananne Garl, Treasurer Garljr534@gmail.com Kathy Curry, Programs and Newsletter skcur@earthlink.net Mary Walker sionnachm@yahoo.com Heather John lonequilter@live.com Website: Ginny Jaranowski ginnyj@ix.netcom.com Looking Ahead... Oct. 8, 6:30 PM RMQM Tula Pink Presentation Pine A & B and Project, $3 craft fee (if you choose to do it) Fall Challenge Reveal Nov. 12 6:30 PM CTQC Annual Silent Auction December (TBD) Christmas Dinner (have a favorite restaurant with a meeting room? Email a leadership member, see left column, with your suggestion) Please Note: Check the hospital s information board just inside the garden level entrance for the room assignment the night of the meeting. We are scheduled for Inspiration A most nights, but the hospital may reassign us at the last minute. l Leadership Meetings: Oct. 4, 5:30 PM Nov. 1, 5:30 PM Park Meadows Food Court Park Meadows Food Court These meetings are open to any member who would like to contribute further to the club with ideas and other help. We meet at a table close to the fireplace in the great hall of the Food Court Website: http://commonthreadquiltclub.com/
The Common Thread Chronicle PAGE PAGE 3 Web Wanderings by Ethel Swartley Michael A. Cummings http://www.michaelcummings.com I think almost every month when I write one of these reviews to introduce everyone to a new quilter or quilt-related website, I describe someone s quilts as colorful or bright or cheerful. This month, however, I really mean it! Michael Cummings is an African-American quilter in New York who makes really COLORFUL, really BRIGHT quilts that seem really CHEERFUL even though some of them commemorate dark times in our nation s history (Harriet Tubman on the Underground Railroad, for example). When I opened the first photo of one of Michael s quilts on his site (in his African Jazz series), it took my breath away. Clearly, his quilts tell stories, but they are told in many layers with lots of action going on, many details to look at, myriad images to discover as you gaze longer. Seeing his quilts is like playing I Spy or I m thinking of ; Michael tells a surface story at first glance, but the longer you look, the more details you see.
The Common Thread Chronicle PAGE 4 Quilting, Fiber Events and Exhibits Colorado Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum https://www.rmqm.org/ Pieced Together Patchwork Quilts from Russia and Evolutions Featured Quilt Artist: Jill Kerttula. Both run through October 20 RMQM Fabric Challenge and Paper Quilts by Jane Matthews October 22 through January 19 Pat Pauly: The Heritage of Traditional Quilts and their Influence in Contemporary Design (lecture and slide show--400 images!) October 14, 2:00-4:00 PM Longmont Quilt Guild 2018 Quilt Show http://longmontquiltguild.org/quiltguildactivities/quilt-show/ Boulder County Fairgrounds, Barn A October 19 (1PM to 7PM) - October 20 (9AM to 4PM) Johnstown Historical Society https://www.facebook.com/johnstownhistoricalsociety.colorado/ 17th Annual Stitches in Time - Quilts and Craft Fair Roosevelt High School, 616 N. 2nd St, Johnstown, CO October 27, 9:00 to 4:00 For various fall events in the U.S. go to: https://festivalnet.com/
The Common Thread Chronicle PAGE 5 Quilting, Fiber Events and Exhibits (cont.) Colorado Handweavers Guild of Boulder http://www.handweaversofboulder.org/explore/sale.html 2018 Annual Show & Sale Boulder County Fairgrounds Longmont October 20 - November 4 Lewis Palmer High School https://creativecrafters.org Fine Arts & Crafts Market 1300 Higby Rd. Monument October 27-28 New Mexico Northern New Mexico Quilt Guild https://quiltfiestasantafe.org/ Quilt Fiesta Santa Fe Santa Fe Convention Center 201 W. Marcy Street Santa Fe October 19-20
The Common Thread Chronicle PAGE 6 October is Membership Renewal Month! Membership dues for 2019 remain steady at $30, and we will be collecting these at the October meeting. Your dues go toward supporting the wonderful speakers, challenge prizes, printing and other club activities that we do throughout the year. At the meeting, we will ask you to fill in a brief interest survey, and then when you turn that in with your check (payable to CTQC ) or cash, I ll fill in a new membership cards for you. Many quilt, craft and fabric shops around the country offer discounts to members of craft clubs and guilds, and now you will have something to show in order to get these discounts. Can t make it to the meeting? Email Ethel Swartley at ethelinexile@gmail.com for info about mailing in your $30 and getting your membership card. Club Projects and Events, Fall 2018 Tote Bags for the Hospital The club continues to make and donate bags to the hospital. The instructions are on the website, and heavier fabrics are recommended (cotton duck, upholstery fabric). In addition, kits with fabric and instructions are available at the meetings. Thank you for your participation! Christmas Stocking Project Mary Myrup is overseeing the project this fall, along with her friend, Patty. There is a new size for 2018, which is 2 shorter than in previous years. You can pick up a new pattern at the meetings. Cuffs at the top are optional. The stocking project is a community service project for the Parker Task Force. The Task Force requests fun children s fabrics. You can also use children s novelty fabrics, such as Disney theme or non-holiday fabrics. Stockings can be dropped off at the October and November meetings. All stockings will be turned in to the Task Force in November.
The Common Thread Chronicle PAGE 7 Club Projects and Events, Fall 2018 (cont.) November Silent Auction/Annual Fundraiser November s meeting involves a Silent Auction of new or gently used items that you bring in as a donation to the club. Fabric, thread, notions, patterns, books, sewing tools, quilt kits/blocks, quilt tops, and even yarn are all welcome. The pricier items will be auctioned off. Please have in mind a minimum price for each item. This year we are going to have some tables set up in a Rummage Sale format, where there are set prices on items (usually books, patterns, fat quarters fall into this category) so we don t have to keep monitoring the smaller items. So, be looking for those items around your sewing room and closets that you feel you can pass along. The fundraiser is Common Thread s primary way of raising funds for programs in the next year, aside from dues. Also, we ve had some nice items donated already (thank you, Barb Pedersen!) You are welcome to invite quilting friends to come and participate. Please Note: If you can bring snacks for the November meeting (cookies or other finger foods), email: skcur@earthlink.net
Photos from the September Meeting Jeananne Wright
Show and Tell
FROM A PAST SPEAKER, KATHY GAUL OF MEETINGHOUSE HILL DESIGNS: In Colorado Springs, on Sunday afternoon, October 28, 1 pm-4:30 pm Make a Wool Ornament Class! $35 teaching fee plus kit of your choice (plus local tax) Choose from several of our wool ornaments and spend the afternoon working on it! Options: Wooley the Sheep What a Pear! Cardinal on Holly or Winterberry Cardinal in a Pine Tree Chickadee on Aspen Partridge in a Pear Forest Friends Pineapple Ornament Please visit the pattern or kit page to see all of these options! http://www.meetinghousehilldesigns.com/classes.html Contact us with your interest kathy@meetinghousehilldesigns.com or (719) 282-3518