MUDSOCK MESSENGER Meetings: 2 nd Monday of each month Fishers United Methodist Church 9691 East 116th Street, Fishers, Indiana [Website] mudsockquiltersguild.org OCTOBER 2017 Volume 7, Issue 10 From the President s Sewing Desk Happy Fall! The weather is starting to get cooler (maybe) and the leaves are starting to turn. I feel inspired to make at least a fall leaf wall hanging sometime soon. I have a fall quilt for one of my beds, but I could always make one for the other two beds in the house. So many ideas, so little time!! I'm getting really excited about the bus trip to Missouri Star. It should be lots of fun. Hopefully I won't find too much fabric that I can't live without. My stash keeps growing even though I am using up some of my fabrics for projects for myself and for Community. I really think the fabric fairies are adding to the piles when I'm not looking. How can I use up fabric, but the piles never get smaller? Do you have some scraps of a very favorite fabric that you hate to use the last piece? I've even used some of them, and I still have LOTS! I'm always excited to start a new project, so I need to finish the ones I have started already before I get into a new one. I am working on my UFO project that I started over year ago. It is coming along pretty well, now I just have to do borders, backing and quilting. There is hope yet that it will be done before the end of the year. How are your UFOs coming along? It is time to start planning for the quilt guild officers and committees for 2018. Please take time to review the officer and committee descriptions on the website. We recently updated them, so you can decide if you want to volunteer for an office or committee membership. The more volunteers we have, the less work for OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS Happy B-Day to: 11 Audrey Nelson 12 Pat Adams 16 Rosie Antonides 17 Pat Osborn 23 Joanie Riddle 26 Kimberly Scott Welcome to New Members! Sue Kiefer Cindy Lazar We now have 97 guild members We had 53 members and 4 guests attend our October meeting. Page 1 of 5
each individual. We will need a few volunteers for a nominating committee, so be ready to sign up at the next meeting if you are interested. See you all at the October meeting and happy quilting! Sandy Metzger October 9TH--Mudsock Quilters Guild Meeting (9:30 11:30+) The next Mudsock Quilters Guild meeting is October 9th at the usual meeting place at Fishers United Methodist Church at 9691 East 116th Street, Fishers, Indiana. We will have a presentation by Caryl Schuetz, a certified quilted textile appraiser. She will be discussing antique quilts and their appraisal. (NOTE: Caryl will be unable to do any appraisals at the meeting.) Hope to see you all there! Submitted by Sandy Metzger, Program Chair Missouri Star Bus Trip We will depart on Oct 10, 2017 from Grace Church, 12450 Olio Rd, Fishers, IN 46037, and return on Oct 12 stopping at a Hickory Stick Quilt store in Hannibal, Missouri for shopping and lunch. On Oct. 11th we have all day to shop in the MSQC stores, then sit down and relax with a catered dinner. Afterwards Jenny Doan is scheduled to present a trunk show and WE are invited. Contact Lois Levine or Becky Moore to sign up or with any other questions. Mark Your Calendars!! Upcoming Mudsock Events Oct. 02 Extra Sew Day, Community North Quilting Bee, 9:30-3:00, Community Room at Community Health Pavilion, 9699 E. 146 th St., Noblesville; Diane Peterson, (317) 550-9080, contact Page 2 of 5
Oct. 10-12 Oct. 16 Oct. 17 Oct. 31 Nov. 13 Dec. 02 Dec. 11 Missouri Star Bus Trip Community North Quilting Bee, 9:30-3:00, Community Room at Community Health Pavilion, 9699 E. 146 th St., Noblesville; Diane Peterson, (317) 550-9080, contact Piecers Group, 1:00 4:00, Always in Stitches, Marsha Baer, (317) 407-9711, contact Handwork Group, 1:00 4:00, Always in Stitches, Pat Adams, 490-1155, contact Guild Meeting, 9:30-11:30, Fishers, UMC, Fellowship Hall. Trunk Show and presentation by Kaye England. Community North Quilt Show of this year s donated quilts, 9:00 2 :00, Christ the Savior Lutheran Church, 10500 E. 126th Street, Fishers. $5.00 donation. Christmas Party and pitch-in luncheon. Block of the Month NEWS For information and directions for the October Block, Punkin Pattern, go to the Mudsock website at www.mudsockquiltersguild.org for the details. The pattern for the October BOM was handed out at the last meeting, if you did not get the directions click on the link below and select patterns and download the free pattern for the Punkin Pattern. The background can be dark, light or white whatever you prefer. The unfinished block should be 12.5. Posted above is an example of 4 squares. https://mustlovequilts.com Page 3 of 5
Other Quilting Events Oct. 14 Annual Appleseed Quilt Show, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Wayne High School, 9100 Winchester Rd., Fort Wayne, IN, admission $8. Display of quilts from several area quilt guilds and quilters, vendor booths, craft boutique, raffle quilt, viewer s choice awards. Oct. 20-21 Oct. 28-29 2017 Indianapolis Quilters Guild Show: Sleep, Eat, Quilt, Repeat with special exhibit, Fly Me to the Moon, 10 am - 5 pm at Westfield Middle School, 345 W Hoover St., Westfield, IN. Meet NASA Astronaut Dr. David Wolf on Friday, October 20, 2017; ONLY MIDWEST LOCATION TO SHOW THE ENTIRE EXHIBIT OF 179 ART QUILTS FROM 8 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES COMMEMORATING THE MOON LANDING AND ALL APOLLO MISSIONS Heritage Quilters of Crown Point: Fall Harvest of Quilts, 10am-5pm (4pm Sunday), Lake County Fair Grounds Industrial Building, 889 South Court Street, Crown Point, IN, admission: $5 adults, $1 children age 6-12. 150 quilts in competitive exhibit; Table Runner Challenge Exhibit, Charity Comfort Quilts Exhibit, Featured Artisan Collection Exhibit, demonstrations, raffle quilt, basket drawing daily, door prizes, vendor Tag Sale Thanks to all who worked so hard to make the Tag Sale a success. We will have a final financial report at the next meeting. Community North Quilting Bee Make Just One The Make Just One Campaign is working. Last month we had 30 quilts donated (our largest month) for a total of 160. Keep up the good work. Come see our new "quilt shop" in the storage area...it will inspire you. If you turn in a completed quilt this month, we will again have a drawing for some prizes. Community North Quilting Bee Quilt Show-December 2nd Mark your calendar for Saturday, December 2nd when we will have our first quilt show of all the quilts donated this year. We have a goal of 200 quilts and it should be amazing to see them all together. Location: Christ The Savior Lutheran Church, 10500 E. 126th Street, Fishers Time: 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Entrance Fee: $5 donation Page 4 of 5
REMINDERS Bring your donations for the Tag Sale. Please put prices on them. Please bring items for the Church s food pantry. (We do this in lieu of rent.) Wear a name tag to every guild meeting. Bad Weather Policy If Hamilton Southeastern Schools are CLOSED due to weather NO MQG Meeting If Hamilton Southeastern Schools are DELAYED Meeting as Scheduled QUILT EXPRESSIONS QUILT SHOP SEW MODERN BUSINESS HOURS: NOW OPEN MONDAY - FRIDAY 10 5, SATURDAY 10-3 BRING THIS AD FOR 20% OFF 1 NON-SALE NOTION, BOOK, FABRIC (1 YD+). NOTE: 1 COUPON PER CUSTOMER, PER DAY, W/ADDITIONAL PURCHASE PLEASE. 12514 REYNOLDS DRIVE, FISHERS, IN 46038, (317) 913-1816. QUILTEXPRESSIONSLH@GMAIL.COM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENTS FOR $10 PER MONTH, MQG WILL PUBLISH ADS FOR THOSE WHO DESIRE. CHECKS CAN BE MADE OUT TO MUDSOCK QUILTERS GUILD AND MAIL TO JOANNE FISHBURN, TREASURER. YOU CAN MAIL OR EMAIL YOUR AD TO ME, THE EDITOR, LISSA SHANAHAN. Lissa Shanahan, Editor lissa.shanahan@gmail.com 317-670-9336 Page 5 of 5