May, 2009

The April meeting was very productive. We began by making the parts for Stim Quilts and several tops were finished and ready for the quilting to be done. Bonnie has delivered 12 quilts to the Early Intervention Program at Riverview. The May meeting will be Wednesday, May 27. The program will be by Jennifer McCann who will also be doing some workshops that week for our members.

Speaking of quilts, it was noticed that our own guild quilt does not have a label on it. Jo Coon volunteered to make one and Charlotte McNerney will get her all the info for it.

The roster book will be out in May and we still need some people on the fundraising committee. This guild needs EACH and EVERY member to do her share. Please email any changes for the roster book to me at kahirt@yahoo.com by this weekend.

If you have not paid your dues, please take care of that at the May meeting. Dues are $30.00.

The (last years) fundraising committees Grandmother’s Garden block quilt will be raffled off at the August meeting. In May, we will get the raffle tickets to sell and need to sell as many as possible.

Committee budget requests were received and a budget for the 2009-2010 year will be voted on by the members in May.

The new ’09-’10 challenge will be “Symphony in Stitches” to go along with the theme of the quilt show for next year. The parameters are as follows:

The piece must be quilted.
The minimum size must have a perimeter of at least 96 inches.
Must include a repetitious element.

Must contain some black.

Pat Jones has volunteered to be the guild contact person for the NQA.

The workshop committee has put together a workshop to help work on the raffle quilt for next year and this will be on July 18^th.

Peggy Horgan has asked Jennifer McCann to hold some workshops for our guild in two weeks in conjunction with the May meeting.

Jennifer McCann will be presenting two workshops at the end of the month to our guild members. Let me know by Thursday, May 21 if you will be attending one or both workshops, so Jennifer will have a count for having patterns printed. This is the first time these classes are being taught--she is presenting them in June at NQA, and Jennifer has agreed to let our Guild alone preview these classes for the new quilts she has created. The flower quilts are stunning (pictures attached)!

The workshops will be held from 9:00 am until approximately 4:00 pm each of the two days at Peace Lutheran Church . Please bring your lunch and drink(s). Feel free to bring a guest, too, if you'd like for the workshop. If attending both workshops, your sewing equipment will be secured in the Church overnight.

Jennifer is the guest speaker for the Guild meeting that Wednesday evening also, and will be giving hints and tips on paper piecing. She'll be passing out patterns for fantastic paper-pieced cubes ($1), and giving a trunk show on her paper-pieced creations.

CALLA LILY - Wednesday, May 27

Create a free-form shape measuring approximately 36" x 36". The background for The Lily is its leaves that form a gently curving background for this white flower. The lily can be assembled using fusible webbing or the edges can be turned under and appliquéd by machine. Embellishments can be added after the piece has been layered and quilted. Pattern included with $25 fee ($20 if signing up for Gerber Daisy class also).

Supplies:

Sewing Machine, extension cord, and basic sewing supplies
rotary cutter, ruler and mat
small iron and ironing surface
1 1/8 yard dark green (leaf) fabric
3/4 yard white (Fairy Frost is a good choice)
minimum 6 fat quarters in an assortment of greens from very light to medium
4" x 8" scrap of yellow fabric
2 yards freezer paper
27" x 12" Timtex or Fast-2-Fuse
clear monofilament thread ( Superior preferred)
minimum of 3 spools of green threads for thread play on flower and leaves
either 2 1/2 yards of fusible Steam-a-Seam for fusible method OR glue stick for turned edge applique
medium point Sharpie marker

GERBER DAISY - Thursday, May 28

This free form shaped Gerber Daisy displays a leaf as the background and a partial Daisy in any color you choose. The Daisy can be assembled using fusible webbing OR constructed with glue stick and appliquéd by machine. Pattern included with $25 fee ($20 if signing up for Calla Lily class also).

Supplies:

Sewing machine, extension cord, and basic sewing supplies
rotary cutter, ruler and mat
small iron and ironing surface
1 1/2 yards dark green leaf fabric
minimum 6 fat quarters in assorted light to medium values (your choice of color)
2 yards freezer paper
27" x 36" Timtex or Fast-2-Fuse
clear monofilament thread ( Superior preferred)
minimum of 3 spools of thread in various values, light to medium in the color of your Daisy
1 spool of green thread slightly lighter than your leaf fabric
either 2 yards of fusible Steam-a-Seam for fusible method OR glue stick for turned edge applique
medium point Sharpie marker

Please give me a call if you have any questions--(419)798-8076 or (216)346-5127.

Peggy Horgan

Pat Mensing received her hand appliquéd blocks entitled Celtic Cross. Catherine Lewis will hand hers out in May. A sign-up sheet was passed around for those wanting to do the block exchange for the next year. A schedule will be available at the May meeting.

Hostesses for the month of May are :

Bonnie Legg

Barb Hanny

De Masing

Donna DiCarlo

Cece Henry

Upcoming Dates for your calendar:

June 17-28 Sacred Hearts Quilt Show-go to sacredthreadsquilts.com for more info and links to the Surface Quilts Design Symposium and the NQA show.

June 18-20 NQA Show in Columbus

July 18^th Workshop for raffle quilt

August 26^th Drawing for the fundraising quilt

September 12, 2009 Mystery Trip

Keep Stitchin’!!

Kim Hirt

Web page: www.ohiostarquilters131.com

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