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Kawartha Quiltmakers’ Guild P.O. Box 50052 R.P.O. Lansdowne & High Peterborough, ON K9J 8R1 http://www.KawarthaQuiltmakersGuild.ca
Volume XXVI No. 09
June 2010
Always meeting the 1st Wednesday of the month
At St. Anne’s Church, 859 Barnardo Ave.
9:30 - 2:00
Next Meeting : June 2,
President:: Cheryl Czaplinski 905-797-2223 [email protected] Past President Yvonne McMahon 654-1174 Honourary President Joyce Armstrong 295-6518 [email protected] Vice President Grace Riedel 295-6563 Secretary: Mary Burchell 743-0419 [email protected] Treasurer: Bev. VandenBerg 748-2990 [email protected] Program/Workshop: Shirley Challice 932-2015 [email protected] Newsletter: Mo (Maureen) De Bellefeuille 799-7791 [email protected]
*Sue Winacott now lives at 865 Alexander Court, Peterborough, K9J 7J5, new phone # 874-3303*
Wow!!!! What a wonderful program last month and the workshop was very informative. Helen is a wealth of knowledge and her movie was very well done. It is always so refreshing to learn about another culture and how it has inspired Helen in her Art of Quilting. I know that it has inspired me, my brain has been working in over drive and I have tons of new ideas I want to try. I hope to have some of them done for next September. My how time fly’s when you’re having fun, and June being our last meeting before the summer break brings our trunk sale and our luncheon. Please remember to bring your plate and cup and your eye candy for show and tell. I will be introducing to you, your new Executive and committee members for 2010-2011 at June’s meeting. This is the last time I will be speaking to you from the front page as my two year reign is now over and Grace Riedel will be your new President in September, a position I will truly miss. Being President of this Guild has been an honour and I would like to give a BIG THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart to all the Executive and committees, to each and everyone of you, A JOB WELL DONE!!!!! You are what makes this Guild so wonderful. Have a great summer and stay safe. See you in September.
Cheryl
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GUESTS
Anne Druce Lois K. Keller Jill Loreng Annette Young Blythe Minty
REMINDERS
Please remember to bring your fat quarter to leave in a box set up at the back. They will be given to Cheryl Czaplinski as ‘thank you’ gifts for an outstanding job as president of the guild for the past two years.
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Don’t forget to bring your ‘saleables’ and/or your cash for the June trunk sale at our next meeting. Some of our previous ‘vendors’ have done quite well, and the rest of us have purchased some wonderful bargains.
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Those with luncheon tickets, please remember to bring your plate, cutlery and cup/mug.
THANK YOU!
A huge thanks to all who helped us on the program and workshop committees with ideas and feedback over the past two years. It has been fun, educational and very satisfying. Remember to forward your suggestions to the incoming committee as well. They will appreciate it!
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Thanks to Joyce Armstrong for sharing her famous « scrappy quilt » pattern at the Wednesday afternoon workshop. We all enjoyed sewing our 2 1/2’’ x 4 1/2 ’’ rectangles into blocks, and coming up with a really neat quilt top. (It’s addictive!) A great pattern for all those scraps that seem to multiply more/worse? than rabbits.
Shirley Challice
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LOOKING FOR…
Looking for your leftover/unwanted yarn. Any type, any colour. A small group of seniors are learning to crochet lap covers to be donated to our nursing homes. If you have anything to donate, please contact Sherry Harnden at 944-5561 or email: [email protected]
Did you know!
Brigit’s store is open for business and she has many new fabrics. Remember, it is the only drive thru store in Peterborough!
LIBRARY Please note all library books must be returned at the June Guild Meeting.
T.Y. Overdue Books
Marlene Brown M. Dunford J. Maher B. Proulx M. Sullivan
Meeting Check List
Name Tag Library Books Show & Tell Coffee Mug Quilts for Helping Hands/Victoria’s Quilts Cash for 50/50 draw - tickets will only be be sold before the beginning of the meeting.
May’s Workshop & Guest Speaker
May’s guest speaker, Helen Fujiki shared her talent and technique with a full house of workshop participants on Tuesday, May 4. We were all intrigued by the Japanese style and had a better understanding of it with the help of a very capable teacher. A fun workshop with lots of room for creativity. ‘‘Japan Through the Eyes of a Quilter’’ was the topic of Helen’s presentation at our May 5th meeting. Helen spoke to a packed house, with many of her beautiful quilts on display. Check out Helen’s websites at http://www.fujiwaquilting.com or http://www.helenfujiki.com
Shirley Challice
* For those of you who were unable to attend her workshop in May, Helen Fujiki will be back Tuesday, Sept. 7th to do a machine quilting workshop. Sign up and details will be available from Helen Blaskievich at the June meeting.*
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Victoria’s Quilts
Victoria’s Quilts meets at the Shrine Centre, 9 - 3 on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month. Bring a brown bag lunch. You can always drop in and pick up a quilt kit.
Heather Fraser
Helping Hands We meet every Thursday, 9 - 2 at the Kiwanis Apts. 951 Hilliard St. Please drop in to help or to pick up a kit. You can also pick up a kit at the Guild monthly meeting. Bunny Waterworth
Thank You!
To Yvonne McMahon & Brenda Willoughby, who have volunteered to spearhead:
The 30th Anniversary of the Kawartha Quiltmakers’ Guild
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PATRONIZE OUR SPONSORS! THEY’RE JUST A SHORT DRIVE AWAY!
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SASHING INSTRUCTIONS
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MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS
Please fill out your membership form (below) and give your cheque for $40.00 to Judi Van Zant at the June meeting. The membership list is printed in mid September so if your dues are not paid by September Guild Meeting, your name will not be published in the membership list.
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2 Locations to Now Serve You
101 George St. N (Market Plaza) 705-743-2386
1154 Chemong Rd. (Portage Place) 705-748-4985
A ‘Q-Tip (Quilt Tip)
The Topstitch Needle is the same as a metallic or metafil needle… so no need to buy both varieties. It has a large, smooth eye and a large groove called the scarf into which the thread fits and is protected from rubbing as it goes through the fabric. Good for any kind of sewing, not just quilting by machine.
To keep your work from bunching up (in the back when machine quilting, place masking tape from corner to corner diagonally then baste along the line. Repeat from other corner to corner. You have now taken care of the bias and any bunching problems.
Thanks ladies for the contributions!
Thanks Helen Blaskievich for the word ‘Q-Tip’ Love it! Will be using it to headline Tips!
«Life is like a patchwork. Make it precious day by day. Have a pattern for your life. Adding fun along the way!»
- Author Unknown
‘Mom’s Apron’ Ruth Hunter
Ruth and I are trying to make the apron pattern available to everyone who wants it. I am not able to down-size it to an 8 x 11 page on my scanner, but I’ve drawn up a likeness, which of course is not to size. However I have taken many measurements. I am going to show Ruth what I’ve done and if she thinks it’ll be possible for everyone to draw up the pattern to the measurements I give, the ‘pattern’ and measurements will be in the next newsletter. Otherwise Ruth will arrange something with those interested in the apron pattern.
Mo
Please remember to bring your helpful quilting tips (Q-Tips) and other tibits for the newsletter. Put them in the black box at the table I sit at. Or email me! Let me know if you want your name added. Remember it’s your newsletter! Have a great summer see you in Sept.!
Mo
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FOR SALE
Ladies, a lady named Lila Howe asked if I would advertise her room divider. It is 6’ tall with 4 - 18’’ sections (6’ wide when open/attached together). It is presently taking up too much room in her apartment. She is not a quilter, but has used it with preprinted quilt panels. She paid $150.00 to have it custom made. Would sell for $50.00 OBO. I have seen it, and it’s very well made. Please call her at: 741-3422
Shirley Challice
The Quilting Bug By Bee Neeley Kukelman
I’ve been bitten by wasps And mosquitoes and bees. And by spiders and ants, And by flies and by fleas.
I have also been bitten
By a bug that’s quite nice. I refer to the love bug
Which bit once or twice.
The quilting bug hit me, What a bite that bug had!
I will never recover. I am certainly glad.
There’s just one good prescription
For relief when it itches. That’s relax and enjoy it,
And as needed, take stitches.
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SOME HINTS FOR QUILTING TOOLS FOR TRAVEL
Summer is almost upon us and for some of us that means a time for visiting other parts of the province, or other provinces or even trips into the USA. Or trips to a cottage! Here are some helpful tips for when you’re away.
1. Take along a light bulb with high wattage to put into lamps in motel/hotel rooms so you can see better for sewing.
2. Use knitting needle protector tips on small scissors when you carry them in your bag. 3. Or, use a wine bottle cork on small scissors - great as a pin cushion, too! 4. Carry a magnet when traveling with sewing projects in the event that you need a quick pick up of
spilled pins. (Check out tip #7) 5. Use a small bar of soap for a pincushion. It lubricates needles and prevents pins from rusting. 6. Use empty paper towel rolls to wind binding, fusibles, etc. It prevents creasing. You may carry
your blocks this way when you travel. This prevents folds in the blocks. 7. Take a few extra programs home from quilt shows. Cut them up and glue proper identification on
the back of pictures. Write in the back of a program the number and name of each picture taken. 8. Use an empty 35 mm film container (or medicine container) to store straight pins and threaded
needles. Line the inside of the top with magnetic self-stick tape - 1/2’’ wide (or to fit container). This helps prevent a great mess if the pins spill in cars, buses, trains, hotel rooms etc… Leave a little thread outside so you can easily find needles that you need.
9. Use a large manuscript clamp to attach sewing bags or plastic bags containing your sewing sup-plies to either the shoulder seatbelt, your skirt, pants or jacket when you travel.
10. Label all your tools and supplies when you travel with other quilters. 11. Use an old eyeglass case (envelope style) to store and carry rotary cutters. 12. Use a clear plastic, zipped, makeup pouch to carry supplies (thread, scissors, etc.) for projects. 13. A softer eraser removes threads after ripping out seams. 14. Use an emptied and cleaned purse-size hand sanitizer bottle for hydrogen peroxide... no blood-
stained sewing projects to take home.
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North Hasting Quilt Club 2010 QUILT SHOW
Sat. Sept. 18, 2010 9 - 5 Sun. Sept. 19, 2010 10 - 4 At the Bancroft Curling Rink Admission: $5:00 per day Special Demonstrations, Merchants Mall, Door Prizes and more. Contact: Marion Heasman 613-332-4364 Louise Hallin 613-332-2231 www.quiltclub.ca
UPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTS
THE RUNAWAY QUILTERS In partnership with the Meaford Museum
Would like to offer you the opportunity for a fabulous experience this summer called “QUILTS IN MY GARDEN 2010.” The main event takes place Sat. July 17, 2010 in Meaford, ON. Contact Pamela Woolner: 1-519-599-3968
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CANADIAN MACHINE QUILTERS ASSOCIATION (CMQA) 2010 WORKSHOP SERIES
*QUILT POTPOURRI BEGINNERS SERIES May 29, 2010, with Diane Carson, in Zurich *12 YEARS ON THE RAIL Aug. 14 or 15 with Grace Whiting from Ottawa, at Creative Sisters Quilt Studio in Kitchener *MASTER CLASS IN HERITAGE QUILTING DESIGN Oct. 16-17 with Carole Cunningham, in Beamsville. *MASTER CLASS IN CONTEMPORARY QUILTING AND THREAD PAINTING Nov. 2010 (TBA) with Sue Patten
For more information & to obtain registeration forms on these workshops please contact Joan Hug-Valeriote, VP, CMQA
Email: [email protected] 519-836-9388
QUILTS OF GEE BEND
Being presented at London Convention Centre by Cotton-By-Post, August 9-14.
Bus Trip Sharron Coxon of the Lindsay Guild is organizing a bus trip for that event. The price of $125.00 is exceptional as it includes bus - activity school bus, room - two per room, ticket to the event and a shop hop. Hopefully she’ll have enough by May 31st. to make it a go. Call Sharron at: 705-324-9868 or email her at: [email protected] For more information and to reserve your seat.
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Prince Edward County Quilt Guild A STITCH IN TIME 2010
July 10 - 11, 2010 Picton For more information, contact Mary Tucker at 613-476-0334 or [email protected] or visit www.pec.on.ca/quiltersguild.
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Haliburton Highlands Quilt Show 2010
JOURNEYS
July 23 - 25, 2010 Haliburton Village For more information contact Charlene Cooper 705-455-9212 or [email protected]
