Langley Quilters’ Guild Gazette June 2016

Newsletter

Meeting

Reminders

June

Sit ‘N Stitch June 8 10:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Guild meeting: June 22 Day: Coffee: 10:30a.m. Meeting: Noon – 3:00p.m. Evening: Meeting: 7:15 – 9:30p.m. Please remember to bring: ~ name tag ~ coffee mug ~ fat quarter for monthly draw ~ tooney for 50/50 draw ~ your sunny disposition ~ Show and Tell Meeting etiquette: Please set your battery-powered device(s) to “vibrate.”

President’s Report

Hello, ladies. Well, this is my last opportunity to figuratively put pen to paper, and say goodbye as President. And it’s time! I look around the meetings now and see a lot of new, younger faces, and I guess I think it’s time to let you take over the job! I’ve been in the Guild from day one, and so far have sat in the audience for exactly one month! When I was recruiting for the next Executive I talked to a lot of bright new members who said that eventually they would serve on the Executive, but that now wasn’t the right time in their lives, or that they didn’t know enough about the Guild, or that they didn’t know enough of the people. I truly believe that new faces and new minds doing the jobs available in the Guild are what will keep it vibrant and interesting. I’m confident that next year’s Executive will serve you well!

Most of the ladies who worked on the Show Committee have said they have done the job long enough! We will be looking to you ladies to step up and take over the Committees for the next Show.

Don’t know about you – but I’m looking forward to summer, and to some new travel adventures. I am also looking forward to finding some more time to actually spend at my sewing machine – and to finishing off some old friends (some very, very ‘old’ friends!) that have been in the UFO category for long enough. Lana Kettley #18

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1st Place: “Many Tomorrows” by Maria DaSilva (#318); Hand pieced and hand quilted by Maria.

2nd Place: “Ladies of the Sea” by Audrey Bennett (#466); Pieced by Audrey and quilted by Sandy Moffatt

3rd Place: “Daisy Chain” by Pat Lundman (#395); Pieced by Pat and quilted by Debra Sanderson

LQG 2016 Quilt Show

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June Birthdays

Louise B. (#123) Belinda B. (#537) Flora de-M (#547)

Mimi D. (#176) Melanie D. (#446) Sharron G. (#518) Diane H. (#443)

Maureen H. (#442) Vanessa K. (#444)

Diane L. (#500) Karen P. (#422) Joan S. (#476) Ina S. (#494)

Pamela U. (#416)

A Modern Approach to Complementaries

Delphine Doreau states: “There’s a gazillion…ways to create color, but only one to see them.” Check out Doreau’s “Real Color Wheel” at: http://www.ddoreau.com/non-dairy-diary/2016/5/13/a-modern-approach-to-complementaries Submitted by Penny C. (#234) Photo reprinted with permission.

Found this great tutorial by Jenny Doan at the Missouri Star Quilt Company and can't wait to try it. You use 2 1/2" strips so it's perfect for a Jelly Roll, or you can cut your own. She makes it easy and gives you little tips along the way. http://blog.missouriquiltco.com/cutting-corners-quilt/

Submitted by Kathryn D. (#464)

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I’ve got nothing to wear! Do you look in your closet and think this? Here’s a creative gal who dealt with the problem. She made her prom dress and boyfriend’s vest out of gum wrappers. She stitched them to interfacing, then quilted part of it. It is stunning! http://www.littlethings.com/gum-wrapper-prom-dress/ Submitted by Sharon G. (#518)

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Lana’s Nanaimo Bars

Canada’s 150th Birthday Challenge

Lana and I would like to challenge the guild this year by coming up with a unique way of celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday. We thought creating wall hangings inspired by the masters of Canadian landscapes, The Group of Seven, would be a challenge. After creating these masterpieces, we would like to put them on display in a venue in Ft. Langley. We have approached a few places and are waiting for their feedback before we proceed with this challenge. Details of the challenge also have to be worked out and we hope to have all this completed by the next guild meeting. This is just a suggestion that we are putting out there and, if there is enough interest, we will go ahead. If not, we will not pursue this idea further, but we do hope that our guild will be represented when the community celebrates Canada’s 15th Birthday. Nora F. (#114)

Have a wee stash in your sewing room? Have a bigger stash in your basement? Have a HUUUGE stash in a storage locker? Will your children and/or executor (of your estate) have to deal with that collection? Read about the sewist who left behind 15,000 yards: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/community/joco-913/shawnee-lenexa/article76717127.html

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Quilt Show Raffle 1st Place Winner Margo Dornan

Quilt Show Raffle 2nd Place Winner

Jenny Smith

Community Quilts

It’s been a busy time in Community Quilts. All the quilts set aside for the Show have been distributed to Ishtar House, the Gateway of Hope, Jackson Manor, Langley Lodge, Best Babies, and Victim Services. The Quilt of Valour will soon be taken to Honour House in New Westminster.

I have received fifteen quilts so far for Fort Mac; they will all be handed over to Heather MacArthur, the owner and editor of Quilters Connection Magazine, for eventual transit to Alberta. I will be away throughout June, so if you wish to donate to Fort Mac, you can continue to take the quilts to Quilters Connection, but contact Heather through her website first.

In May, I delivered four quilts to a refugee sponsor group who contacted us through our member Torrianne A. (#280). The group is awaiting a second family, and Carolyn S. (#274) is going to look after their needs.

Rita R. (#40)

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The LQG

extends a warm welcome to our new

members:

Elizabeth V. (#544) Elaine K. (#545) Gloria V. (#546)

Flora de-M (#547) Linda K. (#548) Arlene F. (#549) Rita S. (#550)

Audrey B. (#551) Diane W. (#552)

Margaret M. (#553) Gail D. (#554)

TBA (#555) Jo-Anne M. (#556)

Do you have an April/May 2012 issue of

QUILT MAGAZINE? If anyone has this issue I am looking for a pattern in it. Please let me know. Thank you, Georgina M. (#452) (604) 572-7403 georginaandfred@shaw.ca

This picture, taken a couple of days ago, melts my heart! The beautiful lady here is my dear daughter Dee Dee with our gorgeous grand-puppy Willow ... a gentle giant! Can't you just feel the love between the two of them? Just HAD to share .... Submitted (with hugs) by

Carol M. (#64)

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RETREAT

We have Only 6 spots left!

Now that our Quilt Show has finished up with great

success, the Retreat Committee is hard at work making

your retreat a roaring good time!

It is not too late to register for this amazing 3 day

getaway with only your sewing machine(s) and 49 of

your quilting friends.

Did we mention room service, hot tub, pool and

hospitality suite?

Single & Double occupancy available!

Along with fun contests, fashion show night and lots of

freebies!

You can sign up anytime by getting in touch with your

favorite committee member; just email us and we will

reserve you a spot!

Valerie S. (#506)

RETREAT

Rates

Double Occupancy:

$ 325.00 each person

Single Occupancy:

$ 435.00 each person

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15% off all notions and fabrics to all guild members

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We just moved into our new place and I really didn't want to make a bunch of holes in the walls when hanging my quilts, so I am going to try this out. Brilliant idea! http://www.42quilts.com/2015/03/how-to-hang-quilt-2015.html Submitted by Kathryn D. (#464) Photo reprinted with permission; the blogger’s Facebook page can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/42Quilts/

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2016 Quilt Show Challenge

Some of our participants and their quilts (at the May guild meeting)

Louise and our Challenge Winner Nora Fursevich (#114)

Did you run into these two “officials” at the Show?

Photos submitted by Penny C. (#234)

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An Oldie but a Goodie:

The Quilter’s Husband's Lament

I've always learned that life was full of obstacles and woes. I've learned to live with sickness, death, taxes, heaven knows.

I've taken all these things in stride, the problems and strife, But one I didn't count on was a Quilter for a wife.

Come home from work, the stove is cold, the dirty clothes still

there, The suit I wanted cleaned today, still laying on the chair.

"Where's Mama, son?" I asked my boy, "This house is such a mess.

Why, all the sheets are missing, we've been burglarized I guess."

"No, Mama stripped down all the beds and took the sheets

away. She cut them into little strips and pieced two quilts today."

"Why every pair of pants I own is cut in little squares." "I'm demonstrating applique," my lovely wife declares.

I show up in the office in my boxer shorts and tie.

My secretary giggles and the clerks give me the eye. It's freezing cold, I'm shaking and my knees are turning blue.

My boss considered firing me, but his wife's a quilter too.

I told him what happened and he said he could believe. I noticed that the coat he wore had only half a sleeve.

A husband needs a loving wife to help him when he's ill. To soothe and comfort, mop his brow and help him take his pills.

Should influenza strike you, your life's not worth a dime,

Particularly if it hits at Quilt Convention time. You'll lay there in an empty house in pain and deep despair,

While the workshops and the lectures keep your wife's attention there.

You learn to ask no questions when she smiles and drives away,

Rushing to the Fabric Shop for a big sale there today. She's gone for hours, then drags back home all bleary eyed and

down, Now who'd believe a lie like that? She must be running round.

But I'll get by, I always do, some days are fine, some not.

When your wife's a Quilter you tolerate a lot. I know that when my life is through and I have passed away

They'll have to set my funeral so it's not a Quilting Day.

-Author Unknown-

Submitted by Janice C. (#391)

Who’s ready for Retreat?

Ida M. (#502) addresses the May guild meeting attendees:

Need a temporary design wall?

Here’s a tip:

Make a design wall by clipping several pants hangers to the top of a

large piece of flannel, and then suspend them from

the top of a china cabinet! Submitted by Cheryl S. (#286)

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Another Sit ‘N Stitch Community Quilt

Pat L. (#395) and – hiding behind the quilt – Joanne R. (#379)

MAKE YOUR OWN LABELS

This is an easy way to make your own custom quilt, garment and/or craft labels. Great instructions and all you need is: - freezer paper - fabric - inkjet printer http://www.lovelyandenough.com/2015/11/diy-professional-quilt-labels.html

Submitted by Kathryn D. (#464)

Photo reprinted with permission.

Photo reprinted with permission.

I’m not so

sure about

an inner

child, but I

have an

inner idiot

that surfaces

now and

then.

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I've been looking for some better ways to handle my scraps, and Pat Sloan has a ton of great ideas on her blog. I like this idea of pre-cutting scraps into specific sizes and sorting them into bins for quick access when you need them.

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FOR SALE Singer Featherweight Sewing Machine

$400 Just serviced so has 6 months of warranty. 221 model (manufactured in 1952???) I live in North Delta. Linda 604 617-0395

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Langley Hospital Foundation

Janie S. (#33) states:

“For the last few years, The Langley Hospital Foundation has requested that the LQG donate a quilt to their “Denim & Diamonds” Gala Affair. It is a fund-raising event put on by the Foundation support the purchase of new equipment, capital projects and improve health care for Langley Memorial Hosp. At the Gala, supporters and sponsors have an opportunity to bid both on silent and live auction items. This year’s Gala was held on May 14, and $270,000 was raised. The quilt I donated consisted of machine embroidered blocks on black fabric with contrasting colourful sashing, a project started about 5 years ago and finished just this year. I am glad to have been a part of this event.

SCRAP BUSTER!

String Block Pincushion A great tutorial and easy way to try string quilting and use up some of those tiny scraps you just can't stand to throw away: http://www.vanessachristenson.com/2015/09/v-and-co-how-to-make-little-string.html Submitted by Kathryn D. (#464) Photo reprinted with permission.

Thank you!

The following members contributed goodies at our May guild meeting:

Betty J. (#514) Lana K. (#18)

Monika M. (#504) Jennifer G. (#524)

Plus, Shelley G. (#294) brought in the wonderful trifle, and we had goodies left over from the Show Tea Room. Nothing was left as there were 132 at our meeting! Submitted by Diana R. (#412)

Photo by Debbie P. (#378)

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BEGINNERS’ BASICS

RULER MANAGEMENT

Are you using your ruler correctly?

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A free tutorial for this adorable toddler’s baby doll carrier:

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Photo reprinted with permission

Submitted by Penny C. (#234)

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NEWS FROM PUBLICITY

JUNE/JULY 2016

QUILT SHOWS

La Conner Quilt Shows hours: Wednesday – Sunday 11 – 5 summer hours: Tuesday – Sunday 11-5 admission: US $ 7 La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum 203 South 2nd Street, La Conner, WA 98257 USA Website: www.laconnerquilts.org

1. Magical Journey of Hand Applique Kathy McNeil dates: March 30, 2016 – June 19, 2016

2. Colonial Revival Quilts American Quilt Study Group dates: June 4, 2016 – August 28, 2016

3. Beauty of Japan Quilts by Sachiko Yashida and her students dates: June 22, 2016 – October 2, 2016

4. Images of Japan Quilts by Sachiko Yashida and her students dates: June 22, 2016 – October 2, 2016

QUILTER SHOW – BOSWELL NIFTY NEEDLERS QUILT GUILD date: June 4, 2016; hours: 1 – 4; admission: $ 5.00 Boswell Memorial Hall, 12374 Boswell Road, Boswell, BC

FABRICATED WORKS OF THE NORTH STAR QUILTERS SOCIETY dates: May 23 - June 5, 2016; admission: $donation hours: Monday - Friday 1 - 5 Saturday – Sunday 11 - 5pm Centre 64, 64 Deer Park Ave, Kimberley, BC

EVERYBODY LOVES QUILTS – FROM TRADITION TO MODERN dates: Friday June 3 & Saturday June 4, 2016; admission: $ 6 hours: Friday 10 - 7 Saturday 10 - 4 Shaw Ctre – Spectator Arena, 26- 10th Ave NE, Salmon Arm, BC

ALL ABOARD THE QUILTING EXPRESS QUILT SHOW dates: Friday June 10 & Saturday June 11, 2016; admission: $ 5 hours: Friday 2-8 Saturday 10 - 5 Birch and 3rd (downtown), 100 Mile House, BC

LIONS GATE QUILTER’S GUILD BI-ANNUAL QUILT SHOW dates: Friday June 10 & Saturday June 11, 2016; admission: $ 7 hours: Friday & Saturday 9 - 5 Capilano University Sportsplex, 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver, BC

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Publicity (continued)

MATERIAL MAGIC QUILT SHOW Dates: Friday June 10 & Saturday June 11, 2016; admission: $ 8 hours: Friday 10-5 Saturday 10 - 5 Nanaimo Curling Club, 106 Wall Street, Nanaimo, BC

QUILTING ON THE BEACH 2016

dates: Saturday June 11 – Sunday June 12, 2016 hours: 10 – 4; admission: $ 5 Peachland Community Centre at the corner of Beach and 6th, Peachland, BC

SEW AND SOW – QUADRA QUILTERS Self-directed garden tour with quilt displays dates: Friday June 24 & Saturday June 25, 2016; hours: 10 – 4 admission: $15 (weekend pass – the money supports Children’s Hospital and Children’s summer camp) Quadra Island, BC

MIDSUMMER ART’S DREAM -2D ART EXHIBITION & SALES Mixed media to textile dates: Friday June Saturday 24, - Sunday 26,2016; admission: free hours: Friday 6-8 (reception), Saturday 10-5, Sunday 10-2 Thompson Community Centre, Annex-5151 Granville Ave, Richmond, BC

QUILT CANADA 2016 date: June 15 – 18, 2016 Toronto, Ontario The International Centre www.canadianquilter.com

QUILTS BY THE SEA- MAYNE ISLAND QUILTERS GUILD The quilts are displayed in the gardens dates: Saturday July 16, 2016; hours: 10 - 4 admission: $ 5 Japanese Gardens and Dinner Bay Park

OTHER OR FUTURE ITEMS OF INTEREST

August 21, 2016 12th Annual Quilt Walk and Car Show Ladner,BC August 27 – 28, 2016 Vancouver Modern Guild Quilt Show September 9 – 10,2016 Ridge Meadows Quilters Guild Show September 23 -24, 2016 Vernon Silver Star Quilt Show October 21 – 22, 2016 Piecemakers Quilt Show

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON QUILT SHOWS FURTHER AFAR CHECK THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES: www.canadianquilter.com www.quiltersconnection.ca Ina Spinks, publicity ispinks@telus.net

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How to Machine Quilt Suzy Williams gives you the “rundown” on how to machine quilt, including a list of supplies, instructions, and a video tutorial. Great tips for both beginners and experts alike: http://suzyquilts.com/how-to-machine-quilt/ Submitted by Penny C. (#234) Photo reprinted with permission.

MAY 25th GUILD MEETING – BETWEEN & PROGRAM

Photos from Uschi Grenier’s trunk show.

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JUNE 2017 PROGRAM, BETWEEN & WORKSHOPS

Elaine Quehl

GREAT NEWS!! The BeWoP Committee was challenged to bring in a special guest with a one-time special budget allowance, and we have Elaine Quehl, the CQA (Canadian Quilters’ Association) “Teacher of the Year” for 2015.

Elaine Quehl has an impressive background. She is a talented Canadian Quilt Artist & dyer who teaches and exhibits internationally. The CQA named her “Teacher of the Year” for 2015. Elaine participates in many exhibitions and shows and has numerous awards, outstanding academics, and has many, many publications. She is known as an inspirational speaker, and gives lectures and workshops. She is also a part-time faculty member of the Haliburton School of Arts since 2010, teaching in the Summer Arts Program.

We are bringing her from Ottawa for our June 2017 meeting. She will be doing a program, a between and 2 separate workshops. We are also fortunate that we have been able to split costs with the Victoria Guild.

Please look her up on her website: www.elainequehl.com and her blog: elainequehl.blogspot.com/

BETWEENS, WORKSHOPS, AND PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Barbara B. (#299)

PROGRAM

June 22 2016

Kevin Williams, owner of Contemporary Sewing Materials, and his designer, Shania Sunga, will be presenting a program at our June meeting. They have a large collection of Shania's Canadian- designed batiks especially made for Canada's 150th birthday in 2017. Contemporary Sewing Materials is a wholesale company that sells fabrics to many of our local fabric stores. Barbara B. (#299)

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Submitted by Penny C. (#234)

Have a little man in your life? Does he need a little tie?

Check out this site for a free pattern and tutorial:

http://imsharingthewealth.blogspot.ca/2011/09/little-boy-tie-tutorial.html

June Fat Quarter Draw:

BLUE

Submitted by Darlene M. (#87)

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Thank you so much for all the wonderful submissions! Those that did not make it into this newsletter will be held until our fall and winter issues. (We do not publish in July, August and December.)

The DEADLINE for every LQG newsletter is the first Wednesday of each month. For the

September issue, this deadline will be

SEPTEMBER 7TH

Please submit to: lqgnews@gmail.com Elaine H. (#519)

Debbie D. (#468)

with her son

Brenden D. (#4, SAN JOSE SHARKS)

Debbie states: “This picture was taken on my very last day of my teaching career in June of last year. He came to school to surprise me. I retired last June after 37 years of teaching Home Ec and Math.”

Let’s cheer for Brenden and his team!

GO

SHARKS,

GO!

Photo reprinted with permission.

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