PAQG Jul-Aug Newsletter 2011

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PIONEER AREA QUILTERS’ GUILD

NEWSLETTER July-August, 2011

1st Monday of each MonthUnless of a Holiday

MEETING PLACE

St. Paul’s Methodist Church

1904 N. Pecan Rd.

Ponca City, OK 74604

MEETING ACTIVITIES

10:30 am and 11:00 am

Stitch and Assist

11:15 am– 11:45 am

Registration and Social

12:00 pm– 1:00 pm

Business Meeting and

Show ‘N Share’

1:00 pm-2:00 pm

Program

MAILING ADDRESS

PAQG

PO Box 2726


CONTACTS

Cheryl PritchettCo-President

(580) 765-4308 [email protected]

Nancy Keathly

Co-President

(580) 765-3481 [email protected]

Cheryl RamseyVice-President

(580) 762-9912

[email protected]

Karen HagerdonSecretary

(580) 765-8403

[email protected]

Wanda Sheehan

Treasurer

(580) 762-6083

[email protected]

Jeannie Meeks Newsletter

(580) 765-2664

[email protected]

HOSTESSES Start Serving 11:00 a.m. July August

Norma Fitts Vera DanceLois Gray Shirley CrawfordDonna Schultz Cheryl RamseyBernell Ray Rosemary RamseyTacie Walser Mary Lou WinterJacque Wagner Marla JorgensenYvonne Corderman Pat Thompson

Hostesses: Please bring desserts and be here at 10:30a.m. to help serve and clean up at 11:45 a.m.

Hospitality Chairman is asking for donations of

small paper snack plates.

PAQG Upcoming Events:

July 11th– General meeting

July 12th- Workshop

July 18th– Board Meeting

August 1st– General meeting

August 2nd– Workshop

August 15th– Board Meeting

Programs -

July 11th – Jan Patek — I've been designing primitive folk art quilts and publishing theterns in books for more than 20 years. I also design original fabric lines for Moda with my fLinda Brannock and occasionally by myself. Our most recent fabric line was Lilac Hill that shippstores in March. I love making quilts - it's what I do. And I don’t want to make quilts and put in a closet. I want to provide a creative outlet for others.

July 12th—Jan Patek—”Basics of Needleturn Applique” The “Cedar Creek Kit” costs $2and the class costs $25.00 for a total of $50.00 for each participant. You may register and plate as our next meeting on July 11. Supply List: freezer paper, rotary cutter and rulers, drand fabric marking pencils, Richard Hemming Milliner needles (size 9), appliqué thread, sandpboard, and sewing supplies (thimble, paper and fabric pencils, and scissors. Jan will bring fpencils, needles, and sandpaper boards that you can purchase. The workshop will run from 10:3:00 at St. Paul’s UMC.

The PAQG Newsletter has a new email!!! Any questions or comments can be sent [email protected] . You will also be receiving your newsletters from this email, soadd this to your address list so that it does not get put in your spam folder!!!

August 1st — Darlene Leach—Graduated from OSU with a Bachelors and Masters Degree Home Economics. My sister, Joyce Rigsby and I opened The Quilting Post in Perkins, Okla. in 20and retired from it in 2008. I taught many sewing classes and workshops because that is what to do. My greatist satisfaction is seeing people gain confidence in their sewing ability and love much as I do.

August 2nd—Darlene Leach Workshop- Quilted Sweatshirt Jacket. Cost is $15.00 plus

plies. Supply List: one sweatshirt with set in sleeves - should be your regular size or 1 size lar-ger. Be sure to prewash. The sweatshirt for this pattern will act as your lining so pick a color tmatches your focal fabric. Main focal fabric - 2 1/4 yds—Prairie point Fabric - 1 1/4 yds—Contrasting background Prairie Point Fabric - 1/3 yd—binding Fabric - 1/2 yd—Thread to matching fabric—Thread to match sweatshirt — Contrasting thread for decorative stitching on prairpoint background fabric—Stabilizer (very small strip 4" x 36") - Chalk pencil—Beads for prairie

points—Sewing machine, cutting mat, ruler , rotary cutter, pins, scissors, iron, ironing board, neto sew beads on with.



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Sunshine and ShadowsSay a Happy Birthday to these July and Augustbirthday girls! Members: Jacquline Bufton, MaryButler, Sharon Campbell, Dava Carrell, Rilla Cobb,Donna Coburn, Yvonne Corderman, LaWanna Gann,

Pat Gates, Terri Gose, Sandra Harrison, DonettaHicks, Bonita James, Lola Jenkins, Liz Johnston,Annette Latz, Jeannie Meeks, Arba Jo Pope,Wanda Sheehan, Suzy Taylor, Janice Torbett,Jacque Wagner, and Tacie Walser .

Stitch and AssistJuly -- Roberta Lee will demonstrate the Cathedral Window.August -- Jeannie Meeks will demonstrate how to createfusetic material, the technique of fusing plastic shopping bagstogether.

Becky Helms rescheduled the quilted ornament balls for September.

Stitch and Assist will be at 10:30 and 11:00.

Norma Casad sharing the quilt she and her husband re-ceived from their four children as a 35th wedding anniver-sary gift in 1989. Each child took a fourth of the quilt andcreated their memories of home. The children also incorpo-rated a form of a family tree within the blocks of the quilt.

The senior citizens of Norma’s hometown of Dustin, OKhand quilted the quilt.

You can view all of our show and share pictures at our Blog : www.paqg.blogspot.com

Show and Share



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Upcoming Events

Support OK and KS Guilds!

Jubilee Quilter’s Guild “Quilt Fest 2011”Dewey, Ok 1109 N Delaware,

Washington County Fair Bldg.July 8-9 2011 10am-5pm Cost is $5.00

“Threads of Our Kansas Quilting Heritage”Quilt Show

United Methodist Church100 W. Central

Caldwell, KSSeptember 3, 2011

Free Admission

Ladies Night Out Bus Shop Hop

September 23—25, 2011Hosted by The Quilt Shoppe and Home of Tula Pink$50.00 deposit, final cost is $199.00, due 2 months prior to

the trip date.

The Territorial Quilt ShowSeptember 30—October 1, 2011

Logan County Fairgrounds215 Fairgrounds Road

Guthrie, OKAdmission $5.00

www.firstcapitalquiltguild.org

Trick-or-Treat Bus Shop HopFull list of shops online at www.completelyquilted.com

October 21—23, 2011$50.00 deposit, final cost $239, due 2 months prior to the trip

date.

There’s an App for That!

Quilting or sewing apps are available from the Apple stfor the iPhone or iPod Touch. There are others that for purchase but there are plenty of free ones too!

QuiltingCalc — put your fabric measurements in and thapp does the math for you!

QuiltRef — has a conversion calculator and measuremefor quilt sizes.

BlockFab — fabric calculator and quilt block referenceguide.

Judith Baker Montano’s Embroidery & Crazy Quilt StitGuide

QuiltFab — helps you figure out how much fabric you nfor blocks, sashing, backing, etc.

ISewingRoom Lite — a free app that keeps track of youfabric stash, patterns, notions, etc.

http://www.firstcapitalquiltguild.org/

http://www.completelyquilted.com/



http://www.firstcapitalquiltguild.org/



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Member’s Challenge Winners

inners of the PAQG member challenge are, from left,

enda Berman with her themed creation “Flowers Feed A

oul” — won first place; Pam Wachtel’s first time entry,

Heart of the Home,” won second; and Dot Cowan’s “Savor

ery Day, Take Time To Smell The Flowers” quilt she

eated as therapy.

hairman of the quilt challenge was Patsy Williams. This

ar’s challenge theme was “In My Garden”.

Fundraising Project Report

The fundraising project for the year 2012has been selected and approved by theBoard. The project chair is Judy Poole.

The title of the quilt is Rose of Sharonfrom Leisure Arts Encyclopedia of ClassicQuilt Patterns. The quilt is an adaptationof an antique quilt. It upholds the tradi-tion of heirloom quilts with all blocks handappliquéd and when completed will be ma-chine quilted. It is made with 12 blocksmeasuring 20” x 20” each making a fin-ished quilt size of 90” x 110” including bor-

ders. Three blocks are already completeand will be shown at the July meeting.



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PublicityChairman

Jeanette Huffrecently joined PAQG

and has graciouslyagreed to be our Pub-

licity Chairman.

Thank You!!

Sue Fuller of Antlers, OK is the winner of the “My Whimsical Garden” quilt.

Fundraising Report by Sue Roye are off to a good start with ticket sales on our Fund-ising Quilt, "Welcome Home." We sold $256 worthtickets. I think that is a fabulous way to start our lling season. We need to remember that I cannot giveaccurate account of the number of tickets since we

e selling 6/$5. I can only count the amount of money.

e had a successful three days during the shop hop atompletely Quilted. Even at the back of the store, thatuilt catches your attention. Presently the quilt is in thewntown lobby of the Eastman National Bank in

onca City. Members who would like to borrow theuilt to sell tickets at their home during a meeting of anganization they belong to need to contact Sue Roy,ndraising chair, at 580-362-3860.







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