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PR ES I D ENT’S MES S AG E
Merrimack Valley Quilting Guild
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2013-14
President:
Ann Hockmeyer
Vice– President
Betty Dahlquist
Secretary:
Jan Taylor
Treasurer AP:
Elaine Rando
Treasurer AR:
Marianne Karp
Celebrating 35 years of encouraging the art of quilting in the Merrimack Valley. MVQ was established in 1980.
To reach any committee, please address corre-spondence to MVQ Guild
PO Box 566 Haverhill. MA 01831 Newsletter items must be in to me by the 1st of each month:
April 2015
Whew! We made it through our awful winter! April is finally here and it’s time
to stop hibernating. We have a lot to do this month. Everyone should be getting
ready for our annual quilt show. Helen and Gail have done a lot of work with
their team of dedicated volunteers to make it happen. Remember that you must
contribute two hours at the show as part of your membership duties and please be
as generous as you can with your time and talent as it takes an army of people to
put on such a big show.
Our beautiful raffle quilt will be on display at MQX in Manchester this week.
Please call Betty Hastings and volunteer to quilt sit or white glove. We must
work four hours a day at MQX in order to have our quilt there and help is need-
ed!
Our meeting this month is going to be fun! We have some of our own members
speaking about their quilt journey. I’ve always loved hearing and learning from
our journey quilters each year. I get to share my story and quilts with you, along
with two others!
Remember to bring your penny raffle basket to the meeting! See you there!
Happy quilting, Ann Hockmeyer
April 16th -Lecture: “Journeys” – Time
travel with several MVQ quilters & their quilts.
Workshop: “Scrap Queen Unleashed!” Saturday, April 18th GEORGETOWN LI-BRARY Our own Signe Kaleel will be making us use our scraps & tame them all into submission, atleast in theory. Join Signe as she teaches us how to make beautiful scrap quilts utilizing several techniques
including just “going at it”. Fuggly, crummie, fractured, stringy or playful….plan to use your scraps & maybe even your friends scraps. Totally addicting!! $25
2017 Raffle Quilt Fabric Guidelines 1 Set is equal to (3) four inch squares of fabric all cut from the same fabric.
OR a larger set of up to (5) four inch squares all of the same fabric. Give us all you got! We need a variety of colors in lights, mediums and darks, quilt shop quality and perhaps
newer to your stash.
Clear tones, fabrics that read as one color, prints, textured solids, subtle stripes, plaids,
checks, dots, geometric.
Think all colors like: Turquoise, teal, seafoam and jade; lime, mint, olive, tarragon, and greens from the garden; red, burgundy, berry, pink, magenta, coral, melon, peach, tangerine,
orange; daffodil, butter, honey yellow and soft gold, cool grays light and mediums; lilac,
grapey purple or grayed purple, amethyst; and the blues, denim blue, navy, royal, marine and
periwinkle; a few browns, chestnut, chocolate and tan.
Just NO old stuff, no fabrics that are more than 50% white, huge prints which do not read as
any particular color and true solids. Hope this helps. Bring to the April, May and June
meetings – basket at back table.
This year we are featuring 9 demonstrations from some of our most talented members.
You may want to plan your visit to catch one or several of them.
We don't want to keep them a secret!
Friday May 1st
10 Finagling Fusible Web - Maddie Burke, Making it all Behave
11:30 am Spectacular Sulky Samplings - Ann Hockmeyer, Certified instructor
1 Free Motion Doodle Quilting - Bev Valle
2 Bind with your Back - Liz Swan, Using the backing to wrap and bind your quilt
3 Terrific Half Square Triangles - Deb Kelso, Many ways to sew HST, this is the best!
Saturday May 2nd
10 Fashioning Fabric Flowers - Roselie Berard, Spring Flower embellishments
11:30 Stretchers for Art Quits - Sue Molin, Mounting for a professional presentation
1 Portable, Perfect Pressing - Carrie Zizza, Repurposing and sewing productivity
2 Spatial Harmony - Expanding the Square - Ruth Martineau, Exploring Japanese No-tan
This and That
Sunshine Lady: Mary Jo Ray If you know of someone who needs a bit of sunshine in their
life, please contact Mary Jo on her phone please!
PROGRAM UPDATES -
April 18th Workshop "Scrap Queen Unleashed" still has seats available and we guarantee there will be lots of
laughs with Signe and some new techniques to help you use up those scraps, effectively and beautifully. Cost
is $25. LOCATION CHANGE: GEORGETOWN LIBRARY
Seats are still available for Joe Cunningham class on FRIDAY, May 22nd. Basic sewing equipment and only
four yards of fabric. He'll take you comfortably out of your comfort zone and you'll have a blast. Cost is $35.
All classes must be paid in full when you sign up. Please check with Program to make sure you have paid and
are signed up.
Most of the remaining classes will be open to non-Guild members after the February meeting.
The Guild's budget and fundraising efforts which contribute to Program offerings still needs your additional
support thru workshop participation. Why not take a class, it's always a great day spent with like-minded
women, fabric, and food. And most of us either learn a thing or two or having something to share!
The MQX Festival will be at the
Manchester Radisson on Thursday April 9, Friday April 10 and Satur-day April 11. We are going to have the 2014-2015 raffle quilt there.
Betty Hastings call her at 978 352-2218 or email to Betty.hastings @erizon.net IF YOU CAN HELP OUT.
Quilt judging for the show will take place on April 29th at the Merri- mac Public Library, 86 W. Main St.,
Merrimac, MA. We will start checking in quilts at 8:30. The judging will start at 9:00. If you can’t get your quilt to the library that day, please take it to one of the drop off spots and it will be transported for you. Unfortunately, picking your quilt up at the library is not an option this year. It will be taken to the show the next day for you. If you
have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me: Carrie Zizza www.ItsAZizza.com 978-388-7788.
.. What to bring to April Meeting :
Scratch lottery tickets for our basket for penny raffle
Any penny raffle baskets you have done and wrapped in cellophane (unless you are bringing Thursday
morning to High School)
Fat Quarters for Angie for white elephant table
Your calendar – so you can sign up to work at the show May 1 and 2. We are ALL SET for Thursday
workers. Baked goods (individually wrapped), cases of soda or water
What you can drop off at High School on Thursday, April 30th
Any items for white elephant area
Any finished penny raffle baskets
Any items you are selling at boutique (forms on blog or back table)
Your quilts for show if not judged – come in LEFT FRONT door between 8:30-10:00 only)
Enter side door by athletic fields (extreme left side of high school) for other than quilt drop off and to
enter the show on Friday and Saturday.
Remember JUDGED QUILTS must be at Merrimac Library on Wednesday, April 29th morning between
8:15 and 8:45 AM
Any last minute questions contact Gail Wozniak or Helen Weymouth.
BOUTIQUE TABLE Forms are on the blog or the back table. Bring items labeled with
your code, # and price on Thursday or on the days of the show. Questions?- Maggie H_Judd or Pat Lucey
WHITE ELEPHANT DONATIONS
Bring on Thursday or day of the show.
“Red, White and Blue and Celebrating 35
Years of MVQ!” May 1st and 2nd
Please see Gail or Helen if you are exhibiting a quilt
this year– they have some-
thing for you!!
WIN a SEAT in the April Workshop with our Scrap Queen Signe Kaleel. Good only for the April 18th Work-
shop.
If you'd to go head over to the program table to pick up your Ticket for a chance to win. There are still seats available for this workshop if you aren't feeling lucky.
NEW WORKSHOP LOCATION: GEORGETOWN PEABODY LIBRARY, 2 MA-
PLE STREET, GEORGETOWN MA. From 9-2pm.
Thursday, May 21th Joe Cunningham, San Francisco CA. – www.joethequilter.com/
Lecture: “How to Have Fun” Friday, May 22st NOTE: FRIDAY DATE
Workshop: ROCK THE BLOCK, Album Style. Joe Cunningham How can a quilt that looks so complex be so simple? Rock the block with a simple process that leads to unavoidable originality. Fun, easy, & yet deeply satisfying & eye-opening, this
class will have you inventing your own ways to make block quilts all your own. (Requires 4 yards of fabric) $35 ------------
Thursday, June 18th Lecture: “Waste Not, Want Not….your Time” – Gladi Porsche, Medical doctor, musician, blogger and Cocheco Guild member. Gladi is an appliqué & traditional quilter who is using her “free time” to create lovely, intricate & award winning quilts. Her wonderful use of color,
design sense & her detailed workmanship bring traditional to a new & contemporary time-
lessness. www.gladiquilts.net
BOOK SWAP: Literary type or GUILTY Summer reading. Add a personal note & book-mark!
Merrimack Valley Quilter’s Guild Meeting Minutes March 19, 2014 The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm at St. Luke’s (Holy Angels Church) Plaistow NH by vice president, Betty Dahlquist
Carrie Ziizza spoke about the judging which will take place at the Merrimac MA public library on April 29th. Drop offs will start at 8:30 am and at the conclusion all judged quilts will be taken by Carrie and/ or Anne Hockmeyer and they will deliver them to Timberlane High School on Thursday for set up. Gail Wozniak explained how tags were to be fixed to the quilts, half way up the back on the right side. Handouts with these directions and and di-rections as to which doors to use at the high school were made available. There will also be a new quilt pick up
procedure after the show. Contact Carrie with any questions. Minutes of the last meeting, as printed in the newsletter were accepted and approved. Details of the treasurer’s report were made available and it was accepted and approved. The current balance is $28,026.04.
The UFO auction brought in $1441.25. Betty Hastings requested that members sign up to sell raffle tickets at the MQX show April 9-11 at the Radisson in Manchester NH and also turn in their own tickets for the raffle quilt. A report on the recent Mystery Bus Trip has been posted on the blog.
More information on the quilt show was given; entry forms needed to be in to Layne Rando by Monday March 23, pink advertising flyers are on the back table- please take some and distribute, please bring in scratch tickets for a raffle basket to the April meeting or Thursday set up, more raffle baskets are requested, individually wrapped baked goods and drinks will be needed -see Deb Zuckas for details, and silent auction items are needed.
Lynne Grenier requested sets of three 4” squares of the same fabric for the 2016-2017 raffle quilt. A list of re-quested colors was provided. She also spoke about the upcoming programs. The May workshop with Joe Cun-ningham is full and there is a wait list. Participants are reminded that this is a Friday workshop. For the upcom-ing Saturday appliqué workshop, if the weather is poor please call the library to be sure it is open. For Signe’s April scrap workshop, a sewing machine and basic supplies will be needed. Bring scraps, some will be availa-ble.
The vendor this evening is Quilter’s Quarters in Georgetown. The charity quilts made from the ‘toilet paper rolls’ were shown. Angie St Cyr asked for donations for the white elephant table. Cotton quilting fabrics are needed - no upholstery
fabric. Bev Valle and Lin Caido showed the 2015-2016 raffle quilt top “Spice Mountain’”. Membership chair, Liz Swan announced the door prize winners. There were 62 members and one guest in at-tendance.
Show and tell was followed by a 15 minute break, after which the monthly raffle winner was drawn. Lynn Grenier introduced Holice Turnblow, our speaker for the evening. He spoke about the judging process and the requirements needed to become a judge.
Respectfully submitted, Carol Sullivan Acting Secretary
MVQ TREASURER REPORT
APRIL 8, 2015 Elaine Rando
Checking Balance 7611.15
Money Market 5027.20
Annuity as of 12/31/2014 15218.39
TOTAL FUNDS
$27,856.74
PAYMENTS
Bresnahan Storage – Monthly March ** 57.00
Programs/Workshops 21.24
March Speaker 231.50
Monthly Bank Maintenance Fee Feb, Mar & April ***45.00
TOTAL
354.74
DEPOSITS
Monthly Bank Fee Returned for April *** 15.00
Programs/Workshops 25.00
Quilt Show – Booklet Ads 85.00
Quilt Show – Judging 60.00
TOTAL
185.00
NOTES/QUESTIONS
Quilt Show Expenses to come
Taylor Rental
School Rental
Booklet Printing
Kitchen
Judging
Received a check from the Retreat 12/15
Emailed Kathy, did not hear back yet
Refund 151.20
Insurance Certificate for quilt show Done
**Bresnahan Storage increased to $57.00 per month
***Santander Monthly Fee - $15.00 if we go below $5,000.00 Checking
or $10,000.00 Total of Cking & Savings. I Spoke with the Bank and they returned this month’s fee.
Jeanne Elliott
Beginning Tole Painting
Beginning quilting
Professional quilting of
your quilts!
Quilting by Catherine Hand Guided Long Arm Machine Quilting Custom quilting Edge to Edge Binding Basting (for hand quilting)
Catherine Harnisch
Methuen, MA
978-682-1843
Diana Dow, LMT, NCTMB Nationally Certified – Licensed in MA & NH MASSAGE THERAPIST
Stone Therapy Massage Specialty
Deep Tissue and Stress Reduction
617-823-2795 [email protected]
Andover Hair & Skin Care Salon & Spa 93 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810 Hours by appointment – INCLUDES Sunday and Monday Gift Certificates Available – Introductory Offer -
$65.00 Ask about the Signature Franciscan Stone Massage
Newsletters are available by snail mail to only those without computer access-
Send $10 to Pat Lucey, [not MVQ] and at least 10 address labels during the summer. You will get your September newsletter.
This covers stamps, paper and toner for the year.
19 Willow Rd, Boxford, MA 01921
Where can I find: Quilt-quality fabric? Needles?
Pins?
Patterns? Interfacing? Muslin?
108” fabric? Flannel? Discounts?
Art Greeting Cards? Templates? Cutters? Olfa Mats? Rulers?
Books?
http://
AtQuiltersQuar-
ters.blogspot.com 59 North Street Georgetown MA 01833
‘Just 2 doors north of Perley School’
Next Meeting April 16thth 7:00
Holy Angels Hall, Plaistow, NH Doors open at 6:00 for set-up and socializing!
Check List:
Name Tag
Show and Tell $ for raffle
Refreshments [if it
is your turn!] $ for membership
Refreshments: T-Z and anyone who likes to bake!
Pat Lucey is alwaysPat Lucey is alwaysPat Lucey is always
collecting knitted or crocheted hats collecting knitted or crocheted hats collecting knitted or crocheted hats
for babies and children! I also have a for babies and children! I also have a for babies and children! I also have a
source for leftover yarn!source for leftover yarn!source for leftover yarn!
Board Meetings
Held at Plaistow Library at 7:00pm
April 8th
May13th
June 10th
Cancellations!
Info will be on the Blog
SH-H!
Please
