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Lanark County Quilters Guild Newsletter

April 28, 2015 Volume 19, Issue 7

Bits & Pieces PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE by Carol Darou

I really enjoyed Demo Day last month. I saw things I’ve never seen before and

learned things I didn't know. Thanks to all of you for putting your expertise into

practice for the rest of us.

There is a lot of information on our show (Quilts on the Tay) that we need to share

with you over the next few months. Please read all the info and if there is something

you don’t understand, please ask questions. We have included a list of workshops, challenges and blocks of the month for you to prepare your list of entries for the show.

This month we will be talking about registering your quilts.

Once again, please don’t be afraid to ask questions if you don’t understand something. You may not be

the only one who doesn't understand, so I need to know. Thanks!

Carol

Quilts on the Tay

2015 Registration Procedure

1. Fill out a registration form for each quilt you are considering entering. Be sure to include the quilt's name, size, and the very important artist statement. 2. Give your completed forms to Berkeley Butler or email them to Cathy Price (cyprice@bell.net) by the June 23rd meeting. 3. Each quilt must have on the back: a label (name of the quilt and your name) a hanging sleeve (pick up how to make a hanging sleeve

handout at the meeting from Berkeley). 4. If you have a group entry please designate one of the group to take responsibility for registering the quilt in their name, and this needs to include the delivery and pick up of the quilt.

Quilt Registration is Wednesday, August 5th, between 1:00 and 4:00 pm at St. Johns School. Quilt Pickup is Sunday, August 9th after 4:30pm at the front door of the school. If you cannot register or pick up your own quilts, please contact Berkeley Butler at 613-284-8050 and we will make

alternate arrangements. Please let us know ahead if you have asked another member to register or pick up your quilts.

Your quilts are very important to us and we want to take every step possible to care for cherished work. The safety and care of your works of art is our main objective. Please call Berkeley Butler at 613-284-8050 if you have any questions.

Workshops, Challenges, BOM September 2013 - June 2015

Workshops:

Sept 2013 Bags with the Bag Ladies Oct 2013 Quilting in Sections with Martha Schellingerhoud (only samples) Nov 2013 Fabric Weaving with Cathy Price Jan 2014 Casserole Cover/Table Runner with Brenda Miller Feb 2014 Japanese Kimekomi Decorative Balls with Yvonne Stirling Feb 2014 Machine Quilting with Pat Lemaire Feb 2014 Liberated Radial Piecing with Elaine Quehl March 2014 Machine Quilting (samples and pillows) April 2014 Hour Glass Beauty with Carole Armstrong June 2014 Designing with Free-Form Shapes with Gail Gerber Sept 2014 Moonrise with Cathy Price

Oct 2014 Red Pepper Jelly with Irene Dewar Oct 2014 Machine Quilting again with Pat Lemaire April 2015 High Tech Tucks with Anna Cornel

April 2015 Naturescape Appliqué with Retta Rive May 2015 Quilted Rugs with Al Côté

Challenges:

2014 Celebrate the 200th Anniversary, My Way 2015 Doorways to the Silver Anniversary of

LCQG - 25 Years of Quilting Together

Block of the Month:

2013-2014 Cathy’s Carousel 2014-2015 Row Quilt

25th Anniversary Party We’re having a party at the June 23 Potluck meeting. Bring utensils etc. Cash bar! Prizes!

Cake! Fun! Bring your first quilted project for display. For more information, call Sue Matte.

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Executive Meeting Report — April 2015

Carol Darou was thanked for hosting this meeting. President (Carol Darou) - Sue Matte outlined her plans for our 25th Anniversary party with discussion and guidance being provided by the Executive. Carol advised that the 200th Anniversary quilt will be on display at QOTT. Gloria (Secretary) had raised questions regarding Archives; discussion followed on what needs to be kept in Archives. Carol advised that Committee year end reports are due at the May Executive meeting. Vice President (Marilyn Robinson) - advised where the May Executive meeting is being held. She asked that people car pool if possible. Past President (Jean Sherwin) - would like to start looking for a Vice President for next year so that the person can be involved from January ready for the November 2016 sale. Treasurer (Janice Spitz) - the report was reviewed and approved. Block of the Month (Cathy Price) - showed the Tree row and explained what was involved in making it. Library (Marie Amyot) - showed the library books for April. Membership (Muriel Hopper) - Muriel will be away in May, but Rosemarie Alarie will be taking care of Membership in her absence. Newsletter (Lynne Green) - advised the deadline for April’s newsletter articles

Outreach (Anna Cornel) - in Anna’s absence, Gloria advised that the EMC published a photo of the quilt but only in black and white. The 2015 bursary is going to Smiths Falls Collegiate Institute. Program (Alexis Mongeau) - provided an update on preparations for the May Challenge. She also reviewed the workshops for April and May, and outlined what she is working on so far for next year. Publicity (Arlene Pellett) - showed the poster for Retta Rive’s trunk show this month. Social (Barb Dodds) - advised all is going well.

March 2015 Meeting Review

There were 80 members and 3 visitors attending our February meeting. Door prizes were donated by Linda Bates and Mara Harrison. The winners were Terri Marsden and Karen Miller. We were treated to a small but lovely Show and Tell, with nine items shown. Anna Cornel presented this year’s Outreach charity quilt to representatives of The Great War Memorial Hospital of Perth District Foundation, who advised monies raised on raffling the quilt will be going towards a family room. Carol Darou presented membership pins to Cate Nesbitt and Janette Wood. Carol then announced a proposition from Perth Fair to provide money towards fabric, etc., for someone to make a Queen size quilt for 2016. Information is on the notice table at the back. Heather Buchan announced that the Lombardy Fair is holding a quilt block competition to celebrate its 150th Anniversary (see full information in this newsletter). Jean Sherwin advised that she has filled the three positions advertised; the Secretary position is a voted position, so others can still put their names forward if interested and a vote will be done at the May AGM. Nancy Jossinet advised that there are still spots available for the April Retreat, so give her a call. Cathy Price showed the Butterfly Row for March’s BOM; there are two blocks in the row. Marie Amyot introduced the books she had purchased for the Library this month.

Alexis Mongeau advised that there are four spots left in the second class being held for High Tech Tucks on May 26. She also advised that anyone taking Al Côté’s workshop on May 6 can purchase the backing from him. In lieu of a guest speaker, five stations were set up for demonstrations of various techniques by Guild members, as follows: a quick and easy strip-method to make prairie points to adorn quilt edges (Rosemary Alarie); the art of stained glass (Colleen Richardson); stack and wack which is an easy way to create quilt blocks with unique kaleidoscope designs (Rick Richardson); how to use the True Cut Circle cutter as well as a couple of quilting machines (Sue Gieretz); modern ideas in using piping to enhance and complement your quilts (Molly Hartin).

The Common Threads

Next Meeting — Tuesday, May 26 @ 7:00 p.m.

Our AGM and the Guild Challenge are being held in May. Come and cast your votes!

May Executive Meeting

Date: Tuesday, May 12 @ 10:00 a.m. Hostess: Marie Amyot 267-1715 Address: 19032 Highway 7, Perth Directions: From Perth go past Omya. Long steep driveway on right just at end of passing lane. Look for Canadian flag on side of barn. Car pool if possible.

LCQG’s 25th Anniversary Challenge

“Doorways to the Silver Anniversary of LCQG

- 25 Years of Quilting Together”

Are you ready for the Challenge? Only one month to go!

Are you wearing your name tag?

Did you bring your… mug, library books, Show and Tell,

Block of the Month?

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Program

We are looking for volunteers to help out with Program next year. Small jobs and no need to go to extra meetings. We need people to make posters, work at the sign-up table, organize the stash sale (a once a year project), and occasional set up. Contact Alexis if you are interested. ~ Alexis & Beverley ~

Library

The Cottage at Cardiff Farms Quilts by Kathy Cardiff has patterns for ten quilts that are beginner friendly, charm pack friendly, and jelly roll friendly. Also included are general instructions. Visit Kathy at her 3-acre farm in California or at her website: TheCottageAtCardiffFarms.com

Loose Change by Lynne Hagmeier of Kansas Troubles Quilts has instructions for making many quilted projects using precut

fabrics (10” layer cake squares, 5” charm squares, and 2.5” mini charm squares) known as dimes, nickels and pennies. Since 2001, Lynne has designed more than forty fabric collections for Moda. She also teaches on quilting cruises. More information is available at ktquilters.com

Benni Harper's Quilt Album by Earlene Fowler and Margrit

Hall has twelve traditional-style quilt projects inspired by six of the books from the Benni Harper mystery series. Earlene has written a series of novels all with titles that are names of quilt blocks. The main character, Benni Harper is a 34 year old widowed mother who works as a curator of the local folk art museum set in California. Margrit Hall designs fabric and quilt patterns.

Primitive Quilts and Projects, Spring 2015 has primitive style quilting, rug hooking, needle punching and stitching projects. This issue has many spring designs including flowers, birds, and rabbits. Thanks again to Marilyn Robinson.

Library News: I am introducing a new tub containing quilt fiction starting with three novels from the Benni Harper series: Steps to the Altar; Arkansas Traveler; Sunshine and Shadow Compliments of your librarian, ~ Marie ~

Block of the Month

Welcome everyone to the final row of this year’s Block of the Month. It will be a Row of Trees. I tried a number of different methods of making this row, including paper pieced. But since I promised no paper piecing on this project, I settled on piecing with templates. I hope you have enjoyed this journey and had fun. ~ Cathy ~

The Stash

Social Thanks to the following members for providing April’s treats:

Gail Stafford Edith Seward Helga Zimmerly Anne Stanzel Loree Tannett Ruth Wilcox Josée Aghajanian Nancy Wallace Simpson Alice Banford Sally Bannerman

~ Barb ~

Membership

Please update your Membership Directory with the following contact information:

Email Change: Matte, Sue

susiematte@gmail.com ~ Muriel ~

Lombardy Fair Quilt Block Competition

In 2016, Lombardy Fair is celebrating its 150th Anniversary. To mark this occasion, they are holding a quilt block competition. Kits are available for $5. Three pieces of fabric are included,

which must be part of the 12.5 inch block. Rules are enclosed in the kit. Completed blocks must be returned by November 1, 2015. These blocks will be used to make a quilt, which will be raffled. Prize money will be awarded for the top three blocks. To purchase a kit, please contact Heather Buchan at 613-267-8481.

Show & Tell

Outreach

This year the LCQG $500 education bursary has

been given to Smith Falls and District Collegiate Institute . This bursary is rotated between all the high schools in the area on an annual basis. ~ Anna ~

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Quilt (Sharon Kryvenchuk); Poppy Wall Hanging (Bev Cooper); No Name Quilt from Leftovers (Elfriede Ronson); Scrap Quilt, Scrap Baby Quilt & Scrap Baby Bibs (Caitlyn Howard); Recycled! (Lynne Evans); Antique 9-patch (Marion

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REMINDERS

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Notices: Check out the table next to the Membership table at the back for notices of upcoming events, and other quilt related items for private sale. Workshop Fees:

Full day workshops: Guest Speaker—$35 Guild Teacher—$25 Half day workshops—$15

Fees are due at sign-up. Bring your own iron. Refunds are given ONLY if there is a family emergency or if the workshop is cancelled. Free Stuff: There is a table at the back for you to place items you wish to give away. However, you must remove any unclaimed items by the end of the meeting.

Blog: Visit our blog for the latest information on Guild activities, meetings, workshop news, upcoming events, quilting tips and photos of Guild members’ work. Log

onto www.lanarkcountyquiltersguild.wordpress.com. Comments welcome. Newsletter: If you have additions or articles you would like included in the newsletter, or wish to start receiving the newsletter by email, please contact Lynne Green at 267-5882 or email at greenstone44@cogeco.ca. Membership: Any changes to your information in the Guild directory should be given to Muriel Hopper and it will be included in the next newsletter.

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Contact List President: Carol Darou 264-0883 Vice-President: Marilyn Robinson 273-9732

Past-President: Jean Sherwin 267-4062

Secretary/Archivist: Gloria Currie 259-3110

Treasurer: Janice Spitz 264-1455

Block-of-the-Month: Cathy Price 267-8092

Blog Administrator: Helen Racette 259-2688 Blog Assistant: Lynne Green 267-5882

Librarian: Marie Amyot 267-1715

Membership: Muriel Hopper 285-6726

Newsletter: Lynne Green 267-5882

Outreach: Anna Cornel 267-6126 Photographer: Ruth Wilson 875-7058

Program: Beverley Davidge 345-1956

Program Co-Chair: Alexis Mongeau 267-7447

Workshop Registration:

Lois Carswell 268-2233

Vacant Workshop Set-Up: Lois MacLean 267-3318

Publicity: Arlene Pellett 264-0710

Show & Tell: Peggy Beckett 268-2443

Social: Barbara Dodds 264-9217

Lois Roberts 267-9879 Mailing Address:

LCQG, PO Box 20101, Perth ON

K7H 3M6

Email: lanarkquilters@hotmail.com

The Backing

Upcoming Events

Workshops (Contact: Alexis Mongeau) **Remember to bring your iron to all workshops**

Wednesday, May 6 9:00 - 3:00 St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

Quilted Rugs with Al Côté

Tuesday, May 26 9:00 - 3:00 Lions Hall

High Tech Tucks (2nd class) with Anna Cornel

Shows

OVQA Festival of Quilts May 8 - 10 RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, ON

Waterways Quilt Show & Sale May 22 - 24 Thousand Island Quilters’ Guild

Brockville Memorial Civic Centre Magedoma Drive, Brockville, ON

Quilted Treasures May 30 - 31 Lindsay Curling Club 18 Peel Street, Lindsay, ON

Quilting in the Valley May 30 - 31 Pembroke Log Cabin Quilters Petawawa Civic Center 16 Civic Center Road, Petawawa, ON

Grand River Quilt Show 2015 June 5 - 6 Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex 550 Belsyde Avenue East, Fergus, ON

The Fabric of Our Lives 2015 Quilt Show June 6 - 7 Trent Valley Quilters’ Guild Brighton Community Centre

75 Elizabeth Street (Hwy 2), Brighton, ON

Quilting in the Valley June 6 - 7 Arnprior District Quilters Guild Nick Smith Centre 77 James Street, Arnprior, ON

Quilts Kingston 2015 June 12 - 14 Royal Kingston Curling Club 130 Days Road, Kingston, ON

Newsletter Deadline

The deadline for May newsletter articles is May 14. ~ Lynne ~

Did you know?

This month’s “F” word ideas for completing your UFOs (by Pamela J. Durant in QNM September 2006): Keep part of a UFO near your sewing machine, ready to

sew. Then when you are chain piecing, instead of cutting off the thread, sew a seam between pieces on a UFO;

Also, keep an uncut part of a UFO near the cutting table so while you are cutting pieces for a new project, you can cut something for your UFO.

Your tips, hints or general news are needed for this section or elsewhere in the newsletter, so please email or give them to Lynne Green. Thanks.