OUR 2019 QUILT SHOWFriday, March 29, from 9 to 5

Saturday, March 30, from 9 to 4 As you know, our guild is sponsoring a QUILT SHOW at the Berglund Civic Center in Roanoke on Friday, March 29 (9 am – 5 pm), and Saturday, March 30, (9 am – 4 pm). Admission is $7 (which gets you in both days) and free for children 12 and under. (Sorry– because of Berglund Center rules, even the volunteers have to pay.) We hope you will join us for this event, in which we are displaying over 200 quilts in many different styles. A certified judge, Dr. Scott Murkin, will have awarded ribbons in each category, so you’ll get to agree with him or not. You’ll get to see the quilts up close and in detail and talk to other quilters. And, of course, shop! The show is always part of our guild’s stated purpose, to educate others about quilting, so there will something for everyone: ☺ door prizes – great gift baskets of quilting and sewing supplies☺ 11 vendors of sewing and quilting supplies☺ the drawing for the lovely log cabin quilt our members made☺ an exhibit of the Comfort Quilts we make for local charities☺ a display that will show how Round Robin quilts are made☺ art quilts by our featured artist, Nancy Oldham, who will also demonstrate one of thetechniques she uses to create her special effects☺ a slide show of several years of our Show and Tell quilts☺ a table for Ryan's Case for Smiles☺ a "bed turning" illustrating the history of quilt-making with quilts from several different eras and styles You can learn more about the show at https://starquilters.org/2019-show/

Be there or be

April 2019 NewsletterStar Quilters Guild of the Roanoke, Virginia, area

http://starquilters.org/

Our April Program: Carolyn Perry Goins at Christ Lutheran Church, corner of Brandon and Grandin in Roanoke

on Monday, April 1, at 7 PM

Carolyn Perry Goins is an instructor, author, anddesigner of quilt patterns with the beginner in mind.Carolyn made her first quilt in 1978 using a how-to book.While that quilt has long since departed this life, herdesire to quilt has grown stronger each year. She took her first formal class in 1981 and has continuedher quest for learning by attending conferences and quiltfestivals, and by studying from notable instructors. Shehas designed and made several raffle quilts for quilt guilds and organizations. She has been active in quilt groups around the world as she traveled with herhusband. Her husband has now retired from the military and they call Virginia home.

The "Fiona Quilt Block" presents a single quilt block with many layouts, each very different. It’s great for the beginner and the experienced quilter also. Makers of donation quilts really enjoy the variations this block provides. Carolyn will be bringing copies of this book and other patterns for the convenience of guild members to purchase.

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Officers and Committee Chairs for 2018-2019 President ..........................................................Judy McWhorterVice-President ............................................... Susan KraterfieldSecretary ......................................................... Claire HightowerTreasurer ...................................................................... Sue Berry

Historian ......................................................................Kelly Zuber Hospitality ................................. Gisela O'Connor & Judy BirdLibrary .......................................... Betty Tyree & Linda Badger

Membership ...................... Jennifer Adams & Bonnie Blessing Newsletter ................................................................. Laura Perry Programs .................................................................Dawn Schaben Publicity .................................................................... Linda Badger Quilt Show .............................................................. Judy CoffmanService Projects .................... Judy Bradley & Ethel Simmons

Special Events ........................................................ Cathy RussellSunshine ................................................................... Sue ThurstonWays & Means ............... Donna Bohon (books and magazines)Ways & Means ................................. Cathy Henderson (fabric)

Web Page ........................................................ Susan Kraterfield Their telephone numbers and email addresses are in the Membership Directory.

MEMBERSHIP 2019-2020 Spring is time to renew! Forms will be available at the meetings. Please be sure you are using a form that is dated 2019-2020. Dues are $20. Checks are made payable to Star Quilters Guild. This year ends April 30, 2019, so your current membership is good through the end of April.

MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY FOR 2019-2020 It’s time to update the directory again. We would like to get a picture for everyone in the directory. If you would like to use the same picture from the last directory that is great. Please check in at the membership table if you need a photo taken or submit a head shot to Jennifer Adams at aboy4me4x@gmail.com Thank you for your help with this project. ~ Jennifer Adams and Bonnie Blessing, Membership Committee

SCOOPS OF LOVE If you would like to send a 36”x48” quilt to a child affected by tornadoes in Lee County, Alabama, see https://www.facebook.com/ScoopsOfLoves/ The group writes, “Our initial project in support of the 2013 Moore OK tornadoes yielded 340 quilts from around the country. For children, sudden disasters like a tornadocan create intense anxiety and fear. Please send your love and support with a quilt.”

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OUR CHALLENGE QUILT WINNERS Pictured are “Queen Anne’s Lace” by Nancy Oldham of Salem (2nd Place), “Fifty Shades of Gray” by Judy McWhorter of Roanoke (3rd Place), “New Day” by Bonnie Scottof Salem (1st Place), and “Solar Flares on a Starry Night” by Kelly Zuber of Roanoke (Honorable Mention). The competition challenge was to use one color and its many shades and one neutral ina quilt that was less than 100 inches around. The judge was Neva Hart of the Virginia Quilt Museum in Harrisonburg. Kelly commented, “I've never entered a quilt competition before, and, I'll have to admit, it was a little nerve-racking. I was happy to come away with an honorable mention behind some really talented fabric artist women who have been doing amazing work for many years. It was the first time I did a modern quilt… It ain't your Grandma's quilt!”

A Note from Nancy Oldham, who devised the Challenge “Seventeen lovely monochromatic challenge quilts were judged by Neva Hart at our March meeting. You will remember the color and size parameters but the response that thrilled me was the variety of styles submitted. The winning quilts were all innovative plus representing modern, artistic, traditional and contemporary! Some guilds struggle towork in newer ways but Star Quilters thrive; Star Quilters have style! Congratulations and thanks.”

It’s Not Too Late This newsletter is being sent out before the quilt show, so it’s not too late for you to volunteer to help at the show. It’s a lot of fun being with other guild members and meeting quilters from around the area. To volunteer, contact Peggy Ramsey or Judy Coffman. Their numbers and email addresses are in the membership directory.

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What’s Ahead at our Monday MeetingsMay 6 – The Spring Social – possibly including a floor show of winning quilts from our quilt show.June 3 - Nancy Oldham will show her collection of old quilts and share their stories.July 8 – Bonnie Scott on “The Creative Process.” She will talk about how having fun has led to creativity in her glass work, in her quilting, and in her drawing – with examples. (Postponed by the weather cancellation of our January meeting.)August 5 – to be arrangedSeptember 9 – Cathy Fandel will lead a program on Christmas Quilts and other Christmasideas. Everyone is invited to bring Christmas quilts to share with the group.Future programs: the new quilt store at Smith Mountain Lake, UFOs, and Marietta Price (make accessories to go with that lovely quilt!), to name a few. ~Dawn Schaben, Program Chair

We all know what can happen when one learns to quilt …

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THE STARRY EYED QUILTERS INVITE YOU TO JOIN THEMIN PLEIN AIR ON MAY 4

The Starry Eyed Quilters group meets to try new techniques to make art quilts. Talk to Susan Kraterfield if you’d like to join them at a meeting or on facebook. Here is a notice of a Starry Eyed Quilters workshop to which YOU are invited.

Plein Air Quilting Play DateSaturday, May 4, from 10 am – 2 pm @ Linda Badger’s

Leave behind the four walls of your studio and experience quilting in the landscape. The practice for painters was popularized by the French Impressionists. They wanted topaint light and its changing qualities. The advent of transportable paint tubes and the box easel freed the artists to paint “en plein air,” which is the French expression for “in the open air.” We’ve adapted it to quilting! Come give it a try. Bring: fabric, scissors, glue, card table, lunch. We’ll each set up somewhere and work up a quilt design from something we see; the garden should be lush. We are scheduling 3 hours of work time and a break for lunch. Contact Susan at skraterfield@gmail.com to reserve a spot and get directions to Linda’s.

Below: photographs from our “indoor” version of this technique.

Guild members arrange scraps of material to create their own versions of a still-lifecomposition created by Kitty DeLapp

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Minutes of the Star Quilters Guild Monthly Meeting on March 4, 2019

President Judy McWhorter called our meeting to order at 7:02. She began the meeting with a few reminders:--- Volunteers are needed to help with our Quilt Show on March 29-30. See Peggy Ramsay to sign up.--- The April 27 Phyllis Reeves workshop featuring the Aura quilt is full. Dawn will place names of additional interested members on a waiting list.--- Our 2018-2019 Star Quilters Guild year ends April 30. Please pay your dues for 2019-2020 by April 30. Program Introduction Our program for the evening was Challenge Quilt Judging. Entrants hung their quilts prior to the meeting. Nancy Oldham reminded us of the challenge, which was to create a quilt with maximum perimeter 100 inches using monochromatic fabrics with a maximum of one neutral fabric using a technique which is new or challenging to the entrant. Judge Neva Hart evaluated the entries during our Business Meeting. Business Meeting Secretary: Minutes of our meetings appeared in the March newsletter. Treasurer: The Treasurer’s report is available. Library: No update. Comfort Quilts: Co-chair Judy Bradley announced that twenty-one Comfort Quilts and one Veteran’s Quilt were turned in at the March meeting. Kits are available for members to take home to complete. Hospitality: Chair Gisela O’Connor announced the March birthdays. Special Events: Chair Cathy Russell announced a March 16 field trip to quilt shops in Fancy Gap, Wytheville and Radford. Participants will meet at Cave Spring Baptist Church.Contact Cathy to sign up. Cathy also announced a possible quilt retreat Wednesday through Sunday in April or August at a cost of $280 ($240 for those arriving on Thursday), with lodging, breakfast, dinner, and work space included in the price. Sunshine: Sue Thurston reminded members to let her know if someone needs some words of comfort or encouragement. Quilt Show: Committee Chair Judy Coffman encouraged us to take one or more of the yard signs to place in strategic locations (with permission from the property owner) to advertise the show. Fliers are also available to post at businesses. Members who sell ads to appear in the show program will have their name entered for a prize drawing. Kathy Wickham announced that raffle quilt ticket sales total over $500 so far. Membership: Chair Jennifer Adams announced that 62 members and four guests were in attendance. We currently have 103 members. Ways and Means: Co-chair Cathy Henderson announced that members spent $131 at our Ways and Means table. page 6

Workshop: Program Chair Dawn Schaben announced that Susan Kraterfield will hold another Convergence workshop at Cave Spring United Methodist Church, date to be determined. Program: Challenge Quilts Neva Hart announced that she evaluated the seventeen Challenge entries based on requirements and the techniques used. She mentioned that the quilting should add to the piece, not detract from it. The winners were:

First: Bonnie Scott, “Triangles in Teal”Second: Nancy Oldham, “Queen Anne’s Lace”Third: Judy McWhorter, “Fifty Shades of Gray”Honorable Mention: Kelly Zuber, “Solar Flares on a Starry Night”

Each entrant spoke about her entry. Bonnie said she used graphic quilting designs andplayed with dimension and shading in her piece. Nancy used a painted and batiqued whole cloth, used hand embroidery and lace to create the flowers, and created a scalloped border on one side. Judy used a one-block wonder in grays and white on white and added pieces of gray fabric collected from friends as well as embroidery, beads and buttons. Kelly’s challenges were entering a quilt competition for the first time and using yellows. Cathy Henderson had two entries in red and white: one was a traditional but small pattern with the challenge being the accuracy required in small design; the other was machine-embroidered sewing machines. Ethel Simmons’ entry was traditional stars in blue. Jane Holmgren used gray fabrics, including a piece that looked like cat fur, and herchallenge was applique. Kathy Martin made a traditional green-and-white pattern. Laura Perry’s teacups featured embroidery of her own words to the song “I like bread and butter…” and a beaded heart. Susan Kraterfield used a photo to print a Spoonflower fat quarter, which she then overlayed with browns and texture such as needle punch and clipped yarn. Gisela O’Connor‘s Pinwheel Blues featured a pinwheel center with “legs.” Kathy Wickham created a Cathedral Window Star in blues using a folding technique. Judy Coffman’s “Earth Shines on Pluto” used accidental landscape and free-motion quilting to create an other-worldly scene from an upholstery fabric. Debbie Griffin’s first competition entry used vintage 50’s and modern pink fabrics in a traditional Dresden design. Kristin Farwig’s challenge was to use coral fabric, the color of the year, which she dyed herself. Linda Badger used a kaleidoscope embroidered design; her challenge was to do top-stitching. Closing Following Show and Tell, the meeting was adjourned. Our next meeting will take place on April 1 and will feature a Fiona Quilt Block trunk show presented by Carolyn Goins.

Respectfully submitted,Claire Hightower, Secretary

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ENTER YOUR QUILTS IN THE 2019 SMOKY MOUNTAIN QUILTERS SHOW Why not share your quilt with others who willappreciate it? The Smoky Mountain Quilters ofTennessee will offer more than $6,000 inawards at their show on August 2 and 3, 2019 at the Knoxville Expo Center in Tennessee.There will be 16 categories in which to enteryour quilts and 12 special awards. Deadline forentries is June 14, 2019, so you have plenty oftime to complete your masterpiece. Please visit https://www.smokymtnquilters.com/quilt-show.html#/ for more information on thecompetition and for entry forms. Pictured: Best in Show (Large Quilts) from the 2018 show. Sorry, I could not read the maker’s name. There is an interesting slide show of winners at the url above.

Adventures in Gelatin Plate PrintingA workshop by Kevin Womack, a textile artist now living in Lynchburg

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019, from 9 AM to 3 PM in Blacksburghttp://kutauber.wix.com/the-quilting-party

Busy Hands You are welcome to join a small group of members on the 3rd Monday of the month, April 15th (tax deadline) at Barnes and Noble, Tanglewood. Time 6:30 for about 1½ hours. It’s a great time to work on those hand-work projects. Spring is here, so let’s start new projects. Enjoy a cup of coffee if you like

while working and discussing your project. Any questions, contact Ann Ware.

Guild Income and Expenses, May 1, 2018 – March 31, 2019Income $7,891

Expenses $6,847Cash-on-hand: $12,768 (includes carry-over amounts from previous years)

… and an important note The Guild’s accounting year ends on April 30. Please give me any receipts for this accounting year for which you need reimbursement and any income items that you may have collected for the guild.~ Sue Berry, Treasurer page 8

to Guild members born in April3 Mary Lou Prillaman

6 Judi Byrd14 Charlene Wolfe16 Kathy Rondeau20 Loretta Bedia

Cathy Russell’s Report on the Quilt Shop Field Trip on March 16

Cathy’s report: We visitedFancy Gap fabrics & we all cameout with bags full! Next on toWytheville to Batiks Etc. Carol islooking forward to coming to ourquilt show. Lunch at Peking ChineseRestaurant – yummy! We then tooka detour to Narrows to the FabricN Fellowship Shop. She had avariety of fabrics - a lot ofnovelties. Last stop - Radford. Wegot there at 5:00, not knowing thatthey close at 5, and they kept thestore open for us. What a beautifulstore. Well organized and theemployees were very helpful.

MORE WINNERS! Bonnie Scott has drawn the WINNERS from the list of members who collected advertising for our quilt show. She donated great prizes from Joyful Adornments.

The earrings were won by Jennifer Adams.The spool bracelet was won by Sue Berry.The $50 gift certificate was won by Donna Conner.

Bonnie says: Thanks to all who made our advertising campaign a HUGE success!! page 9

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Library Committee Report I went on a shopping spree on books. Dover, a book vendor, was going out of business at a recent show and prices were good. Following are a few new additions: Appliqué -- In the Meadow by Barb Adams and Alma Allen Piecing, scraps -- Handfuls of Scraps by Edytia Star for Laundry Basket Quilt Piecing, folk -- Absolutely Crazy by One SisterPiecing, modern -- Double Wedding Ring Quilts: Traditions

made Modern, by Victoria Findlay WolfeQuilting, machine, free motion -- Free-Motion Framework: 8 skill-building lessons by JenEskridge Stop by our library before our next meeting and check these new additions!~ Betty Tyree

Half-Square Triangle Cheat Sheet On the next page: Ann Ware shares this Half-Square Triangle Cheat Sheet that will help you when you want to make blocks or quilts with half-square triangles. You will find complete instructions for using the chart here: https://jacquelynnesteves.com/half-square-triangle-hst-cheat-sheet-and-tutorial/ To print only that page and not the whole newsletter, tell your printer to print only page 13.

Things You Might Want to Bring to Monday's Meeting(1) Some cash for when you want to buy some of Carolyn Perry Goins’ books and patterns once you’ve seen the amazing quilts that can be made with them!(2) Items you’d like to Show and Tell.(3) Quilt show signs to return to Judy Coffman.(4) Your name tag.(5) Comfort Quilts you’ve finished making and want to turn in.(6) Since April 30th is the end of our fiscal year, take any receipts you have for items purchased for the Guild and money collected for the Guild to our treasurer, Sue Berry. (7) Books and magazines and fabric to donate to our Ways and Means table.(8) A friend who is interested in quilting. (9) Your membership renewal form and $20 for your 2019-2020 membership. (If it’s more convenient, you can print out the form at the end of this newsletter and bring it with you. Just tell your printer to print only page 14. There also will be forms available at the meeting.)

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