Co-President Diane Penci dianepenci@gmail.com

Co-President Susan Davis smd9139@gmail.com

Treasurer/Membership Darlene Bell dabell47@gmailcom

Secretary Pat Graves coffeecup12@me.com

Committee

Brunch with the B’s Brenda Barkley

Charity Ida Hoover

Darlene Bell

Donna Parisi

Cookie Master Barb Morrow

Historian vacant

Membership Darlene Bell

Carla Tiling

Newsletter Joyce Buckman

Programs/Guild Peg Tackett

Programs/Chapter Peg Tackett

Showcase Reps Joan Resch

Donna Parisi

Storage Ida Hoover

Sunshine Brenda Barkley

Web Rep Wanda Marsh

The Piecemakers’ purpose is that of QGOTV; namely,”…to promote an interest in an

appreciation of the art of quilt making, sharing of quilting information with an

education of members and the community.”

OCTOBER 2016

VOL 4 NO 8

Submissions/news/views to

Joyce Buckman

b.joyceann@comcast.net

PIECEMAKERS CHAPTER – QGOTV

Paradise Rec Center, Rita Hayworth Room

1403 Paradise Dr., The Villages, FL

8:30am – 11:30 am Every Tuesday

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(Includes @10.00 for Guild Membership)

HEAR YE HEAR YE

A NOTE FROM ONE OF OUR

CO-PRESIDENTS

The season is changing again

already. Oh my! The old saying

"Time flies" becomes more

meaningful with each passing

year. As I come to realize how

important each day, each

experience and each relationship

is, I want to acknowledge how

much I cherish the

Piecemakers. Thank you for all

your kind words and prayers.

We have a busy season ahead

with our quilting sisters. A

couple of social events planned,

our craft sale and many

opportunities to learn a new trick

or two at our meetings but

especially on our 2nd Tuesday

all day sews. Keep your eyes and

ears tuned in as the schedule of

activities are announced. Don’t

forget to let Peg Tackett know if

you have something you can

share or something you would

like to learn about.

Diane Penci, Co Pres

SUNDAYS AT STERLING STERLING HEIGHTS REC CENTER

2508 St Charles Place

Village of Tamarind Grove

Come out and sew with us all day from 11:30am

to 3:50pm. Lots of fun for everyone. They even

have special themes going on some Sunday’s. 3rd

Sunday is scrappy Sunday. Join in the fun.

.

This Quilt of the week is from Barb

Morrow and contains the names of

various members of our Chapter. Wanda

brought this in and we are so happy to

have it. Barb will be back visiting on

Sept. 27th so be there to see her.

August 23rd Quilt of the Week

Quilt of the week from Diane.

This is from a kit by McKenna

Ryan. You get all the fabric and

all you have to do it put it

together. Words from Diane,

time consuming and tedious.

However, it is a beautiful quilt.

The name: Calling Me Home.

Thanks for sharing.

Susan and friends delivered 52 quilts for

our Head Start Program on September

30th. Good Job Ladies

BELOW ARE THE RESULTS FROM THE SURVEY THAT WAS SENT OUT TO OUR CHAPTER ASKING ABOUT

EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES DURING OUR TUESDAY MORNING MEETING OR ALL DAY SEW-IN.

BELOW ARE THE ONES THAT HAD THE MOST INTEREST.

1) FREE MOTION QUILTING – Esther has volunteered to show us on our all day sew in in March.

2) NEEDLE TURNED APPLIQUE – Ann has volunteered

3) HOLIDAY ORNAMENTS

4) BEAUTIFUL BORDERS

5) TRUNK SHOWS

6) FOLDED FABRIC ITEMS

7) SCRAPPY BLOCKS

8) DEMOS FAVORING QUILTING TOOLS

9) PAPER PIECING

10) HOLIDAY ITEMS

11) SPECIFIC BLOCKS

12) QUILT LABELS

13) MACHINE APPLIQUE

14) PHOTO QUILTS

15) BINDING

16) COLOR DECISIONS

17) USING A DESIGN WALL

We need volunteers to show us these so if you have any skills please let us know. We will then

schedule a class and let everyone know. Peg would love to put you on her schedule and we would love

to learn.

These are just some samples of what we can learn from our teachers, so please volunteer if you can

On Tuesday your UFO was due, BUT we get a reprieve, it is NOW OCTOBER 4TH. Did you get

your project done? This person did not, really didn’t want to do the one we got but eventually I

will have to finish it. Even with the date change it is not happening. If you did, I hope you have

a nice lunch on all of the members in the UFO group. The next one isn’t due for 3 month’s so

maybe everyone (that would be me) will get theirs done.

BLOCK OF THE MONTH…………….Brenda has challenged us with the “LOVER KNOT”. If you didn’t

get a copy of it ask her and she will be more than happy to give it to you. She says it isn’t hard

so I am hoping she isn’t telling us a fib. It’s also on quilters cache website.

Esther wants everyone to enter a quilt in our showcase, entry forms must be turned in

by October 4th. Pictures of your quilt are needed. Your sleeve and bag are not needed

until January 4th. There are several of you who really really should be putting your quilts in and

they do have a rookie category for newbies (you know who you are).

DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE BULLETIN BOARD FOR

UPCOMING CLASSES.

Please support your local

quilts shops, they need

you to keep them going

and grow so that we can

make more quilts for

charities and our

veterans………..

Do whatever is

necessary to achieve

accurate 1/4" seams.

You'll have fewer

headaches.

Delores brought this stunning hand quilted flower quilt in for us to enjoy. It is called

Brides Garden by Marjorie Rhinehart. Five fabrics make 3 different flowers for a total of 18 and

petals are needle turned applique. It took 9 month to finish and was a UFO. Love it.

Yo Yo’s galore, 588 to be exact and we watched Esther doing these at our meetings week

after week and I know she was doing them at home. Good Job. Quilt Show?

Quilt of the week September 13th

Thanks Diane for finding

Barbs sewing machine

cord, she really wanted

to sew on Tuesday

Darlene is our embroidery person and

did this quilt at the request of her

son. He wanted surf boards and

women. Well a certain kind of

woman but I will let her tell you about

that. For those of us who don’t do

embroidery she explained the

machine and it is something

worthwhile looking into. Sounds like

fun.

Terry on the left,

(she says she is a

novice) and

Brenda on the

right with a

glorious black

and white star

pattern. Both

are mystery

quilts called

Gemini Sky.

Same pattern but

different look

when you use

different colors

and fabric.

Quilt of the week September 20 Wanda took a class with Barbara DeLong on 11/8/15 and

this became her UFO, it was on 3 times so she is thrilled to

be finished. It is called Falling Triangles and only has 2 rows

that are repeated. OK Barb, your turn.

Carla showed this very pretty

table runner that she made. The

colors and design would go on

anyones table. Maybe we can

get her to work with us on this

one.

QGOTV.ORG You need to get on this site and check it out. All upcoming events and all

classes being offered are on here. Showcase quilt answers, photo’s, long arm quilters and a lot more is

here for you to see and to use. You are in for a treat when you log on.

Welcome back Sue, the 1st returning

snow bird…

Show and tell from September 20th. On the right is

Susan’s UFO. It belonged to Carolyn who gave up and

gave it to Susan who finished it. She also was about to

give up but didn’t. It is a quilt as you go. Bottom left is a

quilt that Eula has done for her son. He is going to be so

surprised at what his Mom did for him. Bottom right is

from Delores and it is a work of art. It is a 4 patch but the

quilting she did on it was stunning. It is done in a spiral

design. Her advice is to be ready to spend a long time on

this but the end result is well worth it. Oh, and be

prepared to go slow and your arms may feel a little

discomfort.

Are you a

FABRIHOLIC……..n: One who can’t control the urge to buy fabric they

don’t have a project for. Again.

Are you