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Comox Valley

Schoolhouse Quilters’ Guild www.schoolhousequilters.com

April 2015

Presidents Message

Well, it’s officially Spring, the cherry blossoms have come and are almost finished, and the weather is definitely warming up as the days grow longer. People can be seen out in their gar-dens and conversations are happening over the fence. Spring definitely changes our outlook on life! Around the guild, members are making plans to visit one of the many upcoming quilt shows on the island and surrounding areas. Several at-tended the show in Powell River and came back with very positive comments! If you haven’t made plans to attend a quilt show, check out the infor-mation on the bulletin board and see if there’s one that piques your interest. Thursdays continue to be busy with many winter projects in their finishing stages. It is amazing to see the variety of patterns and fabrics that brighten up the hall! Several have been working on their ‘library challenge’; thanks to Raelene and Anne for putting out a selection of books for us to check out on Thursdays! As our quilting year begins to wind down, I want to remind you that a big part of what makes our guild ‘tick’ is your participation in it! Please take some time to consider how you might contribute in the coming year. There are lots of committees that could use your help; a great way to keep our guild a place for all tastes. Enjoy your Spring quilting days!

You know you’re a quilter if…

“You can’ t balance your check book, but

you can figure to the nearest quarter yard

how much fabric you need to make a

scrappy, queen-size Mariner’s Compass

quilt.”

Anne and Mary Lou

Nominations 2015 Book Review by Lois

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CVEx 2015 Programs Show n’ Tell

6 7 7

March Show n’ Tell Community Quilts Mystery Workshop

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Refreshments Rota Mystery Quilt 2015

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Birthdays

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Our Advertisers

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Word Puzzle

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Comox Valley Schoolhouse Quilters’ Guild

www.schoolhousequilters.com

CVSQG - Box 1507, Comox, B.C. V9M 8A2 - [email protected]

Presidents: Anne McCullough & Mary-Lou Morden

Past Presidents: Nerissa Thomas & Carol Metner

Vice President: Florence Labrecque

Secretary: Louise Argyle

Treasurer: Terryl Essery

Community Quilts: Coordinator—Nerissa Thomas

Lilli House Verna Power

Breast Cancer & Teddies & Toddlers

Gladi Lyall & Barb Messer

Placemats Sharon Latham

St Joe’s Babies Joy Whitehouse

Seniors & Fire Quilts Nerissa Thomas & Verna Power

Pregnancy Care Centre Nerissa Thomas

HAW 2015 To be held on Quadra

In-House Draw: Shirley Woodbeck

Library: Anne Mamers & Raelene Robertson (co-chairs)

Membership: Moreen Reed

Newsletter: Hope Rychkun

Newsletter Advertising: Joan Johnsen

Programs: vacant

Publications

& Communications: vacant

Refreshments: Rosanne Tinckler & the Kitchen Cops

Retreats: Terry Vadeboncoeur, Beverly Luck, Sharron W.

Sunshine: Trudy Thorne

Venue: Shirley Woodbeck — Charles Dickens

Norma McNellie — Nautical Days

Website: Hope Rychkun

Workshops: Sandy MacDonnell, Carol Metner, Lynn Gray, Jackie Greening

Word Puzzle: Bev Michaluk

2013—2014 Executive & Committees From the Editor’s Desk Newsletter Advertising:

To advertise in the newsletter please

contact Joan Johnsen.

[email protected]

Newsletter Deadline:

Please submit all entries for the

newsletter by the 20th of the month

for inclusion in the next month’s

newsletter.

Submit articles to Hope (current edi-

tor) using the email:

[email protected]

Guild Meetings

Our guild meets every Thursday

from 9:00am to 9:00pm for quilting at

the Cumberland OAP Hall.

General Meeting (September to

June) on the 1st Thursday of each

month at 7:00pm

Executive Meeting (September to

June) 3rd Thursday of each month at

1:00pm

No meetings in July or August, just

wonderful sewing days…

Our Website:


Memberships

Don’t forget to renew your

membership. You need to be a

paid member to enjoy the bene-

fits of the guild...

http://www.schoolhousequilters.com/

mailto:[email protected]


http://www.schoolhousequilters.com




Nominations 2015 As you all know, we, the Schoolhouse Quilters, have a very special Guild. It has

evolved that way because of our members, and the way they step up to the plate

for every occasion.

This is no less true of our Executive, and all their hard work. They have done

their bit for the Guild and are now ready to hand it over to others to do their

part. Yes, they are large shoes to fill, but I am pretty certain that they thought

the same thing at this time two years ago. Everyone can play a part in the run-

ning of the Guild, but we do need some folks to be our front runners, as it were.

We need:

President (s)

Vice President

Secretary

Program

HAW

Publications and Communications

Venue - Nautical Days

Think about it, and if you want to, or can suggest someone who might want to

be part of our Executive, please let Carol Metner or Carreen Webber know.





Book Review Sulky - Secrets to Successful Embroidery Guild library #488

" " " Quilting Guild library # 489

" " " Applique Guild library # 490

" " " Stabilizing Guild library # 491

By Joyce Drexler

We have a wealth of information and ideas contained

in these four Sulky books, new additions to our guild's

library. Joyce Drexler is the author of all four, but

draws on other artists and instructors for projects and

ideas.

As you might guess, Sulky products are used through-

out these books. In addition to using Sulky threads,

various types of stabilizers are used for applique and

machine embroidery. I'm wondering if anyone has

used Sulky "Puffy Foam" to enhance stitching and

make words stand out - the results certainly look won-

derful in the "Secrets to Successful Embroidery"! This same book has a project using

crayons and free motion embroidery to create a lovely pansies and wreath hanging

(Page 85) - no need to own a computerized embroidery machine here!

"Secrets to Successful Applique" concentrates on various Sulky threads at the begin-

ning of the book. This section is followed by "Color Theory 101" for applique using

the Sulky Thread Palette. Using thread colors to demonstrate color schemes, neu-

trals and earthy neutrals is very informative, especially when the same trees/house

design is used to show the various color schemes.

Ever wanted to try weaving using your sewing machine? The secret ingredient is

'Heat away stabilizer' upon which you sew decorative yarns, threads and braids (Continued on page 5)





then remove the stabilizer with heat once you have completed your 'weaving' (see

page 61 of "Successful Stabilizing"). Different stabilizers are used in different pro-

jects and the nice thing with this book is the coding at the bottom of each page, in-

dication which stabilizer is appropriate for each project.

Inside the front cover of each book you will find a table of contents and inside the

back covers are pouches containing patterns for some of the projects in the

book. Even if you don't attempt a project, this set of books is worth looking

through for information and interesting ideas.

Lois Warner

(Continued from page 4)

"Reminder to Members Got something you would like to raise at an upcoming meeting? Please let me know by

email no later than the day before the meeting so that we can allocate our time more effi-

ciently in the business portion of our meetings.

This includes items to be addressed under Members' Announcements.

My email address is [email protected]

Louise (Secretary)





Comox Valley Exhibition (CVEx) Quilt Show August 28, 29 and 30, 2015

Theme ‘100 Fair Years’ The time draws near. Have you thought about your quilt entries yet? Please do. We would like to emphasize the Challenge Quilt Category. As in previous years Fabricland is sponsoring the category and will award a $50 gift certificate to the winner. The challenge quilt can be up to 120” in perimeter size and open to any quilted item, be it tradi-tional, fibre art or a wearable. The only other qualification is that the entry must reflect the CVEx Theme and have been made in the 12 months preceding the 2015 show. Another item this year that may be of special interest is the ‘name tag display’. There are no prizes or ribbons planned, as yet, for the display but with the diverse number of name tags available should be very interesting. Please think about making a new one for the display or showing off one you already have made. Again, we look forward to another successful Quilt Show at CVEx 2015 with your help. Thank you. Judy Morrison, Margaret Yells and Marilyn Schick

Show n’ Tell March





Program Notes April Meeting

Huckleberry’s Quilt Shop will be the vendor. A great chance to shop for those special items

you always need.

May Meeting

Chelsea Rogers will be presenting her trunk show on Modern Quilting. The Red Barn will

also be there as a vendor.

Show n’ Tell March





March Show n’ Tell





Community Quilts

Community Quilts participated at the Cumberland Heritage days on

February, 21,2015.





Mystery Quilt 2015/ CQA Mystery Quilt

Spinning Stars designed by Anna Davison

Last September CQA offered an online seven part Mystery Quilt, this was our project for our

Guild’s March 14th 2015 Class. Anna Davison is

from Nova Scotia and I thought this pattern

would be a nice coast to coast truly Canadian

project.

We had a busy day and everyone went home

with enough done to be able to see the pat-

tern emerge. To find the pattern you need to

be a CQA member and go to the members only

section of the website. Buy extra fabric and

wait till part five for the correct template size.

Thank you everyone who was at the class. An extra big thank you to the workshop commit-

tee, as I changed the fabric list and we tried to contact everyone.

Janis Davis

Hi Janis

Thank you for sharing the Guild's photos with me! I love the variety of color combinations

quilters come up with when they don't know what the result will be - they go with their heart

- their favourites!

And thank you for the invitation to be a guest at your Comox Valley Quilt Guild should I

visit the island again. It's a beautiful part of Canada, and my husband and I fell in love with

it.

Please tell the girls I'm delighted with their results and wish them great success in their future

quilt making.

Anna Davison Mystery Quilt 'Spinning Stars Designer





Refreshment Rota

Each month has been allocated letters of

the alphabet. If your last name begins with

one of the letters for that month, then that

is the month that you are responsible for

bringing a snack to the business meeting

in the evening.

Having said that, if you just feel like bak-

ing or bringing something to any business

meeting, regardless if it is your “turn” or

not, you are more than welcome to do so!

Month Surnames beginning

with:

September A, B

October C, D, E

November F, G

December H, I. J.

January K

February L

March M

April N,O,P,Q, R

May S

June T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

The Kitchen Cops

Happy Easter





SUNSHINE

If anyone knows a guild mem-

ber who has been ill or has ill-

ness or a death in their family or

who just needs to be cheered,

please call:

Trudy Thorne (phone number on membership

list)

Or

sun-

[email protected]

Happy April Birthdays

Upcoming Events & Shows

2015 Check out the www.canadianquilter.com

website calendar of events for more shows…

April 17 & 18

WESTSHORE QUILTERS GUILD 2015 SHOW

Timeless Treasures-A Decade of Quilting. Eagle

Ridge Community Ctr in Langford BC.

May 1 - 3

VANCOUVER ISLAND FIBRE FEST 2015,

Campbell River BC Community Ctr

May 29 -31,

PARKSVILLE QUILT HOUSE QUILTERS’ GUILD

2015 SHOW

Generation to Generation.

Berkey Helene Apr/01

Reid Lynda Apr/04

Letkeman Margaret Apr/05

Wells Marjorie Apr/09

Veenof Arlene Apr/11

Thorne Trudy Apr/11

Keenan Gail Apr/12

Vadeboncoeur Terry Apr/12

Kulicki Nell Apr/12

Ritchie Beth Apr/14

McNellie Norma Apr/19

Schick Marilyn Apr/28

Forsayeth Sandra Apr/30

Harrison Jennifer Apr/30




http://www.canadianquilter.com/

http://www.westshorequiltersguild.com

http://www.parksvillequilthousequilters.com

http://www.parksvillequilthousequilters.com




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