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Volume XXV # 4 P. O. Box 1712, Clarkesville, GA 30523 April, 2018 Tuesday April 17, 2018 Founded in 1994 New Fellowship Hall Sack lunch at 11:30, Show and Tell 12:30 Clarkesville United Methodist Church Meeting to follow thereafter http://www.mountainlaurelquilters.com Clarkesville, GA 30523

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Program for April 17, 2018 Connie Cobb, owner of City Square Quilts in Hoschton, GA, will visit with us on April 17. Her program is changing from the Heat Set Crayons to a Trunk Show. Our timing is good for this special treat! She has available quilts that have been from art work of internationally known artist, Charlie Harper. These have been recreated into three dimensional quilts. They traveled from Hawaii and she is excited to share this show. Connie said we can do crayons another meeting. Claire Hiscox

Workshop News for April 27, 2018

In April, Hilary Johnson is teaching 2 techniques. Cir-cleque and Origami Bow Tie. Circleque is a machine sewn inset circle. It is fast and precise. Just the thing for sewers who choose machine sewing over hand

applique. The second technique is a Bow Tie block with no Y seams. The traditional bow tie block is avoided because of pesky Y seams. Hila-ry will bring the block back into your stash of favorites. If you have questions, please contact Janice Chiaffredo at janice@chiaffredo.org.

President's Message Thank you so much Diane for filling in as President for a day. My Trip to AQS in Lancaster Pa. was a really nice experience (including the 12 inches of SNOW). Question: WHAT IS AN ORGANIZATION? Answer: A group of persons united for same pur-pose or work. Question: WHAT IS A VOLUNTEER? Answer: A person who performs or gives his/hers services of their own free will. NEEDED : VOLUNTEERS FOR NEXT YEAR’S OFFICERS AND CHAIRMEN. CALL MaryAnn Prue 706-894-2201 .

Mission Statement The purpose of the guild is to promote and

perpetuate the art of quilting. The work of the guild is designed to benefit and educate those interested in preserving, continuing and advancing this art. The guild

is a Not-for-Profit Educational organization.

Our website www.mountainlaurelquilters.com is very up-to-date with lots of information about meetings, programs, workshops and bees. The current newsletter and health articles are posted as soon as they are released, so if you’ve lost yours, go there to download it. The comfort quilt patterns are also on the Service Projects page. So keep it bookmarked for easy clicking! Let me know of things you’d like to have added or corrections. Bev Mannes bjm999@windstream.net

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Minutes for Mountain Laurel Quilt Guild March 20, 2018

Diane Turner, presiding in President in MaryAnn Prue’s absence, opened the meeting at 12:33 pm. Many lovely quilts were shown including the beaded pins made at Silke Cliatt’s February workshop. There were a few donation quilts and one Quilt of Valor. Jane Threlkeld and Hilary Johnson displayed the art quilts Bee Artful had made to raffle off at the Fiber Fest May 4 & 5 at the Sautee Nacoochee Center to benefit art programs there. Minutes and Treasurer’s Reports were approved as printed. Membership: Gini Cawood reported 43 members present and 2 new members, Cathy Bavington and Barbara Westbrook. Gini asked if anyone else needed to renew their membership as today was the last day before the roster is printed. It was so good to see Frances Washburn who is progressing very well. Achievement: Janice Santoro had more quilts than written on her sheet. Please let her know if you forgot to write yours down. Basting: Marge Striggow asked if anyone had a quilt they need basted next month. Please let her know by March 25 if you decide you need one basting. Door Prizes: Jean Gustafson organized the door prizes. These were won by Gini Cawood, Jean Gustafson, Janice Santoro and Barbara Westbrook (2). Opportunity Quilts: Jane Threlkeld thanked everyone who had been an ambassador and/or worked at the booth at Expo. $684.95 was raised. Last year $2557.85 was raised and we are about half way there so far. The Airing of the Quilts in Franklin, NC is May 12. Please let Jane know if you are willing to sell tickets that day along with 2-3 friends and she’ll get us a booth. She will be out of town that weekend. Sharon Ruth will be displaying her quilts at the Helen Library during April. Go see this wonderful collection. Library hours are Monday through Friday, 9-6 only. Reminder that the Fiber Fest at SNCA is May 4 & 5. Our own Bev Mannes, Gini Cawood and Silke Cliatt are teaching classes May 4. Volunteers are needed. Jane passed around a sign-up sheet. Quilts of Valor: Karen Trombley reminded everyone that annual dues are now due. Do make a quilt to the specific guidelines she will give you. Come to the sew-in the 4th Wednesday of each month at Bethel Baptist Church 10-2. Bring your sewing machines. Irons, cutting equipment, etc. will be supplied. Four quilts were given out in February at a very emotional presentation which are so appreciated by the veterans. Programs: Claire Hiscox announced next month’s program will be Connie Cobb from City Square Quilts in Hoschton, GA teaching us about heat set crayons. Workshops: Janice Chiaffredo reminded everyone of the Cyber Sew Day Friday March 23. We will be sewing at home and sending 3 emails or phone calls to Janice with our intended projects, lunch plans and achievements for the day. April 27 Hilary Johnson will be showing us how to make a bow-tie block without Y-seams and the piece-a-que circle block with various small projects you can work on. Lucia Scroggs will be teaching a hexie clock project May 25 with no machines necessary. Bee Business: Bee Artful meets at Clarkesville Methodist, 2nd Tuesday of the month, 9:30 am to about 2pm. April will be a UFO day. Bring articles for Fiber Fest to work on, lots of show and tell including pieces made at last month’s painting on fabric demos. Bring lunch and $3. Bee Creative will meet at Mary Ann Prue’s home, 1st Wednesday of the month, 9:30 am. Bee Sharps meet 1st Thursday of the month, Bethel Baptist Church, 10-2, bring $1 & lunch. The Executive Board, with the invaluable help of Lucia Scroggs, met and made revisions to the By-Laws and the Policies and Procedures. They were printed in last month’s newsletter and with one revision, article 8 should read article 7. Motion made by Jan Pitman to accept; Bev Mannes seconded the motion. The motion passed by the membership present. Today’s Program: Unfortunately, Frances Arnold was unable to present the program today due to issues following knee surgery. Bev Mannes stepped in and did a wonderful presentation of the 105 12” refrigerator quilts she had made every week through 2016 and 2017. Bev started these when her refrigerator was replaced and she wanted to fill a blank space seen from her living room. Her rules were 12” squares, make one a week use what she had on hand including samples she had made of different techniques . She pointed out her favorite blocks and the beautiful blocks were displayed at the Sewing Expo in March. The blocks are now on display at the Sautee Nacoochee Gallery through the Fiber Festival in May. Diane Turner spoke eloquently of Judy Bratt who passed away recently; a lovely, talented lady who will be greatly missed. Meeting adjourned at 2:05 pm. Respectively submitted, Hilary Johnson, Secretary

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Treasurer’s Report March, 2018

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Achievement Awards March, 2018

Gini Cawood level 18 Mary Ann Ames level 46 Judy Purdy level 1 Rosale Bolstad level 6 Donation Quilts: Mary Ann Ames 2 Marie Kinneer 1 Rosale Bolstad 1 Shirley Trepte 3 Bee Artful 2 7 quilts to First Steps 9 pillow cases Thank you all for your generosity, Janice Santoro

Officers for 2018 President Maryann Prue

1st

VP Programs Claire Hiscox

2nd

VP Workshops Janice Chiaffredo

& Glenda Hall

Secretary Hilary Johnson

Treasurer Kathy Lewis

Committee Chairs for 2018 Achievement Janice Santoro

& Kathy Ingmundson

Basting Marge Striggow &

Anne Bullard

Books & Tools Linda Hynninen

Circle of Hope Connie Stephenson

Comfort Quilts Anne Bullard

Door Prizes Sharon Ruth &

LuAnn Luedtke

Historian Bonnie Finne

Hostess Diane Turner

Mail pickup Anne Bullard

Membership Gini Cawood

Newsletter Gail Routt

Official Hugger Rita Sander

Opportunity Quilt Jane Threlkeld

Parliamentarian Lucia Scroggs

Publicity Pamela Prosser

Quilts of Valor Karen Trombley

Sunshine Peggy Saum

Webmaster Bev Mannes

Happy Birthday April

Pamela Prosser 6 Karen Trombley 11 Linda Lloyd 15 Helen Barrett 20 Denise Richards 20 Sharon Ruth 21 Marina Crisler 22

“Show and Tell” Ribbon Guidelines Items to be kept or given away by maker

1 Ribbon Baby Size 2 Ribbons Small Lap or Twin Size 3 Ribbons Double Bed Size 4 Ribbons Queen Bed Size 5 Ribbons King Bed Size Redeem 10 ribbons for a level pin

Charity and QOV Quilts 1 Rose for each donation quilt Redeem 15 Roses for a “Heart In Hand” or Flag Heart pin. Redeem 10 “Heart in Hand” pins for 1 “Heart & Angel” pin

2018 Mountain Laurel Quilt Guild Challenge “Put a Bird On It January—May, 2018

Timeframe: From January—May, 2018. At the May Guild Meeting members will submit their entries and vote for their favorites. Everyone at the May meeting will get to vote. Prizes: 1st, 2nd & 3rd place Size Requirements: No smaller than 18” square and no larger than 28” square. (They don’t have to be square but they do need to be somewhere between those sizes.) Members can submit as many entries as they wish. You can use your submission from the guild’s show at the Georgia Botanical Garden in January, 2019. If your entry goes to the Botanical Garden, you also need to mount a hanging sleeve and rod (with your name on it). You may also submit your entries for sale. There will be a reception on January 6, 2019. Further details are available from Lynda Doll, 706-878-2526 or Jan Pitman, 770-339-0916.

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Welcome New Members!

Cathy Bavington (Steve) 181 Asbury Mill Rd. Cleveland, GA 30528 678-325-8527 catbav@mac.com November 22

Barbara Westbrook (Bob) 929 Woods Rd. Clayton, GA 30525 706-782-3007 bawbroik@gmail.com November 21

Welcome Back Frances!

FIBER ARTS in the VALLEY

At Sautee Nacoochee Center

Friday, May 4 & Saturday, May 5, 2018

All day event with food, music and Llamas. There will be workshops to attend. We also need helpers and Vendors. Applications on website: www.snca.org

My name is Cathy Bavington and I just joined the Mountain Laurel Quilters Guild. I look forward to meeting and getting to know eve-

ryone! I was speaking with Sissy last Tuesday, and she mentioned that I should let you know that I have a long arm quilting business,

The Patchwork Rooster. She thought you might mention it in your newsletter to let guild members know. My website is

ThePatchworkRooster.com, and I work from home in Cleveland. I also quilt charity quilts if anyone in the guild would like me to do so. They just need to supply the top, batting and backing.

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Bee Buzziness Bee Creative Will be meeting the first Wednesday at MaryAnn Prue's home, start at 9:30 am

to ? Call for info 706-894-2201.

Bee Sharps Meets 10 am 1st Thursday of each month at Bethel Baptist Church in Tiger, GA.

Bring lunch & $1.00.

Bee Artful Meets 9:30 am 2nd Tuesday of each month at 1st UMC-Clarkesville. April will be a

UFO day. Bring articles for Fiber Fest to work on, lots of show and tell including pieces made at last month’s painting on fabric demos. Bring lunch and $3.

QOV workshop Meets 10 am 4th Wednesday of each month. Meeting at Bethel Baptist

Church, Clayton, GA. Please bring lunch & $1.00. Karen Trombley, 706-982-9396

April 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1-Easter

2 3 4– 9:30 am

Bee Creative

5– 10 am

Bee Sharps

6 7

8 9 10– 9:30 am

Bee Artful

11 12 13 14

15 16 17-12:30

Show & Tell;

Meeting

18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27-9:30 am

Workshop

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Basting No Basting in April

Marge Striggow & Anne Bullard