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Board Meeting

The next board meeting will be Tuesday,August 5, 2008, 6:30 p.m. at Holy Trinity

Lutheran Church in Ankeny.

Quilt Show Wrap-Up Meeting

Our next guild meeting is Tuesday, August 12 th,

7:00 p.m. It's our annual quilt show wrap-upmeetingit's always a fun one with lots of prizesbeing awarded.

We will also have our election of officers for the

2008-2009 guild year. Here is the list of

nominations for our 2008-2009 quilt guild boardof directors.

Vice PresidentLaura Parker

SecretaryRamona Tapper

Director at Large ElectKay Huntimer

Quilt Show Chair ElectLisa Starr

Retreat Chair ElectRoxie Brown

Program Chair Elect Pam Messer

Yeah, all positions have at least one person

willing to serve the Guild! Remember--wewill take nominations from the floor or callDebbie P. to add a name on the ballet,

(515) 685-2036.

President's Letter

Hello Fellow Quilters!!!

Thanks to Anne Kruse, Sharon McCarthy and theQuilt Show Committee for a great Quilt Show!And, a special thanks too to all those that helped inany way: donations to the Country Store, helpingwork the different shifts, entering your quilts, etc. Ittakes a lot of work to put together and pull off agreat Quilt Show. Well done Ankeny Area Quilters!If you havent yet registered for The Quilt Showonline, dont forget to do so; they are donating adollar to the Guild for each member who signs up,and sign-ups are free.

You can now register for workshops and get yourentry tickets to the October AQS Quilt Showonline at:http://www.americanquilter.com/shows_contests/desmoines/2008/general_info/

Its hard to be lieve my year as President will be upafter next month. Talk about time flying!

Tip of the Month:

Paper Piecing: Always remember to cut any pieces

of fabric, so that the edges of the foundation are cuton the grain of the fabric. Fabric stretches and thisis where the grain is most important. Cut the fabricinto strips the width of the largest piece, then sub

cut the strips into squares, rectangles, etc...Thisdoes two things: (1) keeps your fabric straight of

grain and (2) gives pieces that will fit.

SEW 'N TELLSEW 'N TELLAugust 2008

Issue No. 203Web Address: http://www.aaqg.net

Mailing: Ankeny Area Quilters' Guild, P.O. Box 961, Ankeny, IA 50021

Sharing a common thread!
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President's Letter cont.

You can use a very light weight sew in interfacing

for paper piecing instead of paper. it can stay in,you can see through it and it is cheap. Pigna pens

are great for tracing onto it. Or, you can use dryer

sheets for paper piecing instead of paper. Theseneed to be used sheets. They can be left after

piecing for stablization.

Happy quilting!

Cyndee Davis, President

August Birthdays!

Best Wishes to:

Joyce Wisgerhof August

Fay CarmichaelAugust 2Sherrie Davis August 2Cecilie VogtAugust 10

Karen Hugen August 11De Tapper August 11

Jennifer PeilAugust 12Cathy DimitAugust 14

Jennifer MahlowAugust 15

Sandra RompotAugust 18

Mary Louise BristolAugust 19Linda McGheeAugust 19Cyndee DavisAugust 20Amy LeonardAugust 22

Connie LoveladyAugust 26Pamela KoellingAugust 28

Linda McGheeAugust 19Cyndee DavisAugust 20Amy LeonardAugust 22

Connie LoveladyAugust 26Pamela KoellingAugust 28

With Sympathy

Our sincere condolences to Joyce Romick and

Linda Balentine on the recent deaths of theirmothers.

2008 Membership

We will begin taking new memberships at theAugust meeting and continue until the Octobermeeting, after that your name will not be in the

directory--but you will be a member the same.

We will be changing the way we renewmemberships this year, just go to the table thatCeleste Muehlenthaler, Susan Body and Lisa Starrare at and verify the information we have on

file for you and pay your $25 membership dues.JUST THAT EASY! If we have new members

we will input their information online at themeeting. Please come early if at all possible toprevent a bottleneck.

Debbie Pierschbacher

Vice President

Newsletter Format

The newsletter is going to be changing maybemore that once in the next couple months --please

bear with us as we try to find easier, more efficientways to prepare this. Right now the process isvery time intensive and our newsletter people

need to find better ways to do this BIG job.

Please let Cyndee or myself know what you likeabout the changes. It will take a while to get anew process going and find what fits our guildnewsletter best.

Thanks for you patience!!


August Treats

Lonnie Parsons, Sandy Plager, Pam Messer,Sharon McCarthy, Sharon Lesan, Jan Hart andJoan Maust will provide our August treats. Thank

you so much! Please bring 2 dozen cookies or barsand 2 liters of pop. Feel free to substitute items-

like juice for pop. Please also bring the cups andnapkins (plates are optional).


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Donation Quilts

We had a total of 119 donation quilts this year, 19

to South Africa, 6 to Nigeria, 20 to Child Serveand 74 to Children and Families of Iowa. It

was fun to deliver these last two groups of quilts

this last week. We also had 21 suitcases to give toChildren and Families.

Because nice matters,


Eric Idehen, founder of the orphanage,

Cornerstone of Hope, in Nigeria and Ankeny AreaQuilters' Guild member Debbie Pierschbacher

with donated quilts.

A child with her donation quilt at

The Pines Orphange in South Africa.

Former Ankeny resident, Lois (Cain) Niehoff andher husband Brian, are general managers at The

Pines Orphanage, providing health care andbuilding construction. The orphanage provided

photos of each child who received a quilt from ourguild----and look at the smiles!
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Debbie Pierschbacher took 20 of the guild'sdonation quilts to Child Serve in July.

Thank you very much for delivering the quilts

today. After you left a few more people came byand had to look at all of them.... like we said it gets

around. Thank you again and it is greatlyappreciated.

Kaylene Steele--Volunteer Services Coordinator

Block Party Studios, Inc.

Unique products for quilters including hand

printed fabric, patterns, kits

We now sell quilting fabric

30% off select notions all the time!

1503 West K Avenue, Nevada

800-419-2812

check our website for directions to our store

Secure shopping online

Hours M-F, 8:30-5, Sat 10-5

www.blockpartystudios.com

The Sampler

102 S. Grand, Chariton, IA 50049

641-774-2116 or [email protected]

Hours: Mon-Fri 10:00 am-5:30pm,Sat 10:00 am-3:00pm

Over 4400 Calicoes, Solids, Flannels, Batiks,30's Prints & Bright Kids Prints

Quilt Guild Discount & Mail Order Available

Seven Sisters Quilting

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Jennifer Peil

Ankeny, Ia

515-277-0187

[email protected]

Call for a free estimate.
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Creekside Quilting

9926 Swanson Blvd., Clive, IA 50325

515-276-1977

www.creekside-quilting.com

Hours: Mon-Wed 10 am-5:30 pm, Thurs 10-7 pm

Fri-Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 1-4 pm

3700 bolts of fabric, notions, books, patterns

Classes, Friendly staff of experienced quilters

Country Quilt StudioVicki Swensen

975 W. Lincolnway; Suite B

Nevada, Iowa

515-382-1815www.countryquiltstudio.com

LONGARM RENTALCUSTOM QUILTING

Classes, Retreats, Workshops

Quilting Connection

238 Main Street, Ames, IA 50010

phone: 515-233-3048

www.iaquilts.com

[email protected]

Over 6,000 bolts of quilting fabrics, kits, notions,

hundreds of books, patterns, Husqvarna VikingSewing Machines and Sergers, on site machinerepair and servicing, quilting classes and classes

for machine and software mastery.Celebrating 10 years in downtown Ames!

AAQG Fund Raiser!

Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims want to give theAnkeny Area Quilters Guild money! ThatsrightAlex and Ricky will send our Guild money

for every person that signs up as a member ofThe

Quilt Show and uses our individual Guild code.But we have to hurry----our Code expiresAugust 31st.

Whats The Quilt Show? It's a website that is partof the worldwide quilting community. Find newinformation daily on blogs with videos, pictures &

news from around the world. For encouragementand inspiration enjoy over 9,000 quilts in our quilt

gallery. There are slideshows, forums, chats, andarticles.

Think about The Quilt Show as a magazine

subscription. You get something new to read,

learn and help your quilting grow everyday.

If you visit the website and sign up for a free

membership and type in our guild codebeforethe end of Augustour guild gets $1.00.

Additionally, The Quilt Show, is the only full TVquality quilt show on the internet. The Quilt Showhopes that after you visit their website you will

be interested in purchasing the internet quilt showseries. For each 13 show series purchased by our

guild members in August we receive $5. If youpurchase a two year series we receive $8.50.

Sign up atwww.thequiltshow.com andenter the Ankeny Area Quilters Guild Code:

AAQG1P0708

Remember--the Guild gets paid $1--if you sign upfor a FREE Membership. After the sign-up you

will receive a welcome confirmation.

We will also have 1 and 2 year memberships

available to purchase at the August guild

meeting.

A -1 year or 13 show series - costs $24.95A -2 year or 26 show series - costs $42.95
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Congratulations Quilt Show Team!

Congratulations on the successful show---lots of

beautiful and inspiring quilts, interesting and funpresentations and wonderful shopping!

Thanks to our guild members who worked sohard to make our show a success.

Cathy Busch visits us in SeptemberOur September program will be presented by

Cathy Busch. Her class, Nine Patch Chain, willbe on Wednesday, September 10th, and the cost is

$25. Nine Patch Chain looks like a doublewedding ring. Strip piece chain blocks alternate

with modified nine patches in this quilt whichmeasures 49 x 63. It's great for scraps or use acontrolled fabric collection. See Linda Northwick

at the August meeting to reserve a spot in theclass. She'll have a supply list, etc.

Ankeny Sewing Center

109 N Ankeny Blvd, Ankeny, IA 50021

phone: 515-963-8967

ankenysewingcenter.anidus.com

[email protected] by and see our NEW, LARGER location

(next to Curves for Women)

Horn cabinets, Husqvarna Viking SewingMachines and Sergers, quilting and specialtyclothing fabrics, threads, embroidery software

and designs. Classes for machine and software

mastery. On site machine repair and servicing.

Adel Quilting & Dry Goods Co.

909 Prairie Street in Adel, IA

phone: 515-993-1170

www.adelquilting.com

and Chat with us at our new Blog!

www.adelquilting.blogspot.com

Quilter's Cupboard

131 Ankeny Blvd., Ankeny, IA 50021

phone: 515-963-8758

[email protected]

Hours:

Mon.-Sat., 10 am-5 pm

Thurs: Until 7:00 pm
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Congratulations to Jenna Ingle &Debbie Pierschbacher our 2008

Mary Conkel Award winners!

Alittle bit about Debbie Pierschbacher

My name is Debbie Pierschbacher and I will beyour next President of AAQG, look out, I hope

I'm a good one!

I made my first two quilts when I was in highschool; I cut out rectangles of polyester scraps

using a recipe card as a pattern then sewed away.These two quilts are somewhere I think, probablyin my parents attic.

I did not quilt again until a woman I worked with,Mabel Hambling, showed us quilts that she made

in a class that met in Panora once a month. So Istarted out making 1 quilt a month starting with

quilts like Pineapple Log Cabin and a PostageStamp (meaning 1 inch squares) Star---it issurprising I kept going.

I still enjoy quilting and wish I had more time

to sew.

Alittle bit about Jenna Ingle

I began my quilting journey in 2000. I took an 8

week beginning quilting class through AnkenyAdult Education. My quilting classmate was my

mother, Charlotte Stordahl ( aka our guild

secretary). My Mom had been quilting for a fewyears, but wanted to get me started, so we took the

class together. I joined AAQG in June 2003, andjumped in with both feet. I have been vice

president, president, retreat chair and currentlyprogram chair. I enjoy being involved with theAAQG board, I like getting information first

hand, helping with decision making and I havemet a lot of lifelong quilting friends. I also LOVE

our annual retreat! It is an awesome weekend toget away from home and do nothing but sew,

shop, eat and chat... what more could a girl need?

I like receiving quilting magazines in the mail

( honestly, I get too many). My favorite is a newerpublication called 'Quilter's Home'. It is a modernquilter's magazine and the editor, Mark Lipinski,

is hilarious. My favorite fabric designer is AmyButler ( I actually met her 2 summers ago). She

has a modern flair, big motif prints in brightcolors, it reminds me of 70's wallpaper. I amattracted to almost all brightly colored fabric, and

batiks are my second favorite. I usually buy fabrickits because I can make it exactly how it looked in

the store. I also buy matching fabric for the back(yes, I pay full price for every yard of backingfabric). I am very particular that way.

I am definitely addicted to fabric shopping, and Iwill have to live to be 150 years old to complete

everything I have bought and what I inherit frommy mother (sorry mom).

I have a new obsession that will be starting thisJanuary 2009..... my first child! Yes, you read it

right, I am expecting January 28.

Thank you for my Mary Conkel award, I am

honored to be recognized among this group ofinspiring quilter's.

Jenna Ingle

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