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Anderson COUNTY

Piecemakers Quilt Guild

Newsletter

VOLUME 11, Issue 8 April 2017

PRESIDENT – Evelyn Smith SECRETARY – Joan Beard CO-VICE PRESIDENTS – Sharon Sims & Mary Lowery TREASURER – Betty Jo Moss NEWSLETTER – Clara Tingle MEMBERSHIP – Clara Tingle LIBRARIAN - Rebekah Roberts & Hannah Roberts REFRESHMENT CHAIR –

Dixie Willing

AROUND THE BLOCK: Evelyn Smith – Guild President

Hello Quilters, We had a great time at Quilters’ Day Out. Sorry if you missed, but we had a pretty

good group that attended. I enjoyed sewing on the Quilt of Valor blocks. There were enough blocks to

make 4 quilts. Great Job! We turned in quite a few items for the Children’s Hospital. Thank you for

everyone that took time to sew these items. Don’t forget we are making lap quilt for the cancer center

in Shelbyville.

Our sewing group is growing on Fridays. We are having new people to some and sew that are not in

our group.

I’m looking forward to the trip coming up April 28th to Flemming County to see the barn quilts and

covered bridges. I hope you can come. I hope you can come. If you have not signed up, it’s not too

late. It’s going to be a great trip. Registration for the Flemming County trip has to be in no later than

April 17th.

April Sew Days are Thursday, April 6th and Saturday, April 22nd.

Tatting class will be Wednesday, April 5th at 2pm.

Hope you’ve been making your sewing machine work hard. Ha, Ha. See you at the meeting.

NEXT MEETING: Sharon Sims & Mary Lowery – Co- Guild Vice Presidents

Our own Betty Jo Moss will be showing us how to make a name tag. If you have made a name tag,

please bring it to the meeting to share.

SECRETARY’S REPORT: Joan Beard - Secretary

The Guild Board met at 6:00 PM. There weere 8 members present. Upcoming events and ideas were

discussed. At 7 PM, President Evelyn Smith called the regular meeting to order. Present were twenty-

nine members. Sew Alot was our guest speaker.

Evelyn informed us of the passing of Joyce Cox’s husband, Delbert.

Quilters’ Day Out is March 18 in Lexington. Joan Beard and Rhonda volunteered to work

tables. Hannah, Rebekah and Michelle Roberts volunteered to put together our basked for the

event. We collected enough items to make 3 baskets. We made 243 bookmarks for the goody

bags. Evelyn asked for volunteers to help stuff the bags and to bring breakfast items.

There will be a trip to Flemming County to view the Barn Quilts and Covered Bridges in April.

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(See the “Mark Your Calender below.)

Sharon Sims has a sewing club at school She needs ideas and buttons to teach her students

sewing techniques.

Craft Camp will be June 9-11 in Jabez.

Paul’s still has fabric at 50% off.

New Business

A motion was made by Faye Green and seconded by Betty Sutherland to take money out of

the treasury to finish eollecting enough money to pay for the water filter and the sewing

machine for Africa. A vote was taken and the motion carried.

After some discussion, a motion was made by Betty Sutherland and seconded by Dixie

Willing to serve our refreshments at the beginning of our meeting, A vote was taken and

carried.

The Annual Homemakers State Meeting will be held in Owensboro in may. We have the

opportunity to donate a finihed 12½” quilt block to be donated for auction. Money will be

donated for ovarian cancer research. The Markey Cancer Center does free screenings for all

women. (Added Note: Markey Cancer Center, 800 Rose St, Lexington, KY, 859-257-4488.)

Door Prizes: Darlene & Evelyn

Those making the monthlty quilt block (Peter Rabbit) – Betty Sutherland, Betty Jo Moss, Linda

Marean, Peggianna Miller and Clara Tingle. Prize winners were Peggianna and Clara.

Show & Tell

Mary Lowery – Jelly Roll Quilt in Blue quilted by Michelle Roberts.

Hannah had needle tatting – flowers,

Darlene - 100 Trips Around the World

Dixie – Basket Pillow in Turquoise.

Diane – 1st Quilt - Quartre-foil

Theresa Mahl – Animal Quilt

Cheryl – Valetine Quilt / Love Card Quilt / Baquettes & Brioche / Heat and Circles

Pincushion.

Sheila – Eleanor Burns wonky Log Cabin (extra small) Scrap Quilt, Trees and Leaves.

Peggianna – Quilted 2 baby quilts

Mattie Spaulding – showed her mother’s Lone Star made with clothing fabric scraps.

Linda Marean – Spring Peepers Quilt – Hen and Chicks wall-hanging.

Rhonda – showed her first block – Clover block made with square in a square.

The meeting was adjourned and the floor given to Michael from Sew A lot. He domonstrated the

Accuquilt machine and their different pattern discs.

APRIL BIRTHDAY GREETINGS to: Linda Marean 4/13 MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

Apr 3 - Quilt Guild @ 7 pm

Apr 5 – Tatting Class @ 2 pm – Extension Meeting Room

Sew Dates - Thursday the 6th & Saturday the 22nd

Apr 18 - Ext. Homemaker Council @ 9 am

Apr 21 - Learn with Us @ 2 pm - Travel Safety: Know Before You Go

Apr 28 – Tour Flemming Co. – Covered Bridges & Barn Quilts. Registration for the

Flemming County trip has to be in no later than April 17th.

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May 1 - Quilt Guild @ 7 pm

May 1-4 - KEHA State Meeting - Owensboro

May 16 - Ext. Homemaker Council @ 9 am

May 18 - Picnic in the Park @ 4pm Lions Pavilion

TREASURER’S REPORT: Betty Jo Moss ~ Treasurer

Total Balance $ 912.80

Water Filter Project $ 33.00

Sewing Machine Project $ 145.00

Available Balance $ 734.80

RECIPE OF THE MONTH:

Do you have a great recipe that you use for ‘get-togethers’ like our All-nighters or meetings that

includes snacks? Send them or give them to me and I will include one each month. If you have a

special recipe you would like for me to feature or if you have a request, let me know.

Kentucky Farmhouse Scramble

1 tablespoon butter

1 tablespoon canola or vegetable oil

8 ounces diced boneless country ham

½ cup diced roasted red peppers, well drained

12 large eggs

4 ounces grated Swiss cheese

Salt and pepper to taste

Sliced green onions for garnish

1. Heat a non-stick 12-inch sauté pan over medium heat. Add butter and oil and swirl around the pan

until melted. Add the country ham and sauté until it begins to brown, about 3 minutes.

2. Turn heat to medium-low. Stir in roasted red peppers and beaten eggs. After the eggs begin to set,

stir slowly from edge to edge with a heat-resistant rubber spatula until large curds form. This will

take 5 minutes or so.

3. When eggs are still moist and slightly runny, fold in the shredded cheese and season with salt and

pepper.

4. Remove the pan from the heat and garnish.

Serves 4 – 6.

WANTED / FOR SALE: Are you looking for a special pattern, fabric, information? If so, let me know by note or email and I will list it here.

FEEDBACK:

If there are any errors or you were left off the show and tell, let me know and I will include it in our next issue. Or if you would

like to contribute an article, hint, event, class, joke, funny story to share, please let me know. ~Clara Tingle at 839-4879 or

Email: Kyrose1@outlook.com.

For May, I choose a block that can represent Mother’s Day and/or Memorial Day. You do not have to

use the same flower color as shown. Use your own choice. If you plan to use this block with the others

make sure the block you appliqué your flower on is the same size block. I recommend using a 13” square

and cutting it to size after you have appliquéd you flower. Remember, it’s your block. Be creative if you

want. Templates are on the last page. ~ Clara

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