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FOOTHILLS PIECEMAKERS QUILTING GUILD NEWSLETTER

NQA Chapter #662 Greenville, SC www.foothillsquilts.com

November 2014 Volume XXIII, No.10

Next Guild Meeting: November 6, at 7pm Grace Baptist Church Fellowship Hall 5020 Old Spartanburg Road, Taylors, SC Program Debbie Clark will be presenting a trunk show at our monthly meeting. On Saturday, November 8, Debbie Clark will conduct a workshop "Endless Feathers Free Motion Quilting." Learn how to make beautiful feathers on your quilts using this free motion technique. This class is for someone with prior knowledge of free motion quilting. REMEMBER inserts for the next newsletter are due to Dagmar Theodore no later than November 20, 2014 (tedagmar@juno.com) Happy Birthday in November: Beth Andrews 11-8, Sue Burton 11-11, Betsy McLeod 11-14, Ruby Hicks 11-16, Genny Lindler 11-22, Michelle Rivera 11-23, Judith Woodward 11-24, Keri Rowland 11-28. Refreshments: The following members signed up to bring refreshments for the November meeting: Diantha Hanna 244-4032, Sandy Helsel 640-7437, Betty Cirillo 292-1035, Christy Stoner 402-525-0127, Peggy McQuade 497-4343, Janine Allen 989-1965. Hospitality Winners of the dollar door prizes were Linda Ligon, Suzan Hahne and Christine Wilde; Linda Fry, Carolyn Jones and Debbie Miller (Pelzer) won the nametag drawings. The Block of the Month was won by Linda Harper.

President’s message – Kristin Kipper I was reading a quilt shop online newsletter from my home state of Illinois that described the brilliant colors of our fall leaves as the "flowers of the fall." Having just taken a trip up to Maine to visit my daughter for her college's parent's weekend, I looked at the vibrant fall leaves of that northern state with new eyes. They truly are the flowers of fall as we so enjoy the many shades of reds, yellows, oranges and browns! As I write this letter, our colors are just beginning to change in our great southern state of South Carolina. As they do, I hope you too will look at the changes with a new light and use them to inspire you! Also, in November, we all begin to think about the upcoming holidays and sharing that time with family and friends. This week I just received a letter from North Greenville University's theatre department with an invitation to come see their latest musical: "Quilters, A Patchwork of Stories in Song." I hope this invitation will create an opportunity for our guild family to spend some time together to share in an art we all love, quilting. More information on the musical can be found in our "Road Trips" section of this newsletter. Happy Stitching! Kristin Membership News – Sue Burton By the end of the October meeting, there were 86 members signed in. With four new members joining and five members renewing, we now have 144 guild members. Wonderful! Please update your directories with the following information. New members: Betty Adams 792 Fowler Circle Greenville, SC 29607 Home: 277-1333 Cell: 979-2301 adamsbetty36@hotmail.com 3/5

Debbie Johnson 11 W. Cranberry Lane Greenville, SC 29615 Home: 236-5324 Cell: 706-284-1603 dtjohn007@gmail.com 12/17 Dan

Susan Gosnell 31 McGill Rd. Taylors, SC 29687 420-6158 tsgosnell2@gmail.com 12/8 Tony

Nancy deJong 105 Highfield Ct. Greer, SC 29650 263-7363 nancyld54@gmail.com 5/5 Pier

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Renewing members: Shelia Chandler 16 Prestige Ct. Greenville, SC 29615 676-1141 419-4448 chandler29@charter.net 3/31 Roger

Cathy Wynne 207 Beckworth Dr. Taylors, SC 29687 421-3222 244-9367 cwynne@charter.net 9/7 John

Ethel Cochrane 426 Longstreet Dr. Greer, SC 29650 244-2830 12/17

Pat Karlow 816 Chartwell Drive Greer, SC 29650 879-0332 nickk2512@att.net 6/28

Simone Lindemann 14 Fountainview Terr, #308P Greenville, SC 29607 528-5203 5/15 Martin

In addition, the following are address/birthday corrections: Dorothy Johansen 1180 Haywood Rd. #208 Greenville, SC 29615 567-8762 dorothytjohansen@aol.com 12/13 Joyce Alexander 10/23 Ellen Berg 6/2 Last, but certainly not least, our guests were Beverly Nelson of Greer and Jenifer Pondelis, sister-in-law of Johellen George. We hope you felt welcome at our meeting. Dagmar and I work hard to try to maintain correct information in the directory and newsletter for our members. To that end, I ask that you please review your contact information as it appears in the directory and let me know of any changes or corrections. Thank you. Sue Burton Membership Chair

Guild Sales Thank you to everyone who has supported Guild Sales. Your continued support helps provide our outstanding and interesting speakers. Guild Sales will have several drawings in December. Please plan to stop by to check out all of the "goodies". Karen Carson Carolina Cut Ups The Carolina Cut Ups Quilting Bee meets the first Wednesday of every month beginning at 9:30 a.m. Bring a project to work on, a lunch (or some members go out to eat), and a $1 contribution (collected at each meeting). New people are always welcome! We meet in the crafts room located in the Family Life Center of Taylors First Baptist Church, 200 W. Main St., Taylors. For additional information contact Darleen Sanford (864-593-1483). Guild Officers

President

Kristin Kipper 848-0521 bkkipscusa@aol.com

Vice-President

Sandy Wolf 236-8221 no email – use Kristin’s

Treasurer

Carol Johnson 235-1910 carolmjohnson@bellsouth.net

Recording Secretary

Sandy Helsel 640-7437 shelsel65@gmail.com

Newsletter Editor

Dagmar Theodore 915-5053 tedagmar@juno.com

Corr. Secretary

Jennifer Mc Neill 228-0501 jenmcneill@aol.com

Block of the Month

Darleen Sanford 593-1483 darleen_sanford@yahoo.com

Challenge Peggy McQuade 497-4343 u2purple@yahoo.com

Education Susan Perham 967-3942 susan.perham@yahoo.com Guild Sales Karen Carson Hospitality

850-1115 jchomekc@charter.net

Johnnie Parker 322-6272 jocleopa@charter.net

Janine Allen 989-1965 batiklvr@gmail.com Hostess Johellen George

982-2314

johellen@att.net

Membership Sue Burton

895-6148

bisuburton@bellsouth.net

Mystery Quilt Cheryl Brickey

561-8396

c_kaminsky@yahoo.com

Opportunity Quilt Penny Jones

244-9874

sloquilter@yahoo.com

Philanthropy

Lois Gaston 297-1329 oak622@charter.net

Publicity

Lynette Baker 322-5796 lbaker@bju.edu Refreshments Christine Serig

592-1159

ivanoideay@gmail.com

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Resource Center

Hazel Abend 268-9698 habend22@hotmail.com

Tony Figurilli 228-7470 starr5trent@yahoo.com

Row/Round Robin

Karen Carson 850-1115 jchomekc@charter.net

Secret Stitcher Penny Jones 244-9874 sloquilter@yahoo.com

Storage Superintendent

Tony Figurilli 228-7470 starr5trent@yahoo.com

Webmaster

Barbara Phillips 288-8188 quiltbp@aol.com

QSC Representative & Quilts of Valor State Representative

Suzanne diCarlo 967-7018 suzannedc1@frontier.com

Meeting Minutes 10/2/2014 Kristin opened the meeting at 7:00. The September minutes were approved. Kristin read a letter from a recent guest who thanked the guild for such a warm reception and friendly faces. Lynn Parker has pictures of completed quilts from the Grandmother’s Flower Garden squares that were sent to France, if you want to see them. The guild decided at the beginning of the year to have a charity donation of spare change to adopt a child or a family for Christmas this year. So far that fund has about $60. After the next meeting we will see how far the current total will go toward this endeavor. The Landrum quilt guild reminds quilters to get out and vote YES for raffle sales. Committee Reports Secret Quilter: Penny reports that there will be no secret quilter this year due to lack of interest. Programs: Sandy asks that people who have signed up for the November 8 free motion class will need to pay for it tonight, or we will have to cancel Debbie Clark’s class. Also, her endless feather class will be about 45 minutes of drawing time with the rest will be work on the machine. Remember our December meeting is the winter social, so bring a dish to share. Publicity: Lynn Parker is working with Lynnette Baker and the philanthropy team to have a workshop and demonstration at the Pelham road Library on Saturday, November 1. If you are interested in helping to set up a display and participate in the program, please see Lynn or philanthropy. Also, we will make a window display that is a tribute to veterans for the month of November. If you have any quilts or memorabilia you can loan, let them know as well. It was also suggested that members could go that morning and make Christmas ornaments for our tree for the Festival of Trees. Challenge Quilt: Peggy McQuade reminded members that theme of the challenge quilt is “What is Your Inspiration?” The quilt needs to have been started after August 2014 and finished by the February meeting. She has fliers at the check in desk.

Block of the Month: Darlene Sanford showed the block for November which is paper pieced. She has directions at the back and would be happy to show anyone how to assemble the block. Guild Sales: Karen Carson has many bargains and reminds members that all the proceeds go to help pay for our wonderful speakers. Tonight’s selections include compete Christmas kits, patterns, scarves with pockets, and a sewing basket and an OTT light that you can buy a ticket for a drawing in December. Philanthropy: Ruth Pollow is accepting fat quarters for a quilt that will be donated to Loaves and Fishes for their spring auction. She is also looking for help cutting squares and sewing block. Mystery Quilts: Cheryl Brickey has some copies of this month’s instructions. The instructions were also sent out on line this morning. There are about 43 members and online “friends” participating in the Mystery Quilt challenge. Hospitality: Johellen George introduced the following new members: Susan Gosnell, Debbie Johnson and Betty Adams. Education Minute: Susan Perham told the guild about several phone Apps that help her with her quilting. She keeps a file of quilting books, a list of threads and uses several other Apps. See her after the program if you want to see more. Festival of Trees: Sandy Wolf has about 100 ornaments for the FPQ Christmas tree for the Festival of Trees. We will need about 300. Quilters can meet from 1:00-4:00 before the November meeting or bring ornaments to the meeting. It was also suggested that members could bring their supplies and work on their ornaments at the Pelham Road Library as part of our demonstration on the morning of November 1. Membership: Sue Burton reported 85 members have signed in tonight. If you have joined or renewed, please be sure to come by the sign in table to pick up your new FPQ directory. Our visitors this evening were Nancy DeJong, Beverly Nelson and Jennifer Populous Johellen’s sister-in-law. Refreshments: Christine Serig will bring a list to sign up for January through March at the next meeting. Karen McGraw announced that Joanna Yost was having a “milestone birthday” and brought out a cake (sang happy birthday) Our speaker was Sandra Baker, quilter and dollmaker. $ Door prize: Congratulations to Linda Ligon, Suzan Hahne and Christine Wilde. Nametag door prize: Congratulation to Linda Fry, Caroline Jones, Debbie Miller (Pelzer) Block of the month: 13 blocks were won by Linda Harper. Filling in for Sandy Helsel: Jennifer McNeill

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Treasurer's Report - Submitted by Carol M. Johnson

Budget Category Oct 20, 2014 Fiscal YTD Budget

Beginning Balance 19,189.01 16,293.17 Income

Administrative

100.00 0 Charity Donation 32.42 95.42 25.00 Guild Sales 115.00 326.00 500.00 Hosp/Door Prizes 39.00 128.00 425.00 Interest 0.31 1.22 3.00 Membership 180.00 2,840.00 3,000.00 Newsletter 3.00 3.00 3.00 Opportunity Quilt

0

Programs 315.00 670.00 1,500.00 Publicity Ads

1,200.00 1,000.00

Resources

100.00 Quilt Racks 130.00 130.00 130.00 Quilt Show - 2014

5.00 0

Total Income 814.73 5,498.64 6,686.00 Expenses

Administration 30.56 360.72 1,250.00 Challenge

75.00

Corresp. Secretary

20.00 Directory

180.00

Guild Sales

300.00 Hostess

25.00

Membership

10.00 Mystery Quilt

5.00

Newsletter

29.40 150.00 Opportunity Quilt

350.00

Philanthropy

105.99 500.00 Programs 167.52 951.15 7,000.00 Publicity Ads

75.52 65.00

Quilt Racks 65.00 260.00 780.00 Quilt Show 2016

250.00 250.00

Quilt Show-Curtains

3,000.00

Refreshments

18.37 75.00 Resources

400.00

Website

20.00 Total Expenses 263.08 2,051.15 14,455.00 Ending Balance 19,740.66 19,740.66

“Road Trips” Now until -Jan. 10: “Gee’s Bend-From Quilts to Prints” free exhibition in 2 locations: Benchspace Gallery & Workshop and The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design. I believe both are located in Asheville, NC. Visit www.craftcreativitydesign.org or www.warren-wilson.edu/holdengallery for more information. Oct. 31-Nov. 1: The Twin Rivers Quilt Guild of New Bern, NC invites us to enter and attend their biennial quilt show “Bee By the River” The show will be held at the New Bern Riverfront Convention Center. They will have 250+ quilts on display! Visit www.twinriversquiltersguild.com for more information. Nov. 13-15 & 20-22: North Greenville University’s fall musical, “Quilters: A Patchwork of Stories in Song.” Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students. Visit their website to order tickets www.theatre.ngu.edu or call the School of Theatre Box Office at 864-977-7085. Mar.26-29: QuiltFest-Savannah 2015. This 15th biennial quilt show is located at the International Trade & Convention Center. Visit www.quiltfest.com for more information. May 28-31: NC Quilt Symposium held at the Bonclarken Conference Center in Flat Rock, NC. There will be three days of classes and lectures taught by seventeen well-known quilt teachers. The Symposium will also include a Quilt Show and Vendor Mall as well as evening programs. The entire brochure/catalog will be online at www.westernncquilters.org by January 5th. June 11-13: East Cobb Quilters' Guild presents their show, “Georgia Celebrates Quilts” at a new location: His Hands Church, 550 Molly Lane, near I-575 & GA Hwy 92 in

http://www.craftcreativitydesign.org/http://www.warren-wilson.edu/holdengalleryhttp://www.warren-wilson.edu/holdengalleryhttp://www.twinriversquiltersguild.com/http://www.theatre.ngu.edu/http://www.westernncquilters.org/

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Woodstock, Georgia (metro Atlanta). Visit www.ecqg.com for more information.

St. Francis Festival Of Trees The November meeting is our "last call" to turn in your ornaments you've made. The garland is ready to be hung; we just need you to deck the tree with your handmade decorations! Let's be proud of our FPQG tree and make it spectacular for everyone to enjoy! Our last ornament get together will be the day of our guild meeting, November 6 from 1-4pm. We will be working on finishing up all those ornaments we have started! Look forward to seeing you there!

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December BOM -- SNOWMAN

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Chose a BLUE fabric that simulates sky for the background, a white or off white fabric for the snowman's body, and a black or dark fabric for the snowman's hat.

Cutting instructions:

1. From the dark hat fabric, cut one 2 ½ x 3 ¼ inch rectangle and one 1 x 5 inch rectangle.

2. From the BLUE background fabric cut the following:

a. Cut two - 2 ½ x 3 1/8 inch rectangles

b. Cut two - 1 x 2 ¼ inch rectangles

c. Cut two - 2 ¾ x 3 3/8 inch rectangles

d. Cut two - 3 ¾ x 2 ¾ inch rectangles

e. Cut two - 4 ½ x 2 ¼ inch rectangles

f. Cut four - 1 inch squares. Fold each in half point-to-point to form a triangle and finger press a center seam line and open again.

g. Cut four - 1 ½ inch squares. Fold each in half point-to-point to form a triangle and finger press a center seam line and open again.

h. Cut four - 1 ¾ inch squares. Fold each in half point-to-point to form a triangle and finger press a center seam line and open again.

From the white-ish snowman fabric cut one 2 ¾ inch square, one 3 ¾ x 4 inch rectangle, and one 4 ½ x 5 inch rectangle.

Assembly instructions:

Lay the four 1-inch blue squares on the four corners of the 2 ¾ inch white square. Sew a diagonal seam. Do the same with the four 1 ½ inch blue squares and the smaller white rectangle. Again with the four 1 ¾ inch blue squares and the larger white rectangle. You will end up with three blocks that look like those in graphic 4.

Trim the corners to ¼ inch from the sewn line. See graphic 5.

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Press the corners open like in graphic 6.

Referring to graphic 7, assemble the pieces into rows. The pieces cut in steps 2a-2e go in order for rows 1-5. With right sides together and using a ¼ inch seam allowance, join the pieces in each row. Press seams to the background fabrics. Finished rows should look like those in graphic 8.

Stitch the rows together. Press.

Now it is time to embellish. Add eyes and a nose. Maybe a few buttons down the front of the middle section. I am leaving this up to you.

Your completed unfinished block will measure 8 ½ x 12 ½ inches.

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FPQG is proud to be a Chapter Member of the

National Quilting Association (NQA). Don’t forget to check

out the www.nqaquilts.org to keep informed of NQA

activities, spotlighted Chapters and members, the members only section of the website, and other

educational opportunities.

For the next meeting don’t forget: Name Tag Resource Center Books Philanthropy projects Show and Share BOM Non-Perishable items for the food bank $$ bills for Guild Sales Batik fabric donation for Loaves and Fishes Quilt Christmas Ornament for Festival of Trees