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FOOTHILLS PIECEMAKERS QUILTING GUILD NEWSLETTER

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

October 2014 Volume XXIII, No.9

Next Guild Meeting: October 2, at 7pm Grace Baptist Church Fellowship Hall 5020 Old Spartanburg Road, Taylors, SC Program A trunk show by Sandra Brown from Columbia, SC. Friday, October 3rd she will be teaching a needle case in which you'll learn crazy quilting! Class cost is only $20 and will meet at St. Giles Church from 9-4. A few openings still remain so please call Sandy Wolf 236-8221. REMEMBER inserts for the next newsletter are due to Dagmar Theodore no later than October 23, 2014 (tedagmar@juno.com) Happy Birthday in October: Linda Ligon 10/3, Suzan Hahne 10/10, Theresa Wenstrup 10/11, Joanna Yost 10/14, Jeanne Jamieson 10/14, Flo Rushton 10/15, Ruth Pollow 10/17, Joyce Alexander 10/23, Claudia Hembree 10/26, Sue Loomis 10/26. Refreshments: The following members signed up to bring refreshments for the October meeting: Linda Fey: 468-9357; Judy McNeece: 297-3934; Linda Ligon: 281-5922; Joanna Yost: 244-7258; Ruth Pollow: 244-0263; Barbara Phillips: 288-8188 Hospitality Winners of the dollar door prizes were Denise Frick, Barbara Pringle and Dagmar Theodore; Suzanne DiCarlo, Darleen Sanford and Gayle Johnson won the nametag drawings. The Block of the Month was won by Karen Carson who shared her blocks with Joanna Yost.

President’s message – Kristin Kipper The guild is off to another fabulous year, our 31st! I am so thankful to that charter group of women for having the time, energy and forethought to start a group specifically for quilters! Thankfully, we still have 3 charter members in our guild, Carolyn Jones, Claudia Hembree and Anne Winans, who just decided to rejoin! I am sure if you ask these charter members they will tell you they have seen much change and growth within the guild. Having just hosted our "New Member Social" prior to our September meeting, it was so great to see a new group of members willing to share ideas and jump right into FPQG with energy and enthusiasm! I personally believe that this is one of the best ways to grow the guild, by listening to the ideas of others and trying new ways of doing things! This may be simply a new quilting technique that they want to share, it may be a new program that they want to create within the guild or it may just be a new idea we have never thought of! New ideas along with the stability of those "tried and true" make this guild a collective success! I hope that throughout this year everyone gets to know someone new, whether that is a member who has been in the guild for years and can share their traditions and experiences with you, or someone who just joined the guild and is new to quilting that may provide a unique perspective! Happy Stitching! Kristin Membership News – Sue Burton I loved seeing so many of our newest members (14) and Board members attend the new member social last month. Several of our "newbies" told me it helped them to understand our activities and operations better. I hope it also made you feel more welcome! Thanks to all for attending. We have 135 current members, and I know that number will be increasing. We had 4 new members join in September. Welcome to Keri Rowland, Steve and Amy Parker and Deborah Plummer. Their contact information will be included in our new membership directories. The plan is to have the directories ready for distribution at our October meeting. Five guests also joined us last month: Linda Patton of Mauldin; Debbie Johnson of Greenville, Kelly Curto and Trina Rice of Greer; and Paige Maddox of Fountain Inn. I hope you will come back and see more of what we do as a guild.

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Please feel free to ask at the membership table if there is anything we can do for you. Sue Burton Membership Chair

Philanthropy News A big THANK YOU to everyone who has donated a quilt or other things in the past few months. I have delivered 17 quilts, 15 tote bags, 4 taggies, and 25 small, felt personal bags to three shelters. Serenity Place, Safe Harbor, and Miracle Hill's Shepherd Gate are always very grateful and pleased to receive these items. Philanthropy is very happy to have Gayle Brown volunteer to help this year. We could still use someone who would like to cut fabric for quilt kits. Also, don't forget that Philanthropy has batting that will be cut for you. Just let me know what size batting you need, and it will be delivered to you at the next meeting or to your home!!! Lois Gaston 864-297-1329 Coordinator of Children's Quilts 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

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 9/4/14 President, Kristin Kipper, opened the meeting at 7:00 PM. Kristin announced that she received information via mail about the "South Carolina Quilt Trails." Brochures were available at the membership table. She also announced that Quilters of South Carolina requested a prize for their up-coming retreat and if any member had an item they would like to donate to this cause, please see her. Old Business: None this month New Business: None this month

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Committee Reports Challenge Quilt: Peggy McQuade announced there were brochures on the table with challenge quilt instruction. The challenge quilt started on August 24, 2014 and is due at the February meeting next year. Block of the Month: Darlene Sanford reminded everyone the block for next month is in the September newsletter. Darlene announced the October and November blocks will be paper piecing using red and green fabrics. Secret Quilters: Members wishing to participate were reminded to have their questionnaires turned in by the October meeting. Guild Sales: Karen Carson requested members to support Guild Sales as this is one of FPQG’s fundraisers for the year. New items for sale include Marie Osmond Project Books and various machine and hand pieced items to complete. Enough raffle tickets for the JoAnn Fabrics’ Gift Card were met for the drawing this month. The winner was Lizzy Grabowski. Philanthropy: Lois Gaston was able to purchase 36 yards of fabric for philanthropy projects at a cost of just $50. Five bags of fabric have been donated, for various quilts and items members can use on philanthropy projects. Lois also announced that Gayle Brown has agreed to co-chair Philanthropy with her. Lois checked with our various shelters to confirm our contributions were still needed. She was assured the contributions were still very much appreciated. Mystery Quilt: Cheryl Brickey informed us that it is not too late to start the mystery quilt. Members can email her for the instruction: c-kaminsky@yahoo.com. You have two months to complete the half square triangles. Hostess: Johellen George announced new members this month include Amy and Steve Parker and Keri Rowland. Programs: Sandy Wolf announced a Christmas ornament workshop on Monday, September 8th at the Pelham Library, 10 AM, where we will make Victorian Folded Star ornaments and Snowman Star ornaments. Several ornaments from new members were turned in at tonight’s meeting, as well as some from old members, but many more are needed. Remember if you put your name on the ornaments, you will get them back; if not they will be turned over to Guild Sales to sell. Carol Johnson is allowing us use her grandmother’s quilt as our tree skirt for display with our tree at the Festival of Trees in Greenville. Joanna Yost has made 72 yo-yos so far for the garland. Upcoming meeting for the rest of the year are: Oct. Sandra Baker’s workshop is on Crazy Quilts Needle Case; 9:00 AM Friday, October 3, 2014 at St. Giles Presbyterian Church, 1021 Hudson Rd. Greenville. Workshop cost is $20. Nov. Debbie Clark’s workshop will be on Endless Feathers Free Motion Quilting, 9:00 AM Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, at St. Giles Presbyterian Church, 1021 Hudson Rd. Greenville Workshop cost is $35. Dec. is our holiday meeting where everyone brings a “dish to pass” and we will have several vendors with items to sell. Jan. Jean Ann Wright, artist, quilt designer, and past editor of Quilt Magazine will present a trunk show. Feb. Challenge Quilts unveiled, presented and voted on.

March: Muriel Pfaff, award winning quilter, comes in costume as “Martha Washington” April: Dee Doebler, an award winning quilter and national quilt teacher, will present her trunk show, “A Quilter’s Journey.” This special meeting is free to member with a $5 fee for guests and visitors. She will also provide a workshop on her quilt design, “Reflections” May: Robin Brooks, award winning designer from Asheville, NC June: Deb Heatherly, owner of “ Deb’s Cats’ N Quilts Shop” in Franklin, NC will present a trunk show. All three ladies will provide a Trunk Show for that month’s guild meetings. Membership: Sue Burton announced tonight’s visitors include Linda Patton, Trina Rice, Debbie Johnson, Kelly Curto, and Paige Maddox Block of the Month: Karen Carson won and could only use 10 of the 19 blocks so gave the balance of 9 to Joanne Yost who was the second name drawn. Dollar Door Prizes and Name Tags: Dollar winners: Denise Frick, Barbara Pringle and Dagmar Theodore, Name Tag winners were Suzanne DiCarlo, Darleen Sanford, and Gayle Johnson. Amanda Brown, was introduced as our speaker for tonight’s program. Meeting was adjourned at 8:50 PM Respectfully submitted by Sandy Helsel, Recording Secretary Publicity – Lynn Parker November 1 – 24, 2014: Window Display at Pelham Road Library. Tribute to our veterans. Patriotic quilts and memorabilia are needed. Set-up Friday, October 31. Contact Lynn Parker (lynn@theparkers.com or 864-322-8250) Philanthropy Workshop Saturday, November 1, Pelham Road Library 10 –12 noon. Lois Gaston has projects available or bring something you wish to work on. The workshop is in conjunction with our quilt guild exhibit and demos.

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Loaves & Fishes Donation Quilt The Foothills Guild has agreed to make an auction quilt for the Loaves and Fishes annual fundraising auction in June 2015. The Galaxy Star pattern has been chosen and we want to start making the quilt in the next few months. How can you help? I’m glad you asked! Ruth Pollow will be collecting batik fabrics from Guild members to start the cutting of strips for this quilt. We will be using batiks in dark to medium shades of all colors. No pastel or light batiks, please. Batik fat quarters would be perfect. Any fabric we do not use for this quilt will be turned over to philanthropy for use in our other donation quilt projects. Future sewing workshops will be planned for sewing the blocks and assembling the quilt top. Carol Alperin has offered to donate the machine quilting part of this project. Please bring your batik donations to the October meeting were we will be collecting the fabric for this quilt. Thank you. Ruth Pollow 864-244-0263 Treasurer's Report - Submitted by Carol M. Johnson

Budget Category Sept 18,

2014 Fiscal YTD Budget Beginning Balance 18,243.70 16,293.17

Income Administrative

100.00 0 Charity Donation 33.00 63.00 25.00 Guild Sales 47.00 211.00 500.00 Hosp/Door Prizes 36.00 89.00 425.00 Interest 0.31 0.91 3.00 Membership 280.00 2,660.00 3,000.00 Newsletter

3.00

Opportunity Quilt

0 Programs 355.00 355.00 1,500.00 Publicity Ads 875.00 1,200.00 1,000.00 Resources

100.00

Quilt Racks

130.00 Quilt Show - 2014 5.00 5.00 0 Total Income 1,631.31 4,683.91 6,686.00 Expenses

Administration 150.00 330.16 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 471.00 783.63 7,000.00 Publicity Ads

75.52 65.00

Quilt Racks 65.00 195.00 780.00 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 686.00 1,788.07 14,455.00 Ending Balance 19,189.01 19,189.01

“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. 2-4: The Smoky Mountains Quilters Guild show will have over 300 quilts and the 2014 Hoffman Challenge Quilts. They have invited us to participate as well as attend. Their guest

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teacher will be Charlotte Angotti. This event is held at the Western Carolina University Ramsey Regional Activity Center in Cullowhee, NC. Visit www.smokymtnquilters.org for more information. Oct. 10-11: The Moorseville (NC) Centerpiece Quilters Guild “Made in America” quilt show. 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. Mar.26-29: QuiltFest-Savannah 2015. This show is located at the International Trade & Convention Center. Visit www.quiltfest.com for more information. 15th Biennial Quilt Show 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 Woodstock, Georgia (metro Atlanta). Visit www.ecqg.com for more information.

St. Francis Festival Of Trees Ornament Class Our ornament class will meet at 1pm at the church on Oct. 2 before our guild meeting. IT'S FREE!! We will make the cute "yo-yo tree" that Ginny Lindler made as shown at our Sept. meeting. Supplies for each tree: 6- 3 1/2 inch squares of green fabric, 1- 3 1/2 inch square of brown fabric for trunk, 1- 3 1/2 inch square of gold fabric for the top, optional star button for a tree topper, thread to match fabric, multicolored beads can be sewn on the green tree for ornaments and a small amount of ribbon for hanger. Also, if you bring your machine we can make a cute Santa that Nan Taylor will show us! Supplies: fabric in small amounts, red, white and flesh/pink skin color, small black beads for eyes or black embroidery thread and basic sewing supplies. We must have 300 ornaments by our November meeting so please surprise us with your handiwork. Thank you so much for everyone that was so generous in turning yours in already! Remember this is our guild tree so 100% participation is our goal! Put your name on the back of your ornament and it will be returned to you! THANKS!!

FPQG Challenge 2015 One of the ingredients for creating a quilt is inspiration. You might be inspired by a sunset, a pattern in a floor tile, or a need (such as a new member in your family). Where we live and what we do is the inspiration for the Foothills Piecemakers Quilting Guild name and logo. This year’s challenge is simple: “be inspired, make a quilt, and share your inspiration”. Here are the rules:

1. The quilt must be started after the August 2014 meeting.

2. No kits are allowed. 3. The inspiration must be documented by a written

description and/or a picture. 4. The finished quilt, written description and/or picture

are due at the February 5, 2015 meeting. The quilt and documentation will be displayed together for voting.

If you have any questions about the Inspiration Challenge call or email Peggy McQuade, 864—497-4343 or u2purple@yahoo.com.

For Sale: Viking Sapphire 835

Three years old; excellent condition Includes extra Throat Plate & all original accessories Upgrading to new machine Original Price: $1499--Selling for $750 Call Ruth Pollow @ 864-244-0263

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November Block of the Month - Holiday Star (Free pattern from Ula Lenz's website - rescaled by me)

Karen Carson was the winner of the 19 (I believe that was the number) Batik Blocks last month. She felt that it was too many blocks for one person and ask that a second name be drawn so that she could share. Joanna Yost was that lucky person. Thank you for all who participated. The Scrappy Batiks looked great. The paper pieced block for November will be 8" finished. Please use red, green and white (as per instructions on the foundation pieces). Christmas fabric would be great but any red and green is okay (NOT pastels). Below are the fabric cutting instructions. I will have basic paper piecing instructions available at the next meeting along with copies of the foundation pieces. Please feel free to call me if you have any questions regarding paper piecing. Cutting -- RED #2 1 3/4" x 3 1/4" #6 2" x 5" GREEN #3 1 3/4" x 3 1/4" #4 1 3/4" x 4 1/4" WHITE #1 3" x 4 1/2" #5 4 3/4" x 2 3/4" YOU WILL NEED 4 PIECES OF EACH OF THESE CUTTINGS. Print 2 copies of the pattern as you will need a total of 4 units. I will have copies of the foundation pieces at the next meeting. I will also bring several samples of each step along with a small cutting mat so that I can demonstrate the trimming process. Also, please leave ALL THE PAPER IN the block when you are done. Leaving the paper intact will help with any bias edges and also can make it easier for the "winner" to piece the blocks together.

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Hi Quilters - This is the last chance to join in the Secret Quilter for this year. If we don't get some more participation, I'm afraid it will be cancelled for the year. So far we only have a couple of people that are interested. If you would like to participate, please print out the application (or I will have them at the next meeting) and bring them with your fat quarter samples to the next meeting. I will put it all together and give them out after the break. Please join in so we can all learn a little more about each other’s likes and dislikes! Thanks, Penny Secret Quilter QUESTIONAIRE Name: __________________________________________________________________ Address:_________________________________________________________________ Phone: __________________________________________________________________ E-Mail: __________________________________________________________________ Birthday: ________________________ Anniversary: _____________________________ Spouse Name: _____________________________________ Favorite Colors: ___________________________________________________________ Favorite Style: ___ Traditional ___ Modern ___ Country ___ Other I like to collect: ___________________________________________________________ Examples: Thimbles, pin cushions, quilt guild pins, etc.) Which room/s would you like the items for and color preferred: ____________________ What type of item would you like? Wall Hangings, Table Runners, Lap Quilts, Pillow Covers Quilted Totes, Project Bags, Surprise Me, Place mats, etc.? White or Cream background or dark background? Scrappy? Two color? Machine Applique? Your favorite holiday/season? Wish List: What type of item are you willing to make for someone else? Or NOT make? One item would be due at the February meeting and one in June. Other small surprises in between would be nice as well (not necessarily a quilt – cute pin, pin cushion, quilted post card, even a regular card) Please attach at least one fat quarter for each of the two projects (so that would be at least 2 fat quarters) so we’ll have a better sense of what type of fabric you would like.

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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