Presidents Message - Candy

Grimsby Threads Grimsby Qui lter s Gui ld

Inside this issue:

Presidents message

1

Executive 2

Draws & raffles 4

Presidents Challenge

5

Cuddle Quilts 6

Spotlight 7

BOM 8

Workshops 9

Calendar 10

Program 11

What to bring 12

Guild info 12

Volume 3, Issue 10

Next meeting date:

Thursday, June 18th 2015. Meeting is at the Grimsby Seniors Centre in Grimsby.

June 18th, 2015

Well, here we are in the final month of our quilting guild year. The past

nine months have been filled with so much in our lives. Some have experi-

enced great sadness where loved ones have been ill or passed away. There

also have been joys with new babies coming into our world, children

graduating, loved ones accomplishing wonderful things in their lives.

Within the guild we have also achieved so much with the hard work of so

many of our members. The Spotlight Speakers have shared their quilting

journey with us, some new to the craft and some very experienced. We

have enjoyed demos from guild members and speakers from outside along

with workshops to challenge us. Challenges also came with our Mystery

Quilt, (I cant wait to see all the different choices!!) and Presidents Chal-

lenge. We had our first garage sale, introduced our Constitution and By-

laws and a members Handbook. We have a wonderful new space to

stretch out in, have had amazing show and tell and created so many cuddle

quilts, baby quilts and special quilts for our extended family in the commu-

nity. The June meeting should be lots of fun with our pot luck dinner and

prizes so dont forget to bring your challenge apron!!

The Apron, perhaps an unusual choice for the Presidents Challenge but for

me it still brings back memories of being a kid, seeing my mom and grand-

mother around the house, especially the kitchen, always wearing their

aprons.

No one really knows when aprons were actually invented; they just came

to be probably when a piece of cloth was wrapped around a dress to pro-

tect it. People didnt have the luxury of having a large wardrobe and cer-

tainly washing clothes was a real chore so we developed aprons to cover

clothing from everyday wear and dirt. A clean apron each day or two was

much easier to maintain, your dress only requiring its weekly wash.

Cont on page 3...

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Executive

President: Candy Mullins Past President: Diane Halinski

Vice President: Sue Clinesmith

Treasurer: Dorothy Sohm

Secretary: Anne Lord

Membership: Tracey Pavkovic

Newsletter: Susan Therrien

Program: Sara Lister

BOM: Leslie Prokop Charlene Swazye

Workshops: Ida Coleman

Fund Raising: Sylvia VanGeest

Cuddle quilts: Pat Breen

Photographer: Carole Mulholland

Social: Cathy Nelligan

IMPORTANT

Our meetings will be held at the

Grimsby Seniors Centre

18 Livingston Avenue, Grimsby

(see page 12 for map)

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Presidents message cont ...

Later aprons became decorative as well, in the 20s and 30s mimicking the long silhouette of the

dresses, later cinching at the waist with the fashion of the 40s. Brightly patterned feed sacs were often

the fabric of choice with embellishments of pockets, buttons and ric-rack. They became almost a uniform

for the housewife of the 50s. Check out old reruns of family shows of that time and you will nearly al-

ways see mom in her apron.

I think in the 70s and 80s women moved out of the home to jobs and the apron lost its popularity and

was relegated to barbeques and restaurant workers. Lately though women have been looking back at

what their grandmother and mothers had emulating them in their own way, discovering the usefulness

and even the beauty of the simple apron

The strings were tied; it was freshly washed, and maybe even pressed.

For Grandma, it was everyday to choose one when she dressed.

The simple apron that it was, you would never think about;

the things she used it for, that made it look worn out.

She may have used it to hold some wildflowers that she'd found. Or to hide a crying child's face when a stranger came around.

Imagine all the little tears that were wiped with just that cloth.

Or it became a potholder to serve some chicken broth.

She probably carried kindling to stoke the kitchen fire.

To hold a load of laundry, or to wipe the clothesline wire.

When canning all her vegetables, it was used to wipe her brow.

You never know, she might have used it to shoo flies from the cow.

She might have carried eggs in from the chicken coop outside.

Whatever chore she used it for, she did them all with pride.

When Grandma went to heaven, God said she now could rest.

I'm sure the apron that she chose, was her Sunday best.

By Tina Trivett

Membership Name Tag draw & raffles - Sylvia

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Congratulations to our June 50/50 winner, Tracy P.

And congratulations to all our prize draws winners, Tracy P., Melissa C., Susan C. and Barbara M.

We appreciate your support each month, with the winner receiving 50% of the proceeds and the other half going to the guild to help enhance programming.

As you can imagine starting the guild with no members was a leap of faith and funds.

Congratulations to our tag draw winner, !

A reminder that each month there will be a draw by our membership team, for a door prize during our meeting. Your attendance at the time of the draw is required to win, as well as you must be wear-ing your name tag please. Good Luck to all of our members.

50/50 draw - Sylvia

Presidents Challenge - Candy and Leslie

It is time - please plan to bring your Aprons to our June meeting. We would love to see how everyone used the President Challenge Fabrics. A re-minder there were 2 colour ways. You only had to use one of the four fabrics and it can be any where on the apron and any size. When you arrive please sign in and receive a number for your apron. Your apron will be displayed on the tables against the walls and voted on by your fellow members . After Break - we will ask you to model your apron so we can see, who made what.

Prizes will be awarded by the President and voted upon by members for first, second and third place. Good Luck to EVERYONE.......

We will be having lots of prizes for the raffle like we did at Christmas, as well as the ever popular 50-

50 draw. Please come prepared to participate at our June meeting !!!

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Cuddle Quilts - Pat & the cuddle quilt team

My Journey with Fabric I have had an amazing journey with fabric since we started this guild 3 years ago . This journey has taken on so many challenges from our 1st meeting. We did not know how many new faces we would have, but it has been exciting meeting each and every one of you. And we even had to move to a larger location to accommodate 70 plus members, from the museum to the Seniors Centre in Grimsby! We have new members joining every month, bringing new ideas and techniques to make our guild work as a team. Cuddle Quilts... We have grown so fast over the years, but it is the generosity from all our members which has made our Cuddle quilt program work! I would like to thank everyone! You have truly made my passion for making quilts so easy for me to enjoy every month. Monday sewing is also growing, and we have a team of ladies who bring "quilters show and tell", from donated fabric to make some unexpected combinations into a amazing quilts to give to our local commu-nities; GBF Grimsby and WLCC Smithville. Saturday sewing morning was a huge success, thanks to all the ladies who came out to sew for a few hours. We have 104 quilts made since we started our quilting year in Sept 2014 till May 2015. We will have our grand total to present at our June meeting, so please bring in any quilts you have finished. And we will have kits completed for anyone that is interested in to work on over the summer. We will be selling tickets on our beautiful blue quilt, 3 for $ 5.00 Thank you from Cuddle Quilt Team .

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Membership spot-light on Dorothy Sohm

Where were you born? Hamilton ON

Where did you go to school? R.L. Hislop, Green Acres, Orchard Park

What jobs have you had? Cashier, Owner0Operator Variety Store, Customer Service Rep.

Who else quilts - or quilted in your family? My Grandmother ( Fathers - mom)

How long have you been quilting? 5 years

When did you start quilting and why? I always wanted to learn how to quilt.

What do you love about quilting? Making tops

What is your least favourite part about quilting? Quilting

What are your favourite colours to work with? Purple and Red

What colours are a challenge for you to work with ( don't like) ? Brown

How big is your Quilt Stash? Too BIG........I own a small store, some folks say

How many sewing machines do you own? do you have a serger? I have two (2) sewing machines

Who is/was your favourite quilting teacher? Helen

What is your favourite technique? piecing

If we were to listen to your i pod, or music list, what would we hear? Country

Do you watch quilting TV shows, pod casts etc. Which ones? Jenny Doan, MSQC

Are you a member of a Stitch and Chat group? How many? What are their name (s)? how long have you

been together? How often do you meet? Tues, Wed, Thursday, Thursday, Thursday, COP, Friday

What quilt creation are you most proud of and why? My STAR quilt

What quilting accomplishments should we be aware of? I completed 9 quilts in 1 month - from Blue Jean

Quilts to Rag Quilts

Have you ever been on an guild executive, if so what guild(s) and what positions have you held. Stoney

Creek Quilt Guild and Grimsby quilt Guild

Have you ever taught a class - or friend - Diana, and child Judy

Describe what your quilt studio is like? My basement - it is Big and Very

Bright. I also have a sewing machine and table in my family room, set up and

ready to go.

Have you ever had an item hang in a Quilt show? A quilt for my mom and

Don.

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Membership spot-light on Dortothy, cont...

We are having a special Kick-Off Event to celebrate the start of the Row by Row Experi-ence. We will have a wonderful day filled with spe-cial events, prizes, give-aways, and an amaz-ing display of Rows from Ontario and Western New York Quilt Shops. We hope that we can start each of your guild members off on their Row by Row Experience and hopefully inspire them to visit as many shops as they can

What inspires you? Being Around fellow Quilters and seeing what they create.

What do you like to watch on TV? Modern Family, 2 Broke Girls , SVU

What is your favourite movie of all time? Steel Magnolias

If your friends or family were to describe you in five (5) words what would they say. Honest, Sarcastic

Sense of Humour, Loving and Loyal

Describe what a perfect day would be for you? Quilting with Friends

What is your biggest quilt related goal? Learning to Quilt by Machine

What is something that we should know about you, but didn't ask? I love to help people

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BOM Club 2014 /2015 - Charlene and Leslie

Thank you to all our talented guild members; Clare M., Diane H., Annette G., Susan C., Candy M., Ida C., Brenda V., Carole M., Anne L and Madeleine G.

Show and Tell

Thanks in advance for participating in the past 3 years Block of the Month Pro-grams. We will be passing the torch onto a new group of ladies to organize for next year, and hope you will support them and their program the same way you did ours. We have really had a lot of fun doing this program along with you. You are the BEST!!!!! Please bring to our June meeting you Mystery Block of the Month Quilts to show

and share with your fellow Guild members. Even if you did not have time to finish - we would like to see your efforts, colour combinations, and ideas.

Hearts & Flowers - Leslie A special thank you for all of our Grimsby Members who presented this year as our Spotlight Quilters; Candy, Jean, Annette, Anne, Joanne, Patsy, Dorothy P., Wilma, Carol and Dorothy S. We really have enjoyed getting to know you better and seeing what you are working on in your respec-tive studios. We appreciate the time and effort you put forth preparing to present in front of our members. Thank you so much for being a part of our Grimsby Quilters Guild Team. Thank you to all of our guild executive members who will be retiring this year. We appreciate all of your efforts and contributions during your time in office. If everyone does a little - the big stuff gets done. Thanks for another GREAT year ladies. We wish you a safe and fun filled summer. We hope you find Lot's of Quilting Time in the SUN....

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Workshops - Ida

On Friday May 22 we had our last workshop of the year. Kathy Wylie guided us through the tips of

sew flakes machine appliqu. Learning the tricks to making snowflakes first in paper and then onto our fabrics. We had 17 ladies attend of which three were from other guilds. Everyone had a good time

and we all learned new techniques.

The Workshop Committee would like to thank all the guild members that took part in the workshops this year. A special thanks to Annette Guenther our instructor of three workshops (two curved ruler

workshops and one quilted clutch purse). We really enjoyed working with you, thank you also for the

great ideas.

Looking forward to some new and fun workshops next year.

Please welcome our new executive for Sept 2015June 2016

PresidentCandy M., Vice PresidentSusan C., Past PresidentDiane H.,

Treasurer?., SecretaryDeanna H., BOMBrenda V.,

Cuddle Quilts Chris W., Fund RaisingDorothy S., MembershipIda C.,

NewsletterDiane H., PhotographerKathy K., ProgramSara L.,

SocialLoretta W., WorkshopsAnnette G & Rose H

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Calendar of Events

Quilt Shop Locator ~ http://quiltinggallery.com

Kindred Spirits ~ website and newsletter for workshops. www.kindredspiritsquiltco.com

The Quilting Bee ~ website and workshops. www.thequiltbee.com

U-Quilt It ~ website and workshops. www.uquiltit.com

Fabric.com ~ online fabric store. www.fabric.com

Quilters Connection Magazine ~ list shows in Canada. www.quiltersconnection.ca

Day Style Designs ~ free motion machine quilting. www.daystyledesigns.com

Rotary cutting numbers for side & corner settings. Sharon Craig

FaveQuilts ~ Quilts, fabric and tote bags. www.favequilts.com/Bags-Purses-Totes

All People Quilt ~ patterns for bags & purses, etc. www.allpeoplequilt.com

Purse Patterns ~ http://pursepatterns.com

Sewing Support.com ~ free purse patterns. www.sewingsupport.com

Quilting daily ~ online quilters community. www.quiltingdaily.com

Quilt Blocks ~ http://www.quilterscache.com/QuiltBlocksGalore.html

Connecting Threads ~ http://www.connectingthreads.com

Links to share

Stoney Creek Quilters Guild would like to invite their sister guild to attend a trunk show and participate

in a workshop of quilter Susan Forbes. Susan is a renowned Canadian Quilter who is published in Quilters Newsletter Magazine and other international publications.

Susan will be hosting a Workshop for $25.00 and trunk show for $5.00 on Tuesday November 3rd.

Both events take place at the Municiple Building in Stoney Creek 777 Hwy#8. ( Stoney Creek Library/

RCMP Building).

The Guild Workshop will be from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. and the lecture 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. in the Salt-

fleet room. Please contact stoneycreekquiltersguild@hotmail.com to register, as class space is limited.

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Program - Sara

This is our final meeting of the year. It has been a wonderful year and we want to celebrate our quilting

successes with a potluck and big show and tell.

Please join us at 6:00 pm for an all guild potluck. Please bring a dish of your choice to share with every-

one. If you would like to bring your own plate and cutlery that would be appreciated. We will have ex-

tras just in case.

Our business meeting will kick off around 7:15 with our usual activities, introduction of our new execu-tive committee, presentation of the Block of the Month Mystery Quilts, President's Challenge Aprons,

and a general show and tell of projects you have worked on this year.

Grimsby Quilters Guild

To contact any of the executive, please

e-mail us at: GrimsbyQuiltersGuild@hotmail.com

Please join us every third Thursday of the month, from 7-9pm

Grimsby Senior Centre

18 Livingston Avenue, Grimsby

What to bring

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Name tag, membership card

Show & Tell

Cuddle quilts

Extra money for 50/50 & raffle tickets

Mug for coffee/tea or 50 cents for a cup

Pot Luck for June meeting, everyone please bring snacks or homemade goods.

Apron for Presidents challenge

BOM quilt or squares if not finished

Social - Cathy

Coffee and tea will be provided at each of our meetings.

These will be free of charge if you bring your own mug. If you forget, we ask that you please pay .50 cents for a paper cup. Snacks will be available each evening from our members on a rotational schedule.

This month is our pot luck, so please dont forget to bring something in to share.