September 16 Helping Hands Newsletter 1

September 2016 • Dover, Delaware

President’s Message Sue Hoecker

Vice President’s Message Mary Dawn Ditty

Bonnie Hunter: I will admit this only to the guild, but I truly

didn’t know who Bonnie Hunter was until I had to handle this

program. Who knew we were going to host a quilting “rock

star?” I have gotten inquiries from at least 10 states! We even

have a guest flying here from Germany to attend Bonnie’s

workshops. Over half those attending our workshops are from

outside our guild!

Every day, I receive more inquiries from people who would like

to attend. I believe they follow her blog and notice where she

will be on her calendar. As of today, we have a waiting list of at

least 8 people!

There will be NO pre-meeting workshop this month with

Marti Chamberlain due to the extra activity with our speaker,

Bonnie Hunter. There will be two workshops this month, too,

held at Wyoming Methodist church. We expect many guests so

please extend a greeting to everyone to welcome

them. Introduce yourself to someone you don’t know, and tell

them about Helping Hands. There will be bookmarks

and business cards available for all guests.

Quilters Lunch & Learn is October 22. Buy your tickets this

meeting if you haven’t already. It promises to be a day of

fellowship, sharing and lots of shopping opportunities. A separate

article in this newsletter outlines the day.

Save the date: December 15th!!! A Holiday luncheon is being

planned in conjunction with the drawing of the winner for our

raffle quilt. Stay tuned for further details.

I want to end by thanking our Helping Hands’ Board. You have

the best team of ladies working constantly to make our quilting

experience a great one. Please let them know you appreciate

what they do. Names listed in “Officers and Committee Chair”

column. Sue Hoecker

My Soul is Fed by Needle and Thread

Please join us every 4th Monday of the month at 6:30 pm.

Skills demo at 5:45 pm. First Baptist Church of Dover,

located at 301 Walker Rd.

Our membership fee is $25.00 per year.

Refreshments Robin Aschenberg

Hello dear ladies of Helping Hands

This month we have a very honored guest, Ms. Bonnie Hunter!

I'm so excited to do the "My Blue Heaven" workshop!

I am figuring on a lot of guests, so if any of you feel inclined to

bring an extra goodie I will very much appreciate it. Please make

it simple. FINGER FOODS!! We won't have room for tables so

possibly. cheese and crackers, veggies and fruit, pretzels, nuts,

cookies, etc., I am going to buy extra small bottles of water too.

This month the letters of the alphabet for refreshments

"K THROUGH S". Thanks and see you there! Robin Aschenberg Any questions? Please feel free to call or e-mail me at:

302-670-2535, and robinaschenberg@comcast.net.

Helping Hands Newsletter

Summer has officially ended and everyone seems to be

settling into a new routine. Personally, I am happy to know the

heat of summer is behind us and look forward to the quilt

activities planned.

We thank Marion Lundgren who was with us last month to

share her quilt journey. Her story was so real

and heartwarming. The evening culminated by two Quilts of

Valor quilt presentations to David Cass, a Vietnam Veteran who

shared his story, and our own Mary Kokoszka, who recently

retired from the Air Force. Mary worked in the mortuary at

Dover AFB and detonated bombs as part of her job.

Our website is constantly being updated by Mary Dawn

Ditty and Patricia Kokoszka to bring you the latest

information. Cindy King recently joined the Board and will be

helping with the website and workshop coordination.

Please note in March, Patricia will be taking pictures for

those. who missed our first sitting and new 2016

members. Bring your favorite quilt and be a part of our

directory.

Show and Tell Sue Hoecker

Show ‘n Tell for this month only:

Please bring one or two of your favorite Bonnie Hunter

quilts to share. Only Bonnie Hunter patterns this month…we

will resume all show ‘n tell next month.

Thank you.

Bonnie writes a regular column in Quiltmaker magazine entitled

“Addicted to Scraps.” She advocates going beyond saving your

scraps and gives us ways to USE our scraps. She is the author of

at least 7 quilt books.

In short, we are having a teacher who is fun and talented and

entertaining. She has been easy to communicate with as well.

For our evening program, Bonnie will show some of her quilts in

addition to her lecture, “Scrap User’s System.” She will have

some of her books for sale at our meeting. Cont. p2

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Please, be aware that we are expecting many guests who are interested in hearing Bonnie. Plan to help us give them a warm

Helping Hands welcome!

We plan to set up every chair in the church hall so we will not be able to set up any tables to sit or eat at.

October Program: We will welcome Pat Yamin at our October meeting. She comes to us from Brooklyn and will be very entertaining.

Plan to be there!

Save the Date! Our regular meeting in April 2017 will be postponed to Wednesday, May 3, 2017. See article below.

Vice President’s Message continued from pg. 1

SAVE THE DATE! Mary Dawn Ditty

Membership Drive Kate Ruper

We are starting our membership drive in September, and

hope to have memberships all renewed by November. The

annual dues remain at $25/ year. We ask that you confirm

the accuracy of your information in our roster. We are

missing cell phone numbers for many of our members. If

you would like to include your cell number, just add it to the

roster when you pay your dues. As in the past, you can pay

by check or cash. Checks can be made out to Helping

Hands Quilt Guild. Remember, your guild card entitles you

to a discount in many fabric and quilting stores.

Anyone at least 75 years old who has been a member for 5

years is eligible for lifetime membership. You can get your

membership card just by asking one of us renewing memberships.

Anyone who is not able to come to the meetings can renew

their membership by sending a check to me at:

Kate Ruper

388 Sedgewick Dr

Magnolia, DE 19962

Information about Programs and Events Please, see newsletters (linked on website) or website

for all workshop info. There is a calendar for the year

(under “Calendar”) as well as “Programs” organized by the

month.

At each guild meeting, please, take the time to watch

the scrolling announcements (with pictures) that is on the

front wall of the stage. You will learn about guild news,

workshops, upcoming speakers, etc.

There will also be brief reminders about meetings and

events through email a few days before our fourth Monday

guild meetings. WE WANT YOU TO BE INFORMED

ABOUT ALL OUR OPPORTUNITIES AND FUN!

Quilters’ Lunch and Learn Saturday, October 22, 2016: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

at the Milford Senior Center, 111 Park Ave.,

Milford, DE

An event sponsored by Helping Hands Quilt Guild,

Delmarvelous Quilt Guild and Piecemaker’s Quilt Guilt. A

great day to share with our sister Guilds is being planned

for you to enjoy.

Tickets in advance: $5 and available at our Helping Hands

Guild Meeting; $6 at door. Limited tickets due to space at

Senior Center. Please write your name on back of ticket for

door prize.

Guest speaker for the day will be Janice Pope from North

Carolina...Check out her website: http://anythingbutboring.com/.

Guest gift/event project -- Raffle Theme Baskets –- Mini Quilt

Auctions –- Demos (Cathedral Window, bias binding, English paper

piecing, wool felt) –- Door Prizes –- Vendors -– Quilter’s Boutique

Breakfast and lunch items available for sale. You are welcome

to bring a brown bag lunch. Afternoon snack provided.

Sign-up sheet at Guild meeting for you to help.

Questions can be directed to:

Sue Hoecker at Pineapple2@Comcast.net,

Elaine Morris at OYE52@comcast.net, or

Rose Ann Battista at rabattista@comcast.net.

MEETING DATE CHANGE Our regular meeting in April 2017 will be postponed

to Wednesday, May 3, 2017. We have the opportunity to have

Philippa Naylor present quilting news from across the

Atlantic. She is from the UK. She will be here for the Paducah

Quilt Show and will present at the beginning of the week to the

Annapolis guild. She will also give a workshop on Thursday, May

4, 2017. It’s a great opportunity for us to interact with a quilter

with a European flare!

Since she agreed to come while in the area, it is an opportunity

for us to welcome an international speaker without paying her

travel. More later!

Sit and Sew Mary Dawn Ditty

SAVE THE DATE:

Come, join other guild members for a day of fellowship and sewing on Tuesday, October 25 at First Baptist.

Work on Bonnie Hunter project or any other you wish. Sign up at the September meeting! $10 to help defray costs.

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Come see what we are all about, or take home a kit from the

guild meeting and at least make the top for us. We ordered over

400 labels from the printer in Dover recently and it is about a

year and a half since we had ordered them previously. That

shows how productive we are!

As always, please do not hesitate to contact me in regard to

any aspect of QFO, and don't forget, you can always ask for a

quilt for someone in need...the finished quilts aren't doing anyone

any good sitting in a pile at my house. Ann Fischer, Coordinator, QFO 302-744-9786

fischersfarm@verizon.net

Quilting for Others will next meet on Tuesday, OCTOBER 11

at 6 p.m. at the VFW Hall in Camden. It will be a cutting session

to get a pile of fat quarters cut into strips, then the strips put

together into kits for tops. So if you come, you will need to bring

your rotary cutting set. It will be fun to mix and match the

strips for the kits when the fat quarters are all cut.

We are continuing to have a great year, with many of the ladies

doing plenty of work even in the Summer months. But now the

season to use a quilt is just about upon us, and we always welcome

new ladies to our meetings.

Our 2016 UFO Challenge ends in September. Our

"Unfinished Objects" challenge has been a fun way to

motivate some of us to actually work on a few of those

unfinished projects that plague many quilters like me.

For those individuals who always finish one project

before they start another; I commend and admire you, but

I do not understand you.

The goal may just be to complete a few blocks, do a

binding, or possibly assemble a quilt top. It is totally up to

you how much you want to accomplish. It has been my

experience that the people who totally frustrate

themselves often pick lofty goals, and set themselves up

for disappointment. I have never had a single person tell

me they suddenly had tons of unexpected time to kill,

but many people relate a crisis that takes all their time

and drains their energy.

The group will start in January and every other month a project

is due. We always start with project #1, but from then on, we will

draw another number. If you complete your project on time, you

earn a chance to receive a nice prize at the end of the

year. People who complete at least 5 of their projects on time

receive an extra 6 chances to win. You can give me a copy, call

me, or email your list. I am delighted with the number of quilts I

have finished just because doing a few blocks for that quilt was on

my list. During the year, I have also started several more quilts,

so I don't see myself ever running out of UFOs.

Call or email me if you have questions:

Kate Ruper 302 697-7274 cell 302 359-5615

ruperk1@yahoo.com

Helping Hands’ Stash Relocation Event—It’s Fall Clean Up Time! Ellen Malenfant

Members Directory Patricia Kokoszka

UFO Challenge Kate Ruper

Quilting For Others News Ann Fischer

Just a quick mention that the Member Directory was

a success and there will be another event!

During the March 2017 Quilt Meeting there will be an

opportunity to have your Photograph taken. All members,

especially new members, that do not have an image in the

directory are encouraged to bring their favorite quilt and

have it as the background of their portrait.

This will be the only chance to have your photograph taken, so

please plan accordingly. Patricia Kokoszka will be the

photographer and any further inquiries should be directed to

her. pdkoko@gmail.com.

This year’s guild auction—the Stash Relocation Event— is going to be

held at the November guild meeting on November 28th. The

committee has met, and the evening has been planned for FUN with

both a silent auction and a traditional auction along with

refreshments.

If you cannot make the meetings, call Ellen Malenfant (302-

492-8715) to make arrangements for pickup.

Donated items for our auction are

starting to flow in, but we need more of

you to CLEAN HOUSE. We can use all

your unused and never going to use

quilting and sewing items that someone

else will love to win at the auction and take home—items like

jelly rolls, rulers, fabric, kits. We will gladly accept any and all

quilting or sewing items.

NOW—bring them to the September meeting or contact me

and I will pick them up at your home. We’re here to make your

Fall Clean-Up easy for you—no need to keep the clutter at your

home, you can clean-up now. What a great way to relocate your

items and help the guild!

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Were you as moved by the story of our honored veteran at last meeting as I was? We have a top ready for quilting and

another nearly ready for a deserving service person. Please contact Betty Rigo or me if you are willing to quilt one of these

tops. Backing and batting are provided. Thank you again to everyone who has contributed blocks. The more we make, the

more people we can serve.

Peg Gilson 734-51890 Betty Rigo 531-5585

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Quilts Of Valor Peg Gilson & Betty Rigo

Raffle Baskets RoseAnn Battista

Block of the Month Cindy King and Linda Barlow

I only have one more request to complete the Raffle Baskets for the Lunch and Learn on Sat., October 22, 2016. The

request is for edible chocolate, large or small candies; café mocha coffee, hot chocolate; chocolate covered pretzels,

blueberries, nuts, etc.; fudge. Anything you can think of that is yummy and chocolate and is WRAPPED would be wonderful!

You have generously helped me out in the past few months and I greatly appreciate it! Because of your generosity, we have

“The Ripper is my Friend” basket overloaded with goodies, and over 50 fat quarters and 10 half-yards of fabric for the

“Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate” basket! Thank you all so much for your help. Please bring any edible chocolate items to the

September meeting. Thank you again!

Upcoming Quilt Events: The Needlechasers of Chevy Chase welcome your attendance at our upcoming biennial Quilt Show and Artisan Boutique. This

year’s theme is “Quilting Green: Traditions Grow in New Directions!”, and we will show an abundance of beautiful and creative

quilts. We will also offer lovely fiber art for sale in a silent auction, as well as an Artisan Boutique, raffle baskets, a Calico

Elephant, and nearly round-the-clock demonstrations by skilled quilters and sewers. We will also be raffling our opportunity quilt

“Community Garden”; tickets are $5 each.

The show will be held at the Kensington Armory/Town Hall in Kensington, Maryland on Friday, October 7 (9 a.m. to 6 p.m.)

and Saturday, October 8(9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) Admission is $5; children under 12 are free. Parking is free. Such a deal!

More information is available at our website: www.needlechasers.org/quilt-show.

Wilmington State Park’s next upcoming quilt program, “This Old Quilt”, takes place at the Blue Ball Barn in

Wilmington. September 25 from 1-3 pm. The address is 1914 West Park Drive, Wilmington, DE 19803.

Learn about the care, cleaning, repair and storage of old and new quilts in the home. Madge Ziegler, quilt specialist, will provide

information on the age, fabrics and construction techniques for your quilt, so bring them along! Examples from Madge’s collection

will be used to illustrate the theories and controversies of collecting and repairing quilts. Space is limited. Pre-registration

required by noon on September 22. Call (302) 577-7020. $5 per person (with paid park admission).

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me via email or call our office phone at (302) 577-7020.

Elizabeth Drummond, Park Naturalist

If you know of any events in the area, please let us know. You can send any information to:

Barbara Sansone Phone: 302-730-4169 or E-mail b.sansone19@gmail.com

Check out the October/November issue of McCall's Quick Quilts and you'll find Marti Chamberlain

displaying her "Seaside Breeze" quilt made from a pattern published in that magazine.

Great work, Marti!

The Block of the Month (BOM) participants will meet at 5:45 pm prior to the October 24th meeting. Check in at the desk

for room location. During the meeting, we will share our progress, discuss techniques, and address options for the 6B side

blocks that some participants have indicated they may wish to replace.

Block #5 is due at the Sept meeting. Block #6A is due at the October meeting.

A gallery showing different block placement options is available at: http://tinyurl.com/HHQG-BOMoptions.

Thanks to Barbara Sansone who made an EQ7 version and paper-piecing templates for the quilt and Cindy King who offered

to import fabrics for the participants to be able to explore options with their fabric.

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Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting Magazine – Special Subscription Offer

Minutes for the August 22, 2016 Meeting Delores Burns

Did you know ?

Treasurers Report 8/31/2016 Mary Kokoszka

Committee Reports:

Food Bank Drive: Geri Headley is asking for members

to bring bags to be used to carry food.

Raffle Sales: Barb Austin recognized members who sold

tickets at recent events. Sales are doing very well.

QFO: The next meeting will be on Tuesday,

September 13th at 6:00.

Stash Relocation Event: Donations are due by the October

HH meeting.

Quilters Lunch & Learn: Tickets are available for $5:00.

RoseAnn Battista asked for donations of white fat

quarters to be used in raffle baskets.

Raffle Quilt: ML Kaczka thanked all who donatedfabric and

will be sending out emails to volunteers working on the

patriotic quilt.

The next Board Meeting will be on September 7th at 6:00.

The meeting concluded with a Name Tag drawing and a 50/50

raffle. Respectfully submitted, Delores Burns

The meeting opened with a prayer by our President, Sue

Hoecker, followed by the introduction of our many guests.

She also welcomed Mary Young, who was selling raffle

tickets for Ladybug Quilt Guild.

Presentation:

Two Quilts of Valor were presented to David Cass and

Mary Kokoszka. David is a Vietnam War veteran and shared

his experiences with HH members. Mary is a member of

Helping Hands Guild and also served proudly in the military.

Show and Tell provided us the opportunity to see the

wonderful quilts and projects our members have completed.

.Program:

Our speaker was Marion Lundgren who is a long time

member of Helping Hands. She traveled from New Jersey

and shared her quilting/sewing journey.

Business:

The Secretary and Treasurer’s reports were approved for

July.

The HH membership drive will take place during October

and November.

As a member of the Guild, you are eligible for a discount at the Delaware

Sewing Center (see their ad on the back page) and Jo-Ann Fabric stores.

At the Delaware Sewing Center all Guild members get 10% off, even on sewing

machines, cabinets and cases when you present your current Helping Hands Quilt

Guild membership card.

To receive a Jo-Ann 10% VIP discount card, register on line at www.Joann.com/VIP

or request your discount card in person at the store. You will need your current Guild

membership card. Jo-Ann’s VIP discount card is good for one year and you need to

re-register each year.

The Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting magazine subscription offer is available again this month! Guild members receive

a special rate of $20.00 for a one-year subscription (6 issues) – You’ll pay less and you get 5 FREE BONUS gifts.

The guild gets $5.00 for your subscription – A perfect way to be nice to yourself and

support our guild. Already subscribe? Renew, through the guild—the benefits are the same.

Sign-up at the back table before and during our September guild meeting. For renewals

bring in your mailing label and save time signing up! Please make checks payable to Helping

Hands Quilt Guild. Your first issue will arrive in 6 – 8 weeks. The bonus gifts will arrive

shortly thereafter.

See Ellen Malenfant at the guild meeting, call 302-492-8715, or email: dasfalcon@live.com

if you have questions or you’re unable to attend the meeting and would like to sign-up.

Ellen Malenfant

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7/31/2016 Citizens Bank checking account Statement balance: $15810.90

8/31/2016 Citizens Bank checking account Register balance: $ 16708.15

8/31/2016 Citizens Bank checking account Register balance $ 16719.38 Respectfully Submitted, Mary Kokoszka ( All records are available for review upon request unaudited - for management purposes only)

Checks Cleared: Sue Pritt July Speaker Fee $ 90.00 Sue Pritt July Workshop Fee $ 330.00 Jeanne Feurer Bonnie Hunter Workshop Refund $ 100.00 Lisa Stallings Bonnie Hunter Workshop Refund $ 100.00 Kate Ruper Bonnie Hunter Workshop Refund $ 100.00 $ 720.00 Deposits Cleared: Membership Dues $ 200.00 Workshops $ 400.00 Sit and Sew $ 20.00 Beginner’s Class $ 30.00 Fons and Porter Magazine Sales Fons A

$ 120.00 October Lunch and Learn $ 135.00 Misc. Income $ 60.00 50/50 $ 73.00 Guild Raffle Quilt $ 579.25

$ 1617.25

Uncleared Deposits: Raffle Quilt $ 692.00 Workshops Bonnie Hunter $ 240.00 $ 932.00

2.00 Uncleared Checks: Barbara Sansone July/Aug. Newsletter $ 24.30 Robin Aschenberg Refreshments $ 44.86 Nancy Roberts Bonnie Hunter Workshop Refund $ 100.00 Fons and Porter Magazine Sales Fons A

Magazine Subscriptions $ 90.00 Dolores McShea Bonnie Hunter Workshop Refund $ 50.00 Ann Fisher QFO 2016 Donation with quilt proceeds $ 542.50 Robin Aschenberg Refreshments $ 35.54 Mary Dawn Ditty Refreshments- Pulled Pork $ 33.57

$ 920.77

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Happy Birthday Kate Ruper Officers & Committee Chairs

The Magic Table

Last Name First Name Birthday

Sansone Barbara Sept 1 Laskiewicz-Smith Jo Ann Sept 2 Sumpter Ann Sept 2 Thomson Nancy Sept 10

Riley Alice Sept 19 Sullivan Jane Sept 20 Curry Marian Sept 28 Reinert Jan Sept 28 Aschenberg Robin Sept 30 Heer Patricia Oct 5 Johannsen Carol Oct 5 Sullivan Pam Oct 6 Walpole Lorraine Oct 7 Noone Sharon Oct 9 Porter Carolyn Oct 10

Condon Michelle Oct 14 Stallings Lisa Oct 14 Brittingham Sharon Oct 18 Quarnaccio Connie Oct 21 Weaner Fern Oct 23 Wilks Patricia Oct 23 Lundgren Marion Oct 27

Newsletter submissions are due

by or before the 2nd Saturday of the month.

Please email them to Barbara Sansone at b.sansone.19@gmail.com.

The long table as you walk into the

Helping Hands meeting room.

• Membership services (renewal dues, new members and

visitors)

• Sign-in sheet (Please, try to sign in so we can get an

accurate count of attendance.)

• Sign-up for those who wear name tag.

(There is a drawing each month for those who wear a

tag. It is encouraged so that we can all know who we

are talking to and sitting with.)

• 50/ 50 raffle ticket sale. (This is a fund raiser for the

guild.)

• Sign-up for Show & Tell

• Class registration

• Quilting for Others (Pick up a kit)•

President: Sue Hoecker…………….. Vice President: Mary Dawn Ditty……... Recording Secretary: Delores Burns…………… Corresponding Secretary: Ellen Malenfant……..… Treasurer: Mary Kokoszka….…….. Committee Chairs: 50/50: Lauren Ferguson…….. Block of the Month: Linda Barlow….………… Fund Raising: Ellen Malenfant……….. Greeters/New Member: Rose Ann Battista….… Membership: Kate Ruper……………… Miniatures/ table runners/toppers: Linda Barlow…………… Newsletter: Barbara Sansone……. Quilt Show: Elaine Morris……….…. Quilting for Others: Ann Fischer…………….. Quilts of Valor: Betty Rigo…………..…...

Peg Gilson…………….…. Raffle Quilt: ML Kazka………….…….. Raffle Quilt Sales: Barbara Austin………… Refreshments: Robin Aschenberg……. Sit ‘n Sew/ Workshop Coordinator: Shirley Smith…………... Skills Forum: Marti Chamberlain….... Sunshine: Sharon Cook…………….. Swaps: Lisa Stallings…………….. Website/Facebook: Patricia Kokoszka….….

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Inside this Issue 1. Presidents Message

1. Vice Presidents Message

1. Refreshment List

1. Show & Tell

2. Quilter’s Lunch and Learn

2. Membership Drive

2. Save the Date

2. Info about Programs & Events

2 Sit and Sew

3. Stash Relocation Event

3. Membership Directory

3. UFO Challenge

3. QFO

4. Raffle Baskets

4. BOM

4. QOV

4. Upcoming Quilt Events

5. Fons & Porter Offer

5. Meeting Minutes 8/22/2016

6. Treasurer’s Report 8/31/16

7. Sunshine Committee

7. Birthdays

Sunshine Committee Report

Please continue to keep us informed of any of our members

that are ill, having surgery, or have lost a loved one.

Respectfully submitted,

Connie Quarnaccio and Sharon Cook

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