March 2013 - Berrien Town & Country Quilt Guild
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1 BERRIEN TOWNE AND COUNTRY QUILT GUILD MARCH 2013 The Patchwork Pen Officers 2013 President Doreen Johan [email protected] Vice President Aggie Blesy [email protected] Secretary Judy Weingart [email protected] Treasurer Michelle Tuller [email protected] Co-Treasurer Sondra Sheppard [email protected] 2013 Door Prizes Jan Kizer and Shirley Bergstrom Thank You Ladies for your efforts and time to surprise us! March 14 Doors open 6:30 Program/Meeting starts at 7:00 Stevensville United Methodist Church Faith Hall www.btcquiltguild.org SHOW AND TELL PAPER PIECED And VARIETY BRING IT ON! We want to SEE! JOIN US and ENJOY English Paper Piecing Presented by: Carol Reigle Learn basic techniques of English paper piecing that can be used on many shapes including hexagons, diamonds, pentagons, and squares. The techniques can be used to make a single block or an entire quilt. A special part of the program fea- tures a special hexagon called a honeycomb. Lucy Boston used the honeycomb to make her “Patchwork of the Crosses” quilt. Learn about Lucy, her quilts, and find that English Paper Piecing is so much more than Grandmother’s Flower Garden. Carol brings a power point presentation, samples and a fabulous project for all to enjoy. Be there or be square.
Transcript of March 2013 - Berrien Town & Country Quilt Guild
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BERRIEN TOWNE AND COUNTRY QUILT GUILD
MARCH 2013
The Patchwork Pen
Officers 2013
President Doreen Johan
Vice President Aggie Blesy
Secretary Judy Weingart
Treasurer Michelle Tuller
Co-Treasurer Sondra Sheppard
2013 Door Prizes Jan Kizer and
Shirley Bergstrom Thank You Ladies for your
efforts and time to surprise us!
March 14 Doors open 6:30 Program/Meeting starts at 7:00
Stevensville United Methodist Church Faith Hall
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SHOW AND TELL
PAPER PIECED
And
VARIETY
BRING IT ON!
We want to SEE!
JOIN US and ENJOY English Paper Piecing
Presented by: Carol Reigle Learn basic techniques of English paper piecing
that can be used on many shapes including hexagons, diamonds, pentagons, and squares.
The techniques can be used to make a single block or an entire quilt. A special part of the program fea-tures a special hexagon called a honeycomb. Lucy
Boston used the honeycomb to make her “Patchwork of the Crosses” quilt.
Learn about Lucy, her quilts, and find that English Paper Piecing is so much more than
Grandmother’s Flower Garden. Carol brings a power point presentation, samples and a fabulous project
for all to enjoy. Be there or be square.
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Top ‘o the day to ya!
Have you ever considered traveling to a distant destination and along the way take in an amazing international
quilt show? Fellow BTCQ member Janet Kilgore did just that in 2012, she traveled to Ireland! In early June
last year, the National University of Ireland Galway was the amazing venue for “Quilter’s Village” created by
the SEW MANY PLACES team based in Spring Valley Illinois. The International Quilt Festival of Ireland
(IQFOI) is now celebrating a second year as one of the most unique, ground-breaking international quilt festi-
vals in the world. This event is the brainchild of Jim West, managing director of the festival. Jim is the
owner of Sew Many Places www.SewManyPlaces.com and the publisher of the free, quarterly magazine for
quilters called Quiltposium, www.Quiltposium.com with over 207,000 registered readers. The festival itself is
unlike anything the international quilting community has ever experienced. Taking place on the campus of NUI
Galway, the various buildings and food venues in this “Quilter’s Village” are renamed and designed especially
for quilters. Visitors will enjoy theWicked Thimble Pub, Fat Quarter’s Chocolate Shop, the Round Robin Café, the Quilter’s Square, Town Hall, Longarm Lane amongst other places in the village. It is an outside-of-the-box
concept that has been received with great acclaim! Besides the festival having a unique setting, the IQFOI
made history last year, bringing the largest group of international quilts together in one location in Ireland.
There are nearly two dozen themed quilt exhibits that allow visitors an opportunity to enjoy an interactive
experience, as their senses are fully activated in specially lit exhibit rooms. You can’t help but feel like you
are transported to another place, the moment you walk into each exhibit room.
The festival this year 2013 is June 7-9 , coming up very soon! Take a chance and go soon, or plan a trip for an
adventure next year! A visit to Ireland for the IQFOI is well worth it! Visitors will not only experience the
excitement of the quilt festival, but there are many tours that are just the right number of days to create
an incredible holiday. For more information on the festival, please email [email protected] .
Quilters will travel near and far for the best shops, classes and exhibits. Please consider taking the Guild
Bus Trips to Chicago and Grand Rapids this summer for a terrific exposure to grand quilt gatherings!
For a shorter journey, but still a feast for the eyes and an
adventure, consider a trip to the Quilters Hall of Fame in
Marion, Indiana. The Quilters Hall of Fame's mission is to honor
the lives and accomplishments of those who have made out-
standing contributions to the world of quilting. A museum and
gift shop await you with a calendar of events.
[email protected] for more info.
Or consider a drive to Lincoln, Nebraska to tour the
International Quilt Study Center and Museum. Housing the
largest publicly held quilt collection in the world ! Visit to enjoy
the world-class collection, first-class exhibitions, a virtual gal-
lery and experiences for all ages. www.QuiltStudy.org
Blessings on all your travels, near and far!
Doreen Johan
2013 BTCQ President
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Photographers Wanted Web Site and Newsletter is in need of
photographers to take pictures at the
meetings and at other guild functions.
Please contact Vicki Nitz
March Birthdays
Jane Rush 3/4
Kathy Brown 3/10
Kristina Underly 3/13
Carol Reigle 3/21
Leslie Hilmer 3/23
Deb Weil 3/26
Mary Emrich 3/26
Phyllis Budarz 3/26
Don’t Forget to take your BTCQ Member-
ship Card to Jo-Ann Fabrics and get your
VIP discount card for purchases at any of
their stores. Some restrictions apply .
Monthly Basket There will be a monthly sign up sheet for
any groups wishing to fill the basket. If
you have items you wish to donate but
are not in a group, there will be an addi-
tional basket to collect your
donated items at the monthly meetings.
The March Monthly Basket is being generously
donated by Janet Kilgore. Thank You Janet!
Contact: Sara Lawrick: Ways and Means Co-Chair
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“TRADING STASHES!” ONLY 10 SPOTS LEFT! Spring Retreat at Bethel Park in Bridgman
Dates: April 26th – 28th
Times: Friday 10 a.m. – Sunday 4 p.m.
Cost: $140 All money is due by the March Guild meeting.
Retreat includes: All meals from Friday lunch to Sunday Brunch (Homemade cooking!), Beverages (pop, water, tea, hot choc, and coffee), Large room for sewing all night if
you want, Sleeping rooms (you will have to bring your own linens), surprises throughout the weekend, and lots of quilting time and fun fellowship.
Call Peri Hansen or Kay Wilcox for questions.
FYI: Fall retreat date is November 8th – 10th
Community Quilts Challenge
For this year we will be making quilts for 2 different organizations: Lakeland Berrien Gen-eral Long Term Care and also the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for our region. Kits are available for both. If you wish to use your own fabric and supplies you may. The size for the Berrien quilts need to be 36" X 42" and the Neonatal Intensive Care baby quilts should be no smaller than 17" X 17" and no larger than 22 X 22".
Last year got kicked off to a great start with the distribution of several kits designated to the Berrien General group. You may return the charity quilts to: Janet Kilgore, Heather Broehm, Jeny Ludwig or you can drop them off at Loving Stitches Quilt Shop.
We will be giving out amazing prizes to the quilters who have made the most quilts as well so look for them at
our table at the March meeting! We look forward to your participation! Thank You. Please contact Heather Broehm, Janet Kilgore or Jeny Ludwig
with any questions. Please pick up a kit or three! Thank you for your generous donations.
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Berrien Springs Library Quilters meet every Monday
from 10-3 pm at Berrien Springs Library. Everyone is
welcome to bring a project that they are working on,
and join the fun. Occasional potlucks and a change of
venue, call ahead for more information, call Kay Craw
at or Barb Stover
The Bridgman Bees meets at the Bridgman Library at
each Thursady 10 am – approx. 2 pm. The group fre-
quently goes out for lunch/some folks bring a lunch,
refrigerator and stove are available.
Sit and Stitch Whatever is scheduled every Wednesday
evening from 6:30-8:30 pm @ the Lincoln Township
Public Library.
Appliqué Society meets the Thursday following the
regular meeting at 5:30 pm at the Bridgman Library.
Any questions, please call Sue Russell or Linda Woods
WANTED: TEACHERS
Looking for your TALENT!
Coming to a classroom soon!
Member TEACHERS and dedicated
Students willing and wanting to
learn new techniques!!
So far we have learned that Mary Smallegan, Jolene White,
Tess Robinson and Gwen Jones are making arrangements to teach
Basic Binding, Make and Take, Off the Edge and Appliqué.
Class details coming soon, feel free
to offer input and requests.
Please contact Sondra and Mary or
Doreen and Aggie for additional
info and class requests.
TOGETHER we can expand our
abilities and enjoy new techniques.
Happy Birthday to the Guild, lets
celebrate TOGETHER!
BTCQ Board Meetings
Save the Date
March 19
July 23
October 22
6:30 PM
Lincoln TWP Library
Rosetta House
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Are you making
the challenge?
ASK …….
SIT
and
STITCH
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It’s hard to believe that SPRING is COMING by looking out the window these days but it will soon be time for spring cleaning. Carol Loessel is coming in April to help us
Start with Scraps! While it is the title of her book, it is also something we need to do with our stash from time to time.
Her lecture will be “Recipes For Leftovers” on Thursday, April 11. The lecture and trunk show will give those in attendance lots of ideas for using fabrics they have stashed in their sewing rooms. Carol will show and tell about quilts that have been made from all her “leftovers.” She will bring scrap patterns she designed and copies of her book for sale. On Friday, April 12 she will teach the Loessel Scrappy-Piecing Technique as we make the “Garden Snippets” table runner. This will be perfect for
decorating your table this spring and drawing attention away from the need for cleaning. Please join us for a wonderful workshop @ Lakeshore Baptist Church 10:00AM ‘til 1:30ish 4-12-13 Sign up now by contacting Sondra Sheppard by snail mail, use the registration form on the web.
Please make additional copies for all the FUN that Programs has planned for 2013! More workshops and classes are being planned, be sure to participate! See next page! APRIL Workshop cost is 35.00. Class minimum is 10. Max is 15. Sign up today. NOTE:
Because of the short processing time, full payment needs to be included with the registration form.
APRIL Workshop NEWS
Garden Snippets Table Runner Class Supplies
Carol Loessel, Instructor
Learn the Loessel Scrappy-Piecing Technique as you
make a (13 ½” x 36”) table runner.
Materials needed to make table runner:
Assorted scraps** of floral and solid fabrics (think the
colors of spring or summer flowers)
6” square of golden yellow fabric
(flower centers) 1/8 yard fabric for flower appliqués—
your choice of color
1/8 yard muslin
1 ½ yard green “mottled” fabric (for sashing, borders
and backing)
Thin batting: one piece 38” x 15”
6” square template plastic and
extra-fine tip Sharpie marker
Paper scissors
Water-soluble fabric marker
Sewing machine in good working order
Thread: neutral color for scrappy-piecing; green to
match green fabric
Basic sewing supplies, including a tool for turning &
small scissors that are sharp to the tips. (EX. Cord)
Rotary cutter, mat, rulers: 6”x 24”; 9 ½” square and 12”
square suggested
Paper and pencil for notes
The pattern for this project is in my book, Start With
Scraps. **You will need the pattern to finish the project
after the workshop.
**Books will be available for purchase ($8.95 plus tax).
**Preferably scraps leftover from previous quilt/sewing
projects. If you are buying
new fabrics, fat 1/8ths are great. Try for 10-12 different
ones.
Carol Loessel loves traditional quilts. Her quilt designs reflect this. She began quilting in the early 1970s when all that was being taught were traditional methods for traditional quilts. Carol has
accumulated quite a collection of scraps over all those years of quilting. This collection has led to some creative quilts, and after being told numerous times
“you should write a pattern for that quilt”, she did just that! She has three pattern series: “Recipes for Leftovers,” “Thanks, Grandma,” and “Scrappy Too”.
These patterns can be seen on her website http://carolsscrapquilts.webs.com.
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SAVE THE DATE
UPCOMING FUN PROGRAMS and WORKSHOPS
MEMBER TEACHERS are WANTED!! More classes can and will be scheduled, speak to any Officer or the Programs Team and indicate what you are interested in, or drop the info into the Suggestion Box at the Exchange Table! Let’s do it!
March 16 National Quilting Day FREE LOCAL SIT and SEW Come Together and Sew for Community Quilts (kits provided) or finish a UFO or Baste a Quilt or start a new quilt or just visit and enjoy! Soup, bread, coffee &tea provided. Potluck snacks and cookies are encouraged! Hosted by Community Quilts and Programs. 10 AM to 4PM @Lakeshore Baptist Church * April 11 Carol Loessel Program Lecture Trunk Show “Recipes for Leftovers” April 12 Carol Loessel Workshop/Class “Garden Snippets” see previous page, register NOW Class minimum is 10 maximum is 15 ( subject to filling minimum) Class fee 35.00 Book 8.95 plus tax (3-4 hour class) @Lakeshore Baptist Church* www.carolsscrapquilts.webs.com May 9 Kay Nickols Program Lecture and Trunk show “Not One, But Three Trunks” May 10 Kay Nickols will teach a Workshop: “Curved Wonderful 1” Wall hanging Class minimum is 10 maximum is 20 (subject to filling minimum) 20.00 kit fee + In addition to 35.00 class fee (3-4 hour class) @Lakeshore Baptist Church* www.kaynickols.com June 13 Edtya Sitar Program Lecture and Trunk Show Bed Turning Sampler Trunk Show June 14 Edtya Sitar Workshop/Class “Stars in Quilts” 65.00 fee includes fabric kit June 15 Edtya Sitar Workshop/Class “Garden Trio Greenhouse” 65.00 fee includes fabric kit Edtya’s classes are subject to a minimum of 16 students and a maximum class of 24 ( 6-7 hour class, lunch is bring your own, or order/purchase from a supplied take out menu day of class) @Lakeshore Baptist Church* www.laundrybasketquilts.com June 22 BUS TRIP to Rosemont IL International Quilt Festival 40.00 fee includes show admission First Come First Serve, Bring a Friend ! Contact Aggie Blesy for sign up. Checks only payable to BTCQ www.quilts.com July 11 Brenda and Krista Lee Program Lecture and Trunk Show on Crazy Quilting July 12 Mother and Daughter Brenda and Krista to teach Workshop: Crazy Quilt Embellishing Class Class is limited to 12 (subject to filling minimum) Minimum is 10 Class fee is 35.00 (3-4 hour class) @Lakeshore Baptist Church* www.LeesLinesLLC.com August 17 BUS TRIP to Grand Rapids AQS Show Details to follow, put name on waiting list with Aggie Blesy please www.aqsshows.com/AQSGrandRapids
REGISTRATIONS and PAYMENTS for classes may be mailed to Sondra Sheppard
Please use the registration form, fill out completely, include your check number. All Classes are subject to a minimum student requirement! PLEASE REGISTER! NOTE: The April class must be paid in full NOW due to a shorter process/plan time.
Other classes will accept a 50% deposit now or please pay in full to help the bookkeeping ! Sondra is recovering from being seriously under the weather, so please assist her with an easy registration process.
Contact Mary Hill with any questions. Thank you to Programs TEAM 2013! ALL Class Full Descriptions and Supply Lists will be available at the March meeting. Look for the PROGRAMS table at the March
Meeting ! PROGRAMS Committee will keep you very informed as to any and all Class updates. *Lakeshore Baptist Church is conveniently located at 5411 Cleveland Avenue, Stevensville—not far from John Beers RD.,
Near the SW Medical Clinic and the new Martins Grocery Store. Park in the rear and use the AWANA double doors. Thank You to the Lakeshore Baptist Church for a welcome resource, and a nice fellowship hall to play together in!
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We invite you to the library table to look over five new titles this month;
they will be available for check out that evening.
Library News
Gwen Marston’s Liberated Medallion Quilts features 3 of
our own guild members’ quilts! Here is inspiration to bend
the rules, play with color and make use of bits and pieces that
never found a way into other quilts you’ve created !
NEW! DVDS!
This year we hope to find some useful and inspirational video demon-
strations and workshops with experienced teachers in the business. We
hope you will let us know whether you find them worthwhile and whether
you would welcome more to the collection.
This month we are adding three series from The Quilt Show, from Alex
Anderson and Ricky Tim’s web magazine. Each boxed set of 4 disks
contains 13 one-hour programs, each program featuring a quilter on a
specific quilting technique, covering a range from machine quilting to
landscape design to hand appliqué to curved piecing—come and see!
As a long-time member of The Quilt Show, I can say that I have picked
up at least one tip from each program, even on topics of minimal interest
to me. Watch one program or watch all 13 in the series.
We need your help! In sorting and rearranging, we have found that many books are missing from the collection. We have the check-out cards for some and those members have been contacted. Please look through your personal library for any BTCQ library titles which may have inadvertently joined your books.
Stamped inside the covers, you will find Property of Berrien Towne & Country Quilters. Many of the missing books are classics, and some are out of print.
Please note: You may check out up to 3 items for one month. If you will not be at the next guild meeting, please arrange for someone to return your items.
Most welcome are your suggestions of titles to add to the collection (as well as donations of books/DVDs
you are no longer using)! We will continue to have some older books available for sale; money earned will
be used to purchase new titles!
Sincerely ~ Marion Huyck & Mary Sullivan
Alex Anderson’s Paper Piecing is a clearly written and il-
lustrated introduction to the techniques and tools of paper
piecing.
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MARCH Block of the Month
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Check the website for additional months
patterns.
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Web Site Expenses
Total Cost Per Month $11.95
Website Hosting for 5 years @$297.00
Paid in 2012 due again in 1/19/2018
Web Site Builder 2 Years at
$168.00 Paid in 2012 due again
2/16/2014
BERRIEN TOWNE AND COUNTRY QUILT GUILD
MARCH 2013
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The Ways & Means Committee oversees all fundraising activities for the
guild, except membership dues. Fundraising can be free or minimal cost to the guild and not very time consuming such as the Monthly Basket. For 2013, the Ways & Means Committee has spent no money and has placed no orders. We are gathering information on some ideas and we are looking for additional ideas and your input. At this time, we are not requesting a budget for 2013. We have some ideas that have been suggested by members: *Cookbook, *Guild Promotional and Marketing items – This would be items that we could print the guild logo and have our web site address on. We would then sell these items for a small profit. Some suggested items are Quilt rulers, large bags and note cards. I have also come up with some ideas: *Outside Promo-tional and Marketing items in exchange for advertising – We would ask large quilt or sewing related business to donate items in exchange for advertising in our newsletter or having a link on our website. If we are able to get these items free or for a low fee we would then sell these items.* A Quilt A Thon – Let’s get together and quilt. We could find a location and sew together. This would be much smaller than a retreat and with a small admission/table charge. *An Off Year Raffle Quilt – This would be a raffle quilt for 2015. This idea has challenges but we are quilters and what a wonderful way to share our love for quilting and generate some income for the guild.*Quilt Kit Basket – Once a year Guild would purchase a fabric kit and pattern and sell tickets, simi-lar to the monthly basket. For example: Laundry Basket Quilts has a “Pretty in Leaves” Fabric Kit with free pattern that the guild could purchase for under $45. As you can see we are now only gathering ideas. We are asking for your help in generating ideas and your input on the ideas already suggested.
Please put your ideas and input in writing and email me at or place in the suggestion box located on the exchange table at the meetings.
Thank you, Sara Lawrick Ways & Means Co-Chair
LOCATED @ EXCHANGE TABLE
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Berrien Towne & Country Quilt Guild 4507 Red Arrow Hwy Stevensville, MI 49127
Reminders
Monthly Meetings Meetings are the 2nd Thursday of each month from
February through November Stevensville United Methodist Church
5506 Ridge Road Stevensville, MI 49127
Membership Dues
Dues are $20.00 through December of each year. Pay at any meeting or mail to:
Carol Range [email protected]
Newsletter Deadline
Articles for the newsletter are due no later than 20th of each month. Send them to:
Doreen Johan [email protected]
Sunshine and Shadows Please email or phone with your concerns for whom to
send cards to. Put Sunshine and Shadows in the subject area. Thank You Barb Stover
Door Prize Monthly Drawing
To enter the door prize drawing, you must be wearing a legible name tag and be a member in good standing ,
(dues paid), and only win once in a year Good Luck!
Website Information PLEASE Send information to:
Vicki Nitz [email protected]
www.btcquiltguild.com
