Paper Pieces - Macomb County Quilt Guild
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From the President...
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In this issue >>>
Quilters Checklist >>>
May Speaker—Donna Slater: Hen Party (page 3)
Blog Review: Bee in My Bon-net (page 7)
Book Review: Free-Motion Quilting (last page)
Award Winning Quilts (page 5)
Quilt Show 2014 Update (last
page)
Get To Know Your Guild Member—Amy Pribac (page 3)
2013—14 Membership Application (page 6)
175 Quilts Donated! (page 4)
Bring Show and Tell Projects
Name Tag
Smile
Completed Block of the Month
Lakeport Retreat Deposit
The auction was a great success, thank you ladies and Jill Stiger (round of applause please), Linda Fenska, Sue Sharkey, Terri Brown, Joan Moore and Cindy Challis. I think Cindy would be a great addi-tion to the Board!!!
The baskets the members donated were awesome and John (the auctioneer) did a good job, what great fun.
This newsletter will be the last one submitted by Terri Brown who has done a marvelous job for THREE years. I have come to know Terri while on the Board and she has become a very good friend, because of this friendship I have also gotten to know Debbie Barnes and Cindy Zielke. We all gather together each month to share our love of quilting (and food). Look at all the new friends we have made.
The end of the year is fast ap-proaching, holy cow where did the year go? WE WANT YOU (remember that slogan), step up to be on the Board. Get involved see what happens behind the scenes. Some of us have been on YOUR Board for many years. It’s time for some of us to step down and sit
back and enjoy. We will be in need of a new hospitality crew for next year, if you are interested and/or have any questions please see Peg-gy Lau, myself or Jill Stiger.
President’s Tea will be in June, if anyone would like to volun-teer to oversee this event please see anyone on the Board.
I was watching the news the other evening and saw
a wonderful story on Terry Grahl, Enchanted Makeovers a non-profit organization. Terry and her group of volunteers go to women’s shel-ters to paint and decorate the rooms where the ladies stay. This got me thinking, what could our Guild contribute—pillowcases? Some pretty quilts? Any ideas? Check out her website www.enchantedmakeovers.org. This organization is based out of Detroit.
I have the best Board ever; Linda Fenska isn’t she doing a great job?
Remember, God is great, beer is good and MCQG is awesome!
Kathy Santo, President
Our auction
was a great
success!
Paper A bi-monthly newsletter for the Macomb County Quilt Guild Volume 12, Issue 5
May/June 2013
Gui ld Board 2012-2013
Program List 2013 >>>
PRESIDENT—
Kathy Santo
VICE
PRESIDENT—
Jill Stiger
SECRETARY—
Cindy
Dembeck
TREASURER—
Linda Fenska
PAST
PRESIDENT—
Diane
Hubble
MEMBERSHIP—
Joan Moore
EDUCATION—
Diane Tocco
NEWSLETTER—
Terri Brown
MEMBERS AT
LARGE— Fran Pietron and
Sue Sharkey
CHARITY —Mary Ellen Zajac, Claudia Baker & Crew
SUNSHINE—
Sue Rakowski
HISTORIAN— Kathy Wallace
HOSPITALITY— Carol Holloway, Peggy Lau,
Amy Pribac & Dianne Stall
WEBSITE—
Tracey Shock
Well ladies, I think everyone enjoyed themselves at the auction. We even received a card from John, the auc-tioneer, expressing how much fun he had. Your participation either by donations, buying or both made our auction successful to the tune of $2,140! Thank you!
Our speaker for the May meeting is Donna Slater from The Feathered Nest in Loves Park, Illinois (see arti-cle on page 3). Wrapping up the year in June will be our annual Presi-dent’s Tea. You will want to plan on bringing a dish for the Potluck din-ner and we encourage you to choose a recipe from our Guild Cookbook.
Finally, I have enjoyed serving as your Vice President for the past 2 years and I hope you will enjoy the programs that I have lined up for the future.
Jill Stiger—Vice President
2013 Program List May 13, 2013—Donna Slater: Hen Party
June 10, 2013—President’s Tea (Members only)
September 16, 2013—Monique Dillard: Her Quilting Journey
October 7, 2013—Beth Don-aldson: Quilting in Detroit in the 1930’s
November 4, 2013—Lynda How-ell: Trunk Show
December 2, 2013—Christmas Party
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The Charity Committee would like
to thank everyone who helped
make the Quilts of Valor blocks
and those that sewed the blocks
together and quilted them. We
sent four quilts to a wounded
warrior transition battalion at
Fort Campbell in Kentucky. See
the pictures on page 7.
The Charity Committee
Quilts of Valor
Chickens, quilts, inspiration, music
and fun. Donna Slater blends chick-
ens and quilts to teach quilting
techniques that develop confidence
and creativity. Donna started with
her own flock and a series of
patterns titled “RoadBlocks.” Road-
Blocks were test driven by her clos-
est chick gurus.
Sew and Do Sudoku and Strip Addiction, A Fix for Fabra-
holics are two books written by Donna and begin the
scrap journey.
The newest book Scrapples features the above, A Star
Among Friends,” and strip piecing from scraps. Donna
shares her methods and inspires you to use your scraps
in creative ways. Jelly rolls and fat quarters are also
perfect for these projects. The presentation includes
choosing colors and how to put them together. Chicken
Feed uses the scraps from Scrapples (the little pieces
you don’t know what to do with) and gives you a
starting point for organizing those little bits of fabric you
can’t part with.
Projects and ideas will be presented
so you can start feathering your nest
with your own creations. Other plac-
es Donna has been featured are: AQS
-Nashville, TN; Quilt Market in Hou-
ston; Nancy Zieman’s Quilt Expo in Madison, WI; and
Innovations-Longarm University in Tacomah, WA. Visit
Donna’s blog at: www.quiltsforthenest.blogspot.com
May Speaker—Donna Slater—The Feathered Nest >>>
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First and Last Name: Amy (Imkje) Pribac
Personal Information: Married to William Pribac for 49 years.
Two sons: Nicholas (Jan) and William (Karel). Five grandsons ages
9—23 and 1 granddaughter age 9.
Where did you grow up? Born and raised for 8 years in the Neth-
erlands (Town: Menaldum, Province: Friesland). Raised next 15
years in Warren, Ontario. Last 49 years in Sterling Heights and
Clinton Township, MI.
At what age or year did you start quilting? I was asked to quilt
with a church group beginning at age 16. I took my first class to
cut, piece and sew a quilt-sampler in 1984/85. The class was by
Shirley Minnie.
How long have you been a guild member and do you belong to
any other guilds? 3 years (maybe 4) - first time member of a
guild, I belong to no others.
What is your favorite quilt pattern? Double Wedding Ring.
What other hobbies do you have? Reading, needlepoint, cook-
ing, and fixing things.
What is your favorite movie of all time and why? “El Cid” - I did
not see it, but my husband went to see it and could not get in (it
was booked) so he came over to McMaster University Summer
School instead to see what was going on there—that is how we
met, I was there taking classes. McMaster is in Hamilton, Ontario.
What is your favor-
ite food? Anything
chocolate.
What is your favor-
ite color(s) when
making a quilt?
Any color—
depends who the
quilt is for.
What technique in
quilting would you
love to learn?
Need to learn ma-
chine top stitching
but could not attend the class offered several months ago.
Do you prefer hand or machine quilting? I prefer piecing by ma-
chine but get bored with top stitching even though I have done
several quilts that way.
If you could interview anyone in the world (dead or alive) who
would you interview and why? Nelson Mandela—I admire him
for what he stood for and was willing to be imprisoned (for 20
years) as a consequence.
Get To Know Your Guild Member—Amy Pribac >>>
Happy May/June Birthday to ...
Cindy Zielke—May 3
Terri Brown—May 10
Linda Couzens—May 10
Kathy MacFarland—May 11
Sandi Miski—May 12
Susan Sharkey—May 14
Judy Kosnick—May 19
Kathy Wallace—May 29
Gail Cox—May 30
Dawn Holtz—June 3
Peggy Lau—June 4
Marie Baeckeroot—June 8
Diane Wezner—June 9
Marilyn Gross—June 11
Dawn Nelson—June 13
Barbara Shock—June 15
Nancy Branigan—June 18
Elaine Krause—June 18
Susan Rakowski—June 23
Barbara Kryszak—June 24
Marilyn Philips—June 26
Annette Konupek—June 28
Remember to bring a snack to share
to the guild meeting the month your
birthday falls in. Thanks!
I would like to thank the following guild
members who participated in the charity
sewing day on March 9, 2013—Letty Ga-
blemann, Barb Barringer, Kathy Santo,
Kathy MacFarland, Joyce Wells, Doris
Breitkreuz, Linda Strait, Cathy Riley,
Marilyn Phillips, Colleen Belli, Barb Cook,
Marj Bryen, Amy Pribac and Peggy Lau.
We completed approximately 20 tops
and put binding on about 6 of them. We
would like to also thank Karen McDavitt,
Cheryl Burck, Barb Shock and anyone
else who has taken quilts home to be
quilted.
Please consider taking a few of the quilts
home and working on them over the
summer. We still have lots to be quilt-
ed. If you have a longarm quilting ma-
chine please consider helping Mary Ellen
quilt the tops. So far this year your gen-
erosity of your time and talents has
completed and donated 174 quilts. This
includes the 52 that were part of the ba-
by quilt challenge last summer. This
guild year we have donated our quilts to
the following organizations: Central
Michigan University (fundraiser for the
homeless), Macomb County Department
of Human Services, Turning Point,
McLaren Macomb Hospital, Abigayle
Ministries, Immanuel Lutheran Church
Prayer Ministries, Compassion Pregnan-
cy and Macomb Hematology Oncology.
If you have a place that you feel could
benefit from our quilts, please let some-
one on the Charity Committee know.
Thank you for your support!
The Charity Committee
174 Quilts Donated!
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Margrette Farah—July 1
Margaret Bernard—July 7
Vicky Ruthkosky—July 13
Janet Maurer—July 17
Karen McDavitt—July 18
Karen Walsh—July 20
Lillian Fortuna—July 22
Pam Thompson—July 22
Shirly Ward—July 22
Bonnie Kaster—July 23
Jean Maniaci—July 23
Margaret Weinand—July 24
Colleen Belli—July 25
Sharon Emerson—July 25
Susan Richter—July 28
Jill Stiger—July 29
Anne Peters—August 4
Letty Gabelmann—August 7
Donna Kay Batts—August 9
Carol Sonntag—August 11
Pat Hiller—August 20
Cheryl Burck—August 21
Dianne Stall—August 21
Eileen Carroll—August 25
Sharon Yakaboski—August 25
Barbara Cook—August 27
Diane Holk—August 27
Sharon Miner—August 30
Happy July/August Birthday to ...
Our April Auction was a HUGE success! There was a total of $2,140
brought in to the guild from it. John Graessle, our auctioneer, wrote to
tell us he had the best time ever and would love the opportunity to come
back. There were a total of 56 awesome items auctioned, that were do-
nated by our members. We have been told by our CPA that we were sup-
posed to keep a record of who donated what items and who won them.
We have some of the information but are probably lacking a lot more. If
you could please emails me what you donated or won, it would be a big
help to me. Email me at [email protected]. Thank you!
In hopes that you see this before May 2—all who paid their registration to
the Ricky Tims Super Seminar should have received their confirmation
letters by email by now. The confirmation letters are your admittance to
the seminar. If you have not received it, please notify Cyndi at
[email protected] or call 1-719-275-2770. If for some reason you are
unable to attend, you can transfer your registration to someone else who
wants to attend. The information is on the first page of your confirmation
letter. Hope everyone has the best time ever and WHOO HOO!!
Trea$urer$ New$ >>>
Congratulations to Jacqueline
Bertolini who found her birth-
day published here in the
March/April 2013 edition of
the Paper Pieces.
If your birthday falls on 11/13,
call or email Terri Brown at
(586) 604-8855 or
May 21 to receive a $20 gift
certificate to Sew Together in
Richmond, MI.
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Cheryl Burck’s sister, Celeste Fritz, entered quilts in the West Houston Quilter’s Guild show
in Katy, Texas the weekend of April 5-6, and they won! Cheryl quilted them and Celeste
pieced them. The first place quilt is named “Poppy Profusion” (see below left) and the second
place quilt is “Lotus Garden” (see below right). Congratulations to both Cheryl and Celeste!
Award Winning Quilts >>>
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Macomb County Quilt Guild Membership Application September 1, 2013 – August 31, 2014
Please fill out this form and return it along with your membership dues ($30).
Membership dues are not refundable.
MEMBERSHIP – TYPE (please check one):
__New Member __Renewal Member 2012 -13 __Past Member but not 2012-13
--Please Print Legibly—
Name:_______________________________________________
Street Address:________________________________________
City/State/Zip:________________________________________
Email Address:_________________________________________ To save costs, MCQG sends its newsletters and important guild news by email
Phone Number:________________________________________
Birth Month and Day:___________________________________
Note: You can place a business card ad in the guild directory for a fee of $10.
If interested, attach your card and include the fee with your membership dues for
a total of $40.
If you are a long arm quilter and would like it noted in the directory please check
the following: ___Yes, please indicate that I am a long arm quilter in the directory.
Date Paid:________________
Amount Paid:______________
Cash:______ Check#:______
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Quilts of Valor Pictures
Blog Review: Bee in My Bonnet (beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com)
I thought it would be nice to review some of the
blogs that me and my quilty friends like and why we
like them. Please let me (Terri Brown) know if you
like this article and maybe we can write a Blog Re-
view for every newsletter!
The Blog
“Bee in My
Bonnet” is
an awesome
blog. The
blog belongs
to Lori Holt
who is a quilt designer from Utah. You can find Lori
most often in her studio drawing for her next fabric
line or creating designs for her pattern company
which was established in 1994 called “Bee in My Bon-
net.” Lori is a small town girl who loves everything
vintage. She loves embroidery, gardening, cooking,
knitting, history, antiquing, scrapbooking, camping,
shopping, reading, family time and date night.
Lori has the cutest patterns, great tutorials and even
some YouTube instructional videos. Her fabric is
awesome and has a vintage feel. Currently, Lori is
working on her “Quilty Barn Along” (see picture to the
bottom right). One of the reasons I enjoy this blog is
because Lori keeps it up-
dated. Some blogs you go
to and the owner hasn’t
updated it for months. So
check her blog out and let
me know what you think!
Macomb County Quilt Guild P.O. Box 180671 Utica, MI 48318-0671 www.macombcountyquiltguild.org
Save the Date: 2014 Quilt Show
We want to remind members that the quilt
show will be April 24-26, 2014. We had to
move the quilt show up a weekend because
of a previous commitment by the Roseville
Recreation Center to another group. Please
save this date in your calendar.
We will begin signup for the committees at
the May meeting so please consider volun-
teering for a position. Our last show was a
success due to the work of many and we
hope to repeat that in 2014!
Marj Bryen/Fran Pietron
Quilt Show Chairpersons
Since being encouraged to start machine quilting by her grandfather
9 years ago, Angela Walters has been quilting, teaching and writing.
With a deep appreciation for traditional quilting, she has found a
niche quilting modern quilts. She is the author of two books, Free-
Motion Quilting with Angela Walters and In the Studio with Angela
Walters. Mary Ellen Zajac, who is a longarm quilter and guild mem-
ber highly recommends this book. So take a look and tell us what
you think!
Book Review: Free-Motion Quilting
with Angela Walters