Quilters’ Sew-ciety News December 2015

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Quilters’ Sew-ciety News

December 2015, No. 450

Quilters' Sew-ciety was founded in 1977, and provides a means for quilters to exchange ideas, further the art of quilt making and

promotes the joys of quilting. Visit our Quilters Sew-ciety web site at www.qsrochester.org for the

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There will be a QS joint meeting Monday December 7th at 7:00 p.m. The members whose last name begins

with the letters A - M please bring desserts which are finger type food. The members whose last name

begins with the letters N - Z please bring a Christmas theme fat quarter for the Fat Quarter Frenzy part of

the program.

Show and Tell theme and color will be Christmas quilts and quilts which contain the color red. Please

remember all quilts are "Eye Candy" so if you want to show any quilt you have finished please do!!

We will have a "Christmas Ornament Exchange" this year!! Please bring a homemade Christmas ornament

to the meeting and choose another QS member's Christmas ornament.

The main program will be the UFO Reveal. Please remember your UFO must be present at the December

meeting. For each UFO completed the participant will be able to have a chance in the drawing for the $100

quilter's basket.

Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving!

Cindy Horan and Char Hansen; Program Committee

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Greetings All! We are fast approaching the Christmas holidays and with them come a variety of holiday traditions. QS is no exception to having treasured traditions. The suggestion was made that ladies new to QS might like to know about these traditions as well some information about the joint December meeting. Fat Quarter Frenzy - FQF is a new tradition that was started last year as a fun way to share and obtain fabric while at the same time supporting QS. It was decided to hold this at both our July and December meetings. Half of the QS members are encouraged to bring a Fat Quarter while the other half bring treats to share. Each fat quarter brought in is given a number and a bag. QS Members can purchase "raffle" tickets for 25 cents each, choose the FQ they desire and then place their ticket(s) into the FQ bag(s) desired. You can put all your tickets in one bag or spread your tickets around. The winning ticket is drawn from each FQ bag to find out who gets to take home a new FQ for their stash. Christmas Ornament Exchange - The ornament exchange is a well-established QS tradition for the joint December meeting and is often paired with a Christmas Block exchange. This year we will do just be doing the Ornament Exchange. QS Members who choose to participate can bring a handmade ornament - their choice but please have it be homemade. Bring that ornament to the December meeting. Each participating ornament will be given a number. A drawing will be done so that each of the participants will go home with a new Christmas ornament - a great QS keepsake. Christmas Treats - Hospitality is in charge of the food at our holiday festivities so that QS member can enjoy an informal social time. Half of the QS membership is asked to bring finger food/treats to share as part of the December festivities. Please bring this in a disposable container. Hospitality will provide beverages. Come and share in the QS traditions as we celebrate this season together. Happy quilting. Sue Zahasky 2015 QS President

Sources of Inspiration:

When you can’t figure something out, try to imagine and practice what pioneer women would have done, like folding paper bags for patterns or using dishes for quilting designs to make good circles.

Ann Brenke - President-Elect

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Quilters’ Sew-ciety Meeting Minutes,

November 2, 2015

Quilter's Sew-ciety Day Meeting Minutes: The meeting was called to order at 1:00pm by Karen Greenslade, at Bethany United Methodist church. A motion to accept the October minutes was made by Pat Dillard, and seconded by Julie Tebay. Discussion ensued regarding corrections not related to the minutes, but to the general newsletter; no corrections to minutes were necessary. Motion carried. The Voting Ballot for the 2016 incoming slate of officers was presented. (See the slate of officers listed later in the newsletter). A motion to accept the officers as presented was made by Jan Bruce, 2nd by Betsy Munroe. Discussion ensued regarding the duties of the unfilled President Elect Position. Sue Zahasky amended the motion to include Mary Spencer as nominee for President Elect. Carolyn Jensen 2nd. Betsy Munroe moved to approve the motion to accept the officers as amended; Linda Zarling 2nd. Motion carried.

Program: Sisters Jan Bruce & Judy Rutz July from Rather Bee Quilting in Lake City, MN entertained us with a trunk show and stories.

New Members: Chris Schwanke, Linda Lundin. The following new members joined QS at the quilt show: Mary Ellen Brown, Carol Carrigan, Diane Fisher, Ginny Graves, Betty Torkelson, Marta Toth, Julie Goodman, Marjorie Smith.

Guests: Pat Hallstrom, Kimberly Marsolek

Show and Tell: 6 wall quilts, 1 bed quilts, 3 table quilts, 2 bags, 1 antique quilt, and 2 other projects.

Door-prize: two lucky members each won a "See Your Stuff" bag courtesy of Rather Bee Quilting. At 3pm a motion to adjourn was made by Vickie Lecocq and seconded by Mary Spencer. Motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Jamie Kouba, Day Secretary Quilter's Sew-ciety Evening Meeting Minutes:

November 2, 2015, evening meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by President elect, Ann Brenke, at Bethany Methodist Church.

Minutes: Motion by Judy Plank to approve the minutes of the October 5, 2015 meeting as distributed. Second by Darlene Peterson. Motion passed.

Business: The Nominating Committee presented the slate of officers for 2016. All positions have been filled. Motion by Sue Norell to accept the slate as presented. Second by Kathy Gaines. Motion carried.

Program: Cindy Horan introduced QS members, sisters Jan Bruce and Judy Rutz, owners of Rather Bee Quilting in Lake City, who presented a program of many of their shop quilts and samples from their classes. They presented all attendees with a $5 gift certificate from their shop.

Guests: Cate Callard and Melanie Hunstad. New members: Mary Ellen Brown, Carol Carrigan, and Diane Fisher. New members from the quilt show: Ginny Graves, Betty Torkelson, Marta Toth, Julie

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Goodman and Marjorie Smith.

Show and tell: Wallhangings/crib size – 12; Bed size – 2; Misc (poncho) – 2.

Door Prizes: 2 door prizes were donated by Rather Bee Quilting and were won by Nancy Zimmerman and Becky Mann.

Motion by Nancy Zimmerman to adjourn. Second by Trisha White. Motion carried.

Respectfully submitted, Rosie Seegmiller, Evening Secretary

Please note: Please do not use perfumes, colognes, etc. at our meetings. There are some people that are sensitive to these scents, causing difficulty breathing or headaches.

Karen Greenslade, Quilt Show raffle quilt. The quilt was won by member Jean Griebel. Rita Radil sold the most tickets (182). Prizes for those selling the most tickets will be awarded in December. $5139 was earned in ticket sales; 430 tickets remained unsold. Those members who still have envelopes, please return them. 109 tickets were sold at the show on Friday, 90 on Saturday, as well as a $1 donation.

Sue Zahasky, President: The joint gathering of the outgoing and incoming board members and standing committee members will be Sunday, December 6 7:00 pm at Sue's home. If the weather is inclement, the meeting will be rescheduled. All current and incoming officers and standing committee members are asked to attend. Current officers are reminded to bring a year end report for the President, as well as any materials that are to be turned over to incoming officers. Please include a copy of your year end report in the notebook you pass on to the new incoming officers.

A QS Board Meeting will be held Sunday, November 22, 2015 at 6:30pm at Market Cafe, HyVee Barlow Plaza. Please submit agenda items to Sue before November 14, 2015.

Several QS Board members began sorting through historic QS items. Pertinent items will be saved digitally. Show and Tell photos will be alphabetized and members given the opportunity to take home photos of themselves and their quilts.

Minnesota Quilters has contacted our guild about having a joint MQ and QS gathering, as well as re-including Rochester in the rotation as host for the state show.

Our website has been updated and redesigned. Thank-you Linda Edd.

Quilt Mentors will be held Nov. 9 at Market Cafe, HyVee Barlow Plaza at 7pm

Mod Squad will be held Nov. 7 at Byron Middle School from 9am-2pm. Laurie Cook will present Modern Paper Piecing. Please bring a sack lunch and a project to work on in the afternoon. This activity is open to all, not just those interested in Modern Quilting.

Please provide the secretary a copy of all announcements. This is for accuracy of information and spelling of names.

Betty Johnson, hospitality committee: For our joint meeting in December, those members with last names beginning with A-M, please bring 1 dozen finger desserts; those with N-Z please bring a holiday themed fat quarter for the Fat Quarter Frenzy.

Bonnie Bosma, Festival of Trees, shared completed items. The theme for the tree is “Royal Elegance”

Char Hansen, Boutique coordinator and program elect. The boutique earned about $4000, 20% of which is donated to QS. Sale of outdated library items earned $118.

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There will be no check out of library material in December in order to complete inventory. ALL CHECKED OUT ITEMS MUST BE RETURNED. The December meeting will include an ornament exchange, a holiday fat quarter frenzy, UFO completions and $100 drawing prize for those UFO participants. The show and tell theme will be red/green and Christmas, but as always, please bring any quilted items you wish to share. There will be no block exchange.

Reminder to all giving announcements to give the secretary a copy to ensure accuracy.

Sue has a new e-mail address SRZahasky@gmail.com

2015 Quilt Show News

We have received some thank you notes from the QS Show:

1. Thank you for donating and making your quilt show a wonderful experience. We really enjoyed it. My cousin

won some fabric as a door prize. Your display was a beautiful selection of quilts. I belong to the Sheboygan

County Quilters in Wisconsin. Our show was in September. Sincerely Verda Otten.

2. Thank you so much for the donation to the door prizes at the Rochester Quilters Sew-ciety. I was lucky enough

to win and chose Berties Year and can't wait to complete it! Thanks again. Sincerely, Jane Schmidt.

3. Thank you so much for donating to the Quilters Sew-ciety Quilt Show. I was lucky and won a door prize

containing the cute snail measuring tape and a 3.5" small paths template. I have always wanted to try circle blocks

so I am looking forward to using the templates. Thanks again. Linda Edd

4. I was one of the winners of the raffle prize during the quilt show. There were so many nice prizes to choose

from that it was difficult to choose. I enjoyed the quilt show very much and appreciated all the hard work and talent

of the quilters. Geri

5. I never win - so to actually hear my number called I could not believe it! Thank you for the wonderful array of

sewing tools and accessories. The quilt ruler wooden holders, bobbin ring, scissors, are all great. I also won on

Saturday and there I picked out an OleyValley Primitives "Penny Rug Pattern" kit. I have wanted to try something

in wool-so hope to make his kit into a "Welcome" wall hanging for my entry. This was my first Quilter's show that

I have been involved with and it was so much fun. Thank you. Donna Prosch

6. Thank you so much for the great door prizes. I won a box of thread and a collection of batting, patterns, and

notions. Thanks for a great show. I enjoyed it and look forward to the next one. Marie Wilson.

And a personal note to the members: I personally want to thank each of you, the members of the Quilt Sew-ciety, for all the wonderful donations you

contributed to the door prizes for this year's Quilt Show. We had over 115 door prizes between businesses and

your donations. Also thank you to all of you that was willing to volunteer to help at the prize table. It was so much

fun to see smile on the faces of the winners at this year's event. Rita Radil, Chair of Door Prizes.

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2016 Officers and Standing Committee Chairs

President Ann Brenke

President Elect Mary Ann Spencer

Treasurer Sharon Kunkle

Day Secretary Nancy Berkman

Evening Secretary Ruby Florine

Education Programs Char Hanson

Education Programs Elect Rita Radil

Day Facilitator Darline Niess

Evening Facilitator Joan Schuler

Membership Paula Triebenbach

Day Hostess Julie Peterson and Mary Jo Anderson

Evening Hostess Jeanne Wilson and Joy Spaeth

Day Librarian Lisa Beyer and Linda Logsdon

Evening Librarian Karen Gonzalez and Denise Mullen

Publicity Sue Zahasky

Facebook Manager Dixie Schmit

Webmaster 2016 Linda Edd

Special Events Laurie Cook

Hospitality Marie Wilson and Kathy McMullin

Nominating Committee Rosemary Campbell, Lucy Horn,

Becky Mann and Joyce Johnston

Sunshine Sue Norell

Small Quilt Group Gloria Bahr

Newsletter Ann Brenke

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November Library News and Notices

Our regular library for checking out books will NOT be open for next month’s meeting. Please bring any

books for check-in, though. Please see a librarian to drop off your returned books.

Books are due back in one month. If not returned in one month, a one-month grace period will be

extended. (Books can be dropped off at Kelley's Quality Sewing Center in Rochester, MN if you are

unable to attend the next meeting.)

If you need a book for another month, please bring book to check out again. This will allow the library

to check if there are any requests pending on specific books, which would take priority.

If the book is not returned by the second month, a $5.00 fine will be placed (per book). Library

privileges will be suspended until books are returned.

If the book is not returned by the third month, the borrower will owe the library the retail cost of the book. Fine fees will apply towards the retail cost of replacement.

These books are in the grace period and are due at the December meeting without a fine.

Nancy Johnsrud Creating Your Perfect Quilting Space

Jane Phelps Quick Colorful Quilts

Joyce Johnston Simply Triangles

These books are past the grace period and owe $5.00 for each book.

Sue Strom Quilts from the Civil War

Kathy Robinson Quilts for Babies & Kids

June Wicks Photo Inspired Art Quilts; New Quilting with Bernina

These books are past due (month noted) and owe the cost of each book.

Diane Kee Sept 2014 Ties That Bind $15.00

Lori Nelson Mar 2015 Log Cabin Quilts $15.00

Joan Schuler June 2015 Cozy Cabin Quilts $15.00

Joan Schuler Sept 2015 Cups & Saucers $20.00

Joyce Johnston May 2015 Threading the Needle $12.95

Sarah Hanson Sept 2015 You Did what with my T-shirts $17.99

Darlene Niess Sept 2015 Zakka Style $15.00

Marlys Jensen Sept 2015 Season Sampler $19.99

Thank you from your library ladies of 2015,

Lisa Beyer & Mary Farrell (Day Librarians)

Toodie Bremer & Marie Huntington (Evening Librarians)

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Notice

For Sale: Janome Artistic Quilter 18” Sit Down – Purchased new one year ago. The AQ18 Sit-down model is

perfect for the quilter with space or mobility limitations. The table is a fraction of the size of a standard quilt

frame, and you can work on your entire quilt while seated without putting strain on your legs from standing. 18”

throat space offers large quilting area; Auto Needle Positioner has the ability to use the foot control to stop the

needle in either the up or down position, along with soft touch buttons at your fingertips, minimizing the bending

or breaking of needles; Built-in bobbin winder that winds while you quilt, so your next bobbin is always full and

ready; M-Size bobbin has the largest available bobbin capacity; Quick and Easy Threading - Easy, straightforward

threading path saves time; Variable speed allows precise stitches; As you move the quilt the machine creates

uniform stitches; Easy Stitch Selection - Change stitches in one easy step;5mm Stitch Width - Most stitches can be

set for a maximum width of 5mm - creating bold satin and decorative stitches; Flexible lamp offers light right

where you need it; bending in close for micro stippling or staying back for pantographs; The oil reserve is self-

contained so you no longer have to worry about oil on your quills or oiling the hook with every bobbin change;

Collapsible custom table with a removable, hinged leaf for convenience and ease of storage included. Asking

$3700.00. Contact Rita Radil 507-271-1938 after 5 pm on weekdays or anytime on weekends Can also email me

at radil_rita@yahoo.com. Just underwent first year cleaning at Kelleys Quality and Sewing.

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Classified Ads/Notices for Members

For $3.75, members can submit up to 20 words for a classified ad/notice. This will have the same deadline

as everything else for the newsletter - one week after the meeting date. Any questions please contact: Ann

Brenke, Newsletter Editor at 507-951-8750 or abrenke55@outlook.com.

Advertising Rates: 1/8 page = $7.50, 1/4 page = $15.00, 1/2 page = $30.00, 3/4 page = $45.00, full page =

$60.00. Quilt-related camera-ready ads (pdf or word document file) can be submitted to the Editor by the

Friday following the meeting; ads must be accompanied by full payment and sent to:

abrenke55@outlook.com. Ann Brenke, 507 5th St. N.W., Kasson, MN 55944; 507-951-8750; Checks should

be made payable to Quilters' Sew-Ciety. Note: Please submit an electronic graphic file - pdf, doc, etc.

(preferred method) or camera-ready ad for the issue(s) of the newsletter if you want the same ad to

appear in multiple issues. E-mail or call if you have questions about formatting your copy.