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August 2015 Newsletter From the Studio: “I don’t care what anyone says—IT’S HOT!!!! What a great time to stay indoors and work on your miniature for the Guild Challenge. Just in case you have forgotten, it is due at the November meeting.” That’s the way I began this letter in 2007…………..amazing how little has changed since then. It sure is hot and the late day storms are wreaking havoc with my sewing schedule.

I had the privilege of moderating a meeting last Saturday with 30 remarkable quilters from all over South Carolina. I can never get around the fact that for us to be so different, we are so much alike. Have you noticed how quilters can finish each other sentences? (Drives me nuts) Or, how one of us will despise a fabric and the other thinks it is absolutely beautiful? (Maybe if we cut it small enough) Anyway (as Helen would say) I think that we have a great group of friends that love fabric, art, and the simple act of quilting. So, crank up the AC and just sew away…………See you the first Monday in August. --Joyce Bring to the August 3 meeting: (6pm: social time and pin basting and machine quilting of charity quilts;

6:30: demo; 7-9pm: meeting)

Wear your DQ name tag Show and tell Block of the Month Any Charity tops/quilts CASA bags, 2-gallon bags, male teen yardage Items to donate for the October Auction/Sale

Please save your beautiful scents for other venues--

Some of our friends are highly allergic.

Programs

What fun we all ad in July with the Cowlumbia and Quilters of SC quilts on display! Hope some of you came home with some great fat quarters too. So bummed that I missed the meeting due to knee surgery and I missed you all and will save my fat quarters for our next swap!

• August Program: Be prepared to be amazed at the trunk show to be presented by our very own Sue Spillane! Sue has graciously agreed to bring her quilts and stories to entertain us for the program. So, bring your cameras and plan to see some great quilts!

• October Auction and Sale: Auction! Auction! Auction! Remember our guild auction and sale is coming in

October and will be here before you know it. So, start cleaning out that sewing room and bring any unwanted items to a meeting and give them to Jamey Jones, Nancy Adylett, Courtney Royson, or me. Jane Gold will be returning as our Auctioneer for the live auction items!

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• Workshops: o September 12 – “Get the Point” with Aby Dolinger. How lucky are we to have Aby coming this

year? VERY LUCKY! Thanks to Pam Kohel’s diligence in 2014, we are going to have the pleasure of Aby coming for a workshop AND a program in September! Come learn from a published quilter and wonderful instructor. The class is filling up fast so don’t wait to sign up later! Registration form attached to newsletter. **Note: This workshop

has been opened up for non-Devine Guild members, so, if you want a guaranteed space, please plan on signing up at the August meeting.

• Yearly Challenge: Our guild challenge this year is to make a quilted Christmas Stocking based on a holiday inspirational word or phrase. If you haven’t gotten your inspirational phrase yet, pick one up at the next meeting and start working on your challenge!

--Hope to see you all on August 3! --Donna

Demos Demo for August: Quick cutting and piecing a Herringbone Quilt.

Membership

New Member: Cheryl Horton

Block of the Month and Mystery Quilts

BOTM = Summer Snowballs!!!

We're trying something new for the next couple months. Remember the BOTM pattern handed out in June? It was a striped snowball (in summer colors). (another copy attached to newsletter). I want folks to make and bring in as many as you can. Instead of the usual $1 donation and drawing, we're going to take all the snowballs turned in and make charity quilts out of them. So... Go forth and make snowball! We want to be snowed in at the August and September meetings!--Jodi

Charity Quilts/CASA Tote Bags Update:

One of our charities this year is CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates). These individuals visit children who are in foster care, and serve as their advocates in family court. We took on the project of providing bags for these children so they could move their personal belongings easily and quickly.

Thank you to the 4 members and Georgene D. (who got caught up in the action) at our Sew Half Day on 7/17. We worked on 20 bags, and since we spontaneously opted to do lunch at Solstice, the bags were taken home for the finishing touches. Another small group of members (and an enthusiastic 9 year old granddaughter/great niece) went with a small sewing bee concept and made 10 bags at one session, and have taken 10 more kits to work on next week. It is so great to see another generation get involved. So, by the numbers: 2 finished bags returned 74 kits given out 13 duffle bags returned 25 more kits are available


We can still really use yardage, or finished bags, suitable for older boys. Think sports? We also need more 2

or 2.5 gallon size zip bags (used for the kits and to protect finished bags). Please bring your finished bags to the August or September meeting. Questions? Beth Karr [email protected] 803-699-6577

Library Exhibit: Scrap Quilts Yesterday and Today

Now that we are finishing our quilts, we need to think about what we want to say about them. We need your name, the name of your quilt and a short note about your quilt. You can tell: what inspired it, something about the fabrics, details on why you chose the pattern--anything that makes it more interesting for the viewer. If some of you are interested in selling your quilt, we will put that information on a separate sheet, so think of the price that you want in case someone asks for that information at the information desk.

I will have a quilt at the meeting to demonstrate the proper hanging sleeve, slat and screw eye placement, as we did last month. The screw eye size is requested by the library because in the past, the sizes of some screw eyes were incompatible with the library's hanging equipment. Please remember to have your quilt/quilts at the September meeting. Helen [email protected]

Minutes for the July 6, 2015 Meeting

Meeting was called to order at 7pm by President, Joyce Greer. Two visitors were welcomed. Names were drawn for 2 free admissions to The Quilting and Knitting Expo July 24-25 http://quiltersgallery.net/1 - 00 - off admission - coupon/ .

Margaret Caughman presented the Quilters of SC’s challenge: Smiling Faces, Beautiful Places (14 lovely quilts), and discussed participation in QSC.

Anita Bowen presented the Greater Columbia Quilters’ 2015 challenge: COW-lumbia (14 riotous quilts) Business meeting was called to order at 7:50pm. A motion to approve the June meeting minutes was made

by Joyce Browder, seconded by Anita Bowen and approved by the membership. Committee reports:

• Programs (Nancy Aydlett)- In August, Sue Spillane will present a trunk show, and the demo will be a

Missouri Star tutorial. Sign up for the Aby Dolinger class on Sept. 12 asap, as it is about to be opened to other guilds. January program will be on internet: Facebook, Pinterest, etc. February will b e a trunk show. March will be Carla Alexander and a workshop with her.

• BOM (Jodi Spillane) – changing around the procedure. Bring in blocks, no drawing. Blocks will be used for charity quilts. The July Snowball block will repeat for August.

• Charity (Sally Somerall) – tonite put together 5” squares for 8 child size kits, machine quilted one quilt. Have kits for Disappearing 9 Patch, and 3 tops pinned and ready to quilt. She will set up a machine again next month before the meeting for machine quilting.

• Charity/CASA bags (Pam Kohel) –kits are being cut by some of the members. Over 90 kits so far, with yardage for more. All fabric and parts have been donated. Kits and directions available tonite to take home. Will be having a CASA bags half day sewing on 7/17-- pick up a flyer. Info will also be emailed.


• Library Exhibit (Helen Brown) – demo-ed and discussed hanging rods/slats and screw eyes. More info in newsletter and next month. Your name should be put on rod/slat. Limited discussion on theme for next show. If need help on sleeve, Bonnie Browning Utube demo was recommended.

• Fat quarter exchange was postponed. • Business meeting concluded at 8:20pm

Show and Tell-at least 7 members participated General info: Row by Row event being held around the state and country

http://www.rowbyrowexperience.com/ thru Sept 8. Meeting ended at 8:30pm.

--Beth Karr, stand in Secretary

Future Programs 2015 into 2016 Sat., Sept 12 Workshop: Aby Dolinger “Get the Point” September 14: Aby Dolinger lecture and trunk show Turn in quilts with hanging rods for the Richland County Library Exhibit “Scrap

Quilts, Yesterday and Today” October 5: Auction—hosted by Jane Gold. Sale table, silent auction and live auction November 2: Member demos December 7: Annual Christmas gathering with Mini stocking making for Palmetto Children’s

Hospital. Refreshments and Challenge reveal. January 2016 TBD February 2016 TBD Library Exhibit quilts to be returned to owners

Guild Member Ads For Sale Pfaff 4.0 purchased in 2010, complete with all feet, extra bobbins and single hole stitch plate. There are also two 18 x 24 inch Sew Steady acrylic extension tables included. Manual and Accessory books are spiral bound together. My purchase price $2,117.19 after discounts taken, purchase of the single hole stitch plate and extra bobbins which are included in my asking price of $850.00. It has needle up/down, IDT (built in walking foot) and a built in thread cutter. This is my second Pfaff and a great sewing machine. Reason for selling: I purchased a sewing/embroidery machine to replace this Pfaff 4.0 .Contact: Elizabeth (Liz) Long, [email protected] (Please put Pfaff

4.0 on the subject line.) Phone: 803-256-0768 and leave a message.


Members can publish short ads for free in this section. Want to advertise here or elsewhere in the newsletter? Contact Beth Karr, editor, for submission, questions, rates: [email protected] .

Other Quilt Related Info/Activities Fri July 24 (9-5) and Sat July 25 (9-4): The Quilting Expo. Jamil Shrine Temple, 206 Jamil Rd., Columbia All details at: http://quiltersgallery.net/the - quilting - and - knitting - expo - show - info - and - list - of - vendors/ Includes a $1 off admission coupon. Note to members: If you would like to see a quilting-related event posted in the newsletter, please give Beth Karr the following details in writing at the guild meeting or by email: name of event; date(s); sponsor or host; location, hyperlink. Events held prior to the newsletter’s emailing will not be included.

Visitors Our regular meeting is held on the first Monday of the month (second Monday for September 2015) at

7:00 pm (social hour and work on charity quilts begin at 6pm) at Shandon Presbyterian Church at the corners of Blossom, Woodrow and Devine Streets in Columbia, SC. Use the entrance facing Devine Street and ask at the security desk for directions to Davis Hall on the first floor. Our membership is $30.00 per year and is prorated for new members.


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