Cedar Hill Quilters Guild

June 13, 2011                         Vol. 22, #6

Next Meeting: July 11, 2011

The meeting was opened by President Donna. The minutes of the last meeting were accepted.  There were many visitors who enjoyed this meeting.

TAQG

2011 Rally Day is this weekend, July 9, 10-3PM at Mimosa Lane Baptist church in Mesquite.  Terry C. Thompson will present “19th Century Applique in Red, Green and Blue, and the Women who made them.”  Quilts and clothes from the civil war years, 1860-1865.  For more info check the website,   http://www.texasassociationofquiltguilds.org/

Programs

July- Summer Salad Supper and pin-cushion exchange at Rhonda’s home,  1318 N. Hwy 67 in Cedar Hill, 214-676-5121 at 6:30. 

Here are several websites offering free pincushion patterns.

http://tipnut.com/22-free-pincushion-patterns/

http://pinkeeps.blogspot.com/2009/08/60-free-pincushion-patterns.html

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art1481.asp

http://www.victorianaquiltdesigns.net/VictorianSewingAccessories.htm

Donna has asked that if you have any previously completed wool appliqué projects, to bring them for show and tell at the July meeting so we can get ideas for the Sept. president’s challenge.

August-  We will host the Hoffman challenge exhibit. 

Right now there are 12 traveling trunks exhibiting winning entries specific to certain categories.  In addition to the three quilt categories (pieced, appliqué and mixed technique), new categories include clothing (wearable art), accessories, and dolls.

The Hoffman challenge is to use a recognizable amount of the Hoffman Challenge fabric as an integral part of the entry, and must appear in the body of the quilt, not just the border. The fabric has to be newly designed, never seen, and specifically released for the challenge. They review the fabrics used in past challenges, and attempt to choose a totally new style and look.  Any amount of any other fabric may be used.  Judging emphasizes originality, creative use of the challenge fabric as it relates to other fabrics, visual impact, and workmanship.

For more info go to http://www.hoffmanchallenge.com  and join us at this meeting.

September-  President’s challenge voting. Project- Wool Appliqué

October- Trick or treat.  UFO project exchange.

November- B&T designs, Barbara McGraw, and Teresa Sherling will talk about Baltimore Album quilts.

December- Christmas potluck and ornament exchange.

Charity

Orphan block charity project-  Jeanne has asked us to bring in our unwanted orphan blocks to make into charity quilts for older children.  Others are invited to help make the blocks into quilts for donation.

Charity Quilt kits-  Batting, thread and fabric donations for the quilts and kits will always be welcome.  Thank you to Marsha for donating backing fabric for this project.

The guild voted to buy 2 rolls of batting, for charity projects, to be stored at Corner Square Quilts.  If you need some for a charity project you can pick it up there.

Workshops

July 31 at Corner Square Quilts,    Stack and whack quilt.  Supply list and photo attached.

September- Kathy Southward  ­ – Christmas Ornaments workshop at Sew Southward shop in De Soto.

 Raffle quilt

Tickets are printed for the raffle quilt.  Please pick some up and help us with this fund raiser.  We have incentives!  Besides all the great speakers and charity projects we can subsidize, selling tickets could benefit you personally.   For every $20 in tickets sold, or if you take the quilt to work, or sit with it at a venue to sell tickets you will get your name entered into a drawing to win a free March retreat, or a $200 gift certificate to the local quilt shop of your choice.  This will include sales from this year’s 2nd raffle quilt as well, through the end of February 2012.

Barbara has arranged for the quilt to be shown at Quilt Country on August 6 and needs volunteers to help out.

Barbara passed out fabric packets for member’s to make blocks for the second raffle quilt.  The pattern is the same May’s BOM, the block should finish at 8 ½”.  See Barbara if you would like to help with this project.  This is going to be a beautiful quilt and there will be a discussion concerning the date to draw the winner of this quilt at the July meeting.  Please bring back your blocks to the July meeting.

Library:

Claudia has arranged for the guild library to be stored in a portable locked case at the Rec. center.  Look for this in the next couple of month’s.

Magazine/Book Challenge:

This month’s challenge entries were from:

Charlotte –“Colorful Quilts for Kids” by Beth Wheeler  she used the unusual quilting technique on her quilt “Ice Cream Treats”.

Tammie-1. “Wintergraphix” by Jason Yenter  pattern- Spheres  2.  “Turning Twenty Around the Block” by Tricia Cribbs

Janet- Fons and Porter Magazine, March 2010  Pattern- “Jazzy Cats”

Member’s Bio’s

Karen Kelley

I remember when I was around twelve years old and was home alone from school recovering from whatever it was that was wrong with me....... when I had this great idea.  I would probably feel better if I had a quilt like my grandmother made. At the time it didn't seem wrong to go to the linen closet and choose a couple of colored sheets for this one day project. I also took an old army blanket from the top shelf and formed a plan with big squares and blue yarn for tieing. It took the entire day to cut and sew the project all together using my mother's big scissors and her old singer in its blonde cabinet. (Good thing it was threaded.)  When she got home, there I was with a new quilt covering me in the bed while I slept. (I think I had a fever by that time.)

I think quilters have it in them from the beginning and they somehow know the worth of comfort that homemade quilts bring. 

I started sewing when I was fourteen and made all my own clothes. It just seemed natural back then to do such things and so this continued throughout my life making clothes and things for the house. With two girls I could decorate them and the house with everything I found in magazines and patterns, but I never had the nerve to make another quilt. My grandmother lived nearly 900 miles away so on visits she would teach me how to crochet and let me count all her buttons, but we never got around to quilting.

Life took many turns and I raised my girls with the mission statement, if you can see it, you can get your mother to make it.  They took full advantage of this attitude and I turned our ideas into beautiful dresses and outfits for all of us, but we bought our blankets from Sears catalog.

I remember in the eighties watching Georgia Bonesteel on TV showing how to quilt and I was intrigued and started making everything small and easy. They were all "tied" to perfection.

I've worked as an accountant all my life and this included two years in Iraq where I found quilters there also.  I believe the idea of quilting is born in the hearts of women everywhere, including women on the other side of the earth.....amazing, isn't it?

 According to Proverbs 31:22, A virtuous woman makes coverings for her bed. (She also makes things to sell and buys land from her profits. I like her. I wonder if she ever made a raffle quilt?) 

Even with all of life's interruptions, I've learned quilting from many fine teachers and friends. Even though I'm an excellent "tie person" and have hand quilted several large and small quilts, I've come to love machine quilting the best.   

Just the other day I was looking through my quilting magazines and found one from 1994 that had a quilt that I had always meant to make.  Time passes so fast that it's hard to remember all we intended to do, but we hold onto the hope of what we plan for next month.

BOM- Be A Star Gazer

This month’s  block “Star in a Star” is attached.  This is also the pattern for the  blocks for the Christmas raffle quilt.

Show and Tell:

Emily -  Newly redesigned guild shirt

Charlotte-  “Ice Cream treats”  charity quilt

Tammie- 1. Spheres  2. Dr. Suess- Turning Twenty quilt

Janet- “Jazzy Cats” music quilt

Amy- Toddler backpack

Julie M.- 1. Petal Dress, 2. Children’s apron

Cheryl Stutzman- 10 minute block quilt

Local Happenings

Corner Square quilts-  “SOS” work sessions- need help with a project?  Stop by for plenty of advice and helpful hands.

Ben Franklin- is now doing monogramming, and has a new class schedule

Creative quilters guild of Ellis county- 2011 Quilt Show  "Two For The Show"  July 15 & 16, 2011  10am to 5pm

Wise county quilt guild- Saturday June 18, 2011 at 10am to 5pm  Quilt Show,  “Quilting around the Courthouse steps”

Plano Quilt Show Aug. 12 and 13

Sulphur Springs Quilt Show Sept. 16 and 17

Greenville Quilt Show Oct. 14 and 15

You Know you are a Quilter If........
There's more Fabric in the House than Food
"Fat Quarters" are not the heaviest part of your body
Your ironing board is always set up but you never iron
clothes
You think of your job as an interruption of your quilting
time
You pet Fabric
People are always picking threads off you
You can measure a scant 1/4 by eye
"Featherweight" Doesn't mean Boxer
Your "UFO's" are not from outer space
You clean up your sewing room & they think you are
leaving