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Patch of News
West Michigan Quilters’ Guild
May/June 2014
Non-profit publication issued six times per year: January, March, May, July, September, and November
May 27, 2014
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Harriet Hargrave
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Lecture:
Executive Board
and Committees
President’s Message
Pages 4
Guild News
Pages 5
Program Line-Up
Pages 6
Membership Meeting
Pages 7
Library News
Page 8
2014 AQS Show News
Page 9
2014 WMQG Show
News
Page 10
May Workshops
with Harriet Hargrave
Page 11
July Workshops
with Maria Elkins
Page 12
Proposed Budget
Page 13
Block Party September
Page 14
Calendar of Events
Page 15
Quilting Around
“Top 10 Tips to
Becoming a Better Quilter”
www.harriethargrave.com
Harriet Hargrave is no newcomer to the quilt world, she comes from a family of quilters.
Her grandmother, mother, and several of her eight aunts quilted. Her mother tried to
teach Harriet to hand quilt in the early 1970s, but to no avail. Harriet mastered machine
embroidery in the mid-1970s and adapted machine quilting from those skills. She was
machine quilting when the local quilt guilds in Colorado thought machine piecing was
not kosher, let alone machine quilting!
Harriet was teaching machine piecing, appliqué, and quilting through the adult education system by 1978, and opened her store, Harriet’s Treadle Arts, alongside her mother in
April of 1981. The store started out to be about machine arts, but quickly was taken over
by machine quilting and piecing classes and supplies.
In 1983, Marti Michell saw some of Harriet’s antique reproduction pieces and was amazed
at how hand quilted they appeared. Harriet essentially introduced nylon thread to the
quilt world through those quilts. By 1984, she was demonstrating her quilting techniques at Houston Quilt Market and was teaching the last day of Mary Ellen Hopkins’
week-long seminars. Harriet has worked side-by-side with Hobbs Bonded Fibers to develop an exceptional line of natural fiber battings to meet quilters’ needs. P&B Textiles
has printed five very successful lines of antique reproduction fabric for Harriet. In 1994,
Harriet was chosen by a panel of her peers as one of the 88 Leaders of the Quilt World for
a book that was released by the same title out of Japan. In 2006, she was nominated as
Professional Quilter’s Teacher of the Year.
Harriet has taught worldwide since 1985, including teaching trips to England, Ireland,
Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and every state in the USA. She has definitely spread the
word that machine quilting is okay, doable by anyone with the desire to learn. Our quilts
are not machine quilted but “hand quilted with an electric needle!”
West Michigan Quilters’ Guild Meetings are held at:
Calvary Christian Reformed Church
3500 Byron Center Avenue SW, Wyoming, MI 49509
Please use the doors on the south side of the church to form line for check-in.
Guest fee to attend lecture $7.00
2013/14 Elected Officers
President
Nancy Roelfsema
616-260-8003 nancyr@notionsmarketing.com
Vice President
Barb Bryson
616-881-3676
sewbzy@gmail.com
Susan Hendrick
Sandy DeCarlo
Julie Kowacz
269-685-1138 susanhendrick60@yahoo.com
616-669-2256
sldecarlo@comcast.net
616-608-4750
julminkow@yahoo.com
AQS Guild Challenge
Secretary
Julie Kowacz
616-608-4750
julminkow@yahoo.com
Karen Velzen
Jan Bosscher
269-317-8903
rivylamper@yahoo.com
Block Party
616-516-9041
dkselfe@juno.com
Treasurer
Rebecca Lamper
Asst. Treasurer
Kathy Selfe
Committees
Kathy Selfe
Sue Botma
616-583-0110
616-897-7440
krvelzen@comcast.net
jboo52@yahoo.com
616-455-2619
grndbotma@comcast.net
269-793-7373
cyndivh@toast.net
Café Press Store
Cyndi VanderHorn
Guild Liaison / Welcoming Committee
Audit
616-516-9041
dkselfe@juno.com
Terri Watson
Adrienne Wilson
616-257-0395
616-682-1340
threadtales@comcast.net
adriennekiwi@comcast.net
616-893-4389
bhoppe75@gmail.com
616-669-2256
sldecarlo@comcas.net
616-786-0452
scortese7@gmail.com
616-455-2619
616-396-0490
grndbotma@comcast.net
srball2@juno.com
616-957-1530
Betsy.carlson@comcast.net
616-957-1530
Betsy.carlson@comcast.net
Hospice Pillows
Beekeepers
Michelle Bausch-Hannink616-450-4376
Adrienne Wilson
616-682-1340
Budget
Education
Historian
mhannink@att.net
adriennekiwi@comcast.net
Open
Open
Beth Hoppe
AQS Contact
Sandy DeCarlo
NQA Contact
Sue Cortese
Mary Voss
616-396-2013
mjv2443@yahoo.com
616-245-6045
bobbibuller@gmail.com
Library
Bobbi Buller
Neonatal Quilts
Sue Botma
Sherrill Ball
Website
Membership
Laura Boogaard
pypercub72@gmail.com
Betsy Carlson
Facebook Oversite
Museum Liaison
Joan Brink
AQS Volunteer Chair
616-531-8106; 616-490-8106 joanbrink175@gmail.com
Nametags
Betsy Muir
Betsy Carlson
bjmuir@comcast.net
Newsletter
Cyndi VanderHorn
269-793-7373
wmqgnewsletter@gmail.com
810-358-0480
marywms48@hotmail.com
New Newsletter
Mary Williams
PO Box
www.wmqg.org
8001, Kentwood, MI 49518
Nominating
Susan Hendrick
Rebecca Lamper
Pat Chapman
269-685-1138
susanhendrick60@yahoo.com
269-317-8903
rivylamper@yahoo.com
616-984-5949 patriciachapmangilmer@msn.com
Parliamentarian
Lizanne Hoffman
616-977-5931
quilterlizanne@hotmail.com
616-957-1530
Betsy.carlson@comcast.net
Past Pres. Ex Officio
Betsy Carlson
igan Quilters’ Guild and click the “Ask to Join
Program Committee
Betsy Carlson
Barb Bryson
616-957-1530
616-662-9784
Betsy.carlson@comcast.net
sewbzy@gmail.com
Group” button. It is checked every day and you
616-682-1340
616-957-1530
adriennekiwi@comcast.net
Betsy.carlson@comcast.net
join us!
Publicity
Adrienne Wilson
Betsy Carlson
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will be added to the group. We’d love to have you
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President’s Message
May 2014
Why Shop Local
I thought today I would write a bit about our fabulous
local quilt shops. We have many stores in our community that are owned and operated by guild members.
There are so many great things about these businesses
that I could talk about; here are just some ideas I came
up with as to what the true value of a quilt shop is:
Service. Generally speaking your favorite quilt shop
will have people working that are quilters. These individuals are going to be able to help you with design
and fabric choices. They might be able to assist you
with a problem technique. They can give you valuable
resources to make your quilt a treasured piece of art.
And, all this service is “free,” well they did have to pay
the employee, rent and the utility bill, but they don’t
charge you for this “drop in service” so remember to
buy something when you are there.
Friends/Neighborhood. My best friends are quilters I either met at a shop, class or through the guild. When you
take a class at a shop you are often spending a whole
day with people from your local area that have like interests—quilting brings you together.
Support Local. There has been a grass roots effort in the
last few years to remind us the value of shopping local:
keeping our moneys local, helping pay the rent, putting food on the table with a paycheck– all very good
reasons to shop local, especially at a local quilt shop.
Quality of Goods. When you are at a quilt shop you can
generally trust that the products purchased are of the
highest quality. Why would you want to take all the
time and effort making your next quilt if it’s not with
the best materials our money can buy?
New Tricks and Techniques. Your local quilt store has
access to the newest and best products on the market. Use the store as a resource for a new tip or technique
which will make your quilting better, faster and easier. Take classes. You will always learn something new.
In order to keep these stores alive we need to support
them. It’s important when you are looking to purchase
supplies for your next quilt you consider shopping at
a locally owned shop. Our stores have a lot invested to
make your quilting experience fabulous.
May/June 2014
Here’s a little quote from the lady I call “The Henry
Ford of Quilt Making,” Eleanor Burns, she says,
“Local quilt shops are little pieces of fabric, binding us
all in one big, wonderful quilt!
As a community, we must support one another. Local
quilt shops will introduce quilting to our new generation and keep quilting alive for decades to come!
Happy Quilting,
Nancy
Hospice Pillow
Turn In
May Meeting
See page 8 for
construction details.
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Guild News
Neo-Natal Newsletter Article
I once heard that the Eskimo language has twenty six
words to describe snow. I wish the English language
had at least that many variations of the words “thank
you.” Why? I would use every single one of them to
thank you for your response in supplying the DeVos
Children’s Hospital with neonatal quilts.
The social workers in the neonatal unit tell us that the
daily census now hovers around 100 babies, as opposed
to the daily census of 80 babies about a half year ago.
There is, as of yet, no explanation for why there are
more tiny or critically ill babies, but it explains why
our goal for how many neonatal quilts we aim for rises each year. This year, we hope to provide them with
1,300 quilts.
We are so pleased and grateful that we have already re-
ceived 829 quilts. Only 471 more to make by the September WMQG meeting, our final collection for the
2013-2014 year! I am totally confident we will reach
our goal, due to your continued compassion for the littlest children who enter our world. Their families are
so thrilled by the show of support for their baby and
themselves in their difficult journey.
We continue to provide quilt kits, available at each of
our WMQG meetings. They contain a pattern of instructions, a cut and ready to sew quilt top, and a backing. All you need to supply is your sewing and quilting
skills and the batting.
Got a fabric stash? Consider using some of your fabric
for a neonatal quilt of your favorite pattern and then
using the scraps from that project to make a Santa
Claus Girls dolly quilt!
Once again, I say thank you, wishing there were more
words that could express that sentiment.
Sherrill Ball
Santa Claus Girls
Although it’s some months away I just wanted to send
a quick reminder to be thinking about (and working
on) your Santa Claus girls project(s). I’d like to throw
out our same challenge this year as we haven’t made
it to 500 dolls and quilts yet. If you want to being in
completed quilts and/ or dolls, we can store them in
the storeroom.
Thanks, Evonne Doctor
Membership Renewals
Remember that you can renew your membership at
the July event! Please contact Laura Boogaard if you
have any questions.
Open Board Positions for 2015
It is never to early to be thinking about volunteering.
Two board positions will be open next year: Vice President and Assistant Treasurer. Job descriptions can be
found in the Membership Directory.
If you are interested please contact Sue Hendrick, Pat
Chapman, or Rebecca Lamper.
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2014 Program Line-Up
Join us for classes! You have an opportunity to take all
sorts of classes through WMQG in 2014. The program
committee looks for all sorts of teachers who represent a variety of techniques. Check out the teachers’
websites, and see what you can learn with us! You can
always ask at the program table if you are wondering
about a teacher or technique.
Grand Rapids is $75. We offer classes at $45 for a full day
class, $25 for an evening class for WMQG members’—
guests pay $10 more per class. Evening Classes - $25
members, $35 non-members Day Classes - $45 members, $55 non-members. See YOU in class soon! Sign up
at the program table or send in the registration form
found in every newsletter.
This same type of class offered at the AQS show in
Upcoming Speakers
If you want to know more about classes, check out
www.wmqg.org, Events tab.
September 2014
Jacqui Gering of Tallgrass Prairie Studios, part of the
Modern Quilt Movement brings her exciting classes to
WMQG! Supply lists are available at www.wmqg.org,
May 27, 2014
Harriet Hargrave
www.harrietha571.corecommerce.com/index-21.html
Lecture: “Top 10 Tips to Becoming a Better Quilter”
Tuesday, May 27, 9 am – 4 pm
“Trapunto or Padded Quilting”
Wednesday, May 28, 9 am – 4 pm
“Quilt as Desired”
July Event
Tuesday, July 22 6-8 pm
Slice & Insert Improvisation
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 9 am - 4 pm
Maria Elkins
Scrappy Improvisation
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 9 am - 4 pm
November 2014
Ann Loveless
You saw her winning piece in ArtPrize. Come learn her
techniques in a slightly smaller piece. We are offering
an evening class with Ann! www.quiltsbyann.com
Fused Applique Portraits
Monday, July 21, 9 am - 4 pm
Color in Quiltmaking
Tuesday, July 22, 9 am - 4 pm
January 2015
Lisa Bongean
Owner of Primitive Gatherings, Wool Applique
www.lisabongean.com
March 2015
Sandra Starley
Quilt Historian and Appraiser
www.starleyquilts.blogspot.com
May/June 2014
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Guild Membership Meeting:
March 25, 2014
President Nancy Roelfsema opened the meeting by reporting there was a hold-up on the newsletter in the mail. It is
available online at www.wmqg.org. The newsletter editor
now has a new helper for this big job.
New visitors were welcomed.
Guild liaisons are Adrienne Wilson and Terry Watson.
Michelle Bausch is our new beekeeper and she is planning a
“Bee Buzz Party” Saturday, April 26 from 10 to 4. She is trying
to get people connected to bees and to each other. Bees are
groups of people who get together, enjoy each other’s company, share, and learn. She reports the only requirement for
a bee is to have snacks. At the Bee Buzz Party there will be
a map available to help organize new bees by regions or to
help people joining existing bees in their area. They are looking for information for potential bee meeting locations and
will provide this. There will be games available. If you wish
to participate in the games, bring twelve 6” squares of fabric,
two nice fat quarters, and 8 to 10 other items to trade. RSVP
to Michelle Bausch or Adrienne Wilson. They will send out
e-mail reminders. Please bring a beverage or a snack to share.
Sue Botma spoke about neonatal quilts. There were 401
quilts collected tonight, bringing the total since September
to 815. We are less than 400 away from reaching our goal
of 1,200 quilts this year. NICU social worker Beth Mulligan
spoke. The NICU has been busier than usual this year. They
often have 100 or more babies on the unit; the usual census
is 70 to 80. If a baby is there for about a week, the parents are
taken to the quilt closet to choose a quilt. They often find
just the right one. She expressed thankfulness. We were also
reminded of our charity donation to Ties that Bind. This
money is given to the NICU social workers for varied uses.
Sandi DiCarlo gave a report on the AQS show. She is very
excited that people are anxious to sign up. The sign-up is
now online on our guild website. Scroll to the bottom and
click on the link, and then sign up. We are adding categories
as they are provided from the AQS and will send e-mail reminders. For people who want to sign up in person, we will
have people available at the May and July meetings. NOTE:
please check job descriptions as some jobs have physical requirements such as being able to lift quilts for long periods,
and some jobs have mental requirements. The greatest need
is for white glovers. For this you may consider the buddy
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system and trade areas halfway through your time. If you
would like to help with the AQS volunteer committee, they
will meet at 5:15 prior to the next guild meeting.
The AQS challenge had 18 entries for Deep in the Woods
theme this year. Voting will be done at break. Members
should vote for their top 3 choices and the 8 with the most
votes will be chosen to represent our guild to the AQS.
A useful fact: you can drop off fabric scraps at Goodwill and
they will turn it into insulation.
The Guild show update was provided by Sue Cortese. This
year there is an online entry. She encouraged many entries
as our quilts are what make the show. You can check online for the descriptions of the different entry categories.
A reminder that there is a new hanging system and the
sleeve requirements have changed. There will be someone
at break to demonstrate this, and to answer questions. You
may also find the sleeve information on the website. They
are looking for donations for the small quilt auction. Nancy
McCormick will be collecting them. Raffle quilt tickets are
available to sell and there is a picture to show potential buyers the raffle quilt that was designed by Elly Nyhof. There
will be at least eight quilts in the raffle and the proceeds will
benefit our NICU charity so you can encourage people to
buy tickets to help the babies.
Mary Walters reported that the nursery still needs hats.
Betsy Carlson of the program committee reports that the
newsletter went to press 2-1/2 weeks ago. Maria Elkins will
be giving class this summer. Harriet Hargrave will be at the
next meeting. The Tuesday class was changed until Thursday. In September, Jackie Geary will be here from the Modern Quilt Guild. You can sign-up for the classes by providing
a check to hold your spot. In July there will be the traditional garage sale and you can rent a table to sell all your
unwanted stuff.
Tonight’s speaker was Gylene Fitzgerald from Baltimore
and she presented “The Art of Color Blending.”
Block party winners were Anna Hooker, Eileen Madison, Sue
Mortley (sp?), Deb Wildey, Jenny Leake (sp?), and Joan Stark.
Show and tell was performed. Door prizes were handed out.
AQS challenge winners were announced.
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Library News
Redwork Embellished
by Joan Shay
Take historic outline embroidery to a twenty-first
century level. Redwork
and its lesser-known sisters,
blue-, black-, gold-, and
greenwork are fresh for the
modern era in Joan Shay’s
updated, embellished presentation. Joan developed
the “appli-bond” technique long before it was
popular. Combine light, lovely pattern designs with
simple embroidery stitches and fun, easy Appli-bond
three-dimensional work.
Redwork Embellished gives quilters a new tool for
jazzing up everything from pillows to wallhangings.
Choose from 13 projects featuring flowers, single-color themes, multicolored designs, and more. Combine
them to start a medallion center for a full-size quilt, or
scatter individual designs throughout your home for
bright bursts of color.
The Quilter’s Applique Workshop: Timeless Techniques for Modern Designs
by Kevin Kosbab
A fresh take on quilting and appliqué!
Kevin Kosbab shows quilters that not only is appliqué
fun and easy to do, it can open up a world of design
possibilities.
The Quilter’s Appliqué
Workshop teaches you
everything you need to
know to create appliqué–both as embellishment and as the focus
of projects.
The book is divided
into three sections that
each explores a basic
appliqué approach: rawedge,
prepared-edge,
and needle-turn appliqué. Each section includes detailed instructions, tips,
and illustrations.
Twelve home-decor projects, including bed quilts, wall
quilts, table runners/toppers, and pillows, illustrate the
techniques and allow you to explore more specialized
methods such as broderie perse, felt appliqué, and bias-tape appliqué. The Quilter’s Appliqué Workshop
gives you the tools to mix and match appliqué techniques and create any design you can imagine.
As a member of the guild you can check out 5 books
and keep them until the next meeting (2 months). But
if you forget to bring them back it is a $1.00 fine per
book per meeting missed! Or maybe you would like to
work off your fine by helping with the library.
Please be sure to sign up to volunteer for the library.
Please feel free to email me if you have a suggestion
for a book you would like to see added to the library.
The magazine table is overflowing, please take home as
many as you would like!
Professional Machine Quilting Services
Basting for Hand-quilters
Custom T-shirt Quilts
Terri L. Watson
616.257.0395
threadtales@comcast.net
Grandville, Michigan
May/June 2014
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2014 AQS QuiltWeek®
Grand Rapids, Michigan • August 20 – 23, 2014
De Vos Place Convention Center, 303 Monroe Ave. NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Deadlines for the AQS Quilt Contest in Grand Rapids:
Notification Letters Go Out: June 20, 2014
Quilts Due to AQS: July 25, 2014
Winners Announced: August 20, 2014
Quilt Challenge Quilts
dreaming of what the next challenge theme could be.
The response to the challenge was terrific! We had 19
quilts submitted representing the theme “Deep in the
Woods.” They were all beautiful! Our guild members
chose the eight they wanted to represent them and we
are anxiously awaiting the response from AQS to see if
our quilts have been accepted. June 20 is the date when
letters will be sent out.
Karen and Jan
Our winners were Joan Brink, Deb Sweemer, Nancy McCormick, Sarabeth Carr, Karen Velzen, Jan Landry, Jenny Withey, and Donna Anderson. Pictures of the winning quilts plus many of the others entered have been
posted on the WMQG website.
Thanks for your participation this year. We are already
AQS Show: Volunteers Needed
Please go to www.wmqg.org and scroll down to the
bottom of the page where you will see “Sign-up to volunteer at the AQS Show in Grand Rapids. Signing up is
as easy as clicking right here.”
This link will send you directly to the volunteer sign
up needs for the AQS Show.
Please keep checking the website because we will be
adding more volunteer sessions periodically.
Thanks,
Sue Hendrick
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Guidelines for Making
Hospice Pillow Covers
General Information: Pillow forms are provided by Spectrum
Health Hospice and Palliative Care. The forms are 18” x 18”
square.
Pillow Cover Front – May be any design
Pillow Cover Back – Please use coordinating fabric with an
overlapping fold over in the middle. Each pillow will have a
label with the seamstress/quilter’s signature (first name only).
Directions
Fabric: 100% Cotton with no raised buttons or other add-ons
that would be uncomfortable next to the patient’s face.
Please choose your own design and fabric.
Pattern: Your own choice, pieced, quilted or appliqued, “orphan squares”, pillow panels.
Pillow Front: Size 18.5 x 18.5 (1/4 inch seam allowance)
Pillow Back: Cut 2 – 14.5 x 18.5 rectangles.
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On the 18.5 side, turn back 1/4 inch and press, than fold 2 inches, press and stitch.
Overlap finished edges to make 18.5 inch square.
Baste overlap 1/4 inch from the edge or pin to secure.
Finishing: With right sides together stitch top to back then
turn right side out.
Sign your first name only on a SHH fabric label and sew the
label onto the back flap of the pillow. We have found that a
ballpoint pen works best. We will provide you with SHH fabric labels. Labels will be available at WMQG meetings or contact Beth at 616-893-4389 or bhoppe75@gmail.com for labels.
But don’t let the labels keep you from bringing pillows to the
meeting. We can always sew the labels on for you.
Drop-off: Pillow covers are collected at the WMQG May Guild
meeting, there will be a table set up to drop them off. Or you
may bring them to any WMQG meeting and look for Beth.
If you have any questions, please contact WMQG Guild member and Pillow Partner volunteer advisor, Beth Hoppe at 616893-4389 or bhoppe75@gmail.com.
www.wmqg.org
Just a couple of
quick reminders…
1. The show is fast
approaching, just a
few months away.
2. We can’t have a
show without your
quilts! We take the
first 250 quilts or
keep it open until
July 1, which ever
comes first. Nancy
has started to receive some entry forms. Entering
online will save us from having to re-enter information (many man hours), so keep your eye open on
the website for that option.
3. Small Quilts Auction donation forms should be
returned to Nancy McCormick by the September
meeting. The proceeds go to charity.
4. Please consider supporting our worthy charitable organizations with the donation of your time.
Whether it’s helping at the front door, white gloving, hanging quilts, taking down quilts, helping
with raffle tickets, boutique or the small quilt auction…we need your help. Sign up at our meetings or
contact Karen Lawrence at karenlawrence8493@att.
net or 616-363-8493.
This year’s charitable organizations are “The Tie that
Binds” (our neonatal charity), The Manasseh Project
(through Wedgewood Christian Services), Our Hope,
and our guild (which is a non-profit organization). Our
show is part of the way we educate the general public
about our wonderful, creative art/craft. Please help
make it a success!
Thank You,
Sue Cortese and Bobbi Buller
Quilt Category Rules
Exhibition Category
Judged – written critique/comments will be returned with quilt,
compete for ribbons.
Exhibition – No critique/comments or competition ribbons.
Antique Quilts – Quilts 50 or more years old.
Youth Quilts – Youths 15 & under may use this category to exhibit their quilts. Exhibition Only.
Special Exhibits – Quilts specially requested to hang for exhibit.
Quilt Maker Classification
Individual Quilt – Any quilt constructed and quilted by one individual.
Art Quilt – Entry in this category is at the entrant’s discretion. An
original creation of any size or technique, made and finished by
the entrant. Please select PICTORIAL (representing or featuring a
person, place, or thing) or ABSTRACT (nonrepresentational expression of emotion or attitude).
First-Time Entrant – A category for the quilter who has never entered a judged quilt show. Any size, construction, or quilting technique. Must be made by ONE person (no professionally quilted or
group quilts).
Two-Person Quilt – Any quilt which is a joint effort of 2 people
(i.e. top constructed by one person, quilting done by another. If
you paid to have your quilt top professionally quilted, you must
enter in this category or the Group category if the top was made
by more than 1 person).
Group Quilt – Any quilt which is a joint effort of 3 or more individuals involved in it’s completion. (i.e. friendship quilts, round
robins, etc.)
Miniature Quilt – maximum dimensions 24” x 24”. All aspects
of the quilt must be REDUCED in size.
Wearable Item – Any wearable item of quilted clothing.
Small Block Challenge – a quilt made from a block that measure 6” or smaller.
For categories with large numbers of entries, quilts will be further
May/June 2014
divided into subcategories based on quilt size and dimensions.
Please be sure to properly enter your quilt’s dimension as this
information will be used.
Construction Techniques
Pieced – Piecing predominates over other techniques in amount
of effect.
Appliqué – Appliqué predominates over other techniques in
amount of effect.
Mixed – A quilt where a fairly even amount of multiple techniques
(other than quilting or trapunto) are used develop the design.
Other – A quilt where one special technique is used to develop
the design, such as whole cloth, surface design, crazy quilt, cathedral window, embroidery, etc.
Quilting Techniques
Hand Quilted – Must be entirely quilted by hand.
Machine Quilted – Entry contains machine quilting. May include
some hand quilting.
Questions regarding category determination may be directed
to Nancy Roelfsema at 616-260-8003 or via e-mail at nancyr@
notionsmarketing.com. West Michigan Quilt Guild is not
responsible for quilts entered into the wrong category (see
show rule #11).
Deadline Summary
July 1, 2014—Signed & Initialed Entry form, photograph, and
entry fee (if applicable)
must be received by WMQG or postmarked by 7/1/14.
Mail forms to: Nancy Roelfsema, 3255 Midland SE, Grand
Rapids, MI 49546-2119
September 24, 2014—Shipped quilts must be received.
September 29, 2014—Quilt drop off for hand delivery 8 a.m.noon at:
Calvary Christian Reformed Church, 3500 Byron Center
Ave. SW, Wyoming, MI 49519
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Workshops
With Harriet Hargrave
Wednesday, May 28
Thursday, May 29
“Trapunto or Padded Quilting”
“Quilt as Desired”
$45 for Members
$55 for Non-members
$45 for Members
$55 for Non-members
If you want to go to the next step with your machine
quilting, nothing puts the WOW into a quilt like Trapunto. You will create a small whole-cloth quilt working
with sateen fabric, wool batting and very fine threads.
An easy and slick trick for grid quilting will be covered,
as well as many useful background designs. You must be
able to quilt on a line accurately to enjoy this project. Kit
is required.
Skill level: Intermediate
Required Kit Fee of $20, payable to Harriet at class
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Spend a day with Harriet and your quilt tops deciding
what type of quilting would make your quilt top a
knock-out, but quilted within your skill level. Students
bring their quilt tops and quilts to class so that the problems or frustrations they have experienced can be seen
as they are discussed and hopefully solved. Other topics will be covered like batting choices, stencil designs,
quilting ideas, marking tools, caring for quilted quilts,
and on and on. The topics are only limited to the participants needs. A tremendous amount of ideas and information can be generated in this class. Often we wind
up back to the basic grain of the fabric and cutting of
strips to identify why a quilt is behaving in a certain
manner. The students’ needs and questions direct the
class, so that no two workshops are ever the same.
This class is a natural progression for beginning machine quilting students. It directs questions like “how
do I quilt it?” and “what do I do next?.”
All Skill Levels
Class Registration Form - Harriet Hargrave
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9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Name:_____________________________________________________________________________________
Address:___________________________________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip:_____________________________________________________________________________
Phone:___________________________ E-mail:________________________________________________
I’m Registering For:
Wednesday, May 28
“Trapunto or Padded
Quilting”
Please mail your registration form and check (payable to WMQG) to:
Barb Bryson, 3710 Hillcrest Road, Hudsonville, MI 49426
Your check will not be cashed until after the class is held.
Thursday, May 29
Please enclose an addressed, stamped envelope to receive a class supply list or one
will be e-mailed to you. Or you may check the WMQG website for a supply list.
“Quilt as Desired”
Participants are responsible for their own lunch. A refrigerator and microwave are available.
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Workshops
Maria Elkins
Monday, July 21
Tuesday, July 22
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
“Fused Applique Portraits”
“Color in Quiltmaking”
$45 for Members
$55 for Non-members
$45 for Members
$55 for Non-members
Plus $15 Materials Fee paid to Maria
$15 Materials Fee paid to Maria
Discussion of color theory and ways
to create color schemes for both traditional and art quilts. Discover how
color can help you make a show-stopping quilt. Hands-on application using colored pencils and fabric.
Class Registration Form - Maria Elkins
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Maria’s most popular workshop, this technique is suitable for all skill levels including non-quilters. No artistic
ability is required! (You actually don’t even need to be
a quilter to take this class. The finished portrait can be
framed instead of quilted.)
Focus will be on manipulating a digital photograph to
create a fused applique pattern. Step-by-step process
shall be demonstrated during the workshop, and written
instructions shall be provided, but students will not be
manipulating their own photograph during the workshop.
Name:_____________________________________________________________________________________
Address:___________________________________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip:_____________________________________________________________________________
Phone:___________________________ E-mail:________________________________________________
I’m Registering For:
Monday, July 21
“Fused Applique Portraits”
Tuesday, July 22
“Color in Quiltmaking”
May/June 2014
Please mail your registration form and check (payable to WMQG) to:
Barb Bryson, 3710 Hillcrest Road, Hudsonville, MI 49426
Your check will not be cashed until after the class is held.
Please enclose an addressed, stamped envelope to receive a class supply list or one
will be e-mailed to you. Or you may check the WMQG website for a supply list.
Participants are responsible for their own lunch. A refrigerator and microwave are available.
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Proposed 2014-2015 Budget
Budget
2013 - 2014
Income
Guild Store
$200
Festival
Interest
$150
Library
$200
Memberships
$11,500
Newsletter/Advertising
$300
Other
$50
Programs
$8,900
Show (prior year)
$4,000
AQS Show Stipend/Package $4,275
Total
Income
$29,575
Expense
AQS Expenses
$650
Board of Directors & Officers
$50
Beekeeper
$25
Block Party
$50
Budget/Audit
$775
Equipment
$1,000
Proposed Budget 2014 - 2015
$200
$50
$200
$11,500
$300
$50
$9,000
$3,700
$4,500
$29,500
$150
$50
$200
$50
$775
$500
Facilities Rental
$3,100
Festival
Guild Store Expense
$200
Historian
$30
Insurance
$1,200
Library Expense
$1,700
Member Expense
$1,000
Membership Fees
$45
Museum Commission
NeoNatal/Spectrum
$2,500
Newsletter/Printing
$4,100
Newsletter Bulk Mail
$250
PO Box Rental
$76
Total Program Expense
$11,320
Publicity & Promotion
$500
Treasurer
$50
Website
$100
Membership Planet
$0
Total Expense
$28,671
$3,200
$200
$50
$1,200
$1,800
$1,000
$50
$50
$2,500
$3,000
$250
$125
$14,000
$150
$50
$50
$500
$29,900
NEW Guidelines for Neonatal Quilts
Fabrics used must be 100% cotton or 100% flannel.
Any pattern you choose is great!
Quilts should not be smaller than 36” x 36” and no larger than 42” x
42.” Note the change in size as incubators are now larger!
Quilts may be hand quilted, machine quilted or tied with some
form of cotton thread, not yarn.
Bindings may be traditionally attached, or you may use the “pillow
case” method.
No “raggy” style quilts as stray fibers are dangerous to tiny lungs.
Any questions, please call Sue Botma 1-616-455-2619 or Sherrill Ball
1-616-396-0490
CUT-INS for Neo-Natal Quilt Kits
The cut-ins are now held at the Queen Bee Quilt Shop, Grand Rapids, MI the fourth Wednesdays of February,
April, June, August, October and December from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Bring your cutting mat and tools and join us!
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Block Party: September 2014
How it Works: Anyone may participate by making one or more blocks—the more blocks you make, the better your chance of
winning a “set” of the blocks. When you turn them in to the “Block Party” table at the guild meeting, you should have your
name on each block twice. One of the names is removed and put into a basket for the drawing, and one is left on the block, so
that the person who wins the blocks will know who made them. After the meeting begins, the blocks are counted and divided
into sets, and names are drawn so that we may award the sets to the winners. These names are announced right after the break
during the guild meeting.
Tulip Block
This makes an 1-1/12 inch unfinished block (8 inch finished). Please make the tulip in any color that you might
see a tulip in your garden.
What to cut:
From scraps, cut two 4-1/2 x 8-1/2 inch rectangles from a
dark shade of your “tulip” color.
From any green fabric, cut two 4 1/2 inch squares.
From BOTH a lighter shade of your ‘tulip” color AND a
plain white fabric, cut one 4-7/8” square.
How to sew it:
This block is a little more challenging, but if you make
sure that you press each piece in the direction that is indicated, it will go together very nicely.
1. Mark each of your green 4-l/2 inch squares on the diagonal. Layer them at one end of each of the dark tulip colored rectangles as shown at right and sew on the
marked line. Be sure that you are making one reversed
from the other one. Cut off the extra fabric on the corner 1/4 inch from the sewn line. Be sure to press one
seam toward the tulip color and one seam toward the
green color.
2. Cut each of your two 4 7/8” squares on the diagonal.
Sew a white triangle to a light tulip colored triangle.
Mark these pieced squares on the diagonal as shown
below, left. Sew them onto the dark tulip-colored piece
on the marked line as shown at right. Cut off the corner. Press one seam toward the pieced unit, and one
seam toward the tulip color.
3. Sew the two halves together and you have completed
the block.
This block was taken from Quilter’s World, 2009
Please feel free to contact either of us if you have any questions.
Block Party Contacts:
Vel Hein: (231) 972-2009, sewvel-hein@hotmail.com or Sue Botma: (616) 455-2619, grndbotma@comcast.net
May/June 2014
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WMQG Calendar of Events
Note: All guild members are welcome to attend both regular and board meetings.
May 27 - Tuesday
7:00 pm
WMQG Guild Meeting with Harriet Hargrave. Lecture: “Top 10 Tips to Becoming a Better Quilter.”
May 28 - Wednesday
9 am - 4 pm
Workshop: “Trapunto ro Padded Quilting” with Harriet Hargrave, see page 10 for details.
May 29 - Thursday
9 am - 4 pm
Workshop: “Quilt as Desired” Harriet Hargrave, see page 10 for details.
June 24 - Tuesday
6:30 p.m.
WMQG Board Meeting, Calvary Christian Reformed Church, 3500 Byron Center Ave. SW, Wyoming
July 21 - Monday
9 am - 4 pm
Workshop: “Fused Applique Portraits” with Maria Elkins, see page 11 for details.
July 22 - Tuesday
6:00 - 8:00 pm
WMQG Guild Meeting Fun Event
July 22 - Tuesday
9 am - 4 pm
Workshop: “Color in Quiltmaking” with with Maria Elkins, see page 11 for details
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Quilting Around Michigan
Quilting Around Michigan is courtesy of the Great Lakes Quilting Center at MSU (www.museum.msu.edu/
glqc click on “On-line Newsletter”).
May 11 - November 26, 2014
Earth Stories Exhibit
An exhibit by the Studio Art Quilt Associates
Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing, MI
May 16, 2014
June 20, 2014
Laurie Simpson, trunk show
Genesee Star Quilters, Flint, MI
June 25, 2014
Lisa Burmann, trunk show
Evening Star Quilters, Davison, MI
MSU Museum Behind the Scenes Quilt Collections
Tour, East Lansing, MI. Contact: Beth Donaldson,
donald20@msu.edu for reservations
July 25-26, 2014
Lansing Area Patchers Quilt Show
Best Western Plus, Lansing, MI
July 26-27, 2014
Jackson Quilt Guild’s “Everything is Coming Up
Quilts” Show, Jackson, MI
July 30, 2014
Lynne Hall, Lecture
Kalamazoo Log Cabin Quilters, Kalamazoo, MI
August 11, 2014
May 17-18, 2014
May 17-18, 2014
May 20, 2014
May 20-21, 2014
Emma Seabrooke and Kay Wood, Workshops
Michigan Bishop Sewing Council, Frankenmuth, MI
Contact: Sue Townsend srtownsend@aol.com
May 22, 2014
Suzi Perron, Lecture
Capitol City Quilt Guild, Lansing, MI
May 28, 2014
Linda McGibbon and Leslie Peterson, Lecture and
Trunkshow, Evening Star Quilters, Davison, MI
June 3-4, 2013
Beth Donaldson, Lecture and Workshop
Thornapple River Rippers Guild, Hastings, MI
June 9, 2014
Sue Nickels, Trunk Show
Cal-Co Quilters’ Guild, Battle Creek, MI
June 14, 2014
Miracle Quilts for Our Wounded Soldiers Exhibit
Independence Market Village, Oxford, MI
June 19-20, 2014
Linda McGibbon & Leslie Peterson, Lecture & Workshops
Capitol City Quilt Guild, Lansing, MI
June 19-21, 2014
Quilting From A to Z Modern Traditions Shop Hop
-Bits ‘n Pieces, Wayne, MI
-Lake Street Mercantile, South Lyon, MI
-The Quilters Garden, Fenton, MI
-Creative Quilt Kits, Brighton, MI
-Pink Castle Fabrics, Ann Arbor, MI
-The Quilting Season, Saline, MI
May/June 2014
Quilts in the Barn 2014 Community Quilt Show
Loren Andrus Octagon House, Washington, MI
Celebrating the Quilt Modern Quilts by the Ann
Arbor Modern Quilt Guild, Ann Arbor, MI
Brenda Heffernan, trunk show
Evening Star Quilters, Davison, MI
Barb Vlack, trunk show
Cal-Co Quilters’ Guild, Battle Creek, MI
h Patch of News
Next Issue: July/August 2014
Deadline: June 5, 2014
The WMQG Patch of News is published bi-monthly by the
West Michigan Quilters’ Guild, PO Box 8001, Kentwood, MI
49518.
Name and address changes, as well as membership requests,
should be sent to the Membership Committee, c/o West Michigan Quilters’ Guild, PO Box 8001, Kentwood, MI 49518. Annual
dues are $30.00, which includes admission to all meetings and
free lectures, the WMQG Directory, and 6 issues of the Patch of
News. Non-Member Guest fees are $7.00 per meeting.
Submissions, ads, etc., may be e-mailed to the WMQG Patch
of News Editor, Cyndi Vander Horn at wmqgnewsletter@gmail.
com or by postal mail. Please contact Cyndi at (269) 793-7373 or
by e-mail for mailing address.
Display AD RATES (sizes given are length x height):
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3.5” x 2”
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3.718” x 4.5”
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Ads must be paid by newsletter deadline. Ads not meeting size
constraints may be sized to fit. Contact newsletter editor with
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Grand Rapids, MI
PO Box 8001, Kentwood, MI 49518
PERMIT NO. 910
West Michigan Quilters’ Guild
May 27, 2014
6:00 p.m. Doors Open
7:00 p.m. Meeting Begins
Speaker:
Harriet Hargrave
Lecture: “The Art of Color Blending”
Vendor:
Gall Sewing & Vac Center