Common Thread Quilt Guild

Volume 1415 Issue 11
June 1, 2015
Next Meeting
June 9, 2015. Doors are open
at 645pm and Meeting starts
at 730pm. MIFO Centre, 6600
Carrière St, Orleans.
Programme
Our speaker for June is Victoria Van
der Linden.
Victoria will be
speaking on “Value in Design” ─
just the inspiration we need to
leave us for the summer thinking
about the colors we will be putting
in our quilts for our Quilt Show next
May.
Shop of the Month
Sew For It
Fat Quarter Theme
Beach or summer fabric,
shells, boats, sandcastles,
starfish, lobster
PO Box 62022
RPO Convent Glen
Orleans, ON K1C 7H8
President’s Message
Sisterhood of quilters
Sisterhood, I love that word! As the new
president of this guild, I get a better sense
of what Sandra Detrixhe meant in her
book “Zen and the art of quilting,
exploring memory and meaning in
Patchwork” : “(…) join a sisterhood of
quilters, attend quilt retreats” I read her
book in 2008, during my vacations, the
year that I had become a member in May,
after I had seen my very first quilt show
(the Common Thread’s quilt show). So I
went to my very first retreat, not really
knowing what to expect. I quickly got
stung by the excitement through the
various activities organised by our guild…
Our sisterhood.
Now that summer is finally here, and we
take a short break from our meetings and
activities. I’ll go back to my very first
sisterhood in my yearly vacation with my
Chantale Richard
3 sisters (no kids, no
pets, no spouse) in a
quiet Quebec Cottage,
where we quilt together
and enjoy each other’s
company, sitting around
the fireplace and
complaining about bugs
and how fast the years
fly by. Then we each go back to our
homes and families.
This summer, I also plan to go to quilt
show and explore new quilt shops. I hope
that each of you enjoy summertime and
come back in September for another year
of quilting sisterhood. I’ll see you then
and am already eager to see all the quilts
that you bring to “show and tell”.
Regards,
Chantale Richard
Inside this issue:
Advertising
2
Music pictures
3
Music pictures
4
Music Pictures
5
Music Winners
6
Library
7
Summer contest
8
Dates for Retreats
8
Puzzle
9
Quilt Shows 10
Upcoming events 11
Answer to Puzzle 11
Page 2
Reminders
September Newsletter
Deadline: August 24th,
2015. Send to
newsletter-edit
@commonthread.on.ca
COMMON THREAD QUILT GUILD
MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION
Michèle Gagné Quilting
Longarm Machine Quilting
& Quilt Finishing Services
613-558-4125
mgagne@xplornet.ca
2695 Bouvier Road
Hammond ON K0A 2A0
Embroidered Custom Labels,
Binding, Lectures & Workshops
Bilingual Service
COMMON THREAD QUILT GUILD
Page 3
The Musical Challenge in Pictures
Directors of the Common
Thread Quilt Guild
President
Chantale Richard
Vice-President
Tammy Davies
Secretary
Danielle Butt
Treasurer
Kathryn Barr
Past-President
Carole Maisonneuve
Programs
Linda Won
Shirley MacFadden-Geiger
Standing Committee Heads
Retreats Lynn Strban / Sherida
Giddings
Membership Lyse Potvin / Pam
Simmons
Workshops
Irene Walker
Susan Campbell
Community Projects
Catherine Parkinson
Library
Liz Villeneuve
Newsletter Ann-Louise Masek/
Susan Dunfield
Website
Catherine Patterson
Shop of the Month
Catherine Patterson
Fat Quarter Club
Challenge
Fat Quarters
Lyse Potvin
Danielle Butt
Tammy Davies
Del Jazey
The Musical Challenge in Pictures continued...
The Musical Challenge in Pictures continued...
The Top Three Winners of the Musical Challenge
Page 7
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COMMON THREAD QUILT GUILD
Library
At the June meeting we will be
having our annual used book and
magazine sale. Some are older
books from the library and many
are donations.
You may take books and
magazines out for the summer if
you have a membership for 20152016. Reservations for
June can be made by e-mail to
library@commonthread.on.ca.
I need some volunteers for next
year starting in September. This
involves coming an hour before
the meeting and helping take
books in, stamping books out
and putting the books back in
the cupboard. It is also a chance
Liz Villeneuve
to meet other members as they
use the library. Please e-mail
me at the above address or
come and speak with me in the
library in June. All help is
appreciated and helps make
our library a success.
See you in the library
Clever Tips from clever
quilters:
1. Place a picture of the quilt
you are working on to the top
of a storage box. Cut leftover
fabric and put in the box and
soon you will have enough for
another quilt.
2. Use a bead storage
container or pill box to store
your sewing machine needles,
labeling each section for the
size of the needle.
3. Use leftover blocks as
pockets for a tote or gift bag.
COMMON THREAD QUILT GUILD
Summer Contest 2015
Summer Contest 2015
Reduce! Reuse! Return!
The contest is all about using up
scraps in general and strips in
particular. How to participate:
Reduce our stash! Sign out a
bag of Guild scraps. These
must be used up in the
project. Add whatever you
like to reduce your own
stash.
Reuse! Your Guild pattern
book is available on our
website. Use a design based
on strips: Rail Fence, Log
Cabin, etc. Or use any of
the hundreds of strip
patterns available to you on
the internet.
Page 8
Victoria Van der Linden
Quilts sizes: 40” x 40”,
50” x 50”, or 40” x
60”. Borders are
allowed but not
required.
Quilts must be quilted
and bound. A
Guild label must be
attached.
Return! Your
entry must be
turned in by
the October
13, 2015
meeting.
A draw will be
held at the November 10,
2015 meeting from the
returns.
Two prizes will be awarded
of $50.00 each.
The dates for the Intown retreats at Notre
Dame des Champs this
year are
October 16-18, 2015
October 30-Nov 1, 2015
January 22-24, 2016
January 29-31, 2016
April 22-24, 2016
April 29-May 01, 2016
The dates for the retreats at Nav Canada
are
November 20-22, 2015
February 19-21, 2016
Mark your
Calendar
Page 9
COMMON THREAD QUILT GUILD
Outreach Recipients:
Cuddle Quilts: 22” x 22”
Ronald McDonald House,
Ottawa: 40” x 60” or smaller
CHEO Dialysis: 40” x 60”
Eastern Ottawa Resource
Centre, Orleans: 40” x 60”
Interval House, Ottawa: 40” x
60” or smaller
The Infant and Child
Development Program of
Algoma Public Health,
Ontario: 40” x 50”
Chernobyl, Europe: 40” x 60”
or smaller
Cornerstone Housing for
Women, Ottawa; 40” x 60”
Answer on page 10
COMMON THREAD QUILT GUILD
Page 10
Connect with
Artwear Sale at Amica, June 6, 2015
The Ottawa-based Artwear comprises a group
of people passionate about fibre art. Members make items including unique clothing,
jewellery, bags and purses. All items are handmade with attention to detail, fit and style,
often finished with distinctive embellishments.
Five members of the group are participating
in a sale of their new and gently used items
on June 6. Janet will be selling her superbly
finished bags, purses and clothing. She enhances her work using colour and various surface treatments, with a special passion for fine machine embroidery. Shirley will be selling her hand-crafted jewellery made from distinctive semi-precious stones and unique inclusions. Frances will have her pieced fleece
jackets, along with brooches and many other
items. Carroll will be selling her exclusive
jackets and other clothing items.
http://www.francestaylorfiberartist.com
1st CREATIVE MATERIAL SALE
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19TH , 2015
ST. JAMES UNITED CHURCH
5540 MAIN STREET, OSGOODE
10:00AM-2:00PM
Donations of fabric, craft supplies, yarn,
wool, embroidery thread, beads, precious
gems, patterns, notions are welcome for the
1st Annual CREATIVE MATERIALS SALE,
before September 18th. If you are interested
in renting a table to sell your own supplies, it
is $30.00 for a 4’x6’ table.
NO FINISHED PRODUCTS PLEASE.
For info contact
Connie Bazil 613-826-3135
gbazil@sympatico.ca or
Kim Faith 613-826-2565
kimfaith@rogers.com
The Grand National 2015
a stunning, thought-provoking
collection of quilts crafted by sixty-two gifted artists from across
Canada.
On exhibit May 10 to
September 27
Admission includes the Historic
Haus and Galleries
Adults $6 Seniors $5
Joseph Schneider Haus National
Historic
Site 466 Queen Street South,
Kitchener ON,
N2G 1W7
519-742-7752 TTY: 519-575-4608
www.grandnationalquiltshow.ca
The love of quilting is our common thread.
Upcoming Events
June 6
Artwear
Amica Retirement Home
Ottawa
491 Richmond Rd
June 5-7
Photo to Quilt
Workshop
David Taylor
St. Jacobs, ON
June 6-7
The Fabric of our Lives Trent Valley Quilters Guild
2015
Admission $6
June 6-7
Quilting in the Valley
Arnprior & District Quilt Guild
Biannual Quilt Show
June 9
Regular Meeting
Program: TBD
Aug 7-9
2015 Quilts on the Tay Lanark County Quilters Guild
St. John Catholic
High School, Perth
Aug 1415
Autumn Splendor
International Plowing Match
Admission $6
Finch, ON
May 10Sept 27
Connect-Grand
National 2015
JSH Historic Site
Kitchener, ON
Sept 19
Creative Material Sale
St. James United Church
Osgoode, ON
Brighton, ON
MIFO