Apr - Women of the West

Women Of the West
QUILTERS
http://www.wowquiltguild.com
APRIL 2016
APRIL PROGRAM
Monday, April 25, 2016 @ 7:00 p.m., at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church
SPEAKER: Carol Taylor
President’s Column
Dearest Ladies,
I adore spring! I look forward to the pale
shades of green as the trees and plants start to
grow. It is a time of renewal. It is a time of hope
and joy. My prayer for all of you is for peace,
joy, hope and happiness in all you do this spring
and summer.
There are lots going on in our group this
year. As always, Robin is getting terrific
speakers and setting up wonderful workshops.
Please sign up in order that we can continue to
have these national speakers come. Do not
forget the challenge Robin and Gail are
promoting. I know all of you have a special quilt
in mind. Go for it! Do something different! Try
your wings! Go outside your comfort zone! I
am!
Angela has done a great job with our
monthly activities. They sure have been fun!
Thank everyone who is joining in the activity.
You ladies are so talented. I look forward each
month to see your ideas.
The generous gifts of your talent to the
community always makes me feel lucky to
belong to this group.
A special “thank you” to Dawn and her
friends for saving the Retreat. Thank you, thank
you Nancy and your super friends for heading
the Retreat for so many years.
Remember to mark your calendars.
September 30, 2017 will be our next Quilt Show.
Start your ideas for that quilt you have in your
head that you plan to enter
God bless you, my friends.
Shawn Taylor, President
April 25th Workshop and Lecture
Carol Taylor website:
http://www.caroltaylorquilts.com
Internationally known, award-winning quilt artist,
Carol Taylor, approaches her quilt making with
intensity and a seemingly boundless energy.
Vibrant colors, striking contrasts, use of value,
as well as heavy machine quilting and
embroidery distinguish Carol’s quilts. She has
created over 500 quilts since she began quilting
in 1993. She also serves on the SAQA (Studio
Art Quilt Associates) board of directors.
Sensuous Lines and Curves Workshop
Do you love the look of those really skinny lines and
curves, but don’t know how to make them? Now is your
chance to learn. Carol shares the secrets of piecing
them, and you can make those practice blocks into a
lovely wall quilt (41 x 36) full of those “sensuous lines
and curves”! You’ll be thrilled with the resulting small
quilt, which you can do in any 4-5 basic colors you like.
Check Carol’s website (www.caroltaylorquilts.com) to
see how many quilts Carol has made using these same
techniques in her Linear Series, and then come make
your very own version.
April Member Spotlight:
Carol Henderson
Sharon Peterson –
March Spotlight Quilts
Where were you born and
where do you live now?
Born in Superior, WI. Live in
St. Louis Park, MN.
Sharon has given
away the quilts
she has made.
How long have you been a
member of WOW? I joined in
1997.
She shared
garage sale, flea
market and quilt
show finds. The
Sheep quilt was
purchased at the
Blue Earth Quilt
Show 5 years ago.
How long have you been
quilting? Since 1993. I am self-taught. I joined
WOW and I have been inspired ever since.
How many quilts would you guess you’ve
completed? I have made 40+ quilts.
What is your favorite quilting technique or
style? I love machine quilting. I like batiks &
30’s material, plus I love cat fabric.
Have you ever won an award for one or more
of your quilts? I have won ribbons at the State
Fair. 1st place for my memory quilt “Lucky Star”
for my son.
Pictures of Carol’s
1st Place Quilt
“Lucky Star”.
What’s the furthest away place you’ve every
shopped for quilt fabric? Osaka, Japan
What do your family members think/say
about your quilting? My husband thought I
was a Great Quilter! He just beamed when I
finished one.
What do you like to collect? Fabric.
What is the biggest change that has
happened since you started quilting?
1/4” seam – Makes a big difference.
WOW Quilt Guild Meeting Minutes
Speaker was Pam owner of Aardvark Quilts.
Gave a lecture on color and showed examples
with quilts she has made.
We took 15 minute break to shop and voted for
best NICU quilt. There were 21 participants!
Next month small project is pincushions
Membership 66, New Members 2 and 2 guests
Birthday Club-$47.75. We have 236 FB likes
Small group meets 2nd Friday of the month 79pm at Plymouth Lunds
Quilt retreat is September 22-25th.
May 23rd - Lecture
Awesome Activities!
Kate Eelkema, Finishing School for
Your Quilt
We had a great first two months of
the small projects challenge!
February’s small projects had 13
mug rugs exchanging hands. My husband
snatched the one I took home for his office (first
time wanting any quilted item!)
March’s challenge did not disappoint with 21
mini quilts made that will be going to the
Methodist NICU. Your votes for the viewer’s
choice was Sue Haug and her lovely cross stitch
bunnies. (pictured right).
NQA Certified Judge Kate
Eelkema has many
interests, but her two
passions are quilting and
children’s literature. After
raising four daughters she
enjoyed a career as an
elementary media
specialist, sharing great
literature with hundreds of students every week.
Since retiring she has been busy reading to her
grandchildren, updating the library at the
elementary school she attended as a child,
planning studio tours for the Minnesota Quilters
Guild, giving lectures on judging to area guilds,
judging quilt shows, and trying to get a little
quilting done.
Lecture:
You have taken a quilt project class, or followed a
pattern in a book or magazine, and you have a quilt
top completed - now what? How do you turn that
quilt top into a completed quilt? What about the
borders, batting, backing, basting, and binding?
What should you know if you are going to enter your
quilt into a show or competition? Join NQA Certified
Judge Kate Eelkema as she shares great tips and
hints for the quilt finishing process: information that
can greatly improve the quality of - and your
satisfaction with - the finished quilting project.
April’s small project
challenge will be 12 1/2”
unfinished blocks, pieced or
appliquéd, pastels and white,
a basket, flower, or butterfly
theme. There will be a
drawing and the winner will
take home all the
blocks. May’s small project challenge will be
pincushions exchange, any size or shape and
your choice of color.
UFOs are just getting started with 13
participants and many taking home an index
card to put together their list. There was also 2
UFOs finished off of those lists! Remember
you will get to pick a fat quarter from my
basket for completion of each UFO! Let this
be the year for getting UFO’s done! If for no
other reason than to make room for more fabric
and projects!
March Show and Share
Carol Bronner shows her MN Shop Hop Quilt.
Helen Oslund shows her Farm Animal Baby Quilt
Renelle Kunau shows Union Station with large proints.
Sharon Dudziak - “Kimonos” Aardvark Quilt Pattern
Lynda Guisinger – 2014 WOW Retreat Mystery Quilt
Donna Champion shows off baby quilt of a sheep
Angela Coleman
made a Valentine
Wall Hanging for
her daughter for
her dorm room
when she goes off
to college.
Mary Gunness 2 minister stoles
Mary Stoner – Aardvark Kimono Pattern
The Quilts of Valor group meets the 2nd
Saturday of each month at the Blue Bamboo quilt
shop in Plymouth 10am-3pm.
We’d love to have you join us to sew! We supply
the fabric and the friendship and even have kits
ready if you would like to take one home to work
on. Come check us out! Next meeting is May
14th – hope to see you there!
2016 WOW Quilt Challenge has been
posted. This quilt challenge asks the quilter/artist
Deane Gradows - batik scraps her own design
to select an artist or art style for inspiration and
create a quilt from a particular picture, the style,
color, shape, line, form, repetition, etc. Please don’t
create a literal copy but use for inspiration only as
this must be an original design. Copyright laws do
apply to this challenge.
Bring your $5.00 entry fee to the meeting to get the
application from Robin or Gail. The web site has the
size requirements and judging criteria. Quilts will be
due by July or later. The quilts will be judged by an
outside judge.
Any questions please contact:
Robin Kohls (robinkohls@hotmail.com) or
Gail Bronner (gbbronner@comcast.net)
Shawn Taylor with Cityscape through window panes
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Your Name tag
Birthday Club Donations
Secret Sister Surprises
Show and Share items
Free books, magazines and fabric
Your donation/service quilt
English Paper Piecing Small Group
meets at the Lunds in Plymouth on Hwy 55
and Vicksburg Lane.
All are welcome from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, the
second Friday of the month. The next
meeting is May 13th.
June 27th - Workshop and Lecture
Ann Petersen,
obsessivequilter.weebly.com
Workshop - Mini Licorice Star Garden Paper Piecing in the Round
This is a simplified version of Licorice Star
Garden, which won a 1st Place in Houston
World of Beauty Quilt Show. In this class you
will learn paper piecing in the round and setting
completed circles into a background.
There is still room to sign up
2016 WOW Officers and Committee Chairs
The Women of the West Quilt Guild
was organized in December of 1997 to
encourage and support all levels of
quilters. The guild offers education,
programs, fellowship, communication
and community service while providing
a place to be among people that share
the same interest of the art of quilting.
Meetings are held monthly on the 4th
Monday, at 7 p.m. at Beautiful Savior
Lutheran Church, 5005 Northwest
Blvd, in Plymouth. If there is a conflict
with a holiday, or other changes in
schedule, they will be noted in the
newsletter and on our website which
can be found here:
http://www.wowquiltguild.com/index.
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Co-Presidents
Shawn Taylor/Renelle
Kunau
612-581-8236
sewluv2quilt@gmail.com
Vice President
Robin Kohls
763-432-2356
robinkohls@hotmail.com
Treasurer
Brenda Dunlavy
763-557-2941
bdunlavy41062@gmail.com
Secretary
Sandra Kollath
612-396-0182
sandracongdon@hotmail.com
Activity Coordinator
Angela Coleman
612-219-1118
angela_coleman@yahoo.com
Terri Good
763-561-9173
tgood@tcfbank.com
Lucy Joyce
763-755-8625
lucillejoyce@comcast.net
Rita Ranfranz
763-786-0516
ritaranfranz@comcast.net
Cheryl Vessels
763-3700834
lcvessels@live.com
Robin Kohls
763-432-2356
robinkohls@hotmail.com
Gail Bronner
612-825-4783
gbbronner@comcast.net
Community Service
Nancy Miller /Maple
Grove Sr. Quilters
612-201-5240
nancy.miller.mn@gmail.com
Facebook
Community
Sharon Peterson
303-775-1796
smp1951@hotmail.com
Sonja Folven
763-477-4760
sonja525@aol.com
Judy Mages
952-544-5286
smages@juno.com
Newsletter
Brenda Hansen
763-432-3950
bjhanscat@yahoo.com
Small Group Coord.
Carole Olson
763-544-7130
carole_olson@msn.com
Secret Sisters
Marcey Fahrenholtz
763-559-4294
mfahrenholtz@gmail.com
Sunshine &
Shadows
Edith Lejonvarn
763-473-0147
edithlejovam@comcast.com
Web Mistress
LuAnn Sing
952-472-0825
lmsing54@mchsi.com
Retreat
Coordinators
OPEN
Birthday Club
Challenge Quilt
Membership