WiltwyckQuiltNewsletter_February_2016

WILTWYCK QUILTERS’ GUILD
NEWSLETTER
wiltwyckquilters.org
February 2016
Volume 39 Issue 6
NEXT GUILD MEETING
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Despite our threatening January weather we had a good
turnout at our meeting.
GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH
Thanks to guild members who volunteered to run
workshops. As I walked around each area people seemed to
be very involved in learning new techniques and or new
ways to use their skills. So thank you Anna, Erika, Sue
Stepp and Pat for sharing and also to those of you who
participated.
On another topic, the scholarship we decided to start up is
totally voluntary option to assist guild members in need. If
interested there will be a collection basket at the back of the
church.
160 SEREMMA CT.
LAKE KATRINE, NY 12449
9:30 – 10:00 for coffee, tea
and snacks
Items to bring to the February meeting:
Theresa
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Name Tag (wear it and get a raffle ticket)
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Show and tell items
Board
Meetings
TREATS
Quilt show
Meetings
Regular
Meetings
Community
Meetings
Feb.20
Feb. 20
Feb. 24
March 19
March 23
April 16
April 20
May 21
May 25
June 18
June 24
March 19
All members are asked to bring a snack to the
monthly meeting. The Hospitality schedule for
the year is as follows, according to the first letter
of your last name.
April 16
May 21
June 18
February E, F, R; March G, H; April J, K, L;
May M, N, O; June P, Q, I.
All WQG meetings are held at the Grace Community
Church. The coffee, tea and snack begin at 9:30. The
meeting begins at 10:00.
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Board meetings are held at 9:15 at the Grace Community
Church, prior to the regular meeting. All board and
committee members should attend these meetings. ALL
members of the guild are welcome to attend these
meetings. Meeting time and date are subject to change.
President
Vice President
Recording Sec.
Corresponding Sec.
Treasurer
Parliamentarian
The Wiltwyck Quilters’ Guild is a non-profit
organization. The purpose of this organization
shall be to preserve the tradition and the history
of quilt making, as well as to foster awareness
and receptivity to create innovation in the art, to
promote and sponsor interest and appreciation
in all areas of quilt making among our members
and the general public, and to promulgate
friendship and the exchange of ideas.
Theresa Pabon
Sharon Conlon
Joan Polakoff
Deidre Thorpe-Clark
Pat Williams
Joyce Luby
Committee Heads
Past President
Anita Rowell
Community Service
Anita Rowell
Historian
Leona Willis
Hospitality
Peggy Smith
Librarian
Mary McLaughlin
*Membership
Jenny Bach
Newsletter
Peggy Smith
Susan S. Cohn/Marie
*Program
Girard Kim Warren
Publicity
*Quilt Show
Raffle Table
Web Master
Voting Committee Members *
Jackie Sittner
Jackie Sittner
Regina Packard
Jenny Bach
COMMUNITY SERVICE
When planning your quilt for the shelter think children
please use batting and either tie or machine quilt. And if
you want, please put a red heart on it! For the nursing
home: please plan for an adult, both female and male.
NO Batting NO heart!!! Just a top and a backing. Lite
weight corduroy or flannel. The size should be about 3638" wide and about 48" long. Not too wide as they can
get caught in the wheelchair wheels. Community service
sewing is the Wednesday AFTER the regular meeting.
Community service sewing is held at the Kingston Elks
Lodge, 143 Hurley Ave., Kingston, at 9:00 until noon.
Quilt Show News
Thanks, Anita Rowell
Our next quilt show meeting will on February 20th at
9:15. Please bring your ideas or concerns. Everyone is
welcome.
Please let Regina Packard know if you will be making a
dream basket. Choose a theme and include anything
that applies to that theme. It must include one
handmade item. If you need a basket, Regina has some
available.
Congratulations to Peggy Stoll the winner of the
Block of the Month at the January meeting
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We are still looking for people to offer demonstrations
during the show. There are so many talented members
of the guild, let’s share our knowledge at the show! I’d
welcome any ideas or suggestions that you have.
Jackie
Choose any theme, some examples are: Tea, Pets,
Yarn, Male interest (fishing, outdoor sports,
woodworking), Hobbies, etc.
Each basket needs at least one hand made item.
Jsittner@yahoo.com
I have 3 baskets available, if you need one.
Once you pick your theme, call me so we do not have
duplicates
Quilt Show Committee Chairs
Regina Packard (518) 678-9932
HELP GET THE WORD OUT
Demonstrations:
Darlene Breitenstein
Dream Basket:
Regina Packard
Fabric Raffle Basket: Joan Polakoff, Connie Brewer
Food:
Theresa Pabon, Peggy Smith
Guild Boutique:
Erika Assimus, Peggy Smith
Insurance & Ribbons: Pat Clark
Judging:
Vicki Lienau
Membership:
Jenny Bach
Publicity:
Sarah Kessenich,Kim Warren
Jackie Ferraro, Alice Maceyak
Raffle Quilt:
Gail Carl
Registrations:
Joan Polakoff, Shirley Swenson
Quilt Description Labels: Debbie Martin
Quilt Show Setup/Hanging: Mary McLaughlin, Joyce Luby
Treasurer:
Pat Williams
Vendors:
Deidre Thorpe-Clark, Te Pabon, Linda Golden
Art Dolls:
Denise Giardullo, Lexie Langley
Wearables:
Mary McLaughlin
White Glove Monitor: Vesta Lawless, Barb Alberstat
Visiting a fabric shop or Quilt Show? Near or far, we need
your help distributing the Quilts in the Valley (our October
Quilt Show) bookmarks. Tell Alice Maceyak or me where
you will bring them. They will be available at the February
Meeting. Call me if you need them earlier.
Sarah Kessenich
WANTED by the publicity committee:
Someone traveling to the Lake George area to swap Quilt
Show bookmarks with the Hudson River Piecemakers
Quilt Guild. It meets monthly in Lake Lucerne with show
dates of August 6-7. See me for the name and contact
information needed to exchange bookmarks.
Sarah Kessenich
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2016 Wiltwyck Quilt Show Raffle Basket
To all of our members:
I will be collecting ½ yard pieces of fabric for our Raffle
Basket at each Guild meeting. Your generosity will
assure that we can offer a great raffle basket to those
who visit our show.
Joan Polakoff
Charm Squares
Dream Baskets for the Quilt Show
Sue Stepp / Pat Clark
The February color is PINK. The following quilters need
to bring 20 squares each:
Assimus,* Barnes*, Cahill*, Clark*, Conlon*, Doyle,
Frenza*,Giardullo, Grambling*, Kessenich, Luby*,
McLaughlin*, Navarra*, Rowell*, Sitner*, Stepp*, Stessin*,
Urbon*, Williams*, and Wodin.
The Dream Baskets are a popular addition to the quilt
show and a great source of revenue. Pick a theme and
have fun! Use your imagination.
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February 20, 2016: Wool Appliqué Class:
Lisa Fagan
Maximum 25 students
Names with an '*' have signed up for the entire year. If
you anticipate participating all season long, please place
a star next to your name on next month's sign-up sheet.
Those who want to sign up month by month are welcome
to participate.
Daisy Pin Cushion Wool Hand Applique
Members: $15, Non-members: $20
Kit Available for $20 (optional): includes pattern, wool,
sheet of fusible interfacing, needles and backing fabric.
The only thing that it does not include is thread since so
many of us have a lot of that handy. Lisa will have some
with her just in case someone does not.
Fabric cut for the squares should be pre-washed, without
selvages. Squares should be cut precisely 6 1/2" by 6
1/2", so that they can be readily used. The colors/themes
will be different every month.
Daisy Pincushion Supply List
Unless called for, please don't use novelty fabrics. The
squares will fit nicely into a one-quart Ziploc- type
baggie, so please bring one with your name on it. Place
your squares on top, and we will distribute your fabric
and return your baggie to you filled with all the different
fabrics!
Required Pattern: Daisy Pincushion by Primitive
Gatherings.
$6.00 ~ available from Lisa on day of class. PLEASE DO
NOT COPY PATTERNS.
Wool Needed for Class:
1. 4” x 9-1/2” Black for background
2. 3-1/2” Square white or off white for daisy
3. 2” x 8” green for leaves and stems
4. 1” square gold for center of daisy
5. 1” square red for ladybug
6. 1” square black for ladybug
Program News
Other Supplies Needed for Class:
7. Fusible web: Soft Fuse is Lisa’s first choice, Steam-aSeam Lite is her second choice
8. Pearl cotton or embroidery floss in colors that either
match or contrast
9. Chenille #24 needle
10. Scissors
11. Pencil or ultra-fine sharpie for tracing
Additional supplies: not needed for class:
12. 4” x 9-1/2” homespun for backing
13. Two – 4” x 9-1/2” Kona solid for lining
14. 1 bag of ground walnut shells, plain or lavender
Lisa Fagan will have available for sale at the class pearl
cotton and bags of the ground walnut shells for stuffing
the pincushion.
Please direct any pre-class questions to Marie Girard who
will get answers to your questions from Lisa Fagan, Log
Cabin Fabrics.
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signing with Sue Reich author of Quilts Presidential
and Patriotic. The program will be held at 2:00
p.m. on Saturday, February 13, 2016 in the Henry A.
Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and
Home. Following the presentation, Reich will be available
to sign copies of her book. For more info for this and
other public events at the FDR Wallace
Center: http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/publicprograms/c
alendar.html
Upcoming Events
March 19, 2016: Community Sew at Grace Church:
Information to follow.
Also at our March 19 meeting, Evelyn Urbom will offer her
denim vest class. At this time the class is full. Please
contact Kim Warren if you wish to put your name on a
waiting list.
April 15, 2016 (Friday): Redbird Quilt Co Heart’s Content
Pillow Top: Karen Miller
April 16, 2016: Redbird Quilt Co Lecture and Trunk Show:
Karen Miller
May 21, 2016: Simple Bird Appliqué; Lecture and Hand
Appliqué Class: Kerry Burke
May 22, 2016 (Sunday): Friends of Baltimore: Kerry
Burke
June 18, 2016 Cuties: Cathy Anderson
Kyra Hicks at Vassar College
Quilter and author Kyra Hicks will give a presentation on
the links between African American history and
quilting, “Amazing African American Quilt History as
Prelude,” on Tuesday, February 16, 5:30pm, in Taylor
Hall, room 203 at Vassar College. This event is free and
open to the public. For more info and directions, please
look at: http://info.vassar.edu/news/2015-2016/160216kyra-hicks.html
KATE THEMEL WORKSHOP
First Dutchess Quilt Guild
May 19, 2016. 9am - 3pm at the Cooperative Extension
Farm and Home Center, Millbrook, NY. Cost is $90. For
non- members, additional kit fee of $30. Payable to Kate
Themel (kit fee paid the day of workshop)
Currently, there are 2 openings. If interested, contact
Carol Weber rodian@optonline.net
GARDINER LIBRARY FABRICS, YARN, AND CRAFT
SUPPLIES SALE
The Gardiner Library is holding its sixth annual Fabric,
Yarns, and Craft Supplies Sale on Saturday February
6 from 10 AM to 1 PM in the library community room. Items
for sale include fabric at $1 and $2 per yard, deeply
discounted yarn, craft supplies, handicraft kits, and sewing,
knitting, and crochet notions. There is also a large quantity of
basket making supplies, a kit to make a fifty state quilt, brand
new white tee shirts for crafting, a plush hand-hooked rug,
and several working sewing machines. Free patterns and
information on websites with ideas for crafters will be
available at the sale.
The library is located at 133 Farmer's Turnpike in
Gardiner. For directions, or further information, call the
library at 255-1255 or visit www.gardinerlibrary.org or the
library’s facebook page.
Local Events of Interest
Melissa Fairweather
Public Relations
Gardiner Library
www.gardinerlibrary.org
255-1255
Sue Reich at the Roosevelt Presidential Library
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and
Museum is pleased to present an author talk and book
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way to start the meeting that coincides with National
Quilting Day. Also on National Quilting Day, we will be
collecting nonperishable food items and household needs
such as paper towels, soaps and animal food, for Grace
Church’s Food Pantry. Again, it is hoped that we will all
participate.
The minutes of the previous business meeting, in
November, were accepted as presented. There were no
additions or corrections. Vesta Lawless reported that we
had 71 members in attendance today, with one guest.
Pat Williams, Treasurer, said that WQG had $15,214.42
in our account as of 12/31/2015. Two checks have been
written since then. Pat will give the duties of Treasurer to
Theresa Pabon for the time that she will be away this
winter. Joan Polakoff made a motion to accept the
Treasurer’s report, and Evelyn Urbom seconded this
motion.
Jackie Sittner, Quilt show chairperson, said that the
bookmarks for our upcoming Quilt Show, are at the
printer.
Regina Packard offered empty baskets to members who
will be making Dream Baskets for our Quilt
Show.
Susan Gray said that this month’s clue for the Mystery
Quilt has many Flying Geese in it, but that those
participating can use whatever method they prefer to
make these so long as they come out the correct size.
Theresa announced that the Board had decided that we
will not be purchasing a new sound system.
Susan Stessin-Cohn spoke of the upcoming workshops.
These will be listed in our Guild newsletter and on our
Guild website.
Shirley Swenson made a motion to adjourn the meeting,
and this was seconded by Jackie Sittner.
The Third Saturday in March Every Year!
National Quilting Day - Celebrate!!
Our guild meeting happens to be the same day as
National Quilting Day, March 19, 2016. Read more about
this on the National Quilting Association website:
http://www.nqaquilts.org/nqd/
Similar to last year, the Board agreed that a way to
celebrate this day is to show appreciation for
Grace Community Church for allowing us to use their
facility by helping stock their Essentials
Pantry. As you enter the door, there has been a large
basket for donations. Wouldn’t it be nice if our members
brought in articles on March 19th for this? The list of
non-food items requested are: toilet paper, dish soap,
SOS pads, paper towels, facial tissue, napkins, sandwich
bags, coffee filters, laundry soap, all-purpose cleaner,
hand & body soap/lotion, shampoo, toothpaste, dental
floss, toothbrushes, sun screen, deodorant. Food stamps
and WIC don’t cover these items. Non-perishable foods
are also needed. We are publishing this in our February
newsletter in case you see some nice sales, like buy one
– get one free. A nice way to show ‘caring and sharing’.
Pat Clark
Minutes of the Business Meeting of the WQG of
January, 16, 2016
Submitted by Joan Polakoff,
Recording Secretary
President Theresa Pabon called the meeting to order at
10 a.m.
Prior to the reports by Committee heads, Theresa
announced that the MODA CHALLENGE for 2016, 3rd
place winner, is local and will be invited to our March
Guild meeting, along with her teacher. She will be
presented with a certificate from our Guild.
We were all told that in future, we must be careful not to
infringe on copyright laws when using a pattern or
technique in one of our workshops. It is important to
abide by the intellectual property rights of designers or
magazines.
The WQG will be starting a scholarship fund to help pay
Guild members’ dues for any member who is in financial
difficulty. This is to be funded by asking our members
who are able, to donate to this fund at our March meeting.
It is hoped that all of us who can, will put money into the
box that will be at our sign in table. This will be a great
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