February 2015 - Susquehanna Valley Quilters

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SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY QUILTERS
Encouraging the Art of Quilting February 2015 In This Issue
February Meeting
2016 Quilt Show Plans
Upcoming Events
Christmas Quilt 2015
To Our Guild Members:
Musings from Margie
February 2015
Winter Greetings!
BOM Info
Women of the Bible Quilt
Birthdays
Gift Providers
2015 Dates
Quick Links
Website
January Minutes
Treasurer's Report
beginning balance $8867.97;
ending balance 8834.20
Brrrrr! The good news is, time to stay indoors and quilt! Also good news, the center part of the raffle quilt is finished! Thanks to all who helped. Also thanks to Pat Coulter who amazed us with her geometric quilt creations at the January meeting. The hand quilting workshop was canceled due to snowy weather, but I hope it can be rescheduled. Please plan to join us for our annual YARD SALE on February 26 and learn to make a fun woven basket with Angie Maietta on the 28th. There are still lots of jobs to be filled for next year's quilt show. We will have stations at the March meeting to find out what's involved that will fit your skills. Also we'll have some kits to take home to make for Quilter's Corner. Our Saturday workshop in March will feature "how to" on several more projects. Make one for you and one for Quilter's Corner. Thank goodness we quilters always have a lot to occupy our hands and minds on these cold snowy days. Have fun and keep warm!
Margie February Meeting
YARD SALE
At our regular monthly meeting, Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 7:00 PM, the guild will be hosting
our annual Yard Sale. Please sign up to bring all your "extra" or unwanted fabric, kits, UFO's,
patterns, or miscellaneous quilting items for a huge Members Yard Sale. Each participant must
set up their table and collect their own sales. After the regular monthly meeting, all members will
have an opportunity to SHOP. January Recap
The Pat Coulter Hand Quilting Workshop set for January 24th was cancelled due to the weather.
A new date will be announced soon. At our monthly meeting Thursday, January 22, Pat showed
us her extensive trunk show. Wow, what a treat that was. While many of Pat's quilts were "hand"
quilted, they were by no means "tradtional" or old fashioned. Many were "modern" quilting at its
best. Pat's quilts were intriguing and beautiful. Many of the quilts were Pat's design, no patterns
or instructions for this girl. I hope she inspired us to think out of the box and try new things. Three members brought in their Christmas fabric ornaments for Show and Tell. They were kits
purchased from Inspirations Quilt Shop owner, LuAnn Baskin, who demonstrated how to make the ornaments at our November meeting.We would love to see more of the completed ornaments
at our next show and tell.
Quilt Show 2016 Planning and News Quilt Show 2016 ‐ There's No Place Like Home
Well, January has come and gone and home has been a great place to be. Can you believe
we are just about a year away from our show? Time sure flies along with the snow. I hope
you are continuing to make a quilt or two you will be showing next year. I often hear that
the people who come to this show enjoy so much all the lovely quilts we display. And they
are! Remember to allow time for finishing and that you will need a sleeve for all but very
small wall hangings.
The Challenge Quilt specs are on the website. We have a number of people who bought
fabric to participate! If you have any questions or would still like to get in on the fun, ask
Bonnie Foust.
We will have a Theme Quilt Section. Carol Shetler will be heading this up. I know we are a
year out, but there is time! Carol will be talking more about this at the next meeting.
Up coming date to remember:
February 26 ‐ 5:45 Quilt Show meeting. Topics to include program in March, Theme Quilts,
Vendor space/layout, charge for entrance fee, categories for show quilts, and prizes. If
there is a topic you would like to have on the agenda, please call Cindy Craddock (570‐546‐
2716) or Nancy Jacobs (570‐323‐4627).
As we continue to Follow the Yellow Brick Road to The Quilt Show 2016, remember: There's No Place Like Home.
‐ Cindy Craddock and Nancy Jacobs
Upcoming Events
March 26, 2015 ‐ 7:00 PM ‐ Quilt Show Planning The Quilt Show Committee will be having a Round Robin of info and opportunities to prepare for
the Quilt Show 2016. There will be sign up sheets and a variety of information about things you
can do to help. We will also have an area set up to make kits for you to take home to help stock
the Quilters Corner. If you have simple, easy make patterns or some fabric you are ready to let go
of, please bring it along! This will be a wonderful opportunity for all members to find a place to
help out with the show. March 7, 2015 ‐ April 23, 2015 ‐ Quilt Show presented by The Gathering Janes
Taber Museum, Williamsport
Meet the "Janes" at the Opening Reception: Saturday, March 7th, 1:00‐3:00 pm. Museum hours: Tues.‐Fri. 9:30 am ‐ 4 pm; Sat. 11 am ‐ 4 pm (Museum admission fee applies)
August 28, 2015 Friday Meeting/Program ‐ this is a special date Linda Poole, Author, Int'l Quilt instructor, Lecturer, Fabric Designer will give us her Trunk Show
during this special date, Friday meeting. She will also have a workshop with painted appliques
from her latest book Painted Applique, A New Approach on Saturday.
August 29, 2015 Saturday, Painted Applique Workshop with Linda Poole
Linda will instruct us on her latest painted applique technique. The guild will charge $25 for the
workshop, 9 am to 3 pm. You will need to purchase a "kit" from Linda to join in this
workshop. Sign up at the next guild meeting. Size of workshop is limited to 24 members. Christmas Quilt 2015
The Christmas quilt for 2015 will be a snowball block pattern with an equal number of lights and
Christmas colored blocks.
The finished block size is 6". In order to have equal parts light and colored blocks, I am asking each
participant to make two 6 inch blocks, one with muslin as the main block and the second a
Christmas novelty print or Christmas color.
I have purchased the muslin fabric for the light blocks and will have it cut and ready for pick up
along with more detailed directions at the guild meetings.
Thank you and Good Luck,
Lisa Dowdy
Block of the Month Program
February is the tenth month of our special BOM program. Participation is easy and you can join in
at any time! a) Make a 12‐1/2 " block (this is the UNfinished size) ...
b) using any block pattern ...
c) and any fabric you choose ...
d) which you believe is indicative of the current month.
February's BOM should represent the month of FEBRUARY. Use your imagination ‐‐ it's entirely up
to you! Your choice! Remember to bring your completed BOM blocks to the FEBRUARY meeting and hang them on the
BOM wall. You will receive one drawing ticket for each BOM block you hang up (and yes, you can
bring in more than one representative block for a month if you'd like). Pidge plans to draw every
BOM ticket. Ticket holders ‐ in the order their ticket is drawn ‐ will get to choose one of the
current month's blocks hanging on the wall to take home.
This special BOM program will run for 12 months. Each month the block pattern and fabric you
choose should represent the current month for which it is being made. The block you make MUST
measure 12‐1/2". At the end of 12 months, you will have a 12‐month sampler of blocks.
Any questions, please contact Pidge Foust at 570‐584‐5043
Women of the Bible Quilt
Many have expressed interest in the Women of the Bible BOW quilt that Kay
Rhinehart is working on. More information is available from Little Quilts
at http://littlequilts.com/newsletter‐signup‐women‐of‐the‐bible (or click the
image to the left). Links to two block patterns and a bonus of Little Quilt tips for the 'Women of
the Bible' quilt will be published biweekly in twenty E‐mail newsletters from
October 2014 through July 2015.
February Birthdays
Miciah H * Jean M * Margie S * Angie M * Nancy F * Cindy C Bonnie F * Dawn P * Iva M
If you have a February birthday but we didn't include your name, we don't have your special day
recorded in our birthday records! Please see Cindy Craddock. 2015 Gift Providers
Birthday
February ‐ Nancy DeWire
March ‐ Cindy Craddock
April ‐ Teri Snyder
Name Tag
February ‐ Carol Shetler
March ‐ Sally Labenberg
April ‐ Erin Stamile
2015 DATES ‐ MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
Mark your calendar with the following SVQ dates:
February 26 ‐ Meeting and Quilter's Yard Sale
February 28 ‐ Woven Basket Workshop with Angie Maietta
March 26 ‐ Meeting and Quilt Show 2016 Planning
August 28 ‐ Special Meeting Date
August 29 ‐ Painted Applique Workshop
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