GROUSE MOUNTAIN DAY QUILTERS GUILD
NEWSLETTER
December
2016
December - last month of the year - wow that was fast.
Only six more months till our Quilt Show - hope you are
thinking of makes for the boutique and that your quilts are
almost ready for registration and pictures.
Remember pin cushions for January meeting.
Suggestion - cut 2 strips the width of the fabric 4.5 "
wide and then cut strips into 4.5 " squares. Sew
around and stuff. You have 9-4x4" pin cushions.
We will have 150 year fabric pieces plus children's fabric
pieces to start slabs ready to take home.
2016 - 2017 Executive
President:
Wendy Ratcliffe
Treasurer:
Susan Taylor
Membership:
Shelley Mathiesen
Secretary:
Marsha Unheim
Programs:
Margaret Hill
Library:
Jan Callow
Judith Fisher
Newsletter:
Sharon Walker
Comfort
Quilts:
Terry Whiteman
Website:
Teresa Niwinska
Things to bring for Christmas potluck on the 15th
 Contribution to the Lunch Table – remember it is to
be finger food
 Wrapped – no tag - approximately $10.00 or so gift
(if you wish to join the Christmas tree fun)
 Bits and pieces of ribbon, holly, fir boughs, tinsel,
ornaments (small), sparkle and the like.
 Your Christmas themed show and tell quilt projects
to decorate (we do not care if we have seen them
before)
We will eat and make Merry!
Wendy
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Grouse Mountain Day Quilters Guild meets the third Thursday of the month at 10 a.m. at St. Martin's
Anglican Church, 195 Windsor Road East, North Vancouver.
Please remember to have your cell phones on mute or turned off during the meeting. Thank you.
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Programs - Margaret
Merry Christmas!! I hope you are all looking forward to our annual amazing pot luck lunch and party. It
is always lots of fun, so I hope to see everyone there. Please bring a Christmas themed quilt to show
and display to decorate the hall, even one you have shown before.
At the January meeting we will be sewing the Slab blocks for the CQA 150 project to make quilts for
Ronald MacDonald houses across Canada. I will have a sign-up sheet at the December meeting for some
people to bring cutting supplies, ironing supplies, or sewing machines. If you have any child friendly
fabric you would like to donate please bring it to either the December or January meetings.
February is quilt registration month for the June show, so no additional program. At the March meeting
Faith MacLeod will be joining us for her trunk show entitled "Down the Rotary Road". Keep in mind your
Challenge postcard that needs to be done for the May meeting!
Workshops:
Dyeing Workshop with Karen Johnson
Saturday, February 18th, 2017, 9:30-4:30 (note the time change)
Delbrook Community Center Cedar Room
This class is designed to dye a color wheel with 3 primary colors, 3 secondary colors, 12 tertiary colors,
plus 10 tones for a total of 22 pieces of fabric. Students can work as partners, each dyeing a different
color wheel and sharing the resulting fabric. The ice-dyeing method will also be included. I have the
color wheel charts for students to choose from and will bring them to the December meeting. Karen has
a contact to get prepared-for-dyeing fabric from if we would like to do a group order. If anyone who
missed the sign up for this class would like to join in there is still space. Let me know at the December
meeting or call me at 604 468 9450.
Cost will be $50
Painting and Stitching on Watercolor paper/fabric with Kathy McColeman
Saturday April 22nd, 2017, 10:30-4:30
Parkgate Community Center
Kathy will supply the watercolor paper with the picture to be painted, or you can draw your own, then
the afternoon will be spent stitching.
Cost will be $50
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CQA/ACC Monthly e-Newsletter - November 2016
Quilt Canada 2017
Registration Dates for Quilt Canada 2017 in Toronto
Quilt Canada 2017 is going to be amazing! Wait until you see the line up of instructors! And don’t even get us
started on the size of the Merchant Mall! The registration opens for CQA/ACC members on January 7,
2017 and for all others on January 28, 2017. Please look for more information about teachers and courses
offered in the Winter edition of the Canadian Quilter magazine and on our website,www.canadianquilter.com in
late November
Trend-Tex Challenge 2017
Have you bought your Trend-Tex Challenge kit yet? There is nothing more exciting than seeing your quilt hang
in a national show and a Canada 150 show is off the charts. A reminder that the kits for the 2017 Trend-Tex
Challenge, entitled "Stitching a Canadian Memory", are now on sale. The cost is $23 for CQA/ACC members
and $28 for non-members. For more information please go to:
https://www.canadianquilter.com/photo-gallery/trend-tex-quilters-challenge.php
Volunteer still needed for Team Lead Position
Do you want to be in on the action at Quilt Canada 2017? It is a blast to be a part of the planning and carrying
out of this huge conference! We are still looking for team lead volunteers to help us in Toronto. The position of
Merchant Mall Team Lead is still vacant. The job description for this position is on our website at the following
link: http://canadianquilter.com/pdf/quilt-canada-2017/QC2017-Job-descriptions.pdf
Canada’s Big Quilt Bee
It’s official, the Big Quilt Bee has taken the nation by a quilting storm! You simply have to get involved so you
don’t miss this incredible opportunity to be a part of something so big for such a great cause! Guilds, stores
and quilters across Canada have embraced our Big Quilt Bee to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday. We have
partnered with Ronald McDonald Houses to make 1,000 quilts for kids staying at the houses. Have you seen
the many colourful photos on our Facebook showing the blocks and quilt tops that have already been made
across Canada? So far we have 27 guilds who have told us they are committed to making quilts. If your guild
is making slabs and quilts but haven’t let us know please drop a quick email to:
[email protected]
We are encouraging quilters to make blocks and mail them in, but also tops and finished quilts would be so
appreciated in helping us reach our goal. Currently, the most common question is: how to deal with completed
quilts? Please do not send complete quilts to the Big Quilt Bee. Just keep them and you can send us an email
at [email protected] to let us know you have some. Once we have worked out the most
efficient delivery arrangements with Ronald McDonald House we will let everyone know by social media and in
the magazine how they will be distributed. Keep those photos coming!
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Also from CQA comes the following request for submissions. Please note the deadline for submission
date – it is coming up very quickly!
Dear CQA/ACC Member Guild,
Please share the following invitation with all of your members. Canadian Quilter magazine is
always looking for article submissions... and since guilds represent the heartbeat of Canadian
quilting, articles from members come straight from the heart of Canada.
Special request for the 2017 spring issue of Canadian Quilter magazine
The theme of the magazine is: Do you Guild? Deadline for submissions is December 15, 2016.
This is an invitation to all quilt guild members to write a 400 to 1,000 word article about a guild
experience you would like to share with Canadian Quilter readers. The article could be about
any of the following... or perhaps you have an idea of your own!
•Why do you belong to a guild?
•What kind of activities does your guild participate in?
•Has your guild reached a special milestone?
•Do you have a special story about one of your guild members? Perhaps he/she taught
you something new, or contributes above and beyond and deserves to be recognized.
Photos are welcome and add visual interest to any article. Please send a photo of yourself
(optional) and/or photos relevant to your article. Please send original photos from your camera
or phone... no editing necessary. If you understand photo re-sizing, we need 300 dpi, at least
6” wide or 72 dpi, at least 25” wide.
Let me know if you have any questions. I look forward to hearing from members across
Canada!
Marcy Horswill
Editor, Canadian Quilter Magazine
[email protected]
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Membership - Shelley
Merry Christmas Ladies,
By now you will have received the final revision to this year’s Membership List and if you do not wish to
re-print same, the following are the changes to be made:Bernadette Demens
304 15th St West,
North Van., V7M 1S5
same phone & email
Una Goyns
607-175 W. 14th St.
North Van., V7M 0E6
same phone
Gail Millhouse changed last name to Hawkes
same everything else
Trish Vickery
6872 Copper Cove Rd.,
West Van., V7W 2K5
278-279-2855
same email
Have a wonderful Holiday time and see you at our Christmas Luncheon!
Comfort Quilts - Terry
On November 25th, four of us went to a special tea put on by Evergreen House as a thank you for giving
them the comfort quilts donations. After tea and some lovely goodies, we met with some of the
residents and they talked with us for a while and told us how much the quilts meant to them. At the
end we gave one of the old ladies a beautiful butterfly quilt; she asked me if it was hers to keep, I told
her it was. The smile that crept onto her face was something we shall always remember - I wish you
could have seen it. She held onto it tightly for the rest of the time we were there, and I know it was very
special to her and she will treasure it. We also gave them five other quilts to distribute.
Best wishes for the festive season.
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Library – Jan
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a healthy
and content 2017.
We have one new book in the library. "Quilting Is My
Therapy" by Angela Walters. This is an amazing
pictorial of stunning quilting. It will leave you in awe,
and hopefully inspired!
(editor’s comment – if you can’t wait to get your hands
on the book, google it and check out the website. I
really think the best way to see it is with the book and
a comfy chair with a cup of tea, but the website is
special too!.)
Coming events
Ekphrastic - Fibre Art Network - is on until December 30, 2016
La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, La Conner, WA
www.fibreartnetwork.com
GMDQG SHOW
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June 9, 2017 – set-up
June 10, 2017 – show date!
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2016
Lost Quilt Help Request
I received the following from Wendy Lynn who asked that we share it here. Maybe it can be found.
Could somebody please help me locate my big brothers old blanket? It was made especially for him by
his grandma from his old discarded clothes and blankets that he used to have when he was younger all
made into one. It is very similar to mine as you see in these pics and it will have his name in the corner of
it saying made for Gage Fowler by Grandma Marion Mickelsen. We could not find it after we lost him so
suddenly in January. I want to locate this for Christmas as it would mean so much to us to have it back
with its rightful owners. This would make my Christmas. Maybe somebody has it laying around and
doesn't know it but it would be hard to miss if you had it. We miss him so much and would just like to
have this back to be a bit close to him again. Cash incentive if it helps.
[email protected] if you have information.
Editor’s comment. I looked a bit online about this as I did not know where the quilter Marion Mickleson
lived. She lives near 100 Mile House and is the premie quilt coordinator for Log Cabin Quilters. In
looking online I found 2 websites that display lost quilts and the links are below. The first one shows
Karen Johnson’s quilts that were taken from the Vancouver Unitarian Church in October. I guess I was
away when it happened because I don’t remember hearing about it. It is really quite shocking.
http://lostquilt.com/page/2/
http://lostquilt.com/
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This was on the Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild Discussion Group Facebook page and Gigi sent it to me
to share with all of you. Enjoy!
Twas the night before Christmas,
And the quilts were not made.
The threads were all tangled, the cookies delayed.
The stocking weren't hung, the pantry was bare.
The poor weary Quilter, was tearing her hair.
Stacks of fat quarters, tipped over in streams.
Visions of Log Cabins, had turned into dreams.
When what to her wondering eyes should appear,
But a bus full of quilters with all of their gear.
They went straight to work with just a few mutters,
Sorting and stitching and brandishing cutters.
The patterns emerged from all of the clutter,
Like magic the fabrics arranged in a flutter.
Log Cabins, Lone Stars, Flying Geese & Bear Tracks
Each quilt was a beauty-even the backs.
Her house how it twinkled, her quilts how they
glowed.
The cookies were baking, the stockings were sewed.
Their work was all done, so they folded their frames,
And packed up their needles, without giving their
names.
They boarded the bus, and checked the next address.
More quilts to be made, another quilter in distress.
She heard one voice echo, as they drove out of sight,
Happy quilting to all and to all a good night!
~Author Unknown
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2016
These are photos of our 20th anniversary celebrations. Hope you enjoy them.
This is one of past Presidents – from left to right
are Barb Milgrom, Susan Carle, Joy Brown,
Tracey Davison, Lori Brownlow and Margaret
Hill.
This one shows original, founding members.
From left to right are Una Goyns, Mary Smith,
Terry Whiteman, Lori Brownlow, Donna Oliver
and Margaret Hill.
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Following are pictures of Krista Hennebury’s presentation at our November meeting. The one on the
left is her salvage edge quilt which was admired by all. Thanks Krista for an inspiring presentation. If
you want to see more of her work and more of some of the pieces she showed at out meeting, check
out http://whistlerquilters.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2015-Krista-Hennebury-Trunk-Show.pdf
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Moja Coffee Corp.
1412 Rupert Street
North Vancouver, BC V7J 1E9
Moja is a wonderful place to grab a cup of coffee. It is
located at the corner of Rupert Street and Harbour
Avenue (east of Canadian Tire).
Moja takes pride in supporting our community and we
are pleased to thank Moja for their generosity.
When in the area, please drop in for a coffee. Enjoy a
Thomas Haas treat and say ‘Thanks’ for providing our
guild with coffee every month.
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REMINDERS!!!
Name Tags
Library Books
Mugs
Show and Tell
December
2016
Do you know of a member who is under the
weather? If so, please let Dorothy Sanders
know.
Grouse Mountain Day Quilters Guild
Next Meeting: Thursday, December15, 2016
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
(doors open from 9:00)
Apologies for any errors/omissions.
Contact Sharon for changes at 604-929-2276 or [email protected]
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