Nine Patch News
Woodstock Quilt Guild
Year 14 Volume 3 November 2012
2011-12 Executive
President- Catherine Sutherland - 328-8753
Vice President – Susan Hayden –324-8888
Past President- Kathy Boone – 328-9816
Registrar – Janet Melanson – 328-3901
Secretary – Barb Long – 375-6752
Treasurer- Joan Prosser – 328-9405
Website:
http://www.woodstockquiltguild.weebly.com
Committees:
Fat Quarter Draw Committee: Marilyn
Web Site: Trisha Robinson – 328-6878 – [email protected] and Bonnie Sproull
[email protected]
Phone Committee: Carolyn McBride – 328-2750 [email protected], Linda Markey
[email protected], and Vicki Albright [email protected]
Refreshments: Linda McAffee – 272-2900 – [email protected]
Sunshine: Joan Folsom – 328-3034 [email protected]
Photography: Amanda Habold – 325-9896 – [email protected]
Library: Janis Richard 328-8225 – [email protected]
Program: Shelley Dionne [email protected] and Janet Wright [email protected]
Newsletter: Estelle Wilson – 328-3339 – [email protected]
Quilt Show: Kathy Bennett [email protected] and Shari Gilliss [email protected]
Booking Instructors: Kathy Bennett, Betty Butler and Trisha Robinson
Retreat: Janet Wright [email protected] and Janet Melanson [email protected]
Super Saturday: Doreen Antworth [email protected] and Janet Melanson
Woodstock Quilt Guild
Agenda – November 5, 2012
Opening Remarks
Approval of Agenda as distributed
Approval of October 1, 2012 Minutes as Published in Newsletter
Business Arising – Guild Directory
Correspondence
New Business
Committee Reports as per Newsletter
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Fabric Draw
Community Quilts
Web Site
Super Saturdays
Refreshments
Sunshine
Program
Instructors
Library
Quilt Show
Newsletter
Retreat
Show & Tell
Break
Fabric Draw
Program
Next Meeting: Monday, December 3, 2012
Pot-luck Christmas meeting – 6:00pm
Meeting Adjourned
Hand Quilting: Need a quilt hand-quilted? Contact Hazel Fowler at 392-5233.
Turkey Salad Tea & Bazaar at St. Lukes Parish Hall
Thursday, November 15th 11:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Cost $6.00
SUPER SATURDAY:
Next Super Saturday will be November 17th at 9am. Please come 15 minutes early to get
set up. Thanks.
Shelley will be teaching a table runner. Please remember to sign up come and have fun
learning and getting to know everyone.
Doreen
Magic Pinwheel Runner
Supplies:
Fat quarters will not work for this project
1/3 yard of two fabrics for pinwheel blocks (sample was red, green)
1/3 yard of fabric for border/binding (gold in the sample)
1/2 Yard of backing fabric
15” x 22” Piece of flat type batting.
***Please make sure to bring all your supplies***
Rotary cutter and mat with at least one 24” long edge
Threads to match fabrics, especially important if you are staying to machine quilt your
runner.
Prewound bobbins, please do this!
Walking foot, if you plan to stay to machine quilt.
Rulers, size 6” x 6” and 8 ½” x 8 ½” square or larger, long ruler at 24” long
Quilter’s rule Quick Quarter ruler- 8” or longer---$3 to $5 at the quilt shop, would be
helpful
Sharp Pencil or Pen for marking on fabric.
Pins- at least 20 plus all the usual supplies of a quilt supply kit.
Community Projects Report:
First of all a big thank-you to Joyce Richard, she is finishing the fifth comfort quilt (hand
quilted) so far this year. Good work Joyce.
Please give finished quilts and bags to Bonnie Sproull, also any 30" blocks for the largest
quilt in Woodstock. A reporter from the Bugle will be at our Dec. meeting for the
presentation of children’s quilts to Sanctuary House and the cloth bags to the River Valley
Support Group, this will take place at 7p.m. before our meeting.
Refreshment Committee Report:
Potluck supper for Dec. meeting will start at 6p.m. sharp. As we were short of food at our
potluck last June, we are asking EVERYONE to bring food this time(just a smaller amount).
Also, please bring your own place setting( cup,plate, knife,fork,and spoon) this will save all
the washing up.
Thank you for your co-operation, see you all in Dec. Linda McAffee
Program
Janet Wright and Shelley Dionne are happy to be providing Program for guild this year,
2012-2013. We would like you to note that a lot of program will be provided within the
newsletter. Therefore, it is important that you read and print off the program portion
of your newsletter and bring it to each meeting. Otherwise, you might miss something fun!
We have done our best to make sure everyone has access to a copy of the program
information. If we have missed you, please let us know.
Program Notes November 2012
Janet says it was a wonderful retreat! You can see all the retreat photos on her blog
www.threadedmoose.blogspot.com
We’re hopping right along with our Mystery Clues. Janet and I have been busy sewing on
ours! I’m getting so excited making all the blocks from last month’s clue! It’s not to late to
start if you want to join in☺
November:
Jelly Roll Lotto=Colors, Light, Med, Dark Greens
Shelley taking Jelly Roll strips at program table when you arrive
Mystery Clue #3-Review
Janet –Challenge Presentation
Janet-Video Presentation
Don’t forget to bring your Rail Fence blocks for our Community Quilts Committee☺ and give them to
Shelley when you arrive. If you enjoyed doing this, please let me (Shelley) know. We could consider
doing it again in the spring.
A few sites of interest for this month:
www.cddesigns.com/AfternoonProj/index.html
Here you’ll find some cute little last
minute quickie projects to stuff in someone’s Christmas gift or to use on top of packages.
It, also, has some great information about all types of appliqué. For those who learned how
to make yo-yo’s at October’s Super Saturday, there are some sweet yo-yo projects☺
www.shopmartingale.com/images/marketing/howtoquilt/quilt-borders.pdf This is one
terrific article to print off on how to properly measure your quilt centre for making borders
in the correct length and how to properly sew them on. I printed it off right away!
www.quiltville.com/borderhints.shtml this is also a favourite article on borders. She shows
pictures on what an happens at the Longarmer’s when a quilt comes in with wonky
borders....then she explains how to not have it happen to your quilt☺
www.quiltville.blogspot.ca/2005/06/boxy-stars.html a Great pattern for using your 2 ½”
strips!!
Mystery Quilt Clue 3:
In Clue 3, you will be using Color B and Color D.
Choice A: Take (2) 5” x WOF B strips and (4) 1 ¼” x WOF D strips. Join them together
to as shown in the diagram to make strips sets. Press seams towards the darker of the two
colors. The strip unit should measure 6 ½” wide by WOF.
_____________________
_____________________ <1 ¼” D
<5” B
_____________________
_____________________ <1 ¼” D
} This is Strip Unit D.
Make 2 Strip Units.
Like you did in the
previous Clue 2,
Subcut the Strip Unit D
into (40) 2”
segments. Put these
segments into a
baggie and Label “Strip
Unit D Segments”.
Choice A continued:
Take (2) 5” x WOF B strips and (4) 2 ¾” x WOF D strips. Join them together as
shown in the diagram to make strip sets. Press seams toward the darker of the two
colors. The strip unit should measure 9 ½” wide by WOF.
_________________________
_________________________ < 2 ¾” D
<5” B
_________________________
_________________________ < 2 ¾” D
This is Strip Unit
E. Make 2
}Strip Units.
Subcut Strip Unit
E
into (40) 2”
segments. Put
these
segments into a
baggie and label
“Strip Unit E
Segments”.
Choice B:
You will make strip units as shown in Choice A except you will be making more.
For Strip Unit D, you will use (3) 5” x WOF B strips and (6) 1 ¼” x WOF D strips.
You will make 3 Strip sets for Strip Unit D. You will Subcut into (60) 2” segments.
For Strip Unit E, you will use (3) 5” x WOF B strips and (6) 2 ¾” x WOF B strips.
You will make 3 Strip sets for Strip Unit E. You will Subcut into (60) 2” segments.
Any questions, call Shelley (324-9360) or Janet (325-2209)
WOODSTOCK QUILT GUILD – Treasurer’s Report
Treasurers Report submitted by Joan Prosser for September 30, 2012
Balance forward from August 31, 2012
10,305.58
INCOME; Fat Quarter Draw for Sept.
111.81
Memberships
960.00
Retreat Funds
250.00
______
1321.81
Total Income
$11,627.39
EXPENSES;
Bank Fee
Quilt Show Expense
Comfort Quilts Expense
Fat Quarter Draw Expense
Program Expense
Office Expense
GOG ( paid forward)
2.00
178.08
136.06
33.90
12.26
168.23
200.00
_____
730.53
September 30, 2012 Balance
$10,896.86
Woodstock Quilt Guild
Minutes – October 1, 2012
Opening Remarks
• Members were made aware of some items they were free to take: a b ox of crochet
cotton; bag of polyester fabric.
• The Argyle Quilt Show was lovely. Members are encouraged to share any
information about shows that are near-by.
• Happy Birthday Kathy Boone
• Welcome to new members here tonight.
Motion: That the agenda be approved as revised [additional new business items]. Kathy
Boone/Joyce Richard. Carried.
Minutes – Corrections – Raffle Quilt - Janet Melanson also worked on this
Motion: That the minutes of the September 5, 2012 meeting be approved as revised in
Newsletter. Janet Nichols/ Suzanne Hunter. Carried.
Correspondence - thank you notes from Marg Clowes for comfort quilt; Charlene Monteith
for comfort quilt and financial donation; Jolene Clark for financial donation.
New Business
1. Quilt Guild Directory – Amanda is taking photos of members for a Quilt Guild Directory.
For those that aren’t here tonight, photos will be taken again next month. Sue showed
sample of book. The contact info collected will only be used by the guild members and will
not be on-line. The cover will be photo of banner. Sue asked for suggestions for content on
inside covers eg. Dates, quotes etc. The printing will be done compliments of Remax Realty.
Suggestions given: “one thing no one would have guessed about me …..”, “I’ve been quilting
since ….. or started quilting with ….” , “The first project I ever made ….”
Motion: that Remax be allowed to advertise in the directory for printing the directory.
Janet Wright/Sherry Gillis
1. Purchases
Motion: To purchase cheques, deposit slips and cheque book from the bank, in the amount of
$175. Janet Melanson/Janet Nichols. Carried
Motion: To reimburse Joan Prosser for the purchase of a file box and folders in the amount
of approximately $80. Marg Caldwell/Bonnie Sproul. Carried.
Gathering of Guilds – The $200 passed to us when we were hosting the Gathering of the
Guilds, is being passed on to Marco Polo Guild in Saint John.
2. Rent
Motion: - to pay rent of the hall for our guild meetings, in two installments of $250 [$50
per month]. Janet Wright/Kathy Boone. Carried.
4. Name Tags – Last year the many members of the guild bought name tags. Catherine will
send an email to the group to let members who don’t have one know they can order one by
contacting Janet Melanson before Oct 15. Janet will order to have for Nov meeting.
Committee Reports as per Newsletter
- Fabric Draw Program
- Community Quilts Instructors
- Web Site Library
- Super Saturdays Quilt Show
- Refreshments Newsletter
- Sunshine Retreat
Super Saturday – October 13 - The Drunkard’s Path centrecloth that is made using coffee
filters was displayed as the project to make in the morning; Christmas coasters were
displayed as the project in afternoon. Details of supplies needed are in newsletter.
November – Christmas table runner – Magic Pinwheel – several skills will be demonstrated;
supply list will be in next newsletter.
Members encouraged to sign up for Super Saturdays.
Quilt Show – The Raffle Quilt made by Judy Boyd and Janet Melanson for the 2013
Woodstock Quilt Show was displayed. It is Queen size; pattern called bits and pieces.
Tickets will be sold on the quilt.
Everyone was given a fridge magnet as a reminder and promotion for the quilt show.
Sunshine – Joan Folsom gave a review of cards sent over the summer and early fall. Shelley
reported David is cancer-free! And thanked members for their concern.
Community Projects - Bonnie Sproul displayed bags for local cancer society to put supplies
in, for patients. Members are encouraged to take the supply kits. Sanctuary House needs
linens of all types.
Show & Tell:
Members showed various projects. Several Jelly -Roll Race quilts from the September
Super Saturday were displayed; also some community quilts.
After the break, two Fabric Draws were made. Janet Wright and Janet Nichols were the
winners. The fabric Draw is a monthly fundraiser for the Woodstock Quilt Guild. Fabric is
purchased, tickets are sold, funds are raised and at least one lucky member increases the
size of her stash.
Program
Program included specifics and a demonstration of the cutting and block assembly for the
Mystery Quilt. The draw for the 2 1/2 " strips, which were all in red this month, was won by
Susan Hayden. A trunk show by Margie Grieve, a quilting teacher from Harvey, followed.
Margie entertained us, showing us numerous quilts and smaller projects which were most
inspiring.
Next Meeting: Monday, November 5, 2012
Respectfully submitted,
Barbara Long
Fons & Porter’s Quilt Tips:
1. It takes forever to finish a quilt if you don’t work on it!
2. Use a recipe card file to keep a running file of magazine articles or patterns that you
may want to go back to in the future. Use file tabs to keep the cards in order by
category.
3. If you have accidentally fused an applique in the wrong place, use a fabric softener
dryer sheet as a pressing cloth to loosen the web so you can remove the applique to
reposition it.
Please remember to have your Newsletter submissions to Estelle at least one
week prior to the Meetings, at [email protected]