Quiltations
The Newsletter of Quilters’ Connection
Waltham, Massachusetts
Monday, May 8th 7:00 PM Start Time
Next Meeting
Bentley University
LaCava Exec Dining Room
Monday, May 8, 2017
Future Meeting Dates
Mark your Calendar!
Our meeting dates are as follows
for September 2017 – May 2018
Sept 11, 2017
Oct 16, 2017
Nov 6, 2017
Jan 8, 2018
Feb 12, 2018
Mar 12, 2018
Apr 23, 2018
May 14, 2018
Workshops
Our Annual Business Membership Meeting!
“Every new beginning comes from some
other beginning’s end.” -SenecaPlease plan to attend our May 8th Annual Business Membership Meeting!
Let’s get out to vote! We will be taking a vote for next year’s Executive Board
and the opening for our Board of Directors position.
This year’s Executive Board is in place through August 31st and the new
Executive Board takes over September 1st.
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Newsletter with
Upcoming events
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There will be lots of important information regarding our 40th
Annual Quilt Show! This is when we display our beautiful quilts,
wearable art and share the art with show attendees!
We have a sneak preview regarding the Crit Group lecture, exhibit
and book signing that will take place on Saturday afternoon during
the quilt show.
Come and learn about the special quilt project we will be doing with
Fabric Place Basement.
Find out about some great additions to the quilt show!
A special preview of our two Raffle quilts that were made by
members with guidance from our own Mac (Mike ) McNamara!
Whoopie!
Sign up to volunteer! We still have slots to fill. We need everyone
to volunteer and participate!
There are lots of ways to get involved, included but not limited to
set-up, staffing, the Katie Pasquini Masopust Lecture, Member’s
Boutique and our Vendor Space, The Red Ruby Display/Sales, White
Glove Activities and Take Down, to name a few.
May 2017
Get Your Katie
Executive Board
President: Ann Bonsett
Pasquini Masopust Lecture Tickets!
Vice President: G Wong
Secretary: Karen Hohler
Treasurer: Pat Morris Beeler
Programs: Norma Biggins
Membership:
Mary Gillis
Ellen Ackerman
Quilt Show:
Tricia Deck
Mary Walter
Member at Large:
Rosemary Koch
Newsletter:
Stephanie Laurin
Sue Stemporzewski
Board of Directors
2016-2019 Michelle David
2016-2018 Donna Jean Downer
2016-2017 Nancy Crasco
Past President: Deborah Rocha
Current President: Ann Bonsett
We no longer have a 2 ticket per member limit!
May 8th Membership Meeting - 6:00-6:45 PM Ticket Sales
Each current QC Member can now purchase as many tickets
as desired (until we run out) for our special lecture featuring
Katie Pasquini Masopust, Friday, June 9th at 7:00 PM
Tickets are $10 each
Wishing you Artful Inspiration, Sunny Days, and Spring Flowers….and
looking forward to seeing everyone!
--Ann--
2017-2018 Nominations for Board Positions
(September 1st 2017 – August 31st 2018)
The following members of QC have agreed to be candidates for election
and re-election at the May 8th 2017 business meeting, please come to
the meeting to vote.
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
G. Wong
Ellen Ackerman
Karen Hohler
Pat Morris Beeler
Appointed chairs:
Programs
Sandy Gregg and Judy Bostford
Newsletter
Julie Fei-Fan Balzer
Membership
Renate Parisek
(with assistance from Sylvia Eusebi and Julie Weinstein)
Member-at-Large:
RoseMary Koch
Website
Sylvia Eusebi
Board of Directors
2017-2020
Judy Becker
Quilt Show Volunteers!
Don’t know many people at the guild? Volunteering at the quilt show will expose you to many of our quilters.
Don’t be shy – we all need you to help make this show a success. As the saying goes, “Many hands make light
work”. If you submitted a quilt, there is a minimum of one shift that you will need to work. We would love it if
you can do two shifts or three shifts, or spend the whole day with us!
Let’s make this year – our 40th anniversary - a spectacular show. The forms are available on our website at
http://quiltersconnection.org/quiltshow.html
The deadline for the form is May 15th, 2017. We will be announcing the volunteer schedule on or before May
29th, 2017.
Our quilt show volunteer coordinators this year are Kathleen Walsh + G. Wong.
QC Quilt Show Update from Mary Walter & Tricia Deck- May 8, 2017
Raffle Tickets: Packages of raffle tickets were mailed to members. You can return the tickets and payment to
Mary Walter 116 Marlboro Road, Southborough, MA 01772. I will also be at the May meeting with additional
raffle tickets if you want more. I will bring the raffle quilts for show & tell. We need two volunteers to sew
sleeves and labels on them before the show.
Quilt Show Quilt Info: Susan Stemporzewski & I are working on the layout and hanging your quilts. We are
hoping to hang all of the quilts entered. We will contact you if your second/third quilt is not being
displayed, otherwise, plan on bringing what you entered.
Quilt Drop Off: Friday June 9th from 7-9AM.
Quilt Pick Up: Sunday June 11th from 4-5PM.
Members Morning: This year members will be able to view our quilt show, purchase our Anniversary Tote
Bag and Ruby Red artwork before we open to the public on Saturday June 9th from 9-10AM.
Volunteers: I have seen all of your wonderful quilts! I am impressed by the fact that there are thousands of
hours of creative work going on display. We need just a little more time from everybody, in fact less time than
it took to bind your quilt. Just two hours gains you free admission and the satisfaction that you helped our quilt
show be a success. Volunteer forms are on the QC web page (quiltersconnection.org) and submitted to G Wong
([email protected])
QC Quilt Show Booklet
Thanks to everyone who worked so hard to bring the ads to completion! All ads have been added to the
booklet pdf.
If there are other items that need to be included, please send them to me at [email protected] by May 17th.
The completed pdf will be made from all submissions through that date.
Thanks,
Sylvia Eusebi
QC show, quilt preparation information
Binding your quilt:
You’ll find many online videos illustrating putting on a binding,
Barb Sackel's two part video on binding is one of the more complete ones:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9PiqUgZ9PE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXtRWz3q1fw
Marci Baker’s video very clearly illustrates joining the binding (which many of the quilt
binding videos do not) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot7Trk6J2Vw
Directions for putting on a hanging sleeve for your quilt:
Directions for placing a label on the back of your quilt:
PROGRAMS: 2017-18 QC Speakers and Workshops
Forms to sign up for the September and October workshops will be available at the May meeting and are also
included in this newsletter and on the website.
September 11, 2017, 7 pm – Lecture: Traditional, Art, Modern – Notes from the Field
For our September meeting we have invited Maria Shell to be our speaker. She currently lives in Alaska, and
has a very entertaining blog https://talesofastitcher.com/ which is worth a visit, and a link there to her website
where you can see her work. Maria started out as a traditional quilter, but soon found herself making abstract
pieced art quilts that look surprisingly modern. Maria will share her personal journey in and about the
traditional, art, and modern quilt movements. Can you be all three? Come to the lecture and find out.
September 9 and 10, 2017, 9:00 – 4:00 each day at Bentley, $75 members – two one-day workshops (you may
sign up for both days):
Making Prints out of Solids – Lines and Shapes
Using solid colored quilters cottons, students will learn how to stitch an assortment of pieced prints including
stripes, chevrons, polka dots, and pointy shapes. While learning these new techniques students will also be
given information about selecting a color palette, improvisational piecing techniques, and ideas for taking these
techniques and creating original quilts.
October 16, 2017, 7 pm – Lecture: Betty Busby http://www.bbusbyarts.com
An Artistic Journey- the Unseen
Betty Busby has been making her living from her art since 1976. Her 45 minute slide show covers her origins in
the ceramic tile manufacturing business through to the many phases her quilting has passed through over the
years.
When asked what her design process is, she said, "One thing leads to another. A recent progression started with
rocks. Then rocks + plants, then rocks + trees + water, then trees + rocks, then trees by themselves. (I'm) still
stuck on them."
I asked Betty if there was a new technique, medium, or art/craft that she would like to learn and she replied,
"Always! I love learning new techniques and working with new materials. I just ordered a bunch of Reemay
from a museum supply house and can't wait to tear into it." That response required me to go see what Reemay
is. It turns out to be that weed barrier stuff she mentioned. This quilt I've got to see.
You really have to see the detail on Betty's quilts up close to appreciate the work that goes into them.
Questions are welcomed, and samples of the products used will be available for up close viewing.
October 14 and 15, 2017, 9:00 – 4:00 each day at Watertown Boys and Girls Club, two-day workshop ($150
members):
Multi-Media Fiber Art
For several years Betty Busby been exploring the use of various non-woven materials in her fiber art. They have
been a wonderful addition to traditional fabrics, extending the range of expression that can be achieved.
The class will include samples of different types of non woven materials, ways to produce images with them,
and methods to incorporate them to extend the range of expression that can be achieved with traditional
fabrics. In addition, she has developed new ways of painting fabrics. Students will make samples using her
methods and materials, and combine them with the non-wovens as desired.
She will also assist students with making their own designs and patterns. The aim of the class is to give each
student many exciting ideas to experiment with.
Sample size pieces of the non-wovens she uses and one yard of silk habotai are provided in the
class. Additional materials will be available to purchase if supply allows. There will be a materials fee of
approximately $20 per person.
November 6, 2017, 7 pm, Bentley University, lecture: Amy Friend www.duringquiettime.com
Improvisational Paper Piecing
This approximately one hour long trunk show is based on a new design approach that Amy presents in her
second book, Improv Paper Piecing: A Modern Approach to Quilt Design. She illustrates through her quilts,
how her approach to paper pieced design is used to create unique, modern quilts.
January 6 and 7, 2018, 9:00 – 4:00 each day at Bentley, $75 members – two one-day workshops. Signups for
the workshop will begin in September 2017.
Improvisational Paper Piecing workshop with Amy Friend
This workshop is based on one of the three design approaches that Amy shares in my second book, Improv
Paper Piecing: A Modern Approach to Quilt Design. This class is technique and design based, all about
approaching your paper pieced block designs improvisationally. You will design and sew your own block and
work on a quilt layout using alternate grid work, negative space and other elements of modern design.
January 8, 2018, 7 pm, Bentley University – program tba
February 12, 2017, 7 pm, Bentley University
Annual QC Show and Tell
March 12, 2018, 7 pm, Bentley University – program tba
April 23, 2018, 7 pm, Bentley University – program tba
May 14, 2018, 7 pm, Bentley University – QC election of officers and program tba
Quilters’ Connection Workshop Sign up
Maria Shell Workshop Sign-up Form ($75 for members):
Name:
Email:
Phone:
Saturday Only, September 9th, 2017
Sunday Only, September 10th, 2017
No Preference (Either Saturday or Sunday)
QC Friends you’d like to attend with:
Make check payable to: Quilters’ Connection
Check #
I have renewed my membership with Quilters Connection for 2017-18
Mail form with check to:
Sandy Gregg, 16 Watson St., Cambridge, MA 02139-4050
Quilters’ Connection Workshop Sign up
Betty Busby Workshop Sign-up Form ($150 for members):
Two day workshop at the Watertown Boys and Girls Club - October 14-15 - Multi-media Fiber
For several years Betty Busby been exploring the use of various non-woven materials in her fiber art. They have been a
wonderful addition to traditional fabrics, extending the range of expression that can be achieved.
The class will include samples of different types of non woven materials, ways to produce images with them, and
methods to incorporate them to extend the range of expression that can be achieved with traditional fabrics. In
addition, she has developed new ways of painting fabrics. Students will make samples using her methods and materials,
and combine them with the non-wovens as desired.
She will also assist students with making their own designs and patterns. The aim of the class is to give each student
many exciting ideas to experiment with.
Sample size pieces of the non-wovens she uses and one yard of silk habotai are provided in the class. Additional
materials will be available to purchase if supply allows. There will be a materials fee of approximately $20 per person.
Name:
Email: _______________________________________ Phone: _____________________________________
QC Friends you’d like to attend with:
Make check payable to: Quilters’ Connection
Check #
I have renewed my membership with Quilters Connection for 2017-18
Mail form with check to:
Sandy Gregg, 16 Watson St., Cambridge, MA 02139-4050
Let’s Get the Word Out on Facebook
Attention all QC members, don’t forget that we are now promoting the Quilt Show on Facebook. Please check
the QC page regularly to see updates…and make sure you “like” and share them with your friends, and ask your
friends to share the posts with their friends. It’s a great way to get the word out.
And speaking of updates, this is a great opportunity for you to tell everyone what you’re working on. Are you in
the process of making a quilt for the quilt show? Did you finish a quilt or make a quilt using a method taught
through a QC class? We would love to hear about it and see it.
Or maybe you have some thoughts about previous shows that would pique the interest of others and make them
excited about coming to our 40th Red Ruby celebration. Let us know.
I’m sure you all have some great information you would like to share with the QC community as well as other quilters.
You can post things directly to the QC Facebook page using the direct link:
https://www.facebook.com/quilterconnection/
If you’re not sure how to post something to Facebook, feel free to email your information to
[email protected] and I would be happy to do that for you.
Let’s get the word out!
Thanks for your support.
Lauren Langevin
Show Publicity Chair
Membership
There’s No Time Like the Present
Calling all QC members – it’s time to renew your membership! If you haven’t done so already, we encourage
you to renew now. The membership form is available online on our website.
You can also bring the form and your check/cash for $45.00 to the May 8th meeting at Bentley. Membership
forms will also be available at the meeting. Avoid the hassle of renewing at the first monthly meeting
September 11th. Please invite another quilter or fiber artist to join Quilters’ Connection to take advantage of the
exciting programs and workshops scheduled for the new season.
Mary Gillis and Ellen Ackerman, Co-Chairs of Membership for the last two years want to thank you for your
support and let you know we enjoyed meeting you! Thank you for participating (and donating items) in our
monthly raffle baskets, not only was it a lot of fun, but provided additional revenue for our programs.
“You haven’t had enough coffee until you can thread a sewing machine while it’s running.”
See you at the quilt show!
Ellen Ackerman and Mary Gillis
Quilters’ Connection 2017 - 2018 Membership Form
Name: _______________________________________________(as
will appear on membership ID)
(Please underline the surname under which you should be alphabetized in booklet)
Address: _______________________________________________________________
City: ___________________________________ State: _______ Zip: ___________
Telephone:____________________________________□ Do not print in membership booklet
Email:_______________________________________
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Do not print in membership booklet
Regular: All Meetings, exhibit in show, take workshops, Quiltations by email $45
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Late fee, charged for renewals postmarked after July 31, 2017 5
Payment enclosed □ Cash
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Check # ______________ $_______
This membership is □ Renewal □ New
Please volunteer for one or more of the following positions or
committees:
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New Members’ Reception
Communications (Yahoo, QC Website)
Publicity
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Newsletter
Nominations
Get-Away Weekend
Holiday Boutique
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Quilt Show
Raffle Quilt
Meetings (Adopt-a-Fabric)
Membership
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Caring
Winter Free Workshop
Your Special Talents _________________________________________________
Membership is from September 1 to August 31.
Return completed forms with payment so they are received by May 31 to:
Mary Gillis 12 Upton St. Boston, Ma 02118
Quilters' Connection and Fabric Place Basement Quilt Project
We accepted an invitation from Fabric Place Basement to design and make a quilt that is approximately 84” x
115”to display in the Natick store lobby for nearly a full year. The fabric is exclusively from the Robert Allen
Nautica collection. Quilters' Connection will benefit greatly from the exposure and perhaps entice more
members to join. The quilt is ours at the end of the display to raffle off, with proceeds to benefit Quilters'
Connection and its programs.
QC members Ellen Ackerman, Lauren Langevin and G Wong initiated this exciting project and are coordinating
efforts to complete the quilt by July 15th. G cataloged all the fabric samples. Lauren designed a beautiful
pattern to use with instructions for the block. We’d like to get as many QC members involved with the making
of the quilt as possible. A "cutting" party is planned to cut and assemble "kits" for QC members to take home
and make blocks for the quilt. These kits, which will include easy to follow instruction, will be distributed at
the May meeting. Completed blocks will be collected at the Quilt Show in June. After receipt of all the blocks,
a team will assemble all the blocks together and add the border and binding. Final decorative quilting will be
done by Norma Biggins with her long arm.
We will be documenting this project every step of the way to tell a story that will be featured in the Fabric Place
Basement newsletter and Quiltations. This is a wonderful opportunity for Quilters' Connection and we are very
grateful for the support of Fabric Place Basement!
Thank you for your help in creating a quilt we can all be proud of which will be displayed for thousands
of people to view and enjoy throughout the coming year.
Blocks will be available for pick up in our May 8th meeting. We will be collecting the finished blocks at the
quilt show on June 10th + 11th in the member’s room.
Block Instructions
1. From the large square fabric (8” square), cut the square on the diagonal to make 2 half-square triangles.
2. Take the 14” x 1 ½” strip and sew the strip between the 2 long sides of the half square triangles. Make sure
that the center strip is centered between both triangles. (Hint: Mark the center of the triangles [the long side] and
the center of the 14” piece. Then pin where the center meet before sewing the pieces together to ensure the
blocks end up correctly.)
3. Trim this square to 8 ¼” x 8 ¼”.
4. Take the two 8 ¼” x 1 ½” strips and sew to the top and bottom of the block.
5. Take the two 10 ¼” x 1 ½” strips and sew to the left and right of the block.
6. The finish size of the block is 10 ¼”
If you have questions – please feel free to contact Ellen
Ackerman, Lauren Langevin, or G. Wong
([email protected]). You can locate our
email addresses in the membership booklet.
Step by Step Instructions for Fabric Place Basement Quilt Project Blocks
In your kit, you will receive
1 - 8” square
1 – 14” x 1 ½” strip
2 – 8 ¼” x 1 ½” strip
2 – 10 ¼” x 1 ½” strip
From the large square fabric (8” square), cut the square
on the diagonal to make 2 half-square triangles.
Mark the center of the 14” x 1 ½” strip
Fold and crease the two triangle pieces into half and
locate the center and mark the center.
Pin the 14” x 1 ½” strip onto one of the triangle pieces,
using your marked lines as guidance.
Then do the same with the other triangle.
Trim the square to 8 ¼” x 8 ¼”
Take the two 8 ¼” x 1 ½” strips and sew to the top and bottom of the
block.
Take the two 10 ¼” x 1 ½” strips and sew to the left and right of the
block.
The finish size of the block is 10 ¼”
Upcoming Quilt Shows and Other Quilt Related Events
Houston International Quilt Show News!!
RoseMary Koch is organizing a group to go to the
Houston International Quilt Show in November 1-5, 2017.
If you are interested, sign up the clipboard at the meeting
in March and she will email you the details. It is a
wonderful event and there are already 16 people signed
up and confirmed to go.
RoseMary
A Quilters Garden Studio will be sponsoring a viewer’s choice prize awarded to one lucky quilter who
will receive package of May Walter’s hand-dyed fabrics.
The Brush Gallery Call for Entries: Quilters Show us your Threads! Celebrate the fashion and
imagination of the iconic little black dress. Your entry could be where you wore your little black dress, where
you would like to wear your little black dress, what adventures await wearing your little black dress or what
fabrics your little black dress was made of! $200 cash prize for Best of Show entry . for full prospectus and
entry form visit www.thebrush.org and view calls for entry.
Northern Star Quilters’ Guild Presents May 6-7, 2017
A World of Quilts XXXVIII- 38th Annual Quilt Show
O’Neill Center – Western CT State University
West Side Campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension
Danbury, CT 06811 Featured Guest Lecturer: Mary Fons
[email protected]
Quilters’ Connection Quilt Show – Celebrating 40 Years
Quilt Show Set-Up – Friday, June 9th
Keynote Lecture – Friday Evening, June 9th
Quilt Show Runs Saturday -Sunday June 10-11, 2017
Bentley University, Waltham, MA
Watch for details: www.quiltersconnection.org
Material Girls Quilt Guild
Leominster, MA
20 Bountiful Years Quilt Show
Friday, June 23 and Saturday, June 24
Vermont Quilt Festival
June 23-25, 2017
Essex Junction, VT