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“Stitching Together Quilts and Friendships”
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Eastern Polk Quilters Guild
WebSite: http://epqg.wordpress.com/ Facebook: Eastern Polk Quilter’s Guild
September 2015 Issue 177
The next guild meeting will be on September 21 at 7:00 pm in the
church Sanctuary with Mark Lipinski
You will be hard pressed to find a more entertaining lecture and enjoyable quilting class than one taken
with international quilt teacher and quilt fabric designer and creator and former Executive Editor
of Quilter's Home magazine, and Executive Editor of Mark Lipinski's Fabric Trends and Mark Lipinski's
Christmas 365 magazines. Mark's no holds barred, brutally honest, riotous talks are half about quilting,
half show & tell, and all stand-up comedy.
Tidbits:
— Mark introduced The Slow Stitching Movement to quilters in June 2014 with a twice record-breaking
webinar, and with that success, expanded the concept of Slow Stitching to knitters, crocheters, and the
needle arts in November 2014.
— Has a series of "DIY quilting videos" available on CraftDaily.com.
— Appeared on Iowa Public Television's Quilts of Valor special hosted by Marianne Fons, along with spe-
cial guests, Eleanor Burns and Alex Anderson.
— Does volunteer work and presents quilts for the national Quilts of Valor Foundation.
— Was recently a featured celebrity guest on the Quilt In A Day webinar series and is featured in the lat-
est Eleanor Burns book, All Star Quilts, featuring Marianne Fons, Nancy Zieman, and Alex Anderson.
http://www.marklipinski.com/
President's Note
Well, school has started and I'm sure all of the parents are a bit relieved. It is also a time to start get
ready for the transition to colder weather and winter activities (notice I didn't mention the holidays!).
The garage sale is still happening on October 31 from 8 - 3pm with a sack sale at 2pm (buy a sack for
$5.00 and fill it with anything). Scrap bags will be $5.00. Bring your donations on Friday, October 30,
to the church room where we meet. You can drop off any sewing related donation at any time. We
will be there off and on during the day on Friday setting up. We will not be advertising, so spread the
word and bring your friends on Saturday. Donation Suggestions include: fabric yardage and scraps,
patterns, books, notions, sewing tools, sewing machines, etc. The proceeds from this garage sale will
go towards our speaker and program fees.
See you there! Julie Brotherson [email protected]
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2015 Raffle Quilt The raffle quilt has been completed for this
year. Thank you to all who contributed to the
completion of this beautiful quilt.
Raffle quilt tickets will be available at the
September guild meeting. Each packet has 30
raffle tickets and a picture of the raffle
quilt. Each year we ask our members to sell
tickets or you may want to purchase them for
yourself. You will be able to turn in money
and pick up additional tickets at our meetings.
There will be someone available at the meet-
ings to collect money, make additional tickets
available, and collect any tickets you do not
sell.
Ticket prices are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00
Thank you for all you can do to help support the Eastern Polk Quilters Guild.
Mark Lipinski
Workshop
This workshop is called Ribbons. The supply list was sent with the newsletter last month. It uses
gentle curves and can be either scrappy or organized with colors. The workshop is September 20th,
from 12:30 to 6:30, and costs $55. Sign up with Warren Larsen.
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EASTERN POLK QUILTERS’ QUILD BOARD
President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Member at Large (2nd term) Member at Large (1st term) Program Chair Program Chair Elect Newsletter Editor
Julie Brotherson Colleen Anderson
Ruth McCoy Linda McGhee
Sheri Olson Diana Weirich
Warren Larsen Paulette Roche
Janet Rice
249-4026 967-3297 967-5933 967-5795 419-0735 289-1189 306-4443 210-5399 223-4874
Board Meetings
The EPQG Board Meetings are
held on the 4th Monday, 6:00
pm, at the Lutheran Church of
the Cross in classroom LC #
17. All members are welcome
to attend.
.
July Financial Statement
Lonnie Parsons
3856 N.W. 92nd Pl.
Polk City, IA. 50226
PH. 515-964-2360
Cell 515-210-7440
Mary Sassman
10959 N.E. 75th St.
Bondurant, IA. 50035
PH. 515-967-4824
Cell 515-321-7348
Nanette Newell
700 W. North St.
P.O. Box 252
Prairie City, Ia 50228
Beginning Check Book Balance (Legacy State-
ment) $12,454.53
Petty Cash On Hand 22.51
Total Beginning Cash $12,477.04
Operating Income Jul-15
Donations 265.00
Guest Fees 16.00
Membership Dues 50.00
$331.00
Operating Expenses
$-
7/31/2015
Beginning Cash 12,477.04
Income $331.00
Expenses -
Ending Cash 12,808.04
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Members at Large Soon the leaves will be turning colors and our gardens will be ready for the fall har-vest., Canning will be done, leaves raked and then it's time to head back to our sewing spaces. Time to start sewing with those glorious fall reds, golds, browns and Halloween fabrics. Please remember to make donation quilts for Mercy Pediatrics Unit, domestic violence cen-ter and the veterans in Pleasant Hill Veterans Home. We will have a community sew day on November 1st in conjunction with Saturday sew. Beefburgers will be served. Come and have lunch with us and work on donation quilts for our various charities. For donation quilts, November will be a double points month towards the gift card drawing in December. Re-member - if you had anything to do with a donation quilt, you are eligible to put your name in our drawing box. As we mentioned at the August meeting, we will be having a contest for our name tags. Be thinking of some creative way to express your personality in a small name tag form. Effec-tive at the January meting, we will only provide name tag stickers for guests and new mem-bers. Remember you must be wearing your name tag to be eligible for door prizes. Enjoy this wonderful fall weather and ladies, start your machines! Sherri Olson and Diana Weirich
Harriet Hargrave Workshop at the church
Yes you can quilt on your domestic machine
October 18th 12:30 -- 7:00
Cost: $40
If you are discouraged about learning to quilt on your home machine, don't believe that you will ever
be able to quilt feathers, or are just tired of having to send everything out to someone else to finish,
come spend the day with Harriet and find out just how doable traditional machine quilting is. This is
not long arm style quilting or free form quilting, but free motion quilting using lines for consistency
and accuracy. You will be able to quilt open feathers by the end of the class. Harriet’s method of
teaching goes beyond spending time scribbling on fabric; you will actually LEARN what is involved
in excellent achieving excellent quilting. Practicing should be a journey of improvement, not monoto-
nous boredom. You will start with grid work without lines, moving into learning to keep your stitches
even and then staying on a line accurately. We end the day quilting open feathers.
The book “Heirloom Machine Quilting” 4th edition by Harriet Hargrave is required for this class. See
Warren Larsen for ordering the book or for registering for the class.
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Sept. Refreshments
Refreshments this month will be provided by the members listed. The member whose name is first in the list each month is the coordinator for the refreshments that month. Please remember the re-sponsibilities of the re-freshment committee each month: 1) Supply the goodies. 2) Supply the paper and
plastic utensils. 3) Clean up after. 4) Take garbage out.
Dumpster is right out-side the back door.
REFRESHMENTS
September Pat Felderman
Julie Young
Sheri Olson
Elaine Anderson
Bev Phillips
Marlee Jennings
Connie Ryan
October Free Motion Quilters Paulette, Sharon, Nicki, Nan, Nancy, Laura, Diana, Norma November “The Bettys”
October 3rd is the next Saturday Sew
Saturday Sews are scheduled the first Saturday of the month.
Starting at 9 am, it is a day to get together and work on a project
of your choice. Everyone is welcome. You do not need to be a
member of the guild to attend. Feel free to invite a guest. Bring
your lunch and join us for a great time.
Sheri Olson at 410-0735 or Diana Weirich at 289-1189
REFRESHMENTS
We still need refreshment volunteers for January and
February of 2016. Please be assured that the refresh-
ments do not have to be elaborate. We very much ap-
preciate all of the delicious foods that have been
served, but we don’t expect every meeting to have
complete meals as refreshments. Some simple bars or
cookies and drinks are quite sufficient. What you
serve is up to you. We want to encourage more peo-
ple to participate in providing refreshments for our
meetings.
2015 PLEASANT HILL FALL RETREAT
When: October 09-10, 2015 Friday 8:00 am to 10:00 pm Saturday 8:00 am to 9:00 pm
Cost: $20
Where: Doanes Park Youth Center 5050 Doanes Park Road Pleasant Hill, Iowa
There are a few spots remaining for this retreat. If you would like to sign up, please contact Rita Prock : 515-263-8890 or email: [email protected].
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2015 Programs and Events
September 5 Saturday Sew, 9am, Lutheran Church of the Cross
September 10-12 Newton Fall Retreat
September 20 Mark Lipinski workshop, 12:30
September 21 Guild Meeting, 7pm, Speaker Mark Lipinski
October 9-10 Pleasant Hill Fall Retreat, Doane’s Park
October 18 Harriet Hargrave workshop, 12:30
October 19 Guild Meeting, 7pm, Speaker Harriet Hargrave
November 7 Saturday Sew, 9am, Lutheran Church of the Cross
November 16 Guild Meeting, 7pm, Joyce Franklin, Quilts and Other Notions
December 5 Saturday Sew, 9am, Lutheran Church of the Cross
December 21 Guild Meeting, 6:30 pm, Potluck, Raffle Quilt drawing, Secret quilter reveal
Many of you submitted items to the Iowa State Fair. Whether or not you won a
ribbon, please share your wonderful entries with us. Email them to
[email protected] or post them on the Facebook page. We want to
recognize all of the talent we have within the guild.
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Gudrun Erla of G.E. Designs Presented by The Quiltmaker’s Shoppe
Saturday, October 3
10:30-11:45 Lecture, Trunk Show and Book Signing $30
12-4 Sewing Workshop $50 includes Stripology 2 book and lunch.
Both sessions $75.
Gudrun is known for her “quilt-as-you-go” patterns making her quilt
projects quick and simple. All of her patterns are geared toward today’s
quilt makers, easy and fast with a modern touch. Join us to see the ways
she has found to do things quicker and using easier methods to make
the quilts look more complicated than they really are!
Manchester United Methodist Church
413 East Butler Street
Manchester, Iowa 52057
Call The Quiltmaker’s Shoppe 563-927-8017 to register today!
OctoberFest Bus Tour, October 17-18 $159 all inclusive trip--visit 8 shops in 3 states in 2 days!
The Bus is Leaving! Don‘t miss it!
We’re heading west to Papillion, NE and south to Cameron, MO with stops at shops in
Western, Central, and Eastern Iowa! Check our website, thequiltmakershoppe.com, for
complete details and make your reservation today by calling The Quiltmaker’s Shoppe,
Manchester, 563-927-8017. Join your quilting friends on this fun trip!
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fabrics, patterns, books, notions, gifts, lots of shop Samples, fun and interesting demos and a friend-
ly, knowledgeable staff.
Just 15 miles west of Des Moines where
US Highways 169 and 6 intersect.
Visit our new website for a map and to learn all about us.
Be sure to check out the events calendar!
adelquilting.com
The little quilt shop on the prairie,
909 Prairie Street in Adel IA 50003
New Store address: 5360 NE 14
th St Suite A
Des Moines Iowa 50313
New Store hours: Mon – Fri. 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Thurs till 7:00
Saturday 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM New Phone 515 777-3500
Email [email protected] Visit us at www.Woodsidequilting.com for more information
We are now the Innova Long Arm dealer for the state of Iowa.
Stop in and see what the Innova Long Arm machines have to offer you.
We also provide long arm quilting services including edge to edge and custom quilting
on our computerized or hand guided Innova Long Arm machines.
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Come visit us in our new location and see what great things
Woodside Quilting is bringing to central Iowa quilters!
Brooklyn Fabric Company
Quilt Store Quality-Outlet Prices
PO Box 30
116 Jackson Street
Brooklyn, Iowa 52211
Brooklynfabric.com
641-522-4766
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BERNINA Sewing Center 325 5th Street West Des Moines, IA 50265 515.255.1010
IowaQuiltBlock.com
Store Hours: Mon – Sat 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Thurs 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. Sunday 1 – 4 p.m.
Quilter’s Cupboard 706 SW 3rd Street
Ankeny, Iowa 50023
515-963-8758
Central Iowa’s Favorite Quilting Store Quilter’s Cupboard is your go-to Iowa quilt store for all your quilting
needs. Our friendly quilt shop staff is available to answer your
questions and help pick fabrics for any quilting project.
Don’t see what you are looking for? Just ask.
We’d love to try to find it for you.
We are located in Uptown Ankeny, Iowa, just minutes from
Downtown Des Moines, in a charming blue house that provides
a cozy atmosphere which is sure to inspire you.
Store Hours:
Mon.-Sat. 10:00-5:30
Thursday 10:00-7:00
Sunday Noon-4:00
Don’t forget to visit “Knitting Next Door”… right next door
110 East Main Street * Manchester, IA 52057
Let us bring out the quiltmaker in you!
Mon-Fri 9-5 Kathy Wilgenbusch
Thurs. 9-6 563-927-8017
Sat. 9-4 www.thequiltmakershoppe.com
www.crazyredheadquilting.com
Laura Jochems
641-787-9122
814 1st Ave. E. Hours
Newton, IA 50208 Tues. –Fri.: 10:00am-5:00pm
[email protected] Sat.: 10:00am - 3:00pm
505 Cedar St.
Tipton, IA 52772
Phone: (563) 886-1600
Mon,Tues,Fri 9-6 Wed 9-4 Thurs 9-7 Sat 10-4
For a list of classes see our website:
www.thefabricstasher.com Long Arm Services with In-
telIiquiIter at competitive prices
Large selection of Fabrics, Books,Pattems, Notions, Yam,
Embroidery Supplies and much more
Do you know someone who is ill, grieving,
or needs encouragement? Marlee Jennings
has volunteered to take on this responsibil-
ity. She will see that our members and their
families in need hear from us and know
that they have our loving thoughts and
prayers. Her home number is 986-5232 or
her cell is 314-2494.
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FIRST CLASS
Meeting Agenda
September 21, 2015 7:00 pm
Welcome
Announcements
Birthdays
Show and Tell
Mark Lipinski
Lutheran Church of the Cross
1701 8th Street SW Altoona IA
Bring a friend!
Eastern Polk Quilters Guild P. O. Box 491
Altoona, IA 50009
Moved? Incorrect address or phone?
Please email changes to Janet Rice at
or call 515-223-4874.
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