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PRESID ENT’ S M ESSAGE
Merrimack Valley Quilting Guild
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2009/10
President:
Andrea Bursaw
Vice President
Sue Molin
Secretary:
Karen Parent
Treasurer AP:
Mary Ginn
Treasurer AR:
Lyn Grenier
Celebrating 30 years of encouraging the art of quilting in the Merrimack Valley. MVQ was established in 1980.
To reach any committee,
please address correspon-
dence to
MVQ Guild
PO Box 1435
Haverhill. MA 01831
Newsletter items must be
in to me by the 1st of
each month:
June 2010
JUNE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
WINDING DOWN, WINDING UP
“Are you ready for this to be over?,” goes the question. I’m
sure every one of the guild officers who has carried responsibility is
able to field this question. It’s akin to a year-long process of prepar-
ing for a wedding --- the conclusion to all the efforts brings a sense
of relief and satisfaction in spending time for something you believe
in. There’s some accomplishment in going the distance.
This distance couldn’t have been traveled without the help of
so many dedicated guild members, some of whom volunteered even
before being asked, and for the adventurous ones who said yes in an-
swer to my recruitment call. I am very proud to have been part of
this year’s roster. I am extremely thankful to everyone who helped
the guild (and covered my back.)
Officers and chairs are asked their goals at the beginning, and
I’m ready to fill in the blank for July: budget at least twenty minutes
a day to quilt, initiate an email diet of less than ten minutes a day,
participate in a bee for the “coastal contingent”, and finally get some-
one who has never visited the quilt museum to ride down with me!
Have a wonderful summer: quilt as though you
have the time, take a non-quilter to a show, show
someone your work…….and play for all your worth.
Andrea
June 17th
Debbie Wendt – Egyptian Tentmaker Appliqué
MVQ COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Merrimack Valley Quilting Guild Page 2
Anniversary Gail Wozniak & friends
Block Exchange
Blog Cathy Harnish, Pat Lucey,
Shirley Reid, Carol Sullivan
Historian Carol Majahad
Hospitality Jeanne Elliott
Library Liason Deb Zukas
Membership Terry Gelinas, Ginny Platt,
Jerusha Ryan
Monthly Fabric Lottery Marianne Nowacki, Gail
Seeley
Museum Rep Rosemary Bray
Mystery Bus Trip Gail Wozniak
Mew member Greeter Kathy Pearce
Newsletter Pat Lucey
Program 09/10 C. Harnish,J. Hillner, S Kalleel
M Kilcoyne
Program 10/11 Terry Gelinas, Nancy Dempsey
Publicity Angie Cyr
Quilt Show Marianne Karp, Bev Valle
Raffle Quilt 09/10 Suzi Calderwood, Mary Jo Ray
Raffle Quilt 10/11 Ildi Tary
Scrapbee Exchange Maggie Judd
Sunshine Doris Bennett
Ufo Auction Signe Kalleel Carrie Zizza
Vendors Bev Valle
New England Quilt Museum
18 Shattuck Street
Lowell, MA 01857
Phone: 978-452-4207
www.nequiltmuseum.org
The Current Exhibit at the Mu-
seum is
Women Writes (May 13,2010-
July 11, 2010)
Upcoming Lectures for this exhibit are:
June 16 Lecture by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich at 1pm
Brown Bag Luncheon 1st Thurs 12:30pm-1:30 pm
June 3 All I knoow about quilting I learned from Sally
Palmer Field
Book Club 3rd Thurs.12:30 pm-1:30 pm
June 17 Remember Me by Linda Otto Lipsett
Please join us at the museum
Rosemary
SUNSHINE LADY!
Please be sure to contact me,
Doris Bennett, if you know of someone in
our guild who could use some get well
wishes, condolences, thinking of you or any
other expressions of care and con-
cern. I’m very happy to share our prayers
and good wishes to any member in need of
them.
Page 3
Next year we will be celebrating women, their lives and quilts.
Judging will be by a certified judge and members may enter
only one of their quilts to go through the judging process. You
will have written feedback on the judging.
Members can still enter as many quilts as they wish. We are encouraging EVERY MEMBER to think about putting
one quilt in– BEGINNERS especially![ We all had to start
someplace!] This past year only 60 members exhibited and we
had over 100 quilts in the show.
Mary Ginn and Pat Lucey– Co-chairs
PUBLICITY: Jan Taylor and Angie Cyr did a terrific job publicizing our
show– we increased our attendance by over 200.
THIS JOB/JOBS is open for 2011.
We need Publicity for newspapers, quilt shops, shows etc
and we also need someone to handle the ads in the booklet.
Let us know if this is something you can take on– Jan left
wonderful notes!
Dates:
April 29 and 30th at Timberlane
MVQ GENERAL MEETING MINUTES – May 20, 2010
Karen Parent, Secretary is on vacation!
Will return shortly.
A few copies of the minutes will be available on the back table at the
June meeting.
President; Beth Wood
Vice President: Gail D’Arrigo
Secretary: Carol Sullivan
Treasurers: Lyn Grenier, Ginny Platt
If you did not pass in the
survey from the last
meeting, bring it in June
and leave it on the back
Table.
Newsletters by Mail
Available to only those who do not have
access to a computer
The guild is trying to go green
Mailing is work intensive for the editor as
we no longer use a print shop and she prints
them out on her home computer
Cost is $10 for the year [covers stamps and
paper and toner]
Please give 12 mailing stickers and $10 to
Pat Lucey
Thanks for your consideration! Pat
Thanks to Terry Gelinas and Nancy Gelinas for putting this program together!
Month Lecture Workshop
Sept 16 Bonnie McCaffrey
Fantastic Fibers
9/18
Twisted Branches
October 21 Nancy Halpern
Northern Comfort
10/23
Japanese Puzzle
Dec 9 Holday
Celebration
January 20 Journeys:
The stories of three
MVQ Quilters
1/22TBD
February 17 UFO Auction 2/19
TBD
March 17 Demonstrations-
Nine tables of different
techniques
3/19
Quilt Show Favors
April 21 Stephanie Hatch
Antique Quilts
4/21
TBD
May 19 Faye Labanaris
The Great Baltimore
Revival
5/21
New England Album
Wreath
June 16 Karen Eckmeier
Happy and Accidental
Landscapes
6/17 Accidental Land-
scapes/Seascapes
6/18 Let’s Make Waves
Free Advertizing We have many talented business people in our guild and shops that we frequent.
We are starting free advertizing for these businesses online as soon as we develop the information.
Please give Pat Lucey any information that might be relevant.
Jeanne Elliott [email protected]
Beginning Tole Painting
Beginning quilting
Professional quilting of your quilts!
The Bead Lady Vendor
from Plaistow invites
all members to sign up
for her monthly
newsletter:
Go to her website:
http://
www.miafelicita.com
La Mia Fe-
licita
2010-2011
Bring to June Meeting. Or September meeting.
2010
Next Meeting: June 17th Holy Angels Hall, Plaistow.
Debbie Wendt Egyptian Tent Maker– Appliqué
Check List:
Name Tag
Show and Tell
$ for raffle
Refreshments [if it
is your turn!]
$ for membership
Refreshments: anyone
MVQ is Good
Going on Publicity
Facebook! For our
Show!
The vendor for the June 17th meeting will be Carole Whitney, from Apple Tree Fabrics in Hillsborough, NH. Her phone is 603-464-5510 and her email is [email protected] Please support our monthly vendor by planning your projects and purchasing what you need at the meeting! Thank you.
