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Kootenay Quilters Guild January Newsletter
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KOOTENAY QUILTERS DAY GUILD
January 2016 Newsletter UPCOMING
Feb 4 Chat N Sew Feathered Star Bring your blue and white fabrics, cutters and machines to get cracking on your draw block for June. Sharon Drew will also hand out block kits for New Years Baby quilts. Feb 11 Kootenay Art Quilters do Zentangle quilting (free-motion doodling). Challenge word: FOREST Feb 18 Day guild meeting Mar 3 Chat N Sew New Years Baby Quilts Assemble quilt blocks into tops, sandwiches etc. April 7 Chat N Sew Touchy Feely for patients with Alzheimers. Bring 6-7 tactile blocks (textured fabric or surface e.g. faux fur, buttons, zipper, pocket, bow, etc.) to assemble into aprons. May 6-8 Colour in Motion Victoria Quilters Guild [email protected] June 1-2 Coreen Zerr 2-day thread painting and surface embellishment workshop in Nelson June 10-11 All Aboard of the Quilting Express Cariboo Calico Quilters Guild [email protected] June 16 Deadline for Feathered Star draw block and New Zealand block project
June 15-18 CQA Quilt Canada at the Toronto International Centre www.canadianquilter.com/events/quilt-canada-2016.php
THE GIFT OF GIVING
Many people have worked very hard to make a difference by giving to several charities.
Kootenay Lake Hospital Gift Shop
Rose Johnson
donates the 500th baby quilt. Heather Myers Darlene Hearn Norma Vecchio
Transition House
Thank you Jude for making it another successful year.
Quilts of Valour
With thanks to all those who contributed, in particular, to
Rosemary who got the ball rolling and to Elsie who brought it
to completion.
THE EVENING NEWS
Happy New Year to all you quilters and your families!
The Kootenay Quilters Evening Group is now 30 years old. We
started in October 1985 at Karen Makievs home with Irene
Evanoff, Judy Burley, Lori Johnson, Denise Crowley, Norma
Vecchio, and myself, Lorraine McGregor. Im sure there are
more, but you know what 30 years can do to ones memory.
Onto the present now. We had a lovely time at the annual
retreat at Lemon Creek Lodge in October. Many quilts were
begun, some finished and a good time was had by all.
We all enjoyed the wonderful Quilt Show. Congratulations and
many accolades to the women who put it all together.
Some thoughts in my head
When I was much younger a quilter told me that quilting wasnt
rocket science, it was a piece of cake. Really? Sew a sample
inch seams are perfect, corners meet, seams lie flat and there
are no ripples or ridges. Start on your project, measure,
measure, measure, cut and sew is this where the gremlins get
their jollies? Corners dont always line up, seams dont lie flat,
the block measures 9 X 9 5/8 how did that happen? A
piece of cake eh? I dont think so.
Speaking of cake I know what a Jelly Roll is, but what is a
Layer Cake? I think it is 10 squares of a fabric line, no doubt
dreamed up by a fabric designer and a marketing genius to sell
more fabric. Whats next? Dinner rolls in white through tan?
Fruit salad? Holiday feasts? You notice how these are all food
related?
And now that Christmas has passed and January is upon us we
now have the time to return to serious quilting. No, its not
rocket science but its not all a piece of cake either.
Have fun and well all see you in 2016. Keep Stitchin
- Lorraine McGregor
HAVE YOU GOT BATTING?
The Quilts for Romania group is looking for donations of polyester batting approximately double-bed size (60x80). These can be
given to Lorraine McGregor or Sandy St Denis in night group, or Jo-Anne Niven in day group. Thank you. They are also looking for
volunteer sewers (no quilting experience necessary). If you or any one you know would like to help, feel free to contact Lorraine or
Sandy or drop by Fairview Baptist Church on Fifth St. every Tues 9:00 2:00.
CHRISTMAS PARTY
A big heartfelt thanks to Darlene who once again made our December Potluck fun and fabulous. Thank you to Jude Schmidt and the
Glacier Harmonies for their lovely performance. Who could forget Doreens Flemings hand-quilted applique! Plus, a special mention to
Nellie for if we had a prize for the Best Christmas Sweater, she would have surely won!
APPLIQUE GROUP
The group meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month as Suzie Holmes. Phone 1-250-229-4250 or e-mail: [email protected]
WHATS UP FROM DOWN UNDER
The New Zealand block exchange has happened and we can all agree it was a great experience, but it would not have been possible
without the efforts of Bonnie for the initial organisation and to Elsie for finishing the process.
Many of us have made good use of the fabric from New Zealand that Sheila very generously
donated after we received our lovely squares from the quilting ladies of New Zealand. We
are all looking forward to completing some fabulous projects by June.
Thanks to all of you. THANK YOU SHEILA!
- Leah Gray
Diane is already done!
GETTING TO KNOW
KAREN GUILBAULT is our newest member and new to quilting. She has already made several wonderful projects and finds herself
hooked. Many of you may already be familiar with her work as an artist. Her paintings have been on show in Nelsons annual Art Walk
for over 20 years. She often paints in a series and is currently working on owls with a variety of mixed-media techniques. She enjoys
experimenting and trying new techniques which translates wonderfully into her quilting. Inspired by her friend Helen Blooms beautiful
quilts, she has decided to try her hand at the craft now that she has retired from being a teaching assistant. Karen has made two bed
quilts thus far along with many smaller projects. For her first quilt, she just dove right in with her own improvisational design with a
hand-embroidered panel, pieced borders and free-motion quilting. She loves fabric and it is the beauty of the fabric that makes her
want to quilt. One of her goals for the future is to explore landscape quilts. Karens enthusiasm to try new things and equal conviction
to finish them is inspirational and we look forward to seeing more of her work. Thank you Tuula introducing Karen to guild!
Snowy owl painting Karen and her 2nd quilt detail of fan quilt Karens block print of heron & feather
THE KOOTENAY ART QUILTERS
In November, Emmie Roelofse from Art Foamies in Creston gave a fantastic one-day workshop on painting on fabric and using her
custom foam stamps.
Gloria Barb Laura
In December, they painted with melted wax crayons to create batiks.
Elsie getting ready Glorias glamper Rosemary Karen
January was all about snow, snow dyeing that is. Fabric is placed in a plastic container on a raised rack, snow (or ice) is piled on the
fabric and then the dye is sprinkled on the snow. Watch it melt and the magic will happen.
Rosemary and Laura Coloured snow Heather Jo-Anne
Word Challenges
Heathers Going Rogue Lauras Going Rogue - Lauras Knowledge- Rosemarys Knowledge
Brown is so last season Multi-faceted and gaining
one step at a time
Heathers Black Magic Jo-Annes Knowledge and Black Magic Rosemarys Black Magic