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September 2017 Newsletter
Message from our President
Welcome to a new year, our 26th year as Stitches from the Heart Quilters’ Guild. I hope everyone has had a good summer and managed to get in a bit of sewing. If you have, don’t forget to bring your work to our meeting for Show and Share! We are looking forward to another exciting year with great speakers, workshops, Comfort Quilts, and maybe even a Quilt Show, to name a few of our activities.
I look forward to serving as your President for the next year. My goal is that we have fun participating in guild activities, I hope you will join me. Remember we are a volunteer organization and with that said we are still looking for a Quilt Show Chair. Please make sure you do your part when asked to help this Guild to continue to be a wonderful part of our community.
I am looking forward to seeing everyone on September 25st. There will be goodies to eat, friends to catch up with, new people to meet and maybe even a few quilts to look at. Let’s have a great meeting and another great year.
Nadene House President 2017-2018
Next Meeting: Monday, September 25th at 7:00 PM
Tentative Guild Meeting Dates for 2017: Sept. 25th Oct. 30th Nov. 27th Dec. 18th
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Dessert Table
The September meeting’s delicious
goodies will be supplied by those
members whose last names begin with
P, Q, R, S, and T.
October’s treats will be supplied by
those members whose last names begin
with U, V, W, X, Y and Z.
Purpose: To provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and knowledge; to provide education for all interested quilters.
Est. March 1995
General Meetings
Where: Senior Centre Drop-In Address: 619 Bay Street, SSM When: Last Monday of the month Time: 7:00 pm
Yearly Membership Dues: $25.00
Please bring to the next meeting:
Any outstanding library books
Completed Membership Form
Cash or Cheque for Membership Dues
Show and Share items
Coffee mug /tea cup
Name Tag
Completed Comfort Quilts
Cash or Cheques for Workshops
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Workshops
Sat. Oct. 21 Curved Piecing without Pins Workshop with Jan Glew
Do you avoid patterns that have curved blocks like the drunkard's path? Attend this workshop and simplify your curved piecing. You can learn to sew curves easily, without pins or special stuff.
Sewing curves can be fun. There are so many patterns that use this block. What you make with this technique is up to you. Sample table runners and placemats will be shown.
We will be at the Moose Family Centre, 543 Trunk Road in the small meeting room.
Workshop will be 10-4 pm and we will have access to the room 9:30 - 4:30.
Bring your lunch, coffee, pop and water are available to purchase.
November Workshop - Ricky Tims Techniques in Action
Did you fall in love with the Convergence Quilts. Maybe the Rhapsody Quilt is more your style. Are you impressed by the intricate results of the Kool Kaleidoscope Quilt? Are you anxious about trying one of his techniques?
Bring your patterns, books or syllabus and come work with other like minded guild members. Help each other follow the patterns and lessons that you have. (The guild library has books too.)
Date and details will be available at the guild meeting.
Learn, participate, enjoy and socialize. What a great way to spend a day!
Bee Groups, Comfort Quilts, Workshops
Applique Club Wednesday, September 6, 2017 was our first meeting. We had a large turn out. Everyone's projects are coming along beautifully. We meet again October 4th. upstairs at Rome’s from 10:00 to 3:00. Bring your projects and some show and share. We have the cutest wool applique piece for everyone to try. Donations of wool felt have been provided. You just bring some embroidery floss from your stash. We are continuing with the Barter Basket this year. Janet Johnson was the lucky winner this month. We will be instructed on embellishing in the coming months. Ruler Education is always fun and we will continue with this instruction. Looking forward to seeing everyone!
Comfort Quilts Comfort Quilts is a very active group of ladies within our guild. This important charity work is allotted a budget to purchase supplies. We are always open to donations of clean, odour free cotton fabric to add to the quilts. So the next time you are looking to re home fabric from your stash please think of us.
Rome’s donates a large working space the second Wednesday of each month so we can meet as a group to work/play on these quilts. These quilts are given as a "hug" to recipients meeting the criteria, from our quilting community. If you would like to join us, our next sew day is Wednesday, October 11, at 10am, Upstairs at Romes.
At our September sew day we had 28 ladies join in for a fun filled day. We even celebrated a special milestone birthday!
19 completed quilted quilts were also handed in that day. Not sure but I'm thinking that must be a record ! These ladies were busy over the summer. Your dedication is appreciated!
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Guild Executive Sept 2017/2018 President - Nadene House [email protected] Vice President - Alice Marshall [email protected] Treasurer- Donna Sanderson [email protected]
Secretary- Jennifer Freiberger [email protected]
Past President - Penny Lemay Roberts [email protected] Comfort Quilts- Susan Kainula [email protected] Workshops- Elaine Oliana/Sandie Hrycyk [email protected] Library - Kathy McColeman [email protected] Membership - Marilyn Whitfield [email protected] Newsletter - Joan Davis [email protected] Special Programs - Nicole Tull [email protected]
Committee Chairs Sept 2017/2018 Website - Nicole Tull Sunshine Lady - Alice Marshall Quilter of the Month - Alice Marshall Monthly Quilt Challenge - Elaine Oliana [email protected] Hostess - Marilyn Maki [email protected] Programs - Nancy Sachro [email protected] Quilt Show Chairperson(s) - to be determined
Our Sunshine Lady
If you hear of an occasion or event when a Guild member may need a reminder of our care and concern for each other please e-mail or call Alice with a request for a card.
(705)256-5130 - leave a message please .
Membership
Welcome to our new members! We are glad you have joined us.
Welcome back to those members who have re joined us - we missed you!
Good Things to Know
Cathy Norris’s Ribbon Winning Quilt displayed at Quilt Canada!!!!
Read a great article here about the quilt made from actual Confederation ball gowns.
Visit this site to see pictures of the national juried show winners of 2017
Not quilt related but very interesting—here is a link to an article on the hand embroiderer for the Game of Thrones series’ costumes—breath taking work!
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Pattern of the Month
Tip of the Month
This video shows a great way to join binding ends without using a ruler! I plan to use this tip a LOT!
Looking for Something?
If there is a particular item you need a free pattern for , or a technique you would like to learn more about, please email Joan Davis at:
There is no Quilter of the Month for September
Recipe of the Month: Layered Chocolate Caramel Candy Ingredients
Directions Line a 13 x 9-inch baking pan with foil; grease foil with butter. FOR CHOCOLATE LAYER: Heat 1 cup milk chocolate morsels, 1/4 cup butterscotch morsels and 1/4 cup peanut butter in small saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently, until melted. Spread chocolate mixture over bottom of prepared baking pan; cover. Refrigerate for 20 minutes or until set. FOR MARSHMALLOW LAYER: Melt butter in heavy-duty saucepan over medium heat. Add sugar and evaporated milk; heat to a boil. Cook, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved. Reduce heat until mixture comes just to a boil. Heat for 5 minutes (do not stir); remove from heat. Stir in marshmallow creme, 1/4 cup peanut butter and vanilla extract. Stir in peanuts. Carefully spoon marshmallow layer over chocolate layer; cover. Refrigerate for 20 minutes or until set. FOR CARAMEL LAYER: Heat caramels and cream in medium saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently, until caramels are melted and mixture is smooth. Spread caramel mixture over marshmallow layer; cover. Refrigerate for 15 to 30 minutes or until set. FOR TOPPING: Heat remaining morsels and remaining peanut butter in small saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently, until mixture is smooth. Spread over caramel layer. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight. Usefoil to lift candy from baking pan; remove foil. Cut into 1-inch pieces. Store in airtight container in refrigerator for up to 1 week.
CHOCOLATE LAYER: 1 3/4 cups (11.5-oz. pkg.) chocolate chips 1/2 cup butterscotch chips 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter, divided
MARSHMALLOW LAYER: 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter 1 cup granulated sugar 1/4 cup Evaporated Milk 1 jar (7 oz.) marshmallow creme 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups lightly salted peanuts, coarsely chopped
CARAMEL LAYER: 1 pkg. (14 oz.) vanilla caramels 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
Appliqued Leaf Table Mat
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Meet Your 2017– 2018 Guild Executive
This Month We Get to Know Our New Vice President Alice Marshall
SFTH: What is / was your profession? Alice: Sales
SFTH: What inspired you to quilt? Alice: My Friends – they made things I liked and I wanted to make them too.
SFTH: How long have you been quilting? Alice: 5 yrs
SFTH: Have you held any other volunteer positions with the Guild? Alice: I volunteered for our last quilt show as committee chair of the Members Market
SFTH: What is your favourite style of quilt? Alice: Pieced
SFTH: What is your favourite way to quilt your quilts? Alice: by machine
SFTH: Modern or traditional? Alice: traditional
SFTH: What is your least favourite quilting style / method? Alice: I dislike oversizing a block component and then trimming to size.
SFTH: How many UFO’s or is it a secret? Alice: 5 – 10 – 15, I can’t remember!
SFTH: Do you have a stash or go project by project? Alice: a stash
SFTH: Do you have any other hobbies/crafts you enjoy? Alice: embroidery, cross stitch, Bunka, knitting
SFTH: Any pets? Alice: not at this time
SFTH: Are you a sewing machine collector? What do you drive, and your opinion please. Alice: Not a collector. I have a Husqvarna Rose, and have a small mechanical Kenmore I use for taking to classes and comfort quilts. SFTH: Who are your favourite quilters?
Alice: I like lots of patterns and designs but don’t pay attention to who has designed them. I do like what I have seen from Bonnie Hunter.
SFTH: Do you have a favourite fabric designer or fabric style/colour? Alice: Batiks. Love batiks. Alice has also successfully tried her hand at applique and paper piecing, although she admits she likes just plain piecing best of all. She is a member of the applique club, as well as comfort quilts. She is also an active member of Keeping the Piece Quilt Guild in Sault Michigan. This year she joins us for the first time as a member of our Guild Executive.
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S easonal Projects
Autumn is arriving, Thanksgiving and Halloween are fast approaching and Christmas is not far behind them! You will find some great free Thanksgiving projects on this site and here are a few Halloween quilts you can get a head start on. Try some apple themed projects for fall.
Below are some autumn items you may enjoy making….
Apple Crisp Quilt
Pumpkin Patch Topper
Embroidered Leaf
Fall Leaves Pillow
Large Maple Leaf Throw
The St. Joseph Island Quilt Show & Sale had over 400 visitors come thru the door over the 3 days from 10 - 4 PM
on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 4, 5 & 6. From large to small each of the 105 quilts displayed were unique, creative and notable.
Faye Anderson won the Viewer’s Choice with her “Framed Flowers” quilt. Faye is a long time quilter and even had quilts in our first show 29 years ago. She also won a quilt show challenge a few years back. Second place was “Nestled at the Lodge” owned by Judith Beduhn and machine quilted by Shawna Deplonty of Aba Daba Quilts & Long Arm Quilting. This quilt was a special gift for her husband. Third place was“ Nogard a.k.a. Noggy” by Nancy Sachro.
Carey Sauve of the Sault won the Whitetail Woods Copper Spoon Gift Pack. The other gift certificates from our generous island businesses follows: Moose Sweats gift certificate won by Linda Smith of Thessalon; Island Market gift certificate won by Bob Allen of Richards Landing and Camille’s Island Cafe gift certificate won by Faye Anderson.
We had several demonstrators over the three days. Riley Broks a 15 year old young entrepreneur who crochets her own creations. Deborah Missere did hand turned appliqué. Anna Hamilton worked on Battenberg Lace techniques. Norah McGuire demonstrated quick and easy quilting blocks from scraps. Carol Sawchyn worked on hand quilting in addition to being a valuable resource answering visitors questions on basic quilting techniques. Janet Johnson demonstrated hand quilting and helped throughout the show, especially in hanging quilts to show them off at their best possible location and colour coordination. Thanks to all these amazing women.
Our Vendors were Life’s A Stitch from Sault Ste. Marie, Creative Basket from Thessalon, Sew Little Time from Cambridge and Black Tulip Designs from Southern Ontario. All benefited from the captive audience our visitors were made up of…which of course were Quilters! Special thanks to Life’s A Stitch for allowing quilts to be dropped off and picked up at their store in the Sault.
Thanks to all the quilters who entered quilts and visited the show. Monies made at the show are divided among the St. Joseph Island Community Quilters, Clover Valley Women’s Institute and the Richards Landing Women’s Institute. Eventually all the money is returned to local organizations through monetary donations and comfort quilts. Next year will be our 30th Anniversary and with everyone’s support we will have the Quilt Show on the August Long Weekend Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 3, 4, & 5, 2018.
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Send your news/tips/requests to [email protected] so we can include it here.
Community Message Board
Shared by Mary Anne Gasparetto: Good morning Quilters; Below is a letter sent to Leslie Whitby, president of CQA/ACC thanking all of us for the quilts we made for Ronald McDonald Homes (2614 quilts by the end of Quilt Canada). Please pass it on to all your quilting friends . If you are like my guild, please send a photo of any of your special quilting events so that I can send them in for our CQA/ACC regional news. Thanks, Lauren MacDonald, Northern Ontario Regional Representative, CQA/ACC:
“Hi Leslie, It’s said that “those who sleep under a quilt, sleep under a blanket of love.” These words ring especially true, when I think of the 2,614 families who will receive one of the beautiful quilts, stitched with passion, love and care, by the generous Quilters’ of the CQA. Thank you! For our families, your incredible gifts represent more than just a quilt. After a long day at the hospital, parents will unwind and curl un-der their warmth, families will snuggle under for story time, and children will be wrapped tight as they leave the Ronald McDonald Houses for home. Your contributions will bring welcome warmth, both physical and emotional, to families of sick children across Canada. And without your vision, hard work and efforts, none of this would be possible – thank you!
Carol shared with us all the wonderful events that took place this past week at the Canadian Quilters Convention, and all the heartfelt feedback she received from everyone she spoke with. I’m sorry I could not have been there in-person, but was certainly there in spir-it! Riddhi has also displayed the quilt you shared with her in our offices, and we are honoured to display it here as a reminder of the tremendous support RMHC and our families are fortunate to be the recipients of. Thank you for raising awareness and championing our mission with your network, volunteers and Quilters this past year. Our hearts are truly full and overwhelmed with appreciation. I know every RMHC House will receive your quilts with love and gratitude. With our heartfelt thanks, Cathy”
PLACEMATS
The gifting of placemats for the clients of the Meals on Wheels program will be an ongoing project this year. Lea, the program director, has been giving each new client a placemat. She tells me they are very surprised and grateful to receive one. Mostly all of the clients use them everyday. These projects are a great way to use a small amount of your stash and work up very quickly. Orphan blocks make great placemats. A good size for a placemat is 12" X 18". l will accept your placemats at any monthly meeting and will deliver them when I make quilt deliveries. Thanking you in advance for your participation,
Susie Kainula You will find links to some free placemat patterns here, here, here, and here. Placemat video here.
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I have 2 bins of denim fabric, some cut into 6 in. squares and some with legs trimmed of seams. Also included are the pockets. These are available for free to whoever is interested. Good for donated quilts and crafts. I can bring these bins to the next meeting. Thanks.....Judy Wheeler.
Community Message Board continued...
From Nancy Sachro: (thanks Nancy, these are hilarious!) Now Seniors have their own texting codes:
* ATD - At the Doctor
* BFF - Best Friends Funeral
* BTW - Bring the Wheelchair
* BYOT - Bring Your Own Teeth
* CBM - Covered by Medicare
* CUATSC - See You at the Senior Center
* DWI - Driving While Incontinent
* FWIW - Forgot Where I Was
* GGPBL - Gotta Go, Pacemaker Battery Low
* GHA - Got Heartburn Again
* HGBM - Had Good Bowel Movement
* LMDO - Laughing My Dentures Out
* LOL - Living on Lipitor
* OMSG - Oh My! Sorry, Gas
* TOT - Texting on Toilet
* WAITT - Who Am I Talking To?
Hope these help. GGLKI
(Gotta Go, Laxative Kicking in!)
Nancy Sachro shares a needle guide with us.
Joan Davis asks: If you have a history of not receiving the monthly newsletter, please read the article here on setting and fixing the Spam Filter from Shaw email. If you have set the filter to automatically delete all spam, you may never receive our newsletter. The better option may be to Label message as Spam and send to Junk so you can sort your mail yourself.
Carol Smith made a beautiful Quilt of Valour— read more about her generous gift here.
Enjoy some free projects from C&T Publishing
Take a moment to enjoy the quilts from the CQA Youth Quilt Challenge of 2017. There are some talented quilters coming up!
Another jigsaw puzzle to enjoy.
Enjoy pictures of some of the quilts from CQA 2017
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Upcoming Events
Don’t forget to check the Monthly Events Calendar!!
Vancouver May 31st. June 1st. and 2nd. 2018 2018 National Juried Show – Call for Entry
Quilter Travel Companion for Michigan
Quilter Travel Companion for Wisconsin
Quilter Travel Companion for Minnesota
What the Fibre Arts Group was up to………MAKING BEADS
Quilt Shops along the Lake Superior Circle Tour Scenic Drive
2018 CQA Trend Tex Fabrics challenge information is available here!
Kelly Cline workshop in Mindemoya October 19th and 20th - there may be a spot or two left. Contact Melissa for more information.
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A quilter’s jigsaw puzzle for you here. Another here.
Joanne Gray’s Miniature Quilt goes to Paducah!
On March 8, 2017 I was able to cross one thing off my bucket list. Andrea Ray, the Con-test Coordinator for the Spring Paducah show, sent me a congratulatory e:mail and a press release announcing “Local Quilter Semifinalist in International Quilt Show”. I was at work when I got the e:mail and my male co-workers weren’t sure what to think about the scene I was making doing the “happy dance” in my cubicle!!
The quilt, PYTHAGORAS' PETITE PENTAGONS, was selected along with 403 others in the annual contest in Paducah, KY, now in its 33rd year. Quilts were entered from 44 US
states and 14 other countries.
I saw the Pythagoras' Lute Quilt Pattern published in the "Quilts with style" magazine I purchased in October 2006. I started working on it shortly after that and only finished it in 2017 so it took a long time to make.
I'm an engineer so first I redrafted the pattern so that I could make freezer paper templates and use traditional piecing techniques instead of using paper piecing. Since up to 10 fabrics come together at a point, I wanted to control what direction I would press the seams. It took me several attempts to draft it because even being off by one degree on one wedge would cause the lines not to match up when I got to the end.
I knew I wanted taupe to be one of the colors but it took a full two hours in a quilt shop in Nebraska to pick out the fabrics. I thought the bubblegum pink was a great complement to the neutral taupe. Then I made color photo-copies of the fabric and cut out all the little pieces to make sure the pattern would pop. I had learned from several failed miniature quilts that color value is even more important with miniatures than with big quilts.
There are 10 wedges and each time I made one, I learned something that made the next one a little bit better. I put the project away several times when it got too hard. I came back to it when I would come up with another idea to try. It’s through this process that I came up with the idea of grading seams.
The comments from the judges were very complimentary and helpful. They said: “Good Draftmanship, good color transitions, binding well done”. They also said: “intersections bulky”.
The comment about the bulky intersections was very con-structive. I knew that the judges would look so see if the points matched but I did not know they looked at the bulk-iness of the seams. That was very helpful, especially since now I know how to reduce that by grading the seams. And it was a fair comment since at least half of the wedges were completed before I started using that technique.
The judges did not make any comments about the quilting but I know from looking at the winning quilts that it was too sparse to be a contender. So I guess that’s the next thing I’ll be working on!!
I’m so thrilled that my quilt was in the show. It was a truly gratifying experience and an honor. Attending the quilt show at Paducah is still on my bucket list so maybe I’ll work on getting ME there next!!
Some clever sewing hacks for you to try
Another clever hack for us to try.
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These important positions on the Executive still need to be filled:
Quilt Show Chair/Co Chair We do not have a Guild without our volunteers.
As a general rule, the Treat Table and the Library do not open at the General Meetings until 6:50. This gives the ladies in charge time to
organize and get set up. Thank you for your cooperation.
Reminders….
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