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QSC Newsletter Spring 2016
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Quilters of South Carolinawww.quiltersofsc.org
Dedicated to recognizing individual quilt makers and quilt groups throughout South Carolina;
to providing opportunities for communication, education, and participation;
and to promoting the history, art, and craft of quilt making.
Inside This Issue
ARTICLE PAGE
From the President................... 1
QSC Board................................ 3
QSC Spring Meeting 2016 ......... 4
QSC Spring Meeting 2016Registration Form .................... 5
QSC District News.................... 8
QSC Board News .................... 16
Proposed By-law Changes ...... 16
Nominating CommitteeReport .................................... 17
QSC Board MeetingMinutes................................... 17
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FROM THE PRESIDENT….
I hope you enjoyed a wonderful holiday season surrounded by familyand friends! As I write this note to you, it’s a mere 36 degreesoutside. A good reason to stay inside and get some work done! And,of course, spend some time in my quilt room.
This year has been a very busy one for me already. In addition toall of the post-holiday clean up, quilt guild meetings and work days,and finishing some work in the quilt room, I just got back from aquilting get away with fabulous quilting friends. We had a greattime and learned a lot! One of the things I learned was how to use aheat gun on fabric!
I hope you are planning to join us for our Annual Spring Meeting inSpartanburg on Saturday, March 19th. Karla Alexander is ourspeaker and will be teaching classes on Friday, March 18th andSunday, March 20th. At Saturday’s meeting we will be approvingour budget, some revisions to the By-laws and electing boardmembers.
Our fall retreat committee, chaired by Cheryl Keith, is planningseveral changes to the retreat to provide you with a fresh newexperience. You’ll hear more from Cheryl about their changes at theAnnual Spring Meeting and in the months to come.
Be safe. Be happy.
Karen Kirkland
UPCOMING EVENTS
A Celebration of Quilts 2016 – March 4 & 5, 2016
Palmetto Quilt Guild’s Quiltfest 2016 – March 11-13, 2016
QSC Spring Meeting 2016 – March 19, 2016
LowCountry Quilt Show – March 22 – April 2, 2016
Threaded Memories Quilt Show – April 8 & 9, 2016
Spring into Summer Sew-in – May 15-19, 2016
York County Quilters Quilt Show – September 16 & 17, 2016
Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail – ongoing
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The Foothills Piecemakers Quilt Guild
presents their
Threaded Memories Quilt ShowFriday, April 8, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 9, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Threaded Memories Quilt Show will be held atPelham Road Baptist, located in Greenville, SouthCarolina, 1108 Pelham Road. Located close to I-85 withmany local hotels close by for those who require lodging.Admission is $5 and children under 12 are admitted freewhen accompanied by an adult.
Thirteen Vendor Booths will be available with a broadrange of quilting items and services: Beginnings QuiltShop, Dragonfly Quilt Shops, Marietta’s Quilt & Sew,MLC Findings, Quilting Sew Easy, Sewcial Studio,Sheridan Kay Quilting, Strawberry Patch Fabric &Things, The Longarm Network, Viking Sew ‘n Quilt, andVintage Quilts & Textiles.
Silent Auction and Boutique areas will have items madeby guild members. Used quilting books and magazineswill also be on sale.
Tickets will be available for the Opportunity Quilt “OfDays Gone By” made by guild member Penny Jones andquilted by Carol Alperin. Tickets are $1 each. Drawingwill be held 3:00 p.m., Saturday, April 9th.
For more information:
visit the Foothills Piecemakers Quilt Guild website atwww.foothillsquilts.com,
email us at [email protected],or call 864-905-5364
Cobblestone Quilters Guild presents
A Celebration of Quilts 2016
Lowcountry Threads
March 4 & 5, 2016
Omar Shrine Temple Convention Center
200+ judged quilts$2,200 in award money
Opportunity Quilt, Gift Boutique,Charity Basket Walk supporting
Shriners Hospital for Children – Greenville
and
Vendors, Vendors, Vendors!
Appraisals Available
For more information orto schedule an appraisal, please visit:
www.cobblestonequilters.com
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QSC BOARD
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QSC BOARD
ELECTED OFFICERS & BOARD MEMBERS
PRESIDENT ~ Karen Kirkland, Florence(843) 678-8635 ~ [email protected]
* VICE PRESIDENT ~ Veronica Moriarty, Spartanburg(864) 978-1390 ~ [email protected]
* TREASURER ~ Karen Preston, Conway(843) 222-7804 ~ [email protected]
RECORDING SECRETARY ~ Corky Ledbetter, Hanahan(843) 767-9540 ~ [email protected]
* MEMBERSHIP CHAIR ~ Tracey Wallace, Columbia(803) 397-4996 ~ [email protected]
* FALL REGISTRAR ~ Darlene Roberts, Greer(864) 616-2835 ~ [email protected]
SPRING REGISTRAR ~ Darlene Roberts, Greer(864) 616-2835 ~ [email protected]
NEWSLETTER EDITOR ~ Evelyn Richards, Charleston(843) 926-0835 ~ [email protected]
DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES ~ See District Reports
* Elected in Even Years
APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS
PUBLICITY ~ Virginia Schrenker, Summerville(843) 851-6615 ~ [email protected]
WAYS & MEANS ~ June Fish, Gaston(803) 755-3176 ~ [email protected]
2015 PIECEABLE RETREAT CHAIR ~Cheryl Keith, Salem
(864) 944-1211 ~ [email protected]
2016 SPRING MEETING CHAIR ~ Renee Dugan, Inman(864) 607-2332 ~ [email protected]
PAST PRESIDENT ~ Karen Kendo, Harleyville(843) 462-2011 ~ [email protected]
HISTORIAN ~ Amanda Brown, Greenwood(864) 993-4117 ~ [email protected]
WEBMASTER ~ Debby Stone, Anderson(864) 226-9683 ~ [email protected]
MEMBERS AT LARGE ~ Verity Creekmore, St. Matthews,Frances Kelley, Hartsville & Lynn Baker, Heath Springs
THE QSC NEWSLETTER is the quarterly newsletterfor members of the Quilters of South Carolina, anonprofit organization. The QSC Newsletter ispublished four times a year.
Although every effort has been made to providetimely and accurate information, Quilters of SouthCarolina shall have no liability to any person orentity with respect to liability, loss, or damagecaused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectlyby the information contained in this newsletter.This publication is intended to provide generalizedinformation only and not to render professionaladvice.
If you are interested in becoming a vendor at thefall retreat or spring meeting, you must be a QSCmember in good standing and must haveadvertised in a QSC publication (newsletter ordirectory) in the 12 months prior to the event.
The next issue is Summer 2016. The deadline forsubmitting ads and articles for the next newsletteris May 5, 2016. All advertising fees must beincluded with any submitted advertising. QuiltShops, Professional Quilt Instructors, and Long-arm Quilt service providers may place ads in theQSC Newsletter at a cost of:
-- ADVERTISING RATES --Business Card ~ $15 / issueQuarter Page ~ $30 / issue
Half Page ~ $50 / issue
Please email camera-ready ad in *.pdf, *.doc, *.jpgor *.gif format, indicating ad size and number ofissues, to: [email protected]. Send check,made payable to QSC, to:
Evelyn RichardsQSC Newsletter Editor16 Yeadon Ave.Charleston, SC 29407
Spring 2016 QSC Newsletter
Spring Meeting
Let the Good Times Roll in Sparkle City!March 19, 2016
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Summit Pointe Convention and Event CenterHighway 29 at I-26 / Westgate Shopping Mall
801 Spartan Blvd, Spartanburg, SC 29301 864-699-7873
Accommodations
Hampton Inn and Suites adjacent to Summit Pointe
801 Spartan Blvd, Spartanburg, SC 29301
Call for reservations: 864-699-7873
35 rooms blocked for QSC : $108 double queen
Rooms held until February 25, 2016
Speaker – Saturday March 19, 2016 - $45
Karla Alexander of Saginaw Street Quilt Company
“Lift the Quilts out of Your Stash.” An informative discussion for
quilt makers of all skill levels and experience. You will be
looking at your stash in a whole new way and actually start using
your fabric rather than just admiring it! Enjoy the confidence
you'll gain exploring traditional and untraditional quilt methods by
adding your own twist! Tips will inspire excitement, creating
unexpected surprises ready to be quilted into your next
project! Challenge yourself to take small or bold steps as you
learn to work with your fabric and create your own methods and
styles. A trunk show with lots of and lots of quilts will illustrate
many different styles of quilts as well as subjects discussed.
Friday Class March 18, 016 - Blue Moon - $45
Finished Size: 60" x 80"
Finished Block Size:10" x10"
This is a fun design as you go quilt! You can
audition the moon colors and sizes along the
way, providing the opportunity to make
changes well into the project. Follow the
pattern exactly or make it your own! Easy tips
and techniques will inspire you along the way
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Sunday Class March 20, 2016 – Shattered - $45
Finished Size: 63" x 84"
Each block for Shattered begins with a
6-part center block, which is then
finished with a pieced frame work. The
blocks are cut as directed in class with
several variations as we go. You'll learn
several options as you sew such as how
to splice in additional splits, totally
modify the block and/or change the number of actual pieces in
each block. Sew exactly by the book or come ready to change it
up making it your own design as well as learn awesome
techniques along the way.
LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE: Beginner to Advanced
FABRIC TIP: Choose a focal color for the middle of each block
then a second color for the frame. Subtle batiks, tone on tone or,
other prints that appear as a solid from a distance work well for
this quilt. Once you have the center and frame picked out,
choose a contrasting print to separate all the pieces.
Reception Friday evening, March 18, 2016 6:30 pm
At the Hampton Inn and Suites meet and greet Karla Alexander.
She will be signing books and selling her notions and rulers.
Important information:
Registration: Online Sunday January 31, 2016 2PM
Closing date for registration: March 5, 2016
Other hotels in close proximity:
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o create your own awesome quilt!
EVEL OF EXPERIENCE: Beginner to Intermediate
ABRIC TIP: Choose bright contrasting prints without a lot of
attern so that they appear as solid fabrics from a distance.
Holiday Inn Express, 895 Spartan Blvd, Spartanburg, SC
864-699-7777
Comfort Inn & Suites, 458 W. Blackstock Rd., Spartanburg, SC
864-699-6700
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Need even more Karla Alexander??
Devine Quilters Guild, Columbia, SCHosts
Karla Alexanderon
March 11 & 12, 2016Greenhill Baptist Church
1734 Augusta Rd, West Columbia, SC 29169
Friday, March 11 – 7:00pm – 9:00pm: Lecture The Vision of a Quilt Cost - $5.00
Saturday, March 12 – 9:00am – 4:00pm: Workshop Aurora Aura Cost $35.00
Note: This lecture and workshop is differentthan the lecture and workshops offered at the QSC Spring Meeting
Contact Pam Kohel at [email protected] or 803-315-4541 for further information
BUSY BEES QUILT GUILD in Fountain Inn, SC
is pleased to be hosting Karla Alexander
On March 15th, she will lead a workshop entitled “Purple Haze,”
where we will be making the quilt shown below.
At 1:00 on March 16th she will present her lecture
“Lift the Quilts out of Your Stash”
Both activities will be held at Fountain Inn Presbyterian Church
307 North Main Street, Fountain Inn, SC. 29644.
For more information, please contact Margie Patterson at 864-833-3015 or [email protected]
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UPCOMING PROGRAMMING NOTES….
QSC Member Nancy Clark McNally is a bona fide television star!
She will be on two episodes of Quilting Arts TV on PBS. She will be using strip set and die-cut shapes to create innovative and colorful designs in applique (Show 1705) and she willexplore free-motion stitching on a longarm machine (Show 1709).
Nancy also will be filming an episode of Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting in April (the showwill air sometime over the summer). On that episode she will be demonstrating her newblock “Anna’s Starflake.”
For pictures and more information, visit her website: www.nancymcnallyquilts.com.
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DISTRICT NEWS
The following are reports from quilt guilds throughout the State. For additional information on address,contact information, meeting dates, and locations, please view these details on the QSC website:http://www.quiltersofsc.org.
DISTRICT I
ANDERSON, GREENVILLE, OCONEE, PICKENS
Representative: Susan Perham, Simpsonville(864) 918-4445 ~ [email protected]
Busy Bees Quilt Guild, Fountain Inn, meets at theFountain Inn Presbyterian Church on the secondWednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. We wouldlove to invite anyone in the area to come join us!You will experience great fellowship and perhapspick up a trick or two that you may incorporate intoyour own quilting.
We are looking forward to great programs this yearby our members as well as outside guests. InJanuary we hosted Teresa Coolidge, fromLexington, who did a wonderful presentation onbattings. She has done research on some of the morepopular battings and shared what she learned aboutshrinkage, quilting, loftiness, etc. In March, we arelooking forward to hosting Karla Alexander for twodays. On the 15th she will be doing a workshopentitled “Purple Haze” and on the 16th, her lectureentitled “Lift the Quilts out of Your Stash”. InApril Linda Tripp, a guild member, will do apresentation on curved piecing.
In addition to having great programs, we considerphilanthropy to be a big part of our guild. Last yearwe presented over 60 lap quilts to the residents atQuillen Manor nursing home in Fountain Inn andparticipated in making quilts for the JamieTreehouse project in Laurens County. Thisprogram, sponsored by Hospice House of LaurensCounty, was designed to present a quilt to childrenwho have lost a close loved one such as a mother orfather. This year we are once again looking forwardto making quilts for this project as well as for theGenerations Home for boys.
Foothills Piecemakers Quilt Guild, Taylors, meets onthe first Thursday of the month at Grace BaptistFellowship Hall in Taylors, SC at 7:00 PM.February’s program featured The Quilter’s Gallery,
fondly known as the “Pizza Girls.” We are lookingforward to our 2016 Quilt Show, “ThreadedMemories,” on April 8 and 9 at Pelham RoadBaptist Church. For more information, please visitwww.foothillsquilts.com.
Our Philanthropy Projects are going strong. TheQuilted Christmas Bingo cards were a big hit andyielded several quilt tops for our local charities.
Nimble Thimbles Quilt Guild, Mauldin, meets on thesecond Monday of every month at 7 PM at MessiahLutheran Church in Mauldin, SC. We have had awhirlwind start to the year. Bonnie Hunter was afantastic way to start the year! There were two daysof classes and then a wonderful evening of her ScrapUser’s System Lecture. I think every quilter in theroom went home with a new opinion of the units ina quilt! It was quite refreshing to hear her in person.Thank you to all who came to take classes with usfrom all over the state! We had people from everyDistrict and even from out of State!
Peach Patchers Quilt Guild, Greer, has new officersfor 2016: President, Martha White,[email protected], Vice-President,Sandy Bridwell, Secretary, Leigh Radlein, andTreasurer, Joanna Renkowski. Michelle Eno, TheLongarm Network from Greenville, South Carolinawas the speaker for the January meeting. Michelle’spresentation focused on the services The LongarmNetwork provides and training for quilters, as wellas rental of machines, sales and all services. PPQGare planning a future field trip to The LongarmNetwork. Future months’ speakers anddemonstrations are planned.
The PPQG community outreach each monthprovides blankets to the Piedmont Woman Centerin Greer, South Carolina, and pillow cases to theShriners Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina, aswell as blocks for Quilts of Valor. Peach PatchersQuilt Guild now is on Facebook and share photos ofguild members monthly show and share quilts,
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projects and information on upcoming speakers, aswell as demonstrations.
Prickly Fingers Quilters Guild, Anderson, meets onthe second Wednesday at 9:30 AM at the AndersonCounty Library. They have recently had a programby Robin Kaja on Japanese Quilting and also aworkshop on the paper-pieced Pickle Dish! ThePrickly Fingers made 155 Christmas stockings, 66pillow cases, 112 quilts, 24 “ditty bags” and 32fidget blankets in 2015! Outstanding job quilters!!!
DISTRICT II
CHEROKEE, CHESTER, LANCASTER,SPARTANBURG, UNION, YORK
Representative: ShirLee Alfors, Fort Mill(803) 548-1751 ~ [email protected]
Landrum Quilters, Gowensville, is looking forward toa wonderful, creative new year. Members canparticipate in a “Disappearing Hourglass”workshop, a paper piecing class, and a specialpresentation of an innovative method of foundationpiecing. We will hear programs aboutimprovisational piecing and using up scraps, paperpiecing, and a trunk show by Roger Winchell.And...that’s only through May!!!!!
Our philanthropy efforts continue with totes andpillowcases for The Hope Center for Children inSpartanburg, Ronald McDonald quilts inGreenville, Hospice quilts in Landrum, and suppliesfor Steps to Hope in Columbus, NC.
Magic Needle Quilt Guild, Lancaster, meets the 2ndThursday of each month at 10AM at DouglasPresbyterian Church in Lancaster. We arecontinuing to work on QOV quilts and presentingthem to Veterans in the Lancaster area. Justcompleted a workshop with Sandra Baker (CrazyQuilting Stitches) and had a very good turnout. Aretreat is planned in April at the Homestead Placein Pageland. Our Program Chairs are keeping usbusy with different programs each month andongoing donation quilts.
Piecemakers, Heath Springs. We are finalizing ourPlans for the 10th Annual Carolina One Stop ShopHop. Date is Saturday, February 27 from 9 am - 4pm. This event will be held on the campus of USCLancaster in the Bradley Arts and Sciences
Building. Admission is $3. There will be plenty ofvendors to shop from as well as a basket loaded withsewing goodies, a sewing machine valued at $700,and 2 quilts available for raffle. Other goodiesavailable throughout the day! Our newest charityproject is making bed quilts for an orphanage inCambodia. We are planning a mini retreat at thebeach in April. There are plans for a Workshop inMay with Donna Royson.
Piedmont Piecers Quilt Guild, Spartanburg. InNovember, QSC member Paige Alexander provideda program on Modern Quilts, with abundantexamples of quilts that fall into that category. InDecember, the guild had its annual pot-luck holidaymeal. In January, members were encouraged tobring one of the first quilts they made, and discusswhat encouraged them to continue making quilts.The guild continues to make quilts for Habitat forHumanity house dedications. Several of the guildmembers are actively involved in planning the QSCSpring Meeting to be held in Spartanburg.
York County Quilters Guild, Rock Hill. Officers wereinstalled at the December meeting and this guildbegan the year with program about SingerFeatherweight machines by John Bryant. ElaineQuehl from Canada will speak and provide aworkshop and later in the spring from MichiganNancy NcNally will give a program. During ourMarch meeting there will be drawing for ourDonation Quilt.
The guild continues to provide cuddle quilts forshelters that house women and children. Themembers also help international thru Little Dressesfor Africa. Our Quilt Show scheduled to be heldSeptember 16 and 17, 2016, with the theme “Comingof Age” as this guild was formed 21 years ago.
DISTRICT III
ABBEVILLE, AIKEN, EDGEFIELD, GREENWOOD,LAURENS, MCCORMICK, NEWBERRY, SALUDA
Representative: Susan Congdon, Aiken(803) 649-3698 ~ [email protected]
The Berry Patchers, Newberry, meet the firstThursday of the month at Summer MemorialLutheran Church at 1609 Milligan Street at 6:00 pm.Sharon Golden presented our member, Ben Seely,with the Quilt of Valor made for him by our group
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in appreciation of his military service. Severalmembers had a demonstration of hand quilting atthe Newberry County Museum. In February,Amanda Brown will be presenting a program onminiatures. In March we will be working with theGirl Scouts and teaching basic sewing skills. Comeand join us in the fun and fellowship as 2016promises to be a great year.
Carolina Pine Quilters, Aiken. With many newmembers, January’s meeting focused on getting toknow each other and previewing some of theupcoming programs. February will feature SandraBaker and the “Cow-lumbia” challenge trunk show.Future programs include a presentation of Aiken’ sAntique Quilt and Local History and TeresaCoolidge’s “Going Batty” which will be on findingthe right batting for your quilt project.
New committees are hard at work organizingactivities for the year. There is lots of excitement asmany new faces take on positions as officers andcommittee chairs. The guild is looking forward to agreat year. We meet at 7pm on the second Mondayat Trinity Methodist Church on Whiskey Road inAiken.
The Emerald City Quilters, Greenwood. What agreat start to the new year for our group, we havehad 5 new members to join us from last year. Ourlittle group has now grown to 14, YEAH! We havegrown so that we had to find a new location to fitour group. We now meet at the old Coronaca FireDepartment on Willard Rd. in Greenwood. Ourtraditional meeting day will continue to be the firstSaturday of each month from 10am to 2pm. Wehave added an extra meeting time for the making ofphilanthropy quilts on the third Saturday of eachmonth from 10am to 2pm. Currently we arecreating scrappy quilts to donate to the firedepartment to be given to those families thatexperience a tragic house fire. Along with a selectionof mini-lessons to be taught each month the group isparticipating in a fabric strip swap and birthdaybasket swap.
Loose Threads Quilting Guild, Clinton. With thebeginning of a new year, guild president BetsiDinger has issued a President’s ResolutionChallenge. Members are challenged to try new colorcombinations, improve their sewing skills, stretch
their artistic imagination (make something besidesa quilt) and make new friends by taking a class orgoing to a quilt show. In addition, a UFO challengeis running this year. Members can register up to 24UFO’s they want to complete before December.Tickets will be given for completed projects with achance for a prize drawing. The guild is sponsoringa workshop by Karla Alexander entitled CircleTakes the Square on Thursday March 17. LooseThreads meets the third Thursday at Broad StreetMethodist Church in Clinton. They can becontacted via [email protected].
Pieceful Hearts Quilters, North Augusta. Once againmembers enjoyed the annual retreat at HickoryKnob State Park. Pizza, potluck, pjs, a fabricexchange and sewing with friends were just a few ofthe events happening that weekend. Upcomingactivities include workshops by Connie Sue Haidlein February and Pat Wys in May, a year-long Step-of-the-Month, and possibly another retreat afterMasters’ Week.
Pieceful Hearts has two guild meetings each month.The AM group holds its program meeting on the 2ndThursday at 10am at St. Bart’s church in NorthAugusta. The PM group meets at 7 pm on the firstMonday, also at St. Bart’s.
DISTRICT IV
CALHOUN, FAIRFIELD, KERSHAW, LEXINGTON,ORANGEBURG, RICHLAND
Representative: Margaret Caughman, Leesville(803) 307-0002 ~ [email protected]
Devine Quilters of SC, Columbia, will be hostingKarla Alexander for a lecture on March 11 atGreenhill Baptist Church in West Columbia. Wealso have her scheduled for a workshop on SaturdayMarch 12. Contact Joyce Greer,[email protected] for additional information. Weare also sponsoring a workshop by Dee Doebler onthe Pineapple block. Dee taught this class at a QSCretreat and was very well received. We will be usingthe Creative Grids Pineapple Trim Tool for thisworkshop. Contact Joyce for additionalinformation.
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Greater Columbia Quilters, Columbia, are going tohave a fabulous next couple of months with all theprograms we have in store! GCQ meets every monthon the third Tuesday at 9:30AM in the Seven OaksPresbyterian Church in Irmo. Please stop by;everyone is welcome and hope you find some fun andfriendship!
Lake Marion Piecemakers, Elloree/Santee. OurPresident for this year is Joan Rourk, this is thesecond year of a two year term. I’m glad to say allofficer positions are filled. The YLI tour throughthe thread plant in Rock Hill was informative andenlightening. The machinery for winding and otherprocesses - some are almost 100 years old and othersare new with computer guided set-ups. This threadmade from long staple cotton wound on very largecones, arrives from Egypt ready for dyeing, andthen wound on spools to make the wonderful threadfor us quilters. Anyone may order thread throughthe Website for YLI. The class with Liz Floromproduced a very nice colorful stained glass design,and it would make a very attractive quilt. HighFives to our great members and good cooks for thedelightful covered dish luncheon to celebrateChristmas. We also selected the favorite block fromthe blocks made by members - Evelyn Buck madean attractive applique design and was the favorite.The winner of all the blocks was Leona Wood. Wehave a busy year ahead.
Logan Lap Quilters of Metropolitan Columbia meetsthe 3rd Tuesday of every month at 2:00 at theLourie Center in Columbia. Our upcomingprograms are: March – Anne Bell will present hertrunk show, March – Sharon Sisson from TreadlePushers in Sumter will join us for a specialpresentation, April- Sue Lyford will be teaching usthe Stamp of Approval pattern. We continue tomake quilts for the Ronald McDonald house andisolette covers for Palmetto Richland NICUdepartment.
Orangeburg Quilters Guild, Orangeburg, continues toenjoy programs each month provided by themembers.
Quacks Quilters (Q Square), had a fun filled retreatat Garden City with lots of quilting and shoppingsprees. Several quilt tops were completed and newprojects begun. Three new members have joined our
guild as a result of classes at Eutawville FirstBaptist Church. The annual Orangeburg-CalhounCounties quilt meeting was held in January. QuacksQuilters proudly displayed complete and in-the-process projects. We are enthusiastic quilters.
Quilters of Kershaw County, Camden. Hello quilters.The Quilters of Kershaw County have been verybusy already this year. After a great Christmasparty we got right back to quilting classes beginningin January with Beth Karr’s class called “All theRight Angles.” We had a road trip to the YLIfactory and spent the morning learning aboutthread. After a quick lunch we were off toUncommon Threads and Mary Jo’s. It was a fulland fun day.
In February we are having our yearly retreat forfour wonderful days of quilting with friends. Thatbrings us to March where we have planned a classcalled “Opposites Attract” with Donna Royces. InApril, Lynn Buske will teach us about “CurvedFlying Geese.” So as you can see we at Quilters ofKershaw County guild are very busy with oursewing. Happy quilting.
South Carolina Longarm Group will meet onSaturday, April 2 (this is not a normal meeting date)from 10:00 until 2:00 at Greenhill Baptist Church inWest Columbia. Any resident of South Carolinathat quilts on rails is invited to participate in thisgroup. Our next meeting after that will be SaturdayMay 21, 2016. Our normal meeting date is the thirdSaturday of every odd month. For additionalinformation contact: Joyce Greer,[email protected].
Southern Appliqué Lovers, Orangeburg, meets thesecond and third Tuesday of the month at ClemsonExtension Center. Southern Applique Lovers aredoing baby quilts for a crisis center, our programleader has us doing a block of the month, when wehad our yearly Family Community Leadersluncheon Mrs. Shirley Hubbard made Leader of theYear, we are still ongoing work in progress on theOrangeburg County Fair 2016 quilt.
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Threads of Time Quilt Guild of Lexington. If you arein the Lexington area and would like to quilt withother likeminded ladies, please consider joining uson the first Saturday of the month at Saxe GothaPresbyterian Church in the Lighthouse building at10:00am (look for the pink signs), but come early forthe fellowship. Visitors are welcome to come to twomeetings at no charge.
DISTRICT V
CHESTERFIELD, CLARENDON, DARLINGTON, DILLON,FLORENCE, GEORGETOWN, HORRY, LEE, MARION,
MARLBORO, SUMTER, WILLIAMSBURG
Representative: Frances Kelley, Hartsville(843) 332-8020 ~ [email protected]
Coastal Carolina Quilters, Surfside Beach. As weapproach the last few months of the year, we arelooking forward to the holidays, when we visit ourfamilies or they come to the beach to visit us.November and December we start to see ourreturning snow birds! It will be nice to see ournorthern friends once more.
Our November meeting, we invited Jennifer Amorto our meeting for a trunk show and lecture. Withover 30 years of designing and teaching, we enjoyeda wide array of her beautiful works! Next monthwill be our holiday luncheon. We started Januarywith one of our favorite teachers, Tina Roth. Tinabought many of her wonderful pieces for our groupto see. She also taught a class the Indigo Braid.
Grand Strand Quilters, Myrtle Beach, have had avery busy fall and winter with classes, comfortquilts, and holiday projects. We were happy towelcome our snowbirds back to the group.
Horry County / Conway Quilters Guild, Conway.Winding down the busy year we have had andgearing up for another! The beginning of Novemberwe hosted a QOVF ceremony, honoring 11 veteransfrom the Conway area. It was a large celebration, asit ended up with standing room only, plus it wascovered by WPDE15 news! Our November “1stAnnual JELLYROLL Race” was held, and thewinner was Carol Leach! She received the trophyand will relinquish it at the next race, if we crown anew winner!!
December started off with some members assistingthe HCPR staff decorate the Christmas trees in theCourthouse lobby. We sponsored a tree again thisyear, decorated with handmade ornaments made bymembers! Our annual luncheon with our sistergroup from Little River was a fun time with lots ofgood food and fellowship! We always look forwardto the block challenge and to see what creativity isshown! The 2015 Challenge was FROZEN, and itwas a lot of fun! Ginger Monaghan shared thechallenge for 2016, “America, the Beautiful.” Wefinished our year with a guild meeting and lunch,revealing a new challenge to do over the holidayseason! The “Ugly Fat Quarter” challenge waspresented by Karen Morey, and results are to berevealed in January! We surpassed our charitablegoals this year, donating 255 Quiltlets to CMC; 216Award Cases to QOVF/MBShorebirds; 61 FidgetQuilts to 3 local Assisted living facilities; 16 quiltsand cases to Sea Haven/Project Lighthouse; and 45beds to Horry County Animal Shelter! We have abusy 2016 planned!
Peaceful Piecemakers, Darlington, are continuingwith our missions. This involves local and foreignmissions, totaling eighteen to twenty. Our newestmission is with the Felician Sisters located inKingstreet, S.C. This is a Catholic mission for thehomeless, soup kitchen and after school assistancefor children. We are pleased to be able to meet withthen in the near future. We will take fleece blankets,care kits and school items for the children, alongwith canned goods. Thank you for stepping up tothe plate when needed.
Swamp Fox Quilters, Florence. Our ChristmasBazaar held in November was a huge success. Itemswere made by members and sold at a silent and liveauction. We had a great time at our annualChristmas potluck luncheon in December. SandraBaker provided a very informative and entertainingprogram on crazy quilts. Following the meeting,Sandra taught a crazy quilting class. We’re lookingforward to a lecture by Jennifer Amor in February.
Please come and visit our cabin at the Civil War Re-enactment at the Columns, 4789 East Old MarionHWY, Florence. Weather permitting we will bedisplaying quilts and demonstrating quiltingtechniques March 12 and 13 from 10am to 4pm.
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Swan Lake Quilters, Sumter. At our Januarymeeting, this year’ Challenge Quilt for the SwanLake Quilt Guild in Sumter was announced as a“Monochromatic Quilt.” Using paint chips fromLowes, quilters drew their colors out of a bag andgot their first look at their challenge. (If they really“hated” the color they drew, they had one “do-over”to try for a better color.) Between now andNovember, the quilter will create a quilt of their ownchoosing, at least 36”x36”, using just that color butwith the opportunity to add one neutral (black,white, gray…) OR one multi-color. But only oneOR the other, not both. As an added incentive,there are monetary prizes - $75 for 1st place, $50 for2nd and $25 for 3rd. Looks like fun and that therewill be lots of interesting quilts turned in inNovember.
DISTRICT VI
ALLENDALE, BAMBERG, BARNWELL, BEAUFORT,COLLETON, HAMPTON, JASPER
Representative: Debi Bacon, Bluffton(843) 757-3416 ~ [email protected]
Maye River Quilt Guild, Bluffton, celebrated theirfirst anniversary with a luncheon in January. Theguild has grown from 29 charter members to 70+ inthe first year, with never a month passed that we donot increase membership. January’s program was a“small quilt” show, “It’s a Small World After All.”“Best of Show” was determined with voting byquarters and Pat Black was the winner. Quartervoting plus a beautiful display of raffle basketsnetted the guild enough money to reach the guild’sgoal for the year. Jo Rossini, Fundraising Chair,and her committee have done an outstanding job,including preparing our first annual quilt for raffle.
Upcoming programs include a demonstration of fiveeasy quilts from the Missouri Star Quilt Company inFebruary, demonstrations of five tools, fivespecialty rulers and five embellishments in Marchand a parade of purses in April. MRQ will host MaryHuey for “How I Learned to Color” in May. Marywill conduct a lecture and two workshops.
On the community service home front, we havefinished an 18 month period helping Osprey Villageraise money, including $800 they earned on a guild-made quilt. The guild also made and is donating a
quilt to John Paul II Catholic School to thank theschool for allowing us to meet in their facility for ourmaiden year. June will bring a new charitableinterest and new officers to serve for the 2015-2016guild year. There is also an on-going effort to hold asmall, one-day quilt show in Bluffton.
Palmetto Quilt Guild, Hilton Head Island. January21, 2016 (Regular meeting): Linda Hahn of FrogHollow Designs, and author of New York BeautySimplified and NY Beauty Diversified, Lecture -New York Beauty State of Mind. January 22nd(Workshop): Buffalo Bubblegum. Students learnhow to create perfect New York Beauty blocks usingLinda’s unique ONE PIN technique, and thenincorporate those blocks into a dynamic setting thathas NO set in seams!
February 18, 2016 (Regular meeting): MicheleScott - With her trademark humor, high energy and“done is better than perfect” attitude, Michele takesyou on a journey through her 20 years of quilting.Lecture - Every Quilt Tells a Story. February 19th(Workshop): Bobbin Palooza - based on the AQSbook by Michele Scott. In this class, you willproblem solve your way through a multitude ofdecorative threads and yarns (yes, we do LOTS ofcouching!). We’ll first try different tips and tricksMichelle has acquired over the years to put thethreads through the top; if that doesn’t work, we’llbobbin-quilt it! This is a skill building workshopand includes free motion quilting.
March 11-13, 2016: Our Biennial Quilt Festival willbe held at Hilton Head Island Beach and TennisResort, 40 Folly Field Road, HHI, SC 29928. Therewill be more than 200 quilts on display, quite anumber of vendors, and handmade and consignmentitems for sale. We will have a number of SilentAuction items and our quilt, “Setting the Course”,made by guild members will be raffled off. Hoursare Friday and Saturday from 10 AM to 5 PM, andSunday from 10 AM to 4 PM. Admission is $7.00each day. The Beach and Tennis Resort is offeringspecial lodging rates at the Resort for attendees.Call 1-800-island1 and use discount code ‘178’. Forfurther information visit our website,www.palmettoquiltguild.org and also see a photo ofour raffle quilt.
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April 21, 2016 (Regular meeting): Jane Sassaman,Innovative Fabric and Quilt Designer, will be ourguest lecturer and workshop teacher. Lecture-TBA.April 22nd (Workshop) – Kaleidoscope Quilt.
Sea Island Quilters, Beaufort, are looking forward toanother exciting year. We have already enjoyed awonderful presentation on Zentangles, a relaxingdrawing method that brings out the artist ineveryone. Additionally, we have had an excellentSaturday workshop conducted by member SharonKimber using the Cozy Quilts Designs Simple Simonpattern. This is a wonderful pattern for Jelly rollsor to simply use up scraps.
For the rest of the 2016 we are looking forward to aprogram and workshop presented by SusanEdmonson, a quilter and fiber artist who combinesquilting and mixed media with Victorian craft. Weare also looking forward to a workshop by Robinfrom Sew Much More in Savannah, Georgia, whowill show us the latest take on Adult Coloring. Wewill use crayons to “tint” our fabric and embellish itwith hand embroidery.
One other thing we have planned is our Quilters’Day Out on the second Saturday of each month at alocal church. Everyone is encouraged to attend. Wewill alternate between working on personal projectsone month and donation quilts the next.
DISTRICT VII
BERKELEY, CHARLESTON, DORCHESTER
Representative: Sheila Moore, Summerville(843) 870-9151 ~ [email protected]
Cobblestone Quilters Guild, Charleston, will holdtheir quilt show March 4 -5 in Mount Pleasant at theOmar Shrine Temple. There will be over 200 quiltsto see, vendors to shop, a quilt appraiser , a boutiquewith handmade items and a basket walk.
Cobblestone and Island Quilters Guild, Charleston,are gearing up for a very busy 2016. They areplanning exciting programs, wonderful workshopsand awesome community service projects.
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LOWCOUNTRY QUILT SHOW
AT THEGEORGETOWN COUNTY MUSEUM
March 22, 2016thru
April 2, 2016
Museum closed Sundays and MondaysHours Tuesday-Friday 11:00-4:00
Saturday 11:00-3:00Admission $5.00
Daily Door Prizes, Bed Turning,Demonstrations,
Raffles and Quilts for Sale.
For more information contactGeorgetown County Museum
120 Broad StreetGeorgetown, SC 29440
Palmetto Quilt Guild’sQuiltfest 2016
March 11 to March 13, 201610-5 on Friday & Saturday; 10-4 on Sunday
Admission is $7
Once again we will be at the HHI Beach andTennis Resort, 40 Folly Field Road, on Hilton HeadIsland. The show features more than 200 quilts, acarefully selected vendor mall, Silent Auction,and handmade and consignment items for sale.This venue is easily accessible and has lots ofparking.
The 2016 raffle quilt, Setting the Course, can beseen on the guild’s Facebook and web pages:http://www.palmettoquiltguild.org/. It is abeautiful mariner’s compass quilt made frompatterns used with permission of Carol Doak. Ifyou are considering our Quiltfest in March, keepin mind that HHI offers many opportunities for non-quilt lovers in the spring, and more than 40 islandgold courses offer “spouse daycare”!
This year the HHI Beach and Tennis resort isoffering special lodging rates at the Resort forshow attendees – call 1-800-island1 and usediscount code 178.
SPRING INTO SUMMER SEW-IN
Once again, QSC is sponsoring the annualSPRING INTO SUMMER SEW-IN, beginningMay 15 through the morning of May 19, 2016 atWhite Oak Conference Center. This is a totallyon your own gathering and a chance to get awayand finish those items on your to-do list.
Registration forms will be sent in mid-March.Space is limited.
Should you have any questions, please contactme at [email protected].
Anita Bowen
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QSC BOARD NEWS….
PROPOSED BY-LAW CHANGES
At the 2016 Spring Meeting, the Board of Directors will be recommending certain changes to the By-laws as more fully detailed below. The primary impact of these changes is to clearly identify the SpringMeeting Registrar and Fall Retreat Registrar as being one Registrar position and to classify theRegistrar as an appointed position. Other changes are limited to technical wording corrections madefor clarification and to properly reflect this change as well as last year’s approved addition of thechairperson of the Spring into Summer Sew-in as a Board position.
If approved, the following sections of the By-laws will be changed as noted. Insertion changes areunderlined and deletion changes have been struck through.
ARTICLE III: Officers and Board of Directors
Section I: THE GOVERNING STRUCTURE. A Board of Directors consisting of six seven electedofficers, elected Representatives from all seven Districts, and appointed Chairs of the Annual SpringMeeting, Pieceable Retreat, Spring into Summer Sew-in, Publicity, Ways and Means, Website,Historian, and Annual Spring Meeting Registrar and Fall Retreat Registrar Committees, and theimmediate past President shall govern QSC. At the discretion of the President, no more than three at-large members may be appointed to the Board and will be part of the governing body. Board membersdo not need to be a members in good standing of QSC of a local guild or other organized quilt group.
Section II: ELECTIONS. Elected Board members shall serve a two-year term of office commencingat the annual election. The annual elections will take place at the Regular Meeting of the generalmembership in the first half of the calendar year. No elected Board member will serve more than twoconsecutive terms in one office. Elected Board members shall then be eligible to run for any other openoffice. Unexpired terms shall be filled to their expiration date through appointment by the Presidentand approval of the Board of Directors. In even numbered years, the Vice-President, Treasurer, AnnualSpring Meeting Registrar and Fall Retreat Registrar, Membership Chairperson, and District II, IV, andVI Representatives shall be elected. In odd numbered years the President, Recording Secretary,Newsletter Editor, and District I, III, V, and VII Representatives shall be elected. Appointed Boardmembers are eligible to be elected to all Board offices.
Section V: OFFICERS BOARD MEMBERS AND THEIR DUTIES.
THE OFFICERS OF QSC SHALL BE:
e. Registrar. The Annual Spring Meeting Registrar shall be responsible for all necessaryregistration procedures for the statewide Annual Spring Meeting. The Fall Retreat Registrar shall beresponsible for all necessary registration procedures for the statewide Fall Retreat.
ef. Membership Chairperson. The Membership Chairperson shall receive and process allmembership applications. The chairperson will publish a yearly directory of all members and providecopies for all members.
fg. Newsletter Editor. The Newsletter Editor shall publish a professional quality, quarterlynewsletter, mailed to all members. This newsletter shall keep the general membership informed ofBoard business and organizational activities as well as other quilting activities statewide.
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REPRESENTATIVES AND CHAIRPERSONS SHALL BE:
gh. District Representatives. District Representatives shall serve on the Board of Directors asregional contact persons for each district. They shall serve on standing committees as appointed bythe President. The Representatives shall be from the following divisions of the state:
h. Registrar. The Registrar shall be responsible for all registration procedures conducted forQSC events.
o. Chair of Spring into Summer Sew-in. The chair of Spring into Summer Sew-in is responsiblefor the planning and direction of the Spring into Summer Sew-in.
po. Immediate Past President. The Immediate Past President attends all Board meetings,participates at all statewide and regular QSC meetings and special functions, and serves on theNominating Committee.
qp. At-large members attend all Board meetings and participate at all statewide and regularQSC meetings and special functions.
q. Chair of Spring into Summer Sew-in. The chair of Spring into Summer Sew-in is responsiblefor the planning, direction, and registration of the Spring into Summer Sew-in.
NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORTIn accordance with the QSC By-laws, the nominating Committee presents the following slate of officersand district representatives, which will be voted upon at the 2016 Annual Spring Meeting:
Vice President Veronica Moriarty
Treasurer Martha Ferguson
Membership Sandy Dettinger
District II Renee Dugan
District IV Rose Padula-Nehez
District VI Pamela Brown
Respectfully submitted, Patricia Bartholomew, Karen Kendo and Anita Bowen, Chairperson
QUILTERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA BOARD MEETING
JANUARY 9, 2016, ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH, CAYCE, SC
In attendance: Lynn Baker, Anita Bowen, Amanda Brown, Susan Congdon, Verity Creekmore, JuneFish, Cheryl Keith, Karen Kendo, Karen Kirkland, Corky Ledbetter, Veronica Moriarty, KarenPreston, Darlene Roberts, Virginia Schrenker, Tracey Wallace and guest Martha Ferguson
President Karen Kirkland called the meeting to order at 10:04 am.
The minutes from the August 29, 2015, October 16, 2015 and October 18, 2015 board meetings wereapproved as posted on the Yahoo group.
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Karen Kirkland announced that District V representative, Gloria Popa, has resigned and has beenreplaced by Frances Kelley.
Discussion was had regarding changes to the by-laws. Article III Section I is proposed to be changedto include the Chairperson of Spring into Summer as an appointed member of the board.
It was moved and seconded that the Spring Meeting and Fall Retreat Registrars should be combinedinto one position simply called Registrar and that it will be an appointed position rather than elected.
Article III Section II of the Bylaws is to be changed to remove the Spring Meeting and Fall RetreatRegistrars from the list of elected officers as that position will become an appointed one rather than anelected position.
Karen Kirkland asked that all board members review their job descriptions and update them as needed.
Vice President – Veronica Moriarty. Veronica discussed potential speakers for the 2017 Spring Meeting.
Treasurer – Karen Preston. The new mileage rate for 2016 will be $0.27 per mile. Karen Prestondistributed the 2015 Profit and Loss statement for review. The proposed budget for 2016 was alsodistributed. After discussion, the proposed budget was approved.
Newsletter – Karen Kirkland for Evelyn Richards. Evelyn asks that District Representatives send justone email with all of their information. She also requests that the District number be identified in theemail and that the full name and city of guilds be included. Karen Kirkland reminded members thatbecause the next newsletter will contain both by-law amendment information and the slate of officerssubmitted for nomination, it must be received by members at least 30 days prior to the Spring Meeting.Therefore, please submit your articles to Evelyn by February 1st.
Registrar – Darlene Roberts. Darlene reported that she has investigated other programs to replaceConstant Contact but none are available at an affordable price. Because most of the reports availablefrom Constant Contact are not useful for our purposes, Darlene will begin using Access to generatereports.
Ways and Means – June Fish. The “Wild” t-shirts were a big hit at Fall Retreat.
Publicity – Virginia Schrenker. Virginia passed out membership forms and pamphlets.
Website – Tracey Wallace will be the new web diva.
Historian – Amanda Brown. Because everyone enjoyed the slideshow at Fall Retreat Amanda will doanother this year. She will have Spring Meeting photos one evening and Fall Retreat photos the next.
Survey Committee – Veronica Moriarty. The survey went out this week electronically.
Nominating Committee – Anita Bowen. Anita Bowen replaced Gloria Popa as Chairperson of thecommittee. The following members have been nominated:
Vice President: Veronica MoriartyTreasurer: Martha FergusonDistrict II: ShirLee AlforsDistrict IV: Rose Padula-NehezDistrict VI: Pamela BrownMembership: Sandy Dettinger
Spring into Summer – Anita Bowen. Retreat will be held May 15-19. The current cap is 35 people butthat number can be increased if necessary. Registration will begin after Spring Meeting.
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Spring Meeting 2016 – Veronica Moriarty. Veronica shared a proposed Spring Meeting budget. Pricingfor the meeting and classes was set at $45 per class and $45 for the actual meeting. Registration will golive on January 31 and will close on March 5.
Spring Meeting 2017 – Susan Congdon. The meeting will be March 27, 2017 at the H. O’Dell WeeksRecreation Area in Aiken. The theme will be Horsing Around.
Pieceable Retreat – Cheryl Keith. After reviewing feedback from the past few retreats, several changeswill be made to present a fresh new experience for our members. All day classes will be held ThursdayOctober 20, Friday October 21, and Saturday October 22. Attendees will have the option to come in onWednesday October 19 in order to be ready for Thursday morning classes. Also there will be an optionfor members to stay over Saturday night and leave on Sunday morning. There may be some ‘premium’classes that require a higher fee. The pricing structure will vary based on the number of nights stayingand the class selected rather than having the flat rate as in the past.
District Representatives delivered their reports.
After show and tell the meeting was dismissed at 1:45 pm.
Respectfully submitted, Corky Ledbetter, Secretary
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