Seymour Quilters Guild Newsletter

June 2019

NEXT MEETING: Vol. No. 17, Issue No. 6 Wednesday, June 19, 2019

President’S Report Anne W.

Happy Summer, Ladies!

I want to thank our Board, as well as all you great Ladies, for making this first half of the year of my presidency such a delight!!!

We wouldn’t have such a successful Guild and programmes without all you hard-working volunteers.

Now we are looking forward to our BLUE SUMMER LUNCHEON with all those yummy goodies.

Barb, Marilyn and Les have, as usual, something fun in store for us. So, please bring your AWFUL paper bag, as well as your own cup, plate and cutlery (we are doing our little bit for the environment).

Big hugs to all and I wish you a healthy, sunny, and hopefully, restful summer.

Yours in quilting, Anne 😊

CHECKLIST FOR JUNE MEETING

BRING: Your Name Tag

Cutlery, plate, mug and napkin

Your potluck for lunch

Your Show & Tell

Return Library Books

See more details on page 2 under “Guild

Events”

Purposes of the Society are: 1. To bring learning experience and inspiration to its members by way of workshops, demonstrations for the public, show and tell, speakers, and other programs. 2. To provide a service to the community by the creation of quilts for those in need.

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GUILD EVENTS 2019

JUNE 19: Bring your POTLUCK, your cutlery, plate, mug and napkin.

Bring your AWFUL paper bag, see page 5 under Programme

Committee for more details.

Bring $60 cash or cheque for September workshop on Circles, Circles,

Circles.

UFO sign-up $2.

Sign-up for Lions Gate Guild COPS day, July 20, $15.

Come with your answers to our Membership Ladies’ questions.

Bring a quilt tip to share at “Tip Time”.

SHOWS and EVENTS

SUMMER SEWING DAY! JULY 20

Lions Gate Quilters’ Guild is having a special summer sewing (COPS) day in the Lions Bay Village Hall from 9 am – 5 pm on Saturday, July 20, and they’ve invited our members to join them. There are around 9 spots available. As always, it will be a potluck lunch and the cost is $15 to attend. More info at https://lionsgatequiltersguild.com/cops-days/ The Village Hall in Lions Bay is light and bright with lovely views and LOTS of space to sew, sandwich and spread out! I will take sign-ups and payments at the June meeting or you can email/call me (my details are on the Membership list). Thanks, Penny N

MAY 18–JUNE 23: It’s a Fine Line Art Quilt Show

Held at Peachland Art Gallery, 5683 Beach Ave.

Open Tues. to Saturday 9-4 pm; Sunday 10-4pm

Wall art and fabric sculptures by the Fabricators of South

Okanagan.

JULY 19-20: Lillooet Apricot Tsaqwem Festival Quilt Show

Sponsored by Lillooet Quilters Guild.

Held at St Andrews United and St Mary's Anglican Church,

577 Main St., Lillooet.

Open Fri., July 19 10:00-6:00 pm and Sat. July 20 10:00-4:00 pm.

Admission is $3.00. A tea room with sandwiches and sweets

available to purchase on both days.

Items in this “SHOWS and EVENTS” section of the newsletter will

also be posted on our website http://seymourqg.wordpress.com

BOARD MEMBERS 2019 / 2020

President

Anne W.

Vice President

Diane M.

Secretary

Judy S.

Treasurer

Penny N.

Membership Co-ordinator

Maureen O. / Anne R.

ProgrammeWorkshop Co-ordinator

Barb McG.

COMMITTEES

Programme

Marilyn C., Les O’B.

Community Quilts Co-ordinator

Connie W., Elaine A.,

Sharon W., Linda F.

CQA Representative

Eleanor P.

Have Quilts,Will Travel

Judy P.,/ Linda F., Yoskyl W.,

Jenifer B., Anne R.

Library Kathryn G., Glennis W.,

Judy P., Tere McI.. Kory

Sunshine

Heather L.

Newsletter Sonia B.

http://seymourqg.wordpress.com

Quilts of Valour

Suzanne P., Norine McC.

Free Table

Lorna L-J., Esther E.

Refreshments

Marianne W., Gail McG.,

Wendy W., Angela J.

Website

Judy S.

http://seymourqg.wordpress.com

NEXT EXECUTIVE MEETING

Wednesday, September 4, at 10 am

Penny’s home

SEYMOUR QUILTERS’ GUILD meets at

12:00 noon on the third Wednesday of

the month, except for July and August,

at Gloria Dei Church Hall,

1110 Gladwin Dr., Nth Vanc.

Next Membership Meeting:

Wed. September 18/19

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REPORTS

MEMBERSHIP Maureen and Anne R.

Once again you have been warm and welcoming as we now have a wait list of 14. At the Board meeting it was decided not to close the wait list at this time. We will welcome guests as they bring extra ideas and energy to us and are welcome to fill spaces in guild activities when possible. June is our BLUE month…. Are there questions that you want answered? Your responses for May are so much fun, and we will provide you with a preliminary SQG profile … careful listening required as there may be a test at the Christmas lunch! The big questions for June:

1. What is your favorite fabric marker? 2. How many quilting rulers do you have? 3. Which ruler do you use most often?

And, thanks to Anne’s ingenuity, the door prizes will be wrapped in “mystery” in the future …. so we will all enjoy your surprised faces.

As always …. Yours, tangled up in Thread, Maureen and Anne

FREE TABLE Lorna and Esther

There will not be a free table this month because of the luncheon. You now have the summer to collect all those unnecessary items in your sewing room for the September meeting.

Have a wonderful summer, Esther and Lorna

REFRESHMENTS Marianne, Angela, Gail and WendyW.

We would like to thank all our ladies for volunteering to provide us with goodies

throughout the year.

Reminder: Tea & Coffee will be free at the luncheon.

Please remember to bring your own plate, cutlery, mug and napkin!

Many thanks to Barb McG., we now have an additional coffee maker. We shall not run out of coffee at

our meetings from now on.

A great summer to all of you! Marianne

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LIBRARY Kathryn, Glennis, Judy P, Tere, Kory

There will be no book sign-out this month. Please return all your library books for our annual book

audit over the summer. Thank you!

HAVE QUILTS WILL TRAVEL Judy P/Linda F, Yoskyl, Anne R. and Jenifer

Our road trip to the NS Stroke Recovery Centre on July 10 is going to be fantastic. Look at the line-up of quilters who have signed on: Anne R., Chris, Elaine A., Bev, Isabelle J., Connie, and Maureen O. I’ll be sending out a reminder and detailed information to our participants about a week before the event.

Linda F.

QUILTS OF VALOUR Suzanne and Norine

Norine and I are working on finishing our most recent Q of V but are thinking of what we might work on next. I’ve come across a few different ideas but we’d love to hear from any members if they see an interesting pattern - we like to think of this as a guild effort. Thanks to Donna and Yoskyl (especially) for sending ideas they’ve encountered. We will work on having some possibilities to share with members at the September meeting.

Happy Summer sewing everyone!

WEBSITE Judy S. http://seymourqg.wordpress.com

There are some new photos on the on the website. Thanks to all who have sent them along. Marilyn has written some great posts for Our Blog about the speakers and activities we have

enjoyed this year. Happy Summer to all, Judy

CQA Eleanor

CQA Report: Quilt Canada is being held June 12 – 15 in Ottawa. Those lucky enough to be attending will be there right now. Hopefully, we will get a full report on their return. 52 Blocks: We won't be doing a display of the blocks at the luncheon meeting, but we’ll catch up in September. Summer is a great time to catch up, or even start if you haven't done so!

Thanks and have a great summer, Eleanor

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COMMUNITY QUILTS Connie, Elaine A, Sharon and Linda F.

Connie will deliver some of the donated quilts to the Hope Centre at Lions Gate Hospital and the RCMP. Remember to mark your calendar: Tuesday, October 8, for Community Quilts Day. Have a fun and healthy Summer, Connie

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Barb, Marilyn and Les

Don’t forget to bring your Awful bag for our game.

Awful bag = a brown paper bag (don’t put your name on it), put a fat quarter of your choice in it,

then add a little collection of fun and/or useful items to fit in the bag. Staple shut and bring it to

the luncheon.

Sign up for UFO’s at a toonie per project. The sign-up book will be available.

If you have signed up for Terry Aske’s workshop (Circles, Circles, Circles) bring your payment,

cash or cheque. Payment is $60. We would like payment by the September meeting, as there is a

waiting list.

Our September speaker will be Barbara Birt, who will tell us about the Seymour North Vancouver

Days for Girls Team. The title of her talk is “Every Girl, Everywhere, Period”.

Have a happy quilting summer! Barb