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FEATURES

INDEX

Bees 7

Birthdays 2

BOM - October 7

Challenge 5

Charity Quilts 2

Fat Quarters 2

Guild Information 9

Library 5

October Meeting

Program 1

Refreshments 1

President’s Message 1

Quilting Events 6

Retreats 2

Recipe 5

Sept Meeting Pix 6

Sept Minutes 3

Sept Workshop Pix 8

Workshops 4

Yard Sale 4

Happy 30th

Anniversary

Valley Forge

Homestead

Quilters

Valley Forge Homestead Quilters Guild Newsletter www.valleyforgequilters.org October 2017

Chatter with Cathy

Recently, I was driving into Philadelphia and noticed that the leaves

were changing colors. Many yellows and a few reds among the

somewhat still green leaves on the trees and my mind wandered to

quilting and where one finds inspiration for their quilts. Attending the

Oaks Quilt show was really inspiring; for me it was the first time I saw

a totally hand appliqued and hand quilted quilt win a blue ribbon, im-

pressive and inspiring. Visiting local quilt shops offers great inspira-

tion in seeing their projects/kits and actually feeling the fabric. We

should visit these local quilt shops or they will no longer be around. I

really miss the Fall Shop Hop which was another great source of inspi-

ration but there are not enough local quilt shops to support this an-

nual event. Reading quilt magazines always gets my mind churning

with possibilities for the next quilt or quilts. The Guild Annual Chal-

lenge, which will be held at our October meeting, inspires us to be

creative and think outside the box. Lastly, I get inspiration from you,

our members, with all the magnificent quilts and quilted objects you

share. Keep it up!

Cathy Fennell

October 16, 2017 Guild Meeting

The highlight of this month will be our 2016/2017 Guild Challenge,

Color Your Quilt World. Only a few more weeks to finish those

quilts!

Refreshments Come celebrate our 30th

anniversary with cake

and punch provided by the guild.

November 20, 2017 Guild Meeting

In November we will see the beautiful quilts of Bethanne Nemesh,

quilter extraordinaire. Bethanne won first place for her quilting

ability at AQS Quilt Week - Fall - Paducah. Treat yourself to some

amazing quilting by watching some of her videos online.

Check out Bethanne’s show quilts and gallery on her website:

http://whitearborquilting.com/

October 2017

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Birthdays October :

2

Mary Stefanelli

9

Joy Brown

11 Peggy Melachrinos

12 Chris Candello

17

Beverly White

18 Karen Glasthal

24 Sally Chillington

25

Gerry Higgins

November :

13 Sandy Dounce

19 Joan Markowitz

21 Sheila Brassington

and Hedy DeMito

Charity Gathering

There were nine more quilts turned in at the last

meeting. The total is now 152! The next charity quilt

gathering will be at Maxine Close’s home on Monday,

October 23rd

starting at 9:30. Lunch is provided.

Please bring your machines.

Maxine Close

Retreats

While the October 2017 Retreat is now full, there is

plenty of time to think about and sign up for the April

2018 retreat at Black Rock Retreat in Quarryville, Pa.

The dates are Thursday night, 4/5/18, Friday

night, 4/6/18, and Saturday night, 4/7/17. Amounts

and details will be available in early November, hope-

fully for the newsletter, and definitely by the Novem-

ber guild meeting.

If you would like the information as soon as it’s avail-

able, send me an email, joangunder@verizon.net.

You'll be among the first to know the costs.

Joan Gunder

Fat Quarter Raffle

The blue sky we observe de-

pends upon two factors: how

sunlight interacts with Earth's

atmosphere, and how our eyes

perceive that light. What color

or colors do you see in the sky?

Bring in a fat quarter that repre-

sents the color you see.

Number of entries = the num-

ber of fat quarters brought in.

Lisa Long

Science provides an under-

standing of universal

experience.

Arts provide a universal un-

derstanding of a personal

experience.

Mae Jemison

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Meeting Minutes of September 2017

WELCOME: President Cathy Fennell welcomed all members and two visitors.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Check the current newsletter for the incoming board members and new committee chairs.

Cathy presented Ann Palmer with her President’s quilt. Blocks were pieced and signed by

various members. Chris Candello quilted the president’s quilt.

HOSPITALITY DOOR PRIZES: Jacqui Santangelo and Joan Hagerman won the door prizes.

BEES: Check the newsletter for upcoming bees and Jean Corday will be sending a weekly reminder

for the events each week. The October 31st bee (Halloween) has been moved to Wednesday,

November 1st at Marge Quinn’s house

CHALLENGE: Dottie is asking that you bring your challenge in by 6:30 p.m. for October’s meeting

in a paper bag. Have your index card filled out with the information she is requesting. Her helpers

will be getting emails with instructions for the night.

FAT QUARTER RAFFLE: Lisa Long has taken over the raffle from Gloria.

RAFFLE QUILT: Marge Quinn is collecting money for the member’s tickets. 434 tickets were sold at

the Oaks Quilt show for a total of $373.

BLOCK OF THE MONTH: Prize winners were Meghan Heslin and Vickie Lopresti. The next two

blocks will “Harmony” and “Peace”.

WORKSHOPS: October will be the Indoor Yard Sale and spaces are still available, see Jacqui and

Beth if you would like to participate. The November workshop will be Sandy Dounce’s Quilt As You

Go table runner. Let Jean Hayden know if you would like to attend.

MEMBERSHIP: Charlene is collecting our yearly membership dues. 79 members have paid their

dues.

HOHOL CHALLENGE: Phyllis Manley talked about the challenge and has put flyers on the

information table. Cathy Fennell is our guild coordinator. If you would like to participate email

hoholcallange@gmail.com and copy Cathy.

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Under Cover guild is having their quilt show the same day as our yard sale.

Marge is collecting subscriptions for Fons and Porter magazine until December.

Lancaster Fiber Festival is looking for teachers for next summer; flyers are on the information table.

PROGRAM: Rosemary Geisler introduced our speaker Gyleen Fitzgerald. Her lecture was called

Make Mine with Scraps. She showed a large display of traditional utility quilts. She told us to use

up, cut up or recycle what you have on hand to make stunning quilts.

50/50: The winner of the drawing was Joan Gunder.

NEXT MEETING: Will be our Challenge quilts and our 30th

Anniversary celebration.

SHOW & TELL: Judy and Rosemary had show and tell from Gyleen’s workshop earlier that day at

Loose Threads.

MEETING ADJOURNED at 9:15 p.m.

NEXT MEETING: October 16, 2017

Respectfully submitted,

Jean Corday

October 2017

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Workshops

November 4th

– Quilt As you Go Holiday Table

Runner with Sandy Dounce, come learn an easy

quilt as you go method.

DATE: Saturday, November 4, 2017

TIME: 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM

PLACE: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

PRICE: $15

LUNCH: Please bring your own

Suggestions Wanted!

The quilt workshop committee will be meeting

soon to make up the list of workshops for 2018.

Do you:

• want to lead a workshop?

• have an idea for a workshop?

• have someone you would like to lead a work-

shop?

Please get in touch with Jean Hayden if you can

answer yes to any of the above questions.

Workshop Notes:

Workshop fees are non-refundable.

Fees can be given to Jean Hayden at guild

meetings or mail her a check.

Remember if you sign up for a workshop and

find you cannot attend, please call Jean.

VFHQ Guild Members’ Indoor

Yard Sale

DATE: Saturday, October 21, 2017

TIME: 10:00 am ~ 3:00 pm

PLACE: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

We are almost there. There is less than a

month until the fabulous October 21st VFHQ

Guild Member Yard Sale.

Eighteen members have signed up for tables.

It’s not too late to share a table with another

member.

Looking for bargains, missing something from

your Quilt stash or notions. Come browse for

an hour or so and bring a friend.

A good introduction to our guild.

Table Fee: $ 10.00 per table to be collected at

the time of the sale.

Email: Jacqui Santangelo -

jrenee185@gmail.com Or Beth Mancini -

bethquilts@comcast.net

Welcome to Two New Members

Dara Dinner

While Dara Dinner has a sewing background

since she was a child in school, she only be-

came interested in quilting about two years

ago. She loves applique and creating on her

embroidery machine. Dara is a patent attor-

ney.

Ruth Ann Joshlin

Ruth Ann Joslin has returned to our fold. She

has been sewing since she was in the ninth

grade. When you see Ruth Ann’s applique,

you will be amazed. She also likes to knit and

do needlepoint. Ruth Ann is an office man-

ager.

Reminder DUES ARE DUE

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Recipe

Challenge

Ladies, let’s finish it up for the Color My Quilt

Challenge! Put away your crayons, paints, col-

ored pencils, and markers. Write on your 4 x 6

index card the title of your creation and a little

about the inspiration for your quilt. Bring your

quilt in a brown paper bag by 6:30 p.m. the

night of our October meeting. Remember to

cover your label if it has your name on it. De-

liver it to one of our challenge committee

members for judging so they can assign a

number for voting and hang your quilt. An-

nouncement of our 2017-2018 challenge will

follow the awarding of ribbons. Thank you for

your participation. I hope you had FUN.

Dottie Doglash

and another Challenge

Whole? Hole? Guilds in Pennsylvania and oth-

er states will be participating in the hohl chal-

lenge. When we participate, our quilts will

travel to be enjoyed by other guilds and all

those other quilts will visit us. A great oppor-

tunity to share quilting far and wide. Talk to

Phyllis Manley or go on their website:

hohlchallenge@gmail.com to learn more.

Here is the recipe for Cranberry Almond

Wedges that Barbara Hughes made for our

September guild meeting. They went like hot

cakes.

CRANBERRY ALMOND WEDGES

(1) 7 ½ oz. package of Sugar Cookie mix (Betty

Crocker)

¼ t. almond extract

½ c. butter

1 T. milk

¾ c. sliced almonds

1 c. dried cranberries

Course or granulated sugar

• Preheat oven to 350*. Line two 9 ½” round

cake pans with foil, extending the foil over the

edges of the pan. Set aside.

• Place sugar cookie mix in a large bowl.

Sprinkle almond extract over the mix. Using a

pastry blender, cut the butter into the mix until

it resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in dried cran-

berries. Dough is crumbly. Divide this mixture

between two prepared pans. Press dough

firmly into the bottom of the pans. Brush the

top lightly with milk. Top with almonds and

sprinkle with sugar.

• Bake for 18-20 minutes or until centers are

set and tops are lightly browned. Cool the

pans on wire racks. Using the edges of the foil,

lift the cookie rounds out of the pan. Cut each

round into 16 wedges.

Makes 32 cookies.

Thank you all for the beautiful star quilt given

to me at the September guild meeting. Scrap

quilts are my favorite! Thank you for sharing

your scraps and kind sentiments with me. I

will treasure this quilt always.

Ann Palmer

Library News

The Library has two new books. Divide and De-sign by Lisa Calle includes instructions and pic-

tures on how to make six of her award winning

quilts. Secondary Designs by Judi Madsen for

AQS is also about creating designs for machine

quilting.

Joanne Franklin

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Local Quilt Shows

Quilter’s Garden - October 13-14, 2017.

Presented by Keystone Quilters Guild at the

Finland Menonite Church, 1750 Ziegler Road,

Pennsburg, PA. For more info visit

http://www.keystonequilters.org/show.html.

A Stitch in Time – October 14-15, 2017.

Presented by the Newtown Quilters’ Guild at

Lower Bucks Masonic Hall, Edgewood Rd &

Heacock Rd in Woodside (Bucks County), PA.

For more info visit

http://www.newtownquiltersguild.org.

Bi-Annual Quilt Show - October 20-22, 2017.

Presented by South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild

at the Upper Township Community Center,

1790 Route 50, Tuckahoe, NJ. For more info

go to

http://www.southshorestitchers.com/Show-

Page-2017.htm.

Sew Many Memories - October 20-22, 2017.

Presented by Undercovers Quilters at

Brookhaven Municipal Building, 2 Cambridge

Road, Brookhaven, PA. For more info visit

http://undercoverquilters.com/.

11th Annual Exhibition of Quilts - November

10-11, 2017. Presented by Lebanon Quilters

Guild at the Lebanon Expo Center, 80 Rocherty

Road, Lebanon, PA. For more info vis-

it http://lebanonquiltersguild.com/exhibition-

of-quilts/.

For info about more quilt shows…

Checkout our website for local and regional

quilt shows.

Cathy Radcliffe

September - Speaker & Show n’ Tell

Speaker – Gyleen Fitzgerald

Judy Tokar

Sisters Kate Sevensky & Nancy Hannum

do some dying.

Jean Hayden

Gina Arasin

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Bees….Bees…Bees…Bees

At bees we do a variety of handwork while visiting and getting to know each other. It would be

helpful to call the person hosting a bee to let her know you are coming although if you decide at

the last minute, please come! Please call Rosemary Geisler if you would like to host an evening

applique bee, Jean Hayden for an afternoon bee, Judy Snook for an evening bee and Ruth Heslin

for the Thursday bee.

Thursday Evening Bee

Thursday, September 28th

Location: Fairview Village Church, Germantown Pike

Time: 6 - 8:30 p.m.

Applique Bee

1st Tues

7-9 p.m.

Afternoon Bee

2nd Tues

12:30 – 3:30 p.m.

Evening Bee

4th Tues

7-9 p.m.

Northern Bee

5th

Tues

6:30-9:30 p.m.

October 3rd

Hedy DiMito

November 7th

Gloria Clark

October 10th

Molly Lorenz

November 14th

Nancy Hannum

October 24th

Roswmary Geisler

November 28th

Donna Raymond

November 1st

Marge Quinn

NOTE:

Change of date

Block of the Month – October

Harmony Peace

Joanne Franklin is a Winner!

Joanne’s burgundy, blue, green, and tan

quilt was the Grand Champion at the Oley

Fair. Her Along Came a Spider quilt is a

semi-finalist in the Moda Bella Challenge

and will become a part of a permanent ex-

hibit in Dallas, Texas. Congratulations!

October 2017

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Alice in Wonderland Tea Party

Many members came to the Alice in Wonderland

Tea hosted by Cathy Fennell and Judy Snook.

While working on their UFOs, time was taken out

to make two projects. After a delicious luncheon

provided by members, the vote for the best Alice in Wonderland hat resulted in first prize going to

Dottie Dolgash and second place to Joan Shaw.

Quilt Bingo followed before returning to sewing

machines and handwork.

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Board of Directors President Cathy Fennell

Vice President Chris Candello

Treasurer Marge Quinn

Secretary Jean Corday

Membership Charlene Hagerty

Programs Gloria Clark

Newsletter Editor Judy Snook

Guild Committees and Resources 50:50 Barbara Hughes

AccuQuilt Die Cutter Joan Gunder

Bees:

Applique Rosemary Geisler

Afternoon Jean Hayden

Evening Judy Snook

Northern Mary Moletierre

Thurs Evening Ruth Heslin

Block of the Month TBA

Challenge Dottie Dolgash

Comfort Quilts Maxine Close

Facebook Sue Fisher

Fat Quarter Raffle Lisa Long

Historian Deb Graves

Hospitality Laura Chaplar

Library Joanne Franklin

Member Comfort Rosemary Geisler

Judy Snook

Newsletter Editor Judy Snook

Newsletter Publisher Linda Hamel

Parliamentarian Lou Chandler

Programs Gloria Clark

Quilt Show Chris Candello

Raffle Quilt:

Coordinator Connie Stevenson

Exhibition Cathy Fennell

Tickets Marge Quinn

Refreshments Donna Raymond

Ann Palmer

Retreat/Excursions Joan Gunder

Round Robin Linda Hamel

Set-up Cathy Fennell

Sunshine Joan Shaw

Webmaster Cathy Radcliffe

Welcoming Charlene Hagerty

Workshops Jean Hayden

Valley Forge Homestead

Quilt Guild

PO Box 62463

King of Prussia, PA 19406

NQA Member #451

www.valleyforgequilters.org

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Monthly Guild Meetings are held

on the Third Tuesday of every

month at 7 P.M. at the

Good Shepard Lutheran Church in

King of Prussia, PA

Newsletter Submissions

Send to: Judy Snook

Information for the next newsletter

must be received by the 25th of the

month.