Northern Comfort - Cabin Fever Quilters` Guild

Vol. 37, No. 6 Cabin Fever Quilters’ Guild
June 2015 Fairbanks, Alaska
Northern Comfort
Vol. 37 No. 6 Cabin Fever Quilters’ Guild
June 2015
Fairbanks, Alaska
Letter from our President
Weren’t the last two weeks of May beautiful?? And now…..Rainy, cold days have me staying inside doing what else - quilting.
I was so inspired by the Bonnie Hunter workshops and lecture. I’m still working on both quilts using her “Leader and Ender” technique. While taking breaks I am ironing and cutting up my
scraps. This month would be a great time at show and tell to see some the quilts made at the
workshop.
Let’s not forget about the fair. There are reminders up in all the quilt shops, so it’s time to plan on
what you would like to enter. Sue Gross will be telling us about attaching Velcro for hanging,
along with lots of other useful information on batting and preparing your quilt to be longarm
quilted.
Block of the Month is the paper pieced basket. Get your name in the drawing and you may be the
lucky winner of these cute blocks.
Kelley MacDonald
CFGQ President
June-July Birthdays
Jackie
Anne
Gwenn
Barbara
Gwen
June
Julie
Pat
Shelly
Lona
Kathy
Newell
Apalsch
Davies Guy
Himschoot
Nirschl
Oldham
Scott
Knopf
Warden
Boyarsky
Karella
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
7
7
8
12
20
20
20
20
21
28
30
5
Danielle
Judy
Marge
Melissa
Jeanne
Nancy
Elizabeth
Teri
C.J.
Nancy
Lucy
Jenkins
Schoenewald
Eagan
Sikes
Yoder
Wagner
Shapland
Helmers
Thomas
Junk
Lorenz
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
10
11
11
11
13
14
15
21
23
29
Vol. 37, No. 6 Cabin Fever Quilters’ Guild
2014-2015 Cabin Fever Quilters’ Guild Board
President
Kelley MacDonald: 456-2695; [email protected]
Vice President
Dambra Callahan: 474-4340; [email protected]
Secretary
Kristen Brown: [email protected]
Treasurer
Carol Moore: 374-1697; [email protected]
Historian
open
Parliamentarian
Dotty Cooper:750-4481,452-0540; [email protected]
First Director (Publicity)
Shana Clay:322-5721 [email protected]
Second Director (Newsletter)
Elaine Thompson McGee:488-4002 [email protected]
Third Director (Workshops)
Sonja Zastrow: 378-2996; [email protected]
STANDING COMMITTEES:
Community Service
Jan Cannon: 378-6652: [email protected]
Tanana Valley Fair
Sue Gross: 488-3966: [email protected]
Hospitality
Mary Olson: 590-8311 [email protected]
Membership
Mary Hendrickson: 479-6937; [email protected]
Anne Apalasch:457-8458,750-4582 [email protected]
Carol Lovejoy:488-0259 [email protected]
Quilt Alaska July 2016
Pam Sprout: 456-8340 [email protected]
Raffle Quilt 2015
Jan Cannon: 378-6652 [email protected]
Raffle Quilt 2016
Sue Culley: 455-7155 [email protected]
AD HOC COMMITTEES:
Annual Dinner
Dambra Callahan [email protected]
Block of the Month
Jan Cannon: 378-6652 [email protected]
Elaine Thompson McGee:488-4002 [email protected]
CFQG Yahoo Email List
Ellen Daley: 455-0262; [email protected]
Quilt Slushy
Mary Burke: 750-0515; [email protected]
Quilting in the Snow
Sonja Zastrow: 378-2996; [email protected]
UAF Bazaar
Anne Apalasch:457-8458,750-4582 [email protected]
Secret Pals
Nancy Junk: 347-4595; [email protected]
Sunshine Sue
Mary Burke: 750-0515; [email protected]
2
June 2015 Fairbanks, Alaska
Cabin Fever Quilters’ Guild Meeting
3rd Tuesday of each month beginning at 7:00 PM
Faith Baptist Church
910 Chena Pump Road
Cabin Fever Quilters’ Guild Board of Directors Meeting
4th Wednesday of each month beginning at 6:15PM
Carol Moore’s 412 Droz
Cabin Fever Quilters’ Guild
PO Box 83608, Fairbanks, AK 99708
To subscribe to the CFQG email list:
You must be a CFQG member in good standing!
Go to this page to sign up:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CFQG/
select link “join this group”, and follow instructions
You will need a Yahoo id, but not a Yahoo email address
Website:
http://www.cfqgalaska.org
NORTHERN COMFORT is published monthly on the
CFQG Website. Members are notified by email of the
web posting. Paper copies are available via first class
mail for a small annual fee. Please inform membership
chair of address changes.
ADVERTISING: Quilt related commercial ads: full page
$30, half page $15, quarter page $8. Payments should
be sent with ad copy. Personal ads related to quilting are
free to Guild members on a space available basis. The
CFQG cannot accept responsibility for the content of ads.
CABIN FEVER QUILTERS’ GUILD is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the appreciation and
knowledge of quilts and quilt making.
MEMBERSHIP: Non-members may attend twice as
guests. Guild membership is open to anyone interested
in quilts.
Annual dues:
$25, payable in October
$20 for Sr. Rate 60+ years
$5 extra for a mailed Newsletter subscription, others will
receive newsletter as a PDF file via the CFQG Yahoo
Group.
NEWSLETTER SUBMITTALS: Items/corrections are
due by the first of the month unless otherwise announced:
Mail: Elaine Thompson McGee [email protected]
3386 White Spruce Drive
North Pole, AK 99705 Phone: 907-488-4002
Acceptable file formats: check with newsletter editor
Please include the 3 letter file extension
Web Coordinators
Linda Stephenson: 456-6977; [email protected]
Mary Burke: 750-0515; [email protected] (pictures only)
CFQG Meeting Cancellation Policy
Due to Extreme Cold
When the official outside temperature is -35 F or colder
at 5pm,the meeting will not be held.
The number to call is:
907-458-3745 ex 1113
Vol. 37, No. 6 Cabin Fever Quilters’ Guild
June 2015 Fairbanks, Alaska
Cabin Fever Quilter’s Guild
May 19, 2015 Meeting Minutes
WELCOME/INTRODUCTIONS OF GUESTS AND NEW MEMBERS
President Kelley MacDonald called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm and welcomed everyone to the May Meeting.
We had three new members join during the meeting. Please welcome Mary Bingham, Amber Vanderlinden, and
Jennifer Koliba.
APPROVAL OF NOVEMBER MEETING MINUTES
President Kelley MacDonald asked if there were any additions or corrections to the April Minutes. No additions or
corrections were mentioned. Motion was made to approve the April Minutes by Sonja Zastrow and Pam Sprout.
TREASURER’S REPORT
Carol Moore presented the Treasurer’s Report.
The beginning balance was $9,458.47……ending balance was $10,292.58.
Raffle account beginning balance was $679.75……ending balance was $499.85.
Total Balance: $10,792.43
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Membership: Mary Hendrickson said she had several people who have not paid for their membership dues. If you
have not paid for this year please see Mary Hendrickson or Anne Apalsch at the next Guild Meeting.
Block of the Month: The BOM for 2015 has had a great turnout each month. Bonnie Post won 36 blocks at the
May Meeting. Elaine Thompson McGee showed an example of June’s BOM which will be a Paper Pieced Basket
block using Light Blue, Brown, and Food fabrics. Elaine recommended an Add a Quarter Ruler which you could
get at Blue Ribbon or Ben Franklin.
CFQG Yahoo Email List: Ellen Daley was not present.
Community Sewing: Community Sewing is on break for the summer. See you in September.
Tanana Valley Fair: Sue Gross reported the Tanana Valley Fair will be August 7-16, 2015 with Entry Day on August 1 and Judging Day on August 2. Sue had the sign-up sheets at the May Meeting so please contact her to volunteer a little time to make this year a great show. Blue Ribbon is giving away a sewing machine for the Junior Grand
Champion. The theme this year is Blue Jean, Country Dreams. The colors are red and white check, denim blue, and
sunflowers.
Quilt Alaska 2016: Pam Sprout is doing Quilt Alaska 2016. Pam said there was limited space for large bed quilts
but plenty of room for quilted garments and wall hangings.
Raffle Quilt 2015: Sue Gross said the “Northern Brights” quilt is hanging up at the Morris Thompson Center and
tickets are being sold there and in all the shops. Please see Susan Gross or Susan Culley to get tickets to sell to all
your family, friends, and neighbors.
Raffle Quilt 2016: Sue Gross handed out the quilt blocks at the May Meeting. Everything must be completed and
returned at the July Meeting.
UAF Bazaar: Ann Apalsch was not present.
Secret Pals: Nancy Junk said the year is going well and saw many gifts on the table at the May Meeting.
Sunshine Sue: Mary Burke was not present.
Hospitality: Mary Olson was back from being out of town for work and thanked Elaine Thompson-McGee and
everyone who helped Elaine for all their hard work. Mary will be here through September for hospitality before
leaving town again for work.
Annual Meeting/Dinner: Dambra Callahan said they were close to making a decision about the location for the
Annual Dinner.
Workshop: Sonja Zastrow reported Bonnie Hunter will be holding her workshop on May 23-24 and there were still
a couple of spots left. The Lecture is on Saturday at 7pm with the classes starting on Saturday and Sunday at 10 am
at the Elk’s Lodge. Sonja Zastrow also had pictures from QIS 2015 for anyone who ordered one.
OLD BUSINESS
Kelley MacDonald still has two XL denim shirts for sale at $37.50 if you would like one please contact her.
3
Vol. 37, No. 6 Cabin Fever Quilters’ Guild
June 2015 Fairbanks, Alaska
Kelley MacDonald announced the Guild was looking for anyone who may be interested in chairing the New Members Tea as a way to welcome new members. Please contact Kelley for more information.
NEW BUSINESS/ ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The Guild needs a couple of positions filled for next year: Vice President and Treasurer. Please speak to Dotty
Cooper if you would like to serve as a Guild Board Member.
Janice Cleworth, Brenda Dow, and Shirley Albert will be meeting to review the Guild’s by laws and will have it
completed in time for the September General Meeting.
Jan Cannon said a local gentleman donated his late wife’s sewing items to the Guild and much of it cannot be used
by Community Sewing so in the June Meeting the Guild is holding a garage sale for the June Program. These donated items will be sold and the proceeds will go to Community Sewing.
Next Board Meeting: May 27, 2015 at Carol Moore’s Home at 6:15 pm.
Next General Meeting: June 16, 2015 at Faith Baptist Church at 7 pm.
BREAK at 7:38 pm.—Meeting was called at 7:57PM.
PROGRAM: Kathy Dubbs talked about many of her items that she was selling at the May Meeting. She had a
great collection of antique buttons and beautiful linens.
SHOW AND TELL
There were several beautiful quilts and other items for show and tell.
BOM DRAWING—Bonnie Post
FAT QUARTER DRAWING—Dotty Cooper
NAME TAG DRAWING—Carol Moore
DOOR PRIZES—Jeanette Gastro, Nancy Junk, Carol Moore, Kristen Brown, Sue Gross, Dotty Cooper, Jeanette
Wrede and Kelley MacDonald
Meeting adjourned at 8:09pm.
Respectfully submitted by Kristen Brown
Cabin Fever Quilters Guild Board Meeting
May 27, 2015
President Kelley MacDonald called the meeting to order at 6:15pm. Those present, Dotty Cooper, Carol Moore,
Dambra Callahan, Kelley MacDonald, Sonja Zastrow, Elaine Thompson-McGee, and Kristen Brown.
June Program will be a garage sale of sewing items. A table will cost $10 and will only consist of sewing items.
Set up is at 6pm and please contact Dambra Callahan to reserve your table due to limited space.
Liability Insurance is due July 1st. Dotty Cooper and Elaine Thompson McGee will be meeting with the Guild’s
State Farm Agent on Thursday morning to discuss the Guild’s policy.
Publicity: Shana Clay has volunteered. Thank you Shana!
Bonnie Hunter’s Workshop was really good. Bonnie Hunter was very happy to see how many people signed up for
the classes and came to the lecture because of the holiday weekend.
Dotty Cooper said the nominating committee was still looking for a Vice President and a Treasurer for next year.
Annual Dinner: The location selected for the dinner was Zion Lutheran with Midnight Sun Catering for the food.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:15 pm.
Respectfully submitted, Kristen Brown
4
Vol. 37, No. 6 Cabin Fever Quilters’ Guild
June 2015 Fairbanks, Alaska
Fat Quarter Exchange
Bring a Fat Quarter of good quilt shop quality 100% cotton fabric to the meeting.
June ........................... Masculine, geometric, plaid
July.................................... Red, white, blue, patriotic
August ............................... Back to school, red, blue, yellow, primary colors
September ........................ Apples, orange, purple, green, secondary colors
October ............................. Orange, black print
November ......................... Browns, Thanksgiving prints
December ......................... Red, green prints
Local Classes
Blue Ribbon:
Material Girls:
Beginning Quilting, July 19, 12:00 to 5:00, $50 plus book
Bargello Variations, July 12, 12:00 to 5:00, $75 includes pattern
Quilted Wall Hanging & Table Runner, June 13 & 20, 12:00 to 2:00 both days, $40 plus kit
Northern Threads:
Bonnie Hunter Workshop
We had a very successful workshop over Memorial Weekend and a fabulous turnout for the lecture! Bonnie was
very impressed at the attendance and she thoroughly enjoyed Fairbanks. I hope we can have her back soon! You
can check out her blog to see what we worked on over the weekend!
Day 1 in Fairbanks: http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2015/05/boxy-stars-in-fairbanks-ak.html
Day 2 in Fairbanks: http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2015/05/cathedral-stars-on-fairbanks-sunday.html
Bonnie has some amazing free scrap quilt patterns! Check them out here: http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/freepatterns.html
And the most important part for making a scrap quilt is being prepared to make a scrap quilt!! Here is the link to
her scrap system: http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/06/scrap-users-system.html
Bonnie Hunter’s Main Blog! http://quiltville.blogspot.com/
Sonja Zastrow
Workshop Director
5
Vol. 37, No. 6 Cabin Fever Quilters’ Guild
6
June 2015 Fairbanks, Alaska
Vol. 37, No. 6 Cabin Fever Quilters’ Guild
7
June 2015 Fairbanks, Alaska
Vol. 37, No. 6 Cabin Fever Quilters’ Guild
June 2015 Fairbanks, Alaska
Find us on Faceboook
https://www.facebook.com/CabinFeverQuiltersAlaska
Thanks Shana!
Membership Directory Update:
Dotty Cooper has a new phone number, please change her 360-631-2241 cell number to 907-750-4481
Calendar
Cabin Fever Quilters’ Guild Meeting: Third Tuesday, 7:00 p.m., Faith Baptist Church
910 Chena Pump Road
Cabin Fever Quilters’ Guild Board Meeting: Fourth Wednesday, 6:15p.m., Carol Moore's house
412 Droz
Group Activities -- Sew-Ins
Community Quilting: The Saturday following the Guild meeting, Sept thru May. Contacts: Jan
Cannon 378-6652, [email protected] or Nancy Junk, 452-4438, [email protected]
Tuesday Sewers: Every Tuesday, 10 a.m. at The Material Girls. Kathy Richardson, 456-6236
Crazy Ladies; 2nd and 4th Thursdays, 6:30pm—8:30pm at Noel Wien Library meeting room varies. Quilting, beading, knitting, all crafts welcome. Karyn Janssen 488-2834
Thursday Thimbles: Every Thursday, noonish at Kathy Richardson’s 1032 8th Avenue, 452-6236
8
Vol. 37, No. 6 Cabin Fever Quilters’ Guild
June 2015 Fairbanks, Alaska
SMALL QUILT AUCTION
You will find on our web page, the form you need to fill out and attach to your small quilt. I
will be hanging them on Aug 3rd., our Hanging Day at the fair.
Due to another obligation I have on Tuesday nights, I will be unable to attend the Tuesday
Guild Meetings. So I ask that if you have a small quilt to drop it off at my house at 2000 Carr
Ave. If no one is home, please leave your quilt between the screen and front doors. I will also
check with Sue at Blue Ribbon and see if she will take them in. I will then Yahoo Group with
her answer. Please wait for my Yahoo before dropping them off. I like to get permission first.
I can't wait to see all your awesome creations and you can do more than one small quilt.
See Ya at the Fair!
Mary Burke
Quilters, every year our show is getting smaller because fewer quilts are entered. To
have the best quilt show ever, we need your work! Entry day is August 1st, which
means you still have time to start a project or finish up a UFO.
Let’s show our community what we can do!
9
Vol. 37, No. 6 Cabin Fever Quilters’ Guild
10
June 2015 Fairbanks, Alaska
Vol. 37, No. 6 Cabin Fever Quilters’ Guild
11
June 2015 Fairbanks, Alaska
Vol. 37, No. 6 Cabin Fever Quilters’ Guild
June 2015 Fairbanks, Alaska
Cabin Fever Quilters’ Guild
P. O. Box 83608
Fairbanks, AK 99708
Cabin Fever Quilters’ Guild Meeting
Faith Baptist Church
Small Quilt Auction form enclosed
Wear your name tag.
Bring a geometric, plaid or masculine print fat quarter.
Sue Gross program —get your quilt ready for quilting and the fair.
12