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Annapolis Quilt Guild, Inc.
PIECEMAKER
National Quilting Association Chapter #229
President’s Corner
www.annapolisquiltguild.org
Summer 2015
In this issue:
A
hhhh, summer. Farmers’ markets, swimming
pools, hamburgers on the grill, lazy afternoons on the screen porch with a good book and
the ceiling fan going around and around. And,
hopefully, more time to SEW!
My goal for summer sewing is to finish three quilts
that I started some time ago. Why I can complete
a top, then stall at the borders, I don’t know. But I
am sworn to a productive summer and plan to
have quilts for show & tell in the Fall. It kinda reminds me of elementary school…what I did this
summer. So what are you doing? Will you start
something new or finish something old? Try a
new technique or a new pattern, take a class, attend a quilt show?
Speaking of quilt shows, every year I am amazed
that our own show is better than ever. That it
comes together so wonderfully. That our very own
members can accomplish such a fabulous feat.
Let me add my thank-you to everyone involved in
this year’s show, from the worker bees, the demoers, the committee leaders, to those of us who
spent lots of money with the vendors. Every year I
buy something I dearly love at our show – this
year it was the blue wooden box from Suffolk
Shaker Shop. And there were Hilke Hoefer’s doll
clothes for my granddaughter. And Connie Doster’s scarf. And, and, and….
So it all starts again. We begin a new year with
AQG: new classes, new expert speakers, new
quilts to admire, new friends, new quilt show to
prepare, and new opportunities to learn and teach.
That, after all, is what we are all about. We are a
community of quilters who share the love of quilting with each other and the uninitiated. Let’s
come together to make this our best year ever.
—Lynn Hollway
President, AQG
President’s Corner ........................... ....1
Calendar .............................................. 1
Bee Business ....................................... 2
Events and Membership News ......... 3-5
2016 Raffle Quilt .................................. 6
Patriotic Quilts...................................... 7
Quilt Show Winners ........................ 8-12
Charity Projects ............................ 13-14
Minutes from the June Meeting .......... 14
Upcoming Workshops ........................ 15
Block of the Month ....................... 16-17
Summer Calendar
Monday, July 27 - AQG Board meeting, 7:008:45 p.m., Crofton Library
Monday, August 3 - Sit and Sew, 7:00-9:00 p.m.,
Annapolis Friends Meeting
Monday, August 31 - AQG Board meeting, 7:008:45 p.m., Crofton Library
Monday, September 14 - General meeting, 7:009:00 p.m., Knights of Columbus Hall. Pat and Arlan
Christ lecture on “Pennsylvania Dutch Quilts: Folklore and Superstition”
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Bee information
.Open
Bees
(All are welcome to join)
New Bee! The Rusty Needles Sewing Circle
meets the 4th Monday from 5:30 p.m.-9 p.m. and
any 5th Mondays from 1:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. at the
Fairview Library in Calvert County (intersection of Rt
4 & Chaneyville Rd, Owings). Not only are sewing
machines welcomed, but other forms of handwork
are welcomed also. For further information please
contact Sharon Fossett at [email protected]
The Material Girls Bee is an open bee that meets
at the Severna Park Library from 9:30-4. Generally
we meet on Mondays. In July, we will meet on July
6th and 7th for a joint meeting with the Quilt Book
Study Group and again on July 20. In August, we
will meet on August 3rd and 17th. New members are
always welcome. For more information call Helen
Hamerstrom at 410- 647-1720.
The Quilt Book Study Group meets at the Severna
Park Library from 9:30 – 4, generally on Mondays. In July, we will meet on 7/6 and 7/7 for a joint
meeting with the Material Girls Bee and again on
July 27. In August we will meet on August 10th and
24th. For more information call Helen Hamerstrom
at 410- 647-1720.
The Fabric Hogs Fabric Hogs meet at the South
County Police station in Edgewater on the third
Monday of each month. Our next meeting is on July
20. We welcome new members and visitors at any
time. For info, please contact Kelly Dunahoo via
email at [email protected].
The Huntingtown Hive meets in Prince Frederick
on the second and fourth weekends of the month at
Linda Murphy’s house at 2384 Sixes Road, Prince
Frederick, MD 20678. For more information please
contact Linda at 410-414-3118 or 443-532-1970.
The Queen Bees Kent Island Bee meets on the
second Thursday of the month at St. Christopher’s,
Chester, MD 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The Queen
Bees focus primarily on handwork, learning and
practicing the various methods for adding dimensional interest to quilting. New members are always
welcome. For more information and directions,
please call Terri Flaherty at 443-239-2532 or Lis
Cockey at 410-827-5738.
June Carver
Kate Gollsneider
Katie Thompson
Be sure to welcome our new and returning
members at the next meeting! A revised list
of members is posted on the web on the
Members page.
From the Sunshine Lady….
As of last month’s report, we
have sent some sunshine to Lynn
Hapchuck who had heart valve
replacement surgery and to Cynthia York who was hospitalized
after an allergic reaction to the
shingles shot. If you’re looking for
small projects this summer or want to try a new
technique, why not make some heart blocks to have
on hand for our members?
It’s never too late to send sunshine to guild mem-
bers by sending out cards to those who are sick, recovering from surgery, or have had a loss in the
family. Please call or email, (with “AQG” in the subject line please), if you know of someone who might
appreciate a card from the guild.
Please be sure to find some time to make some
heart blocks for our members who have gone
through some difficult times this past year. You may
check past issues of our newsletter for any names
you may have missed. Directions for making the
blocks may be found on page 12 in our Membership
Directory; if you have any questions regarding the
blocks, please feel free to contact me at (410)7576416 or email [email protected] .
―Kerry Hayes
The Three-Inch Bee is a bee that is concentrating
on miniatures. The group meets at the Severna Park
Library, usually on the third Thursday evening of the
month from 6:30-8:45. Contact Kelley Cunningham
if
you’re
interested
in
joining.
Email:
[email protected].
Annapolis Quilt Guild
Summer 2015
Events and Membership News
Sit and Sews
Annapolis Quilt guild does not have regular meetings during the summer months. Instead, we have
two Sit and Sews. This year, the next Sit and Sew
is on August 3, from 7 pm to 9 pm at Friends Meetinghouse.
The Meetinghouse is located at 351 Dubois Road,
Annapolis , just off Bestgate Road.
See the map below for further information.
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VEEPNotes
If you are one of the members I have talked to about
helping with the 2016 Raffle quilt, this note is for
you. If you can, please come to the August Sit and
Sew on Monday, August 3, to pick colors and fabrics
for the 12 appliqué blocks we will work on. The
blocks are step one and I would like to get them
done by late fall (before Thanksgiving). There will
be other decisions on borders, etc. to make once
these are completed. Hope to see you there.
Miki
—
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Events and Membership News
From the Guild Librarian
Retreat Information
This was my first time white-gloving a quilt show and
I had a blast doing it. I met so many nice people,
and to boot, I still had time to hit the Rotary Club
used book sale. I bought us eight new titles for our
collection.
For those who like to plan ahead, you may now
mark your calendars for the next 2 retreats:
Among them is a
sweet item titled Quilt
Shop Tour which
has a breakdown of
22 outstanding stores
from coast to coast. It
includes each owner's
favorite quilt patterns
and how to do them,
plus lots of color pictures.
Another interesting find was Designers and Their
Quilts. In this book, designers such as Lynette Jensen, Joy Hoffman,
and Marti Mitchell
share their advice
and quilts.
Fall 2015: October 14-18 (Wed.-Sunday) This will
be the guild’s 60th retreat at West River, so the
camp is planning a special dinner on the Friday
night. All AQG members are invited. More details
will follow in the Sept newsletter.
Spring 2016: April 20-24 (Wed.- Sunday)
Retreats are always very productive and inspiring. They help make and strengthen friendships,
build quilting skills and make AQG better.
Reminders for Summer

Start assembling your
(Directions on pp. 16-17)

Finish one of those UFOs this summer!

Plan a major new project for the coming year.

See your friends at the Sit and Sew

Have fun!
BOM
I will be adding all to
our collection over
the summer, so keep
an eye out for new
titles at the fall meeting, when I will have
them
on display.
Have a great summer
and when you get
back, there will be
lots of nice surprises
at the library table. Come up and introduce yourselves and share your summer quilting stories.
Warmly,
Your new guild librarian,
Alexis Langsner
See Quilt Show winners
starting on Page 8.
quilt
top.
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Events and Membership News
June Dinner
Thank you so much to all who helped us make the
June Dinner a great success!! The food was delicious, as always, and our speaker, Pat Steiner, was
delightful as she walked us down "Memory Lane"
telling us about "Trends in the Quilt World from the
Last 30 Years." We have come a long way since
1970 when Pat opened Cottonseed Glory in Annapolis. She taught us about how sewing machines,
tools, techniques, and fabrics have changed since
she began her still-striving business. Thank you
again, Pat!!
—Marti Phelps and Donna Pipeling
DAR Museum Quilt Exhibition
Emphasizes the Maker
They are quilts that evoke their maker’s taste, position, and status. They are masterpieces stitched by
many hands. These Virginia and Maryland quilts
show how their makers’ designs moved with them
and continued to show their origins. A new exhibition at the DAR Museum, featuring more than 30
early-American quilts, highlights not only the beauty
of the textiles, but also the women who made the
quilts.
Can you "BEARLY" wait?
Before you know it September will be here and it
will be time for the
"Invasion of the Teddy
Bears." Each September we receive several hundred teddy bears from the Salvation Army, all
dressed in nothing but their birthday suits, and each
December we give them back, all dressed up. Each
one has its own child-sized or bear-sized quilt as
well. If you’d like to participate, pick up your bear
from one of us at the September meeting. If you
want to get a jump-start on your clothing, watch for
fun sales at "Build-A-Bear" in August!!
—Marti Phelps
—Lis Cockey
—Terri Flaherty
The exhibit runs at DAR Museum through
September 5. For more information, see
http://www.dar.org/museum/exhibitions/currentexhibition
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2016 Raffle Quilt
The new raffle quilt, SuperNova, was displayed for the first time at the potluck dinner held to conclude the
2014-15 Annapolis Quilt Guild year. The quilt was designed and sewn by members Lynn Hollway, Shelly
Duncan, Hilke Hoefer, Miki Burgnon, and Eileen Mattingly. Quilt wrangler Shelly Duncan will be taking the
quilt to many venues this year to sell tickets; be sure to let her know if you can help. And be sure to enhance
your own chance to win by paying for those raffle tickets you receive with your membership packet.
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Patriotic Quilts
The Guild has received the message below from
Warrior Events. I'm proud of our guild for the work
they did on this project!!
—Trish Hankey
Thank you and your organization for the wonderful
Patriotic Quilts. It was a very meaningful way of
saying thank you to our military and their families for
their immense sacrifice.
Always Thankful,
John O'Leary (president) and Bob Saunders (VP)
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Quilt Show Winners, cont.
Category 1: Group Quilts
Group Quilts – Small
Group Quilts – Medium
Group Quilts – Large
Category 2: Hand Quilted
Hand Quilted – Small
Hand Quilted – Medium/Large
Category 3: Machine Quilted
Machine Quilted – Small
Machine Quilted – Medium
Machine Quilted – Large
Category 4: Petite
Petite Quilt
1. Alice Tignor
2. Joanne Martin
1. Barbara Dicker
2. Patricia Blackford
3. Hilke Hoefer
1. Judy Shapiro
2. Jean Dwyer
3. Alice Tignor
Sweet Summertime
Pink Stars
Glamour Girls
Sunrise/Sunset
Chocolate Truffle Stars
John Wesley
Shadow of a Bear Paw
Wilhelmina Marie
1. Mary Lou Brown
2. Wanda Newman
1. Irene Caroom
2. Lynn Hapchuk
3. Georgia Osterman
Seasons
Leaning Sashiko
The Habit of Love
Caribean Stars
Tropical Broderie Purse
1. Wanda Newman
2. Kelly Cunningham
3. Bernerdett King
1. Wanda Newman
2. Elaine Green
3. Jeanette Bayless
1.Kelly Cunningham
2. Maggie Manalo
2. Priscilla O’Dell
3. Patti Ackerman
My Favorite Rose
In Full Bloom
Galaxy Star
Pointsetta Garden
New York Beauty, Blue
Compasses
Fly Away Home
Abridged Missives of Devotion
Calag’s Bear Quilt
Bright Blooms
Asia Garden
1.Rebecca Musliner
2. Patricia Holland
3. Lynn Holloway
Tiny Town
Migration
Perfectly Imperfect
Miscellaneous
1. Betty Phillips
2. Judy Shapiro
3. Ann Hazelwood
Feathered Nest
Jacket
Midnight Sun Jacket
Kid’s Choice
1. Eileen Mattingly
1. Cheryl Hack
A to Z for Ewe and Me
Connor’s Dr. Seuss
Kid’s Quilt
1.Corinne Carson
Hula Cat
Category 5: Miscellaneous
“BEST OF SHOW” VOTE:
1.Alice Tignor
Sweet Summertime
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Community Service
1,380 BEADS OF COURAGE
TWIN SIZED QUILTS (60”X85”)
BAGS PRODUCED
NEEDED FOR LIGHTHOUSE
It has been a banner year for
bead bag production with
1,380 made. It is a 38% increase over the optimistic
stretch goal of 1,000 for the
year AND a 59% increase
over last year! What an
amazing testament to our
commitment to make a difference in the world through stitching.
While the numbers are large, the need is even bigger. Beads of Courage now has programs in over 60
children's hospitals in the United States, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom and Japan—as
well as a Distance Program that we have been supporting.
We recently received these words from Ashley
LaPointe, a Beads of Courage Program Manager.
“Thank you very much for your generous support
and labor of love making Bead Bags for the Beads
of Courage program. Your donations have been
directly supporting our Beads from a Distance program. We have this program available to those who
do not have the Beads of Courage program at their
hospital. We currently have 2546 members enrolled
and each new member gets a Bead Bag. We also
have 406 people on the US wait list and 101 people
on the International wait list so there is still very
much a need for this program that serves families
with a child suffering from a chronic illness. We appreciate your donations and want you to know that
each Bead Bag made with your care is cherished
and used to store, carry, and protect their treasured
Beads of Courage!”
How about a SUMMER CHALLENGE to see how
many bags you can produce? If you need kits, contact Prue Hoppin who will mail them or arrange to
deliver them to you.
Shall we shoot for 1,500 next year?
A quilt on every bed is
the goal for the Light
House shelter in Annapolis, whose vision is to
serve as a national model for how a community
cares for its homeless: to
break the cycle of homelessness by providing a
place of belonging, lifechanging programs, and
a broad continuum of
support to those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
What better way to create a place of belonging than
to have each bed covered with a quilt—some of
which will go with individuals when they move on to
more permanent housing.
Please get on board and make a quilt! Here are
several really quick and easy patterns to consider:
Take Five, As Easy as ABC & I23, and One Block
Wonder.
Prue Hoppin is putting together some group sewing
days this summer to produce quilts. Contact her at
443-607-8345 or by email [email protected]
if you’d like to participate.
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Minutes of the June Meeting; Community Service, cont.
General Meeting Minutes,
June 22, 2015
President Jeanne Hawn thanked everyone who
worked on our successful quilt show. Trish Hankey,
co-chair of the show, also thanked everyone for the
beautiful show. Polly Schatz had a few items left at
the show, and gave members an opportunity to
claim them. The Show Committee also awarded
ribbons to Eileen Mattingly and Cheryl Hack whose
quilts were Kids’ Favorites.
Jeanne presented the current board with lovely
handmade gifts. Incoming President Lynn Hollway
recognized the new Board and Committee Chairs.
Members who won ribbons in the show participated
in a parade of quilts.
Miki Burgnon, Hilke Hoefer, and Lynn presented the
2016 raffle quilt, “Supernova.”
After an amazing buffet meal, Marti Phelps, Events
co-chair, introduced Pat Steiner, member and owner of Cottonseed Glory, as our speaker. Pat gave a
fascinating talk about the history of her own quilting
career, and she showed us quilts that were typical
of the various decades since she started quilting.
The dinner meeting was adjourned about 8:00 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Lynn Hollway
for Maggie Manalo
SERVICE PROJECT OPPORTUNITY:
SEEKING GUILD COORDINATOR
We recently received a request on behalf of the
Landstuhl Hospital Care Project, a 501C(3) charitable organization that provides items requested by
our troops. The Project’s website can be found at
www.landstuhlhospitalcareproject.org. They are
seeking the following:
Pillow covers for pillow forms they will provide.
They will also provide fabric, if needed. When completed, the pillows need to be sent to the organization’s headquarters in Virginia to be forwarded to
troops overseas. This is an immediate need.
Christmas Stockings for deployed troops and
those recovering in hospitals. Rebecca Lambert (see contact information below) is willing to absorb
the cost of shipping them to Virginia. The due date for the stockings is November 1st.
If you are interested in spearheading either of these
projects, please let Prue Hoppin know (443-6078345 or [email protected]) so she can coordinate with the organization’s representative.
For more specific information about project details,
contact Rebecca Lambert (LHCP Stitches of Love
Coordinator and Moderator) at
[email protected].
Quilt Show Entry Hall Stats
Everyone always asks about show attendance, so here are some statistics comparing this year to the
past. Please bear in mind that the numbers on Sunday are about 100 lower than actual attendance because
we do not recount repeat armband visitors/members. Vendors are not in the count either.
Sat.
Sunday
Total
2015
978
331
1309
2014
928
337
1265
2013
890
603
1493 (Father's Day weekend)
2012
771
346
1117 (Lacrosse championship)
2011
902
453
1355
2010
922
403
1325
A big and sincere THANK YOU to all the wonderful volunteers who made the show run smoothly and such a
success. We are looking for someone to chair the Entry Hall position next year, as Nancy Jo and I have done
it for the past 6 years. We will gladly "train" you and support as volunteers. Please call or email me for this
satisfying job. No resumé needed!
—Hilke Hoefer
[email protected]
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Summer 2015
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Upcoming Workshops
Workshop with Terry Kramzar
“Quilting in Layers”
Tuesday, October 6
9:30 a.m.- 4 :00 p.m.
We were happy to be able to reschedule the workshop “Quilting in Layers” that we had to cancel last
March due to bad weather. In this workshop, Terry
Kramzar will present her method for creating a pictorial quilt from pre-quilted squares. I hope you all
remember the beautiful sample she sent last
spring.
Cost: $50.00
Location: Severna Park Community Center
See more of Terry’s work at
http://terrykramzar.com
Workshop with Cindy Needham
“Linen Ladies”
Sunday, November 1
9:30 a.m.- 4 :00 p.m.
Learn how Cindy repurposes antique linens to
create beautiful quilts. In this design workshop you will create a pattern for a small
whole cloth quilt. No sewing required!
“Heirloom Feathers”
Monday, November 2
9:30 a.m.- 4 :00 p.m.
See more of Cindy’s work at
Learn how Cindy repurposes antique linens to
create beautiful quilts. In this design workshop you will create a pattern for a small
whole cloth quilt. No sewing required!
Cost: $50.00 for each workshop
Location: Severna Park Community Center
http://cindyneedham.com/
There will be more information and a chance
to sign up for these workshops at our meetings or call Polly Schatz or Sue Cochrane.
The fee for most workshops is $50.
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Block of the Month Setting Instructions
Continued on next page
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Block of the Month Setting Instructions, cont.
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Annapolis Quilt Guild, Inc.
PO Box 4278
Annapolis, MD 21403-6278
Annapolis Quilt Guild Officers, 2014-15
President Lynn Hollway
Vice President Miki Burgnon
Secretary pro tempore Vickie Ward
Treasurer Patti Ackerman
Membership Georgia Osterman and Dibby Gundry
Programs Polly Schatz and Sue Cochrane
Events Marti Phelps, Terri Flaherty, and Lis Cockey
Newsletter Editor Eileen Mattingly
Quilt Show Marie Holmes, Stacy Lute, and Terri Flaherty
Senior Advisor Jeanne Hawn
Committee Chairs
Please send submissions to the
PIECEMAKER
by regular mail or email to
Eileen Mattingly
26 Turnberry Road
Bourne, MA 02532
[email protected]
Deadline for the September
issue is
August 15
Beekeeper Barbara Whited
Community Service Projects Prue Hoppin
Historian Hilke Hoefer
Librarian Alexis Langner
Publicity Gloria Rund
Raffle Quilt Wrangler Shelly Duncan
Saleables Trish Hankey
Sunshine Kerry Heyes
Tax Committee Nancy Yuill
Technology Equipment Brenda MacQuilliam
Webmaster Maggie Manolo
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