The Friendship Note - Friendship Knot Quilters` Guild
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The Friendship Note - Friendship Knot Quilters` Guild
APRIL 2015 www.friendshipknotquiltersguild.com NQA 261 The Friendship Note Newsletter of the Friendship Knot Quilters’ Guild, Inc. Sarasota, Florida President’s Message 2015 QUILT SHOW CHAIRS This past weekend was the FKQG Winter/ Spring Retreat at Dayspring. I had such a good time spending time with old friends and new. Mary Nissen and Karla Lynch did a fabulous job as usual planning and carrying out the entire 4 days. Joy Abbott kept the money straight and confirmed our reservations for Summer 2015, Winter/Spring 2016 and I believe Summer 2016. Those who attended saw some wonderful work. We had pillows with the cutest flowers, Cats, Cat and more cats, a precious alphabet quilt, a white trapunto block quilt, a lime green and teal throw quilt, and on and on. We have such talented quilters in our guild. I was so inspired I actually finished a twin pieced top and two baby quilt tops. Now we will see how long it takes me to finish them. I am betting that Show and Tell will reveal quite a few finished projects from the rest of the attendees. These are the members who helped make our 2015 Quilt Show a great success! Show Co Chairs: Ann Greene, Lynn Purple & Jamie Sculley Admissions: Carol Brown & Caroll Jenkins Banker: Joy Abbott Block Auction: Pat Sefton Boutique: Karla Lynch & Mary Nissen Challenge: Pam Morris & Pinky Stewart Consignments: Janet Wick Donor Quilt: Rose Ryan Door Prizes: Sue Balazs Hostesses: Sharon Taylor Information Table: Dawn Moore Drop Off Home: Kay Consigny Judging: Linda Blasen Registration: Marlene Kurtz Quilt Display / Hanging: Susan Arndt Data Transfer for Awards: Dolores Simpson Printing Coordinator: Lynn Purple Publicity: Linda Pearce Rack Set-up: Elva Farrell Rack Take Down: Barbara Johnson Rack Transport: Joy Abbott Rules/Categories: Show & Judging Chairs Show Judging: Susan Ott & Ann Greene Sheet Maintenance: Beth Grindal Signage: Elva Farrell Small Quilt Auction: Cass Bowen Vendors: Shirley McMath & Jan Secor Vendor Tendors: Jamie Sculley Tickets-Raffles: Dawna Basl Viewers Choice: Jann Warfield Appraiser: Jamie Sculley Web Design: Marjorie Holloway Book Seller: Kathy Samarasinghe In Memorium: Karen Brennan The one thing we mentioned was that we would have loved to have more members share this fun event. So be sure and sign up for one of the upcoming retreats and let us have a peek at your entries for the 2017 Quilt Show. I recognize that many of our snow birds will be pulling out this month. Please keep in touch and come back full of creative ideas next season. Those of us staying will have a terrific summer. Mary has the entire summer booked with interesting speakers, projects and our world famous garage sale. Come get out of the heat and join us! Monthly Membership Meetings April 20 - Angela Walters May 18 - Valerie Goodwin The Friendship Note—A Newsletter of Friendship Knot Quilters’ Guild, Sarasota, Florida Page 2 April 2015 Friendship Knot Quilters’ Guild, Inc. MEETING/MEMBER NEWS MEETING/MEMBER NEWS Education Notes MEMBERSHIIP Elva Farrell Linda Swanson Our Friendship Knot Quilters’ Guild classes are popular outside the guild! I recently had an inquiry from a quilter in Guatemala who wants to come for Valerie Goodwin’s Favorite Places two day class. She is a well known quilting teacher, lecturer and exhibitor. Check out her website at www.priscillabianchi.com. Want to get to know this teacher better while she is in town? She has asked if there is a guild member who would be willing to host her while she is here. If you are interested please let me know as soon as possible ([email protected]). FKQG continues to grow. We welcome 9 new members: And, there’s still time for you to sign up for Valerie’s classes. There are only a few spots remaining in her Favorite Places class but the new class we added, Creativity in Black, White and Grey is only about half full. This is our last class for the spring-don’t miss out. Betty Roberts has renewed after an extended absence. Next month we welcome Angela Walters, a popular long-arm quilter and teacher extraordinaire. Registration is closed in all of her classes except the class we added: Dot to Dot, which has a few openings. With a very successful quilt show this year we are assured of funds for teachers for the coming year. The Education Committee is beginning a list of suggested teachers for our 2017 classes. If you have a suggestion of a teacher who you would like to recommend please let me know and I’ll add it to the list. Margaret Erazmus John Johnson Sandy Knaak Amy Leonard Debbie Magnee Kathy Onufrak Clarice Vichich Christopher Walker Teri Wigmore. This brings our total membership to 323. The 2015 roster will still be available to pickup at the April check-in. Just ask for your copy. Thanks for wearing your nametag at check-in. It makes the line move a little faster. Page 3 April 2015 Friendship Knot Quilters’ Guild, Inc. 2015 Friendship Knot Quilters’ Guild Workshops For more information on each class and a registration form go to our website Angela Walters: April 19-21, 2015 Custom Class How Do I Quilt My Quilt? Machine Quilting for The Modern Quilt Little Changes, Big Variety Take a class. It’s fun! Dot to Dot You’ll learn new things and meet new people! Valerie Goodwin: May 16-19, 2015 Favorite Places Creativity in Black, White and Gray See FKQG website for pictures and more information. Page 4 April 2015 Friendship Knot Quilters’ Guild, Inc. TEACHERS AND WORKSHOPS Angela Walters April 2015 How Do I Quilt My Quilt (custom)? Sunday, 4/19/15, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Machine Quilting for the Modern Quilt. Monday 4/20/15, 9:00 a.m. to noon Little Changes, Big Variety. Monday, 4/20/15, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00p.m. Dot to Dot. Tuesday, 4/21/15, 9:00 a.m. to noon Valerie Goodwin Favorite Places (2 day class). Saturday 5/16/15 & Monday 5/18/15. 9:00 to 4:00 May 2015 Creativity in Black, White & Gray. Tuesday, 5/19/15, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Flavin Glover Intro to Kaleidoscope Patchwork. Saturday, 11/14/15, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Denimania-Creating with Blue Jeans. Sunday, 11/15/15, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Colorful & Creative Log Cabin Diamonds. Monday, 11/16/15. 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 November 2015 MULTI GUILD CHALLENGE Rose Ryan This Challenge will have participation with 3 guilds, Manatee Patchworkers, Friendship Knot and Sarasota Modern. It's a group challenge with a group defined as 2 or more peple. The members of a group do not have to be from the same guild. Each group will pick 2 crayons and those two colors must be used in a recognizable amount on the front of the quilt. The max perimeter is 100 inches. It is suggested that each group establish its own working rules such as deadlines, can items be removed, can a group member put elements over an item, who will own the quilt and any other guidelines that will make this challenge fun. The quilts are due at each guilds' Holiday Party in December. Each guild will decide if they will be judged by the members at that meeting. The quilts will be displayed at the Manatee Patchworkers Quilt Show in March 2016. Each quilt displayed will pay the $5 hanging fee. Ideas for a group quilt – Round Robin, Row by Row, each member makes blocks for the whole, abstract, modern, contemporary, straight lines, curved lines – challenge yourselves! Groups will begin picking colors at the February meeting of each guild. There will be several months to form your groups and pick colors. Look for the table at each guild meeting. A record of groups and colors picked will be kept by Karla Lynch and Rose Ryan. All questions will be answered jointly by Karla and Rose. Don’t you love a good challenge? Let’s have some fun! Page 5 April 2015 Friendship Knot Quilters’ Guild, Inc. WORKSHOP INFORMATION Cannot take a class that you have already paid for? Go to the website and check the attendance roster for the class you signed up for. If you can’t remember which class it was, keep checking attendance rosters until you find your name. At the bottom of your class will be a list of names on the waiting list. Start with the first name and work your way through the list to find a replacement. If the person’s phone number is not listed look on your roster before emailing Faith for their phone number. Work out an arrangement with the person to exchange payment for the class. The guild does not get involved in the financial transaction. After finding a replacement, notify Faith Reynolds [email protected] and Gayle Hages 941-504-3488 letting them know your name and the person’s name who is taking your class. Also include the name and date of the class. Finally, if you sign up for a lunch, remember there are no special menus available. If you have special dietary needs, you must bring your own lunch. For a Good time Call Gayle Hages Be a Hostess for an upcoming workshop. You get to sit in on a class for free, and have a lunch on us. It is a fun job. Call me: 941-504-3488. CLASS FEES: Full-day $40, half day $30 Members rate (Non-Members full day $50 and half day $40). Lunch included for full day classes at a cost of $12.00. Class fees are non-refundable. Workshops are held at Bahia Vista Mennonite Church, 4041 Bahia Vista St., Sarasota. Page 6 April 2015 Friendship Knot Quilters’ Guild, Inc. MEETING & MEMBER NEWS A Nice Thank-You Gift Basket Boutique The Sunday after the show I was busy delivering some of the small quilts from the auction. One lucky gal from Myakka City got the highest bid on two quilts. When I met up with her Sunday morning to deliver the quilts, she told me how much she enjoyed the show and gave me an envelope. Inside I found a note card that said “Cass, I love the quilt shows and come every year. The members of the FKQG are uniquely talented. The shows are very special and beautiful each year. Many thanks, Mary Bauer”. I think this says it all, we did a good job. The gift basket boutique was a huge success. We made $5500! All guild members who contributed a basket or items for a basket should take a bow. Your creativity in the themes of baskets and the contents were astounding! We received so many compliments. People said they were the best gift baskets they had ever seen at a quilt show. Cass Bowen Karla Lynch and Mary Nissen Block Auction Booth Pat Sefton Wow! The Block Auction Booth results are great! The total was $3,223.00. A special “thank you” to all the volunteers who helped at the show and a very special THANK YOU to those that contributed blocks. The variety and quality of the blocks were outstanding. I tried to acknowledge the individuals/ groups that made contributions but not all the donations were labeled, many thanks to the anonymous contributors. The highest individual bid was $350.00 for the hand appliquéd blocks from the Hidden Stitches Cottage Group. Now the fun begins… assembling them! Congratulations to Donna Douglas whose quilt “Flourish on the Vine” won Viewers Choice at our quilt show! Quilt Challenge Winners The Challenge Award winners for the 2015 Quilt Show were chosen at the February meeting. The winners were: Christine Holden - 1st Cass Bowen - 2nd Elaine Chapman - 3rd Page 7 April 2015 Friendship Knot Quilters’ Guild, Inc. MEETING & MEMBER NEWS KiDZQuilts Jo Wieczynski, Coordinator We had a very enjoyable afternoon at the Fruitville Library on March 10 when 47 quilts, 1 baby sweater, 4 crocheted afghans and 50 hats were donated to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. This brings our 2015 total to 164 quilts. Large fabric donations were received from guild members Cass Bowen and Kay Lynch. Our April meeting will be on Tuesday, April 14 at the Fruitville Library from 12:15 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Show & Tell is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Please join us. Help is needed at our fabric, cutting and pressing tables. A pleasant afternoon awaits you. LIBRARY LETTERS Ellen Simon One of the perks of being the new librarian is getting to write a column for the newsletter – at least that's what they told me! I really am pleased to take on this position as I have always been passionate about quilt books and have quite a collection myself. But since we can't have it all (although we all try to in regards to fabric) the library is a great privilege of guild membership. About 28 new books were added to the collection in March. This month I am going to tell you about the new survey titles and the books by past and future guest teachers. Survey books are not instructional. There are no patterns and as the name implies, they feature the work of a variety of quilters. The largest of these new titles is 500 Art Quilts and secondly, 500 Traditional Quilts, both published by Lark. These books inspire rather than inform. Cutting Edge Art Quilts, also a survey book, includes profiles of each of the quilters. Another series of books is Art Quilt Portfolio. The two titles are The Natural World and People and Portraits. It is very interesting to see how various quilt artists approach the same subject matter so differently. Want to learn something about an upcoming teacher before you sign up for a class? The new books include Art Quilt Maps by Valerie Goodwin, our teacher in May and Shape by Shape Free Motion Quilting by Angela Walters, our teacher in April. Did you miss the classes from Linda Hahn and Jane Davila? Check out New York Beauty Diversified (Linda's second book) and Art Quilts at Play, by Jane. Susan Cleveland taught at the Venice Guild in March and I was able to purchase two of her books during class. These will be available to check out in April. To make room for the great new titles, I will be retiring quite a few older books. Some of the books have not been taken out in 4 or 5 years, and some have never been checked out! But they may be just what you are looking for! There will be a book sale at the April and May meetings ONLY. Bring your mad money and treat yourself to a “new to you” book. Page 8 April 2015 Friendship Knot Quilters’ Guild, Inc. Quilts In Paradise March 6 & 7, 2015 2015 FKQG QUILT SHOW WINNERS Friendship Knot Quilters’ Guild has the distinction of awarding two Best of Show Awards. One Best of Show Award is awarded to the quilt selected from among all the First Place winners in Categories 1 through 39. One Best of Show Collaborative/Professional Award is awarded to the quilt selected as the best quilt made by a Guild member and a paid Collaborator who assisted in the design, construction and/or quilting in Categories 40 through 42. In addition, this year a National Quilting Association Certified Judge Award of Merit was presented by Linda McCuean, NQA certified judge, to Cass Bowen for her quilt “Quilted Poinsettias”. This ribbon was awarded to this quilt for achieving recognized standards of quilt-making excellence. Special Awards Best of Show: Elaine Krajenke Ellison - Greek Cross to Square Dissection Best of Show Collaborative: Nancy Hartman – Old Things Cast Long Shadows Judge’s Choice: Laura Flynn – Neptune’s Garden President’s Choice: Debi West – Yellowstone Chair’s Choice: Karla Lynch - Flying Moons Best Hand Quilting: Jean Drever – Jungle Fever Best Machine Quilting-Stationary: Janine Ward – New York Beauty in Africa Best Machine Quilting-Track Mounted: Rose Ryan – Florida Beauty Best Machine Quilting Professional: Pam Labbe – Toes in the Sand Best Hand Applique: Cathy Lane – Chez Sampler Best Machine Applique: Cass Bowen –A Bright New Day Best Machine Piecing: Judy Schmalzried – Purple Permutations Established Quilters Category 1 – Large Pieced: Joy Abbott 1st; Karon Clay 2nd; Rose Ryan 3rd; Linda Pearce HM 2 – Large Applique: Cathy Lane 1st; Iris Helmuth 2nd 3 – Large Mixed: Sharon Schlabach 1st; Karen Meyer 2nd Page 9 April 2015 Friendship Knot Quilters’ Guild, Inc. Quilts In Paradise March 6 & 7, 2015 4 – Medium Pieced: Marie Blasen 1st; Iris Helmuth 2nd; Lou Taft 3rd 5 – Medium Applique: Susan Arndt 1st 6 – Medium Mixed: Marcia Slocum 1st; Pamela Zeck 2nd; Bette Behanna 3rd 7 – Small Pieced: Janine Ward 1st; Jann Warfield 2nd; Nancy Richards 3rd; MaryJo Drantell HM; Deborah Iverson HM 8 – Small Applique: Cass Bowen 1st; Jean Freestone 2nd; Elva Farrell 3rd 9 – Small Mixed: Jean Freestone 1st; Cass Bowen 2nd; Sharon Schlabach 3rd Emerging Quilters 10 – Large Pieced: Jane Perin 1st 11 – Large Applique: Shirley McMath 2nd 12 – Mixed Large: Helen Lucas 1st 13 – Medium Pieced: Jane Perin 3rd 15 – Medium Mixed: Margaret Daniel 1st; Gail Bond 2nd 16 – Small Pieced: Gail Bond 1st; Eva Winter 2nd 17 – Small Applique: Elaine Chapman 1st; Evelyn Fudge 3rd Art – Original Design 19 – Abstract: Elaine Krajenke Ellison 1st; Jean Freestone 2nd; Pamela Zeck 3rd 20 – Pictorial: Pamela Zeck 1st; Jean Freestone 2nd; Maggie Dillon 3rd ; Cass Bowen HM 21 – Expressive Exploration: Elaine Krajenke Ellison 1st; Janine Ward 2nd; Debi Webb 3rd Miscellaneous 22 – Heirloom: Donna Douglas 1st; Cathy Lane 2nd; Helen Lucas 3rd 23 – Miniature: Nancy Richards 1st; Lou Taft 2nd 24 – Wearable: Elva Farrell 2nd 27 – Other: Rose Antrim 1st; Rose Antrim 2nd Collaborative 31 – Medium Pieced: Jean Drever 1st Group Quilt 37 – Large: Vicki Strumpf 1st 38 – Medium: Jann Nohe 2nd 39 – Small: Barbara Angemi 3rd Collaborative Professional 40 – Large: Pam Labbe 1st; Sue Hootman 2nd; Ellen Reilly 3rd; Tena Davis HM Anna Tamburino HM; Ellen Reilly HM 41 – Medium: Nancy Hartman 1st; Pam Labbe 2nd; Susan G. Brown 3rd; Linda West HM; Charlotte Hase HM; Linda Blasen HM 42 – Small: Nancy Hartman 1st HM = Honorable Mention Page 10 April 2015 Friendship Knot Quilters’ Guild, Inc. KUDOS Pam Morris If you have some news you would like to share with your fellow FKQG members so they can share in your pleasure, write me at [email protected] or call 941-485-9755. Let’s Share! Do You Know Your Quilt Acronyms? BOM: Block of the Month FART: Fabric Acquisition Road Trip FOB: Fear of Binding FQ: Fat Quarter HST: Half Square Triangle LAQ: Long Arm Quilter LQS: Local Quilt Shop OBW: One Block Wonder PhD: Projects Half Done PIGS: Projects in Grocery Sacks PP: Paper Piecing QAYG: Quilt as you go RR:Round Robin SABLE: Stash Accumulated Beyond Life Expectancy SEX: Stash Enhancing Experience SID: Stitch in Ditch STASH: Special Treasures All Hidden Secretly TGIF: Thank God It’s Finished UFO: Unfinished Object Quilt Fabric Bits & Pieces 932-5869 1303 13th Ave. W., Bradenton Open Friday & Saturday 11 am to 4 pm VIP: Very Important Project WHIMM: Works Hidden in my Mind WIP: Work in Progress WISP: Work in Slow Progress WWIT: What Was I Thinking WOMBAT: Waste of Money, Batting and Time Page 11 April 2015 Friendship Knot Quilters’ Guild, Inc. 2014 Officers & Committee Chairs President, Karen Clark* 941-751-1122 - [email protected] st 1 Vice President, Education Chair, Elva Farrell* 941-355-1856 - [email protected] 2nd V.P., Program Director, Mary Nissen* 941-981-9588 - [email protected] Treasurer, Joy Abbott* 941-371-3043 - [email protected] Past President, Cass Bowen* 941-355-6984 - [email protected] Secretary, Marcia Slocum* 941-371-7704 - [email protected] Class Registrar, Faith Reynolds 941-955-2860 - [email protected] Cottage Group Coordinators, Terri Reiman 941-776-4108 - [email protected] Susan Brown 941-776-8907 - [email protected] Friendship, Bev Wiberg 941-341-9758 - [email protected] Habitat for Humanity, Anne McCunney 941-751-1094 - [email protected] Historian, Donna Bowdoin 713-289-0690 - [email protected] Librarian, Ellen Simon 941-723-8727 - [email protected] Membership, Linda Swanson 309-253-0645 - [email protected] New Members, Lynn Purple 941-977-8434 - [email protected] Newsletter Editor, Karla Lynch 941-749-5087 - [email protected] Parliamentarian - Open Friendship Knot Quilters’ Guild, Inc. Public Relations Coordinator, Pam Morris 941-485-9755 - [email protected] Website Assistant & NQA Rep, Linda Pearce 941-951-2330 - [email protected] Workshop Coordinator, Gayle Hages 941-504-3488 - [email protected] 2015 Quilt Show Co-Chairs: Ann Greene 941-388-2208 - [email protected] Lynn Purple 941-907-8434 - [email protected] Jamie Sculley 402-630-6605 - [email protected] * denotes voting board member updated 3-29-14 All Guild Meetings are held at Bahia Vista Mennonite Church 4041 Bahia Vista Street, Sarasota Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Page 12 April 2015 Friendship Knot Quilters’ Guild, Inc. The Coastal Quilter Chat and Chew 5:00 p.m. Der Dutchman Restaurant Bahia Vista Street Monthly Guild Meeting Night Exclusive pick up and delivery service for our longarm machine quilting customers. (941) 465-1292 Contact Lynn Purple if you plan to attend. Ellen Simon Len Damond Manatee Patchworkers 2015 Classes Rose Ryan Join New Members & “Old” for a bite to eat before our regular monthly meeting. Sometimes our lecturer/teacher for that month comes, too. Make sure to contact Lynn Purple if you’re coming so she can reserve enough tables. Did you know that members can advertise quiltrelated items in the newsletter? If you have an item that you would like to advertise to buy or sell, please send the newsletter editor, Karla Lynch, an email with FKQG in the subject line at [email protected] by the 24th of the month and your ad will appear in the next month’s newsletter. A Quilter’s Stash New Location! 6388 N Lockwood Ridge Road Sarasota, FL 34243 Open Monday—Saturday (941) 351– 5559 10 am—5 pm [email protected] April 7th - June Colburn Discharge dyeing and ribbon quilt May 9th - Carole Shaw Modern Patriotic Rail Fence Monday, April 7th is a lecture by June Colburn on purses. She has the most glorious purses using many techniques. Tuesday, April 8th is discharge dying. You can play all day in discharge dyeing if you choose. Applique pattern is optional. Class charge is $28. Material fees are $8 for the discharge medium and $10 for the pattern. Supply list is on the website. It’s a fun, not messy, technique. Spaces are available. Monday, May 4th is Carole Shaw. Her lecture will be on Modern Quilts with a trunk show. Saturday, May 9th is the class, Patriotic Modern Rail Fence. Learn improvisational piecing and non-traditional grid layout. For more info go to manateepatchworkers.org for locations and supply lists. Page 13 April 2015 Friendship Knot Quilters’ Guild, Inc. News On The Go! New Members On The Road Again Lynn Purple We’re going to join Loose Threads Cottage Group for a Road Trip, Saturday, April 25. We will be going as far as Deland and work our way back home. This is going to be an all-day trip and we will meet at a central point and car pool from there. I think many of the River Quilters Cottage Group are also planning on going and I hope new members will put this on your calendar, too. Let me know if you are interested and I’ll send you all the pertinent poop like times, places and, most importantly, where we’re going to have lunch. These trips are always such fun and a great way to meet other members. I hope you’ll come. Let me know, [email protected]. Looking for a quilt show in Florida? Visit the Florida Quilt Network http://www.floridaquiltnetwork.com/ calendar.html Many shows happen at this time of year, including ours! So get your friends together and take a road trip to a quilt show. FABRIC SALE The Piececmaker’s Quilt Guild of Brandon is having a sale in April, of a deceased member’s fabric and other quilting supplies. There is a ton of fabric (including precuts), vintage tops and blocks, kits, unquilted tops, and lots more. Much of the fabric is quilt-store quality, and will be priced at 50% off retail, or better. The sale is on April 13 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the Social Hall of the First United Methodist Church of Brandon, 120 N. Knight’s Avenue, Brandon; this is just north of Highway 60 (Brandon Boulevard), near Stower’s Funeral Home. Our April meeting will begin at 6:45 p.m. and anyone from the guild who comes to shop would be most welcome to attend out meeting as our guest. The owner of Abbey Lane Quilts will be our speaker. Page 14 April 2015 Friendship Knot Quilters’ Guild, Inc. All newsletter information due by April 24, 2015 Email submissions by this date to the Editor, Karla Lynch at [email protected] Please DO NOT wear perfumed substances such as cologne, hair spray, etc. to Guild Meetings or Workshops The Friendship Note 6308 Turners Gap Bradenton, FL 34203 www.friendshipknotquiltersguild.com Friendship If you know of a member who is ill, has suffered the loss of a loved one or otherwise should be remembered by our Guild, please let me know so I can send a card from the Guild. 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