May Newsletter 2012 - Bayberry Quilters of Cape Cod

PIECEFULLY YOURS
Bayberry Quilters of Cape cod
Volume XXX
Issue 4
May 2012
PIECE FROM THE TOP
Dear Quilting Friends,
It’s election time again for Bayberry Board Members. The Nominating Committee has worked very had
to solicit candidates for open positions on the board. Please turn to Page 4 for the proposed slate of
officers. The vote will be taken at the May meeting; however, since we have changed our fiscal year to
start September 1, these new board members won’t begin their responsibilities until then. Thank you to all
the women who have stepped up to accept new positions of responsibility in our guild - it keeps Bayberry
Quilters vibrant and growing.
The Cape Cod National Seashore Parks Committee has decided to carry our new note cards at both the Province Lands
and Salt Ponds Visitors Centers this summer. As you know, a number of quilts from last year’s challenge celebrating the
National Seashore’s 50th Anniversary were selected to be photographed for a new series of Bayberry cards. Four sets of five
different cards each are in the process of being printed and will be available to members later this spring; they will also be sold
at our quilt show. We’d like to thank Diane McGuire for photographing the 2011 Challenge Quilts and making arrangements to
have the new series of cards printed.
At the March meeting, members signed up to be Bayberry Buddies to new members. We will be calling on some of you to
reach out and contact these new members to see if they would like to be mentored as they transition into the Bayberry family.
The remaining volunteers will be assigned to new members just before our New Member Tea to be held the second Saturday in
September. If you wish to volunteer or have recently brought in a new member and are already acting as her buddy, please
contact Barbara Fitzpatrick, our Membership Chairman, who is maintaining the Buddy List.
We have created guidelines for sending out group email notices to Bayberry members. The notice must be related to
quilting, be a single event and be of benefit and/or interest to our members. It must be either from a current member or from a
non-profit group. In other words, a member may publish a notice of quilt related items for sale, but a separate group or agency
or non-member may not.
Another change related to our new fiscal year affects membership dues. Our custom has been to pay dues in May for the
upcoming year, and you may still do that. Technically, dues will not need to be paid until August 31st. Because this new date
makes it harder for the Member Handbook Editor to complete the new handbooks for our September guild meetings. To
encourage early renewals, all members who have renewed their membership by Saturday afternoon of the quilt show will be
eligible for a drawing to be held at the show as we wait to pick up our quilts. This year the membership chairman will draw
names for three free memberships for the upcoming year! The Membership Renewal form can be found on Page 11.
Christine wishes to thank all of you who have supported her in her job as Vice President for the past four years. The
evening meeting has grown, but still provides an intimate interaction between lecturers and members only found in this cozy
setting.
Carol has so enjoyed providing leadership to such a wonderful group of artistic, generous, good hearted women. You have
given me so much as we have laughed and learned together. There is no group like Bayberry Quilters. Thank you.
Happy stitches always,
Carol Salerno, President
Christine White, Vice President
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MAY 2012 - Marilyn Belford
www.marilynbelford.com
Marilyn is a fiber artist. Her lecture/slide
show includes an overall discussion of Marilyn’s
method of making realistic portraits and art quilts. Slides include a
step-by-step presentation of one of the artist’s quilts. A trunk show
of selected quilts accompanies the talk.
Lecture: May 22 and 23 - Techniques of the Art Quilt
Two-Day Workshop: May 24-25 - Dealing with Faces
In this two-day workshop, Marilyn will share her secrets about
making a portrait quilt. This workshop will stretch your creativity. A
kit fee of $10 is payable at the workshop.
SEPTEMBER 2012 - Froncie Quinn
www.hooplapatterns.com
Froncie is a traditional quilter who writes patterns for
reproduction quilts; she also teaches hand appliqué and
stenciling.
Future Quilt-In Activities
Share our Skills
May 5: Triangles and Beads
Many different ways to make triangles
using triangle paper, triangle rulers,
using templates, etc. Try several to find
the one you like the best. You will get a
pattern for a small project using triangles.
Fabric/Paper Beads with Paula Tuaño, odds and ends of
embellishments like yo-yos, folded flowers, etc.
June 9: Boutique Workshop
Boutique Items.
Round two of tablecloths for the tea,
September 8
9:30am - Magic Triangle
Lecture: September 25 - Oft Think of Me - Journey through the
19th and 20th Centuries with stories behind Froncie’s collection of
museum reproduction quilts.
Diane has created a take off on the Disappearing NinePatch. Come try your hand at this new technique.
Lecture: September 26 - Let’s Talk Turkey - A history of fabric
styles and colors through the 19th Century.
Please bring a sweet or savory to share, everything else will
be provided.
1:00pm - New Members Tea
Two-Day Workshop: September 27-28 - Medley of Miniatures
The kit fee is $15.00 which includes the pattern book and
stencil (this a 20% discount). It's appropriate for all skill levels.
Machines are not needed because it's all handwork. Posie
Packets are $7 each and include basic instructions, some pre-cut
fabric, a stick-on appliqué pattern, and a little history about
Florence Peto, who collected antique quilts, some of which are
now at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont. You can choose to
purchase some Posey Packets to further enrich your quilt, or you
can skip using them. There are many different posies to choose
from; each is packaged to look like a seed packet.
OCTOBER 2012 - Ann Lainhart
www.quiltedgallery.com
We close out the year with a fantastic piecing workshop by
Bayberry’s own Ann Lainhart. She is a contemporary traditionalist
when it comes to quilting. Much of her work is based on traditional
quilt blocks — such as Card Trick, Mariner’s Compass, and EightPointed Star. By using modern cottons, hand-dyed fabrics, border
prints, and fussy-cutting, her work has a very contemporary feel.
Lecture: October 23 - Working with Color Families
Lecture: October 24 - Fussy-Cutting Trunk Show
Diane McGuire, Chair
Share Our Skills
Bayberry Boutique
The June Quilt-In will be dedicated to making
items for the Boutique. I have a number of
patterns to make fun items with, so call or email
me if your are stumped for something to make.
We request that all items made for the Boutique be priced
and handed in no later than the June Quilt-In. Each item has to
be categorized before it is set out at the Quilt Show. Trying to
categorize and price items when the show is in progress adds a
hiccup to an otherwise orderly process. If you must hand in
your item after the June Quilt-In date, we ask that you do so on
the day you register your quilts for the show. This will at least
give us some time to accommodate you before the show.
Remember, many of our visitors head to the Boutique
before viewing our quilts. Let’s not disappoint our public.
Thank you all for your contributions.
Sheila Garran, Boutique Chair
Vi Olsen, Advisor
Two-Day Workshop: October 25 and 26 - Color Shift Bargello
Ann’s two-day workshop teaches an interesting piecing
technique suitable for all experience levels, including beginners,
which uses color families and shifts from one color group to
another, adding a new dimension to Bargello quilts. Using a sewand-flip technique, you will be able to make a masterpiece quilt
using Ann's special approach. A $15.00 fee for the pattern is
payable at the workshop.
Charlotte Toia
Cindie White
Program Co-Chairs 2012
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RED WHITE
AND QUILTED
Bayberry Quilters of Cape Cod
31st Annual Quilt Show
August 2, 3, and 4, 2012
It is now May 1st and all quilt registrations and photographs
should be in the hands of Ellie Held, our Registration Chair.
Marian Cawley has been successful in filling all vendor slots.
Some of our old favorites are returning and we look forward to
welcoming the new vendors.
Students at the Cape Cod Regional Technical High School,
under the supervision of Mr. Brent Warren, Carpentry Teacher,
made additional quilt racks for this year’s show. A sample of
uprights and bases was given to Mr. Warren for the students to
work from. Mr. Warren will keep the patterns on file should we
need to request additional racks in the future.
Don’t forget your contribution for the Bayberry Boutique. A
number of visitors make a beeline to the Boutique before visiting
the show and/or shopping with our vendors.
And, don’t forget the 6” x 44” red and white fabric cuts for the
third raffle prize or anything else that is red, white or red and white
which can be added to Ruth Wilcox’s brew.
Sign up sheets for volunteer positions have been available at
the monthly meetings, but there are still many slots that need to
be filled. The Quilt Show is a success because of the volunteers
who give of their time to work at the show. Please contact Claude
Danner, Linda Dobbins or the Chairperson on the Committee you
wish to assist if you haven’t done so already. Volunteers should
check in at the Volunteer Check-In Table next to the Admissions
Table located at the handicapped entrance to the school. You will
receive a volunteer badge to wear with your Bayberry name tag.
Once again, Vivien Sayre will be on hand to appraise the
treasured quilts that are brought to the show. Please contact
Marge Lydecker prior to the show to schedule an appointment for
an appraisal so she can arrange a time slot for you.
A number of members are doing this years Challenge Quilt
which is Red, White and Quilted. There is still time for more
members to join in the challenge. If you have any questions about
the Challenge, contact Ellie Held or Diane Hequembourg.
We look forward to seeing your quilts at the show and also
your smiling faces as you meet and greet the public in your
positions as volunteers for the various jobs that need doing now
and during the show.
If you have any questions or ideas you’d like to share, please
contact either of the quilt show co-chairs.
Claude Danner
Linda Dobbins
Quilt Show Co-Chairs
BAYBERRY BOARD MEETINGS
2012
May 16: 9:30am - Carleton Hall, Dennis
Sep 19: 9:30am - West Dennis Graded Schoolhouse
Oct 20: 9:30am - West Dennis Graded Schoolhouse
In 2009, Bayberry’s
Quilt Show Challenge was
to produce a blue and
white block with fabric
provided by the Challenge
Committee. The
committee hoped to get
enough
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The response to this effort was
overwhelming. The Committee received enough blocks to
make two queen size quilts. One was put up for raffle at the
2010 Quilt Show. The second quilt is this year’s First Prize.
Second Prize: A Bernina Sewing Machine from Ann’s
Fabrics of Canton, MA.
Third Prize: A basket full of red and white fabric strips and
other red and white goodies donated by Bayberry Members.
The fabric can be red, white, red and white, and/or white on
white. We’d like the fabric strips to be 6” wide by 44” long.
Ruth Wilcox will then cut them into jelly roll size, mix up her
brew and create a red and white concoction worthy of any
sorcerer.
Raffle Tickets are available from the Raffle Committee,
either at Quilt-Ins or monthly meetings. Please pick up your
tickets from Leslie Bird and try to make an effort to take the
Raffle Quilt to different venues across the Cape so that we
can increase the number of tickets we sell.
Consider signing up with a friend or two to sell tickets for a
couple of hours at a local event or venue. Contact Carol
Salerno if you plan to market the quilt at a local event before
the quilt show. As you know, all proceeds from the sale of the
raffle tickets help to fund scholarships and toolships for
students at the Cape Cod Regional Technical High School.
Leslie Bird
Carol Salerno
Co-Chairs, Raffle Committee
PLEASE
TURN CELL
PHONES OFF DURING
LECTURES AND/OR
WORKSHOPS
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BAYBERRY QUILTERS OF CAPE COD
GENERAL BOARD MEMBERS
PROPOSED SLATE OF OFFICERS FOR 2012-2014
To be voted on by the membership at the May 2012 Meetings.
Presented by the 2010-2012 Nominating Committee: Vi Olsen,
Chairperson, Nan Berg, Nancy Drew, Gail Kenney, Nicole
Koloski, Marie MacKay, Anne Milligan, Hilary Ward.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
President
Vice President
Second Vice President, Programs
Joan Andrews
Lucille Obarowski
Angela Kravchuk
Nancy McConnell
Recording Secretary
Treasurer
Finance Committee Chairman
Carri Pennell
Jane Wilson
Janet Herterick
STANDING COMMITTEES
Corresponding Secretary
Membership
Newsletter
Cecelia Maciá
Meredith Pearson
Position Open
Program Planning 2012-2014
Shirley Anderson
Anne McKinney
Linda Dobbins
Charlotte Toia
Quilt Show Chairmen 2013
Marie MacKay
Anne Milligan
Vi Olsen
SPECIAL COMMITTEES
Block of the Month
Historian
Hospitality
Information Table
Editor, Member Handbook
Monthly Raffle
Parliamentarian
Quilt Bank
Raffle Quilt Marketing
Scholarship
Share our Skills
Tours
Technical Information Services
Webmaster
Now that quilt registrations are in,
we will all be busy finishing our quilts.
As the show nears, please remember
that all quilts need a four- inch sleeve
for hanging, including Challenge quilts.
Specifications appear on Page 5. If
you have not sent in a picture of your quilts with your
registration forms, please send them to Sydney Glover, the
Quilt Curator. Put your name and the quilt’s name on the
back of the photo.
Before bringing your quilt(s) to the show, please put a
large safety pin on a bottom corner of your quilt. This pin will
be used to pin a label onto your quilt and will expedite the
check-in process.
VOLUNTEERS
I will be looking for 8 volunteers on Wednesday morning,
August 1st, for check-in and 24 on Saturday afternoon
August 6th for pick-up. We hope to repeat last year’s
performance which took 15 minutes, but, it is important to
have 24 volunteers to make this work quickly and efficiently.
Instead of hanging around waiting for your quilt, please help
us out and we can all go home faster. A volunteer reminder
will be sent to you in late July. Sign-up sheets will be at the
May meetings or you can contact me.
QUILT CHECK-IN
Wednesday: August 1st – 8:30am - 11:00am
MEMBER REPRESENTATIVES
Carol Ayotte
Betty Crowell
Barbara Fitzpatrick
Gail Kenney
Quilt Registration for
Bayberry’s 31st Annual Quilt
Show
June Calender
Diane McGuire
Claire Costello
Nicole Koloski
Joan Andrews
Mary Ann Hamshire
Carol Burton
Marie MacKay
Grace Filliman
Liz Kramer
Carol Salerno
Joyce Jenks
Diane McGuire
Debbie Zeida
Paula Tuaño
Sharon Wilson
“Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and
supreme experience if only one had a coloured
pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.”
G. K. Chesterton
Please bring your quilts to the Registration Tables
outside the gym door of the Cape Cod Regional Technical
High School to check them in.
IMPORTANT: All LARGE quilts need to be at the
registration tables no later than 10:00am. Large
quilts are 300” or more in overall size. Smaller
quilts will be accepted up and until 11:00AM.
QUILT PICK-UP
Saturday, August 4th - About 3:30pm
Pick up will begin after all quilts have been taken down.
Please save all this information, as this is the last
newsletter before the show. Here’s to a great show!
Ellie Held
Registration Chair
Gently used Janome 720 sewing
machine with walking foot, 1/4 inch foot
and rolling case. Price: $300.00
Contact Grace Filliman for details.
Tremendous Trifles, 1909
From the book Guiding Stars, A Sampler of Quilters’ Favorite Quotations
Piecefully Yours - Page 4
Piecefully Yours - Page 5
Message from the
Quilt Show Curators
Dear Quilters,
As the Curators of Bayberry's annual
quilt show, we are looking forward to planning the layout of the
show. There are important details that will make our jobs go
smoothly. In order to coordinate sizes, colors, and styles for
the show, we need a picture of each quilt that is entered. On
the back of the picture, please include your name, the quilt
name, and the dimensions. Ellie has given directions for
making a sleeve for your quilt in this newsletter, and all quilts,
even the smaller ones and challenge quilts need to have a
sleeve.
All large quilts that are over 300" in perimeter must be
dropped off at the Cape Cod Regional Technical High School
by 10:00 am on Wednesday, August 1; all other quilts must be
dropped off by 11:00 am at the latest. If you register a quilt but
are unable to have it in the show, be sure to let us know as
soon as you know that it won't be available. We will need to
remove it from the floor plan.
Thank you for sharing your quilts for the show. We look
forward to another wonderful event.
Nancy McConnell will be published in the
June/July issue of Quilters Newsletter Magazine,
No. 428, which, if not already in the shops, will be shortly. Nancy
submitted a story in their "300 Words About Quilting" feature that
has been running for sometime now. The topic was "It Seemed
Like a Good Idea at the Time". The magazine selects four entries
to print when they run this feature and Nancy’s was selected for
this issue. They also print a photo with the article; can you
imagine having your image seen by people around the globe?
What fun!
Priscilla Smith is also a member of Art Cloth Network, a
group that uses art as a means of personal expression. The
group is featured in an article in the April/May issue of Quilting
Arts Magazine. Priscilla produced a piece for the groups’ annual
meeting in October called “The Machine Gun Nests of War.” It is
now hanging in an Art Cloth Network Show in Philadelphia, as
part of Fiber Philadelphia 2012, an international biennial and
regional festival for innovative fiber/textile art. To learn more
about this group go to www.artclothnetwork.com.
Joan Andrews
Newsletter Editor
Sydney Glover
Sue Hart
Marge Farquharson
Quilt Show Curators
Centerville Historical Museum
RED AND WHITE
CHALLENGE
We have already seen some wonderful quilt
examples for the little Red and White Challenge.
Some members prefer to make their quilt by hand, and others
prefer to do it by machine. Either way, at the show you will see
everything from appliqué, to embroidery, to pieced blocks, to
cross-stitch and beading. This challenge promises to be one
where choosing a winner will be a difficult choice.
If you haven't started a challenge yet, there is still time.
Pick your favorite quilting method and get going. Just get your
name and quilt title to Ellie Held by May 15th.
Good Luck!
Ellie Held
Diane Hequembourg
Co-Chairs, Challenge Committee
On Saturday, April 28, the museum will hold a Ladies
“Quilt Tea” from 1-3pm. This ladies tea is another in a series
of elegant and traditional teas hosted by the Centerville
Historical Museum.
The presentation will feature the history of quilts, the
versatility and uses of quilts and quilted fabrics, and quilts
from the 19th century to the present.
Advance reservations are required. Members $23, Nonmembers, $27.
The Museum contacted Bayberry with a request to show
three vests as part of this exhibit. The vests chosen were:
1.
2.
3.
IN MEMORIAM
Please take a moment to remember Gail Molloy,
a lovely woman with a warm smile. Gail passed
away recently after heart surgery complications.
In addition to being a Bayberry member, she
belonged to the Cotuit Federated Church,
Barnstable Newcomers Club, as well as several bridge, quilting
and book clubs. She was also dedicated to preparing and serving
lunch at the Hyannis Salvation Army.
She loved the Cape Cod Symphony and traveling to Hawaii
with her husband to attend the Kona Coffee Festival. She was a
talented cook, baker and gardener. Gail will be missed by family
and friends.
Marjorie Lydecker’s pastel green vest made by Martha
Withstanley (ca 1995). The vest is machine pieced and
quilted with metallic threads. All of the fabrics in the vest
were hand-dyed by Martha.
Diane McGuire’s “The Story of My Life,” a jewel toned
vest made in 2010. It is machine pieced and quilted and
embellished with fancy machine embroidery stitches,
ribbons and buttons.
Claude Danner’s “Furoshiki to Wear,” made in 2011. This
vest is machined pieced, hand quilted and hand
embroidered in DMC cotton and silk. The vest is also
beaded and lined in silk.
“The only thing that is not chance is what one asks of
oneself and how well or badly one meets one’s own
standards.”
May Sarton
Journal of a Solitude, 1973
From the book Guiding Stars, A Sampler of Quilters’ Favorite
Quotations
Piecefully Yours - Page 6
QUILTING EVENTS
New England Quilting Museum
March 29-July 8, 2012
Play Ball! - Baseball Quilts by Rosemary Bawn to
Honor 100 Years at Fenway
July 12-Oct. 14, 2012
Backstitch: A 25-Year Retrospective of Advances & Milestones in Quilting
www.nequiltmuseum.org
Kaleidoscope Quilts - The Art of Paula Nadelstern
March 25-June 16, 2012
Endicott College-Center for the Arts, Beverly, MA
www.endicott.edu
Lowell Quilt Festival
August 16-18, 2012
Lowell Memorial Auditorium
50 East Merrimac St., Lowell, MA
www.lowellquiltfestival.org
World Quilt Show—New England X
August 16-19, 2012
The Radisson Center, Manchester, NJ
www.quiltfest.com
Quiet Valley Quilters Guild
September 15-16, 2012
19th Annual Quilt Fest
Mount Anthony Union Middle School
74 East Rd., Bennington, VT
www.benningtonquiltfest.com
Northern Star Quilters' Guild
May 5–6, 2012
World of Quilts XXXIII
John F. Kennedy High School, Route 138, Somers, NY
www.northernstarquilters.com
More tips to help you with your quilting projects.
1.
A Quilter’s Sampler
May 10-11, 2012
Courtyard by Marriott
2200 Southwood Dr., Nashua, NH
www.aquilterssampler.com
2.
Chelmsford Quilters Guild Show
May 11-12, 2012
Church of St. John the Evangelist
115 Middlesex St., No. Chelmsford, MA
www.chelmsfordquiltguild.com
4.
Shining Tides Quilt Guild
June 8-9, 2012; 10am-5pm; June 10, 10am-3pm
Mysteries of the Shining Tides Quilt Show
UMass Dartmouth, Woodland Commons
285 Old Westport Rd., Dartmouth, MA
Quilters Connection
June 1-3, 2012
35th Annual Quilt Show and Sale
Arsenal Ctr for the Arts 321 Arsenal St., Watertown, MA
www.quiltersconnection.org
3.
5.
To keep appliqué stems from shifting out of position while
hand stitching pin over, rather than through them.
To make a long row of even blanket stitches, machine-baste a
visible line 1/4” from the edge of the fabric and use this
basting line as a guide for stitch length.
To machine appliqué circular or oval pieces, first make marks
that imitate the hours of a clock face on each appliqué shape.
Pivot the fabric at each hour mark when you stitch.
To make a sewing machine needle easier to thread, shine a
beam of light BEHIND the needle’s eye.
To match ends perfectly, lay two binding strips right sides up
and overlap the ends by 2”. Cut through both layers at a 45°
angle. Place strips right sides together and stitch a 1/4” seam.
From the Editors of Quilts and More magazine, 2006.
Enhancing Your Embroidery Techniques
I took an embroidery and embellishments class with Janice
Vaine at the Appliqué Academy in Williamsburg, VA. I learned a lot
in the class and highly recommend her book The Art of Elegant
Hand Embroidery, Embellishment and Appliqué. There are full
color photos and the step-by-step instructions are very clear and
easy to follow.
Marilyn Swenson
Crazy Quilters of Cape Cod
June 29-30, 2012
Celebrating 20 Years of Quilting
Falmouth H.S., 874 Giffords St., Falmouth, MA
www.crazyquiltersofcapecod.com
Vermont Quilt Festival
June 29-July 1, 2012
Champlain Valley Expo. Center
105 Pearl St., Essex Junction, VT
www.vqf.org
Maine Quilts 2012
July 27-29, 2012
August Civic Center
76 Community Dr., Augusta, ME
www.mainquilts.org/quiltshow.org
Pieced Treasurers is looking for a dozen quilts
(lap size or smaller) for Bayberry’s secondary
raffle. Thus far I have ten promises from members
and/or groups. It would be great if we had a dozen
quilts to offer the public for this project.
Please contact me if you or your group have a donation to
make. I will be at the meetings to accept your treasures.
Thanks in advance for your support.
Sue Shields
Chair
Pieced Treasures Raffle
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It’s been sometime since I took a
Bayberry workshop, so I decided to sign
Peeking
up for Pat Delaney’s “Mock on the
Wildside – Machine Appliqué
at a
Techniques”. I like appliqué and thought
Workshop
this would be an opportunity to learn a
new technique. I wasn’t wrong. The class
exercise started with an egg shape. We
were to trace this shape onto a piece of freezer paper, cut it out
and iron it on to the back of another piece of fabric. Once that
was done we were to cut out the egg shape, making sure to
leave a ¼” margin all around. We then took a glue stick and
glued around the edge of the paper egg (just the edge, not the
whole egg) and the ¼” of fabric. The next step was to turn the
fabric onto the glued edges of the paper, smoothing the fabric as
we went along. Before you knew it, presto, we had a colorful egg
shape. Using Pat's technique, we appliquéd the egg (along with
the paper) onto another piece of fabric. We then turned the egg
over, removed the fabric behind the egg, thus revealing the
original paper shape. We then spritzed the paper and gently
removed it from its moorings. It was magic! More techniques
were shown to us as the class progressed and everyone came
away with a new understanding of machine appliqué.
In addition to learning new techniques, workshops also
introduce you to your fellow members on a more intimate and
manageable scale. Someone you’ve seen at a guild meeting
becomes your tablemate and before you know it you learn you
have many things in common, and, you’ve made a new friend. At
lunch we gather together for a communal meal, share our
goodies and laugh with abandon, especially when a really funny
story is told about what happened in our youth -- there are too
many to recount!
You also get an opportunity to go sightseeing. By that I
mean, you take a break from your work and walk around to see
what other members are doing on their project. While we all may
be working from the same pattern, the colors and choices of
fabric are so diverse, that no two projects look the same. These
innovations spur you on to be more creative than you thought
you could be. Not only that, but if you run into a problem
because the fabric you brought doesn’t quite add a punch to
your project, someone is always there with a suggestion as to
how to make this work and then comes along and gives you that
piece of fabric that makes a difference between dull and WOW.
My advice to all members, attend a workshop, make new
friends, learn new techniques, share in the joy of creativity and
have fun!
Quilt Bank
Quilt Bank Update
We are cranking along and have given away
96 quilts so far this year. Right now we are
starting to focus on "Wounded Warrior" quilts
for the Memorial Day celebration at Kmart in
Hyannis. This annual event is a 24-hour vigil sponsored by
"CapeCodCares4thetroops". We plan to bring at least 25 quilts
to this event, along with a beautiful raffle quilt made by Peg
Parker.
Michelle deSilva took 25 of our quilts to Fort Belvoir at
Christmas time and let the Wounded Warriors pick out their
own quilts; there were lots of tears.
We have made tote bags for the Boutique using a pattern
which takes very little time to complete. We’re more than
happy to share this pattern with members. We would
appreciate any suggestions and patterns for other items, as
well.
We took hats, pillows, lap quilts and two raffle quilts to the
Mary McCarthy Hospice House in Sandwich and continue to
donate to places like the Latham School, C.O.A.'s and
battered women and children’s shelters.
Recently, we were interviewed and photographed for an
article which will appear in the Cape Cod Times.
Once again we are teaching sewing to the nursing students
at the Cape Cod Tech on two consecutive Thursday and
Fridays: May 17 and 18 and Mary 24 and 25 from 10am until
Noon. The students are excited about making pillows for
animals at local shelters. If you would like to help, please call
Grace Filliman.
Grace Filliman
Quilt Bank Chairman
Joan Andrews
Newsletter Editor
The Fruits of Their Labor
Bayberry held a special Quilt-In during February school
vacation for the younger set. These girls took to quilting like a
duck to water. Many of them designed their quilts without help
from the adults who were there to “teach them”. Everyone had a
good time and we hope to repeat this special Quilt-In sometime
in the future.
Thank you to the Bayberry members who volunteered their
time and effort for this endeavor. And a special thank you to
Diane McGuire and Carol Salerno who were instrumental in
getting this project off the ground.
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Searching for a bargain at Bayberry’s February Flea Market
A HISTORY OF QUILTING
We all quilt, but how many of us know where and how quilting
came into being? I decided to check out Wikipedia to see what they
had for an explanation of this craft we all so love. This is what I
found:
“Early Functional Quilting
The word "quilt" comes from the Latin culcita meaning a large
stuffed sack, but it came into the English language from the French
word cuilte. The origins of quilting remain unknown, but sewing
techniques of piecing, appliqué, and quilting have been used for
clothing and furnishings in diverse parts of the world for several
millennia.
The earliest known quilted garment is depicted on the carved
ivory figure of a Pharaoh of the Egyptian First Dynasty, about 3400
B.C.
In 1924 archaeologists discovered a quilted floor covering in
Mongolia. They estimated its date as between 100 BC to AD 200
AD. There are numerous references to quilts in literature and
inventories of estates. Crusaders brought quilted objects from the
Middle East to Europe in the late 11th century. Quilted garments
known as gambesons were popular in the European Middle Ages.
Knights wore them under their armor for comfort and sometimes as
an outer garment to protect the metal armor from the weather. The
earliest known surviving European bed quilt is from late 14th century
Sicily. It is made of linen and padded with wool. The blocks across
the center are scenes from the legend of Tristan. The quilt is 122" by
106" and is in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Quilting has been part of the needlework tradition in Europe from
about the 5th century CE. Early objects contain Egyptian cotton,
which may indicate that Egyptian and Mediterranean trade provided
a conduit for the technique. Quilted objects were relatively rare in
Europe until approximately the 12th century, when quilted bedding
and other items appeared after the return of the Crusaders from the
Middle East. The medieval quilted gambeson, aketon and arming
doublet were garments worn under, or instead of, armor of maille or
plate armor. These developed into the later quilted doublet worn as
part of fashionable European male clothing from the 14th to 17th
century. Quilting clothing began to be generally used in the 14th
century, with quilted doublets and armor worn in France, Germany,
and England and quilted tunics in Italy.”
Note: To be continued in the September 2012 newsletter.
Joan Andrews
Newsletter Editor
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NATIONAL and LOCAL MUSEUM
COLLECTIONS
Two of our Bayberry members, Marjorie
Lydecker and Frances Brand, have been
honored by invitations to have their quilts
become part of permanent museum collections.
Marge was invited to have her tree of life
quilt, “Somewhere in Time,” become part of the
permanent collection of The National Quilt
Museum in Paducah, KY. This quilt has been
juried into local and national shows and
received many honors. For six months in 20102011, it traveled with the exhibit “Contemporary
Broderie Perse: An Elegant Revival” to the New
England Quilt Museum and the National Quilt
Museum in Paducah.
“Blessed Be the Ties That Bind,” another of
Marge’s quilts, is now part of the permanent
collection at the New England Quilt Museum.
This quilt is a replication of a circa 1850 quilt in
the collection of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Folk Art Center in Williamsburg, VA. Marge
drafted, coordinated and taught the designs for
this quilt. The back of the quilt is as important as
the front because it thoroughly documents every
person who worked on it, including many past
and present Bayberry members.
Fran’s quilt, “Fruitorama” (80 x 80), is a
multimedia quilt with a theorem painting on
velvet center medallion. It is hand appliquéd
and hand quilted and has quilt-related
quotations handwritten in the four cartouches.
This quilt was awarded the “Best Mixed Media
Award at the Vermont Quilt Festival. It is now
part of the permanent collection of the National
Quilt Museum in Paducah.
Fran also has two quilts in the permanent
collection of the New England Quilt Museum in
Lowell, MA. They are “Bountiful Baskets” (82 x
82), a stenciled quilt and “Vitamin C Plus” (55 x
55), a theorem painted quilt. These quilts have
appeared in many exhibits, juried quilt shows
and publications including: Two Visionaries:
Frances Abell Brand and Molly Upton, a solo
exhibit at the Vermont Quilt Festival which
subsequently traveled to the National Quilt
Museum; Elly Sienkiewicz’ Appliqué Academy,
Williamsburg, VA; the 1717 Meeting House,
Barnstable, Historic Quilt Show; Good
Housekeeping Magazine “Stenciled Quilts” by
Cecelia K. Toth; and American Quilters
Magazine, “Blending Yesterday and Today” by
Barbara Wysocki; and the Circle of Friends Quilt
Exhibit at the New England Quilt Museum.
These honors are a testament to the high
esteem in which Marge and Fran are held in the
quilting world. They did not ask for their quilts to
be put in these museums. Rather, they were
asked if they would be so kind as to donate
them. What higher honor can a quilter ask for?
Marilyn Swenson
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Marilyn Belford
Dealing with Faces
Two-Day Workshop - May 24-25, 2012
$70.00 Members/$94.00 Non-Members
Name ______________________________
Phone ______________________________
Email _______________________________
Make Checks Payable to:
Bayberry Quilters of Cape Cod
Send check to: Cindie White
Please refer to your membership book for
Cindie’s mailing address.
Please note on the bottom of your check
which workshop you are paying for.
Froncie Quinn
A Medley of Miniatures
Two-Day Workshop - Sep. 27-28, 2012
$27.00 Members - $36.00 Non Members
$15.00 Kit Fee - Paid at Workshop
Name__________________________________
Phone__________________________________
Ann Lainhart
Color Shift Bargello
Two-Day Workshop - Oct. 25-26, 2012
$20.00 Members - $27.00 Non-Members
$15.00 Kit Fee - Paid at Workshop
Name ______________________________
Phone ______________________________
Email _______________________________
Make Checks Payable to:
Bayberry Quilters of Cape Cod
Send check to: Cindie White
Please refer to your membership book for
Cindie’s mailing address.
Please note on the bottom of your check which
workshop you are paying for.
All Workshops and Quilt-Ins are held at
the West Dennis Graded Schoolhouse in West
Dennis, unless you are notified otherwise.
Workshops and Quilt-Ins start at 9:30 am.
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
Bayberry Quilters of Cape Cod
Membership Year: 20 _____
c Renewal
Date: __________
Make Checks Payable to:
Bayberry Quilters of Cape Cod
Name:_________________________________________
Please refer to your membership book for
Cindie’s mailing address.
Please note on the bottom of your check which
workshop you are paying for.
Street Address___________________________________
P.O. Box:_______________________________________
Town, State, Zip: _________________________________
Cape Phone Number: _____________________________
E-Mail Address: _________________________________
I will most likely attend: c Day
Refund Policy for Bayberry Workshops
Refunds allowed if members meet this criteria:
3.
c New Member
Email__________________________________
Send check to: Cindie White
1.
2.
to 20 _____
Notice is given 30 days PRIOR to the workshop.
Extenuating circumstances, subject to review by the
President; OTHERWISE
Only if a replacement can be found.
c Evening Meetings
It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a
sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in
all times and situations. They presented the words ‘And this, too, shall
pass away.’ … How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the
depths of affliction!”
Abraham Lincoln Address
Wisconsin State Agricultural Society
Milwaukee, September 1859
From the book Guiding Stars, A Sampler of Quilters’ Favorite Quotations
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May 5
May 16
May 22
May 23
May 24-25
June 9
Sept. 8
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
19
25
26
27-28
09:30am - Quilt-In, West Dennis Graded Schoolhouse, Dennis - NOTE CHANGE OF DATE
09:30am - Board Meeting, Carleton Hall, Dennis
07:00pm - Evening Meeting - Marilyn Belford: Techniques of the Art Quilt
09:30am - Day Meeting - Marilyn Belford: Techniques of the Art Quilt
09:30am - Marilyn Belford: Two-Day Workshop - Dealing with Faces
09:30am - Quilt-In, West Dennis Graded Schoolhouse, Dennis
09:30am - Quilt-In, West Dennis Graded Schoolhouse, Dennis
01:00pm - New Members Tea
09:30am - Board Meeting, West Dennis Graded Schoolhouse, Dennis
07:00pm - Evening Meeting - Froncie Quinn: Oft Think of Me
09:30am - Day Meeting - Froncie Quinn: Let’s Talk Turkey
09:30am - Froncie Quinn: Two-Day Workshop - Medley of Miniatures
August 2, 3, 4, 2012 - Red, White and Quilted
Bayberry’s 31st Annual Quilt Show
Cape Cod Regional Technical High School
Route 124, Harwich, MA
Evening Meetings:
Day Meetings:
Cape Cod Reg. Technical High School -- Harwich
Church of the Nazarene -- Dennis
Bayberry Quilters of Cape Cod
PO Box 1253
Orleans, MA 02658
If I start pedaling now,
I can make it to Harwich
in time to see the quilts
at Bayberry’s 31st Annual
Quilt Show on August 2, 3
and 4.
Where’s my backpack?
Is it big enough? I need to
buy fabric and win one of
those raffle quilts!
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