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Sinnissippi Quilters meet on the first Thursday of each month (unless announced otherwise) at Bethesda Covenant Church, 2101 E. State Street, Rockford, IL.

Afternoon Meeting: 1:00 pm Evening Meeting: 6:00 pm

Each meeting has a scheduled program followed by a business session. We invite quilters of all skill levels and their guests to attend. The guest fee is $10.00

Sinnissippi Quilters Inc Volume 39 No. 4 www.sinnissippiquilters.org

April / May 2020 April Guild meeting is Cancelled

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Social distancing, 14-days self-imposed quarantining, Pandemic – these words have taken over our vocabulary the last few weeks. Bethesda is complying with the CDC policy, to suspend meetings indefinitely of 10 people or more. I am sad to say that our April 2 nd Guild meeting and April 3 rd workshop has to be canceled due the CDC recommendations. If these were normal circumstances, I personally would relish 14 days of quarantine to sew, quilt, read, and just generally goof-off. However, under the present conditions, I feel at a loss. Listening to the news has not helped, all I seem to see is the same or more disturbing news. I believe that during this down time from work, plans having to be rescheduled, refraining from visiting friends, kids being home from schools; we in this quilting community need to contact (through email/phone/text/facebook) to listen to and encourage each other. We are a very strong network of positive, up-lifting and warm-hearted people who can make a difference with just a phone call, a quick text, an email, a facebook post, or even a snail-mail card of encouragement. We will get through this –stronger and better than before. Remember we are a resilient quilting community. Although, we have had to cancel our April Guild meeting and subsequent workshop, we are working with Lynn Schmitt to have her present her program and workshop at a later date. The Neonatal sew-in during our March meeting was a wonderful day full of fellowship and food. We had some beautiful quilts donated for babies in the NICU. A big thank you to Carol and Pam, for organizing such a productive and fun day. Please keep busy producing more beautiful quilts during this time so that we can keep our hands busy as well as our minds Contact and Encourage One Another Anne

INFORMATION

Upcoming Guild Meetings:

April 2 (Cancelled) May 7

Please join us for dinner at 5:00 pm with the speaker before the

evening meeting We meet at the Stockholm Inn, 2420 Charles St.

Rockford, Il

Don’t forget to bring the following: *Show & Tell items

*Your Nametag *Special Projects items

*Your Coffee Mug

Newsletter Articles for the June / July 2020 newsletter are due by

May 15th. Please make submissions to:

Winifred Halsey or Laura Guerin- Hunt

Mission Statement The purpose of Sinnissippi Quilters, Inc. shall be to educate our members and the community on all aspects of quilting, to preserve and honor our quilting heritage and traditions and to use our sewing skills to benefit other community organizations.

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EXECUTIVE BOARD FOR DIRECTORS 2019-2020

Position Name (s) Telephone

President Anne Biedowicz 815-218-7612 Vice President Bonnie Hodina 815-234-4748 Treasurer I Susan Halvorsen 815-979-7892 Treasurer II Colleen Magee 815-394-1521 Secretary (A) Sharon Stevens 815-519-0708 Secretary (E) Corlis Berchiolly 815-289-4908 Publications Winifred Halsey 815-761-3269 Laura Guerin-Hunt 815-222-4051 Program I Suzanne Swenson 815-540-7836 Program II Amy Salamone 815-218-2367 Membership (A) Michelle Watson 815-988-5753 Janis Albeck 815-262-7387 Kathy Piokowski 815-389-9214 Membership (E) Eleanor Potts 779-203-4109 Mary Leach 779-203-4109 Jane Erickson 815-566-6141 Special Projects I Carol Folkerts 815-243-6757 Special Projects II Pam Sumo 815-332-4707 Quilt Show 2021 Barb Clucas 815-874-1607 Quilt Show 2023

AQS Books, etc Judy Mullen Show/Tell (A) Ruth Parley

Comfort Quilts

Norma Copes/ Vicki

Tallacksen Show/ Tell (E) Joann Stewart

Historian Donna

Langford 501(c )(3) Non-Profit Officer

Robin Gausebeck

Hospitality (A) Denise

Ethun/Kathy Bender

Social Media, Webmaster Cindy Larsen

2019-2020 Standing Committee Chairs

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Program and Workshop Schedule Sue Swenson

Hospitality (E) Sherry DeBuhr S.P.A.M. Elizabeth Franck

Morning Workshop OPEN Special Projects:

Publicity OPEN Neonatal Quilts Pam Sumo

Retreats

Monica Kelso/ Deanne

Spataro / Marie Tovo

Charity Raffle Quilt

Laura O’Connell

Rockford Rescue Mission

Carol Swenson President Blocks Barb Lange

Sunshine Becky Harvey

2020 Programs:

April 2 – Cancelled. Lynn Schmitt of A Different Box of Crayons, "Exploring the World of Mixed Textiles in Quilting" Workshop - The Art of Mixing Textiles in Quilts to make a wall hanging or table runner May 7 - Janette Dwyer, 1:00 pm - "Ruby Short McKim - The Quilt Designer's Gem" and at 7:00 pm - "Bargain Quilts and the Quilt Buy of the Century - The Century of Progress Quilts from the 1933 Chicago World's Fair" June 4 -Kim Lapacek, 1:00 pm - "Wildly Careening into Quilts: What I Learned by not Knowing What I Didn't Know" 7:00 pm - "Accidentally on Purpose: Writing a Book or Not"

July 2 - Annual Ice Cream Social and patriotic show & tell of red, white & blue ********************************************************************************************************************************

Mini Morning Workshop

May Jane Erickson and Vicki Tallacksen are planning a mini-morning workshop on 5/7 9:30-11:30. Work will be on the pads for the Good Samaritan Christmas Boxes.

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30 Year Pins Available: Barb Lange presented a design for a 30 year pin at the

July, 2010 meeting. The design includes the “Hands All Around” block and commemorates our 30th anniversary in 2009/2010. Pins are available for $5.00 from Special Projects.

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Thank you, Cindy Larsen

Newsletter Advertising

Newsletter Advertising is available to anyone at the following rates. Contact: Laura Hunt/ Winifred Halsey Rates for one issue or as noted: Business Card-$5.00 or 6/$25 ¼ Page $12.50 or 6/$62.50 Half Page, $25.00 $100 for Full Page, $50.00 per issue Classified (50) words or less, $5 Advertising fee payable to: Sinnissippi Quilters.

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Sunshine Committee and Comfort Quilts Hello Everyone,

If you know of any of our friends in Guild that are sick, having surgery, had a death in the family or just feeling down and need a few words of encouragement, please contact me, Becky Harvey. I will send them a special card from all of us at Sinnissippi Quilt Guild. My phone number is 815-742-7013 and my email is RNSGNR@comcast.net

Comfort quilts and the Sunshine Committee sort of go together. In order for us to send a card to any of our fellow quilters, we need to know about it. Anyone who may be sick, having surgery, had a death in the family, or just needs a lift, we would like to remember you. Contact Becky Harvey 815-742-7013.

The purpose of a comfort quilt is to show the care and concern of our fellow quilting sisters going through a traumatic time in their life. The quidelines to receive a comfort quilt is as follows: personal health issues (cancer, transplant, major surgery), death of immediate family(parent, spouse, child), and life threatening situation(accident with injuries). A member may receive only one comfort quilt from the guild, even if they have different issues as stated above.

Please contact Vicki Tallacksen 815-262-2293 if someone needs a comfort quilt.

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QUILT APPRAISALS

Quilt appraisals help determine the value of your quilts and provide written documentation for

insurance, fair market or donation values. Written appraisal—$50 per quilt.

CONTACT: Suzanne Swenson AQS Certified Appraiser of Quilted Textiles

815-623-7386

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February 6, 2020 Meetings

Anne Biedowicz welcomed members, reminding them to silence their cell phones.

Program/ Sue Swenson / Evening: Monique Dillard discussed her process of designing patterns. She uses Quiltpro and In design. Monique has a Facebook Live every Thursday at 7:00 pm. Her website is Opengatesquilts.com. She will have a block of the month at Quilter’s General Store beginning in April. She had beautiful quilts to discuss and show us made with her unique fabrics and patterns. Monique designs the quilt and does the writing afterward. She has patterns on herwebsite and at maywoodstudio.com. Monique uses a lot of precut fabrics for her quilts. She is also an Aurafil thread designer and will be coming out with some new threads with her six month block of the month “All my Amour”. Monique will also be doing a mystery quilt a long at Quilting in the Valley soon.

Hospitality: Denise Ethun/ Kathy Bender (A)/ Sherry Debuhr (E) Anne thanked everyone for the treats.

Treasurer: Balance in checking account and money market account was given.

Publications: Winifred Halsey/Laura Hunt: Deadline for the April / May Newsletter is March 15. Membership: Becky Dennis / Janis Albeck, Current membership is 145 members. Afternoon attendance was 70 members and 3 guests. Evening attendance was 45. Drawing winners were:(A) Nametag-Starr Pittaway. (E)- Pam Surmo and Amy Salamone. An extra drawing for a Open Gate pattern was won by Miriam Gonzales. Programs: Suzanne Swenson / Amy Salamone March will be our Neonatal Sew-in. The start time will be between 9 and 9:30. Thank you for all who took part in the survey. With the info Amy Salamone received she has a better understanding of the types of programs our membership is looking for. The April meeting will have Lynn Schmitt Cibulka with A Different Box of Crayons. She will be teaching a workshop for a table topper or a pillow Special Projects: Carol Folkerts / Pam Surmo. February 26, 2020 is our next schedule sew-in at CVL. The suggested size for our neo-natal quilts is 40” x 50”. The sew in will be from 10-7. Thirty- seven neonatal quilts were turned in. Pam Surmo said 8 quilts were donated to Mercy Health and 8 to Swedish American. March 6 will be the neonatal sew in. Panels and kits will be provided as well as batting and backing fabric. We will also have a potluck, so everyone can bring a dish or get together with a few friends and have a mini potluck. SPAM will join the neonatal sew in on February 26 and will make arrangements to meet on a Sunday. Comfort Quilts: Vicki Tallacksen. They are looking for 12.5” blocks in pastel colors. Quilt Show: The committee will meet again on March 20 at Becky Harvey’s house. They are still in need of a co-chair and a person for publicity. Quilt School and craft shows: Amy Ottens: Amy will go to shows in the area for now. She is looking for suggestions about local shows that we could attend. Next quilt school will be early fall 2020. Rockford Rescue Mission: Things are winding down with the Rockford Rescue Mission. Carol will contact other organizations to see if they would like to make quilts. Old Business: Please remember to save your Hobbs UPC labels. An order has been sent to Hobbs Fibers (batting manufacturers) for two rolls of 80/20 batting. This order will be picked up by Colleen Magee in March. Missouri Star Quilt Company has also been contacted regarding their donations program for help with our neo-natal sew-in during our March meeting. New Business: Committee chairs are requested to provide their 2020/2021 committee budget by the March board meeting. The Cherry Valley Library is having their annual mini putt and silent auction fundraiser at the end of February. Since the library has made available their space for not only sew-in but also board meetings, it would only be appropriate that we support their effort for fundraising. Should you have any handmade items you would like to donate, please contact Marie Tovo. Thank you for helping. NQS will have an exhibit at the Flower and Garden show March 18-22. We need someone to handle our Facebook page. Show & Tell: Ruth Perley / Joann Stuart. Carol Swenson won for afternoon and Luanne Hanna won the drawing in the evening.

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March 6, 2020

Anne Biedowicz welcomed members reminding them to silence their cell phones.

Hospitality: Denise Ethun / Kathy Bender / Sherry Debuhr Thank You for the treats and beverages. Treasurer Report: Susan Halverson / Colleen Magee. Gave an update on checking account and money market account. Publications Deadline for the April / May newsletter is March 15. Membership: Michelle Watson, Janis Albeck & Becki Dennis (A)/ Eleanor Potts, Mary Leach & Jane Erickson (E) Currently the guild has 146 members. Afternoon attendance was 38; evening, 21. Birthday prize went to (A) Harriet Basel and (E) no name given. Nametag prize went to (A) Denise Ethun and (E) Becky Harvey. Programs: Sue Swenson: Suzanne Swenson reported that April’s speaker, Lynn Schmidt, will be presenting a program “Exploring the World of Mixed Textiles in Quilting”. She will be holding a workshop on April 3rd to create a pillow or table topper using mixed textiles of wool, silk and cotton fabrics. Spaces are available for the workshop. Suzanne informed the membership of the speakers and programs for the remainder of the year. Special Projects: Carol Folkerts / Pam Surmo. Pam Surmo thanked the membership for creating the neo-natal quilts. Additional panels and kits are available. Carol Folkerts reported the guild donated quilts to Mercy Health and Swedish American Hospital. The next sew-in will be on March 12 at CVL from 12:30 -7:30/ Saturday, April11, 2020 is our next scheduled sew-in at CVL. We had 31 finished quilts turned in. Quilt Show: Barb Clucas. Karen Grover reported that the committee will be meeting at the end of March. A co-chair and a person for publicity are still needed. A banner challenge is being planned with a theme of flowers through the alphabet. The banner will be 6”x42” with a 4” letter at the bottom and a 4” sleeve on the back. Distribution of the ‘flower’ letter challenge will begin next month. Spam@CVL: Elizabeth Franck Pam Surmo reported that a workday is scheduled for March 12th at the Cherry Valley Library from 12:30-7:45pm. Comfort Quilts: Members can make 12 ½ inch unfinished squares in pastel colors or patriotic colors for comfort quilts. Vicki Tallacksen discussed how member can help in making reusable sanitary pads. Kits to sew reusable sanitary pad are available to take home and sew. See Vicki Tallacksen or Jane Erickson for more info. Craft Show: Amy Ottens On April 17, we will have a booth at the Indoor City Market from 5-9. This show is an Art show, so please donate any original art. There is also a need for craft items for a craft show on June 13 from 10-5. Old Business: Please remember to save your Hobbs UPC labels. We currently have enough labels for 1 roll of batting and need 4 more to purchase another roll.. New Business: Marie Stenger reported that beginning in April members will be able to purchase magazines and books from the guild library which is being disbanded. The carts will be donated to Bethesda Covenant Church and Cherry Valley Library. Lynne Brown has volunteered to oversee the guild’s Facebook page. We have the opportunity to donate lap size (45” x 60”) quilts to the UW cancercenter for people going through Chemo. Any questions, please contact Pam Surmo Show & Tell: Day - Ruth Perly/ Joann Stewart: numerous members shared their latest creations. Drawing winner for show and tell – Winners (A) Denise Ethun; (E) No name turned in