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Lanark County Quilters’ Guild Newsletter

March 28, 2017 Volume 21, Issue 6

Bits & Pieces PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE by Marilyn Robinson

Welcome back. It seems like a long time since we have all seen each other. Hopefully

everyone has taken the time to keep busy, and hopefully we are now back to better weather

and better luck with “Guild things”!

After a quiet few months we will now start to be busy with lots of good programs and workshops lined up for you as well as the UFO Challenge, various charity/Outreach projects

and a Fall Sale (November 4, 2017) to prepare for… so, I am sure that there is something

there that you and your sewing machine can work on.

Congratulations again to Alexis Mongeau whose quilt was awarded Viewer’s Choice in our

President’s Challenge in January. Her quilt will now join those from other Guilds throughout Eastern Ontario and will travel in the Quilt Show Circuit throughout 2017.

As our Quilts on the Tay has been postponed to 2018 (due to a lack of suitable venue), arrangements are

being made to bring these quilts to one of our fall meetings as a trunk show so that those of you who are

unable to attend one of the Quilt Shows this year will have an opportunity to see the Canada’s 150th

Celebration Quilts.

Marilyn

Are you wearing your name tag?

Did you bring your… mug, library books, Show and Tell, Block of

the Month?

Executive Positions available for September 2017

The following positions will be vacant at the end of June: Block of the Month Newsletter Helper for kitchen

Please contact me if you might consider taking on the responsibilities of any of these positions. ~ Carol Darou, Past President ~

Spring Retreat April 5-7, 2017

As this is the last Guild meeting before our retreat, payment is due. The cost is $401.00 for single occupancy, $288.50 per person for double occupancy, and $251.50 for triple occupancy. Please pay Nancy Jossinet or Mary Cooke. We arrive at the McIntosh Inn in Morrisburg on

Wednesday, April 5 at 10:00 a.m., and leave after lunch on Friday, April 7. I am sure we will have three fun-filled days of quilting and friendship. ~ Nancy Jossinet ~

President’s Challenge 2017 “Our Community - Our Country”

As promised in our February newsletter, here are more of the entries in our President’s Challenge held in January:

Top Row L-R: Muriel Hopper; Lois

MacLean; Marie Amyot. Middle Row L-R: Mary Young; Evelyne

Michaud. Bottom Row L-R: Sharon Kryvenchuk;

Anna Cornel.

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Executive Meeting Report — March 2017

Marilyn Robinson thanked Lynne Green for hosting the meeting. President (Marilyn Robinson) - the Interguild meeting is May 13 at the RA Centre - Linda Lake and Nijole Deskin will attend. Almonte Quilters Guild is hosting a retreat at Inspired Getaways - information will be placed on the back table. Dates for our Quilts on the Tay were discussed for July 2018 - Marilyn will contact the booking person for St. John High School for availability on July 13-15 or 18-23. Vice President (Nijole Deskin) - advised who is hosting the April Executive meeting. She advised that the Chamber has input our Christmas Sale as November 12 without confirming the date with us; it is November 4. She has cross referenced what items we have leftover for sale, as well as what sells well. She has received some suggestions from members on changing venue for the December QT, and will investigate options. Past President (Carol Darou) - advised that Janice Trudel has volunteered for the Membership position. Treasurer (Diane Gallagher) - the Treasurer’s Report was presented and approved. Block of the Month (Heather Buchan) - showed Cathy Price’s sample of this month's block. Library (Marilyn Locker) - showed three new books for the library this month. [Another book was received after the Executive meeting and is included in the list under Library]. Membership (Muriel Hopper) - we are at 168 members.

Newsletter (Lynne Green) - deadline for this month’s newsletter articles is March 17. Outreach (Nancy Jossinet/Mary Cooke) - showed the charity quilt which now needs to have the binding attached. Nancy advised that it will be presented to the recipient organization at the beginning of the March meeting. She also advised that 12 people are signed up for the Spring Retreat. Program (Marlene Starkman/Linda Lake) - Marlene advised that there are 16 members signed up for Judi Miller’s workshop this month. She outlined what is scheduled for the rest of this year, and advised that they have lined up guest speakers for September 2017 and March 2018 so far. Publicity (Arlene Pellett) - showed the poster she has prepared about our March meeting.

February 2017 Meeting Review

There was no February meeting due to renovations at the Lions Hall.

The Common Threads

April Executive Meeting

Date: April 11, 2017 @ 10:00 a.m. Hostess: Marilyn Robinson 273-9732 Address: 243 Taggart Lane, RR2, Westport Directions: From Perth go to Westport and take CR10, Perth Road, towards Kingston. Turn left onto Massassauga Road and follow this until you have to turn left on Taggart Lane. When the road branches, take the left hand branch. Car pooling is recommended.

Caution: Massassauga Road and Taggart Lane are windy and hilly, and often rough.

Next Meeting - Tuesday, April 25 @ 7:00 p.m.

We have a full roster of fellow guild members offering their Tips & Tricks. There are six stations, 15 minutes at each, so wear your running shoes and come prepared for a full and exciting night!

1. Mitred Corners, Sue Gieratz: Never again be intimidated or frustrated by mitred borders on quilts. Learn the easy way to create perfect mitres every time - regardless of the angle, without any complicated calculations or special tools.

2. Cathedral Windows, Tricia Klymko: Cathedral windows are a relaxing and rewarding experience; get inspiration to make a handmade, warm and colourful coverlet that you will have great pride in.

3. Quick Binding, Anna Cornel: Regular method of binding using 2-1/2” or 2-1/4” binding NOT on bias, which gives nice mitred corners and a firm finish, and helps to protect the quilt you have worked so hard on!

4. Invisible Circles, Helga Zimmerly: How can you insert circles in your work without a seam showing? … and then insert another circle butting into that circle, and then another, for a string of bubbles. Helga will demonstrate Lily Lam’s unique technique.

5. Quilt Labels, Cathy Price: With some freezer paper, your choice of fabric, and your printer, you can have professional looking labels for your quilts using the Office Program on your computer.

6. Quilt as you Go, Marie Amyot: Reversible quilt-as-you-go methods including Japanese folded patchwork and

envelope patchwork. No quilting required, no borders or backing to worry about!

Shop of the Month

Our shop of the month for March is Flair with Fabric from Chesterville.

There will be lots of quilting products and fabrics for sale, and raffle tickets to buy for a chance to win a basket of quilting supplies worth at least $100.

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Library

Walking Foot Quilting Designs (2016) by Melissa Marginet

This book is a collection of dozens of quilting designs using the walking foot, to give you over 100 ideas for quilting. The designs can also be used for free motion, long arm, and hand quilting. Chapters are divided into grid designs, triangle designs, sectioned designs, etc. Easy to follow diagrams.

Quilt Giving: 19 Simple Quilt Patterns to Make and Give (2016) by Deborah Fisher Quilt Giving has patterns for nineteen quilts that make perfect presents. Patterns are easy to cut and piece, using beautiful color and easy sewing techniques. The quilts skew toward the modern style, with lots of bright, bold color; defined geometric shapes, and lots of negative space.

Double Vision Quilts: Simply Layer Shapes & Color for Richly Complex Curved Designs (2016) by Louisa L. Smith A very interesting book that inspires and challenges. The author uses innovative layering, playful patterns, and delightful color choices to create 11 mind-bending quilt

projects. Lots of good instruction re layering, appliqué, embellishing, and use of colour. A fun – but challenging – book.

No Scrap Left Behind: 16 Quilt Projects That Celebrate Scraps of All Sizes (2017) by Amanda Jean Nyberg Too many bits of fabric that you have been going to use? You need No Scrap Left Behind! Instructions for sixteen quilt projects that help you work with colors and values, using tiny bits and orphan blocks, to make quilts and other decor projects. There's also good info on storing and organizing your bits of fabric. ~ Marilyn ~

The Stash

Membership

Please update your Membership Directory with the following contact information:

Change of Address & Phone #: Grose, Babs Suite 207 105 McNeely Ave, Carleton Place, ON K7C 0B6 613-253-3796 Email remains the same ~ Muriel ~

Block of the Month

This month’s BOM is Monkey Wrench. It is made with four identical 6-1/2” blocks, and is effective using three fabrics - light background and two darker fabrics. As the pieces are small, foundation piecing is easiest to achieve accuracy. Instructions will be available for pick-up at the BOM table. ~ Heather ~

Social

Thank you to the following Members for providing tonight’s treats:

Tricia Klymko Terri Marsden Evelyne Michaud Sandy Lackey Jeanne McCandless Linda Mikels Valerie Langille Louise McDiarmid Carole Miller Bonnie Leclair ~ Barb ~

Program

Sign-up for April, May & June workshops starts tonight, March 28. The Rapid Fire Hunter Star workshop with Sue Gieratz has been rescheduled to April 26. You will use Deb Tucker’s ruler to make this classic block without paper piecing. In Paul Leger’s Patchwork Illusion Quilts workshop on May 17, with careful colour selection, you will take traditional quilt block designs and create a 3D illusion patchwork cube. Bethany Garner of Kingston Fibre Artists is running a two-day workshop on June 6 & 20. On Day 1, you will learn to dye using Proxion MX dyes, then on Day 2 you will create a new, freeform quilt with your new fabric. ~ Marlene & Linda ~

LAWS needs your help

Lanark Animal Welfare Society (LAWS) needs 42 pads for the bottom of their kennels. The pads need

to be softish, but thin enough to be easily washed, so about 1/2” to 3/4” think. There are three sizes of cages: A) 28” x 26” (40 cages) B) 22” x 28” (40 cages) C) 30-1/2” x 28” (2 cages) LAWS are gradually replacing the older ones as they can afford with the largest size. So, at least 40 of each of A and B as they need to be washed every day plus any accidents. They usually don’t have all cages in use, so that gives them some extras. If you can zigzag the letter designating the size on a corner of the pad it will make it easier to keep them sorted as to which pen they fit. ~ Lois MacLean ~

More President’s Challenge 2017 Entries

Janice Trudel

Jean Sherwin Anita Payne

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Reminders - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Notices: Notices of upcoming events, and other quilt related items for private sale now shares space on the larger table for free stuff. Workshop Fees:

Full day workshops: Guest Speaker—$35 Guild Teacher—$25 Half day workshops—$15

Fees are due at sign-up. Bring your own iron. Refunds are given ONLY if there is a family emergency or if the workshop is cancelled. Free Stuff: There is a large table in the centre of the

room at the back for you to place items you wish to give away. However, you must remove any unclaimed items by the end of the meeting. This table now shares space

with the notices of upcoming events and other quilt related items that were previously located next to the Membership table. Blog: Visit our blog for the latest information on Guild activities, meetings, workshop news, upcoming events, quilting tips and photos of Guild members’ work. Log onto www.lanarkcountyquiltersguild.wordpress.com. Comments welcome. Newsletter: If you have any articles you would like included in the newsletter, or wish to start receiving the newsletter by email, please contact Lynne Green at 267-5882 or email at lynnegreen1@outlook.com. Membership: Any changes to your information in the Guild directory should be given to Muriel Hopper and it will be included in the next newsletter.

The Backing

Upcoming Events

Workshops (Contact: Linda Lake) **Remember to bring your iron to all workshops**

Wednesday, April 26 10:00 - 4:00 St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

Rapid Fire Hunter Star with Sue Gieratz

Wednesday, May 17 9:30 - 4:00 St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

Patchwork Illusion Quilts with Paul Leger

Tuesdays, June 6 & 20 9:30 - 4:30 St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

Flat Dye/Ice Fabric Dying (June 6) & Freeform Patchwork (June 20) with Bethany Garner

Shows

Quilts 2017 April 22 - 23 Napanee Heritage Quilters Guild Strathcona Paper Centre (Arena) 16 McPherson Drive, Napanee, ON

Quilting in the Valley Quilt Show April 29 - 30 Nick Smith Centre 77 James Street, Arnprior, ON

Festival of Quilts 2017 May 12 - 14

Ottawa Valley Quilters Guild RA Centre Curling Rink 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, ON

Celebrating Our Canada - Reflections May 26 - 28 from the 1000 Islands Brockville Memorial Civic Centre Magedoma Drive, Brockville, ON

Newsletter Deadline The deadline for April newsletter articles is April 14, 2017.

Did you know?

Tips for Labelling your quilts:

"My nieces and nephews loved to look for the labels on quilts I made for them when they were little. Special messages just for them with nicknames, dates and what occasion it was given (Christmas, birthday, etc.). I always made the labels from leftover fabrics used in the quilt top and printed the wording in my handwriting. Funny thing was, they were so trained to look for the label, there were times they didn't look at the design before they were searching out the label." ~Colleen Tauke, Sewing Specialist, Fons & Porter~

"Label all your quilts - even the 'not important' ones: simple labels for simple quilts (maybe just with fabric marker), more complex labels for fancier quilts."

~Lori Baker, Acquisitions Editor, Golden Quilting Community, F+W Media~

Your tips, hints or general news are needed for this section or elsewhere in the newsletter, so please email or give them to Lynne Green. Thanks.

Contact List President: Marilyn Robinson 273-9732 Vice-President: Nijole Deskin 267-5982 Past-President: Carol Darou 264-0883 Secretary/Archivist: Cathy Price 267-8092 Treasurer: Diane Gallagher 267-5681 Block-of-the-Month: Heather Buchan 267-8481 Blog Administrator: Cathy Price 267-8092 Blog Assistant: Lynne Green 267-5882 Librarian: Marilyn Lockyer 402-7188 (cell) Membership: Muriel Hopper 285-6726 Newsletter: Lynne Green 267-5882 Outreach: Nancy Jossinet 267-0022 Mary Cooke 283-9370 Photographer: Cathy Price 267-8092

Program: Linda Lake (905) 367-1220 Marlene Starkman (416) 985-5687 Publicity: Arlene Pellett 264-0710 Show & Tell: Bev Davidge 345-1956 (Sept-Dec & April-June) Sharon Kryvenchuk 284-5203 (Jan-Mar) Social: Barbara Dodds 264-9217 Peggy Cowle 259-2362 Rosemarie Alarie 273-8721 Mailing Address:

LCQG, PO Box 20101, Perth ON K7H 3M6 Email: lanarkquilters@hotmail.com