Newsletter #11 April 2009

Lodi Valley Quilters’ GuildPO Box 132Lodi, WI 53555

Current membership: 78

President JoAnn Delap 592-3507Vice President Diaine Heckenbach 592-5786Secretary Shirley Lawson 592-2036Treasurer Terri Escher 592-5838

Getting Signed Up, Part 1Visit the website for our group:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LVQGAlong the left side of the screen is the

“menu” for the group. You will proba-bly see a line that says “Members only” at the top—this means you are not logged in, and need to do so before try-ing to read or post messages and files.

Look further down on the left side—to the section with a big questions mark that says “Already a member? Sign in to Yahoo.” Click on the “sign in” part.

You should now be at a Sign in to Yahoo page—if you have a yahoo email account, you can use the same info here and the email and groups will be neatly man-aged in one place for you.

If you don’t have a yahoo email address, you’ll have to sign up for a yahoo ID—which is essentially a free yahoo email account also. But that doesn’t have to be your active email address! (Just stay with me… ) Ei-ther log into your yahoo account here, or click the spot to sign up for an ID and follow the directions.

When you’re done signing up, it should kick you back to the quilt guild’s page. Now you can click on the upper right side blue button that says “Join This Group!” You have to be approved to get into our group, so just follow the directions to tell us who you are, and then wait to get an email back that you’ve been approved.

Getting Signed Up, Part 2OK, so later, once you’re approved … Again, visit

the website for our group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LVQG. Move down the left menu bar and sign

in. YAY! You’re in!Now quick, before you get carried away

… look above the blue bar with the Guild’s name on it. See your name and ID? See where it says “Edit Membership”? Click that edit, and you can change some settings on how you’ll be contacted by the yahoo group when there are messages.

THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN CHOOSE TO USE A DIFFERENT (ie: non-yahoo) EMAIL ADDRESS FOR CONTACTS. Make this the email address you read the most of-

ten, so you get updates in a timely manner. Here you also can choose how often you receive

messages—once a day, every single time anybody posts, never, etc. Don’t forget to Save your Changes at the bottom of the screen!

Movin’ and Groovin’ in the GroupYou maneuver around the group using the menu on

the left. Click the Message button to view all the mes-sages in the group. Along the right side, there’s an ar-row where you can sort them by oldest to newest, or newest to oldest.

Do you have something to say? Use the Post button to create a new message—just make sure to give it a good title headline so we know what it’s about!

The Files section contains handouts from speakers at the meetings and other cool info.

Photos? Create your own folder and post a few “brag” pictures of your recently completed works.

Click around and explore. Some parts of the group aren’t being fully utilized now, but we’ll grow into it.

The more you use it, the easier it will become. Need help or have questions? Terry Escher, Trish Priewe and Mindy Skinner all work with it pretty well.

Date Area Events Details

April 6 LVQG meeting Challenge projects revealed!

April 10-11 Huge Quilting Fabric & Sewing Notion Liquidation Sale at the American Legion in LaValle WI

Friday 9-8, Saturday 9-gone.Hundreds of books & patterns, plastic totes.Fabric will sell by the pound—Moda & Thimbleberries too, all $8-10 per pound.

April 18 Chicago quilt show road trip See pickup schedule above!

April 18-19 Courthaus Quilters Guild“Garden of Quilts” at Monroe High School

Judged show, antique floral quilt trunk show, vendors. Cohosted with HS German Exchange Club. $5 or $4 with food pantry donation. Janet Gobeli 608-329-4781.

April 30-May 2

Nancy’s Notions Sewing Weekend in Beaver Dam

3 days of seminars, classes, and shopping at the Nancy’s Notions warehouse

May 2-3 “Garden Dreams” bi-annual quilt show in Rockford, IL

Hosted by Sinnissippi Quilters, Inc.www.sinnissippiquilters.org

May 2-3 “Cabins in the Country” quilt show by It’s a Stitch Quilt Guild, Jackson, WI

Judged competition and non-judged display, market place, demos. Open 10-4 at the Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School. $5 admission

May 4 LVQG meeting Appraisals & judging program with Carol Butski. Show & tell: your fair quilts.

July 9-July 12 Lodi Agricultural Fair Exhibit your quilts for judging, prizes and lots of great compliments from all your friends and neighbors! www.lodiagfair.com

throughApril 12

“Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of SW Chinese Minori-ties” at the Chazen Museum of Art in Madison

500 rare woven and embroidered costumes and jewelry, along with a loom, weaving tools, and embroidery cases. Free admission. Tues-Fri 9 am to 5 pm, Sat-Sun 11 am to 5 pm. www.chazen.wisc.edu

Chicago Trip Time Schedule7:45 am Lodi pickup (10:15-ish at show)Returning to Lodi about 8:30 pm (leave show at 6)

Brown beef or turkey in large stockpot or kettle; drain. Add all of the ingredients, except pasta. Bring to a boil. Lower heat; cover and simmer 20 minutes or until vegetables are tender.Meanwhile, cook pasta. Add pasta to soup just a few minutes before serving. If you prefer a thinner soup, add more water. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese before serving.

½ t. oregano½ t. basil¼ t. black pepper2. c. shredded cabbage1 c. frozen or fresh green beans½ c. elbow macaroni or tortelliniParmesan cheese

… from the Pine Lake retreat — recipe from Mary Beth WagnerItalian Vegetable Soup1 pound ground beef or turkey1 c. diced onion1 c. diced celery2 c. diced carrots2 cloves of minced garlic16 oz. can diced tomatoes

15 oz. can tomato sauce15 oz. can kidney or chili beans,

undrained2 c. water5 t. beef bouillon granules1 T. parsley flakes½ t. salt

Online recently, some of my quilting friends were discussing wedding quilts and pondering modern questions: Who gets a wedding quilt in a divorce? Is it even worth giving wedding quilts any-more?

I’ll let you draw your own conclusions to these sticky Miss Manners questions. But they did present one interesting alternative.

Since the second wedding anniversary is the "cotton" anniversary. Wouldn’t that be a good time to give a quilt as a gift?

Two more years to finish the quilt! Yippee! I might actually get a quilt finished by then!

Sharon Wetherall provided the recipe in the last newsletter for Apple Nut

Squares. Sorry for the misprint! If you’re looking for a specific fabric—either a specific line or even just a theme—there are a couple great internet tools to try.

www.quiltshops.com It’s search function checks the online stock of more than 200 independent quilt stores all at once, using your keywords.

www.missingfabrics.comPost ads for fabrics you’re desperately seeking, or browse the ads to see if you can help someone else.

www.google.comSearch with the name, theme, or manufacturer of the fabric you seek.

www.fabshophop.com/fabsearch.aspSearches here reach throughout their membership of independent quilt and fabric shop owners

www.fabric.comTop-quality fabrics, at sale and discount prices.

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Election time again!We have two lovely ladies nominated for the PR committee chair position. Here are quick biographies on each of them. Voting will be held at the April meeting.

Joyce HachI live in Ashton, about five miles northwest of Middle-

ton. My husband and I have three children—a recently married daughter and two sons. When my youngest son was born 16 years ago, I retired from a 20-year career in organizational communications to be a stay-at-home mom. I also did freelance writing and editing for several years.

I made my first quilt, a baby quilt for my niece, in 1981. I then got sidetracked by kids, career and other creative pastimes and didn’t make another quilt for 20 years. However, in the past four years, it has become an addiction (and not fatting like chocolate!). I love the crea-tivity, the geometry, the fabulous fabrics, the cool tools, and the wonderful fellow quilters. My other interestsinclude photography, scrapbooking, Brewer baseball, Packer football and movies.

Raffle ticket packets were handed out at the March meeting.

If you didn't get yours, please contact Terri

Escher.

If you sell out and need more

tickets, Terri also can restock your supply.

Tickets sell for $5 each or 5 tickets for $20. Currently,

the quilt is on display above the teller stations at Associated Bank.

Susie Riedesel Susie just joined the guild last

fall but has been quilting for 14 years. She's a big fan of Atkinson patterns (because they're easy!) and batik fabrics.

Susie lives in Lodi with husband Chuck, kids Eva (14) & Eric (12), and kitties Mack & Millie. She works as a unit sec-retary at Meriter Hospital in Madi-son.

In her free time, Susie loves gardening, cooking, watching the kids' sports, and playing euchre with her girlfriends.

PO Box 132Lodi WI 53555

These are two of the newest titles available for loan from the guild library. Talk to guild librarian Terry Miller to see what else mightinspire your next project!

“Strip Addiction: a Fix for Fabraholics”by Donna Slater

This fast system can help you achieve amazing quilts while taking advantage of your fabric stash.

“Small Blocks, Stunning Quilts” by Biz Storms and Mary Elizabeth Kinch

A portfolio and pattern book full of traditional quilts with trillions of tiny pieces that will use even your smallest scraps.