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COTTON PATCH QUILT GUILD Greenville, Tx October, 2004
“Magnificent autumn! He comes not like a pilgrim, clad in russet weeds; not like a hermit, clad in gray; but like a warrior with the stain of blood in his brazen mail.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Letter from the President
Dear Quilters, Pebble to the rescue again! She'll be capably wearing several hats in October, including that of President. As much as I'd love to be with you and hear Deborah Mosier's program on "Snippits", I'm afraid it lost out to my attending the wedding of my grandson! No contest there! An added joy is that my sister, with whom I recently spent three weeks in Washington, D.C. following her hip replacement, will be coming for the wedding.
Fall is my most favorite time of the year. Not only is the weather a welcome and pleasant change from summer, but also this is the season of quilt shows and craft fairs. If we could spare the time, we could enjoy a quilt show somewhere every single weekend! Fall is also the time to begin thinking about holidays, food and gifts, and a wonderful place to get inspiration for gifts is right in our own guild library. Linda Franklin has done such a fabulous job of organizing everything, and added a number of books recently. Please take advantage of these resources - it's a gold mine!
A reminder to all that the Kavanaugh Pumpkin Patch Bazaar is October 23. So many of you have attended in previous years and found lots of wonderful gift items. There's also a Hot Dog and Chile Cook-Off, as well as many, many homemade food selections. So mark your calendars now!
Piecefully, Katharine
October Meeting October 28 6:30 pm Deborah Mouser—Snippet Sensations
Please welcome to our October meeting Deborah Mouser! She teaches Snippet Art, a new and easy way to create an artistic masterpiece from small pieces of fabric. You do not need to sew or quilt to create Snippet Art—in fact no sewing is required. Fusible fabric is the secret and she will share how to create Snippet Art from your stash of fabric and use up all those scraps!
Pebble Rehm, Programs
Refreshment List If your name appears on the food committee and you know that you will be unable to attend the meeting, please let your chairperson* know as soon as possible. Starting with the September meeting, only Dessert and Coffee, tea, etc. will be served. Chairpersons please coordinate the desserts and drinks so there will be plenty for all attending the meetings.
October
Sara Bobbitt* Michele Chitsey Dorothy Boettcher Jackie Clark Barbara Booth Lisa Coker LaNell Bundick Kay Colcleasure Carolyn Burt Alice Cooney Connie Cawthon Jo Ann Cross Shelly Childers Sue Childers
November Allen Day Debra Hager Betty Day Kay Hatfield Vickey Dees Margie Hendrix Monica Denny Pam Hodapp Linda Franklin Shirley Hogan Tracy Greenlee Geneva Horning Joy Gregory Belva Isham Joyce Grubbs
Happy Birthday!
October Monica Denny 10/05 Norlyn Quinn 10/06 Kathy Vestal 10/08 Michele Chitsey 10/12 Linda Black 10/25 Pat McCarroll 10/31 November Barbara Booth 11/07 Laurie Anderson 11/15 Debra Hager 11/16 Nora Whitehead 11/20 Greta Starnater 11/22
Membership New Member! Cathy Ross 5430 FM 118 Greenville, TX 75401 (H) 903-450-1680 email: cross49@aol.com Birthday - May 3 Spouse - Joe
Sunshine & Shadows
If a guild member has had a death in the family or has had surgery, please let us know. If you have had a happy event in your life, please let the guild members rejoice with you.
Betty Day (betallday@ev1.net, 903-496-2897.
Medical Reference for Quilters Small Pox - small folds in seams, usually found in the binding (Darn! I didn’t see those small pox there!) Large Pox - large folds in seams, usually found in the most prominent place. Mumps - lumps of batting found inside the quilt sandwich after washing the quilt. Flu - what happens to time when you’re quilting (I started to quilt and the time just flu by!) Colic - the naming of a quilt (I colic Kathy’s krazy kwilt.) Croup - a number of people who quilt together (ie: the Cotton Blossom Quilt Croup.) Rash - what you do when you finish a quilt (I rashed it to get all the pencil marks off.) TB - what you get after quilting for a long time (my bottom sure is tired!) Scarlet Fever - an abiding passion for the color red (see Yellow Fever.) Yellow Fever - an abiding passion for the color yellow (see Scarlet Fever.) Hypertension - trouble with your bobbin thread. Hyperthermia - an enthusiasm for thermore batting. Malaria - where one sews (I have malaria all set up in the dining room.) Rheumatism - the state a room (this rheumatisa-a mess.)
Adapting a design to fit
If the quilt you plan to make is not the size you want, there are several ways to adapt the design.
To make a smaller quilt, eliminate a row of blocks, set the blocks without sashing, and/or make the border widths narrower.
To make a quilt larger, add rows of blocks, sashing and/or multiple borders. Each addition requires extra yardage which you should estimate before you buy fabric.
Fat quarter facts
One fat quarter (18” X 22”) will give:
99 - two inch squares 56 - 2-1/2 inch squares 42 - three inch squares 30 - 3-1/2 inch squares 20 - four inch squares 16 - 4-1/2 inch squares 12 - five inch squares 12 - 5-1/2 inch squares
Friendship Circles Cotton Belles No report received.
Marcia Ryder
Cotton Blossoms The Blossoms circle met on September 20 in Commerce for a regular meeting. We all turned in our donation quilts and had a good time making pictures of everyone with the quilts and enjoying some of the fruits of our labor. Joan Walvoord showed us the new book that she and a friend recently had published. It is an amazing resource tool for teachers of special needs children and other young children. We were all impressed and awed by it and proud of Joan. A group of Blossoms took Quillos to Boles Home this month. The kids are always delightful and appreciative so it is a treat for us to visit with them and the house parents. We met again on October 4 and put blocks together for two lap quilts that will go to the nursing home. We were glad to have Nancy Nall with us and hope she will decide to join our group. We are planning to make a road trip to Dallas on October 27 to deliver out quilts to the Ronald McDonald House. We meet again on October 18th for a workday at the church in Commerce from 1:30 to 5:30.
Belva Isham Cotton Strippers 18 Strippers met at Kavanaugh United Methodist Church in Greenville. Thanks to the food committee for a great meal. We were very happy to have Donna & Maxine back with us and wish Joy & Gladys speedy recoveries. Kay updated us on the "Ugly Miniature Quilt Challenge" and we were reminded of the December deadline for the Blooming 9 Patches. After discussion about what we may want to do for 2005 projects, it was decided we would make items to be sold at the Quilt Store for the CPQG Quilt Show. Strippers are asked to bring their ideas for items to the Nov. & Dec. meetings.
The next meeting will be Nov. 11th at Kavanaugh Church in Greenville. The refreshment committee is: Allen & Betty Day, Jane Asberry, JoAnn Cross, Sara Bobbitt, Joy Gregory and Jane Martyn. Everyone is welcome to join us. Kathy Vestal Sunbonnet Sue The Sues met at Quilt Mercantile for their October meeting. We are so grateful to Jennifer and Vickie for suggesting it when we didn’t have a place to meet. Everyone brought their own dinner but thanks to Kay and Katharine we had 2 great desserts. We had show and tell and were also able to shop. Vickie showed us a video from “The Quilt Yard” on their patterns and technique to make the fold and finish process. This is a unique design, where you quilt first and then assemble your quilted pieces. Your seam-allowances are finished on the outside. It was very interesting and we thoroughly enjoyed it. The November meeting will not be held due to everyone going to the Houston Quilt Show. The December meeting will be at the home of Pebble Rehm. Jane Martyn
Martha vs. Maxine Martha’s Way Stuff miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream drips. Maxine’s Way Just suck the ice cream out of the bottom of the cone, for Pete’s sake! You are probably lying on the couch with your feet up eating it, anyway! Martha’s Way To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes. Maxine’s Way Buy Hungry Jack mashed potato mix and keep it in the pantry for up to a year. Martha’s Way When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead and there won’t be any white mess on the outside of the cake. Maxine’s Way Go to the bakery. They’ll even decorate it for you. Martha’s Way If you accidentally over salt a dish while it’s still cooking, drop in a peeled potato and it will absorb the excess salt for an instant “fix-me-up..” Maxine’s Way If you over salt while you are cooking, that’s too bad. Please recite with me the real woman’s motto: “I made it and you will eat it and I don’t care how bad it tastes.” Martha’s Way Wrap celery in aluminum foil when putting in the refrigerator and it will keep for weeks. Maxine’s Way Celery?? Never heard of it. Martha’s Way Brush some beaten egg white over pie crust before baking to yield a beautiful glossy finish. Maxine’s Way The Mrs. Smith frozen pie directions do not include brushing egg whites over the crust, so I don’t. Martha’s Way Cure for headaches: take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away. Maxine’s Way Take a lime, mix it with tequila, chill and drink. Martha’s Way If you have a problem opening jars, try using latex dishwashing gloves. They will give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easy. Maxine’s Way Go ask that very cute neighbor if he can open it for you. Martha’s Way Don’t throw out all that leftover wine. Freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces. Maxine’s Way Leftover wine??????? HEL-LOOOO!!!!
Just a Few Minutes…
The Cotton Patch Quilt Guild met at Kavanaugh United Methodist Church at 6:30 p.m. on September 23, 2004. Forty-seven members attended. Welcome to new member, Cathy Ross. Our membership now totals 93! President, Katharine McCaw, thanked Jennifer Tenney and her food committee for our delicious refreshments.
The Krafty Kritters fabric room was open for the purchase of narrow widths of fabric donated by Link Linkenauger, when he sold Deco Trunk Co. Sales of this fabric benefit Kavanaugh Church. The Tulip Quilt was displayed for the final opportunity to purchase raffle tickets. This quilt will be awarded at the Pumpkin Patch Bazaar at Kavanaugh on October 23.
The meeting began with drawings for door prizes.
At the August meeting, a poll indicated that the membership favored a change in the definition of a quorum, as stated in the by-laws. A formal vote has confirmed the change. Henceforth, a quorum shall be defined as "a majority of the members present at any regular meeting of the guild." This will make it so much easier to carry on the business of the guild.
Community Service Chair, Sherry Worley, and a number of members who attended the TAQG Rally Day in Tyler, reported that it was difficult to hear or see the speaker. It is expected that next year's venue in Richardson will correct that problem. Worley reminded all who have worked on Community Service projects to register for a drawing. The winner was Gladys Trammell. We were encouraged to submit 6 1/2 inch blocks, which will be sent to Fort Hood to be included in quilts for families who have lost members in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Wesley United Methodist Church will host the annual FISH Auction on November 19. Worley urged guild members to contribute items for this worthy event.
Pebble Rehm, Quilt Show 2005 co-chair, has received a commitment from Lisa Erlandson, certified quilt appraiser, to participate in next year's Harvest of Quilts. Rehm needs several items: a couple of raised platforms for the "bed turnings", a standing floor easel (offered by Norlyn Quinn), and miniature quilts from members of the guild.
Design Committee Chair, Carolyn Burt, has received permission from the designer to use the "Vintage Memories" pattern for our 2005 donation quilt, along with the request for a picture of the finished quilt and the hope that we make lots of money on it. The blocks have been completed and a workday at Quilt Mercantile is scheduled for Sept. 29 to assemble the top. Joan Biggs will do the machine quilting.
Tracy Greenlee has requested miniature quilts, to be offered in a silent auction at the 2005 quilt show; she distributed the guidelines for these items. The Strippers are sponsoring a project to make mini-quilts, using "ugly" fat quarters. These quilts will be included in the auction. Linda Franklin, Librarian, has added 12 new books to our library, several of which are about miniature quilts.
Following intermission, Rehm introduced Sheri Meineke-Johnson, nationally recognized designer and owner of Heavenly Quilters since 1979. Her quilts are distinctive for their embellishments of hot fix crystals, fussy cuts, repeats and circles. She also offers the HQ 16 midarm quilting machine. We were invited to "play" with the machine, and get the feel of it.
The October 28 program is entitled "Snippits" and will be presented by Deborah Mosier.
Respectfully, Barbara Ratcliff
FISH Auction Wesley Methodist Church November 19
Cotton Patch Quilt Guild 2005 Quilt Show Committee
Co-Chair Allen Day Co Chair Pebble Rehm Facility Allen Day Quilts & Layout Pebble Rehm Publicity Carolyn Burt Sponsors Debra Hager Vendors Greta Starnater Printing Jane Martyn Special Events* Tracy Greenlee
(* Includes Mini Quilt Auction, Challenge, Student Block Challenge, Bed Turning, Community Service Table, Quilting Demonstration) Please direct any questions, suggestions and/or concerns regarding the quilt show to any of these members.
September Door Prizes Quilt Asylum , McKinney- $10 gift certificate Carriage House Quilt Shoppe, Plano - $10 gift certificate Texas Quiltworks, Rockwall - $25 gift certificate towards a class Linda’s Quilt Shop, Denton - $15 gift certificate Quilt Mercantile, Celeste - Halloween fabric kit Please remember to send thank you notes and patronize these generous merchants!
Allen Quilter’s Guild Presents Pat Campbell October 21, 2004, 6:30 PM Internationally renowned Pat Campbell will be the speaker at the October meeting. Guest fee will be $5.00. You are also invited to spend the day on Saturday, October 23 with Pat in a workshop. Texas Wildflowers , an original design by Pat, is a 6 hour class 9:30 - 3:30 (bring a lunch to share). The class will be held at First Presbyterian Church, 605 S. Greenville Ave., Allen, Texas. A check to Allen Quilter’s Guild for $28.00 will reserve your space. There is a supply fee of $3.00. Limited to 32. Call Terri Gartman at 972-359-1821 to reserve your spot and for further information.
Don’t Forget!!!! Our Patriotic Quilt will be raffled During the October meeting!
UFO Projects (completed, of course!) and I-O-U fat quarters to Alice Cooney
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2004 Quilt Shows
The Newsletter Deadline for November is ** Saturday, November 6, 2004 ** Newsletter Editor — Tracy Greenlee 972-475-5448 |
