Hi To All

I hope you are having a good summer. Mine is going so fast and I have had so much to do that I feel like I am meeting myselfcoming and going. I survived the initial round of Fashion Show judging for the fair – what a relief. Now I need to get my family reunion notices out. Then maybe I can catch my breath, and by that time summer will be over. I know many of you feel the same way. I am hoping to finally get back to doing some quilt related sewing in between all the other projects I have waiting to be done. A friend told me there is to be a display of quilts in the hallway of 10,000 Villages, in The Depot, near The Bag Factory. They were made for refugees in Holland after WW II and have been preserved. There will also be books on sale. The dates are July 23 – August 1 st.

Sylva

MINUTES – MapleLeaf Quilters, June 27, 2005, Waterford Mennonite Church
Members present : Fern Bontrager, Elaine Frey, Betty Geyer, Jan Goppert, Peggy Hochstetler, Carol Honderich, Sylva Keenan, Laura Kercher, Florence Makousky, Naomi Bontrager Miller, Janis Nelson, Roberta Poscharscky, Beulah Sample, Pat Stahly, Sue Stringfellow, Marie Troyer, Marcia Vierck, Phyllis Windsor, Becky Yoder, Leona Martin (Sue’s friend), Kristen (Fern’s granddaughter).

Show-n-tell:
Peggy – Thimbleberry Pumpkin Wallhanging, small and large.
Laura – She was looking for her lost fabric butterfly block she made for Beulah.
Florence – Brought her brand new sewing machine!!
Becky – Showed a baby quilt that she did machine quilting on, a first! Showed us her finished 2005 Hoffman Challenge Wallhanging using their challenge material. She called it “Ribbons Around the Garden”. She will be sending it to be judged in August.
Fern – Showed a baby quilt where she used the Buzz Saw pattern.
Kristen – Showed us her Rail Fence Wallhanging that her Grandma Fern helped her with! She is 8 years old and this was her first time using the sewing machine!
Sylva – Has been working daily on her granddaughter’s dress for the Fair Fashion Show.
Elaine – Showed us her finished Dear Hannah Round Robin that was quilted by Mary Helmuth, Carol’s mother. This quilt is going to be sent for display at the Quilt Museum in Washington in August thru December.
Beulah – Was working on a pieced shower curtain for her daughter. It consisted of 20 sample blocks with sashing.
Naomi – Brought snacks of homemade cookies and fresh picked raspberries!
Marie – Was cutting out material for a baby blanket.
Marcie – Showed us her FIRST finished quilt. A 9-patch light/dark square that her mentor says was hard! Also showed us her finished Buzz Saw Retreat quilt.
Janis – Showed us the Photo Transfer 24” pillow that she made for a neighbor girl using Silk Transfer paper for the pictures. She showed us the new Thimbleberry preprinted panel – you add 4 borders plus flying geese. Yoder Department Store will be holding a workshop on August 20 th using this panel.
Pat –She showed us her finished BOM square.
Phyllis – She said her sewing machine is broken, thus no new projects.
Roberta – Showed us the blue baby quilt that she made for her new great grandson.

BOM’s showed by the following quilters: Peggy , Fern, Janis, Becky, Sue, Pat.

MEETING: Jan opened the meeting with a reading from the “Quilted with Love” book.
Sue presented the June BOM, called the “Goshen Star.”
Treasurer’s report by Janis: Balance $448.10 She also collected the $5 dues for the rest of the calendar year.

Discussion was held regarding a new challenge quilt idea – when traveling buy some material, cut it into 4” squares and then share it with guild members.

Discussion was held regarding the Guild’s 10 th Anniversary Show. Tentative plans are to have a show using guild member’s quilts, new and old at the Essenhaus in 2007 with Ami Simms as the featured speaker. The show could include a breakfast seminar/lecture with Ami Simms, vendors, classes, etc. Carol and Edith will bring more info regarding actual costs, more thoughts on committees and schedule to the next meeting.

Charity Quilts: committee will be getting together soon.
Retreat 2006: Laura reserved the first weekend in February at Quaker Haven and is awaiting confirmation at this time.
Hospitality Committee: Discussed having a “fine” of 25 cents for anyone not wearing their nametags at the meetings. Sticky nametags will be offered to guests at the beginning of meetings. Could ask guests for their phone numbers so that we could contact them later and invite them to the following meeting. It was voted and agreed upon to do the above starting the next meeting in July.
Purpose & Goals committee : they’re talking!

PROGRAM: Elaine set up a frame and a baby quilt was knotted. Several others worked on sewing and cutting for baby quilts.

Naomi, thank you for bringing the snacks of cookies and fresh raspberries!

Submitted by Peggy Hochstetler

Committees:

• Charity:  Becky, Elaine, Janis
• Show ’07:  Carol, Edith
• Publicity:  Carol, Edith
• ’06 Retreat:  Laura, Betty
• Hospitality:  Sue, Sylva
• Mission/Purpose & Goals:  Jan, Carol

Block of the Month Project
Jan Goppert prepared the following information: Traditional Design - Pattern for 12 inch finished block. The members at the June meeting decided to have a Block-of-the-Month project this year. It was decided to have the patterns be traditional designs for a 12" finished block. The blocks can be traditional designs with a "twist" if it is your own design creation.

NOTE: If you are looking for block ideas for this project on the internet, you might try this site: Quilt Blocks Galore, http://www.quilterscache.com. You will find hundreds of quilt blocks patterns. You will take the pattern home with you and make the block for yourself with your choice of fabrics. Bring the finished block (or blocks) for "Show and Tell" the next month. If you are ambitious, maybe you could make 2 blocks. Make one block for yourself and one block to donate to the guild. At the end of a year we would have quite a collection of blocks to make opportunity quilts (for raffle) or charity quilts. The following people have signed up to bring a block design pattern for one month of the guild's Block-of-the-Month project:

Maple Leaf Quilters Name Tag - Want to make a paper-pieced name tag to wear to our meetings? Here's a link to the Name Tag Pattern.
Need instructions for paper piecing? Try this link: http://www.quilterscache.com/StartQuiltingPages/startquiltingthree.html

• Janis and Edith's Shipshewana Blessings Quilt - http://community.webshots.com/user/shipshewanablessings
• Women of the Bible Quilt and Study Project - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WOBQ/
• Geneology Quilts - http://www.familytreequilts.com
• Fractal Art Quilts - http://www.roserushbrooke.com/
• Rachel’s of Greenfield – She has books about Amish & Mennonite quilts along with patterns and kits at her web site. http://www.rachelsquiltkits.com
  
  
• Electric Quilt - Free downloads, quilting fun, tips and classes. http://www.ElectricQuilt.com
  
  
• The Cotton Loft - Quality Quilt Fabric Quality cotton quilting fabric at less-than-retail prices. Secure, easy-to-search format. Fabric graphics downloadable to EQ and other design software. http://www.quiltingcotton.com
• Quilt Blocks Galore (hundreds of quilt blocks with patterns, wonderful site). http://www.quilterscache.com
  
  
• Maple Leaf Quilters On-Line Newsletter Archive
• Maple Leaf Quilters BLOCK OF THE MONTH
• Maple Leaf Quilters Programs and Hostesses, 2005