Maple Leaf Quilters Online
May 2000 |
Newsletter |
Goshen, Indiana |
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New Maple Leaf Quilters Chairperson , Nancy Smith will provide leadership for our group for the next year. |
NEW LEADERSHIP.
We want to thank Fran Hathaway for her
great leadership during the past several years, serving first as vice chairperson
during our planning for the 1998 Quilters Gathering, and then serving for chairperson
for the past two years. Thank you, Fran, for the service and leadership. She
has exended much thought, care and energy to her role for the Maple Leaf Quilters.
We look forward to a new year of programs
and activity with Nancy at the helm. She has been actively seeking input from
Maple Leaf Quilters on the kinds of activities we would like to see happen during
the June 2000-May 2001 guild year, and she has been busy compiling ideas and
contacting resource people and teachers. Be sure to let Nancy know if you have
suggestions programs, workshops and activities.
We also want to thank Edith Shanholt, treasurer
and Paula Newman, secretary, for their contributions and work on behalf of the
Maple Leaf Quilters during the past two years. The new treasurer will be Liz
Martin Clark, and new secretary is Marie Troyer. Thank you both for your willing
to hold these offices.
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RECENT MLQ ACTIVITES.
Report on the Shipshewana Dear Jane Retreat.
Fifty-five quilters from all over
the US and Canada enjoyed a fantastic time at the Shipshewana Farmstead Inn
during the last weekend in April. Maple Leaf Quilters were probably
the best represented quilt guild there. Fran, Beulah, Sylva, Marie, Edith, Paula,
Elaine, Carol, Patty and Janis were there. Nancy dropped by on her way home
from Sauders. Patty made her first (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th!) blocks
on her Dear Jane project. And Edith finished the quilting on her wonderful Dear
Jane. We hung the six DJ Rows of Sharing (see below for pictures)on the wall
- all six will be shown at the Vermont Quilt Festival. And of course, our own
dear honorary Maple Leaf Quilter, Brenda Papadakis was on hand to share in the
fun. The weather was perfect, the quilting friends were great, the food was
wonderful and chocolate plentiful. It was Dear Jane Heaven! Carol
Honderich
(Photo by Linda Franz) |
Look
at the grin on Edith's face, moments after
putting the final quilting stitches in her DJ at the Shipshewana Dear Jane
Retreat. |
Cancer Treatment Centers of America Quilt.
______________________________________ UPCOMING MLQ EVENTS REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE
Regular Meeting
at Waterford Mennonite Church on 4th Monday at 6:30 PM.
Sew What Nights at Edith's on the
2nd Monday of the month, 7:00 PM. Nine Patch Quilting Bees. On Monday evenings, beginning
June 5, from 6:30 until ?, and each Monday evening in June (except the 26th)
we are invited and encouraged to help with the hand quilting of
the Maple Leaf Quilters Michiana Relief Sale Nine Patch quilt. Quiltings are
being held at Edith's house.
Monday, June 12, 7:00 PM. Sew What/Business Meeting.
Monday, June 19, 7:00 PM. Sew What/Business Meeting. Saturday, June 24 Field Trip to Door Mouse Fabric Shop
in Bettsville, OH. Monday, June 26, 6:30 PM Paper Piecing Workshop for CTCA
quilt. Monday, July 10, 7:00 PM. Sew What/Business Meeting.
On
Saturday, May 20, a number of the Maple Leaf Quilters met at Goshen Hospital
for a Paper Piecing Workshop for CTCA Quilt. Liz Martin Clark is heading up
a MLQ committe to design and make a very large "survivor" quilt to be displayed
in Goshen's new Cancer Treatment Center. The quilt's theme is "Celebrate Life."
It will feature a center medalion on point of an appliqued tree (CTCA's logo)
on top of a watercolor background. The medalion will be surrounded by 6" paper
pieced blocks, each in a "Square on Square" block setting. We will be having
at least two paper piecing events to make blocks for the quilt.
If you missed this first one, we
hope you can participate in the Monday, June 26 evening guild meeting,
which will be a piecing night. Please bring some nice (prewashed, 100% cotton)
scraps for paper piecing. The blocks will include anything that "celebrates
life" - flowers, trees, animals, activities, people, toys, events, etc. Smaller
scale prints generally work best for paper piecing blocks since the pieces tend
to be fairly small. We will provide instructions, guidance and tips for anyone
who wants to learn the paper piecing technique. Bring a sewing machine. For
more information contact Liz at 535-2834 or email lmartin@goshenhealth.com
.
Address: 65975 St Rd 15, Goshen
Call Edith, 875-1808, for information and directions.
New Officers installed. AND quilting on the Relief Sale Quilt.
Quilting on the Relief Sale Quilt.
Nancy will be driving her motorhome and can take 13 people. If more people wish
to go we will take more vehicles. If you would like to, please call Nancy at
293-3846 or email at Aztech.@prodigy.net.
Regular Meeting at Waterford Mennonite Church.
We will be meeting at Patty Sliney's house for this meeting. Directions
will be provided at the June meetings or call Patty, 875-8565 for directions.
Monday, July 24 -- No meeting.
Middlebury Harvest Festival,, October 5, 6 and 7.
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OTHER QUILTING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
April 29 through July 30, 2000. Indianapolis Museum of Art-Columbus Gallery (located in Columbus, Indiana) will be exhibiting a collection of Marie Webster Quilts.
Topeka Quilt Show and Sale, Topeka United Methodist Church. Located at the corner of Pine and Babcock street in Topeka, Indiana, this show is held on these dates: Wednesday, June 21, 10-5; Thursday, June 22, 9-5; Friday, June 23 , 9-7; and Saturday, June 24, 9-12. Quilts and items for show or sale should be brought to the Church on Monday June 19 or Tuesday, June 20 Between 9-4. This is quite a large show with many items for sale. Admission is $3, Exhibitors, free. All sales cash.
Quilt Surface Design Symposium, June 11-23, Athens, Ohio. Brochures will be available at our January meeting, or visit their web site, http://www.qsds.com/symposium.html . The Symposium sponsors a two-week series of affordable training seminars, designed to provide hands-on training in a variety of Quilting-related textile art fabrication techniques and methods. Classes cover many topics ranging from physical construction techniques such as Fabric Dying, Fusing, and Collage, to developmental skills such as, putting together a presentation, and cultivating creativity. This Symposium is sponsored by Nancy Crow and Linda Fowler.
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BIRTHDAY FAT QUARTER CLUB.
Imagine -- It's your birthday and you've just been presented with an armful of fabric fat quarters in all your favorite quilt fabrics and colors! Hey, join the Birthday Fat Quarter club and it will happen.
During our June, 2000-May, 2001 guild year we encourage you to join the Maple Leaf Quilters Birthday Fat Quarter Club. Here's how it works: When you sign up you are committing yourself to provide a birthday card and fat quarter of fabric (approx. size: 18" x 20-22") in the color and/or theme chosen by that particular month's Birthday Gals. We will use the regular 4th Monday evening meeting (beginning with the June 2000 meeting --although we currently have no one signed up with June or July birthdays) as the time to present the cards and fabrics to the participants. Fabric themes you might choose for yourself could be: "purples" or "cat fabric" or "batiks" or "Thimbleberry fabrics," -- anything you like and want to collect. When purchasing your gift fabric, please buy good quality 100% cotton quilting fabrics. You can use fabric from your stash if it fits the theme/color being requested. Finding the perfect fabric and birthday card for each of the other members will be lots of fun. If you sign up late you will be responsible to make up the gals who have already celebrated their birthdays. Carol Honderich
Birthday Club Members
MONTH |
MEMBER |
BIRTHDATE |
FABRIC DESCRIPTION |
JUNE |
-- |
-- |
-- |
JULY |
-- |
-- |
-- |
AUGUST |
Nancy |
8/16 |
Batiks |
SEPTEMBER |
-- |
-- |
-- |
OCTOBER |
Edith |
10/25 |
undecided |
NOVEMBER |
Janis |
11/06 |
Batiks |
|
Betty |
11/27 |
Bug Fabric |
DECEMBER |
-- |
-- |
-- |
JANUARY |
Marie |
1/11 |
30's Fabrics |
FEBRUARY |
Phyllis |
2/13 |
Batiks |
|
Becky |
2/16 |
Cartoon Characters Fabric |
MARCH |
Paula |
3/12 |
undecided |
|
Carol |
3/27 |
Vegetable Fabrics |
|
Beulah |
3/30 |
undecided |
APRIL |
Sylva |
4/6 |
Green Floral Prints |
MAY |
Fran |
5/8 |
Fabric with strips, dots or spots |
|
Elaine |
5/29 |
undecided |
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FABRIC OPPORTUNITIES BEAUTIFUL Handed Dyed Fabrics By Fran. Available
for sale at our next guild meeting. Fran's fabrics were quite a "hit" at
the Dear Jane Gathering in Shipshewana. Fran's got more fabric and new colors
too! You can contact Fran through email at FranCanDo@aol.com.
A
Note from THE COTTON BOUTIQUE:
Please
allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cindy Whitten and my husband and I
have a new online fabric store called The Cotton Boutique, specializing in 100%
cotton fabric from such leading lines at KP Kids, Moda, Alexander Henry, Michael
Miller, Timeless Treasures, South Sea Imports, and many more. As a small family
business, any help you can give us to make our store a success will be greatly
appreciated. Please be sure to check out our website at http://www.cottonboutique.com
Your comments and suggestions are what help make our store better.
Cindy sent us a "fabric gift" for
a door prize for the May meeting. Be sure to visit their site. They have great
prints and prices! Check out the novelty fabrics. I found a lot of new prints
that would look great in an "I-Spy" quilt, including a must have "Animals
On-line" print.
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Carol Honderich, Editor
Last updated May 29, 2000