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aiquilters.com
May 2015
Hello AIQ Guild members,
We hope you can join us as we welcome An Marshall as
our speaker this month. We will be voting on our new set
of officers, and will install our new officers at the June
meeting. Hopefully we will have some "Show and Tell"
from our workshop last month, also. Hope to see you at
the May 12 meeting.
Leslie Kiger
May Program: An Marshall, Life Quilts
Our May program, the last of this guild year, promises to open a quilting door
that is likely to occupy your thoughts and creativity during the summer break.
Member An Marshall will be presenting her unique quilt process entitled Life
Quilts. An will be showing her original quilt design that started her down the
“life quilt” explorative path, and will be guiding members through exercises to
begin the process for your own “life quilt”.
An is an exceedingly talented traditional and art quilter who is an active member of the St. Augustine Piecemakers Quilt Guild and the Jacksonville area
Fiber Art Network as well as AIQG.
As a member of the St. Augustine guild, An contributed to two recent fabric art
quilt projects honoring the City of St. Augustine. In honor of the 450th celebration of the City, she was one of five highly skilled quilters who created, designed and assembled a fundraiser quilt to commemorate St. Augustine’s colorful past.
The second recent project entitled “Pieces of History,” is an 11-part panoramic collaborative quilt depicting
the St. Augustine 19th Century harbor. The “slice” quilt by members of the St. Augustine Guild was on display in the City and remains on view at the Fruitcove Library.
An is a full time real estate consultant in St. Augustine Beach.
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Small Groups
FAYE JUSTICE GROUP:
Meets every Monday at 2 pm
Kathy Dean’s home
2406 Via Del Rey
• Call Kathy at 261-7189
• Show & tell, sharing, advice, hand sewing
•
•
SANDI NEAL’S GROUP:
• Meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 12:30
pm
• Sandi’s home 1716 McArthur St.
• Everyone is welcome.
CHARITY QUILT LADIES:
• Meets every Tuesday of the month at 9:30 am
- noon
• Fernandina Shores Clubhouse 631 Tarpon Avenue, 3rd entrance.
• Bring your sewing supplies. We have 2 sewing
machines, cutting mats, rulers, etc.
• Call Theresa Megna (277-2143) for information
• Drop-ins Welcome - come pick up fabric to
work on at home!
Community
Service Projects
•
Habitat For Humanity (Pam Wise)—Bed size
quilt for each Habitat home in Nassau County.
•
Hospice (Kathy Dean & Theresa Megna) - Lapsize quilts (45X 55, 40 X 50) for all ages.
•
Shands (Sheri Inserra)—Placemat size (18 X
22, up to 30”square) for neonatal unit; laundered
at hospital and sometimes go home with baby or
parents.
•
Kits are available at the meetings, or contact the
coordinators. The Charity Quilt Ladies (see
Small Groups) work on these quilts. People are
needed to help rotary cut the kits.
•
Quilts of Valor (Gail Niedernhofer) - bed sized
quilts for wounded service men and women; preferred size is 54” X 67”, but they can be from 50”
X 60” to 77” X 87”; masculine quilts are especially in demand; a label, perhaps just saying
thank-you and a pillowcase are helpful.
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MEETING MINUTES
April 14, 2015
President Leslie Kiger called the meeting to order
at 7:00 pm. There were no new members and two
guests were introduced.
A motion to approve the March 2015 minutes was
received from Stuart Vanderbloemen with a
second by Diane Keagy.
Linda Martin announced that on Saturday (April 11,
2015) she attended the opening of the Island Art
Guild’s The Arts Are Alive Project. A grouping of
totem poles in the pocket park on Centre Street
represent a range of non-profits from around
Nassau County. Thanks to Tracy Weise, the artist
who did the totem for the quilt guild. The totem
represents the various aspects of the guild’s work
with an emphasis on outreach to the community.
The exhibit will be in the park for a year.
Tracy Weiss explained her artistic process. The
pole spins; it is the only one in the grouping that
moves. She emphasized the guild’s service in her
work as well as the support and love guild
members give to each other. Tracy stated that the
love in the guild is palpable.
Leslie received a request from Carol at Ship’s
Lantern that the guild pick up the quilt display racks
in storage at Cube Smart because the Ship’s
Lantern needs the storage space. Mindy Chabot
volunteered to take on the issue. The guild will
need an 8’ x 10’ space to store the racks until the
next quilt show. If members know of such a space,
please contact Mindy.
Sherry Cobb-Thompson announced April
birthdays.
Leslie noted that Andrea Golding has been
nominated for the position of membership chair.
Mindy Chabot announced that, although the Peck
Center will not allow the guild to actually reserve a
date for the 2017 quilt show until the middle of
2016, the center staff has penciled in the event. In
the meantime, the guild can continue to look for a
location that may be better. The quilt show dates
are February 17-18, 2017.
In further quilt show news, Mindy encouraged all
guild members to volunteer to help with the quilt
show in one or many capacities. Volunteer
organizing meetings will be convened on Saturday
April 25th at 10:00 am and Monday, April 27 at 7:00
pm at Dell Dunman’s home. Members need to
plan to attend only one of the meetings as they will
be identical. Many of the quilt show jobs are
already filled. As the number of quilt show
organizing meetings increases over the coming
months, the guild will try to have the meetings
immediately before guild meetings to avoid
additional travel by volunteers.
Show and tell included a first quilt, charity quilts, a
habitat for humanity quilt, a quilt of valor, and a first
attempt at trapunto.
The program was presented by Linda Kay Krause
called “Nature as an Inspiration for Art.”
The meeting adjourned at 8:40 pm. The next
meeting will be Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 7:00 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Andrea Golding
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AIQ Meetings—Woman’s Club at 201 Jean La Fitte Ave on the 2nd Tuesday
6:30
7:00
Sign up and ticket time
Meeting Starts
☺Let Sherry Cobb-Thompson know about any address changes
☺Wear your Name Tag
☺ Bring your Show and Tell
Tracy Weiss
and the Totem
she created for
our guild for
the Arts Are
Alive Project
on Centre
Street!
AIQ 2014-2015 Board Members
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Membership
Programs
Website
Newsletter
Hospitality
Pins
Habitat
Hospice
Tickets
Retreat
Quilt Show
Leslie Kiger
Rozlyn Warren
Jenny Chen
Patsy Troxell
Sherry Cobb-Thompson
Julia Keith
Charlie Russ
Charlie Russ
Mindy Chabot
Mary Lynn Torchia
Debbie Dunman
Pam Wise
Kathy Dean
Theresa Megna
Rozlyn Warren
Janet Sebastian
Diane Keagy
(985)630-5940
415-1405
310-3610
849-9006
335-7496
432-8271
261-0191
261-0191
430-6376
491-3743
261-5497
415-5065
261-7189
277-2143
415-1405
556-6815
277-2055
Cyndee Brown
Mindy Chabot
505-8499
430-6276
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2014-2015 Programs
September 9:
New Quilting Tools: Creative Grid Rulers
Laurie Malm & Mary Davis, Lollipops Quilt Shop
October 14:
The Magnificence of Stitchery
Leslie Kiger, President, AIQG
November 5-9:
Retreat
November 11:
Pathways to Better Quilting - Sally Terry, Internationally
Recognized Expert of Machine Quilting
December 9:
Pot Luck & SAQA Trunk Show
Jayne Gaskins, MBA, BFA, SAQA Representative, FL
January13:
My Quilting Journey - Molly Waddell, NQACJ
February 10:
Modern Quilts and Cutting Techniques - Cynthia Janney
March 10:
Keep Your Creativity Flowing - Roz Warren
April 14:
Nature as an Inspiration for Fiber Art - Linda Krause,
MS, An Artist in Residence, Smoky Mt. Nat’l Park 2014
May 12:
Life Quilts - An Marshall, Creator of the Life Quilt Concept
June 9:
Pot Luck & Installation New Officers
May Birthdays
7 Liz Quinn
19 Jane Martin
19 Janet Sebastian
22 Tammy Kotupka
26 Ruthe Carter
27 Carla Yetter
29 Janet Wolpert
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Quilt Retreat
2015
October 7-11
shorebyshore@gmail.com
WE HAVE FUN!
Quilts of
Valor Note:
Great news! Our eleven new QOVs have landed in Colorado, making a total of
165!! We will hear more about them once they are unpacked and delivered to
the Wounded Warrior Barracks. Surely the quilts by Sandi Neal's quilting group
are some of the loveliest we have sent, so thanks gals, once again, for your devotion to a critical cause.
Thanks, Gail
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Quilting Special!
Patriotic edge-to edge designs on
sale for $.01 per square inch at Carriage House Quilting, May 127. Three pantographs to choose
from. Please call Cyndee Brown at
904-505-8499 to schedule a consultation.
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DOOR PRIZE AND
50/50 UPDATE!
more chances to win!!
Door Prizes: 1 Ticket when you
sign the
attendance
roster & 1 Ticket when you wear
your name tag
50/50: $1 = 1 Ticket
OR $5 = 6 Tickets
Nassau Habitat for Humanity
New Home Dedications
Pam Baity presented quilts at two dedications Saturday, April 25, 2015
at the homes of Dianne Elliott, and John and Julie Day.
These are the 34th and 35th homes built by volunteers in Nassau
county.
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Officers for 2015-2016
The Nominating Committee will present the following slate for
vote at the May meeting:
President - Leslie Kiger
Vice President - Rozlyn Warren
Programs - Julia Keith
Secretary - Jenny Chen
Treasurer - Patsy Troxell
Membership Chair - Andrea Golding
The following Committee Chairs have agreed to serve
for 2015-2016:
Newsletter and Website: Charlie Russ
Retreat: Janet Sebastian and Diane Keagy
Hospitality: Mindy Chabot and Mary Lynn Torchia
Habitat: Pam Wise
Charity and Community Outreach: Theresa Megna and Kathy Dean
Tickets (Door Prize and 50/50): Rozlyn Warren
Quilt Show: Cyndee Brown and Mindy Chabot
A Note from the Charity Quilts Group:
The Tuesday AM Charity Quilt group will not be meeting due to
vacation for three Tuesdays in June (June 9, 16, and
23). Please come and join us any other Tuesday 9:30 AM to 12
Noon.
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Quilt Show 2017!
Our first meeting was held on Saturday, April 25 at the home of Dell Dunman. During the
meeting we discussed new venues, quilt categories and the 2017 challenge. Dell Dunman will
provide information on the quilt challenge at our next meeting.
Mindy and I are pleased to announce the following committee chair persons and encourage
you to consider becoming a chair person for one of the open positions. If you are interested in
volunteering for one of these positions please contact Cyndee at 904-505-8499 or Mindy at
904-430-6376.
Setup
Take Down
Boutique
Silent Auction
Judging and Quilt Take In
Vendors
Reception
Volunteer Coordinator
Raffle Quilt
Registration, Program & Quilt Signs
Stuart Vanderbloeman
Janet Sebastian
Linda Berry and Pam Wise
Mike Polese
Dell Dunman and Leslie Kiger
Laurie Malm
Pam Baity
Linda Martin
Mary Davis
Charlie Russ
Open Positions
Basket Raffle
Door Prizes
Publicity
Raffle Quilt Tickets
We look forward to working with everyone in AIQ to host another wonderful show for our community.
Cyndee Brown and Mindy Chabot
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Amelia Island Quilt Guild
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