March 2014 , Volume 33 , Number 3 Western North Carolina Quilters Guild 10 am Meeting, Thursday, March 20th Workshop until 3 pm at Grace Lutheran Church Amanda Murphy Featured Guest Blossoms Our first half-day workshop, Blossoms Table Runner (or quilt), will begin after our March business meeting and program by guest lecturer, Amanda Murphy. Amanda is an extremely talented quilt and fabric designer and author from Charlotte. Her second book, Color Essentials, has just been published. To see more about Amanda visit her website at: www.amandamurphydesign.com/ There are a few openings for the workshop and Bridget will invite non-members by March 1! Please contact Bridget to get registered! The sign-up sheet is included in this issue of Grainlines; the cost is $20 and pictures of the Blossoms pattern are also on our new Facebook page! Please bring your own lunch and enjoy the day. Sign-up will begin at the March meeting for the May workshop with Sandi Blackwell (www.stitchedbuy.com). Sandi teaches a new technique Square-agonals and the workshop will focus on the design, Colors of Spring. This will be a full-day workshop on Friday, May 16 at Etowah United Methodist Church. Sandi is thrilled to share with us that she is now a Craftsy educator and that her first set of classes will be released this spring! We are fortunate to have her with us! For those who weren’t able to attend our February 20 meeting, you missed a lot of fun and terrific ideas to make small items for our Quilt Show Boutique. A new set of pictures are up on our Facebook page (see article on page 2). We called upon members from both our own Guild and the local quilting community to showcase some small projects we can try at home. It was interesting to note that both Carole Couse’s design for small thread catchers and Dawn Kucera’s Christmas ornaments called for a 9-inch equilateral triangle template. Just think – from one template we can make two entirely different items. Bonnie Cunningham included the site for the free pattern for her Christmas wreath, (www.quiltermag.com), which offers freebies in the project drop-down menu). Carol Preston provided this link to her presentation idea for the hot bowl holders: (“Very complete…,” http://chrisquilts.net/blog/. This is a link for Chris Kirsch, a past guest lecturer for us last October. Each week Chris has something interesting and new on the site which you can join. Scroll down to Christmas projects/gifts for Dec. 8th to find her potholder tutorial. Other sites for inspiration to make items for ht Quilter’ Shoppe: www.Isewfree.com offers free quilt patterns and embroidery designs daily and www.craftsy.com offers many quilt patterns, many for free and many easy to make patterns. We are also thrilled to announce that 16 completed quilts were returned from our first Charity Day of Sewing. The quilts are beautiful, and will bring much love, warmth and happiness to members of our community. Bridget and Charleen Quilters' Shoppe During our guild quilt show, members have the opportunity to sell new, hand made items in the Quilters’ Shoppe. Quilts will be displayed on the stage, with advanced notice from the seller. Shoppe participants need to sign up and work at least one shift at the Shoppe. Questions: call Diane Paddock @ 272-5932. March 2014 Grainlines 1 2015 NCQ Symposium News Box The 2015 N C Quilt Symposium May 28-31, 2015 “Mountain Stitches” Bonclarken Conference Center Flat Rock, NC Unveiling of 2015 logo coming soon… Bus Trip to AQS Quilt Show – Charlotte, North Carolina 2014 100’s of Quilt 100’s of Vendors th Date: Wednesday, July 30 2014 Cost: $60.00 Great news!! We have chartered a bus for a fun filled day trip to the to the AQS quilt show in Charlotte, North Carolina this July. Seating is limited to the bus capacity of 47, so please sign up early. Wednesday, July 30th is the planned day for the trip and we will have three pick up points. The bus fee will be $60.00 which will include the bus, games, door prizes, ticket to the show, tip for the driver and drinks and snacks for the ride home. Please sign up and get your payment in as soon as possible so we can give the bus company a deposit to confirm our reservation. Please make check out to WNCQG and give to Bridget O’Malley with the filled out form below. No refunds can be given after June 16th. The bus needs to be paid for by that date. Also, we will be preordering show tickets. If the bus fills, I will do my best to have a waiting list so if anyone has to cancel at the last minute, (life happens), we may be able to fill the seat. Looking forward to fun, fun, fun. Question: call Peggy McCaffrey 828-884-7139 or Bridget O’Malley 630-373-7001 First Name Last Name Check # Amount Phone # Cell Phone E-mail Pick up location B or E or H B - Brevard’s Forest Gate Shopping Center /Wal-Mart parking lot in lower parking lot near Taco Bell E - Etowah Ingles parking lot near Hwy. 64 H - Hendersonville at Blue Ridge Mall Four Seasons Blvd. near Belks Dept. Store. Please send form and check to: Bridget O’Malley, 1735B Haywood Manor Rd., Hendersonville, NC 28791 Facebook for WNC Quilters! Our Facebook page is up. You may link to our FB page by clicking the tab on our website, (the easiest way!) or by going to Facebook, signing in, and then searching for “wnc quilters.” We are planning to highlight programs and special events, to showcase our members’ “Show & Tells”, and to include pictures from our many events including each month’s program. A special thank you to Deanna Horsewood for being the first member to post to our page with links to the Sochi Olympic quilts (which member Patty Votruba shared were from designs by one of her quilting friends in California!). Remember all members may post to our Facebook site and share links and/ or projects! We also hope our Area reps will post information and pictures as to what is happening in each Area so our Guild can know more about what happens outside of our monthly Guild meetings! We are pleased to announce that Flat Rock Playhouse will be the first local business to display a quilt block on their building to showcase Henderson County’s joining the Quilt Trail! Georgia Bonesteel showed us the quilt block she made from Flat Rock’s Quilt Trail design of Comedy and Tragedy, and it is now on our Facebook page. We look forward to Flat Rock Playhouse’s invitation for Guild members to celebrate everyone’s work at the unveiling ceremony! Thank Georgia for spearheading this project! Charleen B. March 2014 Grainlines 2 It’s Challenge Time!! We hope you have completed your quilt entry for the upcoming challenge, “INITIAL THIS,” which will take place at the Blue Ridge Mall on March 15, 2014. Your quilts need to be delivered to either Dawn Bartholic or Hardy Chandler by March 8, 2014. Quilts may also be dropped off at Beginnings Quilt Shop, but please notify one of us if you leave your quilt. Remember to attach to your quilt the Quilt Challenge Entry Form that was included in the fat quarter packet. If you need an Entry Form, it is available on the WNCQG website or a few have been given to Beginnings Quilt Shop. We are looking forward to viewing all the wonderful creations that everyone has made in order to help make this year’s challenge a great success. Thanks to all our participants! The Viewer’ Choice awards will be presented at the March Guild Meeting. We will be showing the Challenge Quilts at this meeting, so we hope all participants will attend with their quilts. Registration Form For Guild 2014 Workshops March 20th - Amanda Murphy “Blossoms Table Runner” Time 12:00-3:00 at Grace Lutheran Church , Corner of Blythe and Hwy 64, Hendersonville, Fee $20.00 May 16th - Sandi Blackwell “Square-agonal -Colors of Spring” Time 9:00 - 3:30 at Etowah United Methodist Church Brickyard Road, Etowah, Fee $35.00 July 18th - Jean Ann Wright “Frisbee Flings” Time- 9:00 - 3:30 at Etowah United Methodist Church, Brickyard Road, Etowah, Fee $35.00 September 18th - Charlotte Angotti “Fantastic Fans” Time 12:00 - 3:00 at Grace Lutheran Church, Corner of Blythe and Hwy 64,Hendersonville, Fee $20.00 Name___________________________________________ Phone_______________________ Address_______________________________________________________________ Email_____________________________________ Circle Workshop shown above. Amount enclosed $___________ Make check payable to WNCQG Give this form and payment to Bridget O’Malley, 1735 B Haywood Manor Rd., Hendersonville, NC 28791 (603-373-7001) Reminders : Lunch is not provided. Refund is given if you call Bridget 14 days before date of workshop. March 2014 Grainlines 3 ...very beautiful quilt for the world to see during the Olympic Games in Russia! Go this website for more details on the inspiration for these theme fabric patterns for the Olympic patchwork quilt, (developed by Bosco’s creative department and given to the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee). http://www.graphicart-news.com/the-olympicpatchwork-quilt-sochi-2014/#.Uwp45zgd-Uk . It is interesting that Patty Votruba’s friend in San Diego was part of this. WNCQG Guild Minutes - February 20, 2014 The meeting was called to order by Jean Jones, President. The minutes of the January 16, 2014, meeting are approved as written. Quilt Show – Ann Jacoby – 500 quality fat quarters are needed by May. The Quilters Shoppe (Quilt Show boutique) – Diane Paddock • Forms are available for those wanting to enter items to sell. • The guild receives 20% so keep that in mind when pricing your items. • Participants are required to work a minimum of one shift. • You may also sell quilts that are not entered in the show. Raffle Quilt Tickets – Joanne Shafer • Sold ticket stubs and money are now being collected. • There is a sign-up sheet for selling tickets at National Quilt Day. • More tickets are available to sell. National Quilt Day – Hardy Chandler • Hostess slots are still available. • Quilts are due by March 8th. Forms are on the website and are available at Beginnings Quilt Shop. • Fat quarters are still available for the Challenge Quilt and yardage is available at Beginnings. Little Quilts – Donna Tyler – Many members have asked about the request for little quilts and how they are used. The Woodworkers Club is devoted to making toys for needy children. The little quilts are used in the toy cradles they make. Scholarship Committee – Jean Jones – There will be a sale at the April meeting to benefit the scholarship. Donations of books, fabric, and notions are requested. Bus Trip to AQS Quilt Show in Charlotte – Peggy McCaffrey • The date is Wednesday, July 30th. • The $60 covers bus transportation, driver tip, show admission, door prizes, and refreshments on the way home. • Registration forms are in Grainlines. Follow the Trail Chef’s Jacket - Cynthia Gaughan – Cynthia made a quilted chef’s jacket which is being displayed in 8 restaurants. The purpose is to bring attention to outlying local restaurants and to promote tourism and quilting. Programs – Bridget O’Malley • Amanda Murphy’s Workshop is March 20th directly after the meeting. Sign up ASAP. • The April meeting will be Joan Derylak presenting quilted fashions. • Today’s program is a Round Robin/Talents from our community. Following Show and Tell the meeting was adjourned by Jean Jones, President. Respectfully Submitted, Jane Andersen Secretary March 2014 Grainlines 4 Follow the Trail of the Quilted Chef's Coat Financial Report Operating Account The purpose of this project is to recognize small restaurants owned by chefs who work on site and to promote quilting as an art form. Cynthia Gaughan made the jacket from all her scraps. She claims it wasn’t anything special, but it turned out quite stunning! The coat will be displayed in local restaurants one month at a time but will not be for sale. The quilted jacket is currently on display at Dean's Deli on Greenville Highway in Flat Rock, from February 15, through March 15. Future dates will be announced as they are scheduled. Beginning Balance 01/01/14 $12,065.06 Income Membership 875.00 Scholarship 56.10 Interest .10 TOTAL 931.10 Expenses Annual PO Box Fee 64.00 Quilt Show 470.00 Raffle Quilt 92.69 Quilt Trail Block 300.00 Web Contract 210.00 Boys & Girls Club 143.29 Scholarship supplies 31.65 TOTAL 1,311.63 Ending Balance 01/31/14 $11,684.53 **Scholarship fund balance $2,531.30 (**included in Operating Account) Operating savings account CDs $ 12,927.64 Program Account Beginning balance 01/01/14 $2,384.97 Income Workshop 140.00 TOTAL 140.00 Expenses Charity Quilt Labels 69.30 Sit ’N Sew Lunch 81.00 TOTAL 150.30 Ending balance 1/31/14 $2,374.67 Program savings account CDs $21,377.36 Save the date for the WNCQG GARDEN OF QUILTS Quilt Show * * * June 13 – 15, 2014 We are asking the membership to donate Quilt shop quality, 100% cotton Fat quarters. These will be used for raffle baskets at the quilt show. We are hopeful of getting 500 fat quarters and appreciate your generosity. The Scholarship Fundraiser Sale ...at the April guild meeting. See any committee member including Loretta Raser, Francia Tartar or Ann Klimstra to make donations of notions, books, patterns, fabrics, etc. for the April Guild meeting. Raffle Quilt for 2014 If you have not received your tickets to support the current quilt fund‐raiser for the guild, please contact Joanne Shafer at 698‐2927. As per your guild directory, each guild member is responsible for 10 tickets. The tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. The envelope contains 12 tickets. I will continue to have extra tickets and ticket packets at each meeting. Please contact me to turn in stubs and money or get more tickets at joanne‐ shafer@live.com or by phone at 698‐ 2927. Looking for one more volunteer for the raffle ticket table from 10 am to noon on March 15th, National Quilt Day. March 2014 Grainlines 5 NEW MEMBERS, RENEWALS AND CORRECTIONS Area 3 New Member Kris Kinigson Home: 692-6991 604 Eagle Ridge Road Zirconia, NC 28790 Cell: 630-696-6295 Email: KKinigson@aol.com Area 5 Renewals: Jean Hart 884-8428 78 Ottaway Court Brevard, NC 28712 Kathy Morrow Cell: 226-2849 31 Still Hill Trail Brevard, NC 28712 Home: 966-9402 Email: kmmorrow1@citcom.net Ginny Rush 784 Deerlake Road Brevard, NC 28712 Home: 884-7061 Email: vlrush2000@yahoo.com Area 5 New Members: Patricia A. Fair 877-6516 331 Wilson Drive Brevard, NC 28712 Email: patriciafair@comcast.net Gloria Larson 577-6071 70 Middle Connestee Trail Brevard, NC 28712 Home: Cell: 577-6071 Email: gjhlarson@gmail.com Corrections: Kay Thomas 894-9502 615 Laurel Lake Drive, A 340 Columbus, NC 28722 Email: kaynbob@windstream.net Donna Treloar Cell: 553-8303 862 Hart Road Brevard, NC 28712 Email: denisetreloar@gmail.com Vivian Pemble 98 Old Pasture Way Hendersonville, NC 28739 Area Not Specified: Priscilla Smith Home: 884-7311 341 McGuire Road Pisgah Forest, NC 28768 Cell: 674-6223 Email: ottaray@citcom.net Marillyn Burghardt no home phone Email: bgma147@yahoo.com Dottie Koopman 693-3389 Email address: dakoop@aol.com Area 8 Renewal: Cindy Becker Lemkau Cell: 974-1840 380 Pinners Cove Road Asheville, NC 28803 Email: cbl2000@mac.com Area 9 Renewal: Pat Reed 685-8931 5220 Old Clear Creek Road Hendersonville, NC 28792 Cell: 329-7828 Email: preed8@gmail.com Editor’s Note: Please notify the Membership Chair when/if your contact information changes. SHOP CLOSING…. Cherine, owner of the quilt shop, Needle Me This, (230 East Main Street, Burnsville, North Carolina 28714), sent us an announcement of her retirement on May 3, 2014. If you want any fixtures or know of someone interested in buying the business or contents, please e-mail her at needlemethis@earthlink.net or call the shop at 828-682-9462. See the agenda for Area 3 and contact Dona Tyler by Feb. 25th to see if you can join their field trip to this shop before the closing. The Reps do need to know how many are planning to go because Cherine will be opening her shop especially for this visit. Call Pat Yurick, at 693-5080. Please notify me about any cards that need to be sent. Editor’s Note: Pat has had hand surgery and Jane Kennedy is recovering from surgery. Patterns to share: Lots of curved piecing to practice most of these with the basic Drunkard’s Path block. Claire Rouse, (862-4533), is selling her Cutting Table: bought in March 2001 for $150; all wood, with white laminate; 31.5” x 60” which folds to 31.5” x 14”. March 2014 Grainlines 6 WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA QUILTERS GUILD MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Please print clearly Name_______________________________________________ Address_____________________________________________ City/State/Zip_________________________________________ Home phone_______________ Cell phone__________________ E-mail Address________________________________________ _____Area number (Select 1- 3 - 5 - 8 - or 9) The Guild’s newsletter, Grainlines, is available on the Guild web site. The web address is www.WesternNCQuiltersGuild.org. You will be notified by e-mail when each new issue is available. If you don’t have Internet access, please contact the membership chair, Elizabeth Leff, 862-5929, to request that a hard copy be mailed to you. Dues are $25.00. Make check payable to WNCQG Payment by: Cash____ or Check # _____ Renewal New Member Renewals are due by the December 4th guild luncheon for inclusion in the 2014 Membership Directory Return completed application and payment to: Elizabeth Leff 591 Kelly Road Pisgah Forest, NC 28768 March 2014 Grainlines 7 Area 1 Area Rep: Charleen Bertolini at 697-0304 or cm_bertolini@hotmail.com Diana Paddock at 272-5932 or dpaddock@bellsouth.net When: 1st Thursday, monthly - March 6th Where: Trinity Presbyterian Church Time: 10 am Agenda: Call reps Area 3 Area Rep: Dona Tyler 685-8386 or cell 828-708-2558 or donatyler@live.com When: 3rd Wednesday, monthly - March 19th Where: Pine Park Retirement Center Corner of Howard Gap and US Hwy 64 West after Hwy 64 East U-turn Time: 10:00 am Agenda: Field trip March 19th to Burnsville "Needle Me This" quilt shop which is closing on May 1st. Meet at Cracker Barrel Parking Lot at 9:00 AM, will arrive at the shop about 10:30 AM. Also, we will need drivers for the trip, any volunteers? Please RSVP by Tuesday Feb. 25 to confirm you are going. If you have any questions or concerns e-mail me or call 685-8386. Area 5 Area Reps: Pat Crawford 883-8746 or tigervol@citcom.net Pat Clow 885-2619 or ldydoc@comporium.net When: 3rd Tuesday, monthly - March 18th Where: Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd Time: 9:30 am Agenda: Presentation by Carol Bridges and Cathy Reilly. Area 8 Area Reps: Natalie Rockley 595-4266 or natalierockley@gmail.com When: 4th Thursday, monthly - February 27 Where: Etowah Methodist Church Time: 10:00 am - General Meeting Agenda: February program on “Fusibles and Stabilizers.” The March 24th meeting will provide an opportunity to work together on Charity Quilts, bring unfinished guild strip quilts, etc., to work on. March 15, 2014: Hendersonville, NC - the WNCQG’s National Quilt Day challenge quilt display, ‘INITIAL THIS,” at the Blue Ridge Mall; 10 am to 4 pm. March 14-16: Raleigh, NC - Vintage View Quilt Show 2014, hosted by Capital Quilters Guild and Carolina Longarm Association at the Kerr Scott Building at NC State Fairgrounds, Raleigh. Contact: Deirdre Jersey, 919-815-7317 or djersey@meetingdetails.com April 23-25: Paducah. KY - The 2014 Annual Auctions to Benefit The National Quilt Museum. To donate any quilt related items, books, samples, tools, etc. send packages to The National Quilt Museum, 215 Jefferson Street, Paducah, KY 42001, attention "Auction". Please print and include a "Description Form" found on their website with your package or contact aball@quiltmuseum.org. The two silent auctions will be April 23rd and April 25th and the Live Auction will be held April 24th at 6pm. The three Annual Auctions are significant fundraisers for the Museum, a 501c3 nonprofit organization therefore all donations are tax deductible. May 9-10: Greensboro, NC - The Gate City Quilt Guild presents A Fiesta of Quilts. 9 am to 5 pm, at the First Baptist Church, 1000 W. Friendly Avenue, Greensboro; admission $5. Go to www.gatecityquiltguild.org for more information. May 29-June 1: Wilmington, NC - 2014 SYMPOSIUM If you are considering attending this year's symposium, visit www.quiltersbytheseaguild.org for the online brochure and registration forms. Registration for classes has begun and the sooner your registration is received, the more likely you will be to get the classes you want. May 23-25 Maryville, TN - Smoky Mountain Quilters 34th Annual Quilt Show and Competition: Friday and Saturday 9am - 5pm, Sunday 11 am-4pm; Cooper Athletic Center, Maryville College, Maryville, TN. More than $6,000 in awards, vendors, small quilt sale, bed turning of Vintage Quilts, free parking and handicapped access, climate controlled, scavenger hunt. Deadline for entries: April 8, 2014. We are limited to the first 200 entries received. Please visit our website for more information: smokymtnquilters.com. Contact me for more information: Leslie Hinson co-chairman publicity, hinson.leslie@yahoo.com. June 12-15: Flat Rock, NC - “Garden of Quilts” hosted by Western NC Quilters Guild at the Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock, NC. July 30-August 2: Charlotte, NC - American Quilters Society Quilt Show at the Charlotte Convention Center. Area 9 Area Rep: Ann Klimstra 693-6764 or klimstra@ioa.com When: 1st Wednesday evening, monthly - call rep.Where: Henderson Co. Ext. Office in Jackson Park. Time: 6 pm Agenda: For info, call Ann Klimstra at 674-0686. Hendersonville, NC -If you are interested in old buttons, feed sacks, old patterns and dated fabric, there is a new section in Nana’s Antiques On Main Street in Hendersonville. Address 225 North Main, Phone 606-8097. Editor’s Note: Please confirm all published events for accuracy and any last minute changes. March 2014 Grainlines 8 Western North Carolina Quilters Guild P O Box 2231 Hendersonville, NC 28793-2231 Mailing Address Label FIRST CLASS MAIL DATED MATERIAL Sunday 2 Monday 3 Tuesday 4 Wednesday 5 Area 9 Thursday 6 Area 1 Friday 7 Saturday 1 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 am Board meeting 16 17 St. Patrick’s Day 18 Area 5 19 Area 3 20 10 am Guild meeting & wksp 21 22 23 24 26 27 Area 8 28 29 30 25 31 Take a Walk in the Park Day March 2014 Grainlines 9 Nat’l Smoke and Mirrors Day
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