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FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS – Edyth Brown
Dona Vickrey, Kenalyn Cromwell, Marilyn Lewis, Sandy Perdue, Carole Lawlor, Barbara Sielke, Lois Stanek, Deanna Collins, Daisy Justice, Edyth Brown, Carolyn Liggin., Sharon Ann Pippins |
FEBRUARY’S PROGRAM – Joan Oldham
February's program for both meetings will be on 1930's quilts. Joan Oldham would like anyone who has either an antique 1930's quilt or a reproduction quilt of this time period to contact her. If you would be willing to share them with the guild, she would like to use them in her program.
EVENING MEETING REFRESHMENT COMMITTEE
Thursday, February 15, 2007. The refreshment committee for February is Kathy Rice, Pat Russell and Loretta Akerlind. (Please note date change from 2006-2007 Directory)
CLASSIFIED AD
FOR SALE - Brother Embroidery / Sewing Machine, PC-8500 ("Big Brother") – barely used, $1,500.
If the machine sells, several embroidery cards and threads will also be available.
Murray 30" riding lawn mower with bagger attachment, $450 (originally $1,200, almost 2 years old)
Contact Mary Molinari at 248-1956 or 625-2492 |
CRUISER QUILTS - Darin Snyder
Reminder to Snowbirds - Cruiser Quilts for the Bay County Sheriff's Dept will be collected at the February meeting. These may be simple quilts measuring at least 36" x 36". Flannel-backed is good, too. Thanks to everyone who participates.
MEMBER NEWS
Mary Clark shared the following poem which was sent to Mary by Gemma Giacomozzi, one of our Italian members. Mary has translated it with the help of Gemma's daughter Cinzia. It says something that may strike a chord with us as quilters, so Mary is sharing it with all of us.
Una volta credevo che lā opera d'arte fosse scatto, nervi, improvvisazione, invece ora mi accorgo che eā pazienza: Rifare, riudire, ritornare, sempre con insistenza, senza sorpassi di tempo: restare governati dalla natura, come essa ci governa, e senza spasimo arrivare al frutto.
A.Martini
1917
If you can't read the above, the translation follows:
I once believed a work of art to be an outburst, nerves, improvisation; but now I realize that it is patience: to redo, to rehear, to return always with perseverance, without the passing of time: to be governed by nature, as if that were what governs us, and without agony to arrive at the result.
A Martini
1917
NEWS FROM RUTH BIEHL
North Carolina member Ruth Biehl shares the following statistics with us. (How many of us are "average" and how many are "over achievers?")
Quilting in AmericaTM 2006 Survey Results are In. Sponsored by Quilts, Inc. and ckMedia, this survey has been conducted every three years since 1994 and serves to take the pulse of the quilting industry. The results are overwhelmingly positive and demonstrate that the art of quilting is thriving.
Some interesting findings include:
• The number of quilters in America has grown by 6.3 million since 2003, to 27.7 million.
• Total U.S. quilting industry has grown by 35.5% since 2003, to $3.3 billion.
• On average Dedicated Quilters own $6517 worth of tools and supplies.
• On average Dedicated Quilters own $3,195 worth of fabric.
• In the past 12 months, Dedicated Quilters purchased an average of 98.7 yards of fabric at a cost of $816.60 at an average price of $8.27 per yard.
The two-page summary of Quilting in AmericaTM 2006 is now available at www.quilts.com under the "News - Announcements" section.
RUTH ALSO SENT US THE FOLLOWING FROM HER TRIP TO SPAIN LAST YEAR
EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN
As quilters in America we are sometimes under the illusion that "quilting" or "patchwork" is our own private art form. While quilting has been alive and well in this country for 3 or 4 hundred years, the inspiration for many of those designs came thousands of years before.
On a recent trip to The Alhambra in Granada, Spain I was taken by the many "quilt designs" on the floors, ceilings, and walls of this magnificent structure. The Alhambra was originally built by the Moors during their conquest of Spain in the 1300's. These adornments have survived many other conquests that were to come. Do these designs look familiar? Celtic? Amish?
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 SUNSHINE & SHADOWS, Bobbi Clemens
Beverly Pierzchala’s mother died over the Christmas holidays. I went to the memorial service and was touched by the beautiful tribute that Beverly's daughter gave of her grandmother's life. Bev's mother was a delightful woman. All who attended could see her reflection in Beverly and Bev's daughter.
One of our members, Judy Copple, died on Jan 7. She had a long battle with cancer. We send her family our heartfelt sympathy. This makes us really aware of our need to support the "Relay for Life".
Shirley Rasmussen spent a few days in the hospital. She is much better now and on the road to recovery.
A lot of our members have had the flu bug over the holidays. We send you all "Get Well" wishes. |
