President's Letter
Red & Green Alert
Notes from Sue
Guest Writer
The Spirit of Home
Challenge 2006
E-mail & Phone Updates
Hospitality
Humanitarian Efforts
Quilt Exhibit
Bulletin Board
Library Report
by Joyce Post
Books checked out in September were Scrappy Duos, Small Talk, Dove in the Window, and Kansas Troubles.
The AQS Book order was not sufficient to be made at this time. If you know of a book you would like to own, let Joyce know.
Quite a number of books are overdue. You know if yours is. Please return as soon as possible.
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Next Patchwords Deadline - Midnight on Friday October 21st.
E-mail all submissions to
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October 2005 Issue
 Sandy McInnis, President of the Panhandle Piecemakers Quilt Club in Port St. Joe, was one of the passengers on our first SABQG trip to Nashville. (Pictures)
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Good intentions were the rule going up to Nashville. Everyone had a piece of handwork to work on, or in Susie's case, 4 or 5 projects. No one was bored! Ruth and Steve of Agape Tours pampered us from beginning to end. Do any of you know a man that would stop every two hours for you whether you asked or not??? Steve did!!! They also passed out drinks, snacks and candy just when you were starting to want a little sumpin'.
5 pm Arrived at The Opryland Hotel. When you drive up it looks like this huge series of buildings all built together with glass domes and turrets. But the best was yet to come.
We off-loaded and went straight to our rooms and saw halls leading off halls, leading off halls. We were certain we would never find our rooms again. There is a canal in the middle with boats and everything and we were always finding ourselves on the wrong side of the canal and had to figure out how to cross. Someone had described Opryland Hotel as a small village and were they right!! Trees and flowers and fountains, OH MY!
The quilt show seemed like just an interesting side light of the real show-VENDORS! Anything remotely connected to quilting was displayed there. In order to see everything, we were very systematic. Starting on the right side, we went up and down each row...I had wisely purchased a denim tote bag (big enough to place a large child in)...Susie and Millie got one also. Brother, did we pack those full. By the time lunch rolled around, we were loaded down with more stuff than we could carry! AND we had only seen the first three rows! The actual quilts were grouped by category and were interspersed among the vendor booths, so you came upon a display almost by surprise. I can honestly say, I have never seen quilts like
some of those.
When we got back to our rooms, we were almost too tired to look at our treasures. Do you think we slept well? You betcha!
We attended Eleanor Burns lecture on the Underground Railroad quilts and she came out in costume. She was as goofy as usual...can you tell we had a fantastic time? We came back with a thousand ideas and as many promises to "make that pattern". I hope this enthusiasm lasts through Christmas. I have some wonderful ideas!
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President's Letter
How wonderful to have the new directory with our current names and addresses. Thank you, Sandy, for tackling such a big job and doing it so beautifully. These little booklets are true treasures.
Everyone was so generous to help out with the Katrina evacuees. Your loving natures really showed through, not only with the towel project, but in many other ways.
It's hard to believe that only a month ago we were on a bus returning from the Nashville AQS Quilt Show. By the way, that ranks high up on the experiences you want to repeat soon. The facilities were good, the trip lasted just long enough to make you feel "away", the rest stops were frequent, the company was terrific (not a discouraging word) and everything went according to schedule.
Now the time has come to get down to business and finish up a quilt for the quilt show. It won't be a show if there aren't any quilts to hang. In the words of Larry the cable guy, "Git 'er done!!"
Betty
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Red and Green Alert
by Edyth Brown
You might not want to believe this but the holiday season is not too far away and the committee for our annual Christmas Party (The Hummingbirds) is hard at work making plans so that this year's event will be most memorable. The event will take place on December 3, 2005, at 11:30am at the Panama Country Club. The ticket price is $20.00 and we will have a sit-down meal with your entrée choice being either prime rib or fish. This year we will entertain ourselves so be prepared for a lot of fun.
There will be a contest for the best head gear worn with the judges being ourselves, and as before, we will have a prize for the best handmade stockings. You can also provide one that you bought, it just won’t be judged. These stockings are filled by the staff at Innovations Credit Union and presented to the Meals on Wheels program. With so much grief around us and our soldiers being in the Middle East, we decided that this year we truly would be better "to give than receive". We have two opportunities for you and we hope that you can find it in your heart to contribute to both.
One is a group called "Armor for the Troops". This group provides protective eye gear and bullet-proof vests for our soldiers. Our second is providing a Quilt Guild from the Gulf Coast area hit by Katrina with supplies so that the members can begin to restock their storm ravished sewing rooms. More information will follow about both of these projects.
So---get your imagination working and come up with some really creative hats and be ready for a wonderful time on December 3rd.
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Notes from Sue
February will be here before we know it and SABQG members will be in the throes of Quilt Expo 2006. It is an exciting time - wonderful quilts to see, the vendor mall, meeting new quilters and seeing familiar faces!
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We have just a few more months to prepare. At both our morning and evening meetings in October, Beverly Peirzchala will fine tune the information for the show.
What do the different volunteer positions entail, how to enter a quilt and what events are taking place to prepare for the show.
Quilt Expo is the main source of income for SABQG and the guild's budget is based on the revenue generated at the show. A very important component of the revenue is generated by advance ticket sales for the Opportunity Quilt by SABQG members. So bring your calendar to the meeting so you can fill in the very important dates coming up! |
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Guest writer: Mary Molinari
What an informative morning meeting! Sandy Sturgis presented us with an excellent program. She demonstrated how to pin baste a large quilt that drapes over the table surface. I'm sure the office supply stores will have a run on the bull clamps she demonstrated. It sure beats using masking tape, as I was taught to do. She presented alternate basting methods, as well as the benefits and drawbacks of each– thread basting, spray basting, and taking it to your machine quilter to let her baste it! |
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Patterns typically say 'quilt as desired' at the end of the instructions. Sandy offered several methods for coming up with quilting ideas. Think about what your quilt is – a child's quilt, an heirloom quilt – and quilt it accordingly. If you have a garden themed quilt, consider quilting it with flowers, leaves, and butterflies. Another method is to look at the design of the fabrics in your quilt and choose a quilt pattern based on those designs, such as her model with the swirls in flowers. Sandy had a bargello wall hanging made in Jennifer Amor's class several years ago and the quilting was done to follow the curves and jagged lines of the pattern itself. An out of the ordinary method is 'quilting back to front'. When using this method, you can quilt following the design/pattern of the fabric on the back – think beautiful paisleys and feathers.
Sandy suggested some books that present several ideas and techniques for machine quilting, including Show Me How to Quilt by Kathy Sandbach (one of Sandy's favorites) and Quilting Back to Front by Larraine Scouler. She also recommended continuous line quilt design books by Laura Lee Fritz, for both hand and machine quilters. Sandy, thank you for a very educational and exciting program. We look forward to seeing the results of more ventures into free motion quilting. |
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The Spirit of Home Challenge 2006
by Sue Elliot
How are you all coming with your plans for the guild challenge for May 2006? Done already - yes, that really was to make you laugh but also part of the challenge. I've been thinking about what home means to me - especially with the devastation that has happened from Hurricane Katrina and now Rita too - and how can I translate that meaning into a quilt. Does home mean where I was raised and my younger days?.... is home the place where I live?... is it my family and friends?.... that's part of the challenge and one that will generate some wonderful and incredible projects for us to enjoy in May.
The challenge guidelines are:
1. The theme for this challenge is "home". This is a broad category which could be translated into town, beach, country, family, memories - it does not have to be a house or structure - it is up to your imagination.
2. Participants must use red fabric in any shade or tint in a visible amount in the quilt.
3. The participant may use any other fabrics of their choice.
4. The challenge project shall be a wall size quilt with a total outside dimension no larger than 120" and no smaller than 60". For example, if the project quilt has two sides which are 30" each and two sides which are 20" each, the total dimension would be 100". The participant may make the challenge quilt any shape desired (square, rectangle, oval, etc) as long as the outside dimensions so not exceed 120".
5. The participant may use any piecing/quilting technique.
6. The quilt will need to have a 4" sleeve casing and a label. The label must be covered for the judging process.
7. The challenge project is due April/May 2006. A specific deadline and details for drop-off will be announced closer to the deadline.
8. All quilt challenge entries will be displayed at the May 2006 Saturday joint meeting.
9. There will be an award for:
Most creative interpretation of the theme
Excellence in hand workmanship
Excellence in machine workmanship
10. The challenge quilts will be displayed at Gulf Coast Quilt Expo 2007.
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E-mail & Phone Updates
 Greetings all,
With the new membership books come a new list of e-mail addresses. I am going to dump the list I have now. If you wish to receive notices about SABQG between newsletters you must send me an e-mail requesting that you be added to the list. There are a couple of reasons for this. The address must be EXACT! My typing skills are not perfect and I can copy and paste your e-mail address and eliminate one area of mistake making. Another is the difficulty I have in making changes or corrections with my Internet server. It can be VERY challenging at times. I send the e-mail as "Blind copies" for security reasons. Spam e-mail is sent as "blind copy." My e-mail address should be listed with your server as acceptable so your server will not think my e-mail is spam. Any time you change your email address, you must let me know both your old address and your new address. Remember, if you want to receive any more SABQG notices you must notify me by e-mail.
Thanks,
Sue C. Gulkis
suesew@aol.com
From Jeanne Langlotz: Any member who is not into computers can be kept up to date on unexpected events in the guild. Call me and your name will be included on the phone list.
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Thank you to all the ladies of "The Sisterhood" for all the great treats at our September meeting: Ruth Biehl, Sandy Sturgis, Sue Gulkis, Bobbi Clemens, Effie Maris, Helen Russo, Aking Osborne, Mary Francis Sheffield, and Kathy Voohris. Thank you also to the Sit & Stitch hostesses: Jude Dzadek, Carolyn Bowman, Adelyn Ewbanks, Lavelle Hughes, and Annette Tharp.
The October hostesses are: Kathy Peters, Rhonda Hyler, Sharon Crandall, Flora Ramsey, and Pat Baldwin.
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Humanitarian Efforts
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church—Where Did All The Stuff Go?
"Due to your generosity, the generosity of the members of St. Andrew Bay Quilters' Guild and some folks who were strangers to us but had heard about our collecting towels and tolitetries, we were able to help many, many people. Where did it go?
#1. Lynn Haven Fire Department who were collecting items for the "First Responders" (EMT's, etc.) who had left home to "respond" with only the clothes on their backs.
#2. Katrina Relief Center on Back Beach Road - Tom Reeves and Diane Tate loaded the Church Van to the "hilt" and delivered the supplies.
#3. Over 50 ditty bags were filled with toiletries from A to Z and they were delivered to:
A. Salvation Army Domestic Violence for the Battered Women's shelter
B. Panama City Rescue Mission
The feeling was that the local charities may go "wanting" at this time with everyone being so focused on the tragedy which as stricken Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.
#4. Samaritan's Purse - Many of the small toothbrushes, toothpaste, etc. were set aside for the Christmas Child shoe boxes that we are collecting items for.
Our heartfelt thanks to all who brought items, came and helped in sorting, packing, and volunteering to extend hospitality at Byrne. Hall. YOU ARE GREAT! GOD BLESS YOU ALL."
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Summer 2006 Quilt Exhibit
"Quilting Natural Florida" is also the title of a quilt exhibit that will be hosted by the Florida Museum of Natural History in the summer of 2006, in conjunction with the Quilters of Alachua County Day Guild.
The goal for the museum's juried exhibit is for quilts to represent or illustrate subjects of nature indigenous to Florida that either representatively or symbolically depict Florida's natural flora, fauna and environment.
For more information and an entry form, visit the museum's Web site at www.flmnh.ufl.edu. You'll also be able to find an entry form at www.gainesville.com/quilt |
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