Breast Cancer Pillows:
I have LOTS of batting so if you’ll just
make them and bring to the May meeting, I will stuff!!!
Little Dresses for
Africa update:
GOAL:
500
Finished:
369
Cut out:
75
May Program:
Artist
Karen Linduska is our special guest for the May meeting. She will be presenting
a program on Painting with Thread.
She comes to us from the Calico Country shop in Carbondale, Illinois.
For more information on Karen please visit her webpage at
www.karenlinduska.com The meeting will be held at the Cape Girardeau Public
Library starting at 6:45 PM.
April Program: The April meeting will be held at the Church of Christ on the corner of South West End Blvd. and Bloomfield Road. Our special guest is Lisa Grossenheider, who will be presenting a program on Border Basics. Lisa is a well known instructor from Jackman’s Fabric in St. Louis. We know that this will be very informative meeting and fun to see the items she will be showing.
SIGN UP FOR THE JUNE 12 Workshop: Donna Drees, who is giving our June program, is giving a workshop on Sunday June 12. See Mary Green for details. She will have sign up forms at the meeting.
Block of the Month from the April Meeting and Directions for What to Bring to
the May Meeting
Paper patterns were available at the guild
meeting, and the patterns are on the guild website.
http://riverquilters.org/bom.htm
Measure your blocks
please, because there is a possible distortion when you print from the Internet.
If you make a block
and bring it to the meeting, your name will be entered into a drawing. The
tulip blocks will be in one drawing, and the high heel shoes will be in a
separate drawing. If you bring a tulip block, your name will entered to win all
the tulip blocks. If you bring a high heel shoe block, your name will be
entered to win all the high heel shoe blocks.
If you bring both a
tulip and a high heel shoe block, you can enter your name in both drawings.
The tulip block might
shrink up with the appliqué process, so start with at least a nine inch square.
You can start larger, center your appliqué, and then trim down to eight and one
half inches. The tulips will be eight inch finished blocks.
The high heel shoe
block will be six and one half inches when you make it, and six inches in the
finished quilt.
Rebecca Web and Joan
Meyer are chairs of the Block of the Month committee, so contact them if you
have questions.
If you do not trust
links in email, I hope you have the guild website bookmarked. If not, you
can Google “river heritage quilt guild” and we are the first link to pop up.
There is a Block of the Month link on our home page.
Hope you are also making Little Dresses, pillowcases or cancer pillows.
We are so blessed if we have fabric to sew for fun, so it is nice to give a
little back for others. The patterns for Little Dresses for Africa and
pillowcases are links on our home page. Darla Snider will provide you with
easy directions for making a cancer pillow, or a pattern if you need it.
Thank you to all those who have in the past and continue to make those items for
those in need.
RHGQ
Meeting Minutes, April 11, 2011
At 6:45 Vicky Howard,
president, called the
April 11 meeting together at the
Church of Christ meeting room in Cape Girardeau with 61 members and 1 new
member, Cindy Gordinier, present.
A
correction to last month’s
minutes was made by Lynnore Meyer.
The celebration last month was in honor of the Guild’s 22nd birthday.
The motion to approve the minutes was made by Madeline Gieselman and
seconded by Vonda Slinkard.
Membership pins were given to 5, 10,
15 and 20 year members by President Howard. It was noted the Guild started in
1989.
Block of the Month by Joan Meyer and
Rebecca Webb—a new appliqué and a new pieced block will be used this month and
will be placed on the website early.
Anyone completing a block will be eligible for a drawing
to win the blocks.
May meeting will be
held at the
Cape
Public Library.
Madeline Gieselman
announced the
State Quilt Show is the same weekend
as the Paducah Quilt Show.
Madeline also wanted
input into the Guild making a
new
cookbook.
It was voted to have a new cookbook with new recipes.
She asked for 6 to 8 volunteers to help and received enough volunteers.
President Vicky
Howard offered 2 members
an
invitation to attend an event
on April 25 to honor the Paducah
Quilt Museum.
Lynne Taylor’s
miniature quilt has been accepted
into the Paducah Quilt Show.
Saphrona Brewington
announced her bus still has
available seats to the Paducah Quilt
Show.
Betty Phillips is
offering a
summer class on the Mariner’s
Compass.
Little Dresses for Africa is going well with
82 dresses brought tonight.
Darla Snider reported
47
breast cancer pillows have been donated at
this time.
Nancy East for
Community Projects thanked the Guild
for their help. All quilts have been
taken to be quilted at this time.
She brought bags of material and requested members take a bag and make a top.
Lynnore Meyer showed
a sample pieced project of the
English paper piecing to be used in a mini
auction quilt and asked for members to help assist by completing their pieced
projects.
Barb Miller has
a
new pattern being showcased in
Quilter’s World spring/summer issue.
April birthdays were celebrated with
an Easter basket of goodies and fat quarter by Joan Meyer and Caroline Tilghman.
Winners of the Drawings:
Name Tag, Kay Kenner; Fat Quarters, Nancy Pleimann (33); Stash for Cash,
Nancy Pleimann ($32.50);
Door Prizes, Lynne
Taylor, Nancy Bishop, Darla Snider, Nancy East, and Vonda Slinkard
Program:
Lisa Grossenheider presented an informative program on borders for
quilts. She demonstrated many
techniques such as mitered corners, pieced borders, scalloped borders, prairie
points, asymmetrical borders, etc.
She gave each member a helpful handout to take home for future reference and a
coupon to Jackman’s Fabrics in St. Louis.
Show
and Tell:
Ravan Simms, Nancy Pleimann (4), Marie Todd, Dee Roe Carter (2), Mary K.
Reed (6), Lynnore Meyer, Carol Gallaher and Lynnore Meyer, Darla Snider (5),
Karla Kiefner, Vickie Howard
Respectfully submitted,
Betty Meyer, Secretary
~ How wonderful it is that nobody need
wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
--Anne Frank
News from Madeline Gieselman
New Cookbook in the Making:
The Recipe Book Committee has been formed and will soon have news about
our
new recipe book. This will be a brand new edition with all new
recipes. Please be thinking of some special recipes that you would
like to submit. See Madeline if you
have any questions.
Annual Picnic at Madeline’s: The annual picnic
at Madeline's is rapidly approaching. It will be on Monday, June 27.
The meat will be provided, just bring a dish to share. There will be a
signup sheet at the May and June meetings. Looking forward to another fun
time.
Invitation to Dinner before the Meeting:
Several of the guild
ladies meet at 5 pm at Panera to eat together before the meeting.
Please come join the fun.
More from Vickie Howard:
Vickie received a
flyer that says if you join the Fiber Club they will send you a free box of
batting and pillow samples. After you register, you will eventually
get to a screen that has a box for the code.
website:
http://www.thefiberclub.com/
promo code:
NAY1110
News from Darla Snider
As of April 11, 47 heart pillows have been delivered
to the American Cancer Society since the March meeting. Great Work, Quilters!!
At the April Guild meeting 4 pillowcases and 3 Angel quilts were turned in and
delivered to Southeast Hospital. The above items can be donated at any time
during the year. Please feel free to bring them to any Guild meeting or deliver
them yourself.
Guild Historian Pictures are online:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47374404@N07/
WEBSITES RECOMMEND BY YOUR FELLOW QUILTERS
Madeline Gieselman
found a baby quilt
inspiration:
http://tinyurl. com/4ax832t
She’s going to make
the one they call a “picnic” quilt for a baby gift.
Rebecca Webb
found a website
dedicated to the quilts of the Civil War Era:
http://www.civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/
MORE
RESOURCES
HOW
TO SEW TOGETHER BINDING STRIPS:
Watch a video at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot7Trk6J2Vw
HOW
TO BIND PERFECT CORNERS:
Watch a video on YouTube with Jenny Doan’s method:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQmAzqJ4DAE
HOW
TO MITER A CORNER:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt-DeDuJWkU
CHAIN PIECING
When chain piecing,
tape an open grocery sack to the back of your sewing table.
The pieces will fall into the sack as they go off the table.
http://ksulib.typepad.com/quilt/tips/
STUBBORN CREASES:
Mix a few drops of
plain vinegar with distilled water.
Moisten the crease using a cotton swab before you iron.
http://ksulib.typepad.com/quilt/tips/
MYSTERY QUILT:
Want to make a Mystery Quilt but don’t have time to take a Mystery Class:
http://www.hotkey.net.au/~hambar/hambar/quilts/mystery.htm
TAKE
A QUILTING QUIZ:
http://www.trustyguides.com/quilting-quiz.html
Sometimes a small thing you do can mean everything in another person's life
~ Unknown
Blessed are those who can
give without remembering, AND TAKE WITHOUT FORGETTING.
~ Princess Elizabeth,, Asquith Bebesco
When you cease to make
a contribution, you begin to die.
--Eleanor Roosevelt