2010 Officers
The meeting on May 12 will feature a guest speaker, Debra Gabel, who will relate her quilting journey. She lives in Maryland and is Patti Ogden’s sister. She will have patterns available for sale and her web site is: zebrapatterns.com. Debra has quite a few patterns for children as well as several flower patterns that are very beautiful.
Guests are always welcome to our meetings,
but when a guest speaker is presenting, there is a $5.00 fee for non-members.
Quilt Show Meetings
Sundays at 2:00pm at the Schoolhouse:
May 23rd (Trish's House)
June 13th
July 18th
August 15th
September 12th
September 23rd for judging
The Schoolhouse is open in the morning, so come early to sew, stay for the meeting and stay late to sew.
Carol Kilian
Education Display
The following items can be used in the education display: No match blocks, Your Inner Goddess, Origami bag, Kansas Rose’ Pizza box, Wallets, Christmas ornaments, Hand bags, Flags for Rail Trail, Community quilt blocks, School Activities Sister’s Choice and Block of the Month.
Bring these items in by the September 12th meeting and give to Joan Jansen. Joan always has a beautiful display and your donations help a lot. Be sure to put your name on any item so you will get it back after the show.
Joan Jansen
Last month a poem by Ada Metzing was incomplete in the newsletter, so it will be printed again.
She Quilted a Memory
By Ada Metzing
With a few scraps
And love and dignity,
She will live on,
She quilted a memory.
Her life was hard,
Wealth for her was not to be.
In bits and pieces,
She left a heritage,
She quilted a memory.
Mourn not for her
She left her love
For all to see
With needle and thread
She left a heritage,
She quilted a memory
Lord, we pray,
You’ll judge her gently.
She will live on,
She left a heritage,
She quilted a memory.
MAQGNET
A few weeks ago, Kathy Petith and Cyndi Beres attended the MAQGNET meeting in New Jersey. MAQGNET stands for Mid-Atlantic Quilt Guild Network. Representatives from many guilds were there including Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia and of course, New York. We discuss and rate quilting presenters from all over, (some known to us, others not) in such areas as preparedness, ease of working with, etc. They are rated on a scale of 1-10. Guild representatives call out critiques on each presenter. There were two presenters giving ½ hour presentations.
MAQGNET also compiles a list of participating Quilt Guilds with information of guild meetings, times and days, size of guilds and show information, etc.
Our raffle quilt was displayed, as was another guild’s and we sold raffle tickets. What compliments we received on our quilt!
The web site for all the information on guilds and presenters is available for program chairwomen.
Submitted by
Cyndi Beres
What can you get with a fat quarter?
99 – 2” squares
50 – 2 ½ “squares
42 – 3” squares
30 – 3 ½ “squares
20 – 4” squares
16 – 4 ½ “squares
12 – 5” squares
12 – 5 ½ “squares
9 – 6”squares
6 – 6 ½ “squares
6 –7” squares
4 – 7 ½ “, 8”, 8 ½ “, 9” squares
2 –10”, 10 ½ “, 11” squares
1 – 11 ½ “through 18” squaresSubmitted by Joan Jansen
NEWSLETTER
Information in this newsletter is provided by you, the members and officers. I would like to include messages from all officers, committee chairmen, and members. In order for the information to be included, I must have it by the 20th of each month. Since our Show is approaching, show information should be included.
Marion Schneider
Newsletter Editor
845-361-1542
Fabric Exchange
May – floralIf you wish to participate in the fabric exchange, bring a fat quarter of 100% cotton to the meeting. You will get a ticket and a lucky member will win all of the fat quarters. If there are too many participants more than one winner will be announced.
Hildy Schwarz