Volume 5 Number 2
Next Meeting:
November 5, 2009 7:00 PM
St. Barnabas Church
1697 East Main Road
Portsmouth, RI 02871
St. Barnabas is handicap accessible.
For the October Meeting:
Remember your:
■ Name Tag
■ Block of the Month
■ Fabric of the Month-Red or Green
Board Members
President: Nancy Burgess
Vice President: Ann Zvanovec
Secretary: Lori Bessette
Treasurer: Gail Pallodino
Newsletter Editor & Photographer:
Susan Rood
279 Rolling Hill Road
Portsmouth, RI 02871
Or e-mail:
susanscats@cox.net
srsusanscats@Gmail.com
Board Meeting
November 12 at Karen Jameson's
To Do List for November Meeting for
Community Service
- nonperishable food items
- hand held toy ie: rattles, bite toys, etc... for
preemie bags
- knitted preemie hats if you have them
- juvenile and/or preemie quilts if you
have them
Website:
www.quiltersbytheseari.com
Questions or additions please
contact Karen Jameson at
anythingfabric@yahoo.com
Committees
Hospitality-Bernadettee Tout
BOM/FOM-Donna Chaves
Membership-Marilyn Perry, Aggie
Keeney
Community Service-Kathy Little,
Mary Craveiro
Sunshine-Evelyn Wyatt
Historian/Website-Karen Jameson
Raffle Quilt Committee-Judy
Messenger, Kathy Little, Ann
Zvanovec, Cindy Janetakos, Colleen
Craveiro, Bertha Lyons, Donna
Chaves
Raffle Quilt Ticket Coordinator-
Judy Messenger
Volume 5 Number 2
QBS PRESS
November 2009
www.quiltersbytheseari.com
A Message from the President
Hi Fellow Quilters,
The leaves are dropping, fall is upon us. It doesn’t seem
possible that we are preparing for our 3rd guild meeting of the
2009-2010 year. How great to have had Jo Coons with us last
month.
Thanks for your cooperation with “No Photos Please” & “Click
Away” sign. We still have a number of folks that will need their
“mug shot” taken at the next meeting.
We have been asked to display some items at the Portsmouth
library in January. Set up will take place on January 8th. There
will be a reception on January 9th from 10:00-2:00. Your items
can be brought home on January 25th. Be thinking about what
you’d like to display.
In looking over the blue papers from the October meeting, it
appears that the guild’s favorite Quilt Shop is Folk Art Quilts.
The quilter’s Stash was second. Barrington Fabric, Emma’s
Cupboard & Just Quilts were next. After that it was Heartbeat &
Tumbleweed on the Cape. As a guild, you listed 23 favorites.
Looking ahead to December, we will be doing several things.
Each guild member is asked to bring a wrapped gift. It could be
hand made, purchased for no more than $10 or something you
have at you home that you no longer need. We will also be
collecting money to help pay the rent of a struggling family. We
will be having a “covered dish” dinner so please arrive at 6:00pm,
not the usual 7:00 pm. The community service committee is
putting together baskets for preemie babies. We’d like to include
a tiny toy/rattle in each basket. Please bring them in November
and December.
Please make a note of the changes in guild meeting dates.
February & March will be on the 1st Wednesday nights, Feb 3rd &
March 3rd. April’s meeting will be on the second Thursday, April
8th
See you in November.
Fondly,
Nancy Shaw Burgess
QBS 2009-2010 General
Meetings
November 5
December 3
January 7
February 3 CHANGED-please note
March 3 CHANGED-please note
April 8 date changed due to holy week
May 6
June 3
Board Meetings
Board meetings will be on the 2nd Thursday of each month
at 7:00 P.M. The one exception will be April. The April
board meeting will be Friday, April 9th.
The location of this year's QBS Board Meetings will be
as follows:
Nov 12th Karen Jameson March 11th Marilyn Ferkinhoff
Dec 10th Nancy Burgess April 9th Aggie Johnson
Jan 14th Ann Zvanovec May 13th Aggie Keeney
Feb 11th Marilyn Perry June 10th Susan Rood
Fabric of the Month
will be greens and reds
Sunshine and Shadows:
If you have any member news that
requires a bit of sunshine, please
let Evelyn Wyatt know either by
phone 401-293-0456 or e-mail
fewyatt@cox.net.
Hospitality
November’s hospitality crew
includes Eleanor Krol, Colleen
Craveiro, Mary McKenzie,
Sonya Perry and Sandra
Reynolds. Those members with
last names beginning with
L-M-N-O please bring
refreshment. Check with Bernie
Tout to see what she needs.
Thanks so much to all those who
have brought so many delicious
Membership
Marilyn Perry, Membership
We are delighted to welcome these new members to our group.
Pat D
Eleanor F
Mary Ellen F
Megan J
Norrene M
We are also happy to have Louisa J back with us.
Aggie Keeney and Marilyn Perry
Membership Co-Chairs
OCTOBER MEETING MINUTES
Meeting was called to order at 7:10 PM by
Nancy Burgess, President. The exits were
pointed out.
The QBS meetings will be held on the first
Thursday of each month, with the following
exceptions: Wednesday, February 3rd;
Wednesday, March 3rd; and Thursday, April
8th.
On January 8th, 2010, there will be a setup for
a quilt display at the Portsmouth Public
library with a reception on January 9th, 2010.
A reminder was announced for the BOM.
Help is available prior to the QBS meetings.
There was no interest at the October meeting.
Five new members were introduced to the
guild: Megan Gorganson, Eleanor Flowers,
Mary Ellen Frias, Pat De Orchis, and Noreen
McGeary. One member signed up for
renewal: Louisa Jones. Welcome to the
Quilters by the Sea quilting guild ladies!
Five (5) guests attended the October meeting:
Jean Larrivee, Alice Strebel, Kathy Edwards,
Elaine St. Ours and Paula Korech.
Preemie Hats were displayed by Kathy Little
as part of the community service. Kathy has
patterns for the preemie caps. Those
interested in completing a Preemie quilt, the
quilts need to be 24in squares. Kathy
contacted the shelters in request for needs and
they expressed a need for linens: pillow cases
(both juvenile and adult).
Sue Travers notified the guild member of a
fabric consignment shop, called Fabric
Treasures. The split would be a 50/50 split.
The shop is located on County St, Somerset,
MA (RT 138), after Ma Raffa’s. The shop
hosts a stash swap (1 yard size minimum) on
the 3rd Saturday of every month at 1:00pm.
Aggie Keeney drew the raffle tickets. Sonya
Perry won the door prize. Paula Faria received a
door prize from an anonymous donation. Gale
Palladino won the raffle prize. Shirley Saulnier
won the FOM.
Bernadette Tout announced that the directories
have been distributed and to contact Aggie
Keeney if anyone needs one.
Judy Messinger thanked the Raffle Committee
for their efforts. Judy provided each member
with a set of numbered raffle tickets for sale to
be sold. Please return tickets and / or money to
Judy Messinger by October 7th, 2010. Each
member is asked to sell 5 raffle books. Shirley
Fisher will be taking the quilt to Cape Cod for
display. ‘Quilter’s Stash, a quilt shop in
Attleboro, MA may be able to have it hang in
their shop as well.
Patty and Joann, co-owners of Just Quilts, will
display the raffle quilt in their shop, located in
Bristol, RI.
The next board meeting will be held at Gale
Palladino’s home at 7:00 on October 8, 2009.
Help for the quilt show is being requested.
Loretta Krebel, Ruth Davis and Aggie Keeney
will be on the 2010 Quilt Show committee. A
tentative date for the next QBS quilt show is
October 16/17, 2010 located at the Portsmouth
Middle School.
Jo Coon, was introduced for the ‘In the
Beginning’ trunk show. Jo started the lecture by
telling the audience that quilting has always been
around, even since the cave man era. The cave
men were breadwinners and the cave women
were domestic engineers. The women would
create clothes from animal skins and eventually
learned to embellish their work with shells, and
other objects.
As quilting evolved, through the 13th Century,
needlework was started. Pagan celebrations
incorporated the ‘Green Man’ in green
leaves, chasing the maidens.
By the 17th Century, King James era, crewel
became pop incorporated the ‘Green Man’ in
green ular. Shipping threads from Spain and
England, people were able to create elaborate
works of art. This artwork later became
known as the Jacobean, coined after King
James, posthumously.
During the 18th Century, William Morris was
a popular artist. He was well-known for the
pineapple, tiffany lamps, tapestry and
wallpaper.
After the brief history of quilting, Jo
presented her wonderful quilts providing her
own evolution of quilting. In 1960, Jo was a
National Teacher and a member of the
National Quilters Society. In 1980 through
1989, she owned a quilt shop.
• Son’s green baby quilt – no
batting,
• Basket quilt with ruffle,
• Curved piecing quilt with ruffle
• Brush stroke quilt with ruffle – fan
• Forget-me-not, stenciled,
• Blue Days,
• Good Days,
• In the Pink – Harley Walner
‘Trapunto’
• Wedding Ring quilt,
• Jacobean Beaded, ash of Mt. Etna
Cameo in center of quilt,
• Josephine, French curve with
Jacobean Flowers,
• Victorian cabbage roses with
cutwork motif in center,
• Rose mauling, Jo’s interpretation
of brushstroke, Trapunto, hand
quilted
• Victorian pineapple quilt,
• Robert Morris – Purple tapestry
appliquéd center and border, long
armed quilted,
• Finale – tribute to her husband,
‘Jacobean – tree of life’
• wall hangings
o vases
o Pumpkins
o Pineapple
o 4 seasons
Jo’s parting words for the guild:
‘Dream and do - you’ll be making your own
original design’. ‘God gives all of us a special
talent’. ‘If someone pays you a compliment,
don’t dismiss it, simply say Thank you’.
Respectfully,
Lori Bessette, Secretary
Visit our Webpage
http://www.quiltersbytheseari.com
Our QBS webpage is a great source of
information if you click on the blue links.
Home shows where and when the next
meeting is and what we will do.
Newsletter shows a version of the
current newsletter.
Who We Are lists the officers’ and
committee chairwomen’s names
Programs describes upcoming activities
and gives links to speakers’ websites.
QBS History Pages is groups of pictures
of past QBS activities.
Quilting Links consists of links to quilting
sites and vendors recommended by QBS
members. Past and future speakers’ websites
are included. Any QBS member can
recommend a site by contacting me. Objected
to sites can be removed after a vote by the QBS
Board..
Flickr Link The Home page near the
bottom has a link to the new Quilters By The
Sea Flickr site of about 900 photographs.
M. Karen Jameson
Historian/Website Master
Community Service
The guild will be providing bags filled with
preemie quilts, hats and toys to parents that
reside at the Ronald McDonald House in
Providence while their premature babies are
being cared for at Women & Infants Hospital.
At this time we have plenty of quilts. I of
course will not turn away any quilts that have
already been made. We are in need of
preemie knitted hats and store bought hand
toys such as rattles, bite toys, etc… Patterns
for the knitted hats will be provided at the
meeting as well as on the website. Please
bring any completed hats and toys to the
November meeting so I can start filling the
bags and deliver them. This will be an
ongoing project for the guild.
We will be collecting food at the November
meeting. Non-perishable food as you already
know is what we collect. Please make sure the
food is not expired. Make sure the “ sell by
date” is in the future.
Our new project for this term is to make
pillowcases for young children which will be
put into backpacks for children of deployed
service men and women. This is a project,
which has originated with 4H called “Hero
Packs.” They are small back packs filled with
such things as communications materials
(stationery, pens, pencils, crayons), comfort
items such as stuffed animals or even a
“blankie,” fun items such as Play Dough and
assorted things that fall into the “stocking
stuffer” category. Here is the website which
gives more detail about the project:
http://cels.uri.edu/news/nHeroes.aspx. The
packs are then presented to the children of
deployed soldiers at deployment ceremonies.
I will talk more about this at the November
meeting.
Plans for December will also be discussed at
the November meeting.
If any juvenile quilts are finished, I will more
than happy to take them and make another
donation to an area shelter.
Kathy Little
WORKSHOPS AND PROGRAMS
The November speaker is Kay Nickols, author
of Wonderful 1 Fabric Quilts. She lives in
Laingsburg Michigan. She is a quilt designer,
experienced quilting instructor and lecturer. She
has had her quilts shown in juried international
quilt shows.
Kay Nickols’ workshop is Friday, November 6
from 9 AM to 4PM. The location for the
workshop has been changed to the Portsmouth
Public Library, 2658 East Main Road
Portsmouth.
The supply list for the class is; 6 to 8 yards of
border print fabric to make a queen size
quilt, rotary cutter, cutting mat, rulers (6" or
*1/2" by 24") (6" x 12") (15" square or larger),
sewing machine, neutral color thread, seam
ripper and regular quilting tools. Also bring a
flannel backed tablecloth for a
design wall and a bag lunch.
There are still openings for the workshop contact
Aggie Johnson at
amed96@aol.com.
Marilyn Ferkinhoff, Aggie Johnson & Bertha
Lyons,
Program Coordinators.
Quilters by the Sea 2009 - 2010 Programs
November 5: Kay Nichols- Wonderful 1 fabric quilts trunk show
November 6: Workshop- Wonderful 1 fabric quilts- $45-requires 6 to 8 yards
of border print to
make queen size quilt.
www.kaynickols.com <http://www.kaynickols.com/>
December 3: Christmas party/Sneak Peek Productions/Victorian Christmas
January 7: Bobbie Sullivan- trunk show
www.bobbiesullivan.com <http://www.bobbiesullivan.com/>
February 3: Barbara W. Barber- trunk show
March 3: Community Service
April 8: (Second Thursday of the month due to Holy Week!!)
Carol Taylor - Sew many quilts so little time - trunk show
April 9: Workshop- free Motion Quilting - $45.
April 10:Workshop- Sensuous Lines and Curves - $45.
www.caroltaylorquilts.com <http://www.caroltaylorquilts.com/>
May 6: The Singing Quilter- Concert and trunk show
May 7: Workshop- Raw edge reverse machine appliqué- $35
www.singingquilter.com <http://www.singingquilter.com/>
June 3: Rosemary Bawn- trunk show of Red Sox and scrapbook quilts
INFORMATION / SERVICES:
LONG ARM QUILTING SERVICE
Sew What - Beth Blink
Beth works out of her home in Exeter, RI. She is willing to meet customers at
fabric
stores, guild meetings and her home to make it more convenient for the
customer. 401-
294-4644 or beffie_1@verizon.net
COMPLETED KREATIVE JOURNEY - Do you have a quilt top looking to cuddle
someone but needs to be quilted? My Gammill Classic long arm the "Butterfly"
and I
can help. I would love to make your quilt a COMPLETED KREATIVE
JOURNEY. Give
me a call 556-7000 or e-mail me at ckovjan@aol.com. Cindy K. Janetakos
QUILT SHOWS AND RETREATS
* Quilting in the Berkshires
2009 Schedule:
Oct 23-25, 2009
Mar 19-21, 2010
Apr 30-May 2, 2010
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Join for a 3-day quilt retreat weekend in beautiful Canaan, NY, nestled in the
Berkshires. The weekend includes all meals, lodging, quilt projects with
instruction, Show &
Tell, door prizes, side trips to local quilt shops and lots of quilting inspiration!
Choose to start a new project, finish your current project or participate in a
project
especially prepared for the weekend. Experienced teachers are on hand
ready to assist you.
Visit the web site for more information: www.berkshirequilts.com
Contacts: Karen Pratt and Kate Mitchell; email: info@berkshirequilts.com
The New England Quilt Museum
Master Pieces:Haberdashery Textiles in Antique Quilts
Speaker Laura Fisher September 26th 1:00
Speaker Pam Weeks Textile Time line Oct 17th 1:00
T Shirt Quilt Demo Sept 27th
"Standing Ovation"
3rd Annual Fiber at the Garde
New England Arts Quilters Dec 1 2009 to Feb 28th 2010
325 State Street New London, CT
Jinny Beyer Workshops @ Heartbeat Quilts Oct 29 & 30th
Thurs 1-4 Fri 10-4:30 35 Soudder Ave., Hyannis, MA