May 2005 Newsletter (Text Only)
May Meeting -May 10th
Program
Chenille is all the rage, and in May we will be making a chenille pillow. Dianna Russell reports that homespun is good to use for this project. Bring 5 fat quarters (1 featured fabric and 4 coordinating fabrics), your machine and walking foot and guides, masking tape, 24” ruler, rotary cutter and mat, scissors and marker.
Last Month’s Program
Our thanks to Karen Montgomery for providing us with an informative and entertaining program in April.
May Hostesses
Alice Ann Flack, Pepper McGarry, Mary Morrell, Rose Spala and Delores Romeo
More hostesses will be needed for the June program when we host Pat Knoechel. Please volunteer to help out…tell Peggy Sheehan.
June meeting
Looking ahead to June, the meeting will not be held on the regular second Tuesday. Instead, we will meet on the fourth Tuesday, June 28 at the New Wilmington Presbyterian Church where we will host Pat Knoechel. Bring friends.
June Block Lotto Changed to May
Because June’s program will be taken up with Pat Knoechel, the block will be due at the May meeting.
The theme for the May Block Lotto is “Baskets”. The background for the block should be white. Use 30s fabrics.
General rules are:
1. Blocks must be made from quilt shop quality fabrics and the fabrics must be prewashed.
2. Finished size of block must equal 12.5”.
3. No member can win the lotto more than once in a calendar year.
4. Once someone wins she must participate in the block lotto until the year ends. This only makes it fair to everyone participating.
5. An individual receives a chance to win the lotto with every block she enters. Enter 1 block get 1 chance, enter 3 blocks get 3 chances, etc.
6. Blocks will be turned in to a member of the program committee prior to the beginning of the meeting.
7. Remember—make this like you are making this for yourself or your best friend. Blocks can be pieced or appliqued.
If you have questions call a member of the program committee.
For Sale:
Bernina 153 QE. Only 11 months old. One year warranty on all parts. Has computer programmed stitches that can be interchanged on machine. A variety of feet including a quarter inch foot, walking foot and free motion foot. It is a wonderful machine. The only reason I’m selling is that I’ve purchased a Bernina 440 with a stitch regulator. Call Jean Wanchick.
May Birthdays
Regina Harakal - 1
Rose Lawton - 26
Sandy Lord - 17
Janet Runkle - 29
2005 Officers
President — Judy Miller
Secretary — Chris LaLumia
Treasurer —Marilyn Nebel
Program - Linda Miller,
Peggy Sheehan, Diana Russell
Historian - Ann Hausser
Newsletter - Jean Wanchick
Hospitality — Janet Runkle
Librarian —Janice Farmerie
Upcoming Events
Pittsburgh Shop Hop
May 11 - 15
W 10—5, Th & F 10 - 9,
Sat. 10 - 5, Sun. 12 - 4
Shops include the Quilting Bee, Muddy Creek Originals, Ellen Kay Cottage, Old Spring House, Piecing It, The Quilt Basket, Quilt Company, Quilt Corner,
Quilt Quarters, Quilt Needle
Prizes include a $50 shopping spree at each shop, and a grand prize.
A Trip to A Mountain Quiltfest
In March, we headed to Pigeon Forge, TN to attend A Mountain Quiltfest. This 11th annual show was held March 9-13, 2005, at the Smoky Mountain Convention Center presented by the City of Pigeon Forge and co-hosted by the Piecemakers and Sevier Valley Quilters Guilds.
Not only is A Mountain Quiltfest one of the largest multi-category quilt shows going...attracting some of the best quilters from all over the land, there's over 70 instructional classes and seminars!
Boyd's Bear Country (I'm a Boyds Bear Collector) was extremely honored to have been selected as the only off-site venue to host a selection of some of the fabulous quilts that were on display for judging during A Mountain Quiltfest!
Admission to the quilt show was free so we visited the show 2 days. One of the vendors, The Cherry Pit, was a local fabric and quilt shop in nearby Sevierville, TN. This shop is rated as one of the top 10 in the U.S.A. by Quilters Sampler magazine. The Cherry Pit was very uplifting and motivational!
The following were instructors: Pat Campbell, Harriet Hargrave, Roberta Horton, Mary Mashuta, Judy Mathieson, Anita Shackelford, Mary Stori, Klaudeen Hansen, Shari Geissberger, Bonnie Goolsby, and Polly Taylor.
Next Year's A Mountain Quiltfest will be March 8-12, 2006. Check out the challenge, instructors, and prizes at www.mountainquiltfest.com.
Happy Quilting,
“Thelma and Louise”
(a.k.a. Nancy Landfried & Betty Hoffacker)
Orange Brownies
from Bette Moore
Ingredients:
Glaze:
1 ½ c. all-purpose flour 1 c. confectioner’s sugar
2 c. sugar 2 T. orange juice
1 t. salt 1 t. grated orange zest
1 c. (2 sticks) butter, softened
4 eggs
2 t. pure orange extract
1 t. grated orange zest
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9 by13” pan and set aside. In mixing bowl stir together flour, sugar, and salt. Add butter, eggs, orange extract, and orange zest and beat with a handheld electric mixer until well blended. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes or until light golden brown and set. Remove from oven and pierce top of entire cake with a fork.
Combine all ingredients of glaze in a bowl, stirring until smooth. Pour glaze over cake. Cool cake and cut into squares.
Mystery Quilt
Preparations: Shopping and Gathering Fabrics
Finished quilt size approximately 39” square
Block size 12”
Seam allowance 1/4”
The mystery looks best using blacks and brights. Backgrounds are all solid black. The brights can be solid brights, batiks, marbles, etc. One of the brights needs to be a bright yello/gold. There will be 4 other brights in the quilt and they can be your choice. You can play with the brights if you like and come up with something a little different...like all warm brights or all cool brights. Or you can even use from the same color family for your brights...such as all bright purples or all bright blues. Fabric requirements are approximate, but should yield you a little more than necessary to be safe.
