Pacific
Piecemakers Quilt Guild
Bits & Pieces
August 2004 -- Volume 9, Issue 8
Jeri Taylor, Editor
www.pacificpiecemakers.org
GUILD
GLIMMERS
By
Linda Warnock
It was warm in the filtered sunlight, a gorgeous July day
— perfect for the Guild picnic at Naida and Snap’s
home. We saw koi ponds, a
miniature golf course, and multiple lawn games. We enjoyed a table laden
with salad toppings, dressings, and the green salad itself,
served from a bowl the size of two basketballs. We ate a great variety of
toppings — nuts, cheeses, olives, artichokes, shrimp, steak,
a delicious marinated fig dish, and too many more to name.
Ellen Soule quietly managed the progressive quilts in the
background and we had a very short “announcements”
meeting. Carol Tackett shared
her inspirations from the Melody Johnson workshop, and I
announced my choice for my 2003 president’s block, a simple
9-inch (finished) Ohio star block.
The coup de grace was Snap’s white peach cobbler. Yummmmm! And thank you, Naida and Snap,
for your hospitality and energy in sharing your special place.
FIRST
EVER PPQG RETREAT!
Tired of all the day-to-day obligations that interfere with
quilting? Plan to escape that
frustration in February when
PPQG takes a retreat for three days of uninterrupted quilting. Bring your sewing machine, or
not, and work on any project — something new or something
that’s been lingering for too long. Enjoy the support and
friendship of your fellow seamstresses!
Where: Marconi Conference
Center, Marshall (east side of Tomales Bay) - about a two hour
drive.
When: January 31 or
February 7, 2005
How Long: Three nights
Complete Cost, including room, three meals a day, and a large
room for quilting: $250.92
per person in a triple room; $346.62 pp in a double room; $557.82
for a private room.
The rooms are nicely appointed, have private bath, and include
daily maid service. Breakfast
and lunch are buffet style; dinner is table service with
four-course menus and three entrée choices.
If you are interested, please email Bette Covington,
bcov@mcn.org. In order to
reserve your place, a deposit will be required by August 20. The deposit is one
night’s charge ($83.94 triple, $115.54 double, $185.94
single). Send your check to
Bette, P.O. Box 740, Gualala, 95445.
There will be a video about the conference center circulating
among the weekly groups. Questions? Email or call Anita Kaplan,
Events Coordinator, ak@netget.com, 785-3671. Hope you can join the group
for this exciting event!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Reva
Basch
1
Mary Hunter
1
Francine Baldus
6
Carlene Keller
20
Pamela Wilson
23
Mary Alice Bastian
24
AUGUST
August
21 & 22
ART
IN THE REDWOODS
Gualala
Arts
Even though we don’t have a booth at Art in the Redwoods
this year, many of our members have entered quilts into the
judging. And of course we all
want to know who will win the magnificent quilt made by Miriam
Littlejohn and Linda Warnock and quilted by so many of our
dedicated seamstresses! So
let’s all go out and support Art in the Redwoods, that
unique and long-lived festival.
There will be vendors for works of art, clothing, jewelry, and
much more. Yummy food will
tempt you all, especially the confections from the Sweet Shoppe. And the myriad entries in
every art form will beguile and delight.
Art in the Redwoods opens at 10:00 a.m. on both Saturday and
Sunday and goes until 5:00 p.m.
See you there!
Last month, our recent speaker Melody Johnson made a point of
telling me how much she enjoyed being with our guild during the
workshop and for the Friday presentation. She commented on what a
“very special and talented group of women” we are. She
noted the Challenge Show and said that she had never seen so much
creativity from such a small guild. I told her we think of
ourselves as “huge” now that we have passed 100 members
and she laughed. It’s quality, not quantity, that counts, she said.
Another guild member who hosted Gwen Marston said that Gwen
had passed on a very similar compliment to us. Gwen noted that we
were an unusually talented and diversified guild. She was
surprised at the tremendous creativity and productivity of our
guild. She too enjoyed our warmth and friendliness.
Someone once told me that the very best thing to do with a
compliment that you have overheard is to: “Pass It Along! “ Sometimes we forget how
special we are as a group of quilters. I just wanted to remind us
all to give ourselves a GOLD STAR!
COMING
IN SEPTEMBER
Velda Newman’s workshop, “Layers: Form and Texture.” There are a few places still
available for this liberating experience, which will include
machine techniques for texture and form; and then will explore
color and depth with paint and colored pencils. Check out our website
for the supply list, which has some unusual items! Call Laurie Mueller, 785-9533
to sign up.
ULTIMATE
BEGINNERS CLASS!
The Beginners Piecing Class will be offered at Gualala Arts
for seven consecutive Wednesdays beginning September 8, from
9:30—12:30. Students
will make ten different blocks, learning cutting, piecing, sets,
sandwiching, borders, and binding.
Experienced PPQG members will teach the class, which will
include an optional session at The Loft to study fabric
selection.
The class fee for Gualala Arts members is $85; for non
members, $95. Mail your
payment to Gualala Arts and you will receive a supply list. A forward reverse sewing
machine in good working order is required. Register quickly as class
space is limited!
Questions? Call or email
Anita Kaplan, 785-3671, ak@netget.com.
THE
LIBRARY CORNER
By
Ann Graf
This
month we are adding five interesting new books to our shelves:
Stack
a New Deck - More Great Quilts in 4 Easy Steps
by Karla Alexander (746.46 ALE)
Sidestep
the traditional rules of quiltmaking with these fast, fun ideas
from the originator of "stack and
whack.”stepsconstruction of tricky curves, diamonds and
other classic patchwork shapes with striking results.
Off-The-Shelf
Fabric Painting
by Sue Beevers (746.6 BEE) Create
one-of-a-kind painted fabrics from common ingredients right in
your own kitchen.Techniques rely on water-based paints used with
convenient tools and supplies. Sue Beevers makes the art of
fabric painting very accessible to everyone.
Hunter
Star Quilts & Beyond
by Jan Krentz (746.46KRE) What's
old is new again! Hunter Star is an old-time block with a fresh
new look.Choose from template or strip piecing, half-square
triangles, paper piecing, fusible web, and color wash piecing.It
looks to be an interesting technique for sashing.
Quick-Strip
Paper Piecing for Blocks, Borders & Quilts
by Peggy Martin (746.46MAR)
Expeditious
and exact!These patterns offer the best of both worlds by
combining the accuracy of paper piecing with the speed of strip
piecing.Beginners can turn out complex blocks with perfect
points!(I haven't tried it, however.)
Successful
Scrap Quilts from Simple Rectangles
by Judy Turner and M. Rolfe (746.46TUR)
Create
dazzling scrap quilts with a whole new set of block designs based
on one simple shape --the rectangle!There could be some great
inspirationfor comfort quilts, so get out your rotary cutters and
into the fanny basket.
FANTASTIC!
AWESOME!
This was the response by Guild members who attended the Santa
Clara Aquamaids Synchronized Swimming Team’s Benefit
Exhibition on July 11. Carol
Tackett, Marilyn Limbaugh, Barbara Dunsmoor, Gail Sims, Ann
Anastasio, and Cynthia Daniels were the quilters who attended in
order to present the quilts that were made for the 2004 USA
Olympic Team.
The team members and coaches were unaware they were to receive
the quilts. At the finale of
the program, Carol Tackett was introduced as an Olympic Judge,
and she explained the gifts. The
team members and coaches were thrilled with their quilts. Some of the comments were
“I will treasure this forever,” and “It will hang
on my wall for the rest of my life, I promise!”
The show itself was amazing. The performers demonstrated discipline, strength, synchronization, grace, poise, and personality. The United States is well represented by these fine young women and their coaches. Our Guild members should be pleased to know that our quilts demonstrated, in a very special way, our pride in them and our country. Special thanks to Carol for providing our Guild members with this exceptional opportunity. Cynthia Daniels
SNIPPETS
June
15 – Aug. 15 – Teec Nos Pos – A Navajo Tradition:
San Jose Museum of Quilts. Visually distinctive and complex style
of weaving. 110 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose, CA. Phone for Further Info.
270-442-8856.
Aug. 14 - The Great Petaluma
Quilt Show - Further Info: 707-778-8015.
Sept. 11 & 12 –
Almond Country Quilt Show – Mid-State Fair Grounds, Paso
Robles CA. Hoffman Challenge
Show 2 PM Sat. Further Info: 805-238-0997.
Sept. 18 & 19 - Quilts & Thread Show
– Mother Lode Fairgrounds, Sonora, CA. Further Info:
209-586-5637.
Oct.
14-17—Pacific International Quilt Festival—Grin and
Thread It, Santa
Clara Convention Center. 700
quilts on display, workshops, merchants’ mall, lectures. PIQF, Dept. PC, P.O. Box 667,
New Hope, PA, 18938 or www.quiltfest.com.
Nov.
7-12 & Nov. 12-17—Art Quilt Tahoe 2004, Lake
Tahoe, CA. Six days with
nationally famous art quilt teachers.
$1250 includes workshops, fees, meals, and lodging at
Northstar. Www.artquilttahoe.com
The
Ghost Quilter…
Paula
Osborne
My son Chris was cleaning out his father’s house
recently, and retrieved a quilt made by his great, great
grandmother around 1880. He
carted it home to Fairbanks, Alaska, and while unpacking and
arranging it on his bed, he was punctured by a pin or needle
concealed in the border. It
barely pierced his skin, but was clearly something he wanted to
remove before using the quilt. An
immediate search revealed nothing, so he marked the location and
set it aside until morning. Returning
next day to retrieve the pin he found no trace of it there or
anywhere else. Instead he was
startled to find four tiny drops of long dried blood. They were not his, as he had
not been able to coax even one drop from his own finger.
Doo-doo-doo-doo… (theme from “Twilight Zone.”
A
MATTER OF VALUE
Anita Kaplan is teaching "The Value of Value" at the
Quilted Angel in Petaluma on August 6th. Thisis the same class as
Color, Value & the Triangle taught at the Arts Center earlier
this year. If you were not able to take it here and you are
interested, contact Anita, ak@netget.com, or call the Quilted
Angel, 763-0945, for more details.