Pacific
Piecemakers Quilt Guild
Bits
& Pieces
December 2002
-- Volume 7, Issue 12
Claire
McCarthy, Editor
www.pacificpiecemakers.org
No-Fuss
Holiday Luncheon
Friday, December 13, 12:30 p.m., Gualala Arts Center
Our
annual Holiday Luncheon, the original No-Fuss-Just-For-Fun Party,
will be Friday, December 13th at 12:30 p.m. Please note this
is a change from our usual third Friday.
This
luncheon is a special time for quilters to gather and enjoy each
other’s company and admire each other’s work. Show
& Tell is a very important part of the luncheon so hurry and
put those finishing stitches on your quilts, especially those
which will be given away. Bring your work and bask in admiration.
We will
also have our Annual Holiday Fabric Swap. This year we will do
something different with the fabric exchange. It might even lead
to a personal challenge. Each person is to bring 10 strips of
fabric cut width wise across the yardage so that each strip will
be 2” x 42”. No two strips (from the same person) are
to be the same. (If you only own fat quarters, you can piece them
together to make strips 2” x42” as long as the grain is
going the same way.) We will have a blind exchange. Afterwards
your challenge will be to make something with your strips. Of
course, when you get home you can add some of your own fabric. It
could make the basis for an exciting comfort quilt, or it could
represent the little things that jump-start your challenge quilt.
There is no deadline for this challenge. We hope this exchange
stretches you to consider new things.
Please bring only 100% cottons and no holiday prints. Thank
you.
For our
self-catered Holiday Luncheon we are asking members to bring a
dish according to the first letter of your last name:
A-F please bring dessert
G-P
please bring a salad or main dish
R-Y
please bring bread or appetizers
The Guild
will provide coffee & tea. You are encouraged to bring copies
of your recipe and you are welcome to change food categories if
that makes your life easier.
Festivities
begin at 12:30 in the transformed upstairs classroom. Please
do not arrive before 12:20.
There will be 200 children leaving the auditorium between
12:10 and 12:20. The parking
lot will be full of cars and kids.
There will be assistance to help carry food, etc., upstairs.
Come and take a
break from the holiday frenzy. What could be more refreshing than
a couple of hours of good food and quilt talk? If your house
guests are arriving early just bring them along. Since the party
is upstairs it is imperative that we know how many tables to take
upstairs. We will not be
able to set up extra tables at the last minute. Make our job easier by
emailing or phoning Anita to say you will attend, ak@netget.com,
785-3671. Reservations not required, just appreciated. If you
decide you can make it at the last minute please come. If you
would like to help with set-up notify Anita.
GUILD
GLIMMERS
by
Jeri Taylor
The auditorium of Gualala Arts was filled with
“oooohs” and “ahhhhhs” during last
month’s guild meeting. Julie
Silber, self-acknowledged “Quilt Junkie,” collector,
and curator, presented a slide show highlighting some of the
quilts from her extraordinary collection. Admitting that her choices
are based on what “makes my heart beat a little
faster,” she showed quilts that were amazingly eclectic in
design. Whether antique or
contemporary, every quilt was breathtaking in concept, motif, and
color. It was a presentation
that was truly inspirational.
In other business, Miriam Littlejohn announced that she and
Paula Osborne will chair the AIR Raffle Quilt for 2003. They have a design in mind
and are already off and running!
A
Special Invitation
Mona
Innes’ ribbon/fiber pins make great Christmas gifts at $15
to $50, and she will gift wrap at no charge for the Holidays. Call to visit Mona’s
studio and have a glass of warm cider.
707/785-0061
Coming in January
Jacquetta
Nisbet will be our speaker in January. Ms. Nisbet is a world
class weaver with an outstanding eye for color and pattern. She
has traveled extensively in Peru and collected images and
textiles. She has also studied the textiles and patterns of the
Navajo and the Northwest Native Americans. Some of us were
fortunate enough to hear her engaging talk at Gualala Arts last
month. This time her topic will be designing textiles and finding
the language for your own personal statement. Her slides, textile
collection and her own work are awesome.
Judy
Bianchi will teach “Interlocking Circles” on Thursday,
January 16th, 10-4 p.m. This is a great class for all levels.
Curved piecing will be emphasized, and you will be on your way to
a finished wall hanging by the end of the class. The cost is $25.
The class is currently full, but we are accepting a wait list.
There are always cancellations. To register send a check made out
to Connie Seale, FBO PPQG.
Gee’s
Bend Quilts
Guild
members who loved the special quilts of Gee’s Bend shown at our last meeting
will be interested in writer Peter Plagens’ comments in
Newsweek Magazine (“A Quilting Bee Bounty,” November
18, 2002) about the new Whitney Museum show, “The Quilts of
Gee’s Bend.”
“The
seventy quilts in the show are no less than the equals—in
unconventional color, bold and surprising composition, and subtle
visual invention—of just about any abstract painting made by
any trained artist living in one of the world’s great
cities,” he says. “It’s
as if something in the local water has produced a whole
villageful of Paul Klees who create their vibrant work on a
bed-size scale instead of in tiny watercolors.”
Library
Corner
Thanks to
all of you who supported the November
silent auction. We can add a few
more titles to our growing collection. Look for a new selection of
bargain books at the January
meeting.
Ann Graf, Library Chairman
Giselle
Shepatin Sample Sale
For those
of you who particularly loved Giselle's fashions at our meeting
earlier this year, she's putting samples on sale at the following
places and times:
Sat
Nov 30, 10-5
Sun
Dec 1, 10-4
Concourse,
Booth 641
8th
& Brannan, SF
Admission
$5
Sat
Dec 7
The
Gatehouse
Fort
Mason, SF
Admission free; no times given
December
Birthdays
2—Barbara
McNulty; 8—Lola DeLongoria;
14—Carol Tackett;
18—Mary
Austin; 24—Donna Blum;
29—Susan Prokop
Membership
Our three
newest members bring the Guild's grand total to 88 --- our
highest membership yet. That is really exciting news ---
let's keep the momentum going!
Don't
forget that dues ($35) for the 2003 fiscal year can be paid any
time now. I plan to attend the December luncheon and will be
happy to accept your cash (or checks made out to
"PPQG") at that time. (If you joined in Oct/Nov 2002
your dues have been credited to 2003.)
If you
cannot make the December meeting, dues should be mailed ASAP
to:
Pam Wilson, POB 53, The Sea Ranch, 95497.
We have a
great roster of programs lined up for next year and you don't
want to miss out. Dues deadline is March 1.
Pam Wilson, Membership Chairman
President’s
Note
by
Paula Osborne
New
Beginnings---they’re everywhere, when we least expect them. I’ve just spent 2 weeks
with my mother in a nursing home/rehab center in East Texas,
helping her face a new phase in her life: assisted living. She is lucky to have that
assistance in her home for now.
At age 87, change is inevitable.
Our own
Donna Blum will be spending much of December in a similar rehab
environment, learning to live with a new hip. Her smile alone will raise
the level of good cheer in that facility by at least 200%. We’ll keep you posted on
the web as to how you can visit her there.
Meanwhile,
as I was cleaning and simplifying Mother’s kitchen for her
return, I found several dishtowels she had embroidered in 1939 as
a new bride. With her
blessing, I’ll stitch their eight-inch motifs into a
“new-vintage” quilt.
Yet another
Beginning.
Jenny
Rexon—Pure Sunshine
Thanks
for the memories, Jenny. For
living and loving, laughing, working, playing, and quilting among
us. We’re keeping some of your sunshine
with us for a foggy day.
We’ll
miss you.