Pacific
Piecemakers Quilt Guild
Bits & Pieces
July 2003 -- Volume 8, Issue 7
Jackie Morse, Editor
Membership
News
Please note a
variety of email changes this month:
Bride-to-be
Judith Jones has a new address at fjwelsh@mcn.org
Patricia
Royle has unlimited hours at gonesurfin@peoplepc.com
Margie
Rosholt can be found at rosholt@earthlink.net
Trouble with
Yahoo! Addresses
Apparently
Yahoo! thinks the PPQG email list is junk mail. Several Guild
members have Yahoo.com addresses, and messages posted to the list
routinely bounce back to me marked "undeliverable" to
these accounts. I've asked Yahoo! to help us solve this problem,
but haven't yet gotten
a response.
Apologies to those of you with Yahoo! accounts who aren't
receiving email from our list. If you have an alternative,
non-Yahoo, address you can use, please let me know and I'll
subscribe you using that address. You might consider one of the
free email services, such as Hotmail, to help get around this
problem.
Reva Basch (reva@well.com)
Cynthia Chilton was
recently presented with her beautiful comfort quilt at a regular
meeting of the Monday 1 Quilters. She was a bit overwhelmed,
quite surprised and a little tearful. On a recent visit to her
home, the quilt was tucked snugly into her favorite chair where
she drinks her morning coffee.
Color, Value
& The Triangle
by Anita Kaplan
Sign up now
for Anita Kaplan’s upcoming class “Color, Value & The Triangle” scheduled for Wednesday, July
23rd from
You
will create a stunning, small quilt top during class while
playing with color, value and design. You will learn cool
shortcuts to enhance your efficiency and cutting skills. This is
a No Sewng Machine Class so your time will be spent on layout and
design using the versatile triangle shape. The supply list is on
the website at pacificpiecemakers.org.
The class is nearly full, so call Gualala Arts today at 884-1138 to sign up. The fee is $20.
Tossing Salads
on July 18
Our regular
monthly meeting will be conducted on the hillside estate of Snap
Binker and Naida Mauthe. Please carpool, as parking is limited,
and remember the event is for members only.
Naida
is providing tossed greens, salad dressings, beverages, rolls and
desert. Each member should bring two salad toppings of her
choice. Be creative! There will be games and activities, or bring
your quilt to work on while you chat with friends.
33601
Highway One (across from Amerigas) MM 6.48
Liza Prior
Lucy
A very unique
workshop will be offered on Thursday, August 28 from
The class will focus on color development, simple piecing and
an innovative method of machine applique using bias binding. If you are
wanting to move toward something new, this workshop is for you
- the results of which should be the creation of a very special
Suzani quilt! At only $50.00,
this class is a real bargain. Call
Laurie Mueller today - 785-9533 - to take advantage of this
wonderful opportunity!
July Birthdays
Sue Lease
3rd
Naida Mauthe
3rd
Lynne Atkins
20th
Renata Lopez
22nd
Laurie Mueller 24th
"Something's
Fishy"
Challenge
2004
The
really good news is that the Challenge Show in 2004 will be in
June, which means we have almost two months longer to work on our
quilts.
The bad news is that those two months will disappear if we're not
careful and we still will have to rush to finish our quilts in
time. To avoid that last minute rush, start thinking "fish" now.
Any size, any pattern, any design is acceptable, so
long as you can show us how you were inspired by fish. Also, the
fishy quilts in the last challenge, great as they are, are not
acceptable. We're looking for
quilts that have not already been shown at Gualala Arts.
We've
been thinking fishy quilts a lot recently and have found stacks
of books, patterns, ideas that we look forward to sharing with
you.
Janet has
slides from a quilt show she attended in
Til
then, start thinking now about next year's challenge:
"Something's Fishy!"
Mary Austin and Janet Sears
Message of
Thanks
from the President
Since becoming
president of this busy guild, I am continually appreciative and
slightly amazed at how well the monthly guild meetings come
together. I arrive at the designated time, usually around 12:30, and the meeting
room is already a beehive of activity.
Hospitality
is set up; the sign-in and nametag raffle is manned; comfort
quilts and blocks-of-the-month are organized and on display; the
library silent auction is available; fanny basket fabrics are
spread out; special activities are organized; and not of least
importance, the program arrangements are completed and in
process.
All of these
pre-meeting and behind-the-scene activities require time and
planning on the parts of those responsible. So, I would like to take the
time this month to thank all of you who come early, come prepared
and come to help make our meetings, and therefore our guild, a
success.
The
list is long, and occasionally changes, but for now, thanks to
Lola, Laura, Mary Alice, Polly, Joyce, Marilyn, Carol, Diane,
Lenore, Ann, Mary Ellen, Ellen, Miriam, Paula, Renata, Iris, and
Laurie.
by Linda Warnock
Guild
Glimmers
by Claire
McCarthy
Machine
quilter Kathy Sandbach and her sister have formed the perfect
artistic partnership— Kathy does the designing and quilting,
her sister does the piecing. The breathtaking results were on
display at our June meeting.
Helpful
Pacific Piecemakers raised their arms high as they displayed
about 30 Sandbach creations for all to admire. In an energetic and often
humorous narrative, Kathy outlined the story behind each one. The
overall impression was rich and varied—the designs ranged
from bright and colorful to soft and subtle—but all the
quilts demonstrated that trademark blend of precision piecing and
free-spirited line. Kathy’s
collection includes not only her own designs, but
“clones” of those she has quilted for well-known
colleagues.
Kathy
recommends doodling as a way of getting yourself loosened up to
execute her technique. She rarely marks a pattern first, and
those twisting vines and lively leaves and flowers are almost
always done free-hand. She
always finishes filling in an area before going on to the next,
and recommends going back and sewing again right beside a row of
stitching to give the design extra depth.