Pacific
Piecemakers Quilt Guild
Bits & Pieces
September 2003 -- Volume 8, Issue 9
Jeri Taylor, Editor
GUILD
GLIMMERS
By
Jeri Taylor
The
stage was packed for a special evening Guild meeting on August
27, when members and guests were treated to a delightful
presentation by Liza Prior Lucy, collaborator with Kaffe Fassett. Liza chronicled the
development of this creative relationship from the time Kaffe and
she were both knitting designers to the present, as they prepare
to publish their fifth quilting book together. There were many gasps of
delight at the slides of absolutely stunning quilts.
Liza pointed out that, for Kaffe, color is all-important
— more than pattern, texture, or value. He gets color inspiration from myriad sources — even from a single
fallen leaf. It falls to her
to reproduce those moments of inspiration in quilts, and those
who saw the results can attest to her absolute success.
She also mentioned that a distinguishing factor of their
quilts is the lack of contrast: they
choose fabrics that are similar in value. Though this flies in the face
of what many of us were taught, they very definitely make it
work. Vive la difference!
PRESIDENT’S
CORNER
Reach out and meet someone new!
As our guild gets larger and we are blessed with more members,
it’s easy for new members to feel lost. We must remember to reach out
and welcome new faces at our meetings and workshops.
It’s easy to sit and visit with all our old friends, but
many of our new members travel long distances to be with us. They are active, interesting
people. They have projects to
share and insights that are new.
At last report we are approaching 100 members. Next time, when coffee time or
break time comes, make a point to introduce yourself to a new member. Wearing your name tag makes it
easier for the new members and for those of us who sometimes are
smitten with temporary “name fog.”
Donna Blum
(subbing for Linda Warnock)
Friday,
September 19
9:30
a.m.—3:30 p.m.
TRIPLE
DECKER DAY!
Get ready for a special member event that will surely have
something for everyone! Here’s
your chance to clear your closets of UFOs (unfinished objects),
fabric you don’t want, and white elephants in general.
If you have a UFO, the guild will provide a Fairy Godmother to
wave a wand over it! Not sure
how to border that quilt from two years ago? Unclear on how
to miter the corners on a binding?
Stumped as to a quilting pattern?
Bring those pesky problems and your FG will work magic!
One person’s junk is another’s treasure. Clean out your stash of
fabrics (or notions, or embellishments, or anything else)
you’ve outgrown or overused — and make room for more!
Contact Laurie Mueller (laurie@mcn.org, 785-9533) to let her
know you’ll either be selling at the bazaar or if you want a
Fairy Godmother.
And wait — there’s more!
You’ll have the chance to try the Altos cutting system,
the Flynn machine quilting system, and the Handy Quilter machine
quilting system.
But that’s not all! See
the article below re “Something’s Fishy!”
This will be a jam-packed day with something for everyone, so
don’t miss the chance to be a part of it!
SOMETHING’S
FISHY!
Be
sure to stop by this table at the September meeting. Janet Sears has slides to
share of the “Neptune’s Garden” quilt show she saw
in Malvern, England. Mary
Austin will demonstrate
paper piecing a fish block. And
they’ll have patterns, scraps, and sewing machines available
for anyone who wants to try it. Also
they have quite a stock of books and patterns for you to browse. Even if you know exactly what
your challenge quilt will be and are well along in its
construction, come and see what they have. If you have your Fishy quilt
well underway now, you’ll probably finish it in time to do a
second one before next June!
The ICO says the award winners are at
www.gualalaarts.org/AIR/03WINNERS.PDF.
Check the Quilting, Mixed Media, and Judges’ Awards!
October
14-16: Kate Pasquini Masopust
workshop: Ghost Layers and
Color Washes, 9:30—3:30.
November
21: Stack and Slash Comfort Quilt
workshop.
December
12: Holiday luncheon.
MEMBER
NEWS
Cynthia Chilton writes that she is ensconced in her new home
in Placitas, NM, and wants to thank everyone for helping and
supporting her in the process. Her
new email address is chilton03@comcast.net. She thinks everyone
should plan on the next Albuquerque/Santa Fe quilt show! And no doubt she and Linda
Cotton are attacking the fabric stores in the area.
Mona Innes wants everyone to know that she has a show opening
in Hayward on September 12. She
will be showing her recent endeavors:
assemblages on metal. There
will be a reception on opening night and the show will run
through October 5. It’s
at the Sun Gallery, 1015 E Street, phone (510)
581-4050. If you can make it,
contact Mona for more explicit directions.
HAPPY BIRTHDAYS
Lenore
Sollom
1
Janet
Sears
2
Gail
Sims
15
Maureen
Healy
19
Cynthia
Daniels
19
Cynthia
Chilton
20
Laura
Hamilton
21
Claire
McPherson
21
Virginia
Trautman
22
Chris
Francis
24
NEW MEMBERS
We
have two new members — numbering 94 and 95!
Francine
Baldus, P.O. Box 2100, Sebastopol, 95473, 823-1946, August 6,
mbaldus@sonic.net.
Carol
Drucker, 85 Menlo Place, Berkeley, 94707, January 10,
bcarmenlo@aol.com
Welcome!
LIBRARY
CORNER
by
Ann Graf
The
Patchwork Planner, the book Anita used for her great class,
is now in our library — check it out!
At our next meeting we want to have a lively and busy silent
auction, and we hope you will help out with donations. Please go through your own
quilt book collection and see if there are books that you are
ready to pass on. Call or
email me for pick up. 785-9213, graphil@bigplanet.com
STUDEBAKER
SAMPLERS
Sue Horn-Caskey is one of our members who lives in Oakland and
hasn’t been able to attend a meeting yet. But she wants us all to know
that the Bay Area Sampler Guild (of which she is program chair)
will present a lecture by Sue Studebaker on Ohio Schoolgirl
samplers. Sue is a collector
and the noted author of two books on the subject.
The Guild invites all needlework enthusiasts to attend the
evening, which begins at 10:30 a.m. at the Oakland Museum of
California. Sue will present
the first part of her slide lecture and then there will be a
lunch break at the Museum Café, followed by the second half of
the lecture.
Tickets are $15 for Sampler Guild members, $20 for the general
public. Entrance to the
Museum is $6 which qualifies you for half-price parking in the
indoor garage. The event will
be over by 2:00 p.m., allowing you plenty of time after the
lecture to tour some of the unique exhibits at the Oakland
Museum. This will be Sue
Studebaker’s only visit to California this year.
If you have questions or want tickets, contact Sue
Horn-Caskey, (510) 465-0211, shcandcfc@aol.com.
We look forward to seeing you at one of our meetings, Sue!