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River Heritage Quilters’ Guild
Volume 25 Issue 04
Quilt Chatter
www.riverquilters.org
(Meetings on 2nd Monday)
April 2014
WOW! What a wonderful retreat. I hope yours was as good as mine - plenty
of shopping, friends, food, and laughter. I think you will agree we had some beautiful show and tell on Saturday.
As I write this newsletter it is the first day of SPRING and it has been a long time
coming. Spring has definitely arrived, and Missouri is in all its glory. Trees are
budding and birds singing. Yellow is the predominant color and the color I always
associate with the first signs of spring. Forsythia bushes are in bloom, and yellow
jonquils will soon burst from their bulbs. Even yellow dandelions will soon appear.
Whenever quilters talk about yellow, it's not always kindly. It is often dismissed
and considered the most difficult color to use successfully in a quilt because it is
so dominant. However, adding yellow can infuse light and create a contrast in a
dark quilt. It can convey a message - remember those yellow ribbons?
I hope the yellow of spring creates sunlight and warmth to your days. Spread it
around just like you would in a quilt. May you have lovely, sunny days full of
many blossoms and lots of laughter during these April days.
Happy sewing,
Chris Ludwig, President
APRIL PROGRAM
The April program will be at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. It will be a trunk show given by
Joyce Kinder, quilter and owner of the new shop, Treasured Threads Quilting, in Dexter, MO. She
will also have items from her shop for sale and will show project samples for her upcoming classes.
Please bring a check or cash for your purchases.—Betty Meyer Co-Vice President
BLOCK OF THE MONTH
The blocks of the month for April are featuring the flying geese. The easier block is called Two Patch
Quilt. The less easy block is Trade Winds. If you make both blocks, you can enter the drawing
twice. Remember to put your name in the basket for the $5 gift certificate drawing. At our December
meeting, we will show the quilt tops that have been made with this year's blocks. Those attending the
December meeting will vote on the quilt tops. Gift certificates will be given for the top three quilt tops.—
Jeanette Buchheit
THE NATIONAL QUILT MUSEUM, PADUCAH, KY
New Quilts from an Old Favorite: Carolina Lily
March 14 - June 10
The Gilded Lily
March 14 - June 10
Distortion from the European Patchwork Meeting
April 4 - June 24, 2014
The international competition featuring the outstanding work of over 40 artists.
UPCOMING WORKSHOP
Katie Pasquini Masopust “From watercolor to quilt” May 29-31, 2014
Hazelwood Exhibit at Altenburg Museum
Ann Hazelwood’s twenty four quilts “Celebrating Red & White Exhibit” will be on display April 1-30, 2014, at the
Altenburg Museum. The reception for Ann will be Sunday, April 6, 1-3pm. Location: Lutheran Heritage Center
& Museum, 75 Church Street, Altenburg, MO. See the personal quilt collection of Ann Meyer Hazelwood: author, quilt appraiser, and quilt expert. For more information call 573-824-6070. Open daily 10:00 am - 4:00 pm.
Admission is free.
QUILTS OF VALOR
Information on the Quilts of Valor Block
Drive and our speaker for July can be found
at http://www.kevinthequilter.blogspot.com/
I will be collecting blocks at the May meeting to be sent to him.—Chris Ludwig,
President
April Birthdays
Linda Byerley 4/01
Barbara Geis 04/02
Mary Green 04/06
Joan Meyer 04/11
Linda Gast 04/15
Lisa Conley 04/20
Caroline Tilghman 04/21
Diana Diebold 04/25
2014 RETREAT
The Annual RHQG Quilt Retreat at the Kentucky Lake Village is over and was
a huge success. I know all who attended had a wonderful time! We filled 11
cabins with quilting friends who enjoyed their days of fun, laughter, good
food, games, shopping, and sewing!! Reservations have been secured for
next year, mark your calendars now and plan on attending this guild event.
Next year’s date is March 11-15, 2015, and we have reserved a total of 12
cabins. If you were unable to attend this year, we hope you will start making
your plans to join in the fun.
Special Thank-You to Mary Green for encouraging and helping me make this
year’s retreat a success.—Sally Miller, Retreat Chairman
DON’T MISS THESE PADUCAH QUILTS!
Corena Ressel (Kelso area quilters) and our own, Mary Alice Rushton, have been selected as a semi-finalist
for the 2014 AQS Quilt Week in Paducah, KY, to display “Corena’s Dream” quilt. Also, Timothy Latimer
has a beautiful hand quilted white whole cloth trapunto quilt called “The Whole Thing.” Tim belongs to the
Facebook group “Celebrate Hand Quilting” and has some tremendous quilts you would enjoy. Some other
exhibitors to look for are Ann McNew and Sue Nickels.
Community Quilts: Meets the first and third
Monday’s beginning at 9 a.m.; bring a sack
lunch. This is a great way to become more acquainted with our Guild!—Nancy East, 2638
Janet Drive, Cape Girardeau
AQS Machine Quilters Showcase!
Wednesday, April 2nd - Saturday, April 4th
Location:
Century II Convention Center Bob Brown Expo Hall
225 West Douglas Ave.
Wichita, KS 67202
Contact: Josh Campbell
Phone: 800-426-7233
Show Hours: Wednesday 3 pm - 7 pm
Thursday & Friday 9 am - 6 pm Saturday 9 am - 3 pm
3/10/14 Minutes:
The River Heritage Quilt Guild was called to order at 6:30 p.m. on March 10th, 2014, at the Church
of Christ by President Chris Ludwig.
Meeting minutes were approved by Lynnore Meyer and Mary Green.
We had a special 25th anniversary program honoring the charter members presenting 25 year pins:
Merle Deneke, Nancy East, Jewel Eggley, Lois Emerine, Mary Lou McNair, Joan Meyer, Betty Murray,
Glenda Nations, Nancy Pleimann, Judy Robinson, Vonda Slinkard, Nelda Steffen, Marjorie Suedekum,
Linda Tansil, and Lynne Taylor. 20 years pins were presented to Carolyn Andrews and Thelma Stone. 15
year pins went to Mary Peters and Mary Tripp. 10 year Sandy Wilhelm and Pam Mungle and 5 year pins
went to Jeanette Buchheit, Harriet Martin and Brenda Stroer.
March birthdays were: Jeanette Buchheit, Karie Hollerbach, Judy Kucera, Martha Cox, Mary Meyer,
Glenda Nations, Velda Keister, and Christine Childers
Our new block of the month will be 2 different blocks, 1 easy and 1 more challenging. They can be
found at Quilters Cache and this month they are called 2 patch quilt and trade winds. Winner for the month
was Carolyn Andrews.
Proposed changes to the constitution will be voted on at the April meeting.
Kevin Huffman will be our guest speaker in July and has a blog post and block challenge for quilts
of valor. Details can be found at www.kevinthequilter.blogspot.com.
Gadget of the month was a magnetic thingy that holds pins and scissors so you don’t have to search
for items. The winner was Thelma Stone.
April program will be Joyce Kinder from Dexter.
Fat quarter: Geometric
Mary and Lynnore presented ballots with suggestions for future workshops.
There were 82 members present, with 0 guests.
Attendance prize was won by: Debbie Morris
Name tag: Barb Narsh
Fat quarters: (46) Kate Eachus
Cash for Stash: $40.00 Lynnore Meyer
Show and Tell: Cindy Spaeth, Sandra Cryts, Julie Antill, Shirley Hrabar (3), Lois Emerine, Debbie
Morris, Nancy Kester, Mary Green, Barb Narsh, Mary Tripp (2) Darla Snider, Vonda Slinkard, Linda Gast,
and Cheral Benthal.
Respectfully submitted,
Sherry Welker, Secretary
PADUCAH KENTUCKY EVENTS
Quilt in a Day 3 locations:
1) Eleanor Burns’ Show at 609 Jefferson St 4/23-25 at 10,1,4; 4/26 @ 10 & 1--cost $5
2) Downtown store 119 N. 4th St. Wed-Fri 9am-9pm: Sat 9-5; Sunday 9-4
3) Warehouse on 1632 Kentucky Ave. Paducah KY; Sale--25% off all fabric
2014 Paducah AQS Show (Don’t forget to look for those special quilts!)
4/23/14-4/26/14
Wed-Fri 9 am to 6 pm
Saturday 9 am to 5 pm
Rotary Antique Quilt Show
T-Fr 9/6; Sat 9-4--fee $5
Robert Cherry Civic Center, 2701 Park Ave., Paducah, KY
Quilt & Vendor Expo @ KY Oaks Mall
10 am-9 pm
5101 Hinkleville Rd. @ 1-24 Exit 4, Paducah, KY
Special Events Dates
Mark your calendars and sign up for classes at the April Meeting.
May 28 (Wed.) or May 31 (Sat.) Jeanette Buchheit’s Mat and Ruler Bag
Where: The Golden Needle Annex (Old Siemer’s Appliance Store)
Time: 10:00-2:30 (Set up 9:30)
Cost: $15.00 (includes lunch)
June 20 (Fri.) or June 21 (Sat.) Sharon Collier’s “Geese at My Wedding” Judy Niemeyer
Pattern
Where: The Golden Needle Annex (Old Siemer’s Appliance Store)
Time: 9:30 – 4:00 (Set up (9:00)
Cost: $30.00 + Pattern (lunch $5.00)
June 5 (Thurs.) Sharon Collier’s Pre Class Session
Sharon will be at The Golden Needle to help you choose your fabrics, distribute patterns
and explain class preparations. Time: 1:00-5:00 (important to attend if possible).
July 21 (Mon.) Dana Hughes from Backyard Fabrics “Twisted Bargello”
Where: Cape Girardeau Public Library, 711 N Clark, Cape Girardeau, MO
Time 9:30- 4:00 (Set up 9:00)
Cost: $20.00 + pattern ($20.00) (lunch $5.00)
Dana will prepare kits for us. You will need to call her to order your kit. Cost will vary depending
on fabric (cotton or batik). Phone: Shop 270-345-2746 Wed-Fri, Sat 9-noon. (Dana requested
orders be made after the Paducah Quilt Show.)
August 12 (Tues.) Jenny Doan from Missouri Star Quilts
More information to come.
Sign-ups for classes begin at the April 14 meeting. Payment will be accepted for class
fees at this time. Please pay by check to RHQG. After April 14 classes will be offered to general public at The Golden Needle. Non-Guild members will be charged an additional $5.00 class
fee.
--Lynnore Meyer
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American Quilter’s Society QuiltWeek™ - Paducah—April 23-26, 2014
Paducah becomes a mecca each spring when 30,000 international and domestic quilters make the pilgrimage to attend AQS QuiltWeek™ - Paducah. In addition to the exhibits of the most exquisite quilts being
created today, AQS hosts a variety of special events, a vendor mall with approximately 400 vendor booths
and a series of workshops and lectures. Each year more than 5,000 quilters participate in AQS workshops
and classes conducted by world-renowned instructors. For more information, visit aqsshows.com/
AQSPaducah For accommodations during the show, visit paducah.travel.
RHQG 25TH BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE
Open to all RHQG Members to be displayed at the
2014 RHQG Show. Finished size 35”x35”, Center
must be 25”x25”, and Border must be 5” wide. It
does not need to be one fabric or a single border.
Must include a heart (e.g., heart fabric, heart charm,
heart block, etc.). Must include 25 of something
(blocks, hearts, etc.). Quilt must be completed by one
Guild member. No group projects. Any technique is
welcome but entry must be quilted. Deadline is July
2014 RHQG Monthly Meeting. All entries are eligible for judging in RHQG 2014 Quilt Show. These
quilts will be in their own category and eligible for a
ribbon. Eight finalists will be chosen in July 2014 to
submit to AQS Guild Challenge 2015.
MEETING LOCATION
6:30 p.m., Mon., 4/14/14
Cape Girardeau Public Library
FAT QUARTER
Geometric Pattern
Pinterest
Check out RHQG’s page
2015 RETREAT
March 11-15, 2015
10/4-5/2014 RHQG SHOW
Theme: “Patriotic”
NEWSLETTER
Please send all information to be published in the newsletter by the 20th of the previous
month to Cindy Spaeth. If your email changes or for any email announcements, send an
email to Donna Irwin.
2014 Committee Chairpersons
Audit — Glenda Nations
Community Projects—Nancy East
Director of Correspondence—Donna Irwin
Hospitality—Barb Narsh
Membership—Lynne Taylor
Website—Linda Tansil
Newsletter/Yearbook—Cindy Spaeth
Opportunity Quilt—Anastasia Gonzales
Opportunity Quilt Raffle—Merle Deneke
Pattern of the Month—Jeanette Buchheit
Publicity—Ravan Simms
Comfort Quilt—Harriet Martin
Quilt Show—Madeline Gieselman
Retreat Chairman—Sally Miller
2014 OFFICERS
President—Christina Ludwig
Co-Vice Presidents—Betty Meyer
and Linda Gast
Secretary—Sherry Welker
Treasurer—Nancy Pleimann
Historian—Carol Gallaher