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MARQUETTE COUNTY
QUILTERS ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 411
Marquette, MI 49855
www.marquettequilters.com
April, 2014
April 2, 2014
Peter White Public Library
Community Room
6:30 PM
Programming Note
Ragene Henry said, “Calling all creative quilters!
Calling all ladies who like hats!
Calling all mad hatters!
It’s time for our Hat Challenge Reveal!”
There are no rules – but there are hundreds of possibilities. Here are a few
that we brainstormed within about 5 minutes at the February meeting: hats
with flowers, fruits (think Carmen Miranda), feathers, birds (with or without
feathers), sports hats, vacation hats (think palm trees or ski hills), holiday hats
(a very special witches hat or Easter Bunny Bonnet), ethnic hats, etc, etc, etc.
You can make a hat and decorate it, or you can use an existing hat and decorate
it.
We will have a parade of hats, a bunch of ooohs and aaaahs, and a lot of
laughter. I’ll be wearing a hat – please participate with me.
Preparations for our big, biennial Quilt Show are
ongoing. The Autumn Comforts Committee has been formed
under the guidance of Co-chairs Judy Parlato and Tracey
Cairati. Show dates are November 8 & 9, at NMU.
Please contact Judy or Tracey to see how you can get
involved in this well organized effort, as many different skills
and interests are needed to accomplish a wonderful show.
Our efforts are a patchwork quilt making a harmonious
whole!
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Our National Quilt Day event on Saturday March 15 was a great success, despite the
weather. Thank you to all who brought items for display and to those who came and helped
with setting up. Thanks, Esther, for bringing in your quilts to share during the bed
turning. Thanks to Alice, Marcy, Kathy and Susan for all of your hard work preparing for this
fun day. Thanks to ALL of you!
We had 80 or so guests come in to check us out and work on projects. We had three new
members sign up! The raffle quilt brought in around $70. It was great to have it there on
display. It is a beauty! This was a great way to kick off our raffle ticket sales.
I just wanted to say thanks,
Karen Sanford, Publicity Chair
And thanks to the wonderful collaboration with the Marquette Arts and Culture Center!
Welcome new MCQA Members!
Mike and Pat Muth, Laura Reilly
Save the Date: National
Quilting Day will be March
21, 2015.
Have you enjoyed the ongoing fiber arts displays at the
Sweetwater Café recently? The Explorers Friendship group
and then the Gwinn Quilters challenge quilts have been a
visual treat! And soon, the Yarnwinders weavers’ guild will
hang a show of recent works.
Some folks love breakfast on Tuesdays with the special hazelnut pancakes.
But I can enjoy a meal, or a dessert and coffee, anytime! I am grateful for
their hosting our local fiber artists’ works, as well as preparing locally
sourced food in this rich and cozy atmosphere.
And, if you would like to make a quilt worthy of hanging in a public viewing
space, have we got a workshop for you! Read on, and sign up quickly!
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Registration for the Toni Bergeon “Build – A – Quilt” Workshop
April 25-26 - Comfort Suites - 2463 US 41 Marquette, Michigan
Name _______________________________________________
e-mail _______________________________________________
phone_______________________________________________
Mailing address if you do not have e-mail_________________________________
___ I am a member of MCQA ___I am not a member of MCQA
___ I want to join MCQA (membership is $15/year)
_____ fee for the 4/26 workshop
($25 for members) ($40 for nonmembers)
_____ fee for the 4/25 trunk show
($5 for members) ($7 for nonmembers)
_____ total
Make checks out to MCQA and mail your check to:
Judy Parlato
456 W. M-35
Gwinn, MI 49841
(If you join MCQA for this workshop, your fee will $25 for the workshop, $15 for
membership)
_____ Paid by check (amount _____) for ______________________
_____ Paid cash (amount _____)
for ________________________
Date____________________ Received by ____________________
The supply list will be available upon registration
Tear this off as a reminder
Toni Bergeon Trunk Show Friday April 25th at 7:00 PM Comfort Suites Marquette
Toni Bergeon “Build – A – Quilt” Workshop April 26 9:00-4:00 Comfort Suites
For additional information call Ragene @ 249-9210 or Judy @ 346-6344 or Kim
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From Jeanne:
What is old is new again....
Ecclesiastes 1:9-10
That which has been is that which will be, And that which has
been done is that which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun. Is there
anything of which one might say, "See this, it is new "? Already it has existed for ages
which were before us.…
Is it a sign that I have been alive a long, long time? Even though we are experiencing a dizzying expansion
of technology and innovation our forebears couldn't have imagined, I keep finding examples in modern life
that remind me of the timelessness within the new.
Example: Modern quilting design. The Modern Quilt Guild says characteristics of modern quilting include,
but are not limited to: the use of bold colors and prints, high contrast and graphic areas of solid color,
improvisational piecing, minimalism, expansive negative space, and alternate grid work.
Now, take a look at Phoebe Pettit's Pieced Quilt in the Quilt Collection of the Smithsonian's National
Museum of American History: "Phoebe Pettit’s quilt has an elaborate quilting pattern imposed over a
pieced pattern, an unusual technique at this period. Blue threads in the selvedges of the dotted pink fabric
indicate that it was manufactured in England between 1774 and 1811. Diagonal quilting provides the
background for the complex floral stuffed-work pattern in the center. The irregular scalloped border that
cuts into the pieced pattern is a mystery."
The design parallels between Phoebe's early 19th century quilt and many contemporary moderns are
impressive. And once you are at the Smithsonian’s fabulous American History website listed below, you
can enjoy a showing of more than 200 quilts with documentation and analytics, many with detailed views.
These quilts are not now on display in the museum. So, take a look online. Better than a trip to D.C.!
americanhistory.si.edu
At the home page, go to collections and search Quilts for the full tour of 220+ items or enter
Phoebe Pettit in the search to go straight to her unusual quilt.
← Phoebe Pettit’s Pieced Quilt
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93 in x 73 in, circa 1775-1825
Detail
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MCQA Meeting Minutes
February 12, 2014
Mary Poirier opened meeting at 6:40pm at PWPL. Members were reminded that if MQT public schools
are closed, MCQA is cancelled and meeting will be rescheduled. This meeting replaces the Feb. 5 meeting
which was cancelled.
1) New Members and Guests chairman is Gerry Nault. No new members.
2) Year in Review included in February MCQA Newsletter.
3) Treasurer Report. Susan Vore.
a) Quilt Show balance is $793, Club balance $6770.
b) Raffle tickets have been purchased for Quilt Show Quilt. Proposed Budget included in February MCQA
Newsletter.
4) Friendship Group for Neonatal Quilts meets at Country Grill in Ishpeming on 2nd Thursday from 10 – 12 AM.
Ann Pilotte and Mary Kay Schaeffer are leaders.
5) Sewing Bee on Sunday, February 16 from 1-5pm. Focus on Charity Quiltsl
6) Autumn Comforts
a) Chris Wiik has raffle tickets for quilt show quilt.
b) Judy Parlato show chair – sign up for committees, some chairs still needed.
i) Hanging
ii) Booklet – thanks to Mary Jane Johnson we have a new system for preparing our booklet. We will
use a short-window format (?).
iii) Special Exhibit Chair
iv) Silent auction – an important income generator, second to raffle quilt.
v) Props
vi) Admission – Carol (Siebe ?) has help
vii) Great Lakes Rooms have been reserved for Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday (?). To allow time
for set up and take down.
viii) leave $2000 for seed money.
7) Teddy Bear Quilt – fewer teddy bears, other projects
8) Hospitality Laurie in charge
9) Library Still has offer to renew or subscribe to Fons and Porter magazine for $15. Payment to MCQA at Feb
or March meeting.
10) Sale Table. After discussion. Alice Johnson moved to discontinue table. Ragene Henry supported. Motion
passed unanimously.
Old business
Ragene Henry announced arrangements for Workshop with Tony Bergeron (from Green Bay, at Art on the Rocks
2013). April 25 (trunk show) and 26 (workshop). Will be at Comfort Suites.
New business
1. Audit reports accepted
2. Proposed budget as outlined by Susan Vore.
Discussion about advertising. Karen Sandford places free information in MJ and Marquette Monthly
Programming chair responsible for special special programs ???
3. Budget guidelines - see information in February 2014 Newsletter
4. National Quilt Day March 15 at PWPL - Information in Feb Newsletter.
Alice Johnson – fusible project – need 5” squares of grays, black/white fabrics
Susan Vore – bean bags or pin cushion – 3 ½
Other information in Newsletter.
5. Ragene Henry proposes a Spring parade of bonnets. Make or decorate. Also a special display for our Quilt Show.
6. Discussion about “Christmas” theme. Kathy Peters suggests Holiday, Spring adjectives.
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Just for fun…..From the American Quilter’s
Society Blog, Quiltviews.com
More Cabin Fever Cures
Quilt Sightings: Help us make a list!
Evergreen Quilters Guild Show
Sat, March 29, 10a - 5p
Sun, March 30, 10a – 4p
Show Includes:
 Traditional quilts
 Contemporary quilts
 Original art quilts
 "Challenge" quilts
 Judged and non-judged
quilts
Also: quilt raffle, silent auction,
vendors marketplace, quilt
appraisals (by appointment),
"Attic Treasures" sale, bake sale,
lunch.
Ashwaubenon High Gym
2391 South Ridge Rd.
Green Bay, WI
Admission $5
Free Parking
In a Discussion about Quilts and the TV on MyQuiltPlace,
Garnie P. Bethea said:
“Watching Gunsmoke and counting how many quilts I see.
All are beautiful. Just wish they would leave them on long
enough to really see them. Even the wallpaper and rugs
look like quilts. Do I have quilting on the brain?” Of course
you do, Garnie. So do we! It’s a great question, and a
challenge: What movies or television programs have
quilts in a scene?
I’m thinking Elaine in Seinfeld had a quilt behind her bed on
the wall. In 50 First Dates, you can’t miss the Hawaiian
quilt. More movie quilts that come to mind are You’ve Got
Mail, when Meg Ryan is sick and Tom Hanks drops by. (One
of my favorites. The movie, that is!) Several quilts have
been spotted in Nanny McPhee; of course, children in bed in
almost any Disney movie are comforted by a quilt! How
about Holiday Inn, and The Christmas Shoes? And Gone
With the Wind. (When was the last time you watched those
classics?)
This weekend:
Pepper Cory mentioned “Quilts Seen in Movies” in her Quilt
Flap blog. She admired National Velvet’s historically correct
quilt, but took special notice of the quilts in Coal Miner’s
Daughter and the TV movie, Sarah, Plain and Tall. They
were wrong for their time! This spawns a secondary list:
Out of Sync Movie Quilts (Quilt styles and fabrics that
came later than the movie!)
May in our area:
What quilt-sightings can you add? Comment and we’ll
keep a running list! (Updated 11/18/2013….thanks
for all the great responses, here and on the American
Quilter’s Society Facebook page! We have 117 and
climbing! Keep ’em coming, anytime you see one!)
Details from
Alley Kats
Ben’s Craft Center
Country Garden Quilts
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MCQA 2014 Board of Directors
Co-President: Carol Luoma,
Mary Poirer (February-April)
Past President: Ragene Henry
President Elect: needed 2014
V.P. Programs: Karen Wares, Coralie
Hambleton
V.P Publicity: Karen Sanford
Secretary: Tracey Cairati
Treasurer: Susan Vore
MCQA Board Meetings
All members are welcome to attend the monthly
Board Meetings.
Dandelion Cottage Room
Peter White Public Library
April: 6:00 – 6:25 pm, preceding the
general meeting
For Questions or Agenda Items contact Mary
Poirer, Carol Luoma or any Board member.
MCQA 2014 Special Committees
 Autumn Comforts 2014 Co-chairs: Judy Parlato
& Tracey Cairati
 Charity Quilt Coordinator: Carol Siebe
Bay Cliff: Chris Wiik
Harbor House: Donna Chase
Iron Mtn. Veteran’s Hospital: Karen Johnson
Neonatal: Ann Pillote, Erna Roever
Pregnancy Care Clinic: Carol Siebe
 Christmas in July: needed 2014
 Historian: Judy Parlato
 Hospitality: Laurie Short, need 1 more 2014
 Library: Connie Hagle, Jeanne Baumann
 Membership: Gerry Nault
 Newsletter Editor: Jeanne Baumann
 Property/Equipment: Alice Johnson
 Teddy Bear Quilts: Judy Courtright, Mary
Goodwin, Kim LaTourneau, Teresa Zielinski
What’s the buzz?
Send your quilting news and views to
Website: [email protected]
Newsletter: [email protected]
Deadline for May News:
April 23, for publishing on April 30