Valley of the Mist Quilters Guild
Volume 23 Issue 1
January, 2012
Baste & Banter
Welcome to our
First Meeting of the Year!
Shelly Swanland January 10, 2012
January, 2012
Cathedral Windows& So Much More
Inside this issue
Treasurer’s Report
2
Philanthropy Sew In
Membership
New Year Quilt Block
Board Lists
3
Monthly Mini
Tips from members
Items of Interest
4
Advertising
President’s Message
5
Wanted
UFO’s
History
6
Programs for the Year
Retreat
Philanthropy
7
Advertising
Think Ahead—Brown Bag
Come see Shelley Swanland - Cathedral Windows
At our next regularly scheduled meeting – January 10th, 2012
See or call Laura Haskell to sign up for the workshop.
In 1998 Shelley developed a technique for constructing Cathedral Window quilts
based on three-dimensional piecing techniques similar to the three-dimensional bow
tie block. Shelley’s first book is, “Machine Stitched Cathedral Windows”. Martingale &
Company, That Patchwork Place, released the book in December of 1999. It was followed in late 2001 by her second book, “Machine Stitched Cathedral Stars. In 2000 she
appeared in an episode of Simply Quilts. She formed a relationship with RJR Fashion
Fabrics and has designed many projects for them. Some of her quilts have appeared in
McCall’s Quilting, The Quilter, Quilter’s World and Quiltmaker magazines. Shelley has
created a wonderful line of patterns, which use elements of the techniques she used in
the Cathedral Windows designs. These quilts have the flavour of Cathedral Windows,
the rolled bias edges and three-dimensional qualities, and are an easy transition to the
quilts in her books. Shelley was the featured artist at SLO Quilters 2003 Quilt Celebration.
Cathedral Window Sampler
By Shelley Swanland
6 Hour Workshop – January 14, Quilter’s Coop, $30 members, $40 non-members
There is an optional kit for the workshop for $15.00, or pattern is available for $4.00, a
50% discount. A workshop supply list will be provided at time of payment.
You may call Laura at 951 301-9507 to sign up for class.
Charm Squares
Block of the Month
8
Advertising
9
Door Prizes
Secret Pals
10
Secret Pals
11
Trivia Contest NEW
Advertising
12-13
Mission
14
Meeting Location
Reminders
Practice the three-dimensional elements of Machine Stitched Cathedral
Windows while creating this sampler of 3D Flying Geese, Puzzle Stars and
an X Block with a larger section of Cathedral Windows.
Visit Shelley at www.shelleysstudio.com to see examples of her quilts and patterns.
Philanthropy Sew-in
Treasurer’s Report
Friends of Philanthropy meet the last Saturday of
the month, which is January 28th this month. We
will be working with a couple of tubs of flannel
fabric as well as other material from the philanthropy stash.
Profit and Loss Statement
November 1, thru November 30,2011
There are several simple patterns available or
bring your own ideas or work in progress. We
meet at the Heritage Mobile Home Clubhouse at
31130 S. General Kearny Road, Temecula from 10
to 3. Bring your sewing machine and the usual
sewing supplies. Please bring your lunch. There is
a microwave and refrigerator available for our use.
Merchandise
$ 97.00
Monthly Mini
$ 33.00
Opportunity Quilt
$101.00
Work on whatever project strikes your fancy. We
make mostly quilt tops, but sometimes machine
quilt and finish quilts for philanthropy at these
sessions. Please come and bring a friend. For more
information or any questions, call
Lee Hart or Gloria Bachmann.
Expenses:
Balance Forward
$28247.01
Income:
Total Income
$ 231.00
Donations
$900.00
Newsletter Expense
$ 46.70
Operation Expense
$150.00
(Meeting room for SCCQG)
It is threads, hundreds of tiny
threads which sew people
together through the years.
—Simone Signoret
Membership
Thanks to all of you who have submitted your
membership renewals. If you haven’t turned
yours in yet, they are due by the January meeting along with your dues of $30. Please either
mail them to me, the guild PO Box, or hand
them in at the January meeting
A new form is required every year. The form is
available on the website. Please be careful
when entering your information on the form –
especially email addresses – if they are not
clearly written, they can get entered wrong.
The form has two pages, with the second page
going to the Quilt Show Chair
Finally, please contact the committee head of
any committee you are joining as they may not
get the information in time for their next committee meeting.
Thanks
Adriane Ridder
Membership Chair
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Quilt Show Expense
$131.46
Speaker Fees
Lecture
$ 250.00
Lodging& Travel
$ 63.14
Meals
$ 34.67
Workshop
$ 500.00
Sunshine committee
$ 10.00
Treasurers Expense
$ 23.71
Total Expense
$2109.68
Net Loss
( $1878.68)
Total Current Balance
$26368.33
Respectfully Submitted by Jane Ward, Treasurer, VOMQG 2011
Happy New Year Quilt
Pattern
Block
QuiltBlockLibrary.com offers free
quilt pattern
and new video showing how to sew
the Happy
New Year Quilt Block. “This block is loaded with different styles
of triangles, and using bright, colorful fabric makes the finished
quilt block look like the confetti used to bring in each New
Year.”
Elected GUILD OFFICERS for 2012
TIPS 4 U
Members who have
items for sale can
join Yahooo Goup
Sew-it-forsale. It's
free, there are easy
rules that you can
read in the group
files. I have sold
several items and
also bought many.
From Julie Nims
Sewing Machine
Tech, Leo Sampaio,
will make house
calls, cheaper if
you get a group.
He’s soooo good!
He’s certified by
Bernina, Viking,
Janome & Brother.
909 499-8955
From Marlene
Oaks
Monthly Mini
For only $1 you get
3 chances to win
our beautiful mini
quilt of the month!
What a bargain!
Be sure to check
out the Monthly
Mini table.
Elected Officers – Executive Board
President –Marlene Oaks- home 951.837.4819 cell 551.9489
First Vice President – Sheryl Eramo
Second Vice President – Cheri Mc Dowell
Ways & Means Chairperson – Dru Farrell
Secretary – Karen Heath
Treasurer – Catherine Buckingham
Appointed Officers – General Board
Membership Chairperson – Adriane Ridder
Membership Assistants – Sandy Besanson, Kathy Poletti
Philanthropy Chairpersons – Jane Ward & Evelyn Durant
Website Coordinator –
Newsletter Editor –
Quilt Show Chairperson – Pauline McCauley
Quilt Show Assistants –
Librarian –
Advertising Coordinator – Karen Butler
Parliamentarian – Dene Ryan
Facilities Coordinator – Gloria Bachmann
SCCQG Representatives – Julie Nims & Karen Johnson
Workshops Coordinator – Laura Haskell
Board Member Positions
Publicity and PR – Terri Barry
Hospitality – Sara Kalinin
Internal Auditor – Melody Wagner
Historian/Photographer –
Special Committees
Opportunity Quilt 2012 & 2013–
Opportunity Quilt Committee—Marcy Boswell
Merchandise –
Travel/Retreats – Terri Barry, Jane Ward
Friendship Groups – Sue Niland
Secret Pals & Sunshine– Kathy Poletti
Door Prizes – Judy Sanchez
Monthly Mini – Lynn Korito, Sherry Riddle & Marc Joost
Charm Squares—Lynn Korito, Sherry Riddle & Marc Joost
Block of the Month – Jami Loudenback
Show & Tell – Suzanne Bocherds
Challenge/mystery quilt—Jan Dolan
Brown Bag—Cheri McDowell, Dene Ryan, Savanah Wallace
Newsletter Team - Kathy Poletti, Marijo Young, Carol Donoho
In Red, open positions
In our life there is a
single color, as on an
artist's palette, which
provides the meaning
of life and art. It is the
color of love.
—Marc Chagall
Volume 23 Issue 1
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Games TV Test “Patterns”
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Guess the classic television shows that these quilts
were inspired by:
A shabby chic quilt featuring six Friendship Star blocks;
A pieced angel pattern using soft to the “touch” flannel;
Red and white cross-themed blocks surrounded by an army green border;
A large boat made from heart fabrics appliquéd onto blue
Ocean Waves blocks; and
A “mystery quilt” using Hawaiian shirts once worn by a
hunky, mustachioed man.
1. Friends; 2. Touched by an Angel; 3. M*A*S*H; 4. The Love
Boat; 5. Magnum PI
Just like some of my quilts!
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Volume 23 Issue 1
Thoughts from Your President
needs you to play your part.
Please let me know what position you will play.
It is with joy, anticipation & great
hope that I enter this new era of
life. What an honor of being your
president! Just to let you know, I
view this position more as a
cheerleader & a coach. The guild
is a team sport.
I just know it’s going to be a
fabulous year! What surprises
we will enjoy! What new ideas
will inspire our minds! What
great friendships will develop!
I’m so glad you are part of the
team!
We promote quilting & sewing --learning, growing, sharing, &
reaching out together in so many
ways. We join together for meetings to learn from visiting teachers & to be together. We come together in classes to further our
skills. We meet in friendship
groups to enjoy our art & help
each other with projects. We
make quilts for those in need &
send our love out into the world.
We inspire the community as we
drape Old Town with the work of
our hands. And we do countless
other things that make a difference. And along the way, we
make incredible friendships.
Blessings, Sew On,
To You from Marlene
Quilting is both an ancient & a
very modern thing to do. For unknown millennium, people have
put together fabric in layers for
warmth, for beauty, for rites of
passage; to wrap the dead & the
newborn, to cover the newlyweds, to send to the front. There
are days when we feel connected
to the continuous stream of people who have sat with needle,
thread & fabric to create something both useful & beautiful. It is
amazing to be part of this historic
stream of energy.
This thing we call The Valley of
the Mist Quilters’ Guild is you.
Ask yourself what role you will
take this year in your guild. What
part of the historic stream calls
you into action? This team sport
Marlene Oaks
Here’s A Thought
Please look at the
wanted list! Imagine
our guild without
these things.
If not you, who?
If not now, when?
Attention Board
Wanted
Board Meetings starting
in January will be held
the Monday following
our Guild meeting at
6:30 pm at Sandy’s
Pieced with Love
Quilt Shop in Murrieta,
in the same center as
Ross, Sizzler, etc.
See her ad for directions
FOR 2012
Merchandise
Library
Newsletter
Website
Opportunity quilt
Historian
Photographer
Nominating committee
2013 Retreat
Coordinator
Please turn yourself in
As Soon As Possible!
Old Saxon emblem for January
UFO’S???
Come to the Coop with Dru
She’ll help you!
2nd Wednesday of every month at 1:30
pm and the
4th Tuesday of every month at 5pm
What did the daddy
quilt say to the baby
quilt? "You're a chip
off the old quilt
block."
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Some History
From Our VP—A Preview of Our Year’s Programs
We have a very exciting year for speakers and workshops coming
up, so mark your calendars and plan to join in for learning and fun!
In addition to shortages of gas and food
during World War II, steel shortages
meant sewing machine production was
halted. Since they couldn’t sell sewing
machines, the 1943 Sears catalog offered
only replacement parts and preventative
maintenance tips. (Source: Joan Kiplinger)
Chinese New Year, Jan 23rd
The Year of the Dragon
Chinese New Year is a time to welcome
longevity, wealth and prosperity and to
eliminate any negative chi from the past.
This fourteen day celebration is very symbolic. People born under the Dragon are
passionate, brave and self-assured. At
their best they are pioneering spirits; at
their worst, they epitomize the old adage:
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Dragons are generous with their resources, a tendency that at its most negative can reflect a foolhardy attitude towards money. But Dragons in general are
blessed with good fortune. They are
smart, enterprising and have a wicked
sense of humor. They have a natural flair
for fashion and are the people to consult if
you want to catch up on the latest trends.
The Dragon’s lucky color is yellow.
After Christmas Retreat Sale!
Yes for only $250.00 you get a
weekend getaway!
Quilt to your hearts content, food,
fun, prizes and more fun! We will
have a apron fashion show,
a few games, a swap your stash
meet, and lots more! Sign up today!
The retreat is April 20, 21, and
22nd.
Can't get away for the whole weekend,
come on out as a Day tripper on
Saturday.
See Jane or Terri for details.
Hurry before all
the spaces are gone!
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Starting in January we have Shelly Swanland, who will show us her
marvelous Cathedral Window quilts and then teach us how to make them! In
February, Sylvia Q. Davis will give us hints and laughter for Stash Reduction (making more room for future fabric purchases natch!) and teach us her
fun & easy Triad Quilt. By March, get ready to learn how to make your very
own Art Quilt with Grace Errea and with her techniques and patterns and her
2 day workshop, take home a beautiful finished piece of art! In April, learn
how a quilter goes From Cotton To Wool, when Kris Kouzelos brings her
great trunk show and offers a wool applique workshop complete with original
pattern…peaceful and easy, no sewing machines needed. In May we
switch gears from art & applique to Keeping it Sew Simple with Robin Gallagher, who will share her many wonderful hints for making your quilts easier and fun. Plan to take home your bag of any size (small enough for a purse,
or make it larger for the next fabric sale!) with her Lettie’s Bag workshop, and
possibly a new bag pattern from Robin.
June brings our famous & fabulous “Brown Bag” Event, and July is
when we all get smarter at Quilt University. August will find us at our favorite activity: sewing for Philanthropy at our Sewing Bee, and in September,
we celebrate our guild’s birthday with another wonderful Challenge/
Mystery quilt adventure!
Finally, in October, welcome the extraordinary Sharon Schamber,
who will bring some of her fabulous quilts to share and tell us of her quilting
journey. Sign up for one or both of her 2 workshops…in one learn her technique for Piec-lique, and in the other learn all about machine quilting with
Feathers, Corners, Borders & Blocks. At our last regular meeting of the year
in November, Laura Wasilowski comes to us from the ‘Chicago School of
Fusing’…her lecture is titled So Many Chickens, So Little Time, Diary of a Serial Quilter, and you won’t want to miss it! She shows her bright whimsical
quilts & tells her stories amid song and laughter. Learn how to fuse and create in 2 workshops: make a wall hanging for your sewing space with Tools of
the Trade, or brighten up a corner with your own Garden of Eden. In December, join us for our final get together of the year at the annual Holiday
Dinner where all members are welcome to share fun & laughter around the
table.
Don’t miss out on these wonderful speakers/teachers & events! Be
sure to send your membership renewals in asap and plan to bring a guest (or
several) to meetings! Sign up for workshops to learn a new technique or just
participate in an activity you love. New members, welcome and we hope you
will enjoy our programs for the year and participate in this opportunity to
learn from experts in our field. Workshops are a great bargain for members. (Non members may participate at higher fees if there is room.)
Working on Programs for 2013….if there is a speaker you would love
to see and learn from….please let me know!
Cheri McDowell
Quilters have happy
faces because we have
happy lives
creating beautiful
things!
Volume 23 Issue 1
Philanthropy
Come to the
Philanthropy table at
the back, check out a
kit to finish for our
outreach work.
Together we make
such a wonderful
difference.
You make the
quilt guild world
turn around.
Thanks for all
you do!
Charm Squares & More
Watch for the handout
at our meeting announcing
changes in the charm
squares for 2012.
Think Ahead
JUNE BROWN BAG
EVENT
We will be collecting
donations of BASKETS, or
other containers for the June Brown Bag
Event starting in January this year.
Bring any baskets, or other containers
such as colorful/cute boxes, clear bags,
wire baskets, wooden or plastic containers, or any other items that will hold donations such as fabric, books, sewing
items, etc. to meetings January through
May.
Cheri McDowell & Dene Ryan will be
collecting them at each meeting. Also,
as you clean out your sewing rooms…(!)
set aside any sewing related items you
wish to donate, and we will start accepting them at the March meeting. Lets
work together to make this a great fund
raiser for our guild year!
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Block of the Month —— by Jami Loudenback
February Block of the Month
Red & White Fly
Cutting Instructions
Green Print: 4 squares 3”
8 Squares 2 1/2”
Red Solid:
5 squares 2 1/2”
Cutting Chart:
Dark Red
A: 4 - 3 1/2 x 3 1/2
Med Red
B: 1 - 3 1/2 x 3 1/2
C: 2 - 4 x 4
D
Assembly Instructions
C
On wrong side of 4” Med Red
square, draw diagonal line. Layer
square with 4” white square, right
sides together. Sew 1/4” seam on
each side of marked line. Cut apart
on marked line. Press. Trim to 3 1/2”
sq. (D/C) Make 4 pieced squares.
A
Using Diagram, assemble block.
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B
If you have photos from
our meetings, classes,
show & tell, etc.,
please email them so I
can start putting
some in our
newsletter.
Thanks, Marlene
Show & Tell
Bring your latest creations
to share at our meeting!
And someone bring a
camera, please
Door Prizes
I’m Judy Sanchez your Door Prize Coordinator for 2012 with a reminder to all of you
celebrating a January birthday to bring a gift for the door prize table. And it’s not too
late for you December birthdays to bring a gift, if you hadn’t done so already, to help
fill up the table.
Remember your name tags as it will get you two tickets while no name tag or guests
get one ticket.
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SECRET PALS
Name: ________________________________________________________
DOB:_____________________
Spouse’s name: ___________________________________________
Anniversary date: ___________
Mailing address: ____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
E-mail address:_____________________________
Phone number: _____________ Mobile number___________
Children? Grandchildren? (How many? Their ages?)
Pets? (How many; what kind?)
Do you work outside your home? What sort of work do you do?
Are you a beginning quilter? Intermediate? Advanced? Expert?
What kind of quilting do you like best: Traditional? Paper pieced? Appliqué? Art?
Do you hand quilt? Machine quilt? Send your tops to a long-arm quilter?
Is there a technique you’ve wanted to try?
What’s your favorite color or style of fabric?
Is there a style, type or color fabric you particularly don’t like?
What are your favorite colors in general?
Do you have any other hobbies or passions besides quilting?
Is your home decorated in a particular style? Colors?
Do you collect anything other than fabric?
Do you have a preference for a particular type of batting?
What’s your preferred thread? Color?
Is there a type of thread you particularly hate?
Do you use pre-wound bobbins?
Do you have a favorite scent?
Name of scent: ____________________________
Is there a scent that you just can’t stand?
Is there an online quilt store that you really like?
Is there a local quilt store that you really like?
Would you like to receive any of the following:
___scented candles
___unscented candles
___scented soaps or lotions
___unscented soaps or lotions
___cotton thread: favorite brand(s)
___pre-wound bobbins: colors
___small quilting tools
___machine needles: machine type
___hand needles: type and size
___quilting magazine: title (s)
___tea
___coffee
___chocolate
___other __________________________________
This may seem like a terribly detailed questionnaire, but we want to give as much information to your Secret Pal
as possible, in order for her/him to make informed decisions about your gifts.
Is there anything else you would like your Secret Pal to know about you? Remember that the more she/he knows
about your tastes, likes and dislikes, the more likely you will receive gifts that you like and will use.
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Please remember this is a monthly commitment through December 2012. If you can not make it to a guild
meeting, arrange for someone to bring your gift to the meeting, or double up the following month.
Your Secret Pal gift must be new, not photo-copied, opened or used. Give the quality of gift that you would like
to receive, yourself. Try to spend in the neighborhood of $10.00.
If you have any questions or problems concerning Secret Pals, please call me at 676-5253, or contact me
via e-mail at [email protected] (preferred).
Return to Kathy Poletti no later than the February guild meeting (2.14.2012). I will have a box at the
membership table to both pick up and drop off forms.
SECRET PALS:
ENJOY THE FUN OF GIVING (AND RECEIVING)!!!!
Ladies and Gentlemen, it's a New Year, so that means time for a new Secret Pal.
You too can be a part of the fun each month! Be part of this year’s adventure, as we search for just the
right inexpensive but perfect treasure, surreptitiously observe reactions, and anticipate what our own gift
might be each month.
To participate in Secret Pals, please fill out the detailed questionnaire and submit it no later than the
February meeting. We have included the questionnaire in this newsletter and copies will be available at the
next two meetings. Each participant will receive the form of another participant and she/he will secretly give
her Pal a gift at each Guild meeting, beginning with March and continue until the big reveal at the December
meeting and party. It is always fun to give and receive a gift, and the fun is even greater when you have no
idea who your Secret Pal could be. Neither the participants nor the specific Pals are revealed until the December meeting, so you will have 10 whole months to speculate about who is providing your gifts! Ask around for
opinions about being and having a Secret Pal. You will NOT want to miss the fun!
—Kathy Poletti, Secret Pals
[email protected]
Trivia Contest Entry
Why do stork scissors look like storks? Bring answer to Jan.
meeting for a chance to win a prize!!!
Answer:
Name:____________________________________________________________________
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Volume 23 Issue 1
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Valley of the Mist
Quilters
Please deliver promptly to:
PMB 435
27475 Ynez Road
Temecula, CA 92591
http://www.
valleyofthemistquilters
.com/
Mission Statement
Janus, namesake of January
Our Guild was formed in 1990 and is a non-profit organization.
The purpose of our Guild is to promote cooperation and the
Our Meeting Location
Community
exchange of ideas among those persons interested in or
Recreation Center
engaged in quilting and to further the education and
at 30875 Rancho Vista
Rd. Temecula
skill levels of our members.
Exit the 15 Freeway at
Rancho California Road
and go east. Go to Ynez
Road and turn right. Go to
Rancho Vista Road and
turn left. It is
approximately 1 ½ miles &
on the right-hand side.
Meetings are the second
Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Reminders:
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Social Time 6:30 PM
All sewers welcome
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Meeting
Jan. 10th—
Cathedral Windcws &
more with Shelley
Swanland
Workshop Jan. 14th
Bring doorprize & refreshments if this is
your birthday month
or if it was Dec.
Bring block of the
month & charm sqs.
Bring your trivia an-
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swer for contest.
Board meeting Jan.
16 at 6:30 at Pieced
with Love Quilt Shop
Check out Board Opportunities for 2012.
Participation is fun
Think about joining a
Friendship Group if
you’re not in one.
Get your articles in by
the 20th of Jan. for
Feb. newsletter
Mark on your calendar
April 20th week-end
2012 for our next retreat– plan ahead
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Invite friends—they
would love it!
Looking ahead
Sylvia Q. Davis, Feb.
Stash Reduction, Triad
Grace Errea, March
Inspirational Journey,
Art Quilt
And so much more coming
up for you!!!