WOMEN OF THE WEST QUILTERS November, 2010 www.wowquiltguild.com Cathy Geier Cathy has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Art History; she specifically studied 19th century landscapes in English and French art. Many of her quilts have been juried into national shows. Cathy enjoys lecturing and teaching her landscape quilt methods both regionally and nationally. She is married with three grown children and her husband's job with the Forest Service has led her family to some of the most scenic places in the country. Her quilts reflect her love of the forests, mountains and lakes around her. Because she knows the difficulty in finding the right fabrics for landscape quilts she has chosen to arrange a fabric catalog according to your landscape needs; whether it be distant hills or artfully appliquéd flowers. Included in the catalog are essential building materials for fences, and European villas. There are also assorted fabrics for special touches like vases and flower pots. Comments and suggestions are always welcome! Cathy looks forward to working with you. Monday, November 22, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m. October Highlights The array of challenge quilts in the “Create A Quilt That Tells A Story.” Chuckles about the achievers and the over-achievers among the Siciliano workshop participants. Below are the mystery quilt participants from the retreat. From the top left, winners of the October challenge are Carol Henderson’s "It's Mine" won Best Title, Karen Petersen’s "Paradise at Sunset" won Best Use of Fabric, Mickey Ellis’ “My Journey" won Most Unique, and Mary Gunness’ "Picking Blueberries" won Viewer's Choice Upcoming Program & Workshop….. Holiday Party December 13, 2010 President’s Letter I am pleased to announce that our list of Officers and Committee chairs is finely full. We have had some changes since our voting at the last meeting so we will have to vote those positions into place.*** Thank you to all those who have found time in their busy schedules to take on an office or committee chair. By this time I am sure that you have lots of Christmas projects in mind or under way. I know I do. I have been wanting to make a Christmas 4-Patch Posie quilt for some time. I have the fabric, now we will have to see if it gets done. I am currently writing this from my little patch of paradise that you saw in my challenge quilt. It is nice down here in Florida but I will be returning before the next meeting. The holidays just are not the holidays here and besides my children and grandchildren are all in Minnesota. I have been working on some small Christmas projects while I am here. It seems that I need to be making something all the time. If I keep my hands busy then it helps to keep them out of the Chip/Candy bag – I am not always successful. Happy Quilting, See you soon Karen Petersen Co President WOW Board Meeting October 18, 2010 Present: Mary Gunness, Karen Petersen, Suzanne Nelson, Lynda Guisinger, Wendy Fedie, Mary Hess, Sonja Folven Old Business: The November workshop with Cathy Geier will be on11/22 at Medina. The fee for the November workshop is $45 and $19 for required kit. Quilt Show update: Dean was not present and sent update the planning is going well. Election update: there are two openings remaining assistant editor and resolution quilt. Suggestions for next year would be to start earlier and provide an explanation of each position. Wendy will notify the state to determine our tax exempt number. New Business: December Christmas party: Pattern for the stocking is on the website. Items to be placed in the stocking are listed in the newsletter. Mary will check with Medina for food options. We reviewed the current budget. The 2011 budget will be ready for review in November and will be voted on at the January guild meeting. Mary will contact Medina to determine the rent for 2011. Membership committee will send a letter to area quilt shops regarding the opportunity of a business membership to our guild. The 2011 board will be invited to the next board meeting on November 15 from 6:30-8PM at Lunds in Plymouth. Respectfully submitted, Sonja Folven Respectfully submitted, Sonja Folven November Block of the Month Unnamed 12” finished. December 13th Guild Meeting. *** Note the date change *** It’s not too early to think about Christmas. This year we will be making Christmas stockings for a women and children’s shelter in our area. A simple stocking pattern will be available at the October guild meeting and as a PDF file on the web site. Using this basic pattern, make one or more stockings out of a fabric of your choice. Decorate anyway you wish and bring them to the Dec 13 guild meeting. Along with your stocking please bring some stocking stuffers from the list below. At the guild meeting we will stuff the stockings with your donated items and a board member will deliver them to the shelter. Stocking stuffer ideas: • Hand soap, travel sizes of shampoo, lotions, • toothpaste and tooth brushes. • Combs, hair accessories • Small coloring books and crayons • Small children’s books • Small toys, both boys and girls • Note Cards • Manicure sets • Basically anything that might fit into a stocking. • NO FOOD For show and share that night, bring something quilted you have made for Christmas. President’s Block President's block for Karen and Mary, please make one block for each of them. Start with a 6.5 inch square of off white fabric. Add a 2.5 inch square fabric of your choice sewn diagonally on each corner, press, don't cut away the excess fabric. The four corners can be scrappy or all the same, it is up to you. For a sample of sewing techniques please see the web site below. BE SURE to sign your block in the middle on the front of the fabric. This is a signature friendship block. Your Name e Correction: pictured winning the basket of fabric at the Siciliano lecture is Barb Meyer. Workshop The Forest Scenes workshop on Nov 22 with Cathy Geier will be in the Oakwood Room at Medina Entertainment Center from 9-4:30. 2011 WOW Quilt Show News The next meeting of the Quilt Show Committee will be Tuesday evening November 9th at 7pm at the Plymouth Library in the Vicksburg Room. Any interested parties are welcome. We have an opening for someone who would focus on publicity for the Quilt Show. The Raffle Quilt is underway and will be a big WOW! Please contact Dean Davis at 952-412-3155 or [email protected] with any concerns or questions. Community Service Thanks to all of you who took quilts to finish and also those who brought completed quilts and tops to our meeting. . We will bring Christmas fabric that you might use for place mats or the Christmas Stockings that were discussed. We will plan to have a table set up in the back each month for you to use. There will be a place to put completed quilts and also a place to pick up quilts to finish. If you have not taken our little survey we will have those slips available also. It was helpful to see what people were interested in doing. We have a box with many plastic bags. Perhaps a committee has a need for them. We will not be doing kits anymore so we do not have a use for them. Some are slightly used and some are new. Contact Nancy Miller at [email protected] (underscore between nancy and miller) if you would like to have them. Below is a picture of some of the community service quilts shown at the October program meeting. October 25, 2010 WOW meeting Karen Petersen opened the meeting. The Christmas party is December 13. We are making Christmas stockings to fill. The stockings will be given to women’s shelters for their children. The pattern is on the web site as a PDF file or there is a pattern at the meeting to trace or you may use your own pattern. The list of items for the stockings is in the newsletter. Toys for the boys and girls may also be donated. The nominees for the 2011 board were introduced and they each said a few words about themselves. The committee chair nominees were also introduced. The vote was taken and passed. The November 22 workshop is by Cathy Geier. The price for the full day workshop will be $45 plus $19 for the kit. The instructions for the president’s block are the newsletter. Please make two blocks, one for Mary and one for Karen. Sign your name in the center of the block with a permanent marker. Quilt show updates: Shawn Taylor is coordinating the boutique. She has two fat eights of fabric for members to use for making 9½ inch blocks that will be sold at the boutique. Use the pattern of your choice and you may add additional fabrics. You don’t need to use both fabrics in each block. Bring blocks and items for the boutique to the guild meetings. Carole Olson requested a helper for sales of raffle quilt tickets and Lisa Olson volunteered. Sharon Peterson and Chris Heusers had participants of the retreat who made the mystery quilts show their quilts. Community services showed the items donated. Block of the month blocks winner is Suzanne Nelson and Nancy Joens won the fat quarter. Respectfully submitted, Sonja Folven Officers & Committee Chairs for 2011 A vote was taken at the October meeting to formally elect the below-listed slate of officers (in bold) and committee chairs. Many thanks to those who stepped forward to take positions. President: Mickey Ellis Vice President: Julie Harstad Secretary: (shared) Lisa Dietrich-Blocker & LuAnn Sing Treasurer: Wendy Fedie (second year of 2 yr position) Newsletter Editor: Lisa Olson*** Activity Chair: Ruth Ann Mohs Birthday Club: Diane Salls & Becky Pulsa Block of the Month: Lori Allison Community Service: Maple Grove Senior Quilters Door Prizes: (shared) Jill Johnson & Linda Lutz Historian: Gigi Hickey Membership: (shared) Lola Hanson & Shirley Bonacci Assistant Editor: Sharyn Resvick*** Secret Sisters: Janet Balej Show Chair: Dean Davis Small Group Coordinator: Carole Olson Resolution Quilts: Elaine Miller Sunshine & Shadows: Barb Pavek Web Mistress: Dawn Bryant Retreat Coord: (shared) Sharon Peterson & Cindy Stenson Mystery Quilt: Elaine Franks New Member, Nancy Erbst hails from Princeton and has been quilting about 5 years. She prefers small projects like runners, toppers, bags, lap quilts and wall hangings. Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church will hold its annual craft and bake sale on Saturday, November 20 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Featured items are lefse, home-made candies and baked goods, quilted items and a yummy lunch. I've heard it said it's the best church sale in the area. Address is 5005 Northwest Blvd in Plymouth. Submitted by Carole Olson, WOW and Beautiful Savior member. Women Of the West Q U IL T E RS P.O. Box 46222, Plymouth, MN 55447 WOW 2009 Officers & Committee Chairs November Checklist President’s Block Your Nametag Boutique Donations Block of the Month Community Service Donations Secret Sister surprises Birthday Club Donation Show & Share Co-President Vice President(s) Secretary(s) Treasurer Activity Chair Birthday Club Block of the Month Challenge Quilt Community Service Door Prizes Historian Membership The Women of the West Quilt Guild was organized in December of 1997 to encourage and support all levels of quilters. 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