Material Girls Quilt Guild Newsletter May 2014  From the President’s Desk Meeting Information The Material Girls Quilt Guild meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month* in the lower level at: Office of Older Adults 246 Northland Drive Medina, OH Happy May!!!! I think that spring has finally arrived. I have been enjoying a few walks up to the square to my favorite yogurt shop, Lemonberry. I get the fat free, sugar free flavor twist so I won’t feel so guilty. I have lots of spring plants coming up. With this being my first spring in this house, it is fun to see what comes up that you didn't know about. I’m told there are some fabulous lilacs in my side yard. I hope everyone else has had some outdoor time. The April workshop with Karen Sullivan was a huge success. The room was full of quilters working on their blocks and quite a few doing other projects that they brought with them. I made enough blocks for a 12 block quilt and enough to make a six block table runner. I used just scraps, but others had some beautifully coordinated colors; can't wait to see some finished projects. I can't get over how wonderful the participation has been in the Block of the Month and the Fat Quarter Swap. To have enough blocks and fat quarters to divide two or three times, and have multiple winners each month, just shows we have a hit on our hands with these programs. Keep up the good work. VISITORS WELCOME! *except December NEXT MEETING: MAY 14, 2014  Hospitality Laurie Bieniosek– [email protected] Edie Landis – [email protected] MAY REFRESHMENTS Snack: Laurie Talbott & Peggy Jelen Drinks: Grace Shanafelt  Birthdays On a personal note, I have a new grandson born on April 15, Hayden Aniel Cureton, 7 lbs 14 oz and 21 inches long. On the other end of the spectrum my oldest grandson, Ethan, has been accepted at West Virginia University to study petroleum engineering. His younger sister, Emma, has verbally committed to play soccer for Roanoke College next year. In fact, her whole club soccer team has committed to play soccer for various colleges, lots of work and dedication for these girls. Bieniosek – May 12 Laurie Birthdays Sandy Kalmeyer – May 19 Walters – May 22 Mary Birthdays Darla Eberly – May 25 Debbie Cadwell – May 28  Birthdays  Treasurer’s Report See you at the May meeting. Midge Cureton Sandy Kalmeyer – [email protected] Balance as of April 25, 2014: $3,598.34  Visit our Newsletter Online Reba McBride – [email protected] http://medinamaterialgirls.weebly.com  Guild Officers Chairman – Midge Cureton – [email protected] Co-Chairman – Sue Mayes – [email protected] Treasurer – Sandy Kalmeyer – [email protected] Recording Secretary – Mary Walters – [email protected] Page 1 of 3  2014 Membership  Program Notes Robin Bacho – [email protected] Reba McBride – [email protected] Elaine Goins – [email protected] Sandy Kalmeyer – [email protected] Current membership: 60 Our May program will feature our own group members, who took part in the 2013 ROW BY ROW ROUND ROBIN, for the REVEAL of their projects. We had 29 ladies participate in this program. Don’t miss out on this great showmanship of 29 original quilt designs. Don’t forget your camera.  Sew Saturdays Debbi McCloskey – [email protected] Diana Metter – [email protected] MAY Sew Saturday: MAY 17  April 2014 Minutes Midge called the meeting to order at 6:30pm and welcomed everyone to our second meeting of the year. (Previous meetings had been cancelled due to old man winter.) Our April gift basket winner was Peggy J. March BOM received 42 blocks, which were split and won by Jeanette R. and Cathy V. April BOM received 31 blocks, which were split and won by Jeanette R. and Peggy J. March F.Q. Swap received 24 pieces, which were split and won by Sandy K. and Laurie T. April F.Q. Swap received 22 pieces, which were split and won by Dawn T. and Peggy J. Our guest speaker, Patty Altier, was then introduced. Patty spoke about her technique of ‘Improvisational Piecing’. She provided handouts on her techniques and shared many samples of her work. After her talk was finished, she took questions from the audience. We then broke for refreshment time, where members had the opportunity to meet Patty and purchase her own hand-dyed fat quarters. Step two of the Mystery Quilt was distributed. Details on the upcoming quilt retreat to be held in September were discussed and registration forms were given. Show & Tell was presented by members. adjourned at 8:30. Meeting Our Sew Saturdays are held the Saturday following our scheduled guild meeting at the Medina Presbyterian Church, 5020 Burgundy Bay Blvd. in Medina. We begin at 10 a.m. and can sew until 4 p.m.  Blocks & Swaps Block of the Month Dawn Taylor – [email protected] Darla Eberly – [email protected] Robin Bacho – [email protected] May block title: BABY BUNTING BLOCK Fabric Colors: Yellow and White background May’s pattern is attached in pdf format for you. You can find the pattern, guidelines and fabric color chart on our website also. Deliver your block to the BOM table and sign in on the sheet provided for the change to win all the blocks. SWAPS Garage Sale Swap We continue to have a table available each month for your sewing room extras. Finding a new home for those fabrics, patterns and books is easy, when you bring them to the Garage Sale table where someone will find your trash and turn it into their treasure! Fat Quarter SWAP Mary Walters – [email protected] Bring us your PINKS! Contribute any hue of a PINK fat quarter and get a chance to win all the fabric in the Fat Quarter Drawing at the May meeting. Deliver to the Blocks & Swaps table and write your name on the sheet provided. Page 2 of 3  Workshops Gift Basket Swap Sandy Miller – [email protected] We will continue to have a table designated for donations for gift basket items created by Sandy Miller. This year all monies collected from the gift basket raffle will offset our Christmas dinner cost. Monies collected to date $212. Karen Sullivan – [email protected] Renate Girardi – [email protected] Our first workshop was held on April 12th. Karen lead the workshop, DRESDEN PLATE. There were 28 ladies in attendance. Karen and Renate are in the process of planning future workshops for 2014. Community Service  Mystery Quilt Dawn Taylor – [email protected] Darla Eberly – [email protected] Diana Metter – [email protected] Mary Walters – [email protected] Pet Beds – Save Ohio Strays Thank you to everyone who brought dog beds or scraps to the April meeting. I delivered another 18 pet beds to Save Ohio Strays. If you do not have enough scraps o make a bed on your own, bring in your bag of scraps or old pillowcases, and we will match them up with someone. Quilts of Valor Thank you to everyone who brought in a QOV quilt block last month. Currently I have 1 block to send to QOV for their block drive; 17 blocks to put into a quilt, and 1 quilt that needs binding and then I will request a destination. Blocks are collected for QOV and should be 12-1/2 inches unfinished size. Colors used should be red, white and blue. Any quilt block design is welcome, but stars are especially nice. Blocks can be brought to any guild meeting and given to Diana.  Sunshine Elaine Goins – [email protected] Our sunshine committee continues to provide cards as a small token of our care and concern, when our members are celebrating a happy occasion or facing a challenging time in their lives. Please contact Elaine when you know of a member who needs our well wishes. To date, Steps 1 & 2 have been distributed. What is a mystery quilt? ~ A quilt pattern written in steps and revealed one part at a time to hide the final appearance of the finished quilt.  Row by Row 2013/2014 Mary Walters – [email protected] The 2013 Row by Row Robin will conclude at our May meeting with the Reveal. Please have your rows assembled and your top finished for this program. Quilts do not necessarily have to be quilted at the time of the reveal.  Guild Retreat Mary Walters – [email protected] Karen Sullivan – [email protected] Our quilt retreat is scheduled for September 12-15, 2014 and will be held at The Inn at Amish Door in Wilmot, Ohio. Registration forms have been streaming in at record pace. We only have a couple spots left. Please see Mary W. for registration form. If the retreat is full when your registration arrives, you will be put on a waiting list and notified if a spot becomes available. This retreat is for members only.  Show & Tell Come and share your latest quilt, wall hanging, table runner, purse, doll, etc. We all need inspiration and new ideas for projects. Page 3 of 3