TWILIGHT QUILTER'S GUILD MEETING

TWILIGHT QUILTER'S GUILD July 2007 Volume 18 #7

In this Newsletter: Future Meetings Previous Meetings Guild Projects Membership and New Members Guild Officers Area Events Web Sites Books and Magazines in Area Libraries Tips for Quilters FUTURE MEETINGS The Twilight Quilter's Guild meets at 6:30 p.m. on the first Monday night of every month. Meetings are held at the Warner Park Community Center, 1625 Northport Drive, Madison, Wisconsin. The July meeting will be at Walcotts on East Washington Ave., and the August meeting will be at Millhouse in Waunakee. Guests and new members are welcome.

July 9th ========= We will be meeting at Walcotts on East Washington Ave. for a presentation by Rose Mary Huber Pauls on threads for quilting and embellishment. During the month of July, if you bring in a can of non-perishable food for the local food pantry, you will receive a 25% discount on all in stock threads. One discount for each food item. Rose Mary always has lots of great ideas and she is lots of fun.

Treats will be provided by Sharyn Streicher and Pat Bolstad.

And, we will have Show and Tell.

More Future Meetings: August 6: Program at Millhouse in Waunakee. September 10: Trunk show by Elaine (Sam) Sample. October 1: Election of Officers and Quilto or other game.

Future Events: October 4-7: Twilight Quilt Retreat Bethel Horizons Prairie Center Contact Gretchen Hennessy at hd4ever@charter.net

PREVIOUS MEETINGS

June 4:

Business and Announcements:

The meeting was facilitated by President Ginny Dabel.

Ginny reminded members that our July meeting will be on the second Monday of the month and that we will meet at Walcotts East. On August 6th we will meet at Mill House for a presentation on what's new. On September 10th, we will be back at the Warner Park Center for a trunk show by Elaine Sample.

We wished happy birthday to Katie Walsh and Sue Vollbrecht and to our guest, Kim from South Carolina. Sharon Miller reported that we have $908.08 in our treasury.

Program:

We had three presentations at our June meeting. Brenda Larson showed us two blended quilts that she had made using a medallion center surrounded by Ohio Star blocks and she talked about making them. Blended quilts reproduce a style of quilts made during the late 1700s to early 1800s and therefore have a vintage look to them. Toiles, stripes and floral fabrics in all scales are combined with small and medium scale prints. Gentle transitions are created when color, scale, value and motifs flow from one fabric to another. Patchwork patterns in blended quilts may almost disappear in some sections of the quilt because of low contrast between neighboring fabrics. Working in this style requires you to take a new look at combining your fabrics. It is both challenging and freeing.

Our second presentation was by guest Barb Endres. She showed us how she ties rugs by wrapping fabric strips around cotton piping, then wrapping the fabric around the adjoining strip to tie it. Barbara uses piping filler cord size 16/32 which can be purchased at Hobby Lobby for 25 cents a yard (hint: use your 40% off coupon). A rug that measures about 27" by 47" will take about 50 yards of piping. She tears her fabric strips about 1 – 1 ½ inches wide; they don't need to be exact. The strips can be held together with glue stick if you wish. The length you make the center strip will determine the shape of your rug. For example, if you make the center strip 20 inches long, your rug will be about 20 inches longer than it is wide. It is best to work on your rug at a table so that it lays flat when it is finished. This is a very simple technique that does not require sewing or any tools. It is a great way to use up fabric in your stash. If you want to use specific colors, you can purchase inexpensive fabric for these projects. Guest Marlene Messling showed three rugs that she made using this technique.

We then made a log cabin block using scrapbook papers under the guidance of guest Heather Leckie and Annette Koenig. We were given a template for the log cabin block and a piece of cardstock with an opening. We layered strips of light and dark cardstock, working from the outside in (rather than from the center out as in quilting) and held them in place in tape. A photo can be placed in the center of the block and then the design can be attached to a page in your scrapbook.

Show and Tell:

Ginny Dabel showed a watercolor quilt embellished with butterflies and birds that she made in a class at Walcotts. Our guest Kim from South Carolina showed a red, blue and green quilt using the rail fence pattern. Mary Rupnow showed several quilts. One had 25-patch blocks in pastels with a cream background. Her winter quilt featured cardinals and pointsettias. And she also showed a quilt using the Bears Paw pattern. Judy Imhoff showed a quilt she made for the Diabetes Research raffle. It is called Lucky Stars and featured red and blue sawtooth stars on a white background. Judy also had raffle tickets for sale. Helen Flores showed a stack 'n whack quilt she made from a red, beige and teal Turkish fabric purchased at Hobby Lobby. She added cornerstones, creating a secondary churn-dash design. Donna Senzig showed a quilt she made with a forest theme. Joan Meisner showed a basket-weave quilt made in reds, greens, gold and whites. She also showed a four-patch stack 'n whack quilt made from a bright floral fabric. Sharon Miller showed thirteen dishcloths that she knitted. Sharon is also the first one to finish her quilt from out Country fabrics exchange using Mary's Triangles blocks. With her setting, her light background fabrics formed a pinwheel design. She also showed a large quilt made with squares of batik fabrics. Rita Lope showed a quilt-as-you-go quilt with nine-patch blocks in bright colors on one side and a variety of dark blue fabrics on the other side. Brenda Larson showed a purse she made from a Lazy Girl pattern that she won at a retreat. Guest Barbara Endres showed a rag quilt that she made.

Door Prizes and Treats

Thanks to Elaine (Sam) Sample and Donna Senzig for the treats. Sam brought four home-made cheesecakes: turtle, white chocolate with black cap berries, chocolate and lemon. Yummy!

There were four door prizes. Rose Haberkorn chose the bundle of four fat quarters with a poinsettia theme. Joan Meisner chose a pack of two fabrics in peach colors. Mary Rupnow received a Pineapple log cabins pattern from the Country Cottage Series 11. And Judy Imhoff received a Prairie Patches pattern.