Canyon Echoes

VOLUME 20, ISSUE 8 AUGUST 2015 Philanthropy Sew-In IMPORTANT DATES Our August meeting will tribute. Here is what will be board, and sewing ma-

be a working one preparing happening. We will be iron- chine...not all those items, Aug. 10 Board Meeting quilts for Wounded Warri- ing fabric, cutting out strips, just what you think you Aug. 17 General Meeting - Philanthropy Sew In ors, our philanthropy for making kits, and sew- would like to do. I look for- this coming year. Judging ing. The quilts will be an ward to seeing you and hav- Sep. 14 Board Meeting Sep. 21 Martha Nordstrand from last year's get togeth- easy version of the Split ing a chance to talk informal- - Lecture & Trunk Show Sep. 22 & 23 Workshops er, so much gets done so Rail. Here is what you can ly with you. quickly. I encourage as bring: an iron, ironing Oct. 12 Board Meeting Oct. 19 Tracey Brookshier many as can come and con- board, cutters, cutting Marty, Co-President - Lecture & Trunk Show Oct. 17 & 18 Workshops

Nov. 9 Board Meeting Nov. 6 Canyon Challenge & Annual Potluck

Dec. No Meeting

I N S I D E TH I S 7pm-9pm ISSUE: Monday, August 17th

Membership 2 Philanthropy Sew-In Garage Sale 2

Kennel Comforters 3 Bring your machine,

Veterans Quilts 4 mats, cutters, rulers, and a snack to share New Members 4

Garage Sale Moments 5, 8, 9

Upcoming Programs 6

Board Openings 7

Quilting Trivia 10

Quilting Events 10

Canyon Challenge 12

Board and Officers 13 CANYON QUILTERS MEETING INFO: Canyon Quilters meets the third Monday of each month (except December) at the Al Bahr Shrine Center, Treasurer’s Report 13 5440 Kearny Mesa Rd. (just North of Clairemont Mesa Blvd., behind the Hampton Inn). Doors open at 6:30 pm - Meeting starts at 7:00 pm. Canyon Quilters of San Diego, P.O. Box 927103, San Diego, CA 92192-7103

VOLUME 20, ISSUE 8 Canyon Echoes AUGUST 2015 Canyon Garage Sale The Canyon Garage Sale the final total was a rous- ther! We hope all had ion creations. She got the was a great success and ing $927.90. Thanks to fun and found some great “biggest buyer” ten per- the Canyon Storage table all who sold and all who bargains. The award for cent discount at the Gar- of donations made came and bought. Of Top Shopper goes to age table. Expect to see $253.65. Everyone who course no one managed Marty Ornish who man- some of the best of unsold had a table turned in their to sell all of their items, aged to fill the proverbial donated items in the Op- donation to the Canyon but no shop sells all of its “three bags full” with portunity Baskets and at fundraising endeavor, and goods in one day ei- great bargains on crochet future Canyon meet- and embroi- ings. Thanks to everyone, dery and old

cutter quilts Carrie Reichert—storage for her award manager winning fash-

Opportunity Baskets

Membership October - UFO Society THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO November - Open HAS PAID THEIR DUES. We appreciate your support.

HAVEN’T RENEWED YET? Sadly, your membership has expired.

PLEASE PAY YOUR DUES SOON. We need you so we can continue being the best guild in town.

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Saturday of the month, are off on summer break. They Remember, if you want to join will return in October and us on a Friday and/or Saturday again help us in making ani- at the beginning of each month, mal beds. We enjoy working come sew in the Community with them and always miss Room (sewing machines and them during the summer. materials always available) at Our July production count for the North County Animal Shel- beds was: 88 round beds (no ter, 2481 Palomar Airport Road, mat beds for July, that will be Carlsbad (across from Palomar Greetings from the volunteers in August). On Saturday, Au- Airport and next to Lowe's of Kennel Comforters and the gust 15, Kennel Comforters Home Center). We start at homeless animals whom we will be participating in Camp 9:30am and end about 3-4pm. have all helped. Despite the Pendleton's annual base shel- Thank you Canyon for your con- humidity, warm days, and occa- ter adoption event for dogs tinued support and donations. sional thunder and lightning and cats. (For additional infor- storms, and welcomed rain, July mation, please contact: Teresa Merilyne Hickman was another beautiful summer Setter at: (760) 436-7779 month in San Diego. Kennel [email protected]). [email protected] Comforters was again busy sewing beds for shelter animals on July 10 -11. During the summer months, the UCSD service fraternity students who assist us on the first

Featured Artist Suzanne Gegna Art Quilt Exhibit

August 1-31, 2015

La Mesa Public Library, 8074 Allison Ave. La Mesa CA 91942 (619) 469-2151

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VOLUME 20, ISSUE 8 AUGUST 2015 Veterans Quilts

Having delivered 100 quilts we were greeted by so special quilt. It gives me to the Chula Vista Veter- many thankful Veterans as goose bumps just to think ans Home this year, I am we pushed the basket of of how pleased he was. considering taking the next quilts down the halls. One batch of quilts to the Veteran was so pleased to Many thanks to you all for Wounded Warriors when tell us that he had one our all you do to make this a I have enough to deliver. quilts. He wanted to show successful and rewarding When my seven year old us his personal one. He is job for me. nephew, Jaxon and I took so proud and grateful to the quilts down to Chula have it. He took Jaxon and Sincerely, Vista for the Fourth of July I too his room to see his Marilyn Millikan

Who will win a FREE CANYON WORKSHOP in the drawing at the August meeting? WELCOME NEW MEMBERS It could be YOU, if you paid your dues by July 1.

We were too busy shopping at the July meeting to do it then. Suzanne Gegna Roberta Johnson

Carol McDonald-Gibson Kim Misegades Sydney Shaw Anita Smith Carol Wood

Longarm Quilting Services Memory T-Shirt Quilts Coleen’s Custom Quilts

Quilted Colleen Craven 619-665-2265 Creations [email protected] www.colleenscreations.com

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Brenda Gunn Cindy Blankenship Cristie Maguire

C A N Y O N ECHOES CAMPY MOMENT

Don’t Forget

Bring your sewing machines, mats, cutters and a snack to share to our

Philanthropy Sew-In August 17th at 7pm

5 Canyon Echoes VOLUME 20, ISSUE 8 AUGUST 2015 Upcoming Programs September - Martha Nordstrand

Workshops: Tuesday, September 22nd: “Applique the Martha Way” Wednesday, September 23rd: ”Embellishing Your Applique Quilt”

October - Tracey Brookshier

Workshops: Saturday, October 17th: “Bento Box” Sunday, October 18th: “Japanese Jigsaw”

Canyon Echoes Advertising Rates, in USD Size - Approx. (Width” X Height”) /Mo. /6 mo /Yr Advertise with Business Card (3 1/2” X 2 1/4”) 5 24 48 or (1 1/2” X 4 3/4”) us and reach 1/4 Page (3 1/2” X 4 3/4”) 8 44 80 or (7 1/2” X 2 1/4”) hundreds of 1/2 Page (7 1/2” X 4 3/4”) 16 88 160 or (3 1/2” X 10”) quilters Full Page (7 1/2” X 10”) 32 176 320

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Canyon Quilt Guild is in need We also have two Chairper- community. These are great ways of a Secretary for our Board of son positions open. They are the to show your support and help Directors. Our Board Director of Advertis- Canyon’s mission. of Directors meets ing who helps sell ads We hope you will monthly at 6pm on the in the Canyon Echoes consider donating second Monday of Newsletter and our We rely on your time and help fill every month at Pink Publicity Director who volunteers these open seats. Daisy Studio, 7969 helps promote Canyon to carry out Remember, we are a Engineer Road #112, Quilt Guild to other our mission volunteer organization San Diego, CA 92111. businesses and organi- and rely on our mem- Meetings are typically zations in hopes of bers to carry out the less than two hours increasing membership, duties of our guild. Please contact long . If you would like promote classes, in- Marty Gigler or Cindy Blankenship to assist your guild and have the crease attendance in classes, and if you are interested in any of these free time we could use your help. sharing Canyon’s vision with the positions.

“What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is Canyon’s Volunteer Spotlight immortal.” ― Albert Pike Mary Cooper

Mary has spent many hours serving as librarian for Can- yon Quilt Guild. Unfortu- nately Mary is no longer able to continue with this and is passing the position on to Mary Kodis. Please think of good thoughts and wishes for Mary’s mother.

Canyon is a Friendly Guild

“Let’s welcome new members & guests (red dot on name badges). Ask them about their quilting inter- ests, and show them around the room to meet peo- ple and see our committee tables.”

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Jeanne & Wendy Carrie Reichert

Cynthia Lyons-Dailard Marilyn Millikan & Rhoda Keegan

Roberta Johnson Karen Crossland Sylvia Corbin

2015 Exhibition Schedule

July 18 – October 4  Collectors’ Showcase  Shaping Space, Kate Stiassni Sally Parrish &  Balboa Park Arches, Linda Anderson, Karen Cunagin, Jennye Pate, Kerry Embrey Carolyn Thelma Jane LaFazio, Peggy Martin, Nelda McComb Audrey Noonan, Sylvia Corbin Hearne Johannesen At the Beach Visions Members’ Challenge

October 17 – January 3, 2016  Interpretations: Celebrating 30 Years  Excavating for Meaning, Viviana Lombrozo  Hearing the Quiet: Walking the Creeks, Linda Colsh  Curves Visions Members’ Challenge

2015 Online Exhibitions

Karen Cunagin Sue Maloney & Pam Kay July 1 – September 30 Annemarie Sprinkle  Red Hot

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VOLUME 20, ISSUE 8 AUGUST 2015 GarageInside Story Headline Sale Moments

Wendy Knight Michaelanne Gephart

Andrea Bacal Susan McGovern

Jeffree Itrich Kay Laboda The 34th Annual

It’s not too late to REGISTER FOR CLASSES “A Walk in the Park” Lisa Bongean September 9-12 At the San Diego Convention Center, Hall A

Preview Night - Friday Sep. 9th, 6pm-9pm (Meet Guest Artist Lisa Bongean, shop our Vendors, be the first to view this year’s Quilts) Buy Preview Night Tickets Online or from any SDQS Board Member

Hours: Sep. 10 & 11, 10am-5pm Sep. 12, 10am-4pm

VOLUME 20, ISSUE 8 Canyon Echoes AUGUST 2015 and Albert Museum's Medieval and Bargello examples, is held in private hands. Quilting Trivia The Tristan Quilts are the only known surviving examples of medieval quilts. The Tristan Quilt, sometimes called the The quilt is made from two layers of Tristan and Isolde Quilt or the Guicciardini linen, stitched together with wadding in Quilt, is one of the earliest surviving quilts in between. Backstitch in cream and brown the world. Depicting scenes from the story of linen thread defines a series of pictures Tristan and Isolde, an influential romance with captions that have been brought into and tragedy, it was made in Sicily during the relief by inserting rolls of cotton stuffing to second half of the 14th century. There are at raise sections of the design, a technique least two sections of the quilt, one of which known as trapunto. The stuffing could have is displayed in the Victoria and Albert Muse- been introduced during the quilting pro- um's Medieval and Renaissance Galleries, cess, or because the backing layer is looser and the other in the Bargello in Florence. A in weave, its threads could have been part- The Tristan Quilt - third quilt, also depicting Tristan and Isolde, ed to introduce the stuffing; some elements One of the World’s Oldest but not thought to be part of the Victoria are done using cord quilting. Known Quilts

September 11-13, 2015 September 26-27, 2015 Gold Bug Quilters Annual Quilt Show Flying Geese Quilt Guild "Harvest of Quilts" Quilting Events Cameron Park Community Center Soka University 2502 Country Club Dr, Cameron Park, CA 95667 1 University Drive, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 August 15-16, 2015 www.goldbugquilters.org Tehachapi Mountain Quilters Quilt Show September 26-27, 2015 "Legacy of Quilts" September 12-13, 2015 Annual Harvest Quilt & Fiber Arts Show Monroe High School "A Gathering Under The Oaks" Morgan Hill Community & Cultural Center 126 South Snyder Street, Tehachapi, CA Presented by Conejo Valley Quilters 17000 Monterey Rd at E Dunne, tehachapimountainquilters.wordpress.com California Lutheran University Morgan Hill, CA 95037 60 West Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 www.svqa.org September 5-6, 2015 www.conejovalleyquilters.com 27th Annual Mountain Treasures Quilt Show September 2015 TBD presented by Busy Bears Quilt Guild of Big Bear September 19, 2015 North State River Run Shop Hop - 12 shops Lake Nite Owl Quilters Guild Quilt Show Sacramento River Valley 41275 Big Bear Blvd, Big Bear, CA Goldy S. Lewis Community Center www.thequiltcorral.com/shop-hops www.busybearsquiltguild.com 11200 Base Line Road, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91701 September 2015 TBA September 9-12, 2015 www.niteowls.org 12th Annual Quilt Show San Diego Quilt Show Mountain Quilters of Idyllwild “A Walk In The Park” September 19-20, 2015 Buckhorn Camp, 24641 Hwy 243, San Diego Convention Center 26th Annual Quilts & Threads Show Idyllwild, CA 92549 111 W Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92101 Mother Lode Fairgounds www.sccqg.org www.sandiegoquiltshow.com 220 Southgate Dr, Sonora, CA 95370 www.sierraquiltguild.com September 2015 TBD September 10-12, 2015 23rd Annual Kelseyville Pear Festival 8th Annual Sierra 2 Sage Quilt Shop Hop - Main St, Kelseyville, CA 12 shops CA & NV Parade, craft booths, antique tractor show, www.sierra2sageshophop.com quilt show, entertainment and more

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August 15 & 16

SALE ON THE VERANDA

Visions Art Museum Annual Two Day Sale

We have HUNDREDS of yards of donated fabric for quilting, crafting, dress-making and home decor at our biggest fabric sale of the year, the Visions SALE ON THE VERANDA.

There are great bargains on prints, solids, batiks, calico and silk plus beautiful, yarn and thread. You'll also find quilting books, jewelry and decor items.

This year we also have a large section of quilts.

We'll see you on the Veranda in front of the museum across the street from Art Walk at Liberty Station. Art Walk is San Diego's original fine art festival with over 175 artists, food, and live music.

If you would like to donate fabric, decor items or jewelry, you can drop off your donation at the museum beginning Tuesday, Au- gust 4th between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Don't miss out on this terrific opportunity to refresh your fabric stash or dress up your home with a quilt. All proceeds will benefit the museum's exhibition program.

Saturday and Sunday August 15 & 16 10-4

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Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water

1. Make a quilt inspired by one or all with at least one noticeable unconventional material, such as metal, plastic, or recycled items

2. Quilt must be 14” square, minimum of two layers 3. Please have a label on the back with your name, date, name of the quilt, and types of unconventional materials used. Quilt needs to have a sleeve on the back so it is ready to hang.

Quilts are due by November 14th.They can be turned in at any meeting between now and then, or dropped off at the Pink Daisy Studio. Please call Michalee Sloan to make arrangements for drop off; 619-302-6068.

5. The quilts will be displayed at the November meeting.

6. There will be a silent auction with minimum bids starting at $100, if not sold they will be on sale at Vi- sions and if still not sold will be returned to maker. All quilts will be returned following the Visions exhibit.

7. There will be two awards: one viewer’s choice and one professional judge award.

8. The challenge entries will be on display at Visions from Jan 16 to April 3

9. $5.00 entry fee

This is a wonderful chance to get creative, try some new techniques and have your work on display at Visions. We encourage everyone’s participation.

Challenge Entry Form

Name:

Phone:

E-Mail:

VOLUME 20, ISSUE 8 Canyon Echoes AUGUST 2015 Canyon Board Members and Treasurer’s Report Bank Balance 6/25/15 to 7/23/15

Beginning Balance 18,194.72$ Committee Chairs 2015-2016 Income BOARD Garage Sale 1057.90 **

Co-Presidents Library Fines 170.00 Marty Gigler [email protected] June Membership 960.00 Cindy Blankenship [email protected] July Membership 595.00 Secretary - OPEN Ads 150.00 Treasurer - Karen Crossland [email protected] Returned Check 13.14 Total Income 2946.04 COMMITTEE CHAIRS Expenses Programs 2014 -15 - [email protected] Rent 360.00 Michalee Sloan [email protected] Bank Checks 41.91 Sharon Berkeley [email protected] Garage Sale ($$ for change) 210.00 Programs 2016 - Andrea Bacal [email protected] Total Expenses 611.91 Membership - Sue Maloney [email protected] Publications - Andrea Bacal [email protected] Ending Balance $20,528.85 Greeter/Sharing - Ellen Magee [email protected] ** Note: For the total sales subtract the $210 used for change Newsletter - James Glunt [email protected] Historian - Ruth Simons [email protected] Challenge - Marty Ornish [email protected] CANYON QUILTERS Robyn Phelps [email protected] WORKSHOP FEE POLICY Library - Mary Cooper [email protected] Mary Kodis [email protected]  There is a required $25.00 NON- Opportunity Baskets - Athena Brandon [email protected] REFUNDABLE deposit Potluck - Kerry Embrey [email protected]  The FULL AMOUNT of the class MUST be Publicity - OPEN paid 60 days prior to the workshop. Philanthropy:  A full refund can only be made if the class is Kennel Comforters - Merilyne Hickman [email protected] FULL and there is a person who can fill your Royal Family Kids Quilts - Kay Laboda [email protected] spot. Veterans’ Quilts - Marilyn Millikan [email protected]  A partial refund will be considered if your Raffle Quilt - Cindy Blankenship [email protected] SCCQG Rep - Cynthia Lyons-Dailard [email protected] cancellation is timely and there are enough Donations Mgr - OPEN students to pay the teacher for the work- Storage Mgr - Carrie Reichert [email protected] shop. Web Wizard - Kay Laboda [email protected]  A cancellation made less than 30 days prior [email protected] to the workshop shall forfeit any refund.

IMPORTANT CANYON WORKSHOP INFORMATION

Canyon Quilt Guild offers exciting programs with guest teachers in February, March, April, May, and October each year. Workshops are held the Saturday and Sunday before the meeting-night lecture. They are held either at Rosie’s Calico Cupboard in La Mesa, Memory Lane Quilt Shop in El Cajon or Paradise Sewing in Poway. The cost of a 2-day workshop for members is $85 and $100 for non-members. Non-members are invited to sign up 30 days in advance if there are spaces available. One-day workshops are $45 for members and $55 for non-members. Workshops are 6 hours a day and begin at 9:30 on Saturday, ending at 4:00, and beginning at 10:00 on Sunday, ending at 4:30.

To register for classes, sign up at the regular meeting and provide a $25 non-refundable deposit. You may also sign up by contacting Michalee Sloan at [email protected] or 619-302-6068 for further instructions. The balance of the class fee is due 60 days before the workshop.

COPYRIGHT NOTICE: Canyon Echoes is copyrighted by Canyon Quilters of San Diego. This newsletter is for guild member’s personal use only. No content herein may be reproduced, modified or sold without written permission. All images and text contained in the newsletter are used with permission and may not be reproduced in any way without additional permission from the artist. 13