CANYON Echoes JULY 2020

Volume 25, Issue 7 July 1, 2020 President's Message by Sylvia Corbin

Hang in there folks, we will get through this. Not sure when we will be able to again, but in the meantime, let's continue to stay connected through our newsletter. Looking UPCOMING MEETINGS back at last year, we had some great gatherings. Just last July we had our fabulous Country Fair, with the Mercantile booth OCTOBER 19 Katsy Chappell filled with all the beautiful hand crafts, and the scrumptious “My Life With Pieces” baked goods, the Book Nook, the games, the fabric, the auction and friends. Then in August another great gathering NOVEMBER 16 for our Summer Tea, the beautiful china, tea-party foods, The 2020 Challenge prizes, and entertainment. And the final gathering of the calendar year was the Reveal and Annual potluck and Game night themed Quilt Challenge. The Quilt challenge showcased our Potluck Dinner members interpretation and talents of “Game Night” themed quilts that were later showcased at Visions Art Museum. I am so grateful for all the creative volunteers that come together to bring us these great events, and to Visions for showing our quilts.

Canyon Quilters meets the third Monday of each I remember the great workshops and lectures we had, beginning with the strawberry month (except December) at the The Salvation Army Meeting Room, 4170 Balboa Avenue. cushion – make and take, Suzi Parron’s painted Barn Quilts, Robyn Phelps and Doors open at 6:30 pm - Meeting starts at 7:00 her friends - Applique Journey and their award winning quilts, and in February, pm. Canyon Quilters of San Diego, P.O. Box Christie McGuire Trendy Totes, and the incredible creations of dozens of totes and 927103, San Diego, CA 92192-7103 bags she has made. I took advantage of all the workshops and am so grateful to have this opportunity to learn from these inspiring artists. As you know our lives NEWSLETTER STAFF changed in March 2020, and we have not had a gathering since that time. Our board Editor / Designer: Andrea Bacal is still meeting and our Programs Chair, Kris Hatch, has already begun rescheduling Proofreaders: Loraine Schacher, Abbie Padgett, Kathleen Roth, and other artists for 2021. wonderful volunteers Photographer: Members and Friends Sew On, Sylvia Corbin

COPYRIGHT NOTICE: Canyon Echoes is copyrighted by Canyon Quilters of San Diego. This newsletter is for guild members’ 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. 1 Table of Contents President's Message 1 What Our Members Rosie Lee Tomkins Link 17 Are Doing These Days 9 - 12 Programs 2 - 3 Notices 17 Do you WASGIJ 13 Election Results 3 Tip from Del Thomas 10 Dealing With Spectacular Photo Procrastination 14-16 411 (Information) 21 Albums 4 - 8

2020 Programs - Virus Conditions Allowing OCTOBER NOVEMBER 16 DECEMBER Katsy Chappell The 2020 Challenge No meeting or workshop sccqg.org/chappell-katsy.htm Reveal and Annual Have a Great Holiday! October 18 Workshop: “Quilted Potluck Dinner Fabric Postcards”

October 19 Meeting: “My Life With Pieces”

2021 Scheduled Programs MONTHS IN REVIEW - DETAILS TO COME

January - TBA April: Studio Tour July: Fund Raiser April 19 Meeting August: Philanthropy February: Sue Heinz April 17 - Tour September: Make It, Take It February 19 Meeting: “You’ve October: TBA Got a Friend Named Elmer” May: Karen Brow February 17 - 19 Workshop: November:2021 Challenge May 17 Meeting Reveal and Annual Potluck “Free Motion Quilting" (2 day Dinner with optional free 3rd day) May 15 Workshop (TBA) December:No Meeting or Workshop March: Dora Cary June: Phyllis Cullen March 22 Meeting: "Expanding June 21 Meeting: “Quilting in Paradise” My Quilting Journey" June 19, 20 - Workshop: “Easy Stained March 20-21 - Workshop: Glass Quilts" “Only One"

2 Programs by Kris Hatch

Hoping each of you is busy creating amazing projects during In October, Katsy Chappell, a stand-up comic and woman these interesting and uncertain times. July would normally of many crafty talents, will present "My Life With Pieces," be our Fund Raiser, which is an amazing event that I look hopefully on ZOOM or another platform for you to watch forward to attending every year... especially this year! I think at home. She has prepared a fun workshop, "Quilted Fabric half of my fabric stash, used to make masks, needs a mighty Postcard." A few people have signed up for this and we will boost! give you more details on that next month!

For the August meeting, we usually work together on a We miss each of you and wish you continued good health and Philanthropy project. Faye Duggan will introduce patterns happiness with lots of great fabric and projects. for Veterans quilts in the August newsletter to inspire lap quilts. If you are interested in starting something now, we welcome any and fabrics you wish to work with. Kris Hatch Programs September, we normally have a Hands-On Surprise. Watch for it in the September Newsletter!

Election Results By Judy Thacker, Nominations Chair

Canyon was the first quilting guild in San Diego County to use electronic ballots for the June vote for new Officers. Thanks go to Karen Crossland and Andrea Bacal for finding a way to make it happen and putting it into action. As a result of the Nominating Committee’s efforts and their talents, ballots were sent out and you all responded quickly. By the June 15th deadline, the Slate of Nominees had received an approval vote of more than 90%. Following are your new Officers:

President: Sylvia Corbin Vice President: Judy Thacker Secretary: Pamela Jackson Co-Treasures: Brigid Hom-Schnapp and Cherie Jacobson

Thank you for your votes!

3 SPECTACULAR PHOTOS FROM CANYON READERS All Canyon members and friends were asked to take photographs during their walks in their neighborhoods, parks, beaches, or from "the road." Photos may be an inspiration to them or one of us! If you would like to make a quilt inspired by one of these photos, please contact the sender for his/her permission and go for it! If you do that, let us see the results!

Cynthia Lyons-Dailard

From Cynthia's walks Editor's note: We think these are like paintings in themselves!

Christine Brock Christine Gerencser

Thinking these “Moon Lilies” would be good inspiration for a spring time quilt. Love the contrast of purple and yellow against the stark white. The magic of nature to come up with this kind of beauty!

There are many beautiful plants in my neighborhood, including a Euphorbia plant from South Africa that grows over 20 feet high. It would make a nice green on green quilt. 4 Maura Dunn

I like to take pictures of flowers or parts of plants where I enjoy the colors and or textures. I love the macro feature on my camera (cell phone) and like to get into the part I want to take a picture of as closely as I can. Here's a few I've taken on my walks in the neighborhood or when I'm hiking.

I can so see why I like Tula Pink & Kaffe - those brilliant beautiful bright colors of nature in fabric. I hadn't made that connection until I selected these pictures. I am currently designing a colorful possibly circle quilt with these superbright colors in mind.

Faye Duggan

From Faye's neighborhood walks

5 Kris Hatch Walking the hills of La Mesa

Sylvia Corbin Fortunate to get out of town and travel with my friend Cherie Jacobson to Crater Lake. Breathtaking

6 Bonnie Huelsman

I’ve been keeping myself inspired with walks around the neighborhood on flower safaris for my spirit.

Andrea Bacal

I seem to be into shadows these days.

The window in my room with a In my front yard new $8 shade from Amazon. Well worth every penny!

7 Del Thomas

Dudlea Wild flowers

Egret

Pineapple Guave flower

Agave or Echeveria

Poppy closeup Morning Glory

8 What Our Members are Doing These Days

Sylvia Corbin Andrea Bacal Embracing the Challenge of making a T-Shirt Quilt

My daughter had asked me several years ago to make her a t-shirt quilt. I was a bit nervous, given all the challenges and frustrations my friends had shared with me. I found some great resources and purchased EQ8 to assist in laying out I heard this phrase about someone else from one of my friends, her quilt. I was and realized that it describes how I work on projects. Not the excited to gift it to best way, but I figured if I make a quilt of it and put it on the her, for her 25th wall, maybe I might change my ways sometime soon. birthday. She was so thrilled and shared a quick story of each t-shirt. Happy to have been challenged, and now confident to try my next one.

Above is the rest of a Christmas gift I gave to my mother- in-law last December. I gave her 1 completed placemat and 1 napkin, promising 5 more of each. Almost done!

The placemat fabric is French fabric made for tablecloths I purchased last summer in Maine, at an absolutely wonderful store called Alewives. (Each placemat is different, from a Loraine Schacher different place in the large overall design of the tablecloth.) They are online and have unusual fabrics that we had not seen Here I am with some of the Linus before (www.alewivesfabrics.com). quilts I’ve been working on— hooray, no UFOs, soon. Camille Clemens Camille says' "My husband must have sent me this."

9 Penny Bottomly Michalee Sloan

Since this ‘thing’ My COVID quilts started I finally quilted and bound my ufo items; totaling over 200 yards of and feeling pretty proud; although a little ashamed to have had that many ufo’s too.

Judipatuti (Judy Thacker)

The pattern of this quilt is Tula Pink's "Tula Nova" English Paper Piecing. The fabrics are a mix of Tula's and a grab bag from my stash of other compatible prints.

10 Linda Anderson Helen Ashdown Thought I'd add to the newsletter with current work in progress. Took months of drawing, enlarging, cutting out pieces and painting each one to fit, then start to . Another in my Oaxaca series. Moving along sloooowly but surely.

They are four separate little challenges. The two on the left are from the VAM Stir-Crazy challenges and the two on the right were challenges from a UK based online group.

Editor's note: Helen can never tell us again that she's not an art quilter!

Cindy Blankenship

I have had these fabrics tucked away for several years. I am so glad I have this project completed. An old style picnic basket and my honey on my arm will make a perfect afternoon by the lake. If you look closely, you will see ants in the red and white check. Quilted by Michalee Sloan.

Thanks to Rosie's UFO challenge, I was encouraged to finalize a quilt that my Great Grandmother hand pieced in the 40's. 11 Pamela Stricker I have made about 11 quilt tops, mostly baby and a Then I really got couple lap quilts during the quarantine. (Had to get distracted by my my long arm serviced.) I’ve included a photo of my new adopted quilt top from double dipping pattern. rescue kitties, Violette and Leo (the ginger lion). Here’s a picture of them at 5 1/2 weeks when I first got them. They’re 10 1/2 weeks now and full of spunk, fun and energy! My older rescued cat, Mia (below), is not sure about them so we’re all getting to know each other slowly...

Mia prefers boxes from Costco over the nice expensive beds I bought for her. Of course, she’s a cat!

Hope everyone is well and stays that way!

Christine Brock Barbi Vogel

A subset of my Thursday night quilt group (6 of us), have been meeting on one member’s Still busy making masks patio, 6 feet apart, for the past month. We just meet for a couple of hours once a week, but it is better than the Zoom meetings we had back in March and April. It is very comforting to just sit with friends and helps chase away the loneliness of being locked down alone.

I’m continuing to work on my biggest, oldest UFO of all-time, Dear Jane, started in 1996. Attached is a picture of the border blocks I finished in the past month. Eighteen more and I’ll be done with all the blocks. But then there’s the quilting, so not sure if this can be done before we get a vaccine.

I attended 2 machine quilting classes with Bethanne Nemesh through the Mancuso Online Quilt Show. She is a wonderful teacher, and I liked the format. We used Zoom, and she was able to share from a drawing app on her iPad to teach us step-by-step paths for beautiful quilt designs. She also shared from a camera focused on both her long arm and domestic machines to demonstrate stitches. She emailed PDF’s with the information presented as well as photos of class samples. She offered feedback on pictures of our practice samples for a 24 hour period. Bethanne’s work is inspiring, and she knows how to breakdown her methods to the simplest sketch, and then build slowly to the final design. I would highly recommend her classes.

12 Do you WASGIJ? by Karen Crossland

One way I’ve stayed entertained the last couple months are WASGIJ (jigsaw backwards!) puzzles. The one I’m sharing today is a 1500-piece puzzle. To the left is the picture on the box. (A) But that’s not the scene you’re putting together. So what is it then? The puzzle box provides a couple of hints.

There’s a man in the puzzle that’s taking a picture. (B).The scene you’re solving is what this man sees. That’s the first hint. The box has a couple other hints scattered on it, which you may or may not find to be a big help. Oh, but this just makes puzzling that much more fun

To the left, below (C) is the completed border. Notice the difference in the borders from the box top to the actual A solution. What’s this going to be and what do you do next? This was the hardest WASGIJ I’ve done so far because a lot of the objects in the puzzle were of a smaller size, where the other WASGIJs I did had at least one large object that took B up a lot of space.

There are no spoiler alerts here, but I do want to give you an idea of some images on the solved puzzle so you get an idea of how different the solved puzzle might look from the box top (D and E).

Curious to know more? Check out this link, https://wasgij. com/collections/ and take a look at the different types of puzzles, which are called collections, such as the solution is what happens next or what happens in the future or?

If you like puzzles then you should try one (or two or three…). Have fun puzzling!

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D E 13 Dealing with Procrastination: Where Organization and Decision-Making Collide This was originally written for Mark Lipinski’s Quilter’s Home Magazine by Deborah Lancaster

If I were you, and I were reading this Procrastinator’s Workshop. Guests I think one big thing that causes us article in Quilter's Home Magazine, and would meet online at a scheduled time, to procrastinate is our inability to see I was reading an article about dealing tell the others the task that each one “the path from here to there”; this is with procrastination, I’d be looking particulary true with tasks we have for the solution, the magic bullet, not done often, or ever before. If we the one great idea that would solve were sitting together in your kitchen, my procrastinating problem forever. and I said “go to your bedroom,” You’re doing that, aren’t you? You’re you would be able to imagine, or see going to read this first paragraph and in your mind’s eye, the path that you then just scan the rest of the article would take to get there: through the in search of Nirvana, looking for that kitchen door, past the family room, one little path that will lead you down down the hall to the end, and turn a little alley into a new and heretofore left. You can do this because you’ve undiscovered world of organization made that trip many times. However, and early preparation and doing we're creative and are always thinking, things as soon as you know they need and can’t keep our minds on the one to be done. Of course I know you’re new task long enough to figure out doing that, because it’s exactly what I the ‘steps’: what tools you’ll need, would do. what the steps are, and in what order to approach them all. You may well find that one great idea, that little path, the spark that wanted to do, then think through the But if I stopped by your sewing room leads your brain into great new worlds tools and the steps involved in the tasks. while you were putting off this task, and of remembering where you put what you By working together this way, we all I said, “What needs to be done, and how need, and having things ready when you learned better ways to achieve our goals, would you approach it?”, you would be need them. More likely what you’ll find as well as learning something about why able to explain to me what needs to be is a lot of great ideas that you’ll need to we procrastinated to begin with. From done; I know you would. Remember think about, turn over in your mind and these experiences grew my understanding this: We already have within us everything examine, and figure out how to make them of why we procrastinate and how we that we need in order to do the task. We work for you. If you'll do these things, I can work around our natural tendencies, all joke about “it’s not brain surgery” or can promise you that you’ll see significant which I’ll share with you now. “it’s hardly rocket science,” but it’s true changes in the way you approach tasks that we aren’t asked to do highly complex and complete them. Let’s get going, okay? By the way if you have any difficulty tasks, nor those that require specialized following my ideas, read the article out skills; or in other words, we generally will I’ll give you a bit of background so loud and imagine that I’m speaking it only need to do tasks for which we are you’ll know how I learned what I know to you; I find that is often helpful. Also, already equipped (just in case you are a about procrastinating. I actually didn’t in learning about ADD, I learned that rocket scientist!). If you think about it, I have to work very hard to learn how to procrastination is common and the main think you would agree that, if I stopped procrastinate; that came quite naturally. problem is “difficulty getting started.” by and asked what you needed to do to When I was 40, I found out about Many times I have finally done a project achieve the goal (or complete the task), if Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and then thought, “That was so easy! you took a few minutes you would be able and I found out that I had it. I learned all Why didn’t I start sooner? (or ‘just do to come up with all the tools and all the that I could about it, since it answered so it’)”. I finally realized how true that phrase steps, or at least make a good attempt at many of the questions that I’d had about is: there is a lot of difficulty in starting, listing them all, before you even begin the myself for years; while doing that, I was because once we start, we often find project. So when you get stuck on a task, invited to host the first-ever scheduled it much easier to continue than it was feeling that you don’t know where to start, online chat, on America Online, about to begin. For that reason, concentrate pretend that I have just stopped by and ADHD. Soon I was hosting another especially on the suggestions below which asked, and you’re answering. Remember group twice a week, and it was called will help you begin. this: If you’re having trouble getting

14 started, pretend I’ve just stopped by and from previous experience that it will be small tasks, and eventually the large one that you’re talking to me - out loud - and next to impossible to get back on task, will be completed. explain what needs to be done. then work with your natural tendencies (instead of against them) and build a limit Now I can hear you saying, “But which One reason that it’s good to do this into your task. It might be “I’ll prepare one do I do first?”, to which I respond, before starting the project is that it keeps the binding for 20 minutes” or “I’ll sew “Generally, it doesn’t matter.” We can you from having to get up and go fetch on one side (or two)” or any other limit paralyze ourselves with indecision at this the tools you need right in the middle that works for you. Are you thinking, point, and rather than do that, I suggest of working on the project, because “But then the rest of that binding won’t that you make some notes on the steps when you do that, you get distracted get put on!”? Well, it won't get done at that need to be taken, and then just pick from the task at hand. You do, right? I all if you let yourself get distracted while a spot and start! Sometimes it will make do! I think, “Oh, I’ll just (check on that, taking a break and never get back on task; a difference, of course; you cannot frost put in a load of laundry, take something and it won't get done if you look at the a cake until you have baked the layers! out for dinner, pay that bill, make that entire task of putting on the binding and But you’re smart, and you’ll figure that call)” - you know how the list goes, and know that you aren’t able to do it all in one out as you go. Try not to get bogged it’s the same when you’re at work. At one sitting so you never start at all; so down in the decision making, because that point, anything could happen, and what’s the difference? At least the binding in the big picture of life, it won’t really then you’re permanently distracted from got made, or one side was stitched, or you matter. Remember: It usually doesn’t the task. After that, the materials you achieved whatever limit you realistically matter where you start; just pick a place got out to do the task will just be sitting chose for yourself, and that’s better than and start there, because it’s better than not there, staring at you reproachfully, as nothing. So remember this: Choose a starting at all. if to say, “We’ve been abandoned over limit that you can realistically achieve. here!”, and you’re feeling guilty, like Very closely related to these last two you have failed. Remember this: Avoid I have done workshops at national ADD concepts is one that says that we have doing anything that begins with “I’LL conferences for years, and if we had met no control over finishing. I read this in JUST”! Let it be like an alarm to you: during one of my workshops, then you’d a book several years ago 1 and while I when you hear yourself thinking that, know that right about now, somebody argued with the idea at first, I did realize remind yourself to stay on task. stands up and says, “BUT I STILL that it is complete truth. I can say, “I’m HAVE AN UNFINISHED BINDING, going to finish this project today,” but I Instead of that, first think of everything IF I DO IT YOUR WAY!”; the caps actually have no control over whether or you could possibly need before starting reflect their anger and frustration. And not I finish it. Anything could happen, the task; make a list if you have to, in yes, they are correct that there will still after I sit down to finish! But what I can order to remember everything. Say be bindings that are unfinished - or baby control is how often I start, and keep that you have to put a binding on a or graduation or wedding quilts. That’s starting, and do at least some work on big quilt; then the list would start with because we see a task, any task, as being the project. Remember what this author fabric, cutting board, rotary cutter, one giant task, rather than many small said, “What I can control is starting, and ruler, measuring tape/yardstick, thread, tasks which, when completed, will add if I start often enough, finishing will , binding clips, as well as coffee/ up to being one giant finished task. Read eventually take care of itself.” tea/soda?, music on or off?. Collect that again if you need to, and understand those things before you start, and you Another idea I’d like you to think about, that while every task can be broken down as you rethink your old habits, is the part won’t have to get up for things you've into several smaller ones, we just see it as forgotten, and take the chance of that decision making plays in causing us one giant task. Remember the joke, “How to put off starting. We can get paralyzed getting distracted. (Are you still reading do you eat an elephant?” and the answer out loud? Don’t forget to try it if you’re in indecision, as I said earlier, thinking is, “One bite at a time.” Our tasks are that we must make the exact choice which having trouble following any of these that way, too: we just keep taking small suggestions). is best in every way. Another thing that bites until the task has been ‘eaten.’ So happens to us is that, because our minds But maybe it’s hard for you to sit there whether you’re putting on bindings, often jump around from one thing to and put on the whole binding at once; paying bills, cleaning out a garage, calling another, is that we think of every single perhaps you’re good for 20 minutes, on every customer, or following up on way there is to do a job! But then when and then you just have to get up and parts orders, we can only take one bite at we do start it, we feel that if we don’t do move around. That’s fine! If you think a time (no matter how much we try to eat every thing that we thought of, that we - realistically - that you can get up, move several at once). Remember: Every task have failed or been lazy. Now if you are around for 2 minutes, then get back to the is made up of many smaller tasks which disagreeing with me so far, stop and think task, then do so. However, if you know all need to be done; keep working on the about it: You’re going to relandscape

15 the front yard, and you think, “Let’s at a time. I might go through the pile yourself to at least try each one a few put flowers over here, and a hedge over of paper and only be cleaning out trash times. Will you do that? there, and new grass in that corner; then that can be thrown away, and that is the how about a brick path up the middle, only thing I let myself even touch. Then I could go on about this subject and have a gazebo, and a rose tree in the front.” I’ll go through and take out bills and put a lot more thoughts on it, but let's work Assume that you can afford all of this, them in one pile. After that I’ll choose on this stuff first, shall we? Perhaps I can and that you have the time and other things that need to be sent somewhere write again and share with you my method resources to be able to do all of this. Now and again, that is the only thing that I’ll for prioritizing when I'm completely imagine that you do the flowers, hedge, let myself touch on that pass through the overwhelmed with tasks or indecision. I grass and brick, and then decide that pile. Or if I’m cleaning up the kitchen (or can also tell you about "Because I can, you’re tired of this project, or you don’t a teenager’s room!), I’ll go through and I should", and describe what listening to really want a gazebo after all, or that rose take out only one type of thing at a time: music has to do with timing a task. In the trees are overrated. If you stop now, will all the trash, then all the food, then all the meantime, I encourage you to embrace you feel like you haven’t really done the dishes and silverware, then all the glasses, the group of behaviors that is YOU, and job that you wanted to do? That’s what and so on. That also helps me to go in work with your natural tendencies. Why I’m talking about. only one direction at a time, in general, fight 'em?! and is a way to keep focused and on task. But let’s think a bit more about that When you get overwhelmed with a task, reaction. Our brains are impulsive, too, remember: Deal with only one type of and they come up with lots of ideas for thing at a time. lots of things all the time. Just because our brain handed us that idea, does it Another way to approach a task which mean that we are obligated to do it?! No! is overwhelming is to give yourself It’s an idea; it’s a suggestion. It’s neither a reasonable limit of any type. cast in stone, nor is it non-negotiable. Perhaps you look at a task and So why do we think we have to do it? don’t know where to start. Because we thought of it. So what?! I Ask yourself, “How long do I hereby give you permission NOT to do realistically think that I can every single thing that ever occurred to stick to this task?” If it’s you! It’s okay to change your mind, and only 5 minutes, then set it’s okay to NOT do every single thing yourself a 5 minute limit. you ever thought of doing. Feel like you’re copping out? Don’t worry about it! If you continue to be overwhelmed, you probably won’t even begin that task. So even if you only do 5 minutes, it’s 5 minutes longer than you would have done otherwise. Or you might think, “I could go in there and at least find some things to throw away; I’m sure I could last long enough to throw away 10 pieces of trash (or 20 or 30).” Well, go in there and throw away those 10! It may not be all the trash there is, but there will be 10 pieces less the next Let’s go back to decision making. When time you go in there! Remember to ask I have to clean up a big pile of paperwork yourself: What is a realistic goal for me to or a garage, or figure out how to start set for this task? a project or how to proceed on one already begun, I think it is the decision I think that for now these ideas are enough making that wears me out. So how can to get you started. As I said earlier, you we reduce the number of decisions we may need to think about them a bit to see have to make? By consolidating them. the truth in them (we do often argue with For instance, if I am cleaning up a room new ideas first, don’t we? I do it too), but or a desk, I only do one type of thing please do that and see how you can get

16 Fabulous Article

Elizabeth Zerbe and several other people sent us a link to Roberta Smith's New York Times article about Rosie Lee Tomkins, a contemporary improvisational African American quilter, who lived in Richmond, CA, just North of Berkeley. Her work was first shown at the Berkeley Art Museum in 1997, anda retrospective will be shown again at the same museum this fall.

To read more about her incredibly powerful work, her history, and the amazing collector, Eli Leon, who bought so many of her quilts, go to https://www.nytimes.com/ interactive/2020/06/26/arts/design/ rosie-lee-tompkins-quilts.html?action=click &module=Features&pgtype=Homepage.

I won't give away the punch line, but read the article to the very end!

Rosie Lee Tomkins Eli Leon

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Michalee Sloan 7969 Engineer Rd #112 Longarm Quilting San Diego, CA 92111 Custom Commission Quilts 619-302-6068 Binding and Finishing [email protected] Quilting Classes - Private or Group

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SEW Hut “Your Sewing Specialist” Sew Hut has fabric, thread, and sewing machines with their related accessories. We are an authorized dealer for both BERNINA and  Family owned business for over 30 years  We service all machine brands on location  We offer classes and instruction on machines, , sewing and quilting

“SEW Hut is a fun friendly place to share your creativity and sharpen your techniques.” Check us out on YELP and FACEBOOK! Go to our website for dates and classes 858-273-1377 4226 Balboa Avenue, San Diego, CA 92117 www.sewhut.com

20 BOARD Philanthropy Kennel Comforters President Merilyne Hickman [email protected] Sylvia Corbin [email protected] Royal Family Kids Quilts Vice President Kay Laboda [email protected] Judy Thacker Veterans’ Quilts [email protected] Faye Duggan [email protected] Loraine Schacher [email protected] Secretary Kris Hatch [email protected] Pamela Jackson Programs Co - Treasurers 2020 Kris Hatch Brigid Hom-Schnapp and Cherie Jacobson Publications Andrea Bacal [email protected] [email protected] SCCQG Rep Cynthia Lyons-Dailard COMMITTEE CHAIRS [email protected] Social Media Advertising Christine Brock Susan Haviar Fat Quarter Exchange: Ski Lomax Special Events Challenge: Patt Anderson, Kim Misegades Fund Raising: Karen Crossland, Christy Gerencser Carol Russell and Barbi Vogel Kim Misegades, Carol Russell and Barbi Vogel Retreat: Andrea Bacal Studio Tour: Pam Kay Membership Chris Murphy and Carrie Frederick [email protected] ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Newsletter Sharing Manager: Cherie Jacobsen Andrea Bacal [email protected] CFOs: (Chief Fun Officers) Marty Ornish and Robyn Phelps Opportunity Baskets Hospitality: Carol Russell Tanya Wagner and Lorianne Davis Greeter: Maura Dunn

TREASURER’S REPORT

Bank Balance 5/27/2020 - 6/26/2020 CANYON ECHOES ADVERTISING RATES Beginning Balance $26,066.20 Size 1 Mo 6 Mo 1 Year (w x h) Income Business Card 3.75 x 2.4 Advertising Income $240.00 (horizontal only) $5 $24 $48 Fundraiser

1/4 Page 3.75 x 5 Challenge $62.50 (vertical only) $8 $44 $80 Membership $320.00 1/2 Page 7.5 x 5 (horizontal only) $16 $88 $160 Total Income $622.50 Full Page 7.5 x 10 (vertical only) $32 $176 $320 Expenses Gifts & Donations Expense Veterans Quilt Supplies $193.50 Workshop Expense $95.00 ADVERTISE IN THE CANYON ECHOES NEWSLETTER AND Total Expenses $288.50 REACH OVER A THOUSAND Net Income $334.00

SAN DIEGO QUILTERS! Ending Balance $26,400.20 CONTACT: [email protected] Prepared by Brigid Hom-Schnapp 21

Prepared by Brigid Hom-Schnapp 6/26/2020