Page March 2014 SNIPPETS Kenya Quilt Guild Newsletter

rom Our Chairman class see me and we will start the F How are you coming on your arrangements. – goals for this year? One When we take risks, we grow. When INSIDE THIS I S S U E : of our members is such an example for we grow those around us benefit. all of us. On 27 February, Raghbir Thanks for taking that risk, Raghbir! Syan took a chance and she taught a From the Chair 1 class. Raghbir had never taught a quilting class before, but she had InI will Stitches, be… learned a new, beautiful technique on AGM Agenda 2 the internet and she wanted to share Patty Arensen it. And those of us who took the class were blessed! Meetings 1 EETINGS

blog. M & We’ll get the pictures posted on the Those of you who took the class 4 Thursday 20th March - Featured Items, please bring your runners in whatever Library News & Returned KQG member Estelle will state of completion they are in to the Mystery Quilt talk about the Tentmakers of Cairo guild meeting this month so others (see July 2012 Snippets) and will Tips and Techniques 5 may see the results of taking a risk. Are you stuck on a quilting project? stunning appliqué quilts to show us. bring along samples of the Egyptians’ Kaffe Fasset 6 Take a risk and come to the UFO time This has been moved from February after the guild meeting. Bring your to March due to a scheduling issue. project and your machine and say, Estelle Garnier, who was a member of Reminders 7 the KQG about 10 years ago, moved to been in your position who are willing “Help!” You will find friends who have Cairo when she left Nairobi. There she to get you through the stuck phase was discovered the Tentmakers of and on to finishing your quilt. Have Cairo and became fascinated with you found a new method or trick to their work. She has spent hours in making quilting easier? Volunteer to their workshops watching their show others at the UFO or teach a B (continued on page 3)

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KENYA QUILT GUILD 2014 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of the KQG to be held on Thursday, 17 th April 2014 10.00 a.m. at Simba Union on Limuru Road.

AGENDA 1. Read the Notice convening the meeting. 2. Confirmation of the Minutes of 2013 AGM Minutes 3. Chairperson’s Report 4. Treasurer’s Report 5. Call For Nominations and Election of Executive: a. Chairperson b. Vice Chairperson c. Secretary d. Treasurer e. Two Members at Large 6. Call For Nominations and Election of Standing Committee: a. Membership b. Education c. Library d. Newsletter e. Charity and Community Outreach f. Public Relations 7. Appointment of Auditors 8. Any Other Business

Note If you wish to stand for any Board or Committee, please tell Patty during the meeting or send an email to [email protected] with your name and which position you would like to stand for.

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techniques and she will be consideration for the talking about them and showing 2015calendar we are having us some of their quilts at at the printed as a fund raiser for March meeting. our fall Exhibition. Each member may only enter one See the pictures for examples of quilt. The photos will be their beautiful workmanshsip. displayed and each member will be allowed to vote for Thursday 17th April - her favorites. The quilt AGM If you are interested in photos with the most votes running for a position on the will be give to the graphic board or volunteering to help on artist putting the calendar a committee, please send an together and he or she will make people who are interested in email to kenyaquilt- the final decision as to which participating in the 1-yard [email protected] or tell Patty quilts are included on the calen- challenge will be given an that you would like to stand for dar. opportunity to sign up in groups a position. We will also have a of seven. The challenge will be explained at the meeting. If you have not paid your demonstration of the 1-yard subscription for 2014, you will challenge fabric exchange and not be allowed to vote at the AGM. After the AGM, Kundan will present a presentation on the Ruler Revolution rulers that are available at The Woman Shop. We will watch a demo video and she will have sample quilts and a board that shows the steps for making two different blocks with the rulers.

Thursday, 15th May Please bring a good photo of the quilt you would like to enter for

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F eatured Items Flowers with Your Machine beautiful quilts  Basic Seminole -  Thoroughly Modern Dresden Print on Demand Edition Thank you to everyone who took  Special Delivery Quilts #2 the time to visit The Woman  Tessellation Quilts: with Patrick Lose: 10 Cuddly Sensational Designs From Quilts for Baby first week of March at the Sarit Interlocking Patterns Shop’s Bernina Exhibition the ystery Quilt Centre. We had a great time  Sweet Layer Cakes: 11 M introducing people to the entire Designs for 10" Squares Hopefully, you are nearly finished Bernina line. (Annie's Quilting) with your top for the KQG The Woman Shop has a Bernina  Nine Patch Panache: 45 Mystery Quilt. All of our Mystery Grace quilting frame and is Nine-Patch Projects Quilts will be hung in a special section at the 2014 Magical Art offering free-motion quilting for (Quilting) your projects. The frame can of Stitches Exhibition to be held  Quilting with a Modern Slant 3rd 5th October at the Sarit handles quilts from baby size to Centre. king size. We can also machine  Half Yard Heaven: Easy – quilt your wall-hangings. Please Sewing Projects Using Left- No entry fee will be charged for these quilts. Please put the sleeve see Kundan or Suzanne for Over Pieces of Fabric on the narrower edge of the quilt pricing on your next project.  Modern Blocks: 99 Quilt so to make the display consistent Blocks from Your Favorite and bring it to the July meeting Designers ibrary: L  Bed Runners Using Precut forEntry Viewers’ forms Choice will be voting. available for New Additions members to complete in July and Fabrics The library is pleased to the quilts will be taken away for announce the addition of nine-  Twist-and-turn safe storage until after the teen new titles to our library this Quilts (That Patchwork Exhibition. spring. Raji will make an Place) We will also need to process entry forms for the Challenge announcement when they are  Jelly Roll Dreams: New Quilts sometime before the available to check-out. Inspirations for Jelly Roll Exhibition.  Origami Tessellations: Awe- Quilts Inspiring Geometric Designs We hope to see many Mystery  Tadpole"" Quilts for Baby Quilts in July as it will be a fine  The Big Book of Baby Quilts  Twilight Garden Quilts example of how fabric choice, (That Patchwork Place) quilting method and embellish-  Quilt Me!: Using inspirational ment can totally alter a basic  Floral Dimensions: Quilt 3D fabrics to create over 20 pattern.

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ernina Tips and that showcases many wonderful Remember, you can start the B techniques including ap- Free Motion Quilt along at any Techniques pliqué. You can click on the pic- By Suzanne Waithaka ture to go to the project online. YouTube. time, and Leah’s video’s are on When Patty challenged the guild Check out all of the projects and to make a goal for this year, I de- webinars at www.bernina.com/ cided that my goal would be to us. back with me from the US when I finish all the UFO’s I’d brought F ree Motion Quilting pleted three wall hangings, which with Leah Day returned last fall. So far, I’ve com- -and-tell this This month, the Building month, a bag that I showed in Blocks Quilt Along is making I’ll show at show Rail Fence blocks. Over the center portion of a bed quilt for February, and I’ve quilted the my daughter and about half of the posted about how to piece a past several weeks, she’s rail fence block and different feeling pretty good about the pro- ways to quilt the blocks. In her very first quilt I ever pieced. I’m videos she gives tips on how to quilt straight lines in free- The only prob- gress I’m making on my UFO’s. motion and how to keep the spacing between your lines constantly see- lem is that I’m even. ing new ideas in books, maga- zines, and online that I want to make If the quilt along isn’t your too. So, since more about free motion quilt- style, but you’d like to learn ing, check out her blog, thefree- motionquiltingproject.com. I’m trying not to start new pro- wanted to share a project from This design is called Wired jects while I finish those UFO’s, I bernina.com that I plan to make on the image to go to the post. Bold and Beautiful Quilt from Feathers. Isn’t it beautiful. Click once the UFO’s are all done. The bernina.com is a beautiful quilt

Page 6 March 2014 KAFFE FASSETT

If any one of you are visiting Eng- h t t p : / / land this year you might like to collections especially its many americanmuseum.org/2013/09/ take a trip to the American inspiredantique by quilts. the Museum’s Kaffe diverse was the-colourful-world-of-kaffe- Museum in Bath to see over one fascinated not– only with the block fassett-22-march-to-2-november- hundred pieces of textile art patterns created in these textile 2014/ created by designer Kaffe Fassett. masterworks but also by their audacious use of juxtaposed ABY QUILTS colours and printed fabrics. B

The Colourful World of Kaffe Baby quilts always make a de- Fassett showcases how Kaffe lives lightful gift. If you are not sure by his maxim to find colour in a where to start, check the article grey world. Designed by celebrated theatrical designer on Quilting Daily for advicel. It Johan Engels, the exhibition includes a free downloadable pat- promises to be as colourful as the tern on PDF for you to try. Check dazzling pieces on display. Over the link below: The Colourful World of Kaffe one hundred sumptuous works of Fassett 22 March to 2 Novem- textile art a kaleidoscope of http://www.quiltingdaily.com/ ber 2014 knitwear, , beading, blogs/quilting-daily/ and quilts – will be on display in archive/2014/03/11/what-to- September 25, 2013 - Sue Bond the dramatic exhibition alongside expect-when-you-39-re-making- World-renowned knitwear and vibrant mosaics– and still life baby-quilts-f textile designer Kaffe Fassett paintings by the Fassett. Nearly returns to the American Museum all the objects on view are from Quilting Daily is also offering a in Britain in 2014 to celebrate his the fifty years working as an artist much-loved pieces that surround free E book on making wall hang- and colourist. Born in San Kaffe’shim as personal he creates. collection – The ings (pictures below) Check this Francisco in 1937 and raised in cornucopia of works on view thus link: the creative community of Big offers a glimpse of the private Sur, , Kaffe has a long man behind the public façade. http://www.quiltingdaily.com/ association with the American free-quilted-wall-hanging- Museum, first exhibiting there in p a t t e r n s / ? 1994. When he came to live in a=qr140315&mid=426608&rid= Britain in the early 1960s, Kaffe 2540209 stayed in Bath and was much

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embership card, however, someone else took the M book before it could be properly PO Box 39482 logged back in. If youhave this book, Final reminder, if you haven’t paid Parklands 00623 please return it Raji, as there are your subscription for 2014, please see several other guild members who Kundan when you arrive at the would like to check it out. Also, book meeting. Kundan has asked that you #150 - Blocks for Baby Quilts by Susan Email: complete a membership form with Briscoe was checked out some time [email protected] your subscription to ensure that our ago by Sarita and has not been Website: email and phone records are accurate. returned. Kindly return the book as www.kenyaquiltguild.org Membership remains at a bargain soon as possible. Remember, that a price of 1,500/-. Remember, you can book may be checked out for one Meetings NOT vote at the AGM unless you have month only, and you will incur a 100./= paid your subscription for 2014. Venue: fine for each month the Simba Union Off ed Cross Peace quilt book is overdue. Please Forest Road R help us keep our library

Gretchen has books available to all Time completed the top for members. 9.30am– 1.00pm the Red Cross Peace quilt. Thanks to all of Kundan Pattni is still missing her copy Monthly meeting date the ladies who made a block. Patty will of Mariner’s Compass Quilts by Judy February 20, 2014 be quilting the block. We plan to Matheison. If you have a copy in your present it to the Red Cross with as home, please check to ensure that it is This month’s many of the ladies who participated as yours. contributors possible. Editor in Chief :  Gill Rebelo  Patty Arensen Suzanne Waithaka heck your Bookshelves  Gretchen ([email protected]) The C Ladies  Sheryl Fowler editor in chief welcomes con- The library is missing two books from tributions from all members. it’s shelves. Book # 327—Folded 3D Please send articles for inclu- Blocks by George Baron and Esther sion in the next edition of Vermeer was returned by by the SNIPPETS to her email by person whose name is on the library 10th monthly.