F E B R U A R Y, 2 0 1 5, V O L . 3 9 N O . 2
THIMBLE & THREAD QUILT GUILD February Programming Join us in February to hear Toby Lischko talk about her classes at Quilted Fox. Candy will present a program latest projects, tools, and ideas. She will bring quilts to she calls “Tools of the Trade.” You may be surprised at show us as well. Then, on Saturday, she will lead us in where you can find useful items for your sewing room. a fun workshop, Kaleidostars, showing us how to Her presentation includes giveaways, so you don’t make symmetrical fabrics work for us to create want to miss out. beautiful and fascinating quilts. Our very own Hallye Bone will be with us in April to Toby is known to many of us as a former guild talk about quilting in hard times. She has a collection member or from her now-shuttered quilt retreat of authentic flour sack fabrics and will have some of outside Saint Louis. She has written “St. Louis Stars,” her quilts to show us, too. Hallye is always interesting has numerous patterns and designs quilts for major and oh so talented. With her encyclopedic knowledge fabric companies. It’s hard to open a quilt magazine of quilt history and quilt fabrics, you are sure to learn and not see one of her creations. something new.
March will have us engaged with Candy Grisham, Mary Ellen Adams quilt artist and teacher. Some of us may know her from !!!!Program Chair
GUILD FEBRUARY 13, 2015 MARCH 13, 2015 APRIL 10, 2015 MAY 8, 2015
MEETINGS Toby Lischko: Candy Grisham: Haley Bone: Gary and Carole “Kaleidostars” “Tools of the Trade” “Quilting through Splater: “Charity Hard Times” Sharity”
(continued on page two) WORK SHOPS FEBRUARY 14, 2015 Toby Lischko: & Kaleidostars RETREATS Page Two President’s Message So how many of you have your quilts all ready for the local Goodwill store for pillowcases. At a dollar each show… raise your hands. Yup, that’s what I thought. they were a bargain rather than as my husband said, You are all either waiting until the last minute because “whip up some from that muslin you have”. What I’m you work better under pressure, or like myself are getting at with this rambling is you should be doing muttering “I can do it” as you sit under your quilt SOMETHING to be getting ready for the show. It is putting on the sleeve and label. I get the extra help coming much quicker than we realize. The Ides of from two dachshunds who think whatever project I March may be coming for Caesar, but the 20th of March have in my lap is a GREAT way to a) keep warm b) be is coming for the guild. next to mom. I’m sure there are some of you who have Cindy Clifton the same problem with cats. Today I even raided the !!!!!President
Upcoming Quilt Shows and Workshops
February 13-14 2015!! Calico Cut-Ups Quilt Show !!!!Salvation Army Community Center, 14700 S. Truman Rd., Independence MO, Friday & Saturday 10-4
March TBD!!! Metro St. Louis Shop Hop !!!!Missouri and Illinois, www.metrostlouisshophop.com
March 21-22 2015!! "Quilt Expo 2015 - Quilt Magic" Greensfelder Recreation Center, Queeny Park, St. Louis, MO Saturday 10-5, Sunday 11-4, $7 admission
May 29-30 2015!!! The Hands of Friendship Quilt Guild Annual Quilt Show !!!!YMCA, 1708 Jamison St., Kirksville MO 63501
September 27 - !!! Quintessential Quilt Show, Circle in the Square Quilters, University City October 31 2015 Public Library, 6701 Delmar Blvd., University City MO 63130 [email protected], www.circleinthequare.org
September 28-29 2015!! “Winds of War” Country Patchwork Quilt Guild, Martin Community Center, 1985 S. Odell, Marshall MO, Sat 9-5, Sun 10-5, $5 admission Page Three
February Workshop Our next scheduled workshop is “Kaleidostar” given by Toby Lischko. The workshop will be held in the Atrium Room at Concordia Lutheran Church on Saturday, February 14, 2015. You will have access to the room at 8:30 to set up your sewing machines, cutting mats, etc. The workshop starts promptly at 9 a.m. and you are expected to have finished setting up at that time. A full list of necessary workshop supplies is on the Thimble and Thread website. The workshop will teach you how to use and fussy-cut symmetrical fabrics.
There is also a $20 work-shop fee payable at the time of the workshop to Toby; this includes patterns and templates and is a requirement for the workshop. There will also be an optional fabric kit available; this kit is $50, payable to Toby at the time of the workshop.
!!!!!!!!!!!Susan Sanders !!!!!!!!!!!Workshop Chair
Membership Report
We had 90 people who braved the cold to attend our Have them mail their check made payable to Thimble January meeting. This included three guests: Sue & Thread Quilt Guild in the amount of $12.50 to: Ownbey, Peter Mantas and Lou Brummet. Peggy Renard, Membership Chair We received two new memberships tonight for a total 111 Chatwood Terrace of 161 active members. Please welcome new members: St Louis MO 63126 Susan Mantas and June (Georgeanna) Junebug. We See you at the February meeting. are thrilled to have you in our guild! Peggy Renard This is the time of year where our membership dues !!!Membership Chair are pro-rated, so if you know of anyone who is [email protected] thinking about joining the guild, now is the perfect time for them to do so. Page Four Vendors for Quilt Show to Date The following vendors have signed 6. Claude's Country Threads, 13. Nolting Longarm, Hiawatha, contracts for the show: Stover, Missouri Iowa
1. Jackman's Fabrics, St. Louis, 7. Janie Lou, St. Louis, Missouri 14. Stover Quality Quilting, Stover, Missouri Missouri 8. Rose Cottage Quilts, Olathe, KS 15. City’s Edge, Warsaw, Missouri 2. Winston's Sewing Center, St. 9. Odds and Ends, Benton, Charles, Missouri Kentucky 16. Merrily We Sew AlongTown and Country, Missouri 3. Innova Longarm--Hunter 10. Sew Batik, Mayville, North Heirloom Quilting, Centerview, Dakota 17. Lyn Heilman (tentative), Kansas Missouri City, Missouri 11. Olfa/Charlie's Easy Mat Cutters, 4. Nancy Ballhagen's Puzzles, Sunset Hills, Missouri Submitted by the Vendor Committee: Lebanon, Missouri 12. DbarJ Quilts Rockville, Missouri Mary Ann Wachtel, Linda Polycn, Jan 5. Phil's Sewing Machines, Washington, Missouri Oehrle Tr e a s u r e r ’s R e p o r t
PROFIT & LOSS STATEMENT - BALANCE SHEET JANUARY 2015 Jan 15 Dec 14 JANUARY 2015 Jan 31, 15
Income ASSETS Program Income Current Assets Workshop Income 0.00 80.00 Checking/Savings Quilt Show Income Arsenal CU Checking #2090 9,288.15 Booth Income fees 0.00 515.00 Arsenal CU Money Market #2060 9,873.68 Raffle Quilt income 0.00 60.00 Arsenal CU Savings 31.47 Ways & Means Income Total Checking/Savings 19,193.30 Raffles Total Current Assets 19,193.30 Newsletter Raffle Income 0.00 34.00 Other Assets Total Income 0.00 689.00 Arsenal CU CD - 1 year 6,056.91 Expense Arsenal CU CD - 6 month 6,030.36 Fixed Expenses Total Other Assets 12,087.27 Business Insurance 501.00 0.00 TOTAL ASSETS 31,280.57
Post Office Box rental 80.00 0.00 LIABILITIES & EQUITY Professional Membership 0.00 45.00 Equity Program Expenses 30000 Opening Balance Equity 20,866.03 Meals 8.49 0.00 32000 Retained Earnings 12,996.25 Refreshments 0.00 271.26 Net Income -2,581.71 Retreat-Annual 0.00 -173.23 Total Equity 31,280.57 Workshop 12.65 0.00 TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 31,280.57
Program Expenses - Other 0.00 29.98 Quilt Show Display 25.43 0.00 Prizes 50.00 0.00 Total Expense 677.57 173.01
Interest Income 0.00 2.66 NET INCOME -677.57 513.33 Page Five Free Motion Quilting Tip
I just saw this tip and thought it might be helpful to other guild members who free motion quilt on domestic sewing machines with little harp space. I haven't tried it yet, but it seems like it should work.
"Just turn your machine on a 90 degree angle so you are facing the narrow part of the machine head on. You'll have unlimited space for your fabric!"
I have seen it mentioned on a few blogs, but have no idea where it originated. I realize that you'd still have no more space when working from the center of the quilt, but it might be easier to handle the bulk when it's moving from side to side and not resting in your lap and off the back of your sewing table. Also, it might be necessary to remove some drop-in machines from their cabinets, depending on their configuration and available work space, to work with them at a 90 degree angle--in some cases, you could just turn the cabinet.
Nancy Hamilton
Paducah Bus Trips April 22, 23, 24, or 25, 2015
Travel with The Quilted Fox to the AQS Quilt Show
There will be a bus each day of the show. Sign up now because the seats sell out before the show. It’s only $52 per person which covers the bus. (Meals and show entrance are on your own. You’ll stop for breakfast on the way down and dinner on the way back.)
You’ll be able to rest on the trip home and let us do the driving! On the bus you’ll receive a coupon for 20% off a one -time visit (all regularly priced merchandise) during the Quilters enjoying the AQS quilt show in Paducah. week following the show.
Don’t forget—we’re open every Sunday from 12 – 4 pm Visit us at: 10403 Clayton Road in La Chateau Village or call us at (314) 993-1181 Monday & Wednesday 10-5; Tuesday & Thursday 10-6:30; Friday & Saturday 10-4:30; Sunday 12-4:00 Find our newsletter on our web page: www.quiltedfox.com Page Six
Baker’s Dozen - Oriental Beauties
The blocks are due and we will meet on February 8, 2015. We will be meeting at JoAnn's at Lindbergh and Highway 55 at 1:30 p.m.. Bring your blocks, your show and tell and a bottle of water if you like. We have some donated oriental fabric for you to take home, as well. See you all there. Any questions, please call Judy Lorino.
Quilt Magic - Gifts of Love T & T Guild members have donated some beautiful donation. All money raised from the sale of the tickets items for the charity booth at the Quilt Magic Expo goes to The Independence Center. coming up in just a few weeks. We are hoping for www.independencecenter.org more donations at the February Guild meeting. If you Independence Center is committed to providing a are working on something, but won’t have it until the comprehensive system of high quality programs and March Guild meeting, please contact Adele Niblack services that assists adults in the St. Louis metro- [email protected] or call and let her know what you politan area with serious and persistent mental are working on and when it will be ready. illnesses to live and work in the community, inde- If you are new to the guild, and not sure what to pendently and with dignity. donate, please see the FAQ article on the Guild web To accomplish its mission, the Center promotes site, click on ‘downloads’ in the upper right hand rehabilitation and employment, provides educational, corner, scroll down to File and you will see the FAQ social and housing opportunities and offers training and the registration form. in its approach to community based-care The display is going to be beautiful and colorful and Adele Niblack we want everyone to have a place in our booth with a Quilt Magic Update In spite of the possibility of inclement weather the Mary Ellen Adams sent out an e-blast after the Raffle Ticket Sales at Jackman’s Fabrics on Saturday, January ninth meeting. January 10, were just plain fun. Seated at the front If you have not received it, send me an e-mail and I door we were able to greet and engage folk as they will return the “Spring Thing” directions right away. came through the door. With a dazzling Raffle Quilt behind us, we peddled tickets and handed out And, finally, volunteer, volunteer, volunteer! We bookmarks. More “6 for $5” tickets were sold than need you even for a few hours to help make “Quilt singles, making our intake right at $209. Magic” the absolute best it can be. The high attendance of Thimble and Thread Quilt Shows is As “Quilt Magic” Chair, I encourage everyone to directly related to the quality of our shows. participate in the “Small Quilt Challenge” for the Patricia Ferrell, Quilt Show Chairperson show. The name of the challenge is “Spring Thing.” Page Seven One Quilting Family’s Struggle
This is the story of Sandi couple of newly-earned I count all blessings: they got Wagner’s beloved Colin, who nicknames (“Wobbles” and the whole tumor during his began his struggle with cancer “Pin-Ball”), and there is never surgery; no cancer had last year. any negativity allowed in his progressed to his spine; he’s in space. It’s all positive while his school being picked up by the Because so many of you school bus right in front of his have asked about my home; he has his own bed in grandson, Colin, I thought the nurse’s office; his tutor is I’d write what’s happened his own teacher; his eyes are and what’s to come. back to focus--he doesn’t see On June 11, 2014, Colin had double anymore (which was a Grade 4 Medulloblastoma caused by the surgery); there brain tumor the size of a is no cancer in his body at this plumb successfully time (but they have to do the removed. He had five-day- Chemo ‘in case’ there is a a-week radiation for six cancer cell they’ve missed); weeks and just finished his both parents are working and third chemo treatment with have supportive bosses; and six more to go. Once a the prayers and support from month. family and friends is humbling and one of our The chemo treatments mean biggest blessings. overnighting in the hospital so they can flush his system With all of this, our lives and monitor him. Every Taken on January 5 of my three guys: Jake (13) and have changed forever. I cry third treatment means a two- Dad taking Colin home after his chemo treatment. It’s inside and laugh outside always two thumbs up, and in this case one hand was night stay to do the same. when I’m with him. What a busy holding a donut. treasure he is and how it Colin is a trooper and just hurts. His gait, his speech, remarkable. His sense of humor parents push to keep him on a his balance, etc., have all is incredible, getting that from regular life schedule. He’s changed from a ‘healthy strong his father, my son; and he doing everything that is being monkey’ six-year veteran doesn’t take himself seriously. asked of him. hockey player (started playing He laughs and jokes with a
Continued on next page Page Eight
Challenge Quilts
At the February meeting, the Challenge Quilts will be on display for all to vote for their favorite. You may vote for two, since you may want to vote for your own.
1st prize--$25.00 gift certificate.
2nd prize--$15.00 gift certificate.
3rd prize--$10.00 gift certificate.
The gift certificates will be from Toby Lischko's Gateway Quilt's & Stuff.
The ones I have received are amazing. This will be an exceptional exhibit for our show.
Thanks to all who are participating .
Dolores Keaton
One Quilting Family’s Struggle (cont.) when he was three) to a fragile leukemia in his teen years, etc. hockey (due to it not fitting nine-year-old. It breaks our Life isn’t fair, and visiting the under his helmet). He plays hearts, and all I can do is Cancer Center at Barnes hockey profoundly deaf with support in anyway they want Jewish, you hurt seeing these all hearing kids. He’s just me to. I relish all time spent cancer kids struggle. As amazing, too! with them. Right now I’m heartbreaking as this is for us Regarding my quilting for privileged to take him to and our Colin, he’s one of the others: I still love and offer it physical therapy on Tuesdays lucky ones--there are so many yet limiting any new work to and cook dinner for them that kids worse. pantos basically unless it’s a evening. Such a picky eater, he I thank all of you for your ‘light’ custom. My heavy loves my mashed potatoes, thoughts and prayers for my custom days are over I’m chicken, and broccoli, and he is Colin. afraid. But, again, I still enjoy given a drug to give him an quilting and am able to appetite. Colin’s brother Jake is pretty especially offer panto work. remarkable in his own right. Inside I feel he’ll never be the Please remember me if you’re He wears a cochlear implant same ole Colin, and I pray I’m wanting a quilt done. I know that he removes when playing wrong. The chemo can cause that under the circumstances
Continued on next page I quilted hockey quilts for them, and here is a picture showing the hockey players with Colin’s #5 and Jake’s #17. Quick story: I needed to make a quilt for one of Colin’s fundraisers (Dolores Keaton pieced it for me). It sold for $500, and the person bought it and gave it to Colin! So, because I love Jake just as much, Dolores pieced another, and I quilted it for Jake. some of you may not want to (which I prefer over my home Thank you, thank you. I’m “burden” me. But, I love being phone) at 314-488-4036, and let looking forward to the quilt busy in my ‘spare’ time with me check my schedule. I thank show to see all of your lovely quilting so please keep giving all of you for your unders- quilts! me the opportunity. Please just tanding and support. I plan to Sandi Wagner shoot me an email. My correct get back to Thimble & Thread email addy is: when things settle a bit. sw.sewfi[email protected] roster is wrong--or call my cell 2014-2015 “Quilt Magic” Officers and Committee Chairs 2015 Quilt Show Committee President Cindy Clifton Chairperson Patricia Ferrell Vice President Mary Ellen Adams Admissions (Front Door Area) Sally Koczen Secretary Robin O'Sullivan Karen Pecaut Treasurer Kathy Sherrick Leigh Anne Huckaby Parliamentarian Art Kruse Consignment Chair: Denise Poepsel Membership Peggy Renard Marian McGuinness Historian Karen Terry Steve Zegel Workshops Susan Sanders Demonstrations Chair Leslie Clark 2015 Quilt Show Chair Patricia Ferrell Gifts of Love Chair Adele Niblack Retreat Becky Waldrop Guild Challenge Dolores Keaton Charity Quilts 2015 Linda Polcyn Judges and Ribbons Kate Lottes Newsletter Raffle Wanda Hilliard Operations Art Kruse Marty Walsh Program Vacant Optional Blocks Jeanette Oesterly, Registration Linda Wandling Sally Koczan Quilt Placement/Hanging Susan Sanders. Website Mary Ellen Adams Liza Mitchell Baker's Dozen Judy Lorino Joan Tebeau Fabric Raffle Carolyn Smith 2015 Raffle Quilt Joan Tebeau Laverne Farrar Show Photographer Jerri Stroud Newsletter Betsey Gardner Special Exhibit Hallye Bone Table Decorations Cindy Neville Treasurer Jeanette Oesterly Vendors Mary Ann Wachtel Jan Oehrle Linda Polcyn Volunteers Debbie Logan,
Newsletter submissions are due the second Sunday after the meeting. This month February 22, 2015. Submissions should be e- mailed to [email protected]. Please call the Betsey Gardner at 314-322-0790 for submission guidelines. I promise that I do not bite and am perfectly happy to discuss any potential submissions to the newsletter.
Colin’s Potato Puff (Sandi’s own Recipe)
4c mashed potatoes w/salt & pepper to taste 1-8oz pkg cream cheese 1 egg 1/4 c minced onion Maybe a little butter or milk if you wish Grated Cheddar as a topping for color if you wish Mix all together. Top with a little grated cheddar. Bake at 350º, covered, for 30 minutes. Can be made ahead (which is the beauty of this recipe).
Now, this is what I do: I rice the potatoes to get the skins incorporated. Then I quadruple the recipe (when I do so, I use 3 8oz packages of cream cheese with 3 eggs and 3/4c minced onion). Seems weird, but that minced onion gives the potatoes a sweet flavor. Colin gets a huge casserole, and they keep all their leftovers to warm later. Plus we get a smaller casserole to add to a meal I fix later.
What’s GREAT about these potatoes is that you can fix them ahead of time and refrigerate until dinner or freeze for a later date. If they’ve been refrigerated, bake for about 45min. If frozen, bake a good hour. Optional Blocks
The Purple Braid Block will be collected in February 2015 because If you would like to participate in The Purple Braid Block please contact Jeanette Oesterly at 314.968.8477 or [email protected].
Anne Hennig kindly provided photos of her purple braid blocks. She says that if she doesn’t win, she’ll provide the winner with a bag of strips and purple fabric that was left over. This is a GREAT picture of Colin, Jake, and their hero, T.J. Oshie, of the St. Louis Blues, when T.J. came to visit Colin at their home a few weeks after his surgery (end of June). Colin had hair then. Oshie brought Colin one of his jerseys and a stick from Sochi, Russia, both of which he signed. I’m very proud of Jake and how he cares for his brother. He’s a sweet, good 13-year-old.
Welcome to Thimble & Thread Quilt Guild, St. Louis' largest quilting club. We hope you will join us at one of our monthly meetings, a workshop or even a quilt show. Explore our site http://www.thimbleandthreadstl.org/ to see some of the quilt-related things going on in St. Louis, our guild and elsewhere.
We meet at the Concordia Lutheran Church, 505 South Kirkwood Road, at 7:30 p.m. on the second Friday of each month, unless changes are announced in the newsletter or on the website. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
A pre-meeting dinner is held at O’Charley’s restaurant, 1242 South Kirkwood Road, starting between 5:15 and 5:30 p.m. This month the meeting is on Friday, February 13, 2015.
Guild meetings are open to non-members, free for the first visit (unless the program involves a national speaker), and $3 per visit thereafter. A $5 fee is charged whenever a national speaker gives the program. Memberships are $25-$35 per year.