EVENING STAR GAZETTE

April 2015 VOLUME 9 ISSUE 4

Leaders of the pack: President: Sherry Mcconnell V-President: Donna Hartman Secretery: Stephanie Crabtree Meetings are held the 3rd Monday Treasurer: Cindy Garrretson of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Website: Ann Fisher Eastside Church of God. Workshops: Ann Shaffer Newsletter: A concerted group effort Dues are $20 for the first year and each year thereafter Bus Trip Coordinator: Janet Estes Website: eveningstarquiltguild.com Just a Note "Welcome to April! It is so good to feel the warmth, hear the birds sing and see the spring flowers showing off their beauty! Thanks to Donna Hartman for organizing a wonderful bus trip to the Chicago Quilt Show! Everyone had so much fun and came home with so many lovely things! I am so pleased to welcome our speaker, Courtney Young, tonight. Her shop is a delight to visit and her fabrics are absolutely gorgeous! I hope this finds all of your work- ing away on your batik challenge. If you need help or need to talk over ideas we are always glad to help..sometimes just the getting started is the hardest when too many ideas overtake us. Of course, if time were limitless then we could make ALL the ideas in our head...lol! Look- ing forward to enjoying your talent this evening and thanks for being my inspiration!

Proud to serve as Leader of the Pack, A Little Bit About The French Seam...

Since 2011, The French Seam has been providing Indianapolis and the Midwest area with a distinctive selection of fine fab- What’s Happening rics, quilting , and sewing notions. Tonight? With a lot of dreaming and determina- tion, Linda Compton and Courtney Young (a mother and daughter team) opened their Indian- The French Seam apolis fabric boutique to make fine fabrics af- fordable and accessible for the entire sewing community. Courtney Young The French Seam is a unique blend of vintage and modern, with a collection of patterns that provides sewing enthusiasts with an exten- sive variety of projects, from beginners to ad- vanced. Don’t forget …. The shop is also a friendly and inspira- tional gathering place where a wide range of Are you working on your Batik sewing classes helps stitchers of all ages and skill levels expand their creativity and succeed at Tear Challenge for the Summer sewing. Supper in June??!! http://www.thefrenchseam.com/about-us.htm

Sew What Happened Last Month….?

Happy Spring and Happy St. Patrick’s Day! The Evening Star Quilt Guild met 3/16/15 with quite a number of members present. I have misplaced my sign in sheets but I know we had 5 guests with us! There was a Make It/Take It session, led by Linda Lupton where 20+ ladies participated in putting together postcard hexies.

President Sherry McConnell welcomed us all and thanked Linda for the Make It/Take It, the hostesses, Vanna Girls and Sign In table volunteers. What would we do without you all?? Sherry informed us that Noblesville designer/quilter Terri Degenkolb ‘s mother had died that morning and asked us to keep her in our prayers. Treasurer Cindy Garretson reported that the treasury was $1818.19. She thanked us for our donations to Eastside Church of God’s Food Bank. Vice President Donna Hartman reported that the bus trip to Chicago Quilt Festival March 26th was almost sold out, with 5 seats left. Sounds like a good time will be had.

There is a Loop to Loop Shop Hop in Indianapolis and Ohio stores in May. Always in Stitches is getting a bus together for this-$45/ticket and $5 for the passport.

The Madison County Extension Sewing Seminar is 3/28/15 at the 4-H fairgrounds in Alexandria. The guest speaker is Elizabeth Burns, the Blind Quilter. There will be number of vendors to learn about and time to shop! Ann Shaffer told us that we need teachers for workshops this year. We are such a talented group of women. If you have a pattern, technique, etc that you know and think others would like to learn it, please consider leading a workshop. Let Ann know. Terri Degenkolb will be holding a workshop in the fall.

The Block of the Month is being delayed until the April meeting. Georgia Bonesteel will have an exhibit at the Marie Webster House starting 4/2/15 until Celebration.

Thirteen people participated in Show and Tell and Shannon Arnstein won the drawing.

Our guest speaker was Jennifer Fulton, the author of Idiot’s Guide to Quilting”. She shared with us her journey of quilting and how she came to write the book. She had a wonderful trunk show to share and had her book and patterns for sale. She was happy to autograph the books, too.

Don’t forget to work on your Summer Batik tearing project for June!

Respectfully submitted, Stephanie Crabtree, Secretary International Quilt Show-Chicago WORKSHOP Bus Trip

When: Saturday, April 25 Cost: $10.00 30 people participated representing 8 Where: McElfresh Estate different guilds, Huntington, Fort Projects: Sewing Machine , Armchair Sewing caddy Wayne, Indianapolis, Sheridan, in 2 sizes. Spring Valley, Redbud, Frankton, and Bring: sack lunch & drink. Dessert will be provided. Evening Star. The vendors were great and the quilt show was awe- $$$ SHOW ME THE MONEY $$$ some, there was plenty of time to get through the show and see all the ven- Balance Date dors. Stopping for supper on the way TBA 4/20/2015 home at the Golden Corral gave eve- Treasurer Cindy Garretson ryone a break and a wonderful meal, then we continued home safe and Need a name tag? Lost your name tag? sound. Thanks to everyone for your cooperation and puncuationality . We Contact Donna Hartman and she will fix you right up. had another successful bus trip and Notebooks available from Cindy for $5 am looking forward to the next one!!

Donna

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Musings From Marie’s House

April 2– July 11 Georgia Bonesteel A Retrospective Journey of Quilts and Wearables ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Deb Geyer, Museum Manager

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INTERESTING FACTS

The word ‘cotton’ is derived from ‘qutun’ or Chambray is a type of cotton popularly used in the ‘kutun’, an Arabic word used to describe any fine manufacture of blue work , and is where we get textile the term "blue-collar"

In an average year, Australia’s cotton growers pro- Cotton dates from at least 7,000 years ago mak- duce enough cotton to clothe 500 million people ing it one of the world’s oldest known fibres

Around 70 countries in the world grow cotton Archaeologists found 5,000 year old cotton fabric at Mohenjo Daro, an ancient town in the Indus River Cotton and its by-products are used in the production Valley of West Pakistan of a huge range of products including bank notes, margarine, rubber and medical supplies Greek and Roman civilizations used cotton for awnings and sails as well as There are 43 species of cotton in the world and some cotton grows on trees The Aztec civilization used naturally coloured brown cotton as a principal form of payment Australia and Egypt produce the highest quality cot- tons in the world Denim fabric was initially produced in Nimes, France. Denim derives its name from ‘serge de The fibre from one 227kg cotton bale can pro- Nimes’ (‘fabric of Nimes’) duce 215 pairs of , 250 single bed sheets, I 1,200 t-shirts, 2,100 pairs of boxer , 3,000 n the 16th Century, sailors from the Italian port city, nappies, 4,300 pairs of or 680,000 cotton Genoa, began to wear denim balls Naturally colored cotton varieties in South Amer- Cotton can absorb up to 27 times its own weight in ica have come in shades of red, yellow, beige, water chocolate, pink, purple, green, striped like a tiger and even spotted like a leopard The cotton plant requires about 180 – 200 days from planting to full maturity ready for harvest Ancient Peruvians made fishing nets and lines from darker shades of cotton to be less visible to fish Cotton is a unique crop in that it is both a food and a fibre This was found at the website www.cottonaustralia.com China is the world's largest cotton importer and is also the biggest producer

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What’s a meeting without snacks? 3000+ bolts of modern/contemporary fabric including the best collection of batiks in the midwest!

May Large 40% off sale area & specials. Donna Hartman, Rita Shively, Janice Dean, Ongoing classes for all ages & skill levels. Betty Lloyd Authorized Brother & Floriani Dealer. June *** Sharon Liptow, Jeanette Williams, Nan Hodge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bring ad for 20% off one notion, book or 1+ yard fabric.

Vanna Girls May ~ Alice Taylor, Arlene Ellingwood June ~ Kay Judt, Linda Lupton Always In Stitches Sign-In Table “Your One Stop Stitch Shop” conveniently located at May ~ Sharon McElfresh, Ann Shaffer June ~ Kris Caylor, Jerry CLine 1808 East Conner St., Noblesville IN 46060 317-776-4227 Visit our shop on the web at: www.alwaysinstitches1.com

On The Road Again…… Open: Mon, Wed, Fri & Sat 10am-5pm Tues &Thurs 10am-8pm, closed Sun

May 2-9 Loop-to-loop shop hop On Facebook search for looptoloopshophop Bus to Cincinnati loop on May 7. Check with Quilt Quarters for more info.

July 16-18 Quilter’s Hall of Fame Celebration, class schedule available on the website now www.quiltershalloffame.net

Get this free scrappy block pattern on this website: http://www.craftsy.com/blog/2015/04/umbrella-quilt-block/

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