The Comforter Crosstown Quilters September 2016 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Executive Board Greetings to all the Crosstown members. President – Jane Matthews Vice-President – Janice Smith I hope that you're enjoying the remaining days of Secretary – Susan Riley summer. A friend of mine used to say that as she moved Treasurer – Sharon Ducey through the summer days she'd look for colors and Programs Co-Chairs- Linda Austin & Pam Kinsman images that could be transformed and created into beautiful quilts during the following fall and winter Standing Committees months. Membership – Carol Fisher Sunshine – Joanne Fruzzetti During the past few weeks I had an opportunity to meet with the Crosstown Board and Guild Committees to Hospitality – Coni Wessman discuss and plan this year's agenda. We are truly Block of the Month – Laurie Gozzo fortunate enough to have a wonderful group of women Newsletter – Cyndi Meaney who are looking forward to sharing their thoughts, ideas Charity – Etta Forti & Linda Nicholson and talents with the guild in the coming year and they Website – Laurie Gozzo hope you're ready to have fun and be inspired to learn new things. Members-at-Large- Patty Cross & Shirley MacLeod Ad Hoc Committees I look forward to seeing you in September with the N.E.Q.M. Liaison – Barbara Greland anticipation of renewing old friendships and starting new ones. One of my goals as your president in the next Sale of Batting – Etta Forti two years is to focus on members getting to know their Sale of Muslin – Barbara Greland fellow quilters and that includes me. It is important that Show & Tell – Tracey Mackenzie our new members who joined us for the first time also be Monthly Raffle – Nancy McLain included and allowed to feel welcomed. Photography - Elizabeth Romeo & Anne Marcin Getaway Weekend - Pat Smith & Marilyn Baker Best wishes to all from, Janie Guild Historian – Marilyn Wessman -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blade Sharpening – Joyce Daly MEMBERSHIP Facebook Page – Cyndi Meaney This year, we say goodbye to former members who did Past President – Maureen Anderson not renew. They are: Charlene Kirby, Donna Cady, Ann Heine, Nancy THANK YOU Landreville, and Judy Rolt. You will be missed. The last four years flew by. I just want to thank everyone who stepped forward and Welcome new Crosstown members joining us this year: helped. Whether it was taking a position or quietly working in the background. We are a Theresa Cepero, Anne Doherty, Anne Dutson, Mary Ann community that shares the same love (or Karpinski, Edith Neil, Veronica Walsh, and Kathleen lunacy) of quilting. Welch. Maureen Anderson 88 Full Time Members Past President 11 Associate Members 2 Lifetime Members 101 Total Members Carol Fisher PROGRAMS PROGRAMS PROGRAMS PROGRAMS PROGRAMS We are excited - and a bit nervous!- about taking over Programs for the next two years. Our goal, of course, is to have as may fun and informative programs as possible. We value your input. Please share with us your thoughts, ideas, interests; what you'd like to see happen. We will always research your ideas and will do our best to make them happen. Pam Kinsman & Linda Austin September 13 - Annual Business Meeting and joyous gathering of friends after the summer hiatus! September 27 - Holice Turnbow lecture: "Creativity; Finding Your Inner Muse." An inspiring way to begin a new quilting season! Mr. Turnbow is a quilter, artist, and textile consultant. Since the early 1970s he has curated, judged, and lectured at a multitude of quilting events throughout the US and Canada. He is certified by the National Quilting Association as a judge and teacher. He has written regularly for various quilting magazines, has been featured on Quilters TV and has appeared in countless quilting related TV and Internet productions. October 11 - Q-101: Fold and Stitch Wreath -GiGi Morse. In time for Christmas! GiGi will show us how to make the must - have wreath she showed us last June. In addition, GiGi will provide a handout of what can be done before class so that we can finish, (or almost finish!), our first wreath by the end of class. Pattern purchase will be required. October 25 - Janet Elia, lecture, demonstration and trunk show: Sashiko. An award winning local quilter, Janet's presentation will introduce us to the beautiful art form of Japanese handwork. A "hands on' kit will be provided that includes fabric, floss, embroidery needle and handout. In addition to learning the technique, this can be made into a very cute mug rug or incorporated into a larger project! November 15 – Q101: Quilt Labels - Marty Post (note this is the 3rd Tuesday) Marty Post will do a presentation on quilt labels. Why labels are important, and what to include on them. She will cover basic labels as well as customizing yours using rubber stamps and ink. She will discuss how to prepare your fabric and how to use stamps, ink pads and fabric pens. December 13 - Christmas Luncheon - Coni Wessman and company. Annual raffle. December 27 - NO MEETING - (Christmas break) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Laurie Gozzo winner of the 2016 Row by Row Experience at Emma's Quilt Cupboard. **Congratulations** Quilting Home Literature and the Arts Fashion, Design, and Crafts Arts and Crafts Mathematics The Columbia Encyclopedia,... Dictionary of American History Further reading TOOLS Quilting Mathematics | 2002 | Mackenzie, Dana COPYRIGHT 2002 The Gale Group Inc. Quilting A quilt consists of two layers of fabric—the quilt top and the backing—with a third layer of soft insulating material between them, called the batting. Hand or machine stitching holds the three layers together. A quilt can be "whole cloth" (which means the top is one piece of material) but the more colorful and popular forms are patchwork and appliqué. In patchwork, small patches are sewn together to form larger patterns, while in appliqué the motifs are stitched onto a background fabric. Patchwork quilts are more likely to be arrangements of geometric figures, such as squares and triangles. Appliqué is more frequently used for freeform or representational designs. In either style, the quiltmaker first completes the top by piecing, then quilts together the sandwich of two layers of fabric with batting in between by stitching through all three layers. Quilts were made even in the earliest civilizations—for example, in ancient Egypt and Central America. In Europe, the Crusaders brought the idea back from the Holy Land around the twelfth century. However, it was in America that the patchwork quilt blossomed into a distinctive and ubiquitous folk art form. On the frontier, fabric was a valuable commodity, and quilts were a practical way to use leftover scraps and worn-out clothing. Pioneer women soon discovered the artistic possibilities of quiltmaking, and it became one of the few outlets for creativity and beauty in a difficult life. Quilts also became a valuable cultural record. To those who often did not have access to written media, quilts were a way of chronicling important life events: births, marriages, or even something so humble as a treasured friendship. Over the generations, the practical importance of quilts diminished. Today, anyone can go to the store and buy a factory-made comforter. But over the last 30 years quilting has enjoyed a tremendous renaissance as a hobby and as a form of artistic and social expression. Fabrics and tools are now available that would have astounded previous generations of stitchers. MONTHLY RAFFLE On the second meeting of each month, raffle tickets will be available for purchase. Tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5. The prize could be fabric, sewing or quilting supplies, books or other surprises. Remember, you can't win if you don't buy a ticket. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BLADE SHARPENING Crosstown Quilters offers rotary blade sharpening SHOW 'N TELL for our members at $1.00 per blade. What a great year for Show 'n Tell. Every meeting Three blade sizes can be sharpened. Blades should was like a small quilt show and I thank all of you be brought to meetings in a strong plastic who took part. We are lucky to have a great group container, with your name on the container (you of quilters. Every piece is different but we all could place them between yogurt covers and tape have the same goal. We got to see quilts from them closed). I will enter them on a list to keep start to finish: traditional, modern, hand sewn, tabs on them, take them home to sharpen, and machine sewn and all colors and styles. This is return them to you the following meeting. what makes a great quilting group. Joyce Daly Tracey MacKenzie CROSSTOWN WEBSITE TREASURER Crosstown has a website: If you have income or an expense to report, please www.crosstownquilters.org fill out the correct form. Attach a receipt to each expense form and give it to our treasurer, Sharon The website contains a list of the board Ducey. Forms are available from the treasurer at members and committee chairs, directions for meetings, or on the website: the current and past Blocks of the Month, and www.crosstownquilters.org instructions along with patterns for charity Sharon Ducey quilts. There is a link to our Facebook page --------------------------------------------------------------------- where pictures from trunk shows and Show 'n SUNSHINE