Quilters By The Sea Guild August 2016 Newsletter

www.quiltersbytheseaguild.org Our next meeting is on SEPT. 26, 2016 at 7:00pm First Christian Church, 2035 Oleander Dr, Wilmington, NC Confirmed guild meeting schedule for 2016: -- September 26 -- October 24 -- November 21 (* third Monday) -- December 5, Christmas party*If New Hanover Co schools are closed due to inclement weather on meeting nights then the guild will NOT meet. Reminder August meeting cancelled; speaker and class postponed until January. President’s PieceJust came back from a week of quilting in the mountains; it was great to spend time with friends andquilt while we enjoyed the cool mountain air. I came back refreshed and anxious to attack myUFO's. I'm challenging myself to see what I can get done before our next meeting. Speaking ofmeetings, thanks to everyone for tolerating the lack of a/c at our July meeting; we kept the agenda shortdue to the warmth, but we were still able to enjoy the Christmas in July demos. The good news is - thea/c has been fixed! We should be more comfortable at our next meeting in September.Lots of things for you to think about:- Challenge quilts are due in September - are you working on it? (I haven't started ,,,, it's in my UFOpile to be attacked.) - We are still looking into the possibility of scheduling a re-sale event, possibly in the fall. If you areinterested in helping to organize it, let me know. - We need to form a committee to start thinking about our next quilt show; it's a long way off, but it'snot too soon to start planning. See me if you would like to be involved. - The nominating committee needs your help to name a slate of officers for next year. Please considerbeing a part of the board. Contact Dianne Brisson.

Best wishes to Vonda Witherspoon and her husband as they relocate to Morehead City for hisjob. Perhaps we'll see her at Day of Sharing in October!WANTED: with Vonda leaving, we'll need someone to take over the role of historian. There'snotebooks full of info of guild activities; it would be great to have someone try and organize it andperhaps figure out an efficient way to store it. (Perhaps scanning and storing digitally?).Time for me to get back to my UFO's; keep on quilting!Mary Ann Bits n’ BobsDay of Sharing will be Saturday October 15 in Morehead City. It's a gathering of 200 quilters fromseveral guilds in NC. The event features Show and Tell from all the participants - its like pop-up quiltshow with a wide range of beautiful work. It's always inspiring! This year's guest speaker will be MegCox, a well known writer as well as quilter and and quilt book author. Check out herwebsite http://megcox.com. Guilds are welcome to bring their raffle quilts. Admission is $6.00 andincludes lunch and door prizes. Space is limited - if you'd like to reserve your spot, send a check madeout to QBTS for $6.00 to Mary Ann Kotas, 3265 Gardenwood Drive, Leland, NC 28451.Holiday Party Committee Meeting: Save the date! The QBTS Holiday Party will be heldMonday, December 5th at 6 PM (potluck dinner time) at the First Christian Church, 2035 OleanderDr., Wilmington. A sign-up sheet will be circulated at the October and November guild meetings.Prepare to be showered with flowers, beguiled by blossoms and feted with flora at the QBTS HolidayFlower Fest ! Submitted by Mari de Moya, Holiday Party Planning ChairHabitat Quilts: Thank you to all who made quilts for Habitat! They are so happy to get them andvery grateful for all the work you put into them. The owners cherish these quilts and it lets them knowothers care about helping people get a new start in life. Thanks again, and keep on helping! Barb SiemeMembership News:Hi all…. We had an addition and a change of email address to our roster that was sent outrecently…Dana Adams joined us….her email is [email protected] please make her feel welcomeat our September meeting. Betsy Manning has changed her email to [email protected] We are now200 strong…. Look for the green ribbons….newbies to the Guild….take the time to introduce yourself andmake them feel a part of our great organization. Please note that since our newsletter is on the web I donot give out all of the info…..either contact the person by email or wait until an updated roster is sent.And we welcome back long time member Debbie Williams to NC, she had relocated to Tennessee severalyears ago.Please make sure if you change your email or phone number that you notify me so I can update ourroster. Also look on our roster for phone numbers and addresses for our members. I do not want toshare these in our newsletters for anyone to see. Please understand this. We send out updated rosters toall at least 4 times a year if not more! Karen Smith, membership chairperson [email protected]

Neo-Natal Workshop:We are getting close to meeting our 2016 goal of donating 200 quilts to the neo-natal unit here inWilmington. To help us all reach the desired number of quilts, a workshop has been scheduled to beheld at the New Hanover Orthopedic Hospital (formerly Cape Fear) on August 27 from 9:00 to 2:00.Please join us in this worthy endeavor. There will be a sign up sheet for those of you who can join us atthe Guild's July meeting, or you may sign up by contacting Carolyn Baker at [email protected], tel. no.(910)383-6682 or Anne Freeling at [email protected], tel. no. (910)383-1427. Thank you somuch for your generosity. Carolyn Baker, Anne Freeling News of Note2017 Retreat News The response to the retreat registration has been great. We are currently fulland have started a waiting list. If you would like to be added to the waiting list please mail theregistration form but DO NOT include the deposit check. When space becomes available you will benotified. We're very pleased to have so many returning and first time participants! The RetreatCommitteeURGENT -- Nomination committee:What happens if we don't have anyone to serve on the Board of Directors for QBTS nextyear? If only 1 person volunteered to be on the nomination committee, and we don't havereplacement officers, what do we do?If you want to keep the Board active and the guild alive, please contact me, DianneBrisson at [email protected] to volunteer. Raffle updateOur raffle quilt spent about a month at Sew Happins and it is now hanging at Fran's. Be sure to stopby and thank them for giving up their precious wall space to display our quilt. Thank you Sara and Fran!Sales are going well, but we do need your help by selling your raffle tickets. Remember it is the onlysource of revenue besides membership that we have in 2016. The drawing will be held in December.If you know of any venue in which we can display our quilt (pieced by Marie Coadic and quilted by BevCochran) and sell raffle tickets, please call me, Dianne, at 910 763 7429.As a Mission Project for Topsail Presbyterian Church, The Presbyterian Women are donating twinsize or slightly larger, quilts to The Lake Waccamaw Boys and Girls Home. We would like togive between 12 and 15 quilts to the girls in October. If you would like to donate please send me an emailat: [email protected] You can look at their website at:http://www.boysandgirlshomes.org/ Thank You, Joanne Foster 910 270-7050

AUG/SEPT Block of the Month Pat Haislip is the hostess for the \"Sixteen Inches” BOM for 2016.\"Instructions can be found at the bottom of the newsletter.Free Bees http://www.shinyhappyworld.com/2015/05/free-alphabet-applique-pattern.htmlAdd WORDS to your nextquilt! Wendy Gratz,owner/designer @ ShinyHappy World (a NorthCarolina business!) sharesher alphabet to print & use,with instructions & videotutorial! Tell the world whatyou have to say! Have fun!

Nothing this month for sale but there is a freebie!  FREE: I want to give away a treadle machine that has a missing treadle, but is interesting as a decorator piece. Please email if interested. Gerry - [email protected]: http://www.pineapplefabrics.com/

Programs and Classes for 2016Thank you to all who helped make Christmas in July a wonderful evening! Due to the warmth in thebuilding we ran through the meeting rather quickly, but I hope everyone enjoyed the demos! All weresuch cute ideas.Due to the cancellation of the August meeting, Deb Karasik’s program has been moved toJanuary 23, 2017. Also many of you asked for a more challenging project for her class, so we will bechanging it to an all day class on the Saturday prior to our meeting. Please visit her website,www.debkarasik.com , and let me know if you have a preference on pattern.September 26: Summer Quilt Challenge Due!! Please note we added a fourth award – BestEmbellishments. And remember – if you bought a charm pack but do not turn in a challenge piece, youhave to make a neonatal quilt with the fabric. I will have my list to check off your entry!! So get busy ifyou haven’t started yet. It isn’t too late!!Janice Pope will be joining us for a short program and to present the awards. And I understand thatPepper Cory will be joining us as well to see how we used her Brushstrokes line of fabric!Cash Prizes will be awarded for: Best Use of Brushstrokes Fabric Best Original Design Best Quilting (machine or hand) Best EmbellishmentsOctober 24: Vickie Clontz will be joining us to “Walk on the Wooly Side”. This will be a power pointpresentation with samples available for us see up close. On Saturday, October 22, we will have an all dayclass, Wet-felted Vessel. The class is a wonderful hands on adventure in wet felting! Class will be at thechurch, 9 AM to 3 PM, with a cost of $50. On Monday, October 24, there will be a half-day class, WoolyMixed Media, also at the church, 1 to 4PM, with a cost of $25. Sign up for both classes will be at theSeptember meeting. Since we will not have August meeting, our sign up period will be very short!!Vickie’s website is www.annieskeepsakes.com, please visit it to see the projects we are doing and herother work.November 21: Barbara Cline will be joining us for both a program and class. Her lecture will be“Amazing Diamond Chains” and we will learn several techniques for forming diamond chains. Her classwill be from her “Let’s Party Table Runner” pattern, also on that Monday from 9 am to 4pm with a costof $50. Location is not confirmed at this writing, details in the September newsletter. Sign up for thisclass will begin at the September meeting.Barbara’s website is www.delightfulpiecing.com , please visit it to see her work.December 5: QBTS Annual Christmas Party is shaping up! Thank you to Mari deMoya and hercommittee for all their work. I’m looking forward to our Holiday Flower Fest, it sounds like a lot of fun!Thank you to the members who gave me suggestions for future programs! If others have a specificlecturer or teacher you would like to see come to our Guild, please let me know! We will do the best wecan to get them here!Dianne [email protected] or (910)329-1332

Ads in the Newsletter-Each Guild Member gets a free ad one time per year in the newsletter. Charges for ads are asfollows: Business card Size- $5.00; 1/4 page-$7.50; 1/2 page-$10.00 and Full Page-$20.00.Charges will be doubled for non-members or businesses.Please send your ad copy via email to: [email protected] Payment can be made via check to QTBS,and mailed to: QBTS, PO Box 955, Wilmington NC 28402. Or, can be handed in at the meetings tothe treasurer. Upcoming EventsAugust 20 2016 - 25th Anniversary of the Carolina Pine Needle Quilters Guild. Featuring atrunk show from Jenny Doan of Missouri Star Quilt Co. Located at White Oak High School,1001 Piney Green Rd, Jacksonville NC 28546. The Earl Taylor Performing Arts Center. Doors open at12, show from 1 pm - 3 pm. Cash preferred for vendor items. No food or drinks allowed. Tickets areavailable on-line at www.carolinapineneedlequiltersguild.webs.comSeptember 9 & 10, 2016 - Quilt Show “Quilts Warm the World” will take place, Friday andSaturday, The hours are: Friday – 9:00 am-6:00 pm and Saturday – 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. We will have8 vendors, WCQ Boutique, Bed Turning, Door Prizes and a Grand Prize drawing valued at over$1000.00. Please check our website http://wilkesquilters.org for more information.September 23 rd , 10:00am – 5:00pm, and September 24 th , 9:00am – 4:00pm -- PamlicoRiver Quilters Guild - “Branching Out With Quilts”, Washington Civic Center, 110 N. Gladden St.,Washington, NC Admission $4.00Quilt Challenges are fun and make us expand our comfort zone and our minds – at least a little! If youreceived these fabric set, you are expected to bring back a finished challenge!!! There is a distributionlist and consequences for not doing the challenge!!The Challenge: My Favorite Color Is ___?Rules:  Quilt can be pieced or appliquéd or both; embellishments encouraged.  Quilt must use at least 9 of the 5” squares from the Brushstrokes charm square packages sold at the April QBTS meeting (the format does not have to stay 5”), OR you may use 2 strips from a Brushstrokes strip sets, if you won one of the 2 sets donated to our April meeting raffle,

OR you may use the equivalent amount of purchased fabric, basically a Fat Quarter, of Brushstrokes by Pepper Cory from Studio E Fabrics. Trade or share with a friend from the precut sets to get more of YOUR favorite color. Supplement with fabrics from your stash. Quilt must have 3 layers and be quilted. Finished size of quilt: a parameter of more than 100 inches and less than 200 inches. Finished Challenge quilts due at the SEPTEMBER QBTS meeting! Members will be voting during that meeting. Janice Pope will be on hand to photograph all of the quilts.Cash Prizes will be awarded for: Best Use of Brushstrokes Fabric Best Original Design Best Quilting (machine or hand) Best EmbellishmentsCongratulations to member Marie Anne Coadic!

Aug/Sept BOM from quilterscache.comPlease contact Pat Haislip [email protected] with any questions. http://quilterscache.com/R/RibbonPuzzleBlock.html Please make the block in the colors in the photo: White for thebackground, light/med & dark greens for the other components. Sept 6 2005 Marcia Hohn This is an original pattern.This makes a 16\" block! Please abide by the Terms and Conditions of use! :o) ** Supplies List **DO NOT USE RED, USE LIGHT/MED AND DARK GREENS Color 1 needs: one 5\" x 16-1/2\" rectangle AND one 2-1/2\" Color 1 x 27\" strip Color 2 needs: one 2-1/2\" x 28\" strip AND one 4-1/2\" Color 2 square Color 3 needs: one 4-1/2\" x 18\" strip AND one 2-1/2\" x Color 3 40\" strip

** Preparing the Pieces and Sewing the Block ** Cut the Color 1 5\" x 16-1/2\" rectangle into two 2-1/2\" x 16-1/2\" rectangles. Cut the Color 1 2-1/2\" x 27\" strip into six 2-1/2\" x 4-1/2\" rectangles... Now cut the Color 2 2-1/2\" x 28\" strip into four 2-1/2\" x 4-1/2\" rectangles and four 2-1/2\" squares... Cut the Color 3 4-1/2\" x 18\" strip into four 4- 1/2\" squares. Cut the Color 3 2-1/2\" x 40\" strip into sixteen 2-1/2\" squares... Now, to make the shorter Color 1 rectangle units, place a Color 3 small square right sides together atop the right end of a Color 1 small rectangle, with outer edges aligned. On the back of the top square lightly mark the diagonal. Sew on this diagonal marking. Cut off the excess seam allowance. Press the remainder towards the center. Make two of each of the units shown at left... To make the longer rectangle units sew squares to each end in the same manner as above, noting the direction of the marking and sewing. Make two units like this... Now sew together pairs of Color 2 and Color 3 small squares. Press seam to darker side. Add a Color 2 short rectangle to the top of each, pressing seam towards rectangle. Make four units like this... Sew the four remaining small Color 3 squares to each of the corners of the 4-1/2\" Color 2 square, on the diagonals as done above. Cut the excess off and press the seam allowances towards the outer triangles.Now lay out all your units as shown at left. Piece the top, middle and bottomrows. Now sew all rows together to finish your Ribbon Puzzle Block. :o)

QBTS Guild Outreach Projects *Participation in these activities is voluntary.Baby Hats Please make hats 6” or less from top to bottom to fit babies in nursery. They need to be pinkor blue. (All sizes are needed at present time.) If you need yarn, please let me know. I do have somepatterns also. Check our website for directions. (Betty Flavin)Bereavement Sets for the hospital. 18 x 18” square blanket, either knitted or crocheted, and amatching hat in any PASTEL color or WHITE for stillborn babies or babies who expire at birth or shortlyafter. Two per month on average are used. (Betty Flavin)Chemo Scarves for cancer patients. The pattern is on the website. (Amy Brassard)Flag Donations Old flags collected to be placed on the caskets of veterans before cremation. (JanJacobson)Food Drive Each month we bring non-perishable food items that are given to Mother Hubbard’sCupboard (Bev Cochran) Federal Point Help Center (Anne Hope Marvin) and St. Mary’s TilestonOutreach (Mary Ann Kotas) on a rotating basis.Habitat for Humanity Quilts Quilts for new Habitat homeowners. (Barb Sieme)Neo-Natal Quilts for babies on the neonatal unit at NHRMH (Carolyn Baker & Anne Freeling)Quilts of Valor and Wounded Warrior Quilts (Kirsta Meadows) CommitteesHabitat Quilts- Barb Sieme / Beekeeper- Angela Bridger / B.O.M.- Pat Haislip / Historian-VACANT / Neonatal- Carolyn Baker & Anne Freeling / Librarian- Donna Bergman / RaffleCoordinator- Amy Brassard / Sunshine Lady- RoseMarie Dalby / Workshop Chairwoman –Ann Millard / Retreat - Lynn Flaherty / Raffle Quilt - Dianne Brisson / Website - Patricia HattonBoard MembersPresident: Mary Ann Kotas Vice-President/Programs: Dianne PutnamTreasurer: Candy Smith Assistant Treasurer: Dianne BrissonSecretary: Kathi Rosbrugh Membership: Karen SmithNewsletter: Ani Hudson Members at large: Nancy McLean, Audrey Peck and Pat Grinevicius 