Newsletter: Oct. 21,2011

Island Quilters News

October 21, 2011

Compiled by Mary Vekasi

1.  Area Five will meet at the Ellsworth Community of Christ Church,283 State Street, Ellsworth....This is the white church between Ellsworth Builders Supply and Ellsworth High School, across the street from Duncan Donuts. on Wed. Oct. 26, 2011.  We are not meeting at St. Joseph's.

5:00 Social Time

6:00 Dinner

7:00 Program:  Hilary Hudson 

7:45 Show and Tell

Bring:

$3.00 Admission

Potluck dish to share

Your own plate, cup, and utensils

Block for drawing "winning hands" and/or an extra block(s) to be used for a donation quilt.  

Call Mary or Zig if you need information.

2.  Our first meeting was off to a great start.  Many members stepped up to the plate and volunteered to make our guild a vibrant and active group!  There will be more opportunities as our 2011-2012 proceeds.  Thank-you one and all...

•                PTQG Registration: Sue Graf

•                PTQG Raffle Ticket Sales: Sheila Smallidge

•                Email & Snail Mail List: Andrea Ames

•                Correspondance Secretary: Elaine Seavey

•                December Party Hostess: Linda Robinson

•                June Party Hostess: Pat Brown

•                Quilt Show Advertising: Edie Stanwood

•                Pro-Bono Quilt Chairwoman: Annie Diano

•                Shop Hop Organizer: Sue Graf

•                Challenge Quilt Coordinators: Ruth Davis and Maggie Parks

•                5 inch Charm Block Exchange: Edie Stanwood

•                Area Five Meeting Chairwoman: Ida Stanwood

•                Co-President's: Zig Speight and Mary Vekasi

•                Treasurer: Sue Graf

•                Secretary: Michel Daly and Ruth Wert

3.  Programs for 2011 and 2012

•                September - Mary Booher - "Quilting on a Boat"

•                October - Jill Ames - "Spiral Table Runner" Demonstration

•                November - Mary Vekasi - "Using Fabric to Wrap Gifts Japanese Style"

•                December - Holiday Party

•                January - 20th Anniversary of Island Quilters

•                More to come..........

4.  Five Inch Charm Square Collection:  In Nov. bring 24 5 inch squares of the same color of fabric that are either tans or golds if you are participating.

THANK-YOU'S!

•                For Donna and Phyllis in giving many years of service as secretary and treasure.

•                Mary Booher for demonstrating how she quilted on her 27 foot diesel powered boat, Dulcinea, using her "Singer Sew Handy".  You can see photos of Mary's demonstration on our Island Quilters Facebook page.

•                Jill Ames for demonstrating how to make a spiral table runner.  You can buy the pattern by going to http://phillipsfiberart.danemcoweb.com.  Jill agreed to teach a 1/2 day workshop in Feb.

•                Pat LaPierre's Machine Quilting Workshop in September

•                For Ruth and Maggie in selecting this years Challenge Fabric.  It is not to late to join in.  The fabric will be at our Nov. meeting.

•                Andrea Ames helping to set up our blog, email address, and Facebook entries.

•                For everyone making our guild, Island Quilters, the BEST!

5.  We selected by secret ballet the MDI food pantries to be the recipient of this years Pro-Bono Quilt.

6. We now have an email address for our guild.  The address is mdiquilters@gmail.com and we have a blog too!  The name of our blog is: islandquiltersnews.blogspot.com  We are hip and working in the computer age because we have had a  Facebook page since Our One Block Wonder workshop last spring.  Check out our Island Quilters Facebook page and notice the new entries. 

See you all at the Area Five Meeting!