What a beautiful Thanksgiving Day on MDI.  The sun is reflecting off of yesterday's snow, the sky is blue, and air is crisp and clear.  A perfect day to celebrate with family and friends.

I will make my way to my quilting studio to put a few stitches in a colorful quilt that will go to the MDI hospital and sew some hems on fabric for gift wrap. I am also going to celebrate and feast with friends later in the day.  What a wonderful day!

I am grateful for each of my Island Quilting friends who make and create all styles of quilts.   I am inspired by the quilts that each of you make!  Thank-you for every quilt that you bring to show and tell and share with me each month.

Happy Thanksgiving.
Mary

The day before Thanksgiving 2011

It is one of those sloppy snowy days that makes you want to sit down with your quilting all day. Any Island Quilter out there doing that? After a few Thanksgiving cooking chores I am going to do that.

I am also wondering if anyone was able to see Bobbie Sullivan last Friday night?

Tonight is the night to see Bobbie Sullivan at SERC.  Friday Nov. 18 from 6:30 - 9:00.  Wish I could go.  Hope you can go and let me know the true beauty of Bobbie's quilts in person.

Island Quilters

Hi Quilting Friends,

Pat Brown brought to my attention an event happening at Schoodic Education and Research Center in Winter Harbor at Acadia National Park on Friday Nov. 18 at 6:30 PM. It is a reception and presentation on Quilt Artist Bobbie Sullivan's quilts. It is open to the public. I looked Bobbie Sullivan up using Google and found beautiful and extraordinary quilts. You can check it out for yourself (http://bobbiesullivan.com/). You might want to go. If you need information about this event you can call Kate at 288-1312.

Bobbie Sullivan, Quilt Artist, Scituate, MA. My motivation for making quilts is a simple one: to exp

bobbiesullivan.com

Bobbie Sullivan, quilt artist: I'm inspired by nature's patterns and more often by a personal experience. The emotion of the experience is often what sees me through a project, providing inspiration as I struggle to achieve the right combination of color and design. As a result of this intimate conn...

Sue brought to my attention an interesting blog post about our May 2011 quilt show.
Here is the link: http://ouracadia.com/blog/?p=566
Check it out!  It made me smile and smile
Mary V.

Check out the Area Five Photos on Facebook.  Here is the link:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.286719524683588.69808.196985866990288&type=1&l=e572f1b8e5

Andrea helped me figure out how to get our Area Five photos into Facebook.  She is awesome!  Thank-you for all of your help.

Mary

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!

Welcome to the Island Quilters news blog!

Welcome! Island Quilters is the guild of the Mount Desert Island Maine quilters! The guild was founded in 1992, and we meet twice per month, September through May, at the MDI High School from 7 to 9 pm on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month.

We're so glad you found our news blog! This is where we post information typically found in our print/e-mailed newsletter.

You might want to visit our Facebook page, and you can contact us at mdiquilters@gmail.com.

We look forward to your participation in our guild activities -- both in person and online!