Kawartha Quiltmakers’ Guild

P.O. Box 50052

R.P.O. Lansdowne & High

Peterborough, On

Http://www.KawarthaQuiltmakersGuild.ca

Meeting the lst Wednesday of the month

At St. Anne’s Church, 859 Barnardo Ave.

9:30 —12:00

Volume XXV No 5 January 2008

President Yvonne McMahon 654-1174 yvonnem@pfrc.ca Vice President Cheryl Czaplinski 905-797-2223 sewuniquequilts@xplornet.com Program Helen Blaskievich 743-0162 helen.blaskievich@sympatico.ca Workshops Judith Selby 748-3628 Newsletter Bev Longford 742-4305 bevsews@pipcom.com

Happy New Year……Quilters, By the time you read this our turkey dinner and trimmings will be over and we will be looking forward to a new year. I hope Santa is good to you and brings you lots of sewing stuff for the winter days ahead. It will be nice to start on a project for our up-coming quilt show in 2009. Cheryl Czaplinski will be selling thread cones at the January meeting and donating part of the sale to the guild. See her note further on in the newsletter. Nominations for 2008/09 will take place in May. Cheryl Czaplinski will move up to be the presi-dent and all other positions will be open as the current membership has served their two year term. I am sure that there are a lot of members out there with many talents that could do any of the jobs available. It is always nice to get new ideas and people on the executive. The guild is only as good as the people behind it. At the January meeting I will be handing out a survey form and hope that all members will fill them in and deposit them in the box provided. You can sign it, or not whatever you prefer. I am looking for feedback on the newsletter mailing issue and the tea time treats. The executive changed the way that we sent out the newsletter and we decided that we would re-visit it in the New Year to see if this is the way we would like to keep it. We also talked about the coffee break at the executive meeting and felt that it seems to be getting a bit overwhelming. It takes a long time to get through the line up and we have been asking so many people to bring treats. I think that one or two treats and a cup of coffee per person should be enough. So please fill out the survey and give us some feedback on these two items. I know it will be impossible to please all the members but we will try to do our best. Best wishes and a happy New Year to you all. Yvonne

Please have all contribution for the February to Bev Longford by Jan 4th.

Reminder……...The January meeting has been changed to Jan 9th, 2008

December 22—January 27/08 Burlington Fabrica-tions. F.R. Perry Gallery, Burlington Art Centre, 1333 Lakeshore Rd at Brock. Mon-Tues 9-10. Fri-Sat 9-5. Sun 10-5. A glimpse into the fibre arts/quilt art creative process through the exhibition of sketchbook and/or sample work alongside finished pieces. Burlington Fibre Arts. Burlington Art Centre. (905) 632-7796 www.burlingtonartcentre.on.ca February 1 & 2, 2008 Stitches in Time Quilt and Needlework Show, First Grantham Church, 415 Linwell Rd. St. Catharines, ON 10am to 4pm, Admission: $5.00 jsward6@cogeco.ca March 28, 29 & 30/08 The Etobicoke Quilters’ Guild Quilt Fever 2008 Neilson Park Creative Centre, 56 Neilson Dr. Etobicoke, On. Fri & Sat 10-6 and Sun 10-4. www.EtobicokeQuiltersGuild.com

Helping Hands Helping Hands will meet again starting Jan 3rd, 2008 every Thursday, 9—2 at the Kiwanis Apts. 951 Hilliard St. Please drop in to help or to pick up a kit. Bunny Waterworth

Victoria’s Quilts Victoria’s Quilts meet at the Shrine Centre, 9—3 brown bag lunch, you can always drop in and pick up a quilt kit. The following is the December and January meeting dates. Dec 6, 2007 Jan 3, 2008 Jan 17, 2008 Mary Burchell

Meeting Check List Name Tag Library Books Show and Tell Money for the Tread Sale Coffee Mug Quilts for Helping Hands/Victoria’s Quilts Cash for 50/50 draw—tickets will only be sold before the beginning of the meeting

Tea Time Treats-January Kathy Woodcock Pat Barton Kathleen Woodcroft Helen Blaskievich Joan Wotherspoon Brenda Bolton Judi Wright Marlene Brown Phyllis Wysotski Shirley Brownridge Beth Alma Mary Bryden Joyce Armstrong Maureen Buchanan Georgia Ball Nina Buchanan Lois Barclay Mary Burchell Inez Barker Doris Burns

Let the warmth of friendship take the chill from the air and the spirit of the season make winter easier to bear.

The quilt show committee will meet downstairs at St. Anne’s after our January meeting on the 9th.

If you did not fill out the survey at the meeting please fill it in and either bring it to the

next meeting or send it to Yvonne McMahon.

KQG SurveyKQG SurveyKQG SurveyKQG Survey 1. Do you want to have the newsletter mailed out starting in Sept 2008 and reduce the budget

lines for the committees to accommodate this? ______mail out ______leave as is

2. There have been some comments about the coffee break time, that it is taking too long to go through the line and that there are too many people bringing treats. It was suggested that we only need one or two treats with a cup of coffee and this might help the line up go through quicker.

______ leave as is ______ reduce treats ______ other (please comment)

Please leave your survey sheet in the box provided at the back of the room. Thank you for your co-operation and feedback.

PROGRAM PROGRAM PROGRAM PROGRAM

January Brenda Willoughby will present a Trunk Show February Heather Fraser will present a Trunk Show March Marilyn Pollock will talk about Quilt Show Judging & a Trunk Show

WORKSHOPSWORKSHOPSWORKSHOPSWORKSHOPS

All workshops will be held in St. Anne’s from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm

Wed. Feb 20 Tulips in Bloom Heather Fraser, hand appliqué, kit to be supplied Tues. Apr 2 American Beauty ’Palette’ Greta Kristiansen-Jacobs, paper piecing Tues. May 6 Reversible Quilts Carol Goddu

Change of Member Address Sue Esseline 90 Balsam Trail, RR#1 Port Rowan, ON N0E 1M0

Wednesday Afternoon Group January Hexagon Star Table Centre

Materials Required 1 fat eighth—9” x 20” print for centre hexagon or a fabric scrap at least 8” x 9 1/2” 1 fat quarter for triangles/points or l strip 4 3/4” wide x the width of the fabric 3/4 yard for 1st and 3rd border plus backing 1 fat eight for second border 1 piece thermolam/warm & natural at least 19” square 1 piece of cardboard 10” square for pattern (could be an old cereal box) Cutting Instructions Cutting of strips should be done before class and all measurements include a 1/4” seam allowance. Triangle Points Fold 4 3/4” strip in half—the width of the fabric (the long way). Then cut 6 x 4 3/4” square folded in half. Borders Cut 1 3/4” wide. #1 — three 5” and three 8” for a total of 6 pieces #2 — three 6 1/2” and three 9 1/2” for a total of 6 pieces #3 — three 8” and three 11” for a total of 6 pieces See you in class. Donna Dunford 295-6688

SHOW AND TELLSHOW AND TELLSHOW AND TELLSHOW AND TELL

Roberta Passmore Wall quilt, pattern from The Quilters Newsletter magazine Anne Heffernan Star Quilt beautifully quilted by ladies at Immaculate Conception and a Christmas vest Judi Van Zant Santa wallhanging and her Quilt Retreat Challenge quilt Bev Longford Quilt for Helping Hands and a wallhanging, design from Kumiko Sudo Betty Proulx Australian quilt magazine pattern, Sailor Went to Sea Sea Sea, redwork Rita Reed Lighthouse wallhanging started in our October workshop Donna Dunford Christmas Tree tablerunners and a Christmas shirt Dolly Foley Blue Star bed quilt Shirley Challice Angel wallhanging Brenda Willoughby Grandmothers Flower Garden belonging to Irene Blackburn, graduation gift Moira Bryden Blue Work Teddybear quilt for grandson Grace Riedel Polar Bear and Santa Quilts Caroline Roberts Banner for the Lakefield Horticultural Society Of course we always enjoy the work from the Wednesday Afternoon Group, and thankyou to all who shared their work with us this month.

Wednesday Afternoon Group Febuary Road to St. Louis

This quilt successfully combines hour glass blocks with pieced sixteen square blocks. The pattern is com-pleted by the use of flying geese blocks in the border. Requirements for material are for a quilt thirty six by forty eight inches before adding borders. Material requirements Dark 2/3 meter Light 2/3 meter Assorted fabric for 2 inch wide strips, minimum nine inches in length Any light, dark and medium in a variety of colours; six quarters or an equivalent amount from your stash. Borders and backing as individually chosen. Cutting in Advance From the dark fabric: 9 seven and one half inch squares 4 seven and one quarter inch squares From the light fabric: 9 seven and one half inch squares 16 three and seven eights inch square Assorted 2 inch strips minimum 9 inches long. Anne Moodie

Library NotesLibrary NotesLibrary NotesLibrary Notes I know that we all had a great time at the book sale but Chris especially had a great time. She has purchased 20 new books for our library so make sure you take a look for new titles at the next meet-ing. Overdue Books Carol Curtin Bonna Walton Carole Hlibka Betty Proulx Lyn Lepper Heather Gardiner Marie Steele Marcia McGrath Ann Moodie Addie Jackson

Please have all contribution for the February to Bev Longford by Jan 4th.