Ancaster Quilter’s Guild

I arrived home from Portugal and Spain and my main goal

was to avoid wearing my winter boots for the rest of this

winter… well, that and recover from severe jet lag as soon

as possible.

I am wearing my boots and recovering from jet lag so I will

try to consider that a fifty, fifty result.

It was a wonderful trip, 30 days of sun, gorgeous scenery,

ancient buildings (everything is so young over here), deli-

cious foods and some adventure. We had two very rainy

days in Portugal and it rained our last night in Barcelona

so no complaints there.

In Medeira, the quilters on the bus rushed off as we spot-

ted a very rare sign – fabric. Unfortunately, it was closed.

The only other fabric store I encountered was in Gibraltar

and if I had needed any notions right from Britain, it would

have been a successful stop. It was a nice store but abso-

lutely nothing unique. We were rushed past some interest-

ing thread, notion and fabric stalls in the Kasbah but we

didn’t have a minute to check those out.

All in all, I am glad to be home and settling back into rou-

tines. I have 8 quilts to bind and am forcing myself to

Executive President – Joanne Beard

Vice-President – Jackie Syer

Secretary Martha Forbes

Treasurer – Janice Hocluszka

Membership Secretary – Cathy Pinelli

Program Co-ordinator – Janet Hockley

Workshop –Janice Leverton, Wendy Dalrymple

Library –, Ann Roy, Elizabeth Rosser, Mary

Louuse Duncan

Block of the Month – Denise McKenna

Social Co-ordinators – Joan Barron, and Linda

Clugston

Comfort Quilts – Teresa McPhail, Colleen Daw-

son, Lynda Ryan

VON Placemats –Brenda Lupton/Sam Croucher/

Rena Mahler

Draw Prizes – Janet Shannon

50/50 – Debbe Durham,

Webpage –Susan Lusted

Advertising- Susan Lusted

Newsletter – Susan Lusted

President’s Message

Webpage: http://www.ancasterquilters.com/home

April 2016

Email : aqgmembers@outlook.com

Doors open at 6:00 Meeting starts at 7:00

Third Wednesday of each month Marshall Memorial United Church

20 Gilbert Ave, Ancaster

What to Bring to Meetings

Name Tag

Show and Tell

Coffee cup, lug a mug

Money for 50/50,

Library books to return

Note our meetings are

Fragrance and latex free

Money for UFO/Workshops

Note that cell phones should be turned off or to airplane mode.

Indoor shoes as winter boots are not to be worn in the hall.

Programme Didn't we see a wonderful show from Lynne last month?! Our guest speaker for April is Virginia Ingleby from Undercover Quilts. Her topic will be UFO's - How to finish your flimsy's. Virginia will also have a brief discussion of hand and ma-chine quilting choices, batting choices, mark-ing tool choices, care and usage of quilts. Vir-ginia will also be hosting a Vendor's market, she always has some wonderful bargains for everyone. Please allow Virginia some time to get completely set up then you can shop to your hearts content. You may use cash, debit or credit for your purchases. May we will be hearing from Susan Forbes who is a quilting teacher here in Cana-da and U.S. Her focus is on fun techniques and special rulers.

For the next 2 meetings we have a variety of

special speakers:

May 18th - Trunk Show and

Fun Techniques with Special Rulers - Susan

Forbes

June 15th - Treats (A-L) and Charity

staples (M-Z) details to follow.

Janet Hockley, Program, AQG

905-304-0257 hockljk@hotmail.ca

Membership

During March we had 48 members renew their annual membership for the 2016 -2017 season. April is our second month of the membership renewal drive. Our final month for renewals will be May and after that month, if spaces permit, memberships will be open to ladies on the waiting list. The renewal fee is $40. New members will pay $45 (this includes their new membership name tag). Our visitors will continue to pay $5 per visit. Please come by the membership table and when you pay your fee, you will receive your new membership card. Cathy Pinelli Membership Chair

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White Glove Ladies:

White glove ladies for April are Margaret

Gibbs, Judy Lindsey and Trish Mur-

phy.

Snack Ladies

Sue Lusted; Barb Gibson; Jackie Bo-

ros; Marjorie Hurajt; Louise Forrest

and Frances Malyk. Thanks Linda

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Quilting Fabrics

Notions

Machine Quilting

Block of the Month

Kits

356 Wilson Street East, Ancaster

905-304-0180

thequiltrack@sympatico.ca - www.thequiltrack.ca

Placemats

Placemats are a great way to practise new quilting techniques or using

up your orphan blocks. We know that the placemats are greatly appreci-

ated by those who receive them. Let’s keep this programme the suc-

cess it has always been. Rena, Sam and Brenda.

Rena, Sam and Brenda

I was able to deliver 47 placemats to Ancaster Community Services for their Meals on Wheels program. Thank you to all who made and donat-ed a placemat. Brenda Lupton

Strings & Strips Charity Quilt Update

HELP WANTED!

15 string quilts are now complete! Several more are in the binding process and two more

are in the assembly stage. There is still background for three more in the PEACH,

APRICOT, YELLOW, ORANGE tones. I would appreciate contributions of 1.5" strings in

these colour families. Thank you to the strip stitchers, the machine quilters, and the hand

binders. This co-operative effort has produced the above numbers. We are on target for

the magic number of 25. See you at the meeting.

With Thanks, Jackie

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THE AQG EXECUTIVE NEEDS YOU! Volunteering on the Guild Executive is a great way to meet other quilters while having fun and

contributing to your guild. There are opportunities to volunteer on a number of committees

including the Programme Committee. We have a cohesive and energetic executive who works

well together to provide an innovative and balanced programme for all or our members.

ELECTIONS for the 2016 -2017 EXECUTIVE will be held at the JUNE MEETING so please

CONSIDER getting INVOLVED!!!

Susan Lusted, past president and chair of nominations committee

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Caring Cards Remember to send the name of members to whom a car-ing card should be sent. Please send this information to Jackie Syer at jackiesy-

Block of the Month News

This will be our last month of instruc-tions for the Block of the Month this year. You can look forward to the instructions for the borders. The blocks I've seen so far have been fantastic! I hope you've enjoyed work-ing on them. See you on April 20th, Denise McKen-

Comfort Quilts Hello Quilters! Spring is on its way finally! Our Soup and Sew on April 2,2016 was lots of fun and very successful. Teresa McPhail and myself would like to thank everyone who participated for all their contribu-tions of wonderful food, lending of iron-ing boards etc. that made this day so successful. Special thanks to Shirley Wilson for her donation of 14" squares which we were able to sash up to make 10 tops for children's quilts. Speaking of which, at our June 15, 2016 meeting representatives from Hamilton Police Services and Interval House will be attending to receive quilts. If you have any outstanding quilts that you have been working on could you please return them before the June presenta-tion, thanks very much. (We give quilts to Dr Bob Kemp Hospice as we go along, 21 so far this year) Don't forget, every time you return a completed item put your name in the monthly draw, and it will soon be time for the June draw for the lovely bag that Lynda Ryan made and has had on display every month. Thanks to everyone who participates in this program to show some of the most vulnerable people that they live in a caring community. Colleen Dawson, Lynda Ryan, Teresa McPhail

Stoney Creek Quilters’ Guild: The Stoney Creek Quilters Guild will be hosting International Quilter Katja Ma-rek for a lecture and trunk show. Lecture is on Tuesday May 31st 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. for $15.00 plus HST and workshop Workshop Wednesday June 1st 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. $67.00 plus HST. Katja is a well known Author " The New Hexagon" and Quilt a Long. Her millifori quilts have earned her recognition through out the Quilting community. Katja is Martingale's best selling Quilt Author for 2015. Both the workshop and lecture take place at the Stoney Creek Municipal Building 777 Hwy #8 in the Saltfleet room.

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DRAW PRIZE WINNERS

Sue Green, Irene McDonald, Linda Plant, Dianne Busset, Joan Alkerton, Karen Marchil-don, Joan Barron, Janice Leverton

FIFTY FIFTY DRAW WINNER Margaret Messier

Show and Share: Mary Crowe Moon Glow and Guild BOM Karen Marchildon Rag Quilt and Birds with Piano Keys Colleen Dawson Rabbits, Cat Quilt, Strings and Paper Anne Thompson Hunter's Star Janice Cameron First large quilt for her

daughter in purple and teals with yoga frogs on back

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UFO’s and Workshops

Here we are at the end of workshops for this guild year. Our last workshop is being held on April

22nd and 23rd. We will be giving a mini workshop in the potato/corn bags on both days. You

can still sign up for either/both days at the guild meeting. Hoping to have a REALLY good

turnout for our last workshop.

Wendy and Janice

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Links for Quilt Guilds

http://www.canadianquilter.com/professionals/shops.php

Brant Heritage Quilt Guild

Burlington Quilters Society

Common Thread Quilt Guild

Dufferin Piecemakers Quilting Guild

Halton Quilters Guild

Hamilton Quilters Guild

Kincardine Sunset Quilters’ Guild

London Friendship Quilter’s Guild

Ottawa Valley Quilters Guild

Prince Edward County Quilters Guild

Sudbury Quilting and Stitchery Guild

Waterloo County Quilters’ Guild

York Heritage Quilters Guild

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Library Report

There are three new books for April. -BLOCK vol. 3 issue1, from MISSOURI STAR, a generous donation from Cynthia at Cherished Pieces; -BACK TO CHARM SCHOOL by MARY ETHERINGTON and CONNIE TESENE, lots of nice smaller projects for your collection of charm packages; and -ANTIQUE TO HEIRLOOM JELLY ROLL QUILTS, by PAM &NICKY LINTOTT, basically, old designs made easy using jelly roll pre-cuts. We will be holding a book sale at the May meeting from books that we will be deleting from our Library. We peri-odically do this to make room for new books and remove books that have not been circulated. Your Library committee Library Committee Ann Roy, Elizabeth Rosser, Mary

Louise Duncan

A Complete List is on the Canadian Quilters Guild Site.

http://www.canadianquilter.com/index.php

http://www.canadianquilter.com/events-calendar.php( end of February 2016)

http://www.canadianquilter.com/events-calendar.php ( end of March 2016)

http://www.canadianquilter.com/events-calendar.php ( end of April 2016)

http://www.canadianquilter.com/events-calendar.php ( end of May 2016)

April 21 - 23 Piecemakers Quilt Show HuronPerth /Stonetowne Quilters’ Guild at

the Pyramid Centre, St. Mary's, Ontario Website: www.huronperthquiltersguild.com

April 29 - May 1 Quilted Expressions, Oakville Quilters Guild, 2245 Speers Rd.

Oakville $8. Website: www.oakvillequiltersguild.ca/

April 22 - 23 Creative Festival, Mississauga http://www.csnf.com/

May 5 –6 Goose on the Loose Shop Hop! Thurs. May 5 and Fri. May 6 from 9 am to 6 pm, and Sat. May 7 from 9 am to 5 pm. SHOPS: Cookstown, Alliston, Orange-ville, Shelburne, Maxwell, and Markdale. Over $8,000 in prizes! More information at www.gooseshophop.com. May 27- 28 Dunnville Quilt Show, Contact: Carol Probert, Phone: 905-701-8798

Email: dotsquiltshow@gmail.com. Website: http://dunnvillequiltguild.com

June 3 -4, Hamilton Quilters’ Guild Quilt Show. Fri. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sat. 10

a.m. to 4 p.m. website: http://hamiltonquiltguild.ca/show-quilts-in-bloom.html.

June 15 - 18 Quilt Canada 2016, Toronto, International Centre