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Inside this issue:

Presidents Address 1

Executive & NOTICES

Book Report

New Bed size Chart

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4

5

Quilter Profile

Library, Birthdays etc

Workshops Checklist

Workshops 2010

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7

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9

BOM

Ad Rates & Sunshine

Quilt Canada & knitted BOAT

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11

Monthly Fabric

Horoscope

Christmas - Day and Night

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14

The Week After Christmas

Calendars

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18

January 2010

Comox Valley

Schoolhouse Quilters

Comox Valley

A good read on Copyright

List of Guilds Email Addresses

Puzzle

Foods that Help

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President’s Address

We hope everyone had a won-

derful Christmas with lots of good

food, friendship, laughter and some

great memories. Wasn’t the guild

Christmas party wonderful? Kudo’s

to all the great cooks. I hear there

were two groups that celebrated in the

evening as well.

With Christmas behind us we

have a couple of months to do some

serious quilting before gardening

takes over, so get out that pattern you

have been wanting to try or take a

workshop and before you know it

spring will be here.

We have had some members

approach us with concerns over the

use of e-mails. When people take out

their membership they freely list their

e-mail address with the understanding

it will be used for guild business.

We have been forwarding on infor-

mation that we receive that are of-

ten a solicitation for one thing or

another. In the future instead of for-

warding these e-mails, we will have

a time at the general meetings for

members announcements. If you

wish to inform the members of an

event or activity they might be in-

terested in this will be the time to

pass that information along. If you

wish to sell raffle tickets or ask for

sponsoring for a cause please sub-

mit your request in writing prior to

the general meeting so the request

can be made at the meeting.

Did everyone make a new

years resolution? I decided mine

would be to finish at least five

UFO’s this year so I am going to be

very busy for the next couple of

months. I also pledge to sort out

my stash.

And that is the long and short of it.

CVSQG - Box 1507, Comox, B.C. V9M 8A2 - Editor@schoolhousequilters,com

http://www.schoolhousequilters.com

REFRESHMENTS 2009 - 2010

January O P Q R

February S - Y

March A B C

April D E F G

May H J K

June L M N

June Potluck - Everybody

Joan Fentiman and Gail Abel

Comox Valley Schoolhouse Quilters January 2010


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Happy New Years to all of you. Wishing health, happiness and lots of

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Presidents: Joan Fentiman & Gail Abel

Past Pres: Marie Trimmer

Vice Presidents: Florence LaBrecque

& Lynne McNiel

Secretary: Hope Rychkun

Treasurer: Judy Morrison

Committees:

Block of the Month: Marie Trimmer

Event Coordinator: Norma McNeillie

Fabric Strip: Florence LaBrecque

Hands Across The Water:

Barb Messer, Ardith Chambers

In-House Raffle: Shirley Woodbeck

Library: Myra Shearer, Brenda Levirs,

Debbie Maxwell, Jeannette Morneau,

Christa Constable, Hope Rychun,

Karen Ross, Julie Whitman, Beth Ritchie,

Marilyn Schick

Membership: Myra Shearer, Lynne McNiel,

Newsletter: Ardythe Crawford,

N.L. Advertising : Joan Johnsen

Notification: Gail Kirkoski, Gail King

Publications & Communications:

Verna Power

Refreshments: Myra Shearer, Peg McMillan

Retreat: Terry Vadeboncouer,

Beverly Luck, Sharron Woodland

Sunshine: Shirley Woodbeck

Venue: June Boyle, Norma McNeillie,

Joan Fentiman, WE CARE: Joan Boyle, Betty Forsythe, Margaret Yells, Gladi Lyall,

Joy Whitehouse, Marie Trimmer

Website: Hope Rychkun Workshops: Lynne McNiel, Jan Fraser, Margaret Yells, Hope Rychkun

Mentored by Sheila Scrase

2009- 2010 Executive!



COPYRIGHT Comox Valley Schoolhouse Quilters

All rights reserved - Do not reprint

without permission from the Editor

Speakers for January and February

Our guest speaker in January will be Kathy Klassen of Kathryn

Quilts; she'll be bringing some of the latest & greatest quilts she

has developed.

For our February meeting, Marion of Gramma's Quilting Cupboard

will be coming up from Parksville to demo some of her 'must have'

gadgets.

Please support both these speakers, they both sound very interesting

& there will be an opportunity to spend!!!

IMPORTANT MEETING

January 14th 2010, 7 pm @ Guild Meeting Hall

For all quilters interested in attending future retreats.

We will be discussing existing and alternative options available,

If you want your voice to be heard please attend.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Also for all those signed up for February 2010 retreat at

Camp Homewood, your $50 deposit is now due.

To pay or sign-up please see Terry Vadeboncoeur,

Beverly Luck, or Sharon Woodland.

BAG O’ TIES : Do you remember receiving a bag of men‟s ties? Washed and pressed, they were handed to you with a few suggestions for finishing to choose from.

Are YOU finished ? I AM NOT and there is no excuse, though I have several to put forth - I am in the midst of being decluttered and I have no idea where they are, I am a procrastinator of the first water and I don’t seem able to control it, I have had surgery on one hand, and, and, and, !!! BUT as soon as I am able, I will make them my first priority of this new year! I promise! EDITOR


CVSQ - Box 1507, Comox, B.C.

FIG TREE QUILTS –

FRESH VINTAGE SEWING

by Joanna Figueroa

That Patchwork Place, Martingale Publishing

2009

Hot off the press and new to our library collec-

tion is Fresh Vintage Sewing. I checked on the

meaning of vintage and it means “having an

excellence that has survived the passage of

time”. This would refer then to the traditional

patterns and to the many sewing ideas that this

book contains that are a bit romantic and old

fashioned using soft, gentle, floral fabrics.

A delightful addition, this inspirational book

will be of most interest to those of you who en-

joy hand sewing and appliqué work. The book

is filled with unique old fashioned gift ideas:

aprons, tablecloths, pincushions, journal covers,

and small sculptured objects. And, these would

all be perfect for making and selling at our vari-

ous venues in the community. For those of you

who don't like selling, many patterns in this

book would be great for small gifts for friends

who love fabric.

Themed chapters tie the book together by four

contributors. The chapters Front Porch Wel-

come, Harvest Welcome, Kitchen Comforts,

Chocolat et crème and An English Boudoir are

the enticing headings that lead into the projects

which are well-explained with good diagrams

and 'fresh tips'.

An example of what is in Front Porch Wel-

come, it starts out with a gorgeous 'rising sun'

block quilt all pieced. What follows is a pattern

for 'sit awhile' seat cushions, patchwork style.

The section finishes with sweet little 'tweetie

birds' that might visit your front porch! And of

course a nest and eggs are included to go with

the birds. These could be considered 'home dé-

cor' items, or for the more practical, pin cushions.

Each section of the book is equally appealing to the

eye and to the imagination.

Not too many actual quilt patterns, but filled with

other sewing projects that may give many of us a wel-

come break from larger quilt projects.

For those of you interested in the past and in creating

really traditional quilts using soft, romantic fabrics,

this is the book for you! I know that there will be a

'line up' for it once one person reads it!

Until next time, Jennifer Harrison.

BOOK REPORT




New Sizes for Bed Quilts

If you’re making a quilt for a bed with one of the new

thicker mattresses, you’ll need to make it wider and longer

so it will drape nicely. Make the comforter to go with a bed

skirt and pillow shams; the bedspread includes a 12” pillow

tuck and a 21” drop on the sides and foot.

MAT-

TRESS

SIZE

COM-

FORTER

BED-

SPREAD

Twin 66” x 89” 80”x 108”

Long Twin 66” x 94” 80” x 113”

Full 82” x 89” 96’ X 108”

Queen 88” x 94” 102” x 113”

King 104” x 94” 118” x 113”

California

King

100” x 98” 114” x 117”

Bits and Pieces

The following is a yahoo messenger conver-

sation between my friend in the Vernon Sil-

ver Star Quilt Guild and me! Editor

Bev: here is a new one - an online quilting

magazine at www.quiltposium.com

aarrddyytthhee: ty, I will have a look

Bev: you may borrow the url if you give

Joyce Heard and I credit for finding it.

So there, I am giving you full credit!

Welcome to 2010 - We all look forward

to a healthy, quilty, New Year, with lots

of time for quilting and all straight lines

and square corners

TIPS: 1/ for a quick sleeve for hanging a quilt for

display, cut the wide hem from an old, worn sheet. Cut

the tube 2 inches shorter than the quilt width. Hand sew

the tube to the upper edge of the back of the quilt. Use

the rest of the sheet to make a protective, storage bag for

the quilt.

2/ ( a repeat, but maybe you have forgotten) When tak-

ing classes this year make the first, practice block from

Christmas prints, before the year’s end you will have

enough blocks to create something wonderful for that

special someone/


CVSQ - Box 1507, Comox, B.C. V9M 8A2 - Editor@schoolhousequilters,com


When I visited with Margaret on a snowy December afternoon, she was busy cutting sashing for the Glacier View Lodge charity quilt. Our discus-sions, therefore, touched on her quilt-ing volunteerism, as well as on her family and her personal creative jour-ney.

"I grew up in Departure Bay in Nanaimo," Margaret began. "Crafty-wise, I lived at the beach, and I picked up rocks, pine cones, driftwood, and shells, and painted them. So we had my painted nature all around the yard. My parents always encouraged creative expression. I started piano les-sons when I was 9, and later took violin as well. In grade 7, I took sewing at school, and my parents gave me a sewing ma-chine to encourage me. That worked, and from then on, I sewed my own clothes. After I was married, I took a tailoring course to sew David's and the kids' clothes. I also sewed many of the house furnishings.” Although Margaret had played with pastels in the 70's, it wasn't until the family moved to Kitimat in 1982 that Margaret began painting. "One of my new friends and I joined the Kitimat Art Club in 1983, and we agreed to go together to a watercolour course which was being arranged through the Emily Carr Out-reach Program. Don Wright from Nova Scotia was the instructor. That was when I learned about inlines, not outlines. "On the wall in my studio is the painting I did using that tech-nique. I try to keep the first piece I do of each technique."

In Kitimat, Margaret worked as a Court Clerk and Deputy Registrar in

Schoolhouse Quilters in 2004. I love the business meeting because I love the Show and Tell and the trips. One year, through our guild we travelled with the Sunshine Coast Guild to Sisters. That was fun. So, it was Kyla and Joan who got me started, and since then quilting and fibre arts are my focus.

"My daughter gave me a piece of advice. 'Don't worry about the begin-ning, intermediate, advanced levels

of patterns. Pick a pattern that you like, because then you'll finish it.' My first quilt was a NOEL wall hanging with a lot of gold bias binding. I still hang that NOEL every Christ-mas because it was my first quilt. I knew how to make bias, for instance, because of my tailoring, so it wasn't diffi-cult. And my first workshop was with Dorothy - it was a Sharon Pederson reversible quilt. Dorothy showed a lot of us there how to use rotary cutters and rulers properly." Margaret has sewn several traditional quilts for her home and family, including an Asian Magic Tile in the master bed-room. When her son, Michael got married this past summer, Margaret gave the couple a Triple Irish Chain quilt. Pres-

ently, Margaret's design wall displays a scrappy circle lap quilt and the cen-tre of a new quilt using variations of Medallion and Log Cabin techniques for daughter, Laura. Most of her 7 grandchildren have quilts also. After two or three years of learning traditional techniques in quilting, cre-ating art quilts was a natural step. Now Margaret thinks that about sixty percent of her pieces fall into the art quilt and fibre arts world. "It was the

the Court System, then as a Court Liaison officer for the RCMP. “When I was diagnosed with cancer in 1995, and during subsequent treatments over the next three years, I decided to „retire‟ from the legal system to pur-sue a more artistic vocation. I had a home-based business teaching deco-rative painting and started designing and publishing painting patterns.”

Margaret and her husband, David, retired to what she calls this "island in the Pacific" and the Comox Valley in the summer of 1999. “Our youngest daughter, Kyla (who was and is a quilter), and her family moved in with us during the summer of 2002 while they were building a house in Camp-bell River, and I asked Kyla to show me something about this quilting thing.” So in an interesting role-reversal, it was daughter teaching her mother. Margaret remembers, "Then through Joan Fentiman, I joined the Continued on page 16

QUILTER PROFILE: MARGARET KELLY



Library Committee Report

SERGE & SEW 250-390-3602

105 Nored Plaza, 6750 Island Hwy.,

Nanaimo

Authorized PFAFF & Babylock dealer:

servicing & repairs to most

sewing machines & sergers.

Check our website

www.sergesew.com

for EVENTS & SALES!

January Birthdays

Happy Birthday to you!

Jan 12 Janis Davis

Jan 28

Jeanann Alderson

Elaine Hutchinson

Refreshments

January goodies will be supplied by

members with the initials O P Q R.

And a reminder to bring your own

mug. If you do have to borrow a

mug, please wash, dry and replace it

in the kitchen when you are done.

We have 4 new books in the li-brary and several more on or-der. The new books are: #213 Piecing with Pixels – unique quilts from your own im-ages #214 Quilts From the Heart – quick projects for generous giv-ing #216 One-yard Wonders – Look how much you can make with just one yard of fabric #217 Sew Special Fat Quarter Gifts

Membership

We now have 117 members, with

several new members joining in the

last month.

Please say hello to Sharon Dias,

Laura Fiaman, Elspeth Gadsby,

Anne Mamers and Nerissa Tho-

mas.

And please wish our January birth-

days a happy birthday:


CVSQ - Box 1507, Comox, B.C. V9M 8A2 - [email protected]

Comox Valley Schoolhouse Quilters Workshops

Workshop Checklist Now that you have registered for a workshop make your experience memorable. Please use the following checklist to

help you get ready. I know how frustrating it is when you get to a workshop and realize you forgot some important

supplies or equipment at home.

It’s always a challenge to participate in a workshop when you forgot something at home. Have you ever forgotten the

sewing machine power cord, ¼” foot, free motion quilting foot, rotary cutter or even your material? Using this check-

list will hopefully prevent this from happening.

As experienced quilters we are usually organized, often having a container or kit containing all of our supplies and

equipment, ready to go at a moments notice. Keep this list handy, maybe put in on your bulletin board, or on the re-

frigerator as a reminder. Get yourself set up at the beginning of the year and you’ll have everything you need for the

quilting season, all you need to do is add the specifics for the workshop.

Supply list for current workshop

Fabric as defined for the workshop, plus some extra to experiment with

Sewing machine cleaned and in good working order

Sewing machine manual (in case you forget how to set something)

Sewing machine attachments, cords, pedal, machine cords, bobbins, feet

Power bar & extension cord

Threads as defined for the workshop

Rotary cutting mat

Assorted rulers & templates

Rotary cutters & spare blades (no one likes a dull blade)

Scissors of various sizes

Straight pins & basting pins

Pencils, pens, paper

Important Notes: Please ensure that all your equipment is clearly marked with your name.

Irons, ironing boards are supplied.

Workshops are generally held from 10:00 – 4:00 at the guild hall unless otherwise posted. Doors open for

setup at 9:30, please be setup before the workshop starts.

Please remember to bring your lunch and coffee mug.

Disclaimer: The Comox Valley Schoolhouse Quilters’ Guild cannot accept liability for personal injuries,

or for loss or damage to the property belonging to workshop participants, either during or as a result of the

workshop.



Workshop News

Upcoming workshops for 2010 are:

January 23rd Make a Fun Purse with our very own

Jenny Kim

March 6th Curves and Corners with one of our fa-

vourite instructors Janis Davis

March 27th Mat & Ruler bag with fellow quilter Barb

Messer

April 18th Gel Mold Fabric Painting a new class

from Eileen Neill

May 16 & 17 Landscape Mosaic with international

instructor Gloria Loughman

Check out our website for supply lists and see

Jan Fraser or one of the workshop committee to sign up for these fabulous workshops. You won't want to miss them.

Your workshop committee...

Appliqued butterfly wings, beaded silk, Afri-

can mud cloth and Salish weaving are a few

of the materials and techniques used to

make this 36-metre tapestry a masterpiece of

textile artistry. The Quilt of Belonging's 263

blocks, made by representatives of all Abo-

riginal Peoples and immigrant nationalities

in Canada, reflect the unique beauty of each

culture's heritage. The quilt's enormous

scale wraps visitors in its message of har-

mony and compassion. Presented with Van-

couver 2010 Cultural Olympiad.

April 17, 2010

Quilt Gathering - Double O Quilt guild,

Oliver and Osoyoos Quilt Guilds

Oliver Community Centre, Oliver

Tickets for Limited Admittance - $25 in-

cludes lunch

Contact: Freda McLean Tel: 250-485-0344

May 7-8, 2010

The Threads That Bind Us Quilt Show -

Langley Quilters' Guild

George Preston Recreation Centre

20699 42nd Ave, Langley

Friday 5-9, Saturday 9-4

Contact: Nancy Walker npwalker(at)shaw.ca

or Tel: 604-534-1013

May 14-15, 2010

Quilting With The Stars - Victoria Quilters'

Guild

Saanich Fairgrounds

1528 Stelly's Crossroad, Saanichton

www.victoriaquiltersguild.org

Continued on page eleven

THANKS TO THE QUILTER’S CON-

NECTION WEBSITE FOR THE FOL-

LOWING EVENTS:

January 22 - April 4, 2010

Quilt of Belonging

Surrey Art Gallery

13750 - 88th Ave, Surrey

www.arts.surrey.ca or Tel: 604-501-5566



BLOCK OF THE MONTH for 2009-10

By Marie Trimmer - I will be at the meeting to

hand out the next three blocks for those who are

taking part in the this project

[email protected]

Submission Deadlines: (Firm)

Articles: 20th of month

Advertisements: 15th of month

Committee reports: 20th of month .

6 Issue Rates: Full Page (7.5˝w x 10˝h) $22 per month Half Page (7.5˝w x 15˝h) $17 per month Quarter Page (5˝w x 3.75˝h) $12 per month Business Card (3.5˝w x 2˝h) $8 per month The six issue rates must be paid in advance and must occur during the September to June time frame. Thank you to all those who support our Guild by advertising in our newsletter. Please send articles, etc. by the dates above to Ardythe at [email protected]. I will send an email confirming receipt. If you do not hear from me, please resend your email. Please contact Joan Johnsen at [email protected] for information and payment of advertising.

If

anyone knows a member in the guild who has

been ill or has illness or a death in their family

or who just needs to be cheered, please call

Shirley Woodbeck at 250-338-1176

so that a card may be sent from the guild.

SUNSHINE—Shirley Woodbeck



from page 9 - Thanks to Quilters Connection Magazine May 25 - June 6, 2010

Fabricated - Works of the North Star

Quilters Society

Kimberley Arts at Centre 64

64 Deer Park Ave, Kimberley

Contact: Debbie sewcreative(at)

cyberlink.bc.ca or Tel: 250-427-3393

June 11-12, 2010 Album of Quilts - Lions Gate Quilters

Guild

Delbrook Community Centre

600 West Queen's Rd, North Vancouver

www.lionsgatequiltersguild.com or djritter

(at)telus.net

June 18-20, 2010

Material Magic - Nanaimo Quilter's Guild

Beban Park, Nanaimo

www.islandquilters.ca

Coming:

October 1-2, 2010

Legacy of Quilts VII - Vernon Silver Star

Quilters

Vernon Recreation Centre

3310 - 37 Ave, Vernon

Contact: Elinor Hinds ehinds(at)shaw.ca or

Tel: 250-558-0200

Thanks goes to the Quilters Connection

Magazine for the above dates.

From a knitted tree in last month’s newsletter to a knit-

ted boat in the month’s - thanks to Val Bearpark for

this picture from the English tour that Sandra Forsayeth

and Val did last year.



Horoscope

CAPRICORN - The Go-Getter (DEC 22 - Jan 19) Patient and wise. Practical and rigid. Ambitious. Tends to be Good-looking. Humorous and funny. Can be a bit shy and reserved. Often pessimistic. Capricorns tend to act before they think and can be Unfriendly at times. Hold grudges. Like competition. Get what they want. AQUARIUS - The Sweetheart (Jan 20 - Feb 18) Optimistic and honest. Sweet personality. Very independent. Inventive and intelligent. Friendly and loyal. Can seem unemotional. Can be a bit rebellious. Very stub-born, but original and unique.. Attractive on the inside and out. Eccentric personality..

June Orange Tulips

Three inch strips, width of fabric, washed

and pressed please

Monthly Fabric Colours All Based On Flowers

by Florence Labrecque

January Cream Dahalis

February Red Roses

March Yellow Daffodils

April Pink Azaleas

May Purple Iris

January February



Gail and Norma drawing

the names for the ornament

gift exchange at the noon

Christmas Pot Luck.

Day and night

we still man-

age to feed

ourselves

royally or is it

quiltily or

guiltily???

Above

- Day time

pot luck

Some of

the night

time crew!



The Week After Christmas

T‟was the week after Christmas and all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even her spouse The quilting frame had replaced the tree by the stair, In hopes she'd not be disturbed, as she quilted there

Outside the flurries of snow from the sky, Made not a sound as they floated by. The needle also made not a sound As through the quilt it slid up and down.

When out from the kitchen there arose such a clatter; She flew out of her chair to see what was the matter. There in his long johns, stood a sleepy-eyed spouse, Grumbling, "Why can't I find something to eat in this house?

A knock on the door gave them both a fright Who'd be calling at this time of night They opened the door, and what a surprise! A very weary-looking Santa stood before their eyes.

"I know it's past Christmas, and you think I'm out of my mind, But I'd like one of your quilts, if you'd be so kind. "You see I'm ashamed," he said with a pause, "But I forgot a present for Mrs. Santa Claus.

"Sir, please help me 'cause you must know how I eel, A woman can make a man feel like a number one heel." The lady smiled, and turned with a grin, Returned with a quilt, and handed it cheerfully to him.

"Here, Dear Santa, is my latest creation." And she gave it to him without hesitation. "the Quilting is good, and the colors quite nice, "I want her to enjoy it; there will be no price."

"Thank you and God Bless. I knew quilters were great!" "now I must hurry, as the time is quite late" And they heard him exclaim, as he turned to depart, "Only a quilter would have such a big heart.

Author Unknown



NIQCA (North Island Quilters for Com-munity Awareness) who got me started using non-traditional fabrics, and taking the Melt-Down Burn-Out workshop with Eileen Neill. I had the fabric from my tailoring; I'd been paint-

ing with colours, so I wasn't afraid to join the two. So then I explored. One type of design I liked trying was post-card quilts - it's a great way to explore different techniques, because you're limited by size, 4" by 6", but not limited by pattern. You can design outside the box, so you can get out your buttons and your trim and your embroidery thread and lay it all out on a 4" by 6" and add and subtract till you're happy." Margaret has taken several courses recently. "I liked Gloria Loughman's Mosaic Landscape workshop," she notes. It was traditional, but with a different way of looking at things. Barb Shapel's thread painting course was great, and I used the hand-painted fabric from Gloria's workshop. Design, Colour Theory and double appliqué courses from Iona McCauley were

other good workshops. I learn a lot from others, because, besides the Schoolhouse Quilters, I also belong to the NIQCA, the Parksville Guild, the Probus Quilters, and a surface design group."

Margaret says, "I usually find tradi-tional patterns in books and maga-zines, rather than from workshops. I can learn how from the book. Work-shops are good, though, because you feed off others; however, for me, when I'm composing and getting seri-ous about a piece, it is solitary work. But sometimes it is nice to collabo-rate too. I just finished a piece with Florence Labrecque that we are do-nating through NIQCA to the Glacier Grannies, to be auctioned off for the Stephen Lewis Foundation. It was fun working with Florence to design it, but it is nothing like the idea we started out with!" I'm doing a piece on my own for the fundraiser as well.

The OAP (Old Age Pensioners) wall hanging is another example of col-laborative quilting. Margaret says, "Merm had asked me to take charge of the wall hanging, and she had a few sketches of what the OAP would like included. At that time, we had

formed a small group of quilters who were exploring fibre arts, so that was who I approached. There were ten of us who worked on it. First we did the people, then the blocks, and then the creative work - the hardest part - was trying to fig-ure out how to place them. For weeks, the quilt was on my design wall as we pinned and moved the images around, raised and lowered, waved at the bottom, and added the buttons. And then there was Merm's genius in finding the background fabric for us." The African piece and the OAP wall hanging are only two of Margaret's volunteer quilts. "The sashing I'm working on today is for the Glacier View charity raffle, working with Merm and the guild members, and in January we'll get back together to place them on a design wall." Mar-garet adds, "Each year, the North Island Quilters pick a project and I work with them on that. One year I did a piece for Eureka House, then with the Merville Grannies for Stephen Lewis, the Dawn-to-Dawn project, and this year's for the Gla-cier Grannies. And there was the Autumn Windows piece I donated to the Comox United Church piano fundraiser. I photograph what I have quilted, so I have some art cards that remind me of the projects and what they have added to my per-sonal journey.” In addition to her art cards, Marga-ret keeps samples of her projects on the walls and design areas in her studio. “Because I like to keep my first sample,” Margaret explains, “ I keep my watercolour, pastels, and quilt samples around me. They‟re pinned up or framed (or in three-ring binders) if it‟s something that ap-peals to me and it‟s a memory of the journey, from what I learned of a specific technique. It reminds me to use it again – to incorporate it softly,

Quilter Profile of Margaret Kelly - continued from page six

Comox Valley Schoolhouse Quilters December 2009


not all at once – where you want to use it and how much.” What is striking about Margaret‟s studio, aside from the technique samples, is the sunlight. French doors and large windows facing north provide an open feel. Marga-ret says, “I used to sew in the spare bedroom, but we get lots of com-pany, and it was getting frustrating. I love the new studio! This is where I live. There is a Murphy Bed be-hind my 8‟ by 8‟ design board and I have two 4‟ by 4‟ design boards (one of them moveable), a ping-pong table that I used when I taught painting, a computer and printer, and a fireplace for when it‟s cold. I have cork flooring because I stand a lot when I am cutting and design-ing. And I have my iron far away

from my sewing machine so I have to get up and move around more.” Margaret says that she organizes her stash by colour and type. "I have two nine-shelf cupboards for light to dark fabrics - one in warm tones and another in cool tones, then a closet designed for threads, pellons, and specialty fabrics (kids, seasonal, African, variegated for convergences, then whites, neu-trals, a grey-scale, hand-painted or

dyed), and art quilt fabrics in bins for chiffons, organzas, and so on. I remember Sharron Woodland said once that I had the smallest stash she had ever seen. Well, that has changed!" For Margaret, there is a great deal of satisfaction in quilting. “I like picking out the fabric, choosing the colours, and then giving it away when it‟s done. So the first and the last steps are the best.” "I'm very lucky," Margaret says. My family appreciates everything I do, whether it's a fibre arts piece or a tra-ditional quilt, and they always Oo and Ah - and I'm lucky - David introduces me now as a fibre artist. That's a very nice compliment. Our 11-year-old granddaughter, Julia from Campbell River, has just made her first quilt from start to finish. Now she's working on a pair of P.J.'s with me. This is something we can do together. In Kitimat, our youngest grandchild, 4-year-old Caitlyn, works with me, glu-ing fabric scraps onto paper making fibre art pictures, too. And we do some beading on memory wire to-gether. It's amazing how instinctive kids are with the colour families that work together, whether tertiary or complementary, etc. So, I'm lucky that I can enjoy creative exploration with them, too.”

As we left Margaret’s studio and walked down her hallway, through the kitchen, and into the living room, I was struck once again by the varied and remarkable samples of Marga-ret’s creative exploration in several media. The walls are a testament to her search for new learning and new techniques for expression. Thanks, Margaret, for welcoming me into your home and your world of art. EB



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How Copyright Affects the

Quilter

Kathleen Bissett

Copyright had never been an issue that

I thought much about or really fully un-

derstood. But I understand both plagia-

rism and theft, which is really what copy-

right infringement, is all about. Since

sharing has always been an important

aspect of quiltmaking, it is understand-

able that the issue of copyright is not

even considered. What some of us unwit-

tingly do is infringe upon the copyright of

those who provide us with the designs we

love to make. If we continue doing this

we will make it unaffordable for the de-

signers to continue their work. As

quilters, we need to understand the issue

of copyright. And once we understand it,

we need to share that knowledge.

An individual automatically holds

copyright on any original work upon its

completion. The work does not have to

be registered to be covered by copyright

law nor does the copyright symbol, ©,

need to be displayed. Copyright gives

copyright owners the exclusive right to

control what copies are made of their

works. These exclusive rights include the

right to:

a.. produce or reproduce the copy-

righted work in copies (i.e. copy patterns)

b.. prepare derivative works (i.e.

make a cross stitch version)

c.. distribute to the public (i.e.

class handouts, patterns)

d.. perform publicly (i.e. slide

lectures)

e.. display publicly certain works

(i.e. exhibitions)

f.. authorize the use of the design

(i.e. give permission)

We all understand that photocopies are

copies. That's easy. But anything, in any

artistic or print media that uses the artist's

design is a copy. This includes quilts

based on the original design (even with

significant changes they are derivatives),

copies of the pattern, photographs, slides,

drawings, etc.

Copyright infringement occurs when-

ever someone uses someone else's de-

sign (photograph, painiting, poster, quilt,

etc.) or pattern, class outline or a photo-

graph/slide of thier quilt for purposes

other than those intended and/or without

permission. It occurs when someone

makes a copy of a substantial part of a

copyrighted work, without the copyright

owner's permission. It doesn't matter if

these activities are done for free. Copy-

right infringement does not depend on

money changing hands. Infringement is

disregarding the copyright owner's ex-

clusive right to control the control the

copies made of her/his original work. In

Canada copyright protection lasts for 50

years after the death of the copyright

owner.

If you purchase a quilt pattern, the

"Fair Use" of it is the same as its in-

tended use - to make quilts for yourself

or as gifts. What you may not do is to

make the item for sale or to photocopy it

for your friends, guild, etc. When you

have purchased a pattern or book, you

are the owner of the physical book or

pattern, not of its contents.

As have other instructors, designers

and authors, over the years I have found

myself dealing with infringement of my

designs. Here are some examples:

In 2002 I learned of a German manu-

facturer producing and distributing a

folding template for my Magic Tiles

pattern. He had received a fax with a

copy of my pattern, which he called

"his" Magic Tiles design and referred to

the "grout" used in its construction, a

non-quilting phrase I had coined for use

with the "tiles". With the help of a Ger-

man lawyer, the offender was stopped at

no cost to me. The point to remember:

you may not use someone's design in

order to manufacture an item for distri-

bution or personal gain.

In a virtual gallery website featuring

Canadian artists I found a Magic Tiles

quilt for sale. Since there was no refer-

ence to me or to my pattern, the implica-

tion was that the "artist" was the de-

signer. The director of the gallery was

most apologetic and quickly removed the

images. I forwarded some copyright ma-

terial to share with the 'artist', as I be-

lieve she was unaware of the law. The

point to remember: to exhibit or sell a

quilt from a pattern, permission and ac-

knowledgement are required.

When I'd learned of a shop teaching

Magic Tiles with photocopies of the pat-

tern, I called without identifying myself,

saying I'd heard they offered classes in

Magic Tiles and wanted to know about

purchasing just the pattern. I was told

that it was no longer being published.

After introducing myself, I said that we

needed to resolve a copyright infringe-

ment matter. We did. The point to re-

member: a person (or shop or guild, etc.)

may not sell, distribute or teach for per-

sonal gain or to save others from pur-

chasing a copyrighted pattern.

In a magazine advertisement and web-

site I found my Magic Tiles used as the

backdrop for some quilting equipment. I

learned that they had no idea they were

infringing on my copyright; within an

hour there was acknowledgement on the

site with reference to my website. The

point to remember:display is an aspect of

copyright. They needed my permission.

On some guild and individual's web-

sites, images of quilts from major exhi-

bitions are shared through virtual galler-

ies. The quilters wish to share with their

friends and colleagues the wonderful

works they have seen. The point to re-

member:to display these images they

need the permission from each artist.

Often at the guild meetings I visit as a

guest speaker, there are quilts shown

during 'show and share' with no refer-

ence to the designers. The point to re-

member: strictly speaking, copyright law

does not allow us to display someone

else's design. However, in the case of a

guild 'show and share' or 'quilt show' it

would be foolish for the designer of a

commercial pattern to object - this is

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good promotion for her/his pattern. But

it is only good promotion if the designer

and pattern or book are acknowledged.

Occasionally a quilter takes a class,

reads a book or magazine article and

creates her/his own class using the

handouts of a professional instructor or

photocopies from the book or magazine.

A colleague of mine once found photo-

copies of her teaching notes on silk

painting for sale at a garage sale. The

seller was selling fabric paints and these

notes were "her" instructions. The seller

was both distributing and profiting from

material that belonged to my colleague.

The point to remember: only the copy-

right owner may decide who distributes

and profits from her work.

Often photocopies of a pattern from a

magazine or other publication are

shared among quilting friends or copied

for the guild 'block of the month'. The

quilter will say it is fine, because noth-

ing was charged for the copies that were

shared. The point to remember:in this

case, although the likelihood of being

'caught' infringing is slim, it is unethi-

cal. Only the copyright owner has the

right to "share" in this way.

A quilter has purchased a book or

pattern and copies either the templates

or a few pages to mark while working

on a project. The point to remember: if

the intended use of the pattern or book

includes the need to make copies, only

the purchaser may do this for her/his

own personal use. Copies may not be

made for others.

It is my hope that this may shed some

light on how copyright affects us as

quilters. We need to protect our own

original designs and respect the rights of

other designers. Much more information

is available. Below are links to some of

the resources used in this article, as well

as some found more recently.

Canadian Intellectual Property

Office

Copyright for Crafters & Quilters

by Sylvia Landman

Harris, Lesley Ellen. Canadian

Copyright Law. Toronto: McGraw-Hill

Ryerson. 2001

10 Big Myths about Copyright

Explained

Copyright for Quilters from QNN

Copyrights for Guild making

Raffle Quilts by Carolyn V. Peters

Copyright Law & the Quilter

from Dawn's pages

Copyright Quiz for Quilters

Important Copyright Points to Re-

member

a.. An individual automatically

holds copyright on any original work

upon its completion.

a.. Copyright infringement oc-

curs whenever someone uses someone

else's design or pattern, class outline or

a photograph/slide of their quilt for

purposes other than those given permis-

sion for, or intended for.

a.. Permission must be in writ-

ing and should spell out all the details

of use.

a.. It is up to you to find the

copyright holder and obtain their per-

mission.

a.. Quilts made from patterns

and articles may only be for your own

personal use.

a.. Quilts made from patterns

and articles may not be used for per-

sonal gain. This includes exhibiting and

selling. If you wish to exhibit your

quilt in a show, you must give credit to

the originator of the pattern and have

their permission to exhibit the quilt. If

your quilt is awarded a monetary prize,

the copyright holder should be notified

and the prize shared.

a.. You may not use a pattern in

order to manufacture an item for per-

sonal gain. You must give credit to the

originator of the pattern and have their

permission to manufacture a specified

number of items. In addition to grant-

ing permission the copyright holder

has the right to charge a fee and estab-

lish the amount of that fee.

a.. Technically, teachers/shops

creating samples from patterns should

have written permission to display the

quilt sample(s). However since public-

ity would be considered fair use, that

step could be eliminated. The dis-

played sample should have a label ac-

knowledging the designer. If a teacher/

shop wishes to sell sample(s) the per-

mission should be sought and should

indicate how many samples may be

made and sold. It is up to the copyright

holder whether they wish to charge a

fee and to establish the amount of that

fee.

a.. A person may not sell, dis-

tribute or teach for personal gain or to

save others from purchasing a pattern

from a magazine or any other source

without the permission of the copy-

right holder. Articles/patterns from

magazines, books, or class outlines or

notes provided by an instructor may

not be reproduced.

a.. The use of a different tech-

nique and/or medium does constitute

infringement if the work is a close

copy of the original design or image.

a.. Works that are inspired from

another individual's work, but are so

different in design or image that they

are not easily recognized as being re-

lated to the original work are not con-

sidered infringement.

Continued on page 24 -

see COPYRIGHT



Canadian Quilters' Association - http://www.canadianquilter.com/ Canadian quilters and quilt lovers are wel-come. Links, resources and messageboards.

Richmond Area Quilters Guild - http://www.richmondareaquiltersguild.com/ Richmond, BC quilting guild

Boundary Bay Quilters Guild - http://www.boundarybayquiltersguild.ca/ Boundary Bay, British Columbia, quilting group.

Lions Gate Quilters Guild - http://www.lionsgatequiltersguild.com/ Quilters and quilt shows, based in North Van-couver, BC.

Campbell River Friendship Quilter's Guild - http://www.crfriendshipquiltguild.com/ Meets twice a month September through June at the Campbell River Community Centre. Campbell River, BC.

Parksville Quilt House Quilters' Guild - http://www.parksvillequilthousequilters.com/ Formed in 1979 and located in Coombs, on Vancouver Island. Provides meeting sched-ules and information.

Victoria Quilters' Guild - http://www.victoriaquiltersguild.org To promote quilting in Victoria, BC.

Langley Quilters' Guild - http://www.langleyquiltersguild.com/ A circle of friends meeting to share and pro-mote the love of quilting by inspiring, and be-ing inspired by, the art, techniques and knowl-edge of textiles in quilting. Langley, BC.

Squamish Valley Quilters' Guild - http://members.shaw.ca/squamishvalleyquiltersguild/ Each meeting includes business, followed by a learning program which introduces tech-

niques, new and old. British Columbia.

Timberlane Quilters' Guild - http://tqguild.wordpress.com/ http://www.timberlanequiltersguild.ca/

Group located in Powell River, BC

Nanaimo Quilters' Guild - http://www.islandquilters.ca/index.htm Meets every 3rd Wednesday of the month at Brechin United Church. Nanaimo, BC

Chilliwack Quilters' Guild - http://www.members.shaw.ca/chilliwackquiltersguild/ Meets 3rd Tuesday of month September-June. Chilliwack, BC

Fraser Valley Quilters' Guild - http://members.tripod.com/~FVQG/ Quilting enthusiasts in south-west British Co-lumbia dedicated to promoting the craft of creating quilts. Meeting n Delta, BC

Pacific Quiltworks - http://www.channels.net/~quiltart/index.html Formerly the Western Canadian Art Quilters' Co-operative.

Canadian Machine Quilters' Association - http://www.cmqa.ca/ Cross-Canada membership with provincial representatives. Site provides workshop list, promotional efforts, information about exhibi-tions and membership form.

TIPS: 1/ If you are having difficulty seeing clear monofila-

ment thread when threading your needle, run the end

of the thread across a permanent marker. This will

colour the thread and make it easier to see to thread

the needle.

2/ Use empty 35 mm film canisters to hold four or

five bobbins. (does anyone have these anymore?)

3/ Make your own greeting cards by decorating card

stock with fused on appliqués or motifs cut from

printed fabrics.



A CHANGE OF PACE!

A Crossword Puzzle for you -

From Moreen Reed

ACROSS

1: to evolve - to go through a natural process of

growth and differentiation.

5: Windstorm - a violent destructive whirling wind.

6: One More - being one in addition.

7: Proposition - an idea accepted or proposed as a

demonstrable truth.

DOWN

1: to take away, to withdraw, to diminish.

2: Wordy - to use five words when one would do!

3: Tanned animal skin.

4: Coded instructions for a computer.

As several people queried Moreen about the “Q”

words. Here are the first of them with their mean-

ings. More to follow next issue.

Quoll - small spotted marsupial

Quitrent - a fixed rent due from socage tenants.

(socage: a form of feudal land tenure)

Quipu - and ancient calculating device

Qursh - a monetary unit of Saudi Arabia

Quinte - a position in fencing

Quinol - a chemical compound

Quincunx - an arrangement of five objects



* Apples

* Porridge

* Oats and oat cakes

* Lentils

* Pumpernickel bread

* Oranges

* Whole grain spaghetti

* Skim milk

* Chick peas

* Soy beans

* Kidney beans

* Cottage cheese

* Lean roast chicken

* Almonds

* Sunflower seeds

* Canned tuna

Tofu

You might ask what these

foods have in common - well,

here it is, they all boost your

metabolism

COPYRIGHT from page 21

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This article first appeared in the

Canadian Quilter's Association newslet-

ter, The Canadian Quilter. It may be re-

produced and shared. Please note that it

may only be used in its entirety citing the

author, Kathleen Bissett, who has given

her permission for it to be posted on this

website and the website of the Canadian

Quilters' Association.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Editor’s note:

Kathleen Bissett is the author / designer

of the fabulous MAGIC TILES pattern,

which happened to be this quilters FIRST

large quilt, and second quilt that I made.

- in a class taught by Sharron Woodland

Wanna see a pic of it? Ah shucks, I

haveta show off!

Ardythe’s Magic Tile

Thanks to Kathleen and to Sharron!

Some more food items to keep you

going this winter

For a healthy immune system, be sure

to regularly include these star defense

players in your diet.

. Citrus fruits, tomatoes and sweet po-

tatoes are rich in the antioxidants beta-

carotene and vitamin C.

. Chicken soup helps flush out cold

and flu viruses (by getting the mucus

moving out of your system) so you feel

better faster. Scientists aren't exactly

sure why but suggest that it's the heat

or a special unidentified compound in

the broth.

. Garlic scores big for its medicinal

properties and ability to boost the pro-

duction of illness-fighting antibodies.

It has antifungal, antibacterial and anti-

viral properties.

. Fluids help flush out bad bugs, such

as bacteria. Normally, eight glasses of

fluid a day is recommended for good

health. When you're sick, try to get

double that.

. Cranberries are rich in antioxidants

and are a natural guard against bladder

infections. They may also protect

against ulcers, heart disease and can-

cer.

. Healthy fats in olive oil, fatty fish,

avocados and nuts help the immune

system work optimally.

. You can count on wheat germ to de-

liver vitamin E and a little zinc for

healthy skin, healing and resistance to

infection.

. Honey has been a natural healer for

thousands of years. It provides antioxi-

dants; kills bacteria that cause coughs,

sore throats and ear infections; helps

heal wounds; keeps skin healthy; and

aids digestion.

. Grains provide carbohydrates, which

provide energy and calories to fuel

your body.

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