Newsletter #12 September 2009

Lodi Valley Quilters’ GuildPO Box 132Lodi, WI 53555

Current membership: 59

President JoAnn Delap 592-3507Vice President Diane Heckenbach 592-5786Secretary Shirley Lawson 592-2036Treasurer Terri Escher 592-5838

The 2009 quilt raffle was drawn on August 8, and the winning ticket was sold by guild member Cary Neess—to her mother, Jane Knudsen. Jane liked the quilt so much that she purchased $40 worth of tickets, and Cary says Jane was ecstatic when she got the call that she won.

Jane is shown here, enjoying the quilt with Charles the cat, DeeDee the one-eyed Shihtzu and Cary’s youngest daughter, Payette Neess.

At the September guild meeting, Guild treasurer Terri Escher reported that the LVQG netted $4,000 from this year’s quilt raffle.

Take time to visit the Quilts in Bloom exhibit at Olbrich Gardens in Madison before October 11. It’s a great small show of quilts in all styles with a botanical theme, and the outdoor gardens are beautiful this time of year. Also, the Herb Garden currently features American quilting motifs translated into living, growing designs!

Make sure to note the small glass case as you enter the exhibit: LVQG member Kristine Millard has a piece in the show—one of her kaleidoscope mini-quilts (which she’ll be presenting in a program at the April meeting).

More info about the exhibit and hours can be found at www.olbrich.org.

The guild has a website now!

Visit our site at www.LVQG.org … you know, like “Lodi Valley Quilters Guild (nonprofit organization)”.

New guild mem-ber Peg McAnaugh has volunteered to be our webmaster (way to jump right into things Peg!).

Each committee will be sending their latest information to Peg, so the site should have the most up-to-date news.

Check it out!

Date Area Events DetailsSeptember 26-27

Qults Among the Pines at Greenheck Fieldhouse in Weston WI

Ground Zero quilt exhibit, demos, merchants mall, appraisals, raffle quilt. Saturday 10-5, Sunday 10-4. Admission $5. www.pinetreequilters.org

October 3-4 Mount Horeb Fall Heritage Festival Quilt Show

Raffle quilt, demos, sales items. Saturday 8-5, Sunday 9-4. 105 N Grove St. $2 admission.

October 5 Lodi Valley Quilters Guild monthly meeting

Mini workshops—3 easy projects, show & tell. 7:15 pm at Lodi Good Samaritan Center

October 10-11 Lighthouse Legacies Quilt Show “Nature & Design” at Case High School fieldhouse in Racine WI

Judged show of more than 200 quilts. Demos, appraisals, bed turning, quilt auction, shop-ping. $5 admission. Saturday 10-5, Sunday 10-3. www.lighthousequiltersguild.org

October 17 Edgerton Quilt Show in conjunc-tion with the Sterling North Book & Film Festival at Edgerton Middle School

2 pm presentation by author Jennifer Chiaverini, quilt displays, vendors, quilt raffle, demos. Saturday 9-4. $3 admission.

October 30-31 A Harvest of Quilts show by Lakeside Quilter’s Guild at Carl Traeger School in Oshkosh WI

Guild shop, vendors, raffle quilt. Saturday and Sunday 10-3. $5 admission. www.focol.org/lakesideqg

October 30-31 St. John’s Piecemaker’s Quilt Show “Quilting through the Ages” at St. John’s School gymnasium in Waunakee WI

More than 150 quilts, raffle quilt, vendors, silent auction. Friday and Saturday 9-4. $3 admission.

October 31-November 1

Antiques, Quilts & Fiber Arts Show & Sale at Cedarburg High School

Benefit for the WI Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts. Non-judged quilt display, vintage bed peel, downtown street quilt walk, vendors. Saturday and Sunday 10-4. $5 admission. www.wiquiltmuseum.com

October 31-November 1

Treasures of Tomorrow quilt show at Marshfield Senior High fieldhouse

250 quilts, machine cleaning/tune-ups Saturday, quilt raffle, vendors, demos. Saturday 8-5, Sunday 9-3. $5 admission. www.piecemakers.org

November 2 Lodi Valley Quilters Guild monthly meeting

Heirloom quilting presentation by Joannie Zeier Poole, show & tell. 7:15 pm at Lodi Good Samaritan Center

November 7 Country Quilt Show at Slinger Middle School

Scrap quilt theme, trunk show, vendors, antique quilt bed peel. Saturday 8:30-4. $5 admission. www.slingerquiltshow.org

November 12-14

LVQG Pine Lake quilt retreat

Register with Terri Escher

Guild member cost: $30 per night. A great weekend of friendship, laughter, and as much or as little quilting as you desire!

December 7 Lodi Valley Quilters Guild monthly meeting

Embellished art quilts presentation by Lisa Binkley, show & tell. 7:15 pm at Lodi Good Samaritan Center

January 4 Lodi Valley Quilters Guild monthly meeting

Organize your sewing room presentation by Mary Fisher, show & tell. 7:15 pm at Lodi Good Samaritan Center

February 1 Lodi Valley Quilters Guild monthly meeting

Mini workshops—3 more easy projects, show & tell. 7:15 pm at Lodi Good Samaritan Center

March 1 Lodi Valley Quilters Guild monthly meeting

Quilt Academy info, challenge revealed, nominate officers for 2010, show & tell. 7:15 pm at Lodi Good Samaritan Center

April 5 Lodi Valley Quilters Guild monthly meeting

Kaleidoscope presentation by Kristine Millard, election of officers, show & tell.7:15 pm at Lodi Good Samaritan Center

April 10 LVQG Quilt Academy at Lodi High School

A full day of learning from 8-3, with shopping & lots of fun. Pre-registration required. www.lvqg.org

April 10-11 When Life Hands You Scraps … Make a Quilt! show by Mixed Sampler Quilt Guild at Siren High School

Bed turning, vendors, quilt raffle, silent auction, demos. Saturday and Sunday 10-4. $3 admission.

May 1-2 “FANtasia” quilt show by It’s a Stitch Quilt Club at Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School in Jackson WI

Judged competition and non-judged display of more than 250 quilts and quilted items, bed peel, silent auction, marketplace, trunk show. Saturday and Sunday 10-4. $5 admission. www.itsastitchquiltguild.com

May 3 Lodi Valley Quilters Guild monthly meeting

Trunk show presentation by Homespun Fabrics Quilt Shop, show & tell. 7:15 pm at Lodi Good Samaritan Center

June 4-5 Sewing & Quilting Expo at University of Wisconsin-Platteville

www.uwplatt.edu/cont_edby the Office of Continuing Education

The guild’s Charity Group has been meeting every-other Friday at 9:00am (until noon, or as long as you can make it) at the Lodi United Methodist Church. Next dates: October 2 and October 16

If you’d like, bring your sewing machine—but there also will be pressing, cutting, and hand sewing to do. We are working on catheter and wheelchair bags for the Good Sa-maritan Center. Dottie Sutfin heads this committee.

A guild challenge quilt(a wallhanging) made by Cary Neess, which won the viewer’s choice for the quilt they would

like to hang in their dining room. The gilt-kissed quilt also won a

blue ribbon and a best of show.

A partial view of Madge Robertson’s quilt, which won a blue ribbon, a best of show ribbon, and the viewer’s choice for the quilt they’d like to give as a wedding gift.

Kathy Oyen’s happybright, contemporary pink, white & black quilt won the viewer’s choice for the quilt they would like to give their sister.

Our guild quilt (on the newsletter cover) won the award for quilt to give your dad for Father's Day. Funny, because a mother won it!

Here’s a corner of Kate Hochstein’s masterpiece that

fairgoers voted the quilt they’d use as inspiration for

decorating.

Lori Ripp won the viewer’s choice for the quilt to save from a flood—understandable, because it’s a memory quilt filled with photos of significant life events! Beautifully done in black, blue and a touch of orange.

Fair Wrap-Up: In all, the fair was again a great

showing for the quilt guild. We had lots of super-high-quality

pieces entered for judging, and our pro-fessional judge did an excellent job. Watching the judging is always educa-tional, and if you can plan to attend next year it would be highly advised! The public again seemed to enjoy voting on their favorites.

The 56 quilts we showed in the quilt turning were truly amazing. We packed the tent, and people laughed and gasped in all the right places!

Thanks to everyone who participated, volunteered, and made it a great event.

Have you started next year’s ribbon winner yet?

The September meeting began our new year for the Lodi Valley Quilters Guild—and also the start of a new dues-paying year.

In order to continue all the great benefits of LVQG membership, make sure you get $20 and any contact information updates to Terri Escher as soon as possible.

Meet up with Terri at the next meeting, or send a check to the Guild at PO Box 132, Lodi WI 53555

You wouldn’t want to miss out on this news-letter, all the great programs, speakers and the show & tell at our meetings, reduced-rate re-treats, trips & Quilt University, and much more!

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Teachers and vendors from all over the state will converge here in Lodi on Saturday, April 10, 2010 for a very special program sponsored by the Lodi Valley Quilters Guild.

The guild currently has five committees planning this day of fun and education—mark your calendar, and tell all your friends!

The event’s limited registration will begin with guild members in December—look for more details to come at guild meetings and at www.LVQG.org. Sign up early, or run the chance of being left out.

Schedule for the dayTime Program Event

8-9 am Sign in at the door; receive class schedule, lunch ticket and door prize tickets; find your first period class

9-10 am FIRST PERIOD: Attend class, have fun, take notes, shop

10-11 am BREAK: Visit other classrooms, shop, meet with friends, compare first period notes, take a look at the door prizes, make your way to second period class

11-noon SECOND PERIOD: Attend class, have fun, take notes, shop

Noon-1 pm LUNCH: In the Commons Area near front entrance. Show your lunch ticket, sit with friends or new acquaintances. When you’re done eating, you can take a look at the door prizes on display, shop in classrooms, and make your way to your third period class.

1-2 pm THIRD PERIOD: Attend class, have fun, take notes, shop. Then fill out your Quilt Academy report card and drop its door prize portion to enter into the drawing

2-3 pm GRADUATION CEREMONY: In the Commons Area near the entrance. Also: door prize drawing held.

At each month’s guild meeting, you have the opportunity to purchase chance tickets for $1 each.

What’s that about?Last month’s winner was

given $7 (along with their prize). It’s their responsibil-ity to purchase a prize for the next month’s drawing with that $7.

The proceeds from the Bucks for Books drawing are used to purchase new books for the guild library!

The guild library is available at the beginning or end of each meeting. Or, stop in to Village Creek quilt store down-town Lodi and borrow the key to peruse the guild library anytime!

PO Box 132Lodi WI 53555

At the September meeting, guild member Linda Stoltenberg told us about a new local group called Pink Ribbon Angels. I wanted to include some of that info here for your reference.

Pink Ribbon Angels is a cancer support group that will help pay for mammograms, mileage to and from doctors appointments, and other medi-cal necessities for women who can’t otherwise afford them.

The group has an upcom-ing fundraising concert sched-uled—you can find info on posters around the town. For-mer Lodi resident Grant Hendrickson’s group, The Cat’s Pajamas, will perform, along with other entertainment.

For more information on Pink Ribbon Angels, the services they may provide, or the benefit concert, contact Linda at 635-4016.

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A committee was has just formed to begin work on a new quilt for the guild to raffle off next year.

If you have ideas for the group or would like to be a part of the plan-ning, contact any of the members. They will begin to meet and make plans soon.

The 2009-2010 Raffle Committee members are Cheryl

Eggert, Jeannette Lohan, Pam

Setz, Mary Beth Wagner, Vicki Stewart and Karen Bender.