Next Meeting

Thursday, May 16, 2019

6:30 Social

7:00 Meeting Starts

Location: Temple Beth Or

5315 Creedmoor Road

Raleigh, NC 27612

Table of Contents

Page 2 Quilt Show 2020

Hostesses

Show & Tell

Page 3 Secret Sew-ciety

Block Party

Page 4 Raffle Quilt

Workshops

Page 5 Library

Page 6 Raffle Quilt

Page 7 Library

Page 6 Drawing Winners

Page 7 Comfort Quilts

Education

Page 10 Guild Leadership

Events

May 2019

Bring: Name tag

Membership pin

Show n Tell

Comfort Quilts

Block Party

A Quilting Friend!

President’s Message Members of the Guild, As you know if you are a reader of this space, Jules and I just took a vacation to Palau and Japan. When I left here it was still the edge of spring. The early bulbs were still blooming, but the trees had not yet turned that very particular shade of green that speaks of new leaves. I missed that moment and returned to full-on spring. My fringe tree was in bloom, my lady banks roses were in full flush and the lawn was in need of a haircut. I did, however, get to enjoy cher-ry-blossom (sakura) season in Japan, which is absolutely magi-cal. The ornamental cherry liberally planted all over Japan is a hand-some tree all year, with an attractive shape and a convenient size. It has an interestingly textured bark that makes it look good even in winter. But in the spring, during its bloom, it is magnifi-cent. This was my third trip to Japan. I was only 2 years old the first time, so have virtually no memory of it. I went again as a teenager with my Mom and my Grandma and had ever since hoped to go again. But neither time before had I been there during cherry-blossom season. Individual cherry blossoms are small and delicate — white with the barest touch of pink. En masse they are like a snowstorm of petals and a tree covered in blooms seems to have an internal glow — a light source of its own. An entire landscape of these trees can take your breath away and make you feel as if you have never truly experienced beauty before. There is a sakura quilt in my future. I don’t know if I will be able to capture that inner glow — that magic — but I will try. That kind of inspiration must be responded to and I love that I have an avocation that allows me to at least try to express it. Wishing you all the inspiration and beauty that spring has to offer, Darlene Silverman Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment. — Ellis Peters

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April Show and Tell

*First time show and tell Bold: drawing winner

Sharon Poole *

Emma Jewett *

Cindy Prow *

Cherie Brugler

Judy Tison

Jan Chvatal

Jan Marie Potter

Cherie Brugler

Ann Cobb

Judy Tison

Maria Kleinman

Ginny Jewett

Claudia Pfeil

Brenda Keely

Hostesses

If you like to have candy at the guild meetings,

please consider donating some candy to the

hostess basket.

Thanks!

Ginny & Kelly

Capital Quilters Guild Quilt Show 2020

Event: Friday, March 20 and Saturday, March 21, 2020; 9:00 am – 5:00 pm – Scott Kerr Building,

North Carolina State Fairgrounds, Raleigh

Raffle Quilt – Hearts in Flight – Pick up raffle tickets to sell from Sue Ann Jatko

Beginning in September, there will be a Quilt Show table at each meeting to assist you in completing

quilt registrations, volunteer sign-ups, questions on quilt categories, etc.

Nora Bailey

“ZIPPED” We are swapping a zipped item. Please submit a progress photo at the May meeting or by email (cathy@quiltingcowgirl.com). We will swap at the June meeting. Thanks for swap-ping! Questions? Contact Cathy Kirk, 919-469-5378 or cathy@quiltingcowgirl.com

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Special Thanks to

My Sewing Shoppe

Block Party Last month’s Dutch Braid had 50 blocks turned in! The winners were: Sandy Harris Jan Potter Connie Upshaw Karen Wahle Next month’s block is the sailboat. Nora, Carolyn, and Lori nbailey207@gmail.com

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Raffle Quilt The raffle quilt, Hearts in Flight, is ready to travel! Are you able to join me at one of these dates to sell tickets, share our love of quilting, and promote our 2020 Quilt Show? The dates are: May 4 Fest in the West at the USA Baseball Park, Cary May 17, 18, 19 Got to Be NC, State Fairgrounds August 24 & 25 Cary Lazy Daze, downtown Cary

I learned a lot about selling raffle tickets at the events in Cary. The most common rea-sons given to decline my request were “I have a lot of my grandmother’s quilts al-ready” and “I have no place to put that quilt.” So then I changed course. I said our guilt made and donated 1000 quilts last year and we are on track for another 1000 this year. I described very briefly the three types of people who received our comfort quilts. Many then said they could support those projects and then bought tickets. So try that way if you are uncomfortable selling raffle tickets. The monies raised for the Hearts in Flight quilt support our guilt, it’s mission, and projects. Come see me at the meeting. Thank you.

Sue Ann Jatko, Fundraising chair

Susan Edmonson is our last teacher for this guild year. She will be sharing her trunk show with us

on Thursday evening, May 16th. Susan's fabric art is embellished with extraordinary mixed media

techniques. All of her work is lavished with beading and embroidery. She loves working with vin-

tage style fabrics and colors. The patterns she designs have evolved from original pieces inspired

from vintage quilt designs and nature that showcase her own unique style.

There's still room in both of her workshops and the kit she has for her Friday workshop, "Garden

Girls" will make gathering supplies easy!

Contact Roberta to register for "Garden Girls" and/or "Making Faces", Saturday's class.

Lecture and Workshops

1) We received two requests for books on the twist pinwheel quilt technique that

was demonstrated at last month's Guild meeting. So we have purchased Let's

Twist and Let's Twist Again by CS Publishing. (There is also a Let's Twist One

More Time out there that we can get if we have enough demand.) We also have

two other new books, Me & My Sister's Fun Quilts by Barbara Groves and

Mary Jacobson (I can't figure out if they are really sisters but boy they look alike)

and Jelly Roll Quilts in a Weekend by Pam and Nicky Linton (who are a mother

and daughter design team from the UK). If you'd like to reserve any of these ti-

tles, shoot me an email and I will set it aside for you. We are always happy for

purchase suggestions.

2) One more call-out for our Guild member still looking for the book Sashiko

Handbags 14 on 14 by Nancy Shriber. Picture below.

3) We now will have a large plastic container clearly marked "FREE ITEMS" on

our table which will contain whatever we have to give away. Please bring any

items that you would like to re-home. After 3-4 months, unclaimed items will be

donated to The Scrap Exchange in Durham. (Eighteen inch wooden embroidery

hoop still available.) Please bring any craft supplies, quilting patterns, notions,

or anything else you have had sitting in your basement for a few years to the

next meeting. Another Guild member will find them interesting and put them to

use. (And the UFO bee will take any partially completed quilts.)

4) As always, we are happy to accept your used quilting magazines for our mag-

azine exchange table.

Thank you for your support of the Guild library!

Karen Wahle, Your Library Lady

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Nametag Drawing Winner:

Nadine McHatton

Attendance Drawing Winner:

Cindy Prow

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Spotlight on Comfort Quilt Donations

Charity Goal Received

this Month Received this Year

Drawing Winners

Quilts on Wheels 250 32 269 Millie Bozek and Lynda Chiodetti

Walker Bags 10 35

Quilts for Kids 250 22 231 Candy Joehrendt and Shirley Wasson

Newborn Hats 168 318

QFK Pillow Cases 0 66

SAFEchild 250 33 377 Sandy Harris, Sue Hemphill, and Donna Turnage

750 119 790

0 28 Hurricane Relief Quilts

Thank you for your support of our Comfort Quilts programs. Please try to turn in your completed

projects no later than the June guild meeting so they will be included in this year’s

count.

Angela Clark and Thread Waggle Quilting will host our Second Annual Quilt-a-Thon

on Friday, June 21 and Saturday, June 22,10 am until 4 pm each day. (Please

note the dates have changed.) Use this link to register for either day (or both days)

of this free event. https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php. Thanks to An-

gela Clark and her staff for providing the opportunity to hang out with them on

these dates and generate beautiful Comfort Quilts.

All quilts completed will be donated to our Comfort Quilts programs. More details about the event

will follow on Facebook and in the guild newsletter.

Please contact me to volunteer for any of the following events:

May 4: Fest in the West — USA Baseball Park, Cary

May 17-19: Got to Be NC — NC State Fairgrounds

June 21-22: Comfort Quilts Quilt-a-Thon — Threadwaggle Quilting

If you have volunteered but have not yet received your assigned time, please let me know.

Thanks to all our volunteers!

Martha Bragg

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Quilt/Vendor Shows

May 2 2019 NC Quilt Symposium, Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center,

Lake Junaluska

May 3 Heart of the Triad Quilt Guild: America From the Heart Quilt Show, Neil Bolton Home

& Garden Building, Winston-Salem Fairgrounds

May 11 Annual Airing of the Quilts, Downtown Franklin

May 17 Western North Carolina Quilters Guild Biennial Quilt Show - A Garden of Quilts,

Bonclarken Conference Center, 500 Pine Drive, Flat Rock, North Carolina 28731

May 17 Crystal Coast Quilters Guild 34th Biennial Crystal Coast Quilt Show, Crystal Coast

Civic Center, 3505 Arendell Street, Morehead City

May 20 Artquilts Passion Biennial Member Exhibition, Page-Walker Arts & History Center,

119 Ambassador Loop, Cary

https://quiltersresources.com/event/shows-and-exhibits/north-carolina?sort=upcoming

2018-2019 Guild Leadership

Board Members

President: Darlene Silverman

Vice President: Alma Mellish

Secretary: Sheila Talton

Treasurer: Cheryl Porter

Charity & Community Outreach: Martha Bragg

Communications: Lois McCoy

Fundraising Committee: Sue Ann Jatko

Membership: Lucretia Stuart

Teachers & Workshops: Roberta Miller-Haraway

Member at Large 1: Susan Hatch

Member at Large 2: Brenda Keely

Committee Members

Bee Keeper: Beth Van Vooren

Block Party: Nora Bailey

Hostesses: Ginny Nugent & Kelly Wyatt

Library: Karen Wahle

Quilts for Kids: Alice Ryan & Janine Wells

Quilts on Wheels: Bonnie Kurth & Myra Martin

SAFEchild: Carolyn Ruby & Barbara Biggs

Secret Sew-ciety: Cathy Kirk

Social: Sue Dressler

Sunshine & Shadows: Susan Kaydos

Quilt Show: Nora Bailey

Holiday Blocks: Ginny Nugent & Kelly Wyatt

To contact us, email: information@capitalquilters.org

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