Nimble Thimbles Quilt Guild

Newsletter

Volume 30, Issue 2, February 6, 2017

“The Guild With Heart”

The next meeting will be on Monday,

February 12, 2017 at 7:00 P.M. at Messiah Lutheran

Church (in the gym) in Mauldin, South Carolina.

From the President:

Can’t believe that it is already February! I hope to see

many of you at the Gathering of Quilters in Williamston on

February 4th.

One of my goals this year for our guild is to concentrate on building our membership. We have such a wonderful group of ladies and the talent contained in our guild is simply amazing. So why should we keep all of this talent to ourselves? Let all concentrate on inviting visitors to our meetings, make a conscious effort to speak to all of our visitors and invite them to join our guild. Offer rides to anyone that you know does not attend anymore due to vision problems or not wanting to drive at night. So many times these members will not mention it to anyone but would gladly accept a ride with a friend to the meeting.

Our vice president has a wonderful year planned of speakers and workshops this year so I hope that we can all take advantage of the opportunities to learn new techniques or just refresh on techniques that we haven’t used in a long time.

Looking forward to seeing you all for our first meeting of the year. Don’t forget to bring show and share!

Happy Quilting,

Shelia

Nimble Thimbles Quilt Guild Officers

for 2017

President – Shelia Chandler Vice-President – Susan Perham Secretary – Pat Ruff Treasurer – Patty Stonitsch Newsletter Editor – Ruth Bartholomew Webmaster – Gloria Taliaferro

From the Vice-President

In February, our speaker will be Donna Royson. She is a

certified Quilt in a Day Teacher and will be presenting a

lovely trunk show. Unfortunately, we have had to

reschedule the workshop originally planned for Tuesday

the 14th. Donna has agreed to return to our guild later this

year to give the workshop. She will show the quilt at the

meeting Monday and we will discuss possible times for

the rescheduled date.

In March, our speaker will be Anna Maria Horner. She is

a very well know Janome artist! Anna will be bringing lots

of goodies to sell so come early and tell your friends!

Since Anna is considered a “National” speaker, we will be

asking for a $5 donation at the door for non-members.

In April, Virginia Shrenker, a QSC member will be presenting a wonder Applique lecture and wait until you see her quilts!!

May will be our vendor night – so start saving now!

For June, I have scheduled Diane Knott. She is another

wonderful artist. She is known for her scrap quilts and has

written a lovely book. We have to decide which workshop

we want to take, but I will be bringing options for you to

vote on. Make sure you come to the meeting so you can

see all we have to offer! -----Susan Perham

Opportunity Quilt Partial proceeds from the Opportunity Quilt 2017

ticket sales will be going to Alpha-1 Foundation.

Evelyn Kellogg plans to have the quilt and tickets

available at the January meeting.

December Meeting Minutes December NTQG meeting minutes will be voted on (as

printed in the January newsletter) at the February

meeting. Since the January meeting was cancelled

because of inclement weather, there are no January

meeting minutes.

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Treasurer’s Report

Beginning checking balance 12/1/16 $ 9504.06

Income

Education basket 77.00

Membership 200.00

Opportunity quilt 329.00

Interest . 07

Total income for December $ 606.07

Expenses for December

Postage for newsletter 12.37

Total expenses for December----------- 12.37

Ending total for December $10097.71

CD Balance 12/1/2016 $ 2184.51

Mary Isbell memorial Fund 12/1/2016 $ 759.49 759.49

As of February 6, 2017

Beginning balance $10098.42 Income O Expenses Rent for 2017 $500.42 Ending balance. $9598.42 CD balance. $2184.51 Mary Isbell Fund. $759.49

HOSPITALITY Refreshments for the February meeting will be provided

by Debbie Fenton, Evelyn Kellogg, and Jean

Andersen. At the Hospitality table, there will be an

opportunity to sign up to bring refreshments for the rest of

the year. There will also be a sign up sheet available for

any member who would like to make a small item(s) for

the Dollar Door prize. I look forward to seeing what

charming creations you will come up with. Many thanks to

Yvonne Stiefel for providing the delightful prizes for the

past several months.

Jean Andersen

Hospitality Chairman

ROUND ROBIN - PICK A THEME We will sign up for this activity at the February meeting and start passing the boxes in March. For 9-12 participants. If you cannot be at the February meeting and want to participate, contact Mona Turner - mona_turner@yahoo.com Supplies: pizza box (supplied) and fabric Guidelines

1. Each participant will pick a theme - whatever they want. Some ideas are dogs, cats, quilting, beach, rainbows, snowmen, lighthouses, sports, birds, etc. 2. Each participant will be given a pizza box at the February meeting. In this box they will place a description of their theme and a 12 1/2" block that represents their theme. They may also place additional fabric to be used in future blocks. They will bring this box to the March meeting. 3. Each of the following months, each participant will make a 12 1/2" block (or equivalent, such as 4-4 1/2" blocks) to correspond to the chosen theme. They will place the finished block in the box. 4. Everyone's name will be on a list. Each month at the guild meeting, the boxes will pass to the next name on the list. And so on, until the boxes have been to everyone on the list. If we have 9 in a group, we can finish by December. If we have 12 in a group, then we will finish next year. If you have any questions, please contact Mona Turner at 963-9411.

UFO Busters Quilt Bee

Meets on the Tuesday - 8 days after Nimble Thimbles, 7:00-9:00pm. We rotate the meeting in the homes of our members. This is a group that is open to all Nimble Thimble members old and new. Generally, it is a BYOP, hand work or machines may be brought. Any questions call: Patti Stonitsch 864 315-8448 Joan Derylak 864 238-7804

Library Information The guild has an excellent library of quilt books

for check out. Take time to see what is available. If you

checked out a book last month, remember to return it

this month. Thank you.

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Second Saturday Bee

The next meeting will be on Saturday, February 11, 2017 from 9:00 A, M. to 3:00 P.M. at Standing Springs Baptist Church in Simpsonville. You can drop in for a little while or stay all day. If you stay all day bring your own beverage and lunch. Becki, Celeste, and Yvonne attended the Deb Heatherly workshop at Marietta’s Quilt Shop on January 21, 2017. They will share some of the ideas/techniques that were demonstrated if you are interested. Bring your sewing machine and basic sewing supplies as well as your own project. We enjoy “show and share” and learn from each other with the different projects shown. This group is open to guild members and/or friends who would like to come and sew/quilt. Or, you can knit, crochet, cross stitch, etc. If you have questions contact Becki Kauffman or Yvonne Stiefel.

Fabric Strip Swap for2017

***At the December meeting we only had 5 people

sign up for the strip exchange. If you are interested

in doing the exchange please let Shelia or Betty

Adams know. We need 12 people to do the

exchange. I will have the list with me at the February

meeting. If you get enough people interested, we

will bring the January and February strips to the

March meeting.

Thanks, Betty Adams We will be doing a 2 ½ inch strip swap again for 2017.

Each month you will bring 13 of the same 2 ½ inch strip

fabric in the designated color or pattern. You will

receive 12 different strips and the 13th strip goes to the

guild for philanthropy projects. A sign-up sheet will be

at the December social.

The fabric categories for this year will be:

January – snow, something with snow on it

February – red and white fabric

March – clovers

April – eggs, something with eggs on it (can be chickens

with eggs, Easter eggs, etc.)

May – flowers

June – flip flops or beach themed fabric

July – red, white, and blue August – school

supplies, pencils, paper, books, etc.

September – picnic themed fabric

October – fall leaves

November – food themed fabric

December – Christmas themed fabric

If you have any

questions, please let me

know.

Betty Adams

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February Birthdays 1 – Doris Waldrop

2 – Kathleen Butler

11 – Dot Mewing

14 – Sarah Snider

18 – Michele Blake

21 – Tanya Guyder

22 – Nancy Hunt

Happy Birthday Friends! If you have a February

birthday and it is not listed here, I apologize for the

omission.

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Book Review Foolproof Crazy

Quilting By Jennifer Clouston C & T Publishing, 2013 110 pages Price $ 27.95 (new) Once you learn basic embroidery stitches you can embellish crazy patch quilting with those stitches and add beads, buttons, yarn, silk ribbon, etc. The best feature of this book (in my opinion) is the 25 stitch maps for embellishing. The author showcases seven different hexagons that have been pieced with a crazy patch technique. Then the hexagons are embellished using embroidery stitches with perle cotton, yarn, special threads/yarn, and silk ribbon. There are 25 different embellished hexagon blocks shown. The color photograph of the embellished hexagon provides a very clear image of what your project will look like. The “wonderful” part of each photograph is that each stitch is labeled and information about which needle should be used is also included. You can refer to the embroidery section of the book to see how to make each stitch. There are also directions for silk ribbon embroidery stitches, beading, couching, and working with buttons. If you do make hexagons, as she does in the book, there is also information about joining those embellished hexagons to create your quilt. If you like crazy patch and embroidery this is a book that you will “oohh” and “aahh” over all through the book. I have not completed any of the hexagons shown yet. More than likely I will create square blocks to embellish. I am in awe of her ideas for embellishing the patchwork. The embellished hexagons are all beautiful. To choose just one as a favorite would be extremely difficult. By Yvonne Stiefel

Quilts of Valor

If you are interested in

attending an award ceremony

contact Suzanne DiCarlo for

information. For more

information about Quilts of

Valor check out

http://www.qovf.org

There are free patterns available as well as information

how to nominate a veteran for a quilt.

Habitat for Humanity Philanthropy

We have another Habitat dedication! The Watley family, mom Jaylan and daughter Alaya, will be presented with their keys on Friday, February 3, at 11:30am. The address is 15 Hope Bridge Way in Greenville. We hope you can attend the dedication.

We also received a wonderful donation of fabric and batting from a local church group. They ceased with their charitable quilting program, and wanted all their supplies put to good use. We will be bringing in some scraps at the next meeting (free if used in a Habitat quilt, or $1 per bag if for your own use – proceeds to be used for HFH backing and batting). We can also bring to guild some totes of donated fabric for your inclusion in a habitat quilt – just let us know the color wave you would like to peruse. Becky 864-561-1811.

We often have guild members who would like to make a Habitat quilt, but want a simple quilt top pattern. If you have a relatively simple quilt pattern that can be shared with the guild for quick Habitat quilts, we would surely like to have them. Bring your pattern to guild, and we can create a pattern library for all guild members’ use. But please be sure we don’t violate any Copyright laws. Becky Schwartz Yvonne Stiefel

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Block of the Month for January We will have both the January and February

BOM drawings at the February meeting. For

January, bring any 6”or 12” (finished) block. Each

block you bring entitles you to enter your name

in the drawing for a chance to win all the blocks

brought.

Block of the Month for February

I thought I would keep the BOM simple this year

and showcase the versatility of half square

triangle and flying geese. You can use your

favorite method to make them, or use the

directions that come in the newsletter.

Here is your February block, please use a

Valentine print or color and white/white on

white, have fun!

Cut two 8.5 inch squares of each of the

print/color and white fabric. Draw a line from

one corner to the other, sew ¼” away from the

drawn lines.

Cut the square on the diagonal lines as well as

horizontally and vertically.

Square each half square to 3.5 “. Arrange half

squares like this:

(Forgive me, I haven’t had good success getting

an image to upload. I have taken pictures of the

steps and will send them to Gloria for the

website. I’ve attached the sketches to the

delivery email, or, you can text me and I will send

the picture via text. –Ruth 864-905-7370 )

Any questions, call Evelyn at 476-2130

Internet Connections Remember to check our internet connections for

updated news/information about guild activities.

http://www.ntquiltguild.com

We are also on Facebook. Please “like” our page.

Take a look at:

http://www,.stitchintherapy.blogspot.com by Debbie

Clarke

http://www.quiltinginsouthcarolina.blogspot

.com by Shelia Chandler

Check out class schedules at:

http://www.berninagreenville.com

http://www.judysquiltshop.com

http://www.mariettasquiltandsew.com

http://www.quiltingseweasy.com

You may subscribe to receive a weekly email from Viking

Sew and Quilt (at the shop—check out their new

location in Mauldin near K-Mart) to learn about the

weekly special as well as tips/hints for quilting.

If you are interested in “longarm” quilting visit

http://www.thelongarmnetwork.com They sell supplies

and offer rental time on their Innova longarm machines

(after completion of a training class) if you’d like to be

able to longarm quilt your own quilt projects.

Reminder: There will be a sale of Marilyn Ward's quilting

supplies on Feb. 8th from 1-5PM at Main St.

Presbyterian Church Fountain Inn, in the

Gymnasium Building. Marilyn was a former

member of Busy Bees Quilt Guild, who passed

away last year. There will be thread, material,

cutters, rulers, patterns and anything else related

to quilting. All are invited to come shop at this

awesome sale.

Marilyn Cooper

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Wear your nametag at

the meeting.

Members and guests

sign in and get your

ticket(s) for the drawings.

Take time to look at the

guild library and check out

and/or return books.

Upcoming Events February 13, 2017 – 7:00 P.M. Guild Meeting

July 21 -29, 2017 – Carolina Shop Hop

Articles and information for the March

2017 issue of the newsletter should be

sent to Ruth Bartholomew on or before

Friday, February 17 (third Friday of the

month).

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