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Reminders…

Remember to wear

your name tags.

Quilt Show Chairs

will meet at 6pm.

To Bring:

Donation for Soup

Kitchen

Gift for Secret Pal

Items for Quilt

Show Store

Our Facebook group

is Lake Norman Quilt-

ers.

Email Rene with fin-

ished UFOs and bring

your fat quarter

“payment”!!

LNQ blog address:

http://

lknquilters.wordpress

.com/

Membership dues are

due. $20 to Dolores on

Tuesday if you did

not pay in Feb. Last

chance to get in the

Directory!

Our program for March is Square in a

Square technique originally developed by Jodi

Barrows. Gloria Stickney is our speaker and she

is a designated instructor of Jodi’s technique. In

addition to elaborating on what quilts can be

made quickly, precisely and easily with this

technique, I’m sure she’ll show some of her cus-

tom Wake Forest quilts as she works in the

Physics dept. on campus. She plans to be set up

early for those wishing to come early and browse

her books, fabric and rulers as well as ask ques-

tions.

Our first workshop will be Saturday, April

1st, 9am and it will be taught by Gloria. She is

providing the fabric for the Prairie Claw block

we are all going to make to demonstrate the

Square in a Square technique. For anyone that

needs a ruler, she will have these for sale along

with the technique book. We still have spots

available for anyone wishing to take the work-

shop - just email me, [email protected] to

sign up.

And just a quick reminder: Gloria is bring-

ing her Guild’s raffle quilt so let’s buy some tick-

ets to support another guild since we know how

important our guilds are to our members!

March’s Program


Minutes from February’s Meeting

The February 28, 2017 meeting was called to order by President, Judy

Whitehead.

There were 35 members and 5 visitors attending the meeting.

Judy Whitehead showed a sample of the March Monthly Mini Quilt Block

– the four-leaf clover. She also showed the apple potholders accessory.

Deb Waldron introduced the February program – Scraps and How To Use

Them by Rene Crowder. The program by Rene included many samples of differ-

ent quilts using different techniques for scrappy quilts.

During the program, Rene described how she sorts and organizes her fab-

ric scraps. She also shared her approach on using scraps in different quilt de-

signs. She emphasized that value (dark or light) is more important than color.

She also noted that scrappy quilts are generally better in more simple block de-

signs.

Rene will be teaching a workshop on Saturday, July 29 using one of the

quilt designs she showed us. Members will vote on which quilt pattern to use in

the workshop. The quilts Rene showed us were Mile-A-Minute, Triple Four

Patch, Scrappy Stars, Christmas Stars, Trail Mix, Fall Blooms, Blackford’s

Beauty, Log Cabin, Rail Fence and Hopscotch.

Dolores Forbare reported the treasury has a balance of $9,464.40. The col-

lection for the Mooresville Soup Kitchen was $33.62.

Dolores emphasized that if members submit their 2017 dues by the end of

the March meeting, their information will be included in an update of the Guild

Directory.

Continued on page 4...


Minutes from February’s Meeting, Continued

Colleen Thrailkill, the charity quilt chairman is still in Florida and will re-

turn in March. Members were reminded that Colleen will quilt donation items.

Barbara Barrier reported there were no requests for the scholarship fund.

Members are reminded the scholarship fund covers the cost of workshops only.

Rene Crowder reminded members they have four more months to finish

UFOs.

Laurie Jasany reminded members to bring books back the month after tak-

ing books from the library cart.

Julie Murphy reported that work on the Quilt Show is progressing. She

said next month sign-up sheets will be available for members to sell ads for the

event. She also said there will be a contest for selling ads.

Barbara Barrier said the “Challenge” for the Quilt Show will be blue, yel-

low and green.

MaryJo Belk reminded members that she has Quilt Show tickets for mem-

bers.

Deb Waldron described the upcoming March program, Square in a Square,

by Gloria Stickney of Sew Fabulous Quilts in Winston-Salem. Gloria will be

teaching a workshop on Saturday, April 1.

The workshop fee is $25. A book and ruler are need for the workshop, and

the cost is $29.95 (for the book and the ruler). The instructor, Gloria, will supply

fabric for the workshop. If you have questions about the workshop, please con-

tact Deb Waldron.

The April program, Calming the Chaos, will be presented by Lisa Alley,

who is a quiltmaker, quilt judge, pattern maker and lecturer. Her website is

www.bearhugquiltworks.com.

The May program will be Modern Applique by Kathleen Baden. She will

present a trunk show on Modern Applique and teach a workshop on Wednesday,

May 24. Her website is www.kbquilts.com.

Respectfully submitted by Cheryl Lands


2017 Programs at LKN Quilters

March 28

Square in Square. Gloria Stickney (Sew Fabulous Quilts, Inc.) will

present a program on Square in Square. The workshop will be on Sat-

urday, April 1, where we will make a block See Page 5 for more infor-

mation.

April 25

Calming the Chaos. Lisa Alley, quilt maker, judge, pattern designer,

lecturer from Winston-Salem, is going to speak to us on organizing our

sewing space. So come prepared with questions on how you can re-

claim your studio! Check out her website at

http://www.bearhugquiltworks.com/.

May 23

Modern Applique. Kathleen Baden has taught quilting for 20 years,

dove into the modern movement about 5 years ago and she is going to

present a trunk show on Modern Applique in addition to doing our

workshop on Wed. May 24th – modern hand applique and hand quilt-

ing. Check out Kathleen’s website, https://kbquilts.com/, to see the lat-

est of her student’s work and gallery photos.

June 27

Pineapple Fabrics. Pineapple Fabrics will be coming to enlighten us

on their path from mainly industrial textiles into retail with a huge fo-

cus on quilting and home décor. I’m sure there will be lots of samples,

choice fabric lines and ideas galore presented.

Well that gets us through the first half of the year. Don’t hesitate

to email me with questions or concerns. Also anyone else that wishes

to volunteer to help with presenters and/or workshops, please email

me to let me know. Thanks!

Happy Quilting! Deb

http://www.sewfabulousquilts.com/

http://www.bearhugquiltworks.com/

https://kbquilts.com/


Gloria Stickney Workshop

Sign ups are going on for our first workshop conducted by

Gloria Stickney (sewfabulousquilts.com). We are all making

the same block, Patriotic Prairie Claw block (pictured below),

to learn and understand Jodi Barrow’s Square in Square tech-

nique. Gloria provides the fabric for the block. If we want, we

can compile all our blocks and make a patriotic charity quilt.

The workshop is Saturday, April 1st starting at 9:00am.

Besides the $25 workshop fee, a technique book and ruler are

needed and she will bring these too ($29.95). She will be pre-

senting a trunk show of these quilts at the meeting on March

28th.

Please email Deb Waldron ([email protected]) to

sign up or any questions.


Show Store

Don’t forget to start thinking about handmade items to give to

the guild for sale in the Quilt Show Store. Any and all items

are accepted! Contact Donna Holcomb with questions, sugges-

tions, etc.

Quilt Show News

Vendors

I need everyone’s help coming up with possible vendors, as many

of the vendors I have contacted have been unavailable or are no

longer vending. Please let me know ASAP if you know of anyone

who might be a great vendor for the show! Email me at

[email protected].

Thanks, snow

Chairs: REMINDER! The chair meeting

is at 6pm before the regular meeting of

the guild. Please attend if at all possible!

Green, Blue, Yellow Challenge

Have your quilt ready to bring to the July meeting. We are

doing an in-house judging by your fellow guild members for

their favorite one. And yes, you can also enter your quilt in

the show in the category in which it fits and it will be

judged by the official quilt judges. Reminder – Green,

Blue, Yellow ONLY. No white, black or any other

background color allowed.


2016-2017 UFO Challenge Rules

The challenge will run from January 2016 through June 2017.

When you finish a quilt please let Rene know the following infor-

mation in an email: Your Name, Number of the quilt on your list,

Name of the quilt

I will respond back to you that I have updated your list with the fin-

ish within a couple of days. If you don’t hear back in 3 or 4 days,

please call me because I didn’t get the email.

For each UFO that you finish your name will go into the Grand Prize

Drawing. Also, you will receive a prize for each UFO you finish each

month.

However, if you do not finish a UFO each quarter (January-March

2016, April-June 2016, July-September 2016, January-March 2017,

and April-June 2017), you must pay me one fat quarter as a penalty

for not finishing a UFO that quarter. If you have completed your list

before the end of the challenge you will not be charged the penalty.

Along with the Grand Prize Drawing at the end of the challenge we

will have prizes for:

Quilters that finish half or more of their list

Quilters that complete all of the UFOs on their list

Most UFOs on a list

Most UFOs completed

I hope that you will have fun with this. If you have any questions you

can either call or email me at: Rene Crowder,

[email protected], 704-682-2768


Learn More about Quilt Judging

From Judy: A few weeks ago, I took an Introduction to Quilt

Judging class, and boy did I learn a lot. With the instructor’s

permission, over the next several months, I’ll be sharing with

you some of what was shared with me regarding what criteria

judges use in evaluating quilts.

Binding and Other Edge Finishes

Outer edges may be finished with binding (back to front, front to back); fac-

ing; knife-edge finish; or pillowcase style. Of course, especially for art quits,

the outside edges may be raw, burned, farayed, painted or multiple other

techniques. These only work for pieces that are not to be laundered.

Outside Edges:

Outside edges of quilt are straight and corners square.

Rounded corners or scallops are consistent in shape.

Binding:

Batting should fill the edge finish and go clear to the outer fold.

Binding whip thread should match the binding fabric.

Binding whip stitches should be nearly invisible.

Mitered Binding corners are correctly aligned and stitched closed.

Flange:

Flanges are consistent in width.

Flanges are a consistent distance from the edge of the quilt or an inner

seam line.

2-Fabric Binding:

Top Fabric does not show on the back.

Back fabric does not show on the front.


CHARITY QUILT NEWS

I'm looking forward to returning to our guild meetings this

month. Our boat has sold and we won't be winter Florida residents

in the future so I'm excited about being more active in LNQ.

If you have finished charity quilts or tops please bring them this

Tuesday to the meeting. If you need batting, email me at cnthrailk-

[email protected] to tell me the dimensions that you need and I'll bring

it with me Tuesday

Colleen

—Colleen

GUILD LIBRARY

Please enjoy our Guild library!

Please follow our 5 simple rules:

1. Please sign out any books you borrow.

2. Limit 2 books a month.

3. Return books by next month. (Make a copy of the pat-

tern you are using if needed) That gives another member

the chance to love the book too!

4. Scratch your name from the sign out list.

5. Request books of your choice!

—Laurie


Happy Birthday to these guild members!

March

6th – Judi Archer

17th – Colleen Thrailkill

17th – Dolores Fobare

Secret Pals 2017

Bring your secret pal gift and set it on the designated table. During

break, check the table to see if you have a treasure there.

If your secret pal doesn’t come to the meeting that week, be sure to

take the gift home with you!

July’s Class

From Rene: The quilt we will

be making at the workshop in

July is the “Trail Mix” pattern.

It is available for free at All

People Quilt:

http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/q

uilt-patterns/bed-quilts/trail-

mix

http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/quilt-patterns/bed-quilts/trail-mix




Business Announcements

Quilt & Sew-In Retreat Fall II

November 8 thru 11, 2017

Blowing Rock, NC

Sewing, Laughing, Games, Prizes, Fun, Fun, Fun!!

Details and registration: https://heartscreations.com/

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Photos from February’s Meeting

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