TEMPLATES TIMES Newsletter for the Procrastinating Quilters Guild

July 2010

Next Deadline:

Sept 6th

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In this issue….. Message from the President

Upcoming Events 2010

VP Report

Community Outreach

Programs

Membership

Free BOMs & Patterns

New Look for PQ Website

Thanks from Members

Invites to workshops & lectures

PQ’s Website

Check the latest news on our website www.hypersytes.com/pqwebsite

Message from the President Susan Herman

Up Coming Events 2010 08/19 PQ Business Meeting – Held at Crossroads Baptist Church.***

08/20 Pam Bono Class – Bursting Buds / Crossroads Baptist Church

08/21 Pam Bono Class – Snowmen are a Bunch of Flakes/

Crossroads Baptist Church 09/24-26 Jacksonville Quilt Show

02/11 – 12 Quilt Show - Quilter’s Crossing

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Vice President’s Report Teri Roberts, VP

Even though I have a large number of UFOs, I have just started doing a redwork Christmas wall hanging for my

Mom. I haven’t done any red work before, although I have embroidered and worked on counted cross stitch. I’m really having fun with it. It is very easy and not taxing on the mind. So try some new technique that you

haven’t done before; you might enjoy it. There are no parties in the summertime; so the next party is the Christmas party. Do any of you have any ideas for

Christmas party favors? If you have ideas, you can call me at (727) 586-1712 or email me at 2roberts@tampabay.rr.com or talk to me the next time

you see me. Also, I need some volunteers to help make the party favors – many hands make light work. Hope to see all of you at the August PQ meeting.

Pam Bono Workshop Lynn Woods, Programs Chairman

It’s seems that I have been writing about this forever but it’s finally August and Pam Bono,

www.pambonodesigns.com, will be our guest this month! Our meeting will be held at Crossroads Baptist Church, NOT Country Quilts and Bears. The lecture and trunk show

are open to all and there is a $5 fee for non-members. Bring a friend or two, or as many as you like. Pam is known for her fabulous

trunk show and lectures and I’m sure you will really enjoy her.

There is still plenty of space left in both the Friday and Saturday workshops (7-8 in each). Pam’s workshops are always sold out with waiting lists but for some reason that is not

the case with our guild. That’s great news for any of you that have been procrastinating about attending and would now like to take

advantage of this learning opportunity. It’s not too late but I need to hear from you ASAP.

Let me share a few letters that Pam received

from other guilds about the workshops to give you an idea of what to expect:

Bursting Buds

From Karen Gornall, Duluth, GA:

We thank you for our best workshop ever. We had so much fun and learned so much.

Seriously, we have never had the turn out that we had-- and only one was not a member of our guild. That alone should put a

smile on your face. If you ever need a group to sing your praises-- call on us! Again, thank you. You and Robert make a dynamic team-- what a statement you make for marriage,

relationships and teamwork. I hope everyone sees that in both of you along with all your fantastic quilts, techniques, graphics and

tools! A tidy package!!!! Hugs to you both! Karen

From Jill Cox, Utah State Quilt Guild:

Last September the Utah Quilt Guild had the honor of having Pam and Robert Bono as one of our national teachers. They were the

favorite. Everyone loved them and thought Robert was a hoot. We even gave Robert a special award for being such a "rippin" good

teacher!!!! Remember, Pam Bono’s designs look like

they can be appliquéd or paper pieced. However, they are neither. Come see how she creates her lovely works of art!!! Pam has loaned us a few quilts that are on display at

Country Quilts and Bears until the trunk show, so go down and take a look at what you could be learning to make. Don’t miss out

on this wonderful learning opportunity.

Pam Bono Class Information Cost: $40 each and includes Angler tool and

pattern. Location: Crossroads Baptist Church.

Dates:

Friday, August 20th - Bursting Buds

Saturday, August 21st - Snowmen are Just a Bunch of Flakes

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Be there early to set up. Call or email me for space availability before

sending your payment. I’ll email you instructions and pre-cutting requirements. My email address is johnwwoods@ij.net, phone

399-9407. Mail your check to Lynn Woods at 9244 133rd Lane N., Seminole, FL 33776.

For those of you attending the workshops, please make sure that you read all the directions, choose one project, i.e., runner,

banner, placemats, etc., and do all the pre-cutting prior to the workshop. If you have not received an email from me with this information, please let me know ASAP so that I

can re-send it to you.

September Program Lynn Woods/Carol Hemmingsen

The Sewing Room Reveal program we had rescheduled for September is once again

being postponed, as Carol will be out of town for work again. This time we’re just swapping with the October program. Therefore, you’re not off the hook for sending in your pictures.

The Dead Line to email pictures of your sewing space to Carol is September 1 so that she will have plenty of time to get the

presentation together. Carol’s personal e-mail address is chemmingsen@tampabay.rr.com. If that

email comes back, then send them to her work email at carol.hemmingsen@techdata.com. No need to clean and organize, just take those

pictures just as it looks today and make sure you are in at least one picture.

In September we’ll have PQ Show & Tell Night with the theme being “Not Your Typical Quilt Show”. As I have been away all summer

caring for my ailing sister and won’t return home until the 17th, I don’t have access to my notes so I’ll have to let you know the

categories at our meeting in August or a separate email and also in our next newsletter. In the mean time, start thinking about what quilt you would like to bring, I’ll

be making up the categories from the surveys you filled out in January and as I recall, there were a few unusual suggestions.

Bursting Buds Table Mat – Pam Bono Designs

New look for the PQ Website Lori Lewis

Hopefully you have seen the new look for our PQ website. I needed to do some

housekeeping on the content we had as much of it was no longer being used. It wasn’t things you actually saw, just files left lingering

on the internet. So, I cleaned out the files and decided to streamline the website a little. I first published the PQ website in January of

2006. Wow, where did the time go???!!! It has been an honor to create this for the PQs and hopefully it has been a useful tool for our guild.

I will be changing out the photos on the front page often. I have a few in my stash but I

really, really hope you will send me some to use. Here are some suggestions that will be helpful:

• Keep photos in focus • Photos without people or pets • Stage pics of your best quilts, use props

• Need photos of Bear Paw blocks/quilts • Interesting shots of quilt tools • Work in Progess is ok as long as the

photo is intriguing • Photos of PQ projects • Must be your own photography

A note from Marguerite Connolly The birthday girl

I would like to thank the many birthday PQ’s

that sent me cards and emails for my 70th birthday. It really made me feel great on a kind of hard birthday. (70, i must be an old

lady now). I really appreciated the thoughts. Marguerite

Bursting Buds Placemat – Pam Bono Designs

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Community Outreach for Veterans Carol Clarke and MaryAnn Leonard

Thank you for your continued support!

Veteran’s Wish List: • EASY Patriotic quilt tops – kits (6 ½” squares) available at meetings; • Privacy and Dignity bags - kits available at

meetings; • Patriotic or male oriented fabrics; • Afghans;

• Travel Neck Pillows; • Shower bags for toiletries; • Sample size toiletries (hotel sizes are

perfect); • New toothbrushes; and • Lap quilts approximately 36” X 48”.

See you at the meeting!

Free Summer Quilt Pattern Sew, Mama, Sew!

No batting required! A summer quilt has not batting so it is light weight. Make an easy throw for the beach or a picnic. Sew, Mama, Sew! has

a free tutorial. http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/?p=531

Membership Submitted by Carol Clarke

The updated membership was e-mailed in June. If you did not receive it, please e-mail

me at clarke131@aol.com , and I will send you another copy. If you do not have e-mail, I will give you a hard copy.

Please let me know, if you change address, phone, or e-mail.

Thank you.

Free Quilt Pattern All People Quilt

FREE Sunflower Wall Hanging Pattern

http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/projects-ideas/throws-wall-hangings/sunflower-

applique_1.html

Thanks for PQ Generosity! Linda Mae Zebrowski

Here is an updated on the charity quilt I brought in to one of our business meetings. Jennifer Guelke-Holmes sent me the loveliest

note about the Opportunity Quilt that I made, and you all supported with your generous donations. Please read an excerpt from the letter

below: "Words cannot express how you and your Quilting Group have touched my heart. This has

been a very rough time for me and my family. The fact that women, who do not know even me, were willing to come together and donate

for this amazing quilt is so wonderful to me!" She goes on to say how touched she was and

how she still has the very first quilt I made her over 20 years ago!

Thanks to generous donations like yours, we were able to raise over $1,200 for this young woman and her family! The woman

who won was another young lady that I knew from my own daughter's high school days and had donated $100 to our cause.

Attached are pictures taken on July 4th when I picked the winning ticket. My granddaughter, Bella, kept me honest!!!

Thank you again for your support and generosity!!

FREE BOM from Bunny Hill Lori Lewis

Bunny Hill Designs has released pattern 8 in

their free BOM that started in January 2010. All the patterns for this group are still available. Go to www.bunnyhilldesigns.com to get the

free patterns and sign up for an email each month when the pattern is posted.

Free Pin Cushion Pattern Heather Bailey

Download the free pattern to make this cute pincushion. You can never have too many! Great gift idea for your secret pal, too.

http://www.heatherbaileydesign.com/HBSquareDeal.pdf

Speaking of Bunny Hill Bunny Hill Blog news

Bunny Hill has a new line of fabric coming out by Moda this October. It is so precious and yet sophisticated enough to make

something grown up as well.

Go to http://bunnyhillblog.com/fabrics/ to

view the whole line and see ideas and projects made with this new fabric line.

Retreat Quilt 2011 Lori Lewis

A pattern is available on the PQ website.

We are making a tumbler block quilt. Make any size as long as it is complete

(quilted, bound, labeled) by Retreat 2011. As always with

PQ’s, participation is OPTIONAL.

Nancy Chong Lecture Lynn Woods

The Largo Cracker Quilters invite you to

share a special program with a national quilt teacher.

Nancy Chong, Hawaiian quilt and appliqué specialist with the Pacific Rim Quilt Company, will be lecturing at the

Christian Outreach Center on November 15, 2010 at 9am. Admission is $10. For more information please contact

Janet Fishman of Largo Cracker Quilters at drbigfish2@earthlink.net. The Christian Outreach Center is located

at 222 S. Lincoln Ave, Clearwater, 33756. We will be entering the information to our

website within the next few days, so please check to see more details at www.largocrackerquilters.org.

Don't miss it, she is a wonderful speaker, has gorgeous patterns that you have seen at some of the bigger shows, and

has developed a perfect appliqué technique different from the usual methods. Besides, we love to share and

get together. Joan Scaffidi, Publicity

Largo Cracker Quilters

Places to ponder Lori Lewis

Here are some fun websites to help inspire your creativity.

Threads that Bind

I love their wool appliqué kits. http://www.threadsthatbindonline.com

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, Spencer Museum

of Art

This museum has an exhibit called Quilts:

Flora Botanica. The historical quilts are lovely and great for inspiration. Well known quilt expert, Barbara Brackman, organized this exhibit.

http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/exhibitions/botanica.shtml