Volume 17, Number 1 February, 2013

SCQG OfficersSarah Hawkins - Co-president 217-246-6024 sarah6024@gmail.com

Rosie Buteyn - Co-president 920-452-1806 rabuteyn1@live.com

Kathy Ross - Co-Vice-president 920-457-3029 kaross@charter.net

Laura Lemmerman - Co-Vice-president 920-467-0321 sewquiltylaura@gmail.com

Judy Prull - Secretary 920-226-1723 japwep@gmail.com

Carol Carriveau - Treasurer 920-452-7019 dcnc@milwpc.com

Sheboygan CountyQuilters’ Guild

Jean Rutkowski - Newsletter414-425-8615dickens34 @netzero.com

Rule number one: Borders are your friendsIf you are a fan of the television program “NCIS”, you are prob-

ably familiar with “Gibbs’ rules.” Thanks to the presentation bySheryl Schwochert from the Sewing Basket, members learned“Sheryl’s rules” for quilting with preprinted panels. Her trunk showgot everyone’s creative juices flowing at the January meeting.

Rule 1: Borders are your friends. They can be cut to any size tomake a small panel large enough for a twin bed or to make two panelsof unequal size, fit into the same space. This leads to Rule 2.

Rule 2: Do piecing first. Let the panel inspire you. Keep it, cut itapart, turn panels on a angle.Then cut the borders to fit thepieces together.

Rule 3: Use decorativestitches and varigated thread tomake “seams” interesting, evenif you leave the panel in onepiece.

Rule 4: You can use borderprints instead of making theborders yourself. Just miter thecorners and you cannot tell thedifference.

Rule 5: If you are making something for little children, add textureto the panels.

Rule 6: You can cut small pieces from your fabric and use a prod-uct called 606 to stick them permanently in place. It works like Heatand Bond, but you can spray it on the back of a piece of fabric andiron the piece in place. This product is available at the Sewing Basket.

Rule 7: It is perfectly fine to cut away a tail, a paw or an ear tomake a panel the right size. The viewer’s eye completes the picture.

Rule 8: Decorative stictches work well on curved seams. Themachine works slowly and allows you to turn the fabric as you go.

Rule 9: Any panel can be utilized in any quilt pattern. Instead ofpiecing or appliqueing a larger piece, you can use part of a panel.

Rule 10: Throw away the rules. Different quilters looking at thesame panel will each come up with a different outcome. There are nowrongs or rights. Creativity is one of the joys of quilting

2013 SCQGBoard Meetings and Newsletter Deadlines

Board Mtg Membership Mtg Newsletter Deadline NewsletterJanuary 2 January 9 January 18 February 13April 3 April 10 April 19 May 8July 3 July 10 July19 August 14October 2 October 9 October 18 November 13 Board meetings are held at the Sewing Basket in Plymouth from 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. The Board of Directors

is comprised of the executive officers: the president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer. AdditionalBoard members include the program committee chairmen; the membership committee chairman; the newslet-ter editor, and the quilt show chairmen. The rest of the Board includes every committee chairman, one repre-sentative from each quilt club and at least one representative from the members- at-large. Any member of theGuild is welcome to attend as well.

Upcoming Membership Meetings

Clubs and Representatives:

Friendship Bonnie DoyleKiel Riverside Marilee LaumannLoose Threads Betty KluckMembers at Large Char StipeMorning Star Judy CollinsNeedle Smith Terri KochNimble Thimbles Jackie FritschPine TreeVariable Star Vonnie LandwehrFabric Fanatics Carol ArpkeHistorian Ruth Gerstner

Committees and Chairs:

At Risk Baby Quilts Kay Huibregtse, Diane Radke, CarolSkrube

Hospitality A different club will be chosen foreach meeting

Library Lorie Rath, Ann LubinskiMembership Jackie Gugel, Barbara DickmanProgram Bev Lee, Sandi HanamannChallenge Blocks Nimble ThimblesRetreat Diane Liebenthal

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March 1:00 P.M.

Judy Gauthier - Making scrap quilts from real scrapsShe will demonstrate templates ideal for cutting scraps

April 7:00 P.M.

TBA

May 1:00 P.M.TBA

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Presidents’ message:Another year, another team takes over leadership of the guild. First,

we want to thank Laura Dulmes for her leadership and commitment tothe guild for stepping up in 2012 when we needed a president afterDonna Vidales left for Nevada. Laura has also volunteered to chair thequilt show again in September. Thank you, Laura.

After all of the concerns about next year’s quilt show, everything hasfallen into place. The Board voted to keep the show an annual event,and the wedding scheduled at Southside Alliance Church which hadcreated the scheduling problem, has been postponed. Therefore, the2013 SCQG Quilt Show is on for Saturday, September 28 at SouthsideAlliance Church. Laura will contact committee chairs from last year’sshow to ask them to volunteer again this year. Please consider helpingagain.

We havethree specificgoals in mindfor this year.The first is tobring the by-laws up-to-date. BonnieDoyle andJackie Fritschhave volun-teered tochair acommittee to review them. Our by-laws are many years old and need arevision.

Second, we want to make the guild a more welcoming group to newmembers. Therefore, at each meeting we will have door prizes. To beeligible you must bring and wear your name tag and/or bring one ofyour projects for show and tell. We hope these activities will put every-one on a first name basis very quickly.

Third, we are working hard to complete our website. You can find itat www.sheboyganquiltguild.org. We plan to have the by-laws, mem-bership forms, retreat signup forms, the newsletter and the pattern forthe nametag available on the website very shortly. We will also havemeeting announcements, speakers and occasionally pictures fromevents to share with everyone. We hope that you will find it useful andconvenient. Please feel free to make comments or suggestions to us asyou visit the site.

So ladies, keep quilting. September is just around the corner.

Rosie Buteyn and Sarah Hawkins

.Need a SCQG shirt?

Sheboygan County Quilters’Guild has arranged with TheSewing Machine Shop for theopportunity for you to have ourguild’s logo embroidered onany clothing item that youchoose.

After talking to a number ofmembers, we decided thatmembers may go and purchasetheir own clothing item. We feelthis is the best way to get thecolor, style, price range, andsize each prefers to wear. Wefound everyone had her ownidea of price, color and item ofclothing looks good on her. Wehope that this policy will pleaseeveryone.

Below is a form to fill out.Bring your item to a meetingwith the form(s) filled out andpinned to the item (you canhave more than one if youwish) with a $8.00 cash or acheck made out to SCQG (8.00for each item). This covers theembroidery work. Any ques-tions call Terri Koch. Name

Phone_________________________

Description of item

$ 8.00 per item

Cash

Check (made out to SCQG)

Terri to pick-up item(s)when emboidery work is done Yes or No

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At Risk Baby Quilts

Thank you for picking up patterns and kits at theDecember and January meetings. The annual“quilt-in” will be Saturday, February 16th, from8:30 A.M..until 3:00 P.M. You are responsible forpicking up your backing and batting. Please cometo sit and sew on your quilt, bring a bag lunch andspend the day with us. Mark you calendar forFebruary 16th. to join us or to pick up the balanceof your quilt kit.

Thank you to Linda Wieck for cutting ourbatting again this year. We appreciate your orderingthe Warm and Natural for us.

The At Risk GangDiane, Carol and Kay

Nimble Thimbles

Have you had a “down” day recently? Haveyou had a quilting project you made an error onand stuck it away for awhile? Welcome to the“poor me syndrome” which I have had recently.

Last evening The Loose Threads met at JanTjaden’s home for the first time since November.All eleven of us were in attendance. Guess what?This morning I am up and running again afterlistening to all the chit chat from my fellowquilters. Of course, talking about our Door CountyRetreat in March helped, plus looking at someprojects we made and new books and magazines.How good it is to be among friends and listen towhat is taking place in their lives. As the seniormember of this group, I can relate to many of thegood and the not so good times they are goingthrough and be a little more grateful for the quietand sometimes boring life I now lead.

That is why it is so important to get togetherwith other quilters. Join a group, take a class, go tothe “Sit and Sew” events or just visit one of ourquilt shops. Be sure to remember others who mightfeel just as you do and give them a call to goalong. People can cure other people better thanmedicine. So to all my fellow quilters, quilt with-out guilt, you just might save a life--your own!

Betty Kluck

Loose Threads

Nimble Thimbles met at Terri’s house, Decem-ber 26th. Terri had a game for members to join inand play. Karen Carlson won the red spool ofFloiani thread. We looked at the blocks given tous by Barb Jaeger and decided what to do withmost of them. We have two more on whicht themembers have to decide.

We showed finished quilts and talked aboutChristmas and told interesting stories. We talkedabout the quilt show and things to keep young andold people interested in quilting. We also decidedto volunteer to take over the Challenge Blocks forthis year’s quilt show.

Our next meeting will be at Cheryl Kaiser’shome which will be January 22.

Friendship Club

The enthusiastic members of the FriendshipQuilt Club celebrated their annual pre-Christmasfestivities at the Brisco County Grill in Sheboygan.As always, we had a lot of fun, chatter and social-izing. The snow and ice did not dampen any spirits.

Highlighting the event was a game of BINGO,called by our cheerleader, Kay Huibregtse. Unlikeplain, ordinary Bingo games, this one had a chal-lenging feature--even if you won a prize, it couldbe taken away by the winner of the next round.Although the prizes were neatly wrapped, ex-change gifts intended to be “ real” gifts, the itemwas unknown until the final round. All prizes werethen unwrapped and each quilter showed off hertreasure to the rest of us. The giver of each itemwas than announced unless that information hadbeen on a card with the gift.

The Friendship quilters are looking forward toanother year of meetings at the Sheboygan FallsCommunity Bank on the first Monday of eachmonth. The meetings start at 1:00, the lighting isexcellent and there is an elevator for easy access.We welcome new members and hope to have youjoin us soon.

Bonnie Doyle

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Member spotlight: To recognize those who contribute their

time and talent to our communities: Lucy Marks-Haack

Lucy Marks-Haack was six years old when shestarted sewing on her grandmother’s old Singertreadle machine. She remembers being so small thatshe could not sit and reach the treadle and had tostand on one foot while working the treadle with theother.

Lucy comes from a long line of sewers andquilters: her mother, grandmother and great-grand-mother were all teachers and enjoyed sewing intheir spare time. “By the time I got to high school, Iknew all of the shortcuts,” remembers Lucy.

Lucy and her husband Phil lived in Wauwatosauntil 2001. She taught dental radiology for 18 yearsat Marquette University. When they retired, theywere looking for a rural area to enjoy, but Lucyinsisted that it had to be near a quilt shop. SoPlymouth became their new home.

She became a frequent customer at the SewingBasket. Since the ladies there did not quilt, sheoffered to help out by offering to hold regularclasses, thus marrying her two favorite pass times—quilting and teaching.

Lucy joined the guild in 2003, when after a class,two of her students, Jan Dorsey and Ruth Gerstner,gave her a year’s membership as a token of theirgratitude. Lucy has been a familiar face in the guildever since.

In addition to being co-president of the guild in2007 with Barb Jaeger, Lucy and Donna Vidaleschaired the quilt show in 2010, taking it over fromTerri Koch, and co-chaired it again in 2011. “I likeknowing how to do everything, so I have volun-teered for one committee or other every year. Myfavorite committees are setup and takedown.”

Lucy’s latest activity has been the MaryHilbelink project. “ The money was donated to theguild by Mary’s family while I was president, so Ifelt responsible for the activity. When June Smasalbrought up the issue at a Board Meeting, I immedi-ately volunteered to work on the committee withher.” The memorial project held ten workshops andtaught 42 preteens the basics of sewing and quilt-ing.

In addition to the guild, Lucy is active in thePlymouth Guild and the Kettle Country Quilters.

These guilds do many service projects, and Lucycontributes by making lap robes, baby blankets,walker totes and quilts for fund raising auctions.

“I also belong to St. John the Baptist Church inPlymouth. I worked with a group of ladies on bedquilts for them to auction off as a fund raisingactivity.”

“My favorite quilting activity is designingblocks for the ‘ Quilt Block of the Month’ at theSewing Basket. I love to see how they turn out. Iwouldn’t say that any blocks have turned out badly,but there are some blocks that are definitely myfavorites,” said Lucy.

Any one who has seen any number of Lucy’squilts knows that she loves and excels at bargello,and frequently uses the technique as a backgroundfor her artistic compositions.

In addition to quilting, Lucy and her husbandenjoy cross- country skiing and hiking in theKettles, biking on their tandem bicycle, taking anhour walk daily and have recently gotten into Yogawhich Lucy reports is really keeping them in shape.

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BOARD MEETING - January 2, 2013

Attendance (17): Laura Dulmes, Past President;Char Stipe, Member-at-Large; Rosie Buteyn, Co-President; June Smasal, Kiel Riverside, Appraisers;Kay Huibregtse, At-Risk Babies; Barb Jaeger,Challenge Blocks; Terri Koch, Needlesmiths;Carol Arpke, Fabric Fanatics; Marilee Laumann;Kiel Riverside; Bonnie Doyle, Friendship Club;Carol Carriveau; Treasurer; Jackie Fritsch, NimbleThimble; Sarah Hawkins, Co President; LauraLemmerman, Co Vice-President; Betty Kluck, TheLoose Threads, Jackie Gugel, Membership; LindaSchuler, Member; Bev Lee, Programs; Judy Prull,Secretary.

The meeting was called to order by PresidentRosie Buteyn at 6:00 at the Sewing Basket. JudyPrull gave the Secretary’s Report. The boardapproved it with a motion from Kaye Hubregtseand seconded by Bev Lee.

Carol Carriveau presented the Treasurer’sReport. It was accepted with a motion fromMarilee Laumann and a second from Char Stipe.

A report was given from the membershipcommittee. We have about 145 paid members.Most of the members renewed at the show or at thepotluck. There was a discussion to update some ofthe materials that go into the new member packetsand that will be reviewed at a later date.

The program committee has speakers bookedfor January to April and October. Because of thescheduling conflict with the potluck, it was sug-gested that the potluck be moved to December.That would mean that we would only have to usethe kitchen twice this year, saving the guild $50.

The At-Risk Baby Quilts will hold their work-shop on February 16, 2013 at Ebenezer from 8:30to 3:00.

The guild received a request from the PlymouthGift of Life to made and donate a quilt for theirraffle. Sarah Hawkins checked the Internet andfound that this group raises money to help only oneperson in the county. A motion was made by CarolCarriveau and seconded by Bonnie Doyle not tohonor this request because of its limited scope.

We also received a request for a donation for theWisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Art. BonnieDoyle made a motion to donate $100 and JuneSmasal seconded. Carol Carriveau made a motionto donate $50 to each of the PBS stations for the

support of their sewing shows. Kay Huibregtseseconded the motion. Both motions passed theboard.

Sarah Hawkins gave a short update on thewebsite. It can be found at sheboyganquiltguild.org,but it still needs some work. Sarah is looking forpeople to help. You do not have to be a web de-signer but must be willing to learn.

Kathy Ross and Laura Lemmerman have volun-teered to be co vice-presidents. Laura Dulmes hasalso volunteered to be the chairperson for thisyear’s quilt show.

The Board discussed the quilt show. We brokethe topic down into many little pieces so we couldcome up with a consensus.

A motion was made by Laura Dulmes andseconded by Carol Carriveau that we hold the showin fall. After a discussion the board voted to passthat one. A motion was made by Terri Koch andseconded by Laura Dulmes that we do not hold theshow on Sunday. This was passed by the board.Carol Carriveau made a motion and Bonnie Doyleseconded that the show be held only one day. Thisone passed after discussion. A motion was made byMarilee Laumann and seconded by Kay Huibregtsethat we hold the show annually. This motion alsopassed after a discussion. Laura Dulmes is going tocontact the church to see what dates are available.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 with amotion from Kay Huibregtse and a second fromBonnie Doyle. Our next meeting will be at MySister’s Quilt Shoppe on April 3, 2013 at 6:00 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,Judy Prull, Secretary

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Kiel Riverside Quilters

In December, we did a Show & Tell at PatJindra’s in New Holstein. Treats and conversationwere included. January was a busy meeting. JudySchultz brought her nifty method for making apinwheel block, and a lovely finished quilt usingthe method. June taught Terri Koch’s slick way tojoin bindings. I dragged a machine and had all theparaphernalia along for paper piecing.

February 4th we’re heading to Linda’s CamoQuilt factory for an afternoon of serious work. Iknow you don’t believe that—we always have agood time.

Marilee Laumann

Save the dates:

The next quilting retreats will be held at the CedarValley Retreat Center

October 10 - 14, 2013February 6 - 9, 2014October 9 - 12, 2014

New e-mail address:

Diane Radtke - drradtke0525@att.netLinda Reuss-Benson - l.benson51@yahoo.comJulia Rockwell - gracefulstitches@ymail.comLinda Strelow - lj.b.strelow@gmail.com

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1. Look up from your work every so often. Focus your eyes on something far away to help relieve eyestrain. Get up. Move around. Shake out your neck and shoulders. Taking care of yourself means beingable to quilt longer and more comfortably.

2. Keep your eyes focused on where you will be quilting next. Do not watch where the needle enters thefabric. This skill takes time to learn. So practice and persevere. The skill you earn is worth the effort.

3. Ditch quilting and free motion quilting use two different eye positions. It is best to do all of the ditchquilting at one time; the free motion quilting another.

4. Do your stippling or background free motion fills last as it tends to draw up the quilt.

5. Feeling tension or a tug on the quilt while qulting? It has “hung up” somewhere. Stop immediately.Reposition the quilt. This will prevent you from ripping out stitches.

6. Need to reposition your hands? Stop immediately with the needle down. Repositions your hands.Then continue stitching. Do not try to “walk” your hands while you are stitching. You are not incontrol of the quilt sandwich, and it will show in the stitches.

7. You must be able to move only the part of the quilt that isunder the needle and between your hands. The rest of the quiltmust be simply out of the way. Smush, push or fold the quiltunder the arm of the sewing machine.

8. Quilting long straight lines? Roll the quilt into a “log” andsecure with bicycle clips or safety pins. (This is the only timewe recommend rolling the quilt in this manner. The log iscumbersome to handle during the quilting process.)

9. Distribute the quilting as evenly as possible over the quilt.Densely quilted areas have a tendency to “draw up” and getsmaller. Sparsely quilted areas do not draw up as much.Uneven quilting produces waves that are visible when the quilt is hanging.

10. Matching thread reveals the texture your quilting stitches creates, while contrasting thread addsanother layer of design to the quilt.

11. Monofilament is wonderful for quilts made with many fabrics. Test both clear and smoke versions.

12. Use a patterned or busy quilt back to hide your quilting stitches. This way your starts and stops willnot be visible. This patterned back also helps mask tension problems.

13. Use the ditch or the well of seams to travel from one place to another for short distances. Thismethod saves time by eliminating many starts and stops. And yes, you can free motion quilt in theditch.

14. Use echo quilting to travel to another area to be quilted. This, too saves the bother of many starts andstops. Don’t worry if the number of echo lines around the motif is uneven. With all the stitching, noone will notice.

15. Always warm up on a practice sandwich. Somedays are better than others for quilting.

Machine Quilting Tips(from Generations Quilt Patternswebsite: www.generations-quilt-patterns.com)reprinted with permission

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The Quilt that Built a Library: Princeton Public Library looking for quilt blocksThe Princeton Public Library is doing a dual

fund raiser for an addition to its library buildingand for blankets for needy children through ProjectLinus.

A panel, including Nancy Zieman, will choosethirty blocks to create a 72” x 88” quilt which willbe awarded to one lucky quilter on May 12, 2013.

The library is inviting quilters everywhere tocreate a 12 1/2” x 12 1/2” block and contribute it tothe project along with a $5.00, tax-deductibledonation (per block). The donation goes to thelibrary building fund, and the blocks go into quiltsfor Project Linus.

The block must be made of washable fabric andnot contain any embellishments a child couldswallow. All entries must be received by March31, 2013. For more information, check thelibrary’s website at www.princetonpubliclibrary.org.

Mail your block and check (made out toPrinceton Public Library) to the library. Pleaseinclude your name, address, city, state, and phonenumber.

Your block and check go to Princeton PublicLibrary, 424 W. Water Street, P.O. Box 234,Princeton, WI 54968.

Manitowoc quilt show announcedInternational Quilt Festival returns toChicago

For eight years, the spring edition of Interna-tional Quilt Festival/Chicago was a must-stopdestination for quilt fans—-especially those fromthe Midwest—until its final edition in 2010. Thatshow drew more than 20,000 attendees.

Festival Founder and Director Emeritus KareyBresenhan announced that the show will return toChicago from June 21-23, 2013, with PreviewNight on June 20. The Quilt Festival will be heldat the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center inRosemont.

The Chicago Festival will offer a number ofmini-classes and educational opportunities—such as Create on the Spot!—that attendees cansign up for right on the show floor. It will nothave individual classes and lectures in separaterooms.

Find out more at www.mbparkatrosemont.com

A Patch of Lakeshore Quilters’ Biennial QuiltShow will be held March 23 and 24 at theManitowoc County Expo. The theme of this year’sshow is “Hats off to Quilters: Celebrating 20 Yearsof Quilting.”

The show will feature raffles, charity sales, andfood and refeshments. There will be vendors andopportunities for quilt appraisals (Appointmentspreferred, but not required). Hundreds of quiltswill be on display. Featured Quilt Artisit is LucyZeldenrust.

The show will be open Saturday from 9:00 to5:00 for the general public; Sunday from 9:00 to10:00 for handicapped; and 10:00 to 4:00 for thegeneral public. Admission is $5.00 for personsover 17. Children 16 and under are free.

The Manitowoc County Expo is at 4921 ExpoDrive, Manitowoc, WI.

For more information, check the website atwww.patchoflakeshore.com.