the common thread chronicle
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C H E C K L I S T :
Nametag
Show and Tell
The Common
Thread Chronicle
SPECIAL
POINTS OF
INTEREST:
Next Meeting
February 13,
6:30pm
Location
Parker Adventist
Hospital
Pine A & B
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Caohagan Island Quilts
Imagine visiting a tropical setting about the time that Colorado
temps dip below freezing. The next meeting of Common Thread Quilt
Club will feature quilts from just such a place, Caohagan Island, just a
couple of kilometers from the Philippines. As is typical of a sunny
place surrounded by sparkling aqua water, their fabrics are colorful and
cheery, and residents make quilts there as an industry. Dana Jones, for-
mer editor at Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine and several other quilt and
women’s publications, has a very keen interest in the quilts from this
part of the world and will show a number of fiber creations of various
sizes that she also
will offer for sale.
In addition, she
will have a book
about Caohagan
Island quilts to
sell.
Come see
these colorful
quilts at the next
CTQC meeting on
Monday, Feb. 13
at 6:30 PM.
There will also be a basket giveaway, and be sure to bring any Show
and Tell that you may have (Valentine’s themes, red and white, or win-
ter themes especially welcome). And don’t forget a nametag!
February Meeting
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Common Threads Upcoming Programs
February 2017
Caohagen Island Quilts, Dana Jones
Valentine Basket Pine A & B
March 2017
Add-a-Quarter New Quilts Trunk Show, Carolyn McCormick
First Journal Project Reveal
Second Journal Project Announcement
2017 Journal Project
At January’s meeting, Judi kicked off the Journal Project for the year. If you plan to join us, the
handouts can be found online at: CommonThreadQuiltClub.com
The first challenge, due at the March meeting, is Recycle/Reuse/Repurpose. The format is a 9”
x 12” finished size (vertical or horizontal), and the goal of the first challenge is to try using or
adding one or more materials or objects you haven’t used before, something “non-traditional”
to quilting. The finished creation can be anything as traditional as a quilt block (9” x 12” for-
mat--add a border of some kind) or as loosie-goosie as an abstract painting. We can’t wait to see what you come up with! For more information, please contact Judi at <[email protected]>
Charitable Efforts Thank You!
So many of you helped sew, cut, donate materials, iron, and even prepare bags
at home to donate to the Parker Adventist Hospital. There are some beauties
there! We will have an exact count at the meeting of those done so far.
Meanwhile, this will be an ongoing project for the year and we’ll take bags whenever you are able to
make some up and bring them. We will have fabric to choose from and some handle webbing if you’d
rather not buy any materials.
A reminder--the finished size of the bags are approximately:
16” tall, 15” wide, and the handles no shorter than 27” (27” - 29” ideal)
A complete instruction sheet will be available at the meeting or find it on the website.
International Quilt Study Center & Museum – Quilt of the Month
February 2017
One Patch/Checkerboard
Maker unknown
Circa 1900-1920
United States
Machine pieced, hand quilted
Ardis & Robert James Collection
This quilt also appears in Amish Quilts and the
Crafting of Diverse Traditions, which is showing
at Quilt House through February 4. According to
the exhibition label:
The Esprit clothing company, founded in San
Francisco in the early 1970s, became home to a
significant collection of Amish quilts after its co-
founder, Doug Tompkins, visited the landmark
1971 exhibit, “Abstract Design in American Quilts” at the Whitney Museum of American Art
in New York City. Tompkins was smitten, and he bought his first quilt that year—a red and
white baskets quilt. His next two quilts were Amish, a Center Diamond and a Sunshine and
Shadow, both from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
By the late 1970s quilts filled the walls of Esprit’s headquarters, which it opened to visitors to
take self-guided tours. Tompkins eventually limited his collecting exclusively to Amish quilts,
favoring the strong graphics and simplicity of the Lancaster County community. With these
great pieces of design all around them, Esprit’s designers no doubt drew inspiration from the
quilts.
Fifty years ago, no one bothered pairing the adjective Amish with the noun quilt. Few people
outside Amish settlements knew there was anything distinct about the types of patchwork bed-
covers Amish families kept folded in cedar chests or displayed on their guest beds. Yet in the
intervening years, Amish quilts have shifted in status from obscurity to sought-after artworks.
Amish women have been making quilts since the late 1800s, but only in the 1970s, when art
enthusiasts began comparing Amish quilts to abstract modernist paintings, did Amish quilts be-
come “cult objects.” Collectors, curators, and designers loved the solid-colored fabrics and
bold, graphic designs of classic Amish quilts, which helped transform these textiles into afford-
able works of art. Amish entrepreneurs responded to the quilts’ newfound popularity, making
quilts to sell directly to outsiders. “Amish,” in turn, functioned as a brand name, appealing to
those who wanted a handmade, authentic quilt.
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Quilt Events in Colorado and Around the Region
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Colorado
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum rmqm.org Exhibits:
Evolutions 2017 Jan. 23 - April 22, 2017
SAQA’s Under the Western Sun April 24 - July 22, 2017
Quilting the Wild West April 24 - July 22, 2017
Silent Quilt Auction
Family In Christ Community Church February 11 & 12 and 18 & 19
11355 Sheridan Blvd.
Westminster, CO http://www.familyinchrist.com/quilt-auction-2017/
There will be over 100 finished donation quilts to view via bed turning method.
Interfaith Quilters 34th Annual March 3, 2017
Quilt Show and Sale
First Lutheran Church
3rd Ave. & Terry Street
Longmont, CO
Quilt, Craft, and Sewing Festival March 30 - April 1, 2017
Denver Merchandise Mart
Annual Interweave Yarn Fest March 30 - April 2, 2017
Embassy Suites Loveland Hotel
4705 Clydesdale Pkwy
Loveland, CO
interweaveyarnfest.com
Quilt & Stitch Expo of Pueblo April 7 - 8, 2017
Pueblo Convention Center
320 Central Main Street
Pueblo, CO
Regional
39th Annual Quilt Fiesta Feb. 17 - 19, 2017
Tucson Convention Center
260 S. Church Street
Tucson, AZ tucsonquiltersguild.com/quiltshow.htm
Quilt Events in Colorado and Around the Region
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Regional (continued)
Gathering of Quilts Feb. 24 - 25, 2017
Truth or Consequences Civic Center
Truth or Consequences, NM
sierracountynewmexico.info/annual-event/gathering-of-quilts/
Mennonite CC Quilt and Craft Auction March 31 - April 1, 2017
Hamilton County Fairgrounds
Aurora, NE
http://www.nebraskamccsale.org/index.html
Panhandle Festival of Quilts March 31 - April 2, 2017
Assumption Arena
4th & Spruce Streets
Chadron, NE
308-432-4401
For numerous quilt events in Arizona in late Winter through Spring 2017, please see
the website, below:
quiltersresources.com/event/arizona/01-22-2017/04-30-2017
International Quilt Study Center & Museum
http://www.quiltstudy.org/
University of Nebraska
1523 N. 33rd St.
Lincoln, NE Exhibits:
Quilt Scapes by Pauline Burbidge Through March 25, 2017
Log Cabins by Luke Haines Through April 29, 2017
Threads of Nebraska Quiltmaking Through April 8, 2017
Nebraska 150 Quilt Competition Through Feb. 25, 2017
Centennial Celebration of the National
Parks Through Feb. 25, 2017
Additionally, many of the exhibitions are featured online, as well as past
exhibitions (see articles on quilts and exhibits from the IQSCM
in previous newsletters)
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From December’s Meeting…
After the club’s Christmas dinner, we reconvened at Holly’s Quilt Cabin to see employee quilts
from their 2016 Challenge. Their theme was “Tree of Life”, which was constructed in ap-
plique, traditional blocks, and various contemporary interpretations. There was also one quilt
from the 2015 Challenge called “Scrap Jar Stars”. Below are some links to patterns for the
Scrap Jar Star, plus a link to one of the Tree of Life quilts.
http://www.freequiltpatterns.info/free-tutorial---scrap-jar-stars-block-by-amber-johnson.htm
http://alittlebitbiased.blogspot.com/2012/01/scrap-jar-stars-tutoroial-giveaway.html
www.stitchesquilting.com/shop/tree-of-life-quilt-pattern-by-lydia-quigley-with-the-rabbit-
factory/
January
Photos
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Journal Introduction
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January Photos
Tote Bag Workshop
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January Photos
Show ‘n Tell
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January
Photos
Show ‘n Tell
The Common
Thread Chronicle Editor:
Sharon Vaninger
The Common Thread Quilters are a quilt group based in Parker, Colorado. Meetings are held at:
Parker Adventist Hospital 9395 Crown Crest Blvd
Parker, CO 80138
Unless otherwise notified.
More information about the group can be found at our website: CommonThreadQuiltClub.com
Contributions to the newsletter
should be sent to:
February 2017
2nd – Leadership Meeting 6:00 pm
at Park Meadows Mall Food Court
13th – Common Thread Meeting 6:30pm
Caohagen Island Quilts, Dana Jones
March 2017
2nd – Leadership Meeting 6:00 pm
at Park Meadows Mall Food Court
13th – Common Thread Meeting 6:30pm
Add-a-Quarter New Quilts Trunk Show, Carolyn McCormick
April 2017
6th – Leadership Meeting 6:00 pm
at Park Meadows Mall Food Court
10th – Common Thread Meeting 6:30pm
May 2017
4th – Leadership Meeting 6:00 pm
at Park Meadows Mall Food Court
8th – Common Thread Meeting 6:30pm
Calendar of Events
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