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The Friendship Note—A Newsletter of Friendship Knot Quilters’ Guild, Sarasota, Florida

The Friendship NoteThe Friendship NoteThe Friendship NoteThe Friendship Note Newsletter of the Friendship Knot Quilters’ Guild, Inc. Sarasota, Florida

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

If you are a true quilter, I know you attended

the Venice Guild Quilt Show. It was a great show, and I commend Dawn Moore, an FKQG member and one of the Co-chairs of the show, for all her hard work. Many of our members who are also members of the Venice Guild won ribbons for their entries. Congrats to all those winners.

Now for the “Box” report. I had one

suggestion in my Suggestion Box which I thought was okay since it was brand new last month. The suggestion was to put more of the meeting announcements or agenda items in the newsletter. We work as hard as we can to get through the business meeting in a timely fashion. If more of you feel we should shorten the program, let me know. Do you like knowing which new books we have in the Library or would you rather read about them in the newsletter? Do you like our Education News? Right now, we are promoting our summer Retreat, and we are still looking for more help with the upcoming Quilt Show so those are not normal agenda items. I will remind people to keep it short and to the point. I’m happy for the suggestion, and I look forward to more of your feedback. Keep em’ coming.

Signing off from beautiful Myakka City!!

CassCassCassCass

Workshop Details on Page 3 • May 21– Playtime Neighborhood in Fusible

Applique - Amy Stewart Winsor • May 22 - Finishing Touches - Amy Stewart

Winsor • June 18 - Beading and Silk Ribbon

Embroidery - Leigh McDonald

Monthly Membership Meetings • May 21 - Confessions of a Precision Impaired

Quilter - Amy Stewart Winsor • June 18 - Small Space Studios - Leigh

McDonald

Alzheimer Art Quilt Initiative Philanthropy Project - 2012

Ellen Simon

All the information you will need can be found on alzquilts.org. The Guild will be sending our creations to be auctioned on the alzquilt website. All receipts go directly to support medical research. The most important things you must know: 1. Quilt must not be any larger than 9” x 12”. 2. Fast Finish Triangles is the preferred method

instead of a sleeve. Information on making the Triangles can be found on the website.

3. Any designs that are not your own require permission of the copyright holder. Form letters asking for permission are on the web-site.

4. Registration forms must be completed for each donated quilt. Quilts without a form will not be accepted.

5. Donations will ship the end of June and again in November.

Registration forms will be on the website Friendshipknotquiltersguild.com along with a link to alzquilts.org. Forms will also be at the workshop table. Contact Ellen Simon with ques-tions or if you don’t have internet access at 723-8727 or [email protected]. This is a perfect opportunity to use up lefto-vers from a favorite project, try out new tech-niques, or dedicate a creation to someone who has suffered with Alzheimer’s.

May 2012 Friendship Knot Quilters’ Guild, Inc.

EDUCATION NOTES ELLEN SIMON

We were treated to a very colorful lecture last month with Juanita Yeager. There were lots of “oohs” and “aahs” over her beautiful, large-scale

painted flowers. Juanita also shared with us her techniques for keeping her heavily quilted creations flat. Thanks to Carol and Marlene for being the quilt holders. Marlene earned a free class by graciously housing Juanita during her stay.

May brings Amy Winsor Stewart, the

“precision impaired quilter”, from North Carolina. You can get a preview of her work at winsorartquilts.com. Her quilts are fun, quirky and spontaneous, and I think her classes will be just as entertaining. Amy is bringing two suitcases of sample quilts, but you will only get to see them if you are in a class. Monday’s class is simple fusible applique, creating whimsical, embellished houses. No sewing machine required. Tuesday’s class will cover a wide

FRIENDSHIP KNOT QUILTERS’ GUILD WORKSHOP REGISTRATION

You must complete this form and return it with your check to register for classes.

Class Title Class Date: Email Address:

Your Name Telephone

Address City Zip

Class Fee Lunch (if applicable) Total Enclosed Please send to: Pam Zeck, 5613 Merrimac Drive, Sarasota, FL 34231 Ph. 941-925-3240 Email [email protected]

Make your check payable to Friendship Knot Quilters’ Guild.

Supply lists are available from our website, by mail with a SASE or in person at the meetings. Those paying in person will receive their supply list in person.

• Fill out one registration form for each class you are signing up for. You may copy the form

range of clever finishing techniques including binding and sleeve treatments, miters (not necessarily in the corners), yarn-couched bindings, rickrack and haphazard piecing, to name a few. Amy has provided a kit for this class ($8) so all you have to do is show up with your machine and basic tools. Spaces are available in both classes so get those registration forms in to Pam Zeck and don’t miss out.

It’s not too early to sign up for the July UFO

retreat at DaySpring. I showed pictures from the first ever winter retreat and we were all impressed by how much work the ladies got done.

I hope you have been looking around your

studios and sewing rooms, thinking about what you want to share with the Guild during July’s virtual studio tour. I know you all have some clever storage solutions. I have seen quilter’s stashes in bathtubs and dishwashers. Who can top that?

See you in May.


Monday, May 21, 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. Playtime Neighborhood in Fusible Applique. Amy Stewart Winsor www.winsorartquilts.com. Create your own whimsical houses with curvy roofs, crooked doors, windows and charming embellishments. Tuesday, May 22, 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Finishing Touches: Slick Tricks for Borders, Embellishments and Bindings. Learn 18 of Amy’s most creative finishing techniques. Kit fee $8 payable to teacher. Monday, June 18, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. -

Leigh McDonald, www.adventuresinquilting.com. Beading and Silk Ribbon Embroidery. Learn contemporary beading techniques and silk ribbon embroidery stitches while working on a small sampler. Kit available for $10. CLASS FEES: Full day $25, half day $15 Members rate (Non-Members full day $50 and half day $35). Lunch included for full day classes at a cost of $7.00. Class fees are non-refundable. Workshops are held at Bahia Vista Mennonite Church, 4041 Bahia Vista St., Sarasota.

WORKSHOPS - 2012

FOR A GOOD TIME CALL JUDY

SCHMALZRIED

Be a Hostess for an upcoming workshop. You get to sit in on a class

for free, and have a lunch on us. It is a fun job. Call me. Judy Schmalzried at

941-922-1237

PLEASE DO NOT WEAR PERFUMED SUBSTANCES SUCH AS

COLOGNE, HAIR SPRAY, ETC. TO

GUILD MEETINGS OR WORKSHOPS

Quilt Show Challenge Fabric Karla Lynch

We are getting to the end of the line with our Quilt Show Challenge fabric. We have ten fat quarters left. Four of the green/gold combination and six of the jewel colors. I will have them with me at the May Meeting. If you are not going to be there and would like one please contact me/Karla Lynch by phone at 941-749-5087 or email [email protected]. They are $3.00 each. If we need to mail it to you, it will be $1.00 ex-tra. When these 10 are gone, they’re gone! The rules were in the April newsletter which is avail-able on the website. Drop off will be the same day as quilt drop off for the Quilt Show which will be announced at a later date.


Quilt Show Block Auction - 2013 Cathy Lane

The Friendship Knot Quilters Guild 2013 Quilt Show will once again have a Quilt Block Auction. The Quilt Block Auction is a great way for the Guild to raise money for upcoming education programs, raising as much as $2,000 in previous shows. In order to make the 2013 Auction successful, we need the support of all FKQG members, including cottage groups, other groups of friends, as well as individuals to make and donate sets of blocks. The sets will be displayed at the Show and sold as a Silent Auction. Get your group together, select a pattern, buy some fabrics (sharing the cost is good!) and make a set of blocks for the Auction. Remember: Make blocks only, not a quilt Make 9, 12, 16, 20 blocks, whatever is enough for a normal quilt layout Piece or applique accurately Include leftover fabric if available Provide a copy of the pattern, layout ideas, or directions Donate antique blocks if in good condition The deadline for turning in the blocks is January, 2013 Guild Meeting Quilt Show 2013 is almost a year away so there is plenty of time to take part in this worthwhile pro-ject. Only 16 sets were turned in last year, down from 22 in 2009. We are setting a goal of a least 20 sets for 2013. We are counting on your support for this worthwhile project.

Show N’ Tell or the Wow Factor!

Ann Greene displays her “Stacked Poseys” Quilt.

Susan Salzman with her “Symphonic Sampler”..


2012 FKQG Officers *denotes Executive Officers

President, Cass Bowen* 941-322-2118 - [email protected] 1st Vice President, Education Chair, Ellen Simon* 941-723-8727 - [email protected] 2nd V.P., Program Director, Anna Avery* (850) 545-5160 - [email protected] Treasurer, Helen Lucas* 941-704-9635-cell - [email protected] Past President, Karla Lynch* 941-749-5087 - [email protected] Secretary, Beth Grindal* 941-371-8028 - [email protected] Membership, Ann Greene 941-388-2208 - [email protected] Class Registrar, Pam Zeck 941-925-3240 - [email protected] NQA Rep, Linda Pearce 951-951-2330 - [email protected] Parliamentarian, Tena Davis 941-371-7328 - [email protected] Newsletter Editor, Lynne Minguez 941-921-4982 - [email protected] Librarian, Trish Bobeck 941-346-2669 - [email protected] Habitat for Humanity, Rose Antrim 941-923-4132 - [email protected] Historian, Kathy Dotson 941-266-0877 - [email protected] Friendship, Bev Wiberg 941-341-9758 - [email protected]

Cottage Group Coordinator, Carol Brown 941-922-3240 - [email protected] Cottage Group Coordinator - Carroll Jenkins 941-378-7813 [email protected] Public Relations Coordinator, Pam Morris 941-485-9755 - [email protected] Web Coordinator, Linda Pearce 941-951-2330 - [email protected]

Workshop Coordinator, Judy Schmalzried 941-922-1237 2013 Quilt Show Chair, Marlene Kurtz 941-371-4596 - [email protected]

All Guild Meetings are held at Bahia Vista Mennonite Church

4041 Bahia Vista Street, Sarasota Doors open at 6:15 pm

Meetings begin at 7:00 pm

Coastal Quilter has moved to our home

studio in Parrish. We now offer a free

pickup/drop-off service

for machine-quilting customers.

Just call Len at 941-465-1292 to make arrangements

Coastal Quilter offers you: Long-Arm Quilting

T-shirt Quilts Custom Quilts

Lesson in Long-Arm Quilting

Your Next Quilt is Just a Phone Call Away!

Ellen Simon Len Damond


2013 QUILT SHOW NEWS “QUILTS IN PARADISE”

MARLENE KURTZ

Setup - Thursday, March 7, 2013 Show - Friday, March 8th and Saturday, March 9th. The Boutique table at the Guild meetings is filled with great project ideas and enthusiastic crafty ladies who turn even ugly fabric into artis-tic handmade items. So think twice before you judge that fabric, it just might become part of the “must have” item in our next Quilt Show Bou-tique. Can’t think of what to make, just ask them for ideas. The Quilt Show Challenge fabric was availa-ble at the March and April Guild meetings. The big reveal will be at the show. Guidelines were printed in April’s newsletter. Both of the silent auctions, Small Quilts and Block, are accepting donations at the Guild meetings. Please see the articles in our newslet-ters for additional information or stop by the Quilt Show table at our Guild meetings if you have questions about either of these auctions. More information will be available on our show website as it is updated for 2013. Remember both auctions have minimum bid requirements and if an item receives no bid, it is returned to the donor/maker after the show. Mary Lewis received the last appliqued bor-der for our Donor Quilt. It is probably being quilted as I write and who knows we might have a very special Show N’ Tell next month. Elva Farrell volunteered to get the ball rolling for Donor Quilt Tickets distribution. She will be looking for volunteers to assist her. Dawn Moore will be handling publicity for our Show. I am sure she will have a few hints to help us publicize our Show to our friends and family and even on Facebook. There are still a few areas that remain vacant.

Not sure why, but I can assure you if you volun-teer for any of these areas you will have wonder-ful time with a great bunch of talented Guild members. The areas that have openings for a chair/coordinator: Program Ads Quilt Signage Show Signs Take-down Ribbons If you would like a bit more information about our Show or would like to volunteer for any of these openings, please stop by the Quilt Show in-fo table at the Guild Meeting or call me, Marlene K u r t z , 9 4 1 - 3 7 1 - 4 5 9 6 o r e m a i l [email protected].

Charity Projects for Pets Cass Bowen

For the past several months, Carol Brown has been collecting fabric scraps for a friend that is making dog beds for the animal shelters. Most of you know I am an obsessive cat lover - I have 3 of the little darlings (one not so little - 24 lbs.). I had a thread-bare king-size quilt that I hated to throw away so I decided to make some cat beds. I called the Humane Society for the preferred sizes. They told me they could use 2 sizes 12” x 24” or 16” x 24”. I went to Habitat Re-Use Store and bought pillowcases for 50 cents. I used them for the outside cover and put 3 layers of my old quilt inside. I made 5 of them in no time at all and actually got about 9 or 10 finished cat beds out of that old quilt. I felt good when I dropped them off and the volunteer was thrilled to receive them. So if you have a little time and an old quilt or some leftover batting, maybe you can make a dog or kitty a little happier.


Membership Ann Greene

New or renewing members may join at any time. Membership is good until December 31, 2012. Your form may be mailed to me at 4759 Ringwood Meadow, Sarasota, FL 34235 with your check made payable to FKQG for $25.00. Membership cards will be given out on meeting nights. If you want it mailed to you, please in-clude a stamped, self-addressed envelope. If you need a form, please email me at [email protected], and I can email it back to you for printing. Our current membership total is 246. Please remember to wear your name tag to make entry speedier. The Membership Commit-tee appreciates it. New Members: Renewals: Byrd, Susan McNamee, Mary Hurlocker, Norma Nichols, Linda Neeley, Terry Trimmer, William Nitzsche, Michael

Library News Trish Bobeck

Please don’t keep li-brary books to peruse during the meeting with-out checking them out. I like to close the Li-brary and put the books away at 7 p.m. when the meeting begins. This allows me and my helpers to enjoy the speaker. At the April meeting someone left an un-checked out book on the back table at the end of the meeting. If I had not seen this it would have most likely gone miss-ing. We all want to enjoy and maintain our val-uable Library books. Thank you for your help. New Library Additions: Skinny Quilts - Kim Schaefer - great ideas for bed runners, ta-ble toppers and wall hangings. 60 Pieced Quilt Borders - Judy Laquidara - spice up your quilts with mix/match pieced bor-ders. Quilting your Memories - Sandy Bonsib - in-spirations for designing with image transfers.

Unique Boutique News Quilt Show 2013

Cass Bowen

First off, thanks to all the members who have donated handmade items so far to the Boutique. We appreciate your time and creativity and wel-come all your donations. We have received a few items that we feel might be better suited to sell at Guild Meetings (magazine/book table) and the money donated to the Library Fund. If you have items such as sewing notions, equipment or any-thing other than handmade items, please drop them off at the Library magazine/book table. They will be happy to take them off your hands. This month we received a box full of silk tie fabric (someone took the time to take the ties apart and press the fabric). How creative can you be? Let’s think of a way that we could utilize that fabric. Janine Ward, our Boutique buddy, says we still need donations of kid/juvenile fabric for “kid” items. She has been quite creative in using up the scraps she’s received for beautiful original projects. We will be getting together soon to plan some workshops. Pinky Stewart gave me a hint for displaying throw pillow cases. Stuff them with bubble wrap or those air pocket sheets used for packing. It dis-plays the pillow beautifully and customers can see them in their full glory.

Janice Leroux’s Queen Sized Quilt.


“UFO - QUILT CAMP” JULY 5-8, 2012 “Christmas/Holiday in July”

DAYSPRING EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE CENTER

ELLENTON, FLORIDA

It is �me to sign up for our summer "UFO - Quilt

Camp". This year, we will have a theme, “Christmas

in July”. This is the perfect �me to work on those projects that you started and never finished.

Or maybe you would prefer to start something new. We will not have organized classes at

camp. The goal is to bring your own projects and have lots of uninterrupted sewing �me. We

will have some fun games and door prizes, late night sewing, and of course ea�ng and enjoy-

ing lots of sewing.

Cost is $285 to share a room or $395 for a private room. Price includes overnight accommo-

da�ons for three nights and nine meals beginning with evening dinner on Thursday, July 5th

and ending with lunch at noon on Sunday, July 8th.

Arrival Time on Thursday is between 2:00-3:00 pm.

Rooms are either hotel style or house accommoda�ons with two bedrooms sharing a bath-

room. This camp is located in the woods along the Manatee River.

Complete the special registra�on form below and sign up with Pam Zeck at a Guild mee�ng or

mail your registra�on form to Pam at 5613 Merrimac Dr., Sarasota, FL 34231.

REGISTRATION FORM

PLEASE PRINT

NAME: ADDRESS: CITY: ST:

EMAIL: CELL: PHONE:

PRIVATE ROOM $395 (Limited spaces available)

SEMI PRIVATE $285 ROOMMATE:

DO YOU REQUIRE A HANDICAPPED ROOM? YES NO (circle one)

For informa�on email Lynne Minguez at [email protected] or

Chris Keys at [email protected].


KiDZQuilts Jo Wieczynski, Coordinator

We had 22 gals at our April Meeting, where 70 quilts were donated. This brings our 2012 to-tal to 336 KIDZQuilts delivered to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Sarasota Memorial Hospi-tal. Ginny Klotzbach is coordinating the KI-DZQuilts table at Friendship Knot Quilters Guild Meetings. Here finished quilts can be left. La-bels, guidelines, tax deduction forms, calendars, and even kits, from time to time, will be availa-ble. Finished KIDZQuilts will be on display. Our May 8th Meeting will be at the Fruitville Library from 12:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Dawn Moore will give a hands-on class on the Lone Star Quilt at 1:30 p.m. Show & Tell will be at 3:00 p.m. Contact Jo at [email protected] for the supply list. Please join us for a fun afternoon at KI-DZQuilts.

See you there!

Kudos Pam Morris

It seems we are not competing very often at this time so to ex-pand on the column, I am asking

if you have some news you would like to share with your sisters in the stitch (fellow FKQG members) so they can share in your pleasure, write me at [email protected] or call 941-485-9755. It could be a quilt web site, blog, won a ribbon anywhere, sold something you have made, etc. Let’s Share!

Barb Johnson, had her post card challenge ap-pear on page 90 of the May/June issue of Cloth Paper Scissors. This is Barb’s second appearance in this magazine. Congratulations, Barb.

FRIENDSHIP

If you know of a member who is ill, has suffered the loss of a loved one or otherwise should be remembered by our Guild, please let me know so I can send a card from the Guild. [email protected]

Did you know that mem-bers can advertise quilt-related items in the newsletter? If you have an item that you would like to advertise to buy or sell,

please send the newsletter editor, Lynne Minguez, an email with FKQG in the subject line at [email protected] by the 24th of the month and your ad will appear in the next month’s newsletter. Bernina Activa 230, Patchwork Edition. In-cludes accessories, rolling case and original pack-ing box. 3 year old portable machine very gently used in excellent working order $750.00. Call Jane Marcantonio at 941-921-6010.

Pictures in this newsletter provided by Guild Photographer Kathy Dotson.

Thanks Kathy for making the newsletter more visually interesting!!

Check It Out!

The KIDZQuilts page on the FKQG website has an updated current calendar and the KIDZQuilts Guidelines.

Everything you want know in one place!!


The Friendship Note 11460 M-J Road Myakka City, FL 34251 www.friendshipknotquiltersguild.com

JUNE 24, 2012 Email submissions by this date to the Editor, Lynne J. Minguez at

[email protected]

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