Florida
Quilt Network - Newsletter #280
April 8, 2022
Quilting
Friends,
If you are wanting to donate a quilt or two to
Ukrainian refuges, skip to the bottom of this newsletter.
This newsletter is a few days later than I like
it to be, but I was busy this week at The Villages presenting a guild program
and then an all day class on my Birthstone Gems. So much fun!
Please consider booking this great class to make these stunning
gemstones out of FABRIC. The first time
I saw these Gems from MJ Kinman my jaw dropped and I told myself “you may not
start another project until you’ve made one of these gems”….I ended up becoming
a Certified Gem Affiliate and able to teach these patterns anywhere. The blocks
are not hard at all, you just have to pay attention.
You may not know that the Calendar page on the website is a quick way to view upcoming events all over the state. Give it a look-see.
Happy Quilting,
Mary-Jeanine
PS: I’d love to hear from you,
so drop me a line sometime.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
(Newsletter number follows)
2022
April 1 – June 23 Quilt
Exhibit in Pompano Beach Info here (#279)
April 11 Free Trunk Show
in Daytona Beach info here (#280)
April 18 Quilt Lecture Virtual info
here (#279)
April 18-23 Shop Hop
in East Central Florida (#280)
April 23 Mary-Jeanine's Tips, Tools & Techniques LectureVirtual info here (#266)
Apr 27-28 Lisa Calle
Lecture & Workshop in Melbourne info here (#279)
Apr 28 Free Beginning
Quilting Class in Orlando flcfqg@gmail.com (#277)
Apr 30 APQS Roadshow
in Brooksville info here (#279)
May 14-22 Quilt Cruise info here (#273)
May 16 Virtual Quilt Lecture by
Tina Craig info
here (#277)
May 22-26 Quilt Retreat
in Sebring thequilteddragonflyllc@gmail.
May 26 Free Beginning
Quilting Class in Orlando flcfqg@gmail.com (#277)
May 28 Mary-Jeanine's Tips, Tools & Techniques Lecture Virtual info here (#266)
May 29-June 6 Quilt
Cruise info here (#273)
June 13-17 Kids Quilt
Camp in Satellite Beach info here (#279)
June 18 Virtual Lecture Penni Domkis info here (#280)
June 20 Virtual Quilt Lecture by Brita Nelson info here (#280)
June 22 & 23 Judy Neimeyer Class info here (#279)
July 16 Virtual Lecture Dana Jones info here (#280)
July 27 Randy Bendler trunk show in Melbourne info here (#279)
Aug 20 Virtual Lecture Sarah Ruiz info here (#280)
Aug 24 Kestrel Michad lecture & class in Melbourne info here (#279)
Sept 15-17 QuiltFestJax in Jacksonville www.QuiltFestJax.com (#279)
Sept 17 Virtual Lecture Laura Loewen info here (#280)
Sept 28 & 29 Esterita Austin Lecture & Class in Melbourne info here (#279)
Oct 1-9 Quilt Cruise info here (#273)
Oct 14-15 Quilt Show in Brandon www.brandonquiltguild.com
(#276)
Oct 15 Virtual Lecture Julia Graves info here (#280)
Nov 11 & 12 Fantastic Quilt
Show in Leesburg https://lakequiltguild.com
Nov 29-Dec 10 Quilt
Cruise info here (#273)
2023
Feb 10-11 Quilt Show in Vero Beach midiane15@gmail.com (#280)
Feb 17-18 Quilt Show in Tampa http://www.featherprincesses.org (#275)
Feb 17-18 Quilt Show in Amelia Island www.aiquilters.com (#276)
Feb 24-25 Quilt Show in Punta Gorda www.peaceriverquilters.org/ (#276)
April 15-16 Broward Quilt Expo in Pembroke
Pines www.browardquiltexpo.com
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FREE
QUILT TRUNK SHOW
The
next Racing Fingers Quilt Guild [RFQG] meeting will feature a Molly Waddell
Trunk Show on the second Monday, April 11, at 6:30PM at the Seabreeze
United Church of Christ, 501 N Wild Ave, Daytona Beach. Admission is free and
open to the public. [Please park behind
the church and enter via the kitchen door.]
Molly Waddell, a resident of Port Orange, FL,
became an avid quilter when she won a quilt that was raffled off by a local
quilt guild. After taking many classes, both locally and nationally, she began
teaching at shows, local quilt shops and guilds. She has won numerous local and national
awards for her quilts. See mollywaddell.com
for more information.
RFQG
Sit ‘n Sew is the third Tuesday, April 19, 10am-4pm at the same church
as the meeting; bring your sewing machine. Mother Hen help is available
at the Ormond Beach Library on the second Thursday, April 14,
9:30am-noon. See racingfingersquiltguild.com for more details.
Claire Sadowniczak
Publicity Chair, Racing Fingers Quilt Guild
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"Suits me Fine" SHOP HOP
April 18-23
Join us on an adventure to 7 of
our local shops:
Stitches
& Sweet Tea
The Sewing
Garrett
Seaside
Sewing & Quilts
The Sew N'
Quilt Company
Cut Up &
Sew
Miss D's
Quilt Shop
Oceans of
Thread!
At each shop you will receive a
fabric kit for either a bikini or one-piece swimsuit block. Visit all 7 shops
for a chance to win one of the $75 or $50 gift certificates! There will be many
other specials, surprises, & goodies - don't miss out!!
Passports are $5 before the hop
begins & $6 during the event. Stop by Stitches & Sweet Tea today to
purchase "Suits Me Fine" Shop Hop Passport!
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QUILTING RETREAT IN SEBRING
The Quilted Dragonfly will be hosting a UFO quilt retreat at "Seven
Hotel" Sebring, May 22-26. Price includes hotel stay, 6 foot table,
cutting station, ironing stations, coffee station, and power. 141.25 per
person/2 per room for 3 nights or 255.00 per person/2 per room for 4 nights.
Contact Cheryl Green at thequilteddragonflyllc@gmail.
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SAQA EXHIBIT IN ST PETE, FT MYERS & MARCO ISLAND
"The Artists Question.... answered in Fiber"
Premiere Venue: Florida CraftArt Gallery, St. Petersburg FL, April 25 - May 14, 2022
Additional Venues: Alliance for the Arts, Ft. Myers FL, June 3 - 7, 2022
Eastern Shore Art Center, Fairhope AL, September 2 - October 29, 2022
Marco Island Center for the Arts, Marco Island, FL, May 8 - June 30, 2023
Jurors: Zak Foster
Exhibition Coordinator: Diane Powers Harris
A regional Exhibit of
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA)
Works submitted for jurying by
SAQA-member artists in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas.
The exhibition premise is that creating a work of art begins with a question. The artist might ask: What idea is important for me to communicate? What concept do I want to explore? What emotions do I want to experience and evoke in the viewer?
Juror Zak Foster, quilt artist from New York City, selected 29 works from 74 entries by 52 artists. In his statement, Foster explained, “the pieces selected for this exhibit are honest and heartfelt questions artists are exploring in order to make sense of this life: how do we deal with the world changing so quickly around us? From California wildfires to the loss of a loved one, our life can change in a moment, often leaving more questions than answers.” He chose work “based on a few criteria: how well they reflected the brief, the nature of the question being investigated, and the manner in which artists explored fabric, color, line, form, and pattern in search of an answer.”
The quilts in this exhibit reflect the varied traditions and artmaking methods characteristic of contemporary art quilters. Included are original surface design on fabric, hand stitching, machine stitching, hand embellishments, applique, and digital printing. Some works are representational. Some are abstract.
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the art quilt: “a creative visual work that is layered and stitched or that references this form of stitched layered structure.” The vision of SAQA is that the art quilt is universally respected as a fine art medium.
For further information: SAQA Florida Exhibition Co-Cordinators
Diane Powers Harris yearfive@hotmail.com Bobbi Baugh exhib.saqa.fla@gmail.com
Here is the website also
https://www.saqa.com/events/bridging-gulf-fabric-fine-art-saqa-2022-conference
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South Florida Modern Quilt
Guild Events
Sat June 18, 2022 1:00-2:30pm EST June Zoom Lecture - Penni Domikis -
All Scrapped Out! Guests $10 - pay HERE.
Sat July 16, 2022 1:00-2:30pm EST July Zoom Lecture - Dana Jones - Pagtinabangay:
The Quilts and Quiltmakers of Caohagan Island Guests
$10 - pay HERE.
Sat August 20, 2022 1:00-2:00pm EST August Zoom Lecture - Sarah Ruiz - Inspiration to Quilt Guests $10
- pay HERE.
Sat September 17, 2022 1:00-2:30pm EST September Zoom Lecture - Laura Loewen - Quilt Photography in Your
Pocket Guests $10 - pay HERE.
Sat Oct 15, 2022 1:00-2:30pm EST October Zoom Lecture - Julia Graves - My Quilting Journey and Trunk
Show Guests $10 - pay HERE.
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VIRTUAL EVENT
Now you see it, now you don't - The Magic of Disappearing
Blocks
Event URLhttps://suncoastquiltingcircle.org/event-4730920
Location Zoom
Date, time Monday, June 20, 2022, 7:00
PM
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RETREAT IN SEBRING
The Quilted Dragonfly will be hosting a UFO quilt retreat at "Seven
Hotel" Sebring, May 22-26. Price includes hotel stay, 6 foot table,
cutting station, ironing stations, coffee station, and power. 141.25 per
person/2 per room for 3 nights or 255.00 per person/2 per room for 4 nights.
Contact Cheryl Green at thequilteddragonflyllc@gmail.
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QUILT SHOW IN VERO BEACH
The Vero Beach Quilt Show 2023 is being held at the
Indian River County Fairgrounds in Vero Beach, FL on Friday February 10th
and Saturday February 11th from 10-4. (2023)
My name is Diane Miller and my e-mail is midiane15@gmail.com
and my cell is (717) 406-4373.
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From Judy Hansen
I do still have the online store and I mainly carry specialty items, my kits and patterns and hard to find items. As I am no longer in DeLand, I have changed my website to: www.judyhansendesigns.com Check us out!
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Ellen
Lindner on The Quilt Show (online)
Ellen
Lindner is on an episode of the Quilt Show (online) which just went live. In it
she teaches about drawing design from a photo, design basics, and a glued
collage technique she calls Sticky Fingers. Members can find episode #3007 at http://www.thequiltshow.com
. Non-members can sign up for a free 7 day membership.
Ellen Lindner
Fabric
collage website: www.adventurequilter.com
Art
and creativity blog: http://adventurequilter.com/blog/
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QUILTS
FOR UKRAINE
Terry
Burtchell, QOVF FL State Coordinator is partnering with World Vision to get quilts
to the Ukrainian Refugees. There is a great need for warm quilts for children
& women. World Vision works with 5 Organizations to help in crisis,
including Convoy of Hope and Samaritan’s Purse. Convoy of Hope will make a pick
up stop here in Port Orange and transfer to NC where Samaritan’s Purse is
making flights into World Vision base in Romania.
There
is no money involved with shipping just wonderful non-profit organizations willing to
help the people of Ukraine. The need is warm quilts.
Follow
“Quilts for Humanity” on Facebook for updates, the admin is Terry
Burtchell. Questions? iMessage Terry on Quilts for Humanity or email quiltsforhumanity@gmail.com
Thank
you to all for your help in this mission.
GUIDELINES
FOR QUILTS:
1.
Crib & Twin Sizes only (these quilts will travel with refugees)
2.
Neutral, Primary & Novelty Prints
3. No
FLAGS of any Country, No patriotic prints (this is for the safety in war zone
region)
4.
100 % Cotton & Flannel Fabrics
5.
Wash & Dry Before Shipping
6.
No Quilt Labels
SHIPPING:
QUILTS
FOR HUMANITY
ATT:
TERRY BURTCHELL
5131
S. Ridgewood Ave. Suite G
Port
Orange, FL 32127
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Giving
Back With Love For Country & Veterans,
Terry
Burtchell
Florida
State Coordinator
Volusia
County Quilts of Valor® Group Leader
FL
QOV® Facebook Administrator
LongArmy® Team