Florida Quilt Network -
Newsletter #310
December 1, 2024
Quilting Friends,
(click to enlarge)
My new favorite quilt, I'm calling it Pickup Sticks. Its actually hanging in my studio while the other one has been sent to South Florida to sell seats in a class next month.
I talked about Pickup Sticks
during my latest video: Tips,
Tools & Techniques Club at The Sewing Studio.
Announcement: If you’re interested in sending a
quilt or two to Hurricane Helene survivors, here are some
ideas.
Announcement #2: I don't mention it too often, but I do have an Etsy shop with lots of beautiful quilts and other handmade items. I'd love for you to take a look!
PS: if you're in the market for
a machine but the ones highlighted below don't work for you, keep reading for
the "Still
Available"
section, where I quick-list previous ads.
Happy Quilting,
Mary-Jeanine
PS: I’d love to hear from you, so drop me a line
sometime.
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FOR SALE! Bernina chair. Regular retail price is $499, asking $399.
Barely used as it does not fit my tall sewing cabinet.
Pick up only. Lakewood Ranch.
Jerry Stube, 913-683-3324 or jerry@quiltersqtrs.com
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FOR SALE! Handi Quilter
Sweet Sixteen Longarm Quilting Machine $3000.00 obo
Very
low stitch count! Used machine with extension tables, bobbin winder, tru stitch regulator, and bobbins.
16” X
8” of throat space, touch screen and
foot pedal. See and U-pick-up, Venice.
FL.
612-554-8256
or email: redharlequin.cindy@gmail.com
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Still Available:
Babylock Crown Jewel $5000 susanwoosley@gmail.com (#299)
Gammill Classic Plus Longarm $6000 casadar884@bellsouth.net (#307)
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS: (Newsletter number
follows)
2024
Now till Dec 12 Quilt Exhibit in Ocala info here (#310)
Now till Dec 7 Shop Hop in Central
Florida (#309)
Dec 5 Zoom Retreat info here (#310)
2025
Jan 18-25 Shop Hop
in North East Florida (#308)
Jan 19-23 Quilt
Retreat in Sebring thequilteddragonflyllc@gmail.com (#307)
Jan 20 Zoom Workshop
info here (#310)
Jan 24-25 Quilt Show
in The Villages qgotv.org (#307)
Jan 31-Feb 1 Quilt
Show in Lake Placid (#302)
Feb 7-8 Quilt Show in
Vero Beach (#302)
Feb 13-16 Quilt Retreat in Gulf Breeze Terhaar88@gmail.com (#305)
Feb 13-15 Quilting Collaboration in Melbourne info here (#309)
Feb 14-15 Quilt
Show in Seminole info here (#310)
Feb 14-15 Quilt Show in Panama City sabqg.org (#307)
Feb 19-22 AQS Quilt Week in Daytona Beach Quiltweek.com (#308)
Feb 28-Mar 1 Quilt
Show in Sarasota info here (#307)
Mar 7-8 Quilt
Show in Naples naplesquiltersguild.org/quilt-show (#307)
Mar 7-8 Quilt Show in Ft. Walton
Beach www.flyingneedlesquiltguild.org (#310)
Mar 8-9 Quilt Show in Pembrook Pines info here (#310)
Mar 8 Sewing Retreat in Sarasota www.quiltersqtrs.com (#308)
Mar 13-15 Original Sewing & Quilt Expo in
Lakeland info
here (#310)
March 22 Quilt Show in Trenton Facebook (#308)
Mar 23-27 Quilt Retreat in Sebring thequilteddragonflyllc@gmail.com (#308)
Mar 27-31 Quilt Retreat in Sebring thequilteddragonflyllc@gmail.com (#308)
March 28-29 Quilt Show in Pensacola pensacolaquiltersguild.org (new dates!) (#299)
March 28-29 Sewing/Quilting Retreat in Maitland info here (#310)
March 29 Festival of Quilt in Sarasota info here (#310)
April 21-24 Quilt
Retreat in Hudson quiltsquadretreat@gmail.com (#306)
May 20-24 Quilt
Retreat in Sebring thequilteddragonflyllc@gmail.com
(#308)
July 6-10 Quilt
Retreat in Sebring thequilteddragonflyllc@gmail.com
(#308)
Sept 6 Sewing
Retreat in Sarasota www.quiltersqtrs.com
(#308)
Sept 18-20 Quiltfest in Jacksonville
Oct 19-23 Quilt
Retreat in Sebring thequilteddragonflyllc@gmail.com
(#308)
2026
Feb 28-Mar 1 Quilt Show in
Venice www.vaqg.org (#306)
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QUILT EXHIBIT IN OCALA
“Threading the Needle: National Art Quilt Exhibition”
C.F. Webber Art Gallery, College of Central Florida, Ocala, FL
November 7 – December 12, 2024
This show was juried and judged by Bobbi Baugh. It features and excellent selection of art quilts in a lovely gallery.
https://www.cf.edu/events/category/ocala-campus/day/2024-11-24/
This show includes Karol Kusmaul’s winning quilt:
Mugshot
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ZOOM
RETREAT
From My Carolina Home (who is
collecting quilts for hurricane survivors)
I am
holding a Virtual Retreat on Thursday, Dec 5th. Registration is just
$5. For those who want to sew and chat
all day in their own sewing rooms, it is a way to have fun and get projects
done. The retreat is on Zoom. I do these
from time to time, and will have more next year. See the details on this URL.
https://frommycarolinahome.com/virtual-retreat-holiday/
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COLOR
TOOLS FOR QUILTERS - ZOOM WORKSHOP
January
20, 2025
https://suncoastquiltingcircle.org/event-5912722
The
details are –
Emma
Jane Powell – Dream it, Quilt It – Color Tools for Quilters
Color
tools for artists don’t end with the color wheel. Learn about a variety of
tools and inspiration right at our fingertips to help plan pleasing palettes
for future quilts. Emma will demonstrate how to use these tools to build
confidence using color and fabrics starting from your stash for beautiful and
unique color combinations. She will show quilts to illustrate points, and even
invite guild members to showcase their own quilts as well.
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QUILT SHOW IN SEMINOLE
Mid-Pinellas Quilt Show
A Quilter's Celebration
Friday, February 14th, 9-5
Saturday, February 15th, 9-3
Seminole Recreation Center
9100 113th Street North
Seminole, Florida 33772
$10 admission, plenty of free parking
Info here
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QUILT
SHOW IN FT. WALTON BEACH
Emerald
Coast Quilt Show
March
7 & 8, 2025
Ft.
Walton Beach Florida
Friday
9-5pm
Saturday
9-4pm
Admission:
1 day $10 2 days $15
www.flyingneedlesquiltguild.org
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QUILT
SHOW IN PEMBROKE PINES
South
Florida Quilt Expo
Charles
F Dodge City Center
601
City Center Way
Pembroke
Pines, FL 33025
Show
is March 8 - 9, 2025
Quilt
entry open now - closes Jan 20, 2025
Get to
Gnome us!
Admission
$10 cash or $12 credit card
Join
us for fun, adventure and retail therapy. Take a photo with your friends in our
gnome-mobile. Complete your Vendor Passport and be eligible for twice daily
prize drawings. See all of the amazing quilts and vote on your favorite. Take
classes - we even have 2 no-sew classes so you don't have to lug in your sewing
machine. Show admission included in the cost of the classes. Busses welcome.
Special admission pricing for groups of 5 or more. Contact Denise for complete
information on groups 954-471-0190. See our website for all the details.
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ORIGINAL SEWING & QUILT EXPO IN LAKELAND
March 13-15
RP Funding Center
Whether you're a
seasoned stitcher or just starting your sewing journey, the Expo is for you!
Don't miss out on
this chance to connect with fellow enthusiasts, learn from the best in the
field, and indulge your passion for sewing and quilting.
Join us for classes
led by experienced instructors, shop with vendors carrying the latest machines,
fabrics and notions, and marvel at the creativity on display in the galleries.
https://www.sewingexpo.com/events/lakeland-fl
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South Sarasota Modern Quilt Guild
Festival of Modern Quilts
March 29, 2025
9 am to 1 pm
Phillippi Park Estate
5500 S. Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34231
This will be outdoors. Free admission.
More info here
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Sewing/Quilting Retreat in Maitland
March 28-29, 2025
Join us for two days of sewing fun led by sewing and quilting experts Mary-Jeanine Ibarguen, JaneAnn McMullin and Pamela Ross!
In this two day retreat, you will have 22 hours of sewing time in our fully equipped classroom.
The $250 fee includes full access to expert teachers, 2 catered lunches, 2 catered dinners, 3 Make it-Take It Projects as well as a few surprises along the way.
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HURRICANE
RELIEF EFFORTS
· A list of people and places doing good work:
·
From My Carolina Home is
collecting quilts.
Yes, I can take quilts for
Hurricane Helene victims. I am primarily
concentrating on Chimney Rock, Bat Cave, and Gerton, along smaller communities
in east Henderson county hardest hit by the hurricane. See my blog post on my last delivery here - https://frommycarolinahome.com/2024/11/03/quilts-for-chimney-rock-and-bat-cave/
All sizes welcome, but the
greatest need is for twin size that can keep an adult warm overnight. Larger sizes welcome for couples, and smaller
lap sizes to cover children are needed.
Baby quilts are not really usable. Winter is here, and the need is more
urgent now. Right now, I have at least
100 households waiting for a quilt, and many of those have multiple people in
the household. Some are abused women fleeing from the abuse of a spouse made
worse by the hardship of the devastation.
I have two shelters that would be very happy to have quilts to lift
spirits during this holiday season.
Quilts can be shipped to my
address, also on my contact page on my blog if needed.
My postal mailing address is –
Carole Carter
PO Box 524
Mountain Home, NC 28758
For Fedex or UPS –
Carole Carter
524 Courtland Blvd, Unit 524
Mountain Home, NC 28758
I also am a member of the Western
NC Quilters Guild. The guild is winding down its distribution program, but
still has connections in other areas where we can distribute quilts. I plan to continue serving my community with
this project for at least another year.
·
Lea Louise lives in Augusta GA and she’s gathering
quilts and cold weather items through her church:
NEW LIFE CHURCH
ATTN: HURRICANE RELIEF
250 BOBBY JONES EXPRESSWAY
AUGUSTA, GA 30907
https://youtu.be/weDN05iQ3ZU?si=LYTyss4A8WMOVfx5