Florida Quilt Network - Newsletter #39

March 21, 2001

Quilting Friends,

- If you have been on any of the sewing or quilting lists on the internet, you are probably familiar with Popser and his whimsical essays about his wife’s “addictions”. He has finally gathered the stories into book form: A Year in the Life—12 Months of Sewing and 52 Weeks of Quilting.

I have both books and am enjoying them, a little bit at a time as I wind down each night. Each story is so sweet, it makes me smile inside. If you aren’t familiar with Popser, or just want to get a fix, check out www.popser.com. However, the books are so nice as gifts for you or for someone who can understand the humor in our quilting life. The books are illustrated by Chris Hansen, and are available from Open Chain Publishing 800-906-6788 or www.thecreativemachine.com

- Here’s some exciting news: Dover Publications has finally come online at www.doverpublications.com. Now you can look at all the book covers in color without having to search for your latest catalog. Great local search engine on the site, too.

- I had a great time last weekend at the SSQA Symposium in Altamonte Springs. We quilted, we laughed, we ate, we listened and we learned. Oh yes, and we came home with great door prizes and auction items. Thanks to Art Callinan and her great crew, a wonderful time was had by all. If you still don’t know about SSQA and all the wonderful things that come from this Florida State Guild, check out www.ssqa.org Please be sure that your guild is a member. How else will you find out about things like: a Manual on legal issues pertaining to quilt guilds; an extensive list of Florida Teachers, Judges, Quilt Shops, Guilds, and Appraisers; Quilt Documentation efforts; Plans for a Florida Quilt Museum and so on ?

- One of the things we talked about in class (very Off Topic, LOL) was how to keep the junk snail mail and junk phone calls at bay. My classmates suggested that I post this information in the newsletter, as I have successfully reduced my incoming junk mail of all types to practically zero:

Junk Snail Mail: Send a request to Direct Marketing Association 11 W. 42nd St. PO Box 3861 New York, NY 10163. Just tell them to put you on the NO JUNK MAIL list. It’s FREE!

Junk Phone Calls: download a form from the Florida Division of Consumer Affairs at http://www.800helpfla.com/~cs/tmkinstruct.html You pay $10 the first year and $5 a year after that. They put you on the “no solicitation calls” list and if someone DOES call you, you can take legal action. I am on the list and get NO solicitation calls whatsoever.

Junk Email: set up a separate email account with a free service (hotmail.com, yahoo.com, etc) and use that email address anytime you need to give out your email address to commercial websites. It’s FREE!!

- And finally, here is a new touch to the newsletter, I hope you find it useful: In the Calendar section I will list the Newsletter Number that each item can be found. If you save these newsletters (and you should!), you can refer back to get more info.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS: (Newsletter number follows)

Feb 15- May 13 Museum Quilt Exhibit in Gainesville http://www.arts.ufl.edu/harn/ (#38)

March 4-April 19 Quilt Exhibit in Niceville (#39)

Mar 24-26 Wendy Huhn Workshops in Palm Beach snow-bee@worldnet.att.net (#88)

Mar 29-31 Quilt Shop Party in Hudson (#39)

Mar 30-Apr 1 Quilt Show in Boynton Beach 561-742-6380(library's #) (#38)

Mar 31 Naples Quilt Day in Naples <grannyknot@yahoo.com> (#39)

Mar 31-Apr 1 Quilt Show in DeBary < express7@bitstorm.net> (#38)

Mar 31 & Apr 2 Liz Porter Workshops in Orlando rfoster5@ix.netcom.com (#38)

Apr 2 Liz Porter Lecture in Orlando rfoster5@ix.netcom.com (#38)

Apr 1-30 Fabshop Hop on the web www.fabshophop.com (#37)

Apr 7 Beverly Mcinness Workshop in Palm Beach snow-bee@worldnet.att.net (#38)

April 15 through May 27 Quilt Exhibit in St. Augustine (museum at 829-0745) (#39)

April 19 Charlotte Warr Andersen in Naples < madowfl@aol.com> (#39)

April 20-22 QUILTERS - A MUSICAL in Punta Gorda (941-637-5629) (#39)

Apr 24- 25 JEAN RAY LAURY CLASSES in Ellenton < pcmonk@gte.net> (#38)

April 20,21 Quilt Show in Coral Gables www.gopbi.com/community/groups/quiltfest/ (#35)

May 4-June 22 Quilt Exhibit at Florida Craftsmen in St. Petersburg (#39)

May 5-6 Quilt Show in Gainesville Jeanrosell@aol.com (#39)

May 18 Terry Clothier Thompson in Hudson WPQuilters@aol.com (#39)

July 13-15 STAR SPANGLED CELEBRATION 2001 in Cedar Rapids needlecase@aol.com

Nov 1-4 Houston International Quilt Show

Nov 8-11 - A Quilters' Gathering in New Hampshire (#39)

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JUST SO YOU KNOW….

Did you ever wonder how many squares you can get from a FAT QUARTER?

99 - 2" squares

56 - 2 1/2" squares

42 - 3" squares

30 - 3 1/2" squares

20 - 4" squares

16 - 4 1/2" squares

12 - 5" squares

12 - 5 1/2" squares

9 - 6" squares

6 - 6 1/2" squares

4 - 8 1/2" squares

Hope you find this information useful.

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QUILT SHOW & WORKSHOPS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

I see you have a few other out-of-state shows listed at the end of your newsletter - could you mention ours ? You have a lot of snow-birds who are still in the north in early November......also we are moving to a new location and want to get the word out. Thanks.

"A Quilters' Gathering" - November 8-11, 2001

This year A Quilters' Gathering will be held at the Sheraton hotel in Nashua, New Hampshire where Gathering attendees and visitors will enjoy more classroom, more vendors, & more parking. The teaching staff includes Gerald Roy, Yvonne Porcella, Lynn Kough, Karen Stone, Karen Kay Buckley, Bonnie Browning, Klaudeen Hansen and two Floridians - Mary Sorenson and Katherine Stubbs-Ward. The juried and judged quilt contest theme is "ALL THAT INSPIRES US". The exhibits, vendors mall and special events are open to the public Thursday, Friday & Saturday 10 to 7 and Sunday 10 to 3. Admission $6.00 - Multi-day pass $10.00

For workshop program and contest entry forms send a S.A.S.E. ($.76) to: Eastcoast Quilters Alliance, PO Box 711, Westford, MA 01886

Again, many thanks....

Piecefully, Jeanne E. Glenfield

Eastcoast Quilters Alliance

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QUILT EXHIBIT IN NICEVILLE

Okaloosa-Walton Community College in Niceville, FL is exhibiting GROUND

COVER in their Arts Center Gallery. It features several quilts each by

Michael James, Nancy Crow, Jane Sassman, Pauline Burbidge, Gaylke Fraas

& Duncan Slade, and Suzan Friedland. It will be exhibited in Niceville

March 4-April 19, and then at Florida Craftsmen, Inc., St. Petersburg

May 4-June 22. Color catalog available. Don't miss it!

(Financial support came from, among others, the Pensacola Quilters

Guild.) Dixie Haywood

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QUILT EXHIBIT COMING TO THE ST. AUGUSTINE LIGHTHOUSE MUSEUM

This exhibit, "Storm at Sea: New Quilts from and Old Favorite" is a traveling exhibition from the Museum of the American Quilter's Society in Paducah, KY. Every year MAQS holds a contest that challenges quiltmakers around the world to create imaginative quilts based on a specific traditional quilt pattern. This years exhibit consists of eighteen quilts inspired by the traditional Storm at Sea block. The quilt-makers represent eleven U.S. States, the District of Columbia, France, Japan, and the United Kingdom. The quilts will be on display from April 15 through May 27, 2001. Admission to the museum is required and St. John's County residents will receive

a discounted rate. For more information, call the museum at 904-829-0745.

BRING YOUR ADMISSION WRISTBAND TO MATERIAL THINGS QUILT SHOP, 77 SARAGOSSA ST., ST. AUGUSTINE, AFTER YOUR VISIT AND RECEIVE A 15% DISCOUNT ON YOUR PURCHASES.

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NAPLES QUILT DAY

Saturday, March 31, 2001

10 AM - 4 PM

at

Grace Bible Church

6590 Golden Gate Pkwy

Naples, FL

refreshments, demonstrations, quilt basting, show & tell, games and prizes.

Information: Pat 775-9517 <grannyknot@yahoo.com>

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WEST PASCO QUILTERS' GUILD PRESENTS:

"A TOUCH OF SPRING" BLOCK CHALLENGE

A challenge is a game with rules. The rules change from one challenge to the next - they may include using certain fabrics, sizes, different techniques; but the game is the same. Make your quilt block a treasure created especially by you within the specified parameters. This block challenge is being held in conjunction with WPQG's 7th biennial Quilt Show: "SEW MANY QUILTS 2002"! A flyer with quilt show details is enclosed!

CHALLENGE INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Send $3 fee for each entry to WPQG c/o Naomi Shoemaker 6848 Nebraska Ave New Port Richey, Fl 34653. Please make checks payable to WPQG. You will be given two 9"x12" pieces of fabric to create a quilt block using the theme "A Touch of Spring", and you will be given a 5"x6" piece of fabric to create a label.

2. You should use a recognizable amount of both challenge fabrics in your block. You may add as many additional fabrics as you wish. Please select 100% cotton fabrics.

3. All finished blocks should measure 12 ½" square (this includes ¼ " seam allowance).

4. Block may be hand sewn or machine done. It may be pieced, appliqué, or mixed technique. If it is mixed, please decide which category best fits your block.

5. Only 1 block allowed per $3 entry fee and registration form.

6. A label made from the 5x6 material provided should accompany each block. The label must include your name, city/state, and your block title.

7. Return your block, label, and registration form to Naomi at WPQG postmarked no later than January 15,2002.

8. Blocks will be displayed at SEW MANY QUILTS 2002 Quilt Show. Show attendees will vote on viewers choice for each of two categories: appliqué and pieced. Voting will conclude at approximately 1pm on Sunday, February 3,2002 and winners will be announced shortly thereafter during the show. You need not be present to win, but please come; it's a great show!

9. First place winner(s) in each category will receive 20 blocks with labels (including their own) plus the 1st place award ribbon. Subsequent winners will receive a scaled down number of blocks based on the total of entries received.

10. No limit to the number of entries per person. However, total entries are limited based on fabric availability (approximately 375 total).

11. Please direct any questions to Naomi at 727-843-9562 or email Quiltstar2002@aol.com.

WPQG sincerely thanks our challenge sponsor, Pat Wilkinson, owner, Quilt 'Til You Wilt Quilt Shop 9609 Fulton Ave Hudson Fl 34667, Email pipsqeak@gte.net, or phone 727-862-6141.

REGISTRATION FORM- WPQG "TOUCH OF SPRING" BLOCK CHALLENGE PLEASE PRINT!

Name: _________________________________________________ REGISTRATION # ____

(WPQG USE ONLY)

Address_____________________________________________________

Phone #: ________________________ Email: _________________________

Block Title: ______________________________________________________

Category: Appliqué _____ Pieced ______ (check one)

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QUILT SHOW IN GAINESVILLE

Tree City Quilters Guild presents their second biennal quilt show on Saturday and Sunday, May 5 and 6, 2001, at the Best Western Gateway Grand Hotel at I-75 and 39th Avenue, Exit 77, Gainesville.

Enjoy viewing over 150 quilts, shopping at vendors, learning from educational speakers and demonstrations, children's educational activities, a silent auction, quiltique boutique, and opportunity quilts. We will also have our own local 'expert' quilt dating, for those interested.

We welcome all, including buses. For a small charge, bag lunches may be arranged ahead of time directly with the hotel restaurant, Key West Grill, at 352/331-4875.

For further information, please contact Jean Rosell, quilt show chair, at jeanrosell@aol.com, or 352/376-5217, or Melanie Jensen, at mjensen396@aol.com.

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QUILT SHOP IS HAVING A PARTY !

On March 29,30 and 31, Pins and Needles Fabric and Quilt Shop at 8216 State Rd. 52 in Hudson, Florida, is having a birthday party. We have been here one year and we want to celebrate, so we are having a party. There will be gifts and drawing for a door prize and some goodies to eat. So we would like to invite everyone to our party.

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NATIONAL TEACHERS –

May 18 - Terry Clothier Thompson - Applique by the Yard

Terry Clothier Thompson is a quilt artist, writer, historian, pattern designed and served as one of the principal documenters for the Kansas Quilt Project. Her chapter on conversation prints is included in the book, Kansas Quilts and Quilters, University Press of Kansas. She is the

designer and creator of many of the quilts illustrating Barbara Brackman's two books, Civil War Quilts and Civil War Women. In her own right Terry has authored Made in America by the Daughters of Liberty, 1776-1830 and Prairie Quilts & Pioneer Stories. She will present a lecture with slides and trunk show after the May guild meeting. On Friday you'll have an opportunity to

learn her "any skill level stress free" approach to hand applique. You will get to choose a pattern from the fifteen 36 inch blocks that comprise her "Applique by the Yard" series. Don't miss this opportunity to learn a fast cutting and applique technique to make a beautiful traditional 4-block

appliqued quilt while learning more about our countries quilting heritage.

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CHARLOTTE WARR ANDERSON LECTURE IN NAPLES

Naples Quilters Guild: April 19, 6:30 pm: Lecture with Charlotte Warr Andersen "A Cotton Palette, Picture Quilts". Non-members $5. There will be a 2 day workshop Fri. April 20 and Sat. April 21 with Charlotte on Applique for Realism. There are a few spaces available. $65. non-members. Please contact Marti Dowman at madowfl@aol.com for further information. May 17: Lecture

with Willa Baranowski of Willa Bee Studios on Redwork. 6:30pm. Guests welcome. Friday, May 18: redwork workshop with Willa. Non-members $20.

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ABC QUILT REQUEST

Would you please share this with your guild membership? Thank you!

I am a volunteer with ABC Quilts, a non-profit charity supplying baby quilts to at-risk newborns. Learn more about us at www.abcquilts.com. Last year we tried a new venture. We pitched a tent at two major New Hampshire craft fairs. Quilters from all over New England joined us to sew over 800 baby quilts in under 12 days. We had fun and will do it again this year in June and August. However we want quilters from all over the world to join with us in this effort. Would you please send an 8 1/2 " square of children's fabric to our office at:

ABC Quilts

596 First NHTurnpike

Suite 3

Northwood, NewHampshire 03261

Your simple act of kindness will be translated into a gesture of love and comfort for a challenged infant. We would like to recieve the squares on or before 7/1/01. More information on this request may be obtained from the event coordinator, John Linville, at bellytk@nh.ultranet.com. Thank you and God Bless.

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DYW DELTA PSI OMEGA

Edison Community College’s National Theatre Fraternity

Presents QUILTERS A MUSICAL

BY MOLLY NEWMAN AND BARBARA DAMASHEK

PRESENTED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE, INC.

WHEN: THREE SHOWS:

FRIDAY, APRIL 20 - 8pm

SATURDAY, APRIL 21 - 8pm

SUNDAY, APRIL 22 - 2:30pm

WHERE: ECC AUDITORIUM, PUNTA GORDA CAMPUS

26300 AIRPORT ROAD

TICKETS: $5.00 GENERAL ADMISSION

AVAILABLE AT CASHIER’S OFFICE IN THE STUDENT

SERVICES/ADMIN. BLDG AT ECC.

CASHIER’S OFFICE HOURS: MON-THURS-8AM-6PM

FRI. - 8AM - 3PM

AVAILABLE AT THE ARTS & HUMANITIES OFFICE:

2811-M Tamiami Trail

ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR PRIOR TO SHOWTIME

INFO #: 637-5629

THE STORY: The story of a pioneer woman and her six daughters told in a series of scenes that capture the harsh challenges and the abiding rewards of frontier life. Told with music, dance and drama, the action depicts the lot of women on the frontier and is as colorful as they quilts they create and pass on to their children.