Florida Quilt Network - Newsletter #91
www.FloridaQuiltNetwork.com
November 1st, 2005
Quilting Friends,
I read an article today that
really spoke to me. It was about
creating balance in our lives; we need a little of everything, and if you are
doing too much of just one thing, that is the biggest stress producer there
is. The funny thing is, we wear this
stress on our sleeve as a badge of honor.
Why don’t more people share the fact that their lives are in
balance? That they are committed to
personal AND professional improvement?
That they are committed to work AND family? That they are giving back to the community in their own way?
I’d like to think I live a
pretty balanced life, giving myself to family, church, community and work,
eating healthy and exercising regularly.
OK, I did it, that’s my badge of honor.
Here is your COMPUTER
TIP: Did you know that the function key
“F1” is a fast way to get to the help screen?
Then when you get there, click on the INDEX tab on the left to be able
to type in the word/topic you need help with.
Of course, in my opinion, knowing the word for what you want to do is
half the battle, but that’s a whole ‘nother topic.
As always, if your email
address changes, please let me know: subscribe@FloridaQuiltNetwork.com. Thanks
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
(Newsletter number follows)
2005
Sept 1-Nov 30 Quilt Exhibit
in Clearwater (#88)
Oct 1-Nov 23 Quilt Exhibit
in Tarpon Springs
www.westpascoquilters.org
(#90)
Oct 30-Nov 2 Jennie
Rayment Workshops in Melbourne www.RedRoosterQuiltworks.com
(#89)
Nov 3-6 Quilt Gathering
in New Hampshire www.aquiltersgathering.com
(#90)
Nov 3-6 Quilt Retreat
in Jacksonville www.oldegreencupboard.com
(#89)
Nov 3 Lecture in New
Smyrna Beach mmcbride@atlanticcenterforthearts.org
(#89)
Nov 4-Dec 23 Quilt Exhibit near New Port
Richey (727) 845-7322 (#89)
Nov 5 Quilt Cruise larryjudy321@yahoo.com
(#83)
Nov 5 Quilt Show in
Newberry www.floridastateparks.org/dudleyfarm(#90)
Nov 10 Lecture in New
Smyrna Beach mmcbride@atlanticcenterforthearts.org
(#91))
Nov 11-12 Quilt Show
in Trenton www.springhousequilters.org
(#85)
Nov 12 Quilt Art Meeting in Ft. Myers (239) 410-5093 (#91)
Nov 12-13 Quilt Workshop
in New Smyrna Beach mmcbride@atlanticcenterforthearts.org
(#91)
Nov 12 – Jan 8 Fiber Art
Exhibit in Melbourne www.adventurequilts.com
(#90)
Nov 17 Quilt Workshop in Lakeland teddy2@gate.net
(#91)
Nov 17 Art Lecture in
New Smyrna Beach mmcbride@atlanticcenterforthearts.org
(#91)
Dec 2 & 3 Quilt
Show in West Palm Beach debbie_38053@msn.com
2006
Jan 10-11 Michele Shatz
Workshop in Palm Beach trudyf@aol.com
(#89)
Jan 13 & 14 Quilt
Show in Ft. Myers nadinecc@aol.com
(#90)
January 14-15 Mystery
Quilt Workshop by Michele Shatz in Palm Beach debbie_38053@msn.com
Jan 15-21 Quilt Cruise
www.SewManyPlaces.com (#88)
Jan 20-21 Quilt Show
in Orlando quiltshow@cfqg.com (#90)
Feb 2-5 Quilt Retreat in Jacksonville www.honeybeequilters.org (#91)
Feb 4 & 5 Farm
Festival & Quilt Show in Dade City curator@pioneerfloridamuseum.org
Feb 9-11 Quilt Show in
Panama City Beach www.thegiftshows.com (#91)
Feb 10-12 Quilt Show
in Hudson www.westpascoquilters.org
(#87)
Feb 11-18 Quilt Cruise
http://www.quiltcruises.com (#87)
Feb 15 Joan Shay Workshop
in Leesburg www.aquiltersdream.biz
(#91)
Feb 17-18 Quilt Show
in Port St. Lucie adams7856@bellsouth.net (#88)
Feb 23-25 Sewing And
Quilt Expo In Clearwater www.sewingexpo.com
(#89)
Feb 25-26 Galen Berry Workshop in Palm Beach trudyf@aol.com (#89)
Mar 3 & 4 Quilt Show
in Palmetto Mair50@juno.com (#86)
Mar 3-4 Quilt Show in
New Smyrna Beach 386-426-2941. (#87)
Mar 3-5 Quilt Retreat
in Delray Beach Talacam@aol.com (#89)
Mar 9-10 Quilt Show
in Mount Dora quiltshow@gmail.com
(#87)
Mar 18-19 Quilt Show
in Venice www.vaqg.com (#87)
April 7-8 Quilt Show
in Sanford cmcquilt7@aol.com (#85)
April 21-22 Quilt Show
in Melbourne www.s-piecemakers.com/
(#90)
June 9-12 Quilt Retreat
in Leesburg Talacam@aol.com (#89)
June 10-Sept 4 Quilt Exhibit in Gainesville rg10001@bellsouth.net (#85)
June 11-15 Machine
Quilting Conference in Colorado www.harriethargrave.com/celebration
(#91)
2007
May 23-27 TAS National
Quilt Show & Convention lbrooker@tampabay.rr.com (#89)
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QUILTING RETREAT IN
JACKSONVILLE
I would like you to know
about our retreat in February 2006.
Honeybee Quilters Guild puts on a retreat every February. This
year’s instructors are Rachel Clark, The Joined at the Hip Girls and Jane
Sassaman plus many local teachers. Registration has already opened and
information can be gotten at www.honeybeequilters.org.
The dates this year are February 2nd through the 5th.
We have a wonderful time.
the hotel is very accommodating and gives a special rate for the retreat.
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WORKSHOP
IN LAKELAND
Ladies
of the Lakes Quilt Guild will be hosting Louisa Smith, author of Strips
and Curves.
Date:
November 17, 2005
Place:
Fabric Warehouse
Corner of North Florida and Griffin Ave
Lakeland, FL
Time:
7pm
Cost:
$15
Contact
Info: Jacqui Anderson 863 858-1630 or
email: teddy2@gate.net
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MACHINE QUILTING CONFERENCE
The 2006 Machine Quilting
Celebration Conference site is up!!
Don't miss out on Harriet
Hargrave's 3rd Annual Machine Quilting
Celebration... the only
machine quilting conference that is dedicated solely to home-sewing-machine
machine quilting! The conference is for all skill levels of quilters from
beginner to advanced! Harriet Hargrave and Sue Nickels are there for
getting beginners on there feet, Sue and Lee Cleland will take you into new
techniques and introduce you to feathers. Hari Walner is there to teach you all
about trapunto, Barbara Chainey and Joanie Poole teach creating your own
quilting design, and making commemorative quilts and Diane Gaudynski teaches
all the tips and tricks for advanced quilters.
The conference will be June
11-15, 2006 at the historic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado.
Check out Harriet's website:
www.harriethargrave.com/celebration
to get all the information about the confernce, registration the teachers and
their classes.
While you are at Harriet's
website don't forget to check out Harriet's small personal retreats she does
based on her three books, Heirloom Machine Quilting, Mastering Machine Appliqué
and The Art of Classic Quiltmaking! www.harriethargrave.com/retreat.asp
we have several upcoming retreats and more in the scheduling process for
2007!! These make great quilting
getaways with your friends!!
Also keep your eye out after
the new year your information about Harriet’s new conference The Art of
Precision Piecing which will features teachers like Marsha McCloskey, Judy
Martin, Sally Collins and Marti Michell from who you will learn all kinds of
tip and trick for making perfect quilting without using paper.
If you have questions about
any of these events please do not hesitate to contact me, and I hope to see you
at one of our upcoming events!!
Carrie Hargrave
Black Swan Quilting
Conferences and Retreats
PO Box 897
Laramie, WY 82073
307-742-3262
blackswanquilting@mac.com
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QUILT SHOW IN PANAMA CITY
BEACH
Name
of Event: Gulf Coast Quilt Expo 2006, "Quilting on the Beach"
Dates:
February 9, 10, 11, 2006
Address:
Boardwalk Beach Resort Convention Center
9600 S. Thomas Drive
Panama City Beach,
FL 32408
Contact:
Norm Gulkis
Phone:
850-763-8618
E-Mail:
quiltexpo@aol.com
Website:
www.thegiftshows.com
Description:
Quilts by local and regional artists will be featured in this judged
competition. Monetary prizes, as well as ribbons, will be
awarded. Lectures, demonstrations, classes, a vendors' mall, and the
quild's boutique round out the event. Admission is $5 daily or $10 for the
three days. Please visit the website for detailed information.
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EVENTS IN NEW SMYRNA BEACH
Art Lecture: November 10,
Thursday, Those Black Girls
Lauren Austin, Harris House
Annex, 123 Douglas Street
Free and open to the public;
lectures start at 7 PM
As well as being one of
"Those Black Girls," years of working in the
Community Folk Museum in
Syracuse NY gave Austin, the ACA Community
Artist-in-Residence, first
hand knowledge of the art work of Black women in
her community.
Art Lecture: November 17,
Thursday, Bad Girls of Art
Carly Gibran, Harris House
Annex, 123 Douglas Street
Free and open to the public;
lectures start at 7 PM
Gibran, an arts educator and
co-owner of Gibran Studio in DeLand, is a "Bad
Girl of Art," shocking
the Stetson University community with her senior
thesis. Perhaps mellowed a
bit now, she still takes delight in exploring the
art of women.
Special Parent/Child
Program: November 12 - 13
Quilting a Story with Nella
Shelton & Lauren Austin
10 AM - 2 PM, Harris House
Annex, 123 Douglas Street, New Smyrna Beach
Per family: $50 member/$60
nonmember (scholarships available)
Parent and child will bring
their own versions of a family story and illustrate it on fabric. No sewing or
drawing skills required. Students will "draw" with scissors on
fabric that will be fused to a backing.
Shelton and Austin are both storytellers and story
quilt makers. Members of various quilting and artist's groups, they wish to
bring this important program to the families to teach the importance of telling
stories about the family and keeping a record of those events through drawing
and quilting. If the program meets with some success, it will continue in
the spring.
Students should bring a lunch both days. All items
needed are supplied except for the family’s stories!
To register for classes, please phone 386-423-1753,
email Mary
McBride at
mmcbride@atlanticcenterforthearts.org or go to the Harris House Annex at 123
Douglas Street. Fees are due upon registration. If there are
fewer than six students per
class, the program will be cancelled.
Children's Art Program:
November 19(6-12 yrs old)
Screen Printing with Carly
Gibran
10 AM - 1 PM, Harris House
Annex, 123 Douglas Street, New Smyrna Beach
$25 members/$30 nonmembers
(per session)
The Third Program in the
Printing Series with Carly Gibran, a Blue Lake Elementary art instructor and
co-owner of Gibran Studio, DeLand.
Print on paper, cloth and T-Shirts with silk screens
using photos, drawings, and various textural items including rubber molds of
fish and leaves. Students wishing to print on T-shirts should launder the shirt
before bringing it to class. All other materials will be supplied.
To register for classes, please phone 386-423-1753,
email Mary
McBride at
mmcbride@atlanticcenterforthearts.org or go to the Harris House Annex at 123
Douglas Street. Fees are due upon registration. If there are fewer
than six students per class, the program will be cancelled.
Adult Art Programs: November
12
Altered Furniture with Ellen
Clark
Harris House Annex, 123
Douglas Street, New Smyrna Beach
$75 member/$85 nonmember
Clark will work with
students in a crash course to alter existing pieces of furniture into works of
art.
Clark is a well-know folk artist in West Volusia and
has had her work at both Disney and at Timothy's Gallery in Orlando. She held a
very successful class this past summer at ACA during Adult Summer Camp and also
taught snake carving and painting to the children in their camp program.
To register for classes, please phone 386-423-1753,
email Mary McBride at mmcbride@atlanticcenterforthearts.org or go to the Harris
House Annex at 123 Douglas Street. Fees are due upon registration.
If there are fewer than six students per class, the program will be cancelled.
Adult Art Program: November
12 -13, Saturday & Sunday
Plein Aire Painting with
Patricia McCrudden Shistle
Harris House Annex, 123
Douglas Street, New Smyrna Beach
$150 member/$175 nonmember
Award-winning artist Shistle
and participants will stroll the streets and select views to draw and paint.
Join us at 6 PM for a soiree at Arts on Douglas on Friday night for drinks,
hors d'oeuvres and stimulating conversation surrounded by exciting art.
Shistle, a 2005 IMAGES: A Festival of the Arts
participant, is well known in the Orlando area for her oils and watercolors.
She works with portraits and still-lifes as well as landscapes. She has shown
in various galleries throughout Florida, won a Sargent Medal from The American
Society of Portrait Artists, and consistently shows in the International
Masters of Fine Art for GreenhouseGallery.com .
To register for classes, please phone 386-423-1753,
email Mary
McBride at
mmcbride@atlanticcenterforthearts.org or go to the Harris House Annex at 123
Douglas Street. Fees are due upon registration. If there are fewer
than six students per class, the program will be cancelled.
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QUILT WORKSHOP IN LEESBURG
Joan Shay will be at A
Quilter's Dream to teach her Petal Play Technique
on Feb. 15, 2006.
Deadline to sign up is Dec 15th. A $20.00 non
refundable deposit is
required. Cost of the class is $60.00.
Connie Czernuch
A Quilter's Dream
703 W. Main Street
Leesburg, Fl 34748
352-728-1482
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ART QUILT MEETING
Art Quilters Unlimited will
meet at 1 p.m. Saturday, November 12 in Room
102 of the Alliance for the
Arts, 10091 McGregor Boulevard, Ft. Myers.
Jacqueline Murphy-Zolno will
talk about new products of interest to art
quilters. The public is
invited. For information, call (239) 410-5093.
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October 27, 2005
Dear Quilters,
It is with deep regret that we are informing you that the "Comfort for a
Cure" Quilt Show and Auction has been canceled. We feel that recovering from the hurricane tragedies this summer has a higher priority in our communities.
If you planned to donate a quilt to our show, please, do send it in. We are considering an on-line auction process in May which is National Arthritis Awareness Month. A silent auction at our annual fund raising dinner in October, 2006, is also being considered.
Thank you for your interest and please check our website for updates and new medical information about Arthritis! www.arthritis.org.
Sincerely,
Kathy Minton
Chair, Comfort for A Cure
Marika Sevin
Development Director
Arthritis Foundation
Florida Chapter, Northeast Region
314 Palmetto Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
O. 904.353.5770
F. 904.353.7508
msevin@arthritis.org
Join us for the 2nd annual Georgia vs. Florida Charity Softball Game,
Friday, October 28th at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville!
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Simply Quilts November, 2005
Schedule
HGTV: Eastern Standard Time
Nov 01, Tuesday
08:30
am #1007 Ribbon Applique
with Wendy Grande
Nov 02, Wednesday 08:30 am #1011 Ancestral Spirit w/ Dr. Carolyl Mazloomi and Michele
David
Nov 03, Thursday 08:30 am #1012 Easier Attic Windows w/ Susan
Cleveland, Jinny Beyer and Cheryl Phillips
Nov 04, Friday 08:30 am #1013 True Value in Quilts w/ Evelyn Sloppy
Nov 07, Monday 08:30 am #1131 Landscape Quilt Challenge
Nov 08, Tuesday 08:30 am #1014 Creative Machine Stitching w/ Patricia Nelson
Nov 09, Wednesday 08:30 am #1015 By the Letter w/ Mary Lou Hallenbeck
Nov 10, Thursday 08:30 am #1016 Inking Art Quilts w/ Lura
Schwarz
Nov 11, Friday 08:30 am #1017 The Quiltmaker's Journey
w/ Beth Ann Williams
Nov 14, Monday 08:30 am #1132 Sunflower in a Square
Jennie Rayment
Nov 15, Tuesday 08:30 am #1018 Three-Dimensional Feather Stars w/ Russell
Scott, Rachel Clark and Linda Johanson
Nov 16, Wednesday 08:30 am #1019 Quick Quilt Projects w/ Tom Russell
Nov 17, Thursday 08:30 am #1020 Tennessee Waltz w/ Eleanor
Burns
Nov 18, Friday 08:30 am #1021 Handy Dandy w/ Jinny Beyer
Nov 21, Monday 08:30 am #1133 Quilted Duvet w/ Laura
Nownes
Nov 22, Tuesday 08:30 am #1023 New Batiks w/ Jan Bode Smiley
Nov 23, Wednesday 08:30 am #1023 New Batiks w/ Jan Bode Smiley
Nov 24, Thursday 08:30 am #1028 Quilt on Your Sleeve w/
Rami Kim
Nov 25, Friday 08:30 am #939 Let It Snow with Susan
Thomson
Nov 28, Monday 08:30 am #1134 3D Art Quilts w/ Esterita
Austin
Nov 29, Tuesday 08:30 am #726 Holiday Applique with Becky Goldsmith and Linda
Jenkins
Nov 30, Wednesday 08:30 am #1025 Warm Woolen Quilts w/ Cindy Thury Smith
Simply Quilts November, 2005
Schedule
DIY: Eastern Standard Time
Nov 01, Tuesday 01:30 pm #937 At Second Glance with Tammy Tadd
Nov 02, Wednesday 01:30 pm #938 Mommy & Tea Quilt w/ Marinda Stewart
Nov 03, Thursday 01:30 pm #939 Let It Snow with Susan
Thomson
Nov 04, Friday 01:30 pm
#801 Stack the Deck w/ Karla Alexander
Nov 07, Monday 01:30 pm #802 Log Cabin Block w/ Bonnie Browning
Nov 08, Tuesday 01:30 pm #804 Welsh Whole Cloth w/ Marjorie Horton
Nov 09, Wednesday 01:30 pm #804 Welsh Whole Cloth w/ Marjorie Horton
Nov 10, Thursday 01:30 pm #805 Uncle Sam Show w/ Linda
Everhart
Nov 11, Friday 01:30 pm #806 Hanky Quilts w/ Cindy Brick
Nov 14, Monday 01:30 pm #807 HOPI Quilting w/ Carolyn O'Bagy Davis
Nov 15, Tuesday 01:30 pm #808 Clever Quilts w/ Susan Dissmore
Nov 16, Wednesday 01:30 pm #809 Collage Quilts w/ Joanne Goldstein
Nov 17, Thursday 01:30 pm #810 Divide & Conquer Quilts
w/ Nancy Smith and Lynda Milligan
Nov 18, Friday 01:30 pm #811 Nimble Thimble w/
Thimblelady
Nov 21, Monday 01:30 pm #812 Behind the Shadows Quilts
w/ Laurie Shifrin
Nov 22, Tuesday 01:30 pm #813
Garden Block w/ Diana McClun
Nov 23, Wednesday 01:30 pm #814 Braided Borders w/ Joe Flynn
Nov 24, Thursday 01:30 pm #815 Dream Saving Space w/ Myrna
Giesbrecht
Nov 25, Friday 01:30 pm #816 Enchanted Views with Dilys Fronks
Nov 28, Monday 01:30 pm #939 Let It Snow with Susan
Thomson
Nov 29, Tuesday 01:30 pm #817 Teenage Quilters with Brett & LeAnna
Christopher
Nov 30, Wednesday 01:30 pm #818 Stellar
Journeys with Gail Garber