Florida Quilt Network - Newsletter #156
Sept 5, 2011
Quilting Friends,
As I put this newsletter together, I was amazed at how many quilting events we have this fall. Usually we have the show in Jax, West Palm Beach and maybe one other. Take a look at the choices we have this year…lets support these wonderful exhibitors!
To get a complete, organized, hotlinked listing of all the upcoming shows, retreats, workshops, shop hops, exhibits, etc, please visit the Calendar.
Happy Quilting, Mary-Jeanine
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS: (Newsletter number follows)
2011
Now till Oct 23 Quilt Exhibit in Delray Beach www.oldschool.org (#155)
Sept 8-11 Quilt Retreat in Lake Yale http://www.BeSewCreative.com (#155)
Sept 16-19 Quilt Retreat in St. Augustine talacam@aol.com (#154)
Sept 22-24 QuiltFest in Jacksonville www.quiltfestjax.com (#153)
Oct 1 Florida Study Group in Trenton sewmuch63@hotmail.com (#156)
Oct 15 SSQA Meeting/Lectures in Lake Mary www.ssqa.org (#155)
Oct 15-16 Fall Festival in Wesley Chapel www.wesleychapelchamber.com (#156)
Oct 21-23 Quilt Show in White Springs website (#156)
Nov 10-12 Mancuso World Quilt Show in West Palm Beach www.quiltfest.com (#154)
Nov 11-12 Shop Hop in East Central Florida (I95) (#156)
Nov 12 Quilt Show in Spring Hill www.hernandoquiltersguild.com (#154)
Nov 13 Quilt Show in Tallahassee www.museumoffloridahistory.com (#153)
Dec 3 StashBuster Lecture in Daytona http://www.sewinggarret.com/ (#152)
Dec 3-4 Quilts and Crafts in Cocoa Village cocoavillage@bellsouth.net (#156)
2012
Jan 1-8 Quilt Cruise with Nancy Hinds www.SewManyPlaces.com (#153)
Jan 13 & 14, 2012 Quilters Marketplace in Lake Worth, FL www.hibiscusquiltguild.org (#155)
Jan 16-21 Shop Hop in East Central Florida (#155)
Jan 26-30 Quilt Cruise with Flamingo Island Designs www.flamingoislanddesigns.com (#153)
Jan 28 Quilt Show in Dade City epquilters@yahoo.com (#153)
Feb 4-5 Quilt Show in Dade City http://www.pioneerfloridamuseum.org/ (#155)
Feb 17-18 Quilt Show in DeFuniak Springs chautauquaquilters@yahoo.com (#154)
Feb 24-25 Quilt Show in Punta Gorda dpqg@yahoo.com (#154)
Mar 2-3 Quilt Show in Lakeland http://www.ladiesofthelakes.org (#156)
Mar 2-3 Quilt Show in Largo www.SuncoastQuiltingCircle.org (#156)
Mar 9-11 Quilt Show in Hudson http://westpascoquilters.org/QuiltShows.htm (#154)
Mar 9-10 Quilt Show in Satellite Beach www.SeasidePiecemakers.com (#156)
Mar 16-17 Quilt Show in New Smyrna Beach PelicanPiecemakersFL@yahoo.com (#153)
Mar 23-24 Quilt Show in West Bradenton www.manateepatchworkers.org (#153)
Mar 31-Apr 1 Quilt Show in Venice www.vaqg.org (#155)
May 20 – Aug 18 Quilt Exhibit in Melbourne website (#156)
2013
Feb 1-2 Quilt Show in Sebring quiltshow2013@gmail.com (#153)
Feb 15-16 Quilt Show in Tampa area delilahl@verizon.net (#156)
Mar 8-9 Quilt Show in Palm Beach Www.palmbeachquilters.com (#154)
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Florida Quilt Study Group meets on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at the Suwannee Valley Quilt Shop on Main Street in Trenton. Doors open at 9:30am; meeting starts at 10:00am. For more information, please contact Mary Anne Randall at sewmuch63@hotmail.com
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Chamber of Commerce
Presents
October 15th & 16th
10 am - 5 pm
Located at
The Grove at Wesley Chapel,
located at I-75 and SR 54
Vendor Booths (2 days)
$125.00 (until Sept. 10)
$150.00 (Sept. 11-30)
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
Visit our website,
for application and rules.
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STATE PARK TO HOST ANNUAL QUILT SHOW AND SALE
-Visitors are invited to view hundreds of quilts on display-
WHITE SPRINGS – The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park will present the 23rd Annual Stephen Foster Quilt Show and Sale October 21 through 23, 2011. More than 200 quilts and a special exhibit of Heritage Quilts will be on display during this three-day show.
This year’s theme is “Fostering a Legacy of Quilting.” An exhibit of quilts over 25 years old will be displayed in the Stephen Foster Carillon Tower. Demonstrations will be held throughout the Show. To foster the legacy, children will have a special section on display in the Museum and will be invited to a special tea for their efforts.
Quilts will be displayed throughout the park, in the Stephen Foster Museum, the Stephen Foster Memorial Carillon Tower and the park’s auditorium. Quilts will be judged by Nancy Mahoney, a renowned fabric designer and author, whose quilts have been featured in national and international magazines. Also available at the show are boutiques, quilting supply vendors and food.
The 23rd Annual Stephen Foster Quilt Show and Sale is sponsored by the park’s Citizen Support Organization and Lady of the Lake Quilting Guild. Buses are welcome. Admission to the Quilt Show is $4.00 per person. For more information or to learn how to enter a quilt into the 23rd Annual Stephen Foster Quilt Show, please call toll free 1-877-635-3655 or visit http://www.floridastateparks.org/stephenfoster/events.cfm
This event will take place:
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Friday, October 21 - Saturday, October 22, 2011
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
11016 Lillian Saunders Drive
White Springs, Florida
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November 11th & 12th, 2011
Grab some friends, get your sunglasses on, put the car top down and do some cruising! Join us Crusing I-95 for some fun and retail therapy.
Pick up a passport at your participating "Shop Hop Shop" and have it stamped at each shop you visit. Each shop will have a gift of 2 fat quarters and a free pattern for you when you present your passport. Each passport cost $5.00 and each shop will give you a ticket for the Grand Prize and if you purchase over $25.00 you get another ticket.
You might want to bring address labels to make it easier to register for individual shop drawings and for the grand prize.
Remember to leave your completed passport at the last shop you visit for a chance to win the Grand Prize. The Grand Prize is a $25.oo Gift Certificate from each shop! That's $150.00 worth of fabric, notions and gifts.
Bring your daughter, sons, grandma, neighbors and friends! We can't wait to see you smile and enjoy yourself!
Shop Hop hours: All shops will be open from 9:00am to 5:30pm on Friday, November 11th and 9:00am to 4:00pm on Saturday, November 12th.
Participating shops:
Seaside Sewing & Quilts The Sewing Garret
403 Mary Avenue 949 Beville Rd
New Smyrna Beach Daytona Beach
386-402-8995 386-767-3545
The Byrds Nest The Byrds Nest II
1556 E. Granada Blvd 160 Cypress Point Pkwy, Unit 108A
Ormond Beach Palm coast
386-615-8789 386-447-1103
The Sewing & Quilt Shop Magrieta's Quilt Shop
4601 e. Moody Blvd. #B6 142C King Street
Bunnell St. Augustine
386-586-5409 904-829-3137
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We would like to announce that, due to circumstances beyond our control, our August 20th Quilt and Fiber Art show has been postponed until December 3-4 in Historic Cocoa Village. This will make the event a two-day show for the same price….!
The event will be an indoor show taking place on our usual Craft fair weekend. We have about 150 artists and craft vendors that will set up booth spaces on the streets of our Village and the quilt show will be indoors. This will be our 30th Holiday Craft fair and we are very excited to add the Quilt show event to our schedule.
Applications and additional information available from Catherine at cocoavillage@bellsouth.net
Thanks a million for your time.
Warm Regards,
Catherine Sligh
Marketing and Program Manager
Historic Cocoa Village Association
321 631 9075
www.facebook.com/HistoricCocoaVillage
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The Quilter's Workshop of Tampa Bay is holding their bi-annual quilt show on February 15 & 16, 2013.
The show will be located at The Salvation Army Community Worship Center at 1100 W. Sligh Ave., Tampa, FL 33604.
Show hours are Friday, 9am-5pm and Saturday, 9am-4pm.
For more details contact Delilah Libby at 813-877-7930 (delilahl@verizon.net) or Millie Chmiel 813-884-1344 (georgiagirl1967@tampabay.rr.com).
There will be 20+ vendors, 2 live quilt auctions, guild boutique, basket walk, opportunity quilt, demonstrations, quilt appraisals, and cafe for lunch & snacks.
Guild website is quiltersworkshop.org
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Ladies of the Lakes Quilt Guild, is having a quilt show Mar. 2012. The dates are Mar. 2 and 3.
The place will be First Presbyterian Church on Lake Hollingsworth in Lakeland 10-5 on Fri. and 10-4 on Sat.
If any shops are interested in being vendors all of the info. is on our website: www.ladiesofthelakes.org
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Today's Pleasures...
Tomorrow's Treasures XIV
March 2 & 3, 2012
Friday 10 am - 5 pm & Saturday 10 am - 4 pm
$6 at the door or $10 for a 2 day pass
New Location:
Christ the King Lutheran Church, 11220 Oakhurst Road, Largo, FL 33774
Charity Quilt - “From My Flower Garden” 102”x110”
Judged Show ✻ Boutique ✻ Vendors' Mall ✻ Silent Mini Quilt Auction ✻ Quilters Walk Auction ✻ Quilt Appraisals
✻ Make'n'Take Booth ✻ Sponsored by Bernina Pfaff Sewing Center of Tampa & Brandon, FL ✻ Free Sewing Machine Raffle ✻ Donated by Sues Bay Area Sewing of St. Petersburg, FL
Free ample parking on-site, buses welcome
Suncoast Quilting Circle, P.O. Box 47764, St. Petersburg, FL 33743
www.SuncoastQuiltingCircle.org ( contact: Barbara at 727-415-2664
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Seaside Piecemakers Quilt
Club of Satellite Beach, FL proudly
presents “Timeless Treasures” Quilt Show March 9 – 10, 2012,
10 am until 5 pm, Friday and Saturday at Melbourne Auditorium,
625 East Hibiscus Blvd., Melbourne, FL.
The Opportunity Quilt
“Celestial Celebrations” to benefit
Second Harvest Food Bank of Brevard County.
There will be 300+ judged quilts and display of wearable art,
lectures and quilting demonstrations, vendors and club boutique,
silent auctions, and door prizes.
Certified quilt appraisals by Nan Moore. Entry donation is $7.00.
Contact: Helen Woods hgwoods@cfl.rr.com
Website: www.SeasidePiecemakers.com
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‘Florida in Fabric “Wish You Were Here!”
May 20-August 18, 2012
Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts
Statewide juried quilt exhibition!
We invite Florida artists to submit their quilted visions of the Florida experience – a hand-stitched “postcard” from the Sunshine State. Florida evokes diverse images of tropical beaches, exotic wildlife and historic exploration. From the Fountain of Youth to the Space Shuttle, sunken treasure or Suwannee River, Florida inspires dreams of renewal and refuge. Explore the state of mind that is Florida and send us your inspiration.
Entry Deadline: March 16, 2012
Notification of Acceptance: April 2, 2012
Exhibit Dates: May 20-August 18, 2012
For detailed prospectus, entry form and more information, please visit our website or call 321-674-8313
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BeSewCreative Quilting Retreats will quickly become your favorite get-away vacation.
We specialize in relaxing, stress-free quilting retreats.
Our retreats will spark your creativity, and inspire you to try new quilting techniques from design through binding.
Allow yourself to explore your Creative side. Bring a friend, meet new friends. Chocolate addicts welcome!
Schedule a 2012 retreat for your Guild or your Quilt Shop.
For more information and to choose a date for your retreat http://www.BeSewCreative.com,
email: Rhonda Baker Cissy33@BeSewCreative.com ,
or Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/BeSewCreativeQuiltingRetreats
Rhonda Baker
BeSewCreative Quilt Retreats
Cissy33@BeSewCreative.com
http://www.BeSewCreative.com
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TEACHER AVAILABLE FOR SHOPS AND GUILDS
I am from West Virginia and have a new quilt book published on a new quilt
technique; Square-agonals; A New Angle on
Quilting". It is a new technique for creating on point/diagonal set quilts
without cutting any triangles or doing any math calculations.
I will have the opportunity to be in Orlando the first two weeks of February
(February 1 through 15, 2012) and will be available for a limited number of
bookings at guilds, shops,retreats.
Since I will be in your area my fees for any booked event will be the event
fee and traveling expense will only include car rental.
My events are:
A one hour lecture/demo/trunk show on my book and technique
A three hour class on a "Square-agonals" pattern
not included in my book (several patterns available to choose from)
A full day of class (3 hours, lunch, 3 hours) on a "Square-agonals"
pattern not included in my book (several patterns available to choose from)
I am also willing to adapt an event for your guild. All information about
myself, my book, and my technique can be found on
my web site and facebook pages listed below.
Since I am only accepting a limited number of bookings, please let me know as
soon as possible if interested.
Thank you.
Sandi
Blackwell ,"StitchedBuy"
"Square-agonals®; A New Angle on Quilting"
Wheeling, WV 26003
www.stitchedbuy.com
http://www.facebook.com/stitchedbuy
http://stitchedbuy.blogspot.com/
301-281-6458