Florida Quilt Network - Newsletter #257
March 7, 2020
Quilting
Friends,
From Stacy McEachern:
Dear Florida Quilters, Mary-Jeanine
has been kind enough to let me share an idea with you that I hope will joyfully
tug at your heartstrings like it has for me.
The idea and my
hope is to honor the hearts and hands of quilters and
seamstresses who have come before – our Moms and grandmothers, aunts and
sisters, friends and mentors. Let us honor their quiet wisdom...their strength
and courage...their humor and humility...and their grounding lessons that fed
our souls and balanced our lives. And without always even knowing, they taught
us the art of living while we were learning the art of quilting.
Like a quilters version of what Tom Brokaw so lovingly did in his
“Greatest Generation” book that honored World War II veterans, I hope to gather
stories layered with those “to-live-by” phrases, cherished conversations and
timeless views of life. Stories of how they patched us through the hard times
and truly made us better people by simply having these humble heroes in our
lives.
In this month,
when we celebrate International Women’s Day on the 8th and National Quilting
Day on the 21st, I invite all of you -- the very story-keepers of those dear
story-tellers -- to join with me in celebrating and preserving the voices
of their hands.
Please write me
at voicesoftheirhands@yahoo.com with your story or just your interest
in learning more. This is a beginning and a work in progress, so let me hear
from you.
If
you’re a fairly new reader of this newsletter, 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)
2020
Mar 1-31
Quilt Exhibit in Key Largo (#256)
Mar 1-31
Quilt Exhibits and Events in Gainesville info here (#257)
Mar 7-8 Quilting
Workshops in Boca Raton info here (#256)
Mar 9 Guild Event in
Ormond Beach info@racingfingersquiltguild.com (#257)
Mar 12-15 Quilt Retreat in
Lake Yale 321-768-2060 (#251)
Mar 13-14
Quilt Show in Pensacola www.pensacolaquiltersguild.org (#251)
Mar
14-15 Quilt Show in Estero ruth.fletcher@dep.state.fl.us (#255 #257)
Mar
19-21 Original Sewing & Quilt EXPO in Lakeland info here (#256)
Mar
20-21 Quilt Show in St. Pete www.suncoastquiltingcircle.org (#255)
Mar 21 Quilt
Show in Trenton www.TrentonQuiltFestival.com (#256)
Mar 28 Quilt
Show in Orlando www.firstuccorlando.org (#257)
Mar
31-Apr 6 Workshops with Rachael Daisy in Stuart info here (#252)
Apr
11-May-11 Quilt Exhibit in Cedar Key cedarkeyartscenter.org (#257)
April 14
Nancy Prince Workshop in Amelia Island www.AIQuilters.com (#256)
April 22-23 Timna Tarr Lecture & Workshops in Satellite Beach www.seasidepiecemakers.com (#244)
May 10-14 Quilt Retreat
in Sebring thequilteddragonflyllc.com (#254)
June 15-19 Kids Quilt
Camp in Satellite Beach www.brevardcoastalquilters.com (#256)
Sept 17-19 Quilt Show
in Jacksonville www.quiltfestjax.com
Oct 8-9 Ricky
Tims Quilt Event in The Villages rickytims.com (#254)
Oct 28-29 Shannon Brinkley Lecture & Workshops
in Satellite Beach www.seasidepiecemakers.com (#244)
Nov 6-7 Quilt Show in Ocala www.CRQocala.com (#256)
Nov 13-14 Quilt
Show in Lake County www.lakequiltguild.com (#257)
Nov
15-22 Quilting Cruise with Judy Hansen www.quiltshopofdeland.com
(#254)
2021
Jan
22-23 Quilt Show in The Villages
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QUILT EVENTS IN GAINESVILLE
The Alachua County Library
District presents the 2020 Quilt Trail celebrating the art of quilting with
more than 150 quilts on display and quilting workshops throughout March.
The Library District and the
Quilters of Alachua County Day Guild are partnering for the first Quilt Trail
featuring more than 200 items including antique quilts and smaller works.
Quilts can be viewed at Alachua, Cone Park, Hawthorne, Headquarters, High
Springs, Library Partnership, Micanopy, Millhopper, Newberry, Tower Road, and
Waldo branches through March 31.
Participants can track which
displays they visit on special bookmarks available at any branch. Patrons can
return bookmarks to any Library District branch by March 31 to be entered into
a raffle to win a redwork quilt donated by the Quilters of Alachua County Day Guild.
Quilting newbies and
enthusiasts can also learn new skills at special quilting programs all month.
See the full list of classes at www.aclib.us/quilts.
More Info here.
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FREE Market Bag Remake
Quilting Lecture
Racing Fingers Quilt Guild
[RFQG] is sponsoring a free presentation, open to the public, on “Market Bag
Remake” on Monday, March
9 at 6:30 pm at Aberdeen Club House, 50 Allwood Green Blvd [off Clyde
Morris just south of Hand Ave] in Ormond Beach. Joy Gallick is a
sewing/quilting/embroidery/crafting enthusiast and a self-proclaimed “purseaholic”. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
but does her snow-birding in Beverly Beach. Joy is a member of Three
Rivers Quilt Guild in Pennsylvania and Memory Makers in Florida. In her demonstration, Joy will show you what to do with
all those recycle bags, turning them into unique "designer bags". Joy
shows you the process along with tips and tricks to make your bag a one of a
kind "designer" bag using precuts, UFO’s or
orphan blocks, selvage, home decoration fabric, embroidery squares and your
stash. info@racingfingersquiltguild.com.
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MORE INFO ON ESTERO QUILT SHOW
For the Quilt Show in Estero (between Ft. Myers and Naples), March 14-15 from 8-1 each day.
Contact momc318@gmail.com
Featured Quilter: Richard Lambert. Richard honors our veterans by making them quilts. He expanded his wife's sewing room to make room for him because he buys more at quilt shops than his wife! Hear him talk about his passion for quilting.
The venue is a restored 1900's religious commune deeded to the Koreshan State Park. Eleven buildings, restored and open to the public complete the idyllic setting for this Quilt, Craft, and Antique Engine Show. The historic quilts come out only once a year and are on displayed in the restored Victorian home.
Demonstrations include modern quilting techniques on antique sewing machines, free motion quilting on a Featherweight, plus information on the care and preservation of quilts. Vendors present.
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QUILT SHOW IN ORLANDO
We display the quilts on the church pews. Many of
the quilts are "vintage" quilts made by either church member or their
mothers or even their grandmothers! Some are completely made by
hand. We also have more modern quilts. All of them are extremely
beautiful.
Included with the quilt show is a quilt raffle, bake sale, basket raffle with lots of great prizes such as Olive Garden certificates. We also have a merchandise area where quilters can buy books, magazines and lots of odds and ends.
The Quilt Show is Saturday, March 28 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the First United Church of Christ, 4605 Curry Ford Road, Orlando 32812.
Admission is $5
The website for the church is www.firstuccorlando.org.
Thank you so much!
Debbie Yarborough
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ART QUILT EXHIBIT IN CEDAR KEY
Art quilt exhibit at Cedar Key Arts Center, 457 Second Street. April
11-May 11. 10am-5pm daily. Opening reception April 11, 5-7pm.
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The Lake County Quilters Guild will hold its annual 2020 Fantastic
Quilt Show on;
Friday, November 13th,
9 am - 4pm
and
Saturday, November 14th, 9am - 4pm.
Location: Lake Receptions
4425
Highway 19A
Mt.
Dora, FL
Judged quilts, Boutique, Vendors, Raffle Quilt, Demonstrations and
Quilts for Sale
Admission $10.00
For more information contact us at the telephone number below.
Lake County Quilters Guild Inc.
407-917-1575
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