Florida
Quilt Network - Newsletter #26
May 1, 2000
Since my last newsletter, my husband and I spent a glorious
four days (sans kidlets!) in Monterey and San Francisco, California. I was able to stop by one fabric store,
Britex, and made it worth my while /g/ !
Then we drove over to Oakland to see the "Women of Taste"
exhibit. It was well worth the drive
(less than an hour). "Women of
Taste" is a selection of 50 contemporary quilts created by quilt artists
in collaboration with renowned women chefs, (most notably Yvonne Porcella with
Julia Childs). Anyway, it was a
spectacular exhibit. Even hubby was
captivated. It will be at the Oakland
Museum until July 23, 2000.
On another note, If you have any experience with the new Free-Hander
tabletop quilting machine, could you please drop me a line? mji@cfl.rr.com Thanks in advance.
OK, all you quilt show chairwomen out there, how 'bout
sending me your info about entering quilts in your quilt show? For example, deadlines, where to send a SASE
for entry form etc. If you want more
quilts hanging in your show, then you need to get the entry forms out. Let me help you do that.
And finally, this is SO off-topic, but it’s a timesaver, so
maybe it'll give you more time to quilt!
I recently purchased the new Swiffer brand dust mop. It comes with those green boxes of dusting
rags. Boy, do they work! I did five (count-em…5!) sets of floor to
ceiling blinds in less than 30 minutes.
No streaks, no water, no flying dust, no sneezing, and no rags to wash
afterward. I'm sold. Dusts everything right the first time. There are several brands, I'm sure they all
work equally well.
One of those little things that makes life even better. ;)
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
May 4 The Applique
Society meeting in Ocala salmh@worldnet.att.net
May 13 4th
Anniv. Celebration at Full Measure Fabrics in Ocoee
www.fullmeasurefabrics.com
May 18-20 Joanne
Goldstein lecture and workshops in Naples 941-793-7693
May 20 OPEN HOUSE at
Keels in Orlando 407-644-8544
May 22 The Applique
Society meeting in Crystal River <mjtoth@hitter.net>
May 26,27,28 Florida
Folk Life Festival in Tallahassee bobbimcph@worldnet.att.net
May 27 Hawaiian
Quilting Workshop by Ginger Lavoie
(see text below)
Florida Folk Festival, White Springs
June (Thursdays) Kids'
Sew Fun Camp in Orlando
<margie@cfl.rr.com>
June 23 Mary Sorensen
Class in Ft. Lauderdale jlquilt@aol.com
June 26 The Applique
Society meeting in Crystal River <mjtoth@hitter.net>
July 15 Joanne
Goldstein Lecture in Pompano Beach <joanne850@aol.com>
Oct 14-15 Bead
Festival in Orlando
<beadshows.com>
Oct 20-22 Quilt Show in Clearwater Omielke@aol.com
Oct 20, 21 Fall
Fantasy in Palmetto Qmaker99@aol.com
Sept.22,23,24. Quiltfest
2000 in Jacksonville dbld@mediaone.net>
Jan 3 thru 6 Quilt
Workshops in Marco Island clemens35@mediaone.net
Feb 17-18 PIECES
& PATCHES QUILT SHOW in Vero Beach patles@sunet.net
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WORKSHOPS and LECTURE
Joanne Goldstein
will be lecturing and teaching two workshops in Naples, FL, May 18-20. She will
present her lecture, Fabric Collage Quilting on May 18, followed by her
workshop "Floral Elegance" on May 19, and Crazy Quilting 101 on May 20. Joanne Goldstein's website is:
http://members.xoom.com/j_goldstein/quilts.html . Info call Marti Dowman 941-793-7693
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QUILT SHOW in Vero Beach
Sunbonnet Sue Quilters Guild presents PIECES & PATCHES QUILT SHOW in Vero Beach Community Center 2266
14th Avenue, February 17 & 18, 2001 10-5 p.m and 10-4 p.m.
No Strollers please.
Donation at the door $4.00
Huge building for a Quilter's enjoyment. Many vendors, quilt classes, lecture,
appraisals offered, and food available. Guild's Boutique with many quilt
related items(great gifts). Two beautiful opportunity quilts that could be for
your home.
Contact SSQG c/o Dorothy Myers 2326 Leon Avenue, Vero Beach, Fl 32960 or e-mail
patles@sunet.net
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QUILT SHOW in Jacksonville
QuiltFest Jacksonville, Inc., presents "Reach for the
Stars", September 22-24, 2000, held at The Morocco Shrine Auditorium, 3800
St.John's Bluff Road, Jacksonville, FL.
Hours are September 22, 12pm-6pm, September 23, 9am-5 pm, September 24,
12pm-5pm. Buses and vans welcome. Reduced rates at Quality Hotels, 4;660
Salisbury Road. Daily admission is $5.00, Weekend pass
is $7.00. Children
under 10 admitted free with an adult.
Cash awards, door prizes, free parking, hot lunches and snacks,
challenge kits, quilt appraisals, show pins, silent auction, vendor mall, and free demonstrations.
For more information, send SASE to Dottie Durst, 6211
Eastwood Lane,
Jacksonville, FL 32211 or e-mail: dbld@mediaone.net
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QUILT SHOW
The Manatee Patchworks presents our Quilt Show - Fall Fantasy - will be held on October
20 and 21, 2000 at the Manatee Convention Center, One Haben Blvd., Palmetto,
FL. The hours will be 10:00 am to
4:00PM.
Features: Quilts
and wearables, Boutique, Raffle Quilt, Vendors, Exhibit of the "Manhole
Cover Quilts", Silent Auction, Door Prizes, Demonstrations, Refreshments
available
If any guilds would like to send literature to me, I will
see that it is displayed at the show.
If any local person is interested in vending or doing a demo, they can
contact me at my email Qmaker99@aol.com or at:
Barbara Mallozzi
4917 3rd Avenue NW
Bradenton, FL 34209
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SHOP QUILTING SEMINAR
OPEN HOUSE and FREE MACHINE QUILTING SEMINAR - Saturday, May
20, l:00-3:00 at Keel's Sewing Center.
Ideas new and old, hints and how-to's, thread information, and
samples presented by Margie Engel will show you how much fun machine
quilting can be. The program is free, but please call Keels, 407-644-8544, to
sign up. Keels is located at the Lee
Road Shopping Center, 902 Lee Road, Suite 6.
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QUILT GUILD INFO
We are the MANATEE PATCHWORKERS QUILTING GUILD
We meet the 4th Monday of each month
We meet at the Congregational United Church of Christ Church
at the corner of 38th Ave and 26th Street West in
Bradenton, FL at 7:00 PM
You can call me, Betty Armstrong, President at 941/748-5563
or
email at MYTHIMBLE@aol.com
We also have a "Circle of Friends" meeting each
Friday at the
same church from 9:30 am to 2:pm. We bring our lunch and sew on
whatever we want to, and sometimes have a special project
taught.
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NEW WEBSITE
Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cindy Whitten and my husband
and I have a new online fabric store called The Cotton
Boutique, specializing
in 100% cotton fabric from such leading lines at KP Kids,
Moda, Alexander
Henry, Michael Miller, Timeless Treasures, South Sea
Imports, and many more.
Please be sure to check out our website at: www.cottonboutique.com.
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HAWAIIAN QUILTING WORKSHOP
Florida Folk Festival, White Springs
Saturday, May 27, 2000
9am-12pm
The Florida Folk Festival will offer a quilting workshop
entitled "Breadfruit-The Beginning," featuring master quilter Ginger
Lavoie. This class provides an excellent starting point for anyone interested
in Hawaiian quilting, whether a beginning or advanced quilter. Not only is the breadfruit design the
traditional beginning of quilt instruction in Hawaii, but sewing the breadfruit
also ensures a fruitful life, abundant wisdom, and that Hawaiian quilting will
become a part of your life.
Quilting was brought to Hawaii by American missionaries, but
Hawaiian women quickly adapted the tradition to their aesthetics and
worldview. Some believe that a woman
derived the idea for the first design from seeing the shadow a breadfruit tree
cast on her plain quilt base. Hawaiian quilters appliqué a design onto a base,
and connected layers of fabric with hundreds of rows of quilted stitching
flowing from the center like waves.
Quilt designs are inspired by nature, but have a personal and symbolic
significance known only to their maker.
Each quilter develops unique patterns by folding a large piece of paper
into eighths, then sketching the design from the center.
Ms. Lavoie lived for 28 years on the island of
Moloka'i. During that time she studied
with an accomplished native quilter and became an excellent quilter in her own
right. She has been featured in many
exhibitions and publications, teaches quilting, and exhibits her quilts monthly at Disney's Polynesian Resort. Ms. Lavoie was selected as a master artist
in the Florida Folklife Apprenticeship Program for 1999-2000.
The workshop will be offered Saturday, May 27 from 9am to
12pm. The workshop fee of $50 includes
a kit that contains the materials necessary to quilt a 20"x 20" breadfruit
design [prewashed and cut fabric, batting, etc.]. The kit normally retails for $30.00 to $46.00. To be assured a
place, registration fees should be sent to Ginger Lavoie, 2912 Evans Drive,
Kissimmee, FL 34758.
Quilters may also sign up for any available spaces at the festival
workshop.
Workshop participants must pay festival admission in order
to attend the workshop, which is in the Museum Studio I in the northwest wing
of the Museum. Florida Folk Festival
admission for adults is as follows: $10/day advance ticket, $12/day at the
gate. For further information about
buying tickets, discounts for weekend festival attendance, special prices for
children and families, and other festival information, please call the Museum
of Florida History at (850) 488-1484.
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VOLUNTEERS
NEEDED!
To
help man the SSQA's booth at the Florida Folk Life Festival being held Memorial
Day week-end in the Stephen Foster State Park at White Springs, FL May 26, 27 & 28. Hours are from 9:00 AM
- 6:00 PM with each shift being 3 hours.
There
is a campground in the Park for those wishing to camp. For those who don't,
SSQA has reserved 3 rooms at the Best Western in Lake City which includes a continental breakfast. All
other meals are your responsibility.
Please
consider volunteering and help us sell raffle tickets on a quilt in progress
and in the boutique. You can help raise
money for a Florida Quilt Museum and have fun at the same time.
Contact:
Bobbi
McPharlin
bobbimcph@worldnet.att.net
352-465-4914
1249
E. Silver Thorn Loop
Hernando,
FL 34442-2009
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FABRIC SALE
Full Measure Fabrics is having their 4th Anniversary
Celebration on Saturday, May 13th:
9:00 a.m. - Second Saturday Sampler - Join now or bring your
finished block from last month and pick up your next kit.
10:30 a.m. - "The History of Quilting" - Ellen
Gordon will take us on a humorous tour of long ignored habits of real
quilters. The suggested donation of $4
for this lecture will be donated to Breast Cancer Research.
1:00 - 4:00 p.m. - "Pretty Pillowcase with Pizazz"
- A make-it and take-it project for quilters of all levels. Allow yourself 45-60 minutes to make. Kit fee of $10 or purchase fabric of your
choice at class time.
All day sale: 20%
off!
Full Measure Fabrics, 114 W. McKey St., Ocoee, FL, (407)
656-1624, or visit
our website for complete class schedule:
www.fullmeasurefabrics.com
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SIMPLY QUILT MAY SCHEDULE
May 1, Monday
9:30am
#453 Mother's Day with Jean Wells and Valori Wells
2:30pm #435 Embroidered Quilts with Jill Sutton Filo
May 3, Wednesday
9:30am #517 Flourishes with Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins
2:30pm #436 Tortilla Quilt with Jane Tenorio
May 5,Friday
9:30am #518 Cop Quilter with Pam Munns
2:30pm #437 Q is for Quick with Billie Lauder
May 8, Monday
9:30am #519 Sashiko Tote Bag with Gaye Sunada
2:30pm #438 Designing from Nature with Ruth McDowell
May 10, Wednesday
9:30am #520 Chronicle Q's with Jane Quinn
2:30pm #439 Travels with Peaky and Spike with Doreen Speckman
May 12,Friday
9:30am #521 New York Beauty with Karen Stone
2:30pm #453 Mother's Day with Jean Wells and Valorie Wells
May 15, Monday
9:30am #522 Broderie Perse with Judy Severson
2:30pm
#441 Color with Christine Barnes
May 17, Wednesday
9:30am #523 Freddy House with Freddy Moran
2:30pm #442 Quilt Dressing with Rachel Clark
May 19,Friday
9:30am #524 Machine Quilting with John Flynn
2:30pm #443 Images in Fabric with Deidre Sherer
May 22, Monday
9:30am #525 Carrie Hall Historic Blocks with Bettina Havig
2:30pm #444 Time for a Chain with Nancy Smith and Linda Milligan
May 24, Wednesday
9:30am #526 Tools of the Trade with Bonnie Browning
2:30pm #445 The Secrets of Applique' with Robert Callahan
May 26, Friday
9:30am #527 Wildflowers with Carol Armstrong
2:30pm #446 Quilt for a Cure with
Beth Hayes and Bonnie Stratton
May 29, Monday
9:30am #528 Baby Tumbling Blocks with Helen Frost and Debbie Gordon
2:30pm #447 Native American Quilting with Margaret Wood
May 31, Wednesday
9:30am #529 Maverick Quilts with Kaye England
2:30pm #448 Pillow Talk with Barbara Brandeburg
(the above schedule was copied from
http://www.alexandersonquilts.com/ )
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Joanne Goldstein will be lecturing and teaching two workshops in Naples, FL,
May 18-20. She will present her lecture, Fabric Collage Quilting on May 18,
followed by her workshop "Floral Elegance" on May 19, and Crazy Quilting 101
on May 20.
Joanne Goldstein
<A HREF="http://members.xoom.com/j_goldstein/quilts.html">Joanne Goldstein's
Quilting Studio</A>
May 18-20: Naples Quilters Guild. Joanne Goldstein, author of Fabric Collage
Quilts. Lecture Thurs. May 18. Workshop Fri. May 19: Fabric Collage Workshop
Sat. May 20 Crazy Quilting 101. Info call Marti Dowman
941-793-7693
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Sunbonnet Sue Quilters Guild February 17 & 18, 2001 10-5 p.m and 10-4 p.m.
PIECES & PATCHES QUILT SHOW In Vero Beach Community Center 2266 14th Avenue,
No Strollers please. Donation at the door $4.00 Vero Beach, Florida
Hugh building for Quilter's enjoyment. Many vendors, quilt classes, lecture, appraisals offered, and food available. The Guild's Bouquet of many quilt related items(great gifts). Two beautiful opportunity quilts that could be for your home.
Contact
SSQG c/o Dorothy Myers 2326 Leon
Avenue, Vero Beach, Fl 32960 or e-mail patles@sunet.net
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QuiltFest Jacksonville, Inc., presents "Reach for the Stars", September
22-24, 2000, held at The Morocco Shrine Auditorium, 3800 St.John's Bluff
Road, Jacksonville, FL. Hours are September 22, 12pm-6pm, September 23,
9am-5 pm, September 24, 12pm-5pm. Buses and vans welcome. Reduced rates at
Quality Hotels, 4;660 Salisbury Road.Daily admission is $5.00, Weekend pass
is $7.00. Children under 10 admitted free with an adult. Cash awards, door
prizes, free parking, hot lunches and snacks, challenge kits, quilt
appraisals, show pins, silent auction, vendor mall, and free demonstrations.
For more information, send SASE to Dottie Durst, 6211 Eastwood Lane,
Jacksonville, FL 32211 or e-mail: <A HREF="mailto:dbld@mediaone.net">dbld@medi
aone.net</A>.
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If so, it will be October 20, 21, 2000 at the Manatee Civic Center at 1 Haben
Blvd, Palmetto, FL. Barbara Mallozzi is the Quilt Show Chairman, and has the
latest info on this. Her E-mail address is Qmaker99@aol.com if you want to
communicate with her.
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OPEN HOUSE and FREE MACHINE QUILTING SEMINAR - Saturday, May 20, l:00-3:00
at Keel's Sewing Center. Ideas new and old, hints and how-to's, thread
information, and samples presented by Margie Engel will show you how much
fun machine quilting can be. The program is free, but please call Keels,
407-644-8544, to sign up. Keels is located at the Lee Road Shopping Center,
902 Lee Road, Suite 6.
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