Florida Quilt Network - Newsletter #295
August 8, 2023
Quilting Friends,
Here we are doing our favorite thing in
Chicago…attending a taping of the radio show: “Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me”, which
can be found on your local NPR station every weekend. After Chicago, we spent a few days in Ann
Arbor, then Maryland for a gig, and then…..home home home!! 7310 miles, 9.5 weeks, lots of cool mornings
and not-so-warm days. As nice as the
weather was for us, we’re sure glad to be back in our house, picking
pineapples, mangoes and Seminole Squash in the back yard. Oh, and my sewing
room…did I mention my sewing room?
Did you happen to notice that number at the top? Wow, we’re getting close to 300 newsletters, which is one per month for the last 25 years! I need some ideas for a celebration!!
Please Read: do you know anyone in Central Florida who will be entering a quilt in QuiltFest Jacksonville this year? Lets organize to drive our quilts up and back home. (I can TAKE the quilts up, but cannot BRING them home.) Shoot me an email if interested.
One More Thing: I had the idea to continue listing machines that did not sell while listed in this newsletter. Maybe you weren’t in the market then..but you are now! Check out the list here.
Happy Quilting,
Mary-Jeanine
PS: I’d love to hear from you, so drop me a line sometime.
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FOR SALE: Martelli Table, Martelli templates
Read all about the table here.
I’m selling the table for $2000 with 50 all brand new templates added for free (triangles, frames, squares, circles)!
Pickup in Sanford, FL
Contact Carroll at 407-321-4310
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Still
Available:
Coronet
LongArm $3500 Jtessell@yahoo.com (#290)
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CALENDAR
OF EVENTS: (Newsletter number follows)
2023
June 1-Aug 31 Row-by-Row Experience (Shop
Hop) info here (#293)
August 21 Virtual Lecture with Dana Jones info here (#294)
Sept 4-7 Quilting Retreat in Hudson QuiltSquadRetreat@gmail.com (#294)
Sept 14-16 QuiltFestJax in Jacksonville
info here #290
Sept 16 Workshop with Mary-Jeanine Ibarguen
in Clearwater info here
Sept 16 Quilt Retreat in Sarasota info here (#293)
Oct 6-7 Quilt Show
in Palatka www.MissDsQuilts.Com (#294)
Oct 20-21 Quilt Show in Clearwater quilterscrossingguild.org
Oct 20-22 Quilt Show
in White Springs (386) 397-4478 (#295)
October 21 David
Owen Hastings Lecture Zoom
only info here (#292)
Oct 28 David Owen
Hastings Workshop Zoom Only info here (#292)
Nov 3-4 Quilt Show in
Ocala www.crqocala.org (#292)
Nov 3-4 Quilt Show
in Spring Hill HernandoQuiltersguild.com
(#295)
Nov 5-9 Quilt Retreat
in Bradenton www.swfqg.com/retreat.htm (#294)
Nov 10-11 Quilt Show in Tampa www.quiltersworkshoptampa.org (#290)
Nov 10-11 Quilt Show in Leesburg/Mount
Dora info here (#291)
Dec 2 Florida Quilt Study Group in
Palatka kmetelicacray@gmail.com (#288)
2024
Feb 16-17 Quilt
Show in Melbourne www.SeasidePiecemakers.com. (#295)
Feb 23-24 Quilt
Show in Punta Gorda info here (#293)
2025
Feb 7-8 Quilt Show in Vero Beach (#295)
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QUILT SHOW IN WHITE SPRINGS
The Stephen Foster Quilt Show will be happening this year!
You’re invited to join us at the 32nd Annual Stephen Foster Quilt Show and Sale October 20-22, 2023 at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs, FL. Quilts of all shapes and sizes using both traditional and modern techniques will be on display!
There will be vendors, demonstrations, workshops, and more! Quilting supply vendors and handmade textile artists will be available all weekend long.
This year’s show theme is ‘Remember When…’
We are looking for quilts and fabric art to display and would love to have yours! Don’t want your quilt professionally judged? That’s okay – just mark the box on the registration form for entry into the “People’s Choice Award Only.”
Registration will be available online at StephenFosterCSO.org/event-3806108
If you are interested in being a vendor or demonstrator, please contact us at (386) 397-4478 for more information.
What: Stephen Foster Quilt Show & Sale
When: October 20-22, 2023 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
Where: Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
11016 Lillian Saunders Drive
White Springs, FL 32096
Information: (386) 397-4478
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Quilt Exhibit & Craft Show IN SPRING HILL
Hernando Quilters’ Guild Presents
“Sew It Up”
Location: Parish Hall at St. Joan of Arc, 13485 Spring Hill Dr., Spring Hill, FL 34609
Date: November 3rd & 4th, 2023
Times: Friday – 10:00 – 4:00
Saturday – 10:00 – 3:00
General Admission: $10.00
Quilts on Display, Vendor Booths, Craft Boutique
Raffle Baskets, Opportunity Quilt, Wall Hangings For Sale
Food Served by Knights of Columbus
For More info see our Website (HernandoQuiltersguild.com)
Contact: Sharon Didden or Cindy Fitzgerald 352-678-1176
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QUILT SHOW IN MELBOURNE
Seaside Piecemakers announces the dates for our Quilt Show 2024 - The Artistry of Quilts. There will be a special artist exhibit featuring Kestrel Michaud.
The show will be held February 16 & 17, 2024, at the Melbourne Auditorium, 625 Hibiscus Avenue, Melbourne, FL 32901. For info and to purchase tickets, please visit: www.SeasidePiecemakers.com.
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QUILT SHOW IN VERO BEACH 2025
The Vero Beach Quilt show 2025 is going to be a fun event to look forward to! The show is Friday and Saturday February 7th and 8th from 10-4 each day with a two day admission ticket being $10.00. Live Music, Vendors, over 200 quilts and a boutique.
Quilts of Valor presentation on Saturday at 1pm and the basket raffle at 2pm. The raffle quilt will be drawn at 3pm.
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Latest information from the Central Florida chapter of Quilts of Valor
We are continuing to meet at the Elks Club at 12 Primrose Orlando.
Meeting Time: approx 8:30 til 2pm-ish
We supply the project(s) for each meeting.
Upcoming meeting dates are:
Aug 17
Sept 21
Oct 19
Nov 16
No December meeting
The first time you come, you don't need to bring anything. We have jobs that don't require a machine. It's ok if you just want to visit and see what is what.
Look where the cars are parked and use the side door.
QOV dues are $10 for one year
Our group is Central Florida Quilts of Valor 501c(3)
We don't have a FB page. We post via Central Florida Quilters and QOV generic site.
For more info, call or text Marge Nix: 407.923.2481
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Broward Quilt Expo has been renamed to South Florida Quilt Expo and the dates are March 8-9, 2025
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New for 2023: Buy your tickets in advance of the Jacksonville Quiltfest at three quilt stores during August (cash only) or via Ticketmaster online. In addition, tickets are available at the take-in locations on September 2. Of course, tickets, including the discounted ones, can be purchased when you arrive at the Prime Osborn Convention Center, if you prefer.
The tickets are $15.00 each. The quilt stores offering the tickets are Bee’s Quilt Shop in St. Augustine, Cinnamon’s Quilt Shoppe of Jacksonville (in Mandarin near I 295 and St. Augustine Road) and Tilted Quilters in Jacksonville (on the west side near I 10).
Check online at www.quiltfestjax.com for more details, including the take-in locations. We look forward to greeting familiar and new folks from Sept. 14-16.
Sondie Frus
Publicity Chair
Jacksonville Quiltfest
Publicity.quiltfestjax@gmail.com
“Sew Full of Whimsy” is the Jacksonville Quiltfest theme for Sept. 14-16, 2023. Check out the web at www.quiltfestjax.com; Facebook @QuiltfestJax, or Instagram @JaxQuiltfest