Florida
Quilt Network
- Newsletter #43
June 30, 2001
Quilting Friends,
For those of you who live in the Central Florida area,
Louise Cutting of Fabric Collections in Winter Park is moving her store a few
blocks. She will be on the corner of 17/92
and Minnesota Ave. in the old Train Depot store front. Lots of space for new departments, which
will include quilting and heirloom, as well as a couple of big classrooms. The grand opening is July 18.
www.fabriccollections.com
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS: (Newsletter number follows)
May 24 – July 8 Quilt Exhibition in Delray Beach http://www.quiltart.com/q21.html
(#43)
July 12th to July 24th – Thimbelberries Trunk
Show in Crystal River www.crquilts.com (#41)
July 13-15 STAR SPANGLED CELEBRATION 2001 in Cedar
Rapids needlecase@aol.com
July 13 - August 26 Quilt
Show in Dunedin Omielke@aol.com
(#42)
July 19-21 Shop Hop in South Florida suzqu@bellsouth.net (#43)
July 27-28 Longarm Quilters Meeting in Ellenton pcmonk@gte.net (#42)
July 28 SSQA Summer Camp in Switzerland, FL bobhrd@fair.net (#42)
August 1-30 Internet Shop Hop www.fabshophop.com (#43)
August 18: FREE Color workshop in Merritt
Island quilts1999@aol.com (#43)
Sept 4-7 First Handwork Retreat in Leesburg mjtoth@hitter.net (#42)
Sept 16,17,18 Beading Class in Sarasota bettejimb@aol.com (#41)
Sept 21-23 Quilt
Show in Jacksonville
Sept 20-22 Lois
Smith workshops in Hudson junger@atlantic.net (#43)
Oct 15,16,17,18 David Walker Classes in Sarasota bettejimb@aol.com (#41)
Nov 1-4 Houston International Quilt Show
Nov 8-11 Northeast FL Shop Hop michelle@pelicanquiltworks.com
(#43)
Nov 8-11 - A Quilters' Gathering in New Hampshire
(#39)
Nov 15-17 Judy
Hooworth workshops in Hudson
junger@atlantic.net (#43)
Nov 30-Dec 1 - Quilt
Show in Davenport gequack@gate.net
(#42)
2002
Jan 25-26 Quilt Show in Orlando quiltmagic2002@hotmail.com
Feb 2-3 Quilt Show in Hudson Quiltstar2002@aol.com (#42)
Feb 14-17 Quilt Expo in Panama City Beach
<www.thegiftshows.com>
March 8&9 Quilt
Show in Eustis 9:30-4p Brassellm@aol.com
March 9 and 10 Quilt
Show in Venice ingei@aol.com
April 24-25 Pat
Campbell in Ocala judie4qlts@aol.com
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NORTHEAST FLORIDA
SHOP HOP 2001
The Annual Shop Hop has grown to 9 participating shops now.
The dates for this year’s hop are November 8,9,10 & 11, 2001. The shops
participating are as follows:
CALICO STATION
Orange Park, FL
MATERIAL THINGS ST.
Augustine,FL
MY FAVORITE QUILT SHOP
Gainesville, FL
WHIPPOORWILL STATION
Ocala,FL
QUEEN ANN’S LACE
Kissimmee,FL
THE GOOD HOME COMPANY
Orlando,FL
COUNTRY CROSSROADS
Orange Park, FL
BEACHES QUILT SHOP Jacksonville Beach, FL
PELICAN QUILTWORKS
South Daytona,FL
The prizes are fantastic...The Shop Hop Quilt is being
designed now by Joyce Snyder.
MARK YOUR
CALENDARS...BOOK A BUS FOR YOUR GUILD OR GET A VAN FULL OF YOUR BUDDIES...THIS
IS AN EVENT YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS!!!!
Tote Bags with goodies for the first 500 to register!! Free
Shop Hop Quilt patterns!!
Door prizes drawn very hour!! 3 Grand Prizes!!! 18 Secondary
Prizes! Refreshments at all shops!!!
Bathrooms available at all shops!!!
Michelle Ross,
michelle@pelicanquiltworks.com
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JURIED EXHIBITION IN DELRAY BEACH
May 24-Jul 8. “Quilt 21: American Art Quilts for the 21st
Century.” The first nationally juried exhibition to focus exclusively on art
quilts by American quilters, this display features 42 art quilts plus one from
each juror.
The Cornell Museum
Old School Square
51 North Swinton Avenue,
Delray Beach FL 33444-3621
phone 561-243-7922.
http://www.quiltart.com/q21.html
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CALL FOR ENTRIES
10th BIENNIAL National Juried Art Quilt Show
TITLE OF SHOW: The Artist as Quiltmaker X
SHOW DATES: May 12 -
July 28, 2002
FAVA’s 10th biennial contemporary juried art quilt exhibition.
Previous shows have attracted over 3,500 visitors from U.S.
and abroad.
Cash Prizes.
JUROR: Nationally recognized fiber artist Dr. Carolyn
Mazloomi, founder of Women of Color
Quilters Network and author of Spirits of the Cloth.
TO RECEIVE ENTRY FORM:
send SASE to FAVA, 39 S. Main St.,
Oberlin, OH 44074 or e-mail FAVAGallery@aol.com
DEADLINE FOR SLIDES:
September 15, 2001 ENTRY FEE:
$20 for up to three entries
GALLERY: Firelands
Association for the Visual Arts
ADDRESS: New Union
Center for the Arts, 39 S. Main St., Oberlin, OH 44074
TELEPHONE: (440) 774-7158
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LOOKING FOR…
Diana Myers is looking for a quilt dealer interested in coming
to her guild’s quilt show in the Lady Lake area in the next few years. Please contact her at dianadare@mpinet.net
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QUILT SHOW IN VENICE
The Venice Area Quilters' Guild will present "Quilting
By The Gulf IX", March 9 and 10, 2002 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Venice
Community Center, 326 Nokomis Ave., Venice, Fl
34285. Donation $4.00
There will be over 250 exhibits, Boutique of hand made quilt
related items made by the members, Silent Auction of small and mini quilts,
Merchants Mall, Demonstrations, Door Prizes and Quilt Appraisals by Teddy
Pruett. Those organizing bus trips to
Venice may contact the Venice Area Quilters' Guild, P. O. Box 2208, Venice, FL 34284.
Or you may wish further information by
e-mail VHKier@AOL.com or Show Chairman, Inge@AOL.com
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CHARITY QUILTING
"Angel Quilts" is a new chapter of "Afghans
for Angels", an organization made up completely of volunteers who make and
deliver baby blankets to local hospitals to give to parents who have suffered
the loss of their infant through miscarriage, still birth or infant death.
We would like to adopt one or two Gainesville hospitals to
service and provide with handmade baby quilts or afghans to be used during
these sorrowful times. The quilts or
afghans are to be placed lovingly around these infant angels when they are held
by their families for the brief time in which bittersweet hellos and sad
good-byes are said. The parents are
then allowed to keep the quilt as a token of remembrance of their baby, as just
having something soft to hold that belonged solely to their child is
often comforting.
We will be needing help in making these baby quilts,
afghans, or blankets and hope that other Florida quilters will find this
project as worthwhile as we did. For
more information on how to donate quilts or supplies locally, please visit our
web site at http://www.AngelAfghans.homestead.com/AngelQuilts.html or
nationally at the headquarters of "Afghans for Angels" at
http://www.angelfire.com/ia2/AforApage2/index.html
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SHOP HOP
Flamingo Run II
July 19-21, 2001
Thurs. 5-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday 9-5 p.m.
Don't miss out on South Florida's 2nd annual shop hop! Sweat
bands, water bottles and comfortable sneakers required! Visit all the
participating shops and be eligible to
enter the drawing for prizes from 100 of our favorite quilting suppliers.
Grand Prize - $500.00 Shopping Spree in the participating
shops ($125.00 each shop)
Order your commemorative "Flamingo Run II" quilt
kit designed by Marilyn Dorwart.
Participating shops:
Suzanne's Quilt Shop
1112 Royal Palm Beach Blvd.
Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411
561-798-0934
www.suzannesquilts.com/
suzqu@bellsouth.net
Quilter's Marketplace
524 E. Atlantic Ave.
Delray Beach, FL 33483
561-243-3820
Quilter's Choice
661 Maplewood Drive #14
Jupiter, FL 33458
561-747-0525
Country Stitches
11471 W. Sample Road
Coral Springs, FL 33065
954-755-2411
Registration fee ($12.00 thru 6/30, $14.00 after) includes
Flamingo Run Tote bag.
"Flamingo Run II" quilt pattern and kit $70.00 includes
tax
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FREE COLOR WORKSHOP
As a "thank
you" to all their quilting customers, Thimbles and Thread, of Merritt
Island, is offering "Adventures in Color", a FREE color workshop on
August, 18th, from 10-1.
In this workshop you
will learn how to use color to make your quilts sing! You will learn basic
color theory, while viewing slides, quilts, and pictures. You'll focus on easy to use concepts, with
emphasis on application. Using magazine
ads, fabric, and other materials, you'll make collages and complete workbook
exercises for each concept. These will
act as visual aids for your own color textbook, which you'll finish in
class. This class is fun and interactive.
You'll be lead on your
color adventures by Ellen Lindner. Ellen is an enthusiastic teacher who loves
to share the excitement of quilt design with her students. Her quilts have won both local and national
awards, and she was recently included in the "Outstanding Florida
Quilters" exhibit, in Orlando.
Your only admission fee
is a fat quarter, which will later be included in the door prizes. We'll take a short break, so pack a light
lunch or snack. Contact Thimbles and
Thread to sign up and to get the supply list.
<quilts1999@aol.com>, (321) 456-5685.
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HUNTING FOR….
In March of 2000 I attended a Quilt Show in Melbourne,
FL. A vender was selling thread on 6000
yd. cones. It is wonderful thread and I
am almost out, and need to find more.
It is Amiral Plus mercerized cotton, put out by Coats. Naturaline color. If a vender out there has this, I would appreciate hearing from
them.
Jacque Jacrawf@aol.com
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INTERNET SHOP HOP
Say "sewing machine" to Sue Poe of Fresno, CA, and
watch her eyes light up, because she just won one in FabShop Hop3 -- an internet
shop hop featuring hundreds of independent fabric and quilt shops. In AUGUST,
new lucky winners may join Sue and Paula Ward of Benbrook, TX as grand prize
winners of the FabShop Hop.
The E-FabShop Hop1, running from August 1-31, is sponsored
by The Fabric Shop Network Inc. (www.fabshopnet.com), an association of
independent fabric and quilt shops in the U.S. and Canada.
Shoppers, known as "hoppers", go from web site to
web site looking for "The Bunny" which can be found at each
site. By clicking on the bunny they can
register for prize drawings. Hoppers
who visit and register at all shops are eligible for the Grand Prize drawing
for a sewing machine
or serger donated by a major manufacturer. Another hundred
or so win first and second prizes of fabric, notions and books donated by
manufacturers and publishers.
Nearly 30,000 home sewers and quilters participated in the
April Hop and organizers are expecting the August Hop to be even larger. Participants can register now for the
E-FabShop Hop1 at www.fabshophop.com.
Just before the Hop starts, participants will receive an email reminder
and then will have 31 days to visit the shops on the web. During the Hop registered consumers will
receive FabShopHopNews with tips for success, technical information, and
notices of special sales and promotions at participating shops. 1, 2, 3, 4, HOP!
For more information contact, Laurie Harsh, The Fabric Shop
Network Inc.,
P.O. Box 820128, Vancouver, WA 98682, (360) 892-6500, fax
(360) 892-6500.
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INTERNATIONAL QUILTER TO SHARE
NOTICE: JUDY
HOOWORTH, from New South Wales, Australia, outstanding quiltmaker, speaker,
author, and teacher will be teaching for West Pasco Quilters' Guild, Inc. in
Hudson, Florida, November 15-17, 2001 after her workshops and lectures at the
IQF in Houston October 30-November 4. She is available to teach or lecture
between November 5th-and 14th.
For additional information contact junger@atlantic.net or e-mail Judy
direct at judyhoo@au.gateway.net.
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WEST PASCO
QUILTERS' GUILD, INC HUDSON, FLORIDA
NATIONAL TEACHER
WORKSHOPS
Registrations now being received. Workshops are opened to
non-guild members 4-6 weeks prior to the class. For more information contact:
junger@atlantic.net
LOIS SMITH
Rockville, Maryland, September
20-22, 2001 will offer two classes.
Lois is a machine quilting teacher and NQA certified judge,
whose quilts have won many prestigious awards including Best of Show at the
Houston Quilt Festival and been selected for the permanent collection of the
AQS Museum in Paducah, Kentucky. She identifies her work style as "FABRIC
COLLAGES which blend and unite the shades and textures of the traditional and
the contemporary." She has an impressive list of publications including.
two books, Fun and Fancy: Machine
Quiltmaking (1989) and Lois Smith's Machine Quiltmaking (1997).
Friday Sept. 21 -
Fabric Dyeing. Learn the simplicity of "no mess" dyeing in
stand-up plastic bags. This is not a messy process. Experience the hands on
process of dyeing value gradations, color mixing, dyeing the 12 colors of the
rainbow and more.
Saturday Sept. 22
- Focus on Fabrics - Japanese (or other) - This 56" square
wall-hanging showcases your beautiful Japanese (or other) fabric collections.
Five inch circles are machine zig-zag appliqued onto six inch squares. The
fabrics behind the applique will be removed and reformed--sometimes into a
smaller circle, sometimes folded into a square or an origami element, or a
Japanese Geisha applique can replace two squares.
JUDY HOOWORTH New
South Wales, Australia November 15-17,
2001
presents a two-day workshop based on her book Spectacular Scraps. Judy has taught and
exhibited throughout the US and around the world, including France, Germany,
Switzerland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Japan, Holland, Canada, Finland,
and, Australia. Judy's quilting roles
include curator, juror, designer, consultant and teacher.. Inspired by natural
she creates stunning contemporary quilts rich in pattern and texture.
Her second book, Razzle
Dazzle Quilts is due out this fall.
Friday & Saturday, November 16 & 17, 2001 - Two-Day
Workshop:Spectacular Scraps You will create dazzling scrap quilts using your
own fabric stash. Sort your stash fabrics into two color families, make the
blocks (sewing machine), then repeat, reverse and rotate the blocks for countless
design possibilities!
Please contact: Joan Unger, Education Chair, West Pasco
Quilters' Guild, Inc. Hudson Fl. junger@atlantic.net
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FOR SALE
DMC Sewing Floss
3187 skeins, 250
colors
9 storage boxes
(the numbered kind in stores), each holds 36 colors
Retail value -
over $1,160.00
$500 OBO
SaraKey@lycos.com
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June 29, Friday
8:30am #306
Foundation Paper Piecing w/ Carol Doak
2:30pm #432
Wrapped in Love w/ Ursula Reikes
July 2, Monday
8:30am #604 Scrappy
Flag w/ Gloria Smith
2:30pm #433
Fearless Foundation Piecing w/ Steve Seifert & Liz Schwartz
July 3, Tuesday
8:30am #602
Nigerian Applique w/ Rachel Clark
July 4, Wednesday
8:30am #603
19th Century Recreations w/ Jo Morton
2:30pm #327
Fourth of July
July 5, Thursday
8:30am #601
Choosing a Quilt Design w/ Jean Wells
July 6 , Friday
8:30am #605
Quilting 101 w/ Marianne Fons
2:30pm #435
Embroidered Quilts w/ Jill Sutton Filo
July 9, Monday
8:30am #606
Origami Quilts w/ Rebecca Wat
2:30pm #436
Tortilla Quilts w/ Jane Tenorio Coscarelli
July 10, Tuesday
8:30am #607
Delectable Mountains w/ Gail Searl
July 11, Wednesday
8:30am #608
Patchwork ABC's w/ Liz Porter
2:30pm #437 Q is for Quick w/ Billie Lauder
July 12, Thursday
8:30am #609
Beautiful Binding w/ Sally Collins
July 13, Friday
8:30am #610
Kaleidoscope Quilting w/ Paula Nadelstern
2:30pm #438
Designing From Nature w/ Ruth McDowell
July 16, Monday
8:30am #611
Sets and Sashings for Quilts w/ Phyllis D. Miller
2:30pm #439
International Quilting w/ Doreen Speckmann
July 17, Tuesday
8:30am #612
Arabic Lattice w/ John Flynn
July 18, Wednesday
8:30am #613
Curved Seam Piecing w/ Anita Murphy
2:30pm #440 A
Little Quilt Music w/ Jean Wells
July 19, Thursday
8:30am #614
Easy Kids Quilting w/ Kelly Gallagher-Abbott
July 20 , Friday
8:30am #615
Plaid Quilt w/ Debbie Caffrey
2:30pm #441 Color
w/ Christine Barnes
July 23, Monday
8:30am #616
Wool Quilts w/ Lorinda Lie
2:30pm #442
Quilt Dressing w/ Rachel Clark
July 24, Tuesday
8:30am #617
Wearable Quilt w/ June Colburn
July 25, Wednesday
8:30am #618
Quilt in a Weekend w/ Lynette Jensen
2:30pm #443
Images in Fabric w/ Deidre Sherer
July 26, Thursday
8:30am #619
Quilt Restoration w/ Nancy Kirk
July 27, Friday
8:30am #620
Amish Quilting w/ Joe Cunningham
2:30pm #444
21st Century Quilters w/ Nancy Smith & Lynda Milligan
July 30, Monday
8:30am #621
Free Form Patchwork w/ Ann Fahl
2:30pm #445
The Secrets of Applique w/ Robert Callaham
July 31, Tuesday
8:30am #622
Confusion Quilt Pattern w/ Debbie Bowles