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Board Meeting
The next board meeting will be Tuesday,August 5, 2008, 6:30 p.m. at Holy Trinity
Lutheran Church in Ankeny.
Quilt Show Wrap-Up Meeting
Our next guild meeting is Tuesday, August 12 th,
7:00 p.m. It's our annual quilt show wrap-upmeetingit's always a fun one with lots of prizesbeing awarded.
We will also have our election of officers for the
2008-2009 guild year. Here is the list of
nominations for our 2008-2009 quilt guild boardof directors.
Vice PresidentLaura Parker
SecretaryRamona Tapper
Director at Large ElectKay Huntimer
Quilt Show Chair ElectLisa Starr
Retreat Chair ElectRoxie Brown
Program Chair Elect Pam Messer
Yeah, all positions have at least one person
willing to serve the Guild! Remember--wewill take nominations from the floor or callDebbie P. to add a name on the ballet,
(515) 685-2036.
President's Letter
Hello Fellow Quilters!!!
Thanks to Anne Kruse, Sharon McCarthy and theQuilt Show Committee for a great Quilt Show!And, a special thanks too to all those that helped inany way: donations to the Country Store, helpingwork the different shifts, entering your quilts, etc. Ittakes a lot of work to put together and pull off agreat Quilt Show. Well done Ankeny Area Quilters!If you havent yet registered for The Quilt Showonline, dont forget to do so; they are donating adollar to the Guild for each member who signs up,and sign-ups are free.
You can now register for workshops and get yourentry tickets to the October AQS Quilt Showonline at:http://www.americanquilter.com/shows_contests/desmoines/2008/general_info/
Its hard to be lieve my year as President will be upafter next month. Talk about time flying!
Tip of the Month:
Paper Piecing: Always remember to cut any pieces
of fabric, so that the edges of the foundation are cuton the grain of the fabric. Fabric stretches and thisis where the grain is most important. Cut the fabricinto strips the width of the largest piece, then sub
cut the strips into squares, rectangles, etc...Thisdoes two things: (1) keeps your fabric straight of
grain and (2) gives pieces that will fit.
SEW 'N TELLSEW 'N TELLAugust 2008
Issue No. 203Web Address: http://www.aaqg.net
Mailing: Ankeny Area Quilters' Guild, P.O. Box 961, Ankeny, IA 50021
Sharing a common thread!
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President's Letter cont.
You can use a very light weight sew in interfacing
for paper piecing instead of paper. it can stay in,you can see through it and it is cheap. Pigna pens
are great for tracing onto it. Or, you can use dryer
sheets for paper piecing instead of paper. Theseneed to be used sheets. They can be left after
piecing for stablization.
Happy quilting!
Cyndee Davis, President
August Birthdays!
Best Wishes to:
Joyce Wisgerhof August
Fay CarmichaelAugust 2Sherrie Davis August 2Cecilie VogtAugust 10
Karen Hugen August 11De Tapper August 11
Jennifer PeilAugust 12Cathy DimitAugust 14
Jennifer MahlowAugust 15
Sandra RompotAugust 18
Mary Louise BristolAugust 19Linda McGheeAugust 19Cyndee DavisAugust 20Amy LeonardAugust 22
Connie LoveladyAugust 26Pamela KoellingAugust 28
Linda McGheeAugust 19Cyndee DavisAugust 20Amy LeonardAugust 22
Connie LoveladyAugust 26Pamela KoellingAugust 28
With Sympathy
Our sincere condolences to Joyce Romick and
Linda Balentine on the recent deaths of theirmothers.
2008 Membership
We will begin taking new memberships at theAugust meeting and continue until the Octobermeeting, after that your name will not be in the
directory--but you will be a member the same.
We will be changing the way we renewmemberships this year, just go to the table thatCeleste Muehlenthaler, Susan Body and Lisa Starrare at and verify the information we have on
file for you and pay your $25 membership dues.JUST THAT EASY! If we have new members
we will input their information online at themeeting. Please come early if at all possible toprevent a bottleneck.
Debbie Pierschbacher
Vice President
Newsletter Format
The newsletter is going to be changing maybemore that once in the next couple months --please
bear with us as we try to find easier, more efficientways to prepare this. Right now the process isvery time intensive and our newsletter people
need to find better ways to do this BIG job.
Please let Cyndee or myself know what you likeabout the changes. It will take a while to get anew process going and find what fits our guildnewsletter best.
Thanks for you patience!!
Debbie Pierschbacher
August Treats
Lonnie Parsons, Sandy Plager, Pam Messer,Sharon McCarthy, Sharon Lesan, Jan Hart andJoan Maust will provide our August treats. Thank
you so much! Please bring 2 dozen cookies or barsand 2 liters of pop. Feel free to substitute items-
like juice for pop. Please also bring the cups andnapkins (plates are optional).
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Donation Quilts
We had a total of 119 donation quilts this year, 19
to South Africa, 6 to Nigeria, 20 to Child Serveand 74 to Children and Families of Iowa. It
was fun to deliver these last two groups of quilts
this last week. We also had 21 suitcases to give toChildren and Families.
Because nice matters,
Debbie Pierschbacher
Eric Idehen, founder of the orphanage,
Cornerstone of Hope, in Nigeria and Ankeny AreaQuilters' Guild member Debbie Pierschbacher
with donated quilts.
A child with her donation quilt at
The Pines Orphange in South Africa.
Former Ankeny resident, Lois (Cain) Niehoff andher husband Brian, are general managers at The
Pines Orphanage, providing health care andbuilding construction. The orphanage provided
photos of each child who received a quilt from ourguild----and look at the smiles!
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Debbie Pierschbacher took 20 of the guild'sdonation quilts to Child Serve in July.
Thank you very much for delivering the quilts
today. After you left a few more people came byand had to look at all of them.... like we said it gets
around. Thank you again and it is greatlyappreciated.
Kaylene Steele--Volunteer Services Coordinator
Block Party Studios, Inc.
Unique products for quilters including hand
printed fabric, patterns, kits
We now sell quilting fabric
30% off select notions all the time!
1503 West K Avenue, Nevada
800-419-2812
check our website for directions to our store
Secure shopping online
Hours M-F, 8:30-5, Sat 10-5
www.blockpartystudios.com
The Sampler
102 S. Grand, Chariton, IA 50049
641-774-2116 or carolsampler@mchsi.com
Hours: Mon-Fri 10:00 am-5:30pm,Sat 10:00 am-3:00pm
Over 4400 Calicoes, Solids, Flannels, Batiks,30's Prints & Bright Kids Prints
Quilt Guild Discount & Mail Order Available
Seven Sisters Quilting
Long-Arm Machine Quilting
Jennifer Peil
Ankeny, Ia
515-277-0187
peil3104@msn.com
Call for a free estimate.
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Creekside Quilting
9926 Swanson Blvd., Clive, IA 50325
515-276-1977
www.creekside-quilting.com
Hours: Mon-Wed 10 am-5:30 pm, Thurs 10-7 pm
Fri-Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 1-4 pm
3700 bolts of fabric, notions, books, patterns
Classes, Friendly staff of experienced quilters
Country Quilt StudioVicki Swensen
975 W. Lincolnway; Suite B
Nevada, Iowa
515-382-1815www.countryquiltstudio.com
LONGARM RENTALCUSTOM QUILTING
Classes, Retreats, Workshops
Quilting Connection
238 Main Street, Ames, IA 50010
phone: 515-233-3048
www.iaquilts.com
iaquilts@netins.net
Over 6,000 bolts of quilting fabrics, kits, notions,
hundreds of books, patterns, Husqvarna VikingSewing Machines and Sergers, on site machinerepair and servicing, quilting classes and classes
for machine and software mastery.Celebrating 10 years in downtown Ames!
AAQG Fund Raiser!
Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims want to give theAnkeny Area Quilters Guild money! ThatsrightAlex and Ricky will send our Guild money
for every person that signs up as a member ofThe
Quilt Show and uses our individual Guild code.But we have to hurry----our Code expiresAugust 31st.
Whats The Quilt Show? It's a website that is partof the worldwide quilting community. Find newinformation daily on blogs with videos, pictures &
news from around the world. For encouragementand inspiration enjoy over 9,000 quilts in our quilt
gallery. There are slideshows, forums, chats, andarticles.
Think about The Quilt Show as a magazine
subscription. You get something new to read,
learn and help your quilting grow everyday.
If you visit the website and sign up for a free
membership and type in our guild codebeforethe end of Augustour guild gets $1.00.
Additionally, The Quilt Show, is the only full TVquality quilt show on the internet. The Quilt Showhopes that after you visit their website you will
be interested in purchasing the internet quilt showseries. For each 13 show series purchased by our
guild members in August we receive $5. If youpurchase a two year series we receive $8.50.
Sign up atwww.thequiltshow.com andenter the Ankeny Area Quilters Guild Code:
AAQG1P0708
Remember--the Guild gets paid $1--if you sign upfor a FREE Membership. After the sign-up you
will receive a welcome confirmation.
We will also have 1 and 2 year memberships
available to purchase at the August guild
meeting.
A -1 year or 13 show series - costs $24.95A -2 year or 26 show series - costs $42.95
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Congratulations Quilt Show Team!
Congratulations on the successful show---lots of
beautiful and inspiring quilts, interesting and funpresentations and wonderful shopping!
Thanks to our guild members who worked sohard to make our show a success.
Cathy Busch visits us in SeptemberOur September program will be presented by
Cathy Busch. Her class, Nine Patch Chain, willbe on Wednesday, September 10th, and the cost is
$25. Nine Patch Chain looks like a doublewedding ring. Strip piece chain blocks alternate
with modified nine patches in this quilt whichmeasures 49 x 63. It's great for scraps or use acontrolled fabric collection. See Linda Northwick
at the August meeting to reserve a spot in theclass. She'll have a supply list, etc.
Ankeny Sewing Center
109 N Ankeny Blvd, Ankeny, IA 50021
phone: 515-963-8967
ankenysewingcenter.anidus.com
marylouasc@netins.netStop by and see our NEW, LARGER location
(next to Curves for Women)
Horn cabinets, Husqvarna Viking SewingMachines and Sergers, quilting and specialtyclothing fabrics, threads, embroidery software
and designs. Classes for machine and software
mastery. On site machine repair and servicing.
Adel Quilting & Dry Goods Co.
909 Prairie Street in Adel, IA
phone: 515-993-1170
www.adelquilting.com
and Chat with us at our new Blog!
www.adelquilting.blogspot.com
Quilter's Cupboard
131 Ankeny Blvd., Ankeny, IA 50021
phone: 515-963-8758
www.quilterscupboard@yahoo.com
Hours:
Mon.-Sat., 10 am-5 pm
Thurs: Until 7:00 pm
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Congratulations to Jenna Ingle &Debbie Pierschbacher our 2008
Mary Conkel Award winners!
Alittle bit about Debbie Pierschbacher
My name is Debbie Pierschbacher and I will beyour next President of AAQG, look out, I hope
I'm a good one!
I made my first two quilts when I was in highschool; I cut out rectangles of polyester scraps
using a recipe card as a pattern then sewed away.These two quilts are somewhere I think, probablyin my parents attic.
I did not quilt again until a woman I worked with,Mabel Hambling, showed us quilts that she made
in a class that met in Panora once a month. So Istarted out making 1 quilt a month starting with
quilts like Pineapple Log Cabin and a PostageStamp (meaning 1 inch squares) Star---it issurprising I kept going.
I still enjoy quilting and wish I had more time
to sew.
Alittle bit about Jenna Ingle
I began my quilting journey in 2000. I took an 8
week beginning quilting class through AnkenyAdult Education. My quilting classmate was my
mother, Charlotte Stordahl ( aka our guild
secretary). My Mom had been quilting for a fewyears, but wanted to get me started, so we took the
class together. I joined AAQG in June 2003, andjumped in with both feet. I have been vice
president, president, retreat chair and currentlyprogram chair. I enjoy being involved with theAAQG board, I like getting information first
hand, helping with decision making and I havemet a lot of lifelong quilting friends. I also LOVE
our annual retreat! It is an awesome weekend toget away from home and do nothing but sew,
shop, eat and chat... what more could a girl need?
I like receiving quilting magazines in the mail
( honestly, I get too many). My favorite is a newerpublication called 'Quilter's Home'. It is a modernquilter's magazine and the editor, Mark Lipinski,
is hilarious. My favorite fabric designer is AmyButler ( I actually met her 2 summers ago). She
has a modern flair, big motif prints in brightcolors, it reminds me of 70's wallpaper. I amattracted to almost all brightly colored fabric, and
batiks are my second favorite. I usually buy fabrickits because I can make it exactly how it looked in
the store. I also buy matching fabric for the back(yes, I pay full price for every yard of backingfabric). I am very particular that way.
I am definitely addicted to fabric shopping, and Iwill have to live to be 150 years old to complete
everything I have bought and what I inherit frommy mother (sorry mom).
I have a new obsession that will be starting thisJanuary 2009..... my first child! Yes, you read it
right, I am expecting January 28.
Thank you for my Mary Conkel award, I am
honored to be recognized among this group ofinspiring quilter's.
Jenna Ingle
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