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Volume 24, Issue 6 June 12, 2019
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York County Quilters Guild, Inc. P. O. Box 3492
Rock Hill, SC 29732 www.yorkcountyquilters.org
Newsletter Editor
Vicki Donoso
In this Issue
Presidents Message 1
Programs/Workshops 2-3
Miscellaneous 4-7
General Meeting Minutes 8-9
Financial Report 10-11
General Meetings
3rd Monday/Month - 6:30 PM
Meets At: Grace Lutheran Church
426 Oakland Ave, Rock Hill, SC
Website Coordinator
Deborah Santoro [email protected]
“Lace!” Where did it come from and what’s it all about?
There are two types of lacework, bobbin and needle, which were first started in the sixteenth century Europe. In the beginning, lace thread was usually made from linen, then metallic gold threads or silk, followed by cotton in the nineteenth century. The types of lace were also usually named after the geographical area where they were made. Some of the premier lace making areas were in France and Italy. It is uncertain when lace was introduced in England, some claim Queen Catherine of Aragon taught lacemaking to people in Ampthill when she was there in 1531 awaiting her divorce from King Henry VIII; a pattern is still used there today which is named after her!
Intricate lacework involved three artists, first the artist who created the design on paper, then the pattern artist who translated the design and thus made the pattern for the third artist, the lace maker who worked with the patterns to create the lace. Lace has always been an expensive “luxury” purchase as its creation takes a lot of time and attention to detail. Fashion changes and trends have driven the changes in lace design throughout the centuries. Both men and women wore lace on their clothes as it adorned their collars, cuffs, over their shoulders, their hands, heads, their entire gown and their furniture as well. It was usually the most expensive part of their outfit. Due to its high value, rules were even put into place to restrict the import of lace and people began smuggling of lace into restricted countries!
From edgings to lappets, parasols, gloves, collars, and dresses, lace may be found everywhere you look. Inconspicuous to bold, finely worked to larger more handleable pieces, I encourage you to admire the sheer amount of work it takes to create these works of art by hand. There are many books and websites that cover the history of lace in more detail in case you are interested to learn more about this fascinating art form!
See you at the June meeting!
Sonya McCathey
“As always, a finished quilt is better than a perfect quilt”
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Programs
Workshops
Hi Members, Thank you to those Guild members who have contacted me with quilt workshop ideas and quilting instructors. I asked for help and so many of you have stepped up front and center! As of now, we do not have Shannon Gingrich Shirley scheduled for a workshop but we certainly would like to have one. Please visit her website [email protected] and look at her workshops. One in particular, "Bottles and Blooms" may be something that would be of interest as a workshop. Please take a look and give me some feedback on the workshop and your level of interest. Thanks! Please continue to bring me your ideas and suggestions. We all have the same interest in common. See you all at the Guild meeting! Marianne Hearsey
June 17, 2019 is our Summer Dinner. It will be catered at a cost of $5 per person. Please make your reservation with
Vicki Pennington at the May meeting. Please bring your block of month quilt blocks and quilts from Sherri’s 2018 block on
month challenge for all to see. What a fun time we have had making our blocks. There will also be table sales of books by the Library as well as Fabrics and notions. Plan for a fun time!
August 19, 2019 -Michelle May from Wilmington, NC of “The Raspberry Rabbit” will be with us to chat and present her trunk show about Folk Art Fusion and her adventures down the rabbit hole. She brings fun and her excitement of her adventures in creativity. She will present a workshop on August 20. This is a fun one for all.
July 15, 2019 - our own Joyce Walton will present a program: ”Find Your Inspiration”. We are fortunate to have so many talented women in our guild who are willing to share their ideas and talent with us.
September 16, 2019- Shannon Gingrich Shirley is an eclectic quilt maker and instructor. In addition to quilt making she's also the author of "Creating Children's Artwork Quilts". Shannon made two small quilts from her grandaughter's drawing as you can see in the pictures. She will be our speaker at our September Guild meeting and will be showing her eclectic trunk show.
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Instructor: Joyce Walton, YCQG member Class: Creative Border Piecing Cost: $45 Date and Time June 22, 2018, 9am-3:30pm Location: Harvest Baptist Church
Description: Learn how to machine piece an interesting, colorful quilt border with absolutely no fabric waste. Perfect for beginner and seasoned quilters, this
technique class is great for using up your scraps. This concept could also be
incorporated in the body of a quilt and used over and over for future projects.
Instructor: Michelle May -The Raspberry Rabbits Class: Beekeeper Pincushion class, Play Date Date and Time: August 20, 2019 Member Cost: TBD Location: TBD Kit fee: $35 Description: First, I have five flower designs that are exclusive to my Play Date participants (shown in the photos you have). Each person will receive all five flowers, but choose one for class. Second, I bring over 50 colors of wool felt and over 30 colors of Valdani threads for students to choose from. Third, I bring beads, buttons, ric rac, and yarn that will be used to embellish. We spend the morning purely designing the flowers. I'm your guide down the rabbit hole. The afternoon we design the bee and embellish our flowers in a good old fashioned "stitch and chat" with friends. Students only need to bring two pair of scissors to class. A regular medium size pair and and small, sharp embroidery pair like stork scissors. I've attached a photo of the bunny scissors I sell and use.
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First Friday We had 18 in attendance at the June First Friday gathering. It was good to see everyone working on a wide
variety of projects in spite of the weather!. Our next gathering in will be held on Friday July 5, 2019 This is a great time to start working on all those new projects you have planned for the year, or you can make something fabulous for the Auction! To all First Friday attendees, Jan Unroe, the First Friday Coordinator, is looking for a few people to help her with setting up and putting away First Friday in the coming months. As many of you know, Jan is recovering from some serious health issues. If you would be willing to help out until she is stronger, please give her a call ---------------- It would only take a few people to take turns to make this happen…Please consider helping.
SUNSHINE Sunshine is going well. Please continue to let me know if anyone is sick, in the hospital or have a death in their family. Contact info: 803 329 1588/ 803 487 7177 or email [email protected].
Little Dresses
A request has been made for 40 little dresses and 40 dolls and 27 little britches (from small to slim teen) for an orphanage in Africa. We already have a few towards that goal, but need many more. We need
to deliver them by October to the missionary so they can arrive in Africa by Christmas. Y'all have been
AWESOME in responding to the needs of the little ones in Africa; let's do it again!!! Thanks everyone!!!
Save the Date When: Wednesday September 25, 2019 What: AQS Quilt Show in Charleston, SC Lois Stimax will be coordinating a bus trip to the show. If you are interested in attending the AQS show and riding the bus, contact Lois to make your reservation. Lois can be reached at [email protected]
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Library News
Book Sale
Come and enjoy everyone’s company at our June Guild Dinner. Instead of the regular library, we will have a table set up to sell off some of our library books, making room for some newer books.
Most will be a bargain at just $2.00. If you have some books that you would like to donate to the
sale, bring them by. All proceeds will benefit our library. Looking forward to seeing you there!
MAGAZINE SALES All proceeds help fund the Guild's lending Library. We are collecting QUILTING MAGAZINES only.
NEWBIES (Yrs: 2017- 2019) $0.75 cents each
OLDIES ( Yrs: 2011 -2016) your choice 5 for $ 1.00 SALE!!!! AGED GRAB BAG (Yrs: 2010 and older) 10 for $2.00
Please bring your gently used Newbies to Julia.
CARING HEARTS
If you know of a member who is in the hospital or had an overnight hospital stay please contact, Alice Earl, [email protected] or Vicki Donoso, [email protected] with the information so we can see that they receive a quilt. So far this year 3 quilts have been given out.
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2019 YCQG Block-Of-the-Month
COSTS: Monthly KIT $ 4.00 (PRE-pay) WHITE Wool Element PAPER Only $ 3.00
Quarterly KITS $ 10.50/Q (PRE-pay). .Savings of $6.00 over the Month-by-Month Kits!
Q1 (January – March) Q2 (April – June) Q3 (July – September) Q4 (October – December)
Please contact Sherri Turevon, via Email: [email protected] or phone (803-980-5590), should you have any questions.
Thank you in advance for supporting YCQG!
Things to do
Landrum Quilt Show June 13-June 15, 2019, Thursday and Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday 10am-3pm
Admission $5 Landrum Middle School, 104 Redland Road, Landrum, SC 29356
Pieceful Hearts Quilters present:
“Quilting on the River” November 8-9, 2019, Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 9am-4pm
Riverview Park Activities Center 100 Riverview Park Dr., North Augusta, SC 29841 Admission $7, Children under 12 free with adult
SAVE THE DATE ---October 11, 2019 for our AUCTION Fundraiser!!!! Our Auction fundraiser is fast approaching and we are asking all members to help us in some way. We have already have at least 6 new quilts donated to the auction as well as at least one sewing machine and some wonderful fabrics! We are looking for people to put together themed baskets for the auction or to donate new and nearly new items for the auction. It would also be great if we can have a quilted item with each of the items in the live auction. I have an Italian basket planned, and have an idea for a couple more. If you would like to put together a basket and just need an idea, please contact Sherry or me and we will help you out!
We are also looking for people to help us finish some of the quilts that were given to us as quilt tops. If you are willing to help us with bindings or can longarm a quilt for us, please let us know. We also have a kit for a table topper and are looking for someone who could make it up for us.
We have been gifted with 5 antique quilt tops for the auction. A few of them are pictured below, they are a chance to own a bit of history.
Please contact Sherry LaBrie ( [email protected]) or Vicki Donoso ([email protected]) with questions about donations and how you can help!
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2019 Board Members
Executive Board
President Sonya McCathey-Kent [email protected]
1st VP Beverly Rogers [email protected]
2nd VP Marianne Hearsey [email protected]
Secretary Karen Wallach [email protected]
Treasurer Krys Griesser [email protected]
Committee Chairpersons
Block of the Month Sherri Turevon [email protected]
Communications Lynda Elliot [email protected]
First Friday Jan Unroe
Caring Hearts Material Girls [email protected] [email protected]
Social Media Coordinator
Gladys Jackson [email protected]
Hospitality Vickie Pennington
Librarian Chris Herman [email protected]
Magazine Sales Julia Canty
Membership Deannine Carlson
Newsletter Editor Vicki Donoso
[email protected] Outreach
Midge McAfee [email protected]
Quilt Show 2020
Sunshine Brenda McDowell
Auction Chairperson
Sherrie La Brie [email protected] and Vicki Donoso [email protected]
Website Coordinator
Deborah Santoro [email protected]
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Membership At our May meeting we had a total attendance of 65. Our average member attendance in 2019 to date is 65 including visitors. Total Attendance at Meeting: 65 Average Membership Attendance: 64 Average Monthly Attendance: 66 (includes visitors) May 2019 Totals: Renewals: 137 Lifetime Members: 1 New Members: 6 Total Membership: 144
YCQG Website & Facebook - Check them out!
Website: Please visit our website where members have access to newsletters, library, membership and pertinent information relating to our guild. www.yorkcountyquilters.org
Current password - yardage Facebook: YCQG has a page on Facebook where you can access photos as well as see what our members are doing, upcoming events and announcements. In Facebook just search for York County Quilters and then “friend” the page.
Have a donation for the Auction? Contact:
Sherry LaBrie: [email protected] Vicki Donoso : [email protected]
Donations are tax deductible as allowed by law. A receipt will be provided for donations on request.
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York County Quilt Guild Meeting Minutes Date: May 20, 2019 Location: Grace Lutheran Church 426 Oakland Avenue, Rock Hill, SC Meeting called to order at 6:30pm. April’s guild meeting minutes were approved as written
The program this evening was given by Judy Lily of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on Landscape Quilting. Her step by step process makes creating beautiful landscapes quite easy. Judy takes her inspiration for her work from photos taken around where she lives and places she has traveled. In her workshop students will learn how to edit their photos to make a great landscape. Create simple drawings that become the pattern for your landscaper quilt. Choose a season to work in and a light source to create a mood and an environment within your quilt. Judy will show her students how to use value to create shadows and depth, use scale and size of images to help create atmosphere perspective within your work. There were many quilts and examples of her work to see. She also brought patterns for members to purchase. Membership Report 65 members in attendance Door Prizes Ardys Sheltzner, Margery McComb, Elphie Fichtner Workshops June- Creative Borders with Joyce Walton August- Beekeeper pincushion with Michelle May September- Eclectic Trunk Show with Shannon Shirley Show of hands to vote for 1 of 2 workshops by Shannon Shirley in September #1 3 hour workshop making different, eclectic quilt labels or #2 6 hr workshop turning childrens art work into a quilt. 2019 Auction Fundraiser Vicki Donoso & Sherry LaBrie have agreed to co-chair this year’s YCQG auction. Please get involved anyone interested in helping out contact them directly. Vicki's e'mail is [email protected] Looking for donations for auction baskets. Items need to be new or like new. Looking for “manly men” items for a few baskets. Will need volunteers to help gather donations from local businesses. Contact Vicki or Sherry [email protected] if you have charm, grace and want to assist. We could use you help. Items for donation can be brought to First Friday in June. There will be a meeting for volunteers working on the quilt auction after 1st Friday in June. Meeting will start at 2pm. We will need all hands to come and help make the auction a success. Hope to see you there. Library Featured books this month: “Thoroughly Modern Dresden: Quick & Easy Construction 13 Lively Quilt Projects for All Skill Levels” by Anelie Belden “Underground Railroad Sampler (Quilt in a Day Series)” by Eleanor Burns and Sue Bouchard Hospitality June meeting is our annual dinner. Meeting starts at 6pm bring a desert to pass if possible but not required. Dinner is $5 please sign up at meeting or 1st Friday Please bring last years block of the month for show and tell Outreach 41 quilts and blankets were delivered to the Palmetto Women’s Center. Looking for help serving edge of baby blankets. Looking for help assembling quilt tops with pre cut squares,please come take some squares home and be creative. Children’s quilts need to be at least 40”x40.” No name tag quarters were collected this month YCQG clothing was modeled and can be ordered and pick up at the fallowing guild meeting. 1st Friday- Looking for 1 or 2 people to help co-ordinate 1st Friday please see Jane Garrison or Sonya McCathey if interested in assisting here to make our work day happen. There will be a meeting at 2pm for Quilt Auction volunteers that will be held after 1st Friday gathering if you can please stay and help out with the auction Announcements Before June meeting there will be a sale to raise money to support the guild. Jane Garson’s sister in-law was a quilter who passed away. Jane will be selling off her fabrics for $5 a yard, thread, zippers and notions. Beautiful stash, make sure you bring your wallets QUILTERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA WILL BE HOSTING A QUILT SHOW. This is opportunity to see 100+ of the best quilts in SC. If you are interested in submitting a quilt for display there is $10 entry fee for guild member and $20 for non member. Joyce will be delivering quilts to the show July 18th contact her at [email protected] with any questions or to
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The Quilting Expo in Columbia, SC
Friday, July 19, 2019 – 9 am – 5 pm and Saturday, July 20, 20189 – 9 am – 4 pm Jamil Shrine Center, 206 Jamil Road, Columbia, SC 29210 $8.00 Admission (See Joyce for a $1 off admission post card)
The Quilting Expo in Columbia, SC Friday, July 19, 2019 – 9 am – 5 pm and Saturday, July 20, 20189 – 9 am – 4 pm Jamil Shrine Center, 206 Jamil Road, Columbia, SC 29210 $8.00 Admission (See Joyce for a $1 off admission post card) QUILTERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA WILL BE HOSTING A QUILT SHOW. This is opportunity to see 100+ of the best quilts in SC. If you are interested in submitting a quilt for display there is $10 entry fee for guild member and $20 for non member. Joyce will be delivering quilts to the show July 18th contact her at [email protected] with any questions or to schedule delivery. For more information about the show and entry info, go to: http://www.quiltersofsc.org Show and Tell Meeting Adjourned 8:17 pm Respectfully submitted, Karen Wallach
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