RED DOOR DONATIONS

The Red Door has significant space problems accepting

donations at Christmas. To ease this situation for them

yet continue our support for their mission, donating gift

cards from many possible stores on their request list

would help and the small space demand would be a gift

in itself.

Grocery Cards in any amount from No Frills, Food

Basics, Price Chopper, Metro or Loblaws, and

Department store cards, Mall cards and iTunes gift cards

would be most welcome.

The guild will also be collecting cash at the November

meeting and a cheque will be written from the guild for

the total amount collected.

East Toronto Quilters Guild Newsletter

November 2015

ETQG – November 2015 – Page 1 of 6

Next Meeting:

Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 7:15 p.m.

Door opens at 6:30 p.m.

Location:

Greenwood Towers

145 Strathmore Boulevard

(one block east of Donlands subway,

one block north of Danforth)

What to bring: • Your pot luck offering along with

a serving utensil • Plate • Cutlery • Mug for tea or coffee • Placemat • Napkin

Peter and friend saw Barb at the Outdoor Art Show and thought she would

be a good speaker for our guild…thank you Peter.

http://www.barbhilts.com/

Barb’s home and studio is in Tottenham, north of

Toronto. She graduated from the Ontario College

of Art, after attending Sheridan School of Design.

Her main focus was weaving, and majored in

Textile Design. She continued her studies in textile

sciences at the University of Guelph.

While at OCA Barb was introduced to hand painted

silk. She was intrigued by the ability to produce

and control colour on fabric, particularly silk. For

more than 20 years Barb developed her own silk

painting techniques, selling and exhibiting her

scarves under the company name of Angles in both

Canada and the U.S. Barb had won several awards

for her silk painting. Although she no longer

pursues the production end of the craft; she still

enjoys exploring and developing surface design

techniques on cotton and silk creating one of a kind

pieces.

Currently she is pursuing techniques in the

manipulation of cloth. Her sculptural textile works

explore the intersection of the traditional

embroidery technique of smocking, and the

contemporary craft of painted silk.

Barb has exhibited her new work at shows and

exhibitions in Ontario, including the World of

Threads Festival, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibit, The

Gladstone Hotel and recently at the Arts on the

Credit art show in Port Credit. In 2012 Barb was a

Niche Award Finalist in the U.S. and the winner of

the ''10th Anniversary Award of Excellence, at

Headwaters Arts Festival Show and Sale.

Program – Thursday, November 26, 2015

Christmas Pot Luck Speaker – Barb Hilts

Program – Thursday, November 26, 2015

Christmas Pot Luck Speaker – Barb Hilts

SHOW & SHARE -- HO HO HO

For our November meeting, in addition to new Show &

Share items that you are planning on bringing, please

also bring any Seasonal/ Christmas themed items that

you have made at other times. We want to see and enjoy

them again.

Past President Message

I have been a bad-d-d-d girl. Mid-

October, I was off to a series of

workshops with Elaine Quehl in

Saint John, NB as a guest of my

sister (now there’s a reason to visit

family!) and now have four new

UFOs. But I balance that against

the accomplishment I feel that

they are four UFOs worth finishing.

I have struggled for many years with art quilt classes:

no ideas, wrong fabrics, no way to measure if I was

making progress, but this time my ideas, fabrics and

Elaine’s excellently organized classes were all in

sync.

It is one of the most satisfying aspects of quilting, at

least to me. That one can see “that was then, this is

now” and that effort applied leads to improvement,

even if it a long time coming. My first art quilt class

was back in the mid-nineties, so I might be a slow

learner.

Seeing fellow guild members showing their work

gives all of us a chance to hear how the idea came in a

way that was doable, or a colour scheme was tweaked

to be more effective, or the quilting tied it all together.

And they see us acknowledge the pride in the

accomplishment, however simple or complex it might

be. And Christmas is the sharing season, so we are

looking for Christmas projects, new or old, for this

month’s meeting, so we can share those good feelings

of respect and admiration from our peers.

Certainly, despite the four UFOs, I feel a sense of

accomplishment from completing those workshops.

Unfortunately, I am thinking I need to totally re-jig

the values of one of the projects to achieve the effect I

wanted . . . .

ETQG – November 2015 – Page 2 of 6

Linda Van Lierde

October Meeting Project Linus

Helen S.

Eleanor N.

5 Oaks Getaway Weekend 2016

March 11-13, 2016: A fun-filled weekend for quilting, knitting, beading, sewing or any other kind of craft at the

Five Oaks Centre near Paris, ON. There is always at least one visit to Mary Maxim’s flagship store, a mere 10

minute drive away.

Cost will be $213-double, or $257-single. This includes Friday evening snacks, 3 meals on Saturday and snacks,

and 2 meals on Sunday. Coffee, tea and juice are available 24/7, and we usually have a fridge and microwave

oven for our own use. Contact Carole Thomas at 416-691-3694 or by e-mail at carole.marie.thomas@gmail.com

with “5 Oaks” in the subject line so it doesn’t accidentally get deleted.

October Meeting Speaker: Peggy Kwan

ETQG – November 2015 – Page 3 of 6

Our speaker at the October 29th meeting was Peggy Kwan. Peggy showed us over 25 beautiful quilts.

A sampling of those quilts is presented here. For more information about Peggy and her quilts, please

visit her website: http://www.peggykwan.com

Untitled “Out of the Indigo Sky”

October Meeting Show & Share

ETQG – November 2015 – Page 4 of 6

Peter R-N

“Leo the Lion”

for a baby quilt

Pattern by

Harebrained

Ladies

Elke L.

“Colourful Batiks”

Table Runner

Rosemary H.

“Serenity” –

disappearing nine

patch --

A wedding quilt

for my son.

Suzanne N.

“Big Bang” wall quilt

B.J. R.

Disappearing nine

patch – decorative

machine stitches on

blue and yellow

design

Joan H-V -- “I took two classes in September in France – one by Chiaki Dosha and

one by Cecila Gonzaleg – two 3D sculptures and silk stained glass”

Roxanna K. –based on Bull’s Eyes – Challenge from Nancy Crow

Beth Donaldson seeking submissions of

quilts and stories to be featured in a new

book “Quilts and Health”

The following email was forwarded from member Bill B.

to Linda Van Lierde and is reprinted here for your

information and consideration.

From: Beth Donaldson

Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 2:16 PM

To: billie-bee@sympatico.ca

Subject: Call for quilts

Hello,

My name is Beth Donaldson and I am the Coordinator of

the Quilt Index and I work at the Michigan State University

Museum in the quilt collection. My colleagues, Marsha

MacDowell, Clare Luz and I are co-authoring a book,

Quilts and Health. As you know, many quilt guilds make

charity quilts that are health related; Project Linus, Quilts

of Valor, Pink Ribbon, etc. etc. are all made to share

comfort and send good wishes.

We are looking for submissions of quilts and stories to be

featured in Quilts and Health. If your guild or any of its

members would like to be included in the book, send me an

email at donald20@msu.edu.

We are seeking stories and images about your quilt guild’s

efforts in any health related quiltmaking. Here are some

questions we’d like to compile answers to for the book:

• How many years has your guild made quilts for charity?

• What charities has your guild given quilts to?

• How many quilts have you given away?

• Do you have a special day devoted to making charity

quilts?

• Have you made quilts to respond to a disaster (Hurricane

Katrina, Wildfires in California, etc.)?

• Has anyone in your guild received a health related quilt

(during chemotherapy, etc.)?

• Has quiltmaking provided therapy for you through a

tough time?

If you have any questions, or want to submit stories, quilt

images, quilt making images, please email Beth Donaldson

and donald20@msu.edu.

Our deadline is Spring of 2016, so please let us hear from

you by January 4, 2016.

Thanks, Beth

Beth Donaldson

Collections Assistant

Central Services, Michigan State University

570 Red Cedar Road, #103

East Lansing, MI 48824

517-432-3800

donald20@msu.edu

http://museum.msu.edu/glqc/

ETQG – November 2015 – Page 5 of 6

Workshops

Several of our neighbouring guilds hold

workshops which are open to non-

members, if there is room. It never hurts

to keep an eye on what they are offering.

More details are available at the guild

websites.

Etobicoke Quilters' Guild

http://www.etobicokequiltersguild.com

Workshops run at Neilson Park Creative

Centre, 56 Neilson Drive, Etobicoke, 9:30

to 3:30.

• Sat., Dec. 5, 2015 -- Al Cote –

The Quilted Rug

• Sat., Feb. 20, 2016 -- Susan Bowslaugh

-- Wonky Variations on a Traditional

Theme

• Sat. Apr. 2, 2016 -- Lorna McMahon --

Elephants on Parade

York Heritage Quilters Guild

http://yhqg.org/

Workshops are run at Toronto Botanical

Gardens, 9:30 to 3:30.

• Wed. Nov. 18, 2015 -- Heather Stewart

-- Spiral Bargello

• Tues. Mar. 15, 2016 -- Mary Elizabeth

Kinch -- The Joy of Small Block

Sampler

• Tues. Apr. 19, 2016 -- Lyric Kinard --

Surface Design Sampler Platter

• Wed. Apr. 20, 2016 -- Lyric Kinard --

Abstract-a-licious

ETQG Executive 2015 - 2016

President Open

Vice-President Jean Roocroft

Past President Linda Van Lierde

Treasurer Susan Horley

Membership Anthony Taylor

Programs Suzanne Neilson and

Karen Gregory

Library Sandra Bockus and

Helen Sutherland

Member-At-Large Eleanor Nickerson

Newsletter Editor Del Hersey

Social Mical Pearlman and

Eleanor Nickerson

Publicity Open

Recording

Secretary Anne Condie

Challenge B.J. Reid and

Del Hersey

Project Linus Lynn McAuliffe and

Agota Dolinay (backup)

Website Doreen Ouellet and

TBA

To contact any member of the executive

send an email to:

etqgnews@gmail.com

Program Schedule 2015-2016

November Christmas Potluck and

Barb Hilts

January Members Demo Night

February Jane Cramer

March Helen Fujiki

April Grantham Books

May Annual General Meeting and

Challenge Reveal

June Dessert Potluck and

Al Cote

Library

If you see an interesting book that would make a good

addition to our guild library, please advise our

librarians, Sandra Bockus and Helen Sutherland.

They would also be pleased to receive donations for

library draw prizes.

If there are events that you would like to see listed

here, please contact the newsletter editor at

etqgnews@gmail.com

Upcoming Events

ETQG – November 2015 – Page 6 of 6

The Last Ten Years – Art Quilts

By Joan Hug-Valeriote

Joan will be opening her next solo show on December

10th, 2015 at the Atmosphere Café, 24 Carden St., Guelph,

Ontario, across from City Hall.

Opening reception, 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10th, 2015

Restaurant Hours: 11 a.m. until late evening (Friday &

Saturday until 2 a.m.)

The show will run until January 30th, 2016, except for

every Monday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing

Day and New Year’s Day.

Hope you can come!

Joan

(519) 836-9388

www.horizonsquilting.ca

Refreshment Volunteer Roster 2015-2016

November Linda T. & Susy H.

January Elke L. & Patricia H.

February Flo S.

March Jean R.

April

May

June