1

PPAATTCCHHWWOORRKK SSTTAARRSS

Three of our own guild members will

share their stores of quilting and

show off their own trunk shows.

NORTHERN LIGHTS A Publication of North Cities Quilt Guild

O

Monday August 28th

Meet & Greet begins at 6:30pm

Meeting begins at 7:00pm

2

PRESIDENTS MESSAGE: Greetings from the air conditioning of my sewing room. I am trying to finish some workshop projects that I have put off too long. I trust this finds all of you cool and relaxed and having a terrific summer. We have some fun things happening before my year ends and I can't wait to share them with you.

August brings the patchwork stars and we have a great lineup. Wonderful ladies each with her own style and panache. Come enjoy seeing and learning about their quilting experience and view their creations. August also bring the Mystery Retreat headed by our own Rita Jones. Will you be part of the adventure she has in store for us. We are full but if you weren't able to get in this year there is always next year. September will be the ice cream social for our installation of new

officers. Come support the members who will lead us next year. We will vote on the following ladies who have volunteered and take any nominations from the floor. They are: President-elect Phyllis Morrow and Anna Lee Joanne Burkhart as 1st Vice President 2nd Vice President for Future Programs will be Barbara Clemens 2nd Vice President for Current Programs will be Kim Beckley Secretary Gail Mitchell Treasurer Mary Fitzgerald

As always your support is such a necessity for us to succeed as a guild. Thank you for this wonderful experience. You are amazing ladies Keep Your Love of Quilting, Kim Beckley

3

4

JINGLE MINGLE

It’s That Time Again:

Yes, Jingle Mingle is Monday, November 27, but the planning

starts now.

I have just a couple reminders……………

There is a Best Themed Attire Contest with a $25.00 winner.

This year’s theme will be “Let’s Get Flakey”. Just think

Snowmen, the song Frosty the Snowman and the movie

Frozen. I’m giving you a heads up since the next garage sale

you see could have the “snow wonderful thing” that would be

perfect as a re-purposed party adornment piece. Remember,

the awards at this event are not won by the girl wearing her

best Tiffany jewelry.

Also, this is the event we need a little help from everyone.

We need handmade items donated that will be used as raffle

type prizes for the Lucky Can Drawing.

Also, we need items to use in the themed baskets which will

also be part of the drawings.

In return for your donations, you’ll receive tickets for the

drawings the night of the event. The entry with the most

tickets in the can gets a $25.00 gift card.

I’ll start taking donations at the August meeting. Thank you

for your help.

Joanne Burkhart

5

OUT AND ABOUT

June 21 - September 5, 2017

Row By Row Experience

www.rowbyrowexperience.com

September 28-30 2017

Orange County Quilt, Craft and Sewing Festival

OC Fair & Event Center, Costa Mesa

www.quiltcraftsew.com

If you know of any other events that can be included please send an email to Marcia Pittman @ j.marcia@gmail.com

FRIENDSHIP GROUPS

What is a Friendship Group? It is a great place to make new friends and learn new skills and improve techniques. Friendship groups are formed by members of the guild and each group has their own meeting schedule and focus. Interested in joining or starting a new Friendship Group? Please see Fran Matthews at her table.

6

FAT QUARTERS Beginning with our August meeting, any member who brings a minimum of

FOUR Fat Quarters in the theme for the month will get an extra

ticket. Yeah!!

Bring 4 Fat Quarters - get 5 tickets.

Bring 8 Fat Quarters - get 10 tickets

What a great way to increase your chances of winning a bundle of Fat

Quarters!

I am offering something new to the Fat Quarter table. In addition to our

wonderful FQ's and Fat Eighths, I will have 5" charm packs containing 25 5" charm squares of like-themed or like-colored fabrics for $2.00 each.

I will also have HALF JELLY ROLL bundles. These will be 2 1/2" x 21-22"

(half the width of fabric) in like-themed or like-colored bundles. These will

sell for $2.00 each.

If you would like to help cut either of the above goodies either from your

stash or from Guild-donated fabric, please let me know.

This is going to be fun!!!

Oh, the possibilities - - -

Fat Quarters for August will be the following:

Batiks

~Jane

Fat Quarter Coordinator

714-269-2247

7

PHILANTHROPY It may not have been raining outside at the July meeting, but it was definitely pouring blessings at the Philanthropy table. We had so many donations, I was overwhelmed. Thank you to all those who participated. Donations came in the form of quilts from Diane Fisher (2), the friendship groups, Going to Pieces (2) and Quilters Cutups (3), Marilyn Barbor (2), Doreen Job (1) – quilted by Charmella Seacrest, Kim Beckley and Connie Foyle – each quilted a top; and Carole Harder,

Verna Wheeler, and Loretta Beaumont – each donating several pillowcases! In addition, Jean Ebert donated a box full of vintage quilt blocks. Again, please forgive me if you donated and I missed getting your name on my list….I’m not getting any younger! I am toying with the idea of having a philanthropy sew-in at my house once a month for ladies who want to work on charity quilts. I would provide kits for you to select from and all the sewing could be done at my house. Let me know if doing an activity such as this is something you would be interested in. I can seat a maximum of eight quilters.

Rita Jones

8

Unit should measure 3 1/2” X 5”

9

BLOCK OF THE MONTH

10

BLOCK OF THE MONTH Cont’d

11

JULY WORKSHOP FUN Wool Appliqué – Pumpkin

Pictures from July workshop at The Quilt Cupboard. Thank you Sheri for being so

generous with your classroom and overall helpfulness. We appreciate you more

than you know.

12

• Do come early and sign in

• Bring a friend or two

• Do greet someone new

• Do wear your Name Tag

• Do return Library Books

• Bring your Fat Quarters

• Do Wear a Smile

• Bring your Block of the Month

• Bring your Bits 'N Pieces Blocks

• Bring those Beautiful Quilts for Show and Tell

Bring and Do

DONA WILLSON AUG 1 KIM BECKLEY AUG 3 SUSAN LEE AUG 5 GINA WHITELAW AUG 7 KAREN CUEN AUG 10 DOREEN JOB AUG 10 JANICE RUND AUG 13 JUDY STUMPF AUG 15

HOSPITALITY

Please bring refreshments beginning with last names “R-T”

**Remember to Keep the Hall Peanut Free**

AUDREY COMING AUG 17 JOANN SCHAUM AUG 21 JOANNE BURKHART AUG 21 DIANE WILKINSON AUG 24 TERESA MALINOSKI AUG 26 CAROL RANGEL AUG 27 SANDY BROWN AUG 28 KAREN THOMAS AUG 28

13

SHOW AND TELL

Norma Holland presented a quilt done in an

Asian cross stitch pattern, “Japanese puzzle,”

which she learned in the June workshop led by

Tracey Brookshire. Norma also showed us a

darling baby quilt she made to present to her

eight grandchild. Beautiful work, Norma!

Tammy Messmann presented a striking

quilt in bright pinks and florals, “Twin

Sisters,” an Eleanor Burns pattern. Tammy

had previously made a similar quilt for her

sister, but this “twin,” she made to keep.

Tammy also showed the Guild the beautiful

purse in blue and black she made in Carol

Stapleton’s workshop in May. Loved both

projects, Tammy!

Carol Harter completed two lovely wall

hangings. The first, in browns, tans and golds,

is called “Memories of Crater Lake.” Carol

went to Crater Lake in June, and bought a kit

with printed fabric featuring reproductions of

four antique postcards of Crater Lake from the

‘30s and ‘40s. Carol’s second wall hanging,

“Japanese Puzzle,” was made from black,

brown and gold Asian fabrics. She made it in

Tracey Brookshire’s June workshop. These

will be beautiful on your wall, Carol!

Betty Getchell presented a darling quilt

featuring multi-colored cat blocks. The quilt,

in blue, green, pink and gray, was made using

the “Pins and Paws quilt” pattern by the

Missouri Star Quilt Company. Absolutely

purrfect, Betty!

Kathi Bloom presented a bright and

beautiful Exploding 9-Patch quilt which she

learned to make in a class at Road to

California. The quilt featured nine blocks of

bright colors with a black background. What a

pretty project, Kathi!

14

SHOW AND TELL Cont’d

Marcia Pittman pieced and quilted two

projects. Her red & black quilt, “Lots of

Love,” was made for her teenage son’s first

love, as a birthday/graduation gift. Her

second project was a blue and gray baby

quilt featuring elephants and using raw-edge

appliqué. Both so cute, Marcia!

Phyllis also completed a lap quilt in red

Tuscan fabrics, using a lattice pattern, with

bias edges. She saw a sample at “Primitive

Gatherings,” and decided to make a similar

quilt for her house in Paso Robles. It’ll look

great, Phyllis!

Lorraine Voorhees made and showed a

beautiful two-fabric bargello pattern quilt in

ombre or gradient jewel-toned fabric and

black. Diane Beecham quilted the project.

Lovely, Lorraine!

Gail Mitchell completed a ‘30s scrappy

quilt, “Gramma’s Jewels,” with a bubblegum

pink border. This jewel box pattern was

presented by Lyn Brown in Spring 2014.

Gail says Lyn brought in her husband’s

grandmother’s hand-pieced, hand quilted

quilt, and Lyn re-patterned it for the class.

Beautiful quilt, Gail!

Jean Ebert also presented two projects.

Her beige wall hanging was made with a

puzzle box pattern, featuring squares with

birds in the center. Jean said this project was

“very easy,” which is encouraging! Her

second quilt was in a Dresden Plate pattern

with a yellow border. Jean says she bought

the squares with pieced plates on off-white

fabric at a church garage sale, then she added

the border. What a wonderful “antique”

quilt, Jean!

15

Charline Berg also used the “Pins & Paws”

pattern to create this fun quilt featuring pastel cats.

She had seen the quilt on the cover of the Missouri

Star Quilt Store magazine, and was inspired. Lee

Ann Moore quilted the project.

Charline quilted her second quilt herself, a baby

quilt in pastels and pink, also featuring cats. You

inspire us, Charline!

Charline’s third project, in black, white and

turquoise, was made using strips of the three

colors. Charline learned this technique in Larene

Smith’s Adult Ed class, and Emily Hanson quilted

the project. Very pretty quilt, Charline!

Martha Ruiz has completed a 30” square quilt

top from the Japanese Jigsaw workshop. This

lovely quilt top is in cream, green, purple and gold.

Looking forward to seeing the completed quilt,

Martha! Great start!

Fran Mathews completed a UFO from Rita

Jones last Mystery Quilt retreat. This beautiful

quilt in lavender and turquoise was quilted by Erin

Gonzales. Fran says she had the border fabric for

several years and wanted to find something to go

with it. You found the perfect quilt, Fran!

SHOW AND TELL Cont’d

16

Marilyn Barbour pieced and quilted

two quilts, both which will be donated

to our charities. The first, “Scrappy

Squares,” features a blue border around

scrappy 6-inch squares. The second

quilt Marilyn made with some of the

squares provided by her friendship

group, “Quilters Cut-Ups.” The

scrappy blocks in “Yellow, anyone?”

are set on-point with yellow sashing.

Our charity recipients will love these,

Marilyn!

Debra Glowacki pieced and quilted a

really fun quilt featuring beer panels in

greens and black. Debra’s husband

went with her on a quilt run, and found

these cute coordinating beer panels.

Good way to keep your husband

interested in quilting, Debra!

Laberta Malone finished her fourth

UFO, “Legacy,” the Orange Quilt Bee

Mystery Quilt. Marcia Pittman quilted

this project, pieced in brown, black, tan

and red. Laberta says it was “Lots of

fun,” and we had lots of fun seeing it,

Laberta!

Debi Hanna completed a quilt, “Rain

Dance,” from a Lyn Brown workshop in

April 2017. She used bright jewel-

toned batiks with rain dots, with a white

batik background and purple binding

and borders. The project was quilted by

LeeAnn Moore using variegated thread.

It made us want to dance in the rain,

Debi!

SHOW AND TELL Cont’d

17

Diane Fisher pieced and quilted three projects.

The first, in bright blues and greens, will be

donated to our charities. The second, in oranges

and green, features cute little monsters, which are

mirrored in stitching in each corner. This quilt

was made for Diane’s grandson. The third will

also be given to our charities. This quilt was

made with flannel rectangles she won at a Guild

meeting. Wonderful, fun projects, Diane!

Becky Sproal pieced and quilted our last

presentation for July, “Alliatore,” a UFO from

Bonnie Hunter’s 2015 Winter Mystery Quilt

Retreat. Becky says she loves all the 2, 3 and 4

degree patterns formed when two different

blocks are put next to each other. And we

loved your quilt, Becky!

SHOW AND TELL Cont’d

18

CLASSIFIEDS

Have something you would like to sell? Email Marcia Pittman

j.marcia@gmail.com by the 5th of the month to guarantee placement in current months

newsletter. Please email to remove any previous postings.

FOR SALE:

Yardage of Insulbrite

and Fusible Fleece. I

am selling it for $1.50

per yard. Please call

me if you would like

some and I will bring it

to the August meeting.

Rita Jones

19

2017 GUILD MEETING DETAILS:

August is our Mystery Retreat with Rita. The fee is $65.00. Dates are Friday August 25 5-10:00 PM and Saturday August 26 9-4:00 PM. We had a wait list for this workshop last year, so pay and signup early!

Patt Blair's (www.pattsart.com) lecture October 23 will be A Painter's Path to Quilting. Patt will conduct her workshop, Painting on Fabric With Inks on October 24. Patt is a former member and a gifted artist. If any or all of these workshops are of interest to you or if you have questions, see me at the meeting or call me 714-961-0273. We can only have samples for the workshops a couple months before, so

check out the websites for more info. I've found over the years there is always something new to learn by taking these classes.

20

GUILD MEETINGS (overview)

Monday August 28th

Patchwork Stars Friday & Saturday August 25 & 26

Mystery Retreat

Monday September 25th

Installation Meeting

Monday October 23rd

Patt Blair A painters path to Quilting

Tuesday October 24th

Workshop Name: Painting on Fabric with Inks

Monday November 27th

Jingle Mingle

December No Meeting

We meet on the fourth Monday of each month, January through November (dark in December

and May), at the:

Placentia Presbyterian Church, in Key Center.

849 North Bradford, Placentia, CA 92870

6:15pm - Social time, refreshments, library, opportunities, block and fabric exchanges, and

more

7:00pm - Welcome, Business Meeting, Program, Show and Tell and Door prizes and other drawings

16

SPONSORS

17

note from newsletter editor

Do you have something you would like included in the newsletter? Let me know!

All articles should be submitted by the 10th of the month.

marcia pittman

j.marcia@gmail.com