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TCQG NewsletterAugust 2020
OfficersPresidentMunna [email protected]
Vice PresidentJoyce [email protected]
SecretaryCarol [email protected]
TreasurerSally [email protected]
In this issue: *President's Note*Birthdays*Outreach*August Meetings*Katy Grace*September Activities*Days for Girls*Social Justice*Let's go to the Ocean!*Snippets of History*Member Bio*Upcoming Schedule
Send submissions for future Newsletters to:Cathy Miller<[email protected]>
PRESIDENT'S NOTE
Hello Everyone, We were dealt a shock this month when we learned that Katy Grace died suddenly. Itreminded me how fragile we all are and how important it is to do something we love withthe brief time we have. I'm trying to do something I love every day: sew at least a little bit, get out in the fresh air and sunshine, play with my dog, put work aside to be with my family... I hope you can find ways to do the same. We did have a lovely Zoom call to share our memories of Katy and to hear a recording of a song from a chorus concert in which she participated. We have a recording of it, so if you weren't able to attend, let me know and we can arrange for you to listen to it. One of our members suggested that we may want to collect written memories of Katy as well. If you want to write something, I'd be happy to collect those recollections and share them with the guild. Be well,Munna
AUGUST BIRTHDAYS
Birthday wishes go to the following guild members:This month birthday wishes go out to: Edith Johnston: Aug. 1, Kristin Thompson: Aug 5, Ellen Ross: Aug 14, Bronwyn Mohlke: Aug. 20, Cora Yao: Aug. 24, Barbara Ruane: Aug. 28 and Janet Ingraffea: Aug. 30.Best wishes go out to all with the hope that they will have a happy and healthy year ahead. Let me know if you want to get added to the TCQG birthday calendar: Aafke , <[email protected]>.
OUTREACH COMMITTEE ACTIVITES
In July the TCQG Outreach Committee packed and mailed 23 quilts to the Hope's and Dreams Quilt Challenge for ALS. Thanks to all who made these beautiful lap quilts for those having Lou Gehrig's Disease. They will be entered in the annual contests as indicated and then distributed to patients nationwide to enjoy. Also, we delivered the following:
15 children's quilts to the Tompkins County Department of Human Services, Foster Children's Division
10 lap quilts to Beechtree Nursing Home10 lap quilts to Oak Hill Nursing Home
There are also 20 premie quilts that will be delivered in mid-August.Cora Yao
TCQG NewsletterAugust 2020
OfficersPresidentMunna [email protected]
Vice PresidentJoyce [email protected]
SecretaryCarol [email protected]
TreasurerSally [email protected]
In this issue: *President's Note*Birthdays*Outreach*August Meetings*Katy Grace*September Activities*Days for Girls*Social Justice*Let's go to the Ocean!*Snippets of History*Member Bio*Upcoming Schedule
Send submissions for future Newsletters to:Cathy Miller<[email protected]>
PRESIDENT'S NOTE
Hello Everyone, We were dealt a shock this month when we learned that Katy Grace died suddenly. Itreminded me how fragile we all are and how important it is to do something we love withthe brief time we have. I'm trying to do something I love every day: sew at least a little bit, get out in the fresh air and sunshine, play with my dog, put work aside to be with my family... I hope you can find ways to do the same. We did have a lovely Zoom call to share our memories of Katy and to hear a recording of a song from a chorus concert in which she participated. We have a recording of it, so if you weren't able to attend, let me know and we can arrange for you to listen to it. One of our members suggested that we may want to collect written memories of Katy as well. If you want to write something, I'd be happy to collect those recollections and share them with the guild. Be well,Munna
AUGUST BIRTHDAYS
Birthday wishes go to the following guild members:This month birthday wishes go out to: Edith Johnston: Aug. 1, Kristin Thompson: Aug 5, Ellen Ross: Aug 14, Bronwyn Mohlke: Aug. 20, Cora Yao: Aug. 24, Barbara Ruane: Aug. 28 and Janet Ingraffea: Aug. 30.Best wishes go out to all with the hope that they will have a happy and healthy year ahead. Let me know if you want to get added to the TCQG birthday calendar: Aafke , <[email protected]>.
OUTREACH COMMITTEE ACTIVITES
In July the TCQG Outreach Committee packed and mailed 23 quilts to the Hope's and Dreams Quilt Challenge for ALS. Thanks to all who made these beautiful lap quilts for those having Lou Gehrig's Disease. They will be entered in the annual contests as indicated and then distributed to patients nationwide to enjoy. Also, we delivered the following:
15 children's quilts to the Tompkins County Department of Human Services, Foster Children's Division
10 lap quilts to Beechtree Nursing Home10 lap quilts to Oak Hill Nursing Home
There are also 20 premie quilts that will be delivered in mid-August.Cora Yao
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AUGUST MEETINGSNOTE: THESE WILL BE VIA ZOOM
Please help make these meetings a good experience for everyone and have good lighting on you and whatever you are showing.
AUGUST 11ANNUAL (VIRTUAL) PICNIC
Even though we will not be having our Annual Picnic at Stewart Park, we will have a Zoom Picnic on that evening.More information will be coming soon via the Listserv, so stay tuned. See below for a fun challenge for the picnic.
MEMENTO CHALLENGE 2020Guild Zoom Picnic
The program committee has a challenge for the guild! Have you been weeding out unnecessary items in this interlude? That means you have been noting your special treasures as well. We suggest that each of us finds a memento and then uses textile in some way to turn this memento into something else.
You could make a quilt or wall-hanging, or a bag, pincushion, doll or sculpture. For instance, you could take the small piece of a yo-yo quilt given you by your sister and make a pillow or a purse with it. You might start with an old sweater or T-shirt or beloved stuffed animal or a UFO. If you select well, you may also be able to repurpose a textile and make something suitable for the Alyce Anderson reuse/upcycle project for our next quilt show.
But you don't have to repurpose a textile or anything else. You could start with a drawing or photograph or ticket stub as inspiration, or a pebble or piece of driftwood. As long as your final project is at least in part textile-based, you’re good!
So get to your display shelves, and into your dressers, closets and attics. Get rid of stuff, but not everything. Save something special and use it for inspiration. Make something else that you can enjoy. Share your progress at our guild zoom picnic please.
The rules are simple: there are no limits, either on the type of memento or your project, but do use a textile-like material somewhere in your final project. You do not have to finish your project by August 11. We do hope you will share your memento and its story at our Zoom meeting that evening. Tell us about it! You may inspire someone else or bring back similar memories. If you have a work-in-progress, please share it at the meeting!
In the meantime, we will come up with a later deadline for finishing, various categories for prizes, and other fun activities for the picnic. We’ll let you know soon!
Questions? Contact Nancy Ostman <[email protected]>, or Joyce Morgenroth <[email protected]>.The Program Committee
AUGUST 25SHOW & TELL
This month we are having another fun “Zoom” Show - & - Tell planned: Show us your Summer quilts: quilts without batting, or light quilts you use in the summer. Also, if you have certain quilts that make you think of summer, even if it is winter, we'd like to see them.
Suggestions for future Show & Tell’s are welcome! Contact Kathy <[email protected]> and/or Aafka <[email protected]> Kathy Carman and Aafke Steenhuis
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AUGUST MEETINGSNOTE: THESE WILL BE VIA ZOOM
Please help make these meetings a good experience for everyone and have good lighting on you and whatever you are showing.
AUGUST 11ANNUAL (VIRTUAL) PICNIC
Even though we will not be having our Annual Picnic at Stewart Park, we will have a Zoom Picnic on that evening.More information will be coming soon via the Listserv, so stay tuned. See below for a fun challenge for the picnic.
MEMENTO CHALLENGE 2020Guild Zoom Picnic
The program committee has a challenge for the guild! Have you been weeding out unnecessary items in this interlude? That means you have been noting your special treasures as well. We suggest that each of us finds a memento and then uses textile in some way to turn this memento into something else.
You could make a quilt or wall-hanging, or a bag, pincushion, doll or sculpture. For instance, you could take the small piece of a yo-yo quilt given you by your sister and make a pillow or a purse with it. You might start with an old sweater or T-shirt or beloved stuffed animal or a UFO. If you select well, you may also be able to repurpose a textile and make something suitable for the Alyce Anderson reuse/upcycle project for our next quilt show.
But you don't have to repurpose a textile or anything else. You could start with a drawing or photograph or ticket stub as inspiration, or a pebble or piece of driftwood. As long as your final project is at least in part textile-based, you’re good!
So get to your display shelves, and into your dressers, closets and attics. Get rid of stuff, but not everything. Save something special and use it for inspiration. Make something else that you can enjoy. Share your progress at our guild zoom picnic please.
The rules are simple: there are no limits, either on the type of memento or your project, but do use a textile-like material somewhere in your final project. You do not have to finish your project by August 11. We do hope you will share your memento and its story at our Zoom meeting that evening. Tell us about it! You may inspire someone else or bring back similar memories. If you have a work-in-progress, please share it at the meeting!
In the meantime, we will come up with a later deadline for finishing, various categories for prizes, and other fun activities for the picnic. We’ll let you know soon!
Questions? Contact Nancy Ostman <[email protected]>, or Joyce Morgenroth <[email protected]>.The Program Committee
AUGUST 25SHOW & TELL
This month we are having another fun “Zoom” Show - & - Tell planned: Show us your Summer quilts: quilts without batting, or light quilts you use in the summer. Also, if you have certain quilts that make you think of summer, even if it is winter, we'd like to see them.
Suggestions for future Show & Tell’s are welcome! Contact Kathy <[email protected]> and/or Aafka <[email protected]> Kathy Carman and Aafke Steenhuis
August 2020 Page 3
GOODBYE DEAR FRIENDKATY GRACE
The Guild lost a valuable member in July, Katy Grace. She was loved by many and will be dearly missed. This is the obituary from the Ithaca Journal, and below are some notes from Barbara Dimock on Katy's dedication to the Guild.
Katy’s great networks of friends through life have lost an amazing woman. Katy wasa friend to anyone she met. She helped physically challenged children as a school-based
occupational therapist for over 30 years in southern Idaho,Cleveland, OH, and Buffalo, NY. In retirement in Ithaca, NY,Katy was a proud member and past president of theTompkins County Quilter’s Guild, an active P.E.O. sister,and a joyful singer in the Ithaca Community Chorus. Alifelong Episcopalian, Katy was always involved with herchurch, and she left her mark on others as a kind and lovingperson many looked up too, even though she was not tall.
Whenever possible, Katy traveled to North Carolina tojoin her son Tyler at art and quilt shows and to be with hergrandsons. Katy spent a year in Madrid studying Spanish for her Master’s degree, where she married Harry Grace. Later she traveled to Senegal, West Africa; Haiti; and Jerusalemto be with her daughter, Kristen. In fulfillment of a lifetime dream, Katy, Kristen, and Kate, her granddaughter to whom she taught Spanish, all traveled back to Spain together.
Katy died suddenly following a fall that led to a broken arm and an indirect injury to her head that would prove too much. She died peacefully with her daughter at her side. She is pre-deceased by her parents and sister, Joanna Cragun Tinius, and survived by her husband, Harry T. Grace, Jr.; children, Kristen
Grace (Brendan Wyly) and Tyler Grace (Stacy Grace); three grandchildren, Kathryn“Kate” Wyly, Johnathan Grace and Alex Grace; four nieces and nephews; and herrecently discovered half-brother, Toby Perkins (Susan Buyer).
Katy was an avid supporter of the CayugaChamber Orchestra and CCO Youth Orchestrawhere she was a devoted volunteer. She wasconcerned about the environment and socialjustice. In lieu of flowers, the family encouragescontributions to the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra orthe Dorothy Cotton Institute.
During the time of COVID-19, the familyarranged a private burial at Greensprings NaturalCemetery Preserve on July 21, 2020, with plans for alater public memorial.
From Barbara Dimock:Katy joined the guild in November 2003. She said she was a third generation quilter but considered herself a novice at that point. One of her goals then, since she was newly retired and had time, was to complete a full-size quilt. I think we can all agree that she surpassed that goal. Katy was the guild's secretary from 2008-2010 and then went right from that job to becoming president for the next two years. She served on innumerable committees including guild projects, volunteer chairman for the quilt show, and event scheduler for the show raffle quilt to name a few. She also headed up one section or another of the layout committee for several shows. One committee she loved being part of was membership. As a “greeter” which was part of that committee she would get to welcome members old and new at guild meetings. Many of the emails the last few days were from members who said Katy was the first person in the guild that they met and she always made them feel welcome.
That was Katy. That is who she was - warm, friendly and caring.
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GOODBYE DEAR FRIENDKATY GRACE
The Guild lost a valuable member in July, Katy Grace. She was loved by many and will be dearly missed. This is the obituary from the Ithaca Journal, and below are some notes from Barbara Dimock on Katy's dedication to the Guild.
Katy’s great networks of friends through life have lost an amazing woman. Katy wasa friend to anyone she met. She helped physically challenged children as a school-based
occupational therapist for over 30 years in southern Idaho,Cleveland, OH, and Buffalo, NY. In retirement in Ithaca, NY,Katy was a proud member and past president of theTompkins County Quilter’s Guild, an active P.E.O. sister,and a joyful singer in the Ithaca Community Chorus. Alifelong Episcopalian, Katy was always involved with herchurch, and she left her mark on others as a kind and lovingperson many looked up too, even though she was not tall.
Whenever possible, Katy traveled to North Carolina tojoin her son Tyler at art and quilt shows and to be with hergrandsons. Katy spent a year in Madrid studying Spanish for her Master’s degree, where she married Harry Grace. Later she traveled to Senegal, West Africa; Haiti; and Jerusalemto be with her daughter, Kristen. In fulfillment of a lifetime dream, Katy, Kristen, and Kate, her granddaughter to whom she taught Spanish, all traveled back to Spain together.
Katy died suddenly following a fall that led to a broken arm and an indirect injury to her head that would prove too much. She died peacefully with her daughter at her side. She is pre-deceased by her parents and sister, Joanna Cragun Tinius, and survived by her husband, Harry T. Grace, Jr.; children, Kristen
Grace (Brendan Wyly) and Tyler Grace (Stacy Grace); three grandchildren, Kathryn“Kate” Wyly, Johnathan Grace and Alex Grace; four nieces and nephews; and herrecently discovered half-brother, Toby Perkins (Susan Buyer).
Katy was an avid supporter of the CayugaChamber Orchestra and CCO Youth Orchestrawhere she was a devoted volunteer. She wasconcerned about the environment and socialjustice. In lieu of flowers, the family encouragescontributions to the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra orthe Dorothy Cotton Institute.
During the time of COVID-19, the familyarranged a private burial at Greensprings NaturalCemetery Preserve on July 21, 2020, with plans for alater public memorial.
From Barbara Dimock:Katy joined the guild in November 2003. She said she was a third generation quilter but considered herself a novice at that point. One of her goals then, since she was newly retired and had time, was to complete a full-size quilt. I think we can all agree that she surpassed that goal. Katy was the guild's secretary from 2008-2010 and then went right from that job to becoming president for the next two years. She served on innumerable committees including guild projects, volunteer chairman for the quilt show, and event scheduler for the show raffle quilt to name a few. She also headed up one section or another of the layout committee for several shows. One committee she loved being part of was membership. As a “greeter” which was part of that committee she would get to welcome members old and new at guild meetings. Many of the emails the last few days were from members who said Katy was the first person in the guild that they met and she always made them feel welcome.
That was Katy. That is who she was - warm, friendly and caring.
August 2020 Page 4
JANET BERLO PRESENTATIONSEPTEMBER 8
“Stitching and Writing the Self: Reading from a Memoir in Progress”
We are fortunate that Janet Berlo has agreed to give her planned presentation via Zoom at our September 8 guild meeting.
As a quilter and a fiber artist in other media, Janet has found that the work of her sewing machine and her needles always reflects the upheavals of her life, and finds its way into her creative writing. A recent encounter with the great Bayeux Embroidery in France, from the late 11 th century, caused her to begin a sequel to her 2001 memoir Quilting Lessons. While showing visual images of her own and other historical quilts and embroideries, she will read some passages of this manuscript, considering topics such as love and loss, aging, and the female heritage of hand-work.
Janet Berlo is Professor of Art History at the University of Rochester. Her many books include the co-authored survey American Encounters: Art, History and Cultural Identity (2007) which gives women’s embroideries and quilts their rightful place in the history of American art, and Wild by Design: Innovation and Artistry in American Quilts (with Patricia Crews), which won the Textile Society of America’s Award for Best Textile Book of 2003. Janet has also written numerous books on Native arts of North and Central America.
Janet was a founding board member of the International Quilt Study Center in Nebraska, where she gave the inaugural lecture at the opening of the Quilt Museum in 2008. She has lectured on quilt history and given readings from her 2001 memoir Quilting Lessons to audiences of quilters and artists from Alaska to New York, including the InternationalTextile Association of America, and the American Quilt Study Group. She has been a visiting professor at Harvard, Yale, and UCLA.
CINDY GRISDELA LECTURE AND WORKSHOPSEPTEMBER 25
SEPTEMBER 26 AND 27
The quilt guild has more great things in store! In September we will host Cindy Grisdela for two events. On Friday, September 25 she will give a Zoom presentation of her work, Anatomy of an Improv Quilt. You will be able to “zoom in” as usual when you receive an email invitation that will go out to the guild.
Then on Saturday and Sunday, September 26 & 27, Cindy will offer a Zoom workshop from 9 to 12 and 12 to 4 on Artful Improv that will explore improv log cabin blocks, improv curves, angled stripes, curved stripes, and insets. Here is a great chance to use up lots of your scraps. Cindy is a master of playing with color. Here’s your chance to try it out.
• Workshop registration opens August 3 rd. • Workshop fee is $90 (a bargain, as Cindy will not have to travel)• Enjoy the convenience of working at home
How to Register• Make check or money order payable to Tompkins County Quilters Guild or TCQG• Send the check or money order to Andrea c. Gibbs, 690 Ridge Road, Apt. 202,
Lansing, NY 14882•Include your email address to receive further workshop information
HOMEWORK FOR DAYS FOR GIRLS
Thanks to everyone helping to finish liners and working to get shields sewn. Your help is very much appreciated. We are planning a very down-sized Days for Girls sewing event in September and will keep you posted. Hopefully some of us can get together and sew, serge and put bags together.Aafke Steenhuis
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JANET BERLO PRESENTATIONSEPTEMBER 8
“Stitching and Writing the Self: Reading from a Memoir in Progress”
We are fortunate that Janet Berlo has agreed to give her planned presentation via Zoom at our September 8 guild meeting.
As a quilter and a fiber artist in other media, Janet has found that the work of her sewing machine and her needles always reflects the upheavals of her life, and finds its way into her creative writing. A recent encounter with the great Bayeux Embroidery in France, from the late 11 th century, caused her to begin a sequel to her 2001 memoir Quilting Lessons. While showing visual images of her own and other historical quilts and embroideries, she will read some passages of this manuscript, considering topics such as love and loss, aging, and the female heritage of hand-work.
Janet Berlo is Professor of Art History at the University of Rochester. Her many books include the co-authored survey American Encounters: Art, History and Cultural Identity (2007) which gives women’s embroideries and quilts their rightful place in the history of American art, and Wild by Design: Innovation and Artistry in American Quilts (with Patricia Crews), which won the Textile Society of America’s Award for Best Textile Book of 2003. Janet has also written numerous books on Native arts of North and Central America.
Janet was a founding board member of the International Quilt Study Center in Nebraska, where she gave the inaugural lecture at the opening of the Quilt Museum in 2008. She has lectured on quilt history and given readings from her 2001 memoir Quilting Lessons to audiences of quilters and artists from Alaska to New York, including the InternationalTextile Association of America, and the American Quilt Study Group. She has been a visiting professor at Harvard, Yale, and UCLA.
CINDY GRISDELA LECTURE AND WORKSHOPSEPTEMBER 25
SEPTEMBER 26 AND 27
The quilt guild has more great things in store! In September we will host Cindy Grisdela for two events. On Friday, September 25 she will give a Zoom presentation of her work, Anatomy of an Improv Quilt. You will be able to “zoom in” as usual when you receive an email invitation that will go out to the guild.
Then on Saturday and Sunday, September 26 & 27, Cindy will offer a Zoom workshop from 9 to 12 and 12 to 4 on Artful Improv that will explore improv log cabin blocks, improv curves, angled stripes, curved stripes, and insets. Here is a great chance to use up lots of your scraps. Cindy is a master of playing with color. Here’s your chance to try it out.
• Workshop registration opens August 3 rd. • Workshop fee is $90 (a bargain, as Cindy will not have to travel)• Enjoy the convenience of working at home
How to Register• Make check or money order payable to Tompkins County Quilters Guild or TCQG• Send the check or money order to Andrea c. Gibbs, 690 Ridge Road, Apt. 202,
Lansing, NY 14882•Include your email address to receive further workshop information
HOMEWORK FOR DAYS FOR GIRLS
Thanks to everyone helping to finish liners and working to get shields sewn. Your help is very much appreciated. We are planning a very down-sized Days for Girls sewing event in September and will keep you posted. Hopefully some of us can get together and sew, serge and put bags together.Aafke Steenhuis
August 2020 Page 5
SOCIAL JUSTICE SEWING ACADEMY
“The Social Justice Sewing Academy (SJSA) is a youth education program that bridges artistic expression with activism to advocate for social justice. Through a series of hands-on workshops in schools, prisons and community centers across the country, SJSA empowers youth to use textile art as a vehicle for personal transformation and community cohesion and become agents of social change. Many of our young artists make art that explores issues such as gender discrimination, mass incarceration, gun violence and gentrification. The powerful imagery they create in cloth tells their stories, and these quilt blocks are then sent to volunteers around the world to embellish and embroider before being sewn together into quilts to be displayed in museums, galleries and quilt shows across the country. This visual dialogue bridges differences in race, age and socioeconomics and sparks conversations and action in households across the country.”
If you are interested in getting more information about this organization or participating in Quilts of Remembrance or SJSA Remembrance Project, please check out their website <www.sjsacademy.com>.
Quilts of remembrance are memorial quilts for families who have lost a loved one. Or you can make a block to honor victims of violence. This organization also does educational programs and blocks of the month designed by young people. The web site is pretty interesting.Amy Trueman
Sapphire Celebration - Houston Quilt Show's 45th Anniversary "Boca Raton's Ocean Waves" by Yolanda Tovar
Yoly Tovar, a long time member of the Guild and designer of our a 2015 show quilt, was the featured quilter on the Quilt Show.com page for Friday 7/11 showing quilts from the Sapphire Celebration at the 2019 Houston Quilt Festival. Yoly used 1500 half square triangles to create her quilt.
This quilt was hand appliquéd, machine pieced and quilted. Yoly writes: I used to live in Boca Raton, Florida and am inspired by the Atlantic Ocean. I used the Ocean Waves pattern and drew the sailboat and the Mariners Compass in the borders of the quilt. I wanted to challenge myself on precision piecing half-square triangles. I also wantedto use as many bluefabrics as I had in mycollection. I handappliquéd the sailboat,along with theMariners Compass, inopposite corners ofthis quilt to completeit's maritime theme.
Congratulations Yoly! You did an amazing job on this quilt! 1500 half square triangles!!
August 2020 Page 5
SOCIAL JUSTICE SEWING ACADEMY
“The Social Justice Sewing Academy (SJSA) is a youth education program that bridges artistic expression with activism to advocate for social justice. Through a series of hands-on workshops in schools, prisons and community centers across the country, SJSA empowers youth to use textile art as a vehicle for personal transformation and community cohesion and become agents of social change. Many of our young artists make art that explores issues such as gender discrimination, mass incarceration, gun violence and gentrification. The powerful imagery they create in cloth tells their stories, and these quilt blocks are then sent to volunteers around the world to embellish and embroider before being sewn together into quilts to be displayed in museums, galleries and quilt shows across the country. This visual dialogue bridges differences in race, age and socioeconomics and sparks conversations and action in households across the country.”
If you are interested in getting more information about this organization or participating in Quilts of Remembrance or SJSA Remembrance Project, please check out their website <www.sjsacademy.com>.
Quilts of remembrance are memorial quilts for families who have lost a loved one. Or you can make a block to honor victims of violence. This organization also does educational programs and blocks of the month designed by young people. The web site is pretty interesting.Amy Trueman
Sapphire Celebration - Houston Quilt Show's 45th Anniversary "Boca Raton's Ocean Waves" by Yolanda Tovar
Yoly Tovar, a long time member of the Guild and designer of our a 2015 show quilt, was the featured quilter on the Quilt Show.com page for Friday 7/11 showing quilts from the Sapphire Celebration at the 2019 Houston Quilt Festival. Yoly used 1500 half square triangles to create her quilt.
This quilt was hand appliquéd, machine pieced and quilted. Yoly writes: I used to live in Boca Raton, Florida and am inspired by the Atlantic Ocean. I used the Ocean Waves pattern and drew the sailboat and the Mariners Compass in the borders of the quilt. I wanted to challenge myself on precision piecing half-square triangles. I also wantedto use as many bluefabrics as I had in mycollection. I handappliquéd the sailboat,along with theMariners Compass, inopposite corners ofthis quilt to completeit's maritime theme.
Congratulations Yoly! You did an amazing job on this quilt! 1500 half square triangles!!
August 2020 Page 6
Snippets of Historyby Barbara Dimock, Guild Archivist
Last Fall I gave a presentation about theguild's block collection. Did you know thatthe guild also has a quilt collection? Theoriginal banner has the names of thetwenty founding members and usuallyhangs at the biennial quilt show. The newlarger banner has marched in the Ithacafestival parade as well as being at theshow.
The Finger Lakes Bicentennial quilt was a cooperative venture by representatives from the fourteen counties that participated in the 1976 show. In 1987the Empire State Carousel Project wanted tocelebrate the 200th anniversary of New YorkState by hanging small quilts representingeach county on the carousel at the FarmersMuseum in Cooperstown. Several guildmembers took on the project and made twobanners one for the display and one for theguild's collection.
The Monday nightgroup took on theUSA fabric challenge by the NY/PA Consortium in 1991and created Marching Band in red, white and blue.
The guild started its first Round Robin in 1985with each member picking a pattern, selectingher fabric, making templates, putting everythingin a box, and passing it around to a differentmember of the group each month. Betty
MacKenzie chose Evening Star. After Betty died her family donated thequilt top to the guild. Melissa Fowler generously agreed to quilt it andthe finished quilt is now part of our collection.
Eleanor Abbott donated this scrappy quilttop to the guild in 2007 to beused as a tablecloth at our quiltshow.
Three other small quilts werereceived after the passing ofguild members. You saw LindaBerry's Farewell quilt in theJune 2020 Snippets. Noel wasmade by Beth Mulholland andthe Feathered Flower was made by Ruth White, her interpretation of the 2007 guild raffle quilt.
Next month: New York State Fair Awards
August 2020 Page 6
Snippets of Historyby Barbara Dimock, Guild Archivist
Last Fall I gave a presentation about theguild's block collection. Did you know thatthe guild also has a quilt collection? Theoriginal banner has the names of thetwenty founding members and usuallyhangs at the biennial quilt show. The newlarger banner has marched in the Ithacafestival parade as well as being at theshow.
The Finger Lakes Bicentennial quilt was a cooperative venture by representatives from the fourteen counties that participated in the 1976 show. In 1987the Empire State Carousel Project wanted tocelebrate the 200th anniversary of New YorkState by hanging small quilts representingeach county on the carousel at the FarmersMuseum in Cooperstown. Several guildmembers took on the project and made twobanners one for the display and one for theguild's collection.
The Monday nightgroup took on theUSA fabric challenge by the NY/PA Consortium in 1991and created Marching Band in red, white and blue.
The guild started its first Round Robin in 1985with each member picking a pattern, selectingher fabric, making templates, putting everythingin a box, and passing it around to a differentmember of the group each month. Betty
MacKenzie chose Evening Star. After Betty died her family donated thequilt top to the guild. Melissa Fowler generously agreed to quilt it andthe finished quilt is now part of our collection.
Eleanor Abbott donated this scrappy quilttop to the guild in 2007 to beused as a tablecloth at our quiltshow.
Three other small quilts werereceived after the passing ofguild members. You saw LindaBerry's Farewell quilt in theJune 2020 Snippets. Noel wasmade by Beth Mulholland andthe Feathered Flower was made by Ruth White, her interpretation of the 2007 guild raffle quilt.
Next month: New York State Fair Awards
August 2020 Page 7
MEMBER BIO – KATHY CARMAN
I was born in Ithaca, grew up in Newfield and have lived in Tompkins County my entire life. For the majority of my childhood, I lived with my mother, grandmother and my 3 siblings – one sister and two brothers, all younger. I don’t remember a time when we weren’t creating something. My Grandmother taught me to knit and crochet, my Mother taught me to sew and embroider. The first things I remember making on my ownwas a wardrobe of doll clothes, all by hand, for my sister’s Tammy doll – this was a teenage doll – Barbie was too risqué for mygrandmother!
I was a Girl Scout – all the way through fromBrownies to Seniors and enjoyed it very much. Welearned a great deal, went camping, sold cookies,earned badges, marched in holiday parades inNewfield – it was a big parade town at that time. We never quilted at home, although my
Grandmother had 3 tops that she and her mother hadmade – I have them now, and they are on my UFO list to complete someday. My firstquilt was a Trip Around The World from Eleanor Burns’ book of the same name. It was aChristmas gift for my grandmother and was on her bed from the time she received it untilshe passed – I have it now. I joined the Guild in February of 1998 looking for something to occupy my time asmy daughter was about to graduate and go off to college. I had attended a couple ofGuild shows at the Womens’ Community Center and was fascinated. I took several
classes at Quilters Corner – my first teacher was Kristin Thompson – it was “Simply Delicious” by Piece O’ Cake designs and each block was hand appliqued. As if that wasn’t enough, my second class was with Elsie Dentes, her Floral Splendor, again hand appliqued – and I hand quilted both of them! Yep, I’m nuts! And – I am currently hand quilting a miniature quilt inspired by one in the Janet O’Connor collection.
During my 22 years as a member, I have held various offices and served on a number of committees. I have been Treasurer, President (twice), Program Chair, and have served on Budget and Allocations, Nominating, and am currently on the Program committee, serving with Aafke for second meetings as well as being Casowasco organizer for the Trips and Travel Committee. I have also co-chaired 2 shows, and served on several other show committees. I am a member of the Monday Night Group as well.
As well as direct Guild responsibilities, I have had the pleasure of working with Nancy Ostman, Aafke Steenhuis, Pam Billington, Marion Tobey, Sue Romanczuk and I think a couple others to document the quilt collection at The History Center in Tompkins County. Nancy, Sue and I also documented several other textile collections in preparation for their move to their new location on the Commons.
I very much enjoy time with the Guild, and cherish the many friends I have made. It is lovely to spend time with others who share my interests.
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MEMBER BIO – KATHY CARMAN
I was born in Ithaca, grew up in Newfield and have lived in Tompkins County my entire life. For the majority of my childhood, I lived with my mother, grandmother and my 3 siblings – one sister and two brothers, all younger. I don’t remember a time when we weren’t creating something. My Grandmother taught me to knit and crochet, my Mother taught me to sew and embroider. The first things I remember making on my ownwas a wardrobe of doll clothes, all by hand, for my sister’s Tammy doll – this was a teenage doll – Barbie was too risqué for mygrandmother!
I was a Girl Scout – all the way through fromBrownies to Seniors and enjoyed it very much. Welearned a great deal, went camping, sold cookies,earned badges, marched in holiday parades inNewfield – it was a big parade town at that time. We never quilted at home, although my
Grandmother had 3 tops that she and her mother hadmade – I have them now, and they are on my UFO list to complete someday. My firstquilt was a Trip Around The World from Eleanor Burns’ book of the same name. It was aChristmas gift for my grandmother and was on her bed from the time she received it untilshe passed – I have it now. I joined the Guild in February of 1998 looking for something to occupy my time asmy daughter was about to graduate and go off to college. I had attended a couple ofGuild shows at the Womens’ Community Center and was fascinated. I took several
classes at Quilters Corner – my first teacher was Kristin Thompson – it was “Simply Delicious” by Piece O’ Cake designs and each block was hand appliqued. As if that wasn’t enough, my second class was with Elsie Dentes, her Floral Splendor, again hand appliqued – and I hand quilted both of them! Yep, I’m nuts! And – I am currently hand quilting a miniature quilt inspired by one in the Janet O’Connor collection.
During my 22 years as a member, I have held various offices and served on a number of committees. I have been Treasurer, President (twice), Program Chair, and have served on Budget and Allocations, Nominating, and am currently on the Program committee, serving with Aafke for second meetings as well as being Casowasco organizer for the Trips and Travel Committee. I have also co-chaired 2 shows, and served on several other show committees. I am a member of the Monday Night Group as well.
As well as direct Guild responsibilities, I have had the pleasure of working with Nancy Ostman, Aafke Steenhuis, Pam Billington, Marion Tobey, Sue Romanczuk and I think a couple others to document the quilt collection at The History Center in Tompkins County. Nancy, Sue and I also documented several other textile collections in preparation for their move to their new location on the Commons.
I very much enjoy time with the Guild, and cherish the many friends I have made. It is lovely to spend time with others who share my interests.
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SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS AND PROGRAMS
August 11th Virtual Picnic and Challenge - see page 2
August 25th Social Meeting – Show and Tell - see page 2
September 8th Janet Berlo Zoom Presentation“Stitching and Writing the Self: Reading from a Memoir in Progress”
September 22nd Social Meeting
September 25th Cindy Grisdela Lecture (please note this is a Friday)“Anatomy of an Improv Quilt”
September 26th and 27th Cindy Grisdela Workshop - see page 4 for details
August 2020 Page 8
SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS AND PROGRAMS
August 11th Virtual Picnic and Challenge - see page 2
August 25th Social Meeting – Show and Tell - see page 2
September 8th Janet Berlo Zoom Presentation“Stitching and Writing the Self: Reading from a Memoir in Progress”
September 22nd Social Meeting
September 25th Cindy Grisdela Lecture (please note this is a Friday)“Anatomy of an Improv Quilt”
September 26th and 27th Cindy Grisdela Workshop - see page 4 for details