The Newsletter of the ! Mohawk Valley Quilt Club !

M.V.Q.C., Inc. PO Box 595, New Hartford, NY 13413 www.mohawkvalleyquiltclub.com

SEPT/OCT 2016!

QUILT SHOW CORNER We hope you had a nice summer; we had plenty of hot days this past summer. It is now just about over and time to get back to our quilting meetings. The Quilt Show Committee held their first meeting in June. We had a good meeting with a lot of discussion. There will be some changes for the next show. The 2017 Quilt Show is scheduled for May 19th, 20th, and 21st. The hours of the show will be extended on Friday till 8PM and shortened on Sunday from 11AM to 3PM. Another item that was discussed was the Boutique proceeds. According to the revised Policy and Procedures of 2014, the Quilt Show Committee shall be responsible for charity projects. The Boutique fulfills the charity project requirements. Since it is the membership that donates all those beautiful items to raise money, we would like to hear from the membership on how and who to donate the monies to that are raised from the Boutique sales. At the September meeting we will asking you for your suggestions through some type of written ballot. We, the committee, will then review the suggestions and come up with a plan from your suggestions. I am sure that many of you have suggestions or a special place that you would like to see some of the proceeds go to, so please let us know. We are looking for someone who may be interested in doing some social outreach to promote the show through facebook, twitter, or other social medias. There will a table set up in the back of the meeting room at each meeting to drop off Boutique items (don't forget to leave your name and a suggested sale price for the Boutique committee). There will also be someone there if you have questions or suggestions. I hope you all are thinking about what item or items you will be entering in the show next May. Cindy and Paula

FROM THE PRESIDENT Welcome back! It has been a beautiful summer so far, minus the high humidity this past week. I hope you have all been able to spend some quality time outdoors doing all the things you love. I also hope you have had some time to spend quilting. I always think things will calm down during the summer and I will have lots of time to sew, but that isn’t usually the case. Nice weather draws me outside and longer daylight hours leave little time for stitching, but I do try to squeeze in some time every day. Did you have a chance to go to some quilt shows, visit some new shops on vacation, or take a quilt shop road trip to collect this year’s Row by Row? If anyone completed a Row by Row quilt, we would love to see it at September’s Show and Tell! This year promises to be very exciting. The Program Committee has done another great job and has many interesting speakers and events planned. The BIG event of course is the Quilt Show to be held in May 2017. Start planning your entries and contributions to the Boutique NOW! I know – it seems like a long way off – but it will be here before we know it. One of my self-imposed tasks as President is to try to connect as many names and faces of Club members as possible during the year. If you have a name tag – wear it! If you don’t have one – make one (it can be as simple as your name written in marker on a piece of scrap fabric)! If you notice me staring at your name tag, and then your face – that is exactly what I am doing! During Show and Tell, please tell us your name! Say “hi” and introduce yourself to at least one new person each meeting. I am looking forward to a fun-filled, entertaining, learning and productive year for our Club! Keep on stitchin’,

Nancy Kapfer

From the!Program Committee

SUMMER has been so busy, trying to stay cool, graduations, weddings and reunions. But we did have time to talk about quilting and this is the program committee’s schedule for fall. Our meeting dates are: Sept. 26, 2016, Oct. 24, 2016, Nov 28, 2016, Dec.19, 2016, Jan. 23, 2016, Feb. 27, 2017, Mar. 27, 2017, Apr. 24, 2017, May 22, 2017, and June 12, 2007.

Our banquet was a success, great speaker Clara Pope’s trunk show showed award winning appliqué quilts that were intricate and beautiful. The favors were wonderful gorgeous luggage tags with I love quilting on the name tag. Thank you Linda Aaronson, Linda Tuggey and Sally Majka. The food was varied and delicious. Sally choose well. But we had under 50 par t i c ipants wh ich was disappointing. Any ideas?

Our September 26 meeting is all set with a trunk show by Sue Pritt. She will also bring her patterns to sell. Her work is for beginners to advanced quilters to enjoy, made easy with simple piecing and fusible web appliqué. You can learn more about Sue Pritt at www.sweetseasonquilts.com

Our October 24 meeting features Jackie O’Brien, a member. She will be showcasing Deb Tucker’s rulers which certainly making stars a lot easier. Jackie is a certified instructor for Studio 180 design, check it out. At Studio180 Design certified instructor’s gallery: https://www.studio180design.net

Our November 28 meeting is our basket raffle. The baskets have been beautiful and full of expensive things. This year we would like people to scale back the size. Ask one of your buddies to help you create a basket. Our reasoning is we will get many more baskets and more members will take home prize baskets.

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After hearing (begging) from some members, I have decided to do a bus trip to the AQS show in Lancaster, PA. Save the dates - March 31, April 1 & 2, 2017. I will be getting more information in the next few weeks. Interested? Call Kathie 363-3888

An interesting article on making bias tape/binding from Scientific American magazine: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/how-to-sew-like-a-mathematician/ Need a baby gift? How about the perfect pacifier pocket: http://weallsew.com/pacifier-pocket-by-ashley-johnston/

Monday, September 12th

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Members always welcome!

FROM THE EDITOR: Please consider a contribution to YOUR newsletter! I’d like to know what you would like to see included that isn’t currently being covered. I’d like to know if you’ve read a good quilting theme book you can recommend to others. I’d like to know what lessons you learned from your latest project. I’d like to know what handy dandy quilting/sewing tool you like the most. I’d like to know what quick and easy meals you plan so that you can spend your day quilting instead of cooking. Just what would YOU LIKE TO KNOW?

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Announcements! Send A Card If you know of a club member who is in need of a card to say “We are thinking of you”, “Congratulations” or “Our Condolences”… please contact Colleen Bogan, 841-8527 or email colleenbogan333@gmail.com. She will be happy to send out a card. DON’T FORGET TO THANK THE ADVERTISERS WHO MAKE THIS NEWSLETTER POSSIBLE.

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BUS TRIP & QUILT SHOW: Visit Bennington VT Quilt Show & shop Keepsake Quilting, Sep 17-18, 2016. Sponsored by Pieceful Gals Quilt Guild. Contact Pat Holt for more info. mompatruth@aol.com or 797-8736 QUILT SHOW: 23-25 Sep 2016, Quilters Take Manhattan. Featured speakers: Kaffe Fasset, Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi and Mark Lipinski. For more information: www.QuiltAliance.org QUILT SHOW: 24-25 Sep 2016, Country Quilter's Guild- Harvest of Quilts XIII , Pine Bush High School, Pine Bush, NY QUILT SHOW: 30 Sep 2016, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Kenmore Quilters Show, St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church, 2368 Eggert Road, Tonawanda NY 14150. QUILT SHOW: 1-2 Oct 2016, Q.U.I.L.T.S- Autumn Inspirations 2016 Quilt Show, Procters GE Theater, Schenectady, NY October 1-2, 2016 QUILT SHOW: 8-9 Oct 2016, Wiltwyck Quilters Guild , Rondout Valley Middle School, Stone Ridge, NY JURIED QUILT SHOW: Quilted Unlimited Exhibition. 15 Oct-12 Nov 2016. View, Old Forge NY NON-JURIED QUILT EXHIBIT: Keeping with Tradition: Log C a b i n . F o r m o r e i n f o : www.viewarts.org/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/traditional-quilts-theme-shownew-calendar-holder/ QUILT SHOW: 22-23 Oct 2016, Hidden Treasurers by the Irondequoit Quilt Club, Roger’s Middle School, 219 Northfield R o a d , R o c h e s t e r N Y F o r m o r e i n f o : www.irondequoitquiltclub.org/ QUILT SHOW: 7-8 Apr 2017, Towpath Quilt Guild – NQA Chapter NY 628, “Reach for the Stars”, Manlius Village Center, 1 Arkie Albanese Ave., Manlius NY 13104 QUILT SHOW: 22-23 Apr 2017, Q.U.I.L.T, Inc. of Delmar NY, The Hilton Garden Inn, Troy NY QUILT SHOW: 2-4 Jun 2017, Genesee Valley Quiltfest, RIT, Gordon Field House, Rochester NY

Making a quilt should be celebrated like running a marathon…

http://www.chicagonow.com/quilting-sewing-creating/2016/06/making-a-quilt-should-be-celebrated-like-running-a-marathon/

Quilt Binding With Words… http://weallsew.com/quilt-binding-words/

Create a Pillow Pal for your Favorite Toddler…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vx7JFd5600&app=desktop

Portable Chalk Board Roll Up… http://www.nancyzieman.com/blog/sewing-2/sew-a-portable-chalkboard-roll-up/

Towel Beach Bag Tutorial… http://theseamanmom.com/towel-beach-bag-tutorial/

Modern Maple Leaf Table Runner Tutorial…

http://www.thesewingparty.com/2015/11/modern-maple-leaf-table-runner-tutorial/

QUILT SHOW BOUTIQUE IDEAS

Thinking of making something for the Quilt Show Boutique, but not sure what? Check out these sites for some suggestions. A zipper binder pouch: http://weallsew.com/zipper-binder-pouch/ Origami Bento Bag: http://veryshannon.com/blog/2014/05/sewing-origami-bento-bag-tutorial.html A travel Tic-Tac-Toe set: http://premeditatedleftovers.com/naturally-frugal-mom/tic-tac-toe-travel-game/ Baby Car Seat Cover: http://www.lifewithmylittles.com/2012/10/car-seat-cover-tutorial-html/ Fabric Napkins: http://gingercake.org/gingercake/2012/01/nine-minute-everyday-napkins-tutorial.html Flag Coasters: http://www.quiltviews.com/free-pattern-flag-coasters Charm Pack Placemats – an easy project for beginners: http://greydogwoodstudio.com/blog-1/2016/6/13/beginner-charm-pack-placemat?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GreyDogwoodStudio+%28grey+dogwood+studio%29

FREE: White treadle sewing machine; 30” foldable table for Featherweight 221; Q-Snap floor hand quilting frame; Sally Stanley 24 row pleater for English smocking. Call Vicki at 336-6114.

Repupose and old pair of jeans:http://pm-betweenthelines.blogspot.com/2012/01/repurposing-old-pair-of-jeans-diy.html

Comfort Quilts for Grieving Familieshttp://www.11alive.com/news/prisoners-make-comfort-quilts-for-grieving-families/246588571

Going on a quilt retreat anytime soon? Patchwork Posse offers some ideas on what to take: http://www.patchworkposse.com/packing-for-a-sewing-retreat/

Moda’s Blog has an interesting article on how to make a frame to assist you with machine quilting: http://blog.modafabr ics.com/2016/06/weightless/

Chatter Box quilts offers their recipe for homemade quilt basting spray: http://www.chatterboxquilts.com/blog/homemade-quilt-basting-spray

The Ugliest Color in the World! http://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a59242/ugliest-color-in-the-world/

Tuesday’s Tip by Laura from Sew Very Easy: http://24blocks.com/top-thread-down/?utm_source=24b-24b&utm_medium=social-fb&utm_term=20160606&utm_content=link & u t m _ c a m p a i g n = t o p - t h r e a d -down&origin=24b_24b_social_fb_link_top-thread-down_20160606

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All you have to do is send in your

membership form and payment so it is received prior to our September meeting.   Go to the club's website www.mohawkvalleyquiltclub.com to download the form. Fill it out, send it to Cindy Freeman with your payment. Cindy will draw the lucky winner at the September meeting. A new form is required every year. Forms will also be available at the meetings.

IMPORTANT If you know a member who doesn’t have

internet access to read the club’s newsletter online, please contact Cindy Freeman,

Membership Chairman. Other arrangements are possible.

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REMINDER: If you want a table for a garage sale, be sure to contact me 2 weeks prior to the meeting date.

Thanks, Cathie Kirk Garage Sale Coordinator, 335-4523 ctomkat@verizon.net.

NYS Quilters Consortium News by Michele Ricci and Nancy Landset

We will be attending the next

NYS Consortium meeting on Friday, September 16, 2016 in Painted Post, NY. This meeting is called QCNYS=Quilting Connect ions and there wi l l be the opportunity to meet and speak with 20 teachers who have signed up for the meeting for possible scheduling at any of our future MVQC meetings. They will have samples of their class topics and their calendars with them. The MVQC Program Committee has a list of the teachers and is reviewing it to see where our interests may be. We will give a report at the September MVQC meeting.

At the June Consortium meeting, Nancy and I gave our report to thank the Consortium guild for the $100 Guild Service Grant that we were awarded. The Grant was used for the Neighborhood Center donations of blankets, quilts and cot covers. We included brochures from the Neighborhood Center in Utica/Rome and made a display of the Thank You posters we received from the children. Hopefully, we can display the posters at our Quilt Show next year as well.

The MVQC Newsletter is published five times a year. Subscription and mailing costs are included in member’s annual membership dues. Members are welcomed and encouraged to contribute items and articles for the newsletter. Please submit items to the editor, by the 15th of Aug, Oct, Dec, Feb or Apr to Barbara Acchino, bacchino@twcny.rr.com or 3364072 Please submit address changes to: MVQC Newsletter PO Box 595, New Hartford, NY 13413

MVQC!General Information!!MEMBERSHIP September through September term of membership at $25.00 per year. Non-members may attend one meeting with a $5.00 admission fee charged for a program with an outside speaker. TIME AND PLACE OF MEETINGS Meetings are usually held on the fourth Monday of each month, from September through June, beginning at 7:00 pm at The New Hartford First United Methodist Church, 105 Genesee St., New Hartford, NY. CANCELLATIONS DUE TO WEATHER If the New Hartford Public Schools are closed on the day of a scheduled meeting, the meeting will automatically be cancelled. Should poor weather conditions arrive late in the day, an email will be sent to advise members of a cancellation. Members without email capability should call 339-2693. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A POLICY CHANGE! TREASURY BUSINESS All financial business should be completed by the meeting’s break. The treasurer should be called in advance regarding transactions. Deposits must be submitted in a sealed envelope, identified with the amount, name and deposit source. NAME TAGS Each member is responsible for creating their own personalized name tag, and encouraged to wear it each meeting. It’s a great way to attach a name to a face, and it helps new members get to know us. SHOW AND TELL A “Show and Tell” session is held at each meeting and all attendees are encouraged to participate. Bring your items to show. It’s a great way to encourage and motivate others! NEWSLETTER ADVERTISING Non-member rates: Business card size, $10 an issue or buy all 5 issues, $40 ¼ pg for $15 an issue ½ pg for $20 an issue Full page, $40 an issue Member rates: ½ the non-member rates Payment must be received prior to publication

2016-2017 EXECUTIVE BOARD: President – Nancy Kapfer, 896-6596 Vice President – Sharon Mastrangelo Recording Secretary – Sue Gaetano, 507-4330 Treasurer – Mary Redline, 507-3293 BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Executive Board members listed above, plus: Audit Committee – Nancy Pawlika, 363-4236 & Carol Cifarelli, 797-7767 Corresponding Secretary – Colleen Bogan, 841-8527 Historian – Candy Fike, 339-2693 Hostess – Sandra Moore, 765-0752 Membership – Cindy Freeman, 363-2823 Newsletter – Barbara Acchino, 336-4072 & Nancy Kapfer, 896-6596 Nominating Committee – Pam Kuhr, 736-2127 Parliamentarian – Irmgard Feola, 336-9249 Program – Claudia Visalli, 363-9084 & Sally Majka 336-3253 QCNYS – Michele Ricci, 797-0918 & Nancy Landset, 339-2931 Quilt Show – Cindy Freeman, 363-2823 & Paula Hosley, 334-2412 SPECIAL SERVICES: Garage Sales – Cathie Kirk, 337-0630 Hobbs Bag Collections – Nancy Pawlika, 363-4236 Website – Nancy Landset, 339-2931 & Barb Acchino E-mail Coordinator – MaryAnn Etienne, 733-8843

The Newsletter of the MOHAWK VALLEY QUILT CLUB, Inc. PO Box 595

New Hartford, NY 13413

MVQC!Newsletter

Sep/Oct 2016

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