May - Member's Demo
June -
Kay Smith teaches "Seminole Piecing"
Kay Smith has a plan for our June 14th meeting that
will be a tribute to the Seminole native people. This
piecing technique is a must for all of us to learn. The
supply list is on Page 5. Sign up at the May meeting
so I can let her know how many to expect. The fee is
$5.00.
July -
Our president, Lois, and her team of entrepreneurs
will take the stage. Those members in fabric related
businesses will give us tips on their business
expertise. The afternoon will be a 'sit and sew'
summer tea party with fabric bingo and new member
recognition.
August -
Anna C. will show us some of the new technology
with computer designing.
September - Guest Teacher - Alberta Dalke, Demo
on "Fancy cutting & piecing techniques"
Alberta's class is in great demand. Sign up early. The
cost is $30.00. It is a piecing technique with scraps.
Sorry, no web sight. Several have asked for a Sunday
class with her. The board is working on the use of the
facilities for Sunday.
October - Community Quilts / Quilts of Valor
November - White Elephant Sales
Rent a space and sell your quilt items to other
quilters.
December - Holiday Pot Luck, Quilts made during the
year from classes will be on display.
January 2009- Installation Luncheon -
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Kendall
Guest teacher -Jeannie Rayment
PROGRAM NEWS – Joan Vigil
The June 14th meeting will be Kay Smith's Seminole
piecing presentation. She told you all about that at
the May meeting. The class is full. Twenty have
signed up but call me if you want to be on the waiting
list and PLEASE, call me if you are on the list but
cannot make it. (305-274-4938) Bring your machine
and check the supply list in the May newsletter.
The special day to mark on your calendar is June
21st. Kay has given us an invitation to her showing of
church banners and art quilts at Olympia Heights
United Methodist Church. This is big. Come. We can
enjoy each other’s company at the covered dish
dinner at 6:00. Art shows are always inspirational.
Gerry will be adding a special touch to the workshop
part of our programs. She will bring community quilt
fabrics for those who wish to take supplies home and
work on them. She will also have community quilts to
tie. And if anyone is interested, bring your machine
and work on some of the strip quilts she introduced.
There are still plenty of strips to be turned into
squares. Wasn't the one she showed at 'show and
help' colorful?
In July, we will see what our president, Lois, has for
us. The entrepreneurs are working on a program. In
August, Anna Carrazana will show us some of the new
technology with computer designing. Our October
meeting is Community Quilts and we will be working
on red, white and blues for Quilts of Valor.
Alberta's class is September 13th and great plans are
in the works. She will teach us the basics of the
mock cathedral piecing technique. Then, she will
give us variations to the basic that could get
advanced. She will also stay with us Sunday and
assist in a "to be continued" workshop where we can
work on the more advanced variations. Sunday we
will be in our same location. Stay tuned as we work
out the details.
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THE INTERNATIONAL QUILT STUDY
CENTER & MUSEUM
While on vacation with my family in April, I had
the opportunity to visit this Museum/Study
Center, which opened March 30, 2008. My
sister-in-law, a new quilter, volunteers there so
we got an extra special tour! The building
(environmentally friendly) is an awesome sight
as you approach it. It is a 3-story building with
glass panels which create a large-scale
pattern. There is a huge sculpture outside
representing to me, free form quilting stitches.
Inside are displayed 40-60 quilts at a time.
While I was there, the quilts on display were
beautiful Baltimore Album, African American,
Amish, and quilts from all parts of the world
such as Pakistan, Asia, etc., and many others.
The featured artist was Nancy Crow with her
variety of art quilts. Since this is almost an all
volunteer operation at this time, they have
taken a great deal of effort to have
audiotapes/players available at a nominal fee so
you can hear all about the museum itself as well
as each individual quilt display.
Currently, there are over 2300 quilts in the
collection but only a few are shown at a time.
They are from private collections that have
been donated, some that have been presented
from other museums, etc. The Center is part of
the University of Nebraska Department of
Textiles, Clothing and Design so many graduate
students have participated in examining and
cataloging the quilts.
Can’t make it to Lincoln? Go to www.quiltstudy.
org and you can learn all about the Center or
classes, etc. At the Center there are various
classrooms, reference library, and a fantastic
virtual gallery. You can pull up a particular quilt
you are interested in and it pops up on a huge
screen. You can then zoom in and see stitch
details, etc. There is also a program where you
can design your own quilt. You can drag icons
of color, pattern, design, etc. onto the screen,
then add backgrounds, binding etc. Really neat
and from what I understand, that program will
be on the website later this year, In the
meantime, you can see pictures of all the
collections by entering the website and search
the collections
The one thing missing so far is a demonstration
model of how quilts are put together for people
to touch and examine. There is obviously no
touching of the display quilts, even with
gloves. For those of you who have worked the
quilt show, you know how difficult the “Do Not
Touch” rule is, even for quilters who know
better.
All in all, this is a truly marvelous place and
their website is very helpful and user-friendly. I
hope you get to enjoy it.
- Cathy Viar
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