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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