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PRESENTATION TO THE
2009 QUILTER OF THE YEAR
Ocean Waves Guild is fortunate to have many
dedicated workers. Several were nominated for
Quilter of the Year and that is a very positive
thing for our Guild.
When I think of this year’s Quilter of the Year, I
remember that song from “Oklahoma” – “I’m Jist
a Girl who Can’t Say No”.
Since she joined she has been a tireless and
cheerful worker for our Guild. Her hand goes up
whenever a volunteer is needed.
Head up community quilts?
Yes, I’ll do that.
Head up
Quilts of Valor? I’ll do that.
She machine quilts many quilts for both and
mails Quilts of Valor to Veterans’ Hospitals
around the U.S.
Who will handle ticket sales for the opportunity
quilt?
There’s that hand again.
How about free space at the South Miami Art
Fair to promote our Guild?
How about a free venue for a quilt show at
ArtSouth?
Who’ll be in charge of our installation
luncheon? You know who.
She does it all cheerfully and competently.
I can’t tell you anything about Rosa’s personal
life – Maybe she’ll share that with us. I just know
she is a wonderful person, and ever so willing
worker and this year’s
Quilter of the Year – Rosa Brito.
Presented by Betty Roxborough,
2008 Quilter of the Year.
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Meet our 2009 Board of Directors
Lois Erickson, President
Anna Carrazana, VP Membership
Judy Momenzadeh, VP Advance Planning
Barbara Frazetto, VP Programs - Curent
Janet Hodges, Treasurer
Carol Roach, Secretary
Well, we got our new slate of officers sworn in. I think
we have a great crew at the helm this year and have
heard lots of buzzes about future plans.
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OPPORTUNITY QUILT UPDATE
by: Mercy, (a.k.a. The Savage Quilter)
I am so excited that the 2009/2010
Opportunity Quilt project is off to such a strong
start! This is really turning out to be a lot of fun
for all involved. It's not too late to pitch in. If
you love hand appliqué, we still have one
block and three borders that need a stitcher. If
you are not a hand work enthusiast, Barbara
Frazzetto would love help marketing the quilt
and soliciting donations. Let's set a goal of
making this the most successful Opportunity
Quilt to-date!
For those of you that want to follow along, I
have started a blog where I plan to chronicle
our adventure. To get to the blog, simply click
on the link below. www.tropicalapplique.
blogspot.com. Save the link in your favorites
so that you can check back often and see how
we progress!
Happy Stitching!
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COMMUNITY QUILT
CHALLENGE #1
Our new quilt challenge is designed to give
everyone, from beginner to expert, an
opportunity to contribute to community quilts.
The challenge is to make a small size quilt
(approximately 36” to 45” wide by 40” to 52”
long) using a log cabin design. The quilt may
be made for a baby or a small child. It can be
a traditional log cabin, a half log cabin, a
lopsided log cabin, a pineapple log cabin or
even a panel bordered in log cabin blocks.
Use your creativity!
This size quilt will give you a chance to
practice your machine quilting, either
crosshatch stitching with your walking foot or
try free motion quilting.
You can make a quilt yourself or gather your
quilting buddies and make a group quilt.
The quilts will be donated to Patches, a
daycare facility for disabled children in
Homestead.
A 36” x 40” makes a perfect wheelchair quilt!
Bring your finished quilts to the July meeting
for our own little quilt show. Viewer’s Choice
ribbons will be awarded. Come participate
and make this a successful event for
our meeting and for the children!
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Helping others:
Your donation will be happily accepted at
SAFE SPACE THRIFT SHOPS
South Dade: 20710 South Dixie
Hwy,305-253-5743North Dade: 1436 NE 162 ST,
305-947-4560
SAVE: Get 30% discount on your AQS books.
Ordering Books @ discounted prices through
AQS:
When the AQS representativegets six
requests, the order is forwarded.
The more books we buy, the better the
discount and we save on postage!
Place your order for new books at the next
guild meeting with the AQS rep.
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