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March 11, 2010 |
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Join us on March 17th for the movie “Quilts in Women’s Lives”. Popcorn will be served.
 
November 12, 2009 |
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At the upcoming November 18th guild meeting, Virginia Miller and Joanne Myers will present some information and lead a discussion about quilting activities on the internet. In order to get a feel about how RAQG members are using the internet with regards to their quilting activities, Virginia and Joanne have created an online survey asking members about their experiences on the web. We would appreciate having our members take a few minutes to fill out the online survey and thus, help participate in and enrich the November 18 presentation.
Your responses will remain anonymous and answers will be grouped together in order to get a quick snapshot of how our members use the internet for quilting.
To fill out the survey, please follow the link on the left hand side of the screen (under the little Richmond fox) and follow the directions. Or, you may go directly to the link here:
http://www.richmondareaquiltersguild.com/?page_id=677
We are hoping that we will get a good number of responses by November 18th so that we can present the results at the meeting.
We thank you for your participation in the survey and look forward to having you join us at the meeting next Wednesday evening.
October 31, 2009 |
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It will be all about “I “in Richmond on November 18th. This is your Internet Interaction Invitation.
The internet has opened a new world for a lot of us and some are using it in ways that that others haven’t discovered or are timid about exploring. Virginia Miller and Joanne Myers will initiate our evening’s discussion by describing some quilting activities in which they participate on the internet. Members will then be invited to share their own experiences with the group. Do please bring suggestions, items you have made from an internet activity, great websites, and of course, your questions, no matter how basic. Someone in the group is likely to have an answer. Don’t forget to bring a pencil and pad for note-taking.
If you have some great ideas/sites on this topic that you would like included in a handout, please contact, Virginia or Joanne as soon as possible. If you don’t like speaking up at the meeting, please write down your internet activity suggestions and we will still be able to benefit from your knowledge and share your ideas with the group.
With your participation it should be an interesting and informative evening.
Susan
October 26, 2009 |
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Dragonfly Fabrics
2679 Alta Vista Drive Ottawa 613-521-9839
PRESENTS
A Wearable Art Seminar
with Vikki Zulpo and Carroll Thatcher
Friday/Saturday
March 26/27 2010
10 AM – 4 PM
Fee: $120 +GST
Vikki Zulpo and Carroll Thatcher bring you a magnificent seminar on the ‘how to’ and ‘how not to’ methods of creating wearable art. Award-winning designs will be presented as they walk you through the design elements of embellishment and fabric manipulation. These master fabric artists will be sure to enlighten you with their tips and techniques!
There will be a 15 minute break both morning and afternoon with coffee/tea/juice provided. Lunch break with be 45 – 60 minutes. Again coffee/tea/juice will be provided. You may bring a brown bag lunch (we do have a fridge) or take advantage of one of the restaurants in the plaza (Coras, Bella Vista).
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Previous participants have said:
- I came expecting new ideas and have received so much more”
- ” Fabulous … exceeded my expectations”
- It has been wonderful and so inspiring…”
CALL NOW TO REGISTER
 
October 18, 2009 |
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Our Guild meeting will be on Wednesday, October 21 and our guest speaker for this evening will be Pippa Moore, who now resides in Comox, B.C. but finds her inspiration from African themes or the Art Deco period. If you wish to bring a friend, please remember that our visitors’ fee is now $5.00.
Remember to bring your mug, or rent one from the Social committee, bring your membership card to borrow from the library and provide suggestions about that book or DVD you saw that you think other members would be interested in and give to Barb and Irene. Erin and Jan will be monitoring the Fat Quarter table and Jan will have the next hint at the Mystery Quilt. Tracy will once again be having the raffle, proceeds from which go towards various Guild activities. Have you yet completed your African Block of the Month? Put your name in for the draw and you have a chance to win those blocks submitted. Suzanne and Sally will gratefully receive your Quilties for the babies.
So much going on, but please remember that, even though the Executive is there at 6:30 to set up the room, we kindly ask that you respect the 7:15-7:45 Social time with the business meeting starting at 8. We will put you to work if you come earlier…….just ask our visitors from Almonte last month!
Please respect the handicap parking signs and leave them for those of our membership who require them. The bar staff spots are for the Social Ladies who have lots to carry in.
Ann will have a report re the Quilt Marathon for all of us, and those who participated, please remember to wear your pink scarves!
Hope to see you all there!
October 15, 2009 |
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Plans are in full swing for our very first quilt show this Saturday, October 17 at Landmark Court Retirement Complex, 140 Darlington Private from 1330-1530. We have more than 80 articles for show and sale and Nancy, Lynne and I would like to thank you all for your overwhelming support of this event. The retirement home will hold a tea in conjunction with the show so come one and all and there is no cost for either event! On display we will have the various means of purchasing our fabulous fabric such as Bali pops, jelly rolls, charm squares, etc, etc. Those who volunteered at the last meeting have been contacted with their various duties and arrival times and we are really looking forward to it. Your articles will be returned to you at the October 21 meeting so please arrange for someone to pick them up if you are not able to attend this meeting. On display will be our fabulous Summer Block Challenge quilt from 2007 ably assembled by Cynthia Leonard and quilted by Jan Kittle, which won first prize at the Plowing Match
October 8, 2009 |
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The Annual Fabric Flea Market is on Saturday, October 17, 2009 at the Glebe Community Centre (175 Third Avenue at Lyon) from 10AM to 2PM. Admission $2.00. 60 plus vendors will be selling fabric, yarn, patterns, buttons and other needlework supplies. Support Cambridge Street Community Public School and snap up some amazing bargains! For information contact Gail at (613) 722-6874 or Kay at kayjyoung@magma.ca Donations of unwanted but usable fabric, yarn, patterns, books, tools and other needlework supplies are welcome. To donate, please contact the school at (613) 239-2216 or bring your donations to Cambridge Street School at 250 Cambridge St. between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm before Friday, October 16.
September 23, 2009 |
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Don’t forget that this weekend, beginning at noon Friday, September 25th, until 6pm Saturday, September 26th, The Country Quilter will host it’s fifth 30 Hour Quilt Marathon for The Quilt - a project that supports people living with cancer. Over the past four years The Country Quilter marathon has raised over $125,000!! Many of our guild members will be quilting in the marathon. If you can’t get out to quilt, please sponsor a quilter. There will also be a cake and pie auction on Saturday at 11:30am, and an awesome silent auction over the two days.
For more information see: http://www.thecountryquilter.ca/classes
or phone: 613-838-5541
September 8, 2009 |
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14th Annual Fibrefest
Sept. 11 & 13 , 2009 |
The Mississippi Valley Textile Museum’s highly anticipated Fibrefest is returning for its 14th annual event! Join the celebrations from September 11th – 13th at the North Lanark Agricultural Hall, Almonte Old Post Office (AOPO) and the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum (MVTM). All sites will feature fibre art vendors, demonstrations, lace, quilt, and weaving exhibitions, a textile appraisal fair and fashion shows for everyone to enjoy! A two full-day festival of the fibre arts at three exciting locations |
For more info:
http://www.textilemuseum.mississippimills.com/events.htm
September 3, 2009 |
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Can you believe that only two weeks from today is our first meeting for this year!
Our guest speakers for this evening are Thelma Robbins and Grace Whiting. I’m not sure if it is their request or that of our Programme Director but please bring a magazine to this meeting. It could be about gardening, home, cooking, science, women’s issues, sports, news, etc, etc. There will be a box at the Membership table and you must be willing to part with your magazine in exchange for another. Sounds interesting to me.
The Executive has decided that Visitor’s fees will now be $5 per meeting in order to defray some of our increased rental costs.
Jan will be introducing the Mystery Quilt and please remember to have your Summer Block Challenge completed and have your name and the musical group, band, etc. on the back of your block. This only needs to be a piece of paper pinned on.
Please remember your mugs for our Social time which begins at 7:15 and, hopefully, the business will begin at 7:45. I know that you will all have stories to share about what you did on your summer vacation…..remember when we had to do an essay on that at school?!
If you would like an announcement made during the meeting, please call me at 591-1852 or e-mail at: jgfuller@rogers.com. The business meetings can sometimes be difficult to manage if there are a lot of unexpected announcements to make.
Of course, once again and at every meeting we will have Show and Tell to peek at what you have been doing over the summer.
Looking ahead: our October meeting will feature our guest speaker, Pippa Moore who will be conducting classes at The Country Quilter in October.
If you have not yet registered to be a member of a team for The Quilt Marathon, please call the store at: 838-5541 since the team forms are now there. I will have a special guest from British Columbia on the team that I joined!
Our first Richmond Area Quilters Guild show will be on October 17 at the Landmark Court complex and please bring the articles that you would like to display or sell to this meeting, I know that there has been much interest in this. Please have a label with your name and the title of the quilt on it, once again on a piece of paper attached to your article. It can be a quilt, but please nothing larger than a twin since we have limited display space, wearable art, etc. If you wish to sell an article have the price clearly marked and sales will be cash or cheque only. The Executive mocked me when I told them of my experience with satellites and credit cards over the summer!
Hoping that you all have had a pleasant summer and looking forward to seeing you there!
August 28, 2009 |
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September 11 to 13
During Fibrefest in Almonte
More info to follow
August 5, 2009 |
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The 2007 summer challenge blocks have been put together and quilted! Have a look:
 
 
 
 
A big thank you to Cynthia Leonard who designed the layout and assembled the quilt blocks. Thank you to Jan Kittle for the beautiful machine quilting. And, many thanks to the guild members who participated in the 2007 summer block challenge. It is astounding what we can do when we work together!
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Lanark County Quilters Guild presents “Quilts on the Tay” Friday August 7 to Sunday August 9, 2009 at St. John Catholic High School, 2066 Scotch Line Rd., Perth, ON.
Hours:
Friday August 7, 2009
Noon - 5pm
Saturday, August 8, 2009
10:00 - 5pm
Sunday, August 9, 2009
10:00 - 4 pm
Admission $6 (children under 12 free)
Ample parking
See a huge variety of traditional and contemporary quilts and wall hangings. Meet two of the guild’s very talented members whose work will be featured during this year’s show. Visit the large and varied vendor area — quality fabrics, threads, patterns, machines, tools…and a boutique of quilted items for sale. Lunches and refreshments available.
For more information go to:
www.lanarkcountyquiltersguild.wordpress.com
June 24, 2009 |
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Richmond Area Quilters Guild First Quilt Show
Richmond Area Quilters Guild will be holding its first Quilt Show on Saturday, October 17, 2009 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at Landmark Court, a retirement residence for seniors! This is a special event celebrating the 10th anniversary of both the RAQG and Landmark Court!
The show will be held in the ground floor lounge and will be accompanied by a tea sponsored and run by Landmark Court.
The coordinators of the show (Nancy Sprules, Jacquie Fuller and Lynne Rochette) are asking for 50 quilts, no larger than twin size. to be exhibited on metal frames provided by Landmark and on sofas and quilt frames placed strategically around the lounge. We encourage those who have wearable art items to donate some to the show, as well as miniature quilts and work from groups within the Guild such as the doll makers and the embroiderers!
The Coordinators are asking that you bring the work(s) which you are sending to the show to the September Guild meeting. Please include a piece of paper with your name, the name of the quilter (if different from the maker) and the story behind your quilt in a short paragraph. This information will be transferred to standard show forms and attached to the front of your quilt. Please don’t forget your label on the back of the quilt! Your quilts will be returned to you at the October Guild meeting.
We will be setting up two or three display tables to showcase the new tools we use for quilting (such as rotary cutters, self healing cutting mats, etc.), the way we buy fabric (yardage, cakes, jelly rolls, etc.) and some magazines and patterns to show from where we find inspiration!
It would be wonderful to have volunteers to help with the set up and take down of the show, and it will be necessary to have some “white glove” ladies present throughout the show to help folks look at the quilts safely and without touching! It would also be fantastic to have people to be at the display tables to answer questions! Please get in touch with one of the coordinators nearer the time of the show!
The Director of Landmark suggested that since the Quilt Show will be near the Christmas season, it would be desirable to have some quilts for sale. We suggest crib quilts, quilties (24″ x 24″) and “bucket quilts” (36″ x 36″ for bringing baby home from the hospital in the bucket car seats!). There may be a market for lap quilts amongst the seniors who live in the Landmark area which is a +55 years residential area including bungalows, apartments, condos and the seniors’ residence. If you are interested in making some items for sale, please note the sale price on your information sheet!
Landmark Court is at 140 Darlington Private, Ottawa. To get there from the Richmond/Kanata area, go east, towards the airport on Hunt Club West, over the bridge, to Paul Anka Drive. Turn left and follow the drive to the first set of lights which will be McCarthy. Turn left and go to the next set of lights which will be Plante. Turn right and bear right at the V split and follow Owl a few yards to Landmark on your right. Go up the hill to the end of the road and the Seniors Residence is number 140 on your left.
We are very excited to be offering the projects of our talented members for this show and we hope that you will pick and choose amongst your projects and present a wide variety of items with which to “wow” our potential viewers! More information as it arrives! Landmark Court will be advertising the show through their newsletter which is distributed widely through the city!
Here’s to a fun and successful First RAQG Quilt Show!
June 19, 2009 |
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Thanks and Welcome to the Executive
For the past two years it has been my pleasure to serve the Richmond Area Quilters Guild as President. It has been a busy and happy experience but I am pleased, now, to step back and spend the next two years as Past President offering my experience to the new Executive!
I wish to thank the members of my Executive Team for all their hard work and dedication. Each one of you made my job so easy because you stepped up to do your job each and every day of the last two years!
Special thanks to Vice-President Jacquie Fuller, Treasurer Carmen Creighton, Secretary Lynda Rose, Membership Janice Wiggins, Program Jan Kittle, Library and Web Master Joanne Myers, Library Debbie Wilson, Past President Tracy Parr-Labbe, Meeting notes Ann McLean, BOM Sally Hare, Lynne Rochette and Jane Hare and Archives Lynne Price for their outstanding work as the Core Executive.
Warmest thanks to the members of the Committees who have supported the Core Executive and helped with the Executive Meetings at both the beginning and end of each year to keep the Guild healthy, happy and moving forward. Thank you all for your selfless and enthusiastic work at all the Guild meetings, all 20 of them, at which you supplied activities, drink, food, information and enthusiasm! What great examples you are to every member of the Guild! You have set a high standard of commitment and involvement!
The new Executive for 2009/2010 to 2010/2011 begin their tenure on 1 August 2009. Welcome to each and every one of you. May you enjoy the same fun and loyalty from one another and the Guild members as we did!
President - Jacquie Fuller
Vice President - Tracy Parr-Labbe
Past President - Nancy Sprules
Secretary - Janet Chartrand
Treasurer - Carmen Creighton
Membership - Michèle Lebel
Meeting notes - Ann McLean
Block-of-the-Month - Jane Hare, Sally Hare, Lynne Rochette
Library - Irene LaFleche, Barb Ramik
Web Master - Joanne Myers
Quilties - Sally Kelly, Suzanne Emmerson
Fat Quarters - Jan Kittle, Erin Bennett
Social - Alison Bridgewater and team
We are handing over to you a Guild which has maintained its commitment to the constitution which stresses the development of the art and craft of quilting, friendship, community and charity! Through our continuing celebration of our first ten years, we are embarking on a new project, the Guild Show in October and participating in many established events such as the 30-hour Quilt Marathon, the summer fairs in our area, and our summer block challenge! I hope you will enjoy the ongoing and will expand the activities of the Guild to keep it fresh and interesting for our members!
Welcome and warmest wishes on your coming two years!
Nancy and the 2007/2008 to 2008/2009 Executive and Committees
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