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Announcements First RAQG Quilt Show! June 24, 2009 \| Leave a Comment 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! Executive for 2009/10 June 19, 2009 \| Leave a Comment 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 Program - Susan Woodhead Meeting notes - Ann McLean Block-of-the-Month - Jane Hare, Sally Hare, Lynne Rochette Library - Irene LaFleche, Barb Ramik Web Master - Joanne Myers Archives - Lynn Price Quilties - Sally Kelly, Suzanne Emmerson E-mail - Jacquie Fuller 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 Quilt Show Petawawa May 29, 2009 \| Leave a Comment 25th Anniversary Quilt Show Presented by the Log Cabin Quilters Join us to celebrate 25 years of quilting in the Upper Ottawa Valley. Admission $5 adults; children 12 & under FREE when accompanied by an adult. Sat. May 30th: 10:00am to 5pm Sun. May 31st: 11am to 4pm Petawawa Civic Centre, Petawawa, ON There will be a Tea Room Wearable Art Seminar \| Leave a Comment Hope you might be interested in this seminar that my Artwear colleague, Carroll Thatcher and myself are giving at Creative Styling in Westport, June 12th and 13th. The information is on the store website, www. creativestyling.com but I’ve copied it here, plus added some details of what we plan to do. Carroll and I would really appreciate your passing this information on to anyone in your sewing and quilting circles that might be interested. Thanks so much! Vikki. Wearable Art Seminar at Creative Styling, Westport 1-888-273-4465 June 12 & 13 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. Class Fee $130 (includes 2 days) The class begins with design considerations such as body shape, pattern choosing, where to showcase the art and preparation (fashion sketching, colour theory, construction). Carroll and Vikki will then will present a trunk show of their garments following a “technique and lessons learned” guideline. These are the techniques they will discuss while showing the garments: felting, fabric manipulations (tucking, folding, shirring, smocking, etc) cording, piping, braiding, painting and dyeing, surface designs such as threadwork, embroidery & various piecing techniques, applique, and bias embellishment, restoration and recycling, beading, hot fix elements, chenille. This is a seminar format, but will include a few demonstrations and lots of show and tell. This is surely bound to get your creative juices flowing!! The Quilt: 2009 Campaign Showcase Quilt May 19, 2009 \| Leave a Comment Joyce Collins Diamond Quilt I am very pleased and excited to let everyone know that Joy Collin’s beautiful hand-pieced diamond quilt, which she donated to The Quilt, has been selected to be the showcase quilt for the 2009 campaign! My warmest congratulations to Joy and I know that everyone in the Guild is proud that Joy’s wonderful generosity in donating such an heirloom project has been rewarded with this honour! This is yet another amazing accomplishment in the ongoing success of the Country Quilter’s and the RAQG’s support of the Quilt Marathon in support of The Quilt project. Many of our members have participated in all four of the Marathons at the Country Quilter and are gearing up to join in the fifth this September. There have been many individual and group donations of quilts as well. I am humbled by your dedication and generosity and am so proud to be a member of this happy and bighearted group of women! Congratulations Joy, and we all look forward to seeing your quilt highlighted in publications and posters for the 2009 campaign! Best wishes, Nancy J Sprules President, Richmond Area Quilter’s Guild RAQG’s Tenth Anniversary April 28, 2009 \| Leave a Comment RAQG is 10 years old!!!! Let's Party!! This May marks the Guild’s Tenth Anniversary! Stay tuned to the website for news about activities that will be running throughout the year. We will kick off our celebrations at the May Guild Meeting (Wednesday, May 20th). We will be having our POTLUCK dinner, so please bring a dish to share (anything goes….hot dishes, appetizers, desserts, etc.) A lot of surprises are in store at the meeting, so mark this one on your calendar! PS- Don’t forget to bring your own plate, cup and utensils. PPS - Because we are having our potluck dinner in May, we are having a garage sale at the June meeting. More info to follow. Online Quilt Festival April 23, 2009 \| Leave a Comment Here’s something new and exciting - an online quilt festival! Amy @ Park City Girl Blogspot (a blogging site) has started this virtual quilt festival and to date has over 500 entries. (I have submitted my quilt entry - try to guess which one it is!) Do we have any quilting bloggers in the RAQG? If we do, let me know and we’ll see if we can set up something on the guild site to list them. You can email me here Enjoy! your webmaster, Joanne April 15/2009 Guild Meeting Notes April 14, 2009 \| Leave a Comment 1. Guest Speaker: At this meeting we will be having a surprise Guest Speaker and her Trunk Show so come and see what treasures will come out of the trunk! Meeting begins at 7:15 with our social time ( remember to bring your own cup for tea, coffee or juice ) and the business meeting will begin at 7:45. 2. Library: Since next month is our special tenth birthday celebration, this will be the last month that members will be able to borrow books from the Library. Please make sure to return all books/magazine/dvds at the May meeting. 3. Other programs: We will once again have the raffle, the Fat Quarter Exchange and Quilties. Remember to complete your Block of the Month to go into the draw. If you make one and enter your name you have the chance of winning the blocks submitted. 4: Elections: Nominations for elections will close at the end of this meeting, so if you feel that you would be interested in serving your fellow members on the Guild executive, think about what position you might like to fill. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Renewal cheques made out to The Richmond Area Quilters Guild will begin to be accepted at this meeting, with final closure of renewals June 30. After this date, your name will be placed on the waiting list, if you wish. HOWEVER, if you renew by the end of the June 10 meeting, then your name will go into a draw for a free membership! Looking ahead: the May meeting will feature our sit-down potluck supper with special prizes and goodies for all members so mark your calendars for May 20. Elections for the executive will also occur at this meeting. Guild Cookbook March 19, 2009 \| Leave a Comment Alison Bridgewater and Lynne Rochette have volunteered to organize a second Guild cookbook. If you have a favourite recipe to share, please forward it to Alison at: alisonbridgewater@opera.ncf.ca. Quilt of Belonging in Cornwall May 10-18/09 March 18, 2009 \| Leave a Comment Quilt of belonging Hello! I thought you might like to know that Quilt of Belonging will be on display this spring at the Cornwall Civic Complex from May 10^th to 18^th. We are hoping to organize a special, Mother’s Day event during the exhibit. Details will be posted on our website as they become available. Please stay tuned! Where: Cornwall Civic Complex, 100 Water Street East, Cornwall, Ontario When: May 10^th-18^th, 2009. Hours will be posted at www.quiltofbelonging.ca Cost: Admission free Please help us promote this exciting event by forwarding this message widely and by displaying the attached poster in prominent locations. Hoping to see you there! Esther Bryan,Director Quilt of Belonging tel.: 613-347-2381 fax: 613-347-1465 Have you made your fabric bingo game “card” yet? February 28, 2009 \| Leave a Comment Don’t forget that we will be playing bingo with fabric game cards at the upcoming March meeting. Nancy Sprules handed out game card instructions at the January meeting. If you haven’t picked up the instructions yet, have no fear, here they are: For one 10.5″ card (Each fabric must be chosen from one of the following categories: batik, floral, geometric, heart, leaf, metallic, holiday, novelty, paisley, plaid, solid, star, stripe, or 1930s print. Use a black print for the centre square.) 5 (2.5″) squares assorted yellow and orange prints 5 (2.5″) squares assorted red prints 5 (2.5″) squares assorted blue prints 5 (2.5″) squares assorted green prints 4 (2.5″) squares pink and purple prints 1 (2.5″) square black print Block assembly: 1. Referring to photo, join 5 yellow/orange print squares to make 1 row. In the same manner, make 1 red, 1 blue, and 1 green row. 2. Join 2 pink/purple squares. Make 2 pink/purple pairs. Join one pink/purple pair to each side of black square to complete pink/purple row. 3. Join rows, placing the pink/purple row in centre, to complete 1 Bingo Game Card Block. Don’t forget to bring buttons or beans for your markers! Fabric bingo card Permission is granted by Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting to copy these instructions. Bethany Garner trunk show February 25, 2009 \| Leave a Comment The Ottawa Valley Quilters’ Guild is very pleased to extend an invitation to the Richmond Area Quilters Guild members to join us for a trunk show Monday, April 6^th, at 7:30 pm, at 523 St. Anthony Street (off Preston) in Ottawa. Our guest speaker will be Bethany Garner, a fibre artist and quilter from the Kingston Fibre Arts Group, who will also talk about the judging of quilts. We’re looking forward to a great evening and we hope to see you there! Trudy Seliger OVQG Co-VP-Admin/Publicity Guest speaker - Feb. 18/09 meeting February 11, 2009 \| Leave a Comment Our guest speaker at February’s guild meeting is from the Museum of Civilization. She will speak to us about her work as a conservator and the collection of quilts that the museum has. Election Year February 1, 2009 \| Leave a Comment This year is an election year for our membership. At the May meeting we will be voting in a new Executive. Please click here for all the information you need to know. 2009 CQA/ACC Trend-Tex Quilters’ Challenge….Roots January 22, 2009 \| Leave a Comment The CQA/ACC organizes a yearly challenge as a fundraiser. The fabrics are generously provided by Trend-Tex Fabrics Inc. Here is the link to see the fabrics for 2009: http://www.trendtexfabrics.com/?p=sec_8 This year the theme is ‘ROOTS’. Tree roots? Family roots? Connecting roots? The ‘root’ or beginning of something new? Root vegetables? Root out the truth? Community roots? The hidden roots? What does ‘roots’ mean to you? Go to: http://www.canadianquilter.com/events/index_events_ttc2009.htm Click here for the registration form with guidelines. The form can be forwarded to Johanna Alford, President, CQA/ACC, 12115 Cherrywood Drive, Maple Ridge, B.C. V2X 9K4 along with $20.00 by cheque, MO, or Credit Card information. Only the five Trend-Tex fabrics can be used in your quilt to qualify for the Trend-Tex prize. You may add up to 3 other fabrics and still qualify for lots of other prizes. To see some examples, here is the link of last year’s quilts 2008trendtex.htm The challenge quilts will be displayed at the CQA/ACC show in Saskatoon SK, and will be donated to CQA/ACC as a fundraiser when they are auctioned at Quilt Saskatchewan, held in Saskatoon in 2009. quiltcanada2009.htm Thank you for your support, Johanna Alford, President CQA/ACC president@canadianquilter.com