Hello All and a Happy New Year and all the best of health and happiness for 2010!

Our guest speaker for this evening will be Retta Rive speaking on her needlework and quilting and how these have developed into her present work as a fabric artist.

The Library will be back in full swing and if you have had books since the November meeting, please remember to return them at this meeting.

The Block of the Month ladies will gladly receive your December blocks and some lucky person will have a head start on a Christmas project for 2010!

Tracy will be holding the Special Raffle that consists of the prize won by our Guild at the Plowing Match with our Summer Challenge of 2007.

The Fat Quarter ladies will be back with their box of goodies. The rules for this are: if you bring a fat quarter, you may choose one in exchange.

The Quiltie ladies are in the back corner. Quilties were delivered to both CHEO and the Queensway Carleton Hospital in November.

Since our December potluck was cancelled by Mother Nature, we will be having a Ban the February Blues potluck in February. Come and hear what we have planned for you!

Things to remember: any outstanding books, block of the month, fat quarters, mug for tea or coffee and now, a bag for your boots to keep the floor dry and clean. Many thanks for your co-operation with this. Also, bring some warm slippers or socks for your feet.

Looking forward to seeing you all!

Jacquie

PS put Greece on your Bucket List!

Here is a picture of the lucky person who won the raffle package, it appeared in a couple of local papers and was supposed to be on The Quilt website.

The winner was absolutely stunned and thrilled.  This was very special for her. 

 She bought the ticket at RBC in St Marys, we were surprised she was close to Stratford, making the picture possible.

My thanks once again, to your and your wonderful quilters for this and so many other wonderful opportunities.

Warmly, Carol Miller

The Quilt

The OVQG is hosting Kathy K. Wylie, author of Sewflakes, (www.kathykwylie.com)  at their March 1st meeting.  There are still plenty of spaces available in her workshops and you are welcomed to sign up.
Sat. Feb. 27, Papercut Applique 9:30 - 4pm at Maki House, 19 Leeming Drive, Crystal Beach area, $65 or $75 for non-members.
Sun. Feb. 28, Peekaboo Applique, 9:30-4pm, Maki House, $65 ($75)
Details at www.ottawavalleyquiltersguild.org, under “workshops”.   You can register by emailing Shirley Bolduc at      workshops@OttawaValleyQuiltersGuild.org   before Feb. 1 please.

Next guild meetings for the year are:  January 20th, February 17th, March 17th, April 21, May 19th and June 9th 2010.

Details for the January and February meetings will be posted shortly - stayed tuned for another terrific year of activities with the Richmond Area Quilters Guild!!

Submissions to the RAQG website are ALWAYS appreciated. If you have information, photos, a project, or a story to share please email:  webmaster@richmondareaquiltersguild.com.

Due to the winter storm moving through our area, the December 9th, 2009 Guild meeting/potluck is canceled.

Donations and items for the shelter can be dropped off at the Country Quilter (3444 McBean St, Richmond) until 4PM Saturday December 12th when representatives from the shelter will pick them up.

On behalf of RAQG, best wishes to all, have a Merry Christmas, bundle up and drive safely out there in this winter wonderland!

Correction from the last meeting: our May potluck will still be on the third Wednesday, May 19 and the last meeting of our year will be June garage sale on June 9,2010.

Now for reminders for our December meeting:

-as Shirley mentioned at the last meeting, both Nelson House and Harmony House have a number of children resident there, about 30 ranging in age from infants to 11 years. They will be receiving toys from various organizations, but are in need of socks and underwear. These need not be boring as festive ones are available! I purchased some this morning.

-there will be a contest for the most creative Christmas stocking, which will then be going on to the shelter. The Block of the Month ladies will be co-coordinating this. So bring your stocking and home made ones will be judged and store bought ones will be appreciated.

-the ladies at the shelter are also in need of personal toiletries and other small articles to fill their stockings. Please bring these gifts, unwrapped.

-Jan and Erin are providing you the opportunity to provide a gift to yourself: if you bring a fat quarter your name will go into a draw to be eligible to win a bundle! I collected quite a few plaid ones last month!

-The Library ladies will allow the return of books at this meeting, but none will be borrowed.

-Don’t forget your Block of the Month for December, a paper-pieced bauble. Do you remember that Joanne did not know what a bauble was until she joined her Internet group?

-The Social ladies request that 1) you wear something festive in celebration of Christmas 2) since, as far as I am aware, no one has volunteered their keyboard expertise, please bring a Christmas CD with your name on it, so that we can all enjoy festive music during dinner and afterwards. Lynn Price will be the music conductor for the evening. Remember that all articles of food must be able to be eaten with your fingers or your fork and the Social committee are providing dishes, utensils and decorative
-There will also be a Special Raffle of the Thimbleberries fabric which were the prize from the Plowing Match. The proceeds from this will go towards quilting a Guild project, not to be confused with the Summer Block Challenge. Tickets remain at the same prices.

-Quilties were delivered to both CHEO and the Queensway-Carleton hospital, this week.

Looking ahead: the Executive has decided that the Guild would contribute charm squares for the Quilt Canada loot bags. so please bring 5-inch squares to the February meeting and these will be forwarded to Calgary for Quilt Canada. These bundles will be attached with our Guild “fox” pins.

There will be show and tell at this and every meeting!

Please bring a plastic bag for boots to this meeting since snow is in the forecast!

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

For more info:

http://www.textilemuseum.mississippimills.com/events.htm

Can you believe that only two weeks from today is our first meeting for this year!