Welcome to Quintessential Quilters!

January Meeting

Our next meeting is Thursday, Jan 12, 2012, starting at 7:00 PM. We meet at Mountview Baptist Church, 2140 Fishinger Road in Upper Arlington (corner of Mountview and Fishinger Roads). Please use the entrance with the canopy at the northeast side of the church.

PROGRAM: "The "A" Word - All About Appliqué" with Kris Fout, Wendy Bynner and Madeline Hansen
At the January meeting we continue to celebrate the Year of the Quilt featuring applique with a medley of various techniques. QQ member Kris Fout will demonstrate hand applique. Kris has two ribbons from past National Quilting Association shows for her work with hand applique. Wendy Bynner is our go-to person for machine work. Wendy will explain the various fusible options available for machine applique and bring samples of her work. Madeline will demo another machine method that features a finished edge for machine quilting. It should be a learning experience for all.

Reminder: Our meeting policy for weather cancellations: If it is a level one, come if you can - but a level two or three, the meeting will be cancelled.

Announcements

2012 QQ RETREAT - Our 2012 Retreat is moving to Shawnee State Park Lodge (in southern Ohio, near Portsmouth) due to the closing of Burr Oak. The dates remain the same, February 24-26, 2012. Registrations are now being accepted now through January 12 (the date of our regular QQ meeting). All attendees MUST be current members of QQ. All registrations must be accompanied by full payment. Fees run from $142 - $246, depending of which type of housing you choose. Your fee includes:

2 nights accommodation in a hotel room or cabin
Friday night buffet dinner
Saturday social hour (cheese & fruit and one coupon for a beverage of your choice from the bar)
Saturday night buffet dinner
Sunday morning breakfast buffet
20% gratuity for all food and sleeping accommodations
Unlimited access to the sewing areas

Located in the Appalachian foothills near the banks of the Ohio River, 1,095-acre Shawnee State Park is nestled in the 63,000-acre Shawnee State Forest. If you have any questions, contact Phyllis Post (see your roster for contact info)
Lodge info: www.shawneestateparklodge.com
Park info: www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks/shawnee/tabid/788/Default.aspx

FEBRUARY RED & WHITE BLOCK EXCHANGE - Blocks are due at the February 2012 guild meeting. See a sample at the meeting and sign up to exchange. Click here for directions. Make and exchange your blocks with a blank center, then personalize the blocks however you choose after exchanged with applique, red work, or machine embroidery.

GROUP QUILT 2013 - At QQ's December Potluck, it was decided that we would use the above Red & White Block Exchange pattern for the basis of our 2013 raffle quilt. You do not have to commit to making X number of blocks if you do not care to – just make the one! Or, if you are participating in the block exchange, just make an extra block. Mike Weatherby is looking forward to receiving blocks from all of you at the February meeting, as this is an easy way for everyone to participate in QQ's Group Quilt. Also, please remember to keep the center square blank as we have not yet decided if we will use appliqué or redwork.

MONTHLY BLOCK EXCHANGE - For the January Monthly Block Exchange, please bring your blocks from any of the past months' patterns. We will have exchanges according to each of the patterns represented. At that time we will also vote to choose new colors or to continue with the White, Yellow, Pink theme. If you would like to join the exchange during the January meeting, please do. There have been so many amazing blocks made and exchanged. The resulting Show & Tell is going to be awesome! Wanna join the exchange but missed the first couple months? Not a problem, contact Bobbie Brooks (contact info in your QQ roster) for the latest pattern.

MEMBERS IN THE NEWS - Congratulations to member Ruth Pennell - her quilt, "Summer Day" has been included in the American Quilter's Society Quilt Art 2012 Engagement Calendar, and also to Teri Tope as her "Feathers Gone Wild" piece is on the cover of the Quilting Quarterly, the journal of the National Quilting Association, Inc. Please note: both are applique!

WORKSHOP - BECKY CAMPBELL'S APPLIQUE - LAST CHANCE! There are still a few spaces available for The Becky Campbell Innovative Appliqué Workshop on March 10, 10-4 at the McConnell Arts Center in Worthington. Cost is only $40 for members or $45 for non members for the day of learning. We think it will be a great class in a great facility. This is the only class scheduled for this year. Hopefully you will plan on supporting what our group is sponsoring. It is the best way to get acquainted with other members and get that quilt comradeship. Plus learn new techniques and ideas from a wonderful teacher. Need more information? Contact Rita Reed (see your roster for contact info).

The class will be held at The McConnell Arts Center of Worthington at 777 Evening Street. It is about one block off North High Street (west) and Route 161 (north). There is plenty of parking and a bright sunny work space. Time will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This Innovative Appliqué is for beginners and experienced alike. It eliminates timeconsuming tasks - no tracing or placement guide or shapes. no ripping out the back of your work. A design tool ensures that fabric choices work just the way you intended, and gives the option to make changes before pieces are sewn. Innovative Appliqué techniques enable precise turning resulting in accurate shapes. Assemble the entire project before stitching to insure everything fits together. All stages of the project are portable. Innovative Appliqué techniques can be applied to any project. Becky has many tips and techniques to make her patterns a snap to make but elegant after finished. The patterns are a unique take on flowers. The designs were drawn by our very own Bobbie Brooks, then Becky turned them into elegant blocks which can be displayed individually or in a fantastic quilt. No sewing machine is required for the workshop.

CIVIL WAR COMMEMORATION QUILT CHALLENGE 2012 - In commemorating the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War (aka: War Between the States, War of Northern Aggression, the Recent Great Unpleasantness, the Southern Revolution, etc.) the guild is offering the opportunity for members to enter quilts in a Civil War Quilt Challenge. The rules will be simple: You can do anything you like, any pattern or any fabric, but you must provide a short written commentary on your work. Quilt size: 60" x 60" or smaller. Anything that size or smaller can be easily displayed. Quilts are due June 2012.

Questions? Contact Leslie Floyd.

The following awards will be presented:

Best use of modern reproduction fabrics
Best use of authentic Civil War quilt blocks such as the LeMoyne star, Ohio star, various styles of album, nine patch, four patches, to name a few, or appliqué blocks such as Whig Rose, Rose of Sharon, Pomegranate, etc.
Best interpretation of theme (this is broad - Civil War)
Most creative interpretation of theme
Viewers' Choice

Welcome!

Quintessential Quilters - 2007 Retreat at Deer Creek We are the Quintessential Quilters of Columbus, Ohio. We meet the second Thursday of each month, September through June, at Mountview Baptist Church, 2140 Fishinger Road, Upper Arlington (Columbus), Ohio. Meetings start at 7 PM with a business meeting, program, show-and-tell of member quilts, and other activities.

Our officers for 2011-2012 are...

President - Leslie Floyd
Vice President - Madeline Hansen
Secretary - Marty Kotter
Treasurer - Bev Steckert

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Visitors are always welcome.

QQ is Chapter OH139 of The National Quilting Association, Inc. and we encourage all of our members to become members of NQA as well.