Welcome to Quintessential Quilters!

February Meeting

Our next meeting is Thursday, Feb 9, 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.

Redwork Tutorial

PROGRAM: Redwork. The focus of February's QQ meeting is Redwork. "Believed to have originated in Europe in the 19th century and traveled to America prior to the War Between the States, the name is derived from the red cotton thread that was used to create this charming style of embroidery. Redwork found a niche among immigrants and the middle class due to its economy, sublime simplicity and widespread availability." [Source: www.prettyimpressivestuff.com/redwork.htm]

Mary Zesiger, National Quilting Association Certified Teacher and former member of QQ affectionately known as Mary Z, will join us for the evening. The topic of her lecture is "No Knots, No Tails," with wonderful hints and ideas for doing Redwork by hand.

"Redwork, Bluework and Greenwork, Oh My" will be QQ member Beth Schillig's topic as she tells us how to select designs to fit the space when machine quilting.

If you have any redwork or red-and-white quilts, please bring them to share with the guild.

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

FEBRUARY RED & WHITE BLOCK EXCHANGE - Blocks are due at the Feb 9 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.

PLACEMATS – NATIONAL QUILTING DAY - In honor of the 21st Annual National Quilting Day (March 17), we will be delivering your placemats to LifeCare Alliance for their Meals-On-Wheels program. This will be the third year that QQ has provided the placemats which are delivered with the meals to brighten someone's day – we hope you'll want to participate. Placemats do not need to be elaborate. Have some orphan blocks? Just add some borders and you have a placemat! They are the perfect size to practice freemotion machine quilting, too. Please bring your placemats to the March meeting.

The folks at James Stitching Sisters have been saving some batting scraps that are just the right size for placemats and Gail Wadley and Janet White will be bringing them to the February meeting. (Speaking of the JSS - mark your calendar for the 8th Annual Quilt Day on April 28 from 9-4. Always a fun – and productive! – day for a good cause.)

Meals-on-Wheels provides hot nutritious meals to older adults and chronically ill persons who are unable to provide meals for themselves. It is just one service of LifeCare Alliance.

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 February 9th (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

MONTHLY BLOCK EXCHANGE - Do you want to join the monthly exchange? 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!

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.