Vance Quilts R Us

Henderson, NC

Volume 1, July 2013

OFFICERS 2013
DONNA WESEMANN
President wesemanndonna@aol.com

A Note from Donna

Members,
Our September meeting promises to be an exciting one!! We will be having our Annual Quilt Challenge "Welcome to the Movies" with all of our invited guests voting on the Viewer's Choice and 2 runner's up. We will be holding a "Stash for Cash" event to assist with our treasury as well as help members clear out their sewing rooms and make room for new things, and we will be having our speaker Amy Windsor giving a lecture. We need members for all sorts of things for the evening to be the huge success I know it can be. Everything from set up to take down, publicity and invitations, and hospitality and greeting our guests. Please help out your board of directors and fellow quilt guild members and plan on taking on a task. This guild will only be successful with the participation of all of it's members. The board and I are excited to assist in the vision and direction that the members want to take the guild, but we can't do it alone! All ideas and input are always welcome.

DEBBIE POWELL
Vice President misslous@ncol.net

KATHY FAUCETTE
Secretary Faucettep@vance.net

BELINDA LEACH
Treasurer bzznbea@nc.rr.com

PEGGY STOCKS
Advisor

BETTY JO PERNELL
Historian hpernell@centurylink.net

To our Newest Member

Gale Dickerson

And June Guests

Joyce Bobbitt Sharon Raynor

Join Us
MONTHLY MEETING 2nd Monday, Each Month TIME 6:006:30 Hospitality Time 6:308:15 P.M. Meeting LOCATION First Presbyterian Church Annex 222 Young Street, Henderson, NC

JOIN US

Donna

EW

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

July 4: U.S.A. July 5: Brenda Seaman July 16: Belinda Leach July 29: Janelle Bowen

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IN THE GUILD

AROUND TOWN

Jul 30: Charity Quilt Work shop, Miss Lous, 10:00-1:00 Aug 12: Guild Meeting Sep 6: Fall Lecture, Amy Winsor, South Henderson Church Of God, Henderson Sep 7: Amy Winsor Workshop, 10-4:30 Curvaceous Pieced Houses for the Precision Impaired

Our Charity Quilt Workshops continue each month, meeting on the last Tuesday at Miss Lous. We continue to have good participation and are grateful for everyones commitment. Thanks to Georgia for donating her winnings of fat quarters to our charity efforts, to Patty for batting, and to Sarah for preparing a label for our charity quilts.

NATIONALLY Fall Lecture Workshop September 6-7 AMY WINSOR

Curvaceous Pieced Houses for the Precision Impaired 6 Sep: Lecture at South Henderson Church of God 7 Sep: 6 Hr. Workshop$45 20 Members Only (open to non-members after July meeting) Amy is a quilt artist and instructor from Morrisville, NC, who doesnt measure, doesnt make templates, avoids matching corners, never plans ahead, and usually fudges the rules. In many of her quilts, free motion quilting made of cursive writing tells stories and messages all over the quilt. Workshop: Intermediate Level. Create whimsical houses using no rulers or patterns while you learn to do curved piecing. Each house will be cut freehand with gentle curves using your rotary cutter.

Aug 15-18: New England Quilt

Festival, Manchester, NH Sep 19-22, Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Philadelphia, PA

Fall LectureWorkshop Committees

We need you! Committee Chairs and Workers! Please sign up to serve: Hospitality - Sue Marlette Greeters Set-Up Take-Down Publicity Invitations Stash for Cash - Belinda Leach

Gale & Danny Hayes Pat & Patty McCrary Sue Perozek Betty & Jerry Stanton

- - - event at our Friday, September 6 meeting. Members who have quilting/sewing/craft related items (new or like new) can sell them at the meeting. We all have tons of stuff in our Stash we know we can't possibly EVER get to finish. Here is an opportunity to turn that stash into cash so you can add to your stash guilt free!! We are hoping for a large turnout of quilters & friends from the surrounding guilds. You price your items. The guild gets 25% of the sales for the evening.

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June Meeting Highlights

* Tonights Winners - - Block of the Month (BOM) Bonanza -

Program Notes:
Favorite Sewing and Quilting Tips and Tools We found out how other members use everything from hair bands to clothespins. Recognize any of the items pictured? Do you use these or have another that you find useful? It isnt too late to share your tip or tool. Provide a write-up on a 3x5 card, attach a picture if possible and hand it into Donna. The tips and tools will be compiled into a handout for future distribution.

Bettys Arrow: 8 blocks each color resulted in two lucky winners Frances Owen and Faith Smith Fat Quarter Frenzy: Bag of Strips Ellen Anderson Quilt Like Crazy Gift Certificate: Betty Stanton Balance of Funds: $1818.77 July Meeting: Pot Luck & Quilto

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T H E W I N N E R S

Francis & Faith Share the Bettys Arrow Blocks. Ellen & Betty win the Frenzy Drawing of Strips & the drawing for sharing a tip!

S H O W & T E L L

1st

Faith Smith displays her Night and Day quilt. She received a third place ribbon in the Duet category at a recent quilt show.

JANE REEDER
Crystal Coast Quilt Show 1st Place, Handquilting Category

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Miss Lous Quilting Studio, Henderson, NC

www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Miss-LousQuilting-Studio/187645617946978?fref=ts

Quilt Lizzy, Warrenton, NC

www.quiltlizzy.com/ Quilt Like Crazy, Wake Forest, NC quiltslikecrazy.com/ Cover Your Little Piggies Quilting Studio http://www.pigtalesandquilts.com

2013 Quilt Challenge

movie that inspires you and design a quilt that represents that movie. Quilt cannot be any larger than 30" x 30". They will be measured! Quilts must include: Piecing, Appliqu, Embellishment Finished quilts should be dropped at Miss Lous no later than Thursday, September 5th. Prizes will be awarded!

JULY NOTES

Pick a favorite

FAT QUARTER WITH NAME CHRISTMAS AUCTION ITEMS

YOUR GUILD NAME TAG BLOCK OF THE MONTH

- - - to the Guild Meeting, call Debbie Powell (492-6469 ) or Donna Wesemann (492-4404)