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Mennonite Church of Normal 805 S. Cottage Normal, IL 61761 |
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No meetings are currently scheduled at the Mennonite Church of Normal. The HAAQG monthly meetings are now being held via zoom. These meetings are available to members only.
Quilt Spectrum
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
President's Message
Have you responded to Lisa Bearmann’s survey and selected the type of sandwich from Fire House Subs you would like for the ‘box lunch’ yet? I hope we have a great turn out for our first social event in a year. We have rented the pavilion at Anderson Park in Normal so there will be shade and tables for the food. The Executive Board will provide dessert so all you need to bring is $7.00 for the meal, your own lawn chair to social distance and a bottle of water (or your choice of beverage). The meeting is Thursday, May 6th, starting at 5 pm. You are welcome to bring a quilt that you have finished since we last met for a show and tell.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for supporting the guild this year. I know it has not been a ‘normal’ year, but we have worked to keep the guild together as best we could through our Zoom meetings. I appreciate you paying your dues and joining the Zoom meetings so we could still have speakers. A special thanks to Stormy Helton for learning how to use Zoom and for being the ‘host’. She and the co-host, Connie Borth and Lisa Bearmann, did a great job of getting everyone connected into the meetings. Thank you, ladies, we could not have seen one another without you.
It was also a learning experience for our programs committee. They had to renegotiate the contracts with the speakers who could no longer come to our meetings in-person and had their presentations available on Zoom. The committee did a great job of choosing a variety of speakers for our meetings, from a landscape artist, to ergonomics hints, learning new way to chain sew half square triangles, to dividing our stash into our “collection” and our “working stash”- now I don’t feel so guilty having all those fabrics that I had to have and can’t cut, I’m building up quite a ‘collection’.
I could not have managed the guild without our elected officers, I would like to thank, Vice President Stormy Dawn Helton, Secretary Ruth Green and Treasurer Carol Benson for all their support and input this year. I know the officers for next year, President Story Dawn Helton, Vice President Kathleen Schwitzner, Secretary Jenny Peddinger, and Treasurer Connie Borth will do an excellent job moving the guild forward.
I would like to thank Mary Wilkins for the great job of putting the Newsletter together each month. She does the editing, adding the graphics, and seeing that it gets to the printer on time, so that we receive it before the monthly meeting. Thank you, Mary.
This year we have a gorgeous new raffle quilt made by Marie Conard and her committee. Marie has done an awesome job of being at the local quilt shops so you could pick up tickets and has made herself available for in-person pick up or even delivery in some cases. Thank you for your extra efforts, Marie.
We are planning on having the Quilt Spectrum this fall at the Interstate Center. It will be Friday, October 29 and Saturday, October 30, 2021. Gwynne Borth will have more details about the Quilt Spectrum later this summer. We will finally be able to display those previously unfinished UFOs that we all have been working hard to complete for the last two years.
Stay safe, healthy, and get vaccinated.
Sharon Rhoda
President
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for supporting the guild this year. I know it has not been a ‘normal’ year, but we have worked to keep the guild together as best we could through our Zoom meetings. I appreciate you paying your dues and joining the Zoom meetings so we could still have speakers. A special thanks to Stormy Helton for learning how to use Zoom and for being the ‘host’. She and the co-host, Connie Borth and Lisa Bearmann, did a great job of getting everyone connected into the meetings. Thank you, ladies, we could not have seen one another without you.
It was also a learning experience for our programs committee. They had to renegotiate the contracts with the speakers who could no longer come to our meetings in-person and had their presentations available on Zoom. The committee did a great job of choosing a variety of speakers for our meetings, from a landscape artist, to ergonomics hints, learning new way to chain sew half square triangles, to dividing our stash into our “collection” and our “working stash”- now I don’t feel so guilty having all those fabrics that I had to have and can’t cut, I’m building up quite a ‘collection’.
I could not have managed the guild without our elected officers, I would like to thank, Vice President Stormy Dawn Helton, Secretary Ruth Green and Treasurer Carol Benson for all their support and input this year. I know the officers for next year, President Story Dawn Helton, Vice President Kathleen Schwitzner, Secretary Jenny Peddinger, and Treasurer Connie Borth will do an excellent job moving the guild forward.
I would like to thank Mary Wilkins for the great job of putting the Newsletter together each month. She does the editing, adding the graphics, and seeing that it gets to the printer on time, so that we receive it before the monthly meeting. Thank you, Mary.
This year we have a gorgeous new raffle quilt made by Marie Conard and her committee. Marie has done an awesome job of being at the local quilt shops so you could pick up tickets and has made herself available for in-person pick up or even delivery in some cases. Thank you for your extra efforts, Marie.
We are planning on having the Quilt Spectrum this fall at the Interstate Center. It will be Friday, October 29 and Saturday, October 30, 2021. Gwynne Borth will have more details about the Quilt Spectrum later this summer. We will finally be able to display those previously unfinished UFOs that we all have been working hard to complete for the last two years.
Stay safe, healthy, and get vaccinated.
Sharon Rhoda
President
Membership
The Membership form for 2021-2022 is now available. The form is included in this newsletter and also available on the website. Please note that the cost of membership has increased from last year.
Pam Riss will be collecting membership forms at the Picnic on Mary 6th. You would be helping Pam if you could have your form and check made out beforehand.
Pam Riss will be collecting membership forms at the Picnic on Mary 6th. You would be helping Pam if you could have your form and check made out beforehand.
Programs and Classes
DAVID SIROTA CLASS SCHEDULED for JUNE 5
David will be teaching his “Storm at Sea” pattern on JUNE 5. Below is the link for Hands All Around members to register before the general public. To be sure you get a place in the class, register on his site, https://www.quiltmavendave.com/event-details/storm-at-sea-hands-all-around-quilt-guild BEFORE MAY 22 when he will post the link for the public. The cost of the class is $40.00 paid when you register. You will get patterns and any other pertinent documents, a week before the class.
The pattern requires 3 sheets of #17 vellum paper. For those taking the class, I will have 4 sheets of the vellum paper for you at the May meeting. Please bring your own folder. If you are unable to attend the May meeting but have registered for the class, notify me and I’ll get the vellum to you. If you have any questions, contact Ary Anderson at quiltlady1939@gmail.com.
The pattern requires 3 sheets of #17 vellum paper. For those taking the class, I will have 4 sheets of the vellum paper for you at the May meeting. Please bring your own folder. If you are unable to attend the May meeting but have registered for the class, notify me and I’ll get the vellum to you. If you have any questions, contact Ary Anderson at quiltlady1939@gmail.com.
2020-2021 SPEAKERS & CLASSES
Members may register for the following fall classes at the May 6 meeting. Because of the uncertainty with Covid 19 and whether classes will be in person or virtual, we are asking you to keep an open mind to the virtual classes. They have really been a pleasant experience for most of us, especially as we do more and more of them.
Sign-up forms will be available at the Picnic on May 5th.
Sign-up forms will be available at the Picnic on May 5th.
Date |
Speaker/Instructor |
Registrations Needed |
Cost |
October 8 |
Jane Sassaman-Under the Influence (www.janesassaman.com/classes.php) |
Speaker Presentation |
- |
October 9 |
Pattern Play |
19 to register |
$45 |
October 10 |
Suns and Moons |
- |
$45 |
November 5 |
Susan Knapp-Branching Out (www.quiltbranch.com) |
Speaker Presentation |
- |
November 6 |
Bow Tie Gala pattern |
15 to register |
$45 |
November 7 |
TGIF bag |
15 to register |
$45 |
December 2 |
TBA |
Speaker Presentation |
$45 |
December 3 |
TBA |
- |
$45 |
December 4 |
TBA |
- |
$45 |
*Jane Sassaman will be canceled if 19 people have not registered by June 30.
*Susan Knapp will be canceled if 15 people have not registered by August 31.
*Susan Knapp will be canceled if 15 people have not registered by August 31.
Mentor Survey
Help the Mentor Program plan this year's classes by taking the Mentor Survey. The information you provide will help in deciding what classes Guild members are interested in.
You can take the survey online or print off the pdf form. You can return the printed form at the monthly meeting.
You can take the survey online or print off the pdf form. You can return the printed form at the monthly meeting.
Library - Check it out
Sooo. With no access to the Guild Library, I'm going to review a new book from my personal library. Petal + Stem by Amy Friend appealed to me because Amy is a gardener and a quilter. Flowers spark her creativity and color combinations. Amy writes "There are a lot of parallels between gardening and quilting." We plan, tend, labor then enjoy our results; in our gardens and in our quilts.
Petal + Stem includes 40 quilt blocks to mix and match. Fun with a modern twist. All paper pieced. Yes - all. (I'll overcome my paper piecing fear to make one of these quilts.) Also included are 7 quilt projects with alternate possibilities and all templates needed to complete all the blocks.
We tend our gardens, plan our garden beds, collect plants and look for inspiration. Ditto with quilting. We tend our sewing machines, plan our layouts, collect fabrics and see inspiration everywhere. Our individual gardens are so different yet include many gifted plants from gardening friends. Again, ditto with our quilts. Different yet may contain gifted fabrics from quilty friends.
Check out Amy's website duringquiettime.com
The Library will again be taking used quilting books , quilting magazines, and patterns when HAAQG begins our year again. If you have a large amount, please bring it in smaller amounts. Our storage is limited. Questions contact MaryvWeakman,
Connie J Carstens & Mary Weakman
Petal + Stem includes 40 quilt blocks to mix and match. Fun with a modern twist. All paper pieced. Yes - all. (I'll overcome my paper piecing fear to make one of these quilts.) Also included are 7 quilt projects with alternate possibilities and all templates needed to complete all the blocks.
We tend our gardens, plan our garden beds, collect plants and look for inspiration. Ditto with quilting. We tend our sewing machines, plan our layouts, collect fabrics and see inspiration everywhere. Our individual gardens are so different yet include many gifted plants from gardening friends. Again, ditto with our quilts. Different yet may contain gifted fabrics from quilty friends.
Check out Amy's website duringquiettime.com
The Library will again be taking used quilting books , quilting magazines, and patterns when HAAQG begins our year again. If you have a large amount, please bring it in smaller amounts. Our storage is limited. Questions contact MaryvWeakman,
Connie J Carstens & Mary Weakman