Arnprior & District Quilters' Guild Newsletter - May 2023
President's Message
2023 Quilt Show Successful Results Shocker!
Happy May everyone!
This picture above was what I looked like when I found out how well we did at the Quilt Show! We really do have one amazing talented guild! The incredible way we all pulled together having fun while volunteering. It was a great opportunity to work with and socialize with fellow members, and the results were fantastic. We received lots of compliments on the amazing talent and display of quilts from guests and posts on social media. Great work everyone!
A big thank you to our Quilters of Distinction, Joanna and Mary - you had a fantastic display. And a big thank you to our great event planners, the Volunteer Show Committee : Rennie H., Nancy H., Tina M., Gwen P., Allison K., Marilyn E., Joyce M., Sue H., Jackie L., Anne C., Emma R. Janet B., and myself. It also takes a village of volunteers to set-up, man the show and tea room, and take it all back down, and for this I thank our members, their families and friends, who so generously gave of their time to make our show a success. Last but not least we couldn't have done it without your lovely quilts to display, thanks again! We had 706 guests who attended our show.
Come to our May 24th AGM (Annual General Meeting) and find out all the financial details. We are in good shape to have great programs for the next two years. The leadership team is also interested in your thoughts on ways to invest some earnings for future programs, books, equipment, etc. There will be a suggestion box for your input at the meeting or if you like email us.
-- Vickie MacNabb, ADQG President
This picture above was what I looked like when I found out how well we did at the Quilt Show! We really do have one amazing talented guild! The incredible way we all pulled together having fun while volunteering. It was a great opportunity to work with and socialize with fellow members, and the results were fantastic. We received lots of compliments on the amazing talent and display of quilts from guests and posts on social media. Great work everyone!
A big thank you to our Quilters of Distinction, Joanna and Mary - you had a fantastic display. And a big thank you to our great event planners, the Volunteer Show Committee : Rennie H., Nancy H., Tina M., Gwen P., Allison K., Marilyn E., Joyce M., Sue H., Jackie L., Anne C., Emma R. Janet B., and myself. It also takes a village of volunteers to set-up, man the show and tea room, and take it all back down, and for this I thank our members, their families and friends, who so generously gave of their time to make our show a success. Last but not least we couldn't have done it without your lovely quilts to display, thanks again! We had 706 guests who attended our show.
Come to our May 24th AGM (Annual General Meeting) and find out all the financial details. We are in good shape to have great programs for the next two years. The leadership team is also interested in your thoughts on ways to invest some earnings for future programs, books, equipment, etc. There will be a suggestion box for your input at the meeting or if you like email us.
-- Vickie MacNabb, ADQG President
May Guild Meeting
When? We hope you'll join us on Wednesday May 24 for an in-person meeting. The meeting begins at 7 PM with doors opening at 6:30 PM. Where? 257 John Street, Arnprior Ontario (Christian Education Centre) Parking is available on the nearby streets. Please do not park in the adjacent church parking lot. Win! The meeting will feature draws for door prizes and a Guess-the-Number of Pages library gift, and tickets will be sold for draws of a basket of quilting goodies, and 50-50. Visitors We welcome visitors to our meetings for a $5 fee. Show & Tell
We're looking forward to seeing and hearing about your quilts so do bring them along for Show & Tell. Program
We will have a trunk show from some past presidents, annual financial updates, Executive volunteering, lots of social time, along with the usual Show and Tell, and draws. So don't miss out!
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Executive Team
Yes, May is our elections month! For those new to the guild, we call it elections as we optimistically hope to have numerous volunteers to put their name forward to volunteer. As we approach the elections, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank the 2021-2023 executives for the wonderful job they have done!
I invite you to consider taking an active role in the guild for the upcoming season . Our 2023-2024 leadership team is coming together very nicely, we only have two positions to fill. Would you like to help guide our guild forward? We'd love to have YOU on our leadership team next year! Please refer to our Guild Constitution and By-Laws and Executive Position Descriptions documents for more information about the President, and Secretary positions, and let us know if you're interested in joining our leadership team. At this time I would like to thank Brenda Davidson-Payer, who has put her name forward to fill the Programs officer position.
We also have positions that are not executive member volunteers that also need to be filled: basket draw purchase and assembly, draw sales, kitchen help (potlucks twice a year), block of the months, and challenges. There will be sheets to sign up for these positions at the meeting.
We cannot run the Guild next year without these positions filled. Most positions could be covered with two people, so if you're not sure you can handle all the responsibility or might be away for a couple of meetings, talk to a friend about sharing a position. Anyone who has volunteered in previous years will be happy to give you a hand to get familiar with a position and we do have some written guidelines.
Thank you to the executive volunteers who have offered to stay on the executive team for another year to help guide our incoming executives: Rennie Hickey as Treasurer, Marilyn Erskine in Charity, Nancy Haley as Librarian, Janet Brownlee in Communications, Martha Palmer in Membership and Vickie MacNabb as Past-president. It should be a pretty smooth transition for our new volunteers!
I invite you to consider taking an active role in the guild for the upcoming season . Our 2023-2024 leadership team is coming together very nicely, we only have two positions to fill. Would you like to help guide our guild forward? We'd love to have YOU on our leadership team next year! Please refer to our Guild Constitution and By-Laws and Executive Position Descriptions documents for more information about the President, and Secretary positions, and let us know if you're interested in joining our leadership team. At this time I would like to thank Brenda Davidson-Payer, who has put her name forward to fill the Programs officer position.
We also have positions that are not executive member volunteers that also need to be filled: basket draw purchase and assembly, draw sales, kitchen help (potlucks twice a year), block of the months, and challenges. There will be sheets to sign up for these positions at the meeting.
We cannot run the Guild next year without these positions filled. Most positions could be covered with two people, so if you're not sure you can handle all the responsibility or might be away for a couple of meetings, talk to a friend about sharing a position. Anyone who has volunteered in previous years will be happy to give you a hand to get familiar with a position and we do have some written guidelines.
Thank you to the executive volunteers who have offered to stay on the executive team for another year to help guide our incoming executives: Rennie Hickey as Treasurer, Marilyn Erskine in Charity, Nancy Haley as Librarian, Janet Brownlee in Communications, Martha Palmer in Membership and Vickie MacNabb as Past-president. It should be a pretty smooth transition for our new volunteers!
Program
June 21st Meeting
The June meeting will be a bit different this year. It will be a dessert only pot-luck. We are inviting the local Renfrew guild members to join us for a trunk show, and have asked the book vendor Grantham Books to join us as a featured store of the night. So come along and find the quilt books you might have been looking for, or didn't know you needed, at a good price. The meeting will be indoors at the Christian Education Centre.
We invite members with surnames beginning with M-Z, to bring a dessert for the potluck buffet.
The June meeting will be a bit different this year. It will be a dessert only pot-luck. We are inviting the local Renfrew guild members to join us for a trunk show, and have asked the book vendor Grantham Books to join us as a featured store of the night. So come along and find the quilt books you might have been looking for, or didn't know you needed, at a good price. The meeting will be indoors at the Christian Education Centre.
We invite members with surnames beginning with M-Z, to bring a dessert for the potluck buffet.
Quilt Show Winners
Congratulations to Gladys Armstrong whose raffle ticket was drawn for this stunning quilt made by our guild members. Here's a photo of Gladys with her new quilt.
And CONGRATULATIONS to the makers of the Viewers' Choice prize winning quilts!
First prize was awarded to Rennie Hickey for her Dear Jane quilt. In Rennie's words:
"The Dear Jane quilt was originally designed by Jane Stickles, in 1863 during the Civil War. Brenda Papadakis saw the quilt in a museum and decided to remake the pattern in 1996. There are 5,602 pieces in the quilt!"
And CONGRATULATIONS to the makers of the Viewers' Choice prize winning quilts!
First prize was awarded to Rennie Hickey for her Dear Jane quilt. In Rennie's words:
"The Dear Jane quilt was originally designed by Jane Stickles, in 1863 during the Civil War. Brenda Papadakis saw the quilt in a museum and decided to remake the pattern in 1996. There are 5,602 pieces in the quilt!"
For more information about the fascinating "Dear Jane" quilt see the Jane Stickle article in our June 2022 Newsletter. (It's near the end of the newsletter.)
Second prize was awarded to Brenda Davidson-Payer for her Rosemary Sampler. Brenda describes it as:
"Hand quilted, dimensional hand appliqué. Pattern is "Rose Sampler Supreme" by Rosemary Makham."
Second prize was awarded to Brenda Davidson-Payer for her Rosemary Sampler. Brenda describes it as:
"Hand quilted, dimensional hand appliqué. Pattern is "Rose Sampler Supreme" by Rosemary Makham."
Third prize went to Nicky Barham for her My First Baltimore quilt. In her words:
"This was my first attempt at a Baltimore Quilt and as a novice quilter was very challenging. I love the story each quilt tells of the maker. We travelled from England in 1981 so I added in the ship, the Union Jack as well as the Canadian flag. This quilt took me over 16 years to complete and survived, thankfully a house fire!"
"This was my first attempt at a Baltimore Quilt and as a novice quilter was very challenging. I love the story each quilt tells of the maker. We travelled from England in 1981 so I added in the ship, the Union Jack as well as the Canadian flag. This quilt took me over 16 years to complete and survived, thankfully a house fire!"
Visitors to the Tea Room, where our charity quilts were on display, chose Emma Russell's Leaves quilt as their favourite Jelly Roll quilt. Emma's description:
"We were given a bag of 2.5” strips and asked to make a Charity quilt from them. When I saw this picture on the cover of “Strip Therapy 12, Relapse” I knew I wanted to make it. I like it so much that I plan to make a quilt for myself in the same pattern."
"We were given a bag of 2.5” strips and asked to make a Charity quilt from them. When I saw this picture on the cover of “Strip Therapy 12, Relapse” I knew I wanted to make it. I like it so much that I plan to make a quilt for myself in the same pattern."
******* You can find information about our 2019, 2017 and 2015 quilt shows, including photos of all of the quilts, in Our Quilts *******
******* Photos of the 2023 show quilts will be added in due time! *******
******* Photos of the 2023 show quilts will be added in due time! *******
Tote-me-Tote Bag Workshop
The first part of this workshop to make this diamond quilted front and back bag was on May 18th and the second/final session will be on Thursday May 25th.
-- Gwen Pennings
-- Gwen Pennings
A huge thanks to those of you who have volunteered to make our guild season great so far, keep up the good work! We hope that everyone can enjoy a beneficial time together by helping out wherever you possibly can. Remember it doesn't have to be a big task, but if we work together it becomes less onerous. -- Vickie MacNabb on behalf of the Executives |
Guild Projects Wrap Up
What a wonderful display we had at the April guild meeting of your Block of the Month, Mystery Quilt, and Mystery Quilt Scrap Challenge projects.
Thank you and congratulations to everyone who took on these projects. All three projects made very interesting displays at our quilt show. Our Viewers' Choice voting selected these winners. Congratulations! Block of the Month (BOM) 1st Allison Kubiseski 2nd Brenda Davidson-Payer 3rd Mary Moss Mystery Quilt 1st Debbie Cauvier 2nd Joanna Vlaming 3rd Elizabeth Couture Mystery Quilt Scrap Challenge 1st Jacquie Lacvictoire 2nd Sue Hodgins 3rd Mary DeVries Check out the 2022-2023 Challenges Blog post for photos and more information about these activities. |
Charity
This past year has been a huge success, culminating with the showing at our Quilt Show. Seventeen Jelly Roll quilts, one hundred and twenty Preemies, two scrap quilts and two Drunken Paths were handed in, all shown in the show. One of our guild's main purposes is to be one of charitable contributions. We certainly fill that goal. Thank you, thank you. The Preemies have already been delivered to the Ottawa Hospital as well as ten quilts to Bernadette McCann House in Pembroke. I’m sure all of them will be appreciated.
Some ladies are already asking for battings, which I will have at the June meeting. There is still some fabric left as well.
Going forward will take some planning. Any ideas? Need anything? Let me know.
-- Marilyn Erskine, Charity
This past year has been a huge success, culminating with the showing at our Quilt Show. Seventeen Jelly Roll quilts, one hundred and twenty Preemies, two scrap quilts and two Drunken Paths were handed in, all shown in the show. One of our guild's main purposes is to be one of charitable contributions. We certainly fill that goal. Thank you, thank you. The Preemies have already been delivered to the Ottawa Hospital as well as ten quilts to Bernadette McCann House in Pembroke. I’m sure all of them will be appreciated.
Some ladies are already asking for battings, which I will have at the June meeting. There is still some fabric left as well.
Going forward will take some planning. Any ideas? Need anything? Let me know.
-- Marilyn Erskine, Charity
Library News
Our quilt show was such a success!! You all turned up with quilts and willing hands to make our show the best yet! Thanks, thanks, thanks!
Last week, we were gifted some books for our Library and other uses. They are not “new” books and some of them are quite old, but I think they will fill in gaps in our selections. “Quilt in a Day – Christmas Quilts & Crafts” by Eleanor Burns is just such a book. Some of the photos and projects are older, but there are a lot of ideas – blocks can be pulled from the different projects, tried and true techniques and some items like a table runner and placemat will still work for today. If you are planning to make some Christmas gifts this year, take a look at this book.
We’ll be “Guessing the number of pages” again this month. Its theme is taking a traditional block and changing its layout and design and the block is the bear’s paw. Good luck in your guessing!
Remember – when your back is too tired to do any more gardening, take a break and QUILT!
-- Nancy
Last week, we were gifted some books for our Library and other uses. They are not “new” books and some of them are quite old, but I think they will fill in gaps in our selections. “Quilt in a Day – Christmas Quilts & Crafts” by Eleanor Burns is just such a book. Some of the photos and projects are older, but there are a lot of ideas – blocks can be pulled from the different projects, tried and true techniques and some items like a table runner and placemat will still work for today. If you are planning to make some Christmas gifts this year, take a look at this book.
We’ll be “Guessing the number of pages” again this month. Its theme is taking a traditional block and changing its layout and design and the block is the bear’s paw. Good luck in your guessing!
Remember – when your back is too tired to do any more gardening, take a break and QUILT!
-- Nancy
Tip: If you're wondering if a particular book is in our guild library collection, use this web site's Search to look for the book name or author, or any other text that's in the new Library Catalog document.
Membership
Registration for our 2023-2024 guild year will begin after the May 24th guild meeting. Sign up before the June 21st meeting for a chance to win a free membership - 2 free memberships will be drawn at the June meeting.
Notes from Gwen
I haven't any tips for this month. I did attend the Ottawa Quilt Show and should have taken a few more pictures.
The first picture I took because the colour combination was unusual. The description said Angela Walter said "better done than perfect", so the quilter did it herself over time. It was a good reminder to us all.
The first picture I took because the colour combination was unusual. The description said Angela Walter said "better done than perfect", so the quilter did it herself over time. It was a good reminder to us all.
I liked the movement in this picture. It was a nice modern piece.
I found a couple of interesting borders on quilts. Sherri Hisey, from Border Creek Station, said they are like jewelry to an outfit when we add borders that repeat blocks from inside the quilt. It adds detail and sparkle.
-- Gwen Pennings
Documenting Historical Quilts
Members of the Kemptville Quilters' Guild have partnered with the Grenville Historical Society to register and document older quilts in an effort to preserve history and learn more about the quilters who made them. Owners of old quilts throughout Eastern Ontario and beyond are invited to register to bring their quilts to be photographed and documented on May 30 and 31.
For more information and photos see this article by CTV News and this Inside Ottawa Valley article. To register, email the group at documentation.ngquilts@gmail.com |
Misplaced Iron
This was recently posted in our guild members' Facebook group.
Shirley Monkhouse was quick to see the humour in this post wiht her comment that the name on the iron is "Stowaway"!
If you recognize this iron and you don't have Ann's contact info, please speak to us at the upcoming guild meeting or contact the guild and we'll put you in touch with Ann.
If you recognize this iron and you don't have Ann's contact info, please speak to us at the upcoming guild meeting or contact the guild and we'll put you in touch with Ann.
Hand-quilting opportunity
A young woman and her family is finishing a quilt that her late grandmother started. Her grandmother always hand-quilted her quilts and her grandfather would like to have this quilt finished the same way. Would anyone be interested in taking this on? It is a double size quilt (approximately) and is almost finished. If interested, please contact our guild and we'll provide the woman's contact information.
CQA Quilt Along
SEA YOU IN NOVA SCOTIA QUILT ALONG was created for CQA/ACC by Dawn Piasta of Dewpoint Arts
Even if you can't make the trip to Halifax for Quilt Canada 2023 in June you can still experience the delights of the east coast of Canada by quilting along with us in this new project available block by block over the next 5 months.
The first five blocks are up so jump aboard here for this seaside adventure!
-- Canadian Quilters' Association
Quilt Shows
In person quilt shows have really ramped back up this spring!
I try to track down any upcoming shows in Eastern Ontario, and when requested, I publish information about shows that are further afield.
Here's a list of the upcoming shows that I'm aware of.
See our Upcoming Quilt Shows page for more detailed information about the shows listed below.
I try to track down any upcoming shows in Eastern Ontario, and when requested, I publish information about shows that are further afield.
Here's a list of the upcoming shows that I'm aware of.
See our Upcoming Quilt Shows page for more detailed information about the shows listed below.
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Tips:
- You can find the up-to-date quilt show information on our web site More... --> Resources --> Upcoming Quilt Shows
- If you know of any upcoming local shows that are not listed on our web site, please let us know
- Browse the CQA Events Calendar for information about quilting events across Canada by province, territory, or date.
-- Janet Brownlee, Communications
Guild Facebook Group
Have you joined our guild members only Facebook Group yet? If not you are missing out on all the fun. This is a great way to get to know your fellow guild members, to ask questions, learn a new block, a new tip or trick. Last year we saw some lovely photos of the Charity Pick Up Sticks quilts being assembled and finished off, Blocks of the month, completed mini-maker cases from a workshop, and much more.
Tina is doing a fantastic job of monitoring and facilitating the activity in this group. Thank you Tina for this wonderful guild initiative!
Hope to see you there soon. Click/tap here to join the group now.
-- Janet Brownlee, Communications
Tina is doing a fantastic job of monitoring and facilitating the activity in this group. Thank you Tina for this wonderful guild initiative!
Hope to see you there soon. Click/tap here to join the group now.
-- Janet Brownlee, Communications
Contacting Guild Members
If you didn't pick up the list of guild members in the fall and you would like to get in contact with any fellow guild members - perhaps to ask about a pattern of a Show-and-Tell quilt, or follow up on something you hear at a guild meeting, or read in a newsletter, please send along an email message to the guild and we'll provide that person's email address and phone number to you. You can reach us at the guild email address arnpriorquilters@gmail.com or with the Contact Form. And participating fellow members can always be reached through the guild Facebook group. The member list is not circulated electronically in order to protect the privacy of your contact information online.
-- Janet Brownlee, Communications
If you didn't pick up the list of guild members in the fall and you would like to get in contact with any fellow guild members - perhaps to ask about a pattern of a Show-and-Tell quilt, or follow up on something you hear at a guild meeting, or read in a newsletter, please send along an email message to the guild and we'll provide that person's email address and phone number to you. You can reach us at the guild email address arnpriorquilters@gmail.com or with the Contact Form. And participating fellow members can always be reached through the guild Facebook group. The member list is not circulated electronically in order to protect the privacy of your contact information online.
-- Janet Brownlee, Communications
Advertisers
Thank you to our newsletter advertisers! Your support funds our Communications budget which includes the hosting of this web site. We are very grateful for this financial support. Our advertisers for this year are:
To our guild members, please support our advertisers. To access a vendor's web site you can click/tap on any of their advertisements in this newsletter or on the links above. Our advertisers are also listed on the Links page.
-- Janet Brownlee, Communications & Newsletter Editor
- Auntie Em's Scrapbooking & Quilting in Cornwall ON
- Bytowne Threads
- Paisleys Quilt Shop near Carp ON
- Quilters Curve quilt shop in Combermere ON
- Textile Traditions fabric shop in Almonte ON
- Sew Inspired quilt shop in Arnprior ON
- Watergirl Quilt Co quilt shop in Prescott ON
To our guild members, please support our advertisers. To access a vendor's web site you can click/tap on any of their advertisements in this newsletter or on the links above. Our advertisers are also listed on the Links page.
-- Janet Brownlee, Communications & Newsletter Editor
THANK YOU to Gwen, Nancy, Marilyn, Emma and Vickie for their guild updates, wonderful photos, and other news this month.
-- Janet Brownlee, Communications & Newsletter Editor
-- Janet Brownlee, Communications & Newsletter Editor
Our next meeting is on June 21