Ankeny Area Quilters' Guild

Join us on August 9 for program and trunk show by Lynn Doyle of Bloomin’ Minds.   Lynn’s seasonal designs define “light-hearted” and “whimsical”.  We have scheduled her program for late in the year as most of her designs are for autumn/winter holidays–Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas.  Lynn will have patterns and kits for sale so you can get a start on your holiday projects.  See her designs at bloominminds.com.  Join Lynn for an early supper before Guild at Okoboji Grill at 5:00 PM.

President Louise Whitlow called the meeting to order.  Tonight is the quilt show wrap up so there is no speaker. There were 56 members present.  Vice President Tamara Watts-McPhail is encouraging guild members to step up and be on the board.  There are several opportunities available.  It is a great way to meet people.  Voting for the board will be held next month, so please contact the nominating committee:  Susan Body, Janet Neuschwanger or Tamara Watts-McPhail if you or someone you know is interested in one of the positions open.
The winner of the Raffle Quilt was Sidney Sloan, of Arkansas.  Her ticket was sold to her by her grandmother, Patti Whitham.  Patti shared with us that Sidney has her old sewing machine and likes to sew.  She was very excited to be the winner of the quilt!
All the quilts displayed at the show were beautiful and so fun to see, but we do have Peoples’ Choice winners to announce.

THEME
1. Susan Body – Star Shadow Long Cabin
2. Ilene Bartos – Zander’s Zoo
3. Peggy Vespestad – Wheel of Mystery

APPLIQUE
1. Gloria House – Midnight Blooms
2. Judy Herrin – Butterflies
3. Sharon Meisenheimer – Laundry Basket Medallion

LARGE PIECED
1. Tamara Watts-McPhail – Window to the East
2. Lorene Harris – Queen of Hearts
3. Susan Body – Monet’s Wedding Ring

SMALL PIECED
1. Janeen Pearson – Boundary Waters
2. Tamara Watts-McPhail – 1 Year 2 Late
3. Peggy Vespestad – Music

ART/ORIGINAL DESIGN
1. Lanae Rohwer – It’s Magic
2. JoAnn DeMoss – Evening Elegance
3. Carolyn Magnani – Teahouse Geisha

MIXED TECHNIQUE
1. Gloria House – Over the River and Through the Woods
2. Marilyn Beach – Garden with Tangers
3. Jan Hart – Grandma Curry’s Handkerchief Quilt

BAGS / WEARABLE’S ETC
1. Linda Northwick – 16 Block Mini
2. Janet Neuschwanger – Little Buds
3. Peggy Vespestad – Cleaning Can Wait Jacket

UFO Less Than 5 Years
1. Tamara Watts-McPhail – Twist and Shout
2. Lou Ann Hunt – Garden Whirligig
3. Rita Bigelow – It’s Fun to be Faux

UFO Greater Than 5 Years
1. Judy Herrin – Full Kaleidoscope
2. Peggy Vespestad – Plaid Potpourri
3. Elaine Kimberly – Floral Medley

BEST OF SHOW
1. Janeen Pearson – Boundary Waters

Most Raffle Tickets Sold and winner of the Baby Loc from Quilter’s Cupboard
1. Janet Neuschwanger

A BIG Thank You to all who helped make the Quilt Show possible.  Without the volunteers it would not have a show.
President Louise announced there will be an auction on July 24th in Palmyra, Iowa that will have a lot of quilting items.  It is located east of Carlisle.
Program Chair Sharon Lesan reminds us that the August program will be “Bloomin’ Minds” by appliqué artist Lynn Doyle.
Director-At-Large-Elect Sharon McCarthy presented July birthday fat quarters.  The meeting was finished with treats and fellowship.
Respectfully submitted,

Kathy Evers

View more photos of our 2011 Quilt Show winning quilts: 

https://picasaweb.google.com/107069048002619600418/AAQG2011QuiltShow?authuser=0&feat=directlink

The Quilt Show was great again as always.  Since

I was working hospitality I got to meet all the

vendors and talk with their customers, what a

great time talking and learning things from all

of them.

It is time to elect our board for next year and

if you want to get to know the members and

meet great people, please consider being on

the board.  If you are interested please call or

talk to a board member at the meeting July 19th.

We will be doing our Quilt Show wrap up on the

19th of   July so see you all there.

Keep the pieces

Louise Whitlow

Tula Pink entertained and informed us at the June 14 meeting.  Tula (yes, that’s her real name) is an exciting young graphic artist and fabric designer who has worked in everything from museums to the rock music industry. She says that fabric and sewing have been a constant in her life and calls herself “an exiled rock princess on a throne of bolts and bobbins”.  She credits her Mom with her entry into fabric design as she gave her the gentle nudge to pursue her options.  During her free time while she was working for Capital Records Tula began drawing fabric lines.  We are so glad she did.  Her collections are delightful.  Her first email sent to Moda fabrics resulted in her fabric line being in production 36 hours later.  What a wonderful gift she has.  She and her mother own a fabric shop in Stewartsville, Missouri.  Her latest line is Prince Charming.  It is being produced through Westminster Fibers.  We all enjoyed her stories of the fabric line as well as the hidden animals in some of the prints.

Don’t miss the rest of our summer programs with the July 19 “QuiltFest Wrap-up” and our last program of this program year on August 9 with “Bloomin’ Minds” applique artist Lynn Doyle.

Members present were Louise Whitlow, Sharon McCarthy, De Tapper, Tamara Watts- McPhail, Janeen Pearson, Connie Lovelady, Janet Neuschwanger and Kathy Evers.
Louise called the meeting to order.  The secretary minutes were approved.  The treasurer’s report was presented by De. A motion was made by Kathy and seconded by Tamara to approve the following checks:  Checks written over $100 for June are as follows:
2586  Tula Pink $670.00
2587   Grinnell Mutual $132.00
2588 HTLC    $125
2589 Janeen Pearson $115.42
2590 Jan Heddinger $59.82
2591 Fairfield Inn $112.08
Motion was approved.
This is the final week before the Quilt Show, so there are a lot of last minute things to be done before the show.  Quilt Show Co-Chairs Tamara and Janeen advised that those helping with the pickup of the supplies from the storage unit are to meet at 6:30 pm on Wednesday.  Sharon will pick up the quilts that have been dropped off at Quilter’s Cupboard on Wednesday.  Thursday the set up will begin at 8:00 am at the Baptist College.  There will be two people checking in the quilts on Thursday.  There are 21 paid vendors coming to the quilt show.  The food caterers are excited to prepare the food for us.  Plan to come hungry to try out their goodies.  The quilters signed up for the Friday class can come as early as 8:30 am to set up their equipment for the 9:00 am class.  Janeen has been reminding her facebook friends with a countdown for the upcoming Quilt Show and encourages anyone to also remind their own facebook friends.  The Raffle Quilt drawing will be at 3:00 pm on Saturday.  Guild members can pick up their quilts at 4:00 pm on Saturday.  Children and Families of Iowa will pick up all the donation quilts at the end of the Quilt Show on Saturday.  She will also speak at the July meeting.
We have interest so far in next year’s Treasurer Position.  We still need volunteers for Director-at-Large Elect, Retreat chair-elect, Vice President, Quilt show chair-elect and Communications elect.  Please consider helping your guild by being on the board.  It is a great way to get involved.
There has been a lot of positive feedback on the June program, Tula Pink.  Thanks to Sharon for planning the programs.  No report this month from Retreat Chair, Connie.  No report this month from Director at Large Elect, Sharon.
July guild meeting will be the wrap up for the Quilt Show.  Awards will be presented for the peoples’ choice awards.
Meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Evers

Reminder the quilt show – Color Outside the Lines is Friday, July 8th from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm  and Saturday July 9th from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.  The location is  at Faith Baptist Bible College – 1900 NW 4th Street, Ankeny, IA.

FABRIC:

100% Cotton is best.  Unwashed cotton has sizing.  If you prewash, starch and iron your fabrics before coming to class.

Quarter yards or more of lots of fun fabrics.  Scraps of humorous fabrics, fabrics which feature your family activities, bizarre colors and patterns.

The border you will need 1 1/4 yards fo fabric.  In this sample JoAnn used scraps for her border.

SUPPLIES:

• Sewing Machine in good working order with normal attachments.
• Extension cord and/or power strip
• Iron and pressing surface
• Rotary cutter, mat, and blades
• Ruler 6 x 24 and Triangular 60 – 120 degree Ruler (Super 60 – Sara Nephew) – JoAnn will have some of the Super 60 degree rulers available for purchase.
• Pen and Paper for notes
• Fusible 2 yards; Stabilizer 3 yards
• Tablecoth (vinyl one side and flannel other side for wall planning and transporting.
• Masking tape
• Plastic baggies optional
• Post-it notes optional

PURPOSE:

Accuracy in cutting, Ironing tips, math for triangles, split triangles, diamonds and split diamonds.  Color Usage and Placement in an Art Piece, Humor, Fusible border decorations, Machine Applique

FABRIC: 

You will need a total of 15 fat eights for this project.

• You can use either silk or cotton fabrics
• Make sure you use a variety of lights and darks to keep it interesting.
• A fat eight is 9″ x 22″
• 1 1/2 yards of fusible woven interfacing (20″ wide) like Pellon Fusible Featherweight.
• 1/4 yard (or fate quarter ) of black/white swirl

We will not get to these in class, but to complete the project you will also need the following:

• 1 1/2 yards of fabric for backing and facing
• 32″ x 37″ piece of batting
• Black seed beads, black bugle beads, white accent beads and black accent beads
• Beading thread and beading needle.

Ilene will have some kits available for purchase

PATTERN: 

The Pattern will be available for purchase at the class.  You won’t need it for class but will need it to finish the project.

Ilene will bring kits of silk fabric in a variety of colors with interfacing in case you can’t find the colors you want before class.

SEWING SUPPLIES:

• Sewing Machine in good working order with normal attachments, including an open toe foot if you have one.
• Extension cord and /or power strip
• Iron and pressing surface
• Rotary Cutter, mat, rulers; including an old rotary blade for cutting through paper
• Sandwich bags for organizing cut sections
• Heat resistant template material and scissors to cut with
• Permanent Marker
• Scissors for cutting fabric
• Emory Board
• Light Box if you have one
• 60 wt cotton or silk thread in a variety of colors to match your fabrics.  You can use invisible thread instead if you are comfortable with it