Grosse Pointe Farms: Free lecture by Ami Simms Feb. 16, 2012

Ami Simms will be presenting a free lecture called "Quilting & Caring: The Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative" at Christ Church (61 Grosse Pointe Boulevard, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236) on Thursday, February 16th at 6:30 p.m. It is open to the public.

From Ami:

“Statistically, one in three people know someone with Alzheimer's. For one in 10, that person is a caring for someone with Alzheimer's. Because I tell the story of my caregiving and advocacy experience through quilts, I think this presentation would be of interest to you. There will be a question and answer time at the end, and I will be bringing small format art quilts to sell. All profits fund Alzheimer's research.

The Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative is an all-volunteer national charity. Working with quilters throughout the US, we have raised more than $690,000 for Alzheimer's research. I am a quilter. My mother had Alzheimer's.”

Foundation Pieced Evening Star Lady

If you haven't yet made an Evening Star Lady to hang in our meeting room at the Senior Center, go to this link and print off the pattern, drafted in Electronic Quilter by Lisa Burmann.

Click here to get the pattern

Evening Star Lady

Do you have an Evening Star Lady hanging on the wall at our meetings in the Davison Senior center?  Do you need the pattern?  You can get it online if you still need to make yours!

Get it here by clicking!

2011 Quilt Challenge Reveal

In early summer of 2011, the Evening Star Quilters were given a challenge.  The rules were:

• The quilt had to be a completed (quilted and bound) 25" square quilt including a quilt label.
• You could only use a total of 2 fabrics ‐ the fat quarter given and an additional fabric of your choosing.
• You could have it quilted by another quilter if you'd like. You had to give credit on the quilt label for the quilter.
• You were welcome to embellish the piece. You could use
  ribbons, beads, buttons, decorative threads, etc. Ribbons
  could not be used as a third fabric.
• You could make your piece using any method of quilting you
  like. Applique, piecing, foundation piecing, fussy cutting,
  etc.

 

Everyone participating in the challenge was given  a fat quarter from the same bolt of fabric.

 

 

 

At the December 2011 meeting the quilts were revealed.  They were gorgeous, and everyone deserved to be called a winner!

		Challenge Quilts 2011 VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

 

Guild members voted for their favorite quilts, and the following ladies won Viewer’s Choice:

1st place:  Shirley Miles            2nd place:  Mary Seymour

       

Great job, everyone!  And what fun we had!

2012 Guild Challenge: Marvelous Miniature Stars!

Marvelous Miniature Stars!

The challenge this year is to make a quilted piece that features star block/blocks. The challenge is that the blocks used in the quilt need to be 3" square or smaller! 

This is a great opportunity to work on your piecing, pressing and appliqué skills.

Here's the challenge info:

•          Contest starts January 1, 2011 and will end at the May 30^th meeting. Viewers will choose 2 quilts for 1^st and 2^nd place. Winner will receive a gift certificate to a local quilt shop.
•          3" square (or smaller) Star Blocks. Any kind of star/stars can be used.
•          You can use multiple sizes of blocks – but they can be no larger than 3".
•          Can be pieced, appliquéd, foundation pieced or any combination of all of these.
•          You can use any fabrics/colors you like.
•          The quilt can be any shape you want – as long as it fits in the perimeter requirements.
•          The minimum size of the quilted piece is 54" perimeter. (Example: a 12" x 15" rectangle equals a 54" perimeter - 12+12+15+15=54).
•          The maximum size of the quilted piece is 144" perimeter. (Example: a 36" x 36" square equals a 144" perimeter - 36+36+36+36=144).
•          You can add borders if you like.
•          Please add a hanging sleeve and a quilt label to the back.
•          Quilt must be quilted and bound. You are welcome to have it professionally quilted – just be sure to give credit to the quilter on the quilt label.

We hope you will enjoy this challenge! Because we're using stars as the feature – these quilts will be eligible for the quilt show at the Longway Planetarium! The sky's the limit – so be creative!

No meeting Nov. 30th!!!

The Davison Senior Center is closed for the rest of today due to a power outage.  Because of this, there will be no quilt guild meeting tonight, Wednesday, November 30th.  

Please help spread the word!

Caron Mosey

Web and Newsletter Editor, Evening Star Quilters

REMINDER: Winter Weather

A quick reminder: 

If the Davison Senior Center is closed due to weather, there will be no guild meeting.

It’s November!

This month’s meeting is going to be awesome, so don’t miss it if you can help it!

<= First, Ami will be with us.  If you haven’t met Ami Simms yet, you’re in for a treat!  Be prepared to laugh and learn a lot.

 

Second, it’s time to reveal our 2011 challenge quilts!  Just so you remember, here were the rules:

*  Due at the November meeting.
*  Must be a completed (quilted and bound) 25" square quilt including a quilt label.
*  You can only use a total of 2 fabrics - the fat quarter given and an additional fabric of your  choosing.
*  You can have it quilted by another quilter if you'd like.  You must give credit on the quilt label for the quilter.
*  You are welcome to embellish the piece.  You can use ribbons, beads, buttons, decorative threads, etc.  Ribbons may not be used as a third fabric though.
*  You can make your piece using any method of quilting you like.  Applique, piecing, foundation piecing, fussy cutting, etc.

It will be fun to see what everybody did with their fat quarter!

It’s Membership Month!  If you haven’t yet sent in your membership form and paid your dues for the coming year, please bring them with you.  Here’s the membership form if you can’t find yours.  Just click HERE.

Reminder:

Please wear your name tag…

See you there!

It's Membership Time!

Friends, if you would like to join or renew your membership with the Evening Star Quilters in Michigan, now is the time!  Membership forms and dues are due by the end of November so that our membership directory is ready in January 2012.  The membership form is available for you online; just click

HERE!

Do you know someone who might like to learn to quilt?

We have all spoken with people who have said they would like to learn how to...

• quilt
• sew a straight line
• use a sewing machine
• hand quilt
• miter a corner
• applique

The Evening Star Quilters has members who can do all of the above - and MORE!  And many of them are willing to help another person learn to quilt or improve the quality of the work that they do.  

Are you interested in being a mentor for another person?  Could you sit down with somebody and help answer their questions about quilting?  

Do you know of someone who would like to learn how to quilt or sew?  Perhaps a younger person or even someone your own age?  

If you can say YES to any of the questions above, please talk to Lisa Burmann or Caron Mosey, or let us know by sending an email todavisoneveningstarquiltguild@gmail.com and share your thoughts with us.  

September Show and Tell

We had lots of great things to see at our September meeting.  Unfortunately, camera issues plagued our blogger!
Sue Wilson prepared us for Halloween with her great Witches Hat:
   

Shelby showed her beautiful Celtic Knot Cross.

Sandy VanHee showed her Friendship Quilt that she made for her friend, Chris. Chris “is the next thing to a sister”  to Sandy.  They have been best friends  for many years.  The quilt was quilted by Lisa Burmann with a Minkee backing.  Minkee is SOooooo soft!
 

This quilt is a 65 year old hand embroidered beauty that Marilyn Dodd shared.  Isn’t it gorgeous how she pieced and set the blocks on point?

She also shared a pretty blue and white star quilt…

and this HUGE green and purple heart quilt.  Wow, somebody has been VERY busy!  This is a king-size quilt, too!


Shirley showed her quilt “Haunted Halloween.”

Lisa Burmann had a big “Kit and Kaboodle” bag to share with everyone.  It’s very large, the perfect size for toting show and tell items to our guild meetings!
Caron Mosey showed the quilt she made for her forthcoming new grandson, due in early November. She included leftover blocks on the back so it’s reversible.

Mary displays her gorgeous quilt (and beautiful color style!)

Anna Showed off her pretty "Floral Splendor" quilt, a mirror kaleidoscope 4 patch.

The photos shown here may be clicked on to open larger on your screen.

August 2011 Show and Tell

Lisa holds up a beautiful tote bag

 

and a lovely little quilt from

Mary Ann Griffore  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Judy Koob shows off Angela’s Navy Quilt

Sharon Eisen’s beautiful Christmas quilt!

    

   "A Gathering of Baskets"  charity raffle quilt for
"The Gathering" that meets at Elaine's Quilty Shop    tickets are $2 each

July’s Show and Tell

 

“Samantha’s Polka Pots” by Caron Mosey

(More pictures here)

“Ovarian Cancer Quilt” made for her sister Wendy

Pieced by Peggy Kopasz, quilted by Rhonda Coy

The Raffle Quilt for the group at Elaine’s Quilt Shop

made by Lisa Burmann

“Sweet Dreams” top made by Ginny , 72 x 75 inches,

13 different assorted blocks

Thanks to Anna Palmer for taking photos this month!

If you would like to share your “Show and Tell” items on the guild blog, please make sure you fill out a little form giving us permission to share your work.  We won’t show unless you give us your permission!

June 2011 Guild Meeting

We had several members show their work at our June meeting. 

Charlie made 4 flag wall hangings for her kids who have retired and returned from military service.

And Pat showed her pretty pieced patriotic quilt, just perfect for displaying for the Fourth of July!

Lisa Burmann showed her Victorian Garden wallhanging…

Here are a few more quick photos of quilts made by

Suzanne Moynet, our June speaker.

  

Remember, if you show something at our meeting, please fill out the Show and Tell form so your quilts can be displayed here on our blog, too!