First Annual Quilt Expo

Sisters in Quilting and friends are proud to announce the first annual quilt expo. Featuring quilt stores from around the state – it will be a great opportunity to shop all of your favorite stores under one roof! Add to your fabric stash, learn new techniques, view beautiful quilts and mingle with fellow quilters.

April 18, 19 & 20
Thursday & Friday 10-6 ... * Saturday 10-3
16 different vendors – 3 days of pure quilting fun, demos & classes
$5.00 admission per day 3-day pass $12.00

• Special guest Kay Nickols will join us on April 18th for a book signing and demo of techniques used in her books.
• Margaret A. Rouleau, AQS Certified Quilt Appraiser will be available.  Call 989-635-0300 to set up an appointment.
• Lecture by Carolyn Vagts, Editor of Quilters World “How to submit your quilt designs for publication”. Saturday, April 20th 10am

Elkton Missionary Church Community Center
220 North Main Street, Elkton, MI
For more information: Sisters in Quilting
Marlette, Michigan 989-635-0300
www.sistersinquilting.com

Hotel rooms available at the Holiday Inn Express, 55 Rapson Lane, Bad Axe MI

1-800-315-2621

Hotels for the Ricky Tims Seminar, Rochester, Michigan

Options for hotels for the Ricky Tims Seminar in May:

The Courtyard Detroit in Auburn Hills : A block of rooms has been reserved at a reduced rate. The address is 2550 Aimee Lane, Auburn Hills, MI 48236.

They offer spacious guest rooms, a newly-redesigned bed from Courtyard features thicker mattresses and luxurious linens, complimentary high-speed internet access, heated indoor swimming and pool or whirlpool. It is approximately 7 miles away from the hotel. The many of the rooms have been newly renovated and they have a restaurant and a bar. If you would like a hotel room, please call Marriott Reservations at 1 (800) 321-2211 on or before Friday, April 12, 2013, to make your reservations. Please identify yourself as part of the Ricky Tims Super Quilt Seminar Room Block group. All reservations must be guaranteed with a major credit card. The hotel will not hold any reservations unless secured by credit card.

The Ricky Tims Event Coordinator has also set up a block of hotel rooms. That information is as follows:

Group rates have been contracted with the following hotels. Please be sure to mention the Ricky Tims Seminar when registering and asking for the group rate:

• SpringHill Suites by Marriott, 4919 Interpark Drive, Orion, MI 48359
  248-475-4700 (this hotel is about 4 miles away)
• Hyatt Place Detroit/Auburn Hills, 1545 N. Opdyke Rd, Auburn Hills, MI 48326
  1-248-475-9393 ext 5104 (this hotel is about 6 miles away).

The schedule of events starts on Thursday, May 2, at 2:30 and ends on Saturday, May 4, at 5:30 pm.

Hope to see you at this wonderful event!! If you haven't signed up yet, there is still room. For more information about the event, go to www.rickytims.com and click on the seminar link at the top.

Board Members Throughout History

Have you ever wondered who has served on the Executive Board for the Evening Star Quilters?  Take a look at this list of all our previous Board members... click here.

Serving on the Board is an opportunity to share your talents, learn more about how our guild operates, and become friends with some great like-minded people.  We hope you will step up and volunteer your service on the Board in the future!  Talk to any of our current or past members for more information.

2013 Board Members
President	Caron Mosey
Vice-President	Carolyn Hamilton
Secretary	Amy Petiprin
Treasurer	Rose Gotowicki
Past President	Lisa Burmann

January 2013: Ami Simms Lecture

On Wednesday, January 30th  Ami Simms will be hanging out with the Evening Star Quilters

Davison-Richfield Senior Center

10135 Lapeer Road, Davison, Michigan

The meeting starts at 6:30 PM, with doors opening at 6:00 PM.  Visitors/guests are welcome to attend the meeting and Ami’s lecture, called “Living With Quilts:  A Survival Guide.” A guest fee of $5 goes towards the cost of the speaker, and we look forward to having you join us!  For questions, contact Caron Mosey, Guild President.

Living With Quilts: A Survival Guide:

Learn creative coping strategies for quilters, but not necessarily for their families. Topics include how to pad your house (quilt display and storage), appropriate more studio space (why stop with the spare bedroom?), eliminate pesky distractions (cooking and cleaning), increase storage capacity (batting goes in the oven), and the best way to deal with the guilt of UFOs (ignore it)!

For more information on Ami Simms, you can visit her website at http://amisimms.com, her blog at http://amisimms.wordpress.com/ and the website for the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative

 

http://www.alzquilts.org/

The December meeting for the guild will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 19th.  This is our annual holiday potluck dinner and Dirty Santa gift exchange.  Don't forget to bring your table settings!

The newsletter was sent out by email today, Dec. 8th.  It will be mailed out sometime this week to those receiving it from their postal carrier.  You can also download it by clicking on this link:

Evening Star Quilters December Newsletter - Click here!

Have a Merry Christmas!

November 2012 Meeting Update

We had a great meeting at our November 2012 gathering... we learned a lot about new templates and grids which are available through Checker Distributors.  We also voted for new board members for 2013.  Our new board members are:

• President:  Caron Mosey

• Vice President:  Carolyn Hamilton

• Past President:  Lisa Burmann

• Secretary:  Amy Petiprin

• Treasurer:  Barb Downing

We had our raffle drawing for the 2012 quilt, and the winner was Marie Siebert!  Congratulations, Marie!  Enjoy your beautiful quilt!

Anna shared information on quilt donations for victims of the Sandy storm on the Atlantic Coast:

• http://quiltinggallery.com/quilters-fun/sandy-quilt-block-drive/ QUILT BLOCKS for Quilting Gallery

• http://themodernquiltguild.com/2012/11/19/east-coast-sandy-quilt-relief/ Modern Quilt Guild LIST for donation sites ... addresses and needs list

The December meeting will be held earlier than usual due to the Christmas Holiday.  The meeting will be at the regular time and place, but on December 19th.
Hope to see you then!

Fabric Sale!!!

From Sharon B.: On Wed Oct. 17 from 1pm to 6pm there will be a fabric sale at 660 Morningside Dr. in Grand Blanc off Perry Rd. east of Saginaw. Turn onto Francesca Dr, left on Boutell Rd. and left on to Morningside Rd. The mother in law was a quilter from Midland area and has had a stroke and in a nursing home. Her son and daughter in law are selling off her fabric, (Quilt shop quality) may also be other sewing things, (not sure about that. Her machines are sold already) Come with cash or checks and help clear this out. They will also be in Birch Run Sat. at the indoor Garage Sale at the Birch Run Expo Center. Fabric will be $5. A yard or less.

October Meeting

The October meeting of our guild has been moved so that we aren't meeting on Halloween.  It is being held on October 24th instead.  Hope you can join us!

The October newsletter is 
online here.

First Presbyterian Church Quilt Exhibit, Flint, Michigan

First Presbyterian Church in Flint, Michigan will be a host site September 13 - September 15, 2012. The show is part of the Flint Festival of Quilts, an annual Flint quilt exhibit centered around the Michigan Quilt Artists Invitational held at the Greater Flint Arts Council.

First Presbyterian Church’s Liturgical Arts Ministry has created space to display quilts.  We are currently seeking quilters wishing to display their work as an expression of faith, a shaper of faith, or an inspiration to faith.  This year’s theme is “Fabrics of Life.”

If you would like to register to exhibit a quilt at First Presbyterian Church, please fill out this entry form <== Click here!

*Liturgical Arts Ministry at First Presbyterian Church Flint

PURPOSE

Created in God’s image, we create.  Among the things we know for sure about God is that God is ceaselessly creative. And we know that God is a very, very good artist.

Human beings are created in the very image of God.  God fashioned the clay figures of a man and a woman.  As God blew breath into those figures that divine creative spirit was blown into humanity and that spirit dwells in each of us. This aspect of divine breath is engaged through the creative or artistic process. 

Art has the ability to connect us uniquely, incarnationally, with God’s spirit. In the creative process we engage more deeply the deep meaning and mystery of our faith.

The Liturgical Arts Ministry hopes to encourage our congregation’s ability to engage art as an expression of faith, a shaper of faith, and an inspiration to faith.

2012 Raffle Quilt

It’s finished!!!

The 2012 raffle quilt for

The Evening Star Quilt Guild

 Tickets are $1 each and are available from any guild member.  The quilt will be raffled at our November, 2012 guild meeting.

This quilt was designed by: Lisa Burmann (drawn on EQ6), Lee Collins, Charlotte Coucher and Carolyn Mackaness. Custom quilted by guild president Lisa Burmann. It features invisible machine applique in the center blocks and hand applique in the outer borders. The pieced blocks in the center are by guild members. Measures as a Queen/King size.



For more information on the Evening Star Quilters, please contact:

• Lisa Burmann, President
• Caron Mosey, Vice President

July 2012 Helpful Hint

Top Ten Pressing Tips is the topic for July's 

Helpful Hint.  

Click here to read all about it!

Quilt School: New feature in our monthly newsletter!!!

You’re never too old or experienced to learn something new.  Welcome to “Quilt School,” where each month you’ll pick up a new nugget of quilty information you might not have known.  This month’s topic: Two Color Quilts.

Traditionally, the name “two color quilt” really meant “two fabric quilt,” with both fabrics being solids.  The now-famous red and white quilt exhibit held recently at the American Folk Art Museum in New York is a perfect example of the two color quilt. Another example is this indigo blue and white “Restored Pinwheel” quilt, assembled from antique blocks and quilted in 1983 by your editor. But two color quilts do not have to include white.  They can be any two fabrics put together to create one quilt… even cheddar and blue!   

Even though a scrappy quilt might pull a variety of materials from two different colors, remember that a scrap quilt does not follow the traditional definition of a two color quilt.  I know… it’s confusing!

Patsy Thompson Lecture and Workshop

 

JULY 25 and 26, 2012

The Evening Star Quilters are sponsoring a trunk show and workshop by PATSY THOMPSON (Domestic Machine Quilting). It's time to drop the feed dogs and learn how to machine quilt on your domestic machine! Wednesday evening will feature a trunk show and Thursday will be the workshop on Patsy's fantabulous feathers.  For info, please visit http://eveningstarquilters.blogspot.com. 

To read more about Patsy, go to www.patsythompsondesigns.com. You don't have to be a member of the Evening Star guild to attend!

The lecture will be held July 25th at:

Davison-Richfield Senior Center

10135 Lapeer Road, Davison, Michigan at 6:30 PM

Guest Fee: $5.00. 

Patsy’s workshop will be held July 26th, 9:00am – 4:00pm:

South Flint Church of the Nazarene
4075 East Atherton Rd., Burton, MI 48519

Karen Kay Buckley

Do you live in the Michigan area?  Karen Kay Buckley will be teaching an applique class sponsored by  the Evening Star Quilters in Flint, Michigan

Thursday, May 31st, 2012
9:00pm – 4:00pm

If you are interested, click here to take a look at this pdf.

Karen limits her classes to 25 students, but is willing to add another day if we can fill this workshop quickly.  (She needs to know so she can book her flight from Pennsylvania).   Please contact Lisa Burmann by March 30th, 2012 if you are interested in attending.

Have you visited Pinterest?

 

Pinterest is an online pinboard. Organize and share things you love… like QUILTS!  If you’d like to see what you can do with it, visit Caron’s page at http://pinterest.com/caronmosey/ .  To get started on your own, you’ll need an invitation from somebody, but lots of people from our guild are already on there, so that won’t be difficult!

BARBARA BRACKMAN now has a Pinterest board for CIVIL WAR quilts... http://pinterest.com/materialculture/quilt-civil-war/