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/

Sharon's President Quilt

Sharon received her President's quilt at the January 2012 meeting.  Isn't it gorgeous?  

(Photo cropped to remove background as much as possible)

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.

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