October 2019: Newsletter

Hello Quilters!

​Thank you for electing me again! Your support of the Guild, and me, means everything! We have a great Board all here to help you get the most from the Guild. In the coming year look forward to new speakers and workshops, a redesigned website, opportunities for giving, and generally hanging out with other quilters.

Be sure to read this and all future newsletters to keep informed. See you at the October meeting, 

—   Kennalee Mattson, President  

SANTA MONICA QUILT GUILD NEWS October 2019, Volume 30, Issue 1

President's Comments Hello Quilters! Thank you for electing me again! Your support of the Guild, and me, means everything! We have a great Board all here to help you get the most from the Guild. In the coming year look forward to new speakers and workshops, a redesigned website, opportunities for giving, and generally hanging out with other quilters! Be sure to read this and all future newsletters to keep informed. See you at the October meeting,  —   Kennalee Mattson, President   Programs We want to remind you about our upcoming workshops for October and November. Both of these quilt artists were first-time presenters at this year’s SCCQG Meet the Teachers meeting in April. Their projects caught our attention, as they are bright and fun. Both projects offer an opportunity to try new techniques! The cost of each workshop is $45 for guild members and $50 for guests. If you are interested in one or both of these workshops, please contact Aileen Cooke at kudacooke@aol.com. In October, our speaker is Tiffany Hayes from Needle in a Hayes Stack. Tiffany is a Southern California quilter who got her quilting start a long, long time ago. Tiffany creates quilt patterns and tools to work with fabrics in the newest fabric lines. Her quilt designs can be found on her website, in fabric stores, catalogs and even in magazines. Check out the website: NeedleinaHayesStack.biz Her workshop in October will be on the day of the guild meeting (Wednesday, October 2) from 9:30 to 4:00 (with a 30 min break for lunch). We’ve chosen a workshop that features her popular new ruler, the 60 deg ruler. The workshop title is Spinning Pinwheels. This particular workshop and tool feature the popular ombré fabric (shaded from darkest at the selvage edges to lightest at the center). Don’t have an ombré jelly roll in your stash? I’m sure Sewing Arts Center could order them for us. Not sure you want to buy another ruler? Tiffany will bring extras to class for you to try. Once we try it, I’m sure we’ll all want one! HOSPITALITY Last names beginning with T-C, it's your turn to bring a sweet or savory snack to the October meeting. Thank you! —   Betsy Barker & Sheila Cummins  FOOD DRIVE The food donation  for the Westside Food Bank is SOUP, canned or packaged. —   Luann Jaffe, Bobbie Blake  BIRTHDAYS Evi Newmann 10/4 Nancy Kawahara 10/6 Mary Lloyd 10/21 Sonia Daniel 10/23 In November we will host Gwen Weedon. Her lecture/trunk show topic at the guild meeting will be “25 Years of Quilting”. Her workshop the day of the meeting, (Wednesday, November 6) will be an Ocean Art Quilt. A sample will be available at the October meeting, but we have attached a picture to this email! The technique she teaches is free Curved Piecing and the size of the project is up to you! It’s a very freeing class and Gwen will hold our hands through the process of letting go in cutting curves. Sounds like fun! In addition to what she has included on the supply list she also suggests: A sharp rotary blade is number one priority Bring a long cutting mat – as wide as the quilt will be . . . want to make a bigger quilt? Some students tape cutting mats together! We hope you will join us! —   Pam Overton and Aileen Cook   It's Retreat Time SMQG 2020 QUILTING RETREAT SAVE THE DATE...MARCH 27-29, 2020 Our Retreat for 2020 is scheduled for March 27-29 at the Mary and Joseph Retreat Center in Palos Verdes. It's close to home and allows us the opportunity to opt for an overnight package or a day commuter package. I am in the process of obtaining a contract so I do not have set costs yet. The Retreat Center website is: Mary & Joseph Retreat Center. — By Lani Hee, Retreat Coordinator Membership Come On, Jump In, Learn and Enjoy. It’s October, and that means it’s time to renew, or begin, your membership in SMQG for the next year. The membership fee is $45 for everyone. If you would like to receive our Newsletter by mail, please include an additional $10. We accept old-fashioned checks and even older fashioned cash. There is a membership form attached to this Newsletter so you can get a head start on filling it out. Maureen and I will have some additional copies with us at the meeting. We look forward to greeting you and welcoming you for another intriguing year at SMQG. The membership renewal form will be sent out as a separate attachment with this month’s newsletter. — By Sally Madigan and Maureen Gardner Ways & Means We had a very successful month last month at the Ways and Means tables and also at out $1/yard fabric sale. For those who are wondering, there was a small amount of sale fabric left and it was donated to Quilts of the Heart to use for their charitable quilts. We appreciate your donations to Ways and Means and your purchases. It all helps with the Guild finances. Please remember the Ways and Means table s are usually set up by 6:00 to 6:15 pm. Once they are open for business, it is “ first come, first serve.” So, if you want to have first pick, please arrive early. — By Perla Rothenberg, Ron and Keiko Tapp Vice President Thank you one and all for your help with making vanity bags for the El Segundo Chapter of EGA. The final count is 125! I know they will be greatly appreciated especially by the final recipients. 2. And thank you to all of the members who made the President Thank -you Apple Blocks for Kennalee. (The cat is out of the bag. She knows about them.) They will be presented at the October meeting. So if you have one to turn in, you can either mail it to me or bring it to the meeting and I will include it in the batch. It is not too late. If you need the pattern, shoot me an e-mail. ALSO she would love it if you could sign your block. I will have pens and the blocks(at the break) so that you can sign them for her. 3. Things are likely to get very busy with the holidays pretty soon. So in an effort to keep it simple, I propose that we do 6-1/2” (includes seam allowance) Nine Patch blocks in the color of your choice for our future charity sewing event. You can use leftover jelly roll strips for this. Bring them to the October meeting or mail them to me. 4. SCCQG - The next meeting is October 12. Let me know if you are planning to attend so that I can RSVP for our group. The topic is about using Social Media to promote our quilting activities. — By Olivia Carnahan Philanthropy The food donation for the October meeting for Westside Food Bank is SOUP – canned or packaged. Philanthropy is happily collecting our regular items for AVIVA and the Ronald McDonald House. We would also like to make a donation to of quilts to the Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA to help make the lives of their pediatric patients a little more comfortable. Quilts for children are fun and sometimes easier to make so if you have some spare time and are trying to lower your stash collection we would be happy to collect them too. — By Luann Jaffe and Bobbie Blake Quick Quilty Tip! Use a pencil sharpener to sharpen the tip of a chopstick for a free stiletto tool. If it breaks or dulls after repeated usage, just sharpen it again! Meeting Minutes SMQG General Meeting Minutes September 4, 2019 The meeting was called to order by President Kennalee Mattson at 7pm. Pam Overton moved and Barbara Spielberg seconded motions to approve the minutes and treasurer’s report as published in the September 2019 newsletter. Both motions carried unanimously. Committee Reports: Membership: Maureen Gardener and Sally Madigan introduced 4 guests present at the meeting. They encouraged members to submit their membership renewals for the 2019-2020 year. Vice President: Olivia Carnahan reported that over 120 toiletry bags have been made by guild members. She will be delivering the remaining bags to the center soon. She also supervised the fabric sale of remaining fabric the guild has been selling at Council meetings. Newsletter: Laurie Reyen invited members with recipes, quilt experiences, etc. they would like to share in the newsletter, please submit them to her. She also indicated that one of the units at UCLA is in need of baby and children’s quilts. Hospitality: Betsy Barker thanked all who brought refreshments. Philanthropy: Luann Jaffe indicated that quilts will be delivered to Ronald McDonald House, AVIVA, and UCLA. Ways and Means: Perla Rothenberg, Keiko and Ron Tapp conducted the raffle and had some fabric, patterns, magazines and books available for sale. Website: Kennalee indicated that she has been maintaining the website, but no major activity to report. Programs and Workshops: Pam Overton gave a quick rundown of upcoming speakers and workshops. New Business: Aileen Cooke presented the following slate of board members for the 2019-2020 year: President: Kennalee Mattson; Vice President: Olivia Carnahan; Treasurer: Allison Leong; Secretary: Veronica Gray (monthly meeting) and Lani Hee (board meeting); Newsletter: Laurie Reyen; Webmistress: Emily Watts; Program Chair: Pam Overton; Program Chair assistant: Aileen Cooke; Philanthropy: Luann Jaffe and Bobbi Blake; Ways and Means: Perla Rothenberg, Keiko and Ron Tapp; Membership: Maureen Gardener and Sally Madigan.   The slate was accepted by acclamation. In addition, Kennalee thanked the current board members for their service and presented them with a thank you gift. Show and Tell: Allison Leong—spinning rail triangles; Kennalee Mattson—4 philanthropy and heart quilt; Bobbie Blake—fish panel quilt and machine embroidery nutcracker; Barbara Watts— pivot quilt and curves and ya sq. triangles; S. Wexler—Kaffe Fassett bag. After a 10 minute break the monthly raffle was held.   Pam Overton then introduced the evening speaker, quilter Lujean Seagal, whose topic was “Beyond Boring Borders.” After an excellent presentation, the meeting was adjourned at 8:55 pm. — Respectfully Submitted:  Veronica Gray  Guild Calendar October: Tiffany Hayes http://www.needleinahayesstack.biz/ November: Gwen Weedon January 2020: Pam Hadfield https://www.mamapquilts.com/ February: Rob Appell https://robappell.com/ March: Leah Zieber https://zieberquilts.com/ April: TBD May: Sue Rasmussen http://suerasmussenquilts.com/ Selected Upcoming Events October 3- 15,2019 The Extreme Quilters present Art from Cloth at the Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, 2331 Borchard Road, Newbury Park, California. The opening reception is Sunday, October 6, 2019 from 3 pm to 5 pm. The show is open daily from 10 am to 5 pm. Admission is free. October 5, 2019 Old Town Temecula Quilt Show and Auction Old Town Temecula 41000 Main Street, Temecula, CA 92591 More information: valleyofthemistquilters.com October 19 2019 TLC Quilters Boutique/Craft Sale and Quilt Show Claremont United Church of Christ 233 Harrison Ave. Claremont, CA 10AM-4 PM Nov 2, 2019 African American Quilters of Los Angeles (AAQLA) – 10am to 5pm Carson Community Center, 801 E. Carson St., Carson, CA (Exit 35 from I-405); Admission: $10.00 adults – free parking. 300 quilted items on display, vendors, raffle baskets, Youth Make It & Take It, opportunity quilt drawing, 4 pm. For more information contact 562-804-4767. Nov 8-9, 2019 Fallbrook Quilt Guild Quilted Treasures Quilt Show 463 S. Stage Coach Lane, Fallbrook, CA 10 AM- 4 PM Nov 9, 2019 Quilters Piece Corps Quilt Show, The First Baptist Church, 9280 Maple Avenue, Hesperia, CA. This is a FREE event. We will s showcase a variety of vendors, bountiful raffle baskets, and a beautiful display of quilts. An exciting auction will top off a fun day. Lunch, cookies, and coffee will be available. For more information, call, Terri (760) 963-4108 or Nancy (760) 985-2873. Dec 7, 2019 Pine Needles Quilt Guild 26th Annual Holiday Home Tour, Wrightwood, CA: 11AM - 4PM 4 homes beautifully decorated for the holidays then adorned with handmade quilts. In addition, visit the Refreshment House and Holiday Boutique. For advance purchases tickets ($12/person) send a SASE envelope to PO Box 2800, Wrightwood, CA 92397. Tickets also available the day of the home tour for $15. Friends of the Guild Our advertisers help support the guild in a variety of way. Please support them in return.

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