KOOTENAY QUILTERS DAY GUILD NEWSLETTER

April 2014

QUILT EVENTS & WORKSHOP CALENDAR

2 April 26 from 8-3West Kootenay Quilt ConferenceThe address is 206-7th Street
@ Sayward, near the High School, in Salmo Valley Community Youth Centre

May 2-4, 2014 - Victoria Quilters Guild Show and Sale, Pearkes Recreation Centre, 3100 Tillicum Rd., Victoria BC, Friday 10-6; Saturday 10-4 May 3,4Pacific Spirit Quilters Guild Blooming Quilt Show, Shriners Hall, 3550 Waybure Drive, Burnaby May 9,10The Threads That Bind Us, George Preston Rec Centre, Langley May 10, 2014Gathering of Guilds, Sun Peaks, BC May 24,2519th Festival of Quilts, Heritage Park, Calgary 9:305 May 26-June 8 - Fabricated, Works of North Star Quilters, Centre 64, Kimberley M-F 1-5, Sat. & Sun. 11-5 June 6,7Abbotsford Quilt Show, Tradex Building June 7-8Quilting on the Beach, Pincushion Quilt Guild, Peachland Community Centre 10-4 June 11-14, 2014 Quilt Canada 2014, entitled Wonders of Niagara will be held June 1114, 2014 at Brock University in Niagara Falls. This area has many wonderful attractions Including Niagara Falls, the Welland Canal, historical sites such as battle sites of the war of 1812-1814 between Canada & the USA, a rich wine country, historical sites and beautiful historical towns such as Niagara-on-the-Lake. June 21, 22Quadra IslandFlowers, Fabric & Farms 10-4 Aug. 30, 31Metaline Falls, Affair on Main Street 10-5 Sept. 3-7Levenworth; new venue, wander through the village shops

Applique Group Romanian Group Evening News Acting Chair List

Wrap A Smile

Irene Evanoff Feature Quilter;

Thread Play Portrait Quilts

Zentangles

Sept 24-27 MQX Festival, Springfield, Illinois Oct. 3-5LaConner Quilt & Fabric Arts Festival. Oct. 17-19WSQ at Spokane County Fair & Expo Centre Oct. 4Falling Leaves Quilt Show, Calgary

BABY QUILT PANELS FOR HOSPITAL

As many of the Guild members are working on quilts for the Hospital, it is requested that all of the quilts be brought to the June wrap-up so that a group picture can be taken.

QUILT BATTING
Gerda Liebenow is now the GO-TO-GAL for all of the Day Groups charity batting needsboth polyester and cotton. She has kindly agreed to keep BOTH huge rolls at her house. Contact her with your requirements, and she will bring the cut piece to the next meeting, or you could pick it up at her home on the North Shore, 1553 Hwy 3A Phone 250-825-9601.

Spring Conference April 26, Salmo Getting to Know You Open at 8 a.m. for vendors & coffee & muffins Conference at 9 a.m. Plan to tell a story about the raffle quilt & any other quilting activities Bag lunch. Fragrance free. $4.00 + 1 fat quarter. Contact Elsie for Tea Cup block pattern for the block raffle.

Kootenay Quilters Blog

Gloria Reibin has created a Kootenay Quilters Blog on Facebook. Just Google it and enjoy.

The Evening News

The February Fun Night, raised a significant amount of money which was donated to Kootenay Kids. The 30 members of the Evening Guild now meets early i.e. 4 pm on the first and third Thursday of each month in order to complete more projects; on the second and fourth Thursdays, the meeting is from 7-9. A 2015 Conference Committee has been struck and is working hard on planning for this event which will be held on the traditional last Saturday of April.

The Applique Group

The Applique Group meets at Susie Holmes house on the second Wednesday of each month from 10-2. New members are welcome. Bring your own lunch

Quilts for Romania

This group that meets at the Baptist Church every Tuesday recently shipped 46 bed sized quilts, 12 lap quilts and pillow cases to Romania. They will continue to make more quiltsthe stash never seems to run out.

Day Group Leadership

The Day Group was pleased that Elsie Gates volunteered to serve another term as Secretary. So too, Leah Gray offered to continue on as Treasurer. The revolving Chair will continue, with the following volunteering to serve: MayJoy Lobach JuneMariette McIlroy SeptemberSue Lambrecht December? October? NovemberBonnie Bell

WRAP A SMILE FOR ROTAPLAST

Sheila Hart will wrap up the Wrap A Smile campaign, to collect quilts for Rotaplast (Rotary Plastic Surgeons), at the end of April. She expects many quilts from Guilds in attendance at the West Kootenay Conference and will also be picking up quilts in Cranbrook and Kimberley; Invermere and Fernie are also contributing. Each child in a third world country that receives surgery for cleft palate repairs or burn reconstruction done by a Rotaplast team, receives a quilt. These quilts not only become prized possessions, but they are also a critical part of medical supplies. Frequently the hospitals have little or no linen, so the quilts keep the children warm during and after surgery. Prior to the formation of Wrap-A-Smile, the children were wrapped in plastic sheets. Sheila was thrilled to read an article about Terry Hodskins, founder of Wrap A Smile in Quilt Life magazine. Since 1987, Terry has seen 19,000 quilts collected, enough to cover 5 football fields.

Irene Evanoff has been a member of the Kootenay Quilters Guild since 1979; its second year of existence. She remembers well, the influence that Sue Lambrecht had on her development as a quilter. This was of course, in addition to the role that her Grandmother had who laboured by hand to make quilts. Irene has had brief times away from Nelson, when she accompanied her husband on his moves to Kitimat, Gibsons, Sault St. Marie and Indonesia. Irene also remembers when she and Karen Makive started the Night Group in 1990. The quilters were known as the Ladies of the Evening. This group formed because Irene and Karen both had day jobs and could not attend the regular meetings. They started to meet in various quilters homes and eventually moved into an empty space in the Mall. If anyone ever wondered where Irene gets her creativity to make the marvelous Raffle Baskets for the Kootenay Quilters Guild shows, it comes from her sojourn into the business world, when she owned the Whats Happening Store. This was a Wedding and Party Rental Store. Irene made many costumes for the store Some of the wedding props that she and her husband Fred, made are still being used. Irene likes everything about quilting. She cannot cite a particular pattern as a favorite. She has utilized many in the course of making quilts for everyone in her family. She intends to keep quilting and hopes to have a couple of full sized quilts ready for the Guilds next show; one Barcello and one Stack and Wack made with a Japanese print. Irene is never without something to do. She was instrumental in getting the Kootenay-Columbia Seniors Housing Co-op created. After 7 years of service as President, she no longer sits on the Board. She is pleased that 50 houses and duplexes have been created and that more will be built in the future. She hopes that eventually a care facility will also be on the site, so that seniors can age in place. She currently is known as the borscht lady as she cooks for the church run Food Program in Castlegar. Her skills in cooking were honed while cooking in commercial establishments such as the Kootenay Cattle Company. Irene was involved with the Nelson Chamber of Commerce for many years. She was always involved with volunteering at the schools that her kids attended and she also liked to curl. Thanks for continuing to be a member of the Kootenay Quilters Guild, Irene!

ART GROUP THREAD PLAY

On Feb 13, the Art Quilt Group met to practice their thread painting. Laura used a pattern for the spools of thread, and practiced embellishing with stitching. Heather took a hand-painted garden image and made it come to life with thread.

Gloria attempted to create a landscape scene totally with thread.

PORTRAIT QUILTS
On April 11 the Art Quilt Group met to focus on a style of portrait making. Gloria and Laura followed the lesson plan, while Heather went off on her own tangent and produced a wonderful portrait of her dog!

ART GROUP ZENTANGLES

Zentangle is a fancy word for doodling with a purpose. We had a record turnout of 7 people! It was a wonderful inspiring session!