PROGRAM - Despite the artic
weather conditions we’ve had recently, we had a fantastic turnout last night
with a warm welcome for
award winning quilter and author SUE
NICKELS of the HOLLY GIRLS duo as our program speaker. Sue shared her quilting journey and
inspiration, including humble beginnings of her 89 year old mother sewing
elaborate dresses complete with bows and petticoats for the two young sisters
using very simple tools. After the
program members inspected the amazing intricate machine quilting up close, all
done on their home machines, their trademark.
Their quilt TWO OF US won Bernina of America Best Home Machine
Workmanship Award at
Paducah 2014. The duo was featured in AQ
American Quilter’s magazine January 2015 issue.
Thanks to Sue Nickels for generously providing books for as our program
prizes this evening.
STUFF THE BUS - seats are
still available for the International
Quilt Festival in Chicago Saturday, March 28. The $55.00 ticket cost includes
transportation (via a B&W 56 passenger coach, free wi-fi, on board
restroom), show entrance, donuts, bottled water, plus a movie on the return
trip. We will make a food stop on the way back (cost not included in
ticket) or you may pack something that doesn’t need refrigeration. The bus will
depart Sam’s Club/Holland parking lot at 7:00 AM SHARP and return roughly 11:00
PM.
RED & WHITE QUILT
CHALLENGE – Honoring our new BIG RED Quilt Guild, we are pleased to announce
our upcoming challenge. We will cover this
in depth at our April meeting when most snowbirds have returned but here are some
important things to get you started:
·
2 categories - Traditional and Modern/Art
·
Quilt must be completed during the challenge period
·
Quilts must be completely finished, no tops accepted
·
Quilts must have 3 layers – top, batting and backing
·
Any shape (bed size, table runner, oval, etc) equaling 216 inches
minimum (total) up to 352 inches maximum (total) of the outside edges
·
Limited to the Red and White colors families only (must read ‘red’
or ‘white’, for more information web search Infinite Variety three centuries of
red and white quilts, the Joanna S. Rose collection or Pinterest Infinite variety
three centuries of red and white quilts)
·
Entry form submitted at the April 2016 meeting with completion
deadline by the June 2016 meeting when they will be judged
·
Prizes award for both categories
·
You may enter multiple quilts in both categories
UPCOMING PROGRAMS – Be sure
to mark your calendar for our April 27, 2015 general meeting. We welcome Tresa Keys, famed 1930’s style
quilter and her presentation and trunk show.
SEW-IN – hope to see you
6:00-9:00 PM Monday, March 23, at the Lodge at Beechwood Church on Ottawa Beach
Road.
Our meeting was adjourned
shortly by 9:15.
