Sizzlin’ Summer Sewing News
North Iowa Quilters Guild
Founded 1980 Celebrating 26 years! © Vol.18 No. 11 www.niqg.org
Masonic Temple-302 1st Street S.E. Mason City, IA. 50401 641-423-9116
Meets the second Wed of every month, except July at 9AM-3PM
Cookbooks: $4 Membership: $15 Clear Plastic Bags: 50 cents NIQG Pins: $5
For information: send SASE to: NIQG Box 1163 Mason City, IA 50402
Newsletter editor-Jenny Schlutz:1468 2nd S E- Mason City, Iowa 50401 641-424-9068 stevejen@mchsi.com
Hi all! There will not be a regular meeting this month! The next meeting will be held at the Lakeview Community Center at Clear Lake City Park on August 9, 2006. This is on the lake-side with the glassed front area behind the band shell. It is air conditioned! Yea! We will have Potluck, meeting and a few fun things to do! Table settings will be provided. Carlene and I will bring beverages. More details will be in August newsletter.North Iowa Fair July 26-30, 2006 Then and now 1956-2006
We will have a booth again this year to promote our club and the Lake Area Quilters Guild in the 4 Seasons building. Dixie Schaer is ‘Chairing’ this project. The set-up time for our booth is Tuesday at 2:30 on July 25th. Please come with a quilt or 2 and any props that will enhance the quilting scene. We are still is in need of people to work the booth. Please let Dixie (641-423-8846) know what you can bring. We look forward to having a fun time with you!
You may enter quilts and other creations for competition by contacting North Iowa Fair Association, 641-423-1590 or go to 3700 4th ST S W Mason City, Iowa 50401. Good luck on your entries!
June Workshop-Flower Pounding by Rozena Van Lent was a great class and full of creative quilters! Rozena is a very talented artist and led us on a new road to creating a one of a kind quilt! Under the guidance of Rozena- hammers, masking tape, kitchen cutting boards and PFD fabric, the girls went ‘Hog Wild” and pounded out beautiful masterpieces of floral designs! The fun part of this project is that you never really knew what you where going to end up with as each flower petal and leaf left a surprise dye on the fabric. You may start out with a red flower petal and end up with a purple dye or pound out a dark green leaf and end up with lime green. Can you imagine walking by the Masonic Temple and hearing all the hammers pounding at once. I bet it sounded like major remodeling going on. After we felt we had enough color on our fabric, Rozena then showed us how to enhance the dyed splotches into detailed floral designs. There was not one block that looked even remotely like another’s. I was so excited by this neat method that I went home and pounded out some lilies that I had at my house. The orange stayed orange but the red lilies became a dirty orange and gray. Sounds awful but really turned out pretty. I cut the leaves of the lily in half, length wise and those dyes turned from dark green to olive. This could be addicting! Rozena also showed us some tricks to painting floral on cards for all occasions and had some card packs for sale. Many thanks to Rozena for a wonderful and fun class!
New Note: Some names have been switched to different groups in order to even the group numbers out. Please check to see what group you belong to. We still need some gals to help with the Christmas Party. Kelsey and I are creating a ‘make and take’ project for you. Can someone please volunteer! There will be at minimum $10 fee to attend workshops given by professionals not members. Thanks to all of you for participating to make the guild run smoothly!
Upcoming Workshops & Programs!
August 9th, 2006- Noon picnic at Clear Lake Community Center located in City Park- (Board Meeting at 11AM)
Sept 13th, 2006-Denise Sprain! $10 fee.
Sept 23rd, 2006-Fibre Arts Festival! Free tables! You can sell any sewing related items for one day! 10AM-6PM!
Oct 11th, 2006-Jenny Penny Designs! Afternoon Program by Barb Snitzer & Marian Lenz on Civil War Quilting!
Nov 8th, 2006-
Dec 13th, 2006-Christmas Party
Jan 10th, 2007-Charity Quilts Day
Program Chairlady-Nancy Malmin- 641-732-4321
All programs or workshops that cost more than $100 needs to be approved. Some workshops and programs need to be planned months in advance! Groups will also be responsible for helping the Program/Workshop gal to unload and reload her things, luncheon and clean up in kitchen.
Sept 2006-Group 8: Alice Lenze, Jeanne Moorehead, Ardis Nicewarner, Jean Payne, Marilyn Meinecke & Florence Hagstrom & Kelsey Jones
Oct 2006- Group 9: Nancy Reid, Norma Jean Miller, Dixie Schaer, Jenny Schlutz, Jeroldine Stricker, Ruth Ward, & Phyllis Wright.
Nov 2006-Group 1: MaryAnn Johnson, Bev Adams, Cathy Knowles, Betty Neel, Betty Werle, Mary Jane Allen, Marilyn Harrington, Marlene Oswood.
December 2006-Christmas Party-volunteers please?
January 2007-ABC, LINUS, Crisis, Wrap a Smile Charity day
February 2007-Group 2: Margaret Berge, Elaine Hill, Marjorie Odden, Thelma Bohn, Jan Martin, Laurie Schwarck, & Millie Schroeder.
March 2007-Group 3: Minerva Wagner, Nancy Malmin, Glenda Newstrom, Lavon Dorsey, Kay Klukow, Sue Hansen & Katrina Keech.
April 2007-Group 4: Joan Chandler, Irene Mullenbach, Bette Koeff, Dorothy Climber, Mindy Prohaski, Beverly Schafacker & Monica Miller
May 2007-Group 5: Barb DeBoer, Mary Alexander, Audrey Dix, Betty Debner, Bev Brinkman, Marie Senne, Betty Hendrix, Gwen Mathews, Patti Miller,
June 2007-Group 6: Darlene Alexander, Marion Anderson, Marjorie Bahnsen, Margie Brandl, Jo Best, Vivian Bugbee & Betty Buss, Arla Loeffler.
September 2007-Group 7: Dorothy Birch, Arlene Christensen, Carlene Davis, Dorothy Fagerle, Lenore Forbes, Marian Hoit & Bev Humphrey. Harriett Klein.
Outgoing Officers, Board and Chairpersons
Duties will be changed during August Picnic.
2005-2006 Officers
President- Carlene Davis-641-423-0408
Vice Pres.- Marie Senne-319-267-2705
Secretary- Jean Arndt-641-732-3141
Treasurer-Florence Hagstrom-507-567-2502
2005-2006 Board Members:
Mindy Prohaski-641-749-2743
Jo Best-641-357-3084
Marion Anderson-641-424-4007
Barb Deboer-641-775-3474
Cathy Coverdale-641-458-9855
2005-2006 Chairpersons:
Membership-Ruth Ward-641-423-2908
Newsletter Editor-Jenny Schlutz-641-424-9068
Programs-Betty Debner-641-823-5985
Patterns- Cathy Knowles-641-454-2014
Dixie Schaer-641-423-8846
Jeanne Moorehead-641-696-3342
Historian-Phyllis Wright-641-423-3196
Library-Norma Jean Miller-641-425-5129
Sunshine-Norma Jean Miller
Habitat for Humanity-Jo Best-641-357-3084
Hospitality-Program groups
Linus, Northern Lights, Crisis Inter Center
Mary Jane Allen-641-696-3308
Marion Hoit-641-423-7340
Mary Ann Johnson-641-592-3348
ABC Quilts-Jo Best-641-357-3084
North Iowa Fair-Dixie Schaer-423-8846
Kelsey Jones-Web Mistress/Publishing-424-3519
Incoming Officers, Board & Chairpersons:
2006-2007 Officers
President- Marie Senne-319-267-2705
Vice Pres.- Kelsey Jones- 641-424-3519
Secretary- Joan Chandler-641-982-4986
Treasurer- Jean Payne-641-423-5041
2006-2007 Board Members:
Marilyn Meinecke-641-357-0773
Kay Klukow-507-265-3466
Marion Andersen-641-424-4007
Barb Deboer-641-775-3474
Cathy Coverdale-641-458-9855
2006-2007 Chairpersons:
Membership-Ruth Ward-641-423-2908
Newsletter Editor-Jenny Schlutz-641-424-9068
Programs-Nancy Malmin-641-732-4321
Patterns- Jenny & Sue Hansen-507-567-2502
Historian-Phyllis Wright-641-423-3196
Library- Marie Senne
Sunshine- Jenny Schlutz
Habitat for Humanity-Jo Best-641-357-3084
Hospitality-Program groups
Linus, Northern Lights, Crisis Inter Center
Mary Jane Allen-641-696-3308
Marion Hoit-641-423-7340
Mary Ann Johnson-641-592-3348
ABC Quilts-Jo Best-641-357-3084
North Iowa Fair-Dixie Schaer-423-8846
Kelsey Jones-Web Mistress/Publishing-424-3519
Habitat for Humanity
Jo Best presented LaRae Rongey and son Michael with a Habitat Quilt in Mason City on Sunday the 25th, 2006. This is the 18th Quilt to be donated to this organization. 6 additional homes are being planned for ground breaking this summer. If you wish to donate money, new or used building materials or your time please contact-641-424-8978 or Habitat for Humanity North Central Iowa –PO Box 162 Mason City, IA 50401.
A reminder to all Quilt Show Chair people please write up a short summary of what their group did and give to Carlene. Carlene would also like everyone to jot down what changes they would like to see at the next quilt show!
FOR SALE
Bernina 185-E 5 years old
Includes embroidery unit. Call me for Special Sale details! Bette Koeff 641-982-0162
More Sewing News!
Lottery Block
Each month will be something different. Watch for details! Pink fat quarters for lottery in August.
Picky Swappers
Blocks were due at June meeting! Some of the gals did not get all their blocks. If you still have someone’s block please remember to bring it ASAP! Everyone should have 12 blocks! Make sure to bring your blocks with the name of recipient on it and your name as maker.
Cure for Breast Cancer
Repeating the pattern for Woven Heart, in June newsletter. If you have miss placed your pattern let me know. I have copies if you need them. Important: You can get the ‘parchment white’ background at the Bee Hive Quilt Shoppe in Mason City. Please bring your completed block/s by Sept. meeting. Thank you everyone who contributes.
2006-2007 Pattern Committee
A mystery quilt will be started in September. It is possible to make this quilt scrappy. However if you do make it scrappy you need to divide your colors that have a good contrast between them as follows: Light for the background-Medium/medium dark as the focus fabric and dark as the contrast. Make sure there is good contrast between background and the other two color ways. More details on the way!
$18 was made during the Chinese Auction!
Doris Kluss Raffle Quilt
Doris Kluss was a special quilter. She was extremely kind and a very skilled at quilting. She could take the most Gosh Awful fabric and create works of art! She also loved her 4 cats. A round robin quilt in the cat theme was in the works for Doris Kluss when she passed away July 2, 1996. It was finished by the members in the round robin project and kept at the North Center. Now with the North Center moving to the Senior Citizens Center there will not be a home for it. So it was decided to raffle it to a lucky member in our group. So far $100 has been bought in tickets. This money will go to the Treasury. The winner will be drawn at September meeting. Good luck ladies.
From the beginning of eternity,
To the end of time and space,
To the beginning of every end,
And the end of every place. What am I?
Kelsey’s Korner
I know that not everyone has taken a good look at our web site. I also realize that not everyone knows we have a new space site. So this month I am going to talk about both.
The web site address is http://www.niqg.org/. It opens to the main page which has a lot of information on it. The first section has general information about where and when we meet as well as what we do.
The next section has membership dues, cook book and guild pin prices. This is followed by our officers, board members and Committee chairs. You will find names linked to e-mail for a few of these names.
Next we have Links We Talked About. This provides links that our guests provide to their web sites so you can get more information. Mailing address, Current Projects and quilt show committee follows. Finally we have information about other area guilds and long arm quilters.
On the left side of the site is a navigation bar. When you have your cursor locked on the main section this portion does not print. This way you can print the programming page or calendar page and not have the navigation bar taking space.
So what is on the navigation bar? Here you will find links to our pages of history, by-laws, Programs, Area Events Calendar, Newsletters, Show and Tell blog, Frequently Asked Questions, and each charity we donate quilts to have their own page.
Changes will be happening in the near future to slim our web site down and condense material. There may even be a new addition! We want our site to be friendly to all and help bring in new members. If you have any ideas please do talk to me about them or e-mail suggestions to NIQG@mchsi.com.
The MSN Space is new and an exciting medium. For this discussion you can refer to the printed copy of the space I have included. I found this space after a long and exasperating search for some place to put our Quilt Show photos. Other places require viewers to get their own account before viewing or require us to purchase something before they will keep photos. So without further ado… NIQG’s MSN Space can be found at http://niqg.spaces.msn.com/.
At the top of the page, just above the guild name you will find: Get Your Own Space, Subscribe to RSS Feed, Tell a Friend and Search Spaces. The first of these is self explanatory. An RSS feed is simply a way for your computer to get updates to this site as soon as they are posted without having to physically go to the site. Tell a friend allows you to e-mail the page to someone else. Search spaces allows you to type in a subject and look at sites related to that subject.
Below our name there are links to home, profile, blog, photos and lists. By clicking on these you will be able to see one of the subjects at full page instead of as smaller boxes. Below those links are the profile I created for our guild.
Next to the profile block is the blog. This blog allows several subjects to be bogged on and I will be setting others up as time goes by. For now, Madame Vice-President is the only one currently running.
On the far right of the page is the photos block. Here you can view slideshows. June’s program and show & tell are currently on this area. You can make the pictures go faster or slower and yes, you can capture pictures by right clicking on the picture. A word of caution: you may want to slow or pause the slide show before attempting to capture a picture. Underneath the slideshow is a list of picture albums to choose from. Of course if you click on the photos link I mentioned above you can increase the viewing size of the slideshow.
Below the photos block you will find a list of blog categories and an archive list. On the far left of the page under the guild profile is a custom list. These are links made available for other sites or spaces. Later on I may be moving the Links We Talked about to this area. All of our show and tell pictures will be on our spaces from now on and urgent messages or commentaries will also be posted here. For those of you already with computers be sure to add this site to your favorites. Those that do not may want to start thinking about going to your local library and using their computers periodically.
Notes from Marie Senne-incoming President
Hi All! Just wanted everybody to know that everyone is welcome to come and enjoy our club! Whether you are a new member or a seasoned one all are welcome to bring friends who may even become prospective new members! The first visit is free! I am looking forward to being your President this next Quilt Year! I hope all of you will enjoy the many activities planned and being planned by our members. Just wanted to remind you of the ‘BIG PLASTIC PIG’ at the sign in tables. If you wish to participate….since we really didn’t celebrate our 25th anniversary, sooooo….as one way to do that we will think ‘25’! Every time you purchase fabric you can feed the ‘PIGGY’ by putting a quarter in the pig. By now it looks like I am over 5 bucks already! How about all of you?! If you forget your name tag- 25 cents to the ‘PIGGY’! It’s your birthday! 25 cents goes in! Or if you feel like tossing a quarter in the ‘PIGGY’ go right ahead. It is all for the good of the guild. The money will go for future workshops and programs and whatever we need to use it for. Raffle tickets for Doris Kluss’ quilt will be available until September meeting, which we will draw out the lucky winning name! $100 in tickets have been sold so far. Also don’t forget to pay your dues of $15 to Ruth Ward and Jenny will need 12 SASE envelopes in order for you to receive your newsletter by mail! Hope all of you have a quilty summer and will see you all at picnic! Marie Senne
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Update on the new sewing room! I finally am moved in! Had to do some major cleaning first, you know like washing windows, shampooing the carpet and painting the walls. I don’t know why I bothered painting the walls as there is a quilt covering every square inch of them. But at least I know they are freshly painted. Ivan, my Step Father made custom sized quilt hangers for each wall space. I bought a new twin sized bed (I may have to rest once in a while)(and it makes a great quilt rack), a TV stand for my TV and tables in which to sew and work on along with my little portable table that I used at the Beehive Camp Retreat with Pat Speth. After rearranging the bed and the tables 3 times now, I think they are in the right place for me. I was also able to move all my fabric stash into this room. It is right where I can easily get access to and looks like it belongs there, by the way! Before it was in a hall closet on shelving which worked out fine but hard to see even with the hall lights on. The shelving in the closet can now be used for other quilty things and actually have some semblance of order! Now I am set to sew up a storm! The best part is that I can leave it all set up and not have to put it all away all the time. I had been sewing at my kitchen table all these years. I am in Heaven! Jenny
North Iowa Quilt Guild June 14, 2006 Board Meeting
Members present: Carlene Davis, Jo Best, Jenny Schlutz, Kelsey Jones and Joan Chandler.
Lime Creek Nature Center will not be available for the August Picnic. Another location is being sought. Jo Best reported that a Habitat House will be dedicated on June 25th.
North-side Multipurpose Center is coming up for sale and quilt items need to be removed before it comes u for sale. The Senior Citizen Center is available for our use, but he day of the week would need to be changed.
North Iowa Fair was discussed.
Cedar Valley Quilt Guild has invited our guild to two trunk shows. Monday July 31 at 7 pm with Kay Capps Cross from Spring Grove, MN will speak at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Osage. On August 18th at 7 PM Heather Mulder-Peterson form Anka’s Treasure of Spice, MN will speak at Trinity Lutheran Church In Osage. Respectfully submitted, Joan Chandler, secretary pro-tem
North Iowa Quilt Guild General Meeting June 14, 2006
Carlene Davis brought the meeting to order. Two guests were introduced. Jeanette Merrill and Margaret Hanawait. Trunk shows described in the board minutes were announced.
A quilt from ‘Hooked on Quilting” has been given to the guild. A raffle quilt in Honor of Doris Kluss is available to buy tickets on until September. Dixie Schaer requiested help for the booth at the Fair.
Jenny will announce location for the August picnic in the newsletter. Items to be included in letter need to be in Jenny’s hands by the 24th of each month. A flea market is planned at the picnic in August. It will not be at Lime Creek Nature Center.
Bev Humphrey is waiting for current rules on Susan Komen Breast Cancer Research Quilts. Beehive has ‘parchment white’ available for the light background. President Carlene wants ideas for the 2008 raffle quilt.
Some wonderful quilts were shown for Show n’ Tell. Rozena Van Lent showed her Mother’s antique quilts and LaVonne Welch shoed antique family quilts. Respectfully submitted, Joan Chandler, secretary pro-tem
