Founded 1980 Celebrating 27 years! © Vol.20 No. 4 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: $3 Membership: $20
Clear Plastic Bags: 50¢ NIQG Pins: $5
For information: send SASE to: NIQG Box 1163 Mason City, IA 50402 or
Newsletter editor-Jenny Schlutz: 1468 2nd S E- Mason City, Iowa 50401 641-424-9068 stevejen@mchsi.com
9AM-noon Workshop by Jenny Penny Designs
‘Quilt as You Go’ Black Bear Valley Tote
Come join us for a fun morning in creating a ‘quilt as you go tote’! Be ready to sew by 9AM.
Things you will need to create your tote:
Note: I used Homespun fabrics for the inside and outside of tote. For the actual tote, you may use whatever fabrics that suit your tastes! A plain piece of flannel, works best in place of thin batting. This can be anything you don’t want to see any more! It will be covered! For the appliqués you may need a machine that has at least a zig-zag stitch on it. Or you may blanket stitch by hand.
-wof-means width of fabric.
Backing (inside tote): 25” x wof.
Flannel (batting): 25” x wof.
Strips: (outside tote & handles): 28-30 2” strips.
Binding (for handles & tote opening): three 2” x wof strips
Black Bear: 9” x 15” rectangle.
Star: 7” x 7” square.
Pine Tree: 5” x 18” rectangle.
Fusible paper or sketch paper for needle turn.
Sewing machine, iron, rotary cutter, board & general sewing supplies.
Note: If you do not have sketch paper or fusible paper I will bring some for you to use.
Class is free to members other than purchasing a pattern or kit. Cost of pattern is $7 or kits which includes pattern & everything (except fusible) you need is $23. Kit only is $16. If you have not reserved your kit, you must call ahead 641-424-9068. As of this writing there are 2 left.
I have 2 new patterns just out this past week. One is called ‘Freedom’ Something to Crow About and Little Red Barn. I will be bringing my Jenny Penny Designs patterns and kits for sale for you to browse through. These will be available until end of meeting day. Thank you ladies! Now let’s have some fun!
Always quilting something---Jenny Schlutz
--Potluck at 12 Noon!
--General meeting at 1PM!
Program will be a presentation by
Barb Neils on ‘Peaced Foundation Colors of Hope’
Exciting news from President Kelsey Jones!
I am excited to tell you all that the board has found a New Home for North Iowa Quilters Guild!
Change of our new ‘Meeting Place’ will take effect on December 12, 2007. Due to rising costs from $60 a month to $100 a month, we have had to search for a new home. The Masonic Temple has been the home of NIQG for many years. We are thankful for the use of their facility. It has been a wonderful place to meet, but no longer cost effective.
The North Iowa Quilters Guild will be moving to the First Covenant Church located on Hwy 18/122 on the East end of town. The address is 410 S. Ohio. It is slightly west and across the street from St. James Lutheran church. It is A-framed in shape. There is a large parking area in back of church. The entrance to use is the south east door. We hope to have a sign visible for members to see.
We will have use of their kitchen and meeting area. There is plenty of room for workshops and programs. The new rent will be $50 a month. Moving day will take place at the end of November’s luncheon. We will need your help to transport the library and any other things that belong to us. Jenny will bring a cart and Mandy is providing a truck for the library holder. We will need some sturdy boxes for the books & etc.
Please plan to at least help load up vehicles before you leave. If you help with the move, it will give you an opportunity to see our new home! Thanks everyone for all your help! We hope all of you will continue to enjoy our upcoming workshops and programs!
---Kelsey Jones
Attention! Group listing changes! This list will take effect in March 2008.
The first name in group is only the contact person, not the head honcho! Groups work together!
Current Group Listing:
October 2007-Group 8: Pat Klinger, Margaret McMullin, Jeanne Moorehead, Ardis Nicewarner, Jean Payne, Marilyn Meinecke, Florence Hagstrom & Kelsey Jones
November 2007- Group 9:Dixie Schaer, Jenny Schlutz, Jeroldine Stricker, Ruth Ward, & Phyllis Wright, Marie Albers, & Sharon Hays
December 2007-Group 1: MaryAnn Johnson, Bev Adams, Cathy Knowles, Betty Neel, Betty Werle, Marilyn Harrington, Marlene Oswood
January 2008- Group 2: Margaret Berge, Elaine Hill, Thelma Bohn, Jan Martin, Laurie Schwarck, Mandy Meierotto & Millie Schroeder.-Charity
February 2008-Group 3: Minerva Wagner, Nancy Malmin, Lavon Dorsey, Kay Klukow, Sue Hansen & Katrina Keech, Sharon Weckwerth, Kathleen Coverdale.
March 2008-Group 4: Joan Chandler, Bette Koeff, Beverly Schabacker, Nancy Traeger, Jan Pralle, Ruth Calland
April 2008-Group 5: Barb DeBoer, Mary Alexander, Audrey Dix, Betty Debner, Bev Brinkman, Marie Senne, Betty Hendrix, Gwen Mathews, Patti Miller
May 2008-Group 6: Wilma Ades, Margaret Hanawalt, Darlene Alexander, Marion Anderson, Marjorie Bahnsen, Margie Brandl, Jo Best, Vivian Bugbee & Betty Buss.
June 2008-Group 7: Dorothy Birch, Arlene Christensen, Carlene Davis, Dorothy Fagerle, Lenore Forbes, Marian Hoit, Jo Ann Johnson & Sherrill Kline.
July 2008: No meeting-newsletter mailed. No Groups.
August 2008-annual picnic-place to be determined. No Groups.
(Note: Officers and Board will be responsible for Christmas starting in 2008).
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March 2008-Group 1:
1. Marie Senne
2. Barb DeBoer
3. Mary Alexander
4. Audrey Dix
5. Betty Debner
6. Betty Hendrix
7. Thelma Bohn
April 2008-Group 2:
1. Marlene Oswood
2. Mandy Meierotto
3. Jeanne Moorehead
4. Ruth Ward
5. Millie Shroeder
6. Marilyn Harrington
7. Vivien Bugbee
8. Betty Neel
May 2008- Group 3:
1. Margaret McMullin
2. Jo Ann Johnson
3. Sherrill Kline
4. Kathy Coverdale
5. Nancy Trager
6. Janice Pralle
7. Margaret Hanawait
June 2008-Group 4:
1. Jenny Schlutz
2. Dixie Schaer
3. Norma Jean Miller
4. Carlene Davis
5. Phyllis Wright
6. Jean Payne
7. Jeroldene Stricker
Sept 2008-Group 5:
1. Kaye Klukow
2. Sue Hansen
3. Florence Hagstrom
4. Sharon Weckworth
5. Jo Best
6. Mary Ann Johnson
7. Minerva Wagner
Oct 2008-Group 6:
1. Kelsey Jones
2. Marilyn Meinecke
3. Dorothy Birch
4. Cathy Knowles
5. Mary Ruth Calland
6. Mary Boyd
7. Nancy Malmin
Nov 2008-Group 7:
1. Gwen Mathews
2. Darlene Alexander
3. Marge Bahnsen
4. Betty Werle
5. Le Nore Forbes
6. Margie Brandl
7. Dorothy Fagerle
8. Patty Miller
Dec 2008-Officers & Board: Christmas Party
Jan 2009-Group 8:
1. Marion Anderson
2. Wilma Ades
3. Pat Klinger
4. Bette Koeff
5. Joan Chandler
6. Jan Martin
7. Laurie Schwarck
8. Marion Hoit
Is your quilt in UFO status?
Good Lord Girl! Why isn’t that quilt finished? What is it that makes one quilt, from beginning to end, get done in one week and another quilt barely gets off the drawing board…and ends in the empty drawer for all eternity….did I say empty drawer? Oh come on now. We all know there is no such thing! That drawer is probably busting out all over with other neatly folded UFOs that didn’t quite get to the sewing machine.
Maybe one reason that particular quilt did not get to the sewing machine is that it was not thought out quite like you would have wanted to. Maybe it was a pattern too difficult to make quickly or your colors just didn’t mesh how you had planned. Or maybe you didn’t plan at all and grabbed what ever you had in your stash. Sometime those make great scrappy quilts with the right pattern. And sometimes you end up with dogs (no pun intended with 4 footed dog lovers-I am a dog lover myself). What ever the reason, it is time to open that drawer and take stock of what you have attempted.
If you have more than 5 UFOs…ok let’s get real here…25 UFOs, it is time to take them out one at a time and really decide if you are going to finish it. If after 5 minutes of scoping out the blocks and you cannot say “Yes I will take it right to my machine and get these blocks together now”…then it is time to pass that project along to someone who will see it and say “Wow! I love it! I cannot wait to get it together and quilted!”
If you take out that UFO and see it for the first time in years, and say to yourself “Wow I forgot I had this! I love it! I cannot wait to get it together and quilted!” Then get with it Girl! Get that quilt finished and out on a bed or hanging on a wall or better yet give it as a gift to your loved one or sell it! It is not doing you any good sitting in a drawer!
Maybe your UFO is only in the ‘haven’t cut it out yet’ stage but have the pattern with it. Check out the fabric. Lay it out in a well lit room and put the pattern next to it or on the fabric. Ask yourself “Do I still want to make this quilt using this pattern or should I put the uncut fabric with my stash for another project?” If the answer is yes I want to make this quilt…take that fabric immediately to the cutting board and get those blocks together just as fast as you can and you will have a quilt top in no time! To heck with the family dinner!
The next logical step would be to take it to the ‘Long Armers’ or quilt it yourself. If the answer is “No” then you know what to do with it. Oh no I don’t mean put it with your stash…It may never get used again and maybe it is time to take it to a flea market and sell it to your quilting friends! I am sure someone will fall in love with the fabric and eventually it will become a quilt! Plus it will give you money in which to buy more fabric that you will really love for your next project. And I don’t mean a UFO!
Ok, after going through all and I do mean ‘all,’ your UFOs, you should have a pretty good idea of just what you can finish and what you will not. Don‘t every feel guilty about your decisions! That is plain silly! Whether you keep your UFOs or not someone will finish that quilt whether it is in the next week or the next 50 years.
One tip that you might want to include in with the UFO, that is leaving the drawer for another quilter, is put any info that you would like with the blocks or fabric that made it special for you in the beginning. Maybe you could add your thoughts as to why you bought the fabric and pattern in the first place. What ever information you add to the UFO that is moving into another home will be a really cool thing for the quilter’s tag on the back of your finished UFO!
Girls! Get those UFOs out in the world for all to see! Always quilting something---Jenny Schlutz
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Next Board Meeting is November 27th, 2007.
-Held in the Senior Citizen’s Center at 10AM. The Senior Center is very pleased to have us there and you may stay for lunch. The Center is located just west of East Park on 326 4th St N E in Mason City. This will be held in conjuncture with the Quilt Show meeting. Everyone is encouraged to attend these meetings as we need all of you to have a successful guild and quilt show!
Diaper Bags Needed for Foster Children!
Corine Sills, who works with the Foster Care Program, along with Al Yad, need your help. The organization is in desperate need of diaper bags that can be left with the children when they are placed into foster care.
If you would like to help with filling this need contact Ruth Calland or Kelsey Jones for the pattern. When the bags are completed, contact Ruth Calland at (641)583-2006 and she will pick them up, if needed, and deliver them to Corine Sills for the children. Thank you in advance for the children. Ruth
Pinning two 1” strips parallel on one end of your ironing board will be a great way to keep your binding strip that you are pressing in control by simply feeding the binding strip under the 1” strips!
Patterns
Trading Squares! Patterns 2007-08
Trading Squares: Please trim the selvedges before cutting.
1. Cut-50 6”X 6” squares
2. Place ten squares of different blues in each of 5 zip lock bags labeled with your name
3. Cut-50 strips 1 ½”x 8 ½”
4. Place ten strips of different blues in each of 5 zip lock bags labeled with your name
5. Place your bags in the swap bag located at the sign in area, the swap gal will swap the fabric and have these ready at the end of the day.
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Same Swatch Switch!
Same Pattern: Same directions: Same color swatch! 14 girls signed up for this fun ‘Same Swatch Switch’! Boy is that hard to say! All girls are to make 14 blocks using the instructions in last month’s newsletter and have them done by December meeting! The blocks will be exchanged then.
No lottery block this month!
Block of the month!
This month’s block is called ‘Card Tricks’. It finishes to 12”. Card Tricks is easy and quick to create! Enjoy!
Officers
President- Kelsey Jones- 641-424-3519
Vice Pres. - Cathy Knowles-641-454-2014
Secretary- Jo Best-641-357-3084
Treasurer- Jean Payne-641-423-5041
2007-2008 Board Members:
Kay Klukow-507-265-3466
Dorothy Birch-641-423-5427
Jeanne Moorehead-641-696-3341
Mary Ruth Calland- 641-423-2143
Marilyn Meinecke-641-357-0773
2007-2008 Chairpersons:
Membership-Marlene Oswood-641-423-5575
Newsletter Ed-Jenny Schlutz-641-424-9068
Programs-Nancy Malmin-641-732-4321
Patterns-Laurie Schwarck-641-985-4135
Historian- Marilyn Meinecke-641-357-0773
Library-Mandy Meierotto-641-423-0440
Sunshine-Cathy Knowles-641-454-2014
Habitat for Humanity-Jo Best-641-357-3084
Hospitality-Program groups
Linus, Northern Lights, Crisis Center-Marion Hoit-641-423-7340 & Mary Ann Johnson-641-592-3348
ABC Quilts-Jo Best-641-357-3084
Comfort Quilts-Jenny Schlutz-641-424-9068
North Iowa Fair-Dixie Schaer-423-8846
Web Mistress/Publishing-Kelsey Jones- -424-3519
2008 Raffle Quilt-Jenny Schlutz & Marie Senne
2008 Quilt Show Chair- Carlene Davis-641-423-0408
Quilting on Cameo
Machine quilting
by Mindy Prohaski
1531 Cameo Rd
Nora Springs IA 50458
641-749-2743
quiltingoncameo@yahoo.com
I have many years of experience! I will pick up and deliver your quilt if you
need me to.
Favorite Quiltmaker-Susan McCord’s
“Shade Garden Sampler”
The beautiful Shade Garden Sampler is being hand quilted by Minerva Wagner who is graciously loaning her quilting expertise to the quilt. She will also sell raffle tickets at the Fox River Sale in Osage. We thank you very much Minerva! The girls from Greene area will have the quilt next.
Thank you everyone for all your talents! The sooner we get the quilt done the better for ticket sales! Remember that ‘ticket sales’ is what funds our guild for 2 years!
Members who have graciously appliquéd the blocks are: Cathy Knowles-Cut Glass Dish, Bev Adams-Wreath #3, Jenny S & Kaye Klukow-Wreath #2, Jeroldine Stricker-Mary Jane Compote, Margaret McMillan-Wreath #4, Mandy Meierotto-Classical Urn, Dorothy Fagerle-Basket of Bluebirds, Marion Andersen-Wreath #1 & Bev Humphrey-Dove & Dogtooth. The top and bottom borders were appliquéd by Marie Senne and the side borders were appliquéd by Jenny Schlutz. The saw tooth borders were made by both Marie and Jenny. Markers were Carlene Davis and Kelsey. Basters were Jenny, Ruth Calland and Kelsey.
Hand Quilters so far are Jenny, Mandy, Minerva, Cathy, Dorothy B, Mary Ruth, Vivien & Phyllis.
Please help us to finish this gorgeous quilt!
October 2007 Treasury Report by Jean Payne
Checking:
Balance from…………………………1814.39
Expenses-
Treasurer State of IA/gambling license…..150.00
Carlene D…paper…………………………...2.43
Jeanne M…postage/quilt show…………….17.69
Psi…newsletter……………………………..46.01
Income-
Return from Newsletter…….4.81
Chinese Auction……………51.70
Vendors……………………300.00
Membership……………….125.00
Balance brought forward………………...1814.39
Expenses……………………………..........216.13
Income………………………………….….536.51
Balance…………………………………..2,134.77
Savings…………………………………..1,919.02
Attention Group 1!
Would everyone please meet together in the lounge area at 12:45PM on Guild day to discuss the December events. Thank you! Cathy Knowles.
Chinese Auction
Wow! $51.70 was collected, bringing the total to $499.60! These monies have gone to the guild to help fund our projects.
We need items for Chinese Auction! Please bring nice items for donation! If you bring magazines please have them tied. Have any patterns or pattern books that you would like to pass on to another quilter? Bring it! Have some fabric that you are sick of? Bring it! It will cheer up a fellow quilter who will just die to get it! Have a quilt or wall hanging that you would like to donate? Bring it! With the costs of everything going up all the time, we need your help! Thank you Girls!
Show and Tell!
Carlene Davis brought a beautiful Iris wall hanging done with reverse appliqué, 2 ABC quilts and a Patriotic charity quilt. Sue Hansen presented her exciting Brown Bag Quilt. Jan Pralle showed off her queen sized Thimbleberries Garden quilt. Kathy Coverdale went crazy and finished several quilts- a really cute UFO pink chicks, Christmas skirt, pumpkins with sitting cat, 3 table runners and a log cabin with leaves! Whew is that girl every busy! Lenore Forbes showed her wonderful aprons and a wool project with pumpkins. Vivien never makes anything small! She brought a wonderful green 3” blocks scrappy nine patch quilt and her green and purple 4-patch posies! Marlene Oswood showed off her very cute & colorful Snowman quilt. Marilyn Meinecke brought a few items as well and showed us place mats, small log cabin, and pumpkin wall hanging. Thank you girls for sharing your projects with us. We hope to see these quilts at our upcoming quilt show!
2008 Quilt Show The Heritage Continues
April 12th & 13th , 2008
Sat 10-4PM & Sun Noon -4
Newman High School
$3 admissions
Friday April 11th will be set up day.
Raffle Tickets are available! Everyone is expected to purchase 12 tickets at the cost of $10. You may keep these for yourself or sell them and ask for more! We need a big ticket sale this year as the ticket money funds the guild for 2 YEARS! Please do your part! Sell tickets! Thank you ladies!
Quilt Show Chair-Carlene Davis (641-423-0408)
Quilt Show meeting is November 27, 2007 at 10AM. All quilt show meetings will be the last Tuesday of each month prier to show, held at the Senior Citizen’s Center located at 326 4th St NE in Mason City (423-1502). It is located just west of East Park. All ‘Chairs’ and interested members are welcome and encouraged to attend. It takes all members to put on a successful show!
There will be a committees’ sign up sheet at the welcome table in October. Please sign up your name to the committee/s that you would like to help in. Each committee has a booklet to use as a guide to that particular job. All jobs can and should be done by more than one person. We all need to work together!
Note to new members: If you don’t know where you would like to help just ask any of the ‘old’, ok I mean, ‘seasoned’ members for assistance or Carlene. There is a place for you!
Chairperson………………………….…..Carlene Davis
Registering quilts (In & out)…………Mandy Meierotto
Boutique…………………………………Phyllis Wright
Pat Klinger and Mary Ann Johnson
Publicity…………….………………….Cathy Knowles
……………......Florence Hagstrom and LeNore Forbes
Door Prizes……………………………..…Dixie Schaer
Raffle Tickets, printer, arranging presales at various locations…………………………….….…Kelsey Jones
Admissions-
………Sat. 10-2..Dorothy Birch & Marge Bahnsen
………Sat. 2-4.Kaye Klukow & Betty Werle
………Sun. 12-2 Pat Klinger & Minerva Wagner
………Sun. 2-4 Jeanne Moorehead & Florence Hagstrom
Vendors………………...Jeanne Moorehead & Ruth Ward
Hostesses……..Marlene Oswood, Ruth Ward, Jean Payne, ……………………...Phyllis Wright & Darlene Alexander
Antiques/accessories………….Mary Boyd & Betty Werle
Bed Turning………...Ruth Ward & Marlene Oswood
Set up and take down….everyone!
WE NEED YOUR QUILTS!
Secretary minutes
Presented by Jo Best
North Iowa Quilters Guild
Oct. 10, 2007
Meeting called to order at 1 PM by Pres. Kelsey Jones. New member Mary Boyd was announced. Jenny Schlutz, reviewed plans for serving groups’ revision to begin March 2008. In case a meeting needs to be cancelled, the president will notify the first name on the group list and she in turn will notify members of that group.
Kelsey brought patterns from NIACC’s quilt day, made available free to all. Minerva Wagner announced a bus trip sponsored by Cedar Valley Quilters on Sat. Oct 27th. Seat are still available for $25.00.
Raffle tickets for quilt show quilt will be available to pick up at the Nov. meeting. Members are expected to purchase $10.00 jacket.
Chinese Auction winners were: Jean Payne, Kelsey Jones x2, Ruth Ward and Cathy Coverdale. Carlene reminded everyone to sign up for quilt show committees. The quilt show meetings will combine with the board meetings on the last Tuesday of each month at the Senior Citizens Center. The next meeting will be Oct. 30th at 10 AM.
Door prize was won by Cathy Coverdale. Laurie Schwarck gave directions for swap squares to be put into baggies. She offered block challenge project and had sign-up.
Next month’s workshop will be making a quilt as you go tote bag by Jenny Schlutz. On going projects from morning’s paper piecing workshop were shown.
Once again we had an awesome show and tell. Following meeting, member enjoyed shopping at ‘Flea Market’ and a delicious lunch.
---Jo Best, Sec.
Habitat for Humanity
Several Habitat Homes are in the works and seem to get done very close to each other. Jo Best will need more quilts soon. Here is a variation of the traditional Log Cabin Block with an appliquéd heart. With the heart in the center of each block it will make for a very warm quilt. If you would like to make some blocks for her please feel free to make as many as you want. When appliquéing the heart to the center of block please machine it down or hand stitch the edges. It also does not matter which way the heart is facing whether it is upside down or sideways! Also the instructions say to use Debbie Mumm fabrics. You do not have to use that unless you want. You just need to use light and darks so that there is a contrast. Thank you to everyone who makes the blocks! Jo Best
