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1 THE QUARTER INCH PRESS January 2015 W W W. N O R T H P A R I S H Q U I L T E R S. W O R D P R E S S. C O M North Parish Quilters, Union Congregational Church, 148 Haverhill Street, North Reading, MA We meet on the second Wednesday of the month Sept- June. Doors open at 6pm & the meeting starts at 7pm. North Parish Quilters President s Note January 2015 Hello Quilting Friends, Oh boy! New Year s resolutions! Have you made any? Honestly, I usually try to avoid them. Somehow, life gets in the way and I don t exactly succeed in my good intentions. This year I m going to try again, but this time I ll set some achievable goals for myself. Here goes #1) I am going to eat healthier. #2) I will spend more time with family and friends. #3) I will make more time to do what I love best and that is sewing and quilting! I want to finish some of my many quilt tops into quilts. Yikes, now that I ve said the words, I ll really have to do it! Our January meeting is the perfect place for me to start. We ll meet informally among friends and work on charity projects. I m bringing my sewing machine and I will try to keep her humming during the evening. That helps with my goals 2 and 3. Depending on the goodies, I ll have to work the hardest on my goal #1! If you can t lug your machine, no worries, there is still plenty to do. Our December Holiday Tea was such fun. Your contributions made it a wonderful success. The goodies were plentiful and your donations to Well Spring House were very generous! Thanks to Pam, Joanne, Joy and all of you who participated! Friends are like quilts, they never lose their warmth. The turn of a new year is the perfect occasion to celebrate friendships and all the good things in life. Let s take the time to appreciate what last year has given us and what the new one is about to bring! We are North Parish Quilters. Antoinette Evans President 1

2 Program for January 2015 This month is our Charity Night. Please see Jean s note for the Hole in the Wall Gang, or RoseMary s note for Yawkey Family Inn for ideas to participate in Charity Night activities. Programs and Events January June 2015 Month Guest Vendor January Charity Night No vendor February Carol McLeod of Aunties Two Aunties Two March Quilters' Tools Lecture Quilters Common April Auction No Vendor May TBD TBD June Ice Cream Social No Vendor Aunties Two Workshop North Parish Quilters is pleased to announce the upcoming workshop to be conducted by Carol McLeod, the designer of Aunties Two patterns. We will be making a small wallet (8 x 5 pictured below) from Aunties Two Cross Body Bag Pattern#AT273. The workshop is limited to the first 25 paid participants and will be open to guild members only until the close of the guild meeting on January 14, The Registration Form and Information Sheet were sent to members with the Newsletter and are available on the guild website. Please bring your completed registration form and payment with you to the guild meeting or send payment to Susan Holsing if you are not able to attend the meeting. See the Registration Form for Susan s contact information. 2

3 Dear North Parish Guild Members, Holiday Tea Donations The Christmas Tea Committee would like to thank you for making this Christmas Season a bit warmer for the 165 children at the DCFS Motel in Danvers. They were overwhelmed by your generosity and kindness. Thanks to you no child will have cold hands or ears! Many of you went above and beyond our request. We received bags of Arts & Crafts supplies for their new Common Room. Our only regret is that you were not there to see the smiles on the faces of the families as we brought in bag after bag of hats, gloves, mittens, scarves and socks, along with art supplies. With great appreciation for all your support, Pamela Buchek, Joy Gucciardi, Jo-Anne Rogers Board Members for President Vice President Treasurer Secretary Events Coordinator Events Coordinator Web Master/Newsletter Coordinator Membership Coordinator Refreshment Coordinators Greeters and Attendance Takers Sunshine Coordinator Fat Quarter Raffle Coordinator Raffle Basket Coordinator Charity Coordinator Yawkey Family Inn Charity Oversight Holiday Tea Coordinator Auction Coordinator Ice Cream Social Coordinator Mystery Quilt Antoinette Evans Susan Holsing Pat Atkins Joanne Barber Susan Holsing Christine Brungardt Patrice Denault Pat Winter Ellie Casteel and Mary Wignall Betty Atkins and Jan Funai Joanne Barber Joanne Barber Gayle Blake Jean Osborn RoseMary Koch Pamela Buchek, Jo-Anne Rogers, Joy Gucciardi Laurie Thies and Gail Russell Laurie Thies and Susan Nelson Linda Jeffrey 3

4 Hole in the Wall Charity Update Hi Everyone, Thank you for the finished quilt donations. Now we are up to 25 completed quilts and over 50 pillowcases, with lots of tops in progress. It was MUSIC to my eyes; thank you for all the music charity blocks for December. Going to the DOGS for January! See the NPQ website for charity block directions. It is so easy: one square inside another (only two fabrics) and 12.5 unfinished. NOTE: January is CHARITY NIGHT: a productive and fun night when we get to sew or work together to accomplish some charity project. Please talk among yourselves and decide what your table would like to do. ANY charity work is GREAT! (We can only have two irons going-- lest we blow a fuse-- so please be aware before you plug one in.) Feel free to bring fabric for cutting into kits also. If you or your table wants a Hole in the Wall kit, please or CALL AHEAD to reserve any one of the following: (1) Thirty sports blocks, to be squared up and sewn into a top (5x6) (2) Thirty music blocks, to be squared up and sewn into a top (5x6) (3) "Fish Steps Quilt" --very simple blocks to be made, then sewn into a top (4) "Phat Cat Quilt" -- hand binding (5) "Bugs & Friends Quilt" -- hand binding I may have others too, so don't hesitate to ask. Charity Block Themes: January dogs, February - planes/ trucks/ cars/ etc., March - nautical, boats, fish, ocean, April - big and wild animals (No mini-raffle this month!) Many thanks, Jean Osborn, jeanco_49@comcast.net P.S. Happy Camper Challenge: Thank you to Antoinette and Colette for donating the Happy Camper fabric panels. I still have three more if you are interested. Get creative! The popular vote winner in June will receive a $50 gift certificate to Quilter's Common. The quilt must be finished and be very close to 60 x 70 inches. 4

5 Yawkey Family Inn News North Parish Quilters is happy to support The Yawkey Family Inn with the donation of quilts and pillowcases for children and families. This is an ongoing project and we welcome any donations of these items whether they are completed projects or blocks and fabric that can be used to finish a project. Fabric for pillowcases is welcome 3/4 yard for the base pillowcase and strips that are either 3 or 10 by width of fabric. Any colors or prints we can match them up with other donations. Also, quilt tops can be donated and we will sandwich them and get them finished off. If you would like to donate a quilt yourself and need batting, let me know as we have a supply of batting for use with Yawkee Way quilts. Please contact me at rmkoch@rcn.com if you would like to contribute to this effort. Sincerest Thanks. RoseMary Refreshments for January Ellie Casteel and Mary Wignall would like to remind the following members to please bring in your refreshments for the meeting: Carole Bernard Christine Brungardt Debbie Cioffi Beverly Cummings Colette Emilian Karen Erdman Joan Green Rita Hannaford Eileen Thompson January Raffle Baskets Don't forget to visit the Raffle Table and buy tickets for a chance to win one of the 3 raffle baskets offered each month. Gayle Blake has been doing a wonderful job selecting items for the baskets each month. Tickets are 3 for $1.00 and the money goes to our Guild for our program activities and speakers. Membership Cards Please see Pat Winter if you have not received your North Parish Quilters Membership Card. 5

6 Mystery Quilt The Case of the Patchy Churn With Clue #4 from December we now have Suspect #2: Please see Linda Jeffrey, our Mystery Quilt Coordinator, to get clue #5 this month. This clue will help us to identify Suspect #3! Thank you to Easy Made, and Billie Lauder for making this out of print pattern available to the guild for our Mystery Quilt. Fat Quarter Raffle Bring in your fat quarters (max. 3 / person) and see Joanne Barber for your raffle ticket(s). You will receive a ticket for each fat quarter you bring in. The Winner will get all the fat quarters collected. This month s theme is Modern 2 Color Prints. Joanne Barber is the fat quarter coordinator and will be collecting your fabric. There will be a reminder in the newsletter every month regarding that month s theme. January February March April May June Modern 2 Color Prints Grey Green Batiks Purple Family Jewel-Tones 6

7 Auction 2015 News Girls just want to have fun Sale-a-bration Update The holidays are now behind us and it is now time to focus on the Girls Night Out, and having fun. We are looking for table toppers, runners, baby quilts, ufo's that are almost completed for our up and coming auction; the more we get the better it will be. New Year's Resolution: here is the perfect excuse to use up some old stash or just finish up some old things hanging around. You can turn in any donation to either Gail Russell or Laurie Thies. The Antoniette's Gail Russell, Laurie Thies, Antoinette Evans Important Miscellaneous Information NEWSLETTER DEADLINE: Please send all updates and informational notes to Patrice Denault, Newsletter Coordinator, by the 25th of the month to appear in the following month s Newsletter: NPQNews@gmail.com THE SUNSHINE LADY: Please let the Sunshine lady know of members who need some sunshine in their life. Please joannebrbr@aol.com I appreciate your input. Thank you, Joanne Barber (978) GUEST FEES: Please be reminded that North Parish Quilt Guild has a guest fee policy-- all guests pay a $3.00 fee for all meetings except when there is a Guest speaker -- then the guest fee is $5.00. We would appreciate members observing this policy. Thank you. PARKING: Please note that we will be reserving the first two spaces in the parking lot for speakers and vendors. SUGGESTION BOX: A penny for your thoughts. If you have an idea, then let us know. This is YOUR guild. What would you like to see and do? There will be a box at the back of the hall where the check in table is located. Please put your ideas and comments in the box. We will read them and discuss them at the next board meeting. Thank you. FREE TABLE ETIQUETTE: To be fair to all members please limit your taking to 2 or 3 items until the end of the meeting. 7

8 SNOW CANCELLATION POLICY: In the event that North Reading Schools are canceled on the day of a North Parish Guild Meeting, then the guild meeting is also canceled. However, if snow conditions become severe through the day, members will be notified by by 3:00 pm on the day of the meeting. We ask that everyone assist with notifying our members of a cancellation. Members without should contact another North Parish Guild Member. Thank you. SUNSHINE If you are aware of a member who should receive a greeting card from the guild, please let me know. Please or call Joanne Barber: joannebrbr@aol.com or Remember to bring to the January Meeting: The Guild Website Please visit the guild s website and sign up to receive notices when any new information is posted to the site Your Name Tag Show and Tell Finished charity items $$$ for the Raffle Table Ideas and Suggestions to submit FQ s for the Fat Quarter Raffle Charity Project for the Evening Free Table Don t forget to check out the free table at the back of the room before and after the meetings. Anything quilt related is welcome please feel free to put and take. This is a great way to recycle magazines, notions and unwanted fabric. Scraps are also welcomed. To be fair to all members please limit your taking to 2 or 3 items until the end of the meeting. If you bring in anything and it is still there at the end of the night please take it home. Members Bulletin NEWSLETTER INPUTS Please send your inputs for the News Letter to npqnews@gmail.com by January 25 th to be sure they are in the next newsletter. See Pat Winter if you have not picked up your Membership Card Illustrations in the newsletter are used with permission and are Can Stock Photo Inc., unless otherwise noted.