Enfield Quilters

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A chapter of the Greater Hartford Quilt Guild

March 2005 Newsletter

The Next Meeting

Wednesday, March 16. Doors open at 6pm and the meeting starts at 7pm. We will have a business meeting, nomination of officers, show and tell, raffle, and we will be making quilts to be donated for our community project. Our next regular meeting, March 16, will be "hands on" as we work on the community project as our program. We are making quilts for Safe Homes of Enfield, Inc. Everyone, please come prepared to help. If you do not know how to do any of the steps, like tying a quilt, we can teach you - it is quite easy.

The following ladies have agreed to bring their machine for stitching:

Mary Shaw
Maureen MacDonald
Barbara Hull
Charlie Hietala
Sally Cummings

Ladies, I think there are 3 outlets in our room, so please plan on maybe 2 of you to a table near an outlet, and bring an electrical strip if you have one.

The following lady has agreed to bring an iron and a pad:

Bonnie MacMaster

These ladies have volunteered to layer quilts as needed:

Terri Bennett
Priscilla Rogers
Barbara McClinton
Eileen Urian

Ladies, please find a table to use after the business part of the meeting is over. We may get most of the quilts layered by the meeting, so please also plan on tying. Thanks.

Our hand stitchers will be:

Marcia Testa
Mary Shaw

(we could use more)

Turning and tying the quilts:

Everyone is needed! Please bring the following supplies if you have them:

large eye needle or curved needle
scissors
item to 'poke out' the quilt corners after turning, like a chopstick, crochet hook or special tool for this purpose

Those who signed up for refreshments are:

Refreshments: Mary Shaw and Cindy Ostrout
Beverages: Pat Law and Diane Derose

Those who signed up for the raffle are:

Pat Law, Diane Derose, Marcia Testa and Charlie Hietala

Workshop

Don't forget that our monthly workshop is Wednesday night,
March 9th at the Senior Center, from 6:30-8pm.
We will do quarter inch seams and beginning piecing, with Jean Hoagland.

Dates

March 3-6 Quilt Fest of New Jersey (exit #10 off I-287)

Sharing Day 2005
Date: March 19, 2005
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon
Place: Ellington High School (Cafeteria)
37 Maple Street (Also Rte. 140)
Ellington, CT

April 2-3 Tewsbury Piecemakers present "Hands to Heart" 17th annual quilt show, John F. Ryan Middle School, Tewksbury, Ma.

Winter Exhibition at the New England Quilt Museum thru April 2. Thrilled To Pieces. Lecture and truck show by Vivien Sayre, March 12. Project Linus Make a Blanket Day on April 9th.

Announcements

Looking to exchange quilted trading cards, 2½ x 3½, contact Sally.

Both Bonnie MacMaster and Charlie Hietala have started businesses! They have mid-arm (small long arm) machines and you can contact them for your quilting needs!

Selling my 2002D ULT Brothers Embroidery Machine and all the "Goodies". Contact: Fran Lenville 413 883-5332... Great Buy.

Remember we are responsible for a basket (It is due in May.) Please contact Diane Derose for further information. The March meeting will be the last meeting for any items to be collected for the GHQG August raffle basket. Remember the theme is Christmas but green and red items are fine. Inside the basket is a tin full of fat quarters, dishes, cups, bowls, a beautiful table runner, candy, cookies, hot chocolate, wine, cookie platter and hand towels. Thank you to all who have contributed to the basket or made a monetary donation. If you have not contributed there still only one meeting left.

Cocoa Snowflakes Cookies

made by Beverly Morin for our Holiday potluck supper!!

 1 cup flour                     1 cup sugar 
 1 tsp baking powder             1 tsp vanilla 
 1/4 tsp salt                    2 large eggs 
 5 tbsp butter                   1 cup finely chopped nuts(optional) 
 6 tbsp cocoa powder             powdered sugar for rolling cookies

In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt, set aside. In a small heavy saucepan, melt butter over low heat, add cocoa powder, blend well with a fork or a small whisk until smooth. Remove pan from heat, stir in sugar until combined (it will be dark brown at this point). Transfer to a large mixing bowl, add vanilla, then the eggs one at a time, stirring well with a wooden spoon or hand mixer after each addition. Add flour mixture and nuts, mix well. Cover bowl with plastic wrap, refrigerate until chilled (at least 2 hours - I usually refrigerate overnight). The dough never gets really stiff, but it won't roll into nice balls if it is warm. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grab enough dough for a cookie sheet, leaving remaining dough in refrigerator. Form dough into 3/4" balls, then roll in sifted powdered sugar. (It is easier to roll the dough into balls if hands are coated with powdered sugar). Place the sugar coated balls onto a greased cookie sheet, 2 " apart. Bake cookies for 8 minutes, let cool a minute, then remove from pan. Store in an airtight container to maintain the soft and chewy texture of these cookies. If you like a crisper cookie, cook a minute longer, being careful not to burn the bottoms.
Yield: 40-60 cookies.

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