April 2006
Newsletter

Hi all!! I had a great flight to Florida last Wed! This is the first time I have logged onto the computer! Been keeping busy ~ FUN! The weather is perfect, in the 80's, no humidity! I'll be home before Easter! Love and hugs, Vicky

The Next Meeting

We will meet Wednesday, April 19th, at HB Stowe on Post Office Road, doors open at 6:30pm and the meeting will begin at 7:00pm.

One of our own members,
Christine Goldschmidt will teach us how to set a diagonal quilt.
We will also have election of officers, raffle, and Show & Tell.

Raffle: Jackie Chapit, Charlie Hietale, Marcia Testa, Marge Lenentine

REFRESHMENTS:
Food: Vicky Altenhein, Mary Shaw, Maureen McDonald
Beverage: Peg Stabinski, Marge Lenentine

Workshop

Our monthly workshop is Wednesday night
April 12th at the Senior Center, from 6:30 – 8pm.

Jean Hoagland will be teaching us about paper piecing.

Please bring the following supplies:
Machine with 90/14 needle, Thread, neutral color.
Small cutting mat, rotary cutter, small scissors.
One post card, Scraps of fabric, no stripes or plaids,
various colors, but include green and brown.
Glue stick, scotch tape, few small pins.
6 inch square ruler, Wooden iron, 6 inch Add-a-quarter ruler.

Bring the basic things on the list. Jean will bring the special things like the add-a-quarter ruler to share. She will have patterns and some general information for those who know how to do this and may not want to sew that night.

Community Service Project

Are you working on a Humbag bag for the veterans? Is the need for a zipper making you dread sewing one up? Well, we have a solution: Put together a 11.5 x 15.5 mini quilt: a top fabric, batting and backing, layered and machine quilted in any simple manner. Give the quilted fabric to Cyndy Ostrout or Pat Mercier. Please have your name with it. We will put the zipper in and return it to you. Finish the bag. Put 3 or 4 small personal care items in the bag. Turn it in - it's Done!

The Komen Race for the Cure which supports Breast Cancer Research has asked GHQG to help them make survivor quilts. I have agreed to organize this project. I am looking for 9 inch finished nine patches in shades of pink (squares cut to 3 1/2) These will be put together with snowballs that will be signed at the race on June 3rd. I am also looking for 3 1/2 inch pink squares to construct the snowball blocks out of. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. If you don't have time to make a nine patch maybe you could check your stash for pink material... plain patterned or batik. It will all work.

Thanks for your help. Sally Cummings 763-4106 danceswsissors@yahoo.com

Dates to Remember

Sat, Apr 29, 2006
Workshop with the Windsor members. Becky Brown, a member of the Glastonbury Piecemakers will teach "Shoreline Quilts" using fusible fleece, free form cutting and tulle.
Becky will be the speaker for the May 11 meeting. She will show and talk about her miniature quilts.

The above workshops are held at the LP Wilson Community Center in Windsor, 599 Matianuck Ave, from 10am to 4pm and the cost is $20.00

Fri-Sun, Apr 7-9, 2006
Spring Program. Speaker is Debbie Bowles.
There will be a lecture on Saturday at 10am, classes on weekend.
Northeast Utilities
Berlin Tnpk.
Berlin, CT

Wed, Apr 12, 2006
Robyn Pandolph will be visiting the Fabric Place
store in Cromwell at 6:30 PM.
She will present a lecture and trunk show "Quilting is our Legacy".
The cost is $15, and you can call the store 860-632-5744
or go on-line at fabricplace.com to register.

Fri-Sun, Jun 2-4, 2006
Quilters Retreat, Incarnation Center, 253 Bushy Hill RD, Ivoryton, CT.

Fri-Sun, June 30, July 1-2, 2006
Vermont Quilt Festival (30th anniversary)
Quilt Exhibits: Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, VT
Workshops & Lectures: ST. Michael’s College, Colchester, Vt.

Submittals for Our News Letter

If you have news or events, Classified Ads or other information you would like to submit for publication, please Email it to Vicky, or mail it to Vicky Altenhein, 3 Elizabeth St., Enfield, CT 06082, or call 745-4956. The deadline for newsletter submittals is the first Wednesday of the month. (May 3)

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