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2018-June 25 meeting reminder
Hi Big Red Members!
I hope you are all eager and ready for a meeting on Monday, June 25th! Our Program will be Sue Pawlowski of Jack Squares Studio and is titled “No Work- All Play”. Sounds perfect for a summer evening! Hope to see you there at 6:30pm for refreshment/social time. Program starts at 7.
Thanks to those of you who signed up for the Tuesday class!! There is still room and you will be able to sign up at the meeting Monday. But why wait? Sign up now and plan your project! Sign up sheet & supply list here.
Monday, July 23 is a sew-in at the Beechwood Lodge at 6:30 pm. Bring your own projects.
We have an amazing program for you on August 27! Bill Kerr will be talking about “Color in a Supporting Role”.
Tuesday, August 28 will be a workshop with Bill Kerr – Understanding Value and Piecing Curves. It will be from 9 am to 3 pm. Sign up sheets are on the web site.
We are always accepting charity quilts and sew-ins are a great time to come and work on one!
2018 March News & Sew-in Reminder
The National Day of Quilting event held on March 17, was a wonderful day of sewing and fun! Many thanks to Barb Schippa for organizing!! Thanks to everyone who helped with the day, donated prizes and attended! You’ll find pictures on Facebook and on the web site.
Sew in is Monday, March 26th! Bring your projects, machines, handwork and join in!
Don’t have a project to work on? We have a completely optional service project for you! At the March sew-in we will also be set up to decorate supper bags for Kid’s Food Basket ( https://www.kidsfoodbasket.org/ ). Kid’s Food Basket is a West Michigan non-profit who’s mission is ” Empowering communities to attack childhood hunger so that young people can learn and live well.” You can visit the web site for more information but basically they serve 800 sack suppers per day to children in need at 5 schools in the Holland area.
The children love to have decorated bags so that is a fun and easy way to contribute. I’m told that the children often save the bags and hang them on their bedroom walls.
A local church has provided the bags to decorate. We can decorate by ironing on fabric scraps or by coloring. There will be some fabric with fusible attached provided but if you have any scraps with fusible, bring them! There will be a few irons set up to use. Bringing your crafty scissors will be helpful too. If you would rather color the bags, bring your favorite coloring tools (no paint please). After the sew-in, the bags will be returned to the church that provided them with a note saying they were decorated by BRQG members! The church will get them to Kids Food Basket for us.
Sample of bags decorated:
Coming soon…
April 23rd – Come to learn all about making scrappy projects and different types of boarders (including prairie points).
May – Memorial Day – no meeting
June 25th, 26th – Sue Pawlowski of Jack Squares Studio. “No Work-All Play” trunk show and Oliver quilt class. Samples will be available at the March sew-in and April meeting. You can also find a picture of Oliver at her web site in the pattern section. https://www.jacksquaresstudio.com/
Sign up sheets will be available soon.
Other Quilty Events
April Chicago Bus Trips – Lighthouse Guild (go to their web site to inquire, http://www.lighthousequilters.org ) and Smith Owen (Looks like Smith Owen is full now)
National Quilting Day Retreat Saturday March 17
We had a wonderful time yesterday sharing our love for quilting. Many sporting the green honoring St. Patrick’s day, we met new people, we quilted, we ate and laughed, played games, learned “the quiltmakers shuffle”, and won prizes ( more than $400 retail value). Everyone went home pretty tired….and some even got some work done on their projects. Here is a recap of the prize winners:
Miscellaneous Sewing Notions – Colleen Dekker
Timeless Treasures 4 Fat Quarters stacks – Barb Bredemeier, Ann Prins, Kris Kennedy, and Lauretta Burrows
Shabby Fabrics Easter Egg table runner kit – Janet Haines
Robert Kaufman batiks 12 Fat Quarters stack – Sonja Swanigan
Grand Prize tisket a tasket complete quilt kit, Fiskars easy action razor-sharp scissors, WilliRaye Studio patchwork figurine, Riley Blake 4” polka dot magnetic pin bowl, 3.5” Thangles, Clover patchwork pins, Bigby coffee gift card – Betsy Muir
Thanks to Pat Navis, Jim Borgman and Beechwood church for facilities, and Robert Kaufman Fabrics Los Angeles and Timeless Treasures NYC and individual contributors for their generous prizes.
Barb Schippa
BRQG Special Events Coordinator
Final call National Quilting Day Retreat
Don’t miss out on the fun! Be sure to send your registration in today. All forms must be received by Tuesday March 6.
Then watch your in box for information about what to bring, lunch choices, etc. which will be sent shortly afterwards to attendees.
Hope you can join Saturday March 17!
Barb Schippa
BRQG Special Events Coordinator
February 2018 Updates
Pictures are not working well for me in the emails so if you don’t have them, check the blog and web site.
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| Quilters – Let’s Talk About Design!
Big Red Quilters’ Guild in Holland is welcoming special guest speaker Sue Cortese on Monday, February 26, 2018. Sue, a renown West Michigan quilter, fabric dyer, teacher, and quilt judge will be offering a lecture “Let’s Talk About Design.” She will share how quilters employ the elements and principles of design in both traditional and art quilts. |
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Workshop Opportunity: ½ Square Triangle Play
The Big Red Quilters’ Guild is offering a full day workshop Tuesday, February 27, 2018 featuring one of Sue Cortese’s popular class offerings. Explore color and value while making a scrappy look quilt. Students will make their own striped fabric in class then will learn a simple technique for making half square triangles in any size. Cost is $45 for non-members, $35 for members. The class registration form and supply information is available at www.bigredquiltersguild.org. |
- Ultimate Guild Challenge, Blooming Butterflies, quilts will be on display at the February meeting. You will be voting from 6:30-7 for the quilts that will be submitted for the AQS show. You will be asked to vote for 6 – the best visual punch and well made quilts. Don’t miss your chance to vote!
- Charity Quilts are needed. All quilts that were made have been distributed. Bring any you have made to any meeting or sew-in. Contact Mary Botsis for more information.
Some Reminders:
- In case you haven’t looked recently, we will be adding local quilting related events to the Events page on the web site. So look there if you are looking for a quilt related activity.
Upcoming Events Sponsored by BRQG:
From our Special Events Coordinator – Barb Schippa
NATIONAL QUILTING DAY RETREAT, Saturday March 17, 2018…a full day of uninterrupted quilting with old friends and new….plus an optional short breakout class.
Retreat cost: $25 per person for members and/or guests. A perfect time to invite a quilting friend. The cost includes a day full of quilting time, your lunch, games and prizes.
When: Saturday, March 17 (Yes, St. Patrick’s day), 2018
Time: 9:00 am to 5:30 pm
Where: Beechwood Church main building
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Upcoming events not sponsored by our Guild but which may be of interest to you:
Bay Heritage Quilters Guild & Studio 23/The Arts Center present 30th Anniversary Quilt Show & Exhibit “A Sharing of Quilts XIV”
April 6 & 7, 2018 at Studio 23/The Arts Center, 901 N Water St, Bay City, MI. Hrs: 11 AM – 7 PM. Quilts will remain on exhibit through May 18. There will be an opening reception Thu, April 5, 5 – 7 PM and a quilt “Walk Through Lecture” Sat, April 28, 1 PM. Approximately 100 quilts on display, Springtime Fantasy raffle quilt, vendors, silent auction, and more! Handicapped accessible; free admission. View more on the website.
Smith-Owen IQF Bus Trip
Anyone interested in attending the INTERNATIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL in Chicago on Friday, April 13, Smith-Owen Quilt Shop is sponsoring a bus trip again this year. They have departure spots in Holland-Zeeland and Grand Rapids.
For more information and on line registration:https://www.smithowensew.com/special-events-happening-at-smith-owen-sewing.htm
Lighthouse Quilt Guild – Grand Haven, MI
http://www.lighthousequilters.org
March 12, 2018
Program: Darla Parks – Color application and embellishments trunk show
Class: Tuesday, March 13. Color application class with kit. Class will run 10-4 in the Wiltse Center. Fee is $65 for members and $75 for non-members (fee include a $45 kit that will include everything you need for the class).
April 9, 2018
Program: Elise Vredenburg – Lecture and trunk show on “Creating a Winning Quilt” based on her Hoffman Challenge winning quilts.
Class: Round Island or White Shoal Lighthouse wall hanging. Fee is $55 for members and $65 for non-members, which includes the $10 pattern. Class will run 10 – 4 with a half-hour lunch on your own
Happy Quilting!
Membership Chair
Janet Haines
Red &White quilts Hot Trends!
Remember those beautiful red and white quilts we did as a challenge back in June 2016?? Well, we were ahead of the trend, or perhaps we established the trend. According to the latest issue of Elle Decor magazine (March 2018, page 34), Calvin Klein’s reintroducing the timeless classic of red and white quilts into his interiors.
Well, we quilters knew these would make lovely additions to our interiors, whether Calvin agreed or not. If you haven’t already, break out those red and white quilts and hang them on a ladder, or across your beds. And cherish all the work you put into those beauties!
Barb Schippa
BRQG Special Events Coordinator
Smith-Owen IQF Bus Trip
Anyone interested in attending the INTERNATIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL in Chicago this April, Smith-Owen Quilt Shop is sponsoring a bus trip again this year. They have departure spots in Holland and Grand Rapids. For more information and on line registration:
https://www.smithowensew.com/special-events-happening-at-smith-owen-sewing.htm
Barb Schippa
BRQG Special Events Coordinator
Muskegon Museum of Art Postcard Salon
How timely is this?!? Our guild members just learned to make textile collage postcards and now Muskegon Museum of Art is hosting a their annual post card event called….. Create Awesomeness, Buy Awesomeness.
The exhibition runs February 1-15, 2018.
The Salon Reception is February 15, 5:30-8:00 pm (sale starts at 7:00 PM).
You can join the fun by creating your own cards for the show and attending the party on February 15. All postcards will be on sale for $30 each, so show them, sell them, and buy them.
For more information, and what qualifies as a postcard, check out The Muskegon Museum of Art at:
http://www.muskegonartmuseum.org/postcard-exhibition-salon-sale/
Barb Schippa
BRQG Special Events Coordinator
Big Red Quilters’ Guild News
November Meeting: Our fun-packed November BRQG sew-in/meeting will be held at the Beechwood Lodge on Nov. 27th. You will not want to miss this meeting! We will start with refreshments at 6:30, program starts at 7 with a viewing of the Row Robin Quilts. Some quilts will be completely finished, quilted and bound. Others will just be assembled to show all six rows.
Next, we will have a lesson on making the smallest of quilts; a quilted postcard that can actually be sent through the mail. Warning! These little quilts can become addictive! They can be quite quick and simple or they can be works of art. They are the perfect greeting card that shows you really care. Kathy Mueller and Dee Dee Hanson will bring samples and instruct you in construction. You will each make a card, ready for stitching, and bring them home to complete.
You will see several options to finish and mail your card. Dee Dee will bring beautiful fabric to make the sunset card that many of you saw at the program table in October. Kathy will show how to make a landscape or other design out of your scraps.
The guild will provide a base to build your card upon and scraps of pre-fused fabric. We will show options for the message and address side of the card including a rubber stamp to use which looks authentic, but old.
You will need to bring: Sharp scissors, any scraps of fused fabric you are willing to share and paper, a glue stick, a small cutting mat and rotary cutter and ruler. If you have previously made postcard quilts, please bring them to show. Anyone with a small ironing surface and iron, please bring those… we can share. Please do not bring a sewing machine to this particular sew-in – we don’t think we’ll have space. (… from Kathy Mueller)
Thanks to those who signed up to bring refreshments: Nancy Yetman, Andrea Aumick, Barb Bredemeier, Esther Tilton and Lorelle Eberly.
Name Tags: Let’s help newer guild members get to know other guild members by purchasing and wearing the guild name tag! It helps promote a friendly atmosphere by having our name tag on. Please sign up to purchase a name tag at the registration desk. The cost is $15, payable at the time you sign up.
Membership: Annual membership runs from Sept 30 to Oct 1 each year. If you haven’t renewed, please do so as soon as possible. If you are unsure, contact Janet Haines, Membership Chair. Your membership dues help us have great speakers, classes and sew-in activities! You can mail in your membership using the form on the website or you can renew at any sew-in or meeting. Support your guild!
Guild Dates to Remember:
December – No meeting – Happy Holidays!
January 22, 2018 – Sew-in at the Lodge
February 26 & 27, 2018 – Sue Cortese
Monday – Lecture
Tuesday – Workshop – sign-up sheet is online!
(this quilt can look modern or traditional depending on fabric choice and layout!)
March 17, 2018 – Special Event to celebrate National Quilting Day. Save the Date!
March 26, 2018 – Sew-in at the Lodge
June 25 & 26, 2018 – Weeks Ringle or Bill Kerr
Monday – Lecture – Modern Quilt Studio
Tuesday – Workshop
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