Thank you to everyone who contributed to our community quilts. We showed approximately 135 quilts, preemie to single bed size and they will be distributed over the summer.
Anita Jones-Gould
We are just over a month away from show opening so this newsletter has a lot of information in it. This is going to be a great show and I look forward to seeing you there!
Dianne Ritter, Quilt Show Coordinator
Quilt Drop Off
Working at the Show
Boutique Items
Quilt Pick UP
Publicity: Linda Heese
Posters and Bookmarks: Thanks to everyone who has taken posters to display at various libraries, recreation centres, church halls, stores, work bulletin boards, etc. This should really help to make people aware of our show. I recommend getting the posters up about June 1 – enough time for people to see them but not too soon that they forget about the show or that the posters get taken down before June 14. The posters and bookmarks will be available at the May meeting – please distribute widely.
Lawn Signs: These will be available at the May meeting. Please find any frames you have so they can be reused. The municipalities allow us to post signs from June 3 to June 15.
On private property I would think that starting June 1 would be reasonable and gives us about two weeks before the show.
E-mails: I am sending an e-mail with our poster and list of merchants to all our merchants, to other guilds and to all our members asking everyone to forward to as many people as possible.
Education: Karen Munro
If you have a particular talent that you would like to share with our guests please let Vicki know that you want to volunteer in the education area.
Merchant Mall: Jo Ann Lee
Well quilters, we have and amazing merchant mall this year. We have 17 vendors coming to us from all over BC. Many of our vendors do accept pre-orders of their goods. If you are in need of a specific item from one of our vendors and do not want to be disappointed that that item is not at the merchant mall, you can pre-order it. It will be packaged and ready for you to pick up at the quilt show. Check out the merchants websites and contact them with your requests.
Alderspring Design
Gibsons BC 1-866-986-5957 / 604-886-5957
sfletcher@alderspringdesign.com
www.alderspringdesign.com
Carola’s Quilt Shop
Gibsons BC 604-886-1245
info@carola.ca
www.carola.ca
Cindy’s Threadworks
Qualicum Beach 250-738-0560
cindysthreadworks@telus.net
www.cindysthreadworks.com
Creative Edge
North Vancouver BC 604-982-0088
cequilts@gmail.com
Di-Versity Quilting Supplies
Pritchard BC 250-577-3494 Fax 250-577-3499
Eileen Neil
Qualicum Beach BC 250-752-8684
eileenneill@telus.net
www.eileensstudio.com
Fibre Expressions
Sechelt BC 604-885-6677
fibreexpressions@hotmail.com
www.fibreexpressions.com
Kismet Quilts
Port Alberni BC 250-723-6605
kismetquilts@gmail.com
www.kismetquilts.com
The Needle and I
Burnaby BC 778-397-8001
needleandi@shaw.ca
www.theneedleandiquiltshop.com
Passionate Dyes
Vancouver BC 604-315-1044
www.passionatedyes.com
Poppins Quilts Parlour
Penticton BC 250-493-1815
quiltparlour@telus.net
www.quiltparlour.com
Quilted Bear Ladner BC
Delta BC 604-940-7051
cltb@dccnet.com
www.quiltedbear.net
Quilters Dream Fabrics
Vancouver BC 604-250-8698
Lorna.shapiro@gmail.com
www.quiltersdreamfabrics.com
Wool Penny Rugs
Lions Bay BC 604-926-6630
Littlebear21@px-a.com
www.woolpennyrugs.com
Quilters Connection
Burnaby BC 604-290-3454
heather@quiltersconnection.ca
www.quiltersconnection.ca
Stitchers Muse Needleart
Nanaimo BC 250-591-6873
info@thestitchersmuse.com
www.thestitchersmuse.com
Cherry Tree Quilts
Summerland BC 1-250-494-1314 Fax: 1-250-494-1362
cherrytreequilts@gmail.com
www.cherrytreequilts.ca
At the May meeting, it will be your last chance to purchase a book of quilt raffle tickets, for advance sales to your family and friends prior to the quilt show in June.
Tickets are sold in books of 15 tickets, at a cost of $25.00. All tickets are to be sold at 3 for $5.00. As done previously, the member buys the book of tickets up front for $25.00, sell the tickets (this money is now yours) and return the stubs for the draw. We keep track of member names and ticket books. Please return your completed book stubs to the Raffle Quilt Committee at our monthly meeting in May, or when you drop your quilts off for the show . Please ensure all stubs are returned to the raffle committee for the draw at the end of our quilt show, to ensure all tickets sold are entered for the draw on June 14th.
Help sell the quilt raffle tickets, to provide support and funding for the Community Quilts Program.
The Raffle Quilt Committee
Becky West, Norine McCaffrey, Suzanne Patchell, Betty Clarke
We have over 225 quilts registered. Thanks to everyone for pulling out all of the stops!
Next month will be the last newsletter before the show so there will be a lot of info and reminders in it. This month is just a heads up that lawn signs will be available at the April meeting. They are our very best form of advertising the show so if you have a lawn, fence or other appropriate area please take one or two lawn signs and display them during the dates listed on the tag attached to the sign.
Krista has the following message for anyone making, or thinking about making, things for the boutique:
“Several guild members have let me know they are hard at work creating beautiful items for the boutique. I am very excited to see a gorgeous display of our handmade items! If you have any display props that you think would help show your items to their best advantage, please bring them along (large wicker baskets, wooden wine crates, small divided shelves). We have a small artificial Christmas tree that items can be hung from and the boutique will also have show curtains on three sides for pinning quilts. If anyone has a wooden coat rack for hanging bags, a sturdy wooden laundry drying rack for displaying quilts, a counter-top mug rack with little hooks… those could come in handy. Please bring display items with your boutique items at the time of quilt check in. Reminder: a complete inventory sheet must accompany your items that are priced and ready to sell at the time of check-in. Please read the boutique guidelines posted on the website and feel free to email any questions to me.”
If you haven’t given Vicky your volunteer availability as yet please do let her know as soon as possible. Otherwise she will be phoning you. Each member is expected to volunteer a minimum of two hours and your assistance is greatly appreciated.
That’s it for this month, keep working on those show quilts!
Dianne Ritter
Quilt Show Coordinator
Again at the April meeting, we will continue to sell books of raffle tickets to Guild members to buy, for advance sales to our family and friends.
Tickets will be sold in books of 15 tickets, at a cost of $25.00. All tickets are to be sold at 3 for $5.00. As done previously, the member buys the book of tickets up front for $25.00, sells the tickets (this money is now yours) and returns the stubs for the draw. We keep track of member names and ticket books. Please return your completed book stubs to the Raffle Quilt Committee at our monthly meetings. However, please ensure all stubs are returned to the raffle committee for the draw at the end of our quilt show to ensure all tickets sold are entered for the draw on June 14th.
On May 15th, we will be selling Quilt Raffle tickets at Lion’s Gate Hospital from 10 am to 4 pm. We are looking for 3 or 4 volunteers to help us on this day, to sell raffle tickets and promote our show in June. If you would like to assist, please come see our table at the meeting.
All of the proceeds from the Raffle Quilts go to our Community Quilts program.
The Raffle Quilt Committee
Becky West, Norine McCaffrey, Suzanne Patchell, Betty Clarke
For the 2014 Raffle Quilts, four Guild members volunteered their time in the making of the raffle quilts in addition to the quilt ticket sales. We commenced our preparations in March 2013 and decided to make two lap or, as we like to call them “nap” quilts.
At our second meeting we each brought 6 or more patterns that we liked, from books and magazines. We then decided that we would make two quilts – one to be a “traditional style” and the second being more “modern or colourful”. We then selected our patterns from about the 30 that we had accumulated. Then on to what fabric colours or patterns? This is always the fun part! For the traditional style we stayed with traditional colours and used blues/creams/whites. All the fabrics for the blocks were donated by the four members. The border fabric and backing was purchased. For the modern / colourful quilt we choose Kaffe Fassett fabrics for the quilt top. All the fabrics for the quilt, including the backing were donated by Betty Clarke.
Then the work began, sewing the blocks and quilt tops together. Once complete we had the two quilts professional machine quilted. The blue and white quilt was machine quilted by Sharon Clark in Lake Country, BC and the colourful quilt was machine quilted by Wendy Margerm in New Westminster BC.
Both quilts turned out beautifully and we are very pleased with the results of our efforts. The four members of the raffle quilt committee are Betty Clarke, Suzanne Patchell, Norine McCaffrey and Becky West. We all thoroughly enjoyed the making of the raffle quilts and our time together – it was a lot of fun!
Becky West
Well, we sold a lot of packets of glass for this challenge. I hope all of you who bought glass have or are making a pincushion for the June show. Several people have asked some questions that others of you may also be wondering about.
Do I have to use all the ground glass in my entry?
NO you do not need to use all the glass. Your entry should have some of the glass in it. If your entry has points, like the heads on chicken pincushions, stuff the head with pillow stuffing to make your chicken perky.
Do I really have to give my entry to the guild for the silent auction at the June meeting?
Sorry, but yes you do. This is a fund raiser for the workshop committee to buy things like better extension cords and such. You can bid on your entry and buy it back if you have fallen in love with it.
Helpful hints:
OK let’s get a big bunch of pincushions on display for judging of three favorites at our show in June. Also bring your cash to bid on your favorite at the June meeting silent auction.
Barbara Beatty
Register Your Quilts
The deadline is fast approaching – you must register your quilts by March 31. Don’t forget to include a 4″x6″ photo of yourself with the top (that’s just to give the folks laying out the show an idea of what to put next to what).
Merchants Mall
We have 17 vendors registered for the show, some of whom are old friends, and some of whom are new but bound to become good friends:
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Boutique
Have you been busy making lovely things for our boutique? Stash busting quick projects include: tea towels, napkin sets, placemats, zipper pouches, market totes, book marks, journal covers, knitted baby items, washcloths, stroller blankets/playmates, and doggie bandanas. If you’re looking for free tutorials, ideas, or inspiration, try Sew Mama Sew.
Boutique inventory forms are available on the guild web site in a fill & print format; blank forms will also be available at meetings. Completed forms are due when you drop off your boutique goods the day before the show. Please remember that every single item you want to sell must have its own unique inventory number.
Finishing Your Quilts
There are a number of tutorials on the guild web site for finishing your quilt – if you need help, check them out or ask for help at the guild.
At the March meeting, we will continue to sell books of raffle tickets to Guild members to buy, for advance sales to our family and friends. In addition we will have pictures of each quilt for you to show the purchasers as you sell the tickets! The photos of the quilts will also be available on our website.
Tickets will be sold in books of 15 tickets, at a cost of $25.00. All tickets are to be sold at 3 for $5.00. As done previously, the member buys the book of tickets up front for $25.00, sell the tickets (this money is now yours) and return the stubs for the draw. We keep track of member names and ticket books. Please return your completed book stubs to the Raffle Quilt Committee at our monthly meetings. However, please ensure all stubs are returned to the raffle committee for the draw at the end of our quilt show to ensure all tickets sold are entered for the draw on June 14th.
Help us sell raffle tickets and promote our show in June. Please let us know if you would like to assist us in selling raffle tickets at other local quilt guild meetings in April and May and at Lion’s Gate Hospital.
The Raffle Quilt Committee
Becky West, Norine McCaffrey, Suzanne Patchell, Betty Clarke
At our last guild meeting I promised to provide some links to tutorials on techniques that will ensure that you quilt lies flat and hangs beautifully. There are a multitude of tutorials on-line these are just a few that I thought were well done.
Adding borders http://www.quilt-video.com/2012/01/21/adding-borders/ Squaring up your quilt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHteSUaU0yQ
Adding binding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vCWpxBRs20
Adding a sleeve http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF81VRK4ilw
Reminders:
Happy Quilting!
Dianne
Your quilt needs a sleeve in order to be hung in the show. It needs to be 4” finished width in order to accommodate our hanging rods and also needs to be securely sewn to the back of your quilt. There are lots of websites on how to do this and here’s one of them: http://quilting.about.com/od/decoratingwithquilts/ss/quilt_sleeve.htm
If your quilt is really small, a 2-3” sleeve is sufficient but if in doubt, use a 4” one!!!! If you have special hanging requirements, please contact me or see me at a guild meeting. And don’t forget that your quilt also needs a label with your name and the name of the quilt (as entered in the show).
Carol Piercy
lionsgatequiltersguild.com 
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