2020-2021
Programs
by Donna Tarnas and Nancy McIntyre All trunk shows and lectures will be via ZOOM during our regular meeting. Second Thursday of the month at 7pm. We invite you all to join in the fun and check out our wonderful guests each month from the comfort of your home or from anywhere you may travel to.
We have a sensational line up of talented teachers and quilt artists from a variety of backgrounds with a large range of experience and tradition. Guest fee is $5.00 for non-members and payable by check, PayPal ( [email protected] ) or Venmo (GLHQ-Payment) at least 5 days in advance.
***January 14, 2021 Member Trunk Show featuring our own prolific,
adventuresome and extraordinary quilt maker, Sue Chase. Lecture and Q &
A to follow. Join us in the New Year!!!
***February 11, 2021 Join us for a special evening with a virtual lecture and Trunk show with contemporary quilt artist Timna Tarr. “Flying Colors Lecture”
timnatarr.com
***March 11, 2021 The incomparable MARY FONS…writer, editor, American quilt historian will provide a wonderful hour of humor, wit and wisdom to our guild. maryfons.com
***April 8, 2021 International quilt designer, pattern publisher and educator, Sheri Cifaldi Morrill will host an “Aurifilosophy” lecture and trunk show. Unlock the mysteries of Thread from Sheri, a certified Aurifil thread educator. Exclusive Aurifil resources and swag for attendees included! wholecirclestudio.com
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May 13, 2021 Lecture and trunk show by our own member Coleen Merte ofNorthwater Quilts. Coleen is a pattern designer and author of Michigan inspired quilt patterns! northwaterquilts.com
***June 10, 2021 Jen Kingwell lecture, trunk show and tour of Amitie Quilts live from Australia!
jenkingwelldesigns.blogspot.com
Questions? Contact [email protected] or [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: greatlakesheritagequilters
Nancy McIntyre & Donna Tarnas VP1 Programs Chairpersons
ZOOMING REMINDER
Always Worth Repeating
Michelle Power, 2nd VP
To help you open Zoom easily on the night of our meetings, make sure to look for the link a week before our second Thursday meeting. Register as soon as you get the link, and be sure to open it on the device you will be using for the meeting . This will help reduce problems when you are logging into the meeting. Don't delete the message until AFTER the meeting . There is also a calendar attachment at the bottom of the registration confirmation. Clicking on it will add our meeting to the calendar on your device (depending on your device and mail program, steps may vary). I also recommend to not delete the registration confirmation until AFTER the meeting. If you feel so inclined, you could set up a folder in your mail
program labeled "GLHQ Meetings" or similar, to store your meeting invites to keep your inbox tidy. If you have any questions about Zoom, please reach out to me and I'll be happy to help you!
Please let me know if you have any questions! Michelle 248-787-3934
Virtual Show and Tell
by Michelle PowerDon't forget to send along your show and tell quilts to Michelle Power by noon on January 14, 2021. Send your pictures and some information for the slideshow, such as designer, fabric lines, quilt shops, recipient, or anything else you might share at an in-person show and tell!
Last month we had several new members show us their quilts! YAY! If you are new, don't be shy!! We'd love to get to know you through your quilts! Share with us a quilt you've made recently in the last year! If you have any questions, please reach out to Michelle via email [email protected] .
Continuity of The Guild
Here are some great volunteer opportunities for next year. Some positions have been filled, but others await your consideration. Drum roll please: Next year, 2021-2022, the Board Positions are:
● **President (open)
● 1 st VP – Michelle Power ● **2 nd VP (open)
● **Treasurer (open)
● **Corresponding Secretary (open)
● Recording Secretary – Ann Woodman ● FundRaising – Donna Armstrong ● Newsletter – Kathleen Joseph ● Membership – Sharyl Klettke
If you're interested in joining the board next year, please reach out to the current board with any questions. We're happy to help you learn what you need to know. Want to ask questions, but don’t know who’s who? Here are the:
Current Board Members and Committee Chairs 2020/2021 President: Ruth Montalvo
1st Vice President: Donna Tarnas and Nancy McIntyre 2nd Vice President: Michelle Power
Treasurer: Sandra Kauffman
Finance Committee: Michele St. Denis Recording Secretary: Ann Woodman
MQD Committee: Cheryl Boyle Murphy, Joyce Montante Fall 2021 Retreat: Deb Stallings
Corresponding Secretary: Mary Goyeau
Charity: Bonnie Pennybacker, Maxine Pirtle Haven: Carol Brooks
Hospitality: Diana Pagotto Membership: Sharyl Klettke Newsletter: Kathleen Joseph
RAFFLE QUILT UPDATE
by Donna ArmstrongThanks to all of you that have completed and submitted your blocks for our raffle quilt, donated for raffle quilt tickets and signed up to complete blocks for both of our quilts. At this time, all of the blocks for "Will You be my Neighbor" have been accounted for. We will have extra blocks, so please feel free to sign up for any of the blocks, but specifically for blocks 2, 3, 4 6,7 8 9,11, 13, 14 and16. We have one sign up for each of these. From what I am seeing, this is going to be an awesome quilt. If we get additional blocks, we can raffle off 2 quilts!!
The "Remixed Geese" quilt is coming along a bit slower. Although all colors have been accounted for, we need 48 blocks to complete a 54x66" quilt and at this point, we have 19 blocks signed up for. I know there was an amazing Paper Piecing class that Cheryl Murphy hosted that would make this block easy, so if you took part in that class, please show us your talent and sign up for a few of the blocks.
I will be at the Birmingham Unitarian Church on Wed. February 10 and March 10 (final day to submit) from 6-6:30 pm to drop your blocks off. You can also drop off your blocks on my front porch any time. Please text me if you plan on dropping them off, so that I know they are on my porch. 31800 Arlington Dr. Beverly Hills, MI 48025. You can also mail me your blocks to the same address. Please make your check out to GLHQ for the amount listed on the sign-up link and send me a message that you have mailed them (248.514.8011).
Which block(s) will you make? Here’s how to sign up:
Neighborhood Quilt: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090A4DAFA72FA13-glhq
Flying Geese Remix: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090A4DAFA72FA13-glhq1
And here are the patterns:
QUILT # 1 : The first quilt will be a rendition of what we all have been going through
most of 2020 - "AT HOME". Pick any block from Moda's free pattern "Will You Be my Neighbor". I have added the link to Pat Sloan's web page that gives the directions for all 16 blocks. All the blocks are between 9"x 18" - 21"x18" Please square them up to the appropriate size. We will be using an assortment of colors from our new GLHQ logo (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green and Blue) with a white background.
https://www.ilovetomakequilts.com/will-you-be-my-neighbor-block-page.html
QUILT # 2: The second quilt will be a combination of past and future. Since Donna
Tarnas was key to the creation of our new logo, we reached out to her for input. I
was not aware, but the five flying geese in the logo represent the five Great Lakes and they are flying north because that’s where Michigan is! Up north. This will represent the future. When the quilt is constructed, we will add an applique of Michigan, from our previous logo, and that will represent the past. As with the 1st quilt, we will be using a combination of our new logo colors to create the flying geese blocks in the quilt shown below. Please be creative with lots of solids and prints of the logo colors, (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green and Blue). We will be using the free Robert Kaufman "Remixed Geese" pattern. Please square each block to 3.5"x 6.5" and sew 2 matching geese together.
https://www.robertkaufman.com/quilting/quilts_patterns/remixed_geese/
Quilt Challenge 2020-2021
Julie Krauss and Cheryl Murphy
This year we will enter the ‘Art Quilt” arena with the Sun and Moon challenge. Each quilted project must contain at least one of these two design elements or both and one of the design elements should be prominent in the design of the piece. These are design elements, not quilting.
However it must be a quilt not a tied project. It must contain 3 layers, top, batting, and backing, joined by hand or machine stitching.
● Maximum size 48”x72” or Lap size, Minimum 24” x 24” or similar size.
● NO clothing, purses, mug rugs, table runners, tote bags or bed quilt sizes will be accepted.
● Quilted design only is not an acceptable entry , it must be the main design element and the prominent focus.
● Two entries may be submitted
● Please do not label your quilt at the time of submission
Our June 2021 meeting will be the deadline as usual. This is meant to be a creative and out of the box challenge. Have fun and CREATE!
Haven
by Carol Brooks
Well the holidays are over and we’ve started a new year. I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays as best they could and are looking forward to a bright and wonderful new year. I want to thank everyone for their donations last month. I took $900 worth of clothes, toys, gift cards, and checks to Haven before Christmas. I asked the people at Haven what they really needed most at this time and they said they really could use cereals and snacks. I also thought we might concentrate on children’s clothing, any size, any age, and for both girls and boys. Remember they must be new. Anything you would like to donate would be greatly appreciated.
Looking forward to seeing everyone at the January meeting.
I will be at the church on January 16 from 1-2 to pick up anything someone might want to donate.
Charity
by Bonnie Pennybacker and Maxine Pirtle
We hope everyone had a safe, healthy, and wonderful Christmas and New Year. We are working on a date for a February quilt pick up so everyone still has plenty of time to finish or make charity quilts. We will
take any and all sizes.
Membership News
by Sharyl Kletke
We currently have 124 members registered. But we still grow! Another member is expected to join soon.
Mystery Quilt Day
by Cheryl Murphy and Joyce MontanteMQD events have begun! The design options, cutting instructions and first sewing a clue have gone out via email to those who have signed up. If you have not yet signed up, it is not too late. Send your $20 check to Joyce Montante today and she will get you set up. We are starting at a nice slow pace, and you can catch up easily. For those who have signed up and contributed to Haven, thank you very much! Joyce reports we have collected at least $800, which is fantastic. We really hope you can join in or contribute to support Haven even if you choose not to start the event with us yet. The need is great, especially in 2021. You’ll still receive
instructions and clues and can start at any time.
Don’t wait until you see the finished quilts, though- you’ll be super “jeally”!
Don’t Miss an Event:
January 4 MQD Zoom Sew-cial for first clue 7-8:30 January 7 Quilt Meeting Zoom email Invitation sent out January 14 Submit photos for Show and Tell 12 noon January 14 Quilt Guild Zoom Meeting 7pm
January 16 Haven Pick Up at church 1-2pm January 18 MQD Second Sewing Clue emailed January 25 MQD Second Clue Sew-cial 7-8:30
Keep your January days bright and cheerful with ongoing GLHQ activities -
Raffle Quilt Blocks, Sun and Moon Challenge Quilt, Charity Quilts, purchases for Haven, MQD blocks, that block for that person that runs all the meetings for Guild
