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Next Meeting:
August 16, 2008
Cedar Heights Community Center
1200 Glen Willow Drive
Seat Pleasant, MD

  Agenda:

  11:00 a.m.
  Business Meeting
  12:00 noon
  Regular Meeting
  1:30 p.m.
  Refreshments
  2:00 p.m.
  Show & Tell
 

Note:  Please turn all cell phones to vibrate during the meeting.

Bring your nametag!!

Coordinator's Message

August 2008

The quilt show debriefing went well. There were many good suggestions for how we can make the 2010 show even better. I hope you will join me in sending Purple Hearts to Deb Sanger and Helen Dawkins for injuries suffered in the line of duty at the quilt show. Thanks to Sara Vogt-Knox who will be handling the raffle ticket sales this year. Also thanks to Felicia Few and Carolyn Burgess who stepped in to conduct the Ugly Fabric Auction. Such comedic talent! Who knew?

Mark your calendars for October 2 - 4, 2008. Uhuru will be exhibiting at the Original Sewing and Quilt Expo in Chantilly, VA. In exchange for serving 24 “volunteer days” as volunteer ambassadors ( set up/take down hands, ticket takers, classroom angels, white glovers, etc.), we will be able to exhibit --- at no cost to us --- quilts and set up a table for selling raffle tickets and recruiting members. Quilts must have a 4 – 5” sleeve. Quilts exhibited at this venue in 2007 are not eligible. Download and bring a completed Quilt Registration form for each quilt. Quilts for this venue will be collected at both the August and September meetings. For more information, go to www.sewingexpo.com. If you wish to volunteer as an ambassador, please contact Terri Sheetz, Volunteer Coordinator. Her number is 301-384-7414. Once you have a schedule with Terri, then contact me.

Because our retreat weekend (November 13 – 16) includes our regular meeting date, Uhuru’s elections will take place in December. Officers and committee chairs (Hospitality, Membership, Door Prize, Community Service, Block of the Month, Charm Squares, Website & Newsletter, Exhibits, Challenge, Programs & Workshops, Raffle Quilt, and Library), please begin to gather up receipts for reimbursement and draft a report of this year’s activities. I would like to provide the guild with a complete financial report this year.

For future reference: Don’t forget the county fairs which begin in August. Jennifer Morris and Delores Johnson are heading up the committee for an exhibit at the State House in Annapolis for February 2009. Also in February we are scheduled to do a trunk show again at the Largo-Kettering Library. One of those UnFinished Objects (UFO’s) haunting your studio would be perfect. Make a commitment to yourself to finish one UFO. See you (and your latest completed project) at the August meeting.

Sewfully,
Carol

Quilting is an opportunity - benefit from it!

The Charm Exchange Jackie Tyson-Hope, Chair

We are exchanging ORIENTAL PRINTS for August, with 24 participants: Jackie T., Bernadett, Denise Davis, Elsie, Judy Roye, CC Flowe, Dawn Felix, Willie Miller, Cynthia York, Natalie Webster, Mia, Myra, Jocelyn Jackie S. Cornelia, Nadine Mills, Cynthia Wilson, Sara Knox, Dolores Johnson, Yvonne Nickens, Terry Gibbs, Sarita Brewer, Felicia Few, Shirley Hodge.

Cut 6-1/2” (six-and-one-half-inch) squares of 100% pre-washed cotton (please make sure that the size and quality of your squares are what you yourself would like to receive). Please remember to cut off the selvedges before you cut your squares. Place squares in a baggie with your name on it, and put it in the "Charm Squares" basket or hand them to Jackie.

If you signed up but are unable to come to the meeting, please mail your squares to Jackie or have someone bring them to the meeting. Please e-mail or telephone Jackie if you have questions.

Block of the Month Cornelia Carter-Sykes, Chair

For August we're making the Plaited block (http://www.quilterscache.com/P/PlaitedBlockBlock.html) from Quilter's Cache. Remember our "each one teach one" motto, so if you find you have a suggestion or pointer for completing the block, please share it with your fellow quilters.

Lamar turned the casing over several times as though he might find a clue. “Somebody is mighty serious about killing somebody.”  He turned to Jamie. “Have you been printing anything controversial in your newspaper?”

She rolled her eyes. “Well, I did accidentally print that Peggy Block won a blue ribbon for her Wedding Ring quilt, when it was actually Jane Barker.”

Larmar frowned.  “Did you print a retraction?”  When Jamie nodded, he went on.  “Well, then, we know that’s not it.”  At Max’s incredulous look Lamar added, “These ladies take their quilts seriously.”  "Obviously," Max said, his voice controlled as though to practice patience. "But one possibility we might consider is that Jamie is covering the mayoral campaign...."

[Larmar] looked at Jamie.  “Are you sure you printed a retraction?”

“Yes, Lamar!”  He sighed.  “Doesn’t look like this is going to be an easy case.  Doesn’t look like I’m going to be able to take time off for my annual fishing trip, either.”

“Perhaps this was politically motivated,” Max said.

Bud from the crime lab arrived ... took the casing and looked at it closely. “Man oh man, this here puppy is bad.” He looked at Jamie. “I hope you cleared up matters between the quilting-bee ladies. My wife is part of the group, and she was mad as a hornet that somebody else got credit.”

Max turned and looked out the window.…

--excerpt from Full Tilt, by Janet Evanovich and Charlotte Hughes

Sew Help Me... Tips to boost your creativity

• When you press your binding, let it fall into a basket under the ironing board as you press it and then transport the basket back to the sewing machine and start attaching to quilt. This keeps the binding from picking up lint and threads from the floor during the pressing and attaching.

• When you buy thread in neutral colors, buy two spools and one package of bobbins. Wind one entire spool of thread onto the bobbins and keep them handy for a quick change, rather than having to stop and wind a bobbin while you are machine piecing.

• Glue an empty thread spool to the wrong side of a plastic template and you have a handy handle to use when tracing the outline on fabric.

• When working on a quilt project, purchase an extra 1/2 to 3/4 of a yard of fabric and stitch up each side, making a bag - you can add an optional drawstring at the top. Use the bag to store your quilt project-in-progress. Once your quilt is complete, you then have a dust-free storage bag to store it in. Also, it works wonderfully as "gift wrap" when giving the quilt as a gift. Simply tie a pretty coordinating piece of fabric at the top for the bow.

Birthday/Hospitality Dawn Felix, Jocelyn Herbert, Pat Johnson	A Very Happy Birthday to Denise Davis (31st); Maria Goodwin (27th); SaraJane Goodwin (31st); Dorothy Jones-Patterson (11th); Jo Mimms-Bolden (14th); Carol Williams (27th); and Lynora Williams (5th)
The Hospitality Committee is asking for refreshment donations from members (sandwiches, cheese and crackers, fruit, salads/vegetable tray, water, light/regular beverages and desserts). Please e-mail Dawn at least one week before the meeting so we can make sure that a variety of refreshments are offered.