Category: DOQ Activity

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Board Members President: Cynthia Latta Program Chair: Annelise Gorensek Workshops Chair: open Secretary: Ella King Treasurer: Jennifer Bellamy Membership: Eunice Caswell Outreach and Education: Jean Fetterman Newsletter Editor: Karen Wysocki Service Positions Bee Keeper: Tonya Krout Donation Quilts: Mary Ed Williams Door Prizes: Cheryl (Kelly) Nelson Facebook: Diane Bidgood Guild Liason: open Hospitality:  Diane Bidgood Holiday Blocks: open Historian: Vicky Price and Deborah Houser Librarian: Rosemary Summers and Cathy Ely Newcomers: Bibby Moore, Bo Herman and Diane Whitfield Photographer: open Publicity: Merrillie Brown Website: Carrie Porterfield

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Tammy is originally from New Jersey and moved to North Carolina 6 years ago for a “change of pace”. When spending time in her sewing room, she is either working on a quilt or sewing a new bag/purse. She has recently added machine and hand embroidery to her obsession of handmade loveliness. Most of the classes Tammy teaches at Thimble Pleasures are various bags and some quilts. Her other interests include gardening, cooking, baking, and reading while playing with her two young sons. When she is not hanging out at the quilt shop or playing with her boys, she works as a nurse practitioner at The Cancer Center at UNC. Her career reminds her daily of the importance of embracing the ones (and hobbies!) she loves.

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Chellie LaPointe, outreach and education coordinator, will speak about creative reuse, and programs at the Scrap Exchange. The Scrap Exchange is a nonprofit creative reuse arts center located in Durham, North Carolina. Their mission is to promote creativity, environmental awareness, and community through reuse. Since 1991, they have been collecting materials from local businesses and residents and distributing these reclaimed materials through a variety of programming. Their creative reuse arts center contains a retail store, an Artist Marketplace, an art gallery, a Design Center to host classes, a Make and Take room for open studio art-making, interactive art installations like our Rio de Reuse, and much more.

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Join us at Mt Carmel Baptist Church from 9 AM to 4PM this Saturday, August 8. Bring a salad or dessert for lunch and we will provide the drinks and paper goods. Also bring your sewing machine and it’s necessities, cutting equipment, a chair cushion, kids’ fabrics, any patterns you might want to try, and any show-and-tell you might want us to see. I will be bringing fabric, both kids and Quilts of Valor, and patterns. The church is located at 2016 Mt. Carmel Church Road in Chapel Hill, about 3.5 miles after the turn-off on 15-501. If you need further directions, please email or call Mary-Ed Williams.

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In September, we will be learning about the Hex N More and Sidekick ruler from Tammy Triglianos. If you have not seen what these rulers can help you make, go to www.jaybirdquilts.com and check out the endless possibilities. Tammy will be teaching us how to make Daybreak by Jaybird. She will be making a winter version of this quilt to show you. Once you have learned how to use these tools, you will be able to make any of the beautiful patterns shown on the website. Sign up for this workshop has been great! After our meeting in July, this workshop will be opened to the public. There are just a few slots left, so please bring your money to the guild meeting. A space cannot be held without payment. Supply List 1. Day Break Pattern 2. Hex N More Ruler AND Sidekick Ruler (can make your own templates, but ruler makes cutting super easy). These rulers are used in many of her other patterns. 3. Fabric Requirements for Lap Size Quilt (or refer to pattern for fabric requirements for preferred quilt size) 15 Assorted Fat Quarters 3 1/8 yards for background fabric *Press all fabric with spray starch prior to …

September Workshop – Day Break withTammy Triglianos Read more »

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Quilting outside the box and inside the Triangle Michele Wilkie, current president of the Triangle Modern Quilt Guild, will present a program on the modern quilt movement. As defined by the Modern Quilt Guild: “Modern quilts are primarily functional and inspired by modern design. Modern quilters work in different styles and define modern quilting in different ways, but several characteristics often appear which may help identify a modern quilt. These include, but are not limited to: the use of bold colors and prints, high contrast and graphic areas of solid color, improvisational piecing, minimalism, expansive negative space, and alternate grid work. “Modern traditionalism” or the updating of classic quilt designs is also often seen in modern quilting.” The Triangle Modern Quilt Guild is a Chapter of the Modern Quilt Guild for residents of the Triangle region of North Carolina, who are interested in non-traditional, modern quilting. They meet on the second Sunday of the month @ Spoonflower Greenhouse.

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Joanne and Kelley Jones will speak about their adventures as quilt shop owners, and their precision, laser cut, pre-fused quilt kits. Ye Olde Forest Quilt Shop is located in Greensboro with easy access from I-40. They are a friendly, modern eclectic quilt shop located in the heart of North Carolina with an emphasis on old-fashioned customer service! The provide high quality quilting fabrics, longarm quilting tools, quality threads and quilting notions.

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The Nimble Thimbles are a group of quilters who enjoy getting together regularly to share our quilting obsession adventures. We love to celebrate, help and inspire each other – and consider the resulting accumulation of many UFOs a small price to pay! We’ve been meeting for about 8 fun-filled years and enjoy every minute of it. During the DOQ May meeting we will be showing both our group and individual projects throughout the years. To see more of what we’re doing, visit our blog. Our night group is open to additional membership and meets monthly at the Orange County Library. Any interested quilters should contact Joy Murphy for further information.

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I have been a quiltmaker since 1972 when I saw an antique quilt at a rummage sale, purchased it for $1.00, and on the way home fell in love! From that moment I wanted to learn to make quilts and sought out quiltmakers, usually elderly ladies, who could teach me the art. Ever since I’ve been collecting quilts, making quilts myself, writing books about them, designing needlework tools, and sharing my love of quilting by teaching and lecturing. I’ve written articles that have appeared in Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine, Traditional Quiltworks, American Patchwork & Quilting, the FabShop magazine, and Ladies Circle Patchwork Quilts.

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A native of Culpeper, Virginia, I learned various needle crafts from my mother, grandmothers, and Sewing 4-H club. As a young girl, I remember sitting on my grandmother’s shady back steps hand piecing Four Patches in the summertime. (The basketful of Four Patches with gargantuan running stitches is my longest running UFO!) In 1976 when the U.S.A. celebrated its bicentennial, there was a resurgence of interest in colonial crafts. That’s when the quilting bug bit me! Bed quilts, baby quilts, and wall quilts–all are of interest. I find inspiration from traditional quilt blocks and settings, but I applaud the Modern Quilt Movement as well. I enjoy the challenge of designing with parameters: challenge blocks/quilts, Jelly Roll and Layer Cake quilts, stash quilts, block swaps with friends. Visit Aby’s blog at abyquilts.wordpress.com and share her joy of quilt making!

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When: Sunday, April 19, 2015 from 1:30-4:30pm Where: New Hope Volunteer Fire Department , 4012 Whitfield Rd., Chapel Hill, NC Cost: $25 (DOQ member) $40 (non-DOQ member, if space available) plus optional kit fee of $15. This quilt pattern popularly known as Log Cabin is one many American quiltmakers assume was home-grown. But the Log Cabin quilt pattern may in fact have originated on a tiny island off the coast of England! Called the Roof Tile pattern on the Isle of Man (located between Ireland and England), the pleated quilt-as-you-go block is constructed (pieced) and quilted all at the same time and does not use batting. The blocks are then joined, front to front, and the backs’ foundations whip-stitched together. The Antique English Pleated Log Cabin Block’s casual sewing is an excellent introduction to hand stitching and has the advantage of being totally portable for today’s busy quiltmakers. This pattern is a super addition to your quilting skills and one you can teach kids and do at any time and any place. Please bring to class: *Four pre-cut 8 ½” squares of soft pre-washed muslin and four pre-cut 3 ½” squares in a solid color (Coordinate the color of your 3 ½” …

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When: Saturday, April 18, 2015 from 9:00am-4:30pm Where: New Hope Volunteer Fire Department , 4012 Whitfield Rd., Chapel Hill, NC Cost: $40 (DOQ member) $70 (non-DOQ member, if space available) plus kit fee of $22. Yokosu! Welcome to Sashiko (Japanese quilting) Start the new year right in blue and white! You’ve admired classic sashiko in quilts and wall hangings-now it’s your turn. Even non-hand quilters remark on how easy and soothing sashiko stitching is-it’s the Zen side of quilting. Finally—a quilting style that will inspire you to use all that gorgeous Oriental fabric you bought! In the morning learn how to mark and stitch a classic sashiko design. In the afternoon learn the back-basting appliqué technique on your own patchwork blocks. These skills will combine to make a wall hanging. Note: prior to class you need to make six simple patchwork blocks and bring with you (See What students need to bring to class) Kit The class kit consists of  ½ yd. hand-dyed indigo homespun, a ball of #8 white perle cotton, needle threader,  a sashiko sampler needlepack (10 needles), a stencil with three sashiko designs, template plastic for moon shapes, a white marking pencil, two thimble alternatives, written how-to directions, an essay on the …

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February program canceled due to snow will be rescheduled for November 2015. Among Elaine’s work are the whimsical collages that depict Chapel Hill, and the illustrations to the children’s book “Goodnight Carolina.” Elaine says of her work, “My artistic process begins with the simple, pure memories of my childhood. I strive to conjure up the essence of those good times and capture them through whimsy and color, stitching them together with a sense of humor and delight.  My process begins by approaching each textile collage with a simple sketch. Then through snips and cuts, my scissors, like a painter’s brush, slowly reveal the image. Layer upon layer of fabric, stitched into place using a variety of colors and textures, brings the piece to life. In each piece I create, my hope is to evoke the kind of pleasure and delight of childhood, when life is simple, sweet, and full of endless possibilities.” To see more of her work visit Elaine’s website www.elaineoneil.com.

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North Carolina Quilt Symposium – Mountain Stitches Bonclarken Conference Center Flat Rock, North Carolina May 28-31, 2015 Sponsored by NCQS Hosted by Western North Carolina Quilters Guild The North Carolina Quilt Symposium is an annual, nationally-recognized, four day quilt conference, featuring classes and lectures presented by outstanding faculty, a quilt show and a vendors’ mall. Registration is now Open! To view the class schedule, quilt show entry forms, and registration forms visit www.westernncquilters.org/2015-symposium. To learn more about North Carolina Symposium visit their new blog: northcarolinaquiltsymposium.wordpress.com

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DOQ has two ongoing projects to support the families of infants who are hospitalized. Links to the patterns and directions can be found below. Please bring completed dolls to the regular DOQ guild meetings. The first project is making small therapy dolls to give to children whose baby brother or sister is in the hospital. The simple stuffed dolls can be used to explain what is happening to the baby, and be held and cuddled by the older brother or sister.  Therapy Doll Pattern The second project is making snoedels for premature infants. The first  Snoedel was created by a Dutch woman inspired by the birth of a friend’s premature infant. The Dutch word “snoedel” means “snuggle”. The mother (or father) keeps the snoedel close to there skin where they absorb and retain their scent. Then when held or placed near a newborn or infant the scent is slowly released to comfort the baby.  Snoedels are used in the NICU to minimize infant stress, comfort parents, and to continue the baby/parent bonding process when babies are separated from their mothers following birth and placed in incubators.  Snoedel Directions

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 – You have drawn two paint chips. The exact colors on your chips must be used in your quilt, as much or as little as you want, but they have to be in there. (And no fair swapping colors because you don’t like yours, or don’t think the colors you drew go together – that’s why it’s called a challenge!) Please hang on to your chips so they can be displayed with your completed quilt. – This is the first time our guild is trying this so something in your quilt must be a first for you (first time using green, first time to hand appliqué, first embellishments, first time making a Lone Star using 1⁄4 inch diamonds, etc., etc.) – No one side, or the diameter, can be longer than 48 inches. – Have fun! Quilts are due at the October 2015 meeting.

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Roxane Lessa has been teaching since 2008, and loves to share the joy of art quilting. She is an award winning art quilter who has exhibited in many shows, including Houston International Quilt Festival, Tactile Architecture, In Full Bloom, and PAQA South shows. She continues to explore new ways to use the fiber medium to create art and share with her students. She also has a weekly blog that shares new work, videos, tips and techniques, and upcoming exhipits, www.blog.roxanelessa.com You can see her work at www.roxanelessa.com. She lives and works in Raleigh, has 2 daughters and a lazy studio cat.

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Susan Brubaker Knapp, will present a one-hour digital slide show and trunk show based on her book, Point, Click, Quilt! This lecture focuses on tips for taking better photographs, and then turning them into art quilts. This is an inspirational and detailed look at her process: tracing the photo; enlarging the line drawing; using it to trace the fused applique pieces for the quilt; creating a positioning overlay; and then cutting, positioning and fusing the pieces before thread sketching and quilting. A trunk show of pieces from the slideshow and additional work follows, and questions are welcome. Susan started quilting as a hobby, but turned into a passion and a business. She now teaches nationally and internationally, hosts “Quilting Arts TV,” and has produced numerous patterns, two books, and four workshops on DVD. She grew up in Mt. Lebanon, Pa., a suburb of Pittsburgh, and earned her B.A. in English at Allegheny College (Meadville, Pa.) and her M.A. in journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She now lives near Charlotte, N.C., with her husband, Rob, and two daughters. Susan loves traditional hand quilting and needleturn appliqué, but has embraced innovative machine techniques. She started making art quilts in 2005. …

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Members of DOQ participated in the St. Peter’s Love Quilt Project last year. The St. Peter’s Love Quilt Project was developed to give quilts to orphan children in South Africa who have lost their parents to AIDS. Art squares are created by children in schools, church groups, scout troops, etc., to depict their messages of love to the orphan children. Quilts using these squares are made by volunteers in the local area and beyond. The completed quilts are collected and sent to orphaned children in South Africa by St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Arlington, Virginia. See more pictures of the quilts in our online gallery.

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The Viewers’ Choice awards from our quilt show were presented at the September 15th meeting. It was a difficult choice with many quilts receiving votes. Overall Viewers’ Choice: Grace’s Zoo Friends by Nan Lee Runner Up Viewers’ Choice: Starry Night by Suzan deSerres and Barbara Wallace Children’s Donation Challenge: Caterpillar by Mary Ed Williams My Favorite Story Challenge: The Kiss by Irena Rindos To see all the quilts from the show visit the “Stories in Stitches” Gallery. Gift certificates donated by local quilt shops were presented to the winners. The contributing shops were Thimble Pleasures, Cary Quilting Company, Wish Upon a Quilt, and Elegant Stitches. Thank you to the shops for their generosity, and special thanks to Julianne and Roberta at Cary Quilting Company for their help in obtaining the Children’s Donation Challenge fabric.

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Lily Kinross-Wright will be teaching a beginning quilting class on Saturday, September 27th, 2014 from 10am-4pm. Students will complete two placemats with the option of learning the basics of free-motion quilting. The pattern and class will be FREE. This is a great opportunity to learn the basics and see how much fun quilting is! You do not need to be a member of the guild, but we will be offering a special pro-rated membership fee of only $20 for the remainder of 2014 for anyone who joins at the class. The class will be held at the New Hope Fire Department Hall at 4012 Whitfield Rd, Chapel Hill, NC. To sign up please email Lily directly at lilykw@gmail.com. Lily will host a special pre-class at Thimble Pleasures on Monday, September 22nd at 6:30pm. She will go over fabric selection, tools, and machines.

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Kevin Womack is a textile artist living in Lynchburg, Virginia. In 1986, Kevin was introduced to quilting by his maternal grandmother. Having always loved the legacy of family quilts, he decided to have her teach him the tradition. Over the years, Kevin studied with many accomplished textile artists and developed a love for hand dyeing and patterning fabrics with surface design techniques. His experiments produce a line of unique fabrics and clothing that he exhibits and sells. To see more of his work visit www.KevinWomackArt.com

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Time to get your quilts ready for the show. Quilt turn-in is at our regular guild meeting — Monday, August 18. All quilts must have a label with the quilt’s name and your name and address (email or street). If your quilt is being judged you need to cover the label by pinning or basting a piece of fabric over the label so that the judging is anonymous. Also, all quilts over 2 feet wide must have a 4 inch hanging sleeve. Have you ever dreamed of owning your own little fabric shop full of beautiful quilting fabrics, patterns and notions too? Vernett Zimmerman of “ABC Quilting with Nana” has a cute store tucked away on Webb Avenue in Burlington. She will speak to us after the quilt take-in, about the trials and tribulations of owning a quilting shop. Please join us and bring your questions for Vernett.

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St. Thomas More Church “Friendship Hall”  from 9:00am to 3:00pm Come spend a few hours sewing with friends. You may choose to work on any project – including ongoing charity quilts. We will also have fabric available for organizing (cutting & bundling) for future charity quilt projects.  The big requests recently have been for children’s quilts.  Please bring your usual sewing supplies. If you have an iron and ironing board that you can bring – please bring that as well. Please bring a dish to share for lunch. Ice Cream will be served at 1:00 – come join us even if you aren’t planning to sew.