From the President:
We thoroughly enjoyed Aby Dolinger's guild presentation and the double class she gave--something you can finish quickly.
Beautiful morning! Hopefully spring will stay this time. A bit of spring cleaning these next three days. Older brother Ben is due in late Wednesday on his way back to Michigan. Will continue my quilting after he leaves. Keep on quilting! Sue Spillane NEW SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT NEEDED Pat Harwell has resigned due to increased obligations with another guild. So please, someone step up. You will work with Stephanie Alexander on programs this year, learning the process for the following year and selecting programs for that year. We need someone as soon as possible! Let me know. Sue Spillane 803 781-5560
Bring to the April 8 meeting: 6pm social time 6:30pm: demo 7-9pm: meeting
Any Charity quilts
Your finished Block of the Month and $1 per block for the block drawing
Programs
Please join me in giving a huge shout out to the Thompson sisters, Joyce Thompson Greer and Pat Thompson Whittle for their work in making the workshop with Aby Dolinger such a great success. After returning from Camp Gravatt a few days earlier, Joyce reloaded her car with the power strips, extension cords, irons and ironing surfaces, bed risers, not to mention making and providing lunch for the attendees. And Pitty-Pat for securing Green Hill Baptist Church as our workshop location. Also, thank you to President, Sue Spillane, for enhancing our lunch with her homemade chili and those of you who helped with the set-up, breakdown and clean-up. You ladies rock!
Our April 8th program, Rising to the Challenge, will be presented by Anita Bowen. This program is a humorous approach to getting out of the creative rut, deciding if you are a right or left brain thinker. Anita will help you find a little spark of creativity that will spur you on to the next project. Anita' program will be interactive and participatory! Please bring a pen or pencil and at least a piece of paper that is 8 1/2" x 11"!! Thanks!
Mark your calendars for the Inaugural Devine Quilters Sew Free Sew Day on April 20th, 2013. See the flyer attached to the newsletter to register.
---Stephanie
Devine Demos
Our Demo for April will be by Sandra Baker on Labels --taking the art of the quilt to the back of the quilt.
Love Quilt Programs
We received 2 finished Love Quilts at the March meeting. Let’s keep it up! I will be bringing a few tops to quilt and kits to each meeting for some of you to take home and finish.
This makes 19 received, with 9 for P.H. Breast Cancer and 6 for Children's Garden and 4 TBD.
Financial Report
Minutes for the March 4, 2013 Meeting
MEMBERS NOTE: The date of the April meeting has been moved from the first to the second Monday, because the church will be closed for the Easter holiday. We will meet on Monday, April 8th.
Donna Bryan offered the pre-meeting demonstration. She showed the guild how to construct the block-of-the-month scheduled for delivery at the April meeting. The members were wowed by the technique. For those who wish to compete the monthly selection and enter the drawing, the colors chosen for the block are red and cream.
Sue Spillane called the meeting to order at 7 PM, and Stephanie Alexander introduced the meeting's speaker, Abigail Dolinger. Aby's talk was entitled "It's Not About the Quilts." She spoke about and showed quilts she had made, with a timeline based on where she and her husband were stationed during his time in the military. Aby was a member of Devine Quilters at one point, and one of the quilts she showed was a gift from the guild to her when she and her husband left Columbia for an assignment in Europe. In the end, Aby told us it wasn't about the quilts so much as about the friendships she forged through quilting at each location she lived.
Aby had conducted a class prior to the guild meeting, and those who attended showed their quilt tops to the group. An intermission was called so that members could study Aby's quilt up close and purchase some of her patters for their own use.
Sue reconvened the meeting and introduced guests and new members. Current members who had announcements regarding classes, workshops, and other relevant events were recognized and given the floor.
The minutes from February were approved. The treasurer gave a report. The Lone Star co-chair said there were no updates at this time.
Announcements of note: Joyce Greer had two quilts juried into The World Quilt Show - New England XI, August 15th-18th, in Manchester, New Hampshire. Congratulations, Joyce.
Show and Tell included quilt tops from the February retreat and camp at Bishop Gravatt. The meeting concluded with a drawing of door prizes contributed by Aby Dolinger. Thank you, Aby!
Block of the Month: Jodi Spillane won the February blocks. Helen Brown delivered a quilt top for charity from her win of the January blocks. Jodi indicated that the March BOM challenge was to make just one block according to the pattern directions.
Guild Challenge for 2013: The challenge this year is "What's Your Birthstone?" Members who wish to participate are asked to use their birthstone color, in addition to complementary colors, to complete a quilted project of any size or shape. The directions for the challenge are posted on the guild's blog.
Lone Star Exhibit at Richland Co. Library
There’s still time to get in on displaying your quilt—rules are on our blog: http://devinequilters.blogspot.com/ --Helen
2013 Devine Quilters Future Events
April 20 (Saturday) Sew Free Sew Day (details attached) at Greenhill Baptist Church
May 6 Demo: Anita Bowen – Two color binding
Program: Re-Inventing Myself: A Journey to Wool Dying - Cathi Gainey
June 3 Demo: Mitered Corners on Borders
Program: What a Difference the Thread Makes - Jane Garrison
July 8 Demo: TBD
Program: The ABC's and 1, 2, 3's of Machine Maintenance with Tommy Leitner.
August 5 Demo: Binding and Sleeves
Program: Wilma Black Trunk Show
August 24 (Saturday) Sew Free Sew Day at Greenhill Baptist Church
Sept 9 Demo: How to block a quilt
Program: Art Quilts - Susan Lenz
Note: Lone Star Quilts for exhibition at the Richland Co. Library are due.
Oct 7 Demo: TBD
Program: Live Auction with Auctioneer Jane Gold
Nov 4 Demo: Organization in the studio
Program: Batting - An Educational Study - Lynn Lucas
Dec 2 Program: Holiday party potluck and sewing mini stockings for Children’s Hospital
Member Ads
($3 per advertised item/group under one price. Contact Newsletter Ed for details)
c. 1930 Grandma’ Flower Garden Blocks. 36 hand pieced 12” blocks. The center hexagon is yellow; the inner hexagon is a plain fabric that coordinates with the print fabric in the outer hexagon. Some of the blocks also have a white outer hexagon added for the white path between. Very pretty 30’s fabrics. $80.00. Contact Stephanie Alexander at 803/361-1483 (cell) or SALEXA1636@aol.com.
As a set, all brand new (decided I didn’t need for traveling after all): Brother PC-420 PRW, Sew Steady lucite table (18” x 24”), medium Tutto tote (maroon), SewEZ table’s insert, ¼” bladed foot, extra bobbins. $550. Contact Beth Karr at nebulosa@sc.rr.com.
Upcoming Events
Note to members: If you would like to see a quilting-related event posted in the newsletter, please give Beth Karr the following details in writing at the guild meeting or by email: name of event; date(s); sponsor or host; location, hyperlink. Events held prior to the newsletter’s mailing will not be included.
Georgia Celebrates Quilts by the East Cobb Quilters’ Guild, June 14-16, in Marietta, GA
www.ecqg.com for full details.
Modern Quilt Exhibition @ ARTworks in Beaufort SC, April-May 2013.
See www.artworksinbeaufort.org.
Visitors
Our regular meeting is held on the first Monday of the month (second Monday for July and September 2013) at 7:00 pm (social hour and demos begin at 6pm) at Shandon Presbyterian Church at the corners of Blossom, Woodrow and Devine Streets in Columbia, SC. Use the entrance facing Devine Street and ask at the security desk for directions to Davis Hall on the first floor. Our membership is $24.00 per year and is prorated for new members.
See next page’s flyer Join Devine Quilters for our inaugural Sew Free Sew Day.
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