Devine Quilters of SC

February 2012 Newsletter

2012-01-25T12:44:00.000-05:00

From the President:
2012 is actually here. It's hard to believe that I great you as the 2012 Devine Quilters new
president. Lynn Lucas did such a great job. I've got big shoes to fill.

The beginning of a new year is a perfect time to renew and to refresh our memories. I am
including the 5 purposes of Devine Quilters (as written in our by-laws).
a. To promote the art of quilting and quilt making by workshops, lectures and exhibitions
offered to members and the general public.
b. To preserve the heritage of quilt making and quilt appreciation.
c. To provide and informational base for those interested in quilt making and related arts
and encourage excellence in those areas.
d. To provide a source of inspiration and fellowship for quilt enthusiasts.
e. To enrich our lives by the commitment of donations related to quilts and other fiber arts
(i.e. quilts, scholarships, time or efforts) to deserving organizations,
hospitals, groups, or individuals.

Our meetings may start at 7:00 PM, but we have the room from 6-7 as well. Please feel free to
come early and socialize with your fellow quilters.

I plan a board meeting at 6:30 PM on the same day and will meet in the Bridal room.

Jodi and I will be back from our cruise in time for the February meeting.

Sue Spillane
President
Edited by Jodi Spillane 
Bring to the February 6 meeting: Regular first floor room
Any Charity quilts
Registrations
Secret Sister forms
______________________________________________________________________
Contact Us:

President First Vice President Second Vice President
Sue Spillane Leslie Mullins Stephanie Alexander
781-5560 422-0532 865-1483
suespillane@ymail.com notfromheresc@aol.com salexa1636@aol.com

Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor
Bernadette Houghton Geri Smith Lynne Flatley
307-8445 603-1302 834-4378
bhoughton560@hotmail.com dsageri@yahoo.com lflatley@gmail.com

Membership Charity Programs Immediate Past President
Maggie Klawitter Beth Karr Lynn Lucas
732-2390 . 699-6577 957-7563
jklawrph@att.net nebulosa@sc.rr.com doozledo@windstream.net

Secret Sister Coordinator
June McCaskill
jbugm55@aol.com
Programs

Where Do We Go From Here? The Status of Quilt Scholarship in South Carolina
presented by Jane Przybysz
Executive Director, McKissick Museum
Where Do We Go From Here? The Status of Quilt Scholarship in South Carolina
In this presentation, she will provide an overview of the SC Quilt Documentation project that was
organized by McKissick in the 1980s, share images of quilts in the permanent collection, and offer
a glimpse of a 400+ piece textile collection that has been offered to McKissick.

Charity Quilt Program

At the January meeting, 2 completed quilts were turned in and 2 quilts were passed on to be
bound.
I have ordered a new bolt of batting and small, woven labels.
I encourage members practice their quilting skills on these quilts. A lot can be done with
simple walking foot quilting—straight line, gentle curves, etc. I need to get back to playing with simple free motion—for some reason large stippling stresses me—I prefer large, random crossover loops!
Desired sizes:
any size for preschoolers.
Adult: lap size for use during chemo—approx 40-48 inches wide by 5 to 6 foot long.

The 2012 running total is:

Adult completed:
0
Child completed:
2
Delivered to Breast Center:
0
Delivered to Children’s Garden:
0

-- Beth
 Financial Report

Devine Quilters
2012 Budget

Charity $ 250
Honorarium/Memorials* $ 0
Meeting Space $ 480
Membership $ 100
Misc. Supplies $ 150
Newsletter $ 120
Post Box Rental $ 88
Speaker/Programs* $1,600

Total $2,788

Devine Quilters
Financial Report
January – December 2011

Income
Membership $644
Newsletter Ads $7.50
Auction $458.50
Challenge $46
Workshops $35
Total Income $1191.00

Expenses
Meeting Space $455
Hospitality $73.23
Newsletter $8.80
PO Box $44
Speakers & Programs $831.85 (including Prizes for Challenge)
Total Expenses $1412.88

Net Income -$221.88
Balance January 1, 2011 $4101.18
Balance January 1, 2012 $3879.30

Membership

Don't forget your 2012 renewals and Secret Sister forms.

Secret Sisters - We only have 2 people signed up for SS for 2012. If there are others who would
like to participate please send me a reply back to the newsletter or we'll have to take a break
from SS this year. All the participants have had fun over the past few years and we'd love to
have the program again this year. So please reply to jbugm55@aol.com or mjrgmac@aol.com before the February guild meeting if you are interested in doing the SS program this year.

Sew much fun...June
Minutes for the January 9, 2012 Meeting

Sue Spillane, the Devine Quilter’s president for 2012, called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM. She
introduced the new officers, and gave a brief description of the evening’s program. The minutes
from the December meeting were approved. There was no new or old business to discuss.

Beth Karr showed a finished charity quilt and distributed two quilts to members for binding.

Verity Creekmore, the District 4 representative for the Quilters Guild of South Carolina, spoke
about the group’s upcoming activities and included a call for child-size quilts to donate to area
hospitals. Complete information about meeting dates and membership can be found at
www.quiltersofsc.org.

Two announcements were made:
* The Cobblestone Quilters Guild is sponsoring “A Celebration of Quilts 2012: Southern Comforts.”
The exposition will be held at Gaillard Auditorium in Charleston. More information about the
event, to be held March 2-3, can be found at www.charlestonquiltguild.com.
* The Charlotte Quilters Guild is hosting “Reach Out,” a quilt show at the Metrolina Trade Show
Exposition Center on March 9-10. A $1 discount is available to attendees, and can be downloaded
from the guild’s Web site. The address is www.charlottequiltersguild.org.

After welcoming the attendees from neighboring quilt guilds who were invited to share the
evening’s program, Sue turned the meeting over to Joyce Greer. Joyce introduced a video entitled
“Jan Krentz Teaches You to Make Lone Star Quilts.” The group previewed the video to see if any of the members would like to purchase it for the upcoming exhibition scheduled to be held in the Fall at the Richland County Public Library. The video may be purchased, along with several other books on quilting, at www.jankrentz.com. The Web site has some free patterns, quilting tips, and Jan’s newsletter and class schedule.

The meeting adjourned at 9:00 PM.

Shows and Events

The 8th QSC District 4th Annual Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 10:00am.
St. Matthews First Baptist Church
303 West Bridge Street
St. Matthews, SC
February 11, 2012; 10am
Cost $7.00 (You do not need to be a member of QSC to attend)
Send Name, email address, telephone number, name of guild, dietary restrictions and payment to::
Verity Creekmore
1172 Caw Caw Hwy
St. Matthews, SC 29135

February 23 - 26, 2012: Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival XXIII, Hampton Roads Convention Center, Hampton, VA www.quiltfest.com

March 9 & 10, 2012 Charlotte Quilters' Guild Presents the 2012 Quilt Show: "Reach Out". Metrolina Tradeshow Expo, 7100 Statesville Rd. Charlotte, NC 28269 Hours: 9am - 5pm. Admission: $6.00 For more information: www.charlottequiltersguild.org

Sale: Valentine’s Day, February 14
Happy Home Quilts, Fabrics and Country Store
4606 Capital Way
Neeses, SC 29107

Buy 2 yards of material at regular price and receive ½ yard free.
Mix and Match Materials. We have over 450 bolts to choose from. There will also be refreshments served. Come join the fun!

Heritage Arts Festival Quilting Classes
February 3 & 4, 2012
Marlene O’Bryant – Seabrook Fiber Artist Instructor
Savannah Grove Baptist Church
2620 Alligator Road Call 662-7851 to register

Participants – even traditionalist – will learn how to make their quilts more unique by adding
photos, paints, lettering, etc.

Visitors

Our regular meeting is held on the first Monday of the month (second Monday for July and September 2011) at 7:00 pm 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.

December 2011 Newsletter

2011-11-20T13:31:00.002-05:00

The Devine Quilters
P.O. Box 50006 Columbia, SC 29250
http://devinequilters.blogspot.com/

December 2011 Newsletter

From the President:
Thanksgiving is just around the corner! I hope that all of you have a wonderful day planned! We are continuing in our new tradition of surf and turf for our Thanksgiving meal as opposed to the traditional turkey. This set my brain to thinking and pondering about what other people eat on Thanksgiving. I wonder what was really eaten in the early days. Maybe possum, fish, deer, raccoon, rabbit. I doubt it was butterball or honeysuckle. Then they had to catch, kill, skin and gut before they could cook. Do you think that they just ate the choice part or did they use the whole animal? Was there a quilting bee going on as the community pitched in together? What did the men do without football? So many questions to answer.
One thing I think for certain was the giving of thanks was and is the most important part. I am thankful for all of you. I am thankful for my family and friends. I am thankful that we no longer cook over an open hearth and sew everything by hand, in the light of a candle after gathering eggs, milking the cow and all the chores I can't even think of. I am thankful that we live in a wonderful country that has Thanksgiving. I am grateful that God has blessed us all so much by putting us in this time and place and for all that He does.
I wish each and every one of you a Safe and Happy Holiday and wish you safe journey. Happy Thanksgiving!! Lynn Lucas

Bring to the December 5 meeting: Regular first floor room 6p: social time 7-9p: meeting

Supplies for sewing stockings (see Programs)
Pot luck dinner
Show and Tell
Any charity quilts
Remember your Secret Sister---all will be revealed!
Membership renewals; Secret Sister form if you wish to participate
For Children’s Garden: Kleenex and antibacterial wipes
______________________________________________________________________
Contact Us:

President First Vice President Second Vice President
Lynn Lucas Lynn Buske Leslie Mullins
957-7563 808-6120 422-0532
doozledo@windstream.net LBuske@aol.com notfromheresc@aol.com

Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor Secret Sister Coordinator
Teresa Coolidge Libby Law Beth Karr June McCaskill
520-6524 782-8324 699-6577
TCoolidge@aol.com libbyplaw@mindspring.com nebulosa@sc.rr.com jbugm55@aol.com

Membership Charity Programs Immediate Past President
Margaret Caughman Mary Cross & Beth Karr Margaret Caughman
808-2388 . 799-0073 699-6577 808-2388
quiltedapron@aol.com Mcross1915@aol.com & quiltedapron@aol.com
nebulosa@sc.rr.com

Programs

December is the Christmas party. Bring potluck, and help with our annual stockings for the Pediatrics ER project. The following have promised to bring:
Sewers: Bring sewing machines with ¼” foot or measure, neutral sewing thread (exempt from bringing food): Helen Brown, Sue Spillane, Deborah Hotchkiss, Gretchen Brown.
Ironers: Bring iron and ironing surface (can be small surface—stockings will be about 4” in size): Sallie Schirm, Mary Cross.
Trimmers/turners/finishers: bring fabric scissors (turners, ribbon and large needles will be provided): Wilma Black, Dee Doebler, Pat Whittle, Jodi Spillane, Joyce Browder, Sandra Baker, Lynne Flatley, Amy Ramsay.
--Beth Karr

First of all, thanks to everyone who has finished the challenge quilts. I was amazed at the imagination used to create them. Congrats to the winners, Helen Brown and Leslie Mullins.
December is our Christmas party. But before we play, we have to make the Christmas stockings for kids. It always amazes me how fast we get them finished.
I plan on having a dice game with lots of prizes, so bring shin guards and elbow protection--you know how rowdy we get when stealing the favorite things someone else has. No skill required, just a long arm and a quick shake of the dice is all that is needed.
Also I will have a guessing game, so bring quarters to play. How high can you count? Take a chance and win a nice prize, closest guess will be announced at 8:30.
--Lynn Buske

Love Goddess’ LAST Report on Love Quilt Programs

Three quilts were received at the November meeting. They were part of the Guild 2011 challenge.
Two quilts were taken to be bound and one was taken to be quilted.
Thanks for many years of supporting the Love Program of Devine Quilters. You all have really brought a lot of love and warmth into many, many lives. Please continue and show Beth the support you've given me.
Remember Children's Garden with Kleenex and antibacterial wipes.
XOXOXOXO
---Mary Cross (AKA THE LOVE GODDESS)

Financial Report
November 14, 2011

Balance January 1, 2011 $4,101.18
Income to date 3,307.58
Expenses to date 2,371.72
Net Income (Expense)
Grand Total $5037.00

Secret Sisters

Secret Sisters--please attend if at all possible for the reveal. Don't tell yet...we'll see if you can guess before we reveal. Bring your gifts in secret as usual. Looking forward to seeing each of you and excited about the reveal!!!! ---June

Membership

New: Pat Harwell 580 Sharpe Rd., Columbia, SC 29203 pharwell@sc.rr.com 803-735-1289
birthday: March 2

Minutes for the November 7, 2011 Meeting

Meeting called to order by Lynn Lucas, President. Minutes from the October 3, 2011 meeting approved.
Lynn Lucas introduced guests.
Membership renewal forms are in the back of the room. Margaret Caughman will accept the forms and the dues.
Nominees for the Guild Board positions were announced as follows:
Sue Spillane for President
Stephanie Alexander for 2nd Vice President
Geri Smith for Treasurer
Bernadette Houghton for Secretary
Lynn Lucas asked if there were any nominations from the floor and there were none. Lynn Lucas put the nominees to a vote with the guild members present. All positions were approved with an overwhelming majority.

Chairpersons were announced as follows: Beth Karr for Charity, Lynn Flatly for Newsletter, Maggie Klawitter for Membership. June McCaskill will continue to coordinate the Secret Sister program.

Lynn Lucas made announcements for quilt shows and exhibits. These announcements will be published in the newsletter.

Beth Karr sent around a sign up sheet for volunteers to make Christmas stockings at December’s meeting. Everyone is to bring potluck for December’s meeting.

Lynn Lucas announced that Aiken County Historical Museum will host a quilt show from November 1st to November 27th.

Mary Cross, Love Goddess, gave a report for Charity Quilts. Two quilts went to binding and one went to be quilted.

Law, Treasurer, gave the guild financial report. The guild currently has approximately $3,600.00 in the bank. That does not include dues that will soon be collected. The guild earned $458.50 from the auction. Libby presented the guild’s proposed budget for 2012. The budget was approved by the guild members present.

Joyce Greer’s daughter Tori made an announcement about the sale she is having on her handbags.

Sara Quattlebaum made a presentation on a retirement living situation that she found very attractive.

Lynn Buske presented the Challenge format. There were a total of seven quilts, three will go to Charity (Charity Category) and four that will be kept by their owners (General Category). Guild members were asked to vote for their favorite quilt in each category.

Lynn Buske also made announcements about next month’s Christmas party.

Lynn Lucas made an announcement about the Long Arm Group.

Break and viewing and voting for Challenge Quilts.

Lynn Buske had the individuals that made Challenge quilts come up and “Show and Tell”. Helen Brown won for the Charity category. Leslie Mullins won for the General category.

Helen Brown gave a presentation on Lone Star quilts that were brought to show. The deadline for the Lone Star exhibit is August. Joyce Greer will give a presentation on Lone Star quilts in January.

Regular Show and Tell.

Meeting Adjourned.
--Teresa

2012 Calendar for Devine Quilt Guild

January 2 - Joyce Greer Lone Star Quilt
February 6 - Jane Przybysz, Executive Director, McKissick Museum
March 5 - Hoffman Challenge Issue Guild Challenge
April 2 - Ellen Simon: What is an Art Quilt Anyway?
(Possible workshop on Sunday April 1, 2012)
May 7 - Lanette Edens, The Gypsy Quilter Tips and Tricks and New Ideas
Workshops available:
May 5 – Saxe Gotha Pres Church Lazy Girl Purse (choice of 3)
May 6 – Pieces and Patches – Circles Aren’t Scary
May 7 – Pieces and Patches - TBD
June 4 - Dottie Gantt – Trunk Show Internationally collected artist
July 9 – Charity Night – NOTE DATE CHANGE
August 6 – Fiber on a Whim-- Once You Start You Can’t Stop
Workshop available
August 4 – at Saxe Gotha Presby: Under the Water Over the Top
August 5 – Leave Your Fingerprint
September 10 – NOTE DATE CHANGE – TBD
October 1 – Silent Auction
November 5 – Challenge Reveal
December 3 – Christmas Party
--Leslie Mullins

Visitors

Our regular meeting is held on the first Monday of the month (second Monday for July and September 2012) at 7:00 pm 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.

November 2011 Devine Quilters Newsletter

2011-11-08T14:15:00.001-05:00

The Devine Quilters
P.O. Box 50006 Columbia, SC 29250
http://devinequilters.blogspot.com/

November 2011 Newsletter

From the President:
  A very dear friend gave me a most wonderful framed Quiltation this past month. It says "Every life is lived on day at a time." and "Every quilt is made one stitch at a time." I love this, as it touched me to the core. These words are so true! How lucky we are to have the most wonderful opportunity to do both! I thank God, that all of you are part of both in my life! I pray that you will treasure one another also as we continue on this crazy quilt of life.  Looking forward to our next meeting and seeing what you all do for the challenge quilts.  --Lynn Lucas

Bring to the November 7 meeting: Regular first floor room 6p: social time 7-9p: meeting

Challenge quilts!
Lone Star quilts—see programs
Show and Tell
Any charity quilts
Remember your Secret Sister
For Children’s Garden: heavy duty aluminum foil and plastic wrap
______________________________________________________________________
Contact Us:

President First Vice President Second Vice President
Lynn Lucas Lynn Buske Leslie Mullins
957-7563 808-6120 422-0532
doozledo@windstream.net LBuske@aol.com notfromheresc@aol.com

Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor Secret Sister Coordinator
Teresa Coolidge Libby Law Beth Karr June McCaskill
520-6524 782-8324 699-6577
TCoolidge@aol.com libbyplaw@mindspring.com nebulosa@sc.rr.com jbugm55@aol.com
Membership Charity Programs Hospitality/Refreshments Immediate Past President
Margaret Caughman Mary Cross & Beth Karr Deborah Hotchkiss & Margaret Caughman
808-2388 . 799-0073 699-6577 808-2388
quiltedapron@aol.com Mcross1915@aol.com & Jodi Spillane quiltedapron@aol.com
nebulosa@sc.rr.com

Programs

November - remember your challenge quilts! I hope we have many in the challenge. Remember, 2 ribbons will be given: one for the favorite 'love' quilt and one for the favorite children's quilt being kept by the maker. There will be a show of Lone Star quilts, so remember to bring one in if you have made one. This is to spark interest in our Lone Star exhibit at the Richland County Library next year.
December is the Christmas party. Bring potluck, and help with our annual stockings for the Pediatric ER project.
--Lynn Buske

The Nominations for the 2012 Board are as follows:  President: Sue Spillaine 2nd Vice President: Stephanie Alexander Treasuer: Geri Smith Secretary: Bernadette Houghton  Leslie Mullins will move up to Vice President.  Elections will be held at the November 2011 Guild meeting. If you would like to be considered for one of these positions or would like to nominate someone else we will take nominations from the floor and then will have a vote.
Appointed positions: Lynn Flatly – will take over Newsletter from Beth Karr
Beth Karr -- will take over Charity from the goddess, Mary Cross  Maggie Klawitter - will take over Membership from Margaret Caughman. 

Love Goddess’ Report on Love Quilt Programs

Please bring any finished quilts to the meeting. I have two that are in need of binding that I will bring.
For the Children's Garden, please consider bringing HEAVY DUTY ALUMNIUM FOIL and PLASTIC WRAP.
--Mary 
 Financial Report
October 2011

Balance January 1 $4,101.18
Income to date 313.00
Expenditures to date 722.63
Net Income -409.63

Grand Total $3691.55

Membership

SECRET SISTERS...Please continue to remember your SS each month. The big reveal will be at our December meeting. --June

Minutes for the October 12, 2011 Meeting

Meeting called to order by Lynn Lucas, President.
Lynn Buske introduced the speakers for the program. The program, Art that Works, was a presentation by six of its members. They are from the Mount Pleasant and Charleston, SC area.
Break.
Meeting resumed with the minutes from the September 12, 2011 meeting approved.
A correction to the newsletter was announced. The November meeting will include show and tell of any Lone Star quilts that members would like to share.
Lynn Lucas introduced guests and announced upcoming quilt shows and events. The quilt shows and events will be printed in the newsletter.
November newsletter will have a list of nominees for the open guild officer positions. These nominees will be presented at the guild meeting. The guild will also accept nominations from the floor.
The guild voted and approved that we will no longer have snacks at each guild meeting. Therefore, the Hospitality/Refreshments position has been eliminated. The guild will still have organized food at announced potlucks and the ice cream social.
Beth Karr, Charity-in-Training, announced a donation of a large box felt squares by Beth Stewart-Ozark to be given to the Childrens Garden.
No old business.
No new business.
Lynn Buske, Programs, announced that the November meeting will be the presentation of this year’s challenge quilts and the presentation of Lone Star Quilts. December will be the Christmas party and the making of 200 small stockings for charity. Beth Karr will have a sign up sheet for the stockings. January program will be a preview of the DVD “Jan Krentz Teaches You How to Make a Lone Star” (our guild has permission to show this).
Discussion with regards to putting the challenge quilts into the AQS quilt show ensued. Leslie Mullins will review the AQS rules for entering.
No old business.
No new business.
Meeting Adjourned.

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One Loose Thread Quilting
803-931-2318
630p@bellsouth.net

Retreats for 2012

SPRING FLING 2012 – The 10th year
February 23 - 26, 2012
Lone Star Times 2
May 7 – 10, 2012
Summer Fun #3
August 16 – 19, 2012

www.oneloosethread.blogspot.com

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Visitors

Our regular meeting is held on the first Monday of the month (second Monday for July and September 2011) at 7:00 pm 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.

Devine Quilters Newsletter October 2011

2011-09-15T09:24:00.001-04:00

The Devine Quilters
P.O. Box 50006 Columbia, SC 29250
http://devinequilters.blogspot.com/

October 2011 Newsletter

From the President:
Howdy to all!
I have recently had some time to spend thinking and pondering the meaning of life which as I have said before, according to Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is "42". Thinking most often leads to pondering and in the words of the Brain "Are you thinking what I am thinking Pinkey?" This particular pondering session revolved around family, and had a path something like this:
When we were small and growing up, our family ( mom, dad and siblings), did everything the only "right" way. You know the drill; our family had the best Thanksgiving or Christmas tradition, had the only vacation spot at the beach that was worth going to, ate in the only good barbeque place, went to the best fish camp, sat the correct number of rows back from the screen at the movie theater and so on. Everything was "right" in our world. Then we would have a family reunion and along would come scatter minded Aunt Tommie who ate chex mix or as she called it 'nuts and bolts' for breakfast; or the nutty Uncle Bryant who no one knew what he really did, but he lived in California and had been married lots of times to unusual women, including one that the grownups whispered something about her and McCarthy (but who was McCarthy?); or the cousins who rarely came and everyone whispered about before they arrived, but when they showed up they were lots of fun and brought beads from New Orleans, took a tin trumpet down from the mantle and blew it; or fun loving Aunt Mollie who slid down the slide and swung on the swings . We loved this extension of our family and recognized that they didn't do it "right" and used miracle whip instead of mayonnaise and although we did not understand them we loved them and they were all family.
Then we grew up and got married. Now everything changed once again as we tried to blend his strange family traditions into our "right" family traditions. As time went on we adopted our own "right" traditions. Now we added free and crazy Aunt Suzie to the mix who just ate mustard, not even the weird miracle whip; and a new Grandmother-in-law who burned her paper trash in a barrel in the back yard, loved to throw her food trash down the bank of the creek for the 'critters' to eat, ate pork rinds for dinner and loved to quilt. Once again we loved this extension of our family and although we did not understand them we loved them, they were all family.
I carry a part of each and every one of these wonderful family members in my heart and they have all contributed in making me part of who I am today. In addition to loving our family, we also tolerate and respect the differences, recognizing that all the individual pieces fit together to make up our family. After all, it is the only "right" family.
It occurs to me that a family is very much like a quilt with all the pieces unable to stand alone, but together form something that will keep you warm and safe and protected for years to come.
Going one step further, a family is like a quilt, and a quilt is like a quilt guild. We all came to quilting in our own way and have strengths in different areas that allow us to share with one another and expand our horizons. I thank God for all of you! I am fortunate to be blessed to be a part of such a wonderful family of quilters. How wonderful that we love and respect our guild family members and embrace the differences that we all bring to our group so that we can continue to grow in our friendship with one another and learn from each other as we all strive to the same goal: Enjoying each other and our craft.
--Lynn Lucas

Bring to the October 3 meeting: Regular first floor room 6p: social time 7-9p: meeting

Show and Tell (limited- we want the max time for our program)
Any charity quilts
Remember your Secret Sister
For Children’s Garden: paper towels and tissues
______________________________________________________________________
Contact Us:

President First Vice President Second Vice President
Lynn Lucas Lynn Buske Leslie Mullins
957-7563 808-6120 422-0532
doozledo@windstream.net LBuske@aol.com notfromheresc@aol.com

Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor Secret Sister Coordinator
Teresa Coolidge Libby Law Beth Karr June McCaskill
520-6524 782-8324 699-6577
TCoolidge@aol.com libbyplaw@mindspring.com nebulosa@sc.rr.com jbugm55@aol.com

Membership Charity Programs Hospitality/Refreshments Immediate Past President
Margaret Caughman Mary Cross & Beth Karr Deborah Hotchkiss & Margaret Caughman
808-2388 . 799-0073 699-6577 808-2388
quiltedapron@aol.com Mcross1915@aol.com & Jodi Spillane quiltedapron@aol.com
nebulosa@sc.rr.com

Programs

October - We have the Art That Works group coming to do a trunk show. They will start the program at 7PM, business meeting and show and tell will be after. This is a wonderful group of ladies who do art quilts.
--November - Challenge pieces due. Remember, there are only 2 prizes, one for viewer's choice quilt and viewer's choice charity quilt.
--December - Christmas party, let's make stockings and play games.

Love Goddess’ Report on Love Quilt Programs

Five quilt tops were made by Stephanie Alexander and presented to the Guild. They will be in kits and ready for next month's meeting.
Please bring any quilts you have ready for the Breast Cancer Center and/or Children's Garden. Paper towels and tissues are needed by Children's Garden.
Remember that October is Breast Health Awareness month.

Financial Report

Libby is on the road, and will have the report next month.

Membership

New: Joyce Browder 28 Tall Timber Ln,. Columbia, SC 29203 803-735-0183 birthday 10/21
Bbjb1974@yahoo.com

SECRET SISTERS...Please continue to remember your SS each month. The big reveal will be at our December meeting. --June

Minutes for the September 12, 2011 Meeting

Meeting called to order by Lynn Lucas, President.
Minutes from the August 1, 2011 meeting approved.
Lynn Lucas announced that next month’s program will include five to seven speakers. Show and Tell will be at the end of the meeting time. Because of the time constraint, bring Show and Tell only if you can not show your item in November.
Jodi Spillane announced that she will not be the Hospitality chairperson for next year. The guild is looking for a new volunteer for this position.
No old business.
No new business.
Lynn Lucas announced various upcoming Quilt Shows that will be listed in the newsletter.
Mary Cross and Beth Karr, Charity, showed five quilt tops that were made for donation.
Leslie Mullens briefly outlined the programs for next year which includes 3-4 workshops, two trunk shows, lectures, and a challenge.
Lynn Buske announced that next month’s program will be Art that Works. The meeting will start promptly at 7:00pm.
Lynn Lucas announced a new member.
Leslie Mullens announced that the Threads of Time quilt guild in Lexington will have their Silent Auction on November 5th. See below
Silent Auction was the night’s program.
Meeting Adjourned.
--Teresa

Visitors

Our regular meeting is held on the first Monday of the month (second Monday for July and September 2011) at 7:00 pm 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.

Upcoming Events

Threads of Time quilt guild would like to invite "ya'll" to come to our Silent Auction.
November 5, 2011 - we start gathering at 9 a.m. with the business meeting at 10 - auction ongoing.
Location: Saxe Gotha Presbyterian Church, 5503 Sunset Blvd., Lexington, SC
We meet in the building in the back with the large glass window front (second driveway on Mallard Lakes).
Quilting on the River by Pieceful Hearts Quilt Guild. Oct 14-15, 2011 (Fri 10-7, Sat 9-4)
North Augusta Activities Center, 100 Riverview Park Dr., N. Augusta, SC 29841
Judged show with over 250 quilts; vendors, demos. $5 http://phquiltshow.blogspot.com

World Quit Show Florida III Thurs – Sat, November 10 - 12, 2011 10am - 6pm
Palm Beach County Convention Center West Palm Beach, FL www.worldquilt.com
Workshops & Lectures, over 450 quilts from 10 countries, expanded Southeastern States Quilt Competition, On-site appraisals, shopping at the Fabulous Merchants Mall.

Devine Quilters Newsletter September 2011

2011-09-15T09:07:00.001-04:00

The Devine Quilters
P.O. Box 50006 Columbia, SC 29250
http://devinequilters.blogspot.com/

September 2011 Newsletter

From the President:
Howdy to all,
I hope that you are all enjoying the final days of summer! Seems hard to think fall will be here soon as warm as it is. I actually saw a tree yesterday with the leaves starting to turn. Fall always puts me in the mood for starting new projects. I have found some most awesome fabrics and will be quilting away.
See you soon, until then keep on quilting.
--Lynn Lucas

Bring to the September 12 meeting: Regular first floor room 6p: social time 7-9p: meeting

Items for Silent Auction
Show and Tell
Any charity quilts
Remember your Secret Sister
For Children’s Garden: school supplies like crayons, paper
______________________________________________________________________
Contact Us:

President First Vice President Second Vice President
Lynn Lucas Lynn Buske Leslie Mullins
957-7563 808-6120 422-0532
doozledo@windstream.net LBuske@aol.com notfromheresc@aol.com

Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor Secret Sister Coordinator
Teresa Coolidge Libby Law Beth Karr June McCaskill
520-6524 782-8324 699-6577
TCoolidge@aol.com libbyplaw@mindspring.com nebulosa@sc.rr.com jbugm55@aol.com

Membership Charity Programs Hospitality/Refreshments Immediate Past President
Margaret Caughman Mary Cross & Beth Karr Deborah Hotchkiss & Margaret Caughman
808-2388 . 799-0073 699-6577 808-2388
quiltedapron@aol.com Mcross1915@aol.com & Jodi Spillane quiltedapron@aol.com
nebulosa@sc.rr.com

Programs

The September 12th meeting is our Silent Auction. Bring in things you don't need or want, does not have to be quilt related. We will be there at 6PM to help. Fabrics, tools, things you have made, magazines and books, anything you are willing to donate will be appreciated. All monies go to the guild for programs!

Love Goddess’ Report on Love Quilt Programs
We received three quilts at the August meeting. Thanks, girls. You're the greatest group.
The last Epworth quilt has been quilted by Liz and Deborah took it home for binding. We will be able to make a fabulous presentation of love quilts in September!
Children's Garden would like to get "school supplies" -- paper, crayons, etc.

Minutes for the August 1, 2011 Meeting

Meeting called to order by Lynn Lucas, President.
Minutes from the July 11, 2011 meeting approved.
No old business.
New business:
Lynn Lucas announced that Beth Karr, Newsletter Editor, will be finishing up her term at the end of this year. Lynn asked that if anyone is interested in filling that position, please let her know.
Lynn Lucas asked for a volunteer to revise the Devine Guild brochure.
Quilters of South Carolina retreat is coming up in October. Georgia Quilt Show is also in October.
Visitors announced.
Libby Law, Treasurer, was not present, therefore, there was no financial report.
Mary Cross, Love Goddess, gave an update on the charity quilts.
Helen Brown gave an update on the Richland County Public Library Lone Star exhibit. The rules will be in the newsletter. A committee from our guild will be formed. At the November, 2011 meeting, members are asked to bring a Lone Star quilt if they have one, finished or not. There will be a limit of 40 quilts in the exhibit.
Lynn Buske announced that the main Lexington County Library has a display of patriotic quilts.
Potluck food.
Show and Tell.
Three demonstrations on Disappearing Nine Patch, Hand Applique, and Circle blocks was the program.
Meeting Adjourned.

Financial Report
August 9, 2011

Balance January 1 $4,101.18
Income to date 313.00
Expenditures to date 335.97
Net Income -22.97
Grand Total $4,078.21
---Libby

Membership

New: Lynne Flatley 1310 Oakcrest Dr. # 1311, Columbia, SC 29223 lflatley@gmail.com
Birthday: 12/28 803-834-4378
Update: Deborah Hotchkiss new email: debhotchkiss@gmail.com
Ann Maletic new email: amaletic@scchildren.org

SECRET SISTERS...Please continue to remember your SS each month. The big reveal will be at our December meeting. Looking forward to seeing you in September. --June

Newsletter Upcoming Vacancy

Since I’m taking over Charity in January, I’m giving up the newsletter at that time, after many fun years. Only about 6 members get the newsletter by mail, so postage and home printing is minimal, and reimbursed by DQ. I send out a monthly reminder to the contributors, edit what comes back, and off it goes.
The editor can use any style and format she wants, and it’s a fun way to keep up with basic computer skills. I’ve also been sending out the rosters, and by-laws to new members, but these can be negotiated back to the Membership person. Be creative! If interested, tell a Board Member. --Beth

Future Programs

October 3rd meeting. We have a fiber art group Called ATW coming to give us a trunk show. They will be first on the agenda, so don't be late! We will have time for you to meet them personally and see their art close up before a short business meeting and Show and Tell.
November 7th is Challenge night. Bring your challenge quilts for us to see and vote. Also, while counting is going on, we will have a show and tell of Broken Star quilts. If you have made one, or have one, please bring it in. The Richland Library show is only a year away and we need lots of gorgeous quilts to hang. Hopefully you will get inspired to make one.
December 5th is the Christmas party and stocking assembly. It is amazing how many stockings get finished in a short time.

Visitors

Our regular meeting is held on the first Monday of the month (second Monday for July and September 2011) at 7:00 pm 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.

Upcoming Events

QuiltFest, Inc of Jacksonville Florida
Thursday, Sept. 22 - Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011 Prime Osborn Convention Center, Jacksonville Fla.
www.quiltfestjax.com. 65 vendors, free parking at Convention Center parking lot only. Opportunity quilts, silent auction, quilt appraisals, quilt sale room, kid's corner, free demonstrations, charity sewing and the Quilter's Walk.

2011 Fiber Art & Quilt Show, Cabarus Arena & Events Center, 4751 Hwy 49 North, Concord NC
Fri-Sat, Oct 7-8. Judged Show, 35 local and regional vendors. Details: www.cabarrusquiltersguild.org.

Quilting on the River by Pieceful Hearts Quilt Guild. Oct 14-15, 2011 (Fri 10-7, Sat 9-4)
North Augusta Activities Center, 100 Riverview Park Dr., N. Augusta, SC 29841
Judged show with over 250 quilts; vendors, demos. $5 http://phquiltshow.blogspot.com

World Quit Show Florida III Thurs – Sat, November 10 - 12, 2011 10am - 6pm
Palm Beach County Convention Center West Palm Beach, FL www.worldquilt.com
Workshops & Lectures, over 450 quilts from 10 countries, expanded Southeastern States Quilt Competition, On-site appraisals, shopping at the Fabulous Merchants Mall. All-inclusive Hotel/Show Package Available.

Devine Quilters Newsletter August 2011

2011-07-19T11:47:00.002-04:00

The Devine Quilters
P.O. Box 50006 Columbia, SC 29250
http://devinequilters.blogspot.com/

August 2011 Newsletter

From the President:
Howdy to all,  I just spoke with a friend of mine in Biloxi, Ms and wonderful news it is 75 and raining and she is cold. Doesn't that give you hope for a break here. I know there is a heat wave on the way and I intend to spend it quilting away.  I can still taste the most wonderful ice cream that Margaret made for our meeting. Our July meeting was such fun I am looking forward to August and more demonstrations.  See you all in August and until then keep quilting away. --Lynn Lucas 
Bring to the August 1 meeting: Regular first floor room 6p: social time 7-9p: meeting

Covered Dish!
Show and Tell
Any charity quilts
Remember your Secret Sister
For Children’s Garden: popsicles (the to-be-frozen kind)

_________________________________________________________________________
Contact Us:

President First Vice President Second Vice President
Lynn Lucas Lynn Buske Leslie Mullins
957-7563 808-6120 422-0532
doozledo@windstream.net LBuske@aol.com notfromheresc@aol.com

Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor Secret Sister Coordinator
Teresa Coolidge Libby Law Beth Karr June McCaskill
520-6524 782-8324 699-6577
TCoolidge@aol.com libbyplaw@mindspring.com nebulosa@sc.rr.com jbugm55@aol.com
Membership Charity Programs Hospitality/Refreshments Immediate Past President
Margaret Caughman Mary Cross & Beth Karr Deborah Hotchkiss & Margaret Caughman
808-2388 . 799-0073 699-6577 808-2388
quiltedapron@aol.com Mcross1915@aol.com & Jodi Spillane quiltedapron@aol.com
nebulosa@sc.rr.com

Programs

Thanks to Lynn Lucas, Helen Brown and Kathy Allison for their help with demos in July!
August is Covered Dish supper and several demos for your entertainment. Hand applique techniques and how to set up a design on your blocks are part of one demo. Disappearing 9-patch designs will be another demo. Insetting a circle will be the third.

September is the Silent Auction. Bring your items to sell. It does not have to be quilt related, it can be handmade or something you do not need. Sell that fabric you bought and never used and help out the guild. We will be there at 6PM to begin setting things up.
October is a trunk show from ATW, a talented group of artists from the Low country. They will be starting the show at 7, before the meeting, so be there early!
November the Challenge quilts are due. While votes are being totaled, we will have a trunk show of star quilts and information about our next library show.
December will be our annual Christmas party and stocking sew-in. Rumor is that games might be played. Stay tuned.

Love Goddess’ Report on Love Quilt Programs

My house is now free of all charity quilts!!!!!! Delivered to Childrens' Garden and Breast Cancer Center all quilts I had on hand.
We gave out the last Epworth quilt to be quilted at the July meeting. You all should be proud of the hard and loving work the guild has accomplished this year.
We received one quilt for the Childrens' Garden -- the first of our June worskshop quilts to come back. If you would like a kit from the workshop contact Beth or me and we will get one for you.
Let's again remember the Childrens' Garden kids with freezable popcicles in August.
---Mary

Minutes for the July 11, 2011 Meeting

(Our Secretary is on vacation—info next month) 

Financial Report

There are no changes to the report in the June newsletter. ---Libby

Membership

New: Francine Gugger 8 Deerwood Run Trail, Columbia, SC 29223 937-545-0739
Francine@dayton.net

Those cards on the membership table last month were the membership cards to use to get guild discounts from the shops that offer same. They’ll be back next month for those who didn’t get them. ----Margaret
Remember your Devine Secret Sister during the summer months. ----June

Quilt Collector Obituary/Collection info from The NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/arts/ardis-butler-james-quilt-collector-dies-at-85.html
Mrs. James had long been a fabric addict, an affliction most commonly seen in women and not universally understood by men. She was fortunate: Once, offered a fur coat by her husband, she chose a sewing machine instead and he did not demur. (A friend of hers, by contrast, had to spirit her fabric purchases home in a grocery bag, concealed beneath a mound of potCopyright Q & A for Quilters
Do you have questions about how copyright law applies to you? Do you wonder if you can enter your recent quilt in the guild show? Or are you curious whether or not you can sell the quilts you make from patterns? There are plenty of quilters who share your concerns and this article will address some frequently asked questions - but first, a brief overview of copyright law.
The basic rule of copyright is that only the copyright holder may do any of the following:
Make copies of the original design in any medium. Taking a photograph of a quilt is even considered making a copy.
Make derivative works. Derivative works are those that include some elements or aspects of the original design.
Distribute copies of the work to the public by selling, lending, leasing or otherwise transfer of ownership.
Display the copyrighted work or copies of it publicly. Public display is any showing beyond close family and friends.
Of course there are exceptions to these restrictions. Fair use is one area of exception that includes comment, criticism, news reporting, public school and university teaching, scholarship and research. This set of exceptions allows newspapers and magazines to show and discuss work, or for a student or researcher to make copies or quote from a protected source.
The exception that is of most interest to quilters and other visual artists is known as the "first sale doctrine." This is a rule of law that states that once a copyright holder sells or otherwise disposes of a copy of a protected work, the new owner of that copy may display, distribute, sell or pass ownership to another without the permission of the original designer. The only thing the new owner may not do is make a copy of the copy. The key to this exception is that the new owner must have legally obtained the copy.
Finally, and importantly, the holder of the copyright may give his or her permission for another to undertake any of their exclusive rights, including permission to make a copy. Permission is usually required to be in writing, but there is one exception to that: a non-exclusive permission or license. This type of permission may be oral or implied from the circumstances.
This is all very technical legal information. But as we go through the following questions - posed by quilters - and their answers, the meaning of these rules and exceptions will hopefully become clear.
1. How do I copyright my work (i.e. become a copyright holder)?
A copyright comes into existence as soon as an original design is made in a tangible form. That would include a drawing or computer design as well as the actual quilt. There are reasons for registering a design with the U.S. copyright office. If you plan to sell patterns and want to establish that the design is yours, registration is a good idea. The information and forms required are online at: www.copyright.gov.
2. How do I know if quilts I have design are really my originals?
Under copyright law, original means that it comes from your own creative processes without copying from the work of another. Strange as it may seem, two people may come up with the same design and each may be an original a protected by copyright. As long as the design is from your independent work, it is original.
3. If I make a quilt from a pattern, magazine or book, can I sell or donate that quilt?
As long as you are using a published pattern that you have purchased, the quilt you make from the pattern is a legal copy and is yours to sell, donate or give away. This is the right provided by the first sale doctrine. What you cannot do is copy or photocopy the pattern itself.
4. Can I sell multiple items made from a copyrighted pattern?
This is not an issue that I have found addressed by any court. In my opinion, I believe that the implied permission granted you by purchasing the pattern is limited to a "reasonable" number of copies. A designer expects you to make one or two copies. If you make 50 to sell, you are undercutting their opportunity to benefit from their design. I believe you should get permission from the copyright holder before making a large number of copies or using their design for a fund raising quilt. The commercial nature of these activities may take them out of the implied permission to make copies.
5. If I want to make multiple copies for sale, can I pay a royalty to the designer? If so, how?
You should contact the designer and ask permission to make the copies. If the designer requests a royalty payment, you can negotiate the amount and make arrangement for sending payment.
6. Can I copy antique quilt designs?
Yes. Copyrights are time limited. How long a copyright lasts depends on when the design was created. Right now, copyrights last for the life of the designer plus 70 years. But the law prior to 1978 was that a copyright lasted for 28 years and then could be renewed for 28 years. The old classic designs are in the public domain and may be used by anyone for any purpose.
7. I get inspiration from artwork (paintings, folk art, etc.) Do I need to credit the artist for my needlework design?
It is always a good idea to give credit when your quilt has been inspired by the art of another. It's also good manners to credit a teacher when the work is made from a class or acknowledge the designer if a quilt is made from a pattern. There is no law that requires this however.
8. I use coloring books for my appliqué quilts with such designs as the Pink Panther, Mickey Mouse, etc. Is there a problem with this?
Yes. These characters are protected by copyright and, in some cases, by trademark. Using those images without permission violates copyright. Buying a coloring book does not extend permission to make copies.
9. If a block is from the 1800's (Nine Patch, Shoofly, Crazy patch), can a magazine claim a copyright and prevent others from using the pattern they print?
No. Once a design is in the public domain (out of copyright) it cannot be copyrighted again. Magazines claim copyright in the pages of their issues. They won't prevent you from making a copy of an antique block. They can prevent you from copying the pages of their magazine.
10. Can I sell a quilt that includes a licensed fabric? (Disney, John Deere tractors, sports logos)
This is a difficult question. Under the first sale doctrine, once you buy the fabric you can sell it, cut it up, do with it what you wish. Also, the copyright holder would expect that the fabric would be used to make an item. Arguably you should then be able to sell the item you make from the fabric. In the few cases with a similar issue, courts have come to conflicting decisions. Companies who own these images have attempted to prevent commercial use of their fabrics. I don't know how other courts might decide.
These are only a few of the questions that quilters have about copyright law. Not all of the questions have a definitive answer. But it's good to keep asking. And when in doubt, ask permission.

About the Author:
Janet Jo Smith, BA, JD
Janet Jo Smith is an attorney who received her juris doctorate, with honors, from Washburn University School of Law in December 1981. She practiced as a civil trial lawyer for a number of years and later worked as an editor for Quilter's Newsletter. Janet dyes, discharges and airbrushes fabrics that she sells through her business, DyeSmithy. You can find more information at DyeSmithy.com.  Used by permission of QuiltersClubofAmerica.com, 2011 All Rights Reserved (Margaret got us permission to reprint this article, only for use in our newsletter).

Visitors

Our regular meeting is held on the first Monday of the month (second Monday for July and September 2011) at 7:00 pm 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.
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Devine Quilters Newsletter July 2011

2011-07-19T11:46:00.000-04:00

The Devine Quilters
P.O. Box 50006 Columbia, SC 29250
http://devinequilters.blogspot.com/

July 2011 Newsletter

From the President:
 Howdy Ladies,  Hope everyone is having a wonderful summer. It sure has arrived with a big hello from the heat. I have vowed to embrace it after the winter that we had. I am looking forward to our July meeting with ice cream. I heard rumor that it will be homemade this year, so my taste buds are watering. I know that Lynn Buske has some exciting things planned for us this summer also.  We are having company so I will be doing the tourist thing. We all need to do the tourist thing in our own world. Aside from being tons of fun, we get to see our city and state in a whole new light. We will have a blast here.  I have been quilting away as I hope you have also. See you soon! I am off to make peach pie!
--Lynn Lucas 

Bring to the July 11 meeting: Regular first floor room 6p: social time 7-9p: meeting

Potluck!
Show and Tell
Any charity quilts
Remember your Secret Sister
For Children’s Garden: popsicles (the to-be-frozen kind)

_________________________________________________________________________
Contact Us:

President First Vice President Second Vice President
Lynn Lucas Lynn Buske Leslie Mullins
957-7563 808-6120 422-0532
doozledo@windstream.net LBuske@aol.com notfromheresc@aol.com

Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor Secret Sister Coordinator
Teresa Coolidge Libby Law Beth Karr June McCaskill
520-6524 782-8324 699-6577
TCoolidge@aol.com libbyplaw@mindspring.com nebulosa@sc.rr.com jbugm55@aol.com
Membership Charity Programs Hospitality/Refreshments Immediate Past President
Margaret Caughman Mary Cross & Beth Karr Deborah Hotchkiss & Margaret Caughman
808-2388 . 799-0073 699-6577 808-2388
quiltedapron@aol.com Mcross1915@aol.com & Jodi Spillane quiltedapron@aol.com
nebulosa@sc.rr.com

Programs

July 11 will be an ice cream social with 2 demos by members. One demo is a new marking gel pen that erases with heat, the other is bobbin work, what is it and how to do it.

August 1 is our Annual Potluck meeting. We will have a demo by 2 members on hand applique and how to transfer the designs to your block using new methods. The second demo will be variations on a disappearing 9-patch.
September 12 is the Silent Auction (a change in month). Bring things you wish to donate and sell, be thinking about making something (does not have to be quilt related). That piece of fabric you don't want to use can be something someone else needs. Old quilting magazines and books are always welcome.
October 3, we have a trunk show from the Charleston area from the art group ATW,
ART THAT WORKS. They are very excited to be coming to Columbia.
November 7 has the challenge quilts due.
And December 5 is the Christmas party and our annual Christmas stockings sew in.

Love Goddess’ Report on Love Quilt Programs

We had a wonderful night last month with the preparing of quilt kits. Fifteen kits were prepared with fabric and batting. Eleven went home with members to be pieced and quilted. I have several kits which I will bring to the July meeting. I also have a couple of quilts that need to be quilted. I will also bring those in July.
I received the last Epworth quilt on Friday so will make a run to the Children's Home and deliver these love quilts for the senior girls going on to college.
We need to make a decision on Epworth as one of the continuing recipients of Devine Guild charities.
Remember quilts for Breast Cancer Center and Children's Garden. Bring popsicles (the to-be-frozen kind) for Children's Garden.

I want to thank you all for the lovely quilt I was given last month. Being Love Goddess has been a most rewarding part of this Guild's work. I will treasure it always. I'll also bring it for Show 'N Tell in July.
---Mary

Minutes for the June 6, 2011 Meeting

Cutting of quilt kits started at 6pm. The meeting was called to order at 7 pm. The minutes were approved. There was no new business and no old business to discuss. Guests were introduced. We had wonderful show and tell and the meeting was adjourned. We continued to cut kits and proceeded to eat wonderful food. A great time was had by all.
-- Lynn Lucas  

Financial Report
June 13, 2011

Balance January 1, 2011 $ 4,101.18
Income to date $278.00
Expenditures to date $335.97
Grand Total $ 4,043.21
---Libby

Membership

We had a request from one of our members for membership cards to use to get a guild discount from some of the quilt shops, so I will have a card for you in July. Don't forget the meeting is a week later and bring a friend or two if you can.
----Margaret
Remember your Devine Secret Sister during the summer months.
----June

Joplin Tornado Assistance

Ladies,

Not sure if you have seen the below postings to re-guild Joplin, MO. I've already sent two boxes and am filling up number three. Other guild members might be interested in sending things. I would even donate a sewing machine if I knew someone could drive it there. ---Stephanie

“From now until the end of July and probably beyond - we'd like to gather all quilters for Operation Re-Guild Joplin. After discussing the devastation from the tornado in Joplin with Kat, over at The Quilt Shoppe, and both being in tears, we decided we needed to call in all the forces and reorganize our efforts! We have already begun to collect donations for baby items, quilts, pillowcases, stuffed toys and then realized that the guild and quilters who lost their source of supplies and place to meet and sew are in need of supplies. Lets all help rebuild these quilters’ lives by allowing them to continue with their passion of quilting during this most difficult time. We're asking for donations of books, patterns, fabric, notions, rulers - anything you can imagine a quilter needing. Thanks for all the donations, so far. We can do this! We ARE Quilters!  You can bring your donations into Stitchin' Heaven & The Quilt Asylum or mail them into:
Operation Re-Guild The Quilt Shoppe 118 Hill Street Stewartsville, MO 64490”

Upcoming events

Hearts and Hands/ECA Presents: Pieceful Gardens 2011 Quilt Show
October 21-22 10am - 5pm Admission: Adults $5.00, Under 12 Free
Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center, 1801 Nash St., Sanford, NC
For more information: info@hearsandhandsnc.org Website: http://www.heartsandhandsnc.org

Visitors

Our regular meeting is held on the first Monday of the month (second Monday for July and September 2011) at 7:00 pm 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.

Devine Quilters Newsletter June 2011

2011-07-19T11:45:00.000-04:00

The Devine Quilters
P.O. Box 50006 Columbia, SC 29250
http://devinequilters.blogspot.com/

June 2011 Newsletter

From the President:
Howdy to all,  Hope everyone has been busy quilting away and watching their gardens grow. I have little tiny tomatoes and baby cucumbers and oh my, the beans and peas are going nuts from seeds. Our radishes are almost ready to eat, and the herbs have already made their way into our kitchen. I am so thankful for the help I have had this year in the garden. God is so good to send such wonderful help into our lives.  I so missed everyone at the last meeting and am so thankful to be standing tall once again. I hope you are looking forward to the June meeting as much as I am. There is absolutely no way to beat a wonderful night of good food, great friends and a good time--hope to see everyone there!  Everyone have a safe Memorial Day weekend and see you in June. Keep on quilting away! Lynn Lucas 

Bring to the June 6 meeting: Regular first floor room 6p: start charity work 7-9p: meeting & charity work
Items listed in the Program section for making the charity quilt kits
Potluck!
Show and Tell
Any charity quilts
Remember your Secret Sister
For Children’s Garden: Pull ups and Diapers ( size 4 and larger)

_________________________________________________________________________
Contact Us:

President First Vice President Second Vice President
Lynn Lucas Lynn Buske Leslie Mullins
957-7563 808-6120 422-0532
doozledo@windstream.net LBuske@aol.com notfromheresc@aol.com

Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor Secret Sister Coordinator
Teresa Coolidge Libby Law Beth Karr June McCaskill
520-6524 782-8324 699-6577
TCoolidge@aol.com libbyplaw@mindspring.com nebulosa@sc.rr.com jbugm55@aol.com
Membership Charity Programs Hospitality/Refreshments Immediate Past President
Margaret Caughman Mary Cross & Beth Karr Deborah Hotchkiss & Margaret Caughman
808-2388 . 799-0073 699-6577 808-2388
quiltedapron@aol.com Mcross1915@aol.com & Jodi Spillane quiltedapron@aol.com
nebulosa@sc.rr.com

Programs

For the June meeting, we will be working on making kits for future charity quilts (Children’s Garden and Breast Cancer Center). We will start working at 6pm, interrupted by Potluck supper and business meeting. Mary and Beth will be bringing batting, instructions, bags, tags and fabric.

The following will be bringing:
Ironing board, iron, ext. cord: Beth Stewart-Ozark and Leslie Mullins
Bed risers: Joyce Greer and Anita Bowen
Each member please bring (and label all your tools!):
Rotary mat (17” x 23” or larger)
Rotary cutter with new or backup blades
Rotary ruler (such as 6” by 24” or larger) for stripping from yardage

Members optional to bring: Coordinated yardage of your choice for a kit (please label for which kit, and label amount of yardage on each piece of fabric):

Kit 1: Rail Fence Kit 2: Rail Fence Kit 3: Altered Rails
Child Adult Child

Kit 4: Altered Rails Kit 5: Split 9-Patch Kit 6: Split 9-Patch
Adult Child Adult

Kit 1: child Rail Fence: 3 colors for rails (3/4 yd each) and 5/8 yds inner border.
Opt: ½ yd binding. Opt: 3-1/4 yds backing
Kit 2: adult Rail fence: 3 colors for rails (1 yd each) and 2/3 yd inner border.
Opt: 5/8 yd binding. Opt: 3-2/3 yds backing
Kit 3: child Altered Rails: dark for frames (1-5/8 yds); med or light for centers (1-1/8 yds).
Opt: ½ yds binding. Opt: 3 yds backing
Kit 4: adult Altered Rails: dark for frames (2-1/3 yds); med or light for centers (1-7/8 yds).
Opt: 5/8 yds binding. Opt: 4 yds backing
Kit 5: child Disappearing 9 Patch: 1 yd each of 2 fabrics and ½ yd of one accent fabric.
Opt: ½ yds binding. Opt: 2-2/3 yds backing
Kit 6: adult Disappearing 9 Patch: 1-1/2 yd each of 2 fabrics and ½ yd of one accent fabric.
Opt: ¾ yd binding. Opt: 3-1/3yds backing

And/or: General yardage for kits or backings. Please label how much yardage is in the piece.
And/or: Accuquilt machine if it can do 2.5”, 3.5”, 4.5” and/or 5.5” strips.
Questions? Contact Beth Karr or Mary Cross
Love Goddess’ Report on Love Quilt Programs

Four new quilts were received in May. Several others were returned after being bound. Thanks to all of you for your great work.
Children's Garden would appreciate Pull ups and Diapers ( size 4 and larger)
Please return all quilts for the Epworth college bound girls at the June meeting.
Remember that June is the month for our Charity Workshop. Please check the special instructions for what to bring. Come and enjoy the potluck dinner and make kits for charity quilts. --Mary

Minutes for the May 2, 2011 Meeting

Meeting called to order by Lynn Buske, First Vice President.
Visitors were introduced.
Minutes from the April 4, 2011 meeting approved.
No old business.
No new business.
Lynn Buske shared the upcoming programs:
June program will be a workshop for charity quilts. We will be assembling kits. Bring items listed under Programs, and a dish to share.
July is our ice cream social.
August is pot luck.
Jodi Spillane announced that tickets to the QSC scholarship quilt were available for purchase.
Anita Bowen shared an e-mail letter she received from Best Chance Network thanking the guild for the donation.
Libby Law, Treasurer, did not have anything new to report.
Show and Tell.
Showing of the Menopause Quilts
Meeting adjourned.

Financial Report
May 8, 2011

Balance January 1, 2011 $ 4,101.18
Income To Date $ 313.00
Expenditures to Date $ 305.44
Net Income/Loss $ 7.58
Balance $ 4,108.74
---Libby

Membership
Roster updates
June Fish-- correct email is :junequilt249@yahoo.com
Renewed: Sara Quattlebaum 148 Lake Harbor Dr., Lexington, SC 29072 saraquattl@aol.com
803-808-0394

Remember your Devine Secret Sister during the summer months.

Members in the News

Beth Stewart-Ozark's quilt "Innocence Taken" has been selected by Sacred Threads as part of their exhibit in Herndon, VA, showing June 22 - July 4, 2011. This was a juried exhibit with more entries this year than ever in the history of Sacred Threads.

Rest of Year Programs

July 11th - The ice cream social is always fun. I am looking for 2 people to do small demos during the social. Please email me if you are interested in doing a demo, or have something you would like to see demonstrated.
August 8th - Will be the covered dish. More on that later.
September 10th - ATW art group from Mt. Pleasant will be doing a trunk show. They are a new group and
their work is fascinating!
October 3rd - Silent auction time. Bring in things you want to donate, put a starting price on them and see
what happens or make something and donate it. This will be a fun time, and a big boost to the
guild. Items don't need to be quilt related.
November 7th - Challenge quilts are due. We will be hanging them up and voting on them.
December 5th - Christmas party! Food and making little stockings for the kids.
---Lynn Buske
Upcoming Events
Artful Lives: Molas of the Kuna April 9 – June 25, 2011 McKissick Museum Second Floor
Artful Lives: Molas of the Kuna explores the history and contemporary textile creations of the Kuna women of coastal Panama. In the mid 19th century, Kuna women started experimenting with ways to transfer body painting designs onto cloth. These women have developed a distinctive style unlike that of any other folk culture. They use their clothing as a mode of personal expression, taking great care with decisions about the combinations of skirts and scarves as well as with the creation of their mola blouses. This attention to detail along with their expert stitchery has earned this craft recognition around the world. Today, the sale of these textile arts is the second most important income source to the Kuna and examples are collected by museums around the world. A must see exhibit if you are a quilter - lots of appliqué and reverse appliqué. The exhibition contains dozens of examples of both complete Mola blouses and individual panels. Drawn from the extensive collection of Jean E. Kanes, most have never been exhibited before.

Visitors
Our regular meeting is held on the first Monday of the month (second Monday for July and September 2011) at 7:00 pm 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.

2011-05-16T22:17:00.000-04:00

Membership Charity Programs Hospitality/Refreshments Immediate Past President
Margaret Caughman Mary Cross & Beth Karr Deborah Hotchkiss & Margaret Caughman
808-2388 . 799-0073 699-6577 808-2388
quiltedapron@aol.com Mcross1915@aol.com & Jodi Spillane quiltedapron@aol.com
nebulosa@sc.rr.com

Programs

For the June meeting, we will be working on making kits for future charity quilts (Children’s Garden and Breast Cancer Center). We will start working at 6pm, interrupted by Potluck supper and business meeting. Mary and Beth will be bringing batting, instructions, bags, tags and fabric.

The following will be bringing:
Ironing board, iron, ext. cord: Beth Stewart-Ozark and Leslie Mullins
Bed risers: Joyce Greer and Anita Bowen
Each member please bring (and label all your tools!):
Rotary mat (17” x 23” or larger)
Rotary cutter with new or backup blades
Rotary ruler (such as 6” by 24” or larger) for stripping from yardage

Members optional to bring: Coordinated yardage of your choice for a kit (please label for which kit, and label amount of yardage on each piece of fabric):

Kit 1: child Rail Fence: 3 colors for rails (3/4 yd each) and 5/8 yds inner border.
Opt: ½ yd binding. Opt: 3-1/4 yds backing
Kit 2: adult Rail fence: 3 colors for rails (1 yd each) and 2/3 yd inner border.
Opt: 5/8 yd binding. Opt: 3-2/3 yds backing
Kit 3: child Altered Rails: dark for frames (1-5/8 yds); med or light for centers (1-1/8 yds).
Opt: ½ yds binding. Opt: 3 yds backing
Kit 4: adult Altered Rails: dark for frames (2-1/3 yds); med or light for centers (1-7/8 yds).
Opt: 5/8 yds binding. Opt: 4 yds backing
Kit 5: child Disappearing 9 Patch: 1 yd each of 2 fabrics and ½ yd of one accent fabric.
Opt: ½ yds binding. Opt: 2-2/3 yds backing
Kit 6: adult Disappearing 9 Patch: 1-1/2 yd each of 2 fabrics and ½ yd of one accent fabric.
Opt: ¾ yd binding. Opt: 3-1/3yds backing

And/or: General yardage for kits or backings. Please label how much yardage is in the piece.
And/or: Accuquilt machine if it can do 2.5”, 3.5”, 4.5” and/or 5.5” strips.
Questions? Contact Beth Karr or Mary Cross
Love Goddess’ Report on Love Quilt Programs

Four new quilts were received in May. Several others were returned after being bound. Thanks to all of you for your great work.
Children's Garden would appreciate Pull ups and Diapers ( size 4 and larger)
Please return all quilts for the Epworth college bound girls at the June meeting.
Remember that June is the month for our Charity Workshop. Please check the special instructions for what to bring. Come and enjoy the potluck dinner and make kits for charity quilts. --Mary

Minutes for the May 2, 2011 Meeting

Meeting called to order by Lynn Buske, First Vice President.
Visitors were introduced.
Minutes from the April 4, 2011 meeting approved.
No old business.
No new business.
Lynn Buske shared the upcoming programs:
June program will be a workshop for charity quilts. We will be assembling kits. Bring items listed under Programs, and a dish to share.
July is our ice cream social.
August is pot luck.
Jodi Spillane announced that tickets to the QSC scholarship quilt were available for purchase.
Anita Bowen shared an e-mail letter she received from Best Chance Network thanking the guild for the donation.
Libby Law, Treasurer, did not have anything new to report.
Show and Tell.
Showing of the Menopause Quilts
Meeting adjourned.

Financial Report
May 8, 2011

Balance January 1, 2011 $ 4,101.18
Income To Date $ 313.00
Expenditures to Date $ 305.44
Net Income/Loss $ 7.58
Balance $ 4,108.74
---Libby

Membership
Roster updates
June Fish-- correct email is :junequilt249@yahoo.com
Renewed: Sara Quattlebaum 148 Lake Harbor Dr., Lexington, SC 29072 saraquattl@aol.com
803-808-0394

Remember your Devine Secret Sister during the summer months.

Members in the News

Beth Stewart-Ozark's quilt "Innocence Taken" has been selected by Sacred Threads as part of their exhibit in Herndon, VA, showing June 22 - July 4, 2011. This was a juried exhibit with more entries this year than ever in the history of Sacred Threads.

Rest of Year Programs

July 11th - The ice cream social is always fun. I am looking for 2 people to do small demos during the social. Please email me if you are interested in doing a demo, or have something you would like to see demonstrated.
August 8th - Will be the covered dish. More on that later.
September 10th - ATW art group from Mt. Pleasant will be doing a trunk show. They are a new group and
their work is fascinating!
October 3rd - Silent auction time. Bring in things you want to donate, put a starting price on them and see
what happens or make something and donate it. This will be a fun time, and a big boost to the
guild. Items don't need to be quilt related.
November 7th - Challenge quilts are due. We will be hanging them up and voting on them.
December 5th - Christmas party! Food and making little stockings for the kids.
---Lynn Buske
Upcoming Events
Artful Lives: Molas of the Kuna April 9 – June 25, 2011 McKissick Museum Second Floor
Artful Lives: Molas of the Kuna explores the history and contemporary textile creations of the Kuna women of coastal Panama. In the mid 19th century, Kuna women started experimenting with ways to transfer body painting designs onto cloth. These women have developed a distinctive style unlike that of any other folk culture. They use their clothing as a mode of personal expression, taking great care with decisions about the combinations of skirts and scarves as well as with the creation of their mola blouses. This attention to detail along with their expert stitchery has earned this craft recognition around the world. Today, the sale of these textile arts is the second most important income source to the Kuna and examples are collected by museums around the world. A must see exhibit if you are a quilter - lots of appliqué and reverse appliqué.
The exhibition contains dozens of examples of both complete Mola blouses and individual panels. Drawn from the extensive collection of Jean E. Kanes, most have never been exhibited before.

Visitors
Our regular meeting is held on the first Monday of the month (second Monday for July and September 2011) at 7:00 pm 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.

2011-04-19T21:15:00.000-04:00

The Devine Quilters
P.O. Box 50006 Columbia, SC 29250
http://devinequilters.blogspot.com/

May 2011 Newsletter

From the President:
Howdy to all Quilters,  Hope that everyone is doing well and enjoying this wonderful spring that we have been having. I love spring when everything starts to wake up from the long winter slumber and man, has everything been busy waking up this year. Seems as if that colder winter gave it all a boost.
I am looking forward to Easter this coming Sunday. We almost always go to the sunrise service. The flowers in the graveyard should be gorgeous. It will be a wonderful day!
Recently, as many of you know, circumstances prevented me from quilting. I have come to realize how much I rely on our craft as a vital outlet of energy, and how much it has become an extremely vital part of my day and me. I used to have parts of the process that I preferred over other parts. Today I am loving all aspects and am so looking forward to putting all of those fabulous ideas that have been swirling around in my head into fabric. It is slow going right now but the key word is going and I am confident that each day will be more filled with fun than the previous.   We are also busy here putting our garden in. Here is hoping that we all have a fabulous growing season with beautiful flowers, lots of huge juicy tomatoes, cucumbers, squashes, eggplant, peppers and other yummy veggies, with plenty of herbs for seasoning. I saw some of you at the flower festival last week so I know your thoughts must be similar.  I suppose the moral of the story is that fabric, flowers and food spell fun. I hope that everyone is busy quilting away and if any of you will be traveling over the spring break/ Easter holiday will do so safely.  I am looking forward to seeing everyone in May and catching up. Until then just keep on quilting. Lynn Lucas

Bring to the May 2 meeting: Regular first floor room 6p: social time 7-9p: meeting
Show and Tell
Any charity quilts
Remember your Secret Sister
For Children’s Garden: jello, pudding, art supplies.
_________________________________________________________________________
Contact Us:

President First Vice President Second Vice President
Lynn Lucas Lynn Buske Leslie Mullins
957-7563 808-6120 422-0532
doozledo@windstream.net LBuske@aol.com notfromheresc@aol.com

Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor Secret Sister Coordinator
Teresa Coolidge Libby Law Beth Karr June McCaskill
520-6524 782-8324 699-6577
TCoolidge@aol.com libbyplaw@mindspring.com nebulosa@sc.rr.com jbugm55@aol.com
Membership Charity Programs Hospitality/Refreshments Immediate Past President
Margaret Caughman Mary Cross & Beth Karr Deborah Hotchkiss & Margaret Caughman
808-2388 . 799-0073 699-6577 808-2388
quiltedapron@aol.com Mcross1915@aol.com & Jodi Spillane quiltedapron@aol.com
nebulosa@sc.rr.com

Programs

May 2nd Program - The Menopause quilts are here! Come be amazed at these funny art quilts which make us smile.
The notes from the April meeting on really useful non-quilting tools for quilting are at the end of the newsletter.
Program notes through the end of the year are also at the end of the newsletter.

Love Goddess’ Report on Love Quilt Programs

Received one finished quilt for Breast Cancer Center and two quilt tops for Epworth that need to be quilted. Are there any volunteers? I have backing and batting and someone else can do the binding. PLEASE let me know and I can get quilt top to you. mcross1915@aol.com

June is charity quilts workshop month so we will be making kits. At the May meeting we will be looking to sign up specific volunteers to bring:
2 ironing boards, irons and ext.cords
Sets of bed risers to raise the tables for cutting
Otherwise, the rest of you will be asked to bring in June:
Large cutting mat
Large rotary ruler (such as 24” x 6”)
Rotarty cutter with sharp blade
Any yardage that you would like to donate for backings
Mary and Beth will be bringing fabric, batting, yardage, bags, and directions.

The little folks at Childrens' Garden would love to have some Jello and/or pudding in the individual containers. Art supplies are also a good thing.

Minutes for the April 4, 2011 Meeting

Meeting called to order by Lynn Lucas, President.
Visitors were introduced.
Minutes from the March 7, 2011 meeting approved.
Libby Law, Treasurer, announced that the audit of the books had been completed.
No old business.
No new business.
Sandra Baker announced that there is a photo album in the back with pictures and a description of the classes available at QSC Fall Retreat. As of last Wednesday evening, over 190 people have registered. There are four classes that are filled. Sandra showed pictures of the scholarship quilt.
Mary Cross and Beth Karr, Love Goddesses, announced that details for the June meeting will be announced. June meeting is dedicated to making charity quilts.
Show and Tell.
A motion was made and approved that during our meetings the guild should allow the speaker to go first before Show and Tell. If necessary, the meeting part will be abbreviated to allow ample time for the speaker.
Geri Smith thanked everyone for the 24 star blocks for the Moda Just One Star/Quilts of Valor promotion.
Guild members presented items used for quilting or sewing who’s original purpose was not quilting or sewing. Many interesting ideas were exchanged.
Meeting adjourned.

Financial Report
April 15, 2011

Balance January 1, 2011 $ 4,101.18
Income to Date 287.00
Expenditure to Date 305.44
Net Income/Expense -18.44
Grand Total $ 4,082.74

Form 990-N was submitted to the IRS on April 11, 2011.
The annual application to the Secretary of State for exemption from registration has been filed.
---Libby

Membership
Roster updates
New: June Fish 249 Placid Valley Rd., Gaston, SC 29053 803-755-3176
junequilt24@yahoo.com
Renew: Amy Ramsay 312 S. Edisto Ave., Apt. C, Columbia, SC 29205 803-254-7108

Rest of Year Programs

June 6th - Will be a charity day, stay tuned for info about it from the Love Goddess and Beth.

July 11th - The ice cream social is always fun. I am looking for 2 people to do small demos during the social. Please email me if you are interested in doing a demo, or have something you would like to see demonstrated. (Lynn Buske)

August 8th - Will be the covered dish. More on that later.

September 10th - ATW art group from Mt. Pleasant will be doing a trunk show. They are a new group and their work is fascinating!

October 3rd - Silent auction time. Bring in things you want to donate, put a starting price on them and see what happens or make something and donate it. This will be a fun time, and a big boost to the guild. Items don't need to be quilt related.

November 7th - Challenge quilts are due. We will be hanging them up and voting on them.

December 5th - Christmas party! Food and making little stockings for the Pediatric ER. Beth will have details later in the year.

Things quilters have adapted to use in quilting (from the April 4 meeting)

Sandpaper to hold fabric when drawing lines on the back of fabrics.
Cricut cutter will cut letters and shapes to be used as templates,
Golf tee with magnet on the top, inserted in spool of thread, holds needle when hand sewing.
Orange peeler: slips under to straighten fabric when paper piecing, also use as pin basting tool.
Photographer’s squeeze air tool to clean out lint in machine.
Pencil case holds sewing things for a project.
Orange stick for nails used as a stiletto.
File folder label, attached to safety pin, to identify quilt when working on several charity projects.
Bulldog clips to hold down fabric on table for basting.
Peep hole to view quilt.
Daytimer/calendar used to note what has been done in a day in the studio.
Balance seat cushion forces sitting straight.
Muslin covered swimming floats used to roll up quilts for storage.
Basting gun to attach temporary labels, notes.
Hanging shoe holder holds binding, label and notes for a project.
Strong sales tags pinned to project to aid in identifying quilts.
Jar opener used to pull needle through fabric.
Old RX bottles hold dull needles.
Iris scissors used for unsewing seams.
Toilet brush will pick up threads out of carpet.
Canned food used to weigh down quilt on long arm.
Plastic lids used as templates.
Large label paper used for appliqué shapes, just print out design and cut apart, can be used over and over.
Dull sewing machine needles used to hang quilts on design wall.
Cookie cutters used as appliqué shapes.
Chopsticks used to hold thread.
Tall cookie cans to hold thread.
Folding magnetic bookmark to hold needles.
Binding minder: block of wood with ¼” hole partially drilled in center, 4” length of ¼” dowel inserted and empty spool added to act as a bearing.

2011 Guild Challenge

Subject – Children’s songs or rhymes.
Think ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ or ‘All Around the Mulberry Bush’. Any song sung for children, any rhyme used in a children’s book is OK.
Size – 45” x 60” or LESS.
Any technique, style or design is allowed.
A recognizable bit of the red polka dot fabric must be used.
Quilts will be shown and voted on at the November meeting.
I am hoping that some of the quilts would be given to the guild for donation to our charities.
Have fun! ---Lynn Buske

Visitors
Our regular meeting is held on the first Monday of the month (second Monday for July and September 2011) at 7:00 pm 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.

2011-02-16T21:18:00.001-05:00

The Devine Quilters
P.O. Box 50006 Columbia, SC 29250
http://devinequilters.blogspot.com/

March 2011 Newsletter

From the President:
Howdy to all!  I am so excited the ground hog did not see his shadow! I know because I stood outside at sunrise at my house. No shadow, so early so spring here we come.   It has been a busy time finishing up a few projects and true to form starting more. Are you a one project at a timer or do you have multiples going at once? I think the answer to that is as fun as the one about do you sew with your shoes on or off? My sewing machine pedal doesn’t know what a shoe is. Another good one-- do you cut everything out first or do you cut as you go. I’m a cut as you go girl. I tend to change my mind too much to cut all at once.   Hope everyone is well! Keep on quilting and creating! Will see you soon!
----Lynn Lucas 

Bring to the March 7th meeting: Regular first floor room 6p: social time 7-9p: meeting
Show and Tell
Any finished charity quilts
For Children’s Garden: antibacterial soap and wipes.
_________________________________________________________________________
Contact Us:

President First Vice President Second Vice President
Lynn Lucas Lynn Buske Leslie Mullins
957-7563 808-6120 422-0532
doozledo@windstream.net LBuske@aol.com notfromheresc@aol.com

Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor Secret Sister Coordinator
Teresa Coolidge Libby Law Beth Karr June McCaskill
520-6524 782-8324 699-6577
TCoolidge@aol.com libbyplaw@mindspring.com nebulosa@sc.rr.com jbugm55@aol.com
Membership Charity Programs Hospitality/Refreshments Immediate Past President
Margaret Caughman Mary Cross & Beth Karr Deborah Hotchkiss & Margaret Caughman
808-2388 . 799-0073 699-6577 808-2388
quiltedapron@aol.com Mcross1915@aol.com & Jodi Spillane quiltedapron@aol.com
nebulosa@sc.rr.com

Programs

March Meeting - June Fish will be our guest speaker. Quilt Appraisals will be the topic, what to appraise, how to appraise, what appraisers look for, what info appraisers need. Come with questions and learn about an important topic in our quilting lives.

April Meeting - Bring in a tool you use in quilting that was not intended for quilters. Something you took from the garage that works, something from the kitchen, the bathroom, whatever you use that helps. We all know about freezer paper, shelf liner and toothpicks, but there are a lot of things out there we use and can share with each other.

May Meeting - The QSC Menopause Quilts are here! Come see them up close, marvel at the work and humor. ---Lynn Buske

Love Goddess’ Report on Love Quilt Programs

We received six quilts at the February meeting, of which 2 are for the Epworth high school girls.
Please remember to bring antibacterial soap and wipes for the Childrens' Garden this month.
If you need batting for charity quilts please email me at mcross1915@aol.com and let me know before the next meeting and I will cut enough for you and have it at the March meeting. --Mary

Minutes for the February 7, 2011 Meeting

Meeting called to order by Lynn Lucas, President.
Minutes from the December 6, 2010 meeting approved. The guild had no meeting in January, 2011 due to weather.
No old business.
Lynn Lucas made the following announcements:
Information regarding advertising in the newsletter will be published in the newsletter. The first month for advertisements will be April.
The July, 2011 guild meeting will be held on July 11th.
The September, 2011 guild meeting will be held on September, 12th.
The Lancaster shop hop will be February 19th from 9-4 at the USC, Lancaster Brady Arts building.
Visitors were introduced.
Sandra Baker (not present) requested that individuals make a 4”X 6” post card to the outgoing president of QSC.
Lynn Buske announced the guild challenge due in November. The fabric is red and white and the theme is children’s songs or rhymes. The size is 45” X 60” or less. More information is in the newsletter.
Next month, June Fish will present a program on appraising quilts.
April program will be the program that we did not have in January. Bring something you use for quilting that was originally not intended for quilting.
Sandra Baker (now present) announced that the Heart Quilts are at the Heart Hospital all of February.
Show and Tell.
Program presented by Jennifer Amor and Eileen Sullivan.
Meeting adjourned. ---Teresa

Membership/Hospitality/Secret Sister

We had four visitors in February: Marilyn Wise, Eve Carlin, Dorothy Franczek and Linda Bruce. We currently have 41 paid members. A friendly reminder will be sent to those who have not paid their 2011 dues. ---Margaret
Secret Sister info was e-mailed to participants mid-January. If you did not receive please contact me at jbugm55@aol.com and I'll get it to you. We have 7 participants this year and are looking forward to lots of fun and surprises! Thank you for your support and participation. ---June

Financial Report--February 15, 2011

Balance January 1, 2011 $4,101.18
(not yet audited*)
Income to date $136.00
Expenditure to date $98.10
Grand Total $4,139.08
*due to construction at my house the audit team has not yet met to review the financial records. The above figures are reconciled to the checking account. ---Libby

Board Meeting Minutes from February 7, 2011

Lynn Lucas called to order at 6:15pm. In attendance: Lynn Lucas, Lynn Buske, Libby Law, Mary Cross, Leslie Mullins, and Margaret Caughman.
Advertising info has been requested on several occasions. It was discussed and a vote was taken to approve at the following rates for newsletter advertising. Announcement to be made at meeting and rates to go in next edition of newsletter.
# of runs. Full page. Half page. Quarter page 1 month $ 25. $ 15. $10 6 months. $125. $ 75. $ 48
All advertising paid in advance. One additional month given free with signed contract of
six months.
The following dates are to be changed for meetings: July 4th to July 11, and Labor day to Sept 12. Depending on speaker in October, date may need to be changed or meeting added.
A draft of contract for speakers and teachers was reviewed. Changes will be made and presented at next board meeting.
Meeting was adjourned at approx 6:35pm.    Visitors
Our regular meeting is held on the first Monday of the month (second Monday for July and September 2011) at 7:00 pm 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.

2011-01-20T15:42:00.001-05:00

The Devine Quilters
P.O. Box 50006 Columbia, SC 29250
http://devinequilters.blogspot.com/

February 2011 Newsletter

From the President:
Howdy to all!  What an interesting month this has been! The snow has kept everyone entertained for certain. I still have a trace of it on my deck. Hope springs eternal as I saw my first robin a couple of days ago and then just this afternoon a whole flock of brewers blackbirds with robins mixed in. Now if that wonderful rodent of a groundhog will just not see his shadow we will be set for spring! The annual spring plant show at the farmers market is around April 14. Until then I will keep busy finishing up a couple of quilts that I have started. Hopefully I will have them to show you in February.   In the meantime keep on quilting!

Bring to the February 7 meeting: Regular first floor room 6p: social time 7-9p: meeting
Show and Tell
Any finished charity quilts
Check for 2011 renewal: $24
For Children’s Garden: tissues, antibacterial wipes.
_________________________________________________________________________
Contact Us:

President First Vice President Second Vice President
Lynn Lucas Lynn Buske Leslie Mullins
957-7563 808-6120 422-0532
doozledo@windstream.net LBuske@aol.com notfromheresc@aol.com

Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor Secret Sister Coordinator
Teresa Coolidge Libby Law Beth Karr June McCaskill
520-6524 782-8324 699-6577
TCoolidge@aol.com libbyplaw@mindspring.com nebulosa@sc.rr.com jbugm55@aol.com
Membership Charity Programs Hospitality/Refreshments Immediate Past President
Margaret Caughman Mary Cross & Beth Karr Deborah Hotchkiss & Margaret Caughman
808-2388 . 799-0073 699-6577 808-2388
quiltedapron@aol.com Mcross1915@aol.com & Jodi Spillane quiltedapron@aol.com
nebulosa@sc.rr.com

Programs

February's meeting will have Jennifer Amor and Eileen Sullivan doing a trunk show of their quilts and wearables. This is a chance to see their work up close and to purchase their patterns.
Since the weather kept us from having our first meeting of 2011, January's program will be rescheduled for later this year.
The 2011 Challenge will be unveiled in February. Packets will be for sale for $2.00 at the meeting. --Lynn B.

Membership

If you haven’t renewed your 2011 membership, please do so by the February meeting. I would like to print the 20011 roster later in February. If you need a copy of the renewal form, contact me at nebulosa@sc.rr.com or 699-6577. --Beth

Love Goddess’ Report on Love Quilt Programs

Please bring any quilts for Children's Garden or the Breast Cancer Center to February meeting. Sorry we weren't able to collect them in January. We will continue with kleenex tissues and antibacterial wipes as the needed supplies for Children's Garden for February.

Financial Report

2011 Budget 2010 Expended*

Charity 200.00 0.00
Meeting Room 480.00 400.00
Membership/Hospitality 100.00 0.00
Misc. Supplies 75.00 5.00
Newsletter 100.00 26.40
Postmaster (PO Box) 45.00 44.00
Speaker/Programs 1,200.00 929.52

Total $2,200.00 $1,404.92

*Operating expenditures only, excludes Workshops and special activities.
--Libby

Upcoming Events

Myrtle Beach Quilt Party is having a separate vendor’s section at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. Admission fee ($2 off coupon at website: www.mbqp.net.) Hours and vendors on website. Convention Ctr. Charges $3 parking.
Thurs-Sat., Jan 19-21.

The Quilt and Needle Art Extravaganza
Friday, January 28, 2011 and Saturday, January 29, 2011, 9am - 5pm
Statesville Civic Center, 300 South Center St., Statesville, NC 28677
Admission $5.00
A complete list of vendors and inforamtion on special hotel rates is available at: www.quiltersgallery.net
Contact Cindy Page (704-376-2531) or Patti Cline (704-864-4894) The Quilter's Gallery, 2913 Old Stage Rd., Gastonia, NC 28052 for more information.

Visitors

Our regular meeting is held on the first Monday of the month at 7:00 pm 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.

Editor’s filler note: the 5 month old Maine Coon kittens, about 6 lbs each already, were found on top of my bookcases behind my 3 portable flannel walls, messing with the “safe” art pottery. Second time around, intercepted 2nd kitten following the first, rock climbing 5 feet up the flannel and going over the top. This does not bode well on sooo many levels…. --Beth

2010-11-15T19:19:00.001-05:00

The Devine Quilters
P.O. Box 50006 Columbia, SC 29250
http://devinequilters.blogspot.com/

December 2010 Newsletter

From the President:

Hello to all,  We had to rub the sticks together this morning. That is code for turn on the gas logs. They certainly did a great job of knocking the chill off. I sat a close to them as I could for as long as possible. I even managed to extend the time by sketching. I have a brilliant idea for a new way to use my long arm now let’s see if I can get it from paper to quilt. Isn't it a wonderful day when your brain is busy concocting new ideas?  The challenge quilts were so worth the wait! Everyone's creative juices were in overtime. Each piece was wonderful. It was a joy to be able to see the work of such talented quilters. Thank you to all who participated.  I am looking forward to our next meeting when we make stockings, eat lots of food, all the while chatting and laughing. November and December are such busy months, what a wonderful blessing to be able to spend some of that time with friends quilting.   Thanksgiving is next week and I wish blessings to all. Please be safe if you are traveling or shopping. Don't eat too much turkey, and above all else quilt sometime! I hope to be stitching bindings down to the back of some of my quilts that have waited way too long to have that finishing touch. Happy Thanksgiving to all!   Lynn Lucas 
Bring to the December 6 meeting: Regular first floor room 6p: start on sewing 7-9p: meeting & fun
Show and Tell
wild and crazy gift exchange (see Programs)
Items for sewing mini stockings or pot luck (see Programs)
Remember your Secret Sister (we will reveal you this time around)
Any finished charity quilts
Check for 2011 renewal: $24; renewal form and Secret Sister form (at end of newsletter)
For Children’s Garden: tissues, antibacterial wipes and paper towels
_________________________________________________________________________
Contact Us:

President First Vice President Second Vice President
Lynn Lucas Helen Brown Lynn Buske
957-7563 779-5917 808-6120
doozledo@windstream.net lbrown229@sc.rr.com LBuske@aol.com

Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor
Teresa Coolidge Libby Law Beth Karr
520-6524 782-8324 699-6577
TCoolidge@aol.com libbyplaw@mindspring.com nebulosa@sc.rr.com

Hospitality & Membership Charity Programs Immediate Past President
June McCaskill Mary Cross Margaret Caughman
438-5155 799-0073 808-2388
deviqui@aol.com Mcross1915@aol.com quiltedapron@aol.com

Programs

The December Meeting is always fun and this year especially. I can’t wait to see what everyone did with their crazy quilt information, from Pricilla Hair’s Playing in the Sandbox to Judy Twitty’s personal journey.
In addition to sharing our results, we will continue our tradition of making stockings for the hospital. Many of you signed up for a special task but if you didn’t, don’t worry there will be plenty to do. You may show up any time after 6:00 to start. We will also share finger foods and holiday treats.
This year we are going to do a wild and crazy gift exchange. Do not under any circumstance go out and buy anything! No! No! No! The idea here is to recycle, wrap up something that you already have (the more creative the wrapping better) and bring it to pawn off on someone else. It might be that atrocious vase that Aunt Grace blessed you with, it might be that horrible yard of material that you can’t imagine why you bought, but it could be something good like homemade fudge or a book you already read. Just wrap it up and bring it for the really fun part of the evening. Now, don’t not come because you don’t have a wild gift. We will have extras, we just want you to be here, because we always have a better time when you are here.

For the sewing of the little stockings to be given out at Palmetto Richland’s Pediatric ER:
The following people volunteered to bring:
Sewers (exempt from bringing food): Bring machine with ¼” foot or measure, neutral sewing thread.
Sue Spillane Betty Rose Smith Helen Brown Deborah Hotchkiss Linda Vandiver
Ironers: bring iron and ironing surface (can be small surface—stockings will be about 5” in size)
Joyce Greer Beth Ozark
Trimmers/turners/finishers: bring fabric scissors (turners, ribbon and large needles provided):
Jodi Spillane Geri Smith Kim Putnam Sallie Schirm Liz Florom Donna Bryan
Gail Ferrick Sandra Baker

Financial Report--November 9, 2010

Balance January 1, 2010 $3,137.04
Income to date 2,968.80
Expenditures to date 1,695.00
Balance November 9, 2010 $4,410.84

Love Goddess's Report on Charity Programs

We received two love quilts at the November meeting. Thanks.
Epworth sent an official letter last week thanking us for our donation to the home.
Bring anything for Children's Garden -- wipes, tissues, paper towels, etc. ---Mary

Minutes for the November 1, 2010 Meeting

Meeting called to order by Lynn Lucas, President.
Visitor introduced as Jean Reynolds.
The minutes from the October meeting were approved.
No Old Business.
New Business:
Mary Cross spoke on behalf of Beth Karr. Beth would like everyone to sign up for the various jobs for December meeting’s charity stocking sewing event. Options for sign up are sewer, ironers, trimmers, or food providers.
Libby Law, Treasurer, reviewed the 2011 budget. All the details will be included in the next newsletter.
Voting for officers will occur at the December general meeting. Nominees are: Teresa Coolidge for Secretary and Leslie Mullins for Second Vice President (Programs for 2012).
Mary Cross, Love Goddess, reminded everyone to keep sewing tops for charity.
Other Announcements:
Joyce Greer’s daughter, Tori, is in the back selling purses and other items.
Lynn Lucas announced that we have Devine Quilt Guild pins if anyone would like to buy one.
There is a stash of fabric on the side bench for sale. The price is any amount of donation. The money goes to the Zimbabwe charity.
There are quilt shows coming up in Lancaster, SC and West Palm Beach, FL. The Sewing Expo is coming up in March.
A Long Arm Quilt group is forming and anyone interested is welcome to contact Joyce Greer for more information. They will meet on November 13th.
The Quilted Pearl is open for another two weeks.
Show and Tell.
Helen announced that everyone should bring something for next month’s gift exchange.
During the snack break, voting on the challenge pieces took place. Laurie Wozniak won First Place. Both Sandra Baker and Sue Spillane won Second Place.
Meeting was adjourned.

Membership/Hospitality
Roster updates:
Abigail Smith 803-727-2944 Kathy Allison: 803-542-7189

Members please submit your renewal for 2011. Renewal fee is $24. Please see registration & Secret Sister forms attached. It would be great to have them all in by the December meeting.
December Birthdays
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL…
Ann Addy 12/3 Helen Brown 12/5 Sara Quattlebaum 12/6 Geri Smith 12/7
Julia Belk 12/17 Maggie Klawitter 12/15 Sandra Baker 12/29
Secret Sisters will have our reveal during our December meeting. If at all possible please be here for the reveal. We want everyone here for the big moment of truth. But don’t tell your SS who you are as we want to guess first. ----June

Visitors
Our regular meeting is held on the first Monday of the month at 7:00 pm 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.

2011 Devine Quilters
Secret Sisters

NAME: __________________________________________________________
COMPLETE ADDRESS: _______________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
BIRTHDAY (MONTH & DAY) __________________________________________
ANNIVERSARY _____________________________________________________
OTHER HOBBIES:____________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
LIKES: DISLIKES:

FAVORITE COLOR: FAVORITE FABRIC TYPE:
Devine Quilters Membership Registration 2011

Annual Membership is $24.00, (prorated to $2.00/month for new members/renewals are $24) with the check being made out to “Devine Quilters”, which can be given to the Treasurer at a meeting, or mailed to her at
Devine Quilters
PO Box 50006
Columbia, SC 29250

Please fill out even if nothing is changing for a renewal – we need the form to file.
 new  renewal (Please fill out all information)  info changes (check if YES)

Name: ______________________________________________________

Address: ____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________

County: _______________________ Home phone: _(________) _____________________________

E-mail address: ___________________________________________________________

Birth date: MM/DD _______/___________ Interested in Secret Sister Program: YES NO

How do you want to receive the DQ newsletter?
by email
by mail

If a new member, do you need
a copy of the DQ By Laws?  yes  no
a copy of the member roster?  yes  no

Please list any suggestions you have for teachers, programs and other comments (continue to reverse as needed):

____________________________________________________________________________
Office use:
Check /cash logged  __________ Amount: $ _____ Suggestions logged  __________
Bylaws sent  _________ Roster sent  ________
Membership database  ___________ Newsletter email  __________ as A or B
Publish in next newsletter  ______________ n/a

Devine Quilters Newsletter November 2010

2010-10-18T08:10:00.002-04:00

The Devine Quilters
P.O. Box 50006 Columbia, SC 29250
http://devinequilters.blogspot.com/

November 2010 Newsletter

From the President:

Hello to my fellow quilters!  Congratulations to all who entered quilts into the fair and congratulations to our members who will be taking home ribbons. Everyone is so talented I don't know how the judges decide. I hope everyone has had a chance to, or is making plans to, go to the fair and see the exhibits and have an elephant ear or what ever it is that you associate with the fair. There is still time so don't delay!  Fall is upon us judging from the amount of leaves on the ground just outside my back door. I know there are more to come. It is a wonderful thing to hear the crunch under foot when they first fall, and so much more wonderful to think of all the wonderful mulch they going to turn into for our gardens in the spring.   I have rotated my quilts from summer to fall and realize how many UFO's I have for fall. I really need to dig in and try to complete them in the near future. Maybe I will get that done before it is time to rotate from fall to winter. I'll keep you posted.  In the meantime I hope everyone is busy finishing up their challenge piece. I am looking forward to seeing them all.  Have great time and keep on quilting.  Lynn Lucas 

Bring to the November 1st meeting:
Regular first floor room 6p: social time 7-9p: meeting
Show and Tell
Remember your Secret Sister
Any finished charity quilts
Check for 2011 renewal: $24; renewal form and Secret Sister form (at end of newsletter)
For Children’s Garden: tissues, antibacterial wipes and paper towels
_________________________________________________________________________
Contact Us:

President First Vice President Second Vice President
Lynn Lucas Helen Brown Lynn Buske
957-7563 779-5917 808-6120
doozledo@windstream.net lbrown229@sc.rr.com LBuske@aol.com

Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor
Teresa Coolidge Libby Law Beth Karr
520-6524 782-8324 699-6577
TCoolidge@aol.com libbyplaw@mindspring.com nebulosa@sc.rr.com

Hospitality & Membership Charity Programs Immediate Past President
June McCaskill Mary Cross Margaret Caughman
438-5155 799-0073 808-2388
deviqui@aol.com Mcross1915@aol.com quiltedapron@aol.com

Programs
2010 Devine Challenge: “The Wonderful World of Insects”
Your quilt should include a recognizable piece of the challenge material that was purchased from the guild as part of a fundraiser.
Size; No side smaller than 18 inches or larger than 80 inches.
Theme; any take on the world of insects, you may use a traditional insect pattern (like butterflies) or make an art quilt with delightful insects or show a world that insects would surely inhabit.
Quilt must be present at the November 1st meeting.
And now it is time for the November meeting and we get to see these wonderful, creative quilts, I can’t wait. If you haven’t made yours yet, there is still time. Just use ‘Prairie” colorway by Fusions in your quilt and pay the guild $2.
Last month’s meeting on Crazy Quilts by Judy was just fascinating. I hope you are all working on your personal version of this classic, due at the meeting in December. --Helen

Love Goddess's Report on Charity Programs
Remember to bring love quilts for Palmetto Health Breast Cancer Center and the Children's Garden.
Any items for Children's Garden are welcome especially tissues, paper towels and antibacterial wipes.
We are working on the next batch of quilts for Epworth. There are 7 seniors, girls, who should graduate in May 2011. We have two quilts already. They should be at least 70" x 90".
---Mary

Board Nominees for 2011
President - Lynn Lucas 
Second Vice President / Program for 2012 - Leslie Mullins 
Secretary - Teresa Coolidge 
Libby Law is finishing the second of a 2 year term and Lynn Buske will move from 2nd VP to VP 

Minutes for the October 4, 2010 Meeting
Meeting called to order by Lynn Lucas, President.
Visitors introduced as Rachelle Apol, Pat Harwell, Dianne Weathersby, and Rose Wessinger.
A correction to the minutes from the September 13, 2010 was noted. The guild auctioned off the incomplete “opportunity” quilt for a total of $275.00 to an anonymous bidder. Otherwise, the minutes from the September meeting were approved.
No Old Business. No New Business.
Mary Cross, Love Goddess, announced that she took seven quilts to Epworth and the recipients were thrilled. We need seven more twin sized quilts for the high school seniors. They are all girls that are hoping to graduate this year.
No financial report was made, however, it was announced that annual dues of $24.00 are now being collected. A board meeting is planned to outline next year’s budget.
Quilters of SC announcements: Sue and Jodi Spillane just completed their two year commitment as QSC Retreat chairpersons. Anita Bowen is the next QSC Retreat Chair. Jodi Spillane is the next Membership chairperson for QSC. Sandra Baker announced that QSC is extending the deadline for the menopause quilts until the end of October.
Show and Tell.
Lynn Buske introduced Judy Twitty. Judy gave a presentation on Crazy Quilts.
Meeting was adjourned.

Membership/Hospitality
New members:
Kathy Allison 209 N. Ridge Rd., Columbia, SC 29223 kquilter@live.com
Kristy Rollins 16 Braiden Manor Way, Columbia, SC 29209 kristyrollins@gmail.com
Abigale Smith 1501 Butler St., Columbia, SC 29005 abigailius@gmail.com
Diane Weathersby 1500 Methodist Park Rd., West Columbia, SC 29170
We now have 55 members and look to having new faces each month. Please encourage visitors to come with you. They will experience first-hand what we do and the fun we have. If they join now, the membership is prorated for the remainder of this year.
Secret Sisters will have the big reveal at our December meeting. Please remember your SS each month.
Members, it isn’t too early to begin planning to renew for 2011. Please see registration & Secret Sister forms attached. It would be great to have them all in by December meeting. ---June

November Birthdays
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL… Jodi Spillane 11/3 Donna Bryan 11/11 Kristy Rollins 11/15 Bernadette Houghton 11/18 Leslie Mullins 11/30

Upcoming Meetings:
Dec 6th - Party and Peds ER stocking making. Presentation: My Crazy Quilt – quilts finished this year inspired by the programs.

Our regular meeting is held on the first Monday of the month at 7:00 pm 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.

Upcoming Events
Original Sewing & Quilt EXPO Mar. 10-12, 2011 www.sewingexpo.com Gwinnett Center Atlanta, GA 800-699-6309

2011 Devine Quilters
Secret Sisters

NAME: __________________________________________________________
COMPLETE ADDRESS: _______________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
BIRTHDAY (MONTH & DAY) __________________________________________
ANNIVERSARY _____________________________________________________
OTHER HOBBIES:____________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
LIKES: DISLIKES:

FAVORITE COLOR: FAVORITE FABRIC TYPE:
Devine Quilters Membership Registration 2011

Annual Membership is $24.00, (prorated to $2.00/month for new members/renewals are $24) with the check being made out to “Devine Quilters”, which can be given to the Treasurer at a meeting, or mailed to her at
Devine Quilters
PO Box 50006
Columbia, SC 29250

Please fill out even if nothing is changing for a renewal – we need the form to file.
 new  renewal (Please fill out all information)  info changes (check if YES)

Name: ______________________________________________________

Address: ____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________

County: _______________________ Home phone: _(________) _____________________________

E-mail address: ___________________________________________________________

Birth date: MM/DD _______/___________ Interested in Secret Sister Program: YES NO

How do you want to receive the DQ newsletter?
by email
by mail

If a new member, do you need
a copy of the DQ By Laws?  yes  no
a copy of the member roster?  yes  no

Please list any suggestions you have for teachers, programs and other comments (continue to reverse as needed):

____________________________________________________________________________
Office use:
Check /cash logged  __________ Amount: $ _____ Suggestions logged  __________
Bylaws sent  _________ Roster sent  ________
Membership database  ___________ Newsletter email  __________ as A or B
Publish in next newsletter  ______________ n/a

October 2010 Devine Quilters Newsletter

2010-10-12T12:08:00.000-04:00

The Devine Quilters
P.O. Box 50006 Columbia, SC 29250
http://devinequilters.blogspot.com/

October 2010 Newsletter

From the President:
Dear quilters,
What a wonderful day today it has been! After a mouthwatering breakfast of ham, cheese and mushroom omelet with hash brown style jicama early this morning, Todd left to go to Greeneville for a bicycle event. I spent the early part of the day finishing a quilt. Then having extra time on my hands this afternoon while waiting for him to return, I decided to make myself a huge bowl of popcorn with butter, of all things, and plop down with a movie. Do you ever notice the quilts in movies and TV programs? Usually the test of a good movie is that I think of nothing else at all while watching. There is, however, one thing that almost always will catch my attention and that is the quilts! Today was no exception and the thought of quilts crept into my mind. There was such inspiration in the beautiful colors and landscape on the screen. Letters to Juliet, is what I chose this afternoon, it is a wonderful movie for the romantic at heart, so full of hope and optimism.
One of my favorite movies of all time is Mama Mia. Amanda Seyfried is in both of them and that is probably how I made the stretch from Letters to Juliet to Mama Mia. The quilts in Mama Mia are wonderful. I am not sure how many there are, but there is one scene in which they are all lined up on the railing of the balcony of the dining area. I love that scene! Quilts really help make the set of a movie so much warmer, and believable for me, just like they make our homes and lives so much warmer.
Now Todd is on his way home and I need to think of dinner. I am afraid that hunger is not on my mind right now as I still can't believe I ate all that popcorn. Anyway, I am off to cook dinner and can hardly wait to get finished so I can spend the evening quilting away.
See you at the next meeting! I am looking forward to wonderful show and tell. Until then keep on quilting. -- Lynn Lucas

Bring to the October 4 meeting: Regular first floor room 6p: social time 7-9p: meeting
Show and Tell
Remember your Secret Sister
Any finished charity quilts
Check for 2011 renewal: $24; renewal form and Secret Sister form (at end of newsletter)
For Children’s Garden: kleenex and antibacterials wipes
_________________________________________________________________________
Contact Us:

President First Vice President Second Vice President
Lynn Lucas Helen Brown Lynn Buske
957-7563 779-5917 808-6120
doozledo@windstream.net lbrown229@sc.rr.com LBuske@aol.com

Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor
Teresa Coolidge Libby Law Beth Karr
520-6524 782-8324 699-6577
TCoolidge@aol.com libbyplaw@mindspring.com nebulosa@sc.rr.com

Hospitality & Membership Charity Programs Immediate Past President
June McCaskill Mary Cross Margaret Caughman
438-5155 799-0073 808-2388
deviqui@aol.com Mcross1915@aol.com quiltedapron@aol.com

Programs

Finally, at last we have a wonderful Crazy Quilt Program for October. The world renowned Judy Twitty is going to show us some of her beautiful, award winning work and explain the techniques she used.
Many thanks to the presenters for the September program. I learn new things all the time and June, Beth S-O and Bernadette were so informative. It really helps to have members that will help with the programs. So all you all talented people out there sign up to share your knowledge next year. --Helen

Love Goddess's Report on Charity Programs
Two love quilts were received at September's meeting as were two more quilts for Epworth making a total of six finished quilts for the college girls there. Anita Bowen has gotten the name of the new contact person and I will call her to arrange delivery. A huge thank you to all who made our first Epworth Love project such a great success.
Remember the folks at Children's Garden with kleenex and antibacterials wipes in October, and of course, love quilts.
There are several quilt tops ready for quilting -- just let me know and I will bring to the next meeting all you need -- top, batting and backing. If anyone needs batting or labels for charity quilts please email me at mcross1915@aol.com.
Keep the quilts coming for the Breast Cancer Center. Unfortunately there is always a need there. Please remember October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. --Mary Cross

Minutes for September 13, 2010 Meeting

Meeting called to order by Lynn Lucas, President.
Visitors introduced as Jean Remley, Kathy Klawitter, Abigail Smith, and Kristy Rollins.
Minutes from the August 2, 2010 meeting approved.
No Old Business. No New Business.
Lynn Lucas announced the upcoming quilt shows and events in the community. They will be listed in the newsletter.
Mary Cross, Love Goddess, announced that we have the first five quilts ready for Epworth. A thank you note will be sent to Cheryl Dubois for all that she has donated.
The financial statements are the same as in the previous newsletter.
Helen Brown announced that Joann Amidon and Dee Doebler will put on a beading workshop at the Quilted Pearl on Oct.23rd from 9:30am to 3:00pm. The workshop is limited to 15 people. The cost is $35.00 plus $15.00 for the kit. If there are 10 people signed up, then the kit is paid for by the guild.
Show and Tell.
Helen Brown reviewed the upcoming programs: October meeting will have a presentation from Judy Twitty and November is the presentation and voting of the insect challenge. The challenge fabric is Fusions Prairie Fabric in green and is no longer available through the guild.
June McCaskill made a presentation of making pillow cases. Beth Stewart-Ozark made a presentation on creating texture on fabric using the iron. Bernadette Houghton made a presentation on stamping fabric.

Financial Report
September 16, 2010

Balance January 1, 2010 $3,137.04
Income to date 2,180.95
Expenditure to date 1,295.00
Net Income 885.95
Balance September 16, 2010 $4,022.99

Membership/Hospitality

We now have 51 members and look to having new faces each month. Please encourage visitors to come with you. They will experience first-hand what we do and the fun we have. If they join now the membership is prorated for the remainder of this year.
Members-- it isn’t too early to begin planning to renew for 2011. Please see registration & Secret Sister forms attached. It would be great to have them all in by the December meeting.
October Birthdays: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL…
Laurie Wozniak 10/3 Beth Stewart-Ozark 10/9 and Teresa Coolidge 10/21
Oh my… the Secret Sisters are having a great time and loving the surprises each month! Please remember your SS in some way each month and note the special dates in their lives. If you have any questions or concerns as a Secret Sister please feel free to contact me. ----June

Upcoming Meetings:

Nov 1st - Challenge “The Wonderful World of Insects”
Dec 6th - Party and stocking making. Presentation: My Crazy Quilt – quilts finished this year inspired by the
programs.

Visitors
Our regular meeting is held on the first Monday of the month at 7:00 pm 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.

Upcoming Events
The following quilting activities are sponsored by RCPL: for more information go to: www.myRCPL.com/geesbend
Gee's Bend quilt display Sept 30 - Nov 14 Richland County Public Library (RCPL), Downtown Columbia
Gee's Bend personal stories and history behind the art of their quilt making. Oct 2, 3pm Koger Center for the Arts
Fabric of Your Lives: Gee's Bend and Beyond Saturday, Sep 25, 11am and Monday, September 27, 4pm RCPL, Downtown Columbia. Friday, October 1, Northeast Branch
The Quilts of Gee's Bend Screening. Special screening of the documentary The Quilts of Gee's Bend.
Thrusday, September 30, 7pm: Bostick Auditorium, RCPL Downtown Columbia
“Quilting and Alice Walker's 'Everyday Use:" Exploring the Connections between Literature and Quiltmaking.
Tuesday, Octber 5, 7pm Bostick Auditorium, RCPL Downtown
Quilting the Negro Spiritual Thursday, October 7, 6:30pm, Bostick Auditorium, RCPL Downtown
Improvisational Quilting Workshop Saturday, October 9, 10am - 3pm, Bostick Auditorium, RCPL Downtown
From Sweetgrass to Housetop: Continuities in the Cultures of the South Carolina Lowcountry and Gee's Bend, Alabama. Tuesday, October 12, 7pm, Bostick Auditorium, RCPL Downtown
Stitches Tell Stories for all ages Sunday, October 31, 3pm, Bostick Auditorium, RCPL Downtown

The York County Quilters Guild is holding their quilt show called “A Stitch in Time” on October 8 and 9 at First Presbyterian Church, 234 E Main Street in Downtown Rock Hill, SC. Open 10:00 to 5:00 and admission is $5.00.

High Cotton Quilt Show will be held October 15-16 from 10:00am to 5:00pm in Statesboro, GA. For more information go to http://stayinginstitchesquiltshow.blogspot.com.

2011 Devine Quilters
Secret Sisters

NAME: __________________________________________________________
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2010-08-16T19:04:00.000-04:00

The Devine Quilters
P.O. Box 50006 Columbia, SC 29250
http://devinequilters.blogspot.com/

September 2010 Newsletter

From the President:

Howdy to all,  I love this time of year! Everywhere you look and go there are reminders that soon we will be awaiting summer's return next year. School supply time is so exciting for me, even though it has been many years since they were needed, I always have to fight the desire to stock up on notebooks, paper, pens and pencils. The pencils remind me not only of school, but of the scene in You've Got Mail, when he emails her that he would love to present her with a bouquet of freshly sharpened pencils. How exciting would that be to receive that bouquet of freshly sharpened pencils! I would take my wonderful bouquet and color in the squares of the crisp clean, just out of the package never been crinkled graph paper and conjure forth the masterpieces of all quilts. Those were my thoughts yesterday as I stood looking out the kitchen window enjoying the fact that it was raining. I noticed a few stray yellow leaves from the sweetgum tree falling to the ground and shivered with the excitement of seasons changing. Then, the dog had to go out, and just in case opening the door didn't do the trick, one step outside brought me back to reality and the fact that summer still with us. The spell was broken and the daydream, although faded, is not forgotten.
Today I will spend a most awesome day piecing and quilting something fabulous, a baby quilt, for the first grandbaby of, one of my mom's dearest friends.  I hope all of you are busy quilting or coloring away!  See you soon,  Lynn  

Bring to the September 13 meeting: Regular first floor room 6p: social time 7-9p: meeting

Show and Tell
Remember your Secret Sister
Any finished charity quilts
Check for 2011 renewal: $24
For Children’s Garden: school supplies, paper, crayons, etc.
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Contact Us:

President First Vice President Second Vice President
Lynn Lucas Helen Brown Lynn Buske
957-7563 779-5917 808-6120
doozledo@windstream.net lbrown229@sc.rr.com LBuske@aol.com

Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor
Teresa Coolidge Libby Law Beth Karr
520-6524 782-8324 699-6577
TCoolidge@aol.com libbyplaw@mindspring.com nebulosa@sc.rr.com

Hospitality & Membership Charity Programs Immediate Past President
June McCaskill Mary Cross Margaret Caughman
438-5155 799-0073 808-2388
deviqui@aol.com Mcross1915@aol.com quiltedapron@aol.com

Programs

With Mary's quilt kits, last month's meeting was a great success and hopefully we will have at least 5 new quilt tops next month.
The September meeting was chosen to auction off the partially completed quilt top. Someone will go home with a heirloom quality quilt in the making, will it be you? The more you bid, the more money we raise for the guild.
We are also going to be shown some more secrets and techniques by our members. Beth Stewart-Ozark is going to show us how she uses that new shrink and puff technique. June is going to show her super easy pillow case technique and Bernadette is going to show us how different materials work. It should be a very informative meeting.
---Helen Brown

Love Goddess's Report on Charity Programs
I have four quilts for Epworth college students (females) Two more are being bound. Thank you all who helped make this a successful new program. A final report will be given at the September meeting.
If you took a charity quilt home to finish last month, please bring it to the next meeting if it's finished or if you need batting or backing fabric let me know at mcross1915@aol.com and I will bring to September meeting.
Let's not forget the little ones at Children's Garden. Remember them with quilts and this month include school supplies, paper, crayolas, etc.
Last but not least, quilts for the Breast Center are always needed.
---Mary

Minutes for August 2, 2010 Meeting

Meeting called to order by Lynn Lucas, President.
Minutes from the July 12, 2010 meeting approved.
No Old Business.
No New Business.
Visitor includes Kathy Allison.
August birthdays were announced.
Anita Bowen announced that there is a stash of fabric on the back table to anyone to take.
Helen Brown shared that Mary Cross was doing well after her illness.
Helen Brown announced the upcoming programs:
September meeting will be held the Monday after Labor Day. We will auction off the
“opportunity” quilt.
October meeting will have a presentation from Judy Twitty.
November is the presentation and voting of the insect challenge. The challenge fabric
is Fusions Prairie Fabric in green and is no longer available through the guild.
December meeting is the presentation of Crazy Quilts
Show and Tell.
Formal meeting was adjourned.
Sewing charity quilts commenced as the program.

Financial Report
August 8, 2010

Balance January 1, 2010 $ 3,137.04
Income to Date $ 1,600.95
Expenditure to Date $ 1,295.00
Balance $ 3,442.99

Membership/Hospitality

We look forward to having new faces each month. Please encourage visitors to come with you. They will experience first-hand what we do and the fun we have. If they join now the membership is prorated for the remainder of this year.
Members-- it isn’t too early to begin planning to renew for 2011. It would be great to have them all in by the December meeting. We’ll have renewal forms and Secret Sister forms at the meetings.
September birthdays: (that we know about):
Linda Vandiver - Sept 5. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Oh my… the Secret Sisters are having a great time and loving the surprises each month! Please remember your SS in some way each month and note the special dates in their lives. If you have any questions or concerns as a Secret Sister please feel free to contact me. ----June

Upcoming Meetings:
Oct 4th - Judy Twitty – Traditional Crazy Quilts
Nov 1st - Challenge “The Wonderful World of Insects” *
Dec 6th - Party and stocking making. Presentation: My Crazy Quilt – quilts
finished this year inspired by the programs.

Visitors
Our regular meeting is held on the first Monday of the month at 7:00 pm 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.

Upcoming Events

RCPL will host the Quilters of Gee's Bend at 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 2 at the Koger Center for the Arts in downtown Columbia. Hear from several of these endearing women as they share their personal stories and the history behind the art of their quilt making at this free event, open to families. More than 20 of the original, colorful quilts will also be on display at the Main Library, 1431 Assembly St., September 30 through November 14.

World Quilt Show, Florida Friday, November 12 - Sunday, November 13, 2010
Palm Beach County Convention Center, West Palm Beach, FL www.worldquilt.com
Quilts from 10 countries on display Fabulous Merchants Mall Outstanding Exhibitions
Workshops & Lectures featuring a world renowned faculty Admission $12 (includes re-admit); $10 Sunday Only. Special Lodging Rate:West Palm Beach Marriott 561-833-1234 (be sure to mention the World Quilt Show when making reservations)

2010-07-30T08:58:00.001-04:00

Amy's Famous Cornflake Cookies

4 sticks butter (softened)
2 cups sugar
3 cups plain flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons cream of tarter
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 cups cornflakes--crushed (measure before crushing)
2 cups chopped pecans
Cream butter and sugar…add dry ingredients… add cornflakes and nuts. Mix well (refrigerate till dough is firm) Form into balls about the size of a large marble. Flatten with fingers. Bake at 350 for 10 to 12 minutes or until slightly browned… I use parchment paper.

Recipe can be halved

2010-07-29T21:41:00.001-04:00

The Devine Quilters
P.O. Box 50006 Columbia, SC 29250
http://devinequilters.blogspot.com/

August 2010 Newsletter

From the President:

Howdy to All,
  It is hard to believe that July is over half gone. Where is the summer going? I am sure that you have been as busy as I have with out of town guests, trips to wonderful and enchanting places and just plain old fun. The July meeting was in a word yummy. I love ice cream treats all too much for certain. I am looking forward to the August meeting that will be yummy too.   Hope you are doing fine in the heat. We just have to remember to water the garden early. The tomatoes are wonderful and our first eggplants should be ready within a few days.  Well I am off to quilt-- hope to see every one in August if not before.  ---Lynn

Bring to the August 2 meeting: Regular first floor room 6p: social time 7-9p: meeting

Show and Tell
Remember your Secret Sister
Any finished charity quilts
Food to share (utensils and drinks provided)
Sewing machines, fabric, etc—see Programs and Love Goddess’s report below
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Contact Us:

President First Vice President Second Vice President
Lynn Lucas Helen Brown Lynn Buske
957-7563 779-5917 808-6120
doozledo@windstream.net lbrown229@sc.rr.com LBuske@aol.com

Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor
Teresa Coolidge Libby Law Beth Karr
520-6524 782-8324 699-6577
TCoolidge@aol.com libbyplaw@mindspring.com nebulosa@sc.rr.com

Hospitality & Membership Charity Programs Immediate Past President
June McCaskill Mary Cross Margaret Caughman
438-5155 799-0073 808-2388
deviqui@aol.com Mcross1915@aol.com quiltedapron@aol.com

Programs

Love Quilt Meeting As is our tradition, the August meeting is dedicated to quilting for charity.
We will meet at Davis Hall any time after 6:00 p m to start sewing the quilt kits assembled by our wonderful members, who used their time and equipment to assemble these under the leadership of our dedicated Love Goddess (Mary).
We need you to bring your sewing machines, about four people can bring irons (so if you would like to be an ironer would you please call or e-mail me) and the others will be helpers. Everyone is needed! Even if you only come to entertain we need that too!
We also will have food and fellowship. Please bring your favorite foods (we love the taste treats). Plates, silver, napkins and drinks will be supplied.
We will also have “Show and Tell” so bring all your lovely items.
---Helen Brown

Love Goddess's Report
August's meeting is the charity workshop for this year. We are making Tumbling Blocks quilts. Lynn Lucas and Stephanie Alexander will have their Accu-cut machines and will cut the fabric you all bring. Some 'kits' have been put together and are ready to be sewn. The early birds can get started as soon as they arrive. Unfortunately the Love Goddess will not be able to attend, but she does have cherubs who are fabulous helpers and will guide you through the process. So please help them help me.
What to bring:
1. fabric -- scrappy or coordinated -- at least 8" x 8" square -- 8" strips are fine
2. machines and sewing accoutrements
3. ironing board and iron
Putting together the quilts: 11 blocks per row and 13 rows -- very simple and very quick.
I missed the July meeting so there will be a report on Epworth quits and other items in the September newsletter. ---Mary Cross

Minutes for July 12, 2010 Meeting

Meeting called to order by Lynn Lucas, President.
Minutes from the June 7, 2010 meeting approved.
No Old Business.
It was announced that JoAnn’s on Garner’s Ferry Rd is moving to Two Notch Rd.
Visitor included Diane Weathersbee.
July birthdays were announced.
Upcoming events include:
Quilters of Gees Bend will speech at the Koger Art Center on . The quilts will be on display at the Richland County Library from September 3rd through October 14th.
Ashville Quilt Show will be August 6-8.
Foust Textiles has their open house and sale August 13-14. Look up fousttextiles.com.
Prickly Finger and Electric City Quilt Show is August 27-28 in Williamston, SC. Look up quiltersofsc.org for more information.
Flower Valley Quilt Guild has sent the guild a brochure and challenged us to commit $100 per year to the National Quilt Museum and Paducah, KY. The brochure is available if anyone would like to view it.
The Heritage Quilt Trail has a new stop at the Oconee Library in Oconee, SC.
The Quilters of South Carolina fall challenge is called “Menopause”. Size is 9”X12”. For more information contact Sandra Baker.
Show and Tell.
Heart Quilts were shown.
Meeting was adjourned. ---Teresa

Financial Report
July 13, 2010

Balance January 1, 2010 $3,137.04
Income to date $1,635.00
Expenditure to date $1,295.00
Net Income $ 340.00
Balance July 13, 2010 $3,477.04 --Libby

Membership/Hospitality

Roster updates:
Janet Hunt: change to kenhunt0648@att.net
We now have 51 members and look to having new faces each month. Please encourage visitors to come with you. They will experience first-hand what we do and the fun we have. If they join now the membership is prorated for the remainder of this year.
Members-- it isn’t too early to begin planning to renew for 2011. It would be great to have them all in by the December meeting. We’ll have renewal forms and Secret Sister forms at the meetings.
August birthdays: (that we know about):
Sally Somerall 8/16 Ann Maletic 8/17 Dee Doebler 8/18
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL!!!
Oh my… the Secret Sisters are having a great time and loving the surprises each month! Please remember your SS in some way each month and note the special dates in their lives. If you have any questions or concerns as a Secret Sister please feel free to contact me. ----June

Upcoming Meetings:
Sept 13th - Stamping, rubbings, and stenciling on fabric demos by members; guild quilt auction
Oct 4th - Judy Twitty – Traditional Crazy Quilts
Nov 1st - Challenge “The Wonderful World of Insects” *
Dec 6th - Party and stocking making. Presentation: My Crazy Quilt – quilts finished this year
inspired by the programs.

Visitors
Our regular meeting is held on the first Monday of the month at 7:00 pm 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.

2010-07-29T21:40:00.003-04:00

The Devine Quilters
P.O. Box 50006 Columbia, SC 29250
http://devinequilters.blogspot.com/

June 2010 Newsletter

From the President:
Dear Quilters,  Hope everyone is doing well and finding time to quilt in the middle of all of our summer activities. I personally have been very busy the last week trying to get ahead of schedule as one of my college friends is coming in just under two weeks to stay for a week while Todd is out of town. We always have the best time together and I am looking forward to a week of fun filled with zany, crazy, antics. I followed her instructions and planted plenty of mint this year so she can make mint juleps. I had never had one until last summer. They are her specialty!  Our guild is so lucky to be able to have the Heart Quilt exhibit next month. Please bring your friends along to enjoy an evening of fun to see this wonderful exhibit, have ice cream and enjoy good friends.  I picked my first tomatoes from the vine yesterday morning. They are big and fat and juicy! We have been getting cherry tomatoes for awhile now. Hopefully the wait for eggplant, squash, celery, cucumbers, beans, peppers, and cabbage won't be much longer. There are two banana peppers that are almost ready. Things always taste best fresh from the garden don't they? We split our garden this year between front and back yard and it is so fun to see the difference between front and back. Of course you can't forget the herbs either. It is wonderful to go outside with a pair of scissors just before cooking dinner.   So until next time keep quilting away. See you all in July if not before!!!!!  ---Lynn

Bring to the July 12 meeting: Regular first floor room 6p: social time 7-9p: meeting

Show and Tell
Remember your Secret Sister
Any finished charity quilts
For Children’s Garden: popsicle treats that can be frozen
_________________________________________________________________________
Contact Us:

President First Vice President Second Vice President
Lynn Lucas Helen Brown Lynn Buske
957-7563 779-5917 808-6120
doozledo@windstream.net lbrown229@sc.rr.com LBuske@aol.com

Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor
Teresa Coolidge Libby Law Beth Karr
520-6524 782-8324 699-6577
TCoolidge@aol.com libbyplaw@mindspring.com nebulosa@sc.rr.com

Hospitality & Membership Charity Programs Immediate Past President
June McCaskill Mary Cross Margaret Caughman
438-5155 799-0073 808-2388
deviqui@aol.com Mcross1915@aol.com quiltedapron@aol.com

Programs

We will be back downstairs in July for another Prom Party from 6 to 7 and our annual Ice Cream Social, with thanks to Donna (for new dresses, bring your scissors) and Debbie for the ice-cream, etc. And more thanks to Lynn Buske who is managing the program while I am away (this gives her practice for next year). She has arranged for us to host an exhibition of the Heart Quilts. We will enjoy learning the stories behind the quilts and get ideas for our own quilts. We will be able to see how they were constructed and ask questions about ideas we don't understand. ---Helen

Minutes for June 7, 2010 Meeting

Meeting called to order by Lynn Lucas.
There were no human guests to introduce, however, Jodi Spillane introduced her 2 hedgehogs.
Minutes from the May 3, 2010 meeting approved.
Old Business: Opportunity quilt. Lynn Lucas opened a discussion of the opportunity quilt. At a Devine Board meeting earlier in the evening, the Board concluded that, because raffles are not legal in South Carolina, we could not raffle the opportunity quilt. Based on Lynn’s phone conversation with Ned Badgett, Assistant Director of Public Charities, our guild could lose our non-profit status. A motion was made and approved by the guild that a live auction be held at the September general meeting to sell the unfinished quilt, “as is”, to the highest bidder. The bids would start at $100.00 plus the cost of the materials. {see further details in article below}.
The July and Sept. meetings will be held on the 2nd Mondays due to holidays.
June birthdays are Joyce Greer, Mary Cross, Libby Law, and Elly Hansen.
Mary Cross, Love Goddess, announced that August meeting will be dedicated to making charity quilts. Bring sewing machines and irons. We will make the megaphone design using the Accuquilter cutter. Bring 8” X 8” inch squares if you can. A few people will start cutting the megaphones at the Design group this Thursday at Quilted Pearl.
Libby Law, Treasurer, announced our bank balance at $3,350.00.
Helen Brown announced that the program for next month includes the Heart Quilts, an extension of the Prom Party, and an ice cream social.
Teresa Coolidge gave a demonstration of a batik quilt made from 10’ squares. Deborah Hotchkiss gave a demonstration of using the computer and websites to obtain ideas. Elizabeth Kelbaugh gave a demonstration of using EQ on the computer to design quilts.
The quilt guild’s blog is devinequilters.blogspot.com.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:45pm. ---Teresa

Financial Report
June 10, 2010

Balance January 1, 2010 $3,137.04
Income to date 1,602.00
Expenditures to date 1,280.00
Net Income $3,459.04 --Libby

Love Goddess (Charity Quilts Program) Report

The quilts for Epworth are almost complete. We have four finished and a fifth will be ready at the July meeting. It was suggested to me after the meeting, that as there is another (sixth) quilt almost finished, that we give it to the recent social work graduate. Please let me know your feelings on this matter. (mcross1919@aol.com )
Thank you all for the other love quilts. I will stitch labels on them and take to their respective homes.
As the summer is here, let's bring those popsicle treats that can be frozen for the Children's Garden.
---Mary

Membership/Hospitality

July birthdays: (that we know about):
Lynn Buske 7/10 Annette Price 7/21 Wilma Black 7/24
Liz Florom 7/26 Lynn Lucas 7/29
Remember your Secret Sister!

Opportunity Quilt Update, cont’d.

Format details of the auction will be promulgated later. The beginning bid will be the cost of the fabric/expenses plus $100. Known expenses so far (assuming all invoices are in) are close to $200, but if there are any outstanding invoices (get them in ladies!), it might be closer to $300. This amount should be settled by the next meeting.
The quilt was designed to finish 89" by 97". The center panel has been appliquéd, the log cabin border blocks have been pieced, the vine and vine blocks have been pieced but the leaves have not been appliquéd. The mountain blocks have been pieced and the four corners have had the leaves appliquéd to them.
There is probably enough extra fabric for binding and piecing some of the backing. (A picture of the finished design is on the last page of this newsletter). 

Upcoming Meetings:
August 2nd - Love quilt workshop (charity)
Sept 13th - Stamping, rubbings, and stenciling on fabric demos by members; guild quilt auction
Oct 4th - Judy Twitty – Traditional Crazy Quilts
Nov 1st - Challenge “The Wonderful World of Insects” *
Dec 6th - Party and stocking making. Presentation: My Crazy Quilt – quilts finished this year
inspired by the programs.

*2010 Devine Challenge: “The Wonderful World of Insects”
Your quilt should include a recognizable piece of the challenge fabric, which you purchased from the guild (as a fund raiser). Your name will then be added to the list of participants in the challenge. Your finished quilt must be at the 11/1/10 meeting. Theme: any take on the world of insects. You may use a traditional insect pattern, make a quilt with delightful insects or show a world that insects would surely inhabit.

Upcoming Events
York County Quilters Guild show: October 8 & 9, 2010. 10am-5pm. First Presbyterian Church, 234 East Main St, Rock Hill, SC 29730

Visitors
Our regular meeting is held on the first Monday of the month at 7:00 pm 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.

Plan for finished auction quilt: (you should be able to click on the picture to select it, then click on a corner and drag it diagonally to enlarge it.)

May 2010 Newsletter for Devine Quilters

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The Devine Quilters
P.O. Box 50006 Columbia, SC 29250
http://devinequilters.blogspot.com/

May 2010 Newsletter

From the President:
Here is hoping all are doing well and quilting away!
When I was a child one of my favorite meals was my mother's salmon croquets and cole slaw. No one else's has ever tasted as good as hers did. When I grew up and set up my grown up house, one cold winter’s night I made salmon croquets and cole slaw, they did not taste the same. Mom swears I make them the same but over the years I just gave up on the salmon croquets and adopted a new way of making slaw. Did mom's taste better because they were seasoned with love?
What does this have to do with quilting you ask? Well, I will tell you. Recently I was under the weather and just wanted to cuddle up and nap. I have a quilt that my husband’s grandmother gave us shortly after we were married, and it is without a doubt my favorite quilt. I so wanted to nap under it but it is very much like the Velvetine Bunny: old, frayed and worn. Since I was ill I did not want to make it germy and in need of being washed, so I cuddled up under one on my own quilts (one I have made). Much to my dismay it did not feel the same. It occurred to me that the difference was love. One of the reasons I love being a longarmer is that it is a very heartwarming experience. When I am quilting a quilt that someone else has made, very often I can feel the love that went into each and every stitch especially if it is a gift for one of their family or friends, the love just comes pouring forth. My quilts are most often made for others with love going into each and every stitch. The ones that I have made for me just don't have the same feel, much like those salmon croquets and cole slaw. The favorite quilt of which I am speaking is the only quilt that was ever given to me and it was given jointly to my husband and I. My family was not a family of quilters - they were sewers but not quilters - and I was so fortunate that my grandmother in-law was a quilter. I wonder how many of you have had the same experience with your own cooking or quilts.
Thus salmon croquets, cole slaw and quilts are the same in my book. I want my mother's salmon croquets and cole slaw and I want a quilt made from the heart and full of love just for me. I know we are grownups and wants are just that, but how many of you feel the same? My poor husband, I had him proof read this last night, this morning at breakfast he said he had been thinking about it and if he could sew he would make me one, because he knows that feeling of which I was speaking, seems he feels it each and every time he naps under one of the quilts made for him.  After sleeping on it myself it occurs to me why charity quilts are so valuable in the healing process. To know that someone you know has made you a most wonderful quilt is a heart warming experience. To know that a stranger was thinking of you and showed such a random act of kindness and love must be overwhelming. Lets keep quilting! --- Lynn

Bring to the May 3 meeting: 6p: social time and fun per Programs 7-9p: meeting Davis Hall, first floor
Show and Tell
Remember your Secret Sister
Any finished charity quilts
Prom Night supplies—see programs
For Children’s Garden: wipes and puddings
_________________________________________________________________________
Contact Us:

President First Vice President Second Vice President
Lynn Lucas Helen Brown Lynn Buske
957-7563 779-5917 808-6120
doozledo@windstream.net lbrown229@sc.rr.com LBuske@aol.com

Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor
Teresa Coolidge Libby Law Beth Karr
520-6524 782-8324 699-6577
TCoolidge@aol.com libbyplaw@mindspring.com nebulosa@sc.rr.com

Hospitality & Membership Charity Programs Immediate Past President
June McCaskill Mary Cross Margaret Caughman
438-5155 799-0073 808-2388
deviqui@aol.com Mcross1915@aol.com quiltedapron@aol.com

Programs

Prom Night has finally arrived! Bring a dress (prom, bridesmaid), scissors and a bag. If you don't have a dress come anyway. We will share. In between 6 and 7 we will be cutting up dresses and partying. At 7 the program will start. The local quilt shops have been invited, so bring money. Dyenamic Fabrics are bringing their batik collection, Pieces and Patches will be well represented and Stephanie will demonstrate her fabric cutter system and answer your questions as to it's accuracy, economy, and efficiency. ---Helen

Minutes for March 29, 2010 (April meeting)

Lynn Lucas called the meeting to order at 7:00pm.
Minutes from March, 2010 meeting were approved.
No old business. No new business.
At May’s general meeting we will discuss the opportunity quilt. Linda Vandiver will have a report.
Lynn Lucas brought up that the guild needs a system for bereavement. Lynn would like the guild to form a group that is willing to help in these situations. If you are interested in being a part of this group e-mail your ideas to Lynn at doozledo@windstream.net.
The guests for this evening are Susan Guzman, Gayle Mundstock, Susan Z. Adams, Terry Murphy, Judy Carroll, Sherwood Williams, and Emily Dale.
New members include Julia Belk and Leslie Mullins.
April birthdays include Jennifer Amor, Anita Bowen, June McCaskill, and Judy Twitty.
Foothill Piecemakers will have their quilt show on April 16-17th at the Morningside Baptist Church in Greenville, SC.
On the morning of May 1st, Threads of Time (Lexington) Quilt Guild will have Mary Story conducting a workshop. For more information contact jmlbarrett@windstream.net.
Anita Bowen announced a fund raising opportunity. There are some students that are conducting a study on aging. Those that would like to complete a survey will receive $10.00. Anita proposed that as many of us as possible meet, do the survey, and donate the $10.00 to the guild. Beth Karr volunteered to open The Quilted Pearl as a place to meet. An e-mail will be posted to all guild members with all the information.
Sandra Baker announced that the Quilters of South Carolina has an opportunity quilt which is their Scholarship Quilt. It is a crazy quilt. Sandra has tickets which can be purchased for $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. The funds obtained from the quilt will be available for scholarships to the spring meeting and fall retreat. If you are interested in obtaining a scholarship, write a letter to their president, Diane Schonauer.
Sandra Baker also announced that the theme for challenge quilt which is due at the fall retreat is menopause. The size is 9”X 12”.
Helen Brown introduced the evening’s speaker, Laura Wasilowski. She gave an interesting, humorous presentation. ----Teresa

Love Goddess (Charity Quilts) Report
Delivered quilts and "stuff" to Children's Garden and quilts to PH Breast Cancer Center. As usual they are thrilled with what we give them.
Several people have told me they are working on single bed quilts for Epworth. They should be at least 70" x 90". We will give to the college age girls first as there are only five of them. Then we can select a cottage.
For next month please bring wipes and puddings for the Children's Garden.
---Mary Cross

Financial Report
April 14, 2009

Balance January 1, 2010 3137.04
Income to date 1483.00
Expenditure to date 1245.00
Current Balance 3375.04

Thanks to everyone who participated in the fund-raiser on Monday, April 5. We raised a total of $260 by participating in a survey developed for the research study called "Understanding Personal and Social Aspects of Faith and Practice Related to Health". The survey is sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation, Duke University and The Arnold School of Public Health of the University of South Carolina. The purpose of the study is to understand those connections with others in the community, which include faith communities, and how this affects the health of adults of all ages more fully. --Libby

“Donation” Quilt Workshop for Devine

Meet at Greenhill Baptist Church, 1734 Augusta Road, West Columbia Saturday, May 15 from 10 am until 2 pm. Bring your lunch and all supplies you will need to applique - by HAND! We have templates and fabric.
Please email Linda Vandiver at qltnlinda@aol.com if you can come.
There are only 6 more steps to complete our quilt and we really want everyone to have a "hand" in this project. What's left? Well, after the leaves are appliqued, we have to applique the vine, put the top together, sandwich it, and have it quilted and then bind it and put on a label.
--Linda

Membership/Hospitality
We welcomed 7 visitors and 2 new members at our April meeting/lecture. Welcome to new members Julia Belk and Leslie Mullins. We now have 50 members and look forward to growing each month.
May birthdays: (that we know about):
Beth Karr 5/1 Sue Spillane 5/9
Deborah Hotchkiss 5/14 Sallie Schirm 5/20
Pat Whittle 5/30 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL!!!

Oh my… the Secret Sisters are having a great time and loving the surprises each month! Please remember your SS in some way each month and note the special dates in their lives. If you have any questions or concerns as a Secret Sister, please feel free to contact me. ----June

Roster updates:

Update: Geri Smith dsageri@yahoo.com
Renewals and new (full details on attached Roster):
Cheryl Leaphart
Denise Seay
Julia Belk
Leslie Mullins
Judy Twitty

Future meetings:
June 7th - Quilting and the Internet
July 12th - Ice cream social and fundraiser
August 2nd - Love quilt workshop (charity)
Sept 13th - Stamping, rubbings, and stenciling on fabric demos by members
Oct 4th - Judy Twitty – Traditional Crazy Quilts
Nov 1st - Challenge “The Wonderful World of Insects” *
Dec 6th - Party and stocking making. Presentation: My Crazy Quilt – quilts finished this year
inspired by the programs.

EQ6 Corner

Simple little 4 patches: just two 4 patch blocks make this pattern.

Or, 2 strip sets:

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Upcoming Events

Blue Ridge Quilt Festival New Blacksburg Middle School, 3109 Price’s Fork Rd., Blacksburg, VA 24060
June 18 – 20, 2010 Workshops with Linder Fiedler, Susan Brittingham, Ellen Guerrant, Paula Golden, Kathy Sevebeck, and Didi Salvatierra starting June 17th .

Magic Needle Quilt Guild and Piecemakers Quilt Guild Present: "Across Generations" Quilt Show. Featuring quilts for all ages, including traditional quilts, modern quilts, and art quilts.
Nov. 6, 2010, 9am - 4pm USC - Lancaster - Bradley Building 476 Hubbard Drive Lancaster, SC

*2010 Devine Challenge: “The Wonderful World of Insects”
Your quilt should include a recognizable piece of the challenge fabric, which you purchased from the guild (as a fund raiser). Your name will then be added to the list of participants in the challenge. Your finished quilt must be at the 11/1/10 meeting. Theme: any take on the world of insects. You may use a traditional insect pattern, make a quilt with delightful insects or show a world that insects would surely inhabit.

Visitors
Our regular meeting is held on the first Monday of the month at 7:00 pm 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.

Lost Heroes Art Quilt Comes to Columbia SC

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The state of South Carolina is pleased to announce the exhibition that honors America's service men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice to our great country and the freedoms we all enjoy. This exhibit will be in the State House building March 3 through 10th 2010.

Go here to see the quilt and to find out more about the exhibit.

Devine Quilters Newsletter for March 2010

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March 2010 Newsletter

From the President:
Wow, what a month this has been! The heat went out in my studio. It needed a new flux capacitor or something like that. The part was over a week coming in. I realize that I have become quite spoiled and space heaters are not the way I want to go on a permanent basis. Last month when we moved the hot water heater I found an old directors chair that was tucked away behind it. My mom bought it second hand when I was in high school. Now I have resurrected it and am most happy to finally be able to use that fabric that I purchased over a year ago at Mary Jo's, that had spools of thread and bolts of fabric on it, by making seat covers. I thought I was going to have to call someone for a seat cover intervention as I have made nothing other than quilts for so long. I now have a wonderful chair in my studio where I can sit and ponder the meaning of life. My husband keeps saying it is “42”, at least that is the answer given in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

I hope everyone has been very busy quilting away. I have been at it every chance that comes this way. I had a fabulous time working on charity quilts earlier this month, when we all met at The Quilted Pearl. I am looking forward to the next day of fun, friends and good food. I have a quilt of mine on my long arm now. Actually it is Todd's quilt. He picked out these wonderful templates for me then I had to buy fabric to go with them. Anyway Priscilla and I will be working on it tomorrow, the Good Lord willing and the creek don't rise.   Did everyone get a chance to play in the snow? A wonderful time was had by all-- the dogs chased snowballs in the backyards and there are still a few snowmen lingering a sad good bye. Have ya'll been watching the Olympics. It stuck me as odd that Canada had to truck in snow and we had plenty. My mom said she saw on the news that this is the first time in recorded history that all 50 states to include the highest elevations in Hawaii have had snow at the same time. Interesting bit of trivia.  I am looking forward to the next meeting. Our last meeting was so wonderful and I understand that the workshop was wonderful. It sounds as if everyone had a great time. --Lynn Lucas 

Bring to the March 1 meeting: 6p: social time and demo
7-9p: meeting Davis Hall, first floor
Show and Tell
Remember your Secret Sister
Any finished charity quilts
For Children’s Garden: facial tissues, paper towels and antibacterial wipes and cleansers.

Programs

March in the year of Crazy Quilts
I hope we have all started on a Crazy Quilt. If not, between 6 and 7pm we can learn a traditional method for starting squares-- on newspaper, paper pieced or muslin squares.
For our program: first, Joyce Greer has agreed to give us hints for neat storage of our material. Next, Lynn Buske is going to show us some techniques for using Shiva oil paintsticks. Remember the lovely quilt that she showed us last fall? She will illustrate how to make the panels. Finishing up our program will be Sara Quattlebaum. She is going to show us part of her collection of Dover books and show us how they inspire her quilts from designs to quilting motifs.
The April meeting will be on March 29th (a week early) because we are having Laura Wasilowski from the state meeting as a speaker. –Helen

Minutes for February 1, 2010

Lynn Lucas called the meeting to order at 7:00pm.
Visitors, Gayle Mundstosk, Leslie Mullins, Robbie Kupper, Elly Hansen, Kathy Houser, and Sally Somerall, were all introduced.
Minutes from January meeting were approved.
Audit of 2009 financial statements was completed with no problems noted.
Mary Cross reminded everyone that this Sunday, February 7th from 10 until 5, is the “Quilt-In” at The Quilted Pearl to make Charity Quilts.
Lynn announced that the One Stop Shop Hop is February 20th at USC Lancaster.
Spring QSC meeting will be in March.
The Gees Bend quilts are coming to the Richland County Public Library in late September. There will be some public events which will be further announced when the information becomes available. That is the same weekend as a retreat.
Show and Tell included several heart pillows.
Helen Brown, Programs, announced that we need one more volunteer to provide a demonstration of a simple quilt idea at the meeting in March. Let her know if you are interested.
Priscilla Hair’s workshop is this Saturday, February 6th.
Helen Brown introduced the evening’s speaker, Priscilla Hair. Priscilla gave an excellent presentation of her unique, artistic style of fiber art.
Meeting adjourned at 8:50pm. ---Teresa Coolidge

Love Goddess (Charity Quilts) Report

At the February meeting we received 4 quilts for charity.

On Super Bowl Sunday 12 DQ members met at The Quilted Pearl for a charity sew-in.
wo tops were completed and six almost completed. Several other tops were taken home to be quilted. A very successful day!!!!! Thanks to Cheryl DuBois for allowing us to use her shop and to Beth Karr for being there to let us in.

If we are to be involved with Epworth the membership needs to approve this at our next meeting. They (Epworth Home) would like us to start with quilts (twin bed size) for the college students (5 girls). Please think about this and bring any questions/concerns to the March meeting. Remember: A blanket warms the body. A quilt warms the soul.

Supplies for the Children's Garden are winter weather needs -- Kleenex tissues, paper towels, and bacterial wipes. --Mary

Devine Quilters Financial Reports

Treasurer’s Report February 2010
The audit team, Deborah Hotchkiss and Joyce Greer, reviewed the 2009 financial records on January 31. The review included an examination of the bank statements, general ledger, financial reports and supporting documents (deposits, checks written, and bills paid). They found the records to be well maintained and showing a balance as of December 31, 2009 of $3,137.04.

Financial Report February 18, 2010

Balance January 1, 2010 $3,137.04
Income to date 1,153.00
Expenditures to date 826.00
Net income 327.00
Grand total $3 464.04 --Libby P. Law

Membership/Hospitality

We welcome 3 new members from our February meeting- Sally Somerall, Elly Hanson and Roberta Kupper. We now have 44 members and look forward to growing each month.
March birthdays: (that we know about):

Margaret Caughman 3/12
Kim Putnam 3/14
Joann Amidon 3/19 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL!!!

Secret Sisters got off to a great start in February. There was a lot of excitement over the packages. If you have any questions or concerns as a Secret Sister please feel free to contact me.
A membership list is attached for your review. There are a few missing items that will be filled in. Please advise via e-mail if you see items that need correcting.

Thanks for supporting your guild! --June HYPERLINK "mailto:deviqui@aol.com" deviqui@aol.com

Upcoming events
Cobblestone Quilters of Charleston celebration of quilts show 2010: “Charleston in Bloom”. This is a biennial show by the guild. 3 days, March 5-7 at the Gaillard Auditorium in Charleston, 10a-5p. This show will be judged by NQA certified judge, Scot Murkin.

Palmetto Quilt Guild - Hilton Head Quilt Festival St. Andrew by the Sea U.M.C. Celebration Center, 20 Pope Ave., Hilton Head Friday, March 26 - Saturday 27, 2010 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Admission $5.00

Visitors
Our regular meeting is held on the first Monday of the month at 7:00 pm 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.

EQ6 Corner
For decorating windows that don’t need full coverage (such as have mini blinds already), consider pieced panels:

Richland County Public Library Quilt Show

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Here are the photos from our show last fall at the Richland County Public Library.

July 6th Meeting Was Successful

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For those of you who were unable to attend the July 6th meeting, a good time was had by all -- and we got to eat lots of desserts!!!

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Devine Quilters -- please email Geri or me blogs that you like to read and we will add them to our blog.

Welcome to the Devine Quilters Blog

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Welcome to the Devine Quilters Blog. We will use the blog as a way to share ideas, post information that members need, and use the Blog to encourage new members to join us. Devine Quilters is an evening guild that meets on the first Monday of every month at 7:00 pm at the Shandon Presbyterian Church in Columbia SC.

Many of the members of Devine Quilters are members of the Quilters of South Carolina. Upcoming programs with Devine Quilters include:
August 3, 2009 - Charity Quilts and Library Show Quilts are due
September 2009 - TBD
October 2009 - Challenge Quilts due "Sunflowers"
November 2009 - TBD
December 2009 - Holiday Cheer! Make small stockings for the Richland Pediatric Unit.