Welcome to Common Threads!
"Friendship is a tapestry woven through the years
with threads of joy and laughter, happiness and tears."
August Meeting
 WHEN/WHERE
- Our next meeting is Tuesday, August 24, 2010.
The program will be presented byVikki
Pignatelli of Reynoldsburg, Ohio (founder of the Sacred
Threads Quilt Exhibition). She is also offering a full-day workshop, "Crazy
about Curves" the next day, August 25 (see Announcements
below for more information).
NOTE:
The location is different for the August meeting. We
will be meeting at Aladdin Shrine Center, 3850 Stelzer Rd, Columbus,
Ohio. You can find driving directions here - www.aladdinshrine.org/location.htm.
AUGUST SWAP FABRIC - We will swap (2) 9-1/2" squares, 1
each of two different BACKGROUND HALLOWEEN squares (think print the size
of a quarter or less). The 2 squares equal one set. Rotate
each set 1/4 turn
for ease of swapping. We will swap 10 sets. Please place in a plastic
bag with your name on outside.
There will be no swap for September.
AUGUST BLOCK RAFFLE - Popsicles!!! Click here to download
instructions for the popsicle block.
LINKS
Here's the link
to the August 2010 Newsletter (PDF).
Here's the link
to the April 2010 Board Meeting Minutes (PDF).
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Vikki Pignatelli's "Crazy about Curves" Workshop
Date: Wednesday, August 25th
Time: 9am – 4 pm
Location: Quilt Beginnings East,
3409 East Broad St,
Bexley, Ohio
Cost: $45 (includes lunch)
All skill levels
This class is for students who want a general overview of Vikki's
construction technique.
In this class students will quickly master the basic concepts of Vikki's
flexible, "no rules", "no fear" Crazy about Curves technique using a small, simple teaching pattern (complimentary). With
this method, a meld of piecing and machine appliqué, students
learn to create even sharp curves and narrow points effortlessly without
the hassle. There are NO measuring seam allowances, NO easing together
unruly seams and NO matching points. All construction work, color choices
and stitching are done on the quilt top surface. This is a very simple,
anyone-can-do technique suitable for all skill levels. Workshop emphasis
is on creativity, inspiration and self-confidence for the quilter. Students
work at their own pace.
Contact Kelley LaPlace at 228-2008 or klaplace@columbus.rr.com to
sign up.
 Common Threads Quilt Show
Date: September 28, 2010
Time:
6:30-8:30pm
Location: Bexley United Methodist
Church 2657 E. Broad Street Bexley, Ohio
Admission:
Free Admission
Food:
Light Refreshments
Make it a great show and enter something you are working on! Click
here for a entry form (PDF).
Buy Raffle tickets at the show to win a beautiful
quilt (see right)!
Nominations for 2011 Officers
If you would like to nominate yourself or someone
you know for office, please contact any board member. Gloria Scott- Tibbs and
Robin Allen, the current Co-Vice Presidents, will become Co-Presidents for
next year. We are looking for volunteers for all other officers and committee
chairs. The slate will be presented in October and November, with elections
to be held in January. It's fun to get involved! For descriptions of
the officers and committees, click here.
Do YOU have any ugly fabric?
Judy Sandman plans on presenting a lecture and trunk show to our guild
in February, 2011, and is asking for donations of 1/2 yard pieces (more
or less is fine!) of tired fabric from our stashes which will be worked
into challenge quilts. The more "tired", unusual, ugly or old
your fabric is, the better. Let's stretch Judy's imagination and see
what can be done with those fabrics we gave up on long ago. She promises
to both educate and surprise you with her creations. Your definition
of "ugly" will never be the same! The fun begins when YOUR
fabric evolves into a quilt even you might not recognize. Gloria will
collect the fabric at the August 2010 meeting. Judy promises to "show
and tell" at least 50 quilts during her presentation in February.
Your participation will add to the fun!
Fall Quilting Retreat
September 10-12, 2010, Chillicothe, Ohio
We will be staying at the lovely Christopher
Inn and sewing in the Riverview Conference Center, located within
the Christopher Inn. The hotel has a heated indoor pool as well as
a hot tub and sauna.
The cost will be $150.00 per person for double occupancy. This includes
continental breakfast on Saturday and Sunday morning and dinner on Friday.
The hotel is surrounded by restaurants, including Max & Erma's, Damon's,
Bob Evans, and local favorite The Old Canal Smoke House. We are also
located near Creations
Sew Clever Quilt Shop, Jo Ann Fabrics, and Hobby Lobby.
Minimum Deposit of $50.00 due by June 30th. Total payment must be paid
in full by August 15th. Click here
for a registration form. Please complete it and return to Marty Rigo
with your deposit. ope to see you there!
UPCOMING 2010 PROGRAMS
- Sep 28 – Common Threads Biennial Quilt
Show
- Oct 26 – "View the World
Through a Quilter's Eye" by Kimberly Einmo.
A lecture and trunk show. www.kimberlyeinmo.com.
Dinner will be served before the meeting. The menu will be announced
later. The price is $5 and dinner is served at 6:15 PM.
- Nov 23 – "How to Get the
Kinks Out & Keep Moving!" by Laura L. Dekle,
local Yoga Instructor. A hands-on demonstration of moves and stretches
for quilters. Location TBD.
- Dec – No meeting
COMING IN 2011 – DATES TO BE DETERMINED:
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