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EVENING STAR GAZETTE

September 2017 VOLUME 11 ISSUE 9

Leaders of the pack: President: Sherry Mcconnell V-President: Donna Hartman Secretery: Stephanie Crabtree Treasurer: Kaye Judt Website: Ann Fisher Workshops: Betty Lloyd Newsletter: A concerted group effort

Meetings are held the 3rd Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at

Eastside Church of God.

Dues are $20 for the first year and each year thereafter

Website: eveningstarquiltguild.com

Sherry McConnell

Our sponsor for this

newsletter!

Good Evening Guildy Girls! It was our pleasure to have Christine Stainbrook and her friend Kathleen War-ren with us for the "Walkabout Bag" workshop. Steph Crabtree and Alyce Taylor graciously invited us to use their Church and it was lovely. Seventeen eager quilters met to learn, share and enjoy lunch and snacks. The pattern was chal-lenging, but a lot was learned and Christine happily shared her knowledge, and tips and tricks! Some have finished their bags and they are beautiful! It is al-ways good to learn new things to add to our tool bags! Christine is already hoping to return next year with a completely different pro-ject and knowing Christine as I do, it is bound to be a lot of fun! I hope that you all understand how very skilled and creative you are and how very proud I am to know all of you! Always honored to be the Leader of the Pack! Sherry

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SPRING VALLEY QUILT SHOW

2017 Category Winners: 1. Bed – All techniques, hand-quilted 1st Place – Barbara Snodgrass – Dream Catcher 2nd Place – Sandy Weinert – For You Blue 3rd Place – Jan Fox – Red and White Flower Garden 2. Bed – Pieced, machine-quilted 1st Place – Beverly Vancil – Colorful Stars 2nd Place – Almeda Smith – United States Quilt 3rd Place – Sandy Weiner – Circle of Friends 3. Bed – Applique, machine-quilted 1st Place – Melanie Clawson – Autumn with Friends 2nd Place – Linda Wolverton – Downton Abbey 3rd Place – 4. Wall – All techniques, machine or hand-quilted 1st Place – Beverly Vancil – Be Colourful 2nd Place – Judy Tescher – Stars & Sparks 3rd Place – Linda Wolverton – Sedona Quilt 5. Art – All techniques, machine or hand-quilted 1st Place – Sherry Boram – Sentinelle-Medievil Watcher 2nd Place – Doris Kyhnel – Hibiscus 3rd Place – Alison Barker – Marquise Diamond 6. Miscellaneous 1st Place – Teressa Pauley – Yo Yo Vest 2nd Place – Alison Barker – A Surprise Inside 3rd Place – Marsha Zeller – Cozy Quilted Coat 7. Theme – ‘Oh Baby 1st Place – Christopher Leavitt – O Baby 2nd Place – Eleanor Hickman – O Baby, It’s Party Time 3rd Place – Susan Freeman – Every Inch a Lady Judge’s Choice - Cindi Clayton – This and That Machine Quilting Award 1st Place – Elaine Reed with Judy Tescher – Stars & Sparks 2nd Place – Cathy Franks with Beverly Vancil – First Em broidery 3rd Place – Jennifer Cunningham with Linda Wolverton – Sedona Quilt Viewer’s Choice – Barbara Snodgrass – Dream Catcher

Sew What Happened Last Month….?

What a crowd we had on 8/21/17! The Evening Star Quilt Guild had 72 ladies present with 9 of those guests! It was a packed house as President Sherry McConnell welcomed us all. She thanked the Vanna girls, sign in table ladies and the hostesses for their work this evening. Ann Fisher was thanked for the newsletter.

Linda Beavers reported on the Elwood Glass Festival Quilt Show that was held earlier in August and Linda Lupton gave us information about the upcoming Heritage Days/Quilt Show in early September.

The magazines that we brought in and others purchased for 25 cents last year has been managed by Sharon McElfresh. The total amount collected was given out to seven lucky attendees. What a nice surprise!

Nan Hodge and Ann Fisher went over the next Mystery Clue for our scrappy project. They are doing a great job. Thanks, ladies! There were 20 participants in Show and Tell with Alyce Taylor winning the drawing (donated by Jean Lightfoot Faris).

The highlight of the evening was our program presented by Alice Ridge. She shared her Quilting from the Hardware Store” and had us all laughing and thinking about new ways to use hardware store finds for our quilting, sewing, crafting, etc. It

was a great program and she had a shopportunity for us, as well.

Respectfully submitted, Stephanie Crabtree, Secretary $$$ SHOW ME THE MONEY $$$

Balance Date

$$$ 8/20/2017

Treasurer Kaye Judt

We had expenses of five newsletters, the mem-bership lists, and mileage for Alice Ridge and

Christine Stainbrook.

ELWOOD GLASS FESTIVAL QUILT SHOW

Bev Carr - 3rd place Bed Quilts Alyce Taylor - 1st Place Wall Hangings 2nd place Wall Hangings 2nd place Children’s Janice Dean - 1st place Table Quilts Connie Combs - 3rd place Table Quilts Christy Bowman- 1st place Pillows & Purses 2nd place Pillows & Purses 1st Place Down Memory Lane Rita Shively - 1st place Non-Quilted

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Deb Geyer, Museum Manager

The Quilters Hall of Fame 765-664-9333

Visit our website: www.quiltershalloffame.net

Marie Webster would go into her garden and sketch the flowers growing there for her quilt designs. Today the garden is a welcoming spot to enjoy not only the flowers but the brick pathway with bricks engraved honoring loved ones, quilters and friends. The cost of adopting a brick is $100. Each brick is 4" x 8" and features your own message. You are in-vited to support TQHF by dedicating a brick in honor of a special person in your life. The order form is on our website.

New Hours: We are now open Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Musings From Marie’s House

??? MYSTERY QUILT CLUE #5 ???

Instructions are for 33" x 33" ( 51" x 69")

Use a neutral and a colored scrap for each half square triangle block. Use your favorite method to make the 3 1/2” d (3” finished) half square triangle blocks. If you are making 2 at a time, you will need 3 7/8” squares. I used 4” and trimmed them down.

At this point we will have everything we need to assemble one of our blocks. We will make 5 (18) nine patch blocks following the example at right. Press all of the seams either outward or inward. Do all of the blocks the same so that they will nest with the alternate block. This block is known as the Illinois Block.

Make 20 (72) 3 1/2” unfinished half square triangle blocks

Bonnie Hunter’s Scrap User’s System Cut strips at least 10” long into widths of 1 1/2”, 2”, 2 1/2” and 3 1/2”. Store by color and value. Cut smaller fabric pieces and strips less than 10” long into individual squares and bricks: 1 1/2” squares and 1 1/2” by 2 1/2” bricks 2”squares and 2” by 3 1/2” bricks 2 1/2”squares and 2 1/2” by 4 1/2” bricks 3 1/2”squares Find out more in Bonnie’s book “Addicted to Scraps” . I found it on Amazon for $15.53 including tax. I get free shipping through Amazon Prime.

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Large 40% off sale area & specials.

Ongoing classes for all ages & skill levels.

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(excludes sale items, machines & machine accessories, Evening embroidery designs & ScanNCut) one coupon per member Evening Start Quilt Guild)

What’s a meeting without snacks?

September

Suzanne Hagan, Judy Clark,

Cathy Wiggins, Leslie French

October

Ann Fisher, Nan Hodge, Mary Louderback,

Deena Smith, Kaye Judt

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Vanna Girls September ~ Peg Peter, Edna Brown

October ~ Susan Freeman,

Jean Lightfoot-Faris

Sign-In Table September ~ Maxine Carr, Phyllis Butterfield

October ~ Myrna Guillen, Jan Bedwell

Deadline for newsletter items is the 2nd Monday of each month.

Don’t forget …

we are continuing our "fill

up the jar" campaign to help

the food bank.

On The Road Again…… September 19-23 FALL HARVEST SHOP HOP Hours of the hop are 9 to 5 all days. Participating stores are: Caroline's Cottage Cotton, Rome City, Indiana Edward's Sewing Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana Heaven On Earth, Wabash, Indiana Quilts n Gifts, Bluffton, Indiana September 23-24 Quilt Stash Sale 10:00-5:00 $1 donation First Mennonite Church 4601 Knollton Rd, Indianapolis, IN All fabric .60 per oz. (about $3 yd) as is, no cutting.

October 14, 2017

Appleseed Quilter’s Guild, Annual Quilt Show

Fort Wayne, IN https://www.appleseedquiltersguild.com/annual-quilt-show

October 20-21 2017 Indianapolis Quilt Show

10:00-5:00 Westfield Middle School 345 W Hoover St, Westfield, IN Quiltguildindy.net