Volume 33, Issue 6 Nov.-Dec. 2016 Pride of the Prairie Quilters Inside this Issue: Birthdays 2 Spring Retreat 2 Saturday Sew 2 Cedar Lake Retreat 3 Christmas Party 4 Stockings 4 Programs 5 Thank You 5 A Message from Lana Stafford, President MEMBER INFO Our Guild tries to send notes of en- couragement/sympathy to our mem- bers who are ill, have had an accident or lost a loved one. Because we are a large group, I need your help to do this. Please con- tact Kathy Mueller, scpbklane@aol. com, or 815-436- 3883 if you know of anyone who might need a card. Thanks. Hello Quilters!!! My quilting friends and I have decided that we don’t need any more material. That’s right, I said it out loud!!! I recently was challenged to write down how many unfinished quilts I had and how many kits….I was pretty smug! I thought, shoot, I don’t have many…..yikes... When we wrote the list and com- pared with each other we all said the same things, “no more material for me,” “if I buy another kit, just slap my hand,” “I have strength, I can walk past those sales and that pretty material.” Then we were walking into a quilt show recently and we all looked at each other and smiled and said the same thing, “all bets are off at quilt shows!” So…we all have a lot of everything, but have you ever seen a really sad quilter!!! Keep your seams straight and your machines oiled and keep on quilting!!! Lana An Update - Last Month’s Program Land of Lincoln Quilts of Valor was our guest on October 20, 2016. I know many of you had other commitments for this eve- ning. Caron Carlson gave the history and workings of the Quilts of Valor program. We also saw a wonderful video on how these quilts impacts the recipients. Many of our members are involved with this organization through different sewing sites. If you have a moment, please visit their website, www.lolqov.blogspot.com. I know they’d love to have more sewers and quilters. Caron was given 2 boxes of fabric, in addition, presented a $200 check for the organization. Thank you for the part you play(ed) in helping this group continue to move forward!
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Volume 33, Issue 6Nov.-Dec. 2016 Pride of the Prairie Quilters
Inside this Issue:Birthdays 2Spring Retreat 2Saturday Sew 2Cedar Lake Retreat 3Christmas Party 4Stockings 4Programs 5Thank You 5
A Message from Lana Stafford, President
MEMBER INFOOur Guild tries to send notes of en-couragement/sympathy to our mem-bers who are ill, have had an accident or lost a loved one. Because we are a large group, I need your help to do this. Please con-tact Kathy Mueller, [email protected], or 815-436-3883 if you know of anyone who might need a card. Thanks.
Hello Quilters!!!
My quilting friends and I have decided that we don’t need any more material. That’s right, I said it out loud!!! I recently was challenged to write down how many unfinished quilts I had and how many kits….I was pretty smug! I thought, shoot, I don’t have many…..yikes...
When we wrote the list and com-pared with each other we all said the same things, “no more material for me,” “if I buy another kit, just slap my hand,” “I have strength, I can walk past those sales and that pretty material.”
Then we were walking into a quilt show recently and we all looked at each other and smiled and said the same thing, “all bets are off at quilt shows!”
So…we all have a lot of everything, but have you ever seen a really sad quilter!!!
Keep your seams straight and your machines oiled and keep on quilting!!!
Lana
An Update - Last Month’s ProgramLand of Lincoln Quilts of Valor was our guest on October 20, 2016. I know many of you had other commitments for this eve-ning. Caron Carlson gave the history and workings of the Quilts of Valor program. We also saw a wonderful video on how these quilts impacts the recipients. Many of our members are involved with this organization through different sewing sites. If you have a moment, please visit their website, www.lolqov.blogspot.com. I know they’d love to have more sewers and quilters. Caron was given 2 boxes of fabric, in addition, presented a $200 check for the organization. Thank you for the part you play(ed) in helping this group continue to move forward!
Saturday Sew-InOur next Saturday Sew will be Saturday, November 5th, from 9 am – 4 pm at the Plainfield Township Adminis-tration Building, 22525 W. Lockport Street, Plainfield.
This facility has very easy access to unload – pull up to the side door and unload. There is plenty of park-ing available and a kitchen for our use with a refrigerator, microwave and stove. I will be bringing an ironing board, iron and cutting boards. You bring your machine and project(s) and, if you wish, your Sew-Eze table, chair and a snack to share. Or you can bring a project for hand sewing if you wish.
DIRECTIONS: The Plainfield Township Administration Building is located across from Four Seasons Park, on the south side of Lockport Street with I-55 directly on the east side. There is no I-55 exit at Lockport Street. If you are coming from Weber Road, turn west on Lockport Street and the building will be immediately after you cross over I-55 on the south side (left). If you are coming from Rt. 59, turn east on Lockport Street in down-town Plainfield and you will see the building on your right hand side just before you get to I-55.
Contact Kathy Mueller with questions – [email protected], 815-436-3883 or my cell 815-953-6601.
SPRING RETREATThe spring retreat at Siena Center is Monday, April 24th – Thursday, April 27th, 2017. Signups will begin in
January. Cost will be $266. Call if you have any questions, Kathy Mueller, 815-436-3883 or my cell 815-953-6601, [email protected]
BirthdaysWesner, Sherry Nov 2Jeffreys, JoAnn Nov 6Olson, Sharon Nov 7Barrett, Erica Nov 9Lowy, Jacqueline Nov 12Barnes, Kathie Nov 15Mueller, Kathy Nov 16Rowley, Nancy Nov 16Willeford, Sharon Nov 16Hausier, Bonnie Nov 20Jordan, Karen Nov 23Bendis, Dottie Nov 24Schneider, Kathy Nov 26Aberer, Susan Nov 27Piatak, Sandy Nov 30Tracy, Emily Nov 30Kingsley, Alice E Dec 2Grossman, Beth Dec 8Beatty, Joanne Dec 12Dugovic, Linda Burke Dec 13Fuehrmeyer, Sandy Dec 15Green, Carol Dec 22O’Connor, Sue Dec 22Mancke, Nancy Dec 27DeVries, Joyce Dec 28Schneider, Carol Dec 29Sandberg, Diane Dec 30
Guild InformationGeneral membership meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 7 PM at Zion Lutheran Church, Book Road and 111th Street in Naperville, IL. Guests are always welcome to attend any program for a nominal fee. We have a short business meeting followed by our program or guest speaker.
Cedar Lake Retreat Summer 2017
The dates for our Cedar Lake re-treat will be July 23-July 27, 2017. More information will follow in the next newsletter!
The thank-you letter we received from the kids at the Ronald McDon-ald House Charities of Chicagoland and northwest Indiana. The Pride of the Prairie donated 15 quilts. The families loved getting these in their rooms and truly appreciate the hard work you put into such beautiful blankets.
Plans have been made for the 2016 Pride of the Prairie Christmas Party. We hope you will join us for an after-noon of fun, friendship and good food. Here are the details:
• DATE: January 22, 2017
• TIME: 2 p.m.
• LOCATION: Whitetail Ridge Golf Club 7671 Clubhouse Drive Yorkville, IL 60650
• BUFFET LUNCHEON
• DIETARY NEEDS WILL BE ACCOMODATED. Just let us know of your needs when you sign up.
• COST: $25.00 per person
• RESERVATIONS DUE BY: January 13, 2017
• FAT QUARTER LOTTO: Receive a ticket for each fat quarter you bring in the following categories: REPRODUCTION, BRIGHTS, BATIKS . The more fat quarters you bring, the greater your chances of winning the fat quarters in your category.
• CASH JAR FOR DONATIONS TO THE PLAINFIELD FOOD PANTRY
• GAMES
• PRIZES
• CASH BAR
The Whitetail Ridge Golf Club is located on Route 126 in Yorkville. It is 10 miles from the intersection of Route 59 and Lockport Rd. in Plainfield.
Cash and checks will be accepted. Make checks payable to POP. Signups will be taken at the November and December Guild meetings. After the December meeting, checks can be mailed to Laura Blanchard, 842 Colchester Drive, Oswego, IL 60543
Laura Blanchard, 630-636-6905Olive Herman, 502-532-7595
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In early fall Guild members Nancy Sturgeon and Bev Parker worked together to complete 83 holiday stockings for military personnel. In all, more than 200 stockings from our Guild were delivered to the drop-off point in Morris. Thanks to all for your great response!
Stockings for the Troops
ProgramsThe remaining months continue to have some wonderfully talented quilters coming who will share their pas-sions with us. Please look below for a brief summary of what they will bring to our membership:
November 17, 2016 Yellow Creek Designs. These two sisters, Jill and Vicki, own a quilt shop in Pecatonica, IL. They have written two books, and their second fabric line made its debut in May, 2016. They’re also begin-ning their second monthly club using their patterns and fabrics. If you’re interested in finding out more about them or their products, please visit their website: www.yellowcreekquiltdesigns.com. Their quilt shop was highlighted in the Better Homes and Garden Quilt Sampler magazine in 2011.
Also, in the latest issue of Keepsake Quilting, their “Stars in the Garden” quilt kit is featured.
December 8, 2016 Catherine Redford will be speaking on “Language of Flowers”. She is a member of Naperville’s modern quilt guild and also does traditional quilting. Catherine teaches English paper piecing, beading and is a fiber artist as well. She will be teaching in Houston next month.
Her projects can be seen in previous issues of Modern Machine Quilting magazine and Modern Patch-work magazine. More information can be found on her website, which is: www.catherineredford.com
January 19, 2017 Thelma Childers (www.cupcakesndaisies.com) will be giving a trunk show. She was a 1st place winner for bed quilts at Paducah (2015), for her quilt, “Coastal Lilies”, a pattern by Minick and Simpson. If you visit her website, you’ll see her latest Halloween quilt. You can also see all of her “Lifetime Quilts”. You will want to read more than one or two blogs…Have fun!
February 16, 2017 Denise Havlin will be giving a trunk show. She has won many national and international awards for her art quilts. Some of her latest awards include her quilt “That Secret” (Best Pictorial 2015 Pa-cific International Quilt Festival) and “Plainly, Not Simple” (1st place Innovative category at the 2015 World Quilt Competition). Please see her website, denisehavlin.com for her awards and exhibits, general information and more. While there, if you look under the “What’s New” tab, she offers a glimpse into her sewing/creating space. If you click on the “Quilts” tab, you will find a plethora of lovely creations!
Thank you, again, for your interest in our speakers, topics and workshops! See you next month.
