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P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

Next Meeting

December 14,

5:00pm

Location

Farro’s Italian

Restaurant

and

Holly’s Quilt

Cabin

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Wednesday, December 14, 5:00 PM

Please join Common Thread quilters as we get together Wednesday,

December 14 at 5:00 PM for dinner at Farro Restaurant, 8230 S. Holly

Street, Centennial (Holly and County Line Rd, northeast corner, near

Holly’s Quilt Cabin). Dress is casual to dressy casual, prices are under

$20 per entree.

At approximately 6:00 to 6:15 we’ll meet at

Holly’s Quilt Cabin classroom for a trunk show

of Holly’s employee quilts, some refreshments

(to wake us up after a big dinner!), our own

Show and Tell, and a Raffle Basket giveaway.

The Challenge Project that the quilt shop em-

ployees have tackled is based on the “Tree of

Life” theme, some a bit more traditional than

others. It promises to be a good show!

Even if you can’t come to the dinner, please plan on meeting us at the

quilt shop at 6:00 PM for the program. The shop closes at 6:00, so

please do any shopping either before dinner or before the meeting.

Membership Renewal

December is the last month to join or renew your membership before our

new directory is printed in January. We have 23 current members, down a

few from last year, so I know some of you have been procrastinating! Mem-

bership dues ($30) help to fund the wonderful speakers, workshops and

other events we hold throughout the year. Check the CTQC website for a

hint of what’s to come in 2017! With your membership, you will also re-

ceive a membership card for discounts at local and national quilt shops.

To join or renew your membership if you can’t attend our December holiday

party, please contact Ethel Swartley at ethelinexile@gmail.com.

December Dinner and Quilt Display

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Common Threads Upcoming Programs In the upcoming year, 2017, all meetings will be held at the Parker Adventist Hospital on the 2nd Monday of each month at 6:30 PM.

December Christmas Dinner, Holly’s Quilt Cabin Employee Quilt Showcase

Meeting at Holly’s Quilt Cabin, Employee Challenge Dinner at Farro’s Italian

January 2017 Challenge announced, Demo, Work night for bags Parker Adventist Hospital, Second Monday February 2017 Caohagen Island Quilts, Dana Jones Parker Adventist Hospital

March 2017 Add-a-Quarter New Quilts Trunk Show, Carolyn McCormick

Parker Adventist Hospital

Sew Fresh Quilts - https://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.com/

A search for “Ugly Christmas Sweater Quilts” led me this month to the blog, Sew Fresh Quilts.

As the name implies, this is one of the new style of websites being started up by 20-

somethings who are helping to keep our craft alive and well in this generation. Blogger Lorna

McMahon offers PDF and paper versions of her innovative modern quilt patterns. One of my

favorites is an overall Bearpaw quilt with the outline of a bear pieced into a bottom corner.

Lorna offers tips and tutorials pages, quilt-along events (which is where you’ll find the Ugly

Sweater quilt), and a page for online quilting bees, where she encourages all to link up and

“explore the hive.”

Sew Fresh Quilts has been reviewed and featured in several quilting magazines, and I think

you will enjoy exploring the hive and style of this new generation of modern quilters online.

December 2016 Web Wanderings - by Ethel Swartley

International Quilt Study Center & Museum – Quilt of the Month

December 2016

Seven Camels Heading

West Jean Ray Laury 1984

IQSCM 2010.014.0019

“Art has less to do with the ma-

terial used than with the percep-

tive and expressive abilities of

the individual. Any difference be-

tween the ‘fine’ and the

‘decorative’ arts is not a matter

of material, but rather what the

artist brings to the material.”

Jean Ray Laury, Appliqué Stitch-

ery (1966)

Jean Ray Laury completed her first quilt in 1956 for her Master’s degree in design from Stan-

ford University. She is considered a pioneering leader in the quilt revival, which expanded in

the 1960s.

Made in 1984, Seven Camels Heading West features Laury’s take on a one patch quilt. She of-

ten combined various techniques like screenprinting, applique, piecing and quilting to create

her works.

Throughout her career, Laury sought to blur the lines between fine art and decorative art, also

bringing her unique viewpoint to the approach. An advocate for original designs, she wrote and

co-authored 22 published books. She was also a regular contributor to national women’s maga-

zines, with columns in Women’s Day, Family Circle and Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine.

In 2010, the International Quilt Study Center & Museum received the Jean Ray Laury Collec-

tion of Quilts and Archival Materials. This includes more than 40 of her quilts plus teaching

materials, correspondence and other ephemera. Laury’s great impact as a feminist, instructor

and leader in quilt and art communities make this one of the most significant collections given

to the IQSCM.

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2017 CTQC Meetings

Remember that in 2017 the club will be meeting at the Parker Adventist Hospital meeting

rooms (primarily Inspiration A) for the year on the 2nd Monday night of each month. Embys

stitching group will be leading a bi-monthly journal challenge for the year with a different

challenge focus every other month. Some tips will be provided for those who want to do a

more arty approach, but any/all methods of quilting (piecing, appliqué, hand embroidery, em-

bellishments, etc.) are encouraged. As for programs, there should be some good content during

the year, whether you are a traditional quilter, more modern or more contemporary, and there

will be more in-house input in the program content. We have a lot of talent in this group!

January 9 2017 Journal Challenge introduced + Demo

Inspir. A Hospital Bag Work Night

February 13 Caohagan Island Quilts by Dana Jones

Pine A&B Raffle Basket

March 13 Add A Quarter Trunk Show by Carolyn McCormick

Inspir. A 1st Journal Challenge reveal, 2nd Journal Challenge Announced

Winter Closure: In case of snow, ice and/or bitterly cold weather, please check the website

(CommonThreadQuiltClub.com) to see if the meeting has been cancelled before heading out.

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Charitable Efforts

CTQC will continue to collect bags to give to the hospital in appreciation for the

use of the meeting room. The patients use the bags to hold paperwork. Bring

any finished bags to upcoming meetings and they will be delivered to the correct

person.

Website

Ginny continues to add new content and update our schedule and events. Please check the

website for the latest info. CommonThreadQuiltClub.com

Fundraiser

Thank you to everyone who attended our annual auction fundraiser and found new treasures.

We made $291.25 from the auction which will help maintain our great programs for the next

year.

“Traveling” Down Under this Winter

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La Passacaglia Quilt

Traveling down under in the winter would

make a dream vacation (it is summer there),

especially if you could visit a creative quilter!

Thankfully, we can “visit” through the inter-

net and see what lovely work the quilters

down there are doing.

Wendy, of Wendy’s Quilts and More, lives in

Wellington, New Zealand and has oodles of

quilts and other hand work displayed on her

website:

http://wendysquiltsandmore.blogspot.com/

The quilt (left) known as “La Pascagalia” is

based on the book Millefiori Quilts by

Willyne Hammerstein, and made of primarily

Kaffe Fassett Millefiori fabrics. She used the English Paper Piecing (EPP) method of construc-

tion.

Australian Quilters:

Irene Blanck: http://www.focusonquilts.com.au/gallery

Karen Styles: http://karenatsomerset.blogspot.com/

http://somersetpatchwork.com.au/current/patterns.htm

Kathy Doughty: http://www.materialobsession.com.au/epages/mama12093.sf/en_AU/?

ObjectPath=/Shops/mama12093/Categories/Shop/%22NEW%20STUFF%22 (scroll for fab-

rics)

http://www.materialobsession.typepad.com/

Michele Hill: https://williammorrisandmichele.blogspot.com/p/quilt-gallery.html

Carolyn Konig: http://www.carolynkonigdesigns.com/home/my-blog

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November

Photos

CTQC Annual Auction Fundraiser!

November

Photos

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November Photos

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November Photos

The Common

Thread Chronicle Editor:

Sharon Vaninger

The Common Thread Quilters are a quilt group based in Parker, Colorado. Meetings are held at:

Parker Adventist Hospital 9395 Crown Crest Blvd

Parker, CO 80138

Unless otherwise notified.

More information about the group can be found at our website: CommonThreadQuiltClub.com

Contributions to the newsletter

should be sent to:

Vaninger.s@gmail.com

December 2016

1st – Leadership Meeting 6:00 pm

at Park Meadows Mall Food Court

14th – Common Thread Meeting 5:00pm

Christmas Dinner & Holly’s Tree of Life

January 2017

5th – Leadership Meeting 6:00 pm

at Park Meadows Mall Food Court

9th – Common Thread Meeting 6:30pm

2017 Challenge Demo and work night for bags

February 2017

2nd – Leadership Meeting 6:00 pm

at Park Meadows Mall Food Court

13th – Common Thread Meeting 6:30pm

Caohagen Island Quilts, Dana Jones

March 2017

2nd – Leadership Meeting 6:00 pm

at Park Meadows Mall Food Court

13th – Common Thread Meeting 6:30pm

Add-a-Quarter New Quilts Trunk Show, Carolyn McCormick

Calendar of Events

Finances Checking balance $1,663.66 Savings balance 25.00

Dues: $30.00 per year

23 members have renewed

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2017 Membership Cards

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