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SEW 'N TELL February 2009 Issue No. 209 Web Address: http://www.aaqg.net

Mailing: Ankeny Area Quilters' Guild, P.O. Box 961, Ankeny, IA 50021

“Sharing a common thread!”

Board Meeting The next board meeting will be Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 6:30 p.m. at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Ankeny.

Mariners Compass. The cost for each workshop is $40 for guild members.

We have Harriet Hargrave coming in June. She will have two workshops---these will be held at the Ankeny Baptist Church---on June 9th & 10th. Our guild meeting on June Mickey Depre is coming back to our guild on February 9th will be held at Ankeny Baptist Church also. 10th. Her program is "Tips, Tricks and Other Stuff". The presentation features lots of tips and tricks plus movie PRESIDENTS LETTER demos of various techniques, like machine appliqué (her way), binding, and more. It will be followed by a short This will be a short letter, as some of you know I have trunk show. Our meeting location is Holy Trinity been sick since Thanksgiving, bronchitis, sinus Lutheran Church in Ankeny. infection, and now ear infection. It is all I can do to go "Autumn Oaks Trio" is the workshop Mickey will be to work and come home, well maybe not all, I went shopping with friends to Prairie Rose Quilts and The doing with us on February 11th. Students create their Quilt Connection last weekend, fun, fun, fun. own version of a wall-hanging with background/wavy Hopefully when I go to see an ENT doctor on Monday border guidance. Students choose from 10 different leaf patterns to further personalize their quilt. Pattern purchase this will all finally come to an end. is necessary. There is still space in this workshop—the cost is $20. Sign-up at guild on February 10th or give Linda Northwick a call, 964-5594

The garage sale went well, at first count I think we have made over $250 that is excellent, and the participants also made a little money.

Reminder from Linda Northwick, program chair Just thought I would send a reminder to all guild members. This year we have a great selection of speakers coming to visit and the majority of our national speakers will conduct 1 or 2 classes. If you, as a guild, wish to continue to attract big name speakers then we need to also support the classes that they offer. In order to break even for the classes we need to sign up about 20 people to take those classes. We cannot afford to have national speakers unless we are willing to support the classes they offer. For those that are unaware, most classes from national speakers cost $700 to $750 per class. Please support the classes we are fortunate enough to offer this year.

Make sure you support the classes we offer with our speakers!!!!! That is a money maker or money loser depending on if we support them.

We have Carol Doak coming in April. Be sure to sign up for her workshops--Perfect Points and Sunrise

Our June meeting will be the second Tuesday of the month but at a different location. Our meeting will be at Ankeny Baptist Church (my church) so let anyone you know that Harriet Hargrave will be speaking there. Keep warm, my sewing room is the warmest room in my house, good idea to hang out there huh. Because Nice Matters Debbie Pierschbacher

Secretary's Report

Country Store.

AAQG Board Meeting Minutes, January 6, 2009

Workshop January 14 and Jo had some of the quilt sandwiches for sale if you want to sign up tonight but Member present: Lanae Rohwer, Kim Huntimer, Susan won’t have time to put this together. Body, Linda Northwick, Laura Parker, Deb Pierschbacher, Pam Messer, Ramona Tapper, Donna Jo Jo Fifield was announced and shared her passion of the Smith. “Big Stitch”. She brought a variety of colors of thread to use for quilting and is always willing to order the Minutes were read. colors she doesn’t have. She is a one woman quilt shop (Jo Quilts). She treated us to a trunk show of the quilts $110 has been raised from the garage sale in she has made, explaining what she did on them or how December; will continue the sale at the January she came up with the quilt pattern. Be sure to check meeting. out her website "http//:www.joquilter.com The president’s challenge will be part of show and tell Door prizes were awarded, then birthdays were in August. honored. In addition to the donation quilts Laura will be making We enjoyed refreshments while watching show and bag kits and will encourage members to make an tell. activity bags for children. All the baskets have been adopted out for the quilt show! Still need someone for advertising and set up. The July 21st meeting will be here at the church. The June 9th meeting (with Harriet Hargrave) will meet at Ankeny Baptist Church. Linda made the motion that we pay Deb’s church for hosting us in June, Laura seconded. Still looking where we will have the class.

When we got to our cars we had to scrape off about 2 inches of snow that fell during our meeting! Respectfully submitted, Ramona Tapper

January Prizes

The checks have been sent to the Ankeny Chamber and Congratulations to De Tapper , the lucky block lottery the fair. winner. Door prizes were won by Ann Finger & Jan The ad letters are ready to be sent out. Ad costs were Heddinger. discussed and prices will remain the same for the same size ad. Advertisers will be charged appropriately for any additional ad space they may need. Quilting Connection Quilt Guild Meeting Minutes, January 13, 2009 There were 60 members and 1 guest present. Deb called the meeting to order. Deb let the group know that Therese Lumley’s husband passed away this week. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her. Laura showed the activity bags she would like the guild to make- she has the kits ready to go along with instructions. This was donated fabric from Grinnell. These bags will go to the shelters for the kids. Still some openings for the retreat- these fill fast! Quilt show still needs a couple more volunteers- set up and advertising. Don’t forget to make items for the

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It's a boy! Congratulations Jenna!

submitted by Therese Lumley, retreat chair I have 10 spaces left to fill for retreat. Get your reservation in before it is too late! I'm getting reservations in the mail everyday---so don't wait and be left out! Do you have a quilting/sewing talent to teach or share with others at retreat? We've got so much talent in our guild, please let us know if you have a demonstration, tip or technique to share! There's more prizes then ever before. This retreat is one you don't want to miss out on! You can find the retreat registration form in the January newsletter.

Best Wishes for a Happy Birthday!

Jenna and Chad Ingle are parents of a baby boy! Proud Grandpa Jim announces the arrival of grandson Easton Jude Ingle, at 3:22 AM, on 1-19-2009. Jenna and Chad Ingle and baby boy are all doing just fine! Grandpa and Grandma need a nap!

Country Quilt Studio

Christine Engelbrecht MaryLee Martz Patricia Tschantz Sandra Plager JoAnn DeMoss Cathy Sanders JoAnn Dyar Sammy Palmer Lois Kern Kathleen Little Gloria Ross Jeanette Beckwith Martha Coil Belinda Rinehart

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Treasurer's Report Our guild's current balances as of January 20, 2009 Checking Account---$5823.94 Money Market Account---$10,598.92

Vicki Swensen 975 W. Lincolnway; Suite B

February Treats

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Thanks to Marilyn Cory, Karen Hugen, Lynn Koester, Susan Stoll, Christy Tigges, Debra Dickerson and Kelly Snyder for our February treats.

LONGARM RENTAL—CUSTOM QUILTING

Please bring a liter of pop and 2 dozen cookies or bars. Also have someone in your group bring cups and napkins. Thank you so much!

Classes, Retreats, Workshops

Donation projects update Laura collected donation quilts at the January meeting but more are always needed and welcomed. This year, in addition to Child Serve and Children and Families of Iowa, we are collecting quilts for a hospital in Bangladesh. These quilts are for babies/small children and should measure 32 x 42”. We are also trying something new---we're making ACTIVITY BAGS. We will donate these to Children & Families of Iowa. We have some donated fabric of the perfect size to use for the bags, available at each guild meeting----be sure to pick some up!

*Feel free to use decorative stitches, buttons and other embellishments! Body of Bag Cut two rectangles 12” wide x 15” tall Press under !” at the top of each rectangle Repeat to create a double hem, sew to secure Sew the body of the bag using a French seam: With wrong sides together, stitch 3/8” seam. Trim seam allowances to 1/8” and zigzag edges. Press open. Fold right sides together and press again on edges of fold. Stitch "” from edge of fold. Press to one side. Flip bag right-side out. Handles Cut two rectangles 4.5” x 16” Press under !” of each short end Press each rectangle in half, length-wise Open rectangle and press the raw long edges in so they meet at the center crease Press each rectangle in half length-wise so that all raw edges are hidden Sew along both long sides of each rectangle using a 1/8” seam Attach Handles to Bag Make a pencil mark 1” from both ends of each handle Make a pencil mark 1 !” from each side of the bag Pin handles in place, lining the edge of each handle along the 1 !” inch mark and the top of the bag along the 1” mark Sew handles to secure them to the bag by sewing a square with an X in the middle. May want to sew over your same lines several times to secure. Contents Fill bag with two coloring/activity books and a box of crayons.

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If all my loose BOM blocks were joined endto-end---it would be the world's ugliest quilt.

Quilt Show Update

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submitted by Lanae Rohwer

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I hope everyone is working on their quilt show quilts there are only 6 months left before they will be hanging in our 18th annual quilt show!

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bag or small quilt and give to Peggy at the February meeting. All the Gemstone baskets have been adopted. When you get your quilt items collected or quilt made you can give your basket items to Lanae no later than May. MaryLee and Lanae will be putting the baskets together in June. Thanks again to everyone that has adopted a basket! We still have the Advertising and Set Up positions open on the Quilt Show committee. Please consider serving in one of these capacities. If you want to know more about either position, please see Lanae or MaryLee at the February guild meeting.

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Your roving reporters have been out, nose to the grindstone searching out shops to review. It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it, right?!? Celeste reports---it was a cold and snowy January day when Susan and I visited Fern Hill in South Amana, Iowa. I always love going to this shop! This shop is such a treasure trove! The owner and staff are so welcoming and friendly–-we felt very much at home.

Brandenburg. I had to buy some of her beautiful fabric immediately. Camelot is the company that produces it for them. On the selvage is reads “Fern Hill Collection.” How cool is that!?! Stephanie has done 3 collections – Iris, Dandelion Days, and Hollyhock Dolls & Garden Garments. Her new fabric lines to watch for are Iron Lace in May and Bluebirds next summer.

Fern Hill's owner, Patty Walsh Bailey spent lots of time with us and gave us great attention.

Some of Stephanie Brandenburg's fabrics.

Patty Walsh Bailey with Stephanie Brandenburg's floral fabrics

Fern Hill has been in business for 23 years, 20 at this location. In 2000 they had a fire, and I was afraid we’d lose this shop forever. I asked Patty about that, and she said they were going to close and had so many requests to re-open that they did! Thank goodness! Downstairs are gifts and home decorations. They have lovely antiques and architectural antiques (like urns or stained glass windows) for sale. You can buy antique quilts, finished quilts, or design a custommade quilt! I did this years ago. Fern Hill contracts with Amish women to make quilts. They hand quilted the quilt and long curtains for the French doors in my bedroom! Plus, I got to keep the leftover fabric for my own stash! Another feature downstairs is a little sweets shop & the most delicious fudge!! You can’t really do significant quilting without chocolate, can you? Upstairs you'll find the quilting fabric. I love their big selection of florals. Patty said she loves florals as well, and uses the palette throughout the shop. It makes for a beautiful, colorful place to be! They have an in-house fabric designer, Stephanie

My eyes weren't able to wander too far from the florals but if that’s not your style, Fern Hill carries many other fabric lines and styles. Visit Fern Hill's website, www.fernhill.net to check shop hours and get driving directions. Fern Hill's address is: 103 220 Trail, South Amana, IA and phone is: 319.622.3627. As we left, they told us to bring our quilting friends and they’d throw on the coffee pot and some pies and we’d have a great time! I could go for that! Any adventurers ready to go with me?