Port Perry Patchers May Newsletter

May Meeting

Monday May 13, 2019
Hope Church
14480 Old Simcoe Road
Port Perry

Gather at 7:00 pm
to catch up with friends
Meeting starts at 7:30pm

Join Us!

President's Message

Sisters of the Cloth,

It's raining AGAIN! My friend Lynn would say it was another special day. Time to huddle and sew, sew, sew. Our next meeting will be fun with Laura leading us through barn blocks. Thanks for taking the lead Laura. (Anyone considering the program position, remember that you will have an excellent assistant in Laura).

Just take it one stitch at a time.

- Sandy

The next steering committee meeting is scheduled for 7 pm on Monday, June 10, 2019. Location: TBA.

- Monica

Port Perry Patchers UFO Challenge 2018-19

Greetings fellow quilters! As the First Annual UFO Project draws to a close, the only thing left to do is celebrate! Prizes galore! Our May UFO submissions are the final projects to be recorded. However, next year Challenge promises to be even bigger and better!

With the help of the willing and able Executive, I have made some tweaks to our existing challenge guidelines. You are encouraged to pick up a registration form at our potluck dinner in June. This is only a suggestion to help with your selection of projects if you decide to participate in next year's challenge. The Registration, Kick Off and first number will be chosen at our September Guild meeting. Once again, the maximum number of projects is six but you may decide to only register 3, 4 or 5. The months that have been chosen for the challenge are : October, November, December (Your Choice of Project Number!), January, February, March. This is due to our upcoming quilt show. Wouldn't it be great to have some of these UFOs included in the quilt registrations? Maybe a prize should be given for the oldest but now finished UFO!

Use your summer to audition your projects. Bring them front and centre, in plain view, and decide. Perhaps you will plan to take some baby steps towards completion before the summer ends. Then the task may be less daunting? For you wonderful full bed quilters : try dividing your huge project into three stages, using numbers 1. Queen quilt , 2. Queen quilt, 3. Queen quilt. Would this work for you?

There will be less tickets given out per month but I am adding a single different ticket each month for a mini prize draw. The main prizes, once again, will be gift certificates from our local quilt shops.

- Lynn (a.k.a. Alien)

Barn Blocks with Laura Palmer

May Program

Barn Quilt Trails are found all over the countryside. As you drive along these trails you will find beautifully painted Quilting Blocks hung on the sides of barns. Check out www.barnquilttrails.ca to discover some of the trails found in Ontario.

Laura will be leading us in painting your own Barn Quilt Block for our May meeting. You will need to bring an 18” ruler and a pencil. The guild will be supplying the rest! You can choose to follow along with Laura or use your favourite block design.

After our meeting, you will need to seal your block with urethane if you want to hang your block outside.

- Laura

Also coming in 2019:

June – Potluck, Tin Can Challenge, Games, Prizes
and Feature Quilter: Bonnie Telfer

- Sylvia & Laura

Outreach

Outreach was cancelled this month due to life intruding with deadlines. Our next Outreach Sew Days are on the following Thursdays: May 30 and June 27 at Hope Church. Everyone is welcome! We work 10 - 4:30, take a supper break until 6, bring our lunches and go for Chinese food for supper. Join us for whatever period of time you can spare.

- Karen & Sandy

May 3-4, 2019, 10-6, 10-4. St Mark's Quilt Show, St Mark's United Church, 201 Centre St South, Whitby. www.stmarkswhitby.ca

May 9-11, 2019, 10-7, 10-7, 10-4. Pieces of Magic, Ingersoll Memorial Centre (Arena), 97 Mutual St N, Ingersoll.

May 15, 2019, 7 pm. Among Brenda's Quilts & Bags Trunk Show, Mackey Celebrations Hall, 35 Lindsay St, Lindsay. $10 admission.

May 24-25, 2019, 10-6, 10-4. Quilted Treasures, Lindsay Curling Club, 18 Peel St, Lindsay. quiltshow19@gmail.com

June 8-9, 2019. 10-4. Stitching Among Friends, Alliston Curling Rink, 52 Albert St W, Alliston. www.aqcguild.edublogs.org.

For a complete listing of all quilt shows across
Ontario and Canada

www.quiltersconnection.ca
and
Check the CQA website for additional shows listed in their calendar

Guild Meeting Dates

May 13

June 17

Guild Executive 2018-2019

President - Sandy Curl-James
Vice President - VACANT
Past President - Joanne Reynolds
Secretary - Judy Graham
Treasurer - Leianne McCallum
Membership - Vicki Meraw
Outreach - Sandy Curl-James & Karen Lee
Programs & Workshops
- Laura Palmer & Sylvia Patterson

Social - Lynn Stanton & Jo Whiston
Greeters - Jan Saywell & Monica Wolfe
Set-up - Dianne Brown
Kitchen - Karen Lee & Marie Robinson
Library
- Hazel Holt & Mary MacDonald & Wilma Smith
Communications & Promotion - Robin Jeffrey
UFO Challenge - Lynn Burnett
Sunshine - Jane Shier
Newsletter - Joanne Reynolds
Show Chairpersons
- Sandy Curl-James & Monica Wolfe
Archives - Evelyn Morrison

Executive meeting dates 2018-2019:
May 27