March 2017 Helping Hands Newsletter 1 Helping Hands Newsletter http://www.helpinghandsquiltguild.com/ March 2017• Dover, Delaware President’s Message Sue Hoecker Vice President’s Message Mary Dawn Ditty March Program Augusta Cole Augusta comes to us from Richmond where she is a popular quilt teacher. She served as President of the Virginia Consortium of Quilters, the statewide quilting group. (As we know, Virginia seems to be the hotbed of quilters.) She is scheduled to teach at numerous guilds, the VT Quilt Festival, and the John Campbell Folk School this year. We are fortunate to have Augusta join us this month in Dover for her talk, “A Collage of Tricks, Tips, and Tidbits.” We will get to see many of her quilts and be entertained by her upbeat personality and fun nature. Don’t miss it! There are still some openings for her Tuesday, March 28 at Wyoming Methodist. Email Mary Dawn at [email protected]if interested. Fee: $40. The Board is asking that each member take at least 12 tickets ($10) to sell or buy to help your guild!!! Our dues, stash relocation and the raffle quilt sales are our primary sources of income for all our great speakers. Helping Hand’s Retreat is being organized by Mary Kokoszka, and her committee. Attendance will be on first come basis. Be sure to look for details and mark your calendar so you don’t miss all the fun of sewing with our HH members for a multi-day event! Augusta Cole’s visit to HH in March will lead us in a trunk show of “Collage Tricks, Tips, and Tidbits”, followed by a workshop on Tuesday “Cutting Bee Workshop” in which you may choose one of 10 quilt patterns to make. You don’t want to miss her different scrap techniques. See details in newsletter article. Look for the announcements of upcoming events…we have a Service Day of Sewing on April 1, and a workshop led by one of our members, Carrie Dobos, on April 22, too. You won’t want to miss either. I look forward to see you all March 27th! Sue Hoecker My Soul is Fed by Needle and Thread Please join us every 4th Monday of the month at 6:30 pm. First Baptist Church of Dover, located at 301 Walker Rd. Our membership fee is $25.00 per year. Michele Scott…what a presentation!!!! We all saw a trunk show of Michele’s quilting career. Message clearing saying “you can do it, too”!!!! Her skills and humor just shone. Twenty-two of us enjoyed Michele’s Free Motion Quilting workshop, and I’ve seen many examples already of member’s work as a result. GREAT enthusiasm and skills shared. Skills Forum for March meeting will be led by Marti Chamberlain. Beginning 5:45 p.m. Pre-meeting sale of magazines and patterns this month, led by Elaine Morris. Lots to choose from…priced to sell! We will also begin a QUILT KIT RAFFLE, fabrics donated by a member. Don’t miss out on your chance to win this beautiful kit. Helping Hands budget for 2017 accompanies this newsletter, as approved by the Board at February meeting. As a reminder to all, there are forms that you can obtain from Mary Kokoszka, treasurer, for all expenditures. Any expense not budgeted must be approved before money is spent. 2017 Raffle Quilt “Because of the Brave” was named by Lucinda Mercier, and a pack of fat quarters won. Barbara Austin has a team (all of us!) to sell raffle tickets and first venue is March 18. ML Kaczka made a smaller quilt “Salute to the Red, White and Blue” out of the donated patriotic fabrics. The Board decided it would be second prize to the raffle quilt. Sewing Day of Service on Saturday, April 1 at the Wyoming Methodist Church Free Bring your sewing machines, thread, long extension cords, and lunch for a day of straight sewing on projects for other people. We will sew pillow cases for kids, school bags, and receiving blankets. Materials will be provided. (We are asking our members to donate 30-32 inch squares of flannel to use for this project.) It’s a day of interacting with other quilters and a day of getting to know each other and fellowship. Sign up or just come. See you there! Continued on pg 2 Refreshments Robin Aschenberg Hello ladies of Helping Hands. This month the people responsible for refreshments are the letters "Q-Z". With St. Patrick's this month lets go "green". Your refreshment chair, Robin Aschenberg Any questions? Please feel free to call or e-mail me at: 302-670-2535, and [email protected].
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March 2017 Helping Hands Newsletter 1
Helping Hands Newsletter
http://www.helpinghandsquiltguild.com/
March 2017• Dover, Delaware
President’s Message Sue Hoecker
Vice President’s Message Mary Dawn Ditty
March Program
Augusta Cole Augusta comes to us from Richmond
where she is a popular quilt teacher. She
served as President of the Virginia
Consortium of Quilters, the statewide
quilting group. (As we know, Virginia seems
to be the hotbed of quilters.) She is
scheduled to teach at numerous guilds, the VT Quilt Festival, and
the John Campbell Folk School this year. We are fortunate to
have Augusta join us this month in Dover for her talk, “A Collage
of Tricks, Tips, and Tidbits.” We will get to see many of her quilts
and be entertained by her upbeat personality and fun nature.
Don’t miss it!
There are still some openings for her Tuesday, March 28 at
Calling all EQ7 users and those who would like to learn how to use EQ7 for designing quilts and for making choices for quilts
designed by others. Cindy King, Barbara Sansone, and ML Kaczka will teach an introductory workshop on EQ7 on Tuesday, May 23,
2017 9 AM - 11:50 AM. We’d also like to start a sub-group within the Guild for sharing information among EQ7 users and learners.
At the March meeting, Cindy King will give a brief explanation of what EQ7 is and describe a trial version that will be available to
guild members for two weeks in May. More details about the May workshop are online at
http://www.helpinghandsquiltguild.com/may.html. If you’re interested in learning about EQ7 or already use it, would you please complete the survey available online at:
http://tinyurl.com/HHQG-EQ7form.
The survey will allow us to gather information from those interested in participating in the workshop and future events related to
EQ7.
Vice President’s Message continued from pg 1
Electric Quilt (EQ7) Users and Learners Cindy King
Saturday, April 22
Our member, Carrie Dobos, will lead participants in making
Thimbleberries free quilt pattern, “Star of Hope” at
Wyoming Methodist 9-3 PM. (See the picture on our
website under April programs.) This would be a great time to
work on your skills and make an attractive quilt at the same
time. Fee: $15.
Change of DATE AND PLACE! The APRIL MEETING has been postponed until Wed., May 3
with workshop on May 4.
The meeting will be at St. Andrew’s Lutheran, 425 N. Dupont
Highway (Rt. 13 northbound side, just after Green Turtle
Restaurant.)
Our May 3 speaker, Philippa Naylor, comes from England.
She is traveling here to teach at the Paducah Quilt Show,
then visiting the Annapolis Quilt Guild. We have this unusual
opportunity to have a well-known speaker because she is in
the area and we are accommodating her travel schedule.
Don’t miss her!
Workshop on May 4 at Wyoming Methodist.
Philippa’s workshop is entitled "Finish Line, Unusual, Creative and
Clever Ways to Complete your Quilts.” This will be a technique
workshop. Philippa will share some of her finishing secrets which
help to make her quilts to special. I am expecting new techniques
and a different slant to quilting from Philippa.
There are still openings in her workshop. Sign up at the March
meeting! Please, be prepared to pay $40 when you enroll.
You will learn how to make narrow Rouleau strips (pictured below)
and many ways to create interesting kinds of prairie points for
borders with pizazz!
May 23 workshops at Wyoming Methodist
(No sewing machines needed) $15
We are going to have two workshop sessions on May 23.
From 9-11:45, Cindy King, ML Kaczka and Barbara Sansone will
lead a session explaining the use of Electric Quilt 7. This is a
computer design program. Come try it and learn what this is
about!
At noon, Mary Kokoszka will lead us in a hand applique session.
If you want to learn more about one technique to hand applique,
come join in.
Our sincere thanks to our members for planning and leading these
useful, learning sessions!
March 18 ...National Quilting Day
Do something special to
share your love of
Quilting.
Workshop Fees Fees for all-day workshops are $40 payable to
the guild when you sign up. Half day is $25.
Member led workshops are $15 to cover guild
costs.
FYI: Helping Hands wants to be a FRIENDLY, WELCOMING guild. We
are so happy to encourage visitors, new members, and those who want
to try us out.
In an effort to be “fair” to our dues-paying members, the board has
set the following fees:
$5 visitor fee for meetings with speakers. Dues will become $20
(instead of $25) if visitors join at the next meeting.
$10 extra VISITOR charge for workshops (Normally $40
workshops become $50 to non-dues paying attendees.)
1/31/2017 Citizens Bank checking account Statement balance: $18735.32
2/28/2017 Citizens Bank checking account Register balance: $ 18610.28
2/28/2017 Citizens Bank checking account Register balance $ 18610.28 Respectfully Submitted, Mary Kokoszka ( All records are available for review upon request unaudited - for management purposes only)
Checks Cleared:
Barbara Austin Weights for Raffle Quilt Stand $ 49.95 Barbara Sansone Nov/Jan Newsletter Printing Costs $ 32.10 Sue Hoecker BOM Drawing Prize $ 17.99 Delaware Sec of State Corporate Tax Filing 2016 $ 25.00
$ 125.04
Deposits Cleared: None
$ 0.00
Uncleared Deposits:
$ 0.00 2.00 Uncleared Checks: $
$ 0.00
Upcoming Quilt Events: For Black History Month there is a Quilt Show at the Delaware Agricultural Museum, Feb 4th till April 19th
866 N. Dupont Hwy, Dover, DE 19901 For more info: http://www.agriculturalmuseum.org/ 302-734-1618
• Membership services (renewal dues, new members and
visitors)
• Sign-in sheet (Please, try to sign in so we can get an
accurate count of attendance.)
• Sign-up for those who wear name tag.
(There is a drawing each month for those who wear a
tag. It is encouraged so that we can all know who we
are talking to and sitting with.)
• 50/ 50 raffle ticket sale. (This is a fund raiser for the
guild.)
• Class registration
• Quilting for Others (Pick up a kit)•
http://www.facebook.com/ HelpingHandsQuiltGuild
Inside this Issue 1. Presidents Message
1. Vice Presidents Message
1. Refreshment List
2. Workshop Fees
2. EQ Info
2. FYI
3. Workshops 2017
3. Info about Programs & Events
3. HHQG Retreat
4. Magazine Sale
4. OWQS registration info
4. QFO
5. Upcoming Quilt Events
5. Treasurer’s Report 2/28/17
6. Meeting Minutes 2/27/2017
6 Board Meeting Minutes 3/1/2017
7. Sunshine Committee
7. Birthdays
Sunshine Committee Report
Please continue to keep us informed of any of our members
that are ill, having surgery, or have lost a loved one. Respectfully submitted,
Connie Quarnaccio and Sharon Cook
President: Sue Hoecker…………….. Vice President: Mary Dawn Ditty……... Recording Secretary: Delores Burns…………… Corresponding Secretary: Ellen Malenfant……..… Treasurer: Mary Kokoszka….…….. Committee Chairs: 50/50: Shirley Smith …………... Block of the Month: Linda Barlow….………… Cindy King………………. Fund Raising: Ellen Malenfant……….. Raffle Quilt Sales Barbara Austin………… Raffle Quilt Construction ML Kaczka………………. Meeting Sales Elaine Morris……….… Greeters/New Member: Rose Ann Battista….… Holiday Event Nancy Roberts………… Membership: Kate Ruper……………… Fern Weaner………….. Newsletter: Barbara Sansone……. Quilting for Others: Ann Fischer…………….. Quilts of Valor: Betty Rigo…………..…...
Peg Gilson…………….…. Refreshments: Robin Aschenberg……. Sit ‘n Sew/ Workshop Coordinator: Shirley Smith…………... Show ‘n Tell Sharon Noone…………. Skills Forum: Marti Chamberlain….... Sunshine: Sharon Cook…………….. Website/Facebook: Patricia Kokoszka……. Cindy King……………….