Peninsula Quilters ’ Gazettepeninsulaquilters.org/items/Sept12.pdfNorthern Peninsula: Mavie Portman 301 Palm Ave. (off Hillside) Millbrae (easy access from 101 or 280) Southern Peninsula:

The President’s Message

As PQ’s outgoing President I am feeling many emotions.I’m glad that I was able to serve all of you and amproud I could be your President.

It was a very big challenge for me as I have always been waymore comfortable as a helper and working in the background.I really had to push myself to do this and I’m very relieved insome ways that I don’t need to agonize about it much longer.

So on the one hand, I feel some relief to pass the duties onto our very capable Jeanne Schulte and her new group of vol -unteers. On the other hand, I have had such a wonderful groupof people on the board, including the officers and committeechairs, all of their assistants and volunteers and our guild mem -bers who have given me so much help and support — I willmiss that. You all have also tolerated my foibles and insecuri-ties, so I thank you all for everything. The President has somuch help and assistance that really this position is one ofthe easy ones!!

I look forward to seeing many of you at the September birth - day celebration, and all the new board at the joint meeting onSeptember 26. (Don’t forget those binders!) Also, we still needvolunteers for the Quilt Show at CSM so be sure to check outour needs at http://pq2012.ivolunteer.com.

Thanks again to all of you for your support.

—Mary Lazarus, President

September Meeting • Wednesday, September 19 • 9AM

San Mateo Garden Center, 650 Parkside Way, San Mateo

A brief Budget Board Meeting will convene 15 minutes after the September 19 General Meeting at the San Mateo Garden Center.

The September Joint Board Meeting will convene on Wednesday, September 26, at 10:30AMat the Belmont Congregational Church, 751 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont.

Future PQ Programs

October 17, 7PM: Honoring Our Own

November 14, 9AM: Sue Hans“Dyeing Fabric”

Birthday Celebration

Come and celebrate our Guild’s 34th birthday with yourPQ friends. For those of you who are new to our Guild,this will take place immediately after our September

meeting, replacing our monthly speaker. Everyone who attendsshould bring a brunch food or fruit, enough to serve the eightpeople at your table.

This year the theme is Birthday Celebration, so if you havea quilt with balloons or happy birthday on it, please bring it tohang on the wall and add to the décor.

There will be games and door prizes. Debbie O’Neill is help -ing me out on this, and she has something creative up hersleeve. She said something about a special PQ broadcast (nowwhat could that be all about?). One lucky winner will also gohome with a $50 Gift Certificate from Always Quilting!

Mark your calendars now for September 19. You won’t wantto miss out on all the fun and surprises!

—Rochelle Blair, Celebration Chairman

Peninsula Quilters’ GazetteVolume XXXIII, No. 12 September 2012 Issue 405

Membership Renewal

Membership forms must be re ceived by October 1, 2012for your name to be listed in our 2012–13 Roster(which will be available at the October meeting).

Please turn in your renewal form early. The renewal form is onpage 9.

Thank you in advance for your help. Any questions? ContactBeth Shoesmith, Membership Chair. o

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PQ CalendarSep 19 Wed 9AM General Meeting

& Birthday Party

Sep 26 Wed 10:30AM Joint Board Mtg

Oct 17 Wed 7PM General Meeting

Oct 24 Wed 10:30AM Board Meeting

Quilt Show Update

Thank you to all members for their quilts and volunteer

time. We are looking forward to a very good show with so

much support from our members. We have 95 plus quilt entries

as of Wednesday, Aug 22 plus 12 quilts for the Evie Landes ex -

hibit and a few quilts for the youth exhibit. More are coming

by Friday, Aug 24. If you haven’t already done so, please check

in at https://pq2012.ivolunteer.com.

Quilt drop-offs will be Thursday, Sept 20, 4–8PM and Friday,

Sept 21, 11AM–4PM. Drop-off sites are:

Northern Peninsula: Mavie Portman

301 Palm Ave. (off Hillside)

Millbrae (easy access from 101 or 280)

Southern Peninsula: Rosalie Applebaum

1120 Windsor Way

Menlo Park (Take Windsor Drive off

Santa Cruz and turn onto Windsor

Way; Rosalie’s house is at the end.)

Remember to:

• tell all your Facebook friends to tell all their friends

• mail your postcards

• give personal invitations to your neighbors and

co-workers.

This show depends on our reaching out to the community

to share our love of quilting and beautiful work with the rest

of the Bay Area, in keeping with our status as an educational

non-profit organization.

Thank you! Kitty and Marion

Nominating Committee Report

E lection of officers will take place at the September meeting.The Guild still has a few openings:

Recording Secretary Opportunity Quilt (Current) Programs–Speakers (Future) Friendship Block

The first three positions are very important, and really needto be filled. Team up with a friend, and work together in aposition! If you would like more information about a position,please feel free to call Gale Green or Jeanne Schulte.

Our slate that will be voted on in September is:

Elected Officers:

President Jeanne SchulteVice Pres./Pres.Elect Jane StepicTreasurer Susan Surfleet &

Carol StapletonRecording Secretary OPENCorresponding Secty. Kia Starmer

Appointed Officers:

Parliamentarian Margie BajurinHistorian Judy Miyake

October No-Frills Retreat

The time has arrived to register for the upcoming October“No Frills” Retreat. The retreat will be at the Holiday Inn

in San Mateo, October 26–28, 2012. We hope you can join us.

The space is limited to 24 members. We will be collectingdeposit checks at the September meeting, so bring your com-pleted registration form (see page 8) and a deposit of $25. Theremaining balance is due at the October 17 Guild meeting. Thetotal cost is $235 for a double occupancy room, and $285 fora single room. This includes your room for two nights, mealsfrom Friday night through Sunday lunch, and lots of fun,laughs and sharing with fellow members.

If you have any questions, please call Gale Green or Bar -bara Hall. o

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Upcoming Quilters Events

Sep 12–14: “Life’s a Beach,” 31st Annual San Diego Quilt Show,San Diego Convention Center, 111 West Harbor Dr., San Diego.Classes, judging, cash prize awards, special exhibits, art quiltchallenge. Preview night Wed, 6–9. Show Thur/Fri 9–6. Ad vancetickets $15; $20 at door; multi-day pass $10. 619-443-2706.

www.sandiegoquiltshow.com

Sept 15–16: 23rd Annual Quilts & Threads Show, Sierra QuiltGuild, Sierra Needle Artists, Mother Lode Weavers and Spin ners.Mother Lode Fairgrounds, Stockton Road (Hwy 49), Sonora.Over 250 exhibits of quilting, em broidery, weaving, spinning;showcase boutique, quilt ap praisal, door prizes, vendors. Sat10–5, Sun 10–4. Admission $7 one day, $10 two-day pass.

Sept 16: “Pieces of Our Lives,” Napa Valley Quilters, 2012 QuiltShow. Justin Siena High School, 4026 Maher Street, Napa (Hwy.29 West on Trower). Guest Artists: Laura Nownes, Renee Schultz-Heinz; vendors, demonstrations, country store, opportunityquilt, special exhibits, refreshments. Sun 10–5. Admission $6,children under 12 free. napavalleyquilters.org

Sept 20-22: “Quilt, Craft & Sewing Festival,” Alameda CountyFairgrounds, Pleasanton, CA. Thur–Sat, 10–5; come Thursdayfor early buying privileges. Admission $8 for 3-day pass. Visitwww.quiltcraftsew.com for free admission coupon and otherspecial offers.

Sept 22–23: “Quilting in the Garden,” Alden Lane Nursery, 981Alden Lane, Livermore. Featured artists are Judy Mathiesonand “See How We Sew” craftswomen/bloggers Christie Batter -man, Laura Nownes, Jennifer Rounds and Darra Williamsonwho will bring a sizable collection of quilts to show. Sat–Sun, 9–4. www.aldenlane.com/quilt/stitchQ.html

Sep 29: Artistry in Fashion, Canada College Fashion Depart -ment, 4200 Farm Hill Blvd., Redwood City. $10 admission.10AM–4PM: Designer sale and showcase, main quad area: uniquehand-crafted jewelry; artisan dyed, woven, painted, and feltedtextiles; antique, vintage, and re-purposed fashions. Local in -dependent designers and artisans. Noon–3PM, Open House,Bldg. 3, Rooms 255 & 253. 1:30PM�Bldg. 3, Main Theater: fash -ion show. www.artistryinfashion.com

Oct 6–7: “A Splash of Fabric and Art,” Delta Quilters Guild,Brentwood Community Center, 35 Oak Street, Brentwood.Over 200 exhibits; featuring Anelie Belden, author of “Thor -oughly Modern Dresden.” Food, door prizes, raffles, vendors.Sat 10–5, Sun 10 –4; admission $7 one day, $10 both days.

Oct 11–14: Pacific International Quilt Festival XXI, SantaClara Convention Center, Great American Parkway, Santa Clara.

Over 800 quilts and works of wearable and textile art. Work -

shops, lectures, 300-booth Merchants Mall. Thur–Sat 10–6;

Sun 10–5. Admission $15 (includes readmission), $13 Sunday

only. www.quiltfest.com/

Oct 16–20: “MQX West 2012,” Machine Quilters Exposition,The Oregon Convention Center, 777 MLK Blvd., Portland, OR.

Admission: $10 adult, children under 12 free with a paying

adult. $22 Multi-Day Pass. www.MQXShow.com

Oct 17: NCQC Quarterly Meeting, 10:30AM–Noon. Topic tobe announced. www.ncqc.net/

Oct 19–21: �Mountain Heirloom Quilt Faire XXXV, Indepen -dence Hall Quilters, Ironstone Vineyards, 1894 Six Mile Rd.,Murphys. Demonstrations, door prizes, vendor booths, bou-

tique, country store. Fri–Sat 9–4, Sun 10–4; admission $7 at

the door. www.IndependenceHallQuilters.com

Nov 4–9: “Art Quilt Tahoe,” Zephyr Point Conference Center,South Lake Tahoe. Conference includes accommodations, meals,

workshop with choice of 11 faculty members, presentations,

and field trip.

www.artquilttahoe.com OR [email protected]

Nov 16–18: “Rhapsody in Bloom,” River City Quilters’ Guild,Scottish Rite Temple, 6151 H Street, Sacramento. Fri–Sat, 10–5,

Sun 10–4; admission $7/day. www.rivercityquilters.org

Useful Bits

• When you wash your fabric, always open it up. If you don’t,you can get what is called an abrasion line on the fold.

• Standard advice is to always unthread a mach ine by cuttingthe thread at the spool and pulling the thread from the nee-dle. Here’s another tip: when changing bobbins, cut the loosethread right at the bobbin case. Pulling a long thread throughthe little slit can cause damage to the spring and event uallylead to tension issues.

• Do you find all your quilts looking a lot alike because you’realways drawn to the same color? Try this – make a Black andWhite quilt. This gives you a chance to not look at color, butdoes force you to look at contrast, the character of the print,different scales and textures and most importantly, design.

You will certainly go back to your favorite colors, but youmight use them differently. Your quilts will generally be moreexciting and unique.


Peninsula Quilters General MeetingAugust 15, 2012

San Mateo Garden Center

Meeting called to order at 7PM by President Mary Lazarus.Mary welcomed guest speaker Sue Rasmussen and the SantaRosa Guild with their opportunity quilt. The library will beopen at the break.

Minutes: July minutes were approved as printed.

Correspondence: Nothing to report.

Treasurer’s Report: Joanne Dunbar

Beginning Balance: 7/1/12 $6,523.88Income 377.00Expense 1,265.16

Ending Balance: 7/31/12 $5,635.72

Vanguard MM: 8/1/12 $23,800.99

Joanne requested receipts for expenditures from committeechairs by the September meeting.

Old Business: Committee binders will be given to the newboard members at the September joint board meeting. A sign -up sheet was passed for the potluck. Bylaws: After discussion,a motion was made and seconded that the changes to the by -laws as published in the August Gazette be accepted with theexception that the word “may” will not replace the word “shall”in Article III, Section 2. Dues, D. Susan Surfleet will write anarticle for the Gazette regarding budget issues.

Mary welcomed the guests and one new member.

Announcements: Quilt Show: Marion McEwen introducedBarb Valley who will be the coordinator for iVolunteer for theQuilt Show. Marion had bags for the raffle baskets, or theyshould be wrapped in cellophane and brought to the show. ARaffle Basket Coordinator is needed to take in the baskets on9/28 and make a list of the baskets and when they will be raf-fled. Marion also reminded members to send out postcardspublicizing the Quilt Show and to e-mail notification to groupsand friends. Connie Maysonave is collecting applicationstonight. The deadline for receipt of the applications has beenextended to 8/24. Dropoff times and sites for the quilts will beon 9/20, 4–8PM and 9/21, 11–4, at Mavie Portman’s home, 301Palm Avenue, Millbrae, or Rosalie Applebaum’s home at 1120Windsor Way, Menlo Park. Designated quilts will be taken forjudging on 9/24. The Tuesday morning fabric prep at MargaretAnn Niven’s home is finished.

• 2013 San Mateo County Fair Challenge: Julie Curry hascharm packs available at the break. Quilts can be no wider than40′′ for the challenge. • Bee Charitable: Barbara Crawfordthanked members for giving her used rotary blades. She has

kits for “Blocks for the Brave” to make quilts for the PolytraumaCenter at the VA. Bee Charitable will put the blocks together.The workshop on “Curved Flying Geese” with Sue Rasmussenwill be tomorrow at 9AM; bring your lunch or money for it. • Programs: Cece Montgomery and Sandi Adger (incomingWorkshop Coordinator) will be on the Program Committee.The October program will be “Honor Our Own” with Bee Con -fused talking about their quilting expertise and experience. Atthe November meeting, Sue Hands will talk about fabric dye-ing with a 11/2 day workshop. There will be a $35 materialscharge. Another programs person is still needed for a two-yearterm. • No Frills Retreat: Gale Green announced there will bea retreat at the San Mateo Holiday Inn October 26–28 and theapplication form will be in the Gazette. Single room is $285,double $235. • Nominating Com mittee: Gale Green thankedmembers who stepped up to help. We still need a program per -son, recording secretary, person in charge of Opportunity Quiltdisplay, Friendship Blocks and Block of the Month. • BirthdayEvent: Rochelle Blair said our 34th anniversary as a guild willbe celebrated with games and prizes at the September meeting.A $50 gift certificate from Always Quilting will be one of theprizes. Each member will bring brunch type food on a plate toserve eight people.

Show and Tell: Rita Leung showed a quilt top by the SaturdayStitchers Bee, a nine patch with pieces picked out by fairgoers;Michele Parry, Ombre Stars quilt; Debbie O’Neill, Asian wallhanging; Martha Helseth, VA quilt; Valerie Cape, “Moon &Sun;” Rochelle Blair, Carrie’s quilt; Gale Green, Wedding quiltand Crush Supports Education (CRUSH will support Alz -heimer’s disease research this year); Lynette Cleaveland, Lola’squilt and neonatal quilt.

Membership: Beth Shoesmith and Margaret Conti, 81 mem-bers, 5 guests present. Membership renewal is due by 10/1 tobe included in the new roster. June Perry won the door prize.

Challenge Winners: There were 12 entries. Angie Sullivan wonMost Whimsical; Peggy Anderson won Best Quilting and BestApplique; Elizabeth Allocco won Best Use of Color; MicheleParry won third place; Angie Sullivan won second place; Mar -ilyn Morton won first place. It was requested that the challengequilts be entered in both the quilt show in September and the2013 County Fair.

Meeting Adjourned: President Mary Lazarus adjourned themeeting at 8:24PM. Mereleen Brown introduced the speaker,Sue Rasmussen, who gave a talk entitled “A Desperate House -wife’s Quilt Journey.”

—Respectfully submitted,Mavis Portman, Recording Secretary


Peninsula Quilters Board MeetingAugust 15, 2012

San Mateo Garden Center

Meeting called to order at 6:29PM by President Mary Lazarus.

Members in attendance:Mary Lazarus, Margie Bajurin, Kath -ryn Bownass, Irene Buchner, Julie Curry, Joanne Dunbar,Mavourneen Lopez, Judy Miyake, Margaret Ann Niven, MaviePortman, Margie Pullen, Jeanne Schulte, Beth Shoesmith,June Wallach.

Minutes: Approved as printed.

Corresponding Secretary:Will report at the general meeting.

Treasurer’s Report:Will report at the general meeting.

Old Business: September Birthday Event:Will be held 9/19 atthe daytime meeting. Nominating Committee: It was movedand seconded that Margie Bajurin and Judy Miyake be acceptedas parliamentarian and historian, respectively. OpportunityQuilt: A letter was received from the IRS regarding reportingof amount earned versus expenses. Joanne Dunbar will issuea correction. Budget Committee:Will meet next Thursday,8/23 at Joanne Dunbar’s house. The budget will be presentedat the Joint Board meeting in September. Committee Chairs:Will submit inventory reports to the recording secretary andhave binders ready to pass to next year’s board members.

New Business: Raffle Bin:Mavourneen Lopez said the rafflebin is missing from the storage locker. Letterhead:Mary Laza -rus and Margie Bajurin passed samples of letterhead for PQ.Evie Landes: It was decided to postpone the sale of material,etc., from the Landes family.

A special Board meeting will be held after the Birthday Eventon 9/19 to discuss the budget.

President Mary Lazarus adjourned the meeting at 6:49PM.

—Respectfully submitted, Mavie Portman, Recording Secretary

Iwas hoping to report that I finally had achieved my perfectquilt top! As you may recall, I was going to make a quilt that

I could quilt on the long-arm machine. I have never been so

precise in cutting fabric. I’ve never watched seams so closely

to make sure that they were a quarter-inch. I even tested my

machine with sample fabrics to make sure that it was perform -

ing as it should. And I was very proud of myself! Everything

was good.

That is, until I noticed that some of the strips were too short!

I didn’t notice this until I had sewn the strips together to form

a cylinder. I finally realized one mistake I had made, one that

went way back to basics. In cutting fat quarters, I had not fold -

ed the fabric from selvage to selvage. I had folded the other

way. I had also managed to mis-measure a few of the strips.

Damnation!

Perfection is

just beyond my

reach. Thank

goodness for

that handy

seam ripper.

But I did come

pretty close. I

also repeated

another error

that I have

managed to

make in every one of the previous four Eleanor Burns quar-

ter quilts I have made—even though I was determined not to

fall into the same trap. When cutting the strips for a bargello-

type quilt, it is very easy to cut the wrong piece of fabric. But

after making the mis take twice, I finally learned to do it right.

The quilt top I took to the quilt shop for my first longarm

machine quilting project was about as perfect as I’ll ever achieve.

With the help of the very kind shop employees, my first mach -

ine quilting experience was a joy, and only took a couple hours.

I’m getting closer and closer to that king-sized tulip quilt.

— Rochelle Blair

For the comfort of all, please attend Guild meetings and functions “fragrance-free.”

BEE Charitable Friends

There are only three more meetings of BEE Charitable thisyear: Friday, Sept. 14, Friday, Oct 12, and Monday, Oct.

22, all at 1PM. We will notmeet on Sept. 24 because of the PQQuilt Show.

—Barbara CrawfordBEE Charitable Coordinator


We’re Done!

Tuesday mornings at my house are officially closed! The

entire donation of vintage fabric is all washed, ironed, cut,

folded, and priced. The fabric is neatly arranged in plastic bins,

ready for the quilt show later this month. A few pieces were

bought by the workers as they prepared the fabric. They just

couldn’t resist some of the colors or designs!

We know you, too, will want some for yourself when you see

it. Besides, $2 a yard is just too good a deal to pass up. Lots of

rolls of “over 5 yards” for backings, lots of one-yard pieces, as

well as half-yard, quarter-yard and fat quarters. You will find

charm packets, ethnic fabric, and two pound bags of fabric

scraps for you appliqué-ers.

Look for our booth just inside the entry to the show. We’re

“Gramma’s Attic.” We even have a few genuine feed sacks from

the 1930s and ‘40s, but they’ll be a bit more expensive. They’re

selling for as much as $26 on Ebay, so our price of $15 is a

bargain.

A great big thanks to the crew for their outstanding work in

preparing this fabric. Hugs to Donna Crossman, Lee Knowl -

ton, Sandi Adger, Kitty Bownass, Marion McEwen, Barbara

Gray, La Vern Newman, Peggie Trei, Linda Napior, Martha Hel -

seth, Pat Meyer, Jan Weldon, Annie Schlossman, Jeanne Schulte,

Cindy Burgdorf, Joanne Dunbar, Phyllis Obley, Angie Sullivan,

Betty Kibbe, Lisa Alexander, June Wallach — I couldn’t have

done it without you!

—Margaret Ann Niven

There are varieties of quilt books in our library. Some areinspirational; they give you ideas to make you more crea -

tive. General ly they are short on specific details, assuming youalready have the skills to interpret them.

Next there are the “how to” books that usually have step-by-step instructions on specific patterns. If you follow them care -fully, you can replicate the quilt or other item for yourself.Then there are the “new technology” books. Often these showyou how to use the computer or other high tech tools to cre-ate a design or to put photos or paintings on cloth.

We are just beginning to see the impact of this on a very oldart form. Expect more tech how-to books as artists immersethemselves in computer-assisted design. A favorite of mine arebooks that give you new skills that can be transferred fromquilt to quilt. They cover general design principles, or how touse color. Some have general finishing details on how to putany quilt together. Below are three books that roughly meetthese categories.

1. A Bouquet of Quilts, C&T Publishing, Cindy Lyle Rimer,editor. These are garden-inspired projects, flower basket quiltsand pillows, with some appliqué patterns. Many use white back -grounds to give colorful flowers a chance to shine. Instructionsare specific. You will come out with a project.

2. Another garden-inspired book is Quilts in Bloom, printedin Germany. These are beautiful color pictures, meant to beinspirational quilts. Diane Leone made the selection and manyof the artists’ names will be familiar. The assumption here isthat you have the skill to make anything you fall in love with.Most likely this will spur your own creativity rather than sendyou off to buy material to copy one of the quilts.

3. Book three is Picture Piecing by Cynthia England. Ms.England uses photos to plan pictorial quilts in the same waya fine artist seeks inspiration everywhere, in nature, in theneighborhood, at the aquarium, or in a church mosaic.

Most of us seek all three types of books, depending on ourmood. If a holiday is approaching, you may be on the lookoutfor gift projects. If you are tapped out doing paper piecing, youmay be looking for wild inspiration. If a new quilter, you maywant directions you can follow, so you can turn out somethingsatisfying, perhaps for the first time.

The beauty of the library is that we have it all. You can bor-row books in any category. Happy reading. Happy quilting.

—Joyce Rosenstiel

August guest speaker Sue Rasmussen, whose topic “A Desperate Housewife’s Quilt Journey” was enjoyed by all,

and one of her beautiful creations.


You might be a quilter if…you see ideas for new quilts

everywhere!

We drove to Reno recently, and as I saw the silhouetted trees

and hills with the starry sky behind them my thoughts turned

to how I could make a pictorial quilt that would capture their

beauty. I think some kind of crystals would just do star sparkle

nicely. What do you think?

I’m also fascinated by textures and geometric patterns. My

texture photo file includes pictures of wallpaper, carpet, drapes,

mosaics and other interesting images. Many of those would

make very clever quilts, I suspect. I could spend hours thinking

about the possibilities and figuring out logistics. Sometimes I

do—just think about it for hours.

In fact, designing and working out logistics seem to be my

favorite parts of the quilting process—and choosing the fab-

rics. I just love putting together combinations of prints and

seeing how the colors play with each other.

I almost wrote that I am addicted to buying fabric, but that’s

not my real addiction. To be totally honest, I’m really addicted

to playing games on my computer. If I invested the time I spend

playing games into sewing, I could regularly have some thing

for Show and Tell. My UFO stack would be much smaller and

I wouldn’t feel guilty buying more fabric or books when I hav -

en’t done much with what I already have.

On the other hand, maybe I’ve done more than I think. I’ve

gotten a lot of good from the fabrics and books I have. I’ve

had hours of fun working on designs and ideas and exercising

my creative skills. I’ve taught children about sewing and craft -

ing. I’ve played with fabrics and put them together and figured

out what will and won’t work. I’ve had “aha” moments when

an idea from one source works with another to make a faster,

more efficient way to do something. All that mental exercise

and sensory stimulation should be good for my brain, keeping

me young and healthy for years, right?

Now if I could only find someone who would finish my quilts

in exchange for design work, I’d be in business. Any takers?

Happy quilting!—Mary Brown

San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

520 South First Street, San Jose408/971-0323 • http://www.sjquiltmuseum.org

Now–Oct 14: International TECHStyle Art Biennial (ITAB)An exhibition of contemporary artists who are merging fibermedia with new information and communication technologiesin their artistic processes: as a medium of artistic expressionand/or in the content of their work. Work includes digitallyprinted fabrics and quilts, digital jacquard weaving, digitalimaging, inkjet printing, laser engraving, 3D software, heat-press lamination, and fabrication using new manmade mate-rials and recycled elements from the computer industry.

Now–Oct 14: The AIDS Quilt Interactive: Touching 1.3 Mill -ion Square Feet. 2012 marks the 25th anniversary of The AIDSMemorial Quilt and 30 years of life with AIDS. The AIDS QuiltInteractive is a 42-inch interactive touchscreen tabletop thatallows users to search through and examine detailed individ-ual images from the 1.3 million square feet of the AIDS Mem -orial Quilt. Conceived of and implemented by Anne Balsamoand Dale MacDonald (from USC’s Annenberg Innovation Lab)and Scott Minneman (from Onomy Labs, Inc.), the AIDS Quilttable utilizes a Microsoft PixelSense interactive display.

Oct 10–13: Quilt Judging Course. A 3-day course on JudgingQuilts and Wearable Art will be offered at Pacific InternationalQuilt Festival in Santa Clara. Each student completing thecourse will be added to WCQJA’s published list of trained quiltjudges.http://www.westcoastquiltjudging.com/2012/04/course-on-judging-quilts-and-wearable.html

Oct 20–Nov 4: High Fiber Under Five.We encourage you toparticipate in our benefit exhibition and sale in support of theSJMQ&T. High Fiber Under Five is designed to generate sup-port for both fiber artists and the Museum’s fiber art advocacyefforts. This year we also have a special submission category,FiberShots. We are seeking artful fiber work—traditional andcontemporary/non-traditional—that will be donated by themaker to help support the Museum. All pieces in this specialexhibit will be 15′′ x 15′′ and will be sold for $100. For moreinformation, see the museum’s website: http://www.sjquiltmuseum.org/highfiber_artistpage2012.html


Peninsula Quilters Retreat XIV

Friday, October 26–Sunday, October 28, 2012Holiday Inn, 330 N. Bayshore Blvd., San Mateo, CA

APPLICATION

Registration begins at the September 2012 Guild meeting. Bring this completed form, a $25 deposit (make check out

to Peninsula Quilters) and a stamped, self-addressed envelope. If you cannot attend, please have a friend bring your

application and money to the meeting. The limit is 24 attendees. The remaining $210 (for a double room) or $260

(for a single room) is due no later than the October 17 meeting. No refunds after October 17, 2012. You may pay the

entire amount ($230 double room, $280 single room) at the October meeting.

This is a no-frills event. We ask you to bring a snack to share with the group. Bring your own beverage of choice.

The hotel will provide coffee/tea in the morning and water throughout the day. The rate includes all your meals

(Friday dinner through Sunday breakfast). The PQ Retreat Committee will be providing Sunday lunch.

Check-in will begin at 3PM Friday, October 26, and the retreat will conclude at 4PM Sunday, October 28. We will mail

you an information packet prior to the retreat. There is a Jacuzzi and exercise room at the hotel – we may need that

Jacuzzi after sewing all day!

General questions? Call Gale Green at 650-678-0493 or Barbara Hall at 650-345-1920.

Name:

Address:

Phone: E-mail:

Please check one: o Double Room ($235) OR o Single Room ($285):

Roommate Choice:

Special Request for Room Location (example: near meeting room)

Any food allergies or special dietary needs?

Arrival Time: o 3PM–5:30PM o After 5:30PM

Retreat Committee Will Fill Out the Following:

Amount Paid: _________ Amount Due:_________ Paid in Full (date): _____________

PQ use only: Ck # Date Amount Mail Roster

Peninsula Quilters Membership Form 2012–2013

Membership: Circle One

Regular Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45.

Newsletter Subscription Only. . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.

Lifetime Membership (by election) . . . . . . . . Free

Mail membership packet (Roster): Circle One

No (pick up at meeting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Free

Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.

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It takes the help of all our members to make the Guild run so well. Please check the committee(s) you would be interestedin helping. Some jobs are big and others are one-time events, but all are important to the running of Peninsula Quilters.

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Membership Newsletter Host a Speaker Programs

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Any questions, please contact Beth Shoesmith, Membership Chair, (650) 391-5719, email [email protected].

DEADLINE: October 1, 2012

Mail this form and your checkpayable to Peninsula Quilters to:

Peninsula Quilters MembershipP.O. Box 2423

Redwood City, CA 94064


Our membership year is from October 1 to September 30. Please fill in the form and write your check today to be included in our printed Membership Roster and not miss a single meeting.

Renewals are due by October 1, 2012 to be included in Roster.

AFFILIATESAAA Vacuum & Sewing501 South B StreetSan Mateo, CA 94401650 [email protected]

Always Quilting(650) 458-85804230 Olympic AvenueSan Mateo, CA 94403www.alwaysquiltingonline.comemail: [email protected]

Empty Spools Seminars(707) 864-1170 5306 Springridge CourtFairfield, CA 94534www.emptyspoolsseminars.comemail: [email protected]

The Laurel Leaf(650) 591-6790648 Laurel StreetSan Carlos, CA 94070www.laurelleafquilts.com

New Pieces Quilt Shop(510) 527-6779766 Gilman St. at 4th StreetBerkeley, CA 94710www.newpieces.comemail: [email protected]

QuiltInformation.comJohn Green(650) 401-8224132 Bancroft RoadBurlingame, CA 94010www.quiltinformation.comemail: [email protected]

The Sewing Machine Place(650) 697-isew (4739)239 BroadwayMillbrae, CA 94030www.TheSewingMachinePlace.comemail: [email protected]

Peninsula Quilters’ GazetteP.O. Box 2423

Redwood City, CA 94064www.peninsulaquilters.org

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The names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses included in Peninsula Quilters’ Guild membership directory and newsletters are intended for use to conduct the business of the Guild only. Use of this information for commercial purposes or any other solicitation or purpose is expressly prohibited.

REPRINT PERMISSION: Any quilt guild with whom we exchange newsletters may reprint articles from the Peninsula Quilters’ Gazette by adding the follow ingcredit line: “This article is reprinted from the (month, year) issue of the Peninsula Quilters’ Gazette of the Peninsula Quilters Guild, San Mateo, CA.”

The Gazette is printed by ARC in San Carlos.

Please support our Affiliates by shopping and taking classes at their stores. Remember to take your Guild membership card, as discount policies vary by affiliate.

Newsletter Information: The Peninsula Quilters Gazette is published monthly. The cutoff date for submissions is the 25th of the month. Please email your submissions to the Editor, with “News letter Submission” in the subject line, at: [email protected]. We need your input!

Peninsula Quilters: http://www.peninsulaquilters.org. Webmaster: [email protected]

Bring to September Meeting:

Your Name Tag

Membership Renewal Form

BEE Charitable Quilt Top

Shelter Network/Neonatal/Blind Babies Quilts

Your Show & Tell

Library Books

Lots of Smiles

Mug/Cup

Peninsula Quilters ’ Gazettepeninsulaquilters.org/items/Sept12.pdfNorthern Peninsula: Mavie Portman 301 Palm Ave. (off Hillside) Millbrae (easy access from 101 or 280) Southern Peninsula:

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