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President’s Corner

AM Fat Quarter

Lottery Winners:

Sue Halley

Debbie Heckert

Chelsy Blum

Shirley Rinderknecht

PM Fat Quarter

Lottery Winners:

Chris Hansen X2

Pam Serovy

Dawn Barns

Volume 38, No 7

June 2017

Hello EIHQ Members, Every month I am amazed at the speakers who Kathy Robbie has been able to get for us. Did Ami just make you laugh and have fun that day? I have to say I had never met her before or really didn't know anything much about her. So I volunteered to pick her up at the airport and take her out to dinner. I went home and told my husband, "Oh I don't know how this meeting will go". He could tell I was concerned. Little did I know there was all that humor under the serious dinner conversations we were having. I loved everything I learned from her. I hope to do her binding technique soon. I should have realized when she ask me to hold a Quilt block up at the air-port that we were in for a good time… that was for sure. I am hoping we all have a good time in June at our laid back retreat day. Then we will be enter-tained by Patchy Fog in the evening. Please join the board and I with a line dance. It should be fun. You wanted us to think out of the box and you got it. Have a Great Day Sewing, Sue

East Iowa Heirloom Quilters

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Volume 38, No 7 June 2017

Meet A Member

Shanna Cellman

Shanna was born in October of 1942 in a maternity home in St. Anthony, Idaho.

She was named after her grandmothers, Anna and Belle, which became Shanna Belle.

She was fortunate to grow up with her dad in the house, as he avoided WWII due to be-

ing deaf in one ear. During her early years, there was a shortage of many items which

were used for the war effort, including food, silk, and metals

In 1946, Shanna’s family, which included a brother and sister, moved to Clarke

County, Iowa. Two more sisters and one more brother then joined the family. She

quickly became an Iowan, and considers this one of the fortunate things to happen in her

life.

Shanna was one of the last people to graduate from nine years in a one-room country

school, but she is not a fan of that old schooling system. She then graduated from Osce-

ola High School, which is now called Clarke Community High School. She knew at a

young age that it was up to her to get a college education as a role model to her younger

siblings. She graduated from Northwest Missouri State University in 1965. She received

her Masters degree from the University of Iowa in Family and Consumer Sciences, with

a minor in Educational Technology in 1986.

After a five year courtship with Terry Cellman, they married and had two daughters.

Erin is a PT managing St. Lukes outpatient care, and Demeri is vice president of

Northland College in northeast Wisconsin. The two girls have given Shanna and Terry

five grandchildren. In Shanna’s career, she taught 7-12th grade home economics for five

years at Highland Jr. and Sr. High. Then she took a job with the Iowa State University

Extension for twenty-two years, finishing as a Family Resource Manager to eleven coun-

ties.

Upon retirement, Shanna and Terry moved from Ainsworth to the northern edge of

Cedar Rapids where they built a new house. She spends a lot of her time reading and

quilting. She has been a member of our guild for eight years. She has served as several

committee chairs and took the lead on our flag repair project for Cedar Memorial.

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SOS : Sharing Our Skills

My gracious, did you all accept the President's challenge! We have already sewn a number of tops, and will be doing so again at the June meeting, for those of you who have chosen to bring your sewing machines. Becky McCarville accepted the task of combining the blocks, cutting the sashing, etc, making up kits, with directions, from all the gorgeous gener-ous blocks you all have contributed. This certainly has been a great project for SOS, and the recipients of the resulting quilts!!!! SOS Wednesday, as always, is the third Wednesday of the month—June 21, from 9:30 to 3:30, at the Knights of Columbus, 1620 E Ave NE. We tie, sew and nosh on a 4 star potluck! Come for the day, or any part thereof, any time you can help is appreciated. In May, SOS received 14 tops, 15 pillowcases, 1 doll quilt, 14 finished quilts and got 12 quilts tied. Thanks ever so much for all that you do! Mary Burgess, Diane Eimen and Suzanne Mullins

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QOV: Quilts of Valor

Freedom Stitchers of Iowa

Hello everyone – from Colorado Springs! Just finished up our Annual Quilts of Valor Confer-

ence --- and tomorrow morning am headed up Pikes Peak on the Cog Railway --- then to Den-

ver to catch Amtrak and overnight to Mt. Pleasant. Had a super time ---- but probably the

BEST time was watching a QOV awarded to a 96-year-old Woman Pilot!!!! She was/is a spunky

lady!! She actually flew training missions where she was the target with a big target painted

on the side of her plane right behind the cockpit. Other pilots shot at her for training!!! She

was, and still is, a very foxy lady. She was a major inspiration when she was all wrapped up in

her quilt and she proudly proclaimed that she considered her military service … “not as a sac-

rifice, but as an investment in herself and her country!” ……. Stuff like that is just so hum-

bling to hear! It is very inspiring to want to keep up the drive for more quilts to honor our

Veterans! The mission is very rewarding on many many levels. Come and join us!

I’m coming home with some new panels, some wonderful tips for Flying Geese from

Tony Jacobson (in person), and some new patterns. …… All that between visiting the Zoo

(didn’t find any relatives), and the Olympic Training Center.

Freedom Stitchers will be meeting on Thursday 22nd before the June guild meeting.

We will have an all-day Open House at my house. Please call – please join us – please make a

quilt for a Veteran. We have about 80 recipients waiting for quilts in the next few months –

and the list continues to grow daily. Any questions? Just ask a Freedom Stitchers of Iowa

member (or me). We’d love to have you. We have a Presentation planned just before the 4th

of July --- come and see the joy that these simple quilts bring to our Vets. It is one way we

can thank them for the freedoms we enjoy today.

Did you see the article in the Gazette with our own Karen Kruse?? It was in the

Community Section printed on Memorial Day. Excellent FULL-PAGE article. I bet it is still on

the Gazette website – just search for Quilts of Valor!

See you soon!

Elayne

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May Show and Tell

AM

Alice Davidson Nesting Birds

Wild

Bill Brewster 2 SOS full size quilts

Deb Sindelar

Nancy Zahn King paper piece sampler

Eagle Scout lap quilt

Transportation SOS

Kay Baldridge Art Pillow

Mary Wauer 2 QOV quilts

Peggy Lowe T-shirt quilt, 1 QOV quilt

1 SOS quilt

Megan Bracy Star quilt

Diana Richardson Minion quilt

Jan Felthous Rainbow Stars and

Mystery quilt

Marcia Hinrichs 3 lap quilts, 1 twin top

Lela Hadrava Friendship Star QOV

Judy Blum Folded Quilt Blocks

Beth Devones Small Group Challenge

Quilt

Debbie Wordehoff Dresden Garden,

2 Domiciles Totes

Sue Halley Halloween Quilt

PM Rose Eagleson French Braid

Bonita Lefebure Weaving

Debbie Wordehoff ????

Louise Neiland Geometric

Sue Henderson 2 Patriotic quilts

???? Wine quilt

Darlene Andreatta 1 QOV

Jen Visser Another UFO

Gwen Schimek Jelly Roll

Art quilts display at Lowe Park Arts & Environment Center located at 4500 N. 10th Street, Marion

Art Connects Us - exhibit by Iowa Art Quilters

Sat. July 1 - Fri. Aug. 25

Five of the exhibits feature challenges along with other individual pieces,

some of which are for sale.

Three of our local guild members are members of this group which meet monthly

in Grinnell.

There will be a reception held on Thursday, July 13 from 6:30-8:00 pm.

May Fat Quarter Lottery Winners– AM

Mary Sabo

Lynn Mitchell Karen Kruse

Dawn Batie-Barnes Sandy Feldmann Jayne Kremer

May Fat Quarter Lottery Winners PM

Dawn King

Moira Guffey Kelly Buller Pam Serovy

Louse Neiland

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Our Next Quilt Show Has Been Scheduled!

We got the dates for our next quilt show. It will be held September 19th to the 21, 2019. The days are Thursday, Friday and Saturday. A huge thank you to Diana for being on it and sticking out the long wait. This has been a tough time for everyone. Now the fun begins and the filling of the committees. I know we will all take a part of the puzzle and support our leader, Debbie Wordehoff.

EIHQ members: This notice is just to let you know what all your membership money goes for. We have some fixed expenses and some that are estimated in our budget. It might amaze some what is takes to run this guild. Both past and present boards take this very seriously. We have had our member-ship at $30.00 a year for many years. Now we have several items that have gone up over the years and membership has stayed the same. This is one reason our show has to be successful, and other fund raising does too, to allow us to get the speakers we are able to get. I do hope I didn't leave too many things out that pop up from time to time. Fixed Expenses Storage Unit $169.00 per month = $2,028.00 PER YEAR American Legion $200.00 per month = $2,200.00 PER YEAR KC Hall for SOS $50.00 per month = $600.00 PER YEAR Insurance $548.00 PER YEAR Website $300.00 PER YEAR Total $5,676.00 PER YEAR Estimated Budget Programs..............$6,500.00 Library..................$90.00 SOS.....................$700.00 Membership..............$550.00 Publicity...............$150.00 Newsletter..............$700.00 Historian...............$100.00 President...............$200.00 TOTAL.................$8,990.00 Now take for easy math 300 x $30.00 = $9,000.00 We are at 304 Members at this time. -- Sincerely, Suzanne Halley, President

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PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS

Below are upcoming programs and workshops. More information about this year’s programs and workshops (along with supply lists) can be found on the guild’s website, eihqguild.com. To register for a workshop, complete the workshop registration form (in

this newsletter and on the website) and turn it into Kathy Robbie at a guild meeting or mail it to her at the address on the form.

Workshops are held at the American Legion from 1:00 to 4:00 unless noted. If you have any questions, please contact Kathy

Robbie, Program Chair, at 319-481-7361; kkrobbie@netins.net. Thank you for your support.

June 26, 2017

Picnic at American Legion

Mini Retreat - UFO

9:00 - mini meeting

9:15 - sew and visit

12:15 – lunch

5:00 - special show and tell - items you've worked on throughout the day

6:00 - pizza

6:30- mini meeting

6:45 - music by Patchy Fog

Cost is $10 for all day but you can sign up for lunch or pizza or you can bring your own food- sign up is required due to

space for sewing machines.

You can choose to hand sew, bring your machine or help out SOS.

July 24, 2017 (no morning meeting)

Lynne Hagmeier, Kansas Troubles

www.ktquilts.com

6:30 pm Lecture: Moda and Beyond

Lynne began quilting more than 20 years ago after taking a class at her local quilt

shop, The Quilting Bee in Salina, Kansas. Kansas Troubles Quilters was born the

next

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year when she and two friends collaborated to make and sell small quilts at craft fairs. Af-

ter a few years, Lynne and one of the other women decided to publish their original pat-

terns and attended their first wholesale market. In 2000, Lynne took the next step and

partnered with Moda Fabrics to design fabric collections based on her signature warm,

country colors and nature-inspired motifs. For seven years, Lynne and her husband,

Robert, shared their passion for quilting by hosting retreats at KTQ’s home base in Ben-

nington, Kansas. Now she’s traveling to quilt shops and guilds teaching classes and shar-

ing her quilts and their stories with quilters all over the country. Lynne has designed and

written a series of six Quilter’s Journal quilt patterns based on historical events, more

than two dozen books and 75 patterns, and 30 fabric collections to date. Lynne is the au-

thor of Piecing the Past: Vintage Quilts Recreated by Kansas Troubles and Border Gar-

den: Kansas Troubles Favorites Projects for Your Home.

July 24, 2017

Lynn Hagmeier

Workshop: Cactus Stars/Rustic Stars

5-hour workshop/9 am to 2 pm

$30 for class/25 person maximum

Lynne has simplified the traditional Hunter's Star Block with Kansas Trouble's Layered

Patchwork technique for easier piecing and more perfect results. Layer diamonds on tri-

angles for simple square blocks. Kits are available. If you want to purchase a kit,

you must let Kathy Robbie know by June 26. Quilt will be at the May meeting.

Price of kit, book, and ruler are included on the supply list on the guild’s web-

site, www.eihqguild.com

August 28, 2017

Sheila Williams

9:00 am and 6:30 pm

I love quilting and especially making miniatures and small block quilts. In addition, I love

making the same block over and over again. I know, crazy, huh? And the scrappier, the

better. I have been quilting since 1999. Around that time, Jo Morton was a speaker at

the guild. She agreed to spend the night with a guild member and that ended up being my

mom. Of course, I loved all of her work but wasn't really into quilting yet. That didn't

stop me from going over to my mom's for the opportunity to meet Jo. As it turned out, Jo

gave both my mom and me a trunk show right there in my mom's living room. That was

all I needed to learn to quilt.

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And honestly, what was I waiting on? Both my mom and my sister quilt. I had teachers right

there at my disposal. Within the year, I was headed to Paducah, building my stash, and start-

ing way more projects than I could possibly complete. I was hooked. I look forward to sharing

my journey with you during the August meeting and with those of you who choose to take my

class, "Miniatures and Small Block Quilts."

August 28, 2017

Sheila Williams

Workshop: Pint Size Stars

1:00-4:00 pm

$15 for class/20 person maximum

This is a miniature workshop. Kits are available for $15. Supply list is on the website,

www.eihqguild.com.

It's nearing the deadline for entering

quilts in the Iowa State Fair!

Go to Iowastatefair.org

Official Site

Participate

How to Enter

Iowa Family Living

Fabric & Threads

Deadline is July 1

Deliver Quilts on July 29

State Fair Aug 10-20

If you have any questions or need help,

call

Debbie Wordehoff

319-389-5550

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2017 EIHQ GUILD

WORKSHOP REGISTRATION

Program Chair: Kathy Robbie (319) 481-7361 kkrobbie@netins.net

Program Planning Chair:

Your Name __________________________________________ Date Rec’d ______________ Phone # _____________________________________________ Check # ________________

Email _______________________________________________________________________________________ Address______________________________________________________________________________________

City ____________________________________________________________________ Zip ______________

1. Registrations paid for at the time of registration are placed on the PAID/CONFIRMED list.

2. Registrations not accompanied by payment are NOT CONFIRMED and are put on a waiting list subject to available space at the time of payment. Once payment is received, if space is still available, class registration is confirmed. No one

will be considered registered for a class until payment is received.

3. At 10 days prior to the class, all vacancies become available to non-guild members at an additional fee.

TEACHER DATE DAY WORKSHOP COST TOTAL

Table Rental January 23 Monday Clean your sewing room & make some $15/table

Cindy Salat February 27 Monday Fun With Free Motion Quilting $15

Stephanie Soebbing March 27 Monday Wildflower Meadow $30

Marilyn Lee April 24 Monday “Bits and Pieces”: Beautiful Art Quilts

From Your Scraps (12:30 to 4:30) $30

Ami Simms May 22 Monday Freedom to Feather $30

Ami Simms May 23 Tuesday Beautiful Basic Bindings for Beginners (all day workshop)

$35

Lynn Hagmeier July 24 Monday Cactus Stars/Rustic Stars (5 hour workshop). Time (tentative) 9:00-2:00 (includes 1 hour lunch)

$30

Sheila Williams August 28 Monday Miniature and Small Block Quilts Kit is $15

$15

Scott Flanagan September 25 Monday Charming Christmas (12:30 to 4:00) $30

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May AM Block of the Month

Winner: Diane Eiman

MayPM Block of the Month

Winner: Cjhristy DenBeste

Are there any members out there who are interested in piecing t shirt quilts, making table runners or other types of sewing for clients? I get calls asking if I know anyone for these services and would like to direct them to those who may help. I can be reached at (970) 691-9193. Thank you! Debra Sewell

Fat Quarter Lottery Fabrics

June Florals

July Patriotic

August Beach/Summer

Sept Batiks

Nov Christmas/Holiday

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President’s Challenge Block of the Month

Road Trip

We will be traveling to Madison, WI, on Friday, September 8, 2017 to the annual

Quilt Expo. Cost for this trip will be $45 per person and that will include the bus,

your admission and busdriver tip. I have 47 paid members. 3 members and 2

non-members are on the waiting list. If you find out you are unable to attend, please

let me know as soon as possible so I can move someone up from the waiting list.

The bus leaves from Cedar Valley Motorcoach Charters at 6100 7 th St SW. I will let

you know the time in July or August.

Debbie Wordehoff

Activities Chair

389-5550

May 2017

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Support Your Local Businesses

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SILVER SHADOW CREA-

TIONS

Hand-Guided Machine Quilting &

Basting

Michelle Chadima & Diana Zaiger

Phone: 319-846-8152

Cell: 319-521-8158

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Contact Helios Stitches N Stuff; Mon.-Sat. 10-5

Sun. 12-4 319-512-3323 or Leland @

buytotesnow.com

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President Sue Halley 373-4210 halleysuzanne@mchsi.com

Vice President Karen Bronkhorst 365-5410 karenb3@yahoo.com

Treasurer Amy Jellison 560-4254 jellison.amy@gmail.com

Program Chair Kathy Robbie 481-7361 kkrobbie@netins.net

Secretary Louise Nieland 377-1056 nieland1390@mchsi.com

Activities Debbie Wordehoff 389-5550 dwordehoff@yahoo.com

Librarian Peggy Lowe 855-8952 peggybluebirdgsb@yahoo.com

Newsletter Nancy Zahn 846-2177 nzahn@southslope.net

Historian Diana Fairchild 310-2259 dsfairchild@yahoo.com

Publicity Sheryl Morgan 377-0680 slmorgan53@gmail.com

Education Shanna Cellman 550-6502 scellman@mchsi.com

Membership Jodi Shelledy 361-6004 quilterjodi@gmail.com

QOV Elayne Gassett 551-4492 qov.quiltdeva@gmail.com

SOS Suzanne Mullins 396-7162 suzmullins@mchsi.com