Next Meeting

Thursday, July 20, 2017

6:30 Social

7:00 Meeting Starts

Location: Temple Beth Or

5315 Creedmoor Road

Raleigh, NC 27612

Table of Contents

Page 2 President’s Message

Page 3 Holiday Boutique

Bee Keeper

Show & Tell

Page 4 Guild Cookbook

Membership

Quilt Show 2018

Page 5 Comfort Quilts

Drawing Winners

Page 6 Block Party

Page 7 Guild Leadership

Events

2018 Quilt Show

Comfort Quilt Workshop Highland United Methodist Church

1901 Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607

July 22nd

9 am—3 pm

July 2017

It is with sorrow that I let you know that a long-time Guild member and a very dear friend has died. Patty Krohn, who had battled cancer with a courageous heart and a positive spirit for some years, died on June 24th in her daughter’s home in Texas, peacefully and surrounded by family. Those of us fortunate enough to have known her will miss her sense of humor and her generosity of heart.

Darlene Silverman

Reminder: The September Guild Meeting will be a week early — on September 14. This is due to

Temple Beth Or's own facilities needs during the

Jewish High Holy Days. Mark your calendar so you

wont forget!

July Meeting Jenny Sloan Copeland will present a Trunk Show of Quilts that focus on simplici-ty in quilting. The show will include charm quilts, big block applique, scrap quilts, and big stitch quilting. Make quilts that look hard, but are not - play with colors. Make it Simple, Make it Fun!

President’s Message

Dear Members of the Guild,

Let me introduce myself to those of you who do not know me. My name is Darlene Silverman and you have chosen me to be your President for the next two years. As an explanation for my accent, I was born in Cali-fornia and have had the good fortune to live in a number of different states. I have loved every place I have ever lived and that includes Raleigh, which I am very happy to call my home; although I rather doubt that I will ever sound like a native!

Many of you started quilting young and/or have a family history that includes quilters. I did not. Although I have been a garment sewer since I was kid back in the stone age, I did not start quilting until my own kids were almost grown, about 14 years ago. I joined this Guild about 11 years ago. I have served on the Board as a Member-at-Large and Vice President. Along with other members of the Remnants Bee, I have worked for Quilts on Wheels and Workshops. I served as an at-large member of the 2016 Symposium Com-mittee.

I love this Guild -- not only for the opportunities it gives us as members, but also for the way it serves the broader community. The Guild is worthy of the time and effort it takes to keep it going; and it keeps going only as long as there are those willing to put forth that time and effort. I thank all of you who have served and those of you who are serving in leadership positions. I thank all of you who answer the call when asked to volunteer for special events, such as selling raffle tickets and the upcoming Guild quilt show. For those of you who have hesitated in offering your services to the Guild or who have not done so for a long time, I en-courage you to do so. As with so many other aspects of life, the quality of your experience is proportional to how much you are willing to put into it. My life has been enriched by the experience of serving the Guild and I am made a happier and better person for the relationships I have developed with the wonderful peo-ple with whom I have served.

As this newsletter comes out the first week of July, we have yet to have the July meeting. I regret that I will miss my first meeting as President. Actually, I will miss the first two. I thank Dorene for stepping up to run these meetings. I will miss the July meeting, as Jules and I will be on a long-planned vacation: a train tour through the Canadian Rockies and a cruise up to Alaska. Regardless of whatever else I pack, I will also be packing a few projects and my lightest-weight machine! I will miss the August meeting for a far less fun reason: I am scheduled for a double knee replacement on August 15th. Please remember and tell all of your Guild friends that we our September meeting will be a week early — September 14— due to scheduling conflicts with Temple Beth Or.

Another thing I will miss is the July 22nd Comfort Quilt Workshop. If you are in town, don’t miss the oppor-tunity to spend a hot Saturday in a big, cool room with other quilters making quilts for one of our worthy charity groups. If you are already working on a comfort quilt, bring it along to work on or just bring your machine and basic tools and pick up one of the fun and easy kits provided by the Cutting Bee. Then take a break from working and walk around the room to look at what everyone else is doing. Pull up a chair and chat with someone you don’t know. I have made lasting friends at these workshops. You can too.

Darlene Silverman

Anyone who works on a quilt, who devotes her time, energy, creativity, and passion to that art, learns to value the work of her hands. And as any quilter will tell you, a quilter’s quilting friends are some of the dearest, most generous, and most supportive people she knows. – Jennifer Chiaverin

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Newsletter Ads:

New Rates effective July 2017

Email your ad to Lois McCoy at loishmccoy@gmail.com and mail a check payable to

Capital Quilters Guild.

Capital Quilters Guild

PO Box 20331

Raleigh, NC 27619

Ads are due on Guild Meeting Night for the next

month’s issue.

$5—Classified

$5—Business Card

$10—Quarter Page

$20—Half Page

RAFFLE QUILT Holiday Boutique

Do you create works of art that you love and wish to donate to the guild

for a holiday boutique silent auction? Perhaps you make boiled wool hats

or hand bags. Maybe you make potpourri pouches or crochet necklaces.

Perhaps a quilted scrap book cover, zen tangle picture or a journal cover is

your passion. How about some of those unique pincushions we just saw

from the swap. Maybe a set of seasonal miniature quilts or placemats

makes you go to your happy place.

What ever your artistic hand made items may be, please think of donating

one or more to our November meeting Holiday boutique. Find the perfect

item for those who are hard to buy for.

Items should be new and valued around $15 or higher.

Let's see how creative we are!

Cherie Brugler

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Bee Keeper

In this new 2017-2018 season,

please consider joining a bee.

Meet new friends; start a new

project; or learn a new tech-

nique.

Please contact:

Beth Van Vooren, Beekeeper

bethv20002@hotmail.com

Plenty of bee openings!

June

Show & Tell

Peggy Forster

Katie Greenwood

Susan Hatch

Nancy Honeycutt

Allison Lee

Druscilla Lis

Judy Rains

Liz Redford

Kelly Wyatt

Membership The most current, up-to-date

membership directory is now

uploaded to our Facebook page. facebook.com/groups/

capitalquilters

It has been a pleasure being

your membership chair!

Ginny Nugent

❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖ There were 71 membership

forms received at the June

meeting (64 renewals, and 7

new members), and these mem-bers may pick up their CQG

membership pins at the July

meeting.

Those who have not yet joined

or renewed are encouraged to visit the Membership table!

Welcome, New Members!

Kathy Ledo

Sherry Meier

Diane Mills Ann O’Brien

Kathleen Pearson

Judy Tison

Karen Wahle

Thanks,

Lucretia Stuart, Membership

Guild Cookbook Update

COOKBOOK INFO Reminder! We are still accepting recipes for our guild cookbook. We hope you will submit your favorite recipe by July 10th so we have time to proof and get our book ready for publi-cation prior to the Christmas holidays. Please

let Cathy know if you have any questions, concerns or issues. cathy_wayne@bellsouth.net or 336-260-9093

You can submit a recipe one of two ways:

Go to the website:

http://www.typensave.com/get-started/

You then enter: Organization Name: Capital Quilters Guild,

User Name: capitalquiltcookbook, Password: whisk954.

Quilting from the Heart Quilt Show

March 16 - 18, 2018

Kerr Scott Building

NC State Fairgrounds As we are finalizing our Rules and Entry Form we are also testing out an

online Entry form. Please help us test it out and give feedback

to kimthez@aol.com. We will be using the entries to ensure that we have

all the data needed. Using the online form for quilt entries will aid in hav-

ing all the correct information for each entry.

The Sample Quilt Show Entry Form is linked from the website on the 2018

Quilt Show page- http://capitalquilters.org/quilt-show-2018/

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http://www.typensave.com/get-started/mailto:kimthez@aol.comhttp://capitalquilters.org/quilt-show-2018/

Spotlight on Comfort Quilt Donations

Charity Goal Received

this Month Final

Totals

Quilts on Wheels 225 18 254

Walker Bags 37

Quilts for Kids 225 8 320

SAFEchild 225 22 246

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June Drawing Winners Lori Denest

Katie Greenwood Sandra Wilson

Vera Beers

Thanks to Nora Bailey for her

donated items!

Block Party

June winners:

Mary Cardon & Ginny Nugent

Block Party had 42 blocks turned in this month.

We have thoroughly enjoyed our tenure as the keepers of the Block Party program. Thanks to all of you for your enthusiastic participation.

We leave you in the capable hands of Lori, Carolyn, & Nora.

Barb & Carolyn

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Quilt/Vendor Shows

July 20 Original Sewing and Quilt Expo, Raleigh Convention Center, 500 S Salisbury St

Raleigh, NC

July 21 - 22 Ashe County Piecemakers Quilt Guild Annual Quilt Fair “Barn Quilts and

Beyond”, Fri 10-6, Sat 10-4. Westwood Elementary School West Jefferson, NC

July 28 - 29 Alleghany Quilters Guild Annual Quilt Sho, Sparta, NC Allegheny County

Fairgrounds, US Hwy 21 N

August 3 Mountain Piecemakers’ Annual Quilt Show, Burnsville, NC Burnsville Town

Center, 6 S Main St

August 11 Lake Norman Quilters Biennial Quilt Show, Talbert Recreation Center,

Mooresville, North Carolina

August 12 High Point Quilt Guild Quilt Show and Vendor Show, High Point, NC - Hartley Drive YMCA 150 W Hartley Dr

August 25 - 26 28th Annual Cruso Friendship Club Quilt Show, 13186 Cruso Rd, Canton, NC

Sept 22 Greater Greenville Quilt Festival, First Christian Church, 2810 E 14th St

Greenville, NC

October 20 - 21 The Hearts and Hands ECA Quilters Guild Show, Dennis Wicker Civic Center, 1801 Nash St., Sanford, NC

2017-2018 Guild Leadership

Board Members

President: Darlene Silverman

Vice President: Dorene Horton

Secretary: Sheila Talton

Interim Treasurer: Sharon Dvorak

Charity & Community Outreach: Martha Bragg

Communications: Lois McCoy

Fundraising Committee: Ina Stringfellow

Membership: Lucretia Stuart

Teachers & Workshops: Roberta Miller-Haraway

Member at Large 1: Susan Hatch

Member at Large 2: Sue Borgschulze

Committee Members

Bee Keeper: Beth Van Vooren

Block Party: Nora Bailey

Hostesses: Ginny Nugent & Kelly Wyatt

Library: Lori Adington & Sew ‘B’ It Bee

Quilts for Kids: Alice Ryan & Janine Wells

Quilts on Wheels: Marie Kleinman & Bonnie Kurth

SAFEchild: Disna Jones

Secret Sew-cial Swaps: Cathy Kirk

Social: Vera Beers

Sunshine & Shadows: Susan Kaydos

Quilt Show: Kim Zebrowski

Holiday Blocks: Ginny Nugent & Kelly Whatt

To contact us, email: information@capitalquilters.org

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