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Vance Quilts R Us

Henderson, NC Volume 1, SEPTEMBER 201

OFFICERS 2013

DONNA WESEMANN

[email protected]

DEBBIE POWELL

Vice [email protected] FAUCETTE

[email protected]

BELINDA LEACH

[email protected]

PEGGY STOCKS

Advisor

BETTY JO PERNELL

[email protected]

Join Us

MONTHLY MEETING

2nd Monday,

Each Month

TIME

6:006:30

Hospitality Time

6:308:15 P.M.

Meeting

LOCATION

First Presbyterian

Church Annex

222 Young Street,

Henderson, NC

JOIN US

A Note from Our President

Good evening members and guests,

I am so excited to have you all here for our evening of "The Movies inQuilts". Please enjoy the popcorn and our feature presentation by AmyWinsor. A special "Thank You" to all the members who have contributed to thewonderful evening we have in front of us.

Vance Quilts R' Us may be a small guild, but we are large in talent. We havemembers who excel in all aspects of quilting, from hand piecing to machine quilt-ing! They are also generous with their time and talents. Members have beengiving back to the community over and over throughout the 23 years of our quilt-ing fellowship.

I don't think there is a better way to spend a Friday evening than meeting, greet-ing, discussing, and sharing with fellow quilters!! Thank you all for coming tomake our evening a huge success.

On with the Show!

Donna Wesemann

&Fellow Quilters

Amy Winsor is a quilt artist and instructorfrom Morrisville, NC who doesnt meas-ure, doesnt make templates, avoidsmatching corners,never plans ahead, andusually fudges the rules.Her workshops areespecially directed towardPrecision-Impaired Quilters like herself.

She teaches nationally, and enthusiasti-cally encourages her students to find thetechniques they enjoy most, and to spend

their quilting time frolicking in thefabric instead of stressing out.

Amy Winsor
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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VANCE QUILTS R US VOLUME 1, SEPTEMBER 20

AROUND TOWN Sep 6: Fall Lecture, Amy

Winsor, South Henderson Church

of God, Henderson

Sep 7: Amy Winsor Workshop,

10-4:30 Curvaceous Pieced

Houses for the Precision

Impaired

Sep 24: Charity Quilt Work

shop, Miss Lous, 10:00-1:00 Oct 14: Quilt Guild Meeting

Oct 29: Charity Quilt Work

shop, Miss Lous, 10:00-1:00

NC & NATIONALLY Sep 19-22, Pennsylvania National

Quilt Extravaganza, Philadelphia,

PA

Oct 4-5: Splash of Color 2013

Cabarraus Quilters Guild,

Concord, NC

Oct 18-19: A Harvest of Quilts

Sanford, NC

Oct 18-19: Timeless Treasures

2013, Lincolnton, NC

IN THE GUILD

Leslie Perry Library was the setting for the founding of theVance Quilts R Us Quilt Guild.

Two strangers, Georgia Darnell and Peggy Stocks, met at the

library looking for books about quilting. This meeting led to

the placement of an ad in the Henderson Daily Dispatch

seeking women who want to learn about quilting.

Twenty women answered the ad and the first meeting was

held in October 1990. Meetings were held the 2nd and 3rd

Mondays of each month at the Senior Center on Garnett

Street.

During the early days, quilting techniques were taught byPeggy Stocks and Priscilla Hair using the book Quilts! Quilts!

Quilts!!! by Diana Leone. Peggy Stocks taught hand piecing

and Priscilla Hair taught machine piecing. Georgia Darnell

served as the President, providing organization to the early

days.

With a growing membership, teaching transitioned to dem-

onstrations and guest speakers and presentations.

A significant project and contribution to the Vance County

Senior Center is the Flower thro the Window quilt which

hangs in the Dining Room of the center. The quilt is a com-

pilation of blocks made by guild members and hand-quiltedby the membership also.

During our 23 years, the Guild has had a proud history of

charity work. Regularly visiting the Ronald McDonald House

to give the children quilts, making pillow quilts for abused

women, and providing quilts, pillow cases, and tote bags to

various charities. Today, the guild holds a monthly charity

workshop to focus on community outreach projects.

Dues started at $1.00 per month and now are $25.00 annu-

ally. Our memberships has grown to 42 with four of these

members being charter members of the association: Georgia Darnell

Janelle Jackson

Betty Jo Pernell

Peggy Stocks

Our membership remains strong with talented quilters visiting

and joining each month.

We invite youto join theVance Quilts R Us

Guild for itsmeetings on the

2nd Monday of eachmonth in the

Fellowship Hallof the

First Presbyterian Church,Henderson.


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Program Notes:Fabric Flowers

The evenings activity, creating quick and easy

fabric flowers, was lead by Belinda Leach andDebbie Powell. Kits were handed out and instructions

given for a fabric flower that can be used to embellish

quilts, handbags, or lapels.

Meeting Highlights August Winners - - - Block of the Month (BOM) Bonanza:

Barbara Bockiaro

Fat Quarter Frenzy: Lynn Patiky

Quilt Like Crazy Gift Certificate:

Kathy Solomon

Faith Smith introduced

the BOM for October,

four leaf blocks. All

BOM projects are due at

the December meeting.


Belinda Alston, Donna Compton,

and Kathy Solomon string

together petals in an effort to

make fabric flowers.

Peggy Stocks (seated)

shares a quilt with the

members.

Karen Hanny

shows her

hand

appliqud

and quilted

Baltimore

Album wall

hanging.

SHOW & TELLHassie Body

shares herTwisted

Sister quilt

made from

mens wool

trousers.

Keep up with our newsVisit theVance Quilts R Us Blog

http://vancequilts-r-us.blogspot.com/


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Miss Lous Quilting Studio,Henderson, NCwww.facebook.com/#!/pages/Miss-Lous-Quilting-Studio/187645617946978?fref=ts

Quilt Lizzy, Warrenton, NCwww.quiltlizzy.com/

Quilt Like Crazy, Wake Forest, NCquiltslikecrazy.com/

Cover Your Little Piggies Quilting Studiohttp://www.pigtalesandquilts.com

Welcome to the MoviesQuilt Challenge Thank you for

helping to selectour Movie QuiltChallenge winners.

Grand Prize, 1st

and 2nd runner up

awards

Quilts cannot be any

larger than 30" x 30"

Quilts must include:Piecing

Appliqu

Embellishment

Our Charity Quilt Workshops con-

tinue each month, meeting on the

last Tuesday, from 10-1, at Miss

Lous. We continue to have great participation and are

grateful for everyones commitment. In August we

delivered ten quilts

to the children of

Lifeline on

Raleigh Road.

In April, theGuild voted to

support the

St. Peters

Episcopal

Church Love

Quilt project which provides quilts to orphaned chil-

dren in Africa. We have received the first two sets of

the five sets requested. Each set

includes 20, 4.5, blocks painted

by children in the U.S. to includein these twin size quilts. The com-

pleted quilts will be given to and

distributed by St. Francis Outreach

Trust of South Africa.

A special Thank You to -

the Quilt Lizzy and Quilts Like Crazy

Both of these shops have provided door prizes for to-

nights gala and have been supportive of our guild

through this past year. We are very grateful for their

generosity.

Another noteworthy event-the Quilt Lizzy will be

hosting her Annual Sale the first week of October.

Door prizes (entry with a purchase) will include gift cer

tificates & a Janome machine. Mark your calendar now
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