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Volume XLII Issue 3 www.nsqg.club Winter 2020

2019-2020 Calendar of Events Guild meetings are at Rolling Meadows Community Center. Doors open at 6:30PM, meeting begins

at 7PM. Workshop locations are TBA unless specified.

Thu Jan 16 Emily Lang: My Journey into Modern Quilting

Sat Jan 18 Improvisational Piecing (half day) | Rolling Meadows Library

Thu Feb 20 Bill Kerr: Creativity & Quilts – The

Power of Cross Pollination Sat Feb 21 Workshop: The Role of Color In Your

Quilts | Rolling Meadows Library Sat Mar 14 Winter Picnic Sat Mar 2 Workshop: LOGistics: Log Cabins with

Mixed Textiles | Barrington Library

Thu Apr 16 Rebecca Haarer – Amish Quilts from Northern Indiana

No Workshop Thu May 21 Gudrun Erla: Quilts of Iceland Fri May 22 Workshop: Lupine and Aurora |

Location TBD Sat May 23 Workshop: Emma and Roxanne |

Location: Rolling Meadows Library Thu June 18 Cheryl Lynch: Turning Travel into

Treasures Fri June 19 Workshop: Mini Mosaics | Arlington

Heights Library Sat June 20 Workshop: Travel Diary | Location:

Rolling Meadows Library

To register for a workshop, contact Debbie Yates, programs@nsqg.club

Worshops are 9:30AM to 4:30PM unless otherwise specified. Locations are TBD unless otherwise specified. This includes an hour for lunch, unless otherwise indicated. Supply lists for workshops are available at nsqg.club. Workshop signups are available online on the program pages at nsqg.club and are now open to members and non-members.

Time Flies! Quilt Entrants

You are entitled to display our quilt show’s label on any of the items that were displayed in our show. To get a copy of the label, please go to: https://nsqg.club/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Entry-Labels-6-page.pdf

President’s Message

Happy New Year NSQG!

Are you ready for 2020? Or are you like me and saying

2020? When did that happen? Time sure did fly by. What a

fine-fitting end to our 2019 with the Time Flies! Quilt Show

this past November. I want to congratulate Ann Kelly and

Joyce Drenth and all the rest of the Quilt Show Committees

once again for leading us to an outstanding show.

A new year is always a great time to reflect on the past but also a great time to look forward to future

inspiration. I would like to encourage all of you to embrace what inspires you. As quilters we might be

inspired by a life event, such as a birth of a child, a wedding, a graduation, a retirement or even something to

comfort a life event that may not be so joyous like a long recovery from illness or other medical mishap.

Inspiration might also come when you least expect it. You may find yourself behind your machine for the sole

sake of fulfilling the need to create something. This year, don't listen to those voices that ask those pesky

questions like, “What are you going to do with it?” or ,“How many of those do you need?” Just embrace the

creativity and see where the art of quilting can push you. Take a workshop and learn something new, sign-up

for Winter Picnic and spend a day with us just for fun, come to a meeting and hear an artist's journey in quilting,

or volunteer with the guild and meet many new friends and fellow quilters.

We've had a great 2019 year and I'm looking forward to another fantastic year in 2020. You all should be proud.

I want to thank all of you that have made our guild such a wonderful place to be. At the January meeting I hope

to spend about 5 minutes with a short presentation of the State of the Guild as we (the Board) think it's time to

share with you a snapshot of the health of the guild.

We are in for a treat for the remainder of the programming year with an incredible line-up of talented people. I

hope you will find inspiration this year and run with it!

~Cathy Steiner

President

WINTER PICNIC 2020

Mark your calendar now for March 14, 2020! Our next Winter Picnic is shaping up to be another day of

quilting fun and of course, our most excellent potluck lunch.

We’ll be at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church at 1234 N. Arlington Heights Road in Arlington Heights. And we’re

keeping 2019 prices: $7 plus a dish to pass at the potluck lunch, or $8 at the door.

Schedule:

Sign in: 9:00-9:30 am

Morning classes: 9:30-Noon

Potluck lunch: Noon-1pm

Afternoon classes: 1pm-3:30pm

Clean up: 3:30-4pm (everyone stay for clean up!)

Sign ups:

Online: Go to https://nsqg.club/special-events/winter-picnic-2020/ and peruse the class choices. Once you’re

ready to sign up, click the button at the bottom of the page to sign up and pay. (Please note, if you’re signing up

for the full day class online, please select the same class for the morning and afternoon class.)

At meetings: Find the winter picnic sign up table at the January or February meeting, check out samples, and

sign up and pay there.

At the door: You waited to the last minute and now you want to go? That’s okay! Come anyway!

Helpers: To make this fun, winter-busting meeting work, we need helpers for set up, lunch, and clean-up.

Make sure you sign up to help at the meetings, or let Maria know via email.

Watch our website for full class descriptions and supply lists to be posted before our January meeting. In the

meantime, here’s a list of what you can expect that day:

Classes:

Ongoing charity sewing in the main room: We have several options offered as drop-in workshops all day. So, if

you finish your class early, or don’t want to commit to a class, consider one of these:

o Christmas Stockings: Spend some time with Pat Flaherty sewing Christmas stockings. She’ll have

everything cut and ready to sew, you’ll only need your machine and your time.

o Sarah Nishiura Community Quilt: Marne will be running a group making blocks for our version of Sarah

Nishiura’s Community Quilt. She’ll have the foundations and the ‘grid’ fabric for you to start with, and

you are invited to contribute your strings in blues and greens to this project. When the quilt is finished,

it will be donated to Heartland Hospice.

o You may also use the day to work on your own project in the main room, if you don’t have another class

scheduled.

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Winter Picnic (continued)

Structured classes are taught by our own NSQG members. See in-depth descriptions and pictures on the

Winter Picnic page of our website.

Morning classes:

Beeswax pouches and wraps (reusable food

storage) with Cathy Steiner

Anxiety-Free Color Color Theory (discussion and

making a color wheel) with Theresa Benson

Pillowcases with Sandy Ratter

Afternoon Classes:

Door pockets with Karen Spellman

6 blocks in an hour with Janice Cronkright

Doodletown free-motion quilting with Debbie

Yates

Full Day Classes:

Slider Pouch with Joyce Drenth

Morning Star Quilt with Emily Monroe

Any questions about Winter Picnic can be addressed to Maria at winterpicnic@nsqg.club.

Quilter’s Classifieds

Two Singer Featherweight beautiful straight stitch

machines (1946 & 1952) for sale.

These little dynamos only weigh 10 pounds, easy to

transport to workshops!

$350 each. Call or text Jan Berkley (see directory) for

details, or email newsletter@nsqg.club.

It’s a Wrap! 2019 Time Flies! Quilt Show Is a Success!

After all the months of planning, it was exciting when the first weekend of

November finally arrived, and we opened the doors to NSQG’s 2019 quilt show,

TIME FLIES! That weekend, time certainly did fly, and there were so many things

happening that it was a bit of a challenge to take in all the details.

First of all, we need to thank all those who participated in any way to help plan for

and run our show. SO MANY people pitched in! Thank you to all of those who

made a block for or worked on the raffle quilt; made doll clothes or donated accessories for the doll; took the

quilt and doll to a venue to sell tickets; donated a mini or raffle basket items or scraps or books for us to sell

during the show; painted signs; entered an item in the show; worked during set-up, the show, or take-down;

chaired a committee; or helped in any other way. If you were not at the November meeting, please see Ann

or Joyce at the January meeting so we can give you a little thank you gift in recognition of your contributions.

We heard so many nice comments from guests during the show and via email, phone calls, and social media

posts after the show. Our guild was recognized as friendly and welcoming, and guests really enjoyed our

hospitality. THANK YOU all for helping us to earn those compliments!

Any way you measure it, the TIME FLIES! show was successful. We displayed 205 quilts and other items, which

was about 40 items more than we exhibited in the 2017 show. We welcomed approximately 700 attendees

(26% more than the 2017 show). The final balance sheet is still being calculated, but we expect that our net

income from the show will be approximately $13,500, about 35% more than the 2017 show. Lest you get the

wrong idea, we want to be clear that without the 2017 show, there may not have been a show in 2019. The

2017 show was held 4 years after the previous show, and the groundwork laid by 2017 quilt show chair Cathy

Steiner and her committee chairs was a solid foundation for the 2019 show. We are grateful for their work

and successes.

We truly enjoyed the experience of chairing this quilt show. We enjoyed getting to know more members of

the guild, learning more about the ins-and-outs of the show and the guild, and leading a large project from

beginning to end. For all those who assured us that things would “come together”, thank you for your support

and encouragement, and all your hard work to make that promise come true! This was a great way to

celebrate NSQG’s 40th Anniversary, and we can’t wait to see what the future holds for our guild and its

members.

Happy stitching to you all in the new year!

Ann Kelly and Joyce Drenth

2019 NSQG TIME FLIES! Quilt Show Co-Chairs

Help Wanted: Quilt Show Chair or Co-Chairs Lead a group of talented and dedicated committee chairs and volunteers to develop and execute the next NSQG quilt show, held in Fall 2021. Position starts immediately. Skills needed: Organization, communication, problem solving, sense of humor. Pay: We will double the salary paid to the last co-chairs, plus offer a bonus of fun. To inquire: Contact Ann Kelly, Joyce Drenth, or Cathy Steiner at your earliest convenience. ***If you think you might be interested in chairing (or co-chairing) the next show, please have a discussion with one of the people listed above. It’s not too early to get started, and if you want to co-chair the event, but don’t have a partner, perhaps we can find someone else with the same idea. Don’t hesitate – the earlier we begin planning for the next show, the easier it will be to execute the event.***

2019 Time Flies! Viewer’s Choice Winners

Overall viewer’s choice: Carol Bates, “East Meets Morris”

Rolling Meadows Mayor’s Choice (Joe Gallo): Gail

Gregory, “Holy Scrap!”

Elk Grove Village Mayor’s Choice (Craig Johnson): Joyce Drenth, “Hallelujah!”

Large Quilts:

1st Place: Joyce Drenth, “Hallelujah” 2nd Place: Ruth Kay, “Rainbow”

3rd Place: Connie Heard, “Shoji Screen, reversible”

Sofa Quilts 1st Place: Deborah Yates, “The Circle Game”

2nd Place: Elaine Erman Levin, “Orbits for Ronna” 3rd Place: Linda Wallin, “Snowmen’s Picnic”

Wall Hangings

1st Place: Carol Bates, “Jacobean Fantasy” 2nd Place: Sue DiVarco, “My Sewing Room”

3rd Place: Joyce Drenth, “It’s a Year to Remember”

Miniature Quilts 1st Place: Joyce Drenth, “Skinny Minis”

2nd Place: Janice Cronkright, “Happy, Happy Pumpkin”

3rd Place: Deborah Yates, “Dancing Ribbons”

Accessories 1st Place: Joyce Drenth, ” Father Christmas”

2nd Place: Joyce Drenth, “Mini Victorian Sewing Machine”

3rd Place: Becky Reeve, “Friendship Pineapple”

Youth Entries Maia: “Ballerina” Emma: “Giraffe”

Madison: “Elephants” Madelynn: “Rainbow Sea”

Coming this Quarter For more information, check out nsqg.club/programs

January 16 – Emily Lang Time: Doors open 6:30 Place: Rolling Meadows Community Center (3705 Pheasant Dr.) Emily Lang has been sewing for 20 years, and fell in love with quilting after her daughter was born. She loves to design quilts, and enjoys the challenge of working with intricate piecing on both small and large scale. Follow her quilting adventures at www.MommysNapTime.blogspot.com and on Instagram @MommysNapTime.

February 20 – Bill Kerr Time: Doors open 6:30, meeting begins at 7PM

Place: Rolling Meadows Community Center (3705 Pheasant Dr.)

Bill Kerr is one of the co-founders of Modern Quilt Studio along with Weeks Ringle. In 2011 they launched Modern Quilts Illustrated, the first magazine exclusively dedicated to modern quilting. Their work has appeared in dozens of magazines, including TIME.

Bill and Weeks design several lines a year for Benartex Fabrics. Bill is head of the Department of Art, Art History and Graphic Design at Dominican University in River Forest, IL.

March 19 – Lynn Schmitt

Lynn Schmitt (Cibulka) Gallagher has been in design for over 30 years.

Since 2010 Lynn colors outside the lines as the owner of A Different Box of

Crayons. Through her shop, Lynn designs patterns and kits for the

adventurous quilter using new techniques and an eclectic mix of cotton and

alternative textiles. Her current focus is on secondary patterning, color,

textures, and eclectic textiles enhanced with wool applique.

https://www.facebook.com/adifferentboxofcrayons/

lynn@adifferentboxofcrayons.com

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