Sunny Sue’s

Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club of the Olympic Peninsula June 2017

To further the act and skill of quilt making and to foster an appreciation of quilts old and new.

HISTORY OF SUNBONNET SUE'S RAFFLE QUILT FOR 2017

Kitty Nyles, a long time quilt club member and artist,

designed the applique patterns of bugs and flowers. Kitty

had planned to make a quilt for herself or as a gift and

had finished machine appliqueing nearly all the blocks.

Kitty died about 3 or 4 years ago and club member Lydia

Nelson was able to purchase the blocks for the Sunbonnet

Sue Quilt Club during the estate sale.

It was decided to use the existing blocks for the 2017 raffle

quilt. The finishing touches like satin stitching and

embellishments were added by several club members and

also a few more block needed to be sewn.

To make it a large queen size quilt the green/beige Batik

blocks in the "drunkards path" pattern were added. Lydia

Nelson sewed all these blocks and Lydia and Ilse Osier

later sewed everything together.

The quilt was machine quilted by club member MaryAnne

Clayton.

Quilt Show:

Needed: Small Quilts for the Quilt Show. These are quilts to be given as Joy Quilts after the Quilt Show. They need to be square, in the 14-20 inch range, with no sleeve. The theme could be, but not essential, “Don't Bug Me,” which is the Quilt Show theme.

Inside this Issue

Community Quilts News 2

Important Dates 2

Guest Lecture August 9th 2

SM&AC Quilt Display 3

Birthdays 3

Lunch & A Movie 3

Check It Out! 4

Education 5

Quilting Technique 6

(Rolled Quilt Basting)

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Community Quilts News…..

Beverly Beighle is the winner of the Sunbonnet Sue heritage quilt. Congratulations! Bev has been a member since 2003. Thanks to all of you for supporting the club by buying raffle tickets. We raised $170.00.

When we meet on the last Wednesday in June, a few members will be needed to help attach sleeves on the quilts that will hang in the Community Quilts area. Check the sign-up posters to see if there are openings to sit at the Community Quilts table. We will have quilts there that need bindings sewn down as visitors pass by.

Thanks to you, we have enough OMC comfort quilts to last the year. Whew! Are we thrilled! One of the Sue’s ran into a woman whose daughter spent her last days at OMC and had been given one of these quilts. This mom couldn’t express how much she appreciated the gift and what it meant to the family at that most difficult of times. Your quilts surely make a difference.

We are gearing up to make some twin bed quilts for veterans living at Sarge’s Place in Forks. We will be bringing you more information about this 12-bed housing project soon. We have met their current needs by delivering nine quilts already this year.

Cindy and Carol

SBSQC Guest Lecture & Trunk Show August 9th

Stan Green will present his quilting perspective and his dynamic quilts.

“Of all the art media I've worked in--photography, watercolor painting, pottery, rug hooking--quilt making has become my passion because it is the one that allows me the most freedom to play with color and texture. As my style has evolved, the development of each new quilt follows the same patter. It starts with an idea for the placement of fabric shapes and colors. Once the piecing is done, the threadwork begins. I usually don't have a plan for the hand stitching when I start; I work intuitively, and the colors and patterns sometimes seem to choose themselves. I have the most fun when the design simply flows.”

Here is the link to the article published in April 2017. http://www.sequimgazette.com/life/one-mans-adventure-in-quiltmaking/

IMPORTANT DATES

In June the business meeting will

continue to be held at 10:00 am

on the 2nd Wednesday.

Announcements have been

moved to10:00 am weekly.

Board meetings will be the first

Wednesday from 9:00 to 9:30

am. That way all members will

be able to sew or attend any

classes held that day.

June 7 9:00 Board Meeting 10:00 Announcements Baguettes June 14 10:00 Business Meeting 1:00 Art Quilt Sues (Karen’s Quilt Shop) June 21

10:00 Announcements

June 28 10:00 Announcements Community Quilts

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Sequim Museum & Art Center Displays SBSQC Quilts

In May we had some of our members’ quilts hanging in the Sequim

Museum and Arts Center. Community and Joy quilts were on display

for the First Friday Art Walk and the Arts and Crafts Event to kick off

the Irrigation Festival. Immediately following that weekend, Marcie

Keinberg's Evergreen State

quilt was put on display for

a few weeks. This

Saturday, the Boys in the

Boat quilt will be re-hung in

the front entryway and the

Evergreen State quilt

will then be displayed in a

new area, near the

informational video that the

museum plays for all to

see. Stop by and see all

the displays, and

congratulate our club

members on their beautiful

quilts.

Thank you to all who have offered their quilts to be on display. This is a wonderful opportunity to share about Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club. We have a great fan in Judy Stipe, Executive Director Volunteer. She would like to have Sunbonnet Sue Quilts on display at the Sequim Museum and Arts Center as often as possible. So glad we can help with that!

LUNCH AND A MOVIE

This is an invitation to join us the third Wednesday in June, June 21st,

for lunch and a movie.

Bring your sack lunch & we will watch one of our library’s quilting DVD’s.

Let’s meet before noon at the tables in the front of the room & we will

project the “movie” on the front wall. We are planning about 45 mins.

Some of you may remember Catherine Bilyard suggested this when we got

our new projector. (thanks, Catherine, for one more of your great ideas)

We loved the idea & wanted to try it. It’s another great excuse to gather

our quilters together for companionship and learning & we are planning for

more than one “showing” this year.

Hope to see you there

Your Education Team,

Judy, Seri, Belinda, Janet

Happy Birthday to:

6/5 Pat Paynton

6/6 Jody Dundas

6/8 Ingrid Engmyr

6/9 Alanna Levesque

6/9 Susan Stednick

6/10 Kennie Starzenski

6/13 Deborah Roedell

6/14 Sarah Davis

6/15 Bonnie Hardman

6/24 Shirley Lehman

6/24 Serena Mylchrees

t 6/25 Sage Glover

6/28 Jayna Orchard

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Check it Out!

A mystery quilt!

Look at these cool polka dot blocks! Alison Dargie has started a

quilt and invites us to follow along as it comes to life. Alison’s quilt,

Alison’s colors, Alison’s design…Alison is the speaker but a book

(from our library) is the platform. Do you have any idea which one?

Check back next month: We will have fun following the clues while

we wait for the final reveal. Think you might already know which

book? Check in at the library and leave your guess with us.

Looking for a baby quilt pattern? This cutie that Julie shared

earlier is from an Eleanor Burns book, Quilts Through the Seasons,

#798 in our library.

Every trick Eleanor offers is to make quilting more enjoyable. Her

clear and easy-to-follow directions will inspire you to create your

own adorable gift. She includes a pictorial guide for the machine

quilting, as well. Remember, there is always somebody at the

library table to help you find what you are looking for in the

shelves. We, too, are there to help you whenever we can.

Just arrived, a new DVD, Whimsical Letters in Fabric (library #48)

by Joanne Sharpe. Joanne can teach you how to turn your personal

handwriting into stylized, artistic lettering and then show you how

to put your words on a quilt. Just like this! Yep! That’s Vicki’s very

own handwriting…on steroids Easy, peasy! Watch for the finished

quilt to show up at the library table. We will put your name on the

waiting list to check out this DVD.

Remember, Choose to Use the Library!

Your librarians,

Julie Malone and Vicki Naumann

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EDUCATION

CLASS OFFERING…STILL HAS OPENINGS!!!

Presented by Sharon Clayton and Marilyn Williams

Machine Embroidery on T shirts We will be modifying the neck with embroidery.

Date: June 7th Location: Karen's Quilt shop Time 10:30 am - 4:30 pm

Fee: $25.00 12 students

We will provide:

The design for two different shirts (Please bring a USB stick when you sign up)

Stabilizers

Instructions for both designs

Bonus surprise project

Lots of door prizes and lots of information sheets.

Newsletter Submissions

Information for the next newsletter must be

received by the 25th day of the month.

Send to Penny Cahoon

Email: mpre1@netzero.net Phone: 206-947-9564

Scraps will be distributed to members by the 1st Wednesday of each month.

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Community Quilts Technique…..

Rolled Quilt Basting (demonstrated 5/24)

This technique allows you to pin baste a quilt on a table or other large working surface. No more crawling on the

floor. It has been covered on several blogs, with credit given to Sharon Schamber for the original idea.

Two 1” x 3” pre-finished boards are used. These come in 8’ lengths at Home Depot for $6.83. HD will cut boards

to any length you like. You will need them at least 9” longer than the width of your quilt back to get your hands

around them. Plumbers’ insulation tubes are an alternative to the boards. Placing a garden stake inside each one

will keep it rigid, which is what you want.

There are advantages to either the boards or the tubes. With the tubes, you can anchor your fabric’s edge to the

tube with straight pins which helps keep it straight, while the boards give you a flat surface to push against. This

becomes a matter of preference.

It is suggested that your backing is 6” to 8” wider than the top and is first well starched so that it smooths out

better. It will also glide easier when quilting. Most laundry starch is scented, which is a problem for many. Mary

Ellen’s Best Press Clear Starch Alternative has a scent free option available.

Your batting is cut the same size as the backing. You are now ready to begin.

Lay your backing fabric wrong side up on the table with the bottom edge right in front of you. Place your top,

right side up, straight and centered on the backing. With the first board, begin wrapping the top around the board.

It is critical that you keep both ends even. Smooth out any wrinkles as you go, pushing the wrinkles to each end. It

doesn’t have to be really tight, but you want to avoid causing creases or folds in the fabric.

After a few turns of the board, begin the same process with the top on the second board. Continue wrapping a few

turns at a time with each board until you reach the end of the quilt.

Now, both layers of the quilt are wrapped around the boards. The backing shows the right side of the fabric, the top

shows the wrong side. Set the top aside while you turn the backing around on your table with the free edge closest

to you.

Begin unrolling the backing away from you up to an arm’s length. Method one: add the batting, allowing it to float

from the back of the work space. Place the top onto the batting, making sure it will unfold parallel to the backing

and batting. Method two: Wrap the batting around a third board and position it between the wrapped backing and

top, and unroll all three as you go. Do which ever works best for you.

Pin the exposed section in front of you. When you’re done pinning the first section, pull it forward and let it hang

off of the table and unroll another section of top and backing. Again, make sure you carefully smooth it out.

Continue this process until you get to the end of the quilt. If you have your quilting design in mind, you can mark

it as you go or mark the top before you begin rolling.

Your Community Quilt Team

Cindy & Carol