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Block Party~ August A Dandy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fat Quarters Halloween Prints ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Comfort Block~Aug (due in Sept) Stars & Squares ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Refreshments~August Linda Creviston Donna Callahan Cox Pam Hardin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PROGRAM Around the Block Round Robin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ August Newsletter~ Deadline 9/6 By 5pm-Please The 1st Fri. of the month unless stated otherwise. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Editor Jacki Ficker & Lori Hatch 208-746-2769 jlficker@aol.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meetings are held at: Hugo Pautler Center, 549 5th street Clarkston, WA. 7 PM usually the 4th Monday of the Month Next meeting August 23, 2010	*Reminder* ! ! ! ! Remember your membership dues were due July 1. The amount is $20.00 for each and every member. Dues may be paid at our meetings, mailed to the guild post office box (PO Box 491, Lewiston or you can mail them directly to me (1247 15th Street, Clarkston, WA) President's Message: August 2010 I hope you are all enjoying your summer. With so many things to do - gardening, canning, camping, swimming, traveling, etc. - there is hardly any time or energy left for quilting. At least we can still think about our favorite past time while we are busy with the rest of our lives - finding the perfect color combination in a wild-flower or sunrise, stopping at a new quilt shop during that long drive, or taking photographs of a stunning view. See you soon, Susan
	CORRECTION CORRECTION CORRECTION Judy Niemeyer class Monday Sept 27 Judy will be presenting the program at our guild meeting. Tuesday Sept 28 and Wednesday September 29 She will be teaching the class. If this presents a problem for anyone signed up for the class please contact Susan Pakula at 509-758-9673 or Nanda Lamb at 208-746- 1421. The class will be held at the Masonic Lodge at 1122 18th Ave. in Lewiston. Class times are 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The building will be available at 8:30 for setup. Susan has ordered the patterns for all those who wanted them and we will notify when they arrive.
QUILTING WITH A FRIEND WILL KEEP YOU IN STITCHES!	Mentoring Program for Guild Members Seaport Quilters’ Guild welcomes new members but sometimes we fall short on helping new people fit into the organization. Kathy Von Bargen has volunteered to chair a committee with the goal of assisting new members learn the ropes in our guild. What are comfort quilts? What is the block of the month program or the fat quarter drawing all about? And when it comes to the annual quilt show, what is a floor walker, a vendor coordinator, admissions volunteer? What are small quilting groups? What is Festival of Trees all about? What do the hospitality, membership, refreshment committees require of volunteers? How do you enter the drawing for door prizes at the meetings? If I’m just a beginner, where can I take basic classes? Kathy invites any member who is unsure of how the guild operates to contact her to be matched with an experienced member. For long-term members, Kathy would like to hear from those of you willing to mentor a new person. Interested guild members are asked to contact Kathy by e-mail at kvonbargen@clearwire.net. Let her know if you are looking for a mentor or if you would like to be one. If you don’t use e-mail, mail a note Kathy Von Bargen at 1564 Hillcrest Court, Clarkston WA 99403.
*Officers 2010* President: Susan Pakula Vice-President: Betty Meloy Secretary: Vickie Clevenger Treasurer: Carol Hagan Publicity: Sue Krueger Newsletter: Jacki Ficker Lori Hatch Sunshine: Sally Heuett Cindy Eccles Library: Pam Smith Comfort Quilts: Shelly Nagle Fat Quarters: Connie Bond Joanne King Block of the Month: Denise Taylor Kathy Smolinski Festival of Trees: Jennifer Whitted Lois Roberts Quilt Show: Nancy Krueger SueKrueger Quilt: Earlinia Scott Education: Nanda Lamb Lois Roberts Susan Pakula Orahlee Morgan Vicki Clevenger	d snips and clips a Reminders ! ! ! ! Remember your membership dues were due July 1, 2010. The amount is $20.00 for each and every member. Dues may be paid at our meetings, mailed to the guild post office box at PO Box 491, Lewiston, ID or you can mail them directly to Carol Hagen, 1247 15th Street, Clarkston, WA. 99403 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Questions ? ? ? ? Do you know anyone who joined our guild in the last few years who does not receive our newsletter? We have discovered a few members who were not on our membership list. We need to make sure everyone is accounted for. Each and every member is important to us. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Handy Hints & Tips…  When trying to pick colors to go with a primary design, check the salvage edge. Some materials have a picture of different solid colors. These values of colors will go with your material.  If you do not launder your fabric before quilting, here is a suggestion that sounds pretty good. When you give a quilt to someone give them a sheet of Shout Color Catcher to put in the washer the first time they do launder the project. It is a good product to catch color bleed in the wash. dcdcdc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Newsletter Staff We welcome any ideas you feel will be interesting to our guild members. Poems, new books, sewing tips, favorite recipes, new shops you have visited. We gratefully accept constructive ideas from all of you. We depend on committee chair persons to keep us informed of their activities and new information needed to put in the newsletter. We look forward to doing the newsletter and to getting to know all members. Jacki Ficker & Lori Hatch ~~ Newsletter Editors PS~~~you can e-mail me~~jlficker@aol.com , call me 208-746-2769 send by mail– 1414 Airway Ave., Lewiston, ID 83501 Newsletter deadline is the 1st Fri. of the month by 5:00pm unless stated otherwise.
MY SOUL IS FED WITH NEEDLE AND THREAD.	Comfort Quilts We had 11 completed tops, 4 that were quilted but needed bindings, 1 top and a bag of smaller tops that will just need another border added to them turned in at the meeting. Great job and thanks for your hard work. I just want to remind everyone about the new "Finish a Kit" contest. At each meet-ing I will have a box of pre-cut kits that contain a drawing ticket. Pick up a kit, complete it (including quilting and binding), sign your ticket and bring it when you turn in the quilt, and you'll be in the drawing for a gift certificate. You can complete as many of these as you'd like. The drawing will be held in February. If you need backing, batting, or binding, just let me know the size of your top and I'll make arrangements to get you some. Also, I have many completed tops that are just waiting to be quilted. They can even be tied if quilting's not your thing. I need help turning these tops into usable quilts. Call if you have questions. Shelley 208-746-2103
A FRIEND IS THE ONE WHO COMES IN WHEN THE WHOLE WORLD HAS GONE. IF I STITCH FAST ENOUGH DOES IT COUNT AS AN AEROBIC EXERCISE?	August Program The program for August will be the showing of the "Around the Block" Round Robin completed projects. Sign-ups for this project were taken at October 2009 meeting and groups of 4 or 5 people were formed. It started with each person providing a simple grid drawn on batting, flannel or muslin and a theme. Each person made the first block on their grid and then it proceeded to each other person in the group for a block to be added to help fill the grid. It could be any size the owner chose, but the most workable sizes ranged between 30" and 40". It could be square or rectangular and any theme they wanted such as nature, garden, holiday, seasonal, patriotic, etc. Marcia Ba-den will coordinate this program. It will be an interesting program to see how each project developed and the end result.

Old quilters never die ...they just go to pieces. Quilts are like friends– A great source of comfort.	Seaport Quilters Guild Minutes July 26, 2010 President Susan Pakula opened the meeting at 7:00 pm. Present were Vice President Betty Meloy, Secretary Vicki Clevinger. Guests were introduced. Minutes were approved and seconded. No treasurer’s report as Carol Hagan was not present. Betty Meloy spoke about around the block project. Nanda talked about upcoming paper piecing class with Judy Niemeyer. There will be a reserve list in case someone cannot attend. Jacki Ficker and Lori Hatch took over the newsletter. Correspondence was read. Barb Kramer and Virginia Sparkman were given gifts for being married 50 years. Pam Smith reminded everyone to get the library books returned. Shelly Nagle talked about comfort quilts and the new comfort block. Told us about a new contest Festival of Trees fabrics have been purchased and there are kits to make ornaments. Nancy Krueger talked about the Quilt Show we will not have as many vendors due to Easter. She asked that at least we have 2 people on each committee. Country Store committee is still available maybe we should postpone it for a year. We could possibly have a booth that allows members to sell big ticket items. Quilt camps signups start next month. Library quilts should be done and hung by first week of August. The million pillowcase challenge, there are kits available to sew. Old Business-none New Business-none Announcements: Valley Art Center will be having a fabric show. Pieces are not to be bigger than 40 x 40. Entry deadline is August 31, 2010. Family wanted to give back a quilt that was made by Marie Lanagan. Illa will take to her family. Door Prizes – Betty Knopes and Donna Callahan Block Party – Kathy Smolinski Fat Quarters – Jacki Ficker Betty Meloy presented a program on copyright laws. Show and Tell Meeting adjourned at 8:45 Mary Reese Secretary