August 2023
August 2023 Newsletter
We begin at 6pm this month. It's Auction Time!
We meet at The Well Community
554 Pitt Rd, Brownsburg, IN 46112.
From Our President
Happy August.
The great ‘dog days’ of August are here. Kids are going back to school. The summer fun is still in full swing, but definitely starting to wrap up. We have had a full summer of activities including all the fairs and summer events.
This month’s meeting is always a great time. It is our AUCTION. Bring your Friends to participate in the fun. Seeing all the great donations to bid on is always exciting, and YOU, our guild members, always show up with the most beautiful treasures. Hopefully you are planning to bring your donations and be ready to bid on some great items. This is an important fundraiser for the Guild as the money raised helps to offset the cost of our programs and activities. Please know that your donations and purchases are greatly appreciated.
Be sure to check out all the great articles in our newsletter so that you can stay up to date on all the happenings. We have a lot ahead for the rest of the year with great programs and workshops, Retreat and Staycation. How you coming on your Challenges and the BOM projects? Many, many of you have been working hard on donations quilts and Quilts of Valor, THANK YOU for your great work on these efforts. Raffle Quilt sales are coming along… but we have a lot more to sell – so please help us get these tickets sold.
Can’t wait to see you at the AUCTION.
Beth Archer
2023 Scrapbasket President
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
August Program: Auction Time!!!
Calling all quilters you have some things to get rid of, but could also use some new things!! I think that is everyone, right?
The auction is coming up at the August 15th meeting, and will begin at 6:00 pm. Please bring any quilt items that you would like to auction off and fill out a bid ticket. We will be setting up the auction starting at 5:00 pm, so if you want to come early and help, or if you need to fill out a bid ticket, we will be there!
Auction items can include fabric, UFOs, notions, books, puzzles, food, services (quilting) or anything that you think would make someone happy! We will also have the pattern/book table, so bring those too!
The pattern/book table will be sold for $1, and there will be raffle tickets for the board basket which will also be $1. We will accept cash or checks.
We will have baskets from the beelets for the live auction, and any items with more than 5 bids in the silent auction will automatically go to the live auction. We will also have ice cream!
The auction is one of the largest money makers for the guild, so please bring cash or check to purchase items and help bring great activities to the guild!!
Any questions? Please reach out to Amy Gilmore or Jenna Chamberlain.
September Program:
Scrap Quilts with Diane Knott
https://www.dianedknott.com
Diane made her first quilt in 1997 while expecting her first child. In 2012, and many quilts later, created an online pattern company and website called Butterfly Threads Quilting. Since 2015, she has been traveling the country teaching quilt techniques and sharing the love of scrap quilts! Her two books Scrap Quilt Secrets and Strip Quilt Secrets have both been published by C&T. She designs fabric for Blank Quilting Fabrics and enjoys longarming on her HQ Amara for herself and others. She’s currently developing online classes and presentations that will be found on her website.
www.butterflythreadsquilting.com
She has published dozens of patterns, created templates, and was a regular contributing writer to the Craftsy Quilting Blog for 5 years. She has been featured in Quilt Magazine, Primitive Quilts and Patchwork, Fons and Porter Easy Quilts, and the American Patchwork and Quilting Calendar.
September Workshop: Cross Rails
Sept 20, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. at The Well Community Church
Learn the techniques for perfect piecing with excellent results every time! Suitable for confident beginners through advanced quilters. Covers basic cutting, strip piecing and sewing rows on point. Also covers pressing for easy block assembly and quilt construction with all the tips and tricks for a perfect scalloped border every time. Pattern purchase required.
(This is the link to the online pattern but it’s not necessary to purchase ahead of time. I’ll bring plenty of copies.)
Cross Rails Pattern here
Supply List here
October Presenter:
Amy Friend - During Quiet Time
Amy Friend is a former museum curator turned designer. She designs modern quilts and specializes in paper pieced designs. She authored the books Intentional Piecing (2016), Improv Paper Piecing: A Modern Approach to Quilt Design (2017), and Petal + Stem (2020). She is an award-winning quilter and her quilts have been exhibited at a number of quilt shows as well as museums. Amy is a national quilt teacher and lecturer. Amy lives in Massachusetts with her husband and three children. If she isn’t sewing or spending time with the family, you might find her in the garden. You can follow her creative path on her blog, www.duringquiettime.com or on Instagram @duringquiettime.
October Program: Intentional Piecing
This trunk show will focus on the quilts found in her book, Intentional Piecing, but may include additional quilts as well. She will use these quilts to illustrate types of fussy cutting and to discuss fabric selection in general. How can you pick the best fabric for a pattern? How can a pattern really showcase a fabric design?
October Workshop: Low Waste Paper Piecing
ONLINE Oct 18 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Students will use my Gulls quilt pattern to learn to foundation paper piece with efficiency. I will teach my low waste approach to paper piecing and discuss its other benefits as well, as it related to keeping the fabric on grain. Students who are new to foundation paper piecing will pick this technique up quickly! Students who are well versed in FPP might find this approach counterintuitive. It will add a new skill to your FPP toolbox once mastered. We will discuss modern quilt design, particularly improv paper piecing and deconstruction.
Gulls Pattern: PDF copy
November Program: Quilt Tips & Tricks
Have you ever watched Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting on PBS? If not, you should check it out at:
Love of Quilting
Each show ends with a segment that shares tips & tricks sent in by quilters. We have a whole guild of savvy quilters who have their own tips and tricks dealing with quilting. We want you to share them with the guild.
Come prepared to share one of those tips and tricks with your guild. You can walk us through a description, demonstrate the trick, or share a useful website you’ve found. Anything goes!
We’ll collect all your Tips and Tricks and share them with the guild so we all won’t have to rely on our memories.
All presenters will be ticketed and one lucky person will receive an issue of Love of Quilting.
Committee Activities
2023 Block of the Month
Beth Konz, Kim Van Buskirk, Elizabeth Coffey
Block 8: 2023 Block of the Month Program – “Colorful Tropics”
Designed by Barbara Bieraugel
Challenges
Linda Auberry and Tammie Earnest
Our Challenge for this year is to finish our UFOs (UnFinished Objects)!
This month, let’s finish up our UFOs that ARE NOT QUILTS.
Did you take a bag class but never finished the project?
Do you have a table runner pieced but never finished the binding?
Have you pulled fabric to make bibs or burb towels but then set the project aside?
Maybe it’s an Ipad cover or a set of placemats that were never finished.
It doesn’t matter the size, but it does need to be something that you abandoned in the past and haven’t worked on for quite some time.
Please bring your finished UFOs to the August meeting. We will check them in at the table and initial your sheets. If there is not time for Show & Tell because of the Auction, then please bring your August UFOs to the September meeting along with your September UFO finish.
A few of last month's completed projects:
Cheer
Rhonda Nelson
If you know of any Scrapbasket member needing a little cheer, please let Rhonda Nelson know. She will be happy to send a card from all of us. Thank you.
Donation Quilts
Susan Cinkoske, Cheri Guerrettaz, Bobbie Brinson
August is Auction Month so save those donation items until September, unless you won’t be here in September.
If you have ever had someone in a nursing home, you know how fun playing BINGO is for them. The month of August and September, I am collecting small handmade or purchased gifts to be used as prizes at Brownsburg Meadows. The residents love to win little trinkets or useful items. Kleenex holders, small drawstring bags, mug rugs, bookmarks, dresser scarves, and small baskets can be made from your scraps. The dollar store has many small items that can be purchased or perhaps someone has given you a little knick-knack that you no longer want. Any of those items will work.
Any kitchen items like potholders, napkins, and placemats can be given to the Hendricks County Senior Services for prizes.
October is Pillowcase month. Find a yard of fabric for a child or teen and create a pillowcase that can be used for a foster child. Checkout the burrito method on YouTube for a really easy way to make a pillowcase.
And don’t forget those baby items for Villages of Indiana. Burp cloths, small flannel wipes, and bibs can be made from scraps of flannel.
Quilts of Valor
Hi QOV Quilters,
Since this month is the auction my little red wagon will be
staying home and will not be bringing any goodies to sew. But if
you have completed blocks or bound quilts please bring them,
and I will be glad to take them.
Susan
Look at what has already been accomplished:
Quilt Retreat
McCormick's Creek Canyon Inn
September 15-17
It's August and the final payment for retreat is due. Please bring final payment to the August meeting if it has not all ready have been submitted.
Remember we can get in at 9am on Friday morning to the sewing room. Our sleeping rooms will not be ready until 3 pm. Also there is a one-time fee of $7. per car to get into the park.
We still have a couple of rooms available.
I will have a list of items at the meeting that you might forget to bring.
It will be a great time.
Questions?? Let me know what I can do for you.
Cost: one person in room $400
Three people in room $135 each
Two people in room $200 each
Four people in room $100 each
Name_____________________________________________________________
Address___________________________________________________________
Phone_________________ Email___________________________________________
Roommates_________________________________________________________
Make checks out to Scrapbasket and mail to:
Marylynne Meranda
622 Jackson St, Brownsburg, IN 46112
954-240-8475
Marylynne Meranda
Staycation 2023
Come one and all. Staycation is scheduled for Saturday, September 30, at the Well. So mark your calendars to join us for a fun day of sewing with our Scrapbasket Guild. It will be located in the same area as last year. More details to come.
Does anyone have a project/demo they would like to share at our event? Or, items they would like to donate to the event? If so, please let Carol Evans or Linda Auberry know.
Hope to see your there.
Carol and Linda
Raffle Quilt
Here is a full photo of our Raffle Quilt. Please share it with anyone who might be interested in buying a ticket.
With the ever-increasing cost of programs and supplies, selling of our raffle tickets make it possible for us to keep our membership dues at a lower price point. I’m very excited about the enthusiasm that you all have for our raffle quilt this year. We are ever so grateful for our 2022 Raffle Quilt Committee who worked together to sew our beautiful quilt.
Not picked up your tickets yet? Pick up your initial set and another set of 24. It's not too late to start selling. Please check in with Heather Kopeschka, she has notes on your ticket selling activity. We have more tickets and prizes….keep selling!
Lastly, if you wish to be involved in the 2023 Raffle Quilt Committee for a quilt that will be raffled in 2024, please reach out to our President, Beth Archer.
Thank you for all you do to make our guild great!
Heather Kopeschka
Block Swap Information
Attention Wonky Star Swapper!
Just wanted to let you know that life has been extremely busy and I am not sure about you, but my stars are not getting together! Plus, I don’t want you to be on vacation in July and miss the Dancing with the Stars display!….I felt you may be in the same predicament. No need to fret, I have a solution! Lets aim to share at least a finished top at our September meeting.
Hope to see all your beautiful tops then!
Show and Tell
Our Members share their talents...
Upcoming Quilt Show
Quilts and Needle Arts Festival Sept. 21-23
Hello Quilters!
Announcing the Quilts and Needle Arts Festival
Sept. 21-23, 2023
Pratt Pavilion
13800 W. Poe Road
Bowling Green, OH 43402
10 am- 5 pm daily
www.quiltsandneedleartsfestival.com
I wanted you all to be the first to hear about our classes we are able to offer at the Quilt show in September!
Connie at the Bernina Stitchin' Post has arranged for us to host 2 classes using Bernina machines. You will need to visit www.berninastitchinpost.com and select classes and look for the Festival classes at the bottom. one class is "Quilt your quilts on your sewing machine" and the other is "Quilt with your embroidery machine".
The classes are not yet open to register. Keep checking back, I wasn't given a date when they will be open.
This is a great opportunity to try those machines if you never had one as well as possibly purchase one after the classes at a reduced price!
If you go to the Stitchin' Post in Walbridge, please thank Connie for being such a support for our festival!
For those who will be entering a quilt:
We have a list of vendors on our website www.quiltsandneedleartsfestival.com as well as the quilt registration form (and explanation of the addition of the sleeve if you haven't entered a quilt yet).
Thanks! Get those quilt registrations in soon!
Rose, Chair, QANA 2023
Upcoming Quilt Show
Hi Scrapbasket Quilters,
We would like to invite your quilt guild members to our annual Mudsock Quilters Guild quilt show. Over 300 quilts, made by guild members, will be on display from 10 am -3pm on November 11, 2023 at Cornerstone Lutheran Church in Fishers. The $5.00 entry fee supports Mudsocks charitable programs.
At the conclusion of the show, we prepare these quilts for donation to Community North Hospitals in Indianapolis. In late December each year, people who are hospitalized will be offered a warm, handmade quilt to help brighten the holiday season. Mudsock Quilters Guild has been donating quilts to people in the hospital for more than six years.
The show also features vendors for holiday shopping, a quilt raffle, our “steals and deals” table, and many many door prizes!
Info
Member to Member
This is an opportunity for you to list quilting items/supplies/patterns that you no longer want.
Submit a list/description to the monthly newsletter by the Tuesday the week before the meeting to newslettereditor@scrapbasket.org
Email your info included in the body of the message or as an editable attachment, like Word (not a PDF). No hard copies, please.
Any pictures should be in .jpg format and attached to the email,
Include your preferred contact information. Anyone who is interested can contact you and arrange a pickup.
I’ll continue to collect empty spools for the Early Childhood center at my church. Please bring them to the meeting with you. There will be a back at the check-in table to collect them.
Guild Documents
Please visit the password-protected Members section of the website for the following information:
Meeting Minutes
Treasurer's Reports
Membership Roster
Beelet Roster
