December 2024
December 2024 Newsletter
Annual Christmas Party
This month we celebrate Christmas!
Join us at 6:30pm, December 17th for an evening of fun, food, and friendship. We will be meeting at The Well for the last time. Box meals from Panera will be served. Water will be available but bring your own drink if you prefer something else. There will be fellowship, games, and prizes. For all those holiday bakers we will have a dessert pitch in to take the evening over the top!
Please hold and Show and Tell until January.
Can’t wait to see you all on the 17th!
We meet at The Well.Community
554 Pitt Rd, Brownsburg, IN 46112
From Our President
As the year comes to a close, I want to take a moment to reflect on the wonderful community we’ve built and the memories we’ve shared. This month, we’ll come together to celebrate you, our incredible members, and enjoy a meal as we wrap up another fantastic year.
This meeting will also be our last at The Well, so be sure to check this month’s newsletter for details about our new location starting next year.
It has been an honor and privilege to serve as your Guild President. Thank you for your trust, support, and enthusiasm throughout the year. I am excited to pass the torch to our incoming board and look forward to the new ideas and inspiration they will bring.
Please join me in welcoming our new board members for 2025:
Dana Sederoff, President
Susan Beard, Vice President
Cindy Wrightsman, Secretary
Jenna Chamberlain, Treasurer
Here’s to a bright and creative future for our Guild! See you at the celebration!
Angie Hubbell
2024 Scrapbasket President
January 2025 Meeting Location
Starting in January 2025, we will be meeting at
Calvary United Methodist Church
575 W. Northfield Dr, Brownsburg.
Our meetings will take place in the Fellowship Hall, with plenty of parking available for everyone. Please enter through the main entrance.
Refreshments 2025
Linda Paulson will be sending around a sign up sheet for refreshments for 2025. If you'd like to participate, gather a friend or two and pick a month to share treats.
Outgoing President Block
Angie has chosen the Shoo Fly block. Either 6” or 12”. A fussy cut center square would be ideal. Background is light and the rest of the block medium or dark - no defined color scheme. Instructions attached and blocks will be collected at both the December and January meetings. Thanks for your participation in this fun annual event!
Shoo Fly Quilt Block Tutorial
Melissa Mortenson
How to create a Shoo Fly Quilt Block in 6" or 12" finished size. The finished size of a quilt block refers to the size the block is after it is sewn into a quilt. These blocks will measure 12 1/2" & 6 1/2" square after you are done constructing them.
EQUIPMENT
Sewing Machine (I recommend BERNINA or Bernette).
Rotary Cutter
Marking Pencil
Ruler
• For 12" block, 4 1/2" Bloc Loc Ruler (not required but recommended).
• For 6" block, 2 1/2" Bloc Loc Ruler (not required but recommended).
SUPPLIES
12" Finished Quilt Block
2 pieces Fabric 5" x 5" for Half Square Triangle
2 pieces Background Fabric 5" x 5" for Half Square Triangle
4 pieces Background Fabric 4 1/2" x 4 1/2"
1 piece Fabric 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" For Center of Block
6" Finished Quilt Block
2 pieces Fabric 3" x 3" for Half Square Triangle
2 pieces Background Fabric 3" x 3" for Half Square Triangle
4 pieces Background Fabric 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"
1 piece Fabric 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" for Center of Block
INSTRUCTIONS
Create the 12" Finished Block
1. Create 4 Half Square Triangles from your 5" fabric pieces.
2. To create the Half Square Triangles, layer one 5" fabric piece with one 5" background fabric piece, right sides facing.
3. Draw a diagonal line down the center of the block on the wrong side of the fabric
4. On your sewing machine, sew 1/4" on the outside of the line you just drew on both sides of the line.
5. Cut the piece apart along the line you drew.
6. Press the seams towards the darker fabric.
7. Trim and square up the block to 4 1/2" x 4 1/2"
Repeat with the other two 5" fabric squares.
You should now have 4 sewn Half Square Triangles
8. Arrange your sewn half square triangles and squares of fabric as shown in the diagram. You will have 3 rows with 3 blocks in each row.
9. Sew the blocks of row 1 together, press the seams toward the center of the block.
10. Sew the blocks of row 2 together, press the seams towards the outside of the block.
11. Sew the blocks of row 3 together, press the seams towards the center of the block.
12. Sew the rows together.
To Create a 6" Finished Block
1. Repeat the steps above. You will use the 3" pieces to create your half square triangles. After they are sewn, square them up to 2 1/2" x 2 1/2".
2. Complete the rest of the block using the cut 2 1/2" square pieces of fabric.
Note: If you notice your printer is cutting off some of your text, make sure you have "headers and footers" checked in your print dialogue box.
Committee Activities
2024 Block of the Month
The Youngster Beelet
This year we used Amanda Castor's Circle City Sampler pattern for the Block of the Month.
Challenges
Tammie Earnest and Linda Auberry
As we wrap up the year, we’re excited to announce a festive and joyful challenge to celebrate the holiday season: "Christmas Panel Extravaganza."
For this challenge, we invite you to use a Christmas-themed fabric panel as the centerpiece of your project. Then, let your creativity shine by enhancing it with coordinating fabrics and embellishments that capture the magic and wonder of the season. Whether you create a quilt, wall hanging, or another festive piece, the possibilities are endless!
Let’s end the year with a flourish of creativity and Christmas cheer! We can’t wait to see the Christmas magic you create!
In addition to our December drawing, we will be drawing two Grand Prize winners at this month's meeting! Your name will be entered once for each monthly challenge that you completed this year!
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, Lynne Secondino, Linda Cook, Karen Pollard
Thank you to everyone who donated items for our charities and made an impact in our community. This year we gave 41 quilts to various organizations. Also, we donated 9 baby blankets, 20 baby items, 36 stockings, and 60 Bingo prizes.
We won't be taking donation items at the meeting, but we will draw for the year end prize.
Thank you to Cindi Johnson for agreeing to chair the Charity Quilts for next year. Be listening for more information on how she will run the committee.
Thank you,
Susan, Lynne, Cheryl, and Karen
Quilts of Valor
You’ve done a wonderful job of making quilts for QOV this year. You sewed 22 quilts that will be given to the veterans. Five of those quilts were made from the block kits that were available each month. In addition, you made 40 pillowcases. I think it was a successful year.
Thank you to all who participated this year. Not only did you create beautiful quilts and pillowcases, but you gave the gift of your precious time.
Thanks you for your sewing.
Merry Christmas
Susan
Bloomington Quilt Show
The Bloomington Quilt Show is March 6-8, 2025 at the Monroe Convention Center, Bloomington, IN. The following is information was provided to us by the Indiana Heritage Quilt Show for anyone interested in participating or attending.
The challenge this year is a 30"x30" wall hanging made with your birthstone color. If you don't like your color, use another birthstone color instead. You have lots of options. You can use any technique and subject as long as your quilt is made with at least 50% of the birthstone color. Prizes for the challenge are the same as other categories: $500 first place, $200 second, $100 third.
Workshop registrations are open online at our website. We have 6 nationally recognized instructors this year. The 18 workshops include all types--appliqué, machine quilting, piecing, and design.
What you may not know is that in early January we have to cancel any teachers who do not have enough registrations. So, registering now helps ensure that your favorite instructor will be at the show.
Our website, IHQS.org, is where you register for workshops, enter your quilt, and read all about special events.
Show and Tell
Some of the beautiful accomplishments of our guild members...
Photo Directory Reminder
Please don't forget to email jenna0327@gmail.com a photo of yourself for the directory, thanks!!
Info
Member to Member
Please do not bring in anymore empty spools at this time. The preschool at my church has plenty for now. Thank you very much.
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.
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
Facebook
If you wish to follow the guild on Social Media, you can! Simply search for "Scrapbasket" on Facebook and you'll find a Page and a Closed Group. Follow our Page and Group for event notices, too. Simply request to “Join” the group, and one of the Administrators will accept you.
The Group is really just for members or close friends of our Guild. The Page is a great way to make us visible to the public...and future Guild members!
