March 2024
March 2024 Newsletter
We meet the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM.
Please join us at 6:30pm for a bit of fellowship time and refreshments.
We meet at The Well.Community
554 Pitt Rd, Brownsburg, IN 46112
It's time to pay your 2024 membership dues. Please bring a check or cash to pay the $25 dues!
From Our President
As March unfolds and we transition into a new season, it's a pleasure to connect with all of you again through our newsletter. Each of us brings a unique perspective and set of experiences to our quilting journey. Whether we're sharing our latest projects or offering a listening ear to a fellow quilter, it’s a pleasure to see all your faces each month!
If you haven’t done so already, dues are to be paid at this month’s meeting. Thank you to our returning members who have already paid, and we would like to extend a warm welcome to those considering joining our quilt guild community for the first time. We would love for members to bring friends and fellow quilters to visit our guild!
I also want to thank each of you who helped make our booth successful at the Bloomington show! Whether you helped get our quilt made, quilted, finished, volunteered for the show, or sold tickets at our booth we appreciate the time you gave to our guild. So many helping hands made this possible!
Angie Hubbell
2024 Scrapbasket President
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
March Program:
A Dialogue Between Quilting and Architecture
VALERIE S. GOODWIN R.A. - FIBER ARTIST
VALERIE IS A PRACTICING ARCHITECT, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE AND FIBER ARTIST WHOSE WORK HAS APPEARED IN NUMEROUS PUBLICATIONS AND EXHIBITIONS SUCH AS “QUILT NATIONAL”, “AMERICAN CRAFT MAGAZINE” AND “THE QUILTER’S QUARTERLY JOURNAL”. SINCE 1998, SHE HAS BEEN TEACHING BEGINNING DESIGN TO STUDENTS IN ARCHITECTURE AT FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY’S SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, USING SOME OF THE DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOUND IN BOTH QUILTING AND ARCHITECTURE. BOTH USE SHAPE, COMPOSITION, ORDERING SYSTEMS, COLOR, TEXTURE AND PATTERN. THIS LECTURE FOCUSES ON THIS UNUSUAL SUBJECT MATTER – FINDING COMMON GROUND BETWEEN QUILTING AND ARCHITECTURE. THIS IS PRESENTED IN AN ENGAGING MANNER, USING MANY INTERESTING IDEAS AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING IMAGES. IT ALSO INCLUDES A TRUNK SHOW SHOWCASING HER QUILTS AS WELL AS THE WORK OF HER ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS.
WORKSHOP: Map Maker, Map Maker, Make Me A Map!
MARCH 20, 9 am-3 pm(lunch on your own 12-1)
Cost: $20.00, no additional cost
Limit 15 participants
THIS WORKSHOP IS ALL ABOUT LEARNING TO MAKE A SIMPLE STITCHED MAP OF A PLACE THAT IS SPECIAL TO YOU – WHERE YOU LIVE. TO MAKE THIS MAP, YOU WILL MAKE USE OF SIMPLE HAND & MACHINE STITCHES COMBINED WITH SILK ORGANZA, OPAQUE FABRIC, AND A BIT OF PAINT. THE GOAL IS TO CREATE A SMALL FIBER ART MAP THAT IS 8” X 8” TO 11” X 11”. ALSO COVERED, WILL BE HOW TO USE THE INTERNET TO FIND MAPS THAT WILL SERVE AS YOUR STARTING POINT. AS WE GO ALONG, YOU WILL SEE THE POTENTIAL OF VARIATIONS ON THE TECHNIQUES I WILL TEACH YOU. THIS WORKSHOP MAY INSPIRE YOU TO MAKE A COLLECTION OF PERSONAL STITCHED MAPS. REALLY, THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ALMOST ENDLESS. UPON COMPLETION, YOU SHOULD HAVE A LOVELY LITTLE WORK OF STITCHED ART.
Below is a link for more information and list of materials needed for the workshop
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b280b3f4611a029a14d936f/t/6086d92f9fcb7e6dee2b467e/1619450159258/MAPPING+PERSONAL+PLACES+Official+description%5Esupplies++2020.pdf
April Program:
Quilters seeking Blue Ribbons
Doris Goins
During Doris’s presentation we will learn what criteria quilt judges use while judging quilts. This undoubtedly will improve our personal quilting with design and construction tips and tricks. Doris has been a certified quilting judge since 2005. I’m excited for her to share her wealth of knowledge and experience with us!
Workshop: Mock Judging
April 17 10am-1pm
Cost: $10.00
Come see what happens before the ribbons are awarded! Bring as many quilts as you like for a morning of fun! Bring your quilt and have it judged…just for fun and as a way to receive feedback on how to improve your quilting! Come and enjoy talking about quilts even if you don’t have a quilt you would like critiqued. There is a great deal to learn during the critiques of works of art.
May Program:
Quilting from the Hardware store
Alice Ridge
AliceRidgeQuilts.com
Alice Ridge will join us for a light hearted look of items you can find at the hardware store that can be used for quilting in non-traditional ways. She will be sharing tricks from her over 40 years of quilting experience!
May Workshop:
Playing with Hardware Store Stuff in your Quilting
May 22, Morning Time TBA
Cost: $25.00
In this workshop we will have a day of play with the different techniques using items from the Hardware Store!
Committee Activities
2024 Block of the Month
The Youngster Beelet
This year we will be using Amanda Castor's Circle City Sampler pattern for the Block of the Month.
We will be breaking the pattern up in the same manner as the 2023 Shop Hop. For those of you that bought the kits and haven't broken into them yet, this is your YEAR!!
We will be breaking the pattern up in the same manner as the 2023 Shop Hop. For those who bought the kits and haven't broken into them yet, this is your YEAR!!
Amanda requested that everyone doing the Block of the Month purchase a copy of the pattern. Amanda has offered a 25 % discount code: SCRAPBASKETCCS
Each month the blocks that need to be completed will be posted on the website and listed in the newsletter.
The shop for the 3rd month will be Back Door Quilts which includes: (Please note that if you have the kit from the Shop Hop the cut list is incorrect, the pattern for each block is correct but the cut list on the front of your packet is not)
Blocks 2
Block 10 (x3)
Block 20
Block 8
Another Block of the Month finish from last year:
Please bring your completion this month!
Challenges
Tammie Earnest and Linda Auberry
Our Pre-cut March challenge is Luck of the Layer Cake!
Explore the possibilities of layer cakes. Use a pre-cut layer cake to create a stunning project with harmonizing fabrics.
Looking forward to April: Spring Fling Charm Quilt
Embrace the freshness of spring by creating a project using charm squares.
Challenge Completions from last month:
Cheer
Rhonda Nelson
A sympathy card has been sent to Peggy Long. Her niece was involved in a tragic auto accident in Illinois.
Also, Sue Newell’s brother passed away on March 9, and a card has been sent.
Donation Quilts
Susan Cinkoske, Lynne Secondino, Linda Cook, Karen Pollard
Thank you for your continued donations. Your generosity is inspiring!
We have had a request from the Villages of Indiana which operates in both Hendricks and Marion County finding homes for foster children. They need baby items such as bibs, blankets, burp cloths, changing pads, books, toys and especially clothes from infant to toddler. They cannot use bumpers or anything like that in a crib. April is going to be Baby Month, so please bring your items to the April meeting.
Quilts of Valor
Thanks to all who took the new 2024 quilt block kit. I hope you enjoyed making it. It takes 24 blocks to make a quilt top, so we should be able to make many tops in no time. There will be more kits available at the meeting.
Thank you Mary and Leah for making kits. Also just a reminder, if you took a pattern last meeting, hold on to it in case you want to make more blocks. I’m trying to save on paper and printing.
Also thanks to those who took pillowcase kits. There will also be more kits available at the meeting.
Susan
STAYcation 2024
Save the Date
Scrapbasket Guilt Guild STAYcation!
June 15, 2024
9 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Mark your calendars, save the date, gather your quilting buddies and meet us at
THE WELL for a full day of fun, quilting, food and a few shenanigans...
Volunteers to help with planning this fun day are still needed.
Please contact Beth Archer, 317-408-3843, archerbeth8@gmail.com
Retreat Fall 2024
Save the date
Scrapbasket quilt retreat will be at McCormick's Creek the weekend of Sept 6 and 7. We will be able to accommodate 25 quilters.
At this time I have 15 people that have shown interest. If you are interested you will need to let me know so I can compile a list of attendees.
2024 Raffle Quilt
Our quilt went to the quilter 1 week ahead of schedule, thanks to the quick turnaround by our appliqué sewer. Quilt is in the process of being quilted, binding and sleeve is prepped. We are on schedule to have it done by February 28.
Thanks to all involved, this would not have been possible without your sewing expertise!
We will have more opportunities for our makers to sign a leaf of the back of the quilt before it leaves in October for raffle.
Individual raffle ticket sales will be available in March and there are opportunities to work at booth in Bloomington show and the Quilters Trail Shop Hop (Avon).
Heather Kopeschka
Raffle Quilt Construction
Photo Directory Reminder
Please don't forget to email jenna0327@gmail.com a photo of yourself for the directory, thanks!!
Show and Tell
A Sampling of Guild Members completed works:
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.
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!
2024 Officers and Committees
President: Angie Hubbell
Vice President: Dana Sederoff
Secretary: Tammie Earnest
Treasurer: Jenna Chamberlain
Committees:
Auction:
Block of the Month: The Youngster Beelet (Jenna Chamberlain)
Challenges: Tammie Earnest
Cheer and Door Prizes: Rhonda Nelson
Communication - Newsletter: Lois Courtney
Communication - Website: Jenna Chamberlain
Donation Quilts: Susan Cinkoske, Lynne Secondino, Linda Cook, Karen Pollard
Programs: Evelyn Stephenson and Kristi Slinkard
Quilts of Valor: Susan Eaton
Raffle Quilt - Construction: Heather Kopeschka
Raffle Quilt - Ticket Sales:
Retreat: MaryLynne Meranda
Staycation: Beth Archer
