April 2024
April 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
From Our President
As we welcome the arrival of April, we find ourselves under the captivating spell of nature once again. This month, we were graced with the eclipse spectacle. I hope everyone had the chance to experience this amazing event! It's a reminder of the intricate dance between light and darkness, a theme that resonates deeply with our craft. As we gather this month, let's draw inspiration from this natural phenomenon and the signs that spring is here.
A friendly reminder, our website members section password changed this month and you received the new password when dues for the year were paid. If you misplaced the password or need to get your dues paid, please see Jenna when you sign in for the night.
I'm excited to see all of you next week and your beautiful creations! As always, if you have any thoughts or ideas you would like to discuss with me I would love to hear from you. Please don't hesitate to come and talk with me prior to our meeting!
Angie Hubbell
2024 Scrapbasket President
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
April 16 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, 2024 - 9am-noon
Cost: $25.00
In this workshop we will have a day of play with the different techniques using items from the Hardware Store!
The cost of the workshop covers the “Quilting Kit” from the hardware store. Please register through the Scrapbasket website or notify Evelyn Stephenson estephe@iu.edu, or 317-979-9785 BEFORE MAY 10. This will allow Alice time to purchase the correct number of kit! This should be a fun workshop!!
June Program:
June 18, 2024
Quilting for the Homeless
Philip Campbell
Indyartsguide.org/artist/Philip-campbell/
Philip Campbell is a creative problem solver who works from his studio in the Historic Stutz Factory in Indianapolis, Indiana. Over his career Campbell’s work has evolved from narrative paintings to interactive installations that use traditional folk craft to create contemporary, socially conscious, works of comfort. Campbell uses large scale bas-relief carvings and handmade quilts to create environments that recall our fondest memories. Campbell also creates custom security quilts.
Please join us as Philip shares his inspiring stories of his quilting journey.
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!! Amanda requested that everyone doing the Block of the Month purchase a copy of the pattern.
Each month the blocks that need to be completed will be posted on the website and listed in the newsletter.
The shop for the 4th month will be Crimson Tate which includes:
Block 6 (x2)
Block 9
Block 12
Challenges
Tammie Earnest and Linda Auberry
It’s April!! Let’s celebrate by embracing the freshness of spring and creating a project using charm squares.A charm pack is a bundle of 5" quilting squares featuring an array of coordinating fabric from a designer's collection. Charm pack fabrics are a fast, fun way to make quilts come together like magic.So, if you have a precut charm pack, pull it out and pick a pattern. Quilting squares can be used to make a variety of projects, from table runners to full-size quilts & beyond! If you don’t have a pre-cut, feel free to use your stash and curate your own bundle!
Looking forward to May . . . Fabric Flower Garden
Select a fabric panel featuring flowers or a garden scene to create a quilt, wallhanging, or other project.
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 for your thoughtful and creative donations! April is Baby Month! We will be happy to accept your donations on behalf of the Villages of Indiana which operates in both Hendricks and Marion Counties. To help foster families, we are collecting baby items such as bibs, blankets, burp cloths, changing pads, books, toys, and especially clothes from infant to toddler.
Quilts of Valor
I will not be at this month’s meeting as my Grandkids will be visiting from Boston. As they say, having grandkids visit trumps everything else.
If you have something to turn in, please give it to Rhonda Nelson.
Many of you were asking about the patterns for the two QOV that Dana showed last month. (See photos below.)
They can be found in the Missouri Star Block Idea Books. Super Simple Squares is in Spring Vol. 4 Issue 2 Linked Up is in Holiday Vol 4 Issue 4
You’re welcome to borrow my copies anytime. -Susan
STAYcation 2024
Save the Date
Scrapbasket Quilt 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
Dear Quilters, It is time to get registered for the September Retreat at McCormick's Creek. Everyone that has told me they were interested, needs to see me on Tuesday to get their form and make a payment of $50.00per person to hold your room. This gives you some time to get with your roommate(s) and make your commitment. As of this writing I have all but one room spoken for at the venue. If you have questions see me at the meeting, call me 954-240-8475, or email me at merandarights@aol.com.
Make checks out to scrapbasket, please.
McCormicks Creek Retreat. Basic starting info.
September,6,7. Arriving Friday morning, leaving Sunday at 11.
Can set up in the sewing room at 9am.
Rooms will be ready at 4pm on Friday.
One person in a room 400.
Two people in a room 200 each.
Three people in a room 135 each.
Four people in a room 100 each.
2024 Raffle Quilt
Please be reminded that all members are asked to sell 24 tickets or at least $20 (price is $5 for 6) in raffle tickets. You can pick your tickets up at the check-in table in April. If you need more tickets, please come and get them!
Just an update, we sold 138 tickets and $116 at Love It Sew during the Quilters Guild Shop Hop. Special thanks to owner Katie and the few of you who volunteered to the shop to talk about our quilt and our great guild to help our ticket sales. Your dedication made a difference!
Attached is the electronic image of our quilt. Please download it and send it to friends and family and tell them what we are up to! Download it and post to social media! It really doesn’t take much to get interested buyers.
We should have a date for Backdoor Quilt Guild to sell tickets by our April meeting.
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!!
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!
