May 2024
May 2024 Newsletter
We meet the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM.
We meet at The Well.Community
554 Pitt Rd, Brownsburg, IN 46112
Please join us at 6:30pm for a bit of fellowship time and refreshments.
The Fat Eights Quilting bee will be providing snacks for the May meeting. Also we are asking for other bees or groups of friends to sign up for snacks for the remaining meetings in 2024. So get your group together and see what month you could help put together a refreshment for Scrapbasket meeting. We will be passing a list around during the meeting.
From Our President
As we seem to have skipped over spring and dove headfirst into the warmth of summer, I find myself reveling in the sunshine and blossoms, trading my fabric for flowers in these delightful days. It’s been a joy to be outdoors, soaking in the beauty of nature.
I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to all who shared their ideas during our last meeting and to those who generously volunteered for committees. Your enthusiasm and dedication truly embody the spirit of our guild, and I am immensely grateful for all that you contribute.
As we look ahead, I’m excited about the upcoming program and the opportunity to gather together once again. Let’s continue to inspire, create, and support each other in our shared passion for quilting.
Angie Hubbell
2024 Scrapbasket President
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
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.
July Programs:
July 16, 2024
Fabric and pattern design
Angela Pingel
Angelapingel.com
Angela Pingel is a rising designer in today’s quilting movement. A self-taught quilter who has been sewing for over twenty years, she has degrees in mathematics and interior design. Angela has been published in “Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks,” “101 Patchwork Projects,” “Modern Patchwork,” Come and join the fun as we learn about fabric and pattern designs to improve our quilting skills.
Workshop: Paper piecing the Book Nerd pattern
July 17, 2024, TBD
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 5th month will be Quilts Plus which includes:
Block 16 (x3) Block 22
Block 26 Block 3
Challenges
Tammie Earnest and Linda Auberry
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
A sympathy card has been sent to Glenda Pate. Her son has passed away from a traumatic brain injury.
Please keep Glenda and her family in your prayers.
Donation Quilts
Susan Cinkoske, Lynne Secondino, Linda Cook, Karen Pollard
Thank you for your generous donations during April’s Baby Month collection!
We appreciate all donations! Your support is inspiring!
Quilts of Valor
Next article available in June
STAYcation 2024
June 15 9 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. meeting at THE WELL
Gather your quilting buddies and meet us at THE WELL for a full day of fun, quilting, food and a few shenanigans. We look forward to seeing you all there.
Lunch will be a pitch-in... so plan on bringing your favorite shareable lunch items. Disposable tableware will be provided. Pack your favorite beverages. Water will be provided.
Bring you projects and all sewing supplies. We will set up pressing and cutting stations. For those interested in participating, we will have an orphan block exchange... so bring your orphan blocks to exchange...
In order to plan for our space, tables, etc, we would like to know who will be coming. We will be taking sign ups at the May meeting. IF you are not attending the May meeting but will be joining us for Staycation, please drop either of us a note. THANK YOU
Beth Archer, 317-408-3843, archerbeth8@gmail.com
Dana Sederoff, 317-439-9931, dsederoff@gmail.com
Retreat Fall 2024
We are filling up retreat for Sept in McCormick Creek Canyon inn. Please get your registration in with your deposit. Final payment will be due Aug 1st.
We still have a few spots available. We had so much fun last year, come join the party.
Cost: one person in room $400
Three people in room $135 each
Two people in room $200 each
Four people in room $100 each
A $50 deposit per room will hold your room. We only have 13 rooms available. Balance is due August 1st.
Name_____________________________________________________________
Address___________________________________________________________
Phone_________________ Email___________________________________________
Roommates_________________________________________________________
Make checks out to Scrapbasket and mail to:
Marylynne Meranda
622 Jackson St, Brownsburg, IN 46112
954-240-8475
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. If you need more tickets, please come and get them!
We have an opportunity to sell raffle tickets to the public!
Saturday, June 1: Backdoor Quilts. First Saturday of the month. Store opens early at 9 for the BOM participants. Hours are roughly 9-noon. Prefer to have 2 volunteers. Backdoor is expecting a bus trip to come through…so hopefully lots of foot traffic for it as well.
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.
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
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!
