July 2024
July 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.
Rhonda Nelson will be providing snacks for the July meeting
Thanks to everyone who has signed up to bring refreshments this year.
From Our President
We hope that you had a wonderful 4th of July and were able to enjoy the festivities! The girls and I participated in the Brownsburg parade this year and had such a fun time in the rain! It was a day filled with joy, laughter, and celebration. As we enter the second half of the year, our board members and committee chairs gathered last month to review the current year and brainstorm ideas. Our discussions were productive, covering various topics including our fundraising activities, which we are considering organizing more efficiently going forward.
This month, we will have surveys available at our meeting and would greatly appreciate your feedback! We will cover as much as we can, but please don’t hesitate to add any input you would like for us to have and any areas you would be interested in volunteering. Your insights are invaluable as we strive to make our guild even more successful. We look forward to seeing all of you at the meeting, admiring all your completed projects and hearing your thoughts!
Angie Hubbell
2024 Scrapbasket President
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
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, 10:00-2:00 bring your lunch
Location: The Well
Cost $20.00
Be sure to sign up for this in person sew along learning the art of foundation paper piecing on the Guilds website. If this is a skill you would like to learn or improve your technique, this is the workshop for you! Please be sure to get a copy of the pattern before the workshop. Workshop details can be found on the website under programs.
August Programs:
August 20, 2024
Annual Scrapbasket Auction
August will be here before you know it! Start putting aside those items that you want out of your space and pass along to a new loving home. The Annual Auction is a great place to find new and exciting items. A good time is had by all!!
More information to come!
September Programs:
September 17, 2024
Sharing our wealth and talents
Julie Robins - Quilts for Kids
and
The other charities we support
Please join us for the beginning of the giving season. Julie Robins will inform us about Quilts for Kids and how we can help if desired. Other charities that we support will also have a representative present to share their mission of giving.
Also, we will have a men’s shirt drive to help Philip Campbell with his ongoing community service work, so start collecting those shirts now!!
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 7th month will be Always in Stitches which includes:
Block 4 (x2) Block 24 Block 7
Challenges
Tammie Earnest and Linda Auberry
July is here, and it’s time to celebrate with our exciting new challenge: the Patriotic Pre-Cuts Parade!
This month, we invite you to create a festive project that showcases your patriotic spirit using pre-cut fabrics. Whether you prefer the versatility of fat quarters or the charm of charm squares, this challenge is all about having fun with those beloved pre-cuts.
Looking ahead to August: Beachy Batik Bliss
Dive into batik fabrics for a beach-themed project. Utilize pre-cut batik squares or strips to capture the essence of the ocean, sand, and sunshine.
Challenge Completions from last month:
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
A big thank you to those who have donated quilts! Remember that you can
still donate baby items such as burp rags or bibs!
Quilts of Valor
I’m back, and I missed you all. I was delighted and thrilled when Rhonda gave me all the projects you had completed. Thank you so very much.
Come see what the little red wagon has brought for you to sew this month. There’s a quilt top to be quilted, a star block kit ready to be assembled into a top, pillowcase kits, and star blocks kits with a new fabric combination.
As always, thanks “for your sewing.”
Susan
Retreat Fall 2024
Deposits are due for the rooms.
I have a few empty spaces available.
I have 3 empty rooms.
I will return those to the venue if we are not going to use them.
If we can't fill up our retreat, we can cancel and just do our staycations.
This is a fun retreat and fellowship is exciting to get our quilting motivation on track.
Retreat is the weekend after Labor Day in September at McCormicks Creek Canyon Inn.
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!
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
Competition Time
Pioneer Village
If you have 2.5 inch pieces for the Indiana State Fair Pioneer Village, Marylynne will be accepting them in June and July.
Friendly Guild Competition
Do you remember our April speaker, Doris Goins? During her workshop, she held a mock judging of guild members quilts. She gave helpful critiques and guidance on how a judge looks at each quilt during the judging process.
Second and third place went to Dana Sederoff with these lovely pieces:
First place went to Lois Courtney with this quilt:
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!
