SVP-2021-Sept. 14 & Oct 12

Schoharie Valley Piecemakers Quilt Guild Minutes

September 14, 2021

The meeting was opened by Sharon Vrooman at 1:10 and was held at the Fox Creek Park in Schoharie.

We began with the program and Kathy Livingston discussed and demonstrated how to do reverse dyeing using a variety of objects from nature and around the house. She had hung many samples on clotheslines. Members then worked on their own blocks and hung them to dry and for all to view. Thank you to Kathy for her efforts and all the supplies she brought.

Members present: 19 Guests: 1

Treasurer’s report:

Checking: $152.05 Savings: $762.78 Total: $914.83

Minutes of the June meeting will be posted on the website and were available on the tables to review.

New Business:

Please pay dues by check by the October meeting if possible. Checks for $20.00 should be made out to SVP.

There have been no Hall of Fame meetings so no update is available.

EQF is on hold as Shenendehowa CSD isn’t permitting the use of the buildings by outside groups. The committee will look toward the spring of 2023 for the next quilt show.

The brochure for this coming year’s SVP’s monthly meetings and programs was handed out and discussed.

At Home Round Robin challenge: Most round robins are made by 5-6 people and the piece is passed around monthly for others to do a round. Our challenge will be ours alone to work on and is a good opportunity to use scraps. The first round is to make a center block of any size you choose. The second round is scrappy in any way you determine and borders your center block. Sharon suggested a google search of round robin quilts or images of border quilts if you would like some inspiration from other sources. The next round will be announced at the October meeting.

Name Tag Drawing: Sharon Nesbitt

Next meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 12th from 1-3 pm at St Mark’s Church in Middleburgh. The program will be a small wool make and take project. All supplies will be supplied but it would be helpful the bring a pair of thread snips.

Show and Tell:

Ruey Schell: Christmas tree skirt with tree design and matching placemats

Dolores Canna: two table runners

Betty Pillsbury: wall hanging made with a printed picture of a woman on fabric with many embellishments added and a fabric skirt

Diane Warner: center round of her round robin in pastels and first scrappy round, sampler wall hanging made with her challenge blocks

Stephanie Liddle: sampler wall hanging made with her challenge blocks

Kathy Livingston: paper pieced center block for the round robin and a center block made by Helene Langan with extra fabric to complete it

Colleen DeMuth: challenge blocks-Goose Tracks, Cake Stand, Flower Pot, Road to Heaven and Hearth and Home, Convergence workshop-quilt top

Sharon Vrooman: round robin- Carpenter Star with scrappy patchwork first border and quilt made with challenge blocks inside house pattern

September 14, 2021

Held Today At Fox Creek Pavilion

Schoharie, NY

1-3pm

Program First: Dye Discharge Project (outdoors)
Demo by Kathy Livingston

Show & Tell

President Challenge:
Center Block & Round 1
(samples)

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October 12, 2021

St. Mark's Lutheran Church Hall

Middleburgh, NY

1-3pm

The meeting was opened by Sharon Vrooman, president at 1:05.

Members present: 24 Guests: 0

Treasurer’s report:

Checking: $515.74 Savings: $762.78 Total: $1278.52 Motion was made by Joan Youmans to accept the treasurer’s report. Seconded by Marlene Laraway. Motion was passed by the members.

Secretary’s minutes are on the tables and will be downloaded to the website. Motion was made to accept the minutes by Kathy Livingston. Seconded by Emily Davis. Motion was passed by the members.

Historian, Stephanie Liddle is updating the album and the September meeting photos are on the guild website.

Old Business:

Quilters Hall of Fame: There will be no meetings scheduled due to the pandemic until spring of 2022.

Sharon Vrooman said she enjoyed using her quilt shop gift certificate from the guild members.

Ginny Schaum got out the snowman and woman and is making a snow baby to go along with them.

New Business:

Barb Haverly told us that Sue and Vince Smith had recently moved from Schoharie to live with one of their daughters. Sue has been a longtime member of the guild.

The next border in the round robin is applique. A suggestion was made that quilt books about borders could offer ideas for your round robin quilt

Name Tag Drawing: Dolores Canna

Show and Tell:

Barb Haverly: a small necktie wall hanging, Barb bought a small piece sewn by Helene Langan and completed it. She also showed two quilt tops made by family members one with shirting and navy fabric and an Ohio Star. She said she will never finish them and offered them to the guild members.

Marlene Laraway: a Halloween quilt made with squares with circles of Halloween fabric with circular embroidery edging and a pumpkin quilted in opposite squares. Her round robin wall hanging has a Halloween counted cross stitch center with a flying geese patchwork border. Marlene said her project is complete.

Joan Youmans: Her round robin has Love and hearts appliqued in center with a patchwork border.

Ruth Veley: Her round robin has a fall color leaf center with a patchwork border.

Ginny Schaum: Showed her finished reverse dyed project framed in an oval frame. Ginny showed a round robin quilt made by a group she traveled to China with. She made the center and the others added to it as it traveled around the country. Her guild round robin started with a take on a Dresden plate with many different houses and a pieced border.

Ida Pomygalski: showed an English paper piece in blue and white.

Kathy Livingston: Showed her round robin star center with her patchwork border

Betty Pillsbury: Showed her “Crazy quilts Because sanity is overrated” embroidered center with patchwork borders, using multiple techniques and embellishments. She wanted it to look Victorian in style.

Debra Steup: She said Sharon taught a selvage wall hanging class with applique in center, hers has a doe and fawn.

Dolores Canna: selvage wall hanging with sunflower applique

Julia Angevine: selvage wall hanging with butterfly applique.

Emily Davis: round robin with bat center with patchwork border.

Sandi Johnson: She modeled a shirt she bought and embellished with many fall leaves. She applied the leaves with wonder under and added decorative stitches around them. She also showed a piece of Japanese art fabric she purchased.

Diane Warner: round robin, showed her pieced center and patchwork border.

Stephanie Liddle: round robin- Devil’s Claws center with patchwork border.

Sharon Vrooman: her dog face charity quilt that she gave us the pattern for last year, she also showed a butterfly quilt made with 6” patchwork squares, will share pattern. She said the Moda site has quilt ideas using different blocks.

Business meeting concluded.

Program for meeting was penny wool applique. Sharon gave us felt that we cut into circles and stacked together with the buttonhole stitch.

Next meeting: November 9th from 1:00 to 3:00, program is design basics and ideas for quick quilts and how to use “Block Base” design tool.