Winter/Spring Edition          February 2012
BOARD MEMBERS Officers President: Pamela Langdon (585) 349- 2596 pamelasfo@aol.com      Vice President: Marilyn Urciuoli marilyn@divinethreadsllc.com   Past President: Dianne Miller (585) 374-6962 diannemiller60@yahoo.com   Secretary: Martha Wetzler               (315)727-6916 marty_90@hotmail.com   Treasurer: Natalie Masker (716)688-9006 nataliePM@aol.com       Committee Chairs Historian: Position open   Membership: Linda Storrings (315)695-3425 lstorrings@windstream.net      Info Chair: Valerie Schultz (585)229-2908 vjschultz@frontiernet.net      Meeting Program: Janet Lutz (315)445-0617 janet@calicogals.com   Webmistress: Ann Hawkins 315-759-1492 webmistress@qcnys.org	PRESIDENT'S MEMO Happy New Year Quilting Now that the new year has started, I hope all are well and busy. Let us make a resolution to learn something new each month and do at least one good deed a month. I don’t think that will be too difficult since we are quilters and we are always giving and helping others.   I have a bit of sad new for the group, Dianne Miller the co chair resigned at our meeting in December. We did not know until the meeting was over so we were unable to do something special to say ‘Thank You’ for all she has done. She has worked hard for the consortium and is so knowledgeable when it comes to QCNYS that it will be hard to step into working alone. Hopefully in the future she will return to share her talents.   I was very pleased with the December membership meeting, run by the board. A very special ‘Thank You’ to Janet (Calico Gals) and her helpers for all they did in preparing for the meeting with the name tags and the project on the table for each person to do during the meeting. Lynn did a wonderful job with the lunch and the organization of everything. I think we could all wish we had a Lynn working for us. I think the ’ BYOS’ was a good idea and one that other groups might want to try, however I didn’t see many people eating their sandwich. The soup was delicious and the salad bar was great. I have heard that groups don’t clear the cost of hosting a meeting by charging the normal eight dollars, but we charged four and with the raffles cleared the cost and are in the black. We have our hosting groups through next December but please do let that stop your group from volunteering for the next year. Also remember that the consortium can help with the cost as well if you are a small group and don’t think you can afford to host. I hope the board won’t have to do it for a long time but it was fun! If I have forgotten to ‘thank’ anyone, please forgive my omission.   Remember to submit ideas for Service Projects for consortium to service chair Kathleen Gilbert Klutterqn@aol.com. We will choose one in March so the project can be taken back to your respective clubs as a recommendation for the 2012-2013 programs. This decision was made in September when so many felt that the low response to the last project was due to the fact that the clubs already had their service projects set for the year and they were already work on those projects.   Respectfully, Pamela Langdon, President
	IN THIS ISSUE: Consortium Meeting – March 21st in Verona Delegate Meeting Schedule QCNYS Help Wanted List Membership Report Newsletter Deadline and Submission Needs Minutes for December Meetings

Consortium meeting March 21, 2012

Sponsored by Thread Bears Quilt guild

held at the Verona Fire department in Verona

 

Please send reservations to and $8.00 per person to:

Beth Taylor

3536 Foster Corners RD

Durhamville, NY 13054

 

Make checks payable to: ThreadBears Quilters

Any Questions please call Martha at 315-697-5652

 

Directions: 

From the west:  I 90 east to exit 33 ( this is Turning Stone Casino exit)  go East on 365. at the light ( by Joel's Steak house) turn left onto rt 31 . take the next right onto Main street. pass the school.  Turn  Left Volunteer Dr ( right before the Verona Hotel)  the meeting is at the fire hall.

From the East:  take I 90 west. get off at exit 33. follow directions from above.

From North and South:  take I 81 to I 90 east and follow above directions.

 

Cottons Etc will open at 9am for anyone who wants to stop on their way to the fire dept and will offer 10% off.

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Reservation Form

Name(s): If registering for more than one person please indicate the name of each attendee

Guild/Business/Non-Profit Affiliation: ______________________________________________________

Guild Delegate or Business Member: ________________________________________________________

Guild Officer or Non-Profit Member:_______________________________________________________

QCNYS Officer or Individual Member: ______________________________________________________

Guest: _____________________________________________________________________________

Send reservation form and check ($8.00 per person) payable to ThreadBears Quilters to:

Beth Taylor, 3536 FosterCorners Rd., Durhamville, NY 13054

Any Questions please call Martha at 315-697-5652

2012 Travel Club

No information at this time

 

 

 

Membership Report

Submitted by Linda Storrings. Membership Chairman

 

Happy New Year to all our Consortium Members. I am glad last year is behind me and am looking for a healthy new year.  Our membership has seen some ups and downs, as it always does.  I think our core membership is happy to be a part of the organization and we have many committed and active membership.  We thank you for your support and participation.

 

We ended 2011 with 39 Member Guilds, 12 Business Members, 1 Not for Profit Member, and 9 Individual Members.  For 2012, we have 29 Guild Renewals, 6 Business Renewals, 1 Not for Profit Member, and 5 Individual Members.

 

We are missing renewals from the following Guild Members - Cayuga Lake, Clarence Log Cabin, Community Quilting Bee, Evening Star, Genesee Valley, Grape Country, Kenan, Lake Country, Sew Busy, Stepping Stones, ans Sunday Piecemakers;  and Business Members - Carriage House, Divine Threads, Dye-Lectable Creations, Hummingbird Highway, Ivy Thimble. Remember if you are a Guild Member and would like to include your upcoming show in the Travel Passport for 2012, you MUST get your renewal ASAP.  If you think that you have paid your membership, please send me an email. I may have failed to register your payment.

 

Again thank you for supporting this organization.  If you have any suggestions of programs or ideas that we can do to support you, please come to a meeting and make a suggestion, or drop an email to me or our President.  We are looking forward to hearing from you.  See you at the March meeting.

 

If you have any membership questions, please contact me through my email lstorrings@windstream.net or by phone, evenings and weekends, 315-695-3425.

Does your Guild or Shop have an upcoming event?  Get the word out!! Send your information to Val Schultz, vjschultz@frontiernet.net for the next QCNYS Network News!!

	Spring into Color 2012 Celebrate Earth Quilt Show Lake to Lake Quilt Guild April 13th & 14th, 2012    Admission $5.00 Saturday 10AM-11:30AM Trunk Show & Lecture by Karen Witt, “Quilting – Past, Present & Future” www.lake2lakequiltguild.com for more information
Friday,  April 13, 2012, Karen Witt teaches a class called Nineteenth Century Nine Patch.  For more information about the class or to sign-up please contact Florine Meredith at rmeredit@fltg.net or 607-532-8733. Check out Karen Witt’s website at http://www.reproductionquilts.com.

SAVE THE DATE BRING YOUR FRIENDS.

PREPARE FOR A GREAT TIME.

We are pleased to announce the upcoming

RICKY TIMS SEMINAR with ALEX ANDERSON and LIBBY LEHMAN.

 

To be held July 12th, 13th and 14th of 2012 at the Gordon Fieldhouse, on the RIT campus. (Same place GVQC quilt show has been the last two shows.) The three day seminar includes; Ricky teaching all of his techniques.  Alex will give advice on a wide variety of quilting topics and tips, as well as her latest projects. Libby will show us how she creates and how we can create, her beautiful quilted ribbons.  All of this will be done with a syllabus and a pencil. No dragging a machine and supplies around. This is a relaxed and enjoyable three days of fun learning. (Then we can all go home and create one of those magnificent rhapsody quilts.

 

There is also, a concert on Friday evening, which is included in your seminar fee. Ricky plays his music, piano and flute. He has been working with the Colorado Indians to record their music and keep the history. He also tells how he became a quilter. He does a beautiful power point presentation. I have seen it three times and still laugh.

 

The registration fee is $179.00 for the large group rate and $194.00 for small group rate and $219.00 for single registration.  This includes all three days and the concert. (If you wish to bring a spouse or friend to the concert only, tickets can be purchased for $10.00) We want all of our members, or friends of members to get in at the lower group rate so we are starting a sign up. You may sign up and pay with one payment, if you please. Or you can sign up on the installment plan and pay in 1/3 increments. Roughly $60.00 for a total of three payments.  Make checks payable to GVQC.  This offer is good and must be paid in full by the May meeting, of GVQC. 

 

For clarification or questions please, contact Mary Anne Smith Msmith044@rochester.rr.com  / 585-442-4195, or Priscilla Kibbee. at pkibbee@aol.com / 315-594-1046 

QCNYS Delegate Meeting Schedule

June 20, 2012                 Plank Road Quilt Guild, Cicero NY

September 19, 2012        Lake to Lake Quilt Guild, Gorham NY

December 5, 2012           Host guild needed*

* The QCNYS Board understands that hosting the quarterly meetings can place an unbudgeted financial burden on the host guild. On August 6^th, 2011 the QCNYS Board voted to offset some of the cost of hosting the meetings by providing a $100 stipend from QCNYS to the host guild. This stipend is effective with the December 7, 2011 meeting. 

The modest fee paid by each attendee will remain in effect. Many host guilds also offer raffle baskets in addition to further reduce the expense of hosting the quarterly meetings

Guild Program Opportunities

Quilts of Valor

Link to Friendship Star

http://www.quilterscache.com/F/FriendshipStarBlock.html

 

Link to Just One Star

http://www.qcnys.org/newsletter/2012/justonestar.pdf

 

If there is anyone who received the Quilts of Valor block patterns at the September or anyone else who would like to help the Lake Country Quilt Guild with their service project to contact me at quiltkerry@aol.com, 315-342-0866, 2 Cliff Rd., Oswego, New York, or on Facebook under Lake Country. The Quilts of Valor needs all the help we can receive. Money, red/white/blue quality fabric, quilt blocks, completed quilt tops or completed quilts.

Thank you, Kerry Barnes, NYS coordinator, Project chairman- Lake Country Quilt Guild

June 2011 (updated February 2012)

Please consider volunteering for one of the following positions; without these positions filled, we cannot continue to provide the programs that many of our membership have found valuable.

 

COMMITTEE CHAIRS/COORDINATORS

We are looking for volunteers for the following appointed positions:

  

Build Your Guild Event Coordinator: In 2006 and 2009, QCNYS hosted a one day “Build your Guild” event to provide a venue for member guilds to share ideas for hosting and promoting events, publishing newsletters, guild and meeting organization, along with a host of other topics.  The Coordinator shall oversee the research and obtain a suitable location, organize the food required, recruit volunteers to facilitate discussions and scribes to take notes, and to oversee the publication of these notes and distribution to the membership. 

 

 If you or someone else in your Guild might be interested in this position, please contact our Information Chairman for more information or to sign up.

 

Val Schultz (585) 229-2908 vjschultz@frontiernet.net

Newsletter Deadline and Submission Needs

 

The deadline for submissions to the next newsletter is April 15th, 2012. All articles, reports and other items of interest must be emailed to vjschultz@frontiernet.net no later than that date.

 

We are happy to accept program information, quilting hints, recipes (could be edible, might be a recipe for a quilt), challenge ideas, block or fabric swap proposals, even the occasional bit of poetry.

 

Please note that absolutely no hardcopy items will be accepted. Submissions must be in a format that enables editing – Microsoft Word is preferred.  Photos and business cards must be sent in a .jpg format.

Southern Tier Flood Victims - Restock The Sewing Rooms

Donations Being Accepted

Starting Jan 2, 2012, we are accepting donations of sewing notions, threads, patterns, sewing and quilting books.

 

Fabric should be of first quality 100% cotton, clean and folded.

Minimum size   Fat Quarter (18"x22")

Quarter Yard cut or more

Please, no scraps, odd pieces, partially made projects.

 

If you or you quilt group know of people who could benefit,

please send us their names or have them contact us. 607-266-0850  quilters@e-quilterscorner.com

 

The Items will be distributed on Saturday, March 10, noon - 4

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