It’s A Stitch Gazette
P.O. Box 159, Jackson, WI 53037
September 8, 2011

September Meeting Reminder:
“It’s A Stitch” September Meeting will be held at the Wisconsin Quilt and Fiber Art Museum. The Museum is located at N50W5050 Portland Rd. Cedarburg, WI.

We can view the Exhibit , however, we must arrive between 6:00 and 6:15 PM. The standard fee to view the Exhibit is $6.00. Since we have reserved the “Gathering Room” and are a supportive Quilt Guild, we will be getting a reduced rate of $4.00, to view the Exhibit.

The Guild will pay for each MEMBER’s entrance. It is Strongly suggested that each member wears her name tag.

Please note if there are guests, they will need to pay their own entrance fee.

Our meeting will begin at our normal time – 7:00 PM. A member of the Quilt History Museum will give a timely presentation. Join us for this special evening.

(To reach the Museum: Get to Cedarburg, the main street is Washington – take Washington to Columbia, (that is the corner where Material Matters is.) Turn onto Columbia and take the next right onto Portland Rd. [Special note: Further East- Portland Rd becomes Lakefield Rd.] Follow Portland Rd. less than 2 miles, the Museum will be on the left, there is a large sign. Enter at the double doors in the large barn) The Museum has a great web site www.wiquiltmuseum.com, they have more info for directions there.

President: Beth Wachs
Vice-President: Marge Jorgensen
Secretary: Belle Wichlacz
Treasurer: Diane Jordan

October Hostesses
To Be Announced…

October Birthdays
12 – Darlene Indermuehle
13 – Kathie Bruhn
15 – Kathy Polivka
22 – Marion Thiel
22 – Terry D’Amato

October Anniversaries
1 – Marilyn Dondlinger
7 – Cheryl Boyer
8 – Kathy Poull
11 – Pam Keller
19 – Marge Jorgensen
22 – Pat Siefkes

Pam Moroder would appreciate any Christmas cards you can get to her. She is involved with a program called Trees from Home, which sends small Christmas trees and other goodies to the troops overseas. Please keep bringing them in.

Upcoming Quilt Related Activities:

• There is a blog on Quilt Happenings in Wisconsin. If you’re interested, it can be found at: www.qhinwisconsin.blogspot.com
• September 8-9-10 – QUILT EXPO at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison. Kathy Doman will be taking a motorcoach to the EXPO on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2011. The bus departs at 8:00AM from the Washington County Fair Grounds, and departs from Madison at 4:00PM. $35 includes ticket and bus. CALL Kathy Doman.
• September 16-18 – The Wisconsin Quilt Study Group is hosting a weekend retreat with guest speakers Merikay Waldvogel, a nationally known quilt authority, author and lecturer focusing on quilts and women’s lives and Sylvia Adair Quilt – Documentation Coordinator and Quilt Index Trainer at the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts. For more Information, details and reservation forms, please visit: http://www.wqsg.org/RetreatInformation.htm. The retreat will be held at the Cedar Valley Retreat Center, West Bend, WI.
• September 24 & 25 – Willow River Piecemakers Quilt Show at Cashman Conference Center in New Richmond, WI
• September 24 – Sheboygan County Quilters at the Southside Alliance Church, 4321 County Rd. A in Sheboygan, WI.
• October 1 & 2 – Pine Tree Quilters at The Patriot Center in Rothschild, WI.

It’s A Stitch Meeting Highlights:
October – Gretchen Hudach will be speaking.

FOR SALE: Hinterberg Hand Quilting Frame #CL13. It has 2 lengths of bars – 59 and 93 inches. Call Mary Arnold at 262-483-1851. Best Offer.

Sign up for your WRBQ Midwest Regional Directory featuring our “Spring Gathering” 2012 Raffle Quilt on the cover! The cost is $6.95. Other regions plus the National issue ($11.95) will also be available for ordering. Please make your check out to: It’s A Stitch Quilt Guild. Diane Balistriere will take orders at the meeting on Thursday. You can contact her for further information. Deadline is September 20th. Directories will be available at the November meeting.

OPERATION SNUGGLES
Just an update on Snuggles: We are in need of Children’s quilts at the moment. We are in need of large lap or twin size quilts for our wounded warriors.

If you have a quilt kit from Snuggles, would you please finish the quilts and return them over the next few months.
Thank You, Kris Lindsay

The Wisconsin Memorial Quilt Project:
We had a great work day in January. Our next WI Memorial Quilt work shop will be at the American Legion Post in West Bend on the 4th Wednesday (NOT in July, but will meet in August). Bring your machines or just come and help. There’s a job for everyone! Call Belle if you have any questions. Please continue to make single quilt blocks or gold star quilts for the families of the fallen. Blocks need to be 12 ½ inches (12 inch finished), and in red, white, and blue materials. Call Belle Wichlacz at for questions.

Here is the blog for the WI Memorial Quilt Project: http://wimemorialquiltproject.blogspot.com/

CLASSES ON SEPT. 30, OCT. 1 & 2:
We still have a few seats available at classes given by internationally renowned crazy quilter Betty Pillsbury. Betty will be teaching three days of classes in the Oconomowoc area on September 30-October 2nd. September 30th we will be Crazy Piecing with Velvet, October 1st is Crazy Quilt Design,and October 2nd is Kick it Up a Notch Seam Treatments. You can email me with questions or to get registration information. I am sending you further information under separate cover, including an attachment showing some of Betty’s work. It is so impressive we are bringing her in from New York for the second year in a row.

We also have a monthly crazy quilt club which meets at Ben Franklin in Oconomowoc the last Tuesday of every month. New members are welcome! Thanks, Cheryl Anderson

Crazy Quilting Special Interest group of Oconomowoc Quilt Guild

THANK YOU’S were received from the following: Heidel-Semmann Foundation, Falls Area Food Pantry, Jackson Food Pantry, and West Bend Food Pantry.

Singer Featherweight- Dec 6, 1937
Original black case
1 dozen bobbins included
one regular and 1/4 inch foot included
good shape-sews good
$250.00

NEWSLETTER ITEMS: Please get to Diane Jordan e-mail me at dmjquilts@att.net by the weekend before the meeting. THANK YOU

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