July 2021 Newsletter

 President's Message

Welcome Summer, 

I have a confession to make -- I am obsessed with Pop Song "Watermelon Sugar" By Harry Stiles -- Seriously obsessed.  So now I am buying watermelons on everything.  See my photos! I even have a watermelon in my fish tank.  Of course that means I need to make a watermelon quilt.  I bought Victoria Findley Wolf's book 15 minutes of play that creates fabric from scraps sewn together and you only need 15 minutes of time which is about all I have these days.  It is an older book but a fun technique.  What are you quilters working on these days!  Is summer influencing your color choices?

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Happy Quilting,

Robin

Quilt Fair

I know many of you are collecting items from your house for the quilt fair and you would like to get them to someone.  Marianne is collecting all the quilting sewing related items but that is a small portion of the types of items we would like to sell.  Does anyone in the membership have space to hold items for the sale so that members can get the stuff out of their house.  I myself do not have the space but if anyone has space to offer up it would really help the sale be successful.  We would request that the membership arrange a good time to drop off the items and then the Friday of the sale - we would have a group of members willing to drive over and help bring the items from your home to the church.  It would be so nice to have that option and your guild really needs the help.  

Items we are collecting:

• Fabric, books, patterns -- Marianne is collecting those
• Home Décor -- Pictures, vases, collectibles etc
• Kids Craft supplies kits, stickers, books, 
• Sewing notions buttons, binding, zippers, tools, scissors, rulers – Marianne is collecting
• Kitchen and Dining -- dishes, kitchen gadgets, glasses
  
• Jewelry and Accessories - scarfs, bags, personal items

Please email me at marianne@thecaporales.us and we can make pickup/drop-off arrangements. It looks like we are going to have a great variety of items for sale. The committee would much appreciate that you don’t hold on to the above donations until September since it is quite a feat for us to organize and price them! Pickup can easily be arranged, so don’t hesitate to reach out.

PLEASE NOTE: This is not the totality of items we want to sell. Please continue to save other items such as yarn, other craft supplies, household goods, etc. for the sale. Await further instructions on collections of those items. 

If you have any questions, please reach out.

Marianne Caporale

Attention Quilt Fair Consigners!

Get your items ready! We will be sending out forms to list your goods to sell. And as we have done in the past, Penn Oaks’ commission will be 20% of the sold price. Please price accordingly to get the amount you want from the sale. Don’t worry about putting price tags on your items, we will take care of that.

If you have any questions about consigning, please contact me.

Helen Hofbauer

A Shout Out and Thanks

I never thought I would see it in my lifetime, but we are going to have a real, live meeting in 

September-Maybe, I hope. If we do, you should give a big shout out and thanks to the new 

board members.

President: Robin McMillen

Membership: Elizabeth Young and Sarah Reindel

Corresponding Sec: Marianne Caporale     

Recording Sec: Angela Brant

Programs: Jen Burke

Asst. to Programs: Donna Daley

Treasurer: Ellen McMillen

Ways and Means: Elaine Egan

2020 Quilt Guild Challenge - Angela Brant

Editor Update:  We will finally do the Challenge at the September meeting.

By now, you should have queen size quilt to display!

Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall, this is my favorite time of all

Pick a season and make a small quilt or wall hanging that strongly evokes that season

Quilts/wall hangings will be judged by fellow quilt members in several categories:

1. Best evokes season
2. Best use of color
3. Most original
4. Best quilting

Basic Rules of the Challenge:

• #1 RULE: HAVE FUN!!! Use your imagination! Your creation can be traditional or contemporary.

• Item Selection: Your challenge must be a small quilt or wall hanging, not a tote bag, pocket book, vest or jacket, etc.

• Finished Size: Your challenge can be any finished size you want.
• • Methods of Construction: You are free to use whatever construction or quilting methods work best for your creation (i.e., machine piece, hand piece, paper piece, machine appliqué, hand appliqué, machine or hand quilt, etc.). We encourage you to challenge yourself and be creative.

• Fabric Requirement: You can use whatever fabrics you want in your challenge. There is also no limit to the total number of fabrics or kinds of fabrics used in your challenge.

• Embellishments: Embellishments are optional.

• Label: Make sure you put a label with your name on the back of your challenge. Give credit to the source that inspired you. Please cover up your label with a piece of paper before handing it in for voting at our guild meeting so it’s a secret as to who made it.

• Due Date: Finished challenges are due at our June, 2020 guild meeting for judging by your quilt guild peers. All guild members attending the meeting will have the opportunity to vote anonymously for their favorite challenge quilt.

• ALL QUILTS ENTERED IN THE CHALLENGE WILL BE DISPLAYED.If you have any questions about the challenge please contact Angela Brant at angelalendenbrant@gmail.com or 484-682-3871.

 Membership - Sara Reindel and Elizabeth Young

We received a whole bunch of membership forms, but there is

still more to come. Please send to: 

                              The DeCarli's

                              15 Windemere Ct.

                               Downingtown, PA 19335

Penn Oaks Sunshine

If you know of a guild member who could use some well wishes or encouragement because of a sickness or life event, please contact me at marianne@thecaporales.us.  I will make sure, as the in-coming Corresponding Secretary, to send our collective good thoughts to our fellow member.

Marianne Caporale

2022 Getaway

As we emerge from the chaos of the pandemic one of the many things we have to look forward to is our winter Getaway. We will continue to hold our Getaway at the Amish View Inn & Suites at 3125 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bird-in-Hand. Next year, the Getaway dates are February 23-27. We will take the Getaway reservations at the October meeting. This will allow everyone time to make their plans, and give our new members the opportunity to find out about this fun event. The sewing room has the capacity to hold 28 quilters, allowing one 6 foot long table per quilter. However, the final number of attendees will be determined closer to the October meeting based on current CDC and Amish View Inn guidelines.  The sewing room fee is $500 plus 6% tax; this amount will be shared equally by all attendees. The room rates (including tax) for a single/double room will be $125.43 for Wednesday/Thursday nights, and $177.60 for Friday/Saturday nights. A deposit of $100.00 per room will hold your reservation. Come for one night, two, three or all four nights to sew, shop and visit with your fellow members. Just a reminder, the POQ Getaway is completely self-funded. Members are responsible for finding their own roommate and for sharing the room cost. Our contract is for the Double Queen Rooms. Take a look at the Amish View Inn web site ( www.AmishViewInn.com) to learn about this wonderful venue. We'll have more information as we get closer to our event date. Please contact us with any questions.

Ellen McMillen (ejmcmillen@verizon.net) and Cindy Vognetz (cvognetz@hotmail.com) 2022 Getaway Co-Chairs