Penn Oaks Newsletter April 2022

 Newsletter April 2022

President's Note

Hello Quilters

The Open House is right around the corner.  We have a great crew of workers organizing and planning.  What a committee.  If you have more items to donate limit them to fabrics and notions please we have enough books and magazines.  Please bring them to our general meeting on April 11th.  That way we can price and organize the items ahead of time.  

I would also like to add a restaurant review for Gracie's on West Main in Leola PA which is pretty close to Intercourse and Lancaster City so when you are out shopping you can hit Gracie's for a terrific lunch.  Many of us miss the Kling House so we are looking for good restaurants.  

Gracie's is a breakfast and lunch place known for their bacon.  I am not a huge bacon fan but the marinated chicken on my Cobb Salad was delish.  Here is a link so you can check out all the details. 

Gracie's On West Main

One more note: Please sign up to work the Open House if you are in town.  We could use more hands and your guild needs you.  Here is the link to the sign up Genius.  

Penn Oaks Quilters Open House

Programs

April: Dana Jones

The International Honor Quilt: Women Remembering Women

 

When Judy Chicago’s iconic feminist art installation, "The Dinner Party," was first exhibited in San Francisco in 1979, women who came to see it were deeply moved. They didn’t want to just view it; they wanted to contribute to it. This posed a dilemma for Judy. She understood "The Dinner Party" as a finished piece. She also understood the women’s desire to recover stories of more women, women who had made a difference in their lives. The International Honor Quilt was envisioned as a way for viewers of the "The Dinner Party" to respond to the powerful and personal impact it had on them. A call for 2-foot x 2-foot x 2-foot triangular quilts, each celebrating an individual woman, a group of women or a women’s issue, went out. As "The Dinner Party" was exhibited across the United States and beyond during the 1980s, triangles were added until there were more than 500.

 

This slide show and lecture shares stories of some of the triangles, the makers and the women honored with an emphasis on triangles made by women who would later become known quilters and those made to honor quilters. You’ll also see triangles quilted by 11 children of one woman and some of the most unique of the triangles. The stories range from fun to inspiring to heart breaking. The quilts range from exquisitely made to first efforts. In the end, this is the story of women responding to a moment in history through an international community art project.                                          

Mystery Quilt

Rob Lodi submitted her mystery quilt all the way from whichever Carolina she is 

wondering about. As is usual for her, the quilt is stunning.

Attention All Quilt Market Consigners!

Our new date for the Quilt Market is April 30th. Hopefully you’ve held on to your items and your spouse/partner hasn’t tortured you TOO much about it. If you are interested in consigning your items at the quilt market, please let me and/or Ellen know by the end of March. We are trying to get a ball park number of quilters that will be consigning so we can plan the Acorn Shop. If you are interested in helping with consigning, Ellen and I would welcome the help!

Thanks, Jen and Ellen

2022 Quilt Guild Challenge - Angela Brant

The theme this year will be International Travels- Real or Virtual: Pick a country outside of the US and design a quilt that represents that country. Go wild!

Time Frame - October 2021 - May 2022

Size Minimum - 18 " square Maximum - none

Categories for Prizes Best Representation of Country Best Use of Color Most Original Best Applique- While no applique is required in the quilt, there will be a ribbon for best applique for those who are so good at it. So get your creative juices flowing through the long winter months. Members will vote on winners at the May meeting . 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes will be awarded and announced at the May meeting. If you have questions, please contact Angela Brant at 484-682-3871

Ways & Means

Nothing new this month

Membership - Sara Reindel and Elizabeth Young

We had 25 members attend the March meeting and 2 guests.

   Penn Oaks Sunshine

If you know of a guilt 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 to send our collective good thoughts to our fellow member.

 

Marianne Coporale

Bits and Pieces From The Sewing World

1. Needles are an ancient technology: and weren't always metal, pins were made from fish bones, as well as from long thorns.

2. Sewing was one of the fist skills the Homo Sapiens learnt: Archeologist believe that people used to sew as far back as 25,000 years ago.

3. Thread has transformed with time: Nowadays, we mostly use wool, silk and cotton yarns but early sewers used thread made from leather, thongs (this sounds intriguing), gut (any of you ever done this?) and grasses. 

4. JOANN is now an authorized retailer of Liberty fabrics.

5. Jody Rice’s love of cross stitch started where you might expect: at her grandmother’s house. The two would spend weekends together when Jody was a child, stitching while watching baseball games. As an adult, Rice found herself once again cross stitching, but this time she meant business. Launched in 2013, Rice is the face behind Satsuma Street, a cross stitch design company that offers both digital PDFs and printed cross stitch patterns, as well as complete cross stitch kits. Rice’s tag line is “changing people’s minds about cross stitch since 2013,” and if you take a look at her modern colorful designs, you’ll see why.