Penn Oaks Newsletter - September 30, 2023
President's Note
Welcome to October! We drove down to Triangle, Virginia today for a great nephew's wedding tomorrow. We are wiped out. GPS is not always our friend. I really miss looking a paper maps when we are on a road trip. The scenery was nice enough by itself. I would have appreciated less traffic. Too much to ask, I know.
Looking forward to seeing you all and our speaker ( with her toys) and her talk about the history of fabrics. Always always new things to learn (especially the stuff I forgot years ago).
Carolyn
Programs
October 10/9/2023 Joan Radell The History of Textiles is The
Bumble Bee History of the World
Toolbox
2023 Board
President - Carolyn Davis
Program Chair - Deb Houck
Assistant to Programs - Elaine Mayer
Treasurer - Rita Marie Smith
Recording Secretary - Kelly Meanix
Corresponding Secretary - Ellen McMillen
Membership - Denise Blake-Elaine Egan
Ways & Means - Jen Burke
2023 Quilt Guild Challenge - Kathy Timko - Rikki Newlander
TBS sometime
Snacks
Snack list for POQ October meeting is: C. Davis, J. Burke, E. Eagan, R. DeCarli, A. Henderson*. Please switch with a friend if you can't attend so we don't run short. Angel
2023 Getaway
Hello quilters! 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 21-25. We will accept the Getaway reservations beginning with the September meeting and via snail mail, continuing throughout the fall. The registration form will be sent via a separate email around September 5th. For this year, only the Grand King rooms are available, with one King bed, limited to two occupants. The rates are as follows: Wednesday $154.00, Thursday $164.00, Friday and Saturday $ 214.00. Note that an 11% tax is applied to the room rates.The rooms in the main building will be closed for renovation. The complimentary full breakfast will still be offered every morning, accessible via the main indoor corridor. We'll be able to use that corridor to reach the sewing room as well. The sewing room is large and comfortable, allowing one 6 foot long table per quilter. The sewing room fee is $750 plus 6% tax; this amount will be shared equally by all attendees. The room is available from 2:00 pm Wednesday through 11:00 am Sunday. 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. Take a look at the Amish View Inn web site ( www.AmishViewInn.com) to learn about this wonderful venue. Please contact us with any questions.
Ellen McMillen (ejmcmillen@verizon.net) and Cindy Vognetz (cvognetz@hotmail.com)
Ways & Means
We will be having another fabric and quilting notions sale in April, date TBD. Open to consignments. This year we will reinstitute the wall hanging raffle, so please consider making a small wall hanging for raffle. Anyone willing to help, let Jen know and we'll set up an intro meeting in October. Save your stuff if you are reorganizing/down sizing!!!!!+
Membership - Denise Blake and Elaine Egan
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 ejmcmillen@verizon.net I will make sure to send our collective good thoughts to our fellow member.
Ellen McMillen
Bits and Pieces From The Textile World
1. The DMC Group has acquired European thread company, Anchor, along with Domino and Puppets, from Mez Crafts Group.
2. Fabric company Riley Blake has instituted MAP pricing. RJR began enforcing MAP pricing for Cotton & Steel in 2018.
3. Pinterest sends out a weekly trends report called Pinterest Predicts which is always interesting. The platform has seen a 34% increase in the last three weeks in searches for "DIY paper crafts."
2. Fabric company Riley Blake has instituted MAP pricing. RJR began enforcing MAP pricing for Cotton & Steel in 2018.
3. Pinterest sends out a weekly trends report called Pinterest Predicts which is always interesting. The platform has seen a 34% increase in the last three weeks in searches for "DIY paper crafts."
4. “Sew Many Colors: Fall Festival of Quilts” by the Undercover Quilters at the Brookhaven Municipal Building in Brookhaven, PA on October 13 – 15.
5. “A Century of Kanthas: Women’s Quilts in Bengal, 1870s – 1970s” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, now through January 1st, 2024.
6. “What That Quilt Knows About Me” at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City. Now through October 29th, 2023. https://folkartmuseum.org/exhibitions/whatthatquiltknowsaboutme/
