Pacific
Piecemakers Quilt Guild
Bits & Pieces
January 2003 -- Volume 8, Issue 1
www.pacificpiecemakers.org
Judy Bianchi
& Interlocking Circles
Thursday,
January 16th,
Upstairs at
Judy Bianchi
is a much sought-after teacher from Fabrications in Healdsburg.
In this fun and enlightening class, she will emphasize curved
piecing and making color values work for you. You will create a
quilt top about 24” x 30” using Judy’s quick and
exciting techniques. The class is currently full, but there are
always cancellations. To register, send a $25 check to
“Connie Seale, FBO PPQG” today.
January
Speaker Jaquetta Nisbet
Designing
Textiles &
Finding the
Language of Your Own Style
Upstairs at
Gualala Arts
Ms. Nisbet is
a world class weaver with an outstanding eye for color and
pattern. She has traveled extensively in
Loosening Up:
Learn Three
Out-of-the-Box
Ways to Design A Quilt
In February,
Anita Kaplan will introduce exercises designed to jump start your
design process. You will have a chance to work through each
concept. The class will show that unique, creative quilts are
within the reach of every quilter. Scheduled for
Friday, February 21st, from
GUILD
GLIMMERS
By Jeri Taylor
After our tummies were stuffed, Anita Kaplan lifted the veil
of mystery surrounding the ten 2” x 42” strips of
fabric. We had placed them in
the basket on our tables but had no idea what was to become of
them. It was soon revealed! Anita had constructed a
fiendishly clever game during which we chose strips, had strips
taken from us, swapped strips, until finally everyone ended up
with ten DIFFERENT strips. Anita
then charged us to use these strips in making a comfort quilt
some time in the future. Surely
these will be the most eclectic quilts the guild has ever
provided!
Anita deserves huge kudos for organizing the luncheon and such
a clever game. This was
surely the best Christmas luncheon ever!
January
Birthdays
Pat Ditzler
1st
Annie Beckett
2nd
Dianne
Cunningham
10th
Linda Cotton
20th
Kathye Hitt
20th
Theresa
Kohlmeister
21st
Marilyn
Limbaugh
21st
Gloria Frost
29th
MEMBERSHIP
NEWS
Dee Goodrich 18550 Hare
Creek, FortBragg 95437, phone 962-0220, birthday February 18th,
email deegoodrich@ix.netcom.com
Ann Hines 3933 Doc's
Pat Peterson
Pamela
Carlson
533
Laura
Hamilton 39555 Eureka Hill
Road, Point Arena 95468, phone 882-3804,
birthday September 21st, and her email is DonLedth@aol.com
Patricia
Royle
And,
we have a change of address for Dot Porter (welcome back,
Dot)
We had
a great response to our request for membership renewals at the
holiday luncheon, and as a result, about one-third of our members
paid their dues at that time. Now
we're asking the rest of you to join them --- $35 is a small
price to pay for all the benefits the Guild provides you: great programs, great classes,
great library resources, Bits & Pieces newsletter and last,
but not least, the opportunity to get together with fellow
"fabricholics".
Send your
check for $35 made out to "PPQG" ASAP to Pam Wilson,
President’s
Note
Feeling
tired, stressed out? Tired of decorating with red and green,
stressed out from visiting hosts, or hosting visitors? Too busy
to stop and gaze at the ocean? There’s no time like the new year to indulge in a little Quilt Therapy. Fabrics beckon, patterns play,
colors energize and soothe, creative currents flow. Time slows down. Dinner can
wait...
Happy
(Quilting) New Year! Oh,and if PPQG Nominating Committee calls, just
say Yes!
Paula Osborne
Donna Blum
Sends Her Greetings
Donna is home
and recovering nicely from hip replacement surgery on December
5th. She sends her love, gratitude, thanks and appreciation to
all who have sent cards, or come by to visit, run errands or
helped out in a dozen ways. She is feeling better everyday and
can’t wait to be back out on the streets with all of you.
But she also hopes the power doesn’t go out again for a
while...
“It’s
the Little Things”
CHALLENGE
QUILT SHOW
The show date
is
Perhaps
a study in bugs writ large, or tiny planets in a galaxy appeals
to you. Maybe it’s the little things that irritate you or
bring you pleasure, or remind you of your childhood. Consider the
little things people do in the world to make it better, the
little sayings we have to express our wisdom. There are so many
ways to interpret this theme, and not just by making little
quilts. We need all sizes and creative ideas.
April
will be here in the blink of an eye!!!
Announcements
Folsom Quilt
& Fiber Guild presents their 18th Annual Quilt Show,
Foothill
Quilters Guild presents their 21st Annual Magic in the
Foothills Quilt Show, February 22-23 at the Gold Country
Fairgrounds in
UPCOMING
EVENTS OF
INTEREST
An exquisite
piece of embroidery art has
arrived in
Metamorphing:
Silkworms and Weaving by Sue Hiley Harris Saturday,
January 4,
Journeys: The
Immigration Experience at the
Cora
Ginsberg's Influence As a Pioneer Textile and
Costume Dealer by Titi
The Shape of
Man: Men's Fashion 1760-1860 by Edward
F. Maeder. Men's fashion's have their own quiet rhythm of change. This Textile Arts Council
lecture will explore the three-piece suit, with a close look at
thepreferences that prevailed in colonial
Symphony of
Color. The 2003
quilt show of the San Francisco Quilters Guild.