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Board of Directors
President: Ann Hawkins (315) [email protected]
Vice President: Val [email protected]
Secretary: Martha Wetzler (315)[email protected]
Treasurer: Melonie Unger(315)[email protected]
Past Pres: Pamela Langdon(585) 349- [email protected]
Board Committees
Members-at-Large:Stephanie [email protected] Meeting Program: Debbie [email protected]
Membership:Gail Holmes [email protected] Trischler [email protected]
QCNYS Raffle Quilt:Liz Scott [email protected] Langdon [email protected]
Travel Club: Cathy Brown [email protected] Green [email protected] Gent [email protected]
2016 Conference:
SUMMER EDITIONJUNE 2015
Greetings from the President Summer, 2015Dear Quilters and Friends,
The danger of frost has finally past and it's safe to take your Winter quilt off the bed and get out your Spring or Summer quilt! I've always loved the tradition of different quilts for different seasons. A big "well done" to members of the Webster Quilt Guild and Barb Miller, Certified Instructor of the Judi Niemeyer technique and QCNYS Teacher Member for an entertaining, delightful Spring meeting.
I'm looking forward to seeing all of you in Watkins Glen for the QCNYS Summer meeting on June 17th! We're excited about a few announcements coming your way at the meeting. If you haven't sent in your registration form, you can visit www.qcnys.org to print it and send it in now! Be sure to let those in your organization or Guild know about the two discussion groups so those interested can attend and share with others.
Discussion Group #1 - Social Media & Networking: Let's talk about mailing lists, newsletters, Facebook, blogs, websites and more - The best ways to use these tools to communicate with other quilters, get the word out about quilt shows, raffle quilts and other activities and info. Ann Hawkins has over 20 years experience, she looks forward to sharing tips and tricks of the trade. Discussion Group #2 - National Teachers: Wondered the best way to find, hire and share the resources of a National Teacher? Bobbi Beckhorn will be leading this discussion group. She has many successful years of experience in this area and many helpful hints and tips!
A couple of weeks ago the Nominating Committee sent out a notice asking all of you to talk to people in your guild or organization about the position of QCNYS Vice President for 2016-2017. This is a great opportunity to work with a group of energetic, fun women to continue the networking and education of quilters throughout the State of New York. We only meet eight times a year to discuss and plan activities
Bobbi Beckhorn [email protected] Information:Dawn Garofolo [email protected]
QCNYS Website:www.qcnys.org
QCNYS Calendar of Events
QCNYS on Facebook:www.facebook.com/qcnys QCNYS Blog:www.qcnys.blogspot.com
Webmistress:Ann [email protected]
(and we always have great lunches and laughter!) Please spread the word or talk to someone you know who might be interested.
I look forward to seeing many of you at the June meeting . Please if you have any ideas, questions or just want to say hi - email me at [email protected].
May your bobbin always be full!Ann Hawkins
Click here for link to Meeting Agenda
NEW! Social Hour 9:30 - 10:30AMBusiness Meeting starts at 10:30AM LINK TO MEETING AGENDA:http://www.qcnys.org/meeting/agenda/index.htm Hosted by O'Susannah's Quilt Shop * Please wear YOUR GUILD NAME TAG!*WHERE: First Presbyterian Church 520 N. Decatur St., Watkins Glen, NYHOST CONTACT: Sue Knapp [email protected] 607-535-6550COST: $8.00 per person REGISTRATIONDEADLINE: June 5, 2015 IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED PLEASE CALL TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ROOM FOR YOU!! Checks made payable to Sue KnappMail Registration and Check to:Sue Knappc/o Sharon Bristol217 North St., #2 Horseheads, NY 14845Question? Call Sue, 607-535-6550 PROGRAM:Two discussion groups - please let your guild members who might be interested know so they can attend and join us. Please check the box below to let us know how many to expect in each group. All attendees will need to complete the registration form.
Discussion Group 1 - Social Media Networking, Facilitator Ann Hawkins - Let's talk about how to make the most of your website, Facebook page, blog, newsletter and email list including sharing tips to get the word out about events, classes and quilt shows.
Discussion Group 2 - National Teachers, Facilitator Bobbi Beckhorn - Whether you're wondering how to hire a national teacher or have some information to share with others, this discussion group will help you make sense of the process and how to make the most of the time you have
QCNYS Membership Meeting - Summer 2015Wednesday, June 17, 2015
with the national teacher once you've hired her/him.
Printable registration forms are available at the QCNYS website: www.qcnys.org Coming to the June Consortium meeting? Stay in town a couple of days and enjoy Watkins Glen! The Upstairs Inn is available June 15-18, 2014 for members at $50.00 per person per night. Give us a call to reserve 607-535-6550. Contact: Sue at O'Susannah's Quilts & Gifts, The Upstairs Inn www.osusannahsquiltshop.com 607-535-6550QCNYS Member Meetings
2015SUMMER Wednesday, June 17, 2015 Membership Meeting hosted by OSusannah's Quilt Shop, Watkins Glen, NYOwner: Susannah Knapp [email protected] 607-535-6550 FALL Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Membership Meeting hosted by Piecemakers Quilt Guild of Moravia, Moravia, NYPresident: Dawn Garofolo, [email protected] 315-224-9827 WINTER Tuesday, December 8, 2015 Membership Meeting hosted by Thread Bears Quilters Guild, Sherrill, NYPresident: Debbie Skinner [email protected] 315-829-3217 Please contact QCNYS President to host in 2016: 2016SPRING Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Membership MeetingSUMMER Wednesday, June 15, 2016 Membership MeetingFALL Wednesday, September 21, 2016 Membership Meeting - Host: QCNYS WINTER Tuesday or Wednesday, December 6 or 7, 2016
QCNYS Board and Committee ReportsMEETING MINUTES Martha Wetzler, SecretaryUnavailable NOMINATING COMMITTEEThe search for a Vice President and Secretary for QCNYS for the term of office 2016 - 2017 continues. We have a member interested in the Secretary position. Please ask your guild if anyone is interested in either the Vice President or the Secretary position on the QCNYS board. I need this information prior to the meeting in June if at all possible. Thank you so much for helping. Any questions, please feel free to contact us: Kathleen Gilbert, Nominating Committee [email protected] 585 474 2971Loisjean Radomski, Nominating Committee [email protected] There are always opportunities to make a difference to QCNYS in a manner that suits the individual officer. Remember that nominees are selected from the entire membership and do not need to be a current QCNYS delegate. EVENTS AND PROJECTS COMMITTEEQCNYS Quilt Challenge 2015-2016 Following the success of the 2014/2015 challenge the QCNYS Board of Officers is pleased to invite you to participate in a new challenge. It is our intent that this challenge will not only tour the guilds but will also be exhibited in a public venue such as the NYS Fair. We sincerely hope you will participate.In keeping with the goals of the Travel Club, the winning quilts resulting from the challenge will be made available to member guilds for exhibition at 2016 Quilt Shows. Guilds requesting the exhibit may request
the entire exhibit or a subset of the exhibit. Entries in this challenge will be the same size for ease of space planning and transportation; more importantly exhibits of like-sized, themed quilts deliver a cohesive visual impact. Title/Theme: Lines and Angles of New York State - The challenge title is open to your interpretation; will your entry utilize the geometry of classic blocks or explore outside the traditions?Categories: Traditional Modern/Contemporary ArtEligibility: Entrants may come from any QCNYS membership category - Guild, Non-Profit, Individual or Business memberPrizes: Monetary awards totaling $1250Requirements: All entries shall be 36" x 36" squareMust be a minimum of three joined layers A label with the following information must be securely sewn to either corner of the back of the quilt: This label must include the Title of Exhibit, Title of Piece, Name and Address of Quilter.4" minimum depth Sleeve must be securely sewn to the back of the quilt; sleeve must allow for the use of hanging rod without distortion of the quilt and must not show beyond the edges of the quilt.Entry form must accompany the completed quiltNote: Quilts that do not meet labelling, sleeve, and packaging requirements will not be accepted. In the interest of assisting compliance with these needs the September 2015 Quarterly Membership Meeting will include a short demo or example of each requirement. Restrictions: No three-dimensional items accepted (shipping concerns) One entry per participantMust be received by deadline date of January 31, 2016, will be accepted as early as September 2015Fees: No entry fees. Shipping: Entries may be shipped as directed or brought to the September or December 2015 Quarterly Membership Meeting. Return shipping shall be the responsibility of the Quilter; QCNYS will however return quilts at QCNYS meetings where that is convenient for the Quilter. Insurance: Shippinginsurance is the responsibility of the Quilter. QCNYS shall provide $500 insurance coverage for each entry from the date of receipt to the return date. Specific quilts that are valued in excess of $500 must be accompanied by a certified insurance appraisal and appropriate proof of insurance.Judging: Shall be done by one or more independent judges; cash prizes will be determined by the judging. All entries shall be evaluated for technical and visual merit during the Judging processContacts: Val Schultz [email protected] Entry Form Lines and Angles of New York State Challenge Form: http://www.qcnys.org/challenge/index.htm 2015 QCNYS Raffle QuiltAttention QCNYS members: Raffle QuiltAs many of you are aware we have begun the process of making a Raffle Quilt to benefit a lucky member guild. In the past QCNYS held a quilt raffle during the Holiday Show and those proceeds went to the general fund. The current plan is different. The board decided in 2014 that a grant that will enable a guild to hire a quilt educator would be a nice addition to the individual grants traditionally offered. Given that the annual QCNYS income would not cover that extra expense, the decision was made to raffle a quilt. This process started in December 2014 with Liz Scott issuing eighteen "New York Beauty" patterns to guilds that requested one; these are due no later than the June 2015 meeting. The response has been huge (thank you one and all) and an additional group of patterns were printed. The resulting blocks will be assembled and quilted over the summer with the finished quilt presented at the September 2015 meeting. Guilds must participate in the process to be eligible for the grant. There are several ways to participate and several guilds have already volunteered - provide a block, assist in assembly, provide backing, provide binding, quilting, make a label and (most importantly) actively sell tickets. The amount of tickets sold will have a large impact on the amount and number of guild grants.Ticket sales will begin in September 2015 and end with the March 2016 QCNYS meeting. The drawing for the quilt will be held at that meeting as will a drawing amongst participating guilds for any extra NYB blocks.The grant applications will be accepted following the drawing and the grant(s) made in June 2016. This will be a lottery drawing amongst the participating guilds only. We would like the quilt to travel during that time to the various sections of the state and would like one person in each area to take the responsibility to see that member guilds in the area can have the quilt at a meeting or other event to sell tickets. I will have the quilt in the Rochester area during the month of September but since the unveiling isn't
until the third week in September, we may need it to come back to the area. Jackie Grozkowski from the Amherst Guild has requested the quilt for the month of October. There are a lot of guilds in the Buffalo area so we hope all the guilds in the Buffalo area will take the opportunity to sell tickets while it is in their area. The rest of the schedule is open at this time. If you would be willing to take the responsibility of getting the quilt to the guilds in your area or have a venue where you would like to display it for the purpose of selling tickets, please contact:Pamela Langdon/ 585 349-5596 / [email protected] INFORMATION COMMITTEE REPORT
ALL MEMBERS - please forward this newsletter to your membership! Let's network!! QCNYS Calendar of Events Calendar Girl: Dawn Garofolo [email protected] If there are
corrections or additions, please use the form available on the calendar. Businesses and Teachers - please remember that you can advertise four events, sales or
whatever a year (that's once a quarter). Send information to: [email protected] This is an opportunity to advertise your business or classes to a very targeted audience!
Website - Please email [email protected] if there are any corrections or changes.
Did you know the consortium has a blog? http://qcnys.blogspot.com . We want to feature activities of our members, newsworthy, guest teachers, workshops etc. If you have info and pictures of these events, please send this (and anything else you think we might be interested in) to Elaine Ross at [email protected].
QUILTERS TRAVEL CLUB PASSPORT 2015Packets of Passports for your guild will be available at the June meeting! Perfect gift or stocking stuffer for quilting friends, husbands, or other people who might like to join you at some of the great quilt shows!
Sell 20 passports by the June meeting and receive a free passport (for yourself or a friend!) More chances to win - 15 quilt shows offer 15 chances to win a special raffle basket for Passport holders only!
Quilt Businesses with great offers and discounts! Super Grand Prize - Mini Retreat at O'Susannah's, The Room Upstairs,
Watkins Glen 2 End of Year Prizes: Giant Bag of Quilters Goodies
Same low price of $5.00 per passport
MEMBERS CORNER: EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS*****AQS is coming to town!! I'm sure that most of you have heard that AQS has selected Syracuse as a new location to hold a national quilt show. The show will be held at the OnCenter in Syracuse - and the show dates are July 29th through August 1st. The Thumbstall Quilt Guild has been asked to help with volunteers for the show. Thumbstall would like to extend this opportunity to Consortium members. There are positions available for the two days of setting up the show, July 27th and 28th, as well as positions during the 4 days of the show, and take-down of the show the evening of August 1st. Volunteers will receive free admission for the days that they volunteer, and if you volunteer for one of the days for helping to set up the show, you will receive admission for a day of the show later in the week. There are currently some sit down volunteer positions available. Additional lectures have been added to the original schedule providing more opportunities for volunteers. Please contact Lucia Dwyer at (315) 673-9217 or Lisa Gates at (315) 506-9565. Thanks!! *****"The Best Little Quilt Show in Town", with an emphasis on LITTLE, presented by the Twilight Stitchers Quilt Guild of Brewerton NY. The show is a one day event, scheduled for September 12; 10 am to 4 pm at the Brewerton United Methodist Church, located on Orangeport Rd (1/4 mile off Route 11, take Route 81 exit #31, and look for our signs).We will be showing over 50 quilts, and other quilted items, vendors...Mission Rose, Just Threads, Nancy Townsend and her hand crafted seam rippers, Pat Paully with her hand dyed fabric, Taste Fully Simple...and more, more, more. We have "Opportunity" raffle theme baskets, an Autumn Maple Leaf "Opportunity" quilt, giveaways, a huge "Opportunity" basket exclusively for QCNY passport holders and lots more. Genie Barnes will be appraising quilts...contact Elaine Suskin at 315-698-6869, [email protected] to schedule an appointment and for more information.Tickets are $5.00 at the door and $4.00 with a QCNY passportThe Twilight Stitchers is a small guild of quite 20 quilters. Established in 1992, under the guidance of Jo Coon and Helen Young, when the Night Guild of the Plank Road Quilters Guild decided to become independent. The Twilight Stitchers Quilt Guild was formed. ***** The Southtowns Piecemakers Quilt Guild is hosting "The Southtowns Quilt Expo" on October 2nd &
3rd, 2015 at Annunciation Church, 7580 Clinton Street in Elma, New York. $5.00 admission includes the quilt show, boutique, vendors, basket raffle and a beautiful 'Twisted Star' quilt raffle. Pre-arranged certified quilt appraisals by Linda Hunter will be available. Call Linda at 716-625-8039 for an appointment.All Consortium Passport holders will receive $1.00 off admission as well as a ticket for a Consortium basket. ***** Studio Schweinfurth: Fiber and Fine Arts Workshops for 2015 are now available for sign-ups at Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn, NY. Join us for a variety of classes with local and internationally renowned teachers throughout the Spring and Winter of 2015. May 2-3rd we will have Leiko Uchi teaching a Pine-Needle Nuno Scarf Felt Workshop. Leiko will have you making a one-of-a-kind felted scarf with delicate and unique felting techniques. September 11-13th Naomi Adams, will teach a class on unique book-making. Dive into the world of creating your own unique textile artists' books and sketchbooks. The class will cover the foundations of bookmaking and will have a special emphasis will be placed on particular methods and ideas for using textiles to create unique handmade books. October 3-4th we are hosting a class with local artist Pat Pauly teaching her class, Surface Design Sampler: Monoprinting, Stamping and More. Try monoprinting, stamping and direct painting on fabric. Using fiber reactive dyes, we will discover many ways to add pattern, color, and texture to fabric. All of these classes are for students of every level. Go to our website at myartcenter.org or call us at 315-255-1553. ***** New faces at Quilting by the Lake: The Quilting by the Lake family is happy to include new teachers: Lorraine Glessner, Mary Pal, Wen Redmond, Leni Wiener, and Sherri Lynn Wood for 2015. Come to one or more of our classes held this summer from July 19th-31st. 2, 3, and 5 day classes ranging from surface design and digital printing, portraiture and representational work, and curved and improvisational piecing with a more modern feel. There is something for every quilter at any level. Lorraine will be teaching a 5 day class with encaustics and mixed media. This class is for all levels and you will create a portfolio of samples which can be worked into a quilt, a book, or exist as a small-scale art piece suitable for framing. A chance to combine traditional surface applications, such as machine and hand embroidery with unconventional materials makes this class truly unique. Mary Pal, from Ottawa has a fascination with fiber manipulation and the tactile possibilities provided by stitch. She will teach students how to create quilts with beautiful texture using hand-dyed cheese cloth in her 2 day "Sculpting with Cheesecloth" class. After, she will be teaching a 3 day class on making portraits with cheese cloth. Come join her class to learn a unique method of manipulating fabric combining techniques in sculpting, "painting" and employing the use of transparency. Wen Redmond will be teaching a class on making holographic images with a digital fiber technique. Capture your favorite subjects and create a 3-D effect. This class is 5 days long and available for students of all levels. Leni Wiener will be teaching a 2 day and a 3 day class. Her first class will be an introduction to thread sketching and thread painting. Students will learn the difference between direct thread paining and thread painted applique. For her 3 day class, she will be teaching techniques for creating pictorial quilts from photographs using her raw edge machine applique methods. Sherri Lynn Wood will also have a 2 and 3 day class. Her first class will teach students how to improvise their quilt making unliked fixed quilt patterns. Learn ruler-free sewing techniques and how to improvise a quilt. For her 3 day class Sherri will have you "Get Your Curve On". Participants will explore modern approaches to improvised quilt making and composition. www.daintytime.net Come sign up for one or more of these classes! We would love you to join us at the Quilting by the Lake 2015. Details can be found at our website: www.quiltingbythelake.com or you can call us at 315-255-1553 or email Program Coordinator, Stephanie Lange, at [email protected]. *****Eastern Long Island Quilters Guild on Long Island, NY and Brownstone Quilters in Waldwick, NJ are bringing Cindy Needham (Superior Thread Educator) from Chico California out east for 12 days: November 1st -12th, 2016. Because the first of November is on a Tuesday, this info is advantageous to guilds who meet the first and second weeks of the month. We are letting you know so you can possibly take advantage of her visit to the East Coast. If your guild is interested in hosting a Cindy Needham workshop, contact me, Connie Klos, ELIQG First VP-Programs and MAQGNet Coordinator 631-431-6716 my cell [email protected] for dates available at this point. *****
Mission Rose has some exciting news to share with everyone! We are moving! That's right! We will be moving to the Kmart Plaza on route 11. The official address is 2803 Brewerton Rd. Syracuse, NY 13211 kitty corner from the Christmas Tree Shop! So keep your eyes on your emails for some news about our moving sale! If you are not on the email list and wish to be, please visit our website at [email protected] Guild Members, Individual Members, Non-Profit Members: Please send announcements, events, etc. to Information Officer: Dawn Garofolo, [email protected] to be included in the newsletter. Use the "Add an Event" on the QCNYS Calendar of Events!
Business and Teacher Members: Add four events per year to "advertise" it on the Calendar of Events. Please use the "Add an Event" on the calendar to enter your information. (Allow 5-7 days for publication please.)
QCNYS BUSINESS & TEACHER CARD DIRECTORY Cards are linked to websites - click on cards to visit your favorite businesses.*Teacher Member
Carriage House Quiltswww.carriagehousequiltsnaples.com201 N. Main St., Naples, NY 14512Dianne Miller, Owner585-374-9580
Country Treasurers61 Main Street, Brockport, NY 14420Marie M. Bell, [email protected] 585-637-5148
Crazy Moose Quilt Shophttps://www.facebook.com/CrazyMooseQuiltShop 115 Route 28, PO Box 158, Inlet, NY 13360Sara Strouse, [email protected]
Ivy Thimble Quilt & Gift Shopwww.ivythimble.com 11 Framark Dr., Victor, NY 14564Trish Straight, [email protected] 585-742-2680
Jquilter Productswww.jquiltr.com 190 Walworth Penfield Rd. Macedon NY 14502Peter Dragu, [email protected] 585-737-3357
Kim's Quilting Corner 84 Hutchings Rd., Rochester, NY 14624Kimberly Werth, [email protected] 585-469-4760
Limestone Threadswww.limestonethreads.com 510 Pleasant StreetManlius, NY 13104Barbara [email protected] 315-622-8601
NEW ADDRESS - Coming Soon!2803 Brewerton Rd. Syracuse, NY 13211
Origami Owlwww.designwithvanessa.origamiowl.com 3619 Nadir Lane, Baldwinsville, NY 13027Vanessa Cofini, Executive Team [email protected] 315-254-9480
Pat Pauly * www.patpauly.com 686 Hillside Ave., Rochester, NY [email protected] 585-737-5822
Patchwork Pluswww.patchworkplus.com 2532 Cherry Valley Turnpike, Marcellus, NY 13108Judi West, [email protected] 315-673-2208
Lucky Frog Fabricswww.luckyfrogfabrics.com 8914 N Seneca St, Weedsport, NY 13166Jill Odell, Owner [email protected]
The 12th Stitch Quilts & Embroiderywww.the12thstitch.com 4564 Limeledge Road, Marcellus, NYMary Oaksford, Owner [email protected]
Teachers and Businesses: Want your card here??
Scan current business card and email it to [email protected]
NEWSLETTER DEADLINES, ETC.Submissions to the Networker Notes can be made to: [email protected] Schedule: Fall Edition: August 15, 2015Winter Edition: October 30, 2015Spring Edition: February 15, 2016Summer Edition: May 15, 2016
Let your guild know about what's going on at QCNYS!!!
