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News
This section is to highlight special events, awards, or other
happenings If you are member and have a special event, please contact the webmaven.
This page will need everyone's input.
Olathe Quilter's Guild Retreat
October 24-26, 2008 at “The Barn Bed and Breakfast” in Valley
Falls, Ks. Cost $200.
They are opening registration to quilters outside their guild
in an effort to fill their obligation to The Barn Bed and Breakfast.
Reservations need to be in by April 20, 2008. So hurry, this retreat is
lots of fun.
More information and a registration form can be found at
www.olalthequiltersguild.com.
Or you can contact Arlene Banks.
Heartland Quilt Network's Annual Meeting
Our 2008 Annual Meeting was a huge success. We had around 100
members attend. Everyone went home with a information that can help them
with their organization's problems.
HQN Teacher Receives 2008 IQA Scholarship
Kathy Kansier from Ozark, Missouri is a quilt teacher,
show judge and AQS Certified Appraiser and is a member of Heartland Quilt
Network. She has recently been awarded the 2008 Jewel Pearce Patterson
Scholarship for Quilt Making Teachers. This prestigious award is sponsored by
the International Quilt Association and Quilt Market. One teacher is chosen each
year for this scholarship, based on their resume, teaching abilities and letters
of recommendation.
The scholarship provides Kathy with an all-expense paid trip to the 2008 Houston
Market and Festival to take a variety of workshops and lectures. In return, she
is required to develop and teach new workshops as a result of her classroom
experiences. She is also required to hang an exhibit of quilts made by her
students at the 2009 IQA Festivals.
We are looking forward to the new classes Kathy will be developing for 2009 as a
result of this scholarship. Her schedule for 2009 is already starting to fill so
if you are a program chair in our network, consider contacting Kathy to secure a
visit to your guild in 2009. For more information, visit her web site at
www.kathykansier.com.
Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur
Collection
On view March 2 – May 26, 2008 at the Saint Louis Art
Museum.
For more information, please call 314.721.0072 or visit
www.slam.org.
Free Patterns Online
AQS has opened an area for free patterns on the American Quilter’s Society Web
site. You may find the link on the right-hand side of their navigation menu.
Right now there are only 3 patterns up, free to all users. They will be
uploading additional patterns as time goes on. Note that not all patterns will
be free to all users. AQS members will continue to have exclusive rights to a
number of patterns. Check it out at
www.AmericanQuilter.com .
Quilts Needed For Safehome
Jane Bonuchi an employee of SAFEHOME, is the assistant to the
Capital Campaign committee. SAFEHOME is the only domestic violence shelter in
Johnson County; the exact location is confidential. They have just recently
moved into a new and much larger location where for the first time clients have
separate rooms and private bathrooms! The shelter has, children’s playrooms,
playground, therapy rooms, counseling rooms, large dining area, kitchen, laundry
area, etc. It is quite exciting. They are requesting an on-going supply of twin
or trundle quilts so that the clients may take their quilt when they go on to
their new lives. The trundle size is just as long as the twin but not quite as
wide, approximately 45" by 72".
Jane’s phone # is 913-768-0305 or SAFEHOME can be reached at 913-432-9300 -- ask
for Janee' Hanzlik regarding quilt donations.
Lakota Star Quilts Project
Here is a service project for any quilter or quilt guild. The Lakota Indians of
South Dakota use Traditional Star Quilts to celebrate important functions in
their community life. They use them for ceremonies, as gifts, or as saleable
items. Fabric for these quilts is very difficult to obtain due to lack of shops
and transportation.
The Second Baptist Church of Liberty, Missouri is coordinating an ongoing effort
to collect fabric to be taken to the Cheyenne River Reservation of South Dakota.
The contact person is Kathleen Kesner at 816-792-5532. The address of the church
is 309 E. Franklin Street, Liberty MO 64068.
What can you do? For these people fabric is worth more than cash. They use the
following fabrics for their quilts: solids, smaller calicos, bridal satin, and
background fabrics (no polyester fabrics please). Please don’t send scraps or
anything smaller than ¼ yard cuts. They do not use large florals, batiks, or
modern prints; think traditional and you will do fine. You will need to get the
fabric to the church. They will get it to the reservation on routine trips.
If you have any questions, you can call Kathleen Kesner or
Nancy Wakefield at 816-858-3670.
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