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PATCHWORK
The Vernon Silver Star Quilters Guild Newsletter ~ Volume 14, Issue 6 ~ MARCH 2021
Kate’s Comments...
O
H! OH! OH! I have something wonderful to share both of whom I approve of very much, making me the
with you, but it has absolutely nothing to do with most surprised and relieved and happy Mother-in-
VSSQ, fabric or quilting in any way. Law-to-be on the planet! It is a feeling of satisfaction
Permit me a personal moment to share some exciting that I cannot articulate yet.
family news with you, because I’m highjacking this One girl will be married with rings that were given to
platform anyway, no apology, no shame! Great Grandmother Chapman in 1921, which my mother
At the end of January our younger son told us he gave to me for my wedding in 1982 and now they will
wanted to propose to his girl- live again for the fourth gener-
friend (Yippee!) and he asked ation, one hundred years later.
for the use of his Great Grand- Ya gotta love a little historical
mother’s wedding rings. love story! The elder son start-
I was thrilled to offer them ed his own history by giving
to him and promptly made his fiancé what Gramma would
arrangements to have them have called a “knuckleduster”,
separated again, resized and what I call a “gobstopper”!
refurbished to erase the years (I didn’t know he had such a
that I had worn them myself. romantic flare!) The bottom
I suggested he contact his line is that both of my lovely
older brother in case there girls are deliriously happy
arose a dispute over the and so am I.
handing down of a family heirloom, so he did that. Thirty years I’ve prayed for the women God would
What he discovered and didn’t tell me – what neither eventually give my sons as partners in this life, and my
son told anyone else – was that they were BOTH work- prayers are answered with great panache and many
ing on plans to propose! (How do you keep a secret happy tears of grateful joy! There will be a small wed-
like that from your mother?!) ding this summer and a big one next fall. Oh happy days
So it happened this past Valentine’s Day weekend that to anticipate, celebrate with me for a moment!
my two sons became engaged to their girlfriends, Woo hoo!! That’s some good news for you.
More Good News Worth Sharing!
from Kate Bennett
I have received a couple of notices from friends regarding how to pre-register for Covid vaccines in Vernon.
Please pass this information link to family and friends living in BC and suggest they copy the message to
people in their lives for future registration.
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/emergency-preparedness-response-recovery/covid-19-
provincial-support/vaccines#register Pre-registration opens March 2021.
Next Guild meeting is April 1st at 9:30 am (doors open at 9:15) Please remember
Newsletter Editor: Nancy Bradley | Our Website: www.vssq.org that our meetings
Mailing Address: #505 7922 Okanagan Landing Rd, Vernon BC, V1H 2K5 have been designated
Deadline for the APRIL issue of Patchwork is March 26th. as fragrance-free.
PATCHWORK March 2021 ~ PAGE 2
“Progressive Scrap Quilt” Step 2
by Brigitte Red
N
ow that you have your centre done it’s time to
tackle the next step. This should be easy.
Remember you can use whatever colour you have
handy in your scraps. You now need to make 24 more
hourglass blocks.
Cut 5¾” squares of light and
dark scraps and cut them
diagonally in both directions.
Your block should end up
5” unfinished. If you have a
companion angle or quarter
square ruler, cut strips 2¾” and
cut your triangles.
Attach them around the perimeter of your centre piece
creating a border. To that, add a surrounding border
that is cut 2”. Your piece should look like this and mea-
sure 35” edge to edge:
Here are some additional examples:
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PATCHWORK March 2021 ~ PAGE 3
Quilt Retreat News!
by Joan Muller Notice Board
A S
s you can all imagine, usan Wilson has three garbage
there isn’t much new bags full of scraps that would be
about our Spring Retreat. I suitable for stuffing beds for SPCA.
have been in touch with Gar- Pick up at her studio by appointment.
dom Lake and they are hoping
to see us in April. This is great
news as I, for one, could do
with a wonderful retreat about
now – to reconnect with a lot
of you and enjoy some spring
sunshine, love and warmth
from you, my quilt friends.
As it was in November, it may
be a last minute retreat depending on the circumstances we are
faced with. I do hope some of you will be available if we decide
at the last minute to pull it together. Please keep the dates in
mind: they are April 12 – 15. I will send a blurb out to everyone
in the Guild if the retreat will happen. Until then, keep smiling
and quilting, and with every passing day we will get closer to
being able to gather together again!
Show & Tell
S
ince the last issue of Patchwork was published, several more
members have contributed photos and stories behind the
projects they’ve been working on since we were last able to
meet.
To show them in their best light, they’ve been placed on the
Show & Tell page of our website. Be sure to look for them there Photo courtesy of Marlene Lawrence,
and don’t be shy, keep them coming! shot top of Silver Star on a recent
cool, crisp ski day.
Seashell Quilts – APQS Kelowna
Longarm Quilting Services –
Offering workshops in unique mystery locations.
APQS Sales You will be notified of the location the day prior to the
workshop. Contact Susan at 250-308-6635 or
250-768-4763 quiltinghereandthere@gmail.com
www.seashellquilts.com
Quilting Here & There
A Twist on Mystery Quilts
Workshops ready to go as soon as
restrictions are lifted.
PATCHWORK March 2021 ~ PAGE 4
Get Ready to Celebrate!
June 16 - 19, 2021
Random Act of Kindness
Ialternative to our in-person Quilt Canada confer-
by Maggie Tomich - Community Care n 2021 CQA/ACC is excited to present a virtual
I
received an email through our website from Michelle
ence. And what better way to celebrate 40 years than
Cooper. She offered us “brightly coloured jelly roll
to invite quilters from across the country to join in
quilts” she had made as stash busters. Although she
the online party. More details will be available in the
professed not to be a quilter, these five lovely gems are
coming months, with registration taking place in the
a wonderful addition to our growing pile of flimsies.
spring of 2021.
Thank you to Michelle for her generosity.
CQA/ACC has had to learn many new things to reach
Hasn’t the sunshine been mood lifting. A warm wind
out and keep members connected and as such are
the other night cleared most of the the snow from my
very excited to announce a virtual event planned
lawn and the first hope of spring was in the air. The trees
in June 2021, “A Celebration of Quilting in Canada”.
in the park are budding and larger birds have returned.
Quilt Canada 2021 was cancelled due to the current
This also foreshadows a life outdoors and away from the
pandemic and for your safety. More information is in
sewing machine.
the newsletter “A Celebration of Quilting in Canada”
I realized I have my last chance to call on all of our so be sure to mark the dates in your calendar and
quilters. Our pile of flimsies is growing with 49 at last watch for online registrations on the CQA/ACC
count. My sincere appreciation to Lynn Dyck for taking website.
home four flimsies to quilt. Also to Wendie Radies for fin-
ishing a Disappearing 9 Patch I Spy, and taking back an-
other one of her flimsies to quilt. In addition, Pat Libby
made quick work of two kits. Calling all quilters to take
one flimsy home and quilt it. Most lend themselves to
easy quilting. Batting and backing provided.
We SERVICE & REPAIR
I also challenge you to get a block done for the Shriners Sewing Machines & Vacuum Cleaners
Quilts. I did block 11. If you need one kitted up just call.
Maggie 250-558-0598. ANDRE’S PLAZA, next to Village Green Mall
250-549-2730
www.findlaysvacuumandsew.com
to Whose Other Interests Are These: Val Tucker
On site repairs to all makes & models. We sharpen scissors.
Can You Guess Answer
PATCHWORK March 2021 ~ PAGE 5
Double Z Quilt Pattern
Courtesy of Maxine Glover
La quilt featured in the March-
ocal quilter Maxine Glover has (refer to pattern). All you’d need in that case is yardage
for the background, border and binding.
April issue of Quiltmaker magazine. Called the Double
Z quilt, it is found on pages 8 – 14. Rated as “intermedi- Maxine, who has been a VSSQ member in the past, has
ate,” the magazine’s instructions call for paper-piecing. been quilting for about 24 years. Most of the quilts she
The main/feature block of this quilt is a traditional makes use the quilt-as-you-go technique so that she
block. The Double Z block dates from as early as 1883, can quilt the units on her domestic machine. She likes
and has been called many names, including Brown to machine quilt, and this technique allows her to try
Goose, Grey Goose, and Old Maid’s Puzzle #2. out various quilt motifs in small units where she has
more control than with a large quilt top. Maxine taught
Maxine used Tri-Recs, half-square and quarter-square this technique and also free-motion quilting at two lo-
rulers and a template to make her quilt. She notes that cal quilt shops and a Guild for a couple of years (VSSQ?
the photo of the staged quilt on page 8 shows the true anyone remember?) She has made dozens of quilt-as-
colours. you-go quilts, each one different. Her favourite kinds of
Maxine states, “I have taken an element from the quilts are quilt-as-you-go and stack and whack.
Double Z block and placed it off-centre in the alternate Maxine and her friend Lynn Knox (whom many people
blocks. I think the extra negative space around the in the Guild know) have a shop on Etsy called
smaller element, plus the off-centre placement, gives Absolutely Obsessed Quilting. They sell patterns
the quilt a contemporary look.” (mostly Lynn’s designs), quilts and quilted wall hang-
This pattern lends itself to using fabrics from your stash. ings. You can find their shop at www.etsy.com/ca/
You need less than a fat quarter of each of 24 colours shop/AbsolutelyObsessed
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PATCHWORK March 2021 ~ PAGE 6
Getting to Know You...
Linda Kuraoka
H
ello quilting friends! I’m When using a pattern to make a quilt, I inevitably
VSSQ’s Membership per- change it to make it my own. Taking the “It’s Okay if
son who keeps the group’s You Sit on My Quilt” classes gave me the confidence
contact information in order. and freedom to create out of the box. My quarter
I’ve been playing with fabric inch was my own!
and sewing machines for as I accepted an invitation to join VSSQ in January, 2011.
long as I can remember. The Newcomers group is so friendly and welcoming.
I was five years old when I have made so many quilting friends through VSSQ,
I was introduced to my first sewing machine – a especially through the art subgroup, QuArtz!
Singer treadle with a bullet bobbin. Some years later, I so enjoy the camaraderie of this group. We push and
I helped my mom make two basic baby quilts for our encourage each other to create amazing art. Creating
family’s new baby twins. Then I took textiles in high with fabric and fibre is my passion.
school. I made each of my three daughters a baby Knitting has occupied me lately. My daughter and I
quilt, without any lessons or quilting tools. Seam- have a (mostly) knitting podcast called My String of
stress was my career for many years. Purls. We have plans in the works to grow a dye gar-
Officially, my quilting began when a friend and den to naturally dye yarn and fabric.
myself answered a fundraising call for our daugh- I also enjoy dabbling in painting, sketching, art journ-
ters’ graduating class. After successfully completing aling, and altered books. For me, the need to create is
a lovely rail fence quilt, we challenged ourselves to great and satisfying!
create another quilt to fundraise for the Miss Lumby
Program. The candidates and others joined us in cre- Keep yourselves safe and healthy, my friends. Happy
ating a log cabin quilt. Another success! The natural quilting! See you on the other side of the pandemic.
progression was to start a Lumby quilting guild – The
Monashee Quilters Circle. The sharing of ideas, tips
and tricks, and knowledge on many subjects were
welcomed, along with quilt retreats, road trips, and
lots of laughs. Not only were friendships created,
but many beautiful quilts and quilted items, many
of which were donated to local people and groups.
This guild continues to be active and will continue to
meet when allowed.
Machines, Classes, Longarm Services,
Fabric & More!
Authorized Sales & Service
ONLINE SHOPPING NOW AVAILABLE...
www.cottagequiltingonline.com Courtesy of Angie Wood
Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10 am - 5 pm
110 - 2000 Spall Road, Kelowna
For comments, contributions, etc. on our Website
Tel: 250-860-1120 or Newsletter, please contact Nancy Bradley.
PATCHWORK March 2021 ~ PAGE 7
Whose Other Interests Are These?
• brisk walking (often with poles), preferably along a shoreline or beach
• quilting traditional, contemporary, modern, fabric collages
• gardening: growing tomatoes, experimenting with succulents and
periennials in containers
• live theatre especially musicals
• baking: fruit muffins, fruit pies, cinnamon buns
• sampling margaritas/ cocktails with anyone especially if it’s outside!
• reading: historical fiction, murder mysteries
Can you guess? (answer on page 4)
Happy Birthday!
Best Wishes to our VSSQ March Babies!
2....................Joyce Evanishen
9....................Danielle Walker
10..................Dianne Steeper
12..................Gisele Beaudoin
15..................Nonie Davies
17 .................Pat Libby
17..................Rene Gutyan
18..................Mary-Lou Wightman
20..................Marilyn Buhler
29..................Joyce Heard
31..................Eva Prokopetz
Courtesy of Val Tucker 31..................Marilyn Wardlow
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Wednesday and Friday 10am-4pm
PATCHWORK March 2021 ~ PAGE 8
“What we make with our hands, Likewise we made a quilt for another good quilting
we give of our hearts” friend, Linda. Most of us know her from Guild, but
by Marlene Lawrence some have known her longer from working days in
the school system. Linda is fine healthwise but is
D
uring this time of stress from Covid, a little group of presently caring for and helping her husband Tom
12 friends has managed quite nicely to maintain con- work through a prolonged and difficult illness. For
tact and support each other, thanks those of us who have experienced being a caregiver,
to modern technology! So what do we know what an exhausting time it can be.
you do when you find out that two Dilemma: what would be an appropriate pattern?
of those friends are having difficul- Solution – something floral. During the summer
ties? Why of course, like any com- when it was okay to get together for coffee outside
munity of quilters, you make them (how we long for those days to start again!) Linda
quilts to comfort and snuggle un- would invariably arrive with a
der, wrap them in warm and caring canning jar full of glorious flow-
thoughts, and just let them know ers from her beautiful and riot-
you’re thinking about them. Such ous garden! So we thought it
was the case when we first learned only appropriate that we give
that our good friend Marilyn was her a bouquet quilt. Black and
diagnosed with breast cancer and is undergoing a course white strips garnered from her
of chemo treatments prior to surgery. Marilyn is a very friends’ stashes were sewn into
positive and upbeat person. These personality traits have a jelly roll background. Then
served her well and helped her endure the treatments, flowers in bright prints were ap-
along with the great support she has from her husband pliqued onto two corners of that
Andy. Her journey is not an unfamiliar one as other mem- background. A little bit of cheer in this gray and Covid
bers of our group are breast cancer survivors. So along dominated winter. Again, with masks in place the
with the quilt was reassurance and encouragement from quilt was given to Linda who was beyond surprised.
those who have walked very successfully in those shoes. Now she uses it daily to comfort and warm herself (no
After some brainstorming (scary thought when you have doubt with a good book in hand!) and know that her
12 creative brains – a veritable hurricane!), some discus- friends and fellow quilters have her in mind and heart.
sion, a quilt pattern appropriately called Bosom Buddies, One definition of quilting I have seen is this, “Quilt-
some donated and purchased fabrics, and many eager ing is sharing yourself with others”. As a community
hands, we were underway. Who would have thought a of quilters, what better way to show our concern and
plan could come together so quickly with so much in- care than diving into those treasures of fabric and
put!! A cutting bee took place, individual bags of block piecing together our thoughts, good wishes and
pieces were made up and distributed. The blocks were friendship in bright symbols of hugs and caring.
made, then with Covid protocols in place, a sewing bee
took place in a garage, complete with several heaters
and warm sweaters! Once the top was assembled, the Quilting For You
quilting was very generously donated by a Guild mem- Professional Hand-guided Machine Quilting
ber when she learned the reason for the quilt. So in very
• Superior Thread Products Source
short order, the quilt was completed. On a cool morning
• Project Completion & Quilts for Sale
with masks firmly in place and doing our best to distance
properly, we presented the quilt to our Bosom Buddy, Susan Wilson
Marilyn. She now uses it every evening to snuggle 2905 Wood Ave.
under and it keeps her warm, knowing she is wrapped in Armstrong, BC
hugs from her friends! 250-308-6635
For more photos of these quilts, see our Still quilting for you!
Show & Tell website page.
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