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PATCHWORK
The Vernon Silver Star Quilters Guild Newsletter ~ Volume 14, Issue 8 ~ APRIL 2021
Kate’s Comments...
I
’ve been living in this house on Middleton Moun- Out onto the deck I go, to stand still in the dark with
tain now for 10 years. A week ago, at about 10:30 at ears pricked for the next call, and then it comes! Over
night, I was snuggled down beside my husband, breath- there to the right, probably in the trees at the end of the
ing slowly… and deeply… and willing myself to slip cul-de-sac. And then a second call answering the first,
peacefully into the welcoming waves of the ocean I was from off to the left! And then a third call from way across
imagining. Hey, menopause changed a lot of things in the back field, probably in the orchard down below…
my life and the simple act of at least three different birds out
surrendering consciousness there in the neighbourhood! How
at the end of the day has be- exciting, how thrilling, owls are
come something that requires hunting in MY FIELD! I stand there
routine and serious intent! listening, deeply appreciating
Sleep is precious, often elusive those beautiful birds in my mind’s
and I have to work at tranquil- eye, enjoying the subtle differenc-
izing the flea circus that seems es in their voices, their language.
to set up every time I hit the Until at last the chill of the night
pillow. So we “go to sleep” reminds me of where I am and
every night to a CD of ocean what time it is.
sounds augmented with soft, Back in bed, having reset the CD,
soothing musical chords. (You I listen to the ocean, but I hear
know you’re old when!) only big eyed, tufted nighttime
OK, back to that night at hunters conversing together in
10:30 pm on the cusp of deep the cool air, in the dark stillness of
dark velvet oblivion… Sud- an early spring night. I quiet my-
denly I hear a sound that I self so I can hear them better, and
haven’t heard in all the ten somewhere in the pause of their
years we’ve lived in this house. Hoo hoo de doo dooo… conversation, I sink below the surface and don’t realize
hoo hoo hoo de doo doooo! What? An OWL? (A Great that I’m asleep.
Horned Owl no less, and I know this because I have since I find there is life and beauty at work even in the dark.
googled owl sounds to identify what I heard, of course). Times are tough but there is balance and honour and
Was that on the CD, because I don’t remember hearing dignity available in the midst of turmoil and fatigue.
it before and I have listened to that entire CD more than I pray you all might find your rest and restoration in the
once some nights, so it’s not on the CD. I flip the covers little wonders, the fragile pleasures that present them-
off and grab my housecoat, jam my feet into my slippers. selves to you every day. In this month of April, so rich
My husband mumbles, “What’s happening?” and I hurry in gifts for the heart and soul, take a little break, make
out of the bedroom whispering loudly, “I hear owls!” a small change, receive some ordinary thing that feeds
I can FEEL his eyes roll. your inner being, and be renewed. Be RENEWED!
Next Guild meeting is May 6th 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 MAY issue of Patchwork is April 30th. as fragrance-free.
PATCHWORK April 2021 ~ PAGE 2
Getting to Know You...
Val Tucker
I
’ve been sewing since I was shows and attended many more, before moving to
in Grade 7 Home Economics Lake Country in 2017.
and the 4-H Sewing Club. All For a few years I joined some of the Lake Country
the school and 4-H projects gals at Absolutely Obsessed at Klia’s in Armstrong.
for those six years as well as Imagine my surprise when Debbie Briggeman at LC
my own clothes were made Garden Club talked about quilting! She invited me to
on a Singer Treadle which I VSSQ in the fall of 2012. I promptly joined, signed up
now have (it still works!). for Newcomers and a Linda Hatten workshop, “Sun-
My favorite machine for piecing is a 1946 Singer flowers”. Then I tried Quartz for a few years and really
Featherweight, from my birth year, which I bought just enjoyed the challenges and the fun classes. I served
3 years ago for taking along to Baja California. on the Workshop committee for 3 years and helped
Once I became a mom, I sewed dresses and skating with the last 3 quilt shows. I sewed along with Joyce
outfits for my three daughters and Hallowe’en cos- Heard’s Row by Row “Pearls of Wisdom” and Brigette
tumes for all of us, even hubby. However, my passion Red’s “Mystery Star”.
at the time was pottery – both hand-building and Initially, I made Log Cabin quilts as well as other Elea-
wheel throwing. Then in the mid-80’s I was hired as nor Burns quilts, until I realized I am too slow to make
the adult community programmer for Drayton Val- a Quilt-in-a-day. I enjoy art or collage style quilts and
ley, Alberta. In the Linda McPhee Workshops I had creating wall hangings from leftovers, which is a stash
fun working with leather, boiled wool and creating that never recedes. I often deviate from a pattern.
wearables. The light weight ski Jackets that I made For a couple of years I recycled old denim jeans into
for all my family (in the wild colours of the 80’s) were quilts, runners, rugs and pillow tops.
first worn up at Big White for our annual spring ski
vacation in 1988. My teen grandsons still wear those Sewing a Labyrinth Quilt last year was pure delight
jackets on some of the mild days up there. and the optical illusion even impressed my hubby.
I recently completed a pattern “Connections” to use
One of the quilting instructors I imported from up four coordinating fabrics purchased about 5 years
Calgary to DV, often spoke fondly of the guilds she ago. I had to improvise but it’s done and I’ve almost
belonged to. During a Log Cabin workshop some used up all those leftovers in a “Ribbon Pole” wall-
of us decided to organize the Hearts and Hands QG hanging.
which is still very active in that community. I stitched
countless quilts and helped organize many quilt When I go up to Big White, I work on the 2021 CQA
Mystery Refractions when I’m not skiing. My arthritic
wrist objects to squaring up the half-square (60) and
Quilting For You quarter-square 3 1/2” blocks (88).
During Covid I have attempted to complete over six
Professional Hand-guided Machine Quilting
UFO’s. One quilt will go to Quilts of Valour. One side
• Superior Thread Products Source is all Canadiana. I’m hoping to finish up many more
• Project Completion & Quilts for Sale UFO’s this spring/summer so I can then start another
Susan Wilson optical illusion pattern, “Linked”. Almost more than
2905 Wood Ave. quilting, I’m looking forward to seeing more quilt
Armstrong, BC friends even if we have to meet outside!
250-308-6635
Batting available on site for your convenience For comments, contributions, etc. on our Website
or Newsletter, please contact Nancy Bradley.
PATCHWORK April 2021 ~ PAGE 3
“Progressive Scrap Quilt” Step 3
by Brigitte Red
Ia medium value and cut the border pieces 3.5”.
t’s time to add another border. For this one use You should have a flimsy that measures approximately
46.75 inches. You can stop now and finish this off and
Sew these pieces around the edge. Your quilt top it would make a good addition to the Community
should now measure 41” edge to edge. Care’s selection of quilts to donate.
You could stop here and have a nice size lap or a If you still have scraps to work with, stay with me, and
preemie quilt. If you still have some scraps you watch for step 4 next month.
want to get rid of, keep following along.
You are now going to create a “checkerboard” Photo below is Brigitte’s quilt
border using 1.5” finished squares using dark at the end of Step 3.
and light valued fabrics. The easiest way to do
this is by sewing a 2” strip of light and dark to-
gether and cross cutting them 2”. You will have
a unit that looks like this
Sew these units togetherfollowing the diagram
shown below, paying close attention to the
layout in the corners:
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PATCHWORK April 2021 ~ PAGE 4
A Note About Our Website’s
Show & Tell Page
by Nancy Bradley
S
ince we haven’t been able to meet at Grace Bible Church – can
you believe that was back in November and it’s April already! –
VSSQ quilters have not been idle by any means. In the first few
weeks after our meetings were suspended, some of our members
sent in photos of quilts that they had completed since our last
in-person Show & Tell, and I very happily placed those photos in a
couple of issues of our newsletter to share them with everyone.
However, as time has gone on and more and more photos have
been coming in (thank you, thank you to all!!), I decided to put the
photos in a new box on our Show & Tell website page. And then I
blithely continued doing so while letting the contributors know
that they could find their submissions on that website page.
Well, to my surprise and chagrin, I’ve recently received two
queries on how exactly to find those photos, and I imagine there
may be more members out there who have the same question
but just haven’t asked it!
Here’s how: You’re probably used to seeing a scroll bar at the ex-
treme right edge of a web page. That tells you that there is more
content beyond what you can see in the page height set by the
web designer. (Top photo at right.)
When you pull that scroll bar downwards, you will see more of
the content that wasn’t initially visible. (Middle photo.) But this will
not reveal additional content inside of another view box placed
on that web page - as, for example, we have on our Show & Tell
page. We currently have four view boxes: the top one for right
now when we aren’t meeting, and one each for the Nov. 5th, Oct.
1st, and Sept. 17th meetings. The solution is to pull down the
scroll bar that is on the right edge of the view box you want to
inspect, as in the Bottom photo. Please keep sending your photos
to share!
Offering workshops in unique mystery locations.
You will be notified of the location the day prior to the
workshop. Contact Susan at 250-308-6635 or
quiltinghereandthere@gmail.com
Ilost a member of their family, or who has Quilting Here & There
f you know of anyone in our Guild who has
been ill, please let Evelyne Reitsma know so A Twist on Mystery Quilts
she can send a card on behalf of the members. It looks like workshops are getting closer
PATCHWORK April 2021 ~ PAGE 5
Library News
by Alanna Robson
Ttions for you to look forward to
he library has a few new acquisi-
when we can reopen. For you stash-
busters, Mary Hogan’s new book Classic
to Contemporary String Quilts has 16
projects to use up those scraps in the
cupboards – everything from a clas-
sic look to modern designs. This book
opens with instructions for a simple
improv technique to create beautiful
scrappy blocks.
Rebecca Bryan’s book Modern Triangle
Quilts has 70 block ideas to create vari-
ous triangle shapes. Her introduction
to the elements of design leads you to
select colours and shapes as you design
your quilt with symmetry, scale,
balance, and rhythm.
We also acquired Rebecca Bryan’s book
Modern Rainbow, filled with 14 quilts
in the modern style that inspire one to
play with colour.
For you quilters who are already doing
rulerwork, or learning the technique,
come and look for Amanda Murphy’s
new book The Ultimate Guide to
Rulerwork Quilting. Amanda covers
tools, rulers, planning your design, and
discusses quilting on both the domestic
or longarm machine, with lots of design
ideas.
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PATCHWORK April 2021 ~ PAGE 6
Get Ready to Celebrate!
From Linda Lake’s March General Newsletter, and the CQA website.
S
ome of you might have attended Quilt Canada in the past, and the Canadian Quilters Association (CQA)
have regretfully had to cancel it again this year just as they had to last year. Fingers crossed that
everyone will be vaccinated and things will be back to a new normal so that we can gather in Vancouver
for Quilt Canada 2022.
For this year however, CQA is working with an Ontario company, EJSE Studio, to create a virtual space for
“A Celebration of Quilting in Canada.” This will be a virtual event highlighting many lectures, the
National Juried Show, Concurrent shows, and of course a marketplace. Presenter schedules and content
are being confirmed, vendors for their virtual merchant mall are being invited to participate and virtual
quilt shows are being organized.
The current list of vendors for the virtual event includes: Blue Barn Quilt Co., Cindy’s Threadworks, Cottage
Quilting, Epida Studio and Designs, Happy Wife Quilting, Harebrained Happenings, Hyggeligt - The Kaffe
Fassett Collective, Mad About Patchwork, MaMi’s Country Quilts, Meerkat Shweshwe, Melissa Marginet,
Purple KATZ Quilting, Quilts of Valour- Canada Society, Silly Moon Quilting Co., Stitch and Bobbin, Sue
Sherman Quilts, Taylor Sewing Quilt Show, Timmy Jeanne Quilting Arts, Trapunto and TrendTex. Please
note, this list will be updated as vendors sign up, so check their website frequently.
Janet Kasper, the CQA Conference Registrar, is back for another year to help with registration. They expect
that registration will open in mid to late April. You can check the Quilt Canada 2021 website page as they
will be putting up more detailed information about the event.
In case you didn’t know, we now have a Regional Representative to CQA - Barbara Williamson. Although
Barbara is based in Calgary, AB, she is responsible for the BC Interior which includes Central Kootenay,
Central Okanagan, Columbia-Shuswap, East Kootenay, Kootenay Boundary, North Okanagan, Okanagan-
Similkameen and Thompson-Nicola. You can reach Barbara by email at: bcinrep@canadianquilter.com.
Happy
Spring
and
Happy
Easter!
PATCHWORK April 2021 ~ PAGE 7
Best Wishes to our VSSQ April Babies!
1...............................Joyce Penner
4...............................Christy Makohoniuk
4...............................Joan Alderdice
5...............................Kelly Smith
6...............................Marlene Lawrence
11............................Mary Matus
12............................Karen Taplin
“News Hot Off the Shelf”
13............................Bonnie Burnett
From Heather’s Fabric Shelf in Kamloops
14............................Judy Maglio
K
ate Bennett recently shared that Heather’s
14............................Pat Watts
newsletter for Feb 28-Mar 7 featured Pat
Sloan’s quilt design called “Will You Be My Neigh- 16............................Brielle Steeper
bour?”, completed by Sue Stewart. 17............................Laura Heinrichs
At Heather’s shop, they all said the same thing 18............................Brenda Nugent
about this quilt... it is just so very happy! Everyone 20............................Patty Greenwell
needs more happy right now so needless to say,
the quilt was enjoyed by all.
21............................Jutta Peters
24............................Bev Johnstone
The quilt was quilted using the computer and
Glide thread for perfect results. Lori Dewart also 26............................Christine Wejr
helped out on the quilting. 29............................Carol Christensen
Kate reports, “ I just thought it was a cool coinci- 30............................Lorraine Leonard
dence that someone else was making a Neigh- 30............................Margaret Carrick
bourhood quilt, and I loved how it turned out!”
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PATCHWORK April 2021 ~ PAGE 8
Spiced Orange Sugar Cookies
Quilt Show Update From truesgiftsfromtheheart.blogspot.
By Susan Wilson Editor’s note: An idea for Easter treats!
Tideas for our quilt show advertising. This will
he committee is seeking input and design
be Legacy of Quilts XI. Please think about this
and send suggestions to vssqquiltshow2022@
gmail.com
Initial enquiries have already been made to past
merchants and several were quick with the reply
button and a YES response. Isn’t that great news!
I think there will be a great interest by September
2022. Other preliminary plans are underway and
the committee looks forward to sharing some of
these once we are meeting again.
If you would like to join the planning committee,
please express your interest to the same email
address along with what area you would be
interested in helping out. The show must go on! 1 cup salted butter zest from one orange
1 1/2 cups sugar 3/4 tsp. cardamom
2 eggs 1/2 tsp. salt
Newcomers 1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. orange extract
3/4 tsp. baking powder
4 cups flour
The newcomers committee is Bonnie Burnett
and Jean Donker.
C
ream butter and sugar together. Add eggs, vanilla,
W
ith several months of nothing going on orange extract, orange zest and cardamom. Mix
with Newcomers, in March we were excited well. Add baking powder and salt and mix to incorper-
to welcome two new members to the Guild. ate. Add flour 1 cup at a time. Chill in refrigerator for
at least an hour. Roll out on a lightly floured surface to
Joanne McVagh moved to Vernon a couple of 1/4 inch thick. Bake at 375 F for 5-6 minutes, or until
years ago from Sicamous where she belonged just barely starting to color on the edges.
to a guild. Now that she is settled she is very
excited to join VSSQ. I used Royal Icing to decorate mine, but you can
sprinkle with sugar before baking or use butter-
Deborah Brown moved here recently from Burl- cream frosting if you prefer.
ington ON, where she retired and closed up her
quilt shop. Due to Covid she was unable to sell
off most of her stock. Guess what is in her lower
level? She said her husband thinks she won’t
have to buy any more fabric. She just said little
Batik Corner Fabric
does he know! Deborah was always too busy Large Selection of Batik Fabric
to join a guild, so is looking forward to being a QuiltWorx Certified Shop
member of VSSQ. Onsite Longarm Service
Welcome Joanne and Deborah, hopefully it
won’t be too long before you’ll be able to get a Endy Turner
taste of our Guild! Take care everyone and stay 14450 Middlebench Rd. ,
safe. Looking forward to seeing you all soon. Lake Country, BC V4V 2B9
Bonnie Wednesday and Friday 10am-4pm
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