Rulers, Rulers, Rulers - April meeting

Shirley Wiltshire, program chair, led an informative April meeting with members demonstrating some of their favorite rulers and techniques.
Show and Tell pictures from the April meeting can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/24048744@N05/.



Pictured are (back row: Paula Jones, Jo-Ann Evans, Martha Ginn, Shirley Wiltshire, Dorothy Aultman; front row: Clara Oakes, Linda Ladner)

Clara Oakes showed The Angler by Pam Bono Designs that she uses to make perfect Snowball blocks. Linda Ladner will lead a workshop on Bethany Reynolds' Stack-n-Whack® techniques and she described how Bethany's book explains selecting suitable fabric and how to make the pinwheel block. Jo-Ann Evans demonstrated Cheryl Phillips' attic windows ruler that features a folding technique and NO Y-seam. Martha Ginn's favorite ruler is the ScrapMaster (designed by Judy Hopkins and formerly called the ScrapSaver) by That Patchwork Place. This ruler makes half-square triangles a breeze.

Dorothy Aultman is our string piecing hero. Using her own strips or those donated by other guild members, she makes a set of 25 14" blocks for our Children's Quilts donation projects every month. She uses an old sheet or other fabric for her foundation. Other members of the CQ team will assemble the blocks, layer, machine quilt, and bind it. Paula Jones showed Jodi Barrows' Square in a Square® ruler and demonstrated the various sizes of blocks that could be made with this ruler.

PBQ Show--Motel Block of Rooms--advance notice

Our Oct. 10-11-12 show will include lectures/trunk shows at 7:00 p.m. on Friday night and Saturday night. To help you make arrangements to enjoy more of the event, we have contracted for a block of rooms at a group rate for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights.

LaQuinta Inns & Suites, 6563 Highway 49, has blocked 50 rooms for us Oct. 9, 10, and 11 at a rate of $74 plus tax, which includes complimentary hot/cold breakfast bar. To book your room you must call the hotel directly and make a reservation under the Pine Belt Quilters block before the cut-off date of September 21. The hotel has recently been remodeled but does not have elevators; if you need downstairs, be sure to request. We suggest you make your reservations right away, because there is a USM home game with Boise State that weekend.

LaQuinta Inns & Suites
6563 Highway 49
Hattiesburg, MS 39401
Phone: 601-268-2850

The motel information will be added to the website soon, but this is your advance notice. See more show information on our website (Fiber Art & Quilt Show page): www.pinebeltquilters.com.

Juried Exhibit Opens at William Carey University

A large crowd of art lovers attended the opening of the Pine Belt Quilters Juried Exhibit on March 27 at the Lucile Parker Gallery at William Carey University in Hattiesburg. Chatham Meade, director of the gallery, juried and hosted the event. Seventeen works by eleven quilters showcased the wide variety of styles and techniques of this diverse group. The exhibit will hang through April 28; gallery hours are M-F 1:00-4:00 PM.

Juried Quilt Exhibit

Eleven members of Pine Belt Quilters had works juried into an invitational Juried Quilt Exhibit at the Lucile Parker Gallery at William Carey University. An opening reception will be held March 27, and the exhibit will hang through April 28. Representing the variety of techniques of the members will be works by Doris Dunn, Pat Faulkender, Martha Ginn, Gloria Green, Ellen Hall, Leslie Kiger, Ollie Jean Lane, Ella Lucas, Mary Nell Magee, Barbara Parker, and Betty Tudor. Among the quilts in the exhibit will be a Baltimore Album, traditional pieced, traditional and innovative applique, pictorial landscape, foundation-pieced pineapple, and contemporary fiber art.

Debbie Davis presents program on foundation piecing

Debbie Davis presented an informative program on Foundation Piecing at the Pine Belt Quilters February 20 meeting. She demonstrated several methods for this accurate technique and showed examples. Debbie will teach a paper piecing workshop to members next week.

Fifteen members brought in entry forms for the Juried Quilt Exhibit at the Lucile Parker Gallery at William Carey University in Hattiesburg. Opening Reception will be held March 27 at 5:00 PM. The show will continue until May 1.

A report of the Mississippi Quilt Association Fall Gathering in Natchez was given. Many of our members are making plans to attend the Annual Educational Seminar and Show in Baton Rouge sponsored by Gulf States Quilting Association March 13-16. 2008 Seminar teachers are Jackie Robinson, Sharon Schamber, Harriet Hargrave, Charlotte Angotti, Mary Stori, Mary Sorensen, Mary Ellen Kranz, Judy Spiers, Judy Holley, and Lucy Landry.

Pine Belt Quilters Website updated February 2008

Our 2008 plans are now posted on our updated website. Programs and special events are listed in addition to those all-important forms for the 12th Biennial Fiber Art & Quilt Show on October 10-11-12 at Lake Terrace Convention Center in Hattiesburg.

We've grown to a three-day event featuring lectures, trunk shows, fashion shows, a thread bar workshop, boutique, vendors, and lots more exciting things. We are pleased to have Flavin Glover as our judge and also trunk show presenter; Linda Schmidt of Dublin, CA, with her award-winning fashions from past IQA shows; Judy Spiers, PBQ's own member and recent winner in Paducah and Houston; and Kathy Ward of Superior Threads with a thread bar workshop.

Make your plans now to enter your quilts in this show. Mark your calendar to attend.

Miss Hattie's Hat Challenge

Pine Belt Quilters 2008 Fiber Art and Quilt Show will be held at Lake Terrace Convention Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on October 10-11-12. We had outgrown our former location in Downtown Hattiesburg and needed a larger venue. We are fortunate to be working with The Hattiesburg Convention and Visitors Bureau to make our expanded 12th show the best it can possibly be.

Hattiesburg's logo is a large hat. The Convention and Visitors Bureau has suggested that we have a challenge category at the show called “Miss Hattie’s Hats.”

Here are the Guidelines: Make a finished quilt 24” x 24” square. The quilt must have a 4" sleeve. Use any pattern or design. Find ideas in pattern books, on the Internet (copyright free), or design your own. Use any materials. Embellish if you want to. Your quilt can be two-dimensional or three-dimensional, but it must fit the definition of a quilt (three layers with quilting stitches). Just have fun and use your imagination!

The quilts will be judged in a separate category at the show. The Hattiesburg Visitor’s Center will display some of the quilts after the show; the Visitors Bureau will award a $250 purchase award.

For information on entering the show, see Pine Belt Quilters' website; categories and information will be posted soon on the Fiber Art and Quilt Show page.