Quadrille Quilters Newsletter Dec 2009

Q.Q. Calendar of Events for 2010

January 13th Jenny Svensson Back page demos
February 3rd Jenny Smith Quilt as you go.
March 3rd Margie Letts New Ideas in Design.
April 7th Patricia a Bear Shiva Paintsticks use in Quilts,.
May 5th Carolyn Kode Embellishments on Quilts
June 2nd Nola Mayes Reversible quilts.
July 7th Lydia Lomas Photo Transfer/ Memory quilts.
August 4th Suzen Bornman Piecing your Patchwork by hand.
Sept. 1st Di Pettersen The Art of Machine Embroidery.
Oct 6th Marietta Sri- Lankan Appliqué / embroidery.
Nov 3rd Lesley Taylor Shadow Appliqué
Dec- 1st Fun morning of demonstrations.

Dates to Diarise.

GRG Meetings 2010
Feb 6th
May 15th
Aug. 21st
Nov 20th
All GRG meetings will be held at The Alberton Civic Centre for 2010

Web sites to visit;
www.flyingneedles.com.au
www.quiltnstuff.net demo on binding
www.thequiltshow.com
www.hgtv.comwww.alexanderson.com

Classes with Jenny Svensson.

Visit my Blogspot at www.chimpsquilts.blogspot.com
To see which classes you would like to attend.
Appliqué Club bring your own project and I will help you get started and work on it through the next year.


Christmas Club will run for 11 months
Work on several patterns that I will give you.
Watch out too. For New dolls by Tertia and Jenny.Tel no 011-760-1387

INSPIRATION FOR
THE MONTH.
I am a Quilter.
The beds are not made, the dishes not done……….
I’m at my machine, sewing up fun!!!
My only gardening is
Grandmother’s flower.
Only TV ? Eleanore Burn’s hour.
As I munch lunch,
I read quilt magazines
Or peruse Country Living for quiltable scenes.
I write quilt poetry, attend quilt guilds and shows,
work on my quilts if
it rains, shines or snows,
Only ironing I do,
is to flatten a square
Only cooking I do
is chocolaty fare
Only math that gets done
helps me build blocks,
leaving no time to sort socks
My stash is on shelves
Glorious rainbow display
Yards crammed in boxes,
bought more today …..
Dinners not on.
Nothing is dusted.
Husband comes home –
Quilter is busted.Melinda K. Galbraith.

PLEASE NOTE

Membership Woes
Due to the passing of time many of our Quadrille group has become Pensioners, so how can we run a club without subs?
From next year 2010 everyone will have to pay subs.
Existing members who are exempt will remain so
Please remember the package you receive costs you R12 a meeting and R5 for security.
Much less than the cheapest fat quarter at R20. So please step up and pay your subs.
Fees will be R140.00 per annum
For new members joining during the year,
Fee structures will be as follows:

Joining in June R70.00
Joining in October R40.00

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We are only printing a set number of copies which covers the Members attending the meeting Plus visitors.
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Please No extra copies to be taken before meeting starts
IF any are still available AFTER THE MEETING
Yvonne will be happy to give them out.@R5.00each


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Our meetings are from 9am -12pm
Please feel free to leave early if you have an appointment.

As it is Impossible to please everyone
Any Complaints Re The meetings can be put in writing to the chairlady to be discussed at the
NEXT committee meeting on the 10 th Feb 2010

Do we really know the Parts of a
Sewing Machine Needle !

The shank is flat on the back so it can be held firmly in the machine and so it will fit only in the correct position
Styles of needles that have flatter shanks bring the needle closer to the bobbin hook, so that stitches are not dropped.
The groove on the front of the needle above the eye allows the thread to nestle in the needle as the point pierces the fabric. Without a groove, the hole poked in the fabric would need to be larger to accommodate both the thread and needle.
The scarf, an area that is scooped out above the eye on the back of the needle, allows the bobbin hook to pass close to the needle and pick up the loop of the thread formed as the needle rises.
The eye is highly polished and it should be large enough to surround the thread without squeezing it. If there are burrs in the eye, they wear away the thread, which passes through the opening many times in the process of forming a stitch. If the eye is not large enough for the thread, the thread will break.The point makes a hole in the fabric for the thread to pass through. Point size and shape and needle size, make a difference in stitch quality.

HISTORY OF NOVELTY PRINTS

In the 1800’s, manufacturers began printing fabrics with recognizable images,including plants & animals.This practice continued into the 1900’s,when a whole new approach to these novelty prints began!Conversation prints really speak to us! They encompass a wide range of themes,products& events.These include sewing tools,holiday symbols & logos for games&sport,even farming equipment! These special fabrics,popular at the turn of the century, continue to be a popular today.
Early novelty prints,between 1900 & 1940,were designed to appeal to children & for those who sewed for them.Nursery rhymes,alphabets,baby animals & cartoon characters were the order of the day & easily recognizable to a young audience!
In 1902 Bertha Corbett’s hugely popular illustrations for Eulalie Osgood Grover’s Sunbonnet Babies appeared & were very quickly translated into quilt blocks & embroidery designs. Also other similar sunbonnet look a likes appeared example the Dolly Dingle.In 1930 Hollywood comes aboard with Mickey Mouse who made his debut in comic strips & film .Soon these lovable characters including Minnie,Goofy & Pluto were seen in fabrics.Disney ,incidentally were really innovative in marketing & licensing their products,even copywriting their fabric designs.Shortly following Mickey Mouse,came Snow White.Here,again,Disney marketed their wares,but extended it to several different designs & colourways.The film industry continued to dominate novelty fabrics & it seemed that when a new film was released,so was a whole range of fabrics to appeal to children eg Pinnochio in 1940,Alice in Wonderland & Popeye! Many of the designs were printed on feedsack.

HISTORY OF NOVELTY PRINTS

In the 1800’s, manufacturers began printing fabrics with recognizable images,including plants & animals.This practice continued into the 1900’s,when a whole new approach to these novelty prints began!Conversation prints really speak to us! They encompass a wide range of themes,products& events.These include sewing tools,holiday symbols & logos for games&sport,even farming equipment! These special fabrics,popular at the turn of the century, continue to be a popular today.
Early novelty prints,between 1900 & 1940,were designed to appeal to children & for those who sewed for them.Nursery rhymes,alphabets,baby animals & cartoon characters were the order of the day & easily recognizable to a young audience!
In 1902 Bertha Corbett’s hugely popular illustrations for Eulalie Osgood Grover’s Sunbonnet Babies appeared & were very quickly translated into quilt blocks & embroidery designs. Also other similar sunbonnet look a likes appeared example the Dolly Dingle.
In 1930 Hollywood comes aboard with Mickey Mouse who made his debut in comic strips & film .Soon these lovable characters including Minnie,Goofy & Pluto were seen in fabrics.Disney ,incidentally were really innovative in marketing & licensing their products,even copywriting their fabric designs.Shortly following Mickey Mouse,came Snow White.Here,again,Disney marketed their wares,but extended it to several different designs & colourways.The film industry continued to dominate novelty fabrics & it seemed that when a new film was released,so was a whole range of fabrics to appeal to children eg Pinnochio in 1940,Alice in Wonderland & Popeye! Many of the designs were printed on feedsack.






During this time,Princess Fabrics intoduced product /logo fabrics.We see these still today in company logos on t-shirts ! Eg the bell telephone co& planters peanuts.Even the singer sewing machine co created a line of signature fabrics in their trademark red & green.This continued well into the 1960’s with juvenile audiences wanting clothing & room furnishings in their favourite either cartoon characters,or cereal.Eg snap,crackle&pop & green giant veges!

Interestingly,during WW11 ,when textile production was limited to war related issues eg military uniforms,the textile industry still produced fabric for clothing & furnishings,but with a patriotic theme,We have all seen fabric with the US flag etc.The post war baby boomers fuelled a re-surgence in sewing & novelty fabric became popular again.Once again, the movie industry led the way with the wild west & the American frontier being popular fabric images.

Just as today,teenagers drove the market for innovative novelty fabrics A whole range of fabrics appeared on the market to cater to their needs egflower power & surfing.The textile industry converted peace symbols & psychedelicflowers from counterculture to mainstream chic!

World events were also immortalized in fabric.In 1959 fabric designed by Alfred Shaheen celebrated Hawaii’s statehood.As were the space race & the subsequent moonlandings.

Today we can get fabric printed with just about anything on it!Just about any endangered species,includuding Elvis,shows up on fabric to satisfy the public need for new & more! Are’nt we lucky to have such choice as quilters today! I wonder how soon it will be before we see Michael Jackson fabric on our fabric shelves,perhaps a before & after surgery!
History of Novelty Prints Cont.

Interestingly ,during WW11 ,when textile production was limited to war related issues eg. military uniforms,the textile industry still produced fabric for clothing & furnishings ,but with a patriotic theme ,We have all seen fabric with the US flag etc. The post war baby boomers fuelled a re-surgence in sewing & novelty fabric became popular again. Once again, the movie industry led the way with the wild west & the American frontier being popular fabric images.

Just as today, teenagers drove the market for innovative novelty fabrics A whole range of fabrics appeared on the market to cater to their needs eg. flower power & surfing. The textile industry converted peace symbols & psychedelic flowers from counterculture to mainstream chic!

World events were also immortalized in fabric. In 1959 fabric designed by Alfred Shaheen celebrated Hawaii’s statehood. As were the space race & the subsequent moon landings.

Today we can get fabric printed with just about anything on it!Just about any endangered species, including Elvis ,shows up on fabric to satisfy the public need for new & more! Aren’t we lucky to have such choice as quilters today! I wonder how soon it will be before we see Michael Jackson fabric on our fabric shelves ,perhaps a before & after surgery.

Words to Inspire you.

You never conquer a Mountain
Mountains can’t be conquered,
You conquer yourself,
Your hopes ,
Your fears Jim Whitaker