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President’s Perspective
by Ruth Montalvo
Wasn't Becky Goldsmith a terrific kick-off for our year of virtual
speakers? Her comment about preferring virtual classes over
in-person was interesting. It will be fascinating to see how
quilting is changed by the pandemic & social distancing in the
long term. It might be right behind the bicentennial as far as
historical events that have influenced quilting. We might be
able to learn from world-class teachers without the cost of a
retreat, a show, or a cruise, but still have the face-to-face
feedback to help us improve.
Speaking of world-class teachers, I've gotten hooked on Lisa
Walton's series “Quilt Stories” on youtube. Lisa interviews
quilting icons about their quilts, from conception to construction
to quilting. I am overly-inspired (is that even a thing?) I don't
have nearly enough time for all the projects that have been
bubbling in my head, not to mention the mask challenge, the
Sun & Moon challenge, and the completely adorable House &
Flying geese blocks for our Raffle Quilts. Luckily, the holidays
means more quilting time for me, so I'm sure I'll be all caught up
by New Year (lol).
Zoom Meeting November 12, at 7 pm meet Blair Stocker of
Wise Craft Homemade!
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2020 - 2021 Programs
Donna Tarnas & Nancy McIntyre - VP 2 Programs Co-Chairpersons
PLEASE JOIN US as on November 12, 2020 when we are joined by Blair Stocker of
Wise Craft Handmade for her exciting Virtual lecture… “Find Value In Your Scraps”
Check out Blair at her website, wisecrafthandmade.com.
All trunk shows and lectures will be via ZOOM during our regular meeting.The Second Thursday of
the month at 7pm.We invite you all to join in the fun and check out our wonderful and talented guests
each month from the comfort of your home or from anywhere you may travel to. We have a
sensational line up of talented teachers and quilt artists from a variety of backgrounds with a large
range of experience and tradition. Guest fee is $5.00 for non-members and payable by check,
PayPal (glhq.payment@gmail.com) or Venmo (GLHQ-Payment) at least 5 days in advance. If you
haven’t sent in your yearly membership, there’s still time, at the reduced rate of $25.00. It's a huge
value for this year's special lecturers.
***November 12, 2020 Author, quilt designer and teacher, Blair Stocker of Wise Craft Handmade will
host a virtual Lecture. “Find Value in Your Scraps” wisecrafthandmade.com
***December 10, 2020 The Jen Kingwell lecture has been cancelled, RESCHEDULED TO JUNE 10,2021
***January 14, 2021 Member Trunk Show featuring our own prolific, adventuresome and extraordinary
quilt maker, Sue Chase. Lecture and Q & A to follow.
***February 11, 2021 Join us for a special evening with a virtual lecture and Trunk show with
contemporary quilt artist Timna Tarr. “Flying Colors Lecture” timnatarr.com
***March 11, 2021 The incomparable MARY FONS…writer, editor, American quilt historian will provide a
wonderful hour of humor, wit and wisdom to our guild. maryfons.com
***April 8, 2021 International quilt designer, pattern publisher and educator, Sheri Cifaldi Morrill will
host an “Aurifilosophy” lecture and trunk show. Unlock the mysteries of Thread from Sheri, a certified
Aurifil thread educator. Exclusive Aurifil resources and swag for attendees included!
wholecirclestudio.com
***May 13, 2021 Lecture and trunk show by our own member Coleen Merte of Northwater Quilts. Coleen
is a pattern designer and author of Michigan inspired quilt patterns! northwaterquilts.com
***June 10, 2021 Jen Kingwell lecture, trunk show and tour of Amitie Quilts live from
Australia! jenkingwelldesigns.blogspot.com
Questions? Contact dtarnas@sbcglobal.net or GLHQPresident@gmail.com
Follow us on Instagram: greatlakesheritagequilters
2ZOOMING
Michelle Power, 2nd VP
Our Zoom meetings keep getting better and better as our members get more
comfortable with this convenient platform! To help you open Zoom easily on the night
of our meetings, make sure to look for the link a week before our second Thursday
meeting. Register as soon as you get the link, and be sure to open it on the
device you will be using for the meeting. This will help reduce problems when you
are logging into the meeting. Don't delete the message until AFTER the meeting.
There is also a calendar attachment at the bottom of the registration confirmation.
Clicking on it will add our meeting to the calendar on your device (depending on your
device and mail program, steps may vary). I also recommend to not delete the
registration confirmation until AFTER the meeting. If you feel so inclined, you could set
up a folder in your mail program labeled "GLHQ Meetings" or similar, to store your
meeting invites to keep your inbox tidy. If you have any questions about Zoom, please
reach out to me and I'll be happy to help you!
Please let me know if you have any questions!
Michelle Power
248-787-3934
SHOW AND TELL - VIRTUALLY Michelle Power
Our September and October Show and Tell events were beautiful! A huge THANK
YOU to everyone who sent in pictures and descriptions of their work! We will be doing
the same thing this month, so send pictures and info to Michelle Power at
michellepower06@yahoo.com via email OR text 248-787-3934 by
There is no limit to the number of projects you can submit, however, we ask that they
be recent projects you've completed since the last GLHQ meeting you attended. If you
have any questions or need help figuring out how to send pictures, Michelle will be
happy to help!
3Finding Your Zoom Invitation
By Sharyl Kle ke
When receiving your no fica on regarding our next Zoom mee ng, you are asked to register
for the mee ng. Only a er registering will you receive the actual invita on to the Zoom
mee ng. I have had trouble finding my invita ons which include the quick links into the Zoom
mee ng. I follow a couple of procedures that make it easier. One may work for you, too.
1) On some email systems you can “flag” or “star” an email. Then on mee ng night, you can
just look under the “flagged” emails to find it quickly.
2) Since I use Google for my email and calendar, I am offered a choice to post to my calendar
when I receive the invita on. Apple Calendar offers this, too. Then on mee ng night, I
find the link on my e-calendar.
3) Keeping the emailed invita on on the same device as the one I use for my Zoom mee ngs
means I can click directly on the link in the invita on to reach the mee ng. I usually don’t
need the group IDs or the passwords since it is built into the invita on.
I hope this makes mee ngs nights easier. If you have also developed a way to use technology
easier, please share!
2021 Fall Retreat
Corresponding Secretary - Ann Woodman
We are so very sorry to lose our GLHQ guild member and retreat goer, Dee Lucas. At
the time of her death she was planning the Fall 2021 Retreat for us. Dee’s niece,
GLHQ member Debbie Stallings, has now stepped in to chair this retreat. We continue
to have several retreats looking for people to chair them: Spring 2021 and 2022.
Please let me know if you would like to chair any of these committees.
annwoodman@wowway.com
4Haven Carol Brooks
It’s that time of year again for Haven to have their Haven Gift Giveaway for 2020. Our gifts
have to be to them by December 3. So, we have to have our donations in by the end of
November.
All items must be new, unused and unwrapped. No toys with weapons, no candles, no DVDs or
gifts with violent themes and no edible items. Some of the top priority items that they need are
winter coats in adult larger sizes L-3x, blankets and comforters in full or queen sizes, pajamas
for all ages all sizes, clothing in all children, teen and adult sizes, toys and games from infant to
teen. They have a great need for gift cards, specifically for Meijer.
I will have a pick up day at the church on Saturday, November 28, between the hours of
one and two In the afternoon. If this is not a convenient time for someone please call me at
248-303-2848 and we will arrange something.
All items that you donated are Greatly Appreciated.
If any of you would like to volunteer to help with this giveaway you can sign up at
www.haven-oakland.org/gift-giveaway-2020
Membership Sharyl Kle ke
This month we welcome 16 new and returning members. We con nue to a ract members from afar.
Our enrollment is now at 122. We also have quite a few guests a ending our presenta ons which is
quite a joy. We welcome:
Sue Samplier, Harsens Island, MI
April Yorks, Flint, MI
Kathleen Youdell, Gibsons, Bri sh Columbia, Canada
Mae Vernon, Flint, MI
Rosalie Kalisz, Marlborough, CT
Marcia Horan, Vernon, CT
Karen Whitney, Glastonbury, CT
Nancy Hughson, Waterford MI
Jan Parslow, Washington, MI
Welcome to Great Lakes Heritage Quilt Guild!
5RAFFLE QUILT UPDATE Donna Armstrong
This year we will be making 2 members-only Raffle Quilts celebrating our guild. If you want a
chance to win one of these adorable quilts, make a block (details below) and chip in $5. (No
selling tickets this time.) Each block + $5 donation will get you an entry in the drawing. You
can enter one, or both, or more than once. If you are unable to make a block, you may donate
$10 and enter into the drawing of one of the quilts. The winners will be announced at the June
meeting.
Decisions, decisions, decisions! Here are the patterns:
QUILT # 1: The first quilt will be a rendition of what we all have been going through most of
2020 - "AT HOME". Pick any block from Moda's free pattern "Will You Be my Neighbor". I
have added the link to Pat Sloan's web page that gives the directions for all 16 blocks. All the
blocks are between 9"x18" - 21"x18" Please square them up to the appropriate size. We will
be using an assortment of colors from our new GLHQ logo (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green and
Blue) with a white background.
https://www.ilovetomakequilts.com/will-you-be-my-neighbor-block-page.html
QUILT # 2: The second quilt will be a combination of past and future. Since Donna Tarnas
was key to the creation of our new logo, we reached out to her for input. I was not aware, but
the five flying geese in the logo represent the five Great Lakes and they are flying north
because that’s where Michigan is! Up north. This will represent the future. When the quilt is
constructed, we will add an applique of Michigan, from our previous logo, and that will
represent the past. As with the 1st quilt, we will be using a combination of our new logo colors
to create the flying geese blocks in the quilt shown below. Please be creative with lots of solids
and prints of the logo colors, (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green and Blue). We will be using the free
Robert Kaufman "Remixed Geese" pattern. Please square each block to 3.5"x6.5" and sew 2
matching geese together.
https://www.robertkaufman.com/quilting/quilts_patterns/remixed_geese/
Which Block(s) will you make? Here’s how to sign up:
Neighborhood Quilt: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090A4DAFA72FA13-glhq
Flying Geese Remix: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090A4DAFA72FA13-glhq1
6Quilt Challenge 2020-2021
Julie Krauss and Cheryl Murphy
We have come up with a new and exciting challenge we
hope you will all find thought provoking and a lot of fun
to create. This year we will enter the ‘Art Quilt” arena. The
challenge is ‘Sun and Moon challenge. Each quilted
project must contain at least one of these two design
elements or both and one of the design elements should
be prominent in the design of the piece. These are design elements, not
quilting. However it must be a quilt not tied project. It must contain 3
layers, top, batting, and backing, joined by hand or machine stitching.
● Maximum size 48”x72” or Lap size, Minimum 24” x 24” or similar
size.
● NO clothing, purses, mug rugs, table runners, tote bags or bed
quilt sizes will be accepted.
● Quilted design only is not an acceptable entry , it must be the
main design element and the prominent focus.
● Two entries may be submitted
● Please do not label your quilt at the time of submission
Our June 2021 meeting will be the deadline as usual. This is meant
to be a creative and out of the box challenge. Have fun and CREATE!
7Charity Quilts
Bonnie Pennybacker and Maxine Pirtle
On Oct 15, 2020 Maxine and I delivered 45 quilts to
Heart to Heart Hospice. As always they were thrilled to
get them.
On Saturday, Nov 21, we will be at the church parking lot to collect and hand out more quilts
to be quilted.
Just contact: bpennyba@yahoo.com or pirtle.maxine@gmail.com
Mask Challenge Reminder!!!
Donna Tarnas
Good Day Dear Members!
It seems we have entered a second phase of mask
wearing, we are past the desperation and now have
entered the phase of making and wearing something
special!
Please join in our mask challenge and create something
unique, beautiful and/or practical. There are no rules.
Any materials, any design, creative composition, organic, embellished, message,
embroidered, paint, crystals, lace, by hand or machine! Have some fun with this one! (this is
not intended as a medical grade mask)
Prizes awarded!!
Please submit photos to dtarnas@sbcglobal.net by November 30th. Winners revealed at
the December meeting.
8A BIRTHDAY ANNOUNCEMENT FROM MARTHA!
News from The Needlework & Textile Guild of Michigan
Workshop program
by Kathy Bricker
I am program chair for The Needlework and Textile Guild of Michigan (NTGM). Along with all of
you, we are navigating the Zoom platform in this crazy COVID world and exploring ways to bring
programming to our members.
9In November, we are welcoming Natalya Khorover from New York (artbynatalya.com) as our
Zoom lecturer and workshop instructor. She will be teaching her “Plastic Nature” workshop
utilizing single-use plastics as the textile to stitch up lovely quilts using machine and hand
stitching. As you can see from her website, her work is beautiful and her Zoom experience is
quite polished. We are offering two sessions of this workshop. One will be Wednesday,
November 11 from 10a-5p and the other on Saturday, November 14 from 10a-5p. We have a
few spaces available in each class and would like to invite non-members of NTGM to participate
as well. The fee for the workshop will be $75, which will include an invitation to Natalya’s lecture
“Alternative Stitching Practices” during our Zoom meeting on November 10 at 11am. I am
attaching our newsletter announcement which includes Natalya’s bio, class description and
supply list. Contact me at kwoz1@me.com or Barbara Skimin at barbara.skimin@gmail.com to
answer questions or secure a spot in one of the workshops.
NATALYA KHOROVER artbynatalya.com (be sure to watch Natalya’s video at her website)
Lecture “Alterna ve S tch Prac ces”
November 10 11:00am via ZOOM
Alterna ve S tching Prac ces - What can you s tch on? Just about everything! Natalya will show
examples which will mo vate you and inspire you, sharing details of the pleasures and occasional pi alls
of working with each. This lecture will broaden your understanding of what you can use in your art.
Natalya uses medita ve hand-s tching and mending of vintage linen, alongside her industrial sewing
machine to s tch and collage layers of translucent single- use plas cs which would otherwise contribute
to li er pollu on. The transforma on she subjects them to makes these materials unrecognizable.
Natalya’s Workshops - 20 Students per class
Pseudo Floral/Plas c Nature (6-hour live-stream class - lunch break included) Let’s work together to
clean up the planet by pu ng those ubiquitous plas c bags to a crea ve use. Collect them for a few
weeks and you’ll discover a myriad of colors, thicknesses, pa erns and textures available to you. Natalya
will show you how to prepare the plas c, cut it and s tch it by hand and machine. Experiment with
different substrates and finishes to create an artwork like no other. Start collec ng!
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 10am – 5pm via Zoom
Saturday, November 14, 2020 10am – 5pm via Zoom
Supply list:
• a collec on of single-use plas c bags and packaging (various colors, thicknesses and pa erns - this is
thin plas c shee ng, like a plas c bag)
• sharp scissors for cu ng plas c (con nued)
10• needle nose embroidery scissors
• sewing machine
• various sewing machine and hand s tching threads
• pins
• needles for hand s tching
• needles for your sewing machine (just regular to go with your thread selec on)
• thimble is used
• two yards of Pellon 70 Peltex Ultra Firm sew-in stabilizer (Joann Fabrics has it)
• 24” ruler
• pencil
• black thin marker (like a Sharpie)
• rotary cu er
• a few reference photos of nature or just your imagina on
• few sheets of tracing paper
• iron (to fla en something if needed)
• small tweezers
Are you a student who is looking for the perfect
virtual online class?
Global Quilt Connection presents a “meet the teachers” webinar series showcasing
teachers offering open enrollment to individuals in a variety of virtual workshop
11formats. Each teacher will give you a glimpse of the virtual workshops they offer and
their class formats to give you a sense of what you can learn and create with them.
Webinar 1: November 17, 2020 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. eastern
Webinar 2: November 19, 2020 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. eastern
Webinar 3: February 9, 2021 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. eastern
Webinar 4: February 11, 2021 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. eastern
The webinars are free to attend but you must register for them using the link
below.
http://www.globalquiltconnection.com/studentmainpage.html
Don’t miss an event:
November 5 Quilt Meeting Zoom invitation sent out
November 8 Submit photos for Show and Tell
November 12 Thursday GLHQ Guild Zoom Meeting 7 pm
November 16 Monday Zoom Board Meeting
November 21 Saturday Charity Quilt Drop-off and Pick-up
November 28 Saturday Haven Holiday Drop-off
November 30 Mask Challenge Final date - submit photos
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