Empire Quilters Guild Notices
Help Wanted on Guild Committees
Please consider volunteering for the following committees. If you've been waiting to be asked to fill a job — we're asking!
Help Wanted — Nominating Committee
Jun 8, 2008 – We have some openings to fill on the guild's Board of Directors for the 2008–2009 season. We also need to nominate people for the 2009–2011 seasons when many board members will be rotating off of the board due to term limits. Rhona Triggs and Paula Kenney are on the Nominating Committee, and could use more people to help with the task of finding members willing to serve on the guild's Board of Directors.
The Nominating Committee's job is to find people to fill various jobs in the guild. The nominating committee doesn't have to do all the jobs — they just need to find people to fill the positions. So please contact Rhona Triggs or Paula Kenney (both via email to info@empirequilters.net) or Guild President Jennifer Bigelow (email: president@empirequilters.net) if you can help with this important job. Thank you!
Help Wanted — Service Committee
May 12, 2008 – The Guild needs people willing to help with the Service Committee. This team coordinates the monthly collection and distribution of the many quilts and other items our members make to donate to various charitable organizations. This team also organizes and runs our annual Charity Day and other programs focused on service to the greater New York City community. We would like to have several people participating to expand our reach in the community.
Please contact Denise Walsh-Horowitz (info@empirequilters.net) or guild President Jennifer Bigelow (president@empirequilters.net) if you have questions or if you want to participate in this committee. Participation on this committee is a very rewarding experience. Thank you!
Help Wanted — Monthly Raffles Committee
May 10, 2008 – We need some volunteers to run the monthly raffles at the guild meetings during the 2008–2009 season. The raffles are a fun activity (and good money-maker!) for the guild, and we need a person or group of people to continue this tradition next season.
You don't need to commit to an entire year — you can take a month or a few months. The job involves collecting and receiving donations for raffles, gathering the items into prize packages, and selling tickets during the guild meetings. If you've been wanting to get a little more involved with the guild, this is a great opportunity. Please contact guild President Jennifer Bigelow (president@empirequilters.net) if you have further questions, or if you are willing to volunteer for this activity. Thank you!
Upcoming Guild Bus Trips
General Information for all trips:
- Registration is separate for each trip. [Download trip registration form]
- A deposit will hold your seat until the deadline. Full payment is due by deadline.
- We accept cash (at meetings only), checks and money orders. Make checks payable to Empire Quilters.
- Please note the trip destination on your check.
- Mail your registration form and checks to Aleeda Crawley. See the membership directory for Aleeda’s address, or contact info@empirequilters.net.
- A waiting list will be created if necessary.
- Deposits are non-refundable unless a replacement can be found on the waiting list.
- Registration is first-come, first served. Non-members are welcome to join us. Member prices reflect a 10% discount.
- Unless otherwise noted, buses depart from the Southeast corner of 31st Street and 8th Avenue, directly across from Penn Station.
- You will receive notification by mail confirming your registration 10-14 days prior to our trip. If you have not received this notice, please contact Aleeda Crawley.
- Please register as soon as possible. Trips may be cancelled if we do not have enough participation.
Saturday & Sunday, August 9–10, 2008 — Overnight Bus Trip
There are still some openings on this trip.
- Destination: Keepsake Quilting in Center Harbor New Hampshire, and the Lowell Quilt Festival in Lowell, Massachusetts
- Cost: $150.00 members; $165.00 guests. Price includes transportation (tolls & tip), double occupancy hotel room, continental breakfast (Sunday), snacks on board the bus, admission to the Lowell Quilt Festival and the New England Quilt Museum.
- Deposit: $75.00
- Bus Boards: 8:45 am, at the Southeast corner of 31st Street and 8th Avenue, directly across from Penn Station.
- Bus Departs: 9:00 am
- Return Bus Boards: 3:45 pm
- Return Bus Departs: 4:00 pm
- Last year's trip to Lowell was a warm up for this year's regular show in the Tsongas Arena. We will also return for a full day to Keepsake Quilting and have a chance to enjoy a little bit more of Lake Winnipesauke. The New England Quilt Museum exhibition will be Timeless Favorites from the pilgrim/Roy Collection.
- For more information:
Lowell Quilt Festival: www.lowellquiltfestival.org
Keepsake Quilting: www.keepsakequilting.com
The New England Quilt Musum: www.nequiltmuseum.org
Download complete trip brochure (in PDF Format)
Download trip registration form (in PDF format)
Show us your Workspace!
May 20, 2008 –The January 10, 2009 proram will be on organization and will include two contests: for most organized and most disorganized. When you are Spring or Fall Cleaning, take a photo of your quilt stash — or quilt room, if you are that lucky. Most of us live in city apartments and either have creative storage and organization methods or are totally lost. Put your name on the back of the photo and hold until January, or send it to Anna (Anna Foss, 465-84 Street, Brooklyn NY 11209) if you're afraid it will be sucked into the quagmire. Also needed, since we try to be open minded, someone for rebuttal, why we should not try to be organized, the joys and benefits of disorganization.
For more information contact Anna Foss at: annamfoss@earthlink.net Thanks!
Member News
If you have news to pass along to the guild, please send it to info@empirequilters.net
Beth Pile Wins Award at Long Island Quilt Show
Jul 01, 2008 – Congratulations to guild member Beth Pile for her first place blue ribbon at the Eastern Long Island Quilt Guild's recent Peconic Quilt Show. Beth's quilt, pictured here, is titled Great White Way — Broadway. Congratulations, Beth!
Anna Faustino Wins Multiple Awards at
Northern Star Quilt Show
July 01, 2008 – Guild member Anna Faustino received multiple awards at the recent Northern Star Quilter's Guild quilt show in Somers, New York. Anna's quilt Fruits of My Land (pictured left) was awarded a Frist Place Ribbon in the Art – People, Portraits and Figures category. It also received the award for Best Machine Quilting. 
Anna's quilt I Didn't Do It (pictured here below, right) received a First Place Ribbon in the Art – Pictorial category, as well as the award for Best Original Design. Anna received a Second Place Ribbon in the same category for her quilt Where Is the Quilt Show? which was shown at Empire Quilters 2007 Urban Inspirations Quilt Show.
Congratulations, Anna!
Additional Winners at Northern Star
Jul 03, 2008 – Our guild congratulates members Ellen Yamaguchi and Benedicte Caneill for their awards at the recent Northern Star Quilt Show. Ellen's quilt 510 Soaring Cranes was named Judge's Choice by show judge Jeanette Rindge.
And Benedicte Caneille took home three awards. Her quilt The Beauties of New York received a Second Place Ribbon in the Art – People, Portraits Figures category; her piece Memory I received an Honorable Mention in the Art – Abstract category; and her Aster Composition received an Honorable Mention in the Art – Miniature category.
Anna Faustino's newly-published book
Mar 09, 2008 –We're happy to announce that Anna Faustino's book Simply Stunning Woven Quilts is now available from C&T Publishing (www.ctpub.com). The book covers the basics of Anna's fabric weaving in 3 step-by-step lessons, then moves on to eight more techniques for weaving and combining fabrics. There are full-size patterns for her circle weaving technique, and cutting diagrams for 26 different quilts. We all know what a wonderful teacher Anna is. This book is a must-have for every quilter's library.
Be sure to visit Anna's new website: www.newtechquilts.com. Congratulations, Anna!
Member Diane Paul participates in Ovarian Cancer Auction
Apr 13, 2008 – The quilt pictured here, Ovarian Lone Star, is one of two quilts that guild member Diane Paul donated to be auctioned for ovarian cancer research. The online auction was hosted by the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas and took place March 26 – April 9, 2008. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Blanton-Davis Ovarian Cancer Research Program. Diane made this quilt from fabrics from Blank Textiles Inspiration Line.
The second quilt submitted by Diane to be auctioned included blocks made by Empire Quilters members Alice Palmer, Marilyn Korn, Barbara Rose, Blanca Noval, and Constance Ricks.
For more information about the auction visit the Ovarian Cancer Quilt Project website.
Exciting news from Karen Griska
Jan 14, 2008 – Guild member Karen Griska has a new website and her new book was released in May 2008. The website: www.selvagequilts.com is the online headquarters for lovers of selvage quilts, selvage handbags, selvage wearables, and all things “Selvage.” You will be amazed at the number of ways to use selvage in your projects. The website has instructions, definitions, and many fun pictures of quilts, bags, scarves — you name it! — all made from selvages. You can also add pictures of your projects to her website.
Karen's book Quilts from the Selvage Edge is published by the American Quilter's Society, and is now available. You can find information about the book on Karen's website (www.selvagequilts.com) and also on the AQS site: www.americanquilter.com Congratulations, Karen!
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday to our members with birthdays in July and August!
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My Quilts / Our History Quilt Contest
Feb 01, 2008 – To celebrate their 15th Anniversary, The Alliance for American Quilts is conducting a quilt contest. The contest, called My Quilts / Our History celebrates the Alliance's mission to document, preserve and share our great quilt heritage. Contest quilts should reflect your personal history as a quiltmaker, and should be a 15-inch by 15-inch square. Entries can be traditional or art quilts, and any techniques and materials may be used. Quilts are to be made especially for this contest. Contest quilts become a donation to The Alliance for American Quilts, and will be auctioned online, with 100% of the proceeds supporting the continuation of the Alliance's mission.
Contest prizes include a Pfaff sewing machine, a gift basket from Mountain Mist valued at $500, and an Electric Quilt Company package containg software, fabric and CDs valued at $250. Entry forms, fees ($25/quilt), and completed quilts must be postmarked by July 15, 2008.
For entry rules, entry forms, and complete information about The Alliance for American Quilts visit their website: www.centerforthequilt.org.
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