Florida Quilt Network - Newsletter #297
Oct 6, 2023
Quilting Friends,
(click
to enlarge) I love this Picnic
pattern from Cluck Cluck Sew. At my latest online Tips Tools & Techniques
Club, I chat about how I chose the colors and how to square up a quilt that
is ‘on point’. Forgive the very
beginning, I talked for like 10 minutes before we realized I wasn’t live. So I started again. Oops!
Have you heard of the organization called Loose Ends? They are matching up loved one’s unfinished projects with caring volunteers who can help. All types of work from quilting and knitting to felting and weaving. Anything with fiber it looks like. What a great idea! If you would like to help finish projects that were left undone by death or illness, please sign up! They have matched more than 1200 projects to volunteer finishers in their first year.
One more thing: I’ve been asked in the past WHERE one can rent time on a longarm machine. Bold Notion Quilting in Brooksville FL has a program for that! Once you get certified, the price per hour is reasonable. Check her out, and tell Lauren I sent you!
Happy Quilting,
Mary-Jeanine
PS: I’d love to hear from you, so drop me a line sometime.
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For
Sale:
Bernina 830
in excellent condition for sale. Included is the Arrow Cabinet (Bertha, retail
$1600) and additional Bernina embroidery equipment and storage. This work horse
machine belonged to our beautiful Mom who passed away a few months ago. She
took excellent care of her Bernina and crafted many quilts for her children,
grandchildren and many more people she loved. The Bernina is available for
$3500 or best offer. Located in the Oviedo area. Please contact Megan at mailto:mcrevier@gmail.com or 407.433.6213.Thank you.
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For
Sale:
Original Featherweight table, in excellent condition. The top has been
refinished to remove normal scuff marks. Selling because I do not have room for
the table.
It does NOT include the machine shown. $450.
Local pick up in Bradenton or buyer pays shipping.
Jerry Stube
The Quilters Quarters, Inc
www.quiltersqtrs.com
jerry@quiltersqtrs.com
(913) 683-3324
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Still
Available:
Coronet LongArm $3500 Jtessell@yahoo.com (#290)
Martelli Table & lots of new cutting templates $1500 Carroll at 407-321-4310 (#295)
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS: (Newsletter number follows)
2023
Oct 6-7 Quilt Show in Palatka www.MissDsQuilts.Com (#294)
Oct 13
Rope Bowl Class in Pembrook Pines
info here (#296)
Oct 16
Virtual Applique Class info
here (#296)
Oct 20-21
Quilt Show in Clearwater quilterscrossingguild.org
Oct 20-22 Quilt Show in White Springs (386) 397-4478
(#295)
October 21 David Owen Hastings Lecture Zoom only info here (#292)
Oct 28 David Owen Hastings Workshop Zoom Only info here (#292)
Nov 3-4 Quilt Show in Ocala www.crqocala.org (#292)
Nov 3-4 Quilt Show in Spring Hill HernandoQuiltersguild.com (#295)
Nov 5-9 Quilt Retreat in Bradenton www.swfqg.com/retreat.htm (#294)
Nov
10-11 Quilt Show in Tampa moved to 2024 www.quiltersworkshoptampa.org (#290)
Nov
10-11 Quilt Show in Leesburg/Mount Dora info
here (#291)
Nov 13-14
David Taylor Lecture & Class in Land O Lakes (#296)
Nov
17-Dec 2 Central Florida Shop Hop (#297)
Dec 2
Florida Quilt Study Group in Palatka
kmetelicacray@gmail.com (#288)
2024
Jan 13-20 Northeast FL Shop Hop (#297)
Jan 19-20 Quilt Show in Lakeland ladiesofthelakes.org/show (#297)
Jan 24-25 Susan Cleveland Lecture &
Workshops info
here (#296)
Feb 2-3 Quilt Show in Port St. Lucie www.pslcrazyquilters.org/quilt-show-2024.html
(#297)
Feb 9-10 Quilt Show in Ocala ocalawoods@cfl.rr.com (#296)
Feb 14-24 World of Quilts Cruise
from Ft. Lauderdale info
here
Feb 16-17 Quilt Show in Melbourne https://seasidepiecemakers.com/quilt-show-2024-info/. (#295)
Feb 23-24 Quilt Show in Punta Gorda
info here
(#293)
Mar
1-2 Quilt Show in Naples info
here (#296)
Mar 23
Quilt Show in Trenton info here
(#296)
Aug 2-5 Quilt
Cruise bit.ly/455rxVh (#297)
2025
Feb
7-8 Quilt Show in Vero Beach (#295)
Mar 8-9 Quilt Show in Pembrook Pines info here (#297)
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CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOP HOP
“Holiday Hot Pad Hop”
Get started on those Christmas gifts….everyone gets a hot pad!
Nov 17-Dec 2, 2023. Receive Fabric and Pattern kit at each store (no batting or insul-bright included)
8 $75 prizes and 8 $50 prizes
Passports available at:
· A Quilting Palette, LLC, Lady Lake
· Beyond The Stitches, Crystal River
· Nana’s Quilt Shop, Brooksville,
· Piece by Piece, Mt Dora
· Sew-Mini Things, Mt. Dora
· Sew Together, Wildwood
· The Sewing Studio at Lady Lake, Lady Lake
· The Sewing Studio Fabric Superstore, Maitland
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SHOP HOP IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA
“Quilt the Rainbow”
Grand prize: a sewing machine
Each shop will award a $100 gift basket and their shop quilt
January 13-20, 2024
Passports available from:
· Bee’s Quilt Shop & Studio, St. Augustine
· Cinnamon’s Quilt Shoppe on Point Meadows Dr, Jacksonville
· Cinnamon’s Quilt Shoppe on Hood Road, Jacksonville
· Cut Up & Sew, Palm Coast
· D&R Sewing Center, Jacksonville
· Miss D’s, Palatka
· The Sew N Quilt Co, Holly Hill
· Tilted Quilters, Jacksonville
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QUILT SHOW IN LAKELAND
Presented by
Ladies of the Lakes Quilters of Lakeland
175 Lake Hollingsworth Dr.
Lakeland, FL.
Jan 18th set up
for vendors
Jan.19 & 20, 2024 Quilt show open
from 10-4
Plenty of room for bus parking, over 200 quilts, judged show, food & concessions
ladiesofthelakes.org/show
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QUILT SHOW IN PORT ST. LUCIE
‘Quilting In Paradise”
Feb 2-3, 2024 (9-4pm)
MidFlorida Event Center
Port St. Lucie
www.pslcrazyquilters.org/quilt-show-2024.html
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QUILT CRUISE
Quilt Cruise Get Away - Aug 2-5, 2024- space is
limited- Details here bit.ly/455rxVh
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QUILT EXPO IN PEMBROKE PINES
Save the date: - South Florida Quilt Expo is March 8-9, 2025
at the Charles F Dodge City Center, Pembroke Pines, FL. We are looking
for workshop teachers and vendors. Send your workshop info to chairman@browardquiltexpo.com
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NEWS FROM QUILTFEST JAX
Sew Full of Whimsy, the Jacksonville Quiltfest, is proud to announce the first place winners of our show and Best of Show, as selected by the 2023 judge, Diane (De) Leclair. More images can be seen on the Facebook Page throughout the year @quilfestjax or on Instagram @jaxquiltfest.
Large Pieced Quilts and Best of Show: Belladonic Haze by Margaret Solomon Gunn
Intermediate Pieced Quilts: Northern Lights by Pam Baity
Appliqued Quilts and Best Machine Quilting: My Secret Garden by Margaret Solomon Gunn
Small Quilts and Best Stationary Quilting: Stella Bella II by Marsha Walper
Miniature Quilts: Oh, My Stars by Joyce Puffinbarger
Oher Techniques Quilts: An Unexpected Journey by Shawn Gulley
Art Quilts and Viewers Choice: Vincent Van Gato by Nikki Hill
Collaborative Quilts: Bit by Bit Bee entered by Kate Alicea
Quiltfest Challenge: Three Travelers in Search of a Vague Notion by Nikki Hill
Best Hand Quilting: Village of Hidden Wishes by Wendy Analia
Sondie Frus
Publicity Chair
Jacksonville Quiltfest
Publicity.quiltfestjax@gmail.com