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With the publication of our September/October 2007 newsletter we wrap up our publishing year as well as our 10th year anniversary celebration. What a year it has been for TAS.
Throughout this year the newsletters have been full of information, projects and patterns. In our July/August 2006 newsletter we started an appliqué “Mystery Quilt” project designed by author, teacher and pattern designer Phyllis D. Miller. Installments to the mystery quilt ran in every other issue of the newsletter. We will be printing the final pattern, the border design, in our upcoming Nov/Dec 2007 newsletter. This project has kept many of our members busy and we will soon be posting some of the beautiful end results on our “Show and Share” page http://www.theappliquesociety.org/shownshare/ShowNShare.htm as well as in future newsletters.
We had feature interviews with many of the glittering stars of the quilting and appliqué galaxy. Diane Gaudynski http://www.dianegaudynski.net/, Elly Sienkiewicz http://www.ellysienkiewicz.com/, Joyce Becker http://www.joycerbecker.com/, Cathy Geier. Shirley Bloomfield http://www.shirleybloomfield.co.uk/ and Kathy McNeil http://www.kathymcneilquilts.com/ we have covered such subjects as machine quilting, Baltimore Album Quilts, Landscape Quilts and Baltimore style with an English Twist.
Our members were not to be outdone, however. Many entered our “What Inspires You” essay contest and it was a pleasure to read the winning essay in each issue of the newsletter. We had six winners over the publishing year and each received a one-year free renewal to TAS.
We are so proud of our TAS members. Many had new books published this past year. It was our pleasure to introduce these new books to our readers. Congratulations to Karen Kay Buckley, http://www.karenkaybuckley.com/, for her book “Earthly Delights – The Perfect Finish”, Kathy Kansier, http://www.kathykansier.com/, published her first book “Ozark Varieties”, Linda M. Poole published her latest book, http://www.lindampoole.com/, “Quilted Fairie Tales”. Mimi Dietrich, http://www.mimidietrich.com/, introduced a new fabric line from P&B fabrics called the “Baltimore Museum of Art Collection”, Jeanne Sullivan’s block design, “Hope Sings” was selected by Northocott fabrics as their first place winner in their “Quest for a Cure” http://www.northcott.net/index.cfm?action=winningblocks06 block contest winner.
In each issue of the newsletter we print at least 2 patterns designed and donated to TAS by our members. Many thanks to these talented ladies...Vinda Sund, Nancy Lee Chong http://www.prqc.com/, Eula Mae Long who donated four Christmas patterns that ran throughout the year and also donated the charming basket pattern collection to TAS as a fund raiser. “Flower Basket Pattern Series” can be ordered from this link., Flower Basket Pattern Packs . Connie Sue Haidle http://www.appleblossomquilts.com/, And of course our mystery quilt designer Phyllis D. Miller for filling our year with mystery and fun.
We enjoyed delightful prose with our resident poet Donna-Mae Baldwin’s column “Mystic Musings by Donna-Mae”. Kathy Kansier’s column “Quilts Up Close” is a favorite of the members as she passes along all sorts of wonderful quilt information. Our members were kept up to date on many of the latest quilting tools and books through our “Let’s Go Shopping” column and our popular book review section. Our chapters share news and photos of their projects, trips and fundraising efforts and members share their latest quilts in our “TAS Members Show and Share” column. Many of these photos are also posted on our website.
This past May, our quilt show was held in Tampa Bay, Florida. “Appliqué in Tampa Bay” was so much fun and the quilts were just beautiful. Photos of the winning quilts in each category were printed in the newsletter with all the winning quilts photos published on the TAS website. Please visit the site to enjoy these photos in color and don’t forget to click on the “Behind the Scenes” link to see some of the work that went into making this show such a success. http://www.theappliquesociety.org/2007show.htm
Click on our Sneak Peek link below to see a sampling of one of our newsletters. If you are not a current member of TAS I hope you will consider joining our organization. We have a lot more surprises and fun scheduled for our next publishing year.
Happy Stitching
Patti Ives
TAS Newsletter Editor
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