The
purpose of this organization shall be to create, stimulate, and maintain an
interest in all matters pertaining to the making of quilts and to establish and
promote educational endeavors through quilts.
Meeting: September 17, 7:00 PM
Parkview
Christian Church
SEPTEMBER
MEETING: Wool Applique with Julie McCoy
This will be a
hands-on meeting of sewing! If you
missed signing up to receive your $5.00 wool kit, please call Sally Kitchen
immediately. There was also a list of
supplies to bring. These little penny
rugs make excellent accent pieces in your home.
Come and enjoy our speaker.
TCQ WEBSITE! http://treecityquiltguild.blogspot.com/
WORKSHOPS and TRIPS
Don’t forget to call Mary
Lou if you want to participate in this workshop! She has shown us some wonderful patterns to
use….come and spend a delightful time with everyone and use up your scraps! Guess What……Christmas is
coming!
Saturday, September
15 Scrap Quilt with Mary Lou
Nuzum
Mabel Stocker is
organizing volunteers to demonstrate at the Fair. As you know, this is something that Tree City
Quilt guild has done for quite a few years and have attracted members through it
as well. Won’t you please consider
giving a demonstration? It does not have
to be anything difficult. Some of us
have demonstrated a technique, a new gadget, seasonal ideas, etc. It is totally up to you what is
demonstrated. Your demonstration should
be about 20 – 30 minutes long…..so don’t think you have to prepare for a 2 hour
lecture/demonstration! Much easier than
that and positively much more friendly.
Demonstrations will be on
Wednesday and Thursday, September 12 and 13 in the afternoon.
ATTENDANCE
January 41, February
35, March 34, April
43, May 38,
There were 37 members and no guests at the Picnic. Plus one new
member….Heather. Welcome!
CIVIL
WAR
Did you know that we are in the
Sesquicentennial commemoration of our country's Civil War? That's just a fancy
way of saying it's been 150 years since the Civil War. This commemoration will
last for 3 years. There are some very beautiful Civil War replica fabrics in
the stores. Why not choose to make a
quilt and learn about our country’s history at the same time? Visit a battle field, museum, or historic
house. Learn something about Ohio
KITCHEN
KORNER
How about a couple summer
recipes?? There have been requests for recipes using spaghetti squash. I LOVE
this squash. It's firm and tasty and versatile and has very few calories! I
never put spaghetti
sauce on my squash. Instead here are some of the things I
do....
I first cook the
squash in my microwave. I pierce it several times around the squash with a
paring knife. Then I place it in my potato-bag quilt (or wrap it in a cotton
dish towel or paper towel). I microwave it on high for about 6 minutes. Let it
stand for 2 or 3 minutes. If it doesn't yield to finger-pressure all the way
around, 'nuke it about 3 more minutes. Let it rest and complete steaming for
about 10 minutes. It's really too darn hot to work with before then. Open the
squash, scoop out the seeds, then using a fork pull out the flesh into a large
bowl and 'fluff' it a bit with your fork. Now use your
imagination!
SPAGHETTI SQUASH PARMESAN ... and
more
For a simple and quick
fix to that steamed squash, toss with about 1/4 cup +/- of Zesty Italian
dressing, or Ranch, or 3 Cheese. Add about 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese and
toss again. Pour into greased casserole, top with more Parm and maybe dill weed
or paprika for a bit of color and hint of taste. Bake at 375* for 15-20 minutes
until hot and beginning to crisp a bit around the edges of the casserole
dish.
Often I make this and
add to it veggies of my choice ~ scallions, mushrooms, shredded carrots, frozen
peas, chopped spinach, etc. You may want to adjust the amount of dressing or
cheese as you add more veggies.
You can alsew use the
steamed squash in stir-fry. Add the squash after the veggies have begun to
cook, allowing time for it to brown a bit.
You can use the
steamed squash rather like cooked rice. Add chopped herbs and olive oil. Toss
well. Add fresh seeded and chopped tomatoes, black olives, chopped fresh
zucchini, etc. Use your imagination. This is a super-versatile and mild squash
with an interesting, slightly crunchy texture!
Zucchini
Cobbler
For all of us with excess
zucchini that may have gotten very large!
This looks and tastes like apple cobbler but the star of this yummy
dessert is zucchini. I’ve made it
several times and everyone thinks they are eating apple cobbler. I just love telling them that it is
zucchini!!
5 cups zucchini – peeled
and seeded. Cut the zucchini into
lengthwise quarters and slice the quarters….the pieces will look like a slice
of apple.
½ cup fresh lemon
juice
¾ cup white
sugar
1 teaspoon ground
cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground
nutmeg
4 cups all-purpose
flour
1/1/2 cups white
sugar
1/1/2 cup butter,
chilled
1 teaspoon ground
cinnamon
Preheat oven to 375. Coat a 9X13 baking dish with spray. Place zucchini and lemon juice in a large
bowl and stir to coat the zucchini. Add
¾ cup sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and the nutmeg. Set aside.
In a second large bowl,
combine flour and 1 ½ cups sugar. Cut in butter until the mixture resembles
coarse crumbs. Stir ½ cup crumb mixture
into the zucchini. Press half the
remaining crumb mixture into the prepared pan.
Spread the zucchini evenly over crust.
Crumble remaining crumb mixture over zucchini and sprinkle with
cinnamon. Bake in preheated oven for 35
– 40 minutes, or until bubbly.
( I add oatmeal to the top
crumb mix…just like any normal apple/fruit crisp recipe you are used to
using)
NEORQC
Information regarding the
2013 NEORQC quilt Getaway weekend has been posted on the site. Check it out! (But sign up for the TCQ weekend
FIRST!)
QUILTER OF THE
YEAR
TCQ will be voting at our
November meeting for whomever we (you!) think is the Quilter of the Year. Please begin considering who you would like
to nominate. You might consider reading
the purpose of our guild and thinking who best exemplifies this purpose. Keep in mind that we only bestow this honor
once…a list of recipients can also be found in your membership booklet.
The presentation will be
made at our annual Christmas party.
QUILT
SERVICES
Quilting by the
Mill, Sarah
Bistline, 10368 Old Mill
RD , Spencer , Ohio 44275
Handcrafted by JR: Long arm quilting, machine
embroidery. See my site on face book
“Quilting by JR” Call 330-472-0473 or
e-mail rawdon@ohio.net
President: Cassie Anderson Vice
President: Jim Rawdon
Secretary: Janet
McFarland
Treasurer: Naomi Lance
Members at Large: Sarah
Bistline and Gwen Hoover
Newsletter: Barbara Byler: Baquilter33@aol.com
Meeting Minutes August
12, 2012
Meeting was opened
by Pres. Cassie Anderson.
Thank you to
refreshment committee Nancy Danby, Toni Phillips and Pat Hall.
Six guests in
attendance, Shirley Rogers, Jo Cermeley, Gerogetta Thomas, Jill Talkington,
Kathy Ott, Kim Panter.
Quilt show was a
huge success – thanks to committee, Sarah, Dot, Rose Marie, Barb Byler, Jeri,
Lucille and Pat
Minutes of last
meeting approved as appeared in Newsletter.
Treasurer reported
balance of $2529.68
Fair update – Mabel
asked for volunteers to do a demo at the fair
Sept 12, 4:30 – 5:30
and Sept 13 2PM – 3:30
Ruth Bishop will
demonstrate pillow cases
Peggy Hodge – edible
pincushions
Mabel Stocker –
exploding pineapple and reversible tablerunner
More volunteers are
needed – good way to promote our guild….
Janice reported that
Spring 2013 retreat sign ups are underway and so far 12 have signed up –
brochures available on table.
Sally reported on
Sept. program – Julie McCoy will do a presentation on using wool. She will teach a mini class on a mug
rug. Kit cost is $5. Bring scissors, large eye needles, straight
pins and a pencil or pen.
Nancy Danby gave
info on Pursonality workshop to be held October 27 from 9-3 in the Fireside
room.
Sara gave update on
quilt show.
- nearly 300 in
attendance
- raffle sales
generated $1920
- thank you to Janet
for hand quilting raffle quilt at no charge
- winner of raffle
quilt was Mary Kinney, Wooster
- winner of table
runner was Jen Groman of Wooster
- Sara read list of
those winning ribbons
- Viewers choice was
won by Betty Boreman, second place Janet McFarland
- The vendors were
pleased with the quilt show and Pat Hall sent thank you notes to all of
them
- The boutique was
well received
- final talley of
receipts will be available at next meeting
-
Mary Lou passed
around sign-up sheet for Scrap Quilts workshop to be held Sept 15.
Ruth Bishop gave a
book review on Barn Quilts & American Quilt Trail Movement.
Program – Cultural
Influences in Quilting given by Rose Marie Baab. It was very interesting and informative. She shared many samples of fabrics from other
countries and cultures.
Show and
Tell
Refreshments
Meeting
adjourned
Respectfully
submitted,
Janet McFarland, secretary
