Lake Norman Quilters meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Centre Presbyterian Church in Mooresville, near I-77 Exit 33. (Meeting dates are sometimes changed to the third Tuesday in November and December due to holidays.)
Meetings feature educational programs and opportunities for members to show their work and enjoy time with each other. Refreshments are served at 6:30 p.m. The business portion of the meeting starts at 7 p.m., and the program follows.
We are a friendly, informal, fun-loving group with nearly 60 members. Anyone interested in learning more about quilting is welcome to attend.
2009 meetings:
Jan. 26 –
Annual business meeting
(no program)
February 24 – Karen Comstock of Quiltricks
www.quiltricks.com
March 24 – Janet Lasher: Wearable Art
www.janetalasher.com
April 28 – Tips, Tools and Techniques
Come prepared to share your favorite quilting tip, tool or technique with the group.
May 26 – Susan Fetner: Right Brain/Left Brain
June 23 – Christine Sholtz: Longarm quilting
July 28 – Rene Crowder: What you can do with 6, 8 or 12 fat quarters
August 25 – Ann Walker: Dolls
September 22 – Christmas Comes Early
Each member is asked to bring a few small homemade gifts to donate to this gift fair. Proceeds benefit our quilt show fund. Bring your friends and your wallet and take home some great holiday gifts!
October 27 – No meeting due to Quilt Show preparations
November 17 (one week early)– Brenda Arrowood: Borders and Bindings
December 15 (one week early)– Annual Christmas Potluck – Members bring a favorite dish, and our meeting is spent in fellowship and fun.
2009 Officers
PRESIDENT
Elizabeth McNabb
704.664.5043
quilts.mcnabb@gmail.com
VICE PRESIDENT (handles programs)
DeLane Rosenau
704.483.4130
delanequilts@bellsouth.net
SECRETARY
Michele Sheets
704.528.9746
wcram97@Bellsouth.net
TREASURER
Dolores Fobare
704.662.5770
quilterdf@yahoo.com
2009 Quilt Show winners
(Photos of major ribbon winners are shown at right.)
Large Bed – Quilted by Maker (pieced)
First: Rene Crowder
Second: Sarah Brandt
Third: Rene Crowder
Large Bed – Professionally Quilted (pieced)
First: Barbara L. Barrier
Second: Teresa Sloop
Third: Charlotte Soutullo
HM: Barbara L. Barrier
Large Bed – Professionally Quilted (mixed)
First: Charlotte Soutullo
Second: Charlotte Soutullo
Small Bed – Quilted by Maker (pieced)
First: Cindy Magee
Second: Kathy Beck
Third: Margaret Wills
Small Bed – Quilted by Maker (mixed)
First: Eileen Brown
Second: Barbara L. Barrier
Third: DeLane Rosenau
HM: Cindy Magee
Small Bed – Quilted by Maker (appliqué)
First: Susan Brubaker Knapp
Small Bed – Professionally Quilted (pieced)
First: Kimberly Crawford
Second: Kimberly Crawford
Third: Joyce Mullis
HM: Marianne McCormick
HM: Teresa Sloop
Small Bed – Professionally Quilted (mixed)
First: Jeane Knick
Second: Sandra Palmer
Third: Lindsay Ogburn
HM: Sandra Palmer
Large Wall Art (pieced)
First: Kimberly Crawford
Second: Colleen Thrailkill
Third: Kimberly Crawford
HM: Carol A. Bankirer
Large Wall Art (mixed)
First: Eileen Brown
Large Wall Art (appliqué)
First: Susan Brubaker Knapp
Small Wall Art (pieced)
First: Kimberly Crawford
Second: Elizabeth McNabb
Third: Barbara L. Barrier
HM: Lindsay Ogburn
Small Wall Art (mixed)
First: Elizabeth McNabb
Second: Joyce Mullis
Third: Cheryl Campbell
HM: Sandra Palmer
Small Wall Art (appliqué)
First: Greta McCrea
Second: Laurie Jasany
Third: Laurie Jasany
HM: Cathy Johansen
Novelty
First: Michele Sheets
Second: Deanna Johnson
Third: Dolores Fobare
HM: Joyce Mullis
Wearables
First: Susan Dunne-Lederhaas
Second: Elizabeth McNabb
Third: Joyce Mullis
HM: DeLane Rosenau
Art/Pictoral
First: DeLane Rosenau
Second: Susan Brubaker Knapp
Third: K. Grace Howes
HM: Elizabeth McNabb
Group
First: K. Grace Howes, DeLane Rosenau,
Lu’shorn Millsaps, and Susan Brubaker Knapp
Second: Jeane Knick
Third: Lucinda Weyer
HM: Eileen Brown

Best of Show
“Pink Petal Party” by Susan Brubaker Knapp

Best Hand Quilting
“Quiet in a Crowded Day” by Eileen Brown

Best Machine Quilting
“Lepidoptera” by Susan Brubaker Knapp

Best Use of Color
“Twists and Turns” by Kimberly Crawford

Best Use of Embellishment
“I Want Presents” by Dolores Fobare

Most Innovative
“Red Moon” by K. Grace Howes

Best Longarm Quilting
“Baskets of Many Colors” by Teresa Sloop
Quilted by Teresa DeWalt

Judge’s Choice Award from Scott Murkin
“Shake Your Tail Feather” by Sandra Palmer

Judge’s Choice Award from Carol Larimer
“The Pumpkin Patch” by Elizabeth McNabb

Viewers’ Choice Award
“Ngo Oiy Ney A” by Jeanne Knick

Some members of Lake Norman Quilters gather for a group photo after our second quilt show, “Sailing Under the Harvest Moon,” held October 30-31, 2009. Here are the major ribbon winners: