October 2025
October 2025 Newsletter
See You Tuesday!
Calvary United Methodist Church
575 W. Northfield Dr, Brownsburg.
Our meetings will take place in the Fellowship Hall, with plenty of parking available for everyone. Please enter through the main entrance.
Please join us at 6:30pm for a bit of fellowship time and refreshments.
The meeting will begin at 7pm.
From Our President
Dear Guild Members,
October has arrived, bringing with it cooler days, cozy evenings, and the perfect excuse to snuggle under a quilt. This season always reminds me of the beauty in rich autumn colors—burnt orange, golden yellow, deep burgundy, and earthy browns. These are some of my favorite colors!
As we enter the last few months of 2025, I want to thank each of you for the creativity, energy, and joy you bring to our guild. Whether you are stitching for a show, working on holiday gifts, or simply enjoying the slow process of handwork, your efforts keep the spirit of quilting alive and thriving.
This month our very own Claudia Lash will be our program presenter. She will focus on embellishing quilts. It should be a fun and informative event you won’t want to miss!
We had our fundraising event at the Bow Wow Bash recently. Our initial intake was around $300. Not as much as we had hoped for but we didn’t take it “personally”. People just weren’t shopping. We still have an inventory of beautiful items we will be selling at a future show. Details to follow. The response from members has been incredible and your donations and efforts are so appreciated.
Lastly, we approach year end and will be looking for volunteers to help in various positions for 2026. We cannot support the activity of the guild without your help and assistance. I speak from experience – you will gain more in the end. Working on committees is a great way to meet people and establish new friendships. Please think long and hard about how you may be able to help next year.
I have been working on programs for 2026 and am excited about options as they slowly but surely come together. Kristi has done an amazing job with programs this year which has been a hard act to follow but doing my best. Who will be the person to pick the 2027 programs? Think about it and know you will have support and guidance.
Warmly,
Dana Sederoff
Scrapbasket Quilt Guild President
Programs and Workshops
October Program - October 21
Claudia Lash of Presto Ave Designs
Claudia will present her quilt embellishment lecture and trunk show
and will have patterns to purchase if interested.
November Program - November 18
Heather Givans of Crimson Tate
Finding your unique voice- Artistry in quilting
“In the fast evolving tapestry of the modern quilt movement, how do you define your aesthetic? What’s your point of view? Hear Heather describe her adventure from artist to teacher to maker to fabric designer. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be inspired."
November Workshop - Wednesday, November 19
Workshop with Heather Givans - Footnote Quilt 3 hr workshop
“You’ll create one block with no curves but the final result will be gorgeous and unforgettable. It’s like magic.”
December Program - December 16
Christmas Party
Committee Activities
Block of the Month/Challenges
Beth Archer
It sure doesn't feel like October BUT all the fall foliage and beautiful colors are starting to paint the landscape. October Block of the Month/Challenge theme is Halloween with Reverse Applique the featured technique. So many different angles you could take with this month and a great way to learn to layer different colors and textures to produce the applique. If you are not a Halloween fan, think harvest moon or smiling faced pumpkins or fall textured trees. Abstract designs and textured fabrics can be so fun to display using the reverse applique technique.
We are closing in on the end of the year and our SHOWCASE? It is NOT TOO LATE to get your blocks from previous months ready. Your quilts and projects made from the blocks you created will be the STAR of the show, complete with a friendly contest and prizes. Our Prize categories will be:
Best of Show
Most Creative
Fan Favorite
Use of Color
Use of Technique
Excited to see all your work.
Beth Archer
317-408-3843
archerbeth8@gmail.com
A few of last month's completions:
Cheer
Rhonda Nelson
If you know of any Scrapbasket member needing a little cheer, please let Rhonda Nelson know. She will be happy to send a card from all of us. Thank you.
Donation Quilts
Cindi Johnson
I have a young friend who is a social worker for Anchor of Love Hospice. They have patients from all over Indiana and offices are located in Carmel. They receive Medicare funding in part from how many volunteer hours are given to them. This might be a good place to donate some quilts. I would get a background and drug check because I would have direct patient contact. If a quilter wants a quilt donated to a hospice patient, the staff chooses which patient is most in need. The quilter/agency gets volunteer credit for the hours it took to make the quilt, and internal credit for the time it takes me to bring the quilt(s) in to them and present to the patient. If patient agrees to be photographed, a pic can be taken of him/her with the quilt so that the quilter knows who it was given to. It becomes that patient’s property and goes to the family after the patient passes. If anyone wants to make a quilt for this group, document how many hours it took to make it. I think it is a win/win. They get more funding hours, and the quilter makes a quilt that is more of a personal gift. This will not replace any of the other groups we donate to, your quilt just needs to be marked as a hospice quilt and how many hours it took.
Cindi Johnson
Quilts of Valor
PLEASE check your sewing rooms for any remaining log cabin block kits and return them to the October meeting, even if they are not completed! We are especially looking for any remaining log cabin blocks with gold centers. We need at least three more returned to complete our quilt layout.
Friendship star or four-patch block kits can be turned in at a later meeting if they are not yet completed. These are destined for a quilt to be finished next year.
If any group or individual would like to volunteer for the following, please let us know:
Sewing the log cabin blocks together into a quilt top
Quilting a completed quilt top
Quilts of Valor will be holding off on any other projects for the rest of the year due to the holidays.
For questions or to volunteer, please see Mary DeRemer or Kathy Walker at the guild meetings, or contact us at:
Mary DeRemer deremer1048@gmail.com (317) 272-5206
Kathy Walker kjwalker1918@gmail.com (317) 935-7302
Information is also available at the QOV website: https://www.qovf.org/.
President's Block
It's getting to the close of the year. It's time to get our blocks ready for our President. She has chosen a House block. Below are the instructions. Please complete a block, sign it on the front of the block, and bring it by the December meeting in which we can present the blocks to her. I will be collecting the blocks before the meetings.
Sandy Beard, Vice President
Photo Directory Reminder
Please don't forget to email jenna0327@gmail.com a photo of yourself for the directory, thanks!!
Info
Member to Member
This is an opportunity for you to list quilting items/supplies/patterns that you no longer want.
Submit a list/description to the monthly newsletter by the Tuesday the week before the meeting to newslettereditor@scrapbasket.org
Email your info included in the body of the message or as an editable attachment, like Word (not a PDF). No hard copies, please.
Any pictures should be in .jpg format and attached to the email,
Include your preferred contact information. Anyone who is interested can contact you and arrange a pickup.
Guild Documents
Please visit the password-protected Members section of the website for the following information:
Meeting Minutes
Treasurer's Reports
Membership Roster
Beelet Roster
Facebook
If you wish to follow the guild on Social Media, you can! Simply search for "Scrapbasket" on Facebook and you'll find a Page and a Closed Group. Follow our Page and Group for event notices, too. Simply request to “Join” the group, and one of the Administrators will accept you.
The Group is really just for members or close friends of our Guild. The Page is a great way to make us visible to the public...and future Guild members!
