Monthly Meetings:

The Ladybug Guild meets at 7:00pm on the 2nd Monday of each month in the all-purpose room at the Newark Senior Center in Newark, Delaware. Meetings include a review of Guild business, updates from Committee Chairs, member show and tell, invited guest speakers, fat quarter raffles, door prizes and more. Contact Peggy Rosa, President at MROSA22Acomcast.net

The Ladybug Guild follows the same weather closure policy as the Newark Senior Center and announcements regarding the closure of the Center can be heard on most local radio stations.

Directions to the Newark Senior Center:
Going South on I-95:
Take Exit 3 (Route 273 West – Newark). Follow Rt. 273 for approximately 3.5 miles (past MBNA, Avon, & FMC). At the 9th traffic light, you will see a Shell Gas Station on your left and a red “84 Lumber” sign on your right. Turn left at this light, onto Marrows Road (note: there is no street sign at this corner). Go 0 .7 miles and turn right at the third stoplight onto White Chapel Drive. Go .1 mile and the Newark Senior Center will be on the right.

Going North on I-95 and from Route 4:
Take Exit 1 and follow signs for 896 North. Go 1 mile on 896 North to the 3rd traffic light (Route 4). Turn right onto Route 4 – East. Go 1.4 miles to the light at Marrows Road (there is an Exxon station on one corner and a Dairy Queen on the other) and turn left onto Marrows Road. Go 0.8 mile to the light at White Chapel Drive (see signs for “Gardens at White Chapel” and a green DelDot sign that says “Newark Senior Center”). Turn left onto White Chapel Drive. Go 0.1 mile, the Newark Senior Center will be on your right.

Upcoming Programs:

2011

September	B.J. Titus Lecture: Nature's Bounty: Where to Find Inspiration. Workshop: Pumpkin Patch Workshop.
October	Madge Ziegler Lecture
November	Debbie Pierce Lecture and Book Signing
December	Holiday Picnic

2012

January
February	Debra Gabel Lecture: Creating Quilts with Your Own Designs Workshop: Iris Flower Applique Wallhanging
March	tbd
April	tbd
May	tbd
June	tbd
July	Holiday Picnic
August	Hospice Tree Ornaments
September	tbd
October	tbd
November	tbd
December	Holiday Picnic

Bus Trips:

Quilting Bees:
Bees are small groups of quilters who meet regularly in member's homes to share their quilting successes and challenges. Some bees may become involved in special projects, trips or demonstrations; others simply enjoy each other’s company while sewing. Talking is always encouraged! The bees give Ladybug members a chance to get to know one another in a smaller group setting. If you would like to join a bee, please visit with Sue Norfleet at the next meeting.

Quilt In A Box:
Groups of twelve may participate in a Quilt- In-A-Box group. Each person in the group picks their own fabrics (instructions about types of fabric to choose and how much is needed are provided). After selecting and pre-washing the fabrics, you put them into a box with you name. Each month you trade boxes with others in your group and take home someone else's fabric. During the month you make a machine or hand pieced block or an appliqued block. You will make the same block each month until you have made one for each member of your group. At the end of the year, a get- together is planned and members of the group exchange the blocks they have made for each other. Each participant ends up with twelve blocks made from her choice of fabric.... Enough for a nice sampler... The swap is an excellent opportunity to get experience in making blocks with fabric you maybe wouldn't chose yourself. It also shows how the same block and look SO different when made from various fabrics and fabric placement.

DuPont Quilt Display:
Interested in sharing your quilting with others? Consider displaying your quilt at the Capital Management Office of the DuPont Company. The office is located on Route 202, Bldg #1, 3rd Floor (pink buildings across from Borders). Quilts hang behind a Plexiglass cover located next to the receptionist’s desk. Any size quilt up to 65” wide and 70” long will fit the space. This is a nice way to expose people to the art of quilting, so please volunteer your quilt to share with others. For more information email Jeanne Haley at Jeanne.haley@comcast.net.

Service Projects:

Delaware Hospice - Every year Delaware Hospice asks organizations to design and decorate a Christmas tree that they then auction off. The Ladybugs have a volunteer that works with the Delaware Hospice to design an ornament. At the August meeting, members participate in making the ornaments for the tree.

Save Our Stories - Save Our Stories, (Quilter’s SOS) is a project that is a joint effort between the Alliance for American Quilts and the Center for American Cultural Studies at the University of Delaware. The Ladybugs are helping to record and document tales of quilters. After training, volunteer quilters interview other quilters of all ages and skill levels. The interview centers on a "touchstone object," usually a quilt made by the interviewee. The topics in the interview are wide-ranging, from "how did you choose these colors" to "what makes a great quilt." The interview is tape recorded, and a digital photo of the quilt is taken. After the interview is transcribed and checked, it and the photos are posted to the QSOS site. Some Ladybug members' interviews are already there. And there are more to come!