“Members’ Corner”

Welcome, BVQ Members! This is your Guild information page. Click on any of the links below for further details.
NOTE: GUILD NEWS items, Hospitality Schedule and Fabric Fun are updated monthly; other newly added or updated items are highlighted in red.
Please contact the Webmaster to report news items or to suggest updates to this page.

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Please note that BVQ's August meeting will be held at the Lutheran Church Of The Good Shepherd,
located at 1530 Foulk Road in north Wilmington.
(This is just south of Silverside Road which you can get on at Rt. 202)

BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER, BVQ meetings will be held Rachel Kohl Community Library,
which is located right in front of Garnet Valley Middle School at 687 Smithbridge Road. If you borrowed any books from the BVQ library, please bring them to the September meeting. *************************************************************************************

RECENT AND UPCOMING EVENTS   GUILD NEWS   MEETING INFO   MISCELLANEOUS
Recent Meeting Highlights   Bee News   Fabric Fun   AQS Book Club
May 15: New Member Tea   Cheer Baskets   Hospitality Schedule   Magazine Subscriptions
August 10: 2010 Challenge   Meeting/Membership News   Meeting checklist   Speakers’ Workshops
August 31: Quilt Show Meeting   President’s Message   Scrap Bag   BVQ Workshops
September 21: Board Meeting   Raffle Quilt       Jo-Ann Discount Cards
Oct. 16-17: 2010 Quilt Show - News   Sunshine        
November 5-7: Fall Retreat   Winners’ Circle        


Meeting Highlights and Membership News

Meeting Highlights ** Winners’ Circle ** Membership Renewals ** Meeting Checklist

July Meeting Highlights

Ellen McLaughlin presents Betty Jean with her teacup quilt   34 members signed in at our July meeting. We spent the day sewing Stockings for Soldiers and/or working on various other projects. Betty Jean ordered pizzas for dinner and then we took a break at 7:00 p.m. for a short business meeting, Show and Tell and the raffles.

Betty Jean announced that starting with the September meeting, we will have a new meeting place - the Rachel Kohl Library, located on Smith Bridge Road at the entrance to the Middle and Elementary Schools. Enter through the front door and go straight ahead to the meeting room. Seating is auditorium-style (not at tables) and the chairs are comfy with backs! We can store all of our equipment (library cart, quilt frame, PA system, easel, etc.) there. The monthly charge for the room is quite reasonable and the library would be available to us for our Board meetings and workshops on Saturdays (at an additional charge).

Ellen McLaughlin presented Betty Jean Boyd with a teacup quilt as a thank you for her service as President for the past 3 years. Blocks were made by some of the Board members and committee chairs. Ellen assembled and quilted the quilt. Betty Jean also received a tea set and a bottle of “Quilter’s Wine”.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SIGN IN AT THE WELCOME TABLE BY 8:00 P.M. AND WEAR YOUR NAMETAG!!!

Winners’ Circle

(Please note that due to the time needed to count and divide the money, there will be a cut off time of 7:15 P.M. for purchasing 50/50 and Not-So-Blind-Raffle tickets at the Guild meetings.)
July 2010 Winners
Fabric Raffle:   Dot Whittaker and Barbara Gross
50/50:   Diane Kilpatrick
Not So Blind Raffle:   Lil Koster
Block of the Month:   no drawing (only 1 block submitted)
Auction Donor Raffle:   Kathy Silvon

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MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS

Dues for 2010-2011 were DUE by June 30, 2010. If your dues were not paid by 7/31/2010, you have been dropped from the Membership List. To renew your membership, you will need to complete a membership form (included with your recent newsletters, or you can download the form in Word or .pdf format) and submit it with your check, payable to Brandywine Valley Quilters, to Membership VP Heather Smalley, at the next Guild meeting, or mail it to her directly (her address is in your membership directory). Dues are $40.00 if you receive your newsletter via e-mail and $45.00 if you receive a printed copy of the newsletter.

New this year!! If a member brings in a NEW member, the current member will receive a $5.00 voucher redeemable toward their next membership renewal.

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2010 BVQ Challenge

This year's fabric challenge, in conjunction with the AAQI (Alzheimers Art Quilt Initiative), is small and quick to make. We hope if you took a challenge kit that you rose up to the challenge and we will see your creation at the August guild meeting. Be sure to bring your finished Challenge entry in the Priority Mail envelope that came with the kit. Note: You DO NOT need to return the unused fabric. (But if you don't want it, you can always return it to the Scrap Bag!) However, if you took a challenge kit, and did not do it, please return the kit to Jody.

“Thanks for all the participation, it touches my heart more than you realize”...Jody.

Visit the BVQ ARCHIVES to view the Challenge entries from 2009 and previous years.

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Raffle Quilt News

2010 Raffle Quilt ** 2012 Raffle Quilt - your help is needed!!

2010 Raffle Quilt - “Cocoa Galaxy”

  Ellen and the 2010 Raffle Quilt at Quilt Odyssey   BVQ wishes to recognize Ellen Nobles-Harris for all of her efforts on the raffle quilt, from the design stage through display and ticket sales. Ellen was at Quilt Odyssey in Hershey in July for the duration of the show (at her own expense). BVQ thanks those members who helped Ellen sell raffle tickets for the quilt and the American Girl doll at the show.

If you haven’t yet picked up your 2010 raffle quilt tickets, please see Ellen at any Guild meeting. You receive two books of tickets with your paid membership, which you may sell or keep (don't forget to turn in the ticket stubs!). Please consider asking for extra tickets that you can sell on behalf of the guild.

If you have any suggestions for venues to display our raffle quilt and sell chances, please let Ellen Nobles-Harris or Betty Jean Boyd know - our sales need a boost! The quilt will be raffled at our quilt show in October, so time is running out!

2012 Raffle Quilt News

Believe it or not, it is time to start planning our 2012 Raffle quilt! It takes a full year to make it, and we like to sell tickets for a full year. SO, it is time to step up to the plate to volunteer to take on this extremely worthy challenge! Ellen Nobles-Harris, who has graciously done this for us the past few years has detailed notes about the whole process—you won’t be starting from scratch with no guidance!! So, please consider taking on this job.

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BVQ Quilt Show, October 16-17, 2010
“Something New from Something Old... decades of thread stories”

What's Happening
Auction ** Auction Wish List
Bazaar
  		Show Dates
Committee Chairs
Next Meeting
  		Entry Forms/Rules Must be received by September 14!!
UFO/USO Challenges
 
 

What's Happening...

Auction ** Bazaar ** Hanging ** Publicity ** Registration - IMPORTANT INFORMATION - please read!!!

VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED!!!! A sign-up sheet will circulate at the August meeting. Please be a team player and sign up for a short time slot!!! If you have questions about committee activities or tasks, contact the chairperson of that committee.
AUCTION: Note from Katy: “This is me jumping for joy! Very high! I have LOTS of fabric now. We would still like to get the fall fabric (August) and holiday fabric (September) but I am going to be happily stuffing baskets with books, fabric, patterns, and inspiration! Also with many non-quilting related items. Please think about a recipe to donate and keep an eye on the wish list for updates. Thanks so much! Anyone who brings in one of these items will be entered for the monthly gift drawing (small item). Donors of bigger items will be entered into a drawing for a $50.00 gift certificate at the end of the auction. Check the “Auction Wish List” which will be updated frequently to list items needed to complete theme baskets.

We hope you are all working on making something for the auction. Everything welcome from placemats to big quilts! The Auction is our major fundraiser so this is your chance to make your contribution to BVQ.

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BAZAAR: Chairperson Christine Rushton is looking for some people to help her organize all the fabric she has received so for the Bazaar. She would like to meet at her house in the evening sometime after the July meeting. Please let her know if you're willing to help. She is continuing to collect items for the Quilt Show Bazaar - see below for details.

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HANGING: Get an early look at the show without crowds, first dibs on the items in the Bazaar and earn free admission to the show! How do you do this? Volunteer to hang quilts on Friday, October 15th, starting at 10:00AM. Call/email or see Ellen Nobles-Harris at the guild meeting to sign up. Tall relatives will be warmly welcomed. Several extra step ladders would be appreciated also. We will be working until the hanging is completed. The more people who come to work, the shorter the time. Thank you for your assistance!

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PUBLICITY: Wanted! Names of newspapers where you live!
The publicity committee of the quilt show would like to know the names of newspapers in areas where our members live. If you could cut out the information on where to send these community announcements or happenings and give them to Maureen Bonnes or Betty Jean Boyd, we will include them in all the information that will go out in the fall. It is also needed for the monthly announcement. If you find an announcement of our meeting in the paper, cut it out and give to Betty Jean Boyd. Thanks for your help.

Don't forget to get a supply of flyers to distribute to friends and family, and to leave at quilt shops and shows that you visit as well as community and church bulletin boards and wherever else you think there might be folks who would be interested in attending our show. Remember that this event serves to educate the public about the art and craft of quilting. We want showcase our work and to let people to know that quilts aren't just for beds anymore!

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REGISTRATION: Important Information - please read!!
Our insurer now requires a description and photo of each quilt that is entered in the show. Please note that for each quilt you enter in the show, you will need to fill out an insurance information form (available at BVQ meetings and downloadable here) and include it along with your entry form. You will need to provide a total of TWO photos of your entry, one for the quilt show hanging committee and one for the insurance company. Photos of a completed top are acceptable.

We hope you are working on your entry/entries for the quilt show - the deadline to submit entry forms (September 14) will be here before you know it! We will need AT LEAST 100 quilts to display, so get your motors running!! Download the rules and entry and insurance forms in pdf format (see below).

If you need inspiration for a quilt in our show theme, “Something New from Something Old”, think about making a scrappy quilt using fabrics leftover from other projects or even old clothes! (OR raid the BVQ Scrap Bag!) There are some great websites for scrapoholics - check out www.quiltville.com for lots of free patterns, tutorials and tips on organizing your scraps. Another great resource is http://www.ufo-rphanage.com/article_taming-scraps.shtml.

And don't forget the UFO/USO Challenges! Get 'em out - sew 'em up - move 'em out!!

Contact Lil Koster if you have any questions.
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Auction

The auction at the show will be divided into a live auction and a raffle for various baskets just like our December auction.
The LIVE auction will be for items that are “big” enough to incite people to bid on them, such as items made and donated by members. Obviously quilts, tablerunners, placemats, bags, clothing, etc.; however, it does not have to be quilt related. If you paint, cross-stitch, do stained glass, build birdhouses, or anything else “auction-able”, please feel free to contribute. We would also welcome themed baskets. If you want to fill a basket, big impressive ones will go in the live auction! Smaller cute ones are welcome for the raffle of baskets. (Note: Katy already has more than enough empty baskets so she doesn't need any more.)

To help encourage everyone to make an item for the LIVE auction, we will give all donors a raffle ticket for a $50 gift certificate! Examples: something you made; a “big” basket of goodies you filled yourself; a bundle of fat quarters. If you have already donated and didn't get a raffle ticket, please see Katy to get one.

The RAFFLE part of the auction will be gift baskets. All kinds of items are welcome - fabric, thread, quilt books and kits, tools, patterns, and also DVDs, CDs, new bath and body products, mugs, books, anything you would spend a ticket or more trying to win! Check the “Auction Wish List” frequently for items we need to turn these into must-have delights. Here are the fabrics (fat quarters or larger) we are collecting at upcoming Guild meetings: Anyone who brings in one of these items will be entered for the monthly gift drawing (small item).

Thank you for your assistance!

Auction Wish List

Here are some items that Katy needs to complete the raffle baskets. Check back from time to time as this list will be updated on an ongoing basis.
Quilt and fabric related: Other: Food items: (please contribute in late summer or early fall, thanks!)
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Bazaar

Bazaar Chair Christine Rushton is collecting items for the Quilt Show Bazaar. Any quilting, sewing, and knitting related items are needed. Also books, holiday items and novelty items. In other words, just about anything you can think of, but please no upholstery material! Bring the items to the meetings and Chris will take them.

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Quilt Show Entry Forms:

Quilt Show entry forms are now available for download here! Be sure to read the rules carefully!
Please note that we now require an Insurance Information form to be filled out and submitted with your entry form.
All entry forms MUST be received by BVQ NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 14.
Contact Registration Chair Lil Koster if you have any questions.
Entry Rules   (updated August, 2010)
Entry Form   PLEASE NOTE!!! 2 photos required! (one for entry form, one for insurance form)
Insurance Information Form   (MUST ACCOMPANY ENTRY FORM)
UFO Challenge Form   (submit this form for UFO Challenge or USO Challenge entries, in addition to Entry Form)

Note: The forms are in pdf format. If you don't have Adobe Reader, you can download it here: http://get.adobe.com/reader/
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New This Year!...the USO Challenge!!!

Most of us have UnStarted Objects...you know, those piles of coordinating fabrics in a box with a book or a pattern, or that sketch you’d filed just waiting for the inspiration to start working on it. START IT NOW and finish it for the show! Or just finish a UFO or two for the UFO Challenge. Who will finish the most??!!

Need motivation to work on a UFO? Check out one or more of the following links for some great tips to get you moving again! (or just Google finishing ufos quilting projects) Back to Show links

Next Quilt Show Meeting

The next Quilt Show meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at Brandywine Assisted Living at Longwood, 301 Victoria Gardens Drive, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Committee chairs, please make every effort to attend. The meeting is open to any BVQ member - come and share your suggestions and learn about opportunities to help with the show. Note that this meeting is being held the 5th Tuesday of August, not the 4th Tuesday as normally scheduled.

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2010 Quilt Show Dates

Guild members, mark your calendars now for the following important dates! All activities will take place at the Brookhaven Municipal Building, 2 Cambridge Road, Brookhaven, PA. If times are not listed, check back closer to the show.
 
Wednesday, October 13:   Receiving of entries
Thursday, October 14:   Judging
Friday, October 15:   Hanging of quilts and setup of show
Saturday, October 16:   Show open to public, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Auction, starting at 4:15 p.m.
Sunday, October 17:   Show open to public, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Takedown, 4:00 p.m. until completed
Pickup of entries, 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
**NO QUILTS WILL BE RETURNED WITHOUT A RECEIPT**
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2010 Quilt Show Committee

Show Chairs Sue Nann, Jody Beitzel and Karen Martin
Admissions Rikki Newlander
Auction Katy Hoess
Award Ribbons Ann Tumolo
Bazaar Chris Rushton
Decorations Joan Jasper
Donations/Door Prizes Ellen McLaughlin
Hanging Ellen Nobles-Harris
Judging Kathy Silvon
Program/Logo Deb Kelly
Publicity Maureen Bonnes and Betty Jean Boyd
Raffle Quilt Ann Tolman
Receiving Ellen Richardson
Refreshments Lillian Kreider
Registration Lil Koster
Treasurer Eric Fischer
Vendors/Appraiser Dawn Romanzcak
White Gloves Mary Alice Peeling
Workshops/Demos Betty Dix

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Hospitality

When you are on the list, please bring a snack and a two liter bottle of your favorite drink. If you cannot come, please ask a friend to bring it for you, or trade with someone. And please sign the check-off sheet at the refreshment table so we know you've come. Also, whenever donating food for snacks or pot-luck dinners, please indicate if your dish contains nuts or shellfish (for the benefit of those with food allergies).

August, 2010
Set-up help: (20 min. early) Clean-up help: (allow 15 minutes at the close of the meeting)
Lieschen Redelin Donna Ricchuiti
Ellen Richardson Dawn Romanczak
Nancy Saporosa Tammy Sarosy
Sonia Schaeffer Betsy Seiffert
Jane Shea Marty Shea

September, 2010
Set-up help: (20 min. early) Clean-up help: (allow 15 minutes at the close of the meeting)
Janice Sheehan Debbie Shisler
Kathy Silvon Marge Stitz
Julia Tan Donna Thomas
BJ Titus Ann Tolman
Ann Tumolo Dot Whittaker

Refreshment responsibilities for October will be published in the September newsletter as we still have outstanding membership renewals!!! If we don’t know who our members are, we can’t assign!

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Sunshine

Happy Birthday!!!
Marty Shea   August 2
Judy Neff   August 8
Lieschen Redelin   August 9
Betsy Seiffert   August 10
Ellen Richardson   August 11
Peg Miller   August 16
Gail Jacobs   August 18
Sue Green   August 21
Nancy DeBerardinis   August 25
Dorothy Miller   August 27

BVQ wishes to recognize Ellen Nobles-Harris for all of her efforts on the raffle quilt, from the design stage through display and ticket sales. Ellen was at Quilt Odyssey in Hershey in July for the duration of the show (at her own expense). BVQ thanks those members who helped Ellen sell raffle tickets for the quilt and the American Girl doll at the show.

Nanette Duea won the UFO contest at Roundabout Quilting - something from 1967 - WOW! Good going!

Recognitions at Quilt Odyssey…. Guild members, please forward Sunshine information (births, deaths, congratulations, etc.) to Ruth Young, so that she can acknowledge our members' birthdays and life events on the Guild's behalf.

Also please keep in mind that we give “Baskets of Cheer” to BVQ members who are going through a tough time dealing with a serious illness, surgery or the death of a loved one. Bring new or “gently used” item(s) to any Guild meeting and give them to Sue Nann, who will store them, and prepare and deliver baskets as needed. Suggested items are: ...think of what would YOU like if your were the recipient!

Thank you for your assistance!

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Fabric Fun -- Monthly Raffle

Diane Camarote has volunteered to be the BVQ Fabric Raffle chairperson for 2010-2011. She plans to give us guidelines a few months in advance so that we will have a little more time to gather our goodies as we see them when we shop. Thank you, Diane! Her plans for the coming months are: Bring one or more 100% cotton fat quarters (18" x 22") in that month's theme to the BVQ meeting and you may go home with a pile of fabrics! The more fabrics you bring in, the more chances you get to win the fats! 1 fat = 1 ticket; 2 fats = 3 tickets; 5 fats = 10 tickets!

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BVQ Scrap Bag

Scrap Bag News ** What is the Scrap Bag? ** Scrap Bag FAQ ** Scrap Bag Project Ideas

Scrap Bag News

Scrap BAGS!!   Thanks to our enthusiastic members, the Scrap Bag inventory has been somewhat reduced as of late, so your donations are welcome (as always!)...

Please limit your donations to quilting fabric scraps no less than 1" wide. Save your pieces larger than fat quarters to donate to Guild auctions or the quilt show bazaar. Donate your unwanted non-quilting fabrics to Goodwill or another charity that can use them. You can help the Scrap Bag Lady by smoothing out and sorting your scraps by color or theme and placing them in zipper plastic bags. Large bags of crumpled, frayed scraps take a while to deal with! And please don't empty your sewing room trash can into a bag to donate! Your Scrap Bag Lady would prefer to spend her time quilting than weeding out thread bits, candy wrappers, etc. Thank you for your help!

What is the Scrap Bag?

Just finished a project? Wait! Don't throw out those leftover scraps and orphan blocks! Bring them to the BVQ meetings and dump them in the Scrap Bag!

Any cotton quilting fabric 3/4" or larger is welcome! Questions? Check out the FAQ or contact Lil Koster Also let us know if you have any suggestions or special requests.

Whenever you get the itch to make something for an upcoming BVQ auction or charity project, you can dig through the Scrap Bag for fabric to use. (The Scrap Bag is available at most BVQ meetings.) So bring us your tired, your poor, SCRAPS!!

Many thanks,
Lil Koster, “The Scrap Bag Lady”

Scrap Bag FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions):

Q. What is acceptable for the BVQ Scrap Bag? The newsletter said a piece as small as 3/4" was OK, but is that the width of a strip, or can it be a square/rectangle piece of material?
A. Quilting cottons only, please! 3/4" wide strips longer than a foot or so are great for making clothesline bowls. For non-strip scraps, we'll take anything at least 1" on any side. Also, we'll taks selvages with the writing and color marks that are 1½" wide and at least 4" long - please bag these separately!
Q. Are we collecting batting scraps?
A. Not at this time. Due to the large donations of scraps at the March meeting (thank you, everyone!), your Scrap Bag Lady has quite enough to store and tote! However, if anyone needs batting scraps, just ask and we will find you some.
Q. Are members allowed to use the scraps for projects they are working on personally? Sometimes you need just a bit of something!
A. You may take scraps for your own use, but we hope that you will contribute scraps of your own at some point in time. One of our goals for the Scrap Bag is help to keep precious fabric out of the landfills! It can be our “green” initiative!
Q. Much of the fabric in the Scrap Bag is in individual zipper bags. Can I take fabric out of those bags or do I have to take the whole bag?
A. Feel free to take whatever scraps you'd like. If you need a bag to put them in and there are no bags available, ask Lil Koster, SBQ (“Scrap Bag Queen”), for one.
Q. What can I make with those scraps?
A. Grab some red, white and blue scraps for a Quilt of Valor, or grab a baggie or two and make a 9" x 12" quilt for the Priority: Alzheimer's Quilt project. Need more ideas? click here for a .pdf document with lots of suggestions.

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AQS Book Club

Would you like a discount on your quilting books? Being a member of BVQ allows you to order books at a 30 percent dicsount. When BVQ has an order for at least six items we will order directly through AQS. Payment can be made when the merchandise has been received. Remember, BVQ pays the postage! Check out the AQS website to see what is available - and be sure to check out the “Special Sales” section for unbelievably low prices (even before our discount)! See Deb Kelly for details.

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Quilting Magazine Subscriptions

Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting magazine has once again offered the opportunity for Guild members to purchase new or renewal subscriptions through BVQ for $20.00. You will save almost $10.00 off the retail cover price, and BVQ earns $5.00 for each subscription that we order! Gift subscriptions and Love of Quilting Calendars are also available.

We are also promoting Quilter's Home magazine - BVQ will receive $5.40 for each subscription initiated through the Guild.

See Gail Jacobs at a BVQ meeting or email her to subscribe to either publication.

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Jo-Ann Fabric Discount Cards

JoAnn’s discount cards expire at the end of August. They will mail the new cards to us if we provide them with a list of names, addresses and email addresses. Let Betty Jean know if you don’t want your email address included. If you include your email address, JoAnn’s will notify you of specials and send you coupons.

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Board Meeting

The next Board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 21, 2010, location to be announced.

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