President’s message
Greetings, Sisters of the Thread!
I hope you are enjoying the Monsoons as much as I am! I love the lightning, thunder, and the rain is turning everything so pretty and green! The only time I don’t care for the wet stuff is when exiting Costco or the grocery store with a basket full to transfer to the back of the car! Oh well, even our weather isn’t always perfectly timed, but we are blessed to receive every drop that falls.
We are coming up on our Quilt Show, August 7, at the Grand Hotel, in downtown Prescott. Everyone involved is diligently working on items to sell in the Marketplace. Our Committee is pulling out all the stops to make it a great success, and many of us are volunteering to provide service and information to those in attendance. I hope to see everyone of our members attend the show, if not volunteering throughout the day.
We had an unfortunate set of circumstances occur with the huge storm Sunday evening, July 11. The Elks Lodge suffered severe damage as 70 mph winds tore the roof nearly off and exposed the structure to rain damage.
Currently, crews are working on the Lodge’s roof, but we had to find an alternate location for the remainder of 2021. So come Monday, August 9, our next meeting date, we will be meeting in the Freeman Hall at the Prescott Rodeo Fairgrounds. More details will follow, but thanks to Sue Davidson, we were able to procure the dates through December to hold our meetings. For those who have been to meetings at the Hall, yes the chairs are metal, so if you don’t personally have the ‘cushion’ you may want to bring one.
I am also thrilled to share that we have a new Ways & Means leader, Liz Hart. Liz is coordinating the Quilt Show Raffle Baskets and the guild’s Friendship groups. With her enthusiasm and organizational skills, she is a perfect fit! Thank you, Liz, for stepping up to help us out!
Our membership is growing, and we look forward to introducing more quilters to our guild as 2021 continues.
I am excited to see what 2021-2022 holds for us; How we can grow our guild and learn from one another along the way.
May your seams be straight and stitches strong,
Blessings,
Nan DeChant, President
Birthdays
Birthday celebrants – When it’s your birthday month, please bring a wrapped gift suitable for a quilter, something you would like to receive with a value of at least $10.
August Birthdays – Kathleen Semerau, Shirlee Smith, Nancy Stewart, Linda Morriston, Melodie Merino, Molly Haney-Burleigh, Vicky Sawyer, Joy Swartz, , Patty McClearn.
Community Service
Handmade Hugs
Community Service/Handmade Hugs presented the Yavapai Regional Medical Center’s Birthing Centers with approximately four dozen self-binding receiving blankets, and a dozen burp cloths. The Teen Closet received a dozen flannel blankets for the young people they serve.
Like a lot of our Handmade Hugs volunteers, everyone continues to supply the communities with lap quilts for local oncology infusion centers, 2 1/4 yard length flannel blankets for Teen Closet and flannel self-binding receiving blankets for the birthing centers.
If anyone would like to contribute to our Hugs, please contact Phyllis Byrnes or Nan DeChant for kits, and patterns. These items will also be available at the August 9 Guild Meeting.
Thank you all for sharing your time and talents in our communities!
Phyllis Byrnes and Nan DeChant, Co-Chairs