President’s Message
H
ello Thumb Butte Quilters!
Our year is quickly coming to an end in a BIG WAY!
I hope that everyone can make the next 2 meetings, because they will be jam packed with fun! In May, we will be having the President’s challenge ‘Name that Tune’ quilt reveals. The quilts will be around the room and you will get a chance to guess the name of the song that inspired the quilt. Prizes will be given out to participants and the person who guesses the correct songs/quilts. Turn that radio on and start listening! I have had a sneak peek at them and I know it will be a fun event.
In addition to the President’s Challenge, we will have a silent auction. This isn’t just any silent auction…. this is for quilts that have all the pieces, parts and patterns to complete! Other goodies will be available as well. I think we have well over 40 items! Come prepared with cash or check.
Are you still working on you quilt show quilts?? The May meeting is the final day to turn in your entry forms, but remember your quilt doesn’t have to be complete until the day before the show opens! You can do it!!! We will be having signup sheets for quilt show duties, so get involved and have some fun. Kathleen Bond will be doing a demo on how to add a quick sleeve and label to your quilts. After the meeting, Carrie Casto will be doing a workshop on ‘Best Practices’. She is a fabulous teacher and I think everyone can benefit from her knowledge and skill.
Our June meeting will feature Lindsey Neill of Pen + Paper designs. She is young, fun and very inspirational. We are lucky to have her so close to Prescott! She will be doing a fun workshop on Forest Fungi! I’m a huge Pen + Paper fan, so I hope we get a big turnout for her lecture/trunk show and the workshop. I’ll be there! We will also be handing out the quilt show packets so it’s important for you to come if you have a quilt in the show….and I know that means everyone will be there!!
As our year comes to an end, we also have some housekeeping to do. Our volunteer board members will be stepping down and opening the door for a new board. The nominating committee has worked hard and SO MANY PEOPLE have already volunteered to be on the next board. I know you will be thrilled at who is stepping up! We will have the signup board in May, so you can take a look at who is wanting to volunteer and if you are interested you are also welcome to add your name. At the June meeting we will be voting on the next year’s budget and the new 2023/2024 board members.
In closing, I want to invite anyone who has volunteered in some way to the guild to participate in an outside activity on Thursday, June 22nd at 1pm – 3pm. This is not a guild sponsored event, but just a crafty, fun way to end the year. I will be hosting a paint party and a location to be determined, based on the attendance. The cost is $35 and will be put on for us by the Caffeinated Crafter. If you belong to the guild and did anything at all to volunteer (bring snacks, sit with the opportunity quilt, paid dues, etc) you are invited. RSVP to Dawnell by the May meeting.
See you at the May meeting!!!
Dawnell Muecke – President
Membership
Welcome three new members in April: Lori Allaire, Mary Ellen Coe and Leslie Gellerman. Please make them feel welcome.
Don’t forget your TBQG $35.00 dues for 2023 – 2024 are due by June 15 (or the June meeting on June 12).
Angela Smith – Chair
Workshops
Carrie Casto is teaching a half day class in May on “Best Practices” as a beginner quilter. Some experienced quilters have problems from time to time and would probably benefit from going back to the basics.
In this class you will improve your accuracy in: rotary cutting, finding your quarter inch and scant quarter inch, pressing, piecing, half-square triangles and borders.
Check it out! on the Website under Programs/Workshops.
Also check out our June Speaker Lindsey Neill. Her trunk show featuring “Precision Piecing” will inspire and give you ideas for future projects.
See you this month for the “Fun Day”.
Kathleen Bond – Vice President
ways and means
Silent Auction
Don’t forget at the May 8th guild meeting we will present a silent auction with over 60 items to bid on. This is a way to support your guild, challenge yourself to completing an unfinished project and purchasing new products. For those high bidders keep in mind we can only accept cash or checks.
Liz Hart – Chair
Hostesses
May Hostesses are: Angela Smith, Pat Noel, Susie Opdahl, Pam Peter, Sharla Peterson, Ruthe Petty, Sally Plummer, Edythe Pries, Ann Ramsey, Zoe Charon, and Carol Rabbit.
If you cannot attend the meeting, when it is your turn to be a hostess by bringing a treat, please arrange to trade with someone. Plan to arrive early for setup and stay for cleanup.
Birthdays
Birthday celebrants – When it’s your birthday month, bring a wrapped gift suitable for a quilter, something you would like to receive, with a value of at least $10.
May Birthdays — Diana Atkins, Marie Gniazdowski, Angela Smith, Gayle DeBoom, Ruthe Petty, Julie Eastman, Cathi O’Neill, Karen Johnson, and Suzy Davidson.
OPPORTUNITY QUILT
We are nearing the end of our Opportunity Quilt fundraiser! Currently we have earned $3297 of our $4500 goal, and that puts us at 73% there!
May is going to be a very busy month! Thank you to all the volunteers that have signed up to help with our final push!
The quilt will be shown at these May events:
May 1st – Lonesome Valley Quilt Guild evening meeting
May 8th – TBQG meeting
May 9th – Chino Valley Quilt Guild meeting
May 13th & 14th – Winey Cats at Granite Creek Vineyard Mother’s Day Weekend in Chino Valley
May 26th & 27th – Prescott Antique Show at Findlay Toyota Center
Our grand finale will be at our very own “Bloom Where You are Planted” Quilt Show on June 16th & 17th at Prescott High School. Drawing will be on June 17th, so buy or sell your tickets by then!
I would like to thank everyone that has participated in our Opportunity Quilt fundraiser and know that I greatly appreciate your support! It is fun to be a part of this great guild!
Kathy Spry – Opportunity Quilt Chair
quilt show
We are coming up on less than two months until set up, and two days of oohs and aahs as visitors wander through the many quilts on display.
The Marketplace committee spent an entire day counting, categorizing and marking quilts, pin cushions, steering wheel covers, totes, cozies, project bags and tissue holders, etc., for sale during the two-day show.
We had a real opportunity to see examples of incredible talent from our members! Who would have thought a candy bag could be turned into a sturdy zippered bag? Or, a yardstick could become an adorable wooden tray? Just wait until you see the offerings of the Marketplace! Great creativity, Members!
Show meetings will be held weekly in the last few weeks before the show. Our next meeting is 9:30 Thursday morning, May 4 at the Stoneridge Community Center.
We still need volunteers to work the show. If you haven’t signed up yet for show shifts, please do so at May’s Guild Meeting. No one person makes the show a success, it takes a ‘village,’ or in our case, a Guild to accomplish it!
Nan DeChant – Chair
Marketplace
Just a reminder that we need your items for the Quilt show “Marketplace”. We have received wonderful things from you all and cannot thank you enough for all you have done.
The show is for 2 days so we really want to have enough to keep people buying for both days. We still have no items that have masculine fabric, we know the ladies will buy for their men, lol.
Any items that you enjoy making we would love to have. Also remember it you have done a “Bloom Where You Are Planted” quilt, let us display or sell it for you.
Any group or individual who is getting a basket ready for the raffle we need your baskets a.s.a.p. to get it wrapped and ready for sale. Remember there is a drop off at my house – 3690 N. Pleasant View Dr. Prescott Valley.
Thank you so much.
Cathy Day and Kristine White – Co-Chairs
Small Quilt Auction
We will again have a container at the May guild meeting for your small quilt donations for the Small Quilt Auction. So far we have received almost 20 small entries. Our goal is to have a minimum of 40. So we welcome more of your small quilts to sell for the benefit of our guild and its programs which we all enjoy so much. Remember, the auction itself is on Saturday, June 17 at 2:00 pm.
If you are working on one and not quite finished, please let us know and we will work out a time to get it.
Sheryl McLain, Olivia Turnham, and Arlene Morris – Co-Chairs