Celebrating Quilters in the Prescott, Arizona Area
Monthly News – August 11, 2025
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Jamie is traveling out of the country, so there will be no President’s Message this time. Thanks for understanding.
membership
Hi everyone!
We are off to the new year and have 4 new members who joined in July. Please welcome, Julie McMammon, Jennifer Mees, Juliann Rogers and Karen Halverson to TBQ.
I hope everyone who attended the meeting was able to collect their new directory. Please take a few minutes to look at your information to be sure it’s correct. If not, just come see Membership at the next meeting to correct it by filling out a change form. In addition, you will see that in most cases your hostess month has been bumped up by one month. This means if you had hostess duty in May, you will now be in June. I wanted to be sure any party hostess has 5 years before being ‘elected’ to be on party duty! (You’re welcome!)
If you have not yet picked up your directory, please do so at one of the next few meetings.
We currently have 145 members!
See you in August!!
Dawnell, Alicia and Shelli – Membership Team
hostesses
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 late for cleanup.
August 2025 hostesses are Dianna Dunn, Dani Lerberg, Fran Leslie, Susan Lewis, Anne Marston, Patty McClearn, Sheryl McLain, Barbara Merkel, Pam Miller, Sandy Mitchell, Holly Purdom, and Mary Vaughan.
birthdays
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
Happy August birthdays to Kathleen Semerau, Shirlee Smith, Lola Dyroy, Nancy Stewart, Dana Swain, Carolyn Wright, Linda Morriston, Lorin Franco, Molly Haney-Burleigh, Vickie Sawyer, Joy Swartz, Georgia Lindsey, Kristy Nichols, Maria Williams, Holly Purdom, Jeanie Braheme, Joan Powers, and Patty McClearn.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Adult Center Quilt Display
The theme for our display of quilts at the Adult Center is Encore since they were all part of the wonderful TBQ Quilt Show. The show this year was stunning–so many beautiful quilts with all kinds of techniques on display.
The talented members whose quilts are on display are: Carrie Casto, Martha Ferreira, Shirley Fox, Carol Grimes, Sheryl McLean, Lorraine Owen, Elizabeth Phinder, Barbara Stein and Sheryl Townsend. A big thank you to these ladies for sharing their quilts with the Prescott area community.
If you have time, stop by the Prescott Adult Center on Rosser St. and bring family and friends to see our mini quilt show in the main lobby.
Maryann Conner, Adult Center Chair
“Star of the West” by Shirley Fox
Shirley made this quilt for her western Prescott home. The choice of colors makes this quilt stunning.
“Star Bright” by Sheryl Townsend
This was Sheryl’s first and last paper-pieced pattern which started in a class she took. She finished it
about 3 years later after moving across the country to a new state.
“Pin Cushion Collage” by Sheryl McLean
Sheryl adapted this quilt collage from a Laura Heine pattern and used Kaffe Fasset fabric flowers and
colorful details.
“Exploding Star” by Martha Ferreira
Martha fell in love with this star. The quilt is paper-pieced using the freezer paper method.
“Mariachi Dancers” by Lorraine Owen
The dancers on the interior of the quilt were done with reverse appliqué. The border is a wonderful
display of appliqué using batik fabrics. Hand beading was also used to further enhance the quilt.
“Twirling Batiks” by Elizabeth Phinder
This quilt was designed for the Henry Glass fabric company for their booth at the International Quilt
Market. It was there to showcase a new fabric line.
“My Heart is in Arizona” by Carrie Casto
Carrie designed this quilt with the help of her kids for their wedding quilt based on a Sew Kind of
Wonderful Saguaro.
“Dragonflies” by Carol Grimes
These wonderful dragonflies are from a JoAnn Hoffman pattern called Dance of the Dragonflies.
“Queen of Diamonds” by Barbara Stein
Pink Door Fabrics created this English paper-pieced pattern using fabrics designed by Tula Pink. This
was a 12-month Block of the Month started in 2023 and finish in 2024
“Duck, Duck, Goose” by Babara Merkel
Barbara loves making children’s quilts. This pattern made her smile and she just had to make it.
COMPANY STORE
If you are planning on attending the TBQ August 11th meeting, come prepared to shop at The Company Store!! We have a swath of brand new donations that are ready for you to feast your eyes on and comb through so you can find that pile of material and/or those quilting items you’ve been looking for or not even knew you were looking for! The prices will amaze you, as always, and we look forward to seeing you have fun as you shop to your heart’s delight! See you August 11!!! Pam Jones, Chair
RETREAT-LITE summer session
Thank you to all twenty-four ladies who participated in our summer RETREAT LITE held June 30th and July 1st. A productive two days were spent together completing projects, building skills, sharing ideas/patterns, and munching on healthy and not-so-healthy snacks!
This RETREAT LITE program was designed to give our members an opportunity to come together and sew, stitch, and share. SAVE THE DATE! Our next retreat will be in the fall on Monday, October 20th and Tuesday, October 21st. We will meet once again at the Trinity Presbyterian Church in Prescott. SIGN UPS WILL TAKE PLACE AT OUR SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER GENERAL MEETINGS. Watch for details in future website updates. The cost remains $15.00 for the two day retreat.
