President’s Message
Greetings Sisters of the Thread!
Does anyone else, besides me, feel that the weeks pass so quickly with each year we grow older? It is hard to believe we are again coming up on another gathering of our quilting community, and time of another President’s message in our monthly newsletter.
It is also FINALLY time for the President’s Challenge “Big Reveal.” We’ve had the past 9 months to cultivate our creativity and complete our “Ugly Fabric Challenges.” Some of us (myself included) are scurrying to put the finishing touches on our projects. I truly am excited to see all the entries and can’t express enough how thrilled I am with all of you who accepted the challenge. As of press time, the Executive Committee is tweaking the meeting agenda to accommodate the quilt viewing, and voting, and the expanded Show and Tell. Please anticipate a departure from our typical agenda. Those of you who indicated participation last fall will receive an email from me just prior to the meeting outlining check-in instructions when you arrive at the church that morning.
Karen Johnson, our chair of Handmade Hugs has been notified of a “Foster Event” to be held in May, where our Handmade Hugs contributions will be distributed to children under the wing of the CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) office of Yavapai County. Additionally, Karen has contacted the Center for Compassion and Justice and is coordinating donations of pillowcases to the homeless men’s shelter in Prescott. They are looking forward with grateful anticipation of the arrival of our special gifts.
Heartfelt accolades to the Quilt Camp Committee Suzie Fields – chair, Erin Sullivan, and Maryann Conner for putting on a most memorable camp. What fun was had by all in attendance! What tremendous camaraderie! It truly was a great 3 days. There was fabulous food, fun & games, mentoring, and tons of tips of the trade, and did I mention, we even did some sewing…lots and lots of uninterrupted sewing. If you’ve ever been hesitant about attending a quilt camp, you might want to put this on your quilter’s bucket list.
Remember to continue your Spring Cleaning efforts and clean out those project boxes, and bring in your unwanted UFOs for our June Silent Auction. Yvonne Blitch and Carol Wright are coordinating that upcoming event.
The Company Store will be up and running again at the May meeting. Your unused quilty items are always accepted and appreciated. Thank you all for understanding the necessity to accommodate the church’s need at the April meeting and the closed partition and abbreviated Company Store.
Please, remember also to thank any of the St. Luke’s staff when you see them. They are truly good to us. Your continued response has been tremendous for the donations to the St. Luke’s Community Cupboard food campaign. Please continue to keep those less fortunate in your thoughts and remember to pick up an extra can or two when you shop. Hunger knows no calendar.
On a final note, with the February resignation of Maryann Conner as our webmaster due to personal commitments, and then extensively investigating the use of an outside web developer to rebuild the TBQ website, as of the March Executive Committee meeting, there is a recently appointed committee continuing work on the new TBQ website. It’s a big learning curve for the WEB Team, but we are making progress on our brand-new website. Please keep in mind that the current TBQ website is not being updated, however, we wanted to keep archival information available to you in the interim. And as a reminder, current Guild activities are announced through this monthly newsletter and are not available on the website. Our goal is to have the new site up and running this summer, and the current committee members all plan to continue as the WEB Team next year. We appreciate your continued patience in the interim.
And Sew it Goes…Pedal on, Girls!
Find Joy in the Journey!
Rosemary Carr, President
Thumb Butte Quilters’ Guild
Handmade Hugs
No Handmade Hugs workshop for the months of May or June. The next workshop TBA.
Karen Johnson
Handmade Hugs
Ways and Means
There is still time to finish your spring cleaning and bring any UFO’s you no longer want to finish to the May TBQ meeting. The more projects we have, the more fun it will be. We’ll have our UFO Silent Auction at our June 11th meeting.
Yvonne Blitch
Ways and Means Chair
Block of the Month
This is a great wall hanging if made with 4-6 total units. Using different bright colored prints for Tulips and Pinwheels.
Carol Sweeden
Block of the Month Coordinator
Company Store
It’s still Springtime in Prescott. Time to clean unwanted items out of sewing room to donate to the Company Store. All is appreciated. Thank you, ladies.
Lorraine Owen
Company Store Co-Chair
Prescott Adult Center Exhibit
1280 Rosser Street, Prescott
Well…I hate to admit it, but SPRING hasn’t been hanging around nearly as much as I thought she should be! Do you know where she’s hiding? One place you can find her is at the Adult Center where it’s SPRING! SPRING! SPRING! all over the place! Once word gets out that you can hang out at 1280 Rosser Street to soak up a little SPRING, watch out for the stampede!
The SPRING quilts will be up into the middle of May, so you still have time to see them! Plan a “Girls Day Out”! Go to lunch, then go see the quilts at the Adult Center, then go shopping! Aaahhhh, perfect!
Our next theme will be “Stars”. It’s a fairly popular pattern…we have several Star quilts promised to us already…but we still need a few more. If your Star quilt wants to hang out with the rest of the Stars, let me know!
Quilt Sizes Needed:
LARGE: from 60″ to 90″ wide, any length. (Need SIX.)
SMALL: from 45″ to 60″ wide, any length. (Need FOUR.)
Carolyn Edwards
Adult Center Quilt Coordinator