Next Meeting – September 9 – Thumb Butte Quilters' Guild

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

There’s nothing that a day of quilting can’t cure.
You are all such an inspiration to me! After the last meeting and seeing your Show & Tell items, I couldn’t stand it! So, I came home and have worked on five small quilts! It felt great! Now I just have to finish them!
We are working on finding a new facility and have some good prospects. We will be making an announcement as soon as a decision is made.
See you at the next meeting.

Linda Craig – TBQ President

Quilting
keeps my hands busy,
my mind calm,
my heart happy,
and my
family warm!

MEMBERSHIP

Please welcome our three new members who joined in August. Their names are listed below with the month they have been assigned to the Hostess Roster.
Carol Rabbitt – October 2019
Sharon Andrews – November 2019
Barbara Sweeney – February 2020

Dianna Dunn, Membership Chair

HOSTESSES

If you cannot attend the meeting when it is your turn to be a hostess, please arrange to trade with someone. Plan to arrive early for set-up and stay for clean-up as needed.

September hostesses are Vickie Sawyer, Mary Scherer, Michele Schneider, Jeanne Sellers, Kathleen Semrau, Rachel Severance, Connie Sieh, Shirlee Smith, Earlene Springs, Kathy Spry, Nancy Stewart, Cindy Steyer-Lukowiak.

BIRTHDAY

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. A reminder to July celebrants to bring your gift to the September meeting.

Cheri Heineke, Nancy Lande, Joan McGivern, Jill Davis, Trish Charity, Carol Peters, Connie Muecke, Margaret Roselle, Barbara Merkel, Alice Obrenovich, JoAnn Salem, Patricia Gentner, Angie Christy, Kristine White

NEWCOMERS

Our first Newcomers’ meeting took place at Kathleen Bond’s home. Nineteen members were in attendance. We enjoyed getting to know each other and seeing Kathleen’s wonderful quilts. Pat Gentner, Chair

COMMUNITY SERVICE

HANDMADE HUGS

Our 2019/2020 community service projects are off to a great start. We have completed and donated 81 infant burp cloths, 11 receiving blankets and 7 hospice quilts in our 1st month! Everyone has been very generous with their time, effort and donations. Kudo’s to the Thumb Butte Quilt Guild membership!

Our first hugs meeting was spent doing demos of the various projects and was well attended. Our August meeting was spent putting kits together for the general membership to take home and complete at their leisure. Be sure to look for the hugs table at the regular meeting and see if there is a project that you might be willing to complete. Each item will be clearly marked with what to do and there is no time limit. Finish when you can! Everyone’s skill level is welcome and there will be something for everyone.

At this time we have all the fabric, batting and supplies we can store in our storage unit so for right now we really just need help getting things completed so we can donate to the various charities and use up all the good stuff we currently have. Last month we asked for baggies to sort, package and contain fabric and you answered the call! We have enough for at least 6 months. Amazing group of members!

Reminder of what we are working on for 2019/2020 year:

Hospice quilts about 40 X 50 for adult hospice patients. These tops can be made from your own stash and patterns or one of the kits that we will provide at the meeting.
Infant burp cloths – Pattern link is located in the August monthly news.
Infant receiving blankets – Pattern link is located in the August monthly news.

Reminder of where/when Handmade Hugs will be:

Hugs is a group that is open to anyone who wants to attend
4th Friday at St. Luke’s from 10 am – 2pm
Look for the Hugs email that is sent out to the general membership that will verify the time, place and projects we are working on.
No sewing machine or supplies are needed to attend.

Dawnell Muecke and Nancy Lande, Co-Chairs

ADULT CENTER DISPLAY

Here’s hoping you didn’t mind the commercial I ran about the Adult Center at TBQ’s August meeting. I just think we (The City) are so fortunate to have that facility available to us, and we (The Guild) are so lucky to be able to display our quilts there! A tiny bunch of us went to the Adult Center after the meeting for lunch and a tiny Quilt Show! If ever you want to go to lunch there after the meeting…just let me know! Their meals are delightful and reasonably priced.

You still have time to see the Red & White Quilts that are now hanging. Per Barbara Brackman, 1880 to 1920 was the heyday of the red and white quilts. Since Joanna S. Rose displayed ALL 650 red and white quilts in her personal collection in June 2011 in New York City, I would say there is a red and white quilt revival NOW, too! Let me know if you have made a red and white quilt since 2011!

I promised you that next up would be BLUE AND WHITE quilts. Well…that is still true, but it may be delayed a bit. Our man Steve has had a knee replacement and is out of commission for a bit. I am still collecting BLUE AND WHITE quilts. I have 7, but need 3 more: one small and two large. Let me know if there is a blue and white quilt in your stash that is dying to come hang with friends!

Quilt Sizes Needed:

LARGE: from 60″ to 90″ wide, any length. (Need SIX.)

SMALL: from 45″ to 60″, any length. (Need FOUR.)

Carolyn Edwards, Chair

COMMUNITY CUPBOARD

TBQ members continue to contribute graciously to the efforts of St. Luke’s Community Cupboard. As you shop, please pick up a few extra items to contribute to the food wagon usually found near the door of the Parish Hall when we arrive at St. Luke’s.

QUILT SHOW 2019

Pictures from the Sisters of the Thread Quilt Show are available on the TBQ website tab “Quilt Shows“. Enjoy!