PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Dear TBQ Friends,
God grant the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. The fabric stash- to make a quilt to help me cope. A quilt to give – to comfort those I love in times of hurt, fear, and uncertainty. And the courage – to keep on sewing when life itself seems held together by a single thread of hope.
There will not be a meeting in June. When the church is comfortable with large outside groups we will meet again.
I hope this note finds you healthy, happy, and sewing a lot. I can’t wait to get back together again to catch up on everyone’s activities during this wonderful time. I hope your stash of fabric is holding up and you have all of your UFOs finished, to-do lists done, spring cleaning done, and everything you have put off completed. I know this has been a tough time for all of us but it will get better.
I am so very happy with all of the work Dawnell and the quilting community did making and distributing the masks. This has been a great show of support for the people of Yavapai County.
I’m not self-medicating with fabric. The lady at the fabric store wrote me a prescription. Well, she called it a receipt. Whatever.
Please keep safe, happy, and healthy. Keep sewing until we meet again soon.
Linda Craig – TBQ President 2019-2020
Membership
This is the time of year when we collect dues for the upcoming fiscal year that begins on July 1st, 2020.
According to our Bylaws, (page 18) “Annual dues will be $30.00 for Active Members, payable prior to June 15, each year”.
PLEASE MAKE YOUR DUES CHECK PAYABLE TO TBQ or THUMB BUTTE QUILTERS AND MAIL DIRECTLY TO DIANNA DUNN:
Dianna Dunn – Chair
Birthdays
Because it is a little uncertain when the next guild meeting will be, we ask that you bring a wrapped gift suitable for a quilter, something you would like to receive with a value of at least $10 to the next scheduled meeting.
June Birthdays: Cynthia Falzone, Carol Godfrey, Dawnell Muecke, Kay Wentworth, Cynthia Crull, Pat Hopgood, Jean Ehlers, Cathy Day, Brenda Metz, Sharon Melpolder, Ara Whetten, Carlotta Brandenburg, Barbara Gall, Diane Grayson, Norma Kerr, Sandy Mazzurco, Carrie Casto
Community Service
Adult Center
When the Adult Center reopens, we will exhibit BLUE and YELLOW quilts. And we’ll let you know when that is! Maybe between now and then, I can round up that last blue and yellow quilt that I need. If you have one in the “SMALL” category, please let me know…SMALL is 45″ to 60″ wide.
And after that, I think it would be fun to “spotlight” a mini-group’s quilts. Can it be your mini-group? Please, please, please let me know! We would need SIX large quilts and FOUR small quilts. Here are the measurements:
Quilt Sizes Needed:
LARGE: 60″ to 90″ wide, any length. (Need SIX.)
SMALL: from 45″ to 60″ wide, any length. (Need FOUR.)
Carolyn Edwards – Chair
Handmade Hugs
The Community Service co-chairs, Dawnell and myself, would like to thank all of our Thumb Butte Quilters who have contributed to our Handmade Hugs projects this year. So far, we have donated over 55 quilts to Hospice of the Pines, and over 300 burp cloths and over 65 receiving blankets to Yavapai Regional Medical Center. Since TBQ is not meeting in June, we are not planning on another Handmade Hugs meeting during this guild year.
Thanks to you, this year we have had a successful year and made hospice patients more comfortable and many new babies snuggled in soft flannel.
Nancy Lande, Chair