President’s message
Greetings, Dear Quilters!
Never in my wildest dreams did I ever expect to be in the midst of a pandemic that is soon going on being a year old. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever expect us to be mourning the death of a TBQ member due to COVID. How can this be happening? Oh my. What a loss to all of us…AND to the quilting world! We are heart-broken. If you have a chance…go to Rachel Severence’s facebook page to read the wonderful tribute written by her husband. Pray for Rachel’s family…and pray that this pandemic will be over by the time the new year is upon us…or SOON–whichever comes first!
Hopefully you saw the e-Blast that all TBQ Guild activities are cancelled for December. And hopefully we will be able to meet again as a Guild on January 11, 2021. We NEED it…and we NEED each other! January’s meeting will be a silent auction where we find fun, new challenges to work on–or at least something different to work on!!! 🙂 OH! Starting in January, TBQ’s meeting location will move permanently to the Elks Lodge, 6245 E. Second Street in Prescott Valley. Enter through the North door. Until we figure out what our new life as we know it is, face masks will be required and no refreshments will be served.
Don’t forget your Show & Tell quilts…you should have bunches of new quilts for Show & Tell with all the time we’ve had to work in our quilt rooms, sewing-sewing-sewing!
TBQ has a hand quilting frame that is looking for a new home. It’s original purpose was to be used at Sharlot Hall by TBQ quilters. We used to raffle off a “hand quilting” to a lucky TBQ winner! And many happy hours were spent at that quilting frame–hand quilting on a member’s quilt! But those days are over. Sharlot Hall was cleaning out a storage room, and asked us to ‘take it home’. Right now it’s in the back of my Jeep. 🙂 If you are interested in it, talk to me!
So, dear Quilters, I’m wishing you many happy hours in your quilting room over the next few weeks, and may you find peace and joy and contentment in your quilting world.
Until we meet again, keep on quilting!
Carolyn Edwards, President
Drive-thru event
In November we held an event for members that have been unable to attend the normal monthly meetings. We had Community Service kits, Opportunity Quilt tickets, Workshop signups, Membership Directories, and Quilt Show pins, tickets and signup sheets for volunteers. Thank you for everyone who joined the executive committee on that chilly, chilly morning.
Membership
Please join me in welcoming our newest member: Gerry Carr.
As a reminder, please notify me personally of any changes in your personal contact information (name, address, phone(s) or email.
Be safe and stay well.
Dianna Dunn, Membership Chair
Ways and Means
Opportunity Quilt
Donation tickets will be available at the Guild’s meeting on November 9th. Price is $1.00 each or $5.00 for 6 tickets. Contact Pat Noel and Kathleen Semereau for tickets.
block of the month
Detailed instructions are under the tab above, “Block of the Month”.
Birthdays
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 December celebrants to bring your gifts to the January meeting.
December Birthdays – Carol Rabbitt, Jill Norcross, Karen Adams, David Charity, Kathryn Ericsen, Phyllis Byrnes, Carol Wright, Sylvia McIntosh, Linda Craig, Nancy Lefler, Iris Lacey.
Quilt Show
Howdy TBQ Quilters!!
It’s Julie & Dawnell, co-chairs for the Wild West Quiltfest! Mark your calendar for June 4th & 5th, 2021 for a real hoedown of a quiltshow! Have you met our show mascot?? Is it Harry Javelina? Hattie Javelina? Our mascot needs a name and you can help! Name our mascot and you will win a prize!
Send your suggestions to dawnellmuecke777@gmail.com or julieprescott515@gmail.com by 12/31/2020 and the winner will be announced in January. Our Prescott Javelina with a quilt cape will also be our special show exhibit. We have printed up a pattern for this little guy and would LOVE it if you would make your own version. You can do this with your favorite method, collage quilt, embroidery, pieced, with little javelina babies, big, small, you name it! We want your interpretation of our mascot to decorate the venue. See the picture below of my quilt to get you thinking of what you can do! The full size pattern is just $1 and our show pin is being sold for $5. You can pick them up at the meeting or again…just email Dawnell or Julie and we will arrange to get you a pin or pattern. Since we love our mascot so much, we will have a limited number of t-shirts available with our logo as well. Interested?? Just ask! Can’t make it to the meeting..no problem! Julie and Dawnell to the rescue!
2020 has been a Wild west kind of year and who knows what 2021 will be like, but we are determined to have a safe and fun quilt show in June. Maybe we will be back to normal and maybe it will have to be outside, but it will be happen We know you have all been sewing up a storm, so start thinking about quilts you can enter in the show and let’s leave 2020 in the dust and move on to 2021 with a great show!
We need a few more volunteers to make this show a success and we are asking for your help. The jobs that need filling are: Vendor Chair -this person will be getting those fun vendors to come to the show, Cafe Organizer – Someone to organize the grub, Entries – gather and collect all those wonderful quilt entries and a Check in/Check out person – Organize the entries when they arrive and leave the show. These jobs can be done solo or with a friend! Think about it…no experience necessary. Every job has a detailed binder of what to do and we are here to help you!!
Julie & Dawnell, Co-Chairs
