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presidents Message

Hello Thumb Butte Quilters!

Only 1 more meeting to go before our Quilt Show!!  I’m so excited that everyone has stepped up and put quilts in the show and will be volunteering to help out on that weekend to make it happen.  If you are new to the guild, please be sure to come and see what a great event it is.  Bring your friends and enjoy the day.  Mark your calendars, June 16^th & 17^th.

I hope everyone enjoyed May’s meeting with the UFO auction and the President’s Challenge, “Name that Song” Quilt.  We had over 30 entries for the quilt challenge and I was so impressed by everyone’s entry.  We have some really creative artists in our guild.  If you missed the meeting, be sure to look at this month’s pictures on the website.  All of the president’s challenge quilts will all be displayed at our quilt show in a special area so our show visitors can play along.  The UFO auction was also a big success and I have already seen a few of the projects completed!  Stephanie Fullerton finished a One Block Wonder quilt in no time!  Hopefully she will bring it to Show and Tell at the June meeting.

June will be our last meeting for the 2022/2023 year.  I have had a great time being President this year and look forward to next year with a new slate of officers and committee volunteers.  We will be voting on the new board and budget.  Some of our members have already stepped up and thrown their name in the hat for 2023/2024 board positions.   You will get an email before the June meeting with the proposed budget and the slate of officers for the new year.  Please read both of them and if you have questions, please ask! 

You will also be getting your quilt packet at the June meeting.  This packet is VERY IMPORTANT!!  Inside the envelope will be the following items: 

• A labeled bag for EACH quilt you are entering in the show.
• A detailed instruction sheet for drop off/pickup of your quilts
• Claim ticket for each quilt for pickup

Be sure you have followed the instructions on your quilt entry form for the sleeve and label for your quilts that will be in the show.  The sleeve is important so we can properly hang your quilt.  The label can be anything that identifies your quilt.  If you don’t have time to sew one on, you can use steam a seam or any other method.  We just want to be sure YOUR name is on YOUR quilt!

What a fun year this has been!  Thank you for participating and being a member of Thumb Butte Quilt Guild!!

Dawnell Muecke – President

membership

Welcome three new members in May:  Sari Butler, Shirley Fox, and Gayle Lee. Please make them feel welcome.

Don’t forget your TBQG $35.00 dues for 2023 – 2024 are due by June 15 (or the June meeting).

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Opportunity Quilt

Through everyone’s hard work, we have raised $3893 toward our goal of $4500 and that puts us at about 87% of our goal!  We just need a little over $600 to reach it, and I know we can do it!

May has been a very busy month!  We have showcased our quilt at these events so far: 

• Lonesome Valley Quilt Guild meeting
• TBQ Guild meeting
• Chino Valley Quilt Guild Meeting
• Quail Country Quilters Guild meeting in Cottonwood
• Winey Cats at Granite Creek Vineyard Mother’s Day event in Chino Valley

These will be our last events:

• “Antique Show and Vintage Market” will hold their event on Friday and Saturday, May 26-27^th. This will be a great opportunity to showcase our quilt in the Findlay Toyota Center!
• “Bloom Where You are Planted Quilt Show” on June 16-17^th at Prescott High School will be our grand finale.  The drawing will be on June 17^th at our quilt show.  Good luck to all those tickets holders!

I would like to extend a huge “thank you” to everyone that has helped with the Opportunity Quilt in any way!!

Kathy Spry –  Opportunity Quilt Chair

Hostesses

June Hostesses are: Judith Ritner, Vickie Sawyer, Mary Scherer, Dianne Schmitt, Kathleen Semerau, Connie Sieh, Shirlee Smith, Chris Sommerfelt, Sherri Hubbs, and Donna Osborne.

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 for cleanup. 

Birthdays

Birthday 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.  

June Birthdays — Cynthia Falzone, Kate Parsons, Dawnelle Muecke, Carol Godfrey, Alicia Czuzak, Kay Wentworth, Gayle Lee, Debbie James, Sami Logan, Sandy Mazzurco, and Carrie Castro.

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QUILT SHOW ENTRANTS’ INSTRUCTIONS

Let us start by thanking all of our wonderful Thumb Butte members for being gracious enough to share their talents and treasures by displaying their quilt(s) at our upcoming bi-annual “Bloom Where You Are Planted” Quilt Show this June. The committee is hard at work cataloging your entries and preparing labels and show cards for hanging them. 

Here is a timeline for you to use in preparation for the show.

Monday, June 12 ~ Pick up your envelope with all the information and items needed for your show quilt(s) at the Thumb Butte general meeting.

Thursday, June 15 ~ Arrange to drop off your quilt at Prescott High School’s gym sometime between 9:00 AM and noon. (1050 Ruth Street, Prescott) Please allow ample time to be checked in fully before leaving.

Friday, June 16 and Saturday, June 17 ~ Come and admire all the beautiful work displayed at our quilt show, bring a friend or two, support our vendors, and spread the good word about our amazing quilt guild! We also hope you have plans to work a volunteer shift or two!

 Saturday, June 17 ~ Plan to return to the Prescott High School gym between 4:30 and 6:00 PM to retrieve your beautiful quilts.  This is a busy time with many hands at work, so please be patient as we gather your quilt(s) for you.

Our committee is here to help you. If you are needing assistance or have further questions, please don’t hesitate to call one of us. You will see us at drop off and check out and most likely hanging around during the two days of the show to be of help.

Contact Alicia Czuzak, Dana Swain, Dawnell Muecke, or  Jamie Davis if you have any questions.

Thanks again for participating in this year’s quilt show.

Marketplace

We are getting to the end of our goal to get a wonderful store to sell your amazing items.  Please bring all the items you have been working on so we will have time to price them and see what we are short on.  Anything made with fabric that a guy would like, any specialty items that are not necessarily quilt related.  We do have some jewelry and some really cool little boxes made from rulers!

We have no weaving or knitting items. These are just a few ideas.  We would like to thank you all so much for all your hard work and beautiful things.  If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask Nan, Kristine or myself.  We are very excited to see how much we can make for the Guild.  

If anyone has an in with a food truck, we are still looking for one.  We have RJ’s hot dogs and Penny’s Place.  It has been difficult to pin the other ones down.  Please see me if you can help in this matter.

Looking forward to a wonderful show.     

Cathy Day

miscellaneous

Hard to believe we are just weeks out from our 2023 “Bloom Where You Are Planted” Quilt Show! The Quilt Show Committee will have it’s last or next to last meeting Friday, June 2 at Stoneridge Community Center Conference Room.

We are thrilled to announce that one of our new members, Georgia Lindsey, has stepped up to chair/coordinate the White Glove Hostesses!  Thank you, Georgia!  We love it when new members jump in to answer a need for the Guild! 

We had a great Marketplace work session last week and are in awe of the beautiful and creative items that have been made/donated.  Thank you so very much!

We also have been blessed with Carrie Casto stepping up to be our Small Quilt Auctioneer! Thank you, Carrie!!

We are looking forward to this show, as it is the major fundraiser for our Guild, and a great showcase for the creations of our members’ talents.

If you have not yet purchased your show pin for $5, the pins will be available for purchase at our June 12 meeting!

Remember to “Bloom Where You Are Planted”!

Nan DeChant – Show Chair

President’s Message

Hello Thumb Butte Quilters!

Our year is quickly coming to an end in a BIG WAY!

I hope that everyone can make the next 2 meetings, because they will be jam packed with fun!  In May, we will be having the President’s challenge ‘Name that Tune’ quilt reveals.    The quilts will be around the room and you will get a chance to guess the name of the song that inspired the quilt.  Prizes will be given out to participants and the person who guesses the correct songs/quilts.  Turn that radio on and start listening!  I have had a sneak peek at them and I know it will be a fun event.

In addition to the President’s Challenge, we will have a silent auction.  This isn’t just any silent auction…. this is for quilts that have all the pieces, parts and patterns to complete!  Other goodies will be available as well.  I think we have well over 40 items!  Come prepared with cash or check.

Are you still working on you quilt show quilts??  The May meeting is the final day to turn in your entry forms, but remember your quilt doesn’t have to be complete until the day before the show opens!  You can do it!!!  We will be having signup sheets for quilt show duties, so get involved and have some fun. Kathleen Bond will be doing a demo on how to add a quick sleeve and label to your quilts.  After the meeting, Carrie Casto will be doing a workshop on ‘Best Practices’.  She is a fabulous teacher and I think everyone can benefit from her knowledge and skill.

Our June meeting will feature Lindsey Neill of Pen + Paper designs.  She is young, fun and very inspirational.  We are lucky to have her so close to Prescott!  She will be doing a fun workshop on Forest Fungi!  I’m a huge Pen + Paper fan, so I hope we get a big turnout for her lecture/trunk show and the workshop.  I’ll be there!  We will also be handing out the quilt show packets so it’s important for you to come if you have a quilt in the show….and I know that means everyone will be there!!

As our year comes to an end, we also have some housekeeping to do.  Our volunteer board members will be stepping down and opening the door for a new board.  The nominating committee has worked hard and SO MANY PEOPLE have already volunteered to be on the next board.  I know you will be thrilled at who is stepping up!  We will have the signup board in May, so you can take a look at who is wanting to volunteer and if you are interested you are also welcome to add your name.  At the June meeting we will be voting on the next year’s budget and the new 2023/2024 board members.

In closing, I want to invite anyone who has volunteered in some way to the guild to participate in an outside activity on Thursday, June 22^nd at 1pm – 3pm.  This is not a guild sponsored event, but just a crafty, fun way to end the year.  I will be hosting a paint party and a location to be determined, based on the attendance.  The cost is $35 and will be put on for us by the Caffeinated Crafter.  If you belong to the guild and did anything at all to volunteer (bring snacks, sit with the opportunity quilt, paid dues, etc)  you are invited.  RSVP to Dawnell by the May meeting. 

See you at the May meeting!!!

Dawnell Muecke – President

Membership

Welcome three new members in April:  Lori Allaire, Mary Ellen Coe and Leslie Gellerman. Please make them feel welcome.

Don’t forget your TBQG $35.00 dues for 2023 – 2024 are due by June 15 (or the June meeting on June 12).

Angela Smith – Chair

Workshops

Carrie Casto is teaching a half day class in May on “Best Practices” as a beginner quilter. Some experienced quilters have problems from time to time and would probably benefit from going back to the basics. 

In this class you will improve your accuracy in: rotary cutting, finding your quarter inch and scant quarter inch, pressing, piecing, half-square triangles and borders.  

Check it out! on the Website under Programs/Workshops.

Also check out our June Speaker Lindsey Neill.  Her trunk show featuring “Precision Piecing” will inspire and give you ideas for future projects.  

See you this month for the “Fun Day”.

Kathleen Bond – Vice President  

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Silent Auction

Don’t forget at the May 8^th guild meeting we will present a silent auction with over 60 items to bid on. This is a way to support your guild, challenge yourself to completing an unfinished project and purchasing new products. For those high bidders keep in mind we can only accept cash or checks.

Liz Hart – Chair

Hostesses

May Hostesses are: Angela Smith, Pat Noel, Susie Opdahl, Pam Peter, Sharla Peterson, Ruthe Petty, Sally Plummer, Edythe Pries, Ann Ramsey, Zoe Charon, and Carol Rabbit.

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 for cleanup. 

Birthdays

Birthday 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.  

May Birthdays — Diana Atkins, Marie Gniazdowski, Angela Smith, Gayle DeBoom, Ruthe Petty, Julie Eastman, Cathi O’Neill, Karen Johnson, and Suzy Davidson.

OPPORTUNITY QUILT

We are nearing the end of our Opportunity Quilt fundraiser! Currently we have earned $3297 of our $4500 goal, and that puts us at 73% there!
May is going to be a very busy month! Thank you to all the volunteers that have signed up to help with our final push!

The quilt will be shown at these May events:
May 1st – Lonesome Valley Quilt Guild evening meeting
May 8th – TBQG meeting
May 9th – Chino Valley Quilt Guild meeting
May 13th & 14th – Winey Cats at Granite Creek Vineyard Mother’s Day Weekend in Chino Valley
May 26th & 27th – Prescott Antique Show at Findlay Toyota Center
Our grand finale will be at our very own “Bloom Where You are Planted” Quilt Show on June 16th & 17th at Prescott High School.  Drawing will be on June 17th, so buy or sell your tickets by then!
I would like to thank everyone that has participated in our Opportunity Quilt fundraiser and know that I greatly appreciate your support! It is fun to be a part of this great guild!
Kathy Spry – Opportunity Quilt Chair

quilt show

We are coming up on less than two months until set up, and two days of oohs and aahs as visitors  wander through the many quilts on display.

The Marketplace committee spent an entire day counting, categorizing and marking quilts, pin cushions, steering wheel covers, totes, cozies, project bags and tissue holders, etc., for sale during the two-day show.  

We had a real opportunity to see examples of incredible talent from our members!  Who would have thought a candy bag could be turned into a sturdy zippered bag?  Or, a yardstick could become an adorable wooden tray?  Just wait until you see the offerings of the Marketplace!  Great creativity, Members!

Show meetings will be held weekly in the last few weeks before the show.  Our next meeting is 9:30 Thursday morning, May 4 at the Stoneridge Community Center.  

We still need volunteers to work the show.  If you haven’t signed up yet for show shifts, please do so at May’s Guild Meeting.  No one person makes the show a success, it takes a ‘village,’ or in our case, a Guild to accomplish it!  

Nan DeChant – Chair

Marketplace

Just a reminder that we need your items for the Quilt show “Marketplace”.  We have received wonderful things from you all and cannot thank you enough for all you have done.

The show is for 2 days so we really want to have enough to keep people buying for both days.  We still have no items that have masculine fabric,  we know the ladies will buy for their men, lol.

Any items that you enjoy making we would love to have.  Also remember it you have done a “Bloom Where You Are Planted” quilt, let us display or sell it for you.  

Any group or individual who is getting a basket ready for the raffle we need your baskets a.s.a.p. to get it wrapped and ready for sale.  Remember there is a drop off at my house – 3690 N. Pleasant View Dr. Prescott Valley.

Thank you so much.

Cathy Day and Kristine White – Co-Chairs

Small Quilt Auction

We will again have a container at the May guild meeting for your small quilt donations for the Small Quilt Auction.  So far we have received almost 20 small entries.  Our goal is to have a minimum of 40.  So we welcome more of your small quilts to sell for the benefit of our guild and its programs which we all enjoy so much.  Remember, the auction itself is on Saturday, June 17 at 2:00 pm.

If you are working on one and not quite finished, please let us know and we will work out a time to get it.  

Sheryl McLain, Olivia Turnham, and Arlene Morris – Co-Chairs

Quilt Camp