Author: Heart in Hand

General Meeting Minutes

March 13, 2023

Meeting was called to order by Dawnell Muecke, President at 9:35 AM.

Quilt show is in June.  Members are urged to fill out and submit forms for quilt entries. Baskets are needed for raffle.  Small quilts are needed for the small quilt auction.  We will have food trucks this year.  Pins and a few patterns are still available.

Keep working on your President’s challenge quilts.  Quilts based on songs will be shown at the May meeting.

New members and guests in attendance were introduced by Angela Smith.    

Diana Dunn thanked the membership for the get-well cards she received.  

Opportunity quilt.  Members are urged to buy raffle tickets and to help sell tickets at several upcoming community events.

Hand-made Hugs:   Next meet and sew day is in April.    Thanks to Diana Dunn for her donation of Preemie Caps.

Quilt Camp is coming March 20-22.  Four slots are still available.

Upcoming guild meetings:  Kathleen Bond and Sherri Hubbs presented upcoming  speakers and workshops.  Debbie Gansberger will be our speaker in April.  She will present a class on “Easy Piecy” method of quilting with leave in foundation piecing.  May will be Fun Day with the President’s Challenge and UFO auction.  There will be a class on that afternoon on Best Practices for Quilting. In June Lindsey Neil will speak and have a class on precision quilting. 

Jean Ehlers gave a presentation on the ergonomics of Quilting.

Show and Tell  

Meeting was adjourned at 11:35.

February 13, 2023

Meeting was called to order by Dawnell Muecke, President, at 9:30 AM.

The quilt show quilt submissions form is now on the website, and members are urged to fill them out now. Your quilt does not need to be completed, but the committee wants to get a head start on organizing the quilt display placements. Turn in forms to Dana Swain or Jamie Davis.

Angela Smith introduced visitors and new members.

Deb Johnson invited all newcomers to the Newcomers group meeting. She showed the blocks that the group is making for a small quilt to donate to the Quilt Show small quilt auction. Cut fabric kits are available for any member who would like to make a block.

Faith Chaney stated that the Handmade Hugs group needs tonal fabrics in at least 1 yard pieces for quilt backing. The next group meeting will be 2/25 at Stoneridge Community Center.

It was announced that Betti Smith had passed. She was a founding member of the guild.

Quilt show: The “Bloom where you are planted” small quilt patterns were shown and are available for sale. Small quilt donations are needed for the small quilt auction. The quilt show committee is meeting next week and anyone who would like to participate with the committee is invited to attend. Items are needed for the Marketplace and samples of submissions were displayed.

Quilt camp will be held March 20-22. Spaces are still available. Fee is $125. Sign-up sheet is available.

Programs and Workshops: March program: Jeannie Ehlers will speak on Ergonomics for Quilters. There will be a half-day workshop following the meeting by Kathleen Bond on Hand Piecing at the Elk’s Lodge. Lunch will be provided and the class fee is $25. In April, Debbie Gaittsberger will give a program on Piecing. Kit included in $45 fee. Program will take place on April 11 at the Masonic lodge.

Program for today: Elizabeth Phinder from Prescott Valley gave a show of her Applique Quilts.

Following the Break was: Show and Tell, Block of the Month and Birthday drawing.

Meeting was adjourned at 11:22 AM

January 6, 2023

Meeting was called to order by Dawnell Muecke, President at 9:29 AM.

New members and guests in attendance were introduced by Angela Smith.    Members in attendance are urged to greet new members and guests.

Quilt camp will be held on March 20-22, 2023.  Cost will be $125.  More details will be available at the meeting next month.

Workshops:  Kathleen Bond and Sherri Hubbs presented upcoming workshops for February and March.  In February Elizabeth Finder will present a workshop on Applique on February 14.  On March 13, Lura Swarz Smith will present a workshop on Art quilts and working with inks on March 13 and 14.  There is a $10 kit/supplies fee for each workshop. 

Presentation of Projects in a Grocery Bag.  Membership voted on which of two projects to finish by December, 2023 presented participating members.

Reminder: Turn in submissions for the Quilt Show using the form on our website starting now.

Show and Tell:   “Designing Women” special interest group presented their most recent group project—small quilts featuring eyes.  They will be submitted to the quilt show and the general membership is invited to add their own pieces for display.  An information sheet on the project is available.

Community Service:  Next meeting will be Saturday, Jan 28 at the Stoneridge Community Center from 9AM-3PM.    There will be no group meeting in February.

Quilt Show and Marketplace.  Pins and Patterns are available.  There will be a free class on designing a Raffle basket.  Sign-up sheet is available.

Opportunity quilt:  We are at 60% of goal for pre-show ticket sales so far.

Block of the month was shown.  Directions will be posted on the website.  Use spring colors.

Meeting was adjourned at 11:20 AM

Monthly News – February 13, 2023

President’s Message

Hello Thumb Butte Quilters!

Hi everyone!  At January’s meeting we all voted on PIGS…everyone has a project to finish and our goal is December 2023.  I’m pretty sure we can do it!!    All we need is to be snowed in for about 4 weeks and then we will be forced to work on them.

At our February meeting we will be hosting Elizabeth Phinder as our guest speaker.  She will have a workshop on 2/14 where she will be giving us a lesson on easy turned applique.  I encourage you to sign up if you haven’t yet!

The last 2 months have been all about family for me!  I feel like I haven’t had anytime to quilt, organize, plan or even think about sewing.  It’s been a whirlwind of jumping at the new trampoline park, mini-bowling at  Espire in the old Sears building, playing in the snow and picking up toys from my sewing room which has turned into a playroom for all the grandkids.  We only had 2 sewing pins found in the carpet by the eagle-eyed moms.  No kids were poked in the process!

My life gets back to normal next week and I’m really looking forward to jumping into all my projects…right after I clean my house up!  It’s a hot mess right now, but it was worth all the playtime with the grandkids.

I hope everyone is working on their President’s challenge, quilts for the quilt show, marketplace items and charity items.  Quilters are a busy, generous, happy, social and creative group of people!  They are certainly my kind of friends!!

Dawnell Muecke – President

Membership

We want to welcome our new members, Paula Bryant, Sue Hansen, and Janet Freidrich. Please be sure to give them a warm greeting in February and ask them if they have questions.

Angela Smith – Chair 

wAYS AND mEANS

Opportunity Quilt

I displayed our quilt at Thumb Butte Quilt Guild meeting on January 9th, and at the Mountain Top Quilt Guild meeting on January 16th. We earned another $133 toward our goal, and there were many comments about how beautiful the quilt was. I will be taking the quilt to Chino Valley Quilters meeting on February 14th. Faith Chaney and Debbie James are planning a trip in March or April to Flagstaff to show it off there. I will also be looking into a Lonesome Valley Quilters meeting soon.

Quilt and Sew Connection has agreed to display our quilt again, so look for it there!

“Eggstravaganza,” a new outdoor event featuring egg hunts, inflatables, art vendors, food trucks and more will be held on April 1st from 10am – 1 pm at the Prescott Valley Civic Center. I will be looking for volunteers for this event at our next meeting.

I will be notified when the next “Antique Show and Vintage Market” holds their event and we have been granted a vendor spot so watch for more information when it becomes available.

There are still a few other venues I am investigating, but please let me know if you have any suggestions for events that do not charge a venue fee!

The total sales for our Opportunity Quilt are $2864. Our goal is $4500, so we are about 64 % there.

Opportunity Quilt Charts January 2023

Kathy Spry – Opportunity Quilt Chair

Company Store

The Company Store, in the back of the room at TBQ’s monthly meeting, will be having a $5 FILL the plastic grocery bag sale at the February meeting!!! We have the grocery bags SO all you need to bring is your $5 so you can fill the bag to your heart’s delight!!!

Pam Jones – Chair

UFO Silent Auction

Fellow Quilters, as the New Year is upon us, now is the perfect time to reorganize your sewing rooms. Browse through your old projects and ask yourself “Do I really want to finish this?”

If the answer is NO then now is the right time to get rid of that UFO.

Consider donating it to TBQ’s UFO Silent Auction where another quilter will fall in love with your project and want to take on the challenge. The Silent auction will take place at the May meeting.

We ask that you provide the UFO pattern and any accompanying fabric that you might have.

Finished Objects

As you go through your sewing room and all those places you stash your projects if you come across any small projects in good condition that no longer suit your household decor, please consider donating them to TBQ. We will make use of them in a variety of ways.  We are looking for placemat sets, mug rugs, table runners, wall hangings, etc.

  • Small quilt auction at our June show
  • Marketplace at our June show
  • Additional sale items when we display our Opportunity Quilt.

Liz Hart is collecting the UFO and finished objects. Thank you for your supporting your guild.

Liz Hart – Way and Means Chair

Hostesses

February Hostesses are: Sherry Hubbs, Debbie James, Deb Johnson, Karen Johnson, Pam Jones, Shirley Kelliher, Jeanne Dunk, David Charity, Kate Parsons, and Alicia Czuzak.

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.  

February Birthdays — Dani Lerberg, Dianna Dunn, Cheryl Giovenco, Betty Foley, Pat Noel, Sally Thomas, Barbara Sweeney, Mike Boyle, Sharon Andrews, Mary Scherer, MaryAnn Conner, Donna Osborne, Sherri Hubbs, Cheryl Bouquet, and Carol Brownlow.

Community Service

Handmade Hugs

Community service has been gifted so much fabric…and talent. Thank you for loading us up with plenty of items to deliver to Hospice, birthing center & infusion center.  They are so appreciative. 

Kits will be available for making lap size quilts, flannel kits for self-binding baby blankets and bibs.  Come to our workday, Saturday, January 28 at Stoneridge Community Center from 9 -3. Bring your sewing machine – most everything else will be provided.

Faith Chaney & Olivia Turnham – Co-Chairs

quilt show

“Bloom Where You Are Planted” Show Quilts

This year’s quilt show will be held on Friday and Saturday, June 16 & 17, 2023 at the Prescott High School gymnasium.  We’re so excited to be back in the business of sharing our quilt craft with the greater community of Prescott and beyond.  Please consider sharing your quilting gifts at our quilt show this coming summer. 

All TBQ members are encouraged to participate in showing their quilts whether you are a new member to our guild, a long-standing member, someone new to quilting, or someone lucky enough to have been quilting forever. 

For each quilt entry we ask that you complete an entry form. These forms can be located under the forms tab on the TBQ website. The form should be self-explanatory, but should you need ANY help, please don’t hesitate to reach out to one of us on the CHECK-IN/CHECK-OUT committee listed below. 

Please complete your entry forms no later than the end of April so that we can prepare to distribute the items for quilt collection to our members at the May 8th TBQ meeting. Remember ~ your quilt does not need to be finished upon submission of your entry form. Submitting your entry form with a picture of your progress – even a picture of the pattern – is necessary to help us prepare the layout for our show. 

Alicia Czuzak, Jamie Davis, Dawnell Muecke, and Dana Swain – Quilt Check-In/Check-Out committee

Quilt Show Committee Update

It is hard to believe we are halfway through January and five months away from our 2023 ‘Bloom Where You Are Planted’ Quilt Show!

The quilt show team held a meeting, after touring the Prescott High School Gymnasium, on Wednesday, January 11.  It was beneficial for everyone to physically become familiar with the layout and space the gym provides. Especially for Suzy Davidson as she coordinates with the vendors that will be onsite during the two day show.  

Everyone was able to identify the various spaces for admissions, marketplace, opportunity quilt, small quilt auction, vendors, raffle baskets and President’s Challenge. 

The next Quilt Show committee meeting will be Wednesday, February 15, at the Stoneridge Community Center, 2nd Floor Conference room, starting at 9:30 a.m.

Nan DeChant – Chair

Marketplace

Now that the holidays are over, hopefully you will have some extra time to make some goodies for the Marketplace that will be in our quilt show in June!  Please bring any completed Marketplace items to February’s Guild meeting or contact Cathy Day, Nan DeChant or Kristine White. We have a good start but need a lot more items for our sale.  

Cathy Day –  Chair 

Small Quilt Auction
Now is the time to let your creative talent “bloom” in making a small quilt for the small quilt auction at the quilt show.  It may be pieced, appliqued, collaged, or any combination of.  It may be square, rectangle, table runner or topper, or small wall hanging no larger than 40″ x 40″.  It may or may not be seasonal.  Maybe you already have something hidden away that would be the perfect item someone would like to purchase.  
 
We will be ready to take yours at the guild meeting in April.  Deadline for the quilts is May 8.  The live auction will take place at 2:00 at the quilt show on Saturday, June 17.  
 
We will have a sign up list at the check in table at the guild meeting.  You’re not signing your life away, simply giving us an idea of how many we will have to work with.  We can’t wait to see your contribution!  Any questions, feel free to ask anyone of us. 
 
Sheryl McLain, Olivia Turnham, Arlene Morris – Co-Chairs
 
Designing Women Challenge

Designing Women art quilt small group would like to invite TBQG members to join us in a challenge called “The Eyes Have It”.  The requirements are:

  • 5” tall x 20” wide
  • Faced, not bound
  • Due: April TBQ meeting

You can see examples from the Designing Women at The Eyes Have It

Questions?  Contact Karen Adams

 

January 9, 2023 – P.I.G. Party

P.I.G. (project in a grocery bag) Members signed up to bring two unfinished quilting projects to the meeting and the  guild members voted on which project they had to finish and bring to the December 2023 meeting.  A couple members have to finish and bring two projects in December.

Monthly News – January 9, 2022

President’s Message

Hello Thumb Butte Quilters!

Hi everyone!  We just wrapped up our Thumb Butte Christmas party and what a fun time we all had.

I didn’t need to eat dinner after our fiesta luncheon with all the goodies we received at our Mexican feast!  Our party committee did a great job pulling it all together and making sure we had games, prizes, decorations, goodies and food.  Most of us where able to brave the snowy roads and attend.  When the party was over…so was the snow! 

January is here and you know what that means!  PIGS*, WIPS**, PhD***, WIWMI**** AND UFO’S******!  OK…they are just other terms for resolution, but quilters have their own speak and I prefer a PIG to a promise.  I have only met a few quilters that don’t have a half-finished project and for whatever reason, that project just sits and lingers. Never fear!!!! We have a solution to your PIG problem!!

At our January meeting we are having a PIG party!  Oink, Oink!  Here is how it will work.

15 pre-selected people (these people have already volunteered) will bring 2 PIGS to the January meeting.  They will present both PIGS to the guild and the audience will vote on which one they need to complete by December 2023.  But wait……we want everyone to participate!!!  So, we are asking each member to select 2 of their own PIGS from their quilting stash.  You can bring them to show your friends, take a picture of each, write down a description or just bring the pattern for your reference.  Mark each PIG with a 1 or 2.  You will then be assigned a PIG 1 or PIG 2 to complete by December, 2023 as well!  How you ask???  It’s a secret until you come to the meeting!!  If you are PIG resistant (or just don’t want another task on your plate) just pick something really simple. Still need ideas??  How about organizing your fabric or cleaning out that notion drawer?  Anything can be a PIG in your world! Come for the fun and tackle a PIG in the process.

Dawnell Muecke – President

*PIGS – Project in grocery sacks
 **WIP – Work in progress
***UFO – Unfinished Object
****PhD -Projects half done
****WIWMI – Wish it would make itself

wAYS AND mEANS

OPPORTUNITY QUILT

Wishing you a happy holiday and many blessings in the New Year! It’s now time to think about New Year Resolutions and my resolution is to get back to selling tickets for our beautiful Opportunity Quilt after the holidays.    I am researching new venues, but please let me know if you have any suggestions for events that don’t charge a venue fee.  I am also hoping to get our quilt to the local quilt guild meetings in the next couple of months to show it off and generate some ticket sales.  If you belong to another guild and would like to show it at a meeting, please contact me! I already have awesome volunteers that have offered to take it to the Flagstaff Guild!

We finished out our December Last Minute Stocking Stuffer event with $123 in Opportunity Quilt raffle ticket sales.  We also sold a few small quilts and items for the Ways and Means Committee for $115.  Great job ladies!

 The total sales for our Opportunity Quilt are $2681.  Our goal is $4500, so we are about 60 % there.  Look for more information at our next meeting!  Thank you!

Opportunity Quilt Charts Dec. 2022

Kathy Spry, Opportunity Quilt Chair

Hostesses

January Hostesses are: Norma Enfield, Cynthia Falzone, Martha Ferreira, Betty Foley, Cheryl Giovenco, Molly Haney-Burleigh, Liz Hart, and Jessica Bodnicki.

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.  

January Birthdays — Edythe Pries, Yvonne Blitch, Kathleen Bond, Susie Opdahl, Jamie Davis, Pam Jones, Karen Eads, Kate Brown, Shirley Kelliher, Clare Bell, Sharon Harris, Sue Weisshaupt, Ellen Baker, and Deena Knight.

Community service

Handmade Hugs

What a fun fiesta in December.  Thank you committee and helpers for a memorable morning.  Victoria Spears,  Dignity YRMC volunteer coordinator, was able to personally thank the guild for contributions to the Infusion center and birthing center.

Members continue donating their time and efforts to these organizations as well as the Teen Center and now Gentiva Hospice.  There will be kits available for pick up at the January meeting.  Our next workday will be Saturday, January 28, at Stoneridge Community Center from 9 – 3. Bring your machines and stay as long as you can.  There will not be a workday the first Saturday in February.

Faith Chaney and Olivia Turnham – Co-Chairs

Quilt show

Update

We are moving ahead with accumulating Marketplace items.  Remember, what grabs your attention or interest when you attend or visit a craft show?  Those are the types of items we are looking to have during the two day show in June, 2023. 

The show committee chairs are planning a visit to the Prescott High School gymnasium in January. 

We have a graph of the layout, but want to walk off the layout for a better understanding of the show’s flow.   

As mentioned in the December Guild meeting, if anyone has an interest in learning how to ‘hang’ the show (quilt display), please contact Kathleen Bond or Nan DeChant.  Kathleen is the official quilt show ‘hanger,’  and we need someone to learn and assist.  

If anyone has questions regarding the quilt show, please contact Nan DeChant or Cathy Day.

Nan DeChant and Cathy Day -2023 Quilt Show Chairs

Quilt Show Entry

Enter Your Show Quilts ~ Blooming Encouraged!

Yes, it is that time once again to BLOOM and DISPLAY your amazing quilting talents at our bi-annual TBQ quilt show. This year’s show will be held on Friday and Saturday, June 16 & 17, 2023 at the Prescott High School gymnasium.  We’re so excited to be back in the business of sharing our quilt craft with the greater community of Prescott and beyond. 

As you may already know, the theme of this year’s TBQ quilt show is “BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED”.  Coming out of a long period of COVID isolation, we all must feel a bit of re-birth and blooming. Being at home all those months, your quilt making must have been “a-bloom” with time to dream and create.

Please consider sharing your quilting gifts at our quilt show this coming summer.  For each quilt entry we ask that you complete an entry form. These forms can be located under the forms tab on the TBQ website. The form should be self-explanatory, but should you need any help, please don’t hesitate to reach out to one of us on the CHECK-IN/CHECK-OUT committee listed below.  All TBQ members are encouraged to participate whether you are a new member to our guild, a long-standing member, someone new to quilting, or someone lucky enough to have been quilting forever.  Quilting, some say, may be a lost art. Sharing your quilts (or what we like to think of as “BLOOMING” year after year) helps ensure that our beloved quilt art continues for generations to come.

Alicia Czuzak, Jamie Davis, Dawnell Muecke, and Dana Swain – Committee Members

 

 

Monthly News – December 12, 2022

President’s Message

Hello Thumb Butte Quilters!

Hi everyone!  I’m sorry I missed the November meeting, but my new granddaughter was not informed of the guild meeting schedule.  She arrived on 11/4 @ 11:04 pm.  Mama and baby are doing great and Mimi (me) has been busy running errands, watching other grandkids, and getting baby snuggles on the side. 

I’m staying in our 5th wheel in Santee, California for 30 days.  It certainly has been bringing back memories of our nomad days, before we established our home base in Prescott.  We traveled all over the United States for 5 years after we sold everything we owned and left San Diego.  My husband was a trouper and would drive me to quilt shops in every town that we visited.  I usually purchased a few fat quarters at every shop and fought the urge to stock up on all the fun stuff I was seeing!  Space is limited, so I had to be picky.  I also had not heard of Missouri Star yet, so we were within an hour drive and never stopped!  Same with Paducah, KY…so sad.  Sewing in a small space was a challenge.  I usually talked my husband into going to play golf for the day so I could really take over all of the space.  I didn’t really enjoy it, like I had hoped I would.  Just too darn cramped!  That’s when I really got into hand sewing, embroidery projects and finding quilt shops that would let me sew for the day.  My favorite quilts were made in our trailer and my favorite scrap quilts came from all of those fat quarters I collected.

On this trip, I thought I would have a lot of free time after the day was over.  I brought lots of projects and tons of ambition, but I’m getting old!  By the time I’m done watching all the kids, I’m exhausted!

Very little quilting is getting done!

I will be back for the December party and I hear it’s going to be fun, fun, fun!  See you there!

Dawnell Muecke – President

PS –  Kathleen Bond produces the most beautiful and complicated quilts….her sewing room is in her laundry room!  How does she do it???

past-president’s quilt

Nan DeChant’s quilt for her service in 2021-2022 as President of the Thumb Butte Quilters was presented at the November meeting.

The portrait of Nan was done by Kay Wentworth.

 

newcomers

On November 28th a dozen newcomers met. During our time together we shared ideas for making excellent 1/4 inch seams, had some great show and tell items shared, made no-sew Scandinavian Stars for Christmas and enjoyed Faith Chaney sharing with us the projects the guild makes for our Prescott community.The Newcomers are the nicest group of talented women…the guild is lucky to have them!Our next Newcomer Gathering will be after the holidays on Monday, January 23 at 10:00 at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Park Ave.

Deb Johnson & Carrie Casto, Co-Chairs

Membership

Angela Smith

Welcome new member Matilda Bristow.

Thank you!

Angela Smith – Chair

 

Programs/workshops 

 December 12th, we will celebrate with a “Christmas Fiesta Party” and lunch.  

We will be playing the Left Right Center Game twice.  Please bring 3 – 10″ squares of bright, jewel toned fabrics for the first round and 3- quilty notions for the second round. (examples -. a thimble, spool of thread, button, needle threader, pin cushion, fat quarter, pencil) 

Don’t forget all of those wonderful quilts for Show and Tell

January is the time for New Year’s Resolutions.  At Thumb Butte Guild, we call it the P.I.G. (Project In a Grocery) bag.   Ten brave ladies have already signed up to show two unfinished projects that they need a little encouragement to finish.  You get to pick one for them to  complete by next December.

We have more spaces, so be sure to sign up in December.

February Elizabeth Phinder is presenting a beautiful Trunk Show/Lecture.  She will also teach a Workshop all day on Tuesday showing Applique techniques.

Kathleen Bond, Vice-President

ways and means

Opportunity Quilt

Once again, our TBQ volunteers did a great job marketing our Opportunity Quilt at the “Holiday Boutique Lonesome Valley Quilt Guild” show in Prescott Valley held on November 12th.  We sold $175 in tickets and another $81 at our last TBQ meeting! That puts our total at $2608 or about 58% of our goal of $4500. 

We have two events scheduled in December, so there are ample volunteer opportunities!

First, we are entered in a new event this year, the “Winter Spectacular” at the Prescott Valley Civic Center at 7501 E Skoog Blvd, Prescott Valley, AZ on Saturday, December 3rd from 2-8 pm.  It looks like a fun event for all ages!

The second event is the “Last-Minute Non-Profit Stocking-Stuffer Bazaar”.  It will be held at Prescott Activity Center “The Old Armory” 824 E. Gurley, Prescott, AZ from 10-4 pm on Saturday, December 17th. 

I am hoping to display our quilt at various guilds in our area after the holidays and will keep you updated as I find more events for us in the new year.

Thank you to all the volunteers that step forward to help so graciously!  Volunteering is a great way to connect with your fellow guild members and it’s an easy way to contribute to your guild’s fundraising efforts!

Remember, Christmas is coming, so think about buying some tickets for your friends and relatives for Christmas gifts!

Happy holidays and may you all finish your holiday projects on time!

Kathy Spry – Chair

Hostesses

December hostesses are:  Patty Brownsberger, Judith Dobke, Lois Doerr, Dianna Dunn, Lola Dyroy, Karen Eads, Julie Eastman, Carolyn Edwards, Linda Royce, Dianna Atkins & Michelle Anderson.  These ladies will be hosting our Christmas Fiesta Party.

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.  

December Birthdays — Carol Rabbitt, Jill Norcross, Karen Adams, David Charity, Catherine Ericsen, Phyllis Byrnes, Carol Wright, Linda Craig, Nancy Lefler, and Iris Lacey.

community service

Handmade Hugs

Our next workday will be Saturday, Dec. 3, from 9 – 3 at Stoneridge Community Center.  Kits for baby quilts, bibs, teen quilts and maybe some kits for making tops will be our task for the day.

 What a great turnout of finished quilts at our last meeting.  Many of them will be auctioned at our show in June since they were so spectacular!  If you have time after the holidays, sew up an easy pattern. Community service will take your lap size tops, add batting & backing and have one of our amazing quilters finish it off.

Thank you members for your generosity and talent. Your work makes many recipients happy!  Keep up the awesome work.

Faith Chaney, Olivia Turnham – Co-Chairs

Adult Center Display

Stop by the Prescott Adult Center on Rosser to see the latest TBQG display.  These beautiful quilts were made by member Barbara Merkel.

Carolyn Edwards, Chair

quilt show

We had our first Quilt Show meeting Wednesday, November 9. The meeting went well; identifying tasks for each area of responsibility, such as, Silent/Live Auctions, Quilt Check In/Out, and MarketPlace.

An update was made to the MarketPlace Chair. Sandy Mazzurco had to bow out of the Chair position due to health reasons. Cathy Day, Kristine White and Nan DeChant will step up to fill the void that Sandy has left. We wish Sandy a successful and steady recovery in the months to come.

As mentioned in the November Guild Meeting, what catches your eye when you visit the marketplace of any quilt or craft show? Are you drawn to pincushions, zippered bags, totes or quilt carry bags? Do you like witty sayings or signs depicting the uniqueness of a quilter? These are the types of things we are looking to have for sale in the MarketPlace. The show is two days, so enough inventory is needed to cover the two days. We don’t need hundreds of any one item, but a nice variety to display and sell. As the items for sale are completed, Cathy, Kristine and/or Nan will price mark and store until Show time, so bring items to guild meetings or contact one of us to arrange pick up or delivery. All members of the guild are encouraged to contribute to the MarketPlace.

The meeting touched on all aspects of the show from Admissions, Vendors, to Publicity. When discussing Kathleen Bond’s role of hanging the quilts, drafting the layout and identifying space for all aspects of the show, Kathleen needs a Co-Chair. If any guild member would like to be mentored and work with Kathleen on what it takes to ‘hang’ a quilt show, please let Kathleen Bond or Nan DeChant know!

Like all Chair positions we need a team to ensure the show will run smoothly and successfully, and that includes being a team member that can step up if an unforeseen event occurs.

As members work on their Bloom Where You Are Planted pattern quilts, keep in mind it is up to the maker to decide if the quilt will be available For Sale or Display Only. The maker will be able to indicate the disposition at the time the quilt is entered into the show.

Don’t forget there will also be a small quilt auction. So give some thought to starting a quilt for the auction.

The next 2023 Quilt Show Meeting will be held in January.  An email will be generated in early January providing date, time and location.

Nan DeChant and Cathy Day – Show Chairs

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