Diana Atkins won the April Blocks of the Month
To print the instructions for the May Block of the Month click on May 2022 BOM-3
Bring your finished blocks to the June 13th meeting and enter the drawing for all the blocks.
Mary Vaughan, Block of the Month Chair
May 10, 2022 – “Modern Organic Machine Quilting” with Swan Sheridan
Greetings Sisters of the Thread!
Hope you all had a wonderful Easter and/or Passover. We had a fun time celebrating the holiday with our son and his family. I have come to realize that a 4-year old has two speeds, On and Off! My goodness, if I could capture my granddaughter’s energy and bottle it, I could own every die, machine, BOB and Cube sizes Accuquilt sells! Hope you enjoyed some great family time, and chocolate bunnies, too!
I think Spring is here to stay! Our maple is leafing, our lemon and apple trees are in bloom and the deer are eating the foliage off of our roses. We finally were able to get the netting around our trees so the trees actually have a chance to produce fruit this year! I love the deer who visit our backyard, but I prefer they eat the grain and not our fruit trees! We now have a beautiful buck and doe who frequently visit. What a treat as they jump the wall and venture to the birdfeeders, quail block and bird bath to wash everything down. We love the nature that frequents our yard.
If anyone is interested in a large quilting frame, please contact me, as Norma Kurr’s daughters are wanting to find a home for Norma’s floor frame allowing for hand quilting of larger quilts.
Our May meeting will include the display of the Lonesome Valley Opportunity Quilt, and provide the ability to buy tickets from the LVQ Guild. I always love to see how creative other guilds are with their Opportunity quilts.
Our next meeting will be Monday, May 9. May 9 also happens to be Tom and my 35th wedding anniversary! We’ll be celebrating on the 10th with an excursion on the Verde Canyon Railroad. I’ve been wanting to experience this train ride ever since our arrival in Prescott four years ago. My paternal grandfather was a ticket agent for the Union Pacific RR long before I was born, and my Dad loved trains, too. The last big trip we took with my parents was in 1996 when on our cruise to Alaska we took the White Pass railroad up the mountain in Skagway, Alaska. My Dad loved that trip, and the history it held from Jack London’s, “Call of the Wild” and he would love this one, too! This time, he’ll travel with me in my heart and memories.
Things are slowly moving along with the upcoming 2023 Quilt Show. With the venue secured for June 15-17, 2023, at Prescott High School, and the Opportunity Quilt tickets procured, progress is being made. A sign up board will be displayed at May’s meeting for the Quilt Show tasks. Take a look and see how you can help to make our show a great success!
Handmade project ideas and materials for the Marketplace are underway, we have a chair for vendor solicitation and a volunteer to ‘hang’ the show quilts. There will be something for everyone in the guild to do! So let us know how you would like to help! It is hard to believe our show is just 14 months away.
Our Guild is growing! Every month we are adding new members and increasing our numbers! Don’t let June slip up on you! Submit your dues for the coming year. See Angela Smith at Membership so you can be in the 2022-2023 Directory when we go to press with the new Directory.
Enjoy this beautiful weather, and, if you have been putting off outside activities waiting for warmer weather, now’s your chance to take a walk, or hike a new trail! We quilters seem to enjoy sitting at our sewing machines, so now is the time to get out and get our circulation going!
May your seams be straight, your bobbins be full and your quarter inch be precise.
May Blessings,
Nan DeChant, President
Please remember that your membership dues of $35.00 are due by June 15, 2022 in order to make it to the directory.
There were no new members this month.
Thank you!
Angela Smith – Chair
We will be having Swan Sheridan as our speaker on Contextualized Quilting. She will also be doing a full day class for us on Organic Machine Quilting. So much to learn and see. We do have a few openings for the class so let Kathleen Bond know if you want to participate.
We are having a thread therapy class in June with Veronica Sandavol. No workshop is scheduled for June.
Hope you all had a great Easter weekend. Can’t wait to see you all on the 9th and 10th of May.
Cathy Day, Vice-President
Hostesses
May hostesses are: Patty McClearn, Joan McGiven, Sheryl McLain, Melodie Merino, Sandy Mitchell, Linda Morriston, Connie Muecke, and Dawnell Muecke.
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.
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 – Marilyn Weber, Karen Comeau, Gayle Deboom, Ruthe Petty, Julie Eastman, Karen Johnson, Susie Davidson, and Angela Smith.
Another successful workday in April. Thank you ladies for all your diligent, awesome work. A dozen teen quilts were delivered to Teen Closet. They now have sufficient supply to get to the end of the school year. Six quilts of various sizes were given to the Cancer Infusion Center in Prescott Valley.
There will NOT be a work day on May 7th since the Stoneridge Community Center is otherwise occupied for the day. Be sure to pick up kits available at our guild meeting on May 9th.
To print the instructions for the April Block of the Month click on:April 2022 BOM-4.pdf
Bring your finished blocks to the May 9th meeting and enter the drawing for all the blocks.
Mary Vaughan, Block of the Month Chair
April 12,2022 – “High Key Design” with Wendy Knight
Happy Spring, Sisters of the Thread!
I just love when the trees begin to bud, the Ornamental Plum trees turnout with their pink blossoms and everything looks fresh and new here in the High Country!
Wow! What a busy March we’ve had, and April is looking like a lot of fun, too!
Quilt Camp was a great success and a fun time was had by all in attendance! Kudos and GREAT JOB, Cathy Day and Kristine White! Fun games, wonderful food, a lot of fellowship; and if clothes with threads all across the front was any indication a lot of sewing was done, too! We even had a former member, Carol Godfrey from Lusk, Wyoming, join in the fun, and renew her membership with the Guild! Great to have you back, Carol!
We are fortunate to have our tentative Executive Board for the coming year:
President, Dawnell Muecke
Vice President, Kathleeen Bond
Secretary, Nancy Lande
Treasurer, Cathy Day
In order to make our guild successful and grow, there are many committee positions that need to be filled, so please take a look at open positions at the April meeting. See what you can do to make the 2022-2023 year a great success! Dawnell will have the sign-up board with the open roles that need to be filled. So see Dawnell at the April 11 meeting!
The Opportunity Quilt is currently being hand quilted for our first showing, and ticket sales, at the June, 2022 Mountain Top Quilt Show, Findlay Event Center. Faith Chaney, had the quilt at her work station at Quilt Camp, as she diligently hand stitched the quilt. Ladies, it is beautiful! If you would like to assist in taking the quilt to various High Country events & guilds, please see Liz Hart for information.
We have some great workshops on the calendar this spring, so please check the website and/or contact Kathleen Bond for information and sign up. Full day workshops are held at the Aztlan Masonic Lodge on 1028 Willow Creek Road, Prescott. It is a lovely facility and a great place to meet and learn new techniques.
Blessings,
Nan DeChant, President
“Don’t be afraid to take risks with your quilting.
If you succeed, you’ll be ‘sew’ happy.
If you fail, you’ll be ‘sew’ smart.”
We want to welcome our new members Pauline Singleton and Carol Godfrey.
Angela Smith – Chair
Wendy Knight will give a presentation at our meeting on April 11th. Wendy will have a full-day workshop on April 12th — “High Key Design”. Check under “Programs and Workshops” for further information.
The Quilt Camp for 2022 was a huge success! Please go to “Quilt Camp” tab to see more pictures of this fun event.
April hostesses are: Iris Lacey, Nancy Lande, Nancy Lefler, Dani Lerberg, Pat Little, Sherrye Loveland, Anne Marston, and Sandy Mazzurco.
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.
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.
April Birthdays – Nancy Delmar, Pam Peters, Susan Sweet, Barb Robinson, and Linda Hill.
Pick up a kit at the next meeting or join us on Saturday, April 2nd at Stoneridge Community Center in Prescott Valley from 9 – 1. Call Faith Chaney if interested.
You are invited to a new Friendship Group!
Hi!! My name is Martha Ferriera and I’m hosting a new Thumb Butte friendship group called ‘Shuffle Around the Block’
What we will do: Each member will purchase 4 to 5 yards of fabric of their choice and it will be placed in their box (provided). Each month we will meet and your box will be “shuffled” between other members. The receiver will make a 12-1/2″ block (12″ finished) from this box. At the end of one year we will have a reveal party where you finally get your own box back with 12 finished blocks to make a quilt top! What a fun surprise to see what everyone has made for you.
This swap works best with a minimum of 12 members and a maximum 18.
Other nice things to put in your box – You can place a journal in your box to let others know if you just love applique (or not) or if it’s okay to add some different fabrics, or any other requests. Block makers can also add a fun note in the journal before passing it to a different person.
You can also add a treat or a small gift for the next person who gets the box. It’s like a ‘secret santa’ gift every month! This friendship group is just that…a Friendship Group! No sewing machine required at the box swap and you have a month to make one block..it can’t get an easier then that.
Start date: After the required number of people sign up we will establish our meeting schedule and decide when to get started. Our target month to begin is May, but that may change based on when we reach our required number of members.
Will you join me?? To sign up contact Martha Ferreira.
