Author: Heart in Hand

President’s Message

Greetings, Quilter Pals!

What a glorious time of year it is!  Spring has sprung!  We all celebrated Worldwide Quilting Day on Saturday, March 20th, which coincidentally is the FIRST day of SPRING!  That evil COVID is beginning to appear in the rearview mirror!  We are digging out our beautiful springtime quilts, and Spring flowers are beginning to poke up in our gardens!  Aaahhhh…life is good!  Here’s hoping there will be lots of Springtime quilts in Show and Tell at our next TBQ meeting–April 12th!  Springtime quilts will give us all a lift and bring smiles to our faces!  I can hardly wait!  See you at the Elks Lodge in Prescott Valley (6245 E. Second Street).  Refreshments and coffee will be provided.  Mask up!  And let’s see LOTS  and LOTS of Show & Tell and catch up with each other!! 

Cathy Day has volunteered to take over the duties of Hospitality Chair!  Thank you, Cathy!  With the passing of Linda Ruiz, R.I.P., we needed someone to take over the duties of Hospitality Chair…and Cathy Day has volunteered!  Woohoo!  If you know of any members who are ill or need a little help, please let Cathy know.  Take a quick minute to jot a note on page 4 of your TBQ directory.  She will also be reading the list of visitors each month at our meetings. 

The Nominating Committee has been hard at work and will be presenting their Slate of Officers at the meeting!

Keep on quilting!  Stay well!  Be safe! 

Carolyn Edwards, President

Membership

MEMBERSHIP DUES ARE NOW DUE – $30 annually.  I will begin collecting dues at the April meeting. According to our bylaws, (pg. 20), “Annual dues shall be $30 for Active Members payable prior to June 15 each year”.
(1) If you wish to maintain your membership but will not be attending meetings at the current time, please mail your dues check to me at the address listed below; doing so will ensure that your picture and contact information will remain in our current directory.
(2) Likewise, as a courtesy to me, please notify me directly at tbqmembership@outlook.com if you do not plan to renew your membership; failure to pay your dues by the deadline will result in the removal of your picture and contact information when our new directory for FY 2021- 2022 goes to print.

Dianna Dunn, Membership Chair

Ways and Means

Opportunity Quilt

The Opportunity Quilt is at Quilt & Sew in Prescott Valley, it will be on display there until the April meeting. Tickets will be available for $1 or 6 for $5 at the April 12th meeting.

We have made arrangements to take it to the Mountain Top meeting on April 19th.

Pat Noel, Chair

The Company Store

Our Company Store has had a donation of several tubs of beautiful fabric. There is a lot of Christmas fabric just in time for those Christmas project.  Please stop by and check out our special sales!

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, January and February, and March celebrants to bring your gifts to the April meeting.

April Birthdays – Nancy Del Mar, Pam Peters, Susan Sweet, Barb Robinson, and Linda Hill.

Quilt Show

We need volunteers to make our quilt show a success. Please review the Quilt Show tab above for the plans and how you can help.

Raffle Baskets:

We are asking for a donation of a fat quarter from each of you, which will be used in a raffle basket at our August quilt show.
Please get those fat quarters to me as soon as possible so I can get the basket(s) put together.
Thank you in helping to make our quilt show a success.

Liz Hart, Quilt Show Raffle Baskets

Quilt Sale:
As part of the August 7th, 2021 Wildwest Quiltfest, we will be offering quilts for sale as a Silent Auction or Buy Now option.
Here’s what we need from YOU, our TBQ members: Donated quilts made by TBQ members, no larger than 45 x 60. We are looking for approximately 50 quilts.
The proceeds from the sales of these quilts will go directly to the TBQ treasury. No proceeds will be given to members.  Unsold quilts will be returned to members.
Carol Wright and Yvonne Blitch will begin collecting quilts at the April 12, 2021 guild meeting.

 

President’s Message

 

Greetings, Dear Quilters!

Here’s hoping you are staying healthy AND happy!  I know…under the circumstances…that’s a little hard to do!  But you have your quilting to fill your time and your hearts!  Quilting can take you to your happy place–JUST DO IT!  We thank God that we have this little place that we can escape to!!!  

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm…do you recognize any of those words???  Well…I said that exact same thing to you last month….  The words still apply, and I still mean them.  I really was hoping that we’d be in a better place by now!  BUT, we have to first get there from here.  And it’s pretty dang slow going.  Sigh…  Here’s hoping that the majority of you are well on your way to being vaccinated…and completely out of the woods…in this race to beat that evil COVID 19 monster that has been invading our world!  

Our next regular TBQ Guild meeting is March 8th…and we will be keeping that date!  Gather at 9:30 a.m. at the Elks Lodge in Prescott Valley (6245 E. Second Street).  There will be no refreshments served.  Mask up!  Bring your own water and snacks. There will be a speaker–yippee!  We haven’t met as a Guild since November.  Isn’t that sad…  🙁  You should have LOTS of Show & Tell to share–things you’ve made during the pandemic shut down!  Now’s the time!  Show your stuff!!! 

Love and hugs to all!  Stay healthy!  Be well! 

Carolyn Edwards, President

Ways and Means

Opportunity Quilt

Donation tickets will be available at the Guild’s meeting in March. 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, January and February, and March celebrants to bring your gifts to the March meeting.

March Birthdays – Diane Schmidt, Deb Johnson, Nan DeChant, Kathy Spry, Sandy McGarry, Norma Enfield, and Pam Calhoon.

Community service

Adult Center Display

Help!  Help!  It’s time to change the quilts hanging at the Adult Center.  There are a couple of Jane Holland’s quilts on display…and she’s in upheaval mode with Allan’s passing.  The quilts that are hanging will come down.  Therefore…we need a few of you to loan a quilt or two to this exhibit!  We’re thinking that the next quilt exhibit at the Adult Center should be TWO COLOR quilts.  What do you think?!  Have you got a two color quilt that you could loan to this exhibit?  They will go up sometime the first week of March, and hang for a couple of months. 

Please, please, please give me a call if you have a quilt to spare and share!!!  I’ll make arrangements to get your quilt from you and we’ll go from there!

Thanks a million! 

Carolyn Edwards

Quilt show

Howdy Pardners!!

Just a little ole update about the Wildwest Quiltfest!!

We had a darn good meeting in February to continue to iron out our plans.  We need everyone of you cowpokes to start deciding on which of your beautiful quilts you’d like to submit for the show.  Due to space we will begin with one entry per person.  More information to follow about the actual submission for the show.

Please plan on attending the March TBQ meeting with your calendar!  We will have sign-ups available for Volunteers.  If you can’t make the meeting please get a hold of the chair-people listed below:

Hanging Quilts – Kathleen Bond

Raffle Baskets – Liz Hart

Vendors – Karen Danknick

Information Booth – Nancy Lande

Admissions – Suzy Davidson

Hostesses – Sue Weisshaupt and Cheryl Bouquet

Quilt Sale – Yvonne Blitch and Carol Wright

We are looking for some woodworking help to build several Quilt stands.  The directions for the stand are  attached!  These stands will be used for the Quilt sale/auction.  If you will be making a stand please contact Dawnell and Julie.  We are looking for 4 or 5 to be made!

quilt rack instructions

We have also included a pennant pattern.  We plan to use pennants to decorate the outdoor area.  This is a great way to use up extra fabric!

Pennant instructions

Don’t forget to work on your Javelina quilts.  Patterns will be available at the TBQ Guild meeting or contact Dawnell for a copy. 

We look forward to a Rootin’ Tootin’ good time!! 

Thank you to everyone for your support!

Dawnell Muecke and Julie Eastman, Quilt Show Chairpersons    

Quilt show sale

As part of the August 7th, 2021 Wildwest Quiltfest, we will be offering quilts for sale as a Silent Auction or Buy Now option.

 Here’s what we need from YOU, our TBQ members: Donated quilts made by TBQ members, no larger than 45 x 60. We are looking for approximately 50 quilts.

The proceeds from the sales of these quilts will go directly to the TBQ treasury. No proceeds will be given to members.  Unsold quilts will be returned to members.

We will begin collecting quilts at the April 2021 guild meeting.

You are all very talented and creative quilters, so we look forward to many beautiful, fun quilts to showcase and sell at the 2021 Wildwest Quiltfest!!!
Thanks much!

Yvonne Blitch and Carol Wright, Quilt Sale Co-Chairs

 

 

President’s Message

Greetings, Dear Quilters!

Here’s hoping you are staying healthy AND happy!  I know…under the circumstances…that’s a little hard to do!  But you have your quilting to fill your time and your hearts!  Quilting can take you to your happy place–JUST DO IT!  We thank God that we have this little place that we can escape to!!!  

As stated earlier…much much earlier…the February TBQ meeting has been cancelled.  Hopefully this will be the last time we will need to do this.  Instead of going to the regular TBQ meeting…go to your sewing room and create something that makes you smile!  Write it on your calendar NOW!  And let nothing interfere!  February is the month for hearts and love!  Let’s think positively, and believe that all we do is filled with love and things that make us happy!  And let’s plan on an abundant parade of quilting SHOW & TELL in March!!!  Woohoo!  We can do this!

I went to a Quilt Show planning meeting last week.  Look for news about TBQ’s upcoming quilt show in this edition of the newsletter!  Keep working on your Quilts-in-Progress!  And let’s have a fabulous show of TBQ member quilts!  It’s gonna be g.r.e.a.t.!

Love and hugs to all!  Stay healthy! Be well!

Carolyn Edwards, President

Ways and Means

Opportunity Quilt

Donation tickets will be available at the Guild’s meeting in March. 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 January and February celebrants to bring your gifts to the March meeting.

February Birthdays – Dianna Dunn, Dani Lerberg, Cheryl Giovenco, Betty Foley, Pat Noel, Barbara Sweeney, Sharon Andrews, Maryann Conner, Mary Sherer, Sherri Hubbs, Cheryl Boquet, and Carol Brownlow.

Quilt show

Howdy Pardners!!!

This is Cowgirl Dawnell and Cowgirl Julie coming to you from the great town of Prescott where the Wild West Quiltfest is sure to take place!!

As we know this last year has seen us struggle to enjoy each other’s company whether it be at a quilt meeting, class or a neighborly hello! Since we don’t know what to expect we have decided to do a little “two-step” outside of the box as we prepare for our Quilt Show.

Here is the Plan!

Our Wild West Quiltfest will be held at The Grand Highland Hotel at 154 S. Montezuma in the heart of Whiskey Row.  This will be a One-Day show held on Saturday, August 7^th.  (We will have Friday, August 6^th to prepare for our event.)

                        *Quilts will be displayed in the Ballroom

                        *Quilt Sale:  Rather than a Marketplace. We will be asking for Donations of Quilts to sell. (If your item doesn’t sell it will be returned to you.)

                        *Silent Auction Gift Baskets

                        *Vendors in the Outdoor Courtyard

                        *Admission will be $5.00

                        *There will be no café

                        *Community Quilt will be on display

We are aware it is monsoon season.  The hotel has several large tents for the courtyard that will be set up. 

We want people to stroll through a lovely setting, enjoy our beautiful quilts and indulge in our other offerings.  We understand there will be an Art event across at the courthouse as well.  We hope to capture some of those visitors as well!

We are in need of volunteers to support this event and hope many of you will be able to mosey up to the table and join a team.  Listed below are the Chair-people.  Please choose a team and contact that chairperson as soon possible!

Also, please continue to work on your Javelina display quilt! If you need a pattern, contact either of us!  And thank you to Carolyn Edwards for the winning Javelina names:  Harvey and Hannah!!

Hanging Quilts – Kathleen Bond

Raffle Baskets – Liz Hart

Vendors – Karen Danknick

Information Booth – Nancy Lande

Admissions – Suzy Davidson

Hostesses – Sue Weisshaupt and Cheryl Bouquet

Quilt Sale – Yvonne Blitch and Carol Wright

We look forward to a Rootin’ Tootin’ good time!! 

Thank you to everyone for your support!

Dawnell Muecke and  Julie Eastman, Quilt Show Chairpersons

President’s Message

Happy New Year, dear quilter pals!  

Can you believe we are rolling into the year 2021?!  Holy cow!  🙂  Here we come, ready or not!  But oh my goodness aren’t we glad to get rid of this year!  Woohoo!  It’s certainly been a challenge!  But we are QUILTERS!  We shall survive!  Maybe our points haven’t matched perfectly this year…but it’ll quilt out!  🙂  I’m usually not one to wish my time away…but this year–it’s kind of like good riddance!  I am ready for the New Year…for new projects D.O.N.E.!  And new goals!  How about you?  

Hopefully you are remembering my President’s Challenge ~ dig out all those Orphan Blocks you have hanging around your sewing room and get them sewn together!  (They are due at the June 14th meeting.)  While on retreat recently with one of my mini-groups, one of the quilters in the group was whimpering about having finished all of the projects she brought (is that even possible?).  And since I was working on my Orphan Block quilt, I shared my box of orphan blocks!  Woohoo!  She was thrilled to have something different and fun to work on.  And guess what–she put a bunch of the pink blocks together and made a quilt!  And guess what…she gave it to me!  Woohoo!  I’m a happy camper!  I will show it to you at our next meeting!!  

Speaking of our NEXT meeting…at this point we are cancelling the January and February meetings due to the rampant spread of COVID in our area.  We want to keep everyone safe and healthy. 

Please keep the families of the two members we have lost recently, Rachel Severance and Lynda Ruiz, in your thoughts and prayers.

Until we meet again, keep on quilting!

Carolyn Edwards,  President

Show & Tell

The Friendship Group, known as the “Designing Women”,  sent photographs of two of their challenges for the year 2020. Please go to the “Show & Tell” tab at the top of the page to view the wonderful and creative quilts.

If anyone would like to share photographs of your recent quilts, please send them to TBQNews@outlook.com. Be sure to caption each one of them with the title of quilt and the name of the creator.  You must save each one as a jpeg image. Be sure to tell us in the subject area what you are sending.  We will put it into the Show and Tell section on the Website. What a wonderful New Year’s Treat!!!!

The Web Team

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 March meeting.

January Birthdays – July Brungardt, Sherrye Loveland, Yvonne Blitch, Kathleen Bond, Susie Opdahl, Pam Jones, Karen Eads, Kate Browne, Shirley Kelliher, and Sue Weisspaupt.

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!  

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.   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!

We still need a few more volunteers to make this show a success and we are asking for your help.   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

 

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