Author: Heart in Hand

President’s Message

Happy Fall Y’All!

Are the leaves swirling around and around in your head and in your corner of the world?!  I’m guessing that the majority of us are from somewhere else…and it’s likely that your seasonal internal clock is raking leaves as well as running and jumping into a big pile of leaves!  Woohoo!  Let your inner child p.l.a.y.!!  It’s getting close to your last chance to p.l.a.y.!!  HA!  What am I saying!?  Everyone knows that Quilters can and do play…every day!  Isn’t it heavenly to go to your quilting room and sew the day away?!

Heads up!  Are you paying attention?!  TBQ’s November meeting will be held at the Residence Inn by Marriott (3599 Lee Circle, Prescott).  Meet Monday, November 9th at 9:30 a.m.  (Whew!  Where has this year gone?!) Kathleen Bond will be sharing her ideas and  tips and tricks about what to do with all those orphan blocks and quilt tops!  She has an amazing collection of quilts she has rescued…and she will share them with us!  Don’t miss it!

Face masks are required.  Refreshments will not be provided.  Don’t forget your quilts for Show & Tell!  Pray that COVID 19 will be out of our lives soon!

Until we meet again, keep on quilting!

Carolyn Edwards, President

Executive Committee

The executive committee is comprised of the following members:

Carolyn Edwards, President
Kristine White, Vice-President
Julie Eastman, Secretary
Carol Wright, Treasurer

Nan DeChant, Phyllis Byrnes, Community Service
Dianna Dunn, Membership
Pat Noel, Kathleen Semerau, Ways and Means
Kathleen Bond, Workshops
Nancy Lande, Parliamentarian
Carol Wright, Web Team

Please feel free to contact any of the executive committee members if you would like to help out with any of the guild’s activities or if you have any questions. In addition if you would like to help out with the quilt show, call Dawnell Muecke or Julie Eastman. The quilt show committee is already meeting and planning.

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Kathleen will be sharing ideas and showing quilts she has “rescued”.  She will share a few orphan blocks, if you don’t have any. 

If there is time, stay after the meeting for a “brainstorming session” using your Orphan Blocks.  

The President’s challenge to you is to sew all those orphan blocks together!  Just for the fun of it!  Just to see what you can make out of it??  It can be any size.  It doesn’t even have to be a quilt–it can just be a quilt top… but plan to ‘show and share’ them at the May 2021 TBQ meeting

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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. This year’s quilt is DYNOMITE!!! 

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.

November Birthdays – Pat Little, Kay Case, Azelene Allen, Laura Stone, Erin Sullivan, Sharon Watt, Karen Danknick.

Quilt Show

Howdy TBQ Quilters!!

We wanted to shout out again about our need to fill positions for the 2021 Wildwest Quiltfest!

We are in need of the following positions to be filled:
      Hostess:            Organize white glove people
      Entries:             Gather quilts for the show, collect votes, tally and announce winners
      Check in/out:    Gather and organize quilts to hang on show day, take down and check quilts to participants
       Café :                  Order, sell and manage the café
       Vendors:            All things vendor related

Please grab a partner and help make this a great show!!

The picture above is our quilt show pin. Purchase your pin for $5. 

 Contact Dawnell Muecke or Julie Eastman if you are interested.

 

pRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Here there sweet friends…

Here we go again…  Are you ready for another month of happily quilting ever after?  Oh my.  We have to keep ourselves busily quilting, quilting, quilting.  During these very strange times of not knowing what tomorrow holds in store for us, we quilt.  And we quilt.  And we quilt.  I have heard of soooooo many of you quilting your brains out, and I am tickled pink!    Our future “Show & Tell’s” AND our next Quilt Show are going to be swamped with gorgeous quilts!!!  🙂  I heard on a podcast today that “quilting is medicine”…and nobody disagrees with that!!!  Quilting makes us happy!  And quilting keeps us busy.  And quilting is the answer to our prayers.

There are a couple of things that I’m hoping for…  I’m hoping you will take a minute to go to TBQ’s website and read about the History of TBQ.  Some of you were there…but most were not.  And it would be g.r.e.a.t. for you to know the history of TBQ and how we got started!  Also…I’m hoping you will take some time to look at Iowa Quilt Museum’s website.  They have recently offered virtual tours of their museum along with discussions by Barbara Brackman, Julie Silbur and Joe Cunningham.  I think you will enjoy it!

And to further explain my President’s Challenge to you…  Please make an Orphan Block Quilt!  You know all those blocks you have stockpiled…those blocks just laying around…left over from project after project…or those ‘practice blocks’ you made ‘just to see’ if that’s what you wanted to do.  (Also known as a “Kitchen Sink” quilt!)  Well…my Challenge to you is to sew all those blocks together!  Just for the fun of it!  Just see what you can make out of it!  It can be any size.  It doesn’t even have to be quilted, but plan to show and share them at the May 2021 TBQ meeting!  (If you need a few orphan blocks, let me know…I’m pretty sure I have a few to spare!)

And to update you on the status of open positions…the only one remaining available is “Mentor’s Table”.  Would you like to take charge of this task?  As Chair, you would demonstrate quilting techniques of your choice…or, you could ask Guild members to take turns demonstrating their favorite techniques…  Let me know if you’re interested.  🙂

We will again meet at Residence Inn by Marriott for our regular meeting (3599 Lee Circle in Prescott).  Meet September 14th at 9:30 a.m.  Face masks are required.  Carpooling is encouraged. Refreshments will not be provided.  Your speaker is Patsy Kittredge. Don’t forget your quilts for Show & Tell!!  

Until we meet again…keep on quilting!

Carolyn Edwards

Block of the month

The new Block of the Month is being chaired by Mary Vaughn and she has a Super Great Mystery Quilt planned for you. Check out the Block of the Month tab at the top of the website! Get started today!!!

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.

September Birthdays – Nancy Lande, Cherie Heinecke, Joan McGivern, Jill Davis, Trish Charity, Margaret Roselle, Connie Muecke, Barbara Merkle, Alice Obrenovich, Chris Sommerfelt, JoAnn Salem, Patricia Gentner, Kristine White, and Liz Hart.

 

 

 

 

president’s message

Greetings, Happy Quilters!!  I know you are Happy Quilters…because, generally we quilters are a happy bunch!  Even in these wild and crazy times…we are a happy bunch!  Our fabric stashes make us happy!  Our stacks of UFO boxes make us happy!  The piles of quilt tops make us happy!  The overloaded Quilt Racks make us happy!  Aaaahhh…  Life is good!  Isn’t it great to have our quilting passion to drown in when the rest of the world is stressing about life and times in pandemic mode?!  Yes, there are lots of things to fret about, but with our love of quilting, it doesn’t have to be 24/7!

The next TBQ gathering will be Monday, August 10, again at the Residence Inn by Marriott (3599 Lee Circle in Prescott).  It worked out great for our July meeting. The room was set up with chairs socially distanced, and everyone was comfortable.  The meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. Face masks are required.  Carpooling is encouraged.  Refreshments will not be provided.  Don’t forget your quilts for Show & Tell!!

During these trying times of pandemonia, we are forced to entertain ourselves.  Let’s consider it another chance to get to know each other better!  To quilting BEE friends!  We’re encouraging all attendees on August 10 to bring their “First Quilt” and their “Favorite Quilt”.  There can’t be too many quilts, can there?!  And, of course, ALL quilts come with a ‘story’.  Be prepared to tell us your quilt’s story!  Please enter with ‘quilt in hand’!  🙂

We also need a few more folks on our Team!  Please consider these positions, and let me know how you can help:

Newcomers ~ An entertainment committee for the new members to TBQ.  We probably need two to four working on this Committee.  And is it work if you’re gathering around the new members in a celebratory mode?  

Properties ~ Keeper of the keys to the TBQ storage unit.

Mentor’s Table ~ Demo-ing…or arranging for demonstrations of quiltie techniques that we all want to know!  

Think about it and let me know! 

Until we meet again…keep on stitching! 

Carolyn Edwards, President

induction of officers and awards

PRESIDENT’S QUILT

workshops – August 10, 2020

“First and Favorite”

All attendees are encouraged to bring their “First Quilt” and their “Favorite Quilt”!
All quilts come with a story, so be prepared to tell us your quilt story.

Kathleen Bond – Chair

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Opportunity Quilt

The new opportunity quilt was revealed at the July meeting. The quilt is named “Prescott Majestic Beauty”.  It was cut, sewn, and designed by Shirlee Smith, Carolyn Edwards, Sherri Hubbs, Cheryl Giovenco and Karen Adams. Quilting was done by Sheila Osbrink. Tickets will be available for purchase at the Guild meetings. Prices are $1.00 per ticket or 6 for $5.00.

We want to wish all of you a very Happy Birthday! 

August Birthdays: Kathleen Semerau, Shirlee Smith, Lola Dyroy, Nancy Stewart, Tracy Burnett, Ann Stowell,  Linda Morriston, Melodie Merino, Molly Haney-Burleigh,Vickie Sawyer, Joy Schwartz,Carol Sweeden, Paula Pilcher, Michele Schneider, Patty McClearn, and Liz Hart.

For those of you who had or have birthdays in April, May, June, July and August, please bring to the August meeting your birthday gift  (valued at $10.00 and appropriate for a quilter).  

Community Service

Adult Center Display

Are we still here?  Yes, we are…and hopefully ‘the world’ will be with us soon!  The Yellow and Blue quilts are still hanging out at the Adult Center…but nobody has been there to see them—except the skeleton staff.  So sad!  🙁  We’re not sure when the Adult Center will be open to the public again…perhaps September…  OMG!  #$%&!  What a waste!  But I know they are happy there!  It’s a happy place to be!  🙂  Our man Steve will let us know when the Adult Center is open again.

 

I have a volunteer who can help us hang the quilts!  Woohoo!  Thank you, Kathy Spry!

 

And we will get back to a normal ‘routine’ of displaying quilts…I truly believe that.  We NEED to…in order to stay sane!  If you have a theme that you’d like to see on display…just let me know!

 

Quilt Sizes Needed:

LARGE: 60” to 90” wide, any length. (Need SIX.)

SMALL: from 45” to 60” wide, any length. (Need FOUR.)

 

Carolyn Edwards – Chair