Author: Heart in Hand

  

 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Dear TBQ Friends,

God grant the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. The fabric stash- to make a quilt to help me cope. A quilt to give – to comfort those I love in times of hurt, fear, and uncertainty. And the courage – to keep on sewing when life itself seems held together by a single thread of hope.

There will not be a meeting in June.  When the church is comfortable with large outside groups we will meet again.  

I hope this note finds you healthy, happy, and sewing a lot. I can’t wait to get back together again to catch up on everyone’s activities during this wonderful time. I hope your stash of fabric is holding up and you have all of your UFOs finished, to-do lists done, spring cleaning done, and everything you have put off completed. I know this has been a tough time for all of us but it will get  better.

I am so very happy with all of the work  Dawnell and the quilting community  did making and distributing the masks.   This has been a great show of support  for the people of Yavapai County.  

I’m not self-medicating with fabric. The lady at the fabric store wrote me a prescription. Well, she called it a receipt. Whatever.

Please keep safe, happy, and healthy. Keep sewing until we meet again soon.

 Linda Craig – TBQ President 2019-2020

Membership

This is the time of year when we collect dues for the upcoming fiscal year that begins on July 1st, 2020.
According to our Bylaws, (page 18) “Annual dues will be $30.00 for Active Members, payable prior to June 15, each year”.  
PLEASE MAKE YOUR DUES CHECK PAYABLE TO TBQ or THUMB BUTTE QUILTERS AND MAIL DIRECTLY TO DIANNA DUNN:

Dianna Dunn – Chair

Birthdays

Because it is a little uncertain when the next guild meeting will be, we ask that you bring  a wrapped gift suitable for a quilter, something you would like to receive with a value of at least $10 to the next scheduled meeting.  

June Birthdays:  Cynthia Falzone, Carol Godfrey, Dawnell Muecke, Kay Wentworth, Cynthia Crull, Pat Hopgood, Jean Ehlers, Cathy Day, Brenda Metz, Sharon Melpolder, Ara Whetten, Carlotta Brandenburg, Barbara Gall, Diane Grayson, Norma Kerr, Sandy Mazzurco, Carrie Casto 

 

Community Service

Adult Center

When the Adult Center reopens, we will exhibit BLUE and YELLOW quilts.  And we’ll let you know when that is!  Maybe between now and then, I can round up that last blue and yellow quilt that I need.  If you have one in the “SMALL” category, please let me know…SMALL is 45″ to 60″ wide.
And after that, I think it would be fun to “spotlight” a mini-group’s quilts.  Can it be your mini-group?  Please, please, please let me know!  We would need SIX large quilts and FOUR small quilts.  Here are the measurements:
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

Handmade Hugs

The Community Service co-chairs, Dawnell and myself, would like to thank all of our Thumb Butte Quilters who have contributed to our Handmade Hugs projects this year.  So far, we have donated over 55 quilts to Hospice of the Pines, and over 300 burp cloths and over 65 receiving blankets to Yavapai Regional Medical Center.   Since TBQ is not meeting in June, we are not planning on another Handmade Hugs meeting during this guild year.

Thanks to you, this year we have had a successful year and made hospice patients more comfortable and many new babies snuggled in soft flannel.

Nancy Lande, Chair

president’s message

Dear TBQ Friends,
Life is like a quilt… Years bound together, Established with family and friends, Backed with tradition, Stitched with love, With cornerstones placed carefully, to create a one of-a-kind journey through time.
Your TBQ Board is working through this stressful time to get things figured out.  Carolyn Edwards (President-Elect) and I are working closely together.  We have found out from the Church Pastor that we cannot meet in May.  He said if the Governor opened up some of the restrictions that he does not want outside groups coming into their church for a month, which is very understandable.  So, I cannot really give you a time as to when we will be together again.  We have some things we are supposed to get done before we move into a new guild year but due to our current quarantine, they may not get done on time. 
We are very thankful for all of the masks that you (and many other quilters in our area) have made and the efforts of Dawnell Muecke in getting this done for the community.  It has really been a huge undertaking and it is wonderful she stepped up to the plate to accomplish this.
I have stitched, formed friendships, laughed, shared secrets, eased burdens, and learned lessons.  For this I can be grateful.  This is the journey of a quilter.

We hope and pray this message finds you all safe, happy, and healthy.  Keep sewing until we meet again.

Hopefully, see you soon!

Linda Craig – TBQ President 2019-2020

Membership

There is some guild business that needs our attention. As most of you know, this is the time of year that we begin collecting dues for the upcoming fiscal year that begins on July 1st, 2020.
According to our Bylaws, (page 18) “Annual dues will be $30.00 for Active Members, payable prior to June 15, each year”. 
I am asking for your help in keeping us on schedule as much as possible by mailing in your dues during this downtime we are experiencing. Timely collection of dues will ensure that we have up to date information and are able to get the new directory to the printer in a timely fashion. 
PLEASE MAKE YOUR DUES CHECK PAYABLE TO TBQ or THUMB BUTTE QUILTERS AND MAIL DIRECTLY TO DIANNA DUNN:

Dianna Dunn – Chair

Birthdays

Because it is a little uncertain when the next guild meeting will be, we ask that you bring  a wrapped gift suitable for a quilter, something you would like to receive with a value of at least $10 to the next scheduled meeting.  

May Birthdays:  Marilyn Weber, Karen Comeau, Gayle Deboom, Irene Starr, Tess Von Nessi, Anita Wilbur, Mary Anne Meyer, Dagmar Morgan, Tina McCowan, Karen Johnson, Diane Belveal, Suzy Davidson .

Community Service

Adult Center

Are you surviving the QUARANTINE?  It’s certainly been a challenge, hasn’t it?  With any luck at all, you’ve found and are following “Pluto”.  She’s a Schnauzer who has been talking us “two-leggeds” through this pandemic.  Find her at Pluto Living.  🙂
We took down all of Jane’s eleven quilts that have been hanging out at the Adult Center since January 8th…because they are taking advantage of the quarantine to p.a.i.n.t.!  Woohooo!  And we’re not getting back in until the quarantine is lifted.  🙁
WHEN we do get back in, we will exhibit BLUE and YELLOW quilts.  And we’ll let you know when that is!  Maybe between now and then, I can round up that last blue and yellow quilt that I need.  If you have one in the “SMALL” category, please let me know…SMALL is 45″ to 60″ wide.
And after that, I think it would be fun to “spotlight” a mini-group’s quilts.  Can it be your mini-group?  Please, please, please let me know!  We would need SIX large quilts and FOUR small quilts.  Here are the measurements:
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

President’s message

Dear TBQ Friends,
I can’t clean my craft room, because I get distracted by all the good stuff I found AGAIN!
I hope you all had a very special and wonderful Valentine’s Day!
I want to thank Karen Adams for having brought to our guild such a fantastic artist/quilter!  Andrea Brokenshire had a warm and funny presentation along with her VERY inspiring quilts!  It was really awesome!
It was fun seeing people who I have not seen in a while. I am glad you came to the meeting. Hopefully you will come more often.
The nominating committee met at my house and I know a lot of you received phone calls.  Thank you for answering the phone (LOL) as well as letting us know what kind of jobs you would like to do or not do.  Everyone was absolutely great!  We will know more by our next meeting.
I have received several phone calls letting me know how some of our members are doing and most of them have greatly improved.  My thoughts and prayers are with you all.
I hope you are all sewing like crazy! As you can tell by my quilting quotes, I have been very inspired and pulled out several of my 30-year-old PhD’s (projects half done) and have been actually completing them! It’s amazing how nice it made me feel! LOL!!!
I feel like I should clean the house so I’m going to my craft room to play until the feeling passes.

See you soon!

Linda Craig – TBQ President 2019-2020

Ways and means

UFO Silent Auction

Please don’t forget to bring your UFO’s for the silent auction we will hold in June, 2020. Give all items for the auction to Katheen Semerau. You can also put a kit together with a pattern and compatible fabrics.

block of the month

HOSTESSES

If you cannot attend the meeting when it is your turn to be a hostess, please arrange to trade with someone. Plan to arrive early for set-up and stay for clean-up as needed.  Please consider healthy choices and remember our members with dietary restrictions (diabetic and gluten intolerance).

Hostesses:  please plan to assist with set up of refreshments and clean up.  Thank you!

March Hostesses: Lola Dyroy, Karen Eades, Carolyn Edwards, Jean Ehlers, Norma Enfield, Judy Eppler, Catherine Ericsen, Cynthia Falzone, Suzie Fields, Betty Foley, Barbara Gall, Pat Gentner, Cheryl Giovenco, Tracy Burnett.

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.

March Birthdays:  Deb Johnson, Mary Temme, Nan DeChant, Kathy Spry, Sandy McGerry, Norma Enfield, Roberta O’Mara, Pam Calhoun.

newcomers

Here are few pictures from our February, “ One Block Wonder” quilt class for Newcomers. We had a fun productive day.

Pat Gentner – Chair

Community service

Adult Center Display

The Quilts they are a’ changin!  As soon as we round up TEN blue and yellow quilts, the delightful Jane Holland One-Woman-Quilt-Show will come down.  You still have a little time to swing by the Adult Center (1280 Rosser Street) to see Jane’s unique and one-of-a-kind creations!  Woohoo!  You know…you can go to the Adult Center to look at TBQ’s fabulous mini-Quilt Show (on display year-round), and then you can have a very delicious, reasonably priced lunch without even leaving the facility!  What an outing!  

If you have a blue and yellow quilt to include in our next exhibit, please, please, please let me know!
If you are in a mini-group, we encourage you and your mini-group to display your quilts together!  Wouldn’t that be F.U.N.!  🙂  Let me know and we’ll get you on the schedule!
Quilt Sizes Needed:

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

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

Carolyn Edwards – Chair

Handmade Hugs

Hi Everyone!  Last month we met and assembled over 20 quilt tops with backing, batting and binding.  These quilts are now ready to be quilted by our members on a longarm or a domestic machine.  Kathleen Bond gave a wonderful demonstration of how to prepare a quilt and ideas on how to quilt on your regular sewing machine.  A big shout out to Kathleen!
These quilt kits are always at our meeting along with flannel kits for our burp rags and receiving blankets which we donate to the Yavapai Hospital for the Healthy Families program and other moms in need.  We donated 8 quilts to hospice, 68 burp rags and 24 receiving blankets to hospice in February.
Everyone is encouraged to take a kit or two home to complete so we can get the quilts to the hospice centers and baby stuff to the hospital.  Everything we donate is always appreciated by those who receive them.

Nancy Lande and Dawnell Muecke – Co-Chairs