If you didn’t attend our May meeting, you missed an excellent presentation by five of our talented TBQ members. They presented a “Tips and Tricks” Round Robin program.
Kathleen Bond showed us how to construct a quilt sleeve for hanging your quilt. This is especially important to know if you are entering a quilt in the quilt show. To find the instructions for the Quilt Sleeve, go to Quilt Sleeve.
Deb Johnson demonstrated the Creative Grids Ultimate Flying Geese Tool. Deb made several samples to show us and by following the directions that come with the tool, Flying Geese are fast, easy and accurate. The tool has eight different sizes you can use.
Dawnell Muecke did a coloring demo using crayons or pencils on quilts. Most of the quilts she uses the technique on come from Crabapple Hill Studio by Meg Hawkey. If you go to her website https://crabapplehillstudio.com/ and click on videos she has one video for using crayons and one for the pencils. The only thing she doesn’t cover is Dawnell ALWAYS irons on pellon SF101 on the back of her stitching projects after she colors and before she starts stitching. The product will hide your thread and give it enough body to not use a hoop.
Kristine White demonstrated quilting using the walking foot. She learned the technique from the book ‘Foolproof Walking-foot Quilting Designs’. She showed us how you can quilt your quilts by cutting your shapes out of contact paper.
Nan De Chant demonstrated the self-binding baby blanket as seen on the Missouri Star Website. If you measure everything accurately when sewing you end up with a quick and easy adorable baby blanket. They are very soft and cozy if you use flannel. There may still be kits available for you to make one if you check the Handmade Hugs table at our June meeting.
Wow! The months are flying by!! Isn’t it great to be nestled in your comfortable space…stitching to your heart’s content! YES, YES, YES it is!!! In case you missed it…and just so you know, the Nominating Committee presented their Slate of Officers at the April meeting…as follows: President–Nan De Chant, Vice President–Cathy Day, Secretary–Julie Eastman, and Treasurer–Carol Wright. Election of Officers will take place at the May meeting. Those elected will assume their duties at the July meeting. Please take note: the Elected Officers and the Appointed Chairpersons shall serve as the Executive Committee. The Standing Committees are appointed by the President. If you are interested in any of the Standing Committee positions, and/or want to keep the position you are now holding, please notify the President! A sign-up sheet will be available at the May meeting. It’s a g.r.e.a.t. way to get involved in TBQ activities, and to get to know your sister quilters!
This may look like old news…but it’s really NEW news AGAIN! Last month we announced that Cathy Day had volunteered to take over the duties of Hospitality Chair after Linda Ruis’ passing…BUT she then accepted the Nomination for Vice President of TBQ…so we were again looking for a Hospitality Chair! Well, guess what…Cheryl Bouquet accepted the position for Hospitality Chair! Yea, Cheryl! Woohoo! And thank you! thank you!
If you have any address information changes, let Cheryl know! And again…write this information on page 4 of your TBQ directory! Cheryl will also be reading the list of visitors each month at our meetings! Yea, Cheryl!
We’ll see you May 10th at the Elks Lodge in Prescott Valley (6245 E. Second Street). We are pretty much “all systems GO”!
Until then, dear Quilters…KEEP ON QUILTING! There is nothing…just nothing…as rewarding as quilting! You get beautiful quilts…and beautiful friendships!
Love and hugs to all! Be well! Stay healthy!
Carolyn Edwards, President
Presidents Challenge
Hey Friends!
Early in this TBQ Guild year, I issued my President’s Quilt Challenge: make an orphan block quilt or quilt top in time to share/show at our May TBQ meeting. This is just a reminder! I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it if you could manage to get this done for me by next month–May meeting! Woohoo! Now…go sew!
Thanks a million!
Carolyn Edwards, President
Membership
MEMBERSHIP DUES ARE NOW DUE – $30 annually. 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. 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
Tickets will be available for $1 or 6 for $5 at the May 10th meeting. BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!!!
Pat Noel, Chair
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, March, April celebrants to bring your gifts to the May meeting.
May Birthdays – Marilyn Webber, Angela Mullaney, Karen Comeau, Irene Starr, Ruthe Petty, Julie Eastman, Dagmar Morgan, Tina McCowlan, Karen Johnson, Susie Davidson.
Quilt Show
Howdy Cowgirls and Cowboys!!
The Wildwest Quiltfest will soon be upon us!! We want to thank everyone for all of the support you have given to ensure it is a success.
Please visit the sign-up table at our next TBQ meeting to volunteer your time on August 6th for set-up or August 7th at the Event or we are happy to see you both days!
Liz Hart is the chair for the Auction Baskets. She is asking that each member donate a fat quarter for a basket that she will put together! Bring your fat quarter to the next meeting. Liz also has baskets if you are interested in preparing a basket yourself or through your friendship group.
We will have the sign-up forms for quilts being entered into the show at the May TBQ meeting. We will also get it onto the website as well.
Please connect with Carol or Yvonne if you have a donation quilt for the sale or auction.
We have had some very productive meetings with our team as we prepare for The Wildwest Quiltfest. We have decided that our quilt show would not be complete without “The Market Place”! We are asking y’all to get your creative juices flowing and donate some of your creative gifts. Here are some suggestions to get you started…coin purses,make-up bags, place mat sets, eyeglass/rotary cutter cases, pin cushions, journal covers….grab a friend or a friendship group and start creating.
We will have Javelina patterns for $1.00 and Wildwest Quiltfest pins for $5.00…for sale at the TBQ meeting.
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!
Joan McGivern, Pam Jones & Carol Brownlow
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.
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!
Don’t forget to work on your Javelina quilts. Patterns will be available at the TBQ Guild meeting or contact Dawnell for a copy.
Yvonne Blitch
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
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 7th. (We will have Friday, August 6th 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!
Sue Weisshapt
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
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!
CarolynEdwards, 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!!
Kathleen Bond showed us how to construct a quilt sleeve for hanging your quilt. This is especially important to know if you are entering a quilt in the quilt show. To find the instructions for the Quilt Sleeve, go to Quilt Sleeve.
Deb Johnson demonstrated the Creative Grids Ultimate Flying Geese Tool. Deb made several samples to show us and by following the directions that come with the tool, Flying Geese are fast, easy and accurate. The tool has eight different sizes you can use.
Dawnell Muecke did a coloring demo using crayons or pencils on quilts. Most of the quilts she uses the technique on come from Crabapple Hill Studio by Meg Hawkey. If you go to her website https://crabapplehillstudio.com/ and click on videos she has one video for using crayons and one for the pencils. The only thing she doesn’t cover is Dawnell ALWAYS irons on pellon SF101 on the back of her stitching projects after she colors and before she starts stitching. The product will hide your thread and give it enough body to not use a hoop.
Kristine White demonstrated quilting using the walking foot. She learned the technique from the book ‘Foolproof Walking-foot Quilting Designs’. She showed us how you can quilt your quilts by cutting your shapes out of contact paper.
Nan De Chant demonstrated the self-binding baby blanket as seen on the Missouri Star Website. If you measure everything accurately when sewing you end up with a quick and easy adorable baby blanket. They are very soft and cozy if you use flannel. There may still be kits available for you to make one if you check the Handmade Hugs table at our June meeting. 
Greetings, Quilter Pals!
