Heart in Hand

Next Meeting – February 10, 2020

President’s Message

Dear TBQ Friends,
Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful, and since we’ve no place to go… let us sew, let us sew, let us sew!
What a great meeting we had in January! Kay Wentworth’s quilts were amazing and the entertainment she provided was so great! Looking forward to another great meeting in February.
We have a lot of members and their families that are seriously ill. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you for your kind thoughts and messages when I was ill and in the hospital. I really appreciate you all.

Just to let you know we will be having our Company Store back this month. We are still looking for more people to help out. Also, when it is your turn to bring treats please help out by setting up and cleaning up. I forgot all about this until I saw David and Trish helping this last month in the kitchen. If you have any questions please look at page 11 in the directory. I thank all of you for doing so much for this guild! (To me this sums up our guild.)

Pay it forward
It‘s about caring and sharing,
It’s about compassion and kindness,
It’s about generosity,
It’s about sacrifices and love,
You get what you give so give good.

See you soon!

Linda Craig – TBQ President 2019-2020

THE COMPANY STORE

We will be having the Company Store at our February meeting. We are still looking for team members to assist with Company Store duties: sell items at monthly guild meetings; organize and store items at the TBQG storage unit. Please see Kathleen Semerau or Pat Noel if you can assist.

MENTOR’S TABLE

Please stop by the Mentor’s Table to see what’s new this month!

Cheri Heinecke, Chair

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!

February Hostesses: Becky Cook, Linda Craig, Cynthia Crull, Karen Danknick, Suzy Davidson, Jill Davis, Laura Davis, Cathy Day, Gayle DeBoom, Nan DeChant, Nancy DelMar, Dianna Dunn, Barbara Sweeney.

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.

February Birthdays: Dianna Dunn, Dani Lerberg, Cheryl Giovenco, Betty Foley, Pat Noel, Martie Winkelman, Barbara Sweeney, Sharon Andrews, Maryann Conner, Sherri Hubbs, Mary Scherer, Cheryl Boquet, Beverly Bowe, Carol Brownlow.

February Block of the Month

Community Service

Adult Center Display

Our current display is a one woman show – all quilts are made by Jane Holland.

Handmade Hugs

Hi Everyone – Wow! What a generous group of quilters you all are. Since July 2019 we have donated 168 burp rags, 33 receiving blankets and 33 quilts for hospice. We also have about 15 quilts ready to be quilted. Amazing work everyone!! We will be having a Handmade Hugs day on Feb 24^th at St. Lukes Church from 10 – 2 pm. We hope to see you there to help out. Remember, you can come for an hour or the whole time. Everyone is welcome for as much time as you are able to donate. We will be sewing, cutting and getting kits ready for the guild.

Reminder of what we are working on for 2019/2020 year

Hospice quilts about 40 x 50 for adult hospice patients. These tops can be made from your own stash and patterns or one of the kits that we will provide at the meeting.
Infant burp cloths –TB! Burb rag pattern-1
Infant receiving blankets –TBQ -directions for receiving blanket and burb rag-1
Reminder of where/when Handmade Hugs will be
Hugs is a group that is open to anyone who wants to attend.
4^th Friday at St. Lukes from 10 am – 2pm
Look for the Hugs email that is sent out to the general membership that will verify the time, place and projects we are working on. No sewing machine or supplies are needed to attend.

Dawnell Muecke and Nancy Lande – Co-Chairs

Mystery Quilt and Sewing Map

The mentor’s table was an update and question answering of the mystery quilt 15 of us started on black Friday. Also, I showed how to use a “sewing map” for perfect layouts every time. Draw your full size pieces on graph paper, stack the pieces on it, and lay it right next to your sewing machine, and sew away. Also we learned how to press small pieces with a bias w/ostretching it.

Cheri Heinecke – Chair

Kay Wentworth

Show & Tell

Next Meeting – January 13, 2020

president’s message

Dear TBQ Friends,

Friends are like quilts; they never lose their warmth.
It is hard to believe the year is over. I hope you have gotten all of your sewing projects done. The Christmas party team did a great job with the food and gifts, and the table decorations by Kristine White were outstanding! I hope you all had a safe and happy holiday.

We are in need of a WEB photographer, as well as a Company Store team. Please let Carol Wright, Yvonne Blitch or Jude Bentley know if you are interested in the WEB photographer, and let me know if you are interested in the Company Store.

Wish upon a quilt.
Live life like a quilt. Be soft when it’s important, be warm when it’s cold, be proud to show your true colors, and always scrap together when times are tough.

See you all in January at the First Lutheran Church!

Linda Craig – TBQ President 2019-2020

TBQ Christmas Party

Alan Harkrader, vocalist, keyboards, and guitar

Alan and Natalie provided our entertainment

Line dancing – Joan McGivern, Mary Anne Meyer, and Pam Jones

Members of the committee-Carol Wright, Anita Wilbur & Kristine White

HOSTESSES

January Hostesses: Lorraine Owen, Kate Browne, Carol Brownlow, Phyllis Byrnes, Pam Calhoon, Debby Casali, Kay Case, Carrie Casto, David Charity, Trish Charity, Angie Christie, Karen Comeau, Maryann Conner, and Judy Brungardt.

December Birthdays: Janet Bailey, Brenda Norris, Carol Rabbitt, Karen Adams, David Charity, Catherine Ericksen, Phyllis Byrnes, Gerry Healy, Carol Wright, Sylvia McIntosh, Eva Lively, Linda Craig, Arlene Gordon, Nancy Lefler, and Iris Lacey

January Birthdays: Judy Brungardt, Sherrye Loveland, Yvonne Blitch, Jane Holland, Kathleen Bond, Susie Opdahl, Pam Jones, Karen Eads, Kate Browne, Shirley Kelliher, Sharon Harris, and Sue Weisshaupt.

To the Members of TBQ:

I’m resigning as chairman of the Company Store as of December 9, 2019. I turned my key to storage into Linda Craig after December’s meeting.
I will cherish my years and friends I made over the years as a TBQ member.
Remember to be kind to one another, even though you disagree with them.

With kind regards, Lorraine Owen

Adult Center Display

Go see the Christmas Quilts! Did you? If you didn’t already, you still have a wee bit of time. Big BIG thank you’s to the following quilters who have graciously shared their Christmas quilts: Jean Ehlers, Jane Holland, Shirl Kelliher, Norma Kurr, Carol Miller, Sandy Mitchell, Kathleen Semerau, and Susan Sweet. This is the seventh year we’ve hung Jane’s Christmas Houses–that quilt has n.e.v.e.r. been home for Christmas! There are FIVE of the Christmas star sampler quilts on display. They were made by the Featherweights mini-group. All blocks are from the Kansas City Star blocks that were published in the newspaper years ago. And the special treat is the 1859 antique quilt shared by Susan Sweet: Captain Asah Coleman’s Quilt. It’s the quilt we reproduced as one of TBQ’s Opportunity Quilts a few years back. If you haven’t seen it–you must go see it!

And we have to remind you that this year marks the start of our THIRTEENTH year of hanging quilts at the Adult Center! WOW! Could there be anything more beautiful than this on-going mini-Quilt Show? I don’t think so…enjoy the celebration!!!

The Christmas quilts will come down around the middle of January…and then…and then…and then? Watch for the ONE WOMAN QUILT SHOW by none other than the one and only JANE HOLLAND! Woohoo! This marks our 7th One Woman Quilt Show!

And of course we are always open for suggestions for other theme exhibit ideas. LET US KNOW what you’re thinking!!!

Quilt Sizes Needed:

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

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

Carolyn Edwards, Adult Center Display Chair

quilt camp 2020

Quilt Camp 2020! March 30, 31st and yes, April 1st. 3 days of fun, friends, games and a little learning, LOL. Residence Inn Hwy 69 by Costco. Total cost $100.00, breakfast and lunches will be provided.

We are on our own for dinners except for Tuesday we will have a potluck dinner together. Rooms are available and you will need to make your own reservations.

Deposits have been due since first sign ups. There are several of you who have not paid. If we do not have the $50.00 Deposits by our meeting in January your name will be

dropped as we have people waiting and ready to fill those spots. We will be having an AMAZING time !!

Thanks,
Cathy Day and Mary Vaughn, Co-Chairs

Show & Tell

Rosemary Carr, Pat Hopgood, Arlene Gordon

Next Meeting – December 9, 2019

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Dear TBQ Friends,

A good day is a day spent quilting, laughing and sharing with friends. It was great to see so many wonderful friends at our November meeting! The 5×5 quilt show was really awesome and inspirational! I think everything went pretty well. I promise to get there early to turn the heater on. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. My door is always open.

I am looking forward to the Christmas party! I understand the committee is doing a fantastic job, so it should be a fun time for all! See you all in December!

Linda Craig – TBQ President 2019-2020

Advice from a quilt
Make lasting memories
Block time for family
Cherish tradition
Find common threads
Know when to cut corners

WAYS & MEANS

COMPANY STORE

There will be no Company Store in December due to our party.

If you have any donations, I would be happy to take them.

Merry Christmas 🎁

Lorraine Owen, Chair

MENTOR’S TABLE

The Mentor’s Table for November showed a quick and easy way to check your needle and thread size compatibility to avoid breakage when sewing. Simply thread the needle with the thread you are using before putting it in your machine. The needle should glide easily back and forth on the thread, kind of like ziplining.

Simple ways to check for 1/4″ seams were also shown. You can use ruler and tape or another way was to sew three 1 1/2″ strips together with a quarter inch seam. The middle strip should measure 1″ exactly. Strips were available for members to try at home.

But, the biggest part of the Mentor’s Table was the announcement of doing Bonnie Hunter’s Winter Mystery Quilt 2019, Frolic! for anyone wanting to do the journey together. As of now the introduction is available and anyone wanting to do this should go to Quiltville.Blogspot.com and download and/ or print the introduction. This is also the same place to go to each week for the new clue. The clues start on Black Friday and will probably go to the first of the year. Ten support sessions have been scheduled for participants. Contact Cheri Heinecke for more information or to join in the fun.

Cheri Heinecke, Chair

Block of the Month

hostesses

The December Hostesses are graciously hosting our December Party.

December Hostesses: Shon Wellborn, Kay Wentworth, Ara Whetten, Kristine White, Anita Wilbur, Martie Winkelman, Carol Wright, Bunny Autrey, Pat Autrey, Cheryl Bouquet, Maria Boren, Beverly Bowe, Carlotta Brandenburg

December Birthdays: Janet Bailey, Brenda Norris, Carol Rabbitt, Karen Adams, David Charity, Catherine Ericksen, Phyllis Byrnes, Gerry Healy, Carol Wright, Sylvia McIntosh, Eva Lively, Linda Craig, Arlene Gordon, Nancy Lefler, and Iris Lacey

newcomers

On November 19, 2019 we had a TBQ Newcomers Meeting at the home of Sharon Harris. Fifteen members were in attendance. We discussed the development of new Friendship Groups to meet the needs of this year’s Newcomers. The information gathered will be forwarded to our Friendship Group Chairwoman. We also enjoyed sharing some show and tell quilts and chatting about various quilting techniques. After snacks Sharon gave a tour of her amazing quilt studio, as well as a few of her quilts. In addition, Sharon let several present try her long arm. We all had such a nice afternoon. Thank you Sharon. Please see the following photographs.

Pat Gentner, Chair

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Adult Center Display

Merry Christmas and Happy Happy Holidays!!! The Christmas Quilts will be up before you know it!! And guess what?! They’ll probably be down before you know it! Soooo, don’t delay in getting on over to 1280 Rosser Street to see all things Christmas! Woohoo! You’ll be glad you did, and it will get you into the Christmas spirit!! And be sure to take your holiday visitors to see THE QUILTS at the Adult Center! No matter what time of year it is, there is always a Quilt Show of TEN gorgeous quilts at the Adult Center–rain or shine! It’s divine! Don’t miss it!

We’re making plans for the 2020 Quilt exhibits. If you have some suggestions, LET US KNOW! Your Hanging Team consists of Jane Holland, Carol Sweeden, Cheryl Giovenco, Erin Sullivan, and Carolyn Edwards. Let us know what ideas you have!

Quilt Sizes Needed:

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

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

Carolyn Edwards, Chair

Handmade Hugs

Hi everyone! I hope you are all busy with your holiday plans and catching up on some last minute sewing for gifts, charity or just for fun.

We won’t be meeting for Handmade Hugs in November or December to give everyone a chance to spend quality time with family or near and dear projects you may be working on.

We will see you in January for some fun new events and projects.

Dawnell Muecke & Nancy Lande, Co-Chairs

Rosemary Carr

By popular request, Rosemary brought back her Featherweight Maintenance workshop on Tuesday, November 12. Eighteen participants completed this extensive “spa day” for their machines. In addition to the very common black 221 model, a few very special models made appearances…the free-arm model 222, a tan model 221K, a white model 221K, and a very custom painted patriotic model. Participants moved well out of their personal “comfort zones,” as Rosemary had them disassembling all aspects of their machines to complete their “deep cleans.”

Rosemary Carr’s Featherweight Maintenance Workshop

Making adjustments to the foot controller

Disassembling the thread tension for cleaning

Kerosene in the oil ports to loosen old oil.

Show & Tell

Gifted from Nancy Lande to Carolyn Edwards

Five by Five

Betty Foley joined the TBQ guild in 2008. After joining she realized she would need to start quilting so she took every stack and whack class that Joann offered. Surprise, she is most inspired by color and pattern.

After moving to Prescott 10 years ago, Shirlee joined the Thumb Butte Quilters’ Guild. Since then she has constantly been surprised and amazed at the talent, diversity of quilting styles, and the quality of workmanship of the members of this guild.

Carolyn has been quilting since 1976 ~ OMG, that’s 43 years! Her Granny was a “Church Ladies quilter”–quilting to make money for the Zion Methodist Church in Pershing, Iowa. Carolyn rarely straightens up her quilt studio…it doesn’t bother her to work in a mess–“this mess is a place!” 🙂

Husband and Wife team, David and Trish Charity are new the Thumb Butte. Trish’s inspiration comes from nature, the beautiful shapes, mountains and colors of Prescott. David’s inspiration comes from the Bible and is symbolic and realistic. He often works in cartoon style to bring whimsey to his quilts. Check out their blog at http://www.fromedge2edge.com/