Author: Heart in Hand

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

ways and means

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

 

incoming president’s message

Welcome to My Crazy Life!
Here we go again!  When I told my husband I had accepted the Nomination for TBQ President for the 2020-2021 year, he said…”you did that already”.  Well…Yes!  I did, but here we go again!  Please come along for the ride!  He plans to!  I hope you will, too!  There is not too much that is “normal” these days, but it is my hope that “this” will NOT go on forever! “Normally”, the July TBQ meeting is TBQ’s annual Birthday party.  Thanks to Dawnell…all that party-planning will roll over to the December party!

Our July 13th meeting will take place at the Residence Inn by Marriott (3599 Lee Circle in Prescott).  Meet at 9:30 a.m. Face masks are recommended. Carpooling is encouraged. Refreshments will not be provided. The Agenda will include the Election of Treasurer, Installation of Officers, officiated by past-president Kay Wentworth, Budget Approval, lead by Carol Wright and introduction of the Opportunity Quilt by Karen Adams.

If you made a “quarantine quilt”, bring it for Show & Tell!

Carolyn Edwards – President 2020 – 2021

 

out-going President’s message

Dear TBQ Friends,
Quilting is a sport, It involves batting, pumping iron, running, stitches, rowing, hooping, hunting for fabric. Yay! I’m an athlete!!! I hope all of you are getting your exercise in!

This is the end of an unforgettable year! I am so thankful for all of you. If it were not for my sewing sisters, I do not know what I would have done. The loss of my mom really took a toll on me. Thank you for giving me my space to help grieve and take care of all kinds of odds and ends for my dad- which I am still doing.

Carolyn Edwards, our incoming President, is such a fantastic person, quilter, and leader. I know it will turn out great!

Always believe that something wonderful is going to happen. Even with all the ups and downs, never take a day for granted. Smile, cherish the little things and remember to hug the ones you really love.

Thank you all for making this a nice year for me and the guild. I will cherish the friendships I have made forever. Please take a look the the Presidents Challenge Quilts under Show and Tell.

Linda Craig – TBQ President 2019-2020

Membership

Thanks to everyone who sent in their electronic ballots for the slate of officers for the upcoming year.  The slate was unanimously approved by 74 ballots that were submitted by the deadline.   We now have a candidate for Treasurer which will require a vote at our July meeting. 

I have been diligently working on personal contact with each member to try and get the timely process of collecting dues for the 2020-2021 fiscal year. 

A big thank you to everyone who mailed me your dues check, and a big reminder to any member who has not paid their dues to please mail your dues($30) direct to me as soon as possible. If you have spoken to or received a message from me in the past couple of weeks, please follow through and send your dues to me at the address from the current directory.

July is rapidly approaching and the directory will be going to print soon, and you must have paid your dues in order to be included in the directory. 

If you have extenuating circumstances and are unable to get out to mail me your dues check, please contact me as soon as possible and I will do my best to make whatever arrangements I can to have your dues picked up by myself or another Guild Member.

Take Care and Stay Safe.

Dianna Dunn – Membership Chair

Birthdays

 

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

July Birthdays: Candace Tomlinson, Jude Bentley, Judith Ritner 

Community Service

Adult Center Display

Hey there quilter pals!  Here’s hoping everyone is surviving this unprecedented “quarantine”!!  Who would ever have thought we would be where we are in this mess as it stands today.   #$%&…Ack!  Oh well…onward and upward!  Did you get a quarantine quilt made?  That could very well be a future “theme” for quilts we hang at the Adult Center!  Let me know if you have a quilt in that category! 

We hung the blue and yellow quilts at the Adult Center on June 2nd.  It wasn’t even open!  But the on-site staff were thrilled to have our quilts blanketing their lovely new gray walls and soaking up some of the echoes in that big empty atrium!  Quilts were loaned by Carol Brownlow, Jane Holland, Barbara Merkel, Kathleen Semerau, and Candace Tomlinson…plus there are a couple of mine in there, too.  Hopefully, the Adult Center will open soon so you can stop by.  The quilts will make you happy…and we need all the “happy” we can get these days! 

These quilts will be up for a couple of months, and then we’ll be looking for red, white, and blue quilts to hang over the Labor Day holiday.  And sometime in the not too distant future, we’d like to feature the quilts of one of TBQ’s mini-groups.  How about yours?

TBQ member Jane Holland has helped with the Adult Center Quilt Displays since Day One–that was January 16, 2007!!  Yup!  We’ve been hanging quilts at the Adult Center for that long!  But now she’s wanting to step back from that responsibility.  Thank you, Jane! Is there someone out there who can take her place?  It’s a fairly easy job–about 5 or 6 times a year, the Hanging Team meets at the Adult Center to change out the quilts–exchange the hanging quilts for a new set!  What about you?  It would fulfill your High-Five Membership Commitment (see page 2 of the TBQ Directory)!  Talk to me if you would consider doing this for your Guild.

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,

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