CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by President Angela Smith at 9:30 a.m. at the Elks Lodge, Prescott Valley. Angela welcomed everyone. Angela thanked the committee for arranging today’s Tea Party. WAYS & MEANS: Liz Hart announced that the quilt put together by Kathleen Semerau and Pat Noel will be shown and tickets sold at the Last Minute Stocking Stuffer on December 16 at the Armory. The winner will be drawn that day. WORKSHOPS: Kathleen Bond thanked the December party hostesses. Upcoming workshops include February – Foundation Paper Piecing with Freezer Paper with Kathleen Bond; March – Raw-edged applique with Kim Olesson; April – ruler quilting with Gina Perkes. P.I.G. REVEAL: Project in a Grocery Bag (P.I.G.) participants revealed their completed projects. SHOW & TELL was held. BLOCK OF THE MONTH: Mary Vaughan drew the winner for the October/November block. The winner was Ellen Baker. Mary presented the December/January block (instructions on the TBQ website). TEA PARTY: Martha Ferriera stated the tea party will begin after the meeting adjournment. Food will be served following two games of Left-Right-Center. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 a.m.
Happy Winter Solstice everyone! I would like to thank Martha for organizing a lovely party. I hope you all enjoyed it and if you missed it, I’m sorry because it was very fun. Jean Impey will be doing a zoom presentation at our next meeting. So make sure you are there. Also, Mountain Top will be selling tickets for their opportunity quilt at our January meeting.
I know as I write this, it is still before Christmas and you must all be scurrying around trying to get everything finished, mailed and delivered. I received very nice feedback about my President’s Challenge, so I hope that you will all take part in it. It has been a fun year, and I can’t believe how quickly this year is going.
That’s about all I have to say for now. So everyone enjoy your holiday and if you are traveling, be safe. See you next year!!
Angela Smith – President
membership
We have one new member who has joined us in December — Chris Campos. Please welcome her.
hostesses
January party hostesses are: Sherri Hubbs, Debbie James, Deb Johnson, Karen Johnson, Pam Jones, Shirley Kelliher, Jeanne Dunk, Dave Charity, Sue Parks, Kate Parsons, Alicia Czuzak, Sue Hansen, Dede Erceg Lori Allaire, Gayle Lee, and Carol Miller.
If you cannot attend the meeting, when it is your turn to be a hostess by bringing a treat, please arrange to trade with someone. Plan to arrive early for setup and stay for cleanup.
BIRTHDAYS
Birthday celebrants – When it’s your birthday month, bring a wrapped gift suitable for a quilter, something you would like to receive, with a value of at least $10.
January Birthdays — Edyth Pries, Yvonne Blitch, Deena Knight, Susie Opdahl, Sue Hansen, Jamie Davis, Pam Jones, Karen Eads, Kate Brown, Shirley Kelliher, Claire Bell, Sharon Harris, Sue Weisshaupt, and Ellen Baker.
PROGRAMS & WORKSHOPS
January brings us a zoom presentation from Jean Impey.
February will bring Joyce Larson.
If you have a quilt you would like to have appraised, this is your chance. Please let us know so we can make sure there is plenty of time for each person.
Martha Ferriera, Vice President
retreat lite update
Thank you to all 24 of our Thumb Butte Quilters’ Guild members for your enthusiasm in signing up for our upcoming two-day RETREAT LITE day camp set for February 5th and 6th, 2024. Based on our venue size, we are at capacity!! That means that we can place names on a waiting list if you’d like to be included should someone’s plans change and they cannot attend. Please contact Dana Swain to add your name to the waitlist. If you should make it into an opened space, your $15.00 fee will be collected at that time.
This year has flown by! Thank you again to Joy Swartz for that great presentation and an enjoyable sweatshirt class from Pat Noel. This month we will be having our annual Christmas party and it will be a tea party. Don’t forget to wear your hats and bring you favorite teacup. Make sure you check to website for any further party news. Of course, don’t forget your orphan blocks for left, right, center. We will have the P.I.G. reveal, so don’t forget that. We will be having Show & Tell, but the rest of the business will wait till January.
I will be announcing my President’s Challenge due in May and hope many of you will participate.
Hope to see you December 11, 2023!!
Angela Smith – President
membership
We have three new members who have joined us in November — Jeanie Elaine Braheme, Mary Lou Clemmons, and Elizabeth Phinder. Please welcome them.
ProgramS
The P.I.G. Reveal.
At the Tea Party, we will be having our ” Project In a Grocery bag” Show and Tell. 14 brave ladies brought two unfinished projects in January and let The Guild Members vote for the one they would finish by our December Meeting!
If you were in the audience and made a commitment to finish one of your projects, bring it for the special Show and Tell.
Kathleen Bond – Workshop Chair
hostesses
December party hostesses are: Norma Enfield, Cynthia Falzone, Martha Ferreira, Betty Foley, Cheryl Giovenco, Molly Haney-Burleigh, Liz Hart, Jessica Bodnicki, Georgia Lindsey, Shelli Leffert, and Laura Davis.
If you cannot attend the meeting, when it is your turn to be a hostess by bringing a treat, please arrange to trade with someone. Plan to arrive early for setup and stay for cleanup.
BIRTHDAYS
Birthday celebrants – When it’s your birthday month, bring a wrapped gift suitable for a quilter, something you would like to receive, with a value of at least $10.
December Birthdays — Sharla Peterson, Mary Lou Clemmons, Shirley Fox, Shelli Leffert, Carol Rabbit, Karen Adams, David Charity, Phyllis Byrnes, Carol Wright, Linda Craig, Barbara Stein, Nancy Lefler, Coco Alaniz, and Judy Peyret.
“retreat Lite” returns in 2024
The members of our wonderful guild are all invited to participate again in our “Retreat Lite” program twice in 2024! “Retreat Lite” is just that – a two-day sewing and creating retreat put on locally for our guild members. We gather and work on projects in the community of other guild members, building friendships, sharing ideas, laughing, and just spreading the joy of quilting. The guild will provide the retreat space and some of the quilting supplies (cutting mats and rulers, ironing stations, etc.) while the attendees provide their own sewing machines, projects, lunches, and personal drinks. We meet on the second floor of the Aztlan Masonic Lodge building in Prescott from 8:30 to 5:30 each of the two days.
So, let’s set those dates and let you know when you can sign up. (Please refer to the Guild’s “Class Payment and Reimbursement Policy” for registration details.)
Monday, February 5 through Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Monday, September 30 through Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Sign-ups for our first RETREAT LITE in 2024 will start two months before the retreat at the Guild meeting. So, for our February retreat, sign-ups will start being taken at the December 11th Guild meeting. Look for Dana Swain to be sitting at a perimeter table to sign up and pay your $15.00 registration fee (preferably by check, please.) Enrollment is held to the first 24 guild members who sign up and pay their registration fee.
Questions? Call Dana Swain.
Dana Swain and Jamie Davis — RETREAT LITE co-coordinators
newcomers
What a great group of newcomers we have in TBQ…so many nice people to add to our guild!!
Our November get together was spent making handy dandy project bags and getting to know each other a bit more!
We will meet again after the holidays In January. During this get together we will begin making a Patriotic quilt for “Quilts of Valor”.
ANYONE new to the guild in the last year(ish) is welcome to join us!!
Deb Johnson & Carrie Casto, Co-chairs
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Adult Center Quilt Display
We just changed the quilt display at the Adult Center to show off our wonderful Christmas quilts. The members who contributed their quilts for the display are Mary Lou Clemmons, Deb Johnson, Jenne Kern, Barbara Merkel, Pat Noel, Lorraine Owen and Barbara Stein. They also decorated the lobby and it looks amazing. Please stop by to see our mini quilt show at the Adult Center on Rosser St. and just listen to the comments from the visitors. They love our quilts!
This is one of the many ways our guild meets its purpose to advance the art and appreciation of quilting.
Thanks again to all members who have been participating in this community event since 2007.
CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by President Angela Smith at 9:30 a.m. at the Elks Lodge in Prescott Valley. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Angela welcomed members and guests. Red Rock Quilters from Sedona are selling tickets for their opportunity quilt today. Our guest speaker today is our very own Joy Swartz. Angela thanked Carol Wright for stepping up to replace Dani Lerberg as guild secretary. She thanked Dana Swain and Jamie Davis for hosting the Retreat Lite in October. Completed Opportunity Quilt blocks should be returned today to Cheryl Giovenco, Sharon Harris, or Sherri Hubbs. COMMUNITY SERVICE: Jamie Davis and Olivia Turnham reviewed Handmade Hugs projects completed and donated. Everyone is invited to a sewing day for Handmade Hugs on December 2nd at the Stoneridge Community Center. ADULT CENTER QUILT DISPLAY: Maryann Conner reviewed quilts needed for the next members’ display at the Prescott Adult Center. COMPANY STORE: Angela asked members to help Company Store carry items out at the end of the meeting. Pam Jones asked that members put fabric back into the correct bin after looking at it as everything was recently reorganized. NEWCOMERS: Deb Johnson announced the next meeting on November 27th. Project bags will be made. PROGRAMS/WORKSHOPS: Martha Ferriera and Kathleen Bond reviewed upcoming speakers and workshops (listed on TBQ website). Angela mentioned that the December party committee consists of the members listed in the directory for December hostesses. The December party will be a tea party (wear your favorite hat and bring your favorite tea cup). Left-Right-Center will be played. Bring 6 orphan blocks. Kathleen announced that the P.I.G. projects will be revealed at the party. GUEST SPEAKER: TBQ member Joy Swartz shared a trunk show of her historical quilts from early 1800s to 1875. She shared interesting facts about historical quilts. GENERAL INFORMATION: Angela thanked Joy for her presentation. Things to do at break are: purchase birthday tickets, purchase opportunity quilt tickets, shop at Company Store, sign up for workshops, drop off your Block of the Month, and pick up projects to sew at Handmade Hugs. BREAK: A brief break was taken. SHOW & TELL: Was held after the break. BLOCK OF THE MONTH: Mary Vaughan announced the drawing will be held at the December meeting. Directions for the block are on the website. BIRTHDAY DRAWING: The birthday drawing was held. NEXT MEETING: The next general membership meeting will be on December 11th. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned by President Angela at 11:30 a.m.
CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by President Angela Smith at 9:31 a.m. at the Elks Lodge in Prescott Valley. Angela welcomed all members and guests. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Angela made the following announcements. • Lonesome Valley Quilters Guild is here today selling tickets for their opportunity quilt. • There is one spot left for the Quilt “Lite” Retreat on 10/30-10/31. See Jamie Davis if interested. • Opportunity quilt blocks are to be returned to Cheryl Giovenco, Sherri Hubbs and Sharon Harris. • Dani Lerberg is unable to complete her term as TBQ Secretary. If interested, see Angela. • Handmade Hugs is in need of supplies. Executive Committee approved a $600 allocation for the remainder of the current fiscal year only. Moved by Olivia Turnham and supported by Sherri Hubbs that $600 be allocated to Handmade Hugs for supplies for the remainder of this fiscal year only. Jamie Davis explained that the Infusion Center is no longer accepting quilts from TBQ due to fabric odors and inferiority. There is a need for flannel for baby blankets and burp cloths in a minimum of 1 yard up to 3 yards. This information will be posted on the TBQ website. A vote was taken. There were no objections. The motion carried. • Members were invited by Jamie and Olivia to a Handmade Hugs work party on November 4th and December 2nd from 9 to 1 at the Stoneridge Community Center. MEMBERSHIP: Membership Chair CoCo Alaniz introduced new members and visitors. NEWCOMERS: Deb Johnson invited members who have belonged to the guild for one (1) year or less to join Newcomers. The next meeting will be November 4th at the Hugs work party. On November 27th, the group will be making project bags at Trinity Presbyterian Church. GENERAL INFORMATION: Angela shared the following information for break time: • Tickets for the birthday drawing will be on sale • Tickets for Lonesome Valley’s opportunity quilt can be purchased today • Company Store is having a $5.00 bag sale today
• Sign up for workshops – Jean Impey’s workshop on Tuesday; Pat Noel’s sweatshirt class all day November 14th, cost $25.00; December Tea Party and completed PIGS • Turn in your BOM blocks • Stop by Community Service and pick up a kit A brief break was taken. Following the break: • Show & Tell was held • Liz Hart announced that Friendship gr0ups are listed on the website. The drawing for the quilt being sold by Ways & Means will be held in December. • The Block of the Month drawing was held. Pat Noel won 24 blocks. The new October/November BOM will be posted on the website. • The Birthday Drawing was held. • Martha Ferriera announced that today’s speaker, Jean Impey, is unable to come due to travel difficulties. She will be conducting her workshop tomorrow. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned by Angela at 10:57 a.m.
