Author: Heart in Hand

General Meeting Minutes – October 9, 2023

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.

Submitted by Carol Wright, Recorder.

General Meeting Minutes – September 11, 2023

President Angela Smith called meeting to order at 9:30. 

Kathleen Bond promoted upcoming workshops. Workshop information is available on the TBQ website. 

Membership chair Coco Alaniz announced new membership directories will be available soon. She introduced three guests and one new, gentleman member. 

October retreat, “Quilt Lite”, will be October 30-31. Contact Dana Swain for reservations.

Community Service co-chair, Olivia Turnham encouraged members to take available Hugs kits to sew at home. She also Invited people to “Sew In” sewing day at Stone Ridge 9:00 last Saturday in October. 

Today’s program is a Zoom presentation by Tara Faughnan.

Drawing held for birthday prizes.

Show and tell concluded the meeting.

President Angela Smith adjourned meeting at 11:25. 

Dani Lerberg, Recording Secretary

 

 

Monthly News – November 13, 2023

President’s message

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Hi everyone!  I keep waiting for the crispness in the air, I guess it’s just wishful thinking because I’m not sure 80° is really crisp. I guess when it snows, I will eat my words.

This month Joyce Lawson, who is a quilt appraiser will be at our meeting.  Our class on Tuesday will be presented by Pat Noel.  So make sure you check the website for the details and sign up.  We will be working to reschedule Jean Impey’s lecture.  I stopped in to the class that she held on Tuesday and everyone was having so much fun, so I hope some of the participants will bring their “faces” with them.  

Also, this month Red Rock Quilters will be bringing in their opportunity quilt to sell tickets.  Also, if you have taken blocks to for our opportunity quilt, please don’t forget to return those to Cheryl Giovenco, Sherry Hubbs or Sharon Harris. 

Don’t forget to support our company store and thank you in advance for your help in helping pack out the boxes. It gets done really quickly when everybody can help a little.  

That’s all for me at the moment.  Hope to see you all at the meeting!

Happy quilting!

Angela Smith – President

membership

We have two new members who have joined us in October — Judie Foster and Nita Stevens.  Please welcome them.

hostesses

November  hostesses are:  Patty Brownsberger, Judith Dobke, Lois Doerr, Diana Dunn, Lola Dyroy, Karen Eads, Julie Eastman, Carolyn Edwards, Linda Royce, Dianna Atkins, Michelle Anderson, and Rosemary Driscoll.

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.  

November Birthdays — Pat Little, Michelle Anderson, Pamela Hengevild, Laura Stone, Paula Bryant, Erin Sullivan, Patty Brownsberger, Olivia Turnham, Shelley Graham, Karen Danknick, and Donna Hickish.

Newcomers

We had a GREAT first Newcomer Gathering in September! What a lovely group of clever ladies! We made badge holders and enjoyed meeting our newest members!

We won’t be meeting in October but will meet again on Saturday, November 4 to work with our Hand Made Hugs ladies, the community service branch of TBQ. We will meet at 9:00 at the Stone Ridge Community Center. If you can’t be there at 9:00, no worries…come when you can for as long as you can.

All you need is your sewing machine and your tool bag…scissors, thread, seam ripper etc. All the other sewing materials will be provided. During this time we will work on baby blankets, small lap quilts, burp cloths etc. These are all projects donated to community organizations for our community members. Feel free to bring snacks or your lunch.

We will also meet again on Monday, November 27 at 10:00 at Trinity Presbyterian Church. We’ll be making a handy dandy project bag…you won’t want to miss this gathering.

Come join us on November 4th and November 27th for fun and fellowship…we look forward to seeing you!!!

Deborah Johnson – Chair

October 9, 2023

 

Monthly News – October 9, 2023

President’s message

Well, I don’t know about you, but as much as I love this weather, I am not looking forward to dark  mornings and early sunsets. The plus side is having the windows open, the air-conditioning off, crisp weather, fall colors, pumpkin spice, a fire and a cozy quilt.

October brings a meeting lecture by Jean Impey, followed the next day by a class on collage faces. Make sure you check the website and contact Kathleen Bond to sign up for classes if there are still spots available.  October also brings “Quilt Lite” which will be held October 30 and 31st. I am not sure if there are any spots left, so contact Dana Swain if you are interested.

Don’t forget Community Service. They can always use some extra hands at their get together and if you can’t make it there, please check with Jamie or Olivia at the meeting and take some thing home and finish it there.

To those who have taken advantage of the suggestion box or have emailed me, thank you. We will be going over those at our next executive board meeting.

That’s it for now.  See you in October.

Angela Smith – President

Ways and Means

Company Store

PLEASE come shop the TBQ Company Store at our October meeting because we are having our special $5 bag sale (WE provide the bags so you don’t have to!) SO you can fill as much as you can fit into that bag or multiple bags for $5 EACH!!! 

OH, think of all the quilting goodies you can find!

We look forward to seeing you in the back at our tables, full of treasures!

Pam Jones – Chair

hostesses

October hostesses are:  Faith Chaney, David Charity, Trish Charity, Maryann Connor, Linda Craig, Karen Danknick, Arlene Morris, Barbara Merkel, Suzie Davidson, Jamie Davis, Cathy Day, Gayle DeBoom, and Nan DeChant.

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.  

October Birthdays — Sandy Mitchell, Martha Ferreira, Leslie Gellerman, Ann Marston, Sheryl McLain, Jenne Kern, Debby Casali, Stephanie Fullerton, Judith Dobke, Faith Chaney, Arleen Morris, Lorraine Owen, Mary Vaughan, Connie Sieh, Janey Friedrich, Gerry Carr, Carolyn Edwards, Sally Plummer, Dede Erceg, Lydia Figueroa, and Sharon Silva.

Newcomers

This gathering is for all Newcomers and ANYONE who would like to make a name tag holder!

September TBQ Newcomer Gathering

When: Monday, September 25

Where: Trinity Presbyterian Church
630 Park Ave….Corner of Copper Basin and Park Ave.

Time: 10:00-2:00ish

Our Newcomer Gatherings are open to ALL new TBQ members within the last year or so. During this first gathering of the 2023-2024 TBQ year, we will be making name tag holders. Below is the list of supplies to bring to the gathering.

Please bring the following:
Sewing machine
General sewing tools and supplies…scissors, thread, etc.
2 coordinating fat quarters…or equivalent coordinating fabric cuts…batiks work well but not necessary.
Extension cord, if you have one
Lunch/snack
Your TBQ Directory

We will provide:
Cutting stations
Ironing stations
Project pattern

Deb Johnson & Carrie Casto, Co-chairs

COmmunity service

Adult Center Display

Our beautiful Scrap Quilts are on display at the Adult Center. It’s so amazing to see what our talented members can do with scraps!  The members who contributed their quilts for the display are Mary Ellen Coe, Maryann Conner, Carolyn Edwards, Stephanie Fullerton Deb Johnson, Barbara Merkel, Lorraine Owen and Connie Sieh.
If you are in the area of the Adult Center on Rosser St., please stop by and see these amazing quilts. It’s also fun to listen to the people commenting on the quilts. This is one of the many ways our guild meets its purpose to advance the art and appreciation of quilting.  Our next display will be going up in November and our theme will be Christmas Quilts. So, if you have any to spare for the holidays, plan on letting me know prior to the November meeting where I will be collecting them.
Thanks again to all members who have been participating in this community event since 2007.

Maryann Conner, Chair

General Meeting Minutes – August 14, 2023

Meeting was called to order at 9:30 a.m. by President Angela Smith. She thanked Coco Alaniz for the directory completion and then introduced Quail Country Quilters, Bev Lawrence, who were selling tickets for their opportunity quilt. Speaker Jill Finley of Jilily Studio was introduced and announcement about upcoming mini retreat, Quilt Lite was announced, 

Membership Chair Coco Alaniz introduced the new members and/guests. 

Olivia Turnham, Community Service co–chair spoke about community service and invited people to attend work party. 

Next up were Carrie Castro and Deb Johnson to speak about newcomers and to invite those to next meeting event. 

Kathleen Bond, Workshop Chair, spoke about upcoming workshops and invited membership to sign up for future events. She then introduced speaker Jill Finley who shared her trunk show 

President Angela Smith thanked the speaker and announced break time and also Purchase b/d tickets, Purchase Opportunity tickets, Company Store, Workshop Signups, BOM and Community Service. 

The meeting was called back to order at 11:10, which was followed by Friendship/Small Group update by Chair Liz Hart. Meeting continued with BOM, birthday drawing and Show and Tell. 

President Angela Smith adjourned the meeting at 11:40 a.m. and advised that next meeting would be September 11, 2023. 

Minutes done in absence of secretary 
Angela Smith, President 

 

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