Author: Heart in Hand

President’s Message

You can smell the crispness in the air! Another month and we can have some great weather. I am a spring/fall kind of person. I love fall quilts.

Welcome to all the guests and new members. It was great to see so many people at the meeting and you could feel the excitement. I hope you did too. Remember, there is a suggestion box on the front table for YOUR suggestions.

Hope you all enjoyed Jill Finley. I’m sorry I missed that class.

The September meeting on the 11th will feature a zoom lecture with a zoom class (from your own home) the next day. There might be a location or two to attend that lecture, so check the website and/or with workshop person, Kathleen Bond.

Also, don’t forget Community Service. They can always use extra hands! Anyway, that is it for me. See you on the 11th.

Angela Smith, President

membership 

Please welcome our newest members -Sheryl Goddard, Melanie Korzep, Cheryl Peterman, Mary Quinddry, Otto Rolwing, Barbara Stein, Linda Tudau, Maria Williams, and Karen Varela.  Let’s make them feel welcome!

hostesses

September hostesses are:  Cheryl Bouquet, Kate Browne, Carol Brownlow, Phyllis Byrnes, Pam Calhoon, Gerry Carr, Debbie Casali, Carrie Casto, Lorraine Owen, Mike Boyle, and Kathy Oppelt.

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.  

September Birthdays — Lori Allaire, Nancy Lande, Joan McGivern, Jill Davis, Sari Butler, Trish Charity, Barbara Merkel, Chris Sommerfelt, Lynda Royce, Terry Grenier, Kristine White, Pauline Singleton, Jessica Bodnicki, Liz Hart, and Sheryl Goddard.

PROGRAMS & workshops

September’s lecture will be on color and design, presented by the talented Tara Faughnan.  She draws inspiration from the simple bold geometry of antique quilts, the gorgeous bright colors from textiles around the world, and freedom and spontaneity found in unconventional and improvisationally pieced quilts.  She likes to use simple geometry, complex color interaction and find the line that exists somewhere between harmony and discord.

October will bring the fabulous Jean Impey.  Her lecture is titled “cre-a-tiv-i-ty and has someone stolen yours”  This is a not to be missed event!

Martha Ferriera,  Programs, and Kathleen Bond, Workshops Chair

community service

Handmade Hugs

Are you looking for a Fun Sew Day with amazing ladies, please join us for a day of Sewing Fellowship.

Please join us at Stoneridge Community Center,  1300 Stoneridge Drive, Prescott Valley, Suite 101.

Time:  9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Dates:  September 30, 2023; November 4, 2023; December 2, 2023

Jamie Davis,  & Olivia Turnham – Co-chairs

quilt retreat

A New Idea for TBQ … “Retreat-Lite” Coming Soon

Do you love sewing and sharing your quilting ideas with other members of our Guild? We noticed what a happy and productive environment was present at our TBQG retreat earlier this year and thought we should try to do it again!  This retreat will be slightly different in format, but we hope you’ll consider joining us for “Retreat-Lite” this coming October.

Here are the details:

Who: Twenty-five members of the Thumb Butte Quilters’ Guild

What: A daytime retreat for sewing and sharing. The hours will be from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM each of the two days. Members’ machines and materials may be safely left overnight. Members are to provide their own lunch, drinks, and snacks.

When: Monday, October 30 and Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Where: Aztlan Lodge, 1028 Willow Creek Road, Prescott, AZ 86301 (floor two of the Bank of America building). Please be aware that once you unload your car, you’ll need to move it to an adjacent parking lot, and it cannot be left in the Bank of America lot during the day.

Why: So many of us like sewing together and sharing our ideas/techniques/tools. Here’s another opportunity to build the community of our Guild together. The Lodge has space for 25 members to participate sitting at shared round tables.

How: The Guild will provide extension cords, ironing boards, cutting mats. This is a “lite” retreat, so plan to provide your own sewing machines, notions, rotary cutters, and any display boards you might need during the two days. 

We will be asking for a $15.00 participation fee which will cover some rental and logistical expenses, so the guild’s annual budget is not impacted by our retreat.

Now what? Please contact Dana Swain with your intention to participate. Payments may be mailed to Dana or made at the guild meeting on September 11^th. We must hold enrollment to 25 members due to table space, so payment must be secured by Dana no later than our October guild meeting on October 9^th. (Please refer to our Guild’s new Class Reimbursement and Payment Policy emailed to members on August 13, 2023.)

Here’s to building connections together over fabric and thread!

Dana Swain

Now that the quilt show is behind us, I hope you are all surviving the heat, earthquakes and fires. We are almost into August and on the downside of summer. Good time to stay inside and work on all the UFOs that have accumulated.

I hope you all enjoyed our end of the year birthday party.  We had a great turnout. I’m looking forward to digging in this year to make it a fun year (I have a hard act to follow).  The directory will be done thanks to our quick study, Coco. She has made the transition to a new position (hers and mine) very easy. As always, please be patient. We are all new.

I am going to be putting a suggestion box on the table. Feel free to drop in suggestions regarding things you might like to see. Remember, this is your guild! 

Don’t miss the August meeting. Jill Finley of Jillily Studio will have a trunk show and a class the following day. Check with Kathleen Bond to see if there are any spaces left.

Well, that’s all I have for now. See you at the meeting!

Angela Smith, President

membership 

Please welcome our newest members – Ara Whetten and Janyce Waldbaum.  Let’s make them feel welcome!

hostesses

August hostesses are:  Carol Wright, Karen Adams, Sharon Andrews, Claire Bell, Jude Bentley, Yvonne Blitch, Kathleen Bond, Donna Hickish and Sharon Luebkin.

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.  

August Birthdays — Kathleen Semrau, Shirlee Smith, Sharon Luebkin, Janyce Waldbaum, Lola Dyroy, Nancy Stewart, Dana Swain, Carolyn Seagraves-Wright, Linda Morriston, Melody Moreno, Molly Haney-Burleigh, Vicki Sawyer, Joy Swartz, Patti McClearn

Community service

Handmade Hugs

Welcome to another year of Handmade Hugs. As in the past, the TBQG Community Service, continues to provide Baby Receiving Blankets and Burp Bibs to the Yavapai Regional Medical Centers. Last year, the guild provided the Medical Center with 175 Baby Receiving Blankets and 250 Burp Bibs. We thank everyone who participated in the sewing and the generous donations of flannel fabric. (Did you know the YRMC has approximately 1,200 babies born each year?)

Baby Receiving Blankets and Burp Bibs are easy and quick to make. Kits are prepared and distributed at our meetings monthly. Pick yours up at your convenience. Directions are available on the Community Service link or, YouTube baby receiving blankets Missouri Star Quilt,  or attend one of the Handmade Hugs Sew Days to learn this easy and darling blanket.  The link for the Missouri Star self-binding baby blanket is YouTube·Missouri Star·Mar 1, 2012

The community also has a serious need for lap quilts for Gentiva Hospice Center, Good Samaritan Recovery Center and Foster Teen Lap Blankets through the Catholic Charities. We thank you for your generous cotton fabric donations for the Hospice Quilts and the Good Samaritan Quilts, as well as the time you give sewing these appreciated items. Kits are assembled and a pattern is provided for these easy to put together quilt tops. Kits can be picked up at our monthly meetings.  If you like to Top Quilt or are looking for practice, we have quilts for you to help complete. Last year, 30 Teen Closet Blankets were donate, 85 lap or larger Quilts were donated to YRMC Infusion Center, Gentiva Hospice and Good Samaritans Recovery Center of Prescott Valley.

Please join us at: Stoneridge Community Center, 1300 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 101, Prescott Valley.

Are you looking for a Fun Sew Day with amazing ladies, please join us for a day of Sewing Fellowship.

Time: 9:00 am to 2:00 pm Sew Dates: September 30, 2023, November 4, 2023, December 2, 2023

Jamie Davis – Chair and Olivia Turnham – Co Chair

company store

Hello everyone!  With the great help of the other Company Store team members, Lorraine Owen, Carol Brownlow, Joan McGivern, and Sharla Peterson, we all ask that you PLEASE come to the back of our guild meeting room to come shop and see the plethora of quilting goodies you can find!!  We will have a great deal of new donations for you to look through at the August meeting. You all support the Company Store generously each month and we are, as the TBQ Guild, extremely grateful for that!  THANK YOU!!!!

Pam Jones, Chair

President’s Message

Happy summer, everyone!
As we start another quilt season, I would like to thank everyone for their faith in me, and I will do my best to keep the guild a fun place. I would also like to congratulate the show team for a wonderful quilt show.
For the next month or so I will still be working with Coco to get her up to speed and have that directory off to print. We will start making phone calls to those who have not yet pay dues so that we know and hope that you will continue to spend another year with us.
This position is very new to me, so please be patient as we all transition into new positions.

If you have been in a quilt guild before, please feel free to share with me any new and fun ideas that we can bring to the group. I am always open to listen.
The July meeting will bring us our annual party which I am sure will be loads of fun, so I hope as many of you can make it as possible. So let’s get this party started!!

Angela Smith – President

Membership

Welcome four new members in June:  Lydia Figueroa, Patti Gerlite, Carol Miller, and Sheryl Townsend. Please make them feel welcome.

Workshops

We will be celebrating our “Bloom Where You Are Planted Birthday” with a brunch, quilt show reports will be given, and the winning quilts will be revealed. Installation of new officers and all other presentations will be given.

We will play two games of Left/Right/Center, so bring 6- 10″ squares of floral fabrics in order to play.

We will enjoy a brunch provided by the July Hostesses and Dawnell’s cookie favors.

Plan on signing up for Jill Finley’s Applique Workshop. She is teaching turned- under-edge applique.  This can be applied by hand or machine.  Jill is a nationally known educator and we are so happy to be hosting her.  

See you at the Party!

Kathleen Bond – Vice President

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Opportunity Quilt

We did it!!  Our beautiful “LaRosaraie” Opportunity Quilt was a big hit at our “Bloom Where You are Planted” quilt show and we have surpassed our goal and earned a grand total of $5004 for our guild! AND, the winner is … Linda Morriston!!!!!

This was a big project for our Thumb Butte Quilt Guild’s volunteer members to undertake.   We started two years ago with the creative group that selected the pattern and fabrics, and then pieced and hand quilted such a stunning quilt.  During the last year, our guild members concentrated on marketing and selling raffle tickets at over 30 events.  We have been very successful in our endeavor!

I would like to thank everyone that contributed with their time, talents, and donations to the Opportunity Quilt fundraiser in any way!! It doesn’t take a village; it takes a wonderful guild!

Kathy Spry – Opportunity Quilt Chair

Hostesses

July hostesses are: Kathy Spry, Nancy Stewart, Laura Stone, Erin Sullivan, Joy Swartz, Barbara Sweeney, Susan Sweet, Pauline Singleton, Carolyn Godfrey, Marie Gniazdowski, and Pamela Hengeveld.

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.  

July Birthdays — Jude Bentley, Judith Rittner, Kim Keogh, Sue Parks, Patti Gerlite, and Rosemary Driscoll.

Community service

Handmade Hugs / Community Service has had a very successful year.  Members have donated yardage, batting, their quilting and sewing skills, and most of all—their time.

Our beneficiaries have been Dignity Cancer Infusion Center, Teen Closet, Gentiva Hospice, Dignity Birthing Center, and Good Samaritans.  There have been 95 lap size or larger quilts given away and over 200 baby blankets, over 300  burp cloths in addition to over 3 dozen crocheted infant caps and blankets made by Dianna Dunn. At least 20 of the larger quilts were given to Market Place for sale at our June show.

Six to eight people have met regularly at Stoneridge Community Center to work on projects. Olivia Turnham & Jamie Davis have contributed cut flannel for kits that are sewn on workdays or offered at our meetings. Kits for teen blankets and lap size quilts are also available at meetings.

Faith Chaney and Olivia Turnham – Co-Chairs

quilt show

A giant “THANK YOU” to all the ladies and gentlemen who helped this year’s Quilt Show become such a success!  What a wonderful thing to see how well we all worked together.  Like a “well-oiled” machine. 

How quickly everything went up and came down, WOW!  Kristine and I would like to shout out to everyone who made things for the Marketplace and all who signed up to work.  There were so many unique and great things to choose from that everyone found something that they could love.   We heard only great reviews from the quilters and visitors alike who came to the show.  It was a beautiful show from all angles.  

Every area made or exceeded their goals but for a few exceptions.  This is how we make the money to keep us going and you should all be proud of the Amazing Guild we are a part of.  

Thank you again,

Cathy Day (Co-Chair & Marketplace)  and Kristine White (Marketplace).

Way to go TBQG’s Bloom Where You Are Planted!

What a great three days of fun and fellowship with great attendance and everyone pitching in to help make our show a great success!

Kudos to all who helped hang the quilts, set up displays, sold raffle tickets, as well as bought said tickets!  

As of this writing we don’t know what the bottom line is, but whatever it turns out to be, we will be blessed and grateful.

So many beautiful quilts, colorful vendor displays, sewing machines to add to our ‘wish’ lists and beautiful handmade Marketplace items.  

Thank you all for your time, dedication and effort in making our show successful and enjoyable!

Remember, Bloom Where You Are Planted, wherever you may be.

Blessings, 

Nan DeChant –  Show Chair

presidents Message

Hello Thumb Butte Quilters!

Only 1 more meeting to go before our Quilt Show!!  I’m so excited that everyone has stepped up and put quilts in the show and will be volunteering to help out on that weekend to make it happen.  If you are new to the guild, please be sure to come and see what a great event it is.  Bring your friends and enjoy the day.  Mark your calendars, June 16^th & 17^th.

I hope everyone enjoyed May’s meeting with the UFO auction and the President’s Challenge, “Name that Song” Quilt.  We had over 30 entries for the quilt challenge and I was so impressed by everyone’s entry.  We have some really creative artists in our guild.  If you missed the meeting, be sure to look at this month’s pictures on the website.  All of the president’s challenge quilts will all be displayed at our quilt show in a special area so our show visitors can play along.  The UFO auction was also a big success and I have already seen a few of the projects completed!  Stephanie Fullerton finished a One Block Wonder quilt in no time!  Hopefully she will bring it to Show and Tell at the June meeting.

June will be our last meeting for the 2022/2023 year.  I have had a great time being President this year and look forward to next year with a new slate of officers and committee volunteers.  We will be voting on the new board and budget.  Some of our members have already stepped up and thrown their name in the hat for 2023/2024 board positions.   You will get an email before the June meeting with the proposed budget and the slate of officers for the new year.  Please read both of them and if you have questions, please ask! 

You will also be getting your quilt packet at the June meeting.  This packet is VERY IMPORTANT!!  Inside the envelope will be the following items: 

• A labeled bag for EACH quilt you are entering in the show.
• A detailed instruction sheet for drop off/pickup of your quilts
• Claim ticket for each quilt for pickup

Be sure you have followed the instructions on your quilt entry form for the sleeve and label for your quilts that will be in the show.  The sleeve is important so we can properly hang your quilt.  The label can be anything that identifies your quilt.  If you don’t have time to sew one on, you can use steam a seam or any other method.  We just want to be sure YOUR name is on YOUR quilt!

What a fun year this has been!  Thank you for participating and being a member of Thumb Butte Quilt Guild!!

Dawnell Muecke – President

membership

Welcome three new members in May:  Sari Butler, Shirley Fox, and Gayle Lee. Please make them feel welcome.

Don’t forget your TBQG $35.00 dues for 2023 – 2024 are due by June 15 (or the June meeting).

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Opportunity Quilt

Through everyone’s hard work, we have raised $3893 toward our goal of $4500 and that puts us at about 87% of our goal!  We just need a little over $600 to reach it, and I know we can do it!

May has been a very busy month!  We have showcased our quilt at these events so far: 

• Lonesome Valley Quilt Guild meeting
• TBQ Guild meeting
• Chino Valley Quilt Guild Meeting
• Quail Country Quilters Guild meeting in Cottonwood
• Winey Cats at Granite Creek Vineyard Mother’s Day event in Chino Valley

These will be our last events:

• “Antique Show and Vintage Market” will hold their event on Friday and Saturday, May 26-27^th. This will be a great opportunity to showcase our quilt in the Findlay Toyota Center!
• “Bloom Where You are Planted Quilt Show” on June 16-17^th at Prescott High School will be our grand finale.  The drawing will be on June 17^th at our quilt show.  Good luck to all those tickets holders!

I would like to extend a huge “thank you” to everyone that has helped with the Opportunity Quilt in any way!!

Kathy Spry –  Opportunity Quilt Chair

Hostesses

June Hostesses are: Judith Ritner, Vickie Sawyer, Mary Scherer, Dianne Schmitt, Kathleen Semerau, Connie Sieh, Shirlee Smith, Chris Sommerfelt, Sherri Hubbs, and Donna Osborne.

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.  

June Birthdays — Cynthia Falzone, Kate Parsons, Dawnelle Muecke, Carol Godfrey, Alicia Czuzak, Kay Wentworth, Gayle Lee, Debbie James, Sami Logan, Sandy Mazzurco, and Carrie Castro.

quilt show

QUILT SHOW ENTRANTS’ INSTRUCTIONS

Let us start by thanking all of our wonderful Thumb Butte members for being gracious enough to share their talents and treasures by displaying their quilt(s) at our upcoming bi-annual “Bloom Where You Are Planted” Quilt Show this June. The committee is hard at work cataloging your entries and preparing labels and show cards for hanging them. 

Here is a timeline for you to use in preparation for the show.

Monday, June 12 ~ Pick up your envelope with all the information and items needed for your show quilt(s) at the Thumb Butte general meeting.

Thursday, June 15 ~ Arrange to drop off your quilt at Prescott High School’s gym sometime between 9:00 AM and noon. (1050 Ruth Street, Prescott) Please allow ample time to be checked in fully before leaving.

Friday, June 16 and Saturday, June 17 ~ Come and admire all the beautiful work displayed at our quilt show, bring a friend or two, support our vendors, and spread the good word about our amazing quilt guild! We also hope you have plans to work a volunteer shift or two!

 Saturday, June 17 ~ Plan to return to the Prescott High School gym between 4:30 and 6:00 PM to retrieve your beautiful quilts.  This is a busy time with many hands at work, so please be patient as we gather your quilt(s) for you.

Our committee is here to help you. If you are needing assistance or have further questions, please don’t hesitate to call one of us. You will see us at drop off and check out and most likely hanging around during the two days of the show to be of help.

Contact Alicia Czuzak, Dana Swain, Dawnell Muecke, or  Jamie Davis if you have any questions.

Thanks again for participating in this year’s quilt show.

Marketplace

We are getting to the end of our goal to get a wonderful store to sell your amazing items.  Please bring all the items you have been working on so we will have time to price them and see what we are short on.  Anything made with fabric that a guy would like, any specialty items that are not necessarily quilt related.  We do have some jewelry and some really cool little boxes made from rulers!

We have no weaving or knitting items. These are just a few ideas.  We would like to thank you all so much for all your hard work and beautiful things.  If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask Nan, Kristine or myself.  We are very excited to see how much we can make for the Guild.  

If anyone has an in with a food truck, we are still looking for one.  We have RJ’s hot dogs and Penny’s Place.  It has been difficult to pin the other ones down.  Please see me if you can help in this matter.

Looking forward to a wonderful show.     

Cathy Day

miscellaneous

Hard to believe we are just weeks out from our 2023 “Bloom Where You Are Planted” Quilt Show! The Quilt Show Committee will have it’s last or next to last meeting Friday, June 2 at Stoneridge Community Center Conference Room.

We are thrilled to announce that one of our new members, Georgia Lindsey, has stepped up to chair/coordinate the White Glove Hostesses!  Thank you, Georgia!  We love it when new members jump in to answer a need for the Guild! 

We had a great Marketplace work session last week and are in awe of the beautiful and creative items that have been made/donated.  Thank you so very much!

We also have been blessed with Carrie Casto stepping up to be our Small Quilt Auctioneer! Thank you, Carrie!!

We are looking forward to this show, as it is the major fundraiser for our Guild, and a great showcase for the creations of our members’ talents.

If you have not yet purchased your show pin for $5, the pins will be available for purchase at our June 12 meeting!

Remember to “Bloom Where You Are Planted”!

Nan DeChant – Show Chair