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President’s Message

Greetings Sisters of the Thread!

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter and/or Passover.  We had a fun time celebrating the holiday with our son and his family.  I have come to realize that a 4-year old has two speeds, On and Off!  My goodness, if I could capture my granddaughter’s energy and bottle it, I could own every die, machine, BOB and Cube sizes Accuquilt sells!  Hope you enjoyed some great family time, and chocolate bunnies, too!

I think Spring is here to stay!  Our maple is leafing, our lemon and apple trees are in bloom and the deer are eating the foliage off of our roses.  We finally were able to get the netting around our trees so the trees actually have a chance to produce fruit this year!  I love the deer who visit our backyard, but I prefer they eat the grain and not our fruit trees!  We now have a beautiful buck and doe who frequently visit.  What a treat as they jump the wall and venture to the birdfeeders, quail block and bird bath to wash everything down.  We love the nature that frequents our yard.

If anyone is interested in a large quilting frame, please contact me, as Norma Kurr’s daughters are wanting to find a home for Norma’s floor frame allowing for hand quilting of larger quilts.

Our May meeting will include the display of the Lonesome Valley Opportunity Quilt, and provide the ability to buy tickets from the LVQ Guild.  I always love to see how creative other guilds are with their Opportunity quilts.

Our next meeting will be Monday, May 9.  May 9 also happens to be Tom and my 35th wedding anniversary!  We’ll be celebrating on the 10th with an excursion on the Verde Canyon Railroad.  I’ve been wanting to experience this train ride ever since our arrival in Prescott four years ago.  My paternal grandfather was a ticket agent for the Union Pacific RR long before I was born, and my Dad loved trains, too.  The last big trip we took with my parents was in 1996 when on our cruise to Alaska we took the White Pass railroad up the mountain in Skagway, Alaska.  My Dad loved that trip, and the history it held from Jack London’s, “Call of the Wild” and he would love this one, too!  This time, he’ll travel with me in my heart and memories.

Things are slowly moving along with the upcoming 2023 Quilt Show.  With the venue secured for June 15-17, 2023, at Prescott High School, and the Opportunity Quilt tickets procured, progress is being made.  A sign up board will be displayed at May’s meeting for the Quilt Show tasks. Take a look and see how you can help to make our show a great success! 

Handmade project ideas and materials for the Marketplace are underway, we have a chair for vendor solicitation and a volunteer to ‘hang’ the show quilts.  There will be something for everyone in the guild to do!  So let us know how you would like to help!  It is hard to believe our show is just 14 months away.  

Our Guild is growing!  Every month we are adding new members and increasing our numbers!  Don’t let June slip up on you!  Submit your dues for the coming year.  See Angela Smith at Membership so you can be in the 2022-2023 Directory when we go to press with the new Directory.

Enjoy this beautiful weather, and, if you have been putting off outside activities waiting for warmer weather, now’s your chance to take a walk, or hike a new trail! We quilters seem to enjoy sitting at our sewing machines, so now is the time to get out and get our circulation going!

May your seams be straight, your bobbins be full and your quarter inch be precise.

May Blessings,

Nan DeChant, President

Membership

Please remember that your membership dues of $35.00 are due by June 15, 2022 in order to make it to the directory.
There were no new members this month.
Thank you!

Angela Smith – Chair

Programs 

We will be having Swan Sheridan as our speaker on Contextualized Quilting.  She will also be doing a full day class for us on Organic Machine Quilting.   So much to learn and see. We do have a few openings for the class so let Kathleen Bond know if you want to participate.

We are having a thread therapy class in June with Veronica Sandavol.  No workshop is scheduled for June.  

Hope you all had a great Easter weekend.  Can’t wait to see you all on the 9^th and 10^th of May.     

Cathy Day,  Vice-President

Hostesses

Handmade Hugs

President’s Message

Happy Spring, Sisters of the Thread!

I just love when the trees begin to bud, the Ornamental Plum trees turnout with their pink blossoms and everything looks fresh and new here in the High Country!

Wow! What a busy March we’ve had, and April is looking like a lot of fun, too!

Quilt Camp was a great success and a fun time was had by all in attendance!  Kudos and GREAT JOB, Cathy Day and Kristine White!  Fun games, wonderful food, a lot of fellowship; and if clothes with threads all across the front was any indication a lot of sewing was done, too! We even had a former member, Carol Godfrey from Lusk, Wyoming, join in the fun, and renew her membership with the Guild!  Great to have you back, Carol!

We are fortunate to have our tentative Executive Board for the coming year:
President, Dawnell Muecke
Vice President, Kathleeen Bond
Secretary, Nancy Lande
Treasurer, Cathy Day

In order to make our guild successful and grow, there are many committee positions that need to be filled, so please take a look at open positions at the April meeting. See what you can do to make the 2022-2023 year a great success!  Dawnell will have the sign-up board with the open roles that need to be filled. So see Dawnell at the April 11 meeting!

The Opportunity Quilt is currently being hand quilted for our first showing, and ticket sales, at the June, 2022 Mountain Top Quilt Show, Findlay Event Center.  Faith Chaney, had the quilt at her work station at Quilt Camp, as she diligently hand stitched the quilt.  Ladies, it is beautiful!   If you would like to assist in taking the quilt to various High Country events & guilds, please see Liz Hart for information.

We have some great workshops on the calendar this spring, so please check the website and/or contact Kathleen Bond for information and sign up.  Full  day workshops are held at the Aztlan Masonic Lodge on 1028 Willow Creek Road, Prescott.  It is a lovely facility and a great place to meet and learn new techniques.

Blessings, 

Nan DeChant, President

“Don’t be afraid to take risks with your quilting. 
If you succeed, you’ll be ‘sew’ happy.  
If you fail, you’ll be ‘sew’ smart.”

Membership

We want to welcome our new members Pauline Singleton and Carol Godfrey. 

Angela Smith – Chair

Programs 

 

 

Wendy Knight will give a presentation at our meeting on April 11th. Wendy will have a full-day workshop on April 12th — “High Key Design”. Check under “Programs and Workshops” for further information.

Quilt Camp

The Quilt Camp for 2022 was a huge success! Please go to “Quilt Camp” tab to see more pictures of this fun event.

Handmade Hugs

Friendship Groups

You are invited to a new Friendship Group!

Hi!!  My name is Martha Ferriera and I’m hosting a new Thumb Butte friendship group called ‘Shuffle Around the Block’

What we will do: Each member will purchase 4 to 5 yards of fabric of their choice and it will be placed in their box (provided). Each month we will meet and your box will be “shuffled” between other members. The receiver will make a 12-1/2″ block (12″ finished) from this box.  At the end of one year we will have a reveal party where you finally get your own box back with 12 finished blocks to make a quilt top!   What a fun surprise to see what everyone has made for you.

This swap works best with a minimum of 12 members and a maximum 18.

Other nice things to put in your box – You can place a journal in your box to let others know if you just love applique (or not) or if it’s okay to add some different fabrics, or any other requests.  Block makers can also add a fun note in the journal before passing it to a different person.

You can also add a treat or a small gift for the next person who gets the box.  It’s like a ‘secret santa’ gift every month!  This friendship group is just that…a Friendship Group!  No sewing machine required at the box swap and you have a month to make one block..it can’t get an easier then that.

Start date:  After the required number of people sign up we will establish our meeting schedule and decide when to get started.  Our target month to begin is May, but that may change based on when we reach our required number of members.

Will you join me??  To sign up contact Martha Ferreira.

President’s Message

Greetings Sisters of the Thread,

After 73 Februarys you’d think I would no longer be surprised by these short months, but February always seems to catch me off guard.  However, March is just a few days away, and gads, do we have a lot going on!

First off, we have members that have expressed interest in filling three of the four board positions for the coming year–President, Vice President and Treasurer. We also have someone who has volunteered for the 2023 Quilt Show Chair.  That being said, we still need a Secretary for the coming year.  Are you a good note taker, can you listen and write down the gist of a message or discussion?  If so, have we got a job for you!   If this is something you would like to do, please see or contact me by March’s meeting.

Speaking of Secretary, Julie Eastman has returned and will resume her role as Secretary for the remainder of our current term.  Welcome back, Julie!  I would like to thank our Treasurer, Carol Wright, for pinch hitting for Julie these last several months.  Thank you, Carol Wright, for stepping up and your willingness to serve!

March Meeting reminders: 

• There will be rotary blades for sale from Arlene, cash sale.
• Christmas Cards.  If you have stacks of old cards, one of your fellow members uses the cards for charity.  Nan will have a bag for collection.
• Soft baby yarn for Diana Dunn to use for newborn knitted caps, as part of Handmade Hugs.  If you have extra skeins, now is your chance to thin out your yarn bins and baskets!
• Misc. fabric for dog beds…Suzy Davidson.

I hope you were able to stay inside and enjoy the ‘White Rain’ we had.  Snow is much more enjoyable when you are warm, dry and tucked away at home working on a project, than having to schlep around in the cold, wet and slippery outdoors.

2022 is going to fly by with all we have going on! 

Blessings, and may your 1/4″ not vary, your bobbins be full and your seams be straight.  And, may God keep our military safe during these trying times.

Membership

We want to welcome our new members Stephanie Fullerton, Marie Gniazdowski, Donna Hickish, Sharon Luebkin, Cathi O’Neill, Lorraine Owen, Barbara Roberts-Hartman, Sally Thomas.

Angela Smith – Chair

Programs 

 

 

For the March 14^th program, we will be having a lecture by Trish Charity.  It is called “Two artists/one studio”. 

 

Quilt Camp

We are on target and at full capacity for March 2022 Quilt Camp!  There will be 23 quilters attending this year where a fun time will be had by all!  The most challenging part of any Quilt Camp is selecting what or which projects to work on!  I have so many projects started and those I want to start, that it really will be a challenge of what to pack up and take with me.  Regardless of choice, it will be a great time with friends and fellow Sisters of the Thread.

Nan DeChant – President

quilt show

Handmade Hugs

Adult Center

These quilts were made by TBQ member Cheryl Giovenco.  They are currently on display at the Adult Center..  Please stop by to see this one-woman quilt show!

These members’ quilts were on display in February at the Adult Center. 

President’s message

Greetings Sisters of the Thread,

You have no idea how pleased and blessed I am to be writing this message to you!  My January was not what I had planned!  Spending four hours in the YRMC-East ER’s COVID Broom Closet was not part of my January To Do list, but after two doses of vaccine and one booster shot, I had a breakthrough case of Omicron pneumonia!  Not fun!

I can’t imagine this being a ‘mild’ case…I haven’t been this sick in years!  Thankfully, through lots of prayers, Ivermectin and soup, I finally was able to make a prescheduled doctor appointment on the 19th.  I even ventured out to Sprouts for fresh fruit and boxed cookies!

Now onward and upward to 2022!  I am gradually doing simple tasks in my sewing room, and looking forward to multiple projects sitting on my work and machine table.

I was able to venture out and join the new Accuquilt friendship group, Cut Ups.  We will be meeting the third Thursday of the month from 9-12 at the Stoneridge Community Center.  If Accuquilt fascinates your quilting interests, contact Jamie Davis for details!

Also, Thumb Butte’s 2022 Quilt Camp is set for March 21-23 at the Garden Inn in Prescott.  If you would love to join in the fun, food and fellowship, and we even get some sewing done, too, see website, or contact Cathy Day for details.

Kudos and BIG THANKS to Community Service’s Handmade Hugs for the delivery of numerous bibs and receiving blankets to YRMC Birthing Center.  Our members are so willing in meeting community needs for not just the birthing centers, but Teen Closet and oncology/ infusion centers, as well.  Bless you!

I am so looking forward to February 14’s ❤️❤️❤️❤️ meeting, and hope you are, too!

Lots of activity going on including Opportunity Quilt, workshops and friendship groups.

As a side note, if an emergency, illness or unexpected event occurs, and you have a designated duty for meeting day, PLEASE contact me or VP Cathy Day.  By just not showing up or providing a ‘heads up’ causes the guild to scramble for coverage.  Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.  

Get involved and spread the word on our Guild!  Everyone brings talent, enthusiasm and friendship to those with a common interest of being Sisters of the Thread.

Blessings.

Membership

We want to welcome our new members Michaelyn Boyle, Charlotte York,  Arleen Morris and Sally Thomas.

Angela Smith – Chair

Programs 

February’s program is “Table Talk” by Patti Pearce – It is a 1-hour trunk show of quilts, wall hangings, and table runners created from vintage tablecloths and dish towels. Patti will show vintage kitchen linens that have yet to be repurposed and discuss design ideas. You’ll leave with ideas and inspiration for your own kitchen linens.      

The March 14^th program, we will be having a lecture by Trish Charity.  It is called “Two artists/one studio”.  We will have a half-day workshop on “Making a statement with color, value and contrast”.

 Quilt Camp

Quilt Camp will be held this year on March 21st, 22^nd and 23rd at the Hilton Garden Inn located in downtown Prescott.  8am to 8pm all three days.  The cost is $125.00 which needs to be paid at our next meeting, February 14th.  Please don’t forget your checks.  Daily lunch and snacks will be provided along with coffee and ice tea.  If you would like to stay at the hotel you must make your own reservations.  We have no group rate.   Bring your UFO’s and any other things you would like to work on.  We will have a really good time and we do get some things accomplished.

We will be having a Pot Luck on Tuesday night so think of something wonderful to bring.  There is one opening left and a waiting list in case of extra room.

If you have any questions, please contact Cathy Day or Kristine White.

Cathy Day – Chair

Handmade Hugs

president’s Message

Greetings Brothers and Sisters of the Thread & Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and Hanukkah season, and ready as we jump into 2022.  I, for one, am happy to start a new year and a fresh start on many projects that have been neglected…cleaning out closets, drawers, cupboards, and the garage.  

We have so many events to look forward to, including March’s Quilt Camp, new AccuQuilt and applique Friendship groups, and the Guild’s Opportunity Quilt.  Plus, getting together each month for Community Service and Handmade Hugs, Saturday, January 8 at the Stoneridge Community Center.  Please contact Faith Chaney if you would like to participate in the sewfest and fellowship of Handmade Hugs. 

We want to welcome all of our new members, and invite these Newcomers to our monthly get together.  January’s Newcomer’s event will be Wednesday, January 12 at Mary Vaughn’s home.  An email with all the info will be forthcoming from Dawnell Muecke, the Newcomer’s Chair.

Great News!  I have been to the Elk’s Lodge and they are ready and waiting for us to return on Monday, January 10!  The Bingo room is so bright with fresh painted walls, and new tile floor. I turned in the set up diagram this morning so the room should be ready for us when we arrive!  For new members, the Elk’s Lodge #330 is located next to Antelope Bowling Lanes at, 6245 2nd Street, Prescott Valley, or just a block up and on the left from Quilt & Sew!

If you were not aware, we will be losing one of our local quilt shops, Turquoise Threads, in the new year.  If you have not had an opportunity to stop in, there are some great sales as the store is closing, and is liquidating its inventory.  Dagmar, Phillip and Carie will be greatly missed and we wish them the best in 2022.

Well, I think I hit the high spots for January and a brief glimpse of what is in store for our Guild in 2022.  With workshops, the development of our Opportunity Quilt and guest speakers we have a lot to look forward to in the coming New Year.

Blessings to you all,

Programs 

See above tab, “Programs and Workshops”, for more photographs of our Merry Holiday Party!

ways and means

Opportunity Quilt

The opportunity quilt for next year is a beautiful pattern from French General titled “La Rosaraie” or The Rose Garden.  The fabric is from their La Rose Rouge collection by Moda.  It will be 84” x 96” finished.  We thought to quilt it by hand and we will need volunteers.   I would like to meet with anyone interested in helping after the meeting in January to discuss it further.  See you then!

Claire Bell – Chairperson

Handmade Hugs

president’s Message

Happy Holidays Brother & Sisters of the Threads!

Do you ever dread the holidays, knowing the words ‘rest and glad tidings’ won’t necessarily be the focus for the next 30 plus days?  Especially as you search for a parking space at Costco or other popular store location. 

Do you realize at some point, buying a 9-foot tree to decorate sounded good at the time, but ended up being a nightmare to decorate, knowing in a matter of a few weeks it will need to be undecorated, boxed and stored?  Or, how about all those recipes you have been collecting for great holiday treats and goodies actually don’t turn out to look like the picture posted with the recipe?  And, hours of baking actually cut into your already overbooked calendar?  Well, welcome to December, 2021!

Not sure about you, but I for one, will be happy to see 2021 in my rearview mirror.  This has been a tough year for our family, but even when we silently ask, “Why me, Lord?” the rational response is, “Why not me, Lord?” 

When we watch the news we are so blessed to live in a safe community where we daily celebrate our country’s freedoms, have great healthcare, sunny days and sisters and brother to share our talents of quilting with.  We support one another as we battle with sharp points, geese flying straight. and smooth curves on wedding rings.  We mourn when our sisters have passed and will no longer share their latest creations.  COVID has taken three of our talented and beloved quilters Rachael Severance, Lynda Ruiz and Norma Kurr.  We are blessed to have met and known these three wonderful women and shared their talents in our love of quilting.

We are also blessed with many new and existing members.  Dawnell Muecke will be taking over Newcomers, and Joy Swartz has stepped up and will assume Show & Tell at the monthly meetings.  Thank you, ladies, for seeing the need and filling it.  

What a fun meeting we had in November with Caroline Wright of Wright Fabric!  I know I added to my stash and projects list!  I think it is accurate to say, a fun time was had by all!

I hope everyone will be able to join us for the December 13 meeting for TBQG Holiday Brunch and meeting.  And, please remember to bring 3 fat quarters for a jolly good time! Bring your appetites, as there will be a sit down brunch following an abbreviated meeting. Vegetarian options will be served.

We also have a chair for the 2023 Opportunity Quilt, Claire Bell, and if you would like to assist in this endeavor, please contact Claire.  Remember this is a BIG fundraiser for the guild, and will be awarded to the lucky winner at our 2023 Quilt Show!

Also, starting January 13, 2022, we will return to the Elk’s Lodge in Prescott Valley for our monthly meetings, the Lodge will reopen to Lodge members early December after many months of restoration and improvements. 

Our December Newcomer’s gathering will be at my house in Stoneridge, December 15 at 1 p.m.  7333 E Cozy Camp Drive, Prescott Valley.  Newcomers is for any member who has joined in the last 12-18 months.  An email will be sent prior to, but mark your calendar to reserve the date.  We had a wonderful time at the November gathering at Dawnell’s home!  My goodness, I think we all left with sewing room envy, and learned how to hang our quilts with one simple magnet and curtain rod!  Thank you, Dawnell, for hostessing our Newcomers group!

Faith Chaney, co-chair of Community Service has scheduled/reserved a room in the Stoneridge Community Center for the first Saturday of each month  to work on Handmade Hugs projects.  See Community Service below for more information. 

One last note before I close.  Many of us have our fur babies who often are our quilt companions, non-judgemental sans makeup and styled hair, and our loving four-legged children.  We had one in particular that left us this past weekend, Daisy, our 12 year old Lab/Aussie Shepard mix.  Those who have entered our home know she was there, along with her Springer Spaniel sister, Zoe, to greet all who arrived.  She would spend hours in the sewing room with me, of course, laying right where I needed to walk or stand.  Daisy will be missed in our daily lives, but forever in our hearts. I was right by her side as she made her journey across the Rainbow Bridge.  You are forever our sweet, sweet girl.

Blessings, as we enter this Christmas & Hanukkah season,

Programs 

Hostesses

December  hostesses are: Faith Chaney, Trish Charity, Maryann Conner, Linda Craig, Karen Danknick, Suzy Davidson, Jill Davis, Jamie Davis, Cathy Day, Gayle Deboom, Nan DeChant

Birthdays

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.  

December Birthdays – Sharla Peterson, Karen Adams, Catherine Ericsen, Phyllis Byrnes, Carol Wright, Linda Craig, Nancy Lefler and Iris Lacey

 

Be sure to stop by the Birthday table to purchase your chance to win a birthday gift bag.

president’s Message

Welcome to Fall, Sisters of the Thread!

block of the month

Congratulations to Pam Calhoon, winner of the September Block of the Month.

 Be sure to bring your completed October BOM to our next meeting.  Instructions are on the website under Block of the Month.

 

Programs & Workshops

January is our trunk show and we will have a workshop called “Face It”.   Workshop is $25.00 for a full day.  The photo is an example of what the class is about.   Hope you all are having a wonderful month.

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.

November hostesses are: Cheryl Bouquet, Kate Brown, Carol Brownlow, Phyllis Byrnes, Pam Calhoon, Gerry Carr, Debbie Casali, and Carrie Casto.

Birthdays

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.  

November Birthdays – Pat Little, Azalene Allen, Laura Stone, Erin Sullivan, Olivia Turnham, Sharon Watt, Karen Danknick, Patty Brownsberger, Jeanne Dunk

Be sure to stop by the Birthday table to purchase your chance to win a birthday gift bag.

Community service

Handmade Hugs

Faith Chaney and Phyllis Byrnes have been working hard to get kits ready for you to take and complete. These kits are for receiving blankets and teen blankets. Everyone who receives these are so very appreciative. Thank you for all who have contributed.

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Greetings, Sisters of the Thread!

Can you believe how green our fields and hills are?!  So beautiful from all the rain!

I love the Monsoons, our Daisy says she could do without the Thunder Guys, but I never get tired of the showers we have been blessed with.  Even when wheeling my Costco or grocery cart to the car…keep hoping I’ll shrink if I get wet!

We were blessed that the rains skipped the Quilt Show event, and as the saying goes, “A fun time was had by all!”

Looking forward to the final report on the show itself, from Dawnell, Julie and Carol.

We had a fun Spider Web class with Jean Impey!  A very detailed and helpful instructor!  My pillow is still in process, but now that I have my relocated quilt room set up…I can get back to it!

Remember, we have a couple more classes during the remainder of the year, so see Kathleen or Cathy to sign up.

We will also continue to meet in the Freeman Building at the Prescott Rodeo Fairground through the remainder of 2021.Progress is slowly being made at the Elk’s Lodge, but we are committed to the Freeman Building through December.

If you can help out picking up and setting up Company Store merchandise, please see or contact Pam Jones, as she can always use help in hauling the bins back and forth from the storage unit.

May your seams be straight and your bobbin be full!

Blessings,

Nan DeChant, President

Carolyn Edwards installed our new officers – Nan DeChant, President, Cathy Day, Vice-President, and Julie Eastman, Secretary. (Carol Wright, Treasurer not pictured.)

Past President’s Quilt

It is our tradition that we award our past president with a quilt made up  by our members. Thank you Carolyn Edwards for all that you’ve done for our guild.

Birthdays

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.  

September Birthdays – Nancy Lande, Joan McGivern, Jill Davis, Trish Charity, Connie Muecke, Chris Sommerfelt, Joann Salem, Patricia Gentner, Kristine White, and Liz Hart.

community Service

Handmade Hugs

In August we donated 9 flannel teen blankets to the Teen Closet run by Catholic Charities. Thanks to those who made these. We’ve been told these are the top appreciated items by the teens transitioning out of foster care. You can pick up more kits at the meeting. Please remember to stitch 2 rows vertically and 3 rows horizontally for stability.

We donated 5 small dog/cat sized blankets to the Prescott Humane society. The critters were very thankful! !

Right now we have 8 lap/throw size quilts in the hands of Kathy Hofmeister and Pat Noel for log arm quilting. If there are some members who would like to use their machine quilting talents, either long arm or domestic, please volunteer. They are a manageable enough size to be done on any machine. Or if hand quilting is your thing, please be our guest! We will have some tops, backing and batting available at our meeting.

Faith Chaney is binding and labeling 4 quilts now. If you like binding let us know. We could use your help. Hand or machine no matter. These lap/throw quilts will be going to the chemo infusions centers in the area.

Phyllis Byrnes and Faith Chaney, Co-Chairs

Adult Center

The Adult Center is finally open again. We have our quilts on display for a Red, White, and Blue welcoming. Stop by to see how wonderful they look.

President’s message

Greetings, Sisters of the Thread!

I hope you are enjoying the Monsoons as much as I am!  I love the lightning, thunder, and the rain is turning everything so pretty and green!  The only time I don’t care for the wet stuff is when exiting Costco or the grocery store with a basket full to transfer to the back of the car!  Oh well, even our weather isn’t always perfectly timed, but we are blessed to receive every drop that falls.

We are coming up on our Quilt Show, August 7, at the Grand Hotel, in downtown Prescott.  Everyone involved is diligently working on items to sell in the Marketplace.  Our Committee is pulling out all the stops to make it a great success, and many of us are volunteering to provide service and information to those in attendance.  I hope to see everyone of our members attend the show, if not volunteering throughout the day.

We had an unfortunate set of circumstances occur with the huge storm Sunday evening, July 11.  The Elks Lodge suffered severe damage as 70 mph winds tore the roof nearly off and exposed the structure to rain damage.

Currently, crews are working on the Lodge’s roof, but we had to find an alternate location for the remainder of 2021.  So come Monday,  August 9, our next meeting date, we will be meeting in the Freeman Hall at the Prescott Rodeo Fairgrounds.  More details will follow, but thanks to Sue Davidson, we were able to procure the dates through December to hold our meetings.  For those who have been to meetings at the Hall, yes the chairs are metal, so if you don’t personally have the ‘cushion’ you may want to bring one.

I am also thrilled to share that we have a new Ways & Means leader, Liz Hart.  Liz is coordinating the Quilt Show Raffle Baskets and the guild’s Friendship groups.  With her enthusiasm and organizational skills, she is a perfect fit!  Thank you, Liz, for stepping up to help us out!

Our membership is growing, and we look forward to introducing more quilters to our guild as 2021 continues.  

I am excited to see what 2021-2022 holds for us; How we can grow our guild and learn from one another along the way.

May your seams be straight and stitches strong,

Blessings,

Nan DeChant, President

Birthdays

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.  

August  Birthdays – Kathleen Semerau, Shirlee Smith, Nancy Stewart, Linda Morriston, Melodie Merino, Molly Haney-Burleigh, Vicky Sawyer, Joy Swartz, , Patty McClearn.

Community Service

Handmade Hugs

Community Service/Handmade Hugs presented the Yavapai Regional Medical Center’s Birthing Centers with approximately four dozen self-binding receiving blankets, and a dozen burp cloths. The Teen Closet received a dozen flannel blankets for the young people they serve.

Like a lot of our Handmade Hugs volunteers, everyone continues to supply the communities with lap quilts for local oncology infusion centers, 2 1/4 yard length flannel blankets for Teen Closet and flannel self-binding receiving blankets for the birthing centers.

If anyone would like to contribute to our Hugs, please contact Phyllis Byrnes or Nan DeChant for kits, and patterns.  These items will also be available at the August 9 Guild Meeting.

Thank you all for sharing your time and talents in our communities!

Phyllis Byrnes and Nan DeChant, Co-Chairs