Category: Monthly News

President’s Message

Greetings, Quilter Pals!

WOW!  I just realized that this is my LAST President’s Message!  WOW!  What a year it’s been!  Let’s just put COVID aside and remember the good things about our most recent year–speakers:  Barb Janson, Kathleen Bond, Cindy Lohbeck.  The UFO Sale!  And next up is our year-end party!  Think about all the out-of-this-world “Show & Tell” we’ve seen!  Woohoo!

Thank you, Quilt Sisters!  And Thank You all for your friendship!  I truly don’t know what I would do without my quilter pals!  And thanks to all of you who took on my President’s Challenge!  What fun quilts you created with your orphan blocks!  We’ll look forward to seeing them on display in future quilt shows!!  Woohoo!  Special thanks to my Executive Committee.  Your being there for me did a lot to contribute to the success of this year!  I love you all!!

Carolyn Edwards, Out-Going President

President’s Challenge

incoming president

Greetings, Sisters of the Thread!

The threads that bind us and identify us are in our quilts, on our clothes, embedded  in our rugs and carpets, and more often than not, at our house, on the floor rather than in my quilt room trash can.  However, it is a small price to pay when we present our treasures to loved ones, friends and Quilt Sisters.

I am so looking forward to our Guild’s new year of projects, fun and fellowship.  Carolyn is going to be a tough act to follow, but I promise that we will have a great time supporting our August 7th Quilt Show, monthly meetings, quilt classes and our guild endeavors.

Speaking of the upcoming Quilt Show, if you have scraps needing a project look for handmade projects to donate to the Show’s Marketplace!  I am creating steering wheel covers, snap bags and self-binding receiving blankets with coordinating burp cloths to sell for the Guild.  You don’t need to make dozens, 6 plus items would be a great donation to generate guild income.  If you need ideas, please contact Karen Danknick for assistance, and I will be glad to share my ideas with you, too.

We still have some positions that need filling for our guild.  Ways & Means, and Community Service (Phyllis Byrnes is willing to help out and mentor…thank you, My Dear Friend) need people willing to take on the required tasks to move our guild forward.  Both positions come with a key and code to our TBQG storage facility! Woohoo…now that’s an offer that doesn’t come around everyday! So, if you have a heart to help your guild in the 2021-2022 year, please let me know, because we could really use your help.

Let’s grow our membership, encourage one another and let our talents shine in the warm Arizona sun!

Blessings,

Nan DeChant, President Elect

programs

You Are Invited to Our TBQ Installation/Birthday Social on July 12th.

This is a special time to recognize our outgoing officers and committee chairs and install the new.  We have a game of Left Right Center planned and of course “Show and Tell”.

There will be lemonade and lemony treats.  After all, “When Life Gives you Lemons, Make Lemonade”.  Right?

For the game of Left Right Center, please bring 3- 10″ squares of “lemony” fabrics (yellow or fabric with yellow in it).  The winner at each table will go home with a “Lemon Layer Cake” (all of the 10″ squares from your table). 

Your Party Committee

ways and means

The Company Store will set up for the July meeting. Come prepared to shop.

Birthdays

Birthday celebrants – For all July Birthdays, save your gift for the August meeting.

July Birthdays – Candace Tomlinson, Jude Bentley, and Judith Ritner.

Community Service

Adult Center Display

Our yellow and blue quilts have been hanging at the Adult Center now for nearly a year!  OMG!  How did that happen?!  That is way way too long!  We’ll be scrambling to replace them with Red/White/Blue quilts for the rest of the summer!  As a reminder to everyone…we hang TEN quilts year-round at the Adult Center…changing them every two months or so.  If you’re ever driving down Rosser Street, stop in at the Adult Center (1280 Rosser)–and take in “the best little Quilt Show in town”!

Carolyn Edwards, Chair

quilt show

Watch your email for important information about the quilt show.

Here are some of the newest javelina quilts.

 

president’s message

Greetings, Quilter Pals!

I’m headed to a Quilt Retreat!  Woohoo!  And I’m hoping that ALL of you will have a chance to gather for a Quilt Retreat/Getaway one of these days soon!  “Eat-Sleep-Sew!”  It’s pretty dang w.o.n.d.e.r.f.u.l.!!!  It’s magical!  It’s a treat you deserve…because you’re worth it!  I usually go on two retreats a year–spring and fall!  But one of my quilter pals goes on FOUR a year–WOW!  Go on a quilt retreat and then tell us about it!  

I encourage you to finish up your President’s Quilt Challenge!  Remember that it was an Orphan Block quilt or quilt top.  It doesn’t even have to be quilted…it can just be a top…for this time around anyway!  Next year, it can be a quilt!  I’m re-writing the rules as we go along!  🙂  Prepare to show it at the June TBQ meeting!  Woohoo!  

OK…our next gathering is June 14th.  That’s flag day.  Bring your flag quilts for Show & Tell!  Wow!  We’re going to have a great Show & Tell at the June meeting!  We’ll see you at the Elks Lodge in Prescott Valley (6245 E. Second Street).

Love and hugs to all!  Be well!  Stay healthy!  

Carolyn Edwards, President

President-Elect

HELP WANTED!  

Community Service

Ways & Means

Workshops 

As we head into our new term for the Guild’s 2021-2022 year, we need some additional help in a few areas.

We need two members, or one Superhero, to step up and take charge of our Community Service’s Handmade Hugs.  If I could, I would be President and Community Service, too, but I don’t see how I can do both justice, and remain happily married to my husband of 34 years.

We have three established entities, YRMC Birthing Center, Teen Closet and Oncology infusion centers.

If you have a heart for those facing challenges & caring, please send me a message or call me.  There are plenty of projects and fabric to get, and keep, you going!

Our Ways & Means team is stepping down after several years of service, so the Guild needs some of you to step up and take over!  Refer to your TBQG Directory for position responsibilities.  

All of our past co-chairs are more than willing to coach & mentor, if you are unsure in taking on the position.  Remember, without help our guild will suffer, and a few people can’t do it all.

Please search your heart and let me know if you can assist in the above areas.

Blessings,

Nan DeChant, President Elect

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.  

June Birthdays – Cynthia Falzone, Dawnell Muecke, Carol Godfrey, Kay Wentworth, Cynthia Crull, Jean Ehlers, Cathy Day, Carlotta Brandenburg, Diane Grayson, Norma Kurr, Sandy Mazzurco, Carrie Castro.

Quilt Show

Howdy all of you Cow Pokes! We are getting down to the last couple of months before the Wildwest Quiltfest!!! Yahooooo!!!!

If you plan on entering a quilt in our quilt show your entry form is due  at our June 14th meeting.  The form is on our website click on  TBQ QUILT SHOW FORM . Please turn in one form per entry. We request a picture of your quilt on the entry form. Your quilt does not have to be complete at this time!  You can find instructions for making the quilt sleeve by clicking on Quilt Sleeve

We are looking for items to make our Market Place a great success! Please think about putting your creative juices to work. We are looking for pin cushions, cosmetic bags, napkin sets, coin purses, and any other clever items you design!

Be sure to turn in your Javelinas by the July meeting. We are also looking for pennants to decorate our event. Let us know if you want to keep your Javelina or if it is up for sale!

If you are donating a quilt for the sale/auction you can turn it in to Carol or Yvonne. Don’t forget we are looking for Raffle Baskets as well.

Ask a friend or get your friendship group to put one together!

And…..last but not least…..Please be sure to signup to help on August 7th!

Julie Eastman and Dawnell Muecke, Co-Chairs

president’s message

Greetings, Quilter Pals!

Wow!  The months are flying by!!  Isn’t it great to be nestled in your comfortable space…stitching to your heart’s content!  YES, YES, YES it is!!!  In case you missed it…and just so you know, the Nominating Committee presented their Slate of Officers at the April meeting…as follows: President–Nan De Chant, Vice President–Cathy Day, Secretary–Julie Eastman, and Treasurer–Carol Wright.  Election of Officers will take place at the May meeting.  Those elected will assume their duties at the July meeting.  Please take note:  the Elected Officers and the Appointed Chairpersons shall serve as the Executive Committee.  The Standing Committees are appointed by the President.  If you are interested in any of the Standing Committee positions, and/or want to keep the position you are now holding, please notify the President!  A sign-up sheet will be available at the May meeting.  It’s a g.r.e.a.t. way to get involved in TBQ activities, and to get to know your sister quilters!  

This may look like old news…but it’s really NEW news AGAIN!  Last month we announced that Cathy Day had volunteered to take over the duties of Hospitality Chair after Linda Ruis’ passing…BUT she then accepted the Nomination for Vice President of TBQ…so we were again looking for a Hospitality Chair!  Well, guess what…Cheryl Bouquet accepted the position for Hospitality Chair!  Yea, Cheryl!  Woohoo!   And thank you!  thank you!

If you have any address information changes, let Cheryl know!  And again…write this information on page 4 of your TBQ directory!  Cheryl will also be reading the list of visitors each month at our meetings!  Yea, Cheryl!

We’ll see you May 10th at the Elks Lodge in Prescott Valley (6245 E. Second Street).  We are pretty much “all systems GO”!

Until then, dear Quilters…KEEP ON QUILTING!  There is nothing…just nothing…as rewarding as quilting!  You get beautiful quilts…and beautiful friendships!

Love and hugs to all!  Be well!  Stay healthy! 

Carolyn Edwards, President

Presidents Challenge

Hey Friends!

Early in this TBQ Guild year, I issued my President’s Quilt Challenge:  make an orphan block quilt or quilt top in time to share/show at our May TBQ meeting.  This is just a reminder!  I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it if you could manage to get this done for me by next month–May meeting!  Woohoo!  Now…go sew!

Thanks a million! 

Carolyn Edwards, President

Membership

MEMBERSHIP DUES ARE NOW DUE – $30 annually.  According to our bylaws, (pg. 20), “Annual dues shall be $30 for Active Members payable prior to June 15 each year”.
(1) If you wish to maintain your membership but will not be attending meetings at the current time, please mail your dues check to me. Doing so will ensure that your picture and contact information will remain in our current directory.
(2) Likewise, as a courtesy to me, please notify me directly at tbqmembership@outlook.com if you do not plan to renew your membership; failure to pay your dues by the deadline will result in the removal of your picture and contact information when our new directory for FY 2021- 2022 goes to print.

Dianna Dunn, Membership Chair

Ways and Means

Opportunity Quilt

Tickets will be available for $1 or 6 for $5 at the May 10th meeting. BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!!!

Pat Noel, Chair

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.  A reminder to December, January and February, March, April celebrants to bring your gifts to the May meeting.

May Birthdays – Marilyn Webber, Angela Mullaney, Karen Comeau, Irene Starr, Ruthe Petty, Julie Eastman, Dagmar Morgan, Tina McCowlan, Karen Johnson, Susie Davidson.

Quilt Show

Howdy Cowgirls and Cowboys!!

The Wildwest Quiltfest will soon be upon us!!  We want to thank everyone for all of the support you have given to ensure it is a success.

Please visit the sign-up table at our next TBQ meeting to volunteer your time on August 6^th for set-up or August 7^th at the Event or we are happy to see you both days!

Liz Hart is the chair for the Auction Baskets.  She is asking that each member donate a fat quarter for a basket that she will put together!  Bring your fat quarter to the next meeting.  Liz also has baskets if you are interested in preparing a basket yourself or through your friendship group. 

We will have the sign-up forms for quilts being entered into the show at the May TBQ meeting.  We will also get it onto the website as well.

Please connect with Carol or Yvonne if you have a donation quilt for the sale or auction.

We have had some very productive meetings with our team as we prepare for The Wildwest Quiltfest.  We have decided that our quilt show would not be complete without “The Market Place”!  We are asking y’all to get your creative juices flowing and donate some of your creative gifts.  Here are some suggestions to get you started…coin purses,make-up bags, place mat sets, eyeglass/rotary cutter cases, pin cushions, journal covers….grab a friend or a friendship group and start creating.

We will have Javelina patterns for $1.00 and Wildwest Quiltfest pins for $5.00…for sale at the TBQ meeting. 

Yahoo to all of you!

Dawnell and Julie, Quilt Show Chairs

President’s Message

Greetings, Quilter Pals!

What a glorious time of year it is!  Spring has sprung!  We all celebrated Worldwide Quilting Day on Saturday, March 20th, which coincidentally is the FIRST day of SPRING!  That evil COVID is beginning to appear in the rearview mirror!  We are digging out our beautiful springtime quilts, and Spring flowers are beginning to poke up in our gardens!  Aaahhhh…life is good!  Here’s hoping there will be lots of Springtime quilts in Show and Tell at our next TBQ meeting–April 12th!  Springtime quilts will give us all a lift and bring smiles to our faces!  I can hardly wait!  See you at the Elks Lodge in Prescott Valley (6245 E. Second Street).  Refreshments and coffee will be provided.  Mask up!  And let’s see LOTS  and LOTS of Show & Tell and catch up with each other!! 

Cathy Day has volunteered to take over the duties of Hospitality Chair!  Thank you, Cathy!  With the passing of Linda Ruiz, R.I.P., we needed someone to take over the duties of Hospitality Chair…and Cathy Day has volunteered!  Woohoo!  If you know of any members who are ill or need a little help, please let Cathy know.  Take a quick minute to jot a note on page 4 of your TBQ directory.  She will also be reading the list of visitors each month at our meetings. 

The Nominating Committee has been hard at work and will be presenting their Slate of Officers at the meeting!

Keep on quilting!  Stay well!  Be safe! 

Carolyn Edwards, President

Membership

MEMBERSHIP DUES ARE NOW DUE – $30 annually.  I will begin collecting dues at the April meeting. According to our bylaws, (pg. 20), “Annual dues shall be $30 for Active Members payable prior to June 15 each year”.
(1) If you wish to maintain your membership but will not be attending meetings at the current time, please mail your dues check to me at the address listed below; doing so will ensure that your picture and contact information will remain in our current directory.
(2) Likewise, as a courtesy to me, please notify me directly at tbqmembership@outlook.com if you do not plan to renew your membership; failure to pay your dues by the deadline will result in the removal of your picture and contact information when our new directory for FY 2021- 2022 goes to print.

Dianna Dunn, Membership Chair

Ways and Means

Opportunity Quilt

The Opportunity Quilt is at Quilt & Sew in Prescott Valley, it will be on display there until the April meeting. Tickets will be available for $1 or 6 for $5 at the April 12th meeting.

We have made arrangements to take it to the Mountain Top meeting on April 19th.

Pat Noel, Chair

The Company Store

Our Company Store has had a donation of several tubs of beautiful fabric. There is a lot of Christmas fabric just in time for those Christmas project.  Please stop by and check out our special sales!

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.  A reminder to December, January and February, and March celebrants to bring your gifts to the April meeting.

April Birthdays – Nancy Del Mar, Pam Peters, Susan Sweet, Barb Robinson, and Linda Hill.

Quilt Show

We need volunteers to make our quilt show a success. Please review the Quilt Show tab above for the plans and how you can help.

Raffle Baskets:

We are asking for a donation of a fat quarter from each of you, which will be used in a raffle basket at our August quilt show.
Please get those fat quarters to me as soon as possible so I can get the basket(s) put together.
Thank you in helping to make our quilt show a success.

Liz Hart, Quilt Show Raffle Baskets

Quilt Sale:
As part of the August 7th, 2021 Wildwest Quiltfest, we will be offering quilts for sale as a Silent Auction or Buy Now option.
Here’s what we need from YOU, our TBQ members: Donated quilts made by TBQ members, no larger than 45 x 60. We are looking for approximately 50 quilts.
The proceeds from the sales of these quilts will go directly to the TBQ treasury. No proceeds will be given to members.  Unsold quilts will be returned to members.
Carol Wright and Yvonne Blitch will begin collecting quilts at the April 12, 2021 guild meeting.

 

President’s Message

 

Greetings, Dear Quilters!

Here’s hoping you are staying healthy AND happy!  I know…under the circumstances…that’s a little hard to do!  But you have your quilting to fill your time and your hearts!  Quilting can take you to your happy place–JUST DO IT!  We thank God that we have this little place that we can escape to!!!  

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm…do you recognize any of those words???  Well…I said that exact same thing to you last month….  The words still apply, and I still mean them.  I really was hoping that we’d be in a better place by now!  BUT, we have to first get there from here.  And it’s pretty dang slow going.  Sigh…  Here’s hoping that the majority of you are well on your way to being vaccinated…and completely out of the woods…in this race to beat that evil COVID 19 monster that has been invading our world!  

Our next regular TBQ Guild meeting is March 8th…and we will be keeping that date!  Gather at 9:30 a.m. at the Elks Lodge in Prescott Valley (6245 E. Second Street).  There will be no refreshments served.  Mask up!  Bring your own water and snacks. There will be a speaker–yippee!  We haven’t met as a Guild since November.  Isn’t that sad…  🙁  You should have LOTS of Show & Tell to share–things you’ve made during the pandemic shut down!  Now’s the time!  Show your stuff!!! 

Love and hugs to all!  Stay healthy!  Be well! 

Carolyn Edwards, President

Ways and Means

Opportunity Quilt

Donation tickets will be available at the Guild’s meeting in March. Price is $1.00 each or $5.00 for 6 tickets. Contact Pat Noel and Kathleen Semereau for tickets.

block of the month

Detailed instructions are under the tab above, “Block of the Month”.

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.  A reminder to December, January and February, and March celebrants to bring your gifts to the March meeting.

March Birthdays – Diane Schmidt, Deb Johnson, Nan DeChant, Kathy Spry, Sandy McGarry, Norma Enfield, and Pam Calhoon.

Community service

Adult Center Display

Help!  Help!  It’s time to change the quilts hanging at the Adult Center.  There are a couple of Jane Holland’s quilts on display…and she’s in upheaval mode with Allan’s passing.  The quilts that are hanging will come down.  Therefore…we need a few of you to loan a quilt or two to this exhibit!  We’re thinking that the next quilt exhibit at the Adult Center should be TWO COLOR quilts.  What do you think?!  Have you got a two color quilt that you could loan to this exhibit?  They will go up sometime the first week of March, and hang for a couple of months. 

Please, please, please give me a call if you have a quilt to spare and share!!!  I’ll make arrangements to get your quilt from you and we’ll go from there!

Thanks a million! 

Carolyn Edwards

Quilt show

Howdy Pardners!!

Just a little ole update about the Wildwest Quiltfest!!

We had a darn good meeting in February to continue to iron out our plans.  We need everyone of you cowpokes to start deciding on which of your beautiful quilts you’d like to submit for the show.  Due to space we will begin with one entry per person.  More information to follow about the actual submission for the show.

Please plan on attending the March TBQ meeting with your calendar!  We will have sign-ups available for Volunteers.  If you can’t make the meeting please get a hold of the chair-people listed below:

Hanging Quilts – Kathleen Bond

Raffle Baskets – Liz Hart

Vendors – Karen Danknick

Information Booth – Nancy Lande

Admissions – Suzy Davidson

Hostesses – Sue Weisshaupt and Cheryl Bouquet

Quilt Sale – Yvonne Blitch and Carol Wright

We are looking for some woodworking help to build several Quilt stands.  The directions for the stand are  attached!  These stands will be used for the Quilt sale/auction.  If you will be making a stand please contact Dawnell and Julie.  We are looking for 4 or 5 to be made!

quilt rack instructions

We have also included a pennant pattern.  We plan to use pennants to decorate the outdoor area.  This is a great way to use up extra fabric!

Pennant instructions

Don’t forget to work on your Javelina quilts.  Patterns will be available at the TBQ Guild meeting or contact Dawnell for a copy. 

We look forward to a Rootin’ Tootin’ good time!! 

Thank you to everyone for your support!

Dawnell Muecke and Julie Eastman, Quilt Show Chairpersons    

Quilt show sale

As part of the August 7th, 2021 Wildwest Quiltfest, we will be offering quilts for sale as a Silent Auction or Buy Now option.

 Here’s what we need from YOU, our TBQ members: Donated quilts made by TBQ members, no larger than 45 x 60. We are looking for approximately 50 quilts.

The proceeds from the sales of these quilts will go directly to the TBQ treasury. No proceeds will be given to members.  Unsold quilts will be returned to members.

We will begin collecting quilts at the April 2021 guild meeting.

You are all very talented and creative quilters, so we look forward to many beautiful, fun quilts to showcase and sell at the 2021 Wildwest Quiltfest!!!
Thanks much!

Yvonne Blitch and Carol Wright, Quilt Sale Co-Chairs

 

 

President’s Message

Greetings, Dear Quilters!

Here’s hoping you are staying healthy AND happy!  I know…under the circumstances…that’s a little hard to do!  But you have your quilting to fill your time and your hearts!  Quilting can take you to your happy place–JUST DO IT!  We thank God that we have this little place that we can escape to!!!  

As stated earlier…much much earlier…the February TBQ meeting has been cancelled.  Hopefully this will be the last time we will need to do this.  Instead of going to the regular TBQ meeting…go to your sewing room and create something that makes you smile!  Write it on your calendar NOW!  And let nothing interfere!  February is the month for hearts and love!  Let’s think positively, and believe that all we do is filled with love and things that make us happy!  And let’s plan on an abundant parade of quilting SHOW & TELL in March!!!  Woohoo!  We can do this!

I went to a Quilt Show planning meeting last week.  Look for news about TBQ’s upcoming quilt show in this edition of the newsletter!  Keep working on your Quilts-in-Progress!  And let’s have a fabulous show of TBQ member quilts!  It’s gonna be g.r.e.a.t.!

Love and hugs to all!  Stay healthy! Be well!

Carolyn Edwards, President

Ways and Means

Opportunity Quilt

Donation tickets will be available at the Guild’s meeting in March. Price is $1.00 each or $5.00 for 6 tickets. Contact Pat Noel and Kathleen Semereau for tickets.

block of the month

Detailed instructions are under the tab above, “Block of the Month”.

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.  A reminder to January and February celebrants to bring your gifts to the March meeting.

February Birthdays – Dianna Dunn, Dani Lerberg, Cheryl Giovenco, Betty Foley, Pat Noel, Barbara Sweeney, Sharon Andrews, Maryann Conner, Mary Sherer, Sherri Hubbs, Cheryl Boquet, and Carol Brownlow.

Quilt show

Howdy Pardners!!!

This is Cowgirl Dawnell and Cowgirl Julie coming to you from the great town of Prescott where the Wild West Quiltfest is sure to take place!!

As we know this last year has seen us struggle to enjoy each other’s company whether it be at a quilt meeting, class or a neighborly hello! Since we don’t know what to expect we have decided to do a little “two-step” outside of the box as we prepare for our Quilt Show.

Here is the Plan!

Our Wild West Quiltfest will be held at The Grand Highland Hotel at 154 S. Montezuma in the heart of Whiskey Row.  This will be a One-Day show held on Saturday, August 7^th.  (We will have Friday, August 6^th to prepare for our event.)

                        *Quilts will be displayed in the Ballroom

                        *Quilt Sale:  Rather than a Marketplace. We will be asking for Donations of Quilts to sell. (If your item doesn’t sell it will be returned to you.)

                        *Silent Auction Gift Baskets

                        *Vendors in the Outdoor Courtyard

                        *Admission will be $5.00

                        *There will be no café

                        *Community Quilt will be on display

We are aware it is monsoon season.  The hotel has several large tents for the courtyard that will be set up. 

We want people to stroll through a lovely setting, enjoy our beautiful quilts and indulge in our other offerings.  We understand there will be an Art event across at the courthouse as well.  We hope to capture some of those visitors as well!

We are in need of volunteers to support this event and hope many of you will be able to mosey up to the table and join a team.  Listed below are the Chair-people.  Please choose a team and contact that chairperson as soon possible!

Also, please continue to work on your Javelina display quilt! If you need a pattern, contact either of us!  And thank you to Carolyn Edwards for the winning Javelina names:  Harvey and Hannah!!

Hanging Quilts – Kathleen Bond

Raffle Baskets – Liz Hart

Vendors – Karen Danknick

Information Booth – Nancy Lande

Admissions – Suzy Davidson

Hostesses – Sue Weisshaupt and Cheryl Bouquet

Quilt Sale – Yvonne Blitch and Carol Wright

We look forward to a Rootin’ Tootin’ good time!! 

Thank you to everyone for your support!

Dawnell Muecke and  Julie Eastman, Quilt Show Chairpersons

President’s Message

Happy New Year, dear quilter pals!  

Can you believe we are rolling into the year 2021?!  Holy cow!  🙂  Here we come, ready or not!  But oh my goodness aren’t we glad to get rid of this year!  Woohoo!  It’s certainly been a challenge!  But we are QUILTERS!  We shall survive!  Maybe our points haven’t matched perfectly this year…but it’ll quilt out!  🙂  I’m usually not one to wish my time away…but this year–it’s kind of like good riddance!  I am ready for the New Year…for new projects D.O.N.E.!  And new goals!  How about you?  

Hopefully you are remembering my President’s Challenge ~ dig out all those Orphan Blocks you have hanging around your sewing room and get them sewn together!  (They are due at the June 14th meeting.)  While on retreat recently with one of my mini-groups, one of the quilters in the group was whimpering about having finished all of the projects she brought (is that even possible?).  And since I was working on my Orphan Block quilt, I shared my box of orphan blocks!  Woohoo!  She was thrilled to have something different and fun to work on.  And guess what–she put a bunch of the pink blocks together and made a quilt!  And guess what…she gave it to me!  Woohoo!  I’m a happy camper!  I will show it to you at our next meeting!!  

Speaking of our NEXT meeting…at this point we are cancelling the January and February meetings due to the rampant spread of COVID in our area.  We want to keep everyone safe and healthy. 

Please keep the families of the two members we have lost recently, Rachel Severance and Lynda Ruiz, in your thoughts and prayers.

Until we meet again, keep on quilting!

Carolyn Edwards,  President

Show & Tell

The Friendship Group, known as the “Designing Women”,  sent photographs of two of their challenges for the year 2020. Please go to the “Show & Tell” tab at the top of the page to view the wonderful and creative quilts.

If anyone would like to share photographs of your recent quilts, please send them to TBQNews@outlook.com. Be sure to caption each one of them with the title of quilt and the name of the creator.  You must save each one as a jpeg image. Be sure to tell us in the subject area what you are sending.  We will put it into the Show and Tell section on the Website. What a wonderful New Year’s Treat!!!!

The Web Team

Ways and Means

Opportunity Quilt

Donation tickets will be available at the Guild’s meeting on November 9th. Price is $1.00 each or $5.00 for 6 tickets. Contact Pat Noel and Kathleen Semereau for tickets.

block of the month

Detailed instructions are under the tab above, “Block of the Month”.

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.  A reminder to December celebrants to bring your gifts to the March meeting.

January Birthdays – July Brungardt, Sherrye Loveland, Yvonne Blitch, Kathleen Bond, Susie Opdahl, Pam Jones, Karen Eads, Kate Browne, Shirley Kelliher, and Sue Weisspaupt.

Quilt show

Howdy TBQ Quilters!!

It’s Julie & Dawnell, co-chairs for the Wild West Quiltfest!  Mark your calendar for June 4th & 5th, 2021 for a real hoedown of a quiltshow!  

Our Prescott Javelina with a quilt cape will also be our special show exhibit.  We have printed up a pattern for this little guy and would LOVE it if you would make your own version.  You can do this with your favorite method, collage quilt, embroidery, pieced, with little javelina babies, big, small, you name it!  We want your interpretation of our mascot to decorate the venue.   The full size pattern is just $1 and our show pin is being sold for $5.  You can pick them up at the meeting or again…just email Dawnell or Julie and we will arrange to get you a pin or pattern.  Since we love our mascot so much, we will have a limited number of t-shirts available with our logo as well.  Interested??  Just ask!  Can’t make it to the meeting..no problem!  Julie and Dawnell to the rescue!

We still need a few more volunteers to make this show a success and we are asking for your help.   These jobs can be done solo or with a friend!  Think about it…no experience necessary.  Every job has a detailed binder of what to do and we are here to help you!!

Julie & Dawnell, Co-Chairs

 

President’s message

Greetings, Dear Quilters!

Never in my wildest dreams did I ever expect to be in the midst of a pandemic that is soon going on being a year old.  Never in my wildest dreams did I ever expect us to be mourning the death of a TBQ member due to COVID.  How can this be happening?  Oh my.  What a loss to all of us…AND to the quilting world!  We are heart-broken.  If you have a chance…go to Rachel Severence’s facebook page to read the wonderful tribute written by her husband.  Pray for Rachel’s family…and pray that this pandemic will be over by the time the new year is upon us…or SOON–whichever comes first!

Hopefully you saw the e-Blast that all TBQ Guild activities are cancelled for December.  And hopefully we will be able to meet again as a Guild on January 11, 2021.  We NEED it…and we NEED each other!  January’s meeting will be a silent auction where we find fun, new challenges to work on–or at least something different to work on!!!  🙂  OH!  Starting in January, TBQ’s meeting location will move permanently to the Elks Lodge, 6245 E. Second Street in Prescott Valley.  Enter through the North door. Until we figure out what our new life as we know it is, face masks will be required and no refreshments will be served.

Don’t forget your Show & Tell quilts…you should have bunches of new quilts for Show & Tell with all the time we’ve had to work in our quilt rooms, sewing-sewing-sewing!  

TBQ has a hand quilting frame that is looking for a new home.  It’s original purpose was to be used at Sharlot Hall by TBQ quilters.  We used to raffle off a “hand quilting” to a lucky TBQ winner!  And many happy hours were spent at that quilting frame–hand quilting on a member’s quilt!  But those days are over.  Sharlot Hall was cleaning out a storage room, and asked us to ‘take it home’.  Right now it’s in the back of my Jeep.  🙂  If you are interested in it, talk to me!  

So, dear Quilters, I’m wishing you many happy hours in your quilting room over the next few weeks, and may you find peace and joy and contentment in your quilting world.  

Until we meet again, keep on quilting!

Carolyn Edwards, President

Drive-thru event

In November we held an event for  members that have been unable to attend the normal monthly meetings. We had Community Service kits, Opportunity Quilt tickets, Workshop signups, Membership Directories, and Quilt Show pins, tickets and signup sheets for volunteers. Thank you for everyone who joined the executive committee on that chilly, chilly morning. 

Membership

Please join me in welcoming our newest member:  Gerry Carr.
As a reminder, please notify me personally of any changes in your personal contact information (name, address, phone(s) or email. 

Be safe and stay well.

Dianna Dunn, Membership Chair

Ways and Means

Opportunity Quilt

Donation tickets will be available at the Guild’s meeting on November 9th. Price is $1.00 each or $5.00 for 6 tickets. Contact Pat Noel and Kathleen Semereau for tickets.

block of the month

Detailed instructions are under the tab above, “Block of the Month”.

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.  A reminder to December celebrants to bring your gifts to the January meeting.

December Birthdays – Carol Rabbitt, Jill Norcross, Karen Adams, David Charity, Kathryn Ericsen, Phyllis Byrnes, Carol Wright, Sylvia McIntosh, Linda Craig, Nancy Lefler, Iris Lacey.

Quilt Show

Howdy TBQ Quilters!!

It’s Julie & Dawnell, co-chairs for the Wild West Quiltfest!  Mark your calendar for June 4th & 5th, 2021 for a real hoedown of a quiltshow!  Have you met our show mascot??   Is it Harry Javelina?  Hattie Javelina? Our mascot needs a name and you can help!  Name our mascot and you will win a prize!

Send your suggestions to dawnellmuecke777@gmail.com or julieprescott515@gmail.com by 12/31/2020 and the winner will be announced in January.  Our Prescott Javelina with a quilt cape will also be our special show exhibit.  We have printed up a pattern for this little guy and would LOVE it if you would make your own version.  You can do this with your favorite method, collage quilt, embroidery, pieced, with little javelina babies, big, small, you name it!  We want your interpretation of our mascot to decorate the venue.  See the picture below of my quilt to get you thinking of what you can do!  The full size pattern is just $1 and our show pin is being sold for $5.  You can pick them up at the meeting or again…just email Dawnell or Julie and we will arrange to get you a pin or pattern.  Since we love our mascot so much, we will have a limited number of t-shirts available with our logo as well.  Interested??  Just ask!  Can’t make it to the meeting..no problem!  Julie and Dawnell to the rescue!

2020 has been a Wild west kind of year and who knows what 2021 will be like, but we are determined to have a safe and fun quilt show in June.  Maybe we will be back to normal and maybe it will have to be outside, but it will be happen  We know you have all been sewing up a storm, so start thinking about quilts you can enter in the show and let’s leave 2020 in the dust and move on to 2021 with a great show!

We need a few more volunteers to make this show a success and we are asking for your help.  The jobs that need filling are: Vendor Chair -this person will be getting those fun vendors to come to the show, Cafe Organizer – Someone to organize the grub, Entries – gather and collect all those wonderful quilt entries and a Check in/Check out person – Organize the entries when they arrive and leave the show.  These jobs can be done solo or with a friend!  Think about it…no experience necessary.  Every job has a detailed binder of what to do and we are here to help you!!

Julie & Dawnell, Co-Chairs

 

President’s Message

Happy Fall Y’All!

Are the leaves swirling around and around in your head and in your corner of the world?!  I’m guessing that the majority of us are from somewhere else…and it’s likely that your seasonal internal clock is raking leaves as well as running and jumping into a big pile of leaves!  Woohoo!  Let your inner child p.l.a.y.!!  It’s getting close to your last chance to p.l.a.y.!!  HA!  What am I saying!?  Everyone knows that Quilters can and do play…every day!  Isn’t it heavenly to go to your quilting room and sew the day away?!

Heads up!  Are you paying attention?!  TBQ’s November meeting will be held at the Residence Inn by Marriott (3599 Lee Circle, Prescott).  Meet Monday, November 9th at 9:30 a.m.  (Whew!  Where has this year gone?!) Kathleen Bond will be sharing her ideas and  tips and tricks about what to do with all those orphan blocks and quilt tops!  She has an amazing collection of quilts she has rescued…and she will share them with us!  Don’t miss it!

Face masks are required.  Refreshments will not be provided.  Don’t forget your quilts for Show & Tell!  Pray that COVID 19 will be out of our lives soon!

Until we meet again, keep on quilting!

Carolyn Edwards, President

Executive Committee

The executive committee is comprised of the following members:

Carolyn Edwards, President
Kristine White, Vice-President
Julie Eastman, Secretary
Carol Wright, Treasurer

Nan DeChant, Phyllis Byrnes, Community Service
Dianna Dunn, Membership
Pat Noel, Kathleen Semerau, Ways and Means
Kathleen Bond, Workshops
Nancy Lande, Parliamentarian
Carol Wright, Web Team

Please feel free to contact any of the executive committee members if you would like to help out with any of the guild’s activities or if you have any questions. In addition if you would like to help out with the quilt show, call Dawnell Muecke or Julie Eastman. The quilt show committee is already meeting and planning.

workshops

Kathleen will be sharing ideas and showing quilts she has “rescued”.  She will share a few orphan blocks, if you don’t have any. 

If there is time, stay after the meeting for a “brainstorming session” using your Orphan Blocks.  

The President’s challenge to you is to sew all those orphan blocks together!  Just for the fun of it!  Just to see what you can make out of it??  It can be any size.  It doesn’t even have to be a quilt–it can just be a quilt top… but plan to ‘show and share’ them at the May 2021 TBQ meeting

way & means

Opportunity Quilt

Donation tickets will be available at the Guild’s meeting on November 9th. Price is $1.00 each or $5.00 for 6 tickets. This year’s quilt is DYNOMITE!!! 

block of the month

Detailed instructions are under the tab above, “Block of the Month”.

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.  A reminder to December celebrants to bring your gifts to the January meeting.

November Birthdays – Pat Little, Kay Case, Azelene Allen, Laura Stone, Erin Sullivan, Sharon Watt, Karen Danknick.

Quilt Show

Howdy TBQ Quilters!!

We wanted to shout out again about our need to fill positions for the 2021 Wildwest Quiltfest!

We are in need of the following positions to be filled:
      Hostess:            Organize white glove people
      Entries:             Gather quilts for the show, collect votes, tally and announce winners
      Check in/out:    Gather and organize quilts to hang on show day, take down and check quilts to participants
       Café :                  Order, sell and manage the café
       Vendors:            All things vendor related

Please grab a partner and help make this a great show!!

The picture above is our quilt show pin. Purchase your pin for $5. 

 Contact Dawnell Muecke or Julie Eastman if you are interested.

 

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.