2017 Quilt Show. Announcing the NEW Challenge My Row by Row

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1 Columbia River Gorge Quilters Guild President s Message: It s November already??!! Yes, it is the month for giving thanks I ve already seen the daily thankfulness postings on Facebook. Since I don t get to send out a daily post to you all, I am going to condense my thoughts into one BIG list. First, I am thankful for ALL the volunteers who helped make our Quilt Show such a success. For the set up crew, the market and boutique workers, the demonstration volunteers, the membership and entry desk folks and especially for the take down crew, I am grateful! I am very thankful for the brave folks who came to see the show in spite of horrible weather and potential landslides on the freeway. I cannot thank our sponsors enough - those good folks who donated money for our prizes. I am thankful for our vendors who were willing to come to our small show and show their wares. (I even saw them shopping at each other s stalls.) l am also thankful for the many quilters who share their talents through making comfort quilts for our community. As president of the guild, I am grateful for the many folks who step up to be an officer or run a standing committee our guild would collapse without those folks! I am thankful for all our members - I am always cheered by the love and laugher I see when a group of quilters get together at meetings, classes, retreats or sew-ins. When people ask me why I quilt, I have two answers. One, I enjoy the act of creating something by sewing. More importantly, I have made dear friends through quilting over the past 35 years that I cherish more than any quilt I ve made. It doesn t get any better than that. Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Quilting! Kim Vogel, President Next Meeting - November 18, 2017 Registration: 9:30 am Where: Grace Baptist Church Meeting: 10:00 to 12:00 noon 1280 W. Jewett Blvd., White Salmon, WA Presenter: Cindy Needham Program: Love of Linens Trunk Show Afternoon Workshop: 1-4 p.m. Thread Ed Cindy has worked with Superior Threads for years and knows everything there is to know about working with all kinds of threads. Thread Ed will be a lecture she has put together especially for our guild to teach us as much as possible about how to use any and all threads in our sewing machines. She will cover the Fabulous Four troubleshooting tips and pass out threads so you will have samples to refer to. Cindy will also have samples with her for demonstration. Prepare to become an expert! Supply List: a FIRM notepad for taking notes and some scotch tape to corral those thread samples. And a pen or pencil!!! There are still a few spaces left. Please contact Barbara Frasier for one of those spots. Cost is $25. Barbara Frasier, barb7130@gmail.com, PO Box 965 Hood River, OR August 2017 Volume 11, Issue 4 Dates to Remember: Nov. 14 : Board Mtg.* Nov. 20: Sit & Sew* Nov. 18: Guild Mtg. *Meetings are monthly See Page 6 for information Nov. Meeting Info. Pg. 1 Future Meeting Info. Pg. 2 Exhibits Pg Challenge Pg. 5 Treasurer s Report Pg. 5 Beyond the Block Group Pg. 5 Retreat News Pg. 2 Newsletter Sponsors Pg. 6

2 Nov. Meeting Refreshments Our membership has been divided into 4 sections, one section for each meeting in the year. If your last name begins with Q-Z this is your turn to help. Please bring snacks sweet, savory or even healthy to go with our morning coffee. Thanks, Barb Frasier, Vice President, Cindy Needham s Heirloom Feathers and Backgrounds Workshop November 16 & 17 Location: Hood River Fire Hall Supply List: Online This workshop is full. If you re desperate you can call Barb ( ) November to see if there is a cancellation. Sit and Sew Our guild schedules a Sit & Sew on the third Monday each month. Bring projects, work on your own or ask for help and bring a lunch. It s a great time to work without interruptions, spend the day with your friends and make new ones. Location: Hood River Fire Hall Dates: November 20 December NO SIT and SEW January 15th Elizabeth Garber, elizgarber@aol.com, Another common household term: Bed-Making: Pulling the sheet and other bedding up and smoothing them out to create a flat surface on which to photograph a quilt. Removing pillows may be necessary, depending on the size of the quilt Spring Retreat News There are only two spots left for the Spring Retreat, which will be March 8-12, 2018, at Camp Cascade.! Cost of the retreat is only $225, which includes a big brunch mid-morning, dinner in the evening, a Mystery Quilt, games, door prizes, daily yoga classes, movie night, and a goodie bag. A $75 deposit is required to hold your spot with the balance of $150 (total $225) due by the February meeting. It s first come, first served, so get your deposit in soon!! For more information contact: Tomme Fent tommequilts@gmail.com or Nina Gilliland okquiltluvr@gmail.com or February 17, 2018 Guild Meeting Patricia Beyla Lecture: Japanese Fabrics Workshop: Using Facings as a Quilt Edge Finish Location: HR Valley Christian Church Barb Frasier, Name Tags Reminder: Quilted name tags that YOU have made are required to be eligible for door prizes. Create your own design or use the pattern found on our website. Facebook Page Marbe Cook has taken over our Facebook page (big thanks to Nancy Howard for getting us started.) Be sure to go check it out and like it so you can receive updates when she adds amazing photos and guild information. If you have a photo or news to contribute, send it to Marbe at marbeboer@gmail.com. Election of Officers November Guild Meeting Be there or be elected!!! NEEDED: A REFRESHMENTS COORDINATOR JoAnn Olney has been making coffee, heating water for tea, coordinating set up of snacks and bringing the bin with napkins, cups, serving plates and other supplies to start each meeting. It s an easy job but due to health issues she needs to resign. If you know how to make coffee and plan to attend each or most meetings please consider volunteering to be our new Refreshments Coordinator. Notify Kathleen Roulet if you could make our day! karoulet@yahoo.com, Beyond the Block Art Quilt Group "Beyond the Block; Art Quilts in the Gorge" continues to meet monthly, usually on the 3rd Monday following "Sit and Sew." Our meetings are all about sharing. We share news about upcoming Art Quilt events and exhibits, we share knowledge by demonstrating new techniques and products, and we share the progress on our own projects and ask for input from the group. We are always open to other interested Guild members. For more information contact Kay Skov kkskov@gmail.com Page 2

3 Announcing the NEW Challenge My Row by Row This will be your version of the currently popular row-by-row quilts. Parameters: 26 x26 finished size A total of 3 rows in any direction, not counting borders Reveal at May 2018 Guild meeting We are hoping to have many different configurations so adjust your thinking caps and sharpen those rotary cutters! Linda Cope lindacope24@embarqmail.com, A Beautiful, Colorful Show! Our Quilt Show was truly THE BRIGHT SPOT in the Gorge on two of the dreariest, soggiest days of the fall season! So much color so many beautiful quilts! We kept hearing compliments all day, both days from our wonderful visitors. THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU VOLUNTEERS! More than 50 of you were there to help make this show possible. Your welcoming smiles and friendly attitude make our show a fun, exciting, happy place for our visitors. And a special thank you to all those husbands, sons and grandsons who lent their time and muscle for set-up and take-down! A personal thank you to Anne Marie Martin, our Quilt Gatherer whose legendary attention to detail is the force behind the accuracy of the information on each quilt and the loving care they receive from dropoff to return. David Martin, our director of show set-up and tear-down, gets a standing ovation for once again being there with his truck, trailer and expertise to make loading and moving our show equipment efficient and safe for all. Pat Gayman, our new Quilt Market Chair, who with the help of her merry band of volunteers, expertly handled logistics of collecting, sorting, pricing, displaying and selling all the donations that attract our visitors each year! And a special thanks to Pat s son for helping with the heavy lifting to get it all loaded and moved in and out! Gini Bright, our Boutique Chair, and her volunteers created an inviting, open feeling to our new consignment booth this year, artfully displaying all the handmade items and quilts. Rhonda Harris, for making us all a little sweeter on set-up day with her delicious array of specially prepared treats. The apple cake was definitely the star of the spread this year! Jackie Rosier, Pat Pauly, and Mary Calahan for taking care of the details that make our show run smoothly. And a special thanks to Jean Stone who arranged for some much appreciated man-power this year. The Quilting demos were enthusiastically received by our visitors. Thank you to all of you who spent time chatting and sharing your projects and skills with the continuous stream of folks who stopped by our demo booth. Continued 2017 Quilt Show Best of Show Anne Marie Martin Demonstration Table Viewer s Choice Sally Ruggles Front Desk Thanks to Editors of The Hood River News and The Dalles Chronicle who published great articles about our show and gave us the best coverage ever! The Best of Show award went to Anne Marie Martin s quilt, Gemstone, a stunning display of piecing perfection in batiks. The People s Choice was Magic Fans, a brilliant sunyellow and rich purple show-stopper created by Sally Ruggles of White Salmon. Check out all of our winners in the Pictures section of our website: Kathleen Roulet, Quilt Show Chairman And THANK YOU, Kathleen, for another well-organized and well-run quilt show. Page 3

4 Profit and Loss Statement Income Jan. 1-Mar. 17, 2017 Oct 17 Education Fund 1, Membership Dues Notecards 2.50 Opportunity Quilt Income Pins Income Workshop/ Teacher Fees Quilt Show Income QS Market QS Award Sponsors & Memoriam QS Boutique 1, QS Gate & Raffle 1, QS Judging Fees QS Quilt Entry Fee Total Quilt Show Income 4, Retreat Income 1, Total Income 7, Gross Profit 7, Expense Meeting Site Expense Postage and Delivery 9.80 Quilt Show Expense Miscellaneous Expense QS Judges Fees QS Printing QS Prize Awards 1, QS Travel, Meals, Lodging QS Venue Total Quilt Show Expense 2, Total Expense 2, Net Income 4, CRGQG Exhibits November-December 2017 Providence Hospital, Hood River An exhibit of 31 of our Long, Lean & Mean Challenge quilts are on public display for hospital visitors. November 14-30, 2017 White Salmon Library Art quilts created by Beyond the Block. December 2017 White Salmon Library CALL FOR QUILTS. Annual Holiday and Winter Quilts Exhibit. Bring your quilts for this exhibit to Kathy Anderson at the November meeting. And be sure to stop by the library during December to see this festive display of quilts! March-April Latimer Quilt and Textile Museum, Tillamook, Oregon. The Long, Lean & Mean Challenge Quilts and an exhibit of art quilts created by Beyond the Block will be on display for museum visitors. April 5-7, Clark County Quilt Show, Clark County Event Center, Ridgefield, WA. Our guild art quilters in Beyond the Block will be a Featured Group in this quilt show with a new exhibit titled Impressions of the Gorge. April 2018 Hood River Fairgrounds CALL FOR QUILTS. Again this year, we will be partnering with ETC for the quilt show at BlossomFest. This display gets lots of attention from the general public and we need your quilts to create a memorable show! There s still time to finish up a UFO or make new quilt for this popular exhibit and there is no cost to enter your quilts. February newsletter will carry specific show dates and quilt drop off information. Kathleen Roulet, , karoulet@yahoo.com Jackie Rosier, Treasurer CRGQG 10th Anniversary Party Page 4

5 CRGQG Board Officers President: Kim Vogel Vice President: Barbara Frasier Secretary: Carol Lesh Treasurer: Jackie Rosier Newsletter: Gayle Jacobson Chair people and other contacts: Quilt Show, Marketing and Publicity Chair: Kathleen Roulet Membership Chair: Mary Calahan Art Quilt Group: Kay Skov Sit and Sew Elizabeth Garber Retreat Chairs: Tomme Fent Nina Gilliland Challenge Chair: Linda Cope Comfort Quilt Chair: Kathy Anderson Correspondence Secretary: Linda Jones Opportunity Quilt Block of the Quarter Please support our newsletter sponsors: Open every day for all your foundation needs. Come in anytime for a fitting or to pick up any of these essentials. Shapewear, Sleepwear, Hosiery, Sports Bras, Foundations and Lingerie Bath and Body Products 215 Oak St., downtown Hood River Mon-Sat 10-6, Sun Fernando Rodriguez Owner fasttracksewandvac@gmail.com Advertising magnets make great pin catchers. Simply turn one upside down the printed side won t hold pins and keep it near your sewing machine. FAST TRACK SEW AND VAC Sewing Machine and Vacuum Repair Phone: (541) Hood River, OR Facebook.com/FastTrackSewAndVac Thank you Prize Award Sponsors Thank you to our Quilt Show sponsors and Guild supporters whose generous donations helped provide the show prizes to recognize the creators of award-winning quilts. Every Thread Counts (ETC) Dr. Frank & Tammy Toda Stone Orchards Kerry Cook Les Schwab Tire Center Hood River Public Storage Sally Ruggles in memory of Bobbie Vieira Mary Calahan in memory of Mary Barsotti David and Anne Marie Martin in memory of quilting friends Elizabeth Garber in memory of quilting friends CRGQG Memoriam Fund Comfort Quilts It's good quilting weather again my friends! If you've checked our goals list on the website for comfort quilts, we have met or surpassed them all! Thanks for all your work. Soon it is time for the Christmas show at the White Salmon library. We really need some new quilts to make it really special this year. I'm thinking of a small tree with quilted or other handmade ornaments. Please bring your quilts and/or ornaments to the Nov. guild meeting or drop off at ETC. Be sure your name is on them, a sleeve and a price, if for sale. I have one small leftover quilt that no one has claimed yet. We'll be hanging them Nov 31. Come and help if you can. Kathy Anderson, Chair, Page 5

6 C o l u m b i a R i v e r G o r g e Q u i l t e r s G u i l d PO Box 965 Hood River, OR Phone mzvogo@gmail.com Website This, That and the Other Thing... ATTENTION: ALL GUILD MEMBERS Has your address changed? If anyone has any changes to their contact info, please help me keep the membership roster up to date. Thanks, Mary Calahan Membership Chairman toots@gorge.net Newsletter Advertising Want to advertise in the newsletter? For just $10/issue or $40/year, your business cardsized ad will be placed in the newsletter. Don t forget - the newsletter goes out to approx. 100 guild members and is posted on the website for all to see! Magazine Exchange Please bring the magazines you're finished with to the next meeting and maybe pick up some new ones to peruse. Jean Stone Exchange Chairman Check out our Facebook Page! Thanks to Marbe Cook for keeping our Facebook page current, fun and informative with lots of great pictures, updates about upcoming events and recaps on what we ve done. ColumbiaRiverGorgeQuiltersGuild Mark Your Calendars!! Sit & Sew Third Monday of each month unless otherwise notified. 9 a.m. 3 p.m. HR Fire Station Bring your current project and sew with a group. Contact Elizabeth Garber for more information: Board Meetings Second Tuesday of each month 10:30 a.m. noon Hood River Adult Center unless otherwise notified. Call Kim Vogel for the latest information, Correspondence Secretary Know of a guild member in need? Please contact Linda Jones so she can send her a word of encouragement. jljones@gorge.net