An Affiliate of the Arizona Quilters Guild. volume 21, Number 5 May Howdy!!! This is it, my last message to you. It will be short and sweet!

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1 ~ HAVASU STITCHERS ~ Lake Havasu City, Arizona An Affiliate of the Arizona Quilters Guild volume 21, Number 5 May 2015 Greetings from the President Howdy!!! This is it, my last message to you. It will be short and sweet! This has been the greatest two years for me with this Guild I have been able to give back to all of you for all the wonderful memories, tidbits, helpful hints, classes, fabulous stories and being able to help out our community and perpetuate the art of quilting, keeping it alive and well. I will still be in the mix, and driving Catherine nuts! Thanks for letting me be your President. Quilting out loud.. Sherri What s Inside. Community Outreach / Membership 2 Birthdays / Fabric Exchange 3 Nat l Quilting Day Raffle Winner 3 Education 4 Show and Tell Pics 5 Library / Puppy Pillows 6 Connecting Threads / Quilt Camp 7 Quilt Show News 8 Ways and Means / Boutique 9 Minutes 10, 11 Ads from our Supporters 12 GENERAL MEETING DATES Quality Inn, 6:30 PM Thursday May 14, Installation of Officers June 11, Member of the Year Nominations Begin July 9 August 13 September 10 Thursday, October 8 June-Sept., Register your Quilts for Quilt Show July-December, Register for Quilting at the Lake PLEASE BRING GOLD FAT QUARTERS to the May meeting for Charla Youngberg who will celebrate her 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY IN MAY AND, TO HELP YOU PLAN AHEAD. To the August meeting for Karen Shaplin Who will celebrate her 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY IN AUGUST CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH GOLDEN GIRLS!

2 Community Outreach Wendy Howe We met on May 6 and made adult bibs, walker bag kits, and quilt top kits. And, we had a great time! We will not be meeting at the library again until September 2015 due to summer vacations. Membership Interested in joining? Talk to Tina Benson! New Members: Judy Bartlett Jane Galea Pat Plum/Tina Benson Community Outreach has given out the following items from June 2014 to June 2015: Lady Quilts-85, Men Quilts-47, Adult Bibs-74, Walker Bags-87, Fidget Quilts-50, Girl Quilts-28, Girl Receiving Blankets-10, Boy Quilts-32, Boy Receiving Blankets-0, Burp Cloths-28, Baby Bibs- 9, Child Bibs-17, Puppy Pillows-50. This represents all the fabric that was cut up after going through all the bins when I took over as Chair. FYI new sizes for quilts: no wider than 40, no shorter than 48 and no longer than 60. Wendy J. Howe, Chairperson Cyndy Chaussee Karen Deitz Mary A Miller Jody Neff Updates from Sherri Ashford: On Monday, May 18 at 10:00 AM at the Library, anyone who wants to learn how to make the pillowcases can come and join Judy Pedersen and the Bad girls and learn, sew, and have fun! Volunteers are needed to meet Sherri at the shed on Tuesday, May 26 at 9:00 AM to pull fabric for pillowcases, then cut kits at her house. She d like to have 50 kits ready to go when Community Outreach meets again in the fall! If you can t join in that day, Sherri will get a kit to you! Sherri Havasu Stitchers P. O. Box 2875 Lake Havasu City, Arizona General Meeting on the second Thursday of every month. 6:30 PM Quality Inn, Havasu Room 271 S. Lake Havasu Avenue Lake Havasu City, AZ Board Meetings are held the first Thursday of every month. Mohave County Library, 6:00 PM havasustitchersguild@yahoo.com Web: Facebook: Updates: Geneva Horning: new Deidre Nolan: new Maria Rhodes: new Mary Lou Van Dreel: new IF YOUR information needs to be updated, please submit changes to Missy Quilter to distribute so that your fellow Stitchers can stay in touch MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL DRIVE RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP BEFORE MAY 23 AND SAVE $5.00. PLEASE, NO CHECKS FROM CANADIAN BANKS. RENEWALS RECEIVED AFTER SATURDAY, MAY 23 WILL BE CHARGED AN EXTRA $5.00. WRITE ONE CHECK TO HAVASU STITCHERS $35.00 (THIS PAYS FOR AQG and HAVASU STITCHERS) DO NOT SEND FORMS/PAYMENT DIRECT TO AQG 2

3 Fabric Exchange Maria Rhodes & Diana Stebbens Hospitality Zola Stuart & Ruby Worrell Our Fabric Exchange theme is "Come travel with me". May: We will be collecting 3 strips (wof) in (May) flowers. Please sign up with Maria/Diana at the meeting to be added to the fabric exchange list. It s a great way to help your stash! Guidelines Bring the required number of strips; other Stitchers will be counting on you as one of the exchangers. Please use the best quality of 100% cotton available. Be sure your cut is straight and not wavy or bowed. Depending on the number of quilters who sign up, it may take as much as two yards of fabric. It is better to use all of the same fabric for your monthly swap. Turn your strips in at the beginning of the meeting to allow for sorting time, and remember to pick up your bag of fabric after the meeting. Listen at the meeting for the number of strips required. Come join us in this fun Fabric Exchange! Happy Travels, Diana Stebbens National Quilting Day Winner! Lisa Mousel is the winner of the beautiful raffle quilt on February 21 at Mohave County Community College! Thanks so much for buying those tickets, Lisa! Please consider hosting a Friendship Coffee Social! Sunshine BUNNIE GALLEY 5/09 ROBYN JONES 5/14 KATHY LISCHEFSKE 5/26 JODY NEFF 5/14 LINDA PETERS 5/06 SUSAN SACCO 5/29 CYNTHIA SMITH 5/18 MICHELLE TOMLINSON 5/10 COLLEEN TRAVIESO 5/20 KARM WEBERT 5/12 MARY ANN WICK 5/02 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Friendship Coffee Socials Do it your way! We have had many types of coffees, with no big expectations. Some just have a show and tell, some pick a theme, some demo something, some have ice cream, some have food, some just cake and coffee, etc. Some have a daytime get together, others have an afternoon or evening social. Do whatever is best for you. The Guild provides $25 to offset the cost. Also. Hospitality needs members to bring refreshments to the General Meetings. PLEASE SIGN UP!! Joan Wurster Please let the Sunshine Chairman know if you would like to have a card sent to one of our members. Please put Sunshine Lady in the Re: section of the . TRANSITION HOUSE Dottie Holman Personal size shampoos, toothpaste, and lotions are always appreciated. Drop off your donations at the meeting. Dental hygiene items please, such as mouthwash, toothpaste, and toothbrushes. Thanks! 3

4 Education Sara Neal /Open There is still plenty of time to sign up for these great classes! May 11 We will be making our own wilt-proof May flowers with Phyllis Barton. She will teach us the Dresden Plate pattern in a colorful wall hanging. Once learned, this pattern adapts beautifully to any size from a king sized quilt to a placemat. Another great skill building class! Meets at Hobby Lobby, cost is just $5. May 29 Sheila Arnold will travel to Lake Havasu so we can learn this great variation of Drunkard s Path. This template-based design is easily completed in any size and will showcase those great prints you already have stashed away! May 30 Sheila Arnold rounds out the weekend with a fresh modern design. Another templatebased design that stitches up quickly once you know the secret! Come make a fresh quilt for someone special. Due to family matters, it is necessary for 1st VP-Education Sara Neal to step down. This is really sad news, as she was off to such a great start. There are no classes scheduled for June, but there will be plenty more to come once this position is filled. Won t you please consider stepping forward to assume these duties? You ll have lots of help! Please call Catherine Stephen or Sherri Ashford if you would like to hear more about this open position. 4

5 Show and Tell from the April 9 Meeting 5

6 Library - Check out Books Sarah McNary The Torn Page...Library News The Havasu Stitchers Library is located at the Quality Inn, 271 S. Lake Havasu Avenue, LHC Patterns for Sale ($1) Books for Sale ($.50) LOADS of Magazines for Sale ($.25 or 5 for $1) Library Loans are 1 month; keep something 2 months and you'll be asked to share your enthusiasm for the item with a 20 second blurb; keep something 3 months and we'll ask you to do a short demo at the meeting (we know you're an expert after 3 months). Online catalog of the collection coming soon! PUPPY PILLOWS Hi Stitchers, Thank you for your response to making a special place in your sewing room for the puppy pillow scraps. This is a great way to get more pillows for the Humane Society. I would like to just list the information again for those that did not get to the meeting. l. Set aside a clean container (box, wastebasket, whatever container) that fits near your cutting table or sewing machine. Place a clean pillowcase inside the container with the top folded over the outside. As you get scraps of clean fabric, place it in the pillowcase. Once the pillowcase is half full or more, pull it out and sew the top shut. It doesn't have to be fancy. Please no batting, pins, paper, or sharp objects. Bring the completed pillow to the next meeting and i will collect them and take them to the Humane Society. 2. The size of the scraps can be 5 inch square or smaller. They fluff up nice and make for a warm spot for the cats and dogs. 3. You can use your judgment as to how full you fill your case. The fuller the bag, the fluffier and softer the bed. We do like to tell the Humane Society that the pillows are washable so keep that in mind when stuffing the cases. A washer won't take too heavy of a pillow. 4. I want to thank you in advance for helping the animals have a nice fluffy bed each night. This project also helps us keep our sewing rooms clean and tidy. It also helps to keep the fabric scraps out of the landfill a little longer. Karm Webert and all the Puppy/Kittie Pillow Crew 6

7 SPOTLIGHT ON OUR MEMBERS NEW GROUP CONNECTING THREADS Our new group, Connecting Threads, should be especially helpful to new guild members. To make it work, we need current members to sign up to be Threaders for a 2 to 3 month commitment. Threaders will be the connection to help new members learn what the Havasu Stitchers do. You ll send phone or reminders to the newbies about classes, community outreach, coffees, parties, fabric exchange at meetings, to name just a few. You ll sit together at the meeting, talk about what is going on. You ll just Be There for the new member. Questions? Call Rita McElhinney WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT A LOCAL QUILT CAMP: Hi Quilting Friends, We are producing our fourth annual Celebrate Quilt Camp this summer in Flagstaff. We hope that you will join us! 1. It's at the Doubletree Hotel (formerly the Radisson Woodlands Hotel) in Flagstaff on July We are in the mountains where it's cool. We are close to Sedona and the Grand Canyon. 3. Class prices are the same as last year, with class supply fees listed additionally in the class descriptions. 4. Registration fee is only $30 before May 1. It includes a gift-bag, entrance into the Quilt Challenge, discounts on evening programs and lectures, and prizes galore! 5. Prize give-aways including a new sewing machine from Odegaard's Sewing Center. 6. FREE events like keynote speakers Helen Young Frost and Deborah Gordon sponsored by Coconino Quilters Guild. Check out the website! All the info is on there. Please let us know if you have questions! Even if you can't attend, please pass this on to your friends. Word-of-mouth is our best advertising. Thank you, Gina Darlington 7

8 QUILT SHOW NEWS Opportunity Quilt patterns for Blue Water Sunset are available at Havasu Stitchers meetings. Make your check payable to Havasu Stitchers. Wall hanging pattern - $15 Lap/Queen pattern - $20 Machine embroidery stick - $20 If you have any questions, contact Sherri Ashford. BRIDGE OF FRIENDSHIP XI QUILT SHOW NOVEMBER 6th & 7th, 2015 WHERE PIECES & SEAMS COME TOGETHER QS Chair: Sherri Ashford QS Co-Chair: Ann Creek Bookkeeper: Adeline Reiten CORRECTIONS TO PATTERN INSTRUCTIONS Our apologies to those of you who have already purchased the Blue Water Sunset pattern. Please print the corrections below and insert them into your pattern. Thank you for your understanding and patience! Linda Visnaw NEXT QUILT SHOW MEETING Monday, May 11 At Sherri Ashford s house 8

9 WAYS AND MEANS / BOUTIQUE NEWS Bonnie Fryer & Carolyn Victor BUY RAFFLE TICKETS AT THE MEETING WIN FUN PRIZE BASKETS OR 50/50 MONEY! Please bring extra cash for our raffle tickets. We also have these gift items on sale: Two-sided mirrors, $2.00 each Havasu Stitchers measuring tape, $2.50 each We gladly accept donated items for our raffle baskets. BOUTIQUE NEWS We want to thank all of you who have already contributed to our sales inventory for the Boutique. We have many awesome items from our talented members!!! How can you help? Please read on for a list of suggestions: The next WORKSHOP is scheduled for 9:30 AM on Thursday, May 28 at Material Obsession. Bring your sewing machine and a sack lunch. We ll be making table runners, placemats. and potholders. We always have a great time, so come join us! If you can t be with us but want to help, we have a list of project ideas for you to make at home. Please sign up to donate one or more of the items listed, and then bring the finished items to the monthly meeting. Members who live out of town (or state) can help, too! Just mail the donations to the address listed below. Please bring your "orphan" blocks, UFO s (unfinished objects), and/or PIGS (Projects in Grocery Sacks) to the monthly meeting; we ll finish them and sell them at the Boutique. Consider donating a fat quarter or two to help finish your donated item. We d like a wide variety of items to sell at the Boutique, so we d be interested in knowing what specific items our individual members and Friendship Groups are planning to make. Please Bonnie or Carolyn with this information. Listen for details about a drawing coming up for two Jelly Rolls (donated by Tina Benson). Thanks so much for your support!! Bonnie Fryer Carolyn Victor Havasu Stitchers Quilt Guild P. O. Box 2875 Lake Havasu City, Arizona Heart s Desire Raffle Booth Collections still needs / would like: Class Christmas Tree Skirt (I have material) Rocking Horse Lap Quilt Pretty Black & White tote or purse Items made with Laurel Burch fabric Stuffed cuddly Monkey &/or Owl Patriotic Lap Quilt Birdie Lap quilt (with houses or cages?) Purple goodies!!! I love Chocolate mugs Pirate Flag or Pirate Items Quail mugs Ocean Theme or Summer Theme Please help! Contact: Ann Creek Please remember if you want to send a "Quilting" related to the entire membership, send your request to this address (havasustitchers@gmail.com ). The Havasu Stitchers for outside contacts is havasustitchersguild@yahoo.com and it is also the used by our Website. This has not gone away. 9

10 HAVASU STITCHERS GENERAL MEETING MINUTES Quality Inn April 9, 2015 The meeting was called to order by President Sherri Ashford at 6:30 PM. The March minutes were approved as written. Happy Birthday to all April birthdays! Welcome to New Members and Guests! Please find Rita McElhinney and join the Connecting Threads!!! Sherri announced that she has visited the Kingman Quilt Guild, and now the Bullhead Quilt Guild has requested that Sherri and Catherine visit their guild. Word is out that we are a moving & shaking guild. They will visit and talk about Quilting at the Lake and the Quilt Show. Buy those raffle tickets! There will be two 50/50 drawings tonight. Volunteers are needed for the Quilt Show and Quilting at the Lake. Signup sheets are available tonight, so please sign up. Our Golden Girl Sharon Crites celebrates her 50th wedding anniversary in April. Sharon and her husband have sold their home and moved to Oregon, so Sherri will mail the gold fat quarters collected tonight to Sharon. Treasurer National Quilt Day brought in $ from garage sale items and $ from the NQD Quilt Raffle. Membership Tina reported four new members joined tonight! Membership renewals are due make sure you send in both sheets. Send to Tina or the Havasu Stitchers Post Office Box. Sherri thanked all those who worked at National Quilt Day it was a very successful day! Tonight we are voting for the new officers for the coming year. Mary Beth Peters and Barb Math collected the ballots that members received when they signed in. Education Sara Neal gave a great summery of the classes coming up. Sign up tonight for these fun classes. Kim Pebley will teach the Less Than Traditional quilt on Saturday, April 11, at the Quality Inn. On April 28 Darlene Miller will teach the Radiant Sun. On April 12 Kim Einmo will teach the Lonestar Burst class. On May 11 Phyllis Barton will teach the Dresden Plate class. Quilting at the Lake Sherri Ashford and Sarah McNary are co-chairing with the help of the former leaders. They like to have seven teachers and they have five committed to teach at this time. Christmas Party Judy Pedersen reported that the party is set for December 3, 2015 at Shugrue s and the meal will cost $ Menu is your choice of London broil, Mango Tilapia, or Lemon Chicken. Includes Spinach Salad with Hot Bacon Dressing, Rolls, Carrots/Asparagus, and Lemon Zest Cheesecake for desert. Judy has three members who have volunteered to help with decorations. Please pay by November first. The first 80 to pay will get to go, and members have priority. Spouses will pay $25.00 to attend. Notify Judy if you have any dietary requests (gluten free, etc). She is accepting cash or checks payable to Havasu Stitchers. An update and a signup sheet will be available next month. Sherri reported that the website is close to being done and Unified Designs is doing a great job. They have two more Mondays of fine tuning. The website will be password protected and is looking really good. 50/50 Raffle The Guild made $82.50 on the raffles held tonight. The first winner was Lisa Mousel, who won $

11 HAVASU STITCHERS GENERAL MEETING MINUTES, Continued Quality Inn April 9, 2015 Show and Tell M-Z Eight members showed their beautiful work. Winnie showed a quilt top that was formerly Millie s. It was started and not completed before she passed. So Winnie finished it with the help of her sewing friendship group. The family wants it raffled, with the proceeds going to cancer charity. Val Gereghty offered to take it to chili cook-off s that she will be participating in and sell tickets for the quilt raffle. Dottie Holman offered for Material Obsession to provide the backing for the quilt. We still need someone to quilt it. Barb Math gave the voting results as follows: President Catherine Stephan, 1st Vice President Sara Neal, 2nd Vice President Yvonne Weger/Sherri Ashford, Secretary LeAnn Richey, and Treasurer Adeline Reiten/Tina Benson. A demo was given by Kim Pebley on the circles in the Less Than Traditional class that will be held this Saturday. Sherri read off names on lots of name badges that are made but have not been claimed. So go get a name badge if you need one. We need signups for coffees and to bring treats to the meetings. Embroidery Sticks for the Blue Water Sunset pattern are available. See Adeline to purchase one. Community Outreach Wendy Howe reported that her group has been making Fidget Quilts for Alzheimer s and Dementia patients. They have already given Paula Anderson 31 Fidget Quilts. The goal is to make at least 50 to start with and more as needed. Wendy has some kits available if you would like to help with this project. The next work day will be May 6 at the Library. Sherri announced that she and Sarah are working on the possibility of making fabric postcards and having an exchange with Canada Quilt Guild kind of like pen pals. Sherri requested a show of hands of those who would like to participate and several members showed interest in doing this. More information later. Quilt Show Going well. How many would buy quilt show pins? Many responded positive and pins will be ordered. Quilt Show meetings are the second Monday of the month at 6:00p.m. at Sherri s home. All are welcome to attend. Sherri is working on getting the Route 66 Quilt Exhibit and a mini car show in conjunction with quilt show. Sherri encouraged all members to sell at least 20 tickets for the opportunity quilt raffle. The person who sells the most will win the wall hanging. Show and Tell A-N Seven members shared items they had made. Retreat Groups Kim & Jeanette reported that their retreat is August in Laughlin at the Tropicana. Judy Pedersen s camp Eight members showed what they had worked on at camp. Raffle - 50/50 second winner was Sue Keller $ Calendar Girls Sherri discussed the possibility of having a 2016 calendar made by our own Havasu Stitchers. The committee would be lead by Judy Pedersen, Dottie Adams, Susan George and Sherri Ashford. They would need gals to participate and several to buy. Tina would be the photographer and the goal would be to have it done by the quilt show. A show of hands indicated that the calendar project is a go. Sign up for the month you want. The committee would like half of the proceeds to go to a community project possibly Hospice. Guests and visitors may pick up a newsletter from Tina. Sherri requested a volunteer to make name badges for new members and Mona volunteered. Meeting adjourned at 8:15 PM. Respectfully submitted: Linda Ira 11

12 Havasu Stitchers Quilt Guild is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the art and education of quilting. Havasu Stitchers Quilt Guild havasustitchersguild@yahoo.com Web: P. O. Box 2875 Lake Havasu City, Arizona Facebook: The Dangling Thread is a monthly publication of the Havasu Stitchers. Editor: Mary Beth Peters HAVASU STITCHERS OFFICERS President Catherine Stephan 1st VP (Program Chair) Sara Neal 2nd VP (Membership Chair) Yvonne Weger and Sherri Ashford Treasurer Adeline Reiten/Tina Benson Secretary Leann Richey NEWSLETTER NEWS The Dangling Thread newsletter is distributed to members of The Havasu Stitchers via . Some printed copies of the newsletter will be available at the monthly meeting to members with for $1.00. Printed copies are made available FREE for guests and members who don t have . 12