The Pine Needle Press

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1 The Pine Needle Press Volume 32 Issue 5 Pine Tree Quilt Guild May A newsletter of the Pine Tree Quilt Guild of Nevada County, having taken root in the fabric of the Grass Valley community since Published monthly except August Banner Mine Way, Nevada City Greetings Guild Members, President's Message, May 2015 Last month I wrote about how you personally benefit from volunteering. This month I decided to take a look at who else benefits from your volunteering efforts. Here is what I came up with. Beneficiaries of your volunteering: --The Guild. Our guild has thrived for over 30 years primarily as a result of the volunteer efforts of our members. Without these efforts, our guild would not exist. --Other members of the Guild. When you volunteer, you create new connections with other guild members and often form new friendships as well. --The recipients of Community Service donations. These recipients have included infants, children, the elderly, members of military, and victims of disasters, to name a few. The many thank you notes we receive attest to the beneficial impact of these efforts. --Your spouse/partner/significant other. Volunteer activities get you out of the house, into the community and out of their presence, even if just for a short time. When you are gone, they miss you and appreciate you more, which makes you happy. And when you're happy, they're happy. (I know this one was a bit of a stretch.) --Our Nevada County community. When distributing quilt show flyers last year to businesses in downtown Nevada City and Grass Valley, I was struck first by the joyful welcome of the merchants to display our flyer. Second, when placing our flyer next to the others, I was struck by the colorful patchwork of notices for other events going on. It was evident to me at that moment that our guild is a tangible and vibrant part of the patchwork of the life of our community. This last item brings me to our 2015 Quilt Show, which is just around the corner (May 2nd & 3rd). This event epitomizes the multitude of volunteer efforts of our guild. It is a celebration of our coming together to show our work, raise funds for charitable projects and for the Guild, and to enrich the greater community. See you at the Show! Kate Grant, President Table of Contents is on page 3

2 The Pine Needle Press Page 2 QUILT SHOW UPDATE As we write this, we are just over two weeks from SHOW TIME! A big thank you to everyone who has stepped up to take on a project and volunteer to make our Cozy up to Quilts show come together so beautifully. All the quilts are assigned to their spots in the main building and Mountain Art Quilters and Wearable Arts will be in the lunchroom s new location in the Northern Mines building. A new and exciting menu, 1/2 Turkey, Roast Beef, Ham or Veggie sandwich with salad and fruit or a Cobb salad will be served. Country Store will be bursting, and of course there will be bountiful baskets and lovely silent auction items. Community Service will have two demonstrations each day, 11:30 and 1:30 in the Northern Mines Building. It s not too late to donate something to Silent Auction! You can even bring your item on Saturday morning but please let Ginni DeThomas know in advance so she can plan or ginnidethomas@gmail.com. There are a few openings for volunteers: for White Glove or to fill in where needed please call Anne Wilson at or awilson@svn.net; for Community Service please call Marjorie McConnell or maggie2@sonic.net; for Country Store please call Kathy Biggi or kabrabit@yahoo.com; for Lunchroom, Carol Riddles or sewmifugotm@gmail.com Thank you in advance to ALL the volunteers who have and will be donating so much of their time to make this a great show! We have a lot of laughs and fun with the show. Mary and Anne Mary Serpa and Anne Wilson, Quilt Show Co-chairs URGENT: Silent Auction Items desperately needed!!! We have 21 Silent Auction items to date and about 5 or 6 hopefuls. We need about 60 items to pull this off! Please go into your stash of completed items, think of a service you can provide or get going on something! This is for our Guild! It takes all of us! This is for our Guild! It takes all of us!

3 The Pine Needle Press Page 3 Table of Contents 2015 Officers & Board Members 7 Community Service/Drop-in & Sew 5 Home Workshop 5 Programs 3 Events 4 President s Message 1 Affiliates 7 & 8 Financial Information 4 Quilt Show 2 Anniversaries & Birthdays 6 General Meeting Minutes online Scholarship Recipient 6 Board Meeting Minutes online Guild Meeting Dates 4 Share & Care 6 Future Programs June 2nd Carol Ziogas No workshop Carol will share her knowledge of textiles and her display of 19th and 20th century Japanese textiles. Her talk will include discussion of history, techniques, design meanings and insight into the influence of politics, economics and environment on textile production. July August Picnic No Meeting June Program Carol Ziogas The Ardent Thread Blog of KimonoMomo Carol has been sewing since 1978 and researching Japanese textiles since She teaches, lectures, sells and collects as many beautiful textiles and books about them as she can. She has been blogging since 2008 and writing for publications since She is on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest, as well as maintaining an Etsy store.

4 The Pine Needle Press Page 4 Guild Meeting Dates May 2015 Meeting Location Day of the Month & Time May General Meeting Grass Valley Charter School 1st Tuesday at 6:30pm 2nd South Auburn Blvd., Grass Valley Speaker Workshop none PTQG Board Meeting Eskaton Village, 49er Room, GV 2nd Thursday, at 6:30pm 14th Newsletter Deadline sierrasue@me.com 5pm Saturday after Board Mtg 16th Junior Quilters Salvation Army, Alta St. GV 2nd Saturday at 10:30 am 16th Community Service Seventh Day Adventist Church, GV 3rd Thursday, 9:30 am 21st Drop-In n Quilt Seventh Day Adventist Church, GV 3rd Thursday, 9:30 am 21st Home Workshop Seventh Day Adventist Church, GV 3rd Thursday, 9:30 am 21st Quilt Show Committee Wrap-Up Meeting 3rd Tuesday, 5:00pm 19th Pine Tree Quilt Guild Treasurer s Report for March 2015 Beginning balance Mar. 1, , Deposits Expenses (2,918.52) Checking balance Mar. 31, , Savings 30, Quilt Show balance 5, Total cash Mar. 31, , QUILTING EVENTS May 2-3 Pine Tree Quilt Guild Annual Quilt Show Cozy Up To Quilts Nevada County Fairgrounds McCourtney Road, Grass Valley June 6-7 Moonlight Quilters of Sonoma County Annual Quilt Show Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building 1351 Maple Ave. Santa Rosa June Summer s Splendor Seven Sisters Quilt Show A Multi-guild Regional Show Alex Madonna Expo Center San Luis Obispo SevenSistersQuilt show.org Workshops by Rami Kim and Velda Newman

5 The Pine Needle Press Page 5 Community Services and Drop In and Sew QUILT SHOW Volunteers needed for Saturday afternoon, noon to 2:00. This is a sit down, two hour shift, doing what you love piecing a quilt! Call Marjorie, The times they are a changing and so is Community Service. Listen up at the May meeting for what is in store Community Service Dates May 21 August 20 September 17 October 15 November 19 December Distribution 2 nd NO CS in December CS and DIS meet on Thursday, May 16th, Seventh Day Adventist Church, Osborne Hill Road, Grass Valley. There are a variety of projects to help with, support available, homemade treats to keep you fortified do bring a lunch if you stay for the day. Want to help but cannot attend CS Thursday or a Guild meeting? Many projects can be done at home call or me. Thank you, Marjorie McConnell HOME WORKSHOP Thank you all for your support of the Home Workshops! In May we will continue with Ina Gibson teaching the Triad Crystal quilt pattern. This has been an exciting and challenging class. We hope to see some finished quilts at Show and Tell soon! Next class will be Carol Hribal showing us "How to do the Twist" This fun quilt has many possibilities. We hope you will enjoy learning this technique and use it again and again! Be sure to sign- up for this class and get your supply list in MAY!. This will be the JUNE HOME WORKSHOP, held at the SDA Church 9:30-2. this class will be a different date. Mark your calendar for JUNE3rd. That is the WED. after June guild meeting. There will be no Home workshops in JULY or AUGUST. Enjoy your summer! Watch the Sept. Newsletter for the exciting class we have planned for September 17th! Until Then, Keep on Quilting...Betty Maddox and Eleanor Sagely SIGN-UP at the Guild meeting to get your SUPPLY LIST. Any questions contact: Betty at cbmaddox50@ att net Eleanor: quiltbug6@yahoo.com

6 The Pine Needle Press Page 6 Birthdays 3 Sharon Kreiss 5 Barbara Ceresa 9 Robin Mello 12 Kathy McDaniel 14 Molly Cook 15 Callie Hansen 16 Edith Gregersen 16 Carol Morrow 16 Arlene Robertson 18 Ruth Steindorf 20 Sue Robertson 21 Susan Hopkins 23 Frances O Brien 25 Leona Foster 30 Melissa McGuinnis Anniversaries 6 Judy & David Moore 7 Barbara & Bill Ceresa 10 Billie & Keith Miller 10 Linda & Bill Hawkins 15 Jeanne & Jerry Allgood 15 Donna & Brad White 17 Maureen & Don Garrison 20 Paula & Mark Michalski 20 Jeanne & Jeff Rupp 22 Trish & Norm Morris-Plise The Pine Tree Quilt Guild is pleased to announce the awarding of our 2015 Scholarship to Kiana Kraft. With an Scholarship Winner: Kiana Kraft excellent academic record, high level of community involvement, and multiple artistic talents, she is indeed a worthy recipient. Kiana is currently a student at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where she is majoring in Graphic Design and Art Direction. Her ultimate goal is to use my graphic design skills and artistic insight to help spread awareness about today's social justice issues, with a focus on women's rights...i want to be part of the positive message media movement, using visual communication to spread ideals of self worth and mutual respect instead of exploitation. We at the PTQG are thrilled to support such a promising student in pursuit of her dreams. Share and Care Do you know someone in the Guild who is under the weather and can use some cheering? Whether it is illness, surgery, or loss of a loved one, please let me know so an appropriate card can be sent. Thanks... Carol Gates Share and Care Chairperson carol1946gates@gmail.com

7 The Pine Needle Press Page 7 Pine Tree Quilt Guild 2015 Board Executive Board President Kate Grant Vice-President Diane Klose Secretary Donna Switzer Treasurer Karen Mitchell Committee Chairpersons Community Service/Drop In Marjorie McConnell Computer Records Ardy Tobin Education Outreach Margaret Boothby / Robin Mello Equipment Mary Serpa / Tamara Cook Finance/Audit Budget Karle deprosse Guild Challnege Lois Hodges Historian Position open Hospitality/Mentor open Home Workshop Betty Maddox / Eleanor Sagely Gala/Jamboree Junior Quilters Diane Rockwell / Robin Mello Library Molly Cook Meeting Set-Up The Cook Family Membership Marta Price Mini Groups Claire Carter Mystery Gifts Carmen Crow / Rachella Beeks Mystery Quilt Frances O Brien Newsletter Sue Miller Opportunity Quilt 2015 (Market) Cathy Stone Opportunity Quilt 2016 Marjorie McConnell Patchwork Star Jeanie Ferguson Programs 2015 Heidi Emmett March Mixer Diane Klose July Picnic Nancyan Tracy Holiday Party open Publicity Joy Waggener Quarter Yard Club Marilyn Engelking / Cheryl Klein Quilt Show 2015 Anne Wilson / Mary Serpa Speaker Workshops Kathleen Stanley Scholarships Joan Mosley Share and Care Carol Gates Show and Tell Ruth Bertaccini / Sew Happy Treasure Table Sharon Kreiss / Lettie Lewis Web Liaison Ardy Tobin Contact information is no longer included in the newsletter. Consult your Membership Directory for specific contact information. You can also send an to: info@pinetreequiltguil d.com! and it will be forwarded to the appropriate person. Affiliates 2015 Ben Franklin Crafts 598 Sutton Way, GV Christine Barnes Designs 208 Mill St. GV Deby s Sierra Sewing 245 E. Main St. GV DeeDeeBrownell, seamstress Ridge Estates Road NC Designs By Heidi hmemmett@gmail.com Fat Lady Singing Lake Wildwood Dr. PV Howell s Sewing & Vacuum Bowman Rd. Auburn Precision Quiltworks Starduster Dr. NC Sandra Bruce Creative Long Arm Quilting 116 Main 5B GV Sheri Bahr s Quilting Alice Way GV Star Designs Longarm Quilting Shekinah Hill Rd. NC Sugar Pine Quilt Shop 452-A S. Auburn St. GV Sun Forest Quilts Sun Forest Dr. PV Susie Hardy Designs 219 Drummond NC Terial Arts Coyote Mt. Trail, NC or For more complete contact information, see the inside front cover of the 2015 Membership Roster.

8 The Pine Needle Press Page 8 Affiliates of the Month What a lovely dilemma! Some months, from now until December, will have newsletters that have two affiliates to honor and thank for their support. This month s honorees are Ben Franklin Crafts and Howell s Sewing and Vacuum. Ben Franklin Crafts 598 Sutton Way, GV Located on Sutton Way in Grass Valley, Ben Franklin has been in business since Quilters can find an assortment of fabrics and other quilting needs when checking out the fabric department at Ben Franklin. The store also offers inspiration for other crafts and home decorations as well. Visit them and see for yourself! Howell s Sewing and Vacuum Bowman Rd. Auburn Enjoy cookies and coffee as you shop for patterns, books, notions or fabrics. Baby Lock, Juki and Janome machines are sold at Howell s. Some classes are offered free with the purchase of machines, but others are open to anyone interested. See their website for the schedule of classes.

9 The Pine Needle Press Page 9 From our Equipment Co-Chair, Mary Serpa I am excited to report that we have new racks in storage for our quilt frame components! Many,many thanks to Ruth and Dennis Bertaccini, Jim Ellisor, Rod Ferreira, Tom Grant and Steve Mosley, for hours spent researching and constructing a very practical and economical new storage system. The frames give us easier access to move them to and from the fairgrounds each year which should save us hours of volunteer labor. Additional thanks to Dennis for constructing transportable structures that will hold our frames as they go to and from the show. These will allow us to use the truck more efficiently and save on wear and tear to the frames.

10 Our next meeting is May 5th, 2015, 6:30PM Grass Valley Charter School, S. Auburn, Grass Valley, CA PTQG Information The Pine Tree Quilt Guild of Nevada County Send address changes and corrections to: Submit newsletter articles to: PTQG Computer Records Sue Miller, PTQG Newsletter Editor P.O. Box 3133, Grass Valley, CA or contact Computer Records Banner Mine Way Ardy, Nevada City, CA Mail membership forms and dues to: PTQG Membership Newsletter Deadline: 5:00 p.m. the Saturday P.O.Box 3133 immediately following the PTQ Guild s Board Grass Valley, CA Meeting on the second Thursday of the month See our web page for membership forms and information:.