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1 SEPTEMBER 2017 THE QUILTERS QUILL Board Meeting September 7, 2017 Business Meeting September 14, From the President Our TRQG Opportunity Quilt has been revealed and it is spectacular! We congratulate Ruth Powers and her talented committee for exceeding our expectations! Now this means I will be awaiting a multitude of calls and s from volunteers who will start planning for our 2020 Quilt. Speaking of opportunities, we have a month coming up, chocked full of fun. Make sure you read the WHOLE newsletter this month. We may enter now to get our quilts in the Duffy Show at the History Center in February. Go to the Greenville Quilt Show starting Sept. 22 or Asheville s on the 29 th. Sign up for a Pepper Cory workshop at the Greenville Guild on October 13 th. RSVP and Volunteer to help at our Day of Sharing. Attend a free workshop at Quilt Lizzy Sept. 24 to make pillowcases for hurricane victims. Just a reminder of our Inclimate Weather Policy. TRQG operates on the same schedule as Craven County Schools. Watch your Local TV outlets. If they are closed our meetings will be canceled also. Let s fall into Autumn fun together. See you on Thursdays, OFFICERS FOR 2016 President Cathy Cox, V/P-Programs Kathy Farrar, Secretary Betty Williams, (314) Treasurer Gail Banks, New Member Mentoring Coordinator Linda Tobacco, Member-at-Large & AQS Books-Helen Williams, Coastal Women's Shelter Mary Ann DeRossett, Historian Gail Banks, Nursing Home Quilts- Jan Penner, Children s Charity Quilts-Lorraine Wocel Military Roberta (Bobbie) Gould, Sunshine- Claudia Hughes, Block of the month Ed Dzioba & Doroth Najarian Librarian Rosemary Trabucchi, Membership-& Hospitality Diana Rezab, Newsletter Editor & Newsletter Mailings Sandy Smith imsimplysandy@yahoo.com Fall Retreat Chris Gillespie, Winter Retreat Sue Kleeman Spring Retreat Rosemary Trabucchi, Website Ruth Powers, , twinriversquilters@yahoo.com Day of Sharing 2017 Sandy Smith, (619) Cathy Reminder - All members must wear their official TRQG nametags to every meeting and activity or pay the price...$0.50 to the kitty. It is for safety reasons required by the church. The church personnel do not recognize any other nametags Page 1 of 12 Quilt Show 2016 Chris Gilles[pie, (513) Raffle Quilt Creation Ruth Powers, Raffle Quilt Sales Jan Penner, Community Service Coordinator Alvina Diello, and Pat Phillips,

2 VP of Programs HISTORIAN If you have pictures you would like to share please send them to Gail Banks Twin Rivers Quilters Guild is now on Facebook! Visit and Like us. Admin for our Facebook page is currently Lynn Peck-Collins. information and photos of events to or text me and it will be posted! Lynn Peck-Collins MILITARY AQS Just a reminder if you want books I can order at 30 % off. Helen Williams COASTAL WOMEN S QUILTS Sandy, A "baker's dozen" quilts were donated for our veterans and injured military. Seven quilts will be going to the Veterans Home in Kinston. The remaining quilts will be sent to support the Air Evac mission in Germany. Gerri Reid, Adah Walker, Laura Miller,Chantal Huestis, and Bobbie Gould stitched these quilts. Thanks, Bobbie Gould NURSING HOME QUILTS July and August Lap Quilts and many Fidget Quilts were delivered to River Point Crest and Croatan Page 2 of 12

3 Village Nursing Homes. The facilities were delighted and thankful for your gifts. I received the following at our meeting today. Lap Quilts: Ruth Powers, Lorraine Wocel, Caroline Hansen, Geri Reid 2, plus 1 Bib. Fidget Quilts: Gail Schiller 3, and Chris Youngs. Thank you all, and I hope more members will keep me busy with deliveries. Love n Hugs, Jan Penner BLOCK OF THE MONTH The BOM winner this month was Nancy Hausmann who received 6 finished blocks. If anyone has any problems assembling this months block please call me or me at edzeee@yahoo.com or dziobas@suddenlinl.net. CHILDREN CHARITY QUILTS This month there were only four lovely quilts turned in from the following members: Ruth Powers 1, Mary O'Neill 1, Pat Boni, and Adah Walker 1. Last month there were 14 quilts turned in and I delivered 7 to Hope Family Services and 7 to Promise Place. Thanks to all, Lorraine Wocel Page 3 of 12

4 Quilt challenge 2018 LIBRARY There is still time to choose one of 4 seasons and get your fat quarter. Cost is $1.50 and you can see the fabrics at our monthly meeting or as Pam and Chris make them available at other events. The rules for this challenge are east peezy! Just use the fabric somewhere in your quilt! Perimeter of your quilt can be up to 144". Depending on which of 4 seasons and fabrics you choose, you will need to include one: a square, triangle, circle or rectangle. Complete directions will be included in your kit. The best news is they will not be due til August/September 2018!!! They will be hung at our October Quilt Show at the convention center. Contact Chris (Chris.babich@gmail.com) or Pam (pambonina@gmail.com) for more information Raffle Quilt From the Library: The DVDs I ordered are: Embellished Fabric Bags.by.Rami Kim Decorative Stitching: Mini Landscape.by..Karen Landuska hope the guild enjoys them. If you have a request, or a recommendation, please contact Rosemary. DONATIONS Bring your hotel/motel soaps, shampoos and lotions to the guild to be given to Religious Community Services (RCS) by Alvina Diello. Or if you choose, you can take your donations directly to RCS. A big thank you to the ladies who helped with the raffle quilt, from the first meeting to choose a design to its finish. Thanks especially to Adah Walker (tweeking pattern, celtic border, consultation with problems), Sue Marra (applique centerpiece), Sue Kleeman (shopping and choosing fabric, finishing outside border), Dorothy Najarian (putting top together), Chris Gillespie and Ann Albee (squaring), Lynn Peck-Collins (label and publicity photos), Lea Hix (quilting), and Rosemary Trabucchi (carrying bag to keep it clean), and Mary O'Neill and guild members (quilt ideas and making lily blocks). Ruth Powers, chairman They are located at 919 George Street, New Bern and also are in charge of the homeless shelter and soup kitchen. RCS does not sell anything that is donated to them - they give it to the needy or use it in the soup kitchen. They also take household items as well as furniture. They have a van and will come and pick up large items. Thank you for your thoughtfulness and caring for those less fortunate. Alvina Diello Page 4 of 12

5 count number of attendees including guests so we have enough place settings and food. And as a participant, don t forget you will earn a DAY OF SHARING point for the guilds scholarship program for the Symposium. ALSO October 19th will be our Day of Sharing workshop. Please plan to attend to help up get ready. We will be stuffing bags, Spark Your Creativity using tools of the trade labeling bottles and filling with chocolates (yum) and many other thing to get ready. Thanks to everyone Sandy Committee Members Chair Sandy Smith Vice Chair Suzie Hardy Invites Diana Rezab Food Sue Marra Decorations Linda Re Door Prizes Katherine Singleton Table Favorites/Gifts- Pat Boni Meet and Greet Kathy Farrar Vanna Show girls Sandra Egolf Our Day of Sharing is less than two months away and we are starting to receive the RSVPs from guilds from all over North Carolina. We are still in need of Fall an/or Halloween fat quarters for placemats to complete our table settings, so if you have a The History Center has graciously offered the Guild the Duffy Gallery for displaying our quilts January 20 to March 18, A reception will precede the opening of the show. Essentially the same guidelines as last year. You may submit two quilts hopefully double size or smaller. Based on the number of entries and limited space they can only guarantee one quilt displayed from each entry but will try to fit all of them in. The deadline for turning in all submission forms along with a colored picture will be November 6, Guidelines and forms are available online at twinriversquiltersguild.com. Happy quilting! Lu Anne Tridico couple that you can part with please bring them to stitch and chat or October s business Kitty Pillows meeting. Thanks We will continue to have signup sheets at the stitch and chats and October s. business meeting so if you have not yet signed up to work or bring a dish the sheets are available. There is also a signup sheet for attendance. Please be sure to sign that. This helps us Wow! What a month of pillow donations! Thank you to Laurene Gaskins-6, Mary Beth Seidenfield-16, Pat Kruger-16, Barbara Scavuzzo-1, Geri Reid-2, Bobbi Gould-2, Page 5 of 12

6 Chantal Heustis-2, Pat Boni-1, Nancy Hausman-1, Adah Walker-3. If you have some, you can deliver them to the Sun Journal, but be sure to call me with the numbers taken. You do get credit toward a scholarship to the 2018 NC Symposium. Thank you, ladies. Ruth Powers From the Editor Got any TIPS OR TRICKS to save time or money or make the job easier when quilting? Send me an imsimplysandy@yahoo.com and we will share with all. Don t forget to put TRQG in title box. TIPS OR TRICKS FOR MONTH The Guild would like to award two scholarships each year to the North Carolina Quilt Symposium. Symposium is held each year in early June at various college campuses throughout the state. Guild members have attended many held at Peace College in Raleigh, and as far away as Flat Rock in the western part of the State. Symposium faculty are drawn from major quilt teachers from around the world. The teachers share room and board with the students in the campus housing. A vendor mall and quilt show are part of the four day event. Arrival begins on Thursday afternoon followed by a meet the teachers gathering and book sale held in the evening. Classes and workshops begin on Friday and continue thru Sunday morning, with closing ceremonies at lunch on Sunday. Our Scholarships will cover full Symposium tuition and room and board. Awarding of the scholarships will be by a lottery, criteria for entries in the lottery will include: One point to each member of the Guild. Got any GETTIN RID OF or LOOKIN 4? Send me an and I ll One additional point for each Community post it in newsletter imsimplysandy@yahoo.com with all the information. Be sure to put in the title TRQG or I will not open it if I Service Quilt completed. don t recognize your address. In addition, as a member you One additional point for Board and may also advertise for FREE once a year anything you would like to Committee membership. SELL. After that, the fee is $ One additional point for service to the Guild such as presentation of Break Out Sessions Business Meeting Etiquette During Quilt Show years, one additional In the interest of expediting our meetings, keep the flow going, and showing respect to each other, the point will be given for paid return of each following will be implemented. set of $20 of Raffle Quilt tickets. Additional points to be awarded at the Our bylaws state that we conduct meetings following discretion of the Board. Roberts Rules of order, therefore if you would like to speak to the membership, raise your hand, be Scholarship lottery will take place at the Holiday recognized, give your name and state your business. luncheon.??????????????????????????????????????? In order to try to make the meeting shortened, please try to arrive 30 minutes early (9:30am) to do your sign in, get Block of the month, take care your procedural items before the meeting is called to order at 10:00am. That we can have your full-undivided attention for the meeting, eliminate confusion, and make the meeting shorter. Thank you, Page 6 of 12

7 Jan reported that 90 quilts went to nursing homes so far this year! YEAH. We are doing well. Phillps or Alvina Diello MENTORING COMMITTEE During the meeting I made an announcement that Linda Tobacco has graciously decided to take over the Mentorshship Program which reaches out to all new members. I want to highlight in the newsletter who was recognized during our business meeting by my announcing all the committee members who made so much difference in how new people are greeted by our wonderful guild. The volunteers were all terrific! Those members are: Kay Amend, Gail Banks, Gail Dorman, Sandra Egolf, Kathy Farrar (like Fawcett),Judy Frankel, Pam Jessup, Claudia Moran, Ruth Powers, and Katie Singleton. Each one got a card from me and those not in attendance will be getting theirs through the mail. Thank you all for what you do. Chris Babich COMMUNITY SERVICES Community Work Shop September 28, :30 AM. Please come and bring your machine and basic sewing supplies. There is enough fabric in the closet for you to sew. If you cannot bring your machine, then come and cut fabrics and organize fabrics, etc. Please bring a rotary cutter and cutting mat. Hope to see you there! Twin Rivers Retreats Fall Retreat 2017 October 29 November 3, 2017 It is now sign-up time for the 2017 Fall Retreat at our new location the Doubletree Hotel at Atlantic Beach. The cost is $69 a night, plus tax. All rooms reserved have two queen size beds with ocean view rooms. They will be on all floors of the hotel and the quilting room will be 1/3 of the first floor ballroom. You will be required to pay a $10 non-refundable fee when you sign-up to ensure you remain on attendee list and to cover special events/activities that are planned. If you attended the Spring Retreat, with the exception of retreat hosts, you need to put your name on the waiting list. The room is larger so we are planning on attendees. We have 7 attendee openings remaining. If you would like to attend, please me and send a check made out to Chris Gillespie. Just me and let me know if you want to be on the waiting list. Sign-up will be closed on September 1 and I will be reaching out to all attendees to confirm attendance. I will then reach out to those on the waiting list to finalize the list. Page 7 of 12

8 All reservations must be confirmed with the Doubletree Hotel by September 15. There is a special process to follow to ensure you get our special guild rate and you will get that info from me. Any questions, concerns, please reach out to me at gillescris@live.com or at Winter Retreat We are now taking names of those who want to attend the winter retreat January 14-19, 2018, at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Atlantic Beach. This is a new venue for us, and we hope you will enjoy it. Sue Kleeman and Ruth Powers are taking names and $10 fees for attending. The nonrefundable fee can be a check made out to Sue Kleeman, not to the guild. The fee will be used to pay for party items or gifts given during the week. You will still be responsible for calling the DoubleTree yourself to make your reservations and give them your charge card number. Because that is wanted by them by Dec 15, 2017, the info, phone number and reservation code, will be in next month's newsletter. Page 8 of 12

9 FYI Community workshops free In-house workshops $2 Special workshops $10 Professional workshops $20 Membership $30 (after July 1) $15 Newsletter ads $25 ea One (1) free per year to members Those who collect money for TRQG should be aware of good financial practices: Banners 1) Money collected should be turned on the day collected 2) A list of people should be turned in with the money 3) Please use checks for all except $2 community classes 4) If the treasurer gives you a check, please cash it asap 5) No one but the treasurer should be depositing into our account Thanks WEBSITE: If you have a problem with getting the newsletter from the website to your computer, start with several things first. Make sure your Adobe Reader is updated. It is free. Karen Dodd suggested if you exclusively use a particular search engine, ie, Google, then try another search engine, ie, Yahoo or Google Chrome. If you are still having a problem, Karen said you could contact her. Thanks. Page 9 of 12

10 TRQG 2017 CALENDAR SEP 2017 Sep 21 9:30-11:30 Stitch n chat/breakout Breakout/Alvina Diello Notion Bags Full Day Workshop Supply List on pages 11 and 12 Sep 28 9:30-11:30 Community Service Workshop Bring sewing machines and lunch OCT 2017 Oct 5 9:30-11:30 Board Meeting Stitch n chat Oct 12 10:00-11:30 Business Meeting Please arrive 30 minutes early Oct 19 9:30-11:30 Day of Sharing Workshop TBD Oct 26 9:30-11:30 Community service workshop Bring sewing machines and lunch Oct 28 8:30-3:00 DAY OF SHARING Family Life Center Oct 29-Nov 3 NOV 2017 Fall Retreat Nov 2 9:30-11:30 Fall retreat/stitch n chat Nov 9 9:300-11:30 Board Meeting/Stitch n chat Double Tree Hotel Atlantic Beach See Chris Gillespie and Dorothy Najarian Nov 16 10:00-11:30 Business Meeting - Rescheduled Please arrive 30 minutes early Nov 23 THANKSGIVING Nov 30 9:30-11:30 Stitch n chat DEC 2017 Dec 7 9:30-11:30 Board Meeting Stitch n chat Dec 14 11:30-2:00 Holiday Luncheon The Flame Please arrive 30 minutes early Dec 21 9:30-11:30 Stitch n chat Dec 28 9:30-11:30 Stitch n chat Page 10 of 12

11 2017 QUILT SHOWS, FESTIVALS AND EVENTS: Sep 22-23, 2017 Greenville Quilters Guild Biennial Quilt Show, First Christian Church, Greenville, NC Sep 29 - Oct 1. "All Things Bright and Beautiful" 35th Annual Asheville Quilt Show Oct 20 th -21 st The Hearts and Hands ECA Quilters Guild of Sanford, NC will hold its biennial quilt show at the Dennis Wicker Civic Center, 1801 Nash St., Sanford, NC (40 miles SW of Raleigh). ( NC Quilt Symposium information has been published on the Durham Orange Quilters website. The earliest submission date is January 21, Here is the website for class information and forms March 16-18, 2018 Raleigh.s Quilting from the Heart For submissions for on line entries contact capitalquilters.org/quilt-show-2018/ Tool Bag Class - Sept 21-9:00 am Alvina Diello will be teaching the "Tool Bag" class on Sept 21 starting at 9 am. Please have your machines up and ready to go. Some of you will finish the bag in class. The sign-up sheet was out at the business meeting as well as the supply list. If you missed it, that's okay. Just come with machine and supplies. Bring lunch and we are going to have fun!! If you have any questions, call Alvina at or (new) amdiello@gmail.com Supply List for Tool Bag Pattern by Alvina M. Diello Class will be September 21, 2017 starting at 9:00 am Have machines set up and ready to start. Bring lunch. Fabric for inside of bag 14 inches by 29 inches. (We can trim down after sewing on zippers) Choose a light solid looking fabric for inside. Items will show up better. Fabric for outside of bag 14 inches by 29 inches. Batting same size 14 by 29 inches 2 inch strip of fabric to match inside or outside fabric choice. Will need 5 strips 15 inches long. (2 x 15) NOTE: Your fabrics can be a little shorter if you want. Remember, we will trim and square the final product before adding binding. Fabric about 90 inches long for binding. 2 ½ width. Page 11 of 12

12 Pin cushion Fabric 5 inches by 14 inches plus batting same size Clear plastic, about ½ yard. This comes with tissue paper. Bring the tissue paper to class. You can buy this at Wal-Mart or Mill Outlet. 5 zippers 14 inch or longer we want them longer and will trim down Wash away wonder tape for zippers ¾ yard of strong ribbon Size 14 sewing needle Machine/thread/scissors/rotary cutter and ruler/cutting mat and basic supplies. For myself, I like to bring extra fabrics, etc to class just in case I need them. NOTE: DO NOT use pre quilted fabric. We will not be quilting this fabric. Preparations for Tool Bag 1. Cut a strip of fabric 2 across your fabric. - Fold 1 side half way in and the other side half way in. - Fold again and iron This is your strip that you will sew onto the plastic. Cut into 4 or 5 15 inch pieces. You may want 4 pockets or 5 pockets. 2. Cut a chunk of plastic 15 inches wide. We will decide in class how deep you want your pockets. Singer Featherweight 221 Case and all attachments included $350 also Antique Hand crank cast iron sewing machine good condition $130 Contact Jaime at Black iron quilt rack with three bars, all 30" wide in graduated lengths from the floor, 27", 31", 34" Asking $25. Call Pam Bonina Page 12 of 12