THE QUILTERS QUILL MAY From the President

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1 MAY 2017 THE QUILTERS QUILL May 4, 2017 Business Meeting May 11, From the President What a privilege it was to host our founding members and learn from them the history of our Guild. Thanks to all who so generously participated in making our first Founders Day Celebration such a poignant experience for our Foremothers. If you attended our May meeting and Founders Day you solved the entertainment mystery. That is not all that was revealed. Our spectacular 2018 Opportunity Quilt was unveiled to a chorus of ooohs and ahhhs! Congratulations to our Raffle quilt committee. It is truly an exquisite work of art! So many choices, so little time! The fun continues in June with Beth Nemesh workshops and lecture. Don t miss the Community Quilts workshop on May 25 or solve the mystery of self by attending Chris Babich s Quilting Personality Activity on June 29. Many thanks to all who provided the delicious food and helping hands for our special luncheon, Thanks for the Memories: Carlene Mount, Helen Williams, Marie Kube, Betty Blithe and Brenda Parker. We are grateful for your gift of the Twin Rivers Quilters Guild. Cathy OFFICERS FOR 2016 President Cathy Cox, V/P-Programs Kathy Farrar, Secretary Betty Williams, (314) Treasurer Gail Banks, New Member Mentoring Coordinator Chris Babich, 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) Quilt Show 2016 OPEN Raffle Quilt Creation Ruth Powers, Raffle Quilt Sales Jan Penner, Page 1 of 12 Community Service Coordinator Alvina Diello, and Pat Phillips,

2 VP of Programs and photos of events to or text me and it will be posted! Lynn Peck-Collins MILITARY QUILTS After our March meeting, I sent a dozen stretcher quilts to Germany. Thanks go to Becky Barnes and Kathy Farrar for the quilts they donated this month and to Evelyn Bernhardt for her fidget quilt for the Veteran's Home Memory Unit. I plan to take a bunch of quilts to Kinston after the June meeting. If anyone would like to accompany me please contact me and I will arrange a tour of the facility. AQS Just a reminder if you want books I can order at 30 % off. Helen Williams COASTAL WOMEN S Mary Ann DeRossett 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 uild and Like us. Admin for our Facebook page is currently Lynn Peck-Collins. information For our new members, military quilt donations go to support the Air Force Air Evac mission in Germany. The quilts you donate accompany wounded/injured military on their flight back to the States. These quilts need to be approximately 40"x60" without pattern restriction. The only request is that they do not look too "fru-fru". The quilts for the Veterans Home in Kinston can be lap quilt to twin bed size. Just a reminder that quilts should have a guild tag affixed to the quilt. Thanks, Bobbie Gould Page 2 of 12

3 NURSING HOME QUILTS What a great group this is. The following donated Fidget or Lap Quilts for April: Pat Phillips, Lorraine Wocel, Alvina Diello, Phyllis Prideaux, Marie Garber, Mary Ann Coxson, Nancy Hausmann, Paula Paganucci, Laurene Gaskins, Rosemary Trabucchi, Ceil VonOlson and Jan Penner. Karen Dodd 1, Celia Von Oesen 1, Ruth Powers 2, Linda Bory 1, Paula Paganucci 1, Linda Sullivan 1 and Suzie Hardy 1. Thank You very much, Lorraine Wocel The May Founders Luncheon was a fun day, plenty of food and a pile of donations for Nursing Homes. Lap Quilts: Becky Barnes, Morag Cheesman, Paula Paganucci, and Chris Youngs. Fidget Quilts: Claudia Moran, Mary Ann Coxson, Dorothy Najarian, Paula Paganucci, and Jan Penner. Thank you for making such beautiful quilts and fidgets, which will bring smiles to many. Our Guild is full of love, generosity and happiness. Love n hugs, Jan Penner BLOCK OF THE MONTH No Report this month For more info call Ed Dzioba ( ) and Dorothy Najarian ( ) CHILDREN CHARITY QUILTS Today I received 8 beautiful quilts, including some appropriate for boys from the following members: Page 3 of 12

4 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 DAY OF SHARING Spark Your LIBRARY From the Library: We would like to focus on acquiring DVD's for the Library this year, 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. 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 Creativity using tools of the trade 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 We had a great turnout for our Day Of Sharing workshop on Thursday April 27 th to make our table favors. We had 204 precut 10 squares and all have been taken home to finish. A big THANK YOU to all who participated. Just a note: if at all possible please complete and bring the finished project to our next business meeting in June. Page 4 of 12

5 Our next request look into your stash and see if you have a couple fat quarters that you can spare in fall colors (our day of 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, sharing is in October). Keeping with the Fall colors being used in our table decorations we will be using them as placemats The Guild would like to award two scholarships each year to the North Carolina Quilt Symposium. 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 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. Got any GETTIN RID OF or LOOKIN 4? Send me an and I ll Our Scholarships will cover full Symposium 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 tuition and room and board. don t recognize your address. In addition, as a member you may also advertise for FREE once a year anything you would like to Awarding of the scholarships will be by a SELL. After that, the fee is $ lottery, criteria for entries in the lottery will include: Business Meeting Etiquette In the interest of expediting our meetings, keep the flow going, and showing respect to each other, the following will be implemented. Our bylaws state that we conduct meetings following Roberts Rules of order, therefore if you would like to speak to the membership, raise your hand, be recognized, give your name and state your business. 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 Page 5 of 12 One point to each member of the Guild. One additional point for each Community Service Quilt completed. One additional point for Board and Committee membership.

6 One additional point for service to the Guild such as presentation of Break Out Sessions During Quilt Show years, one additional point will be given for paid return of each set of $20 of Raffle Quilt tickets. Additional points to be awarded at the discretion of the Board. Scholarship lottery will take place at the Holiday luncheon. MENTORING COMMITTEE Welcome newbies! The goal of the mentorship committee is to welcome each new member. We are there to assist new members in understanding the fun and opportunities of being a TRQG member. If you have recently joined then WELCOME! We are happy you have joined our wonderful guild. Expect a phone call or so you can start to find out about all the wonderful things we are involved in. If you have any questions, please Chris Babich at chris.babich@gmail.com or call at COMMUNITY SERVICES Community Service Quilts Workshop If you have any questions, please contact. Contact - Pat Phillps or Alvina Diello Kitty Pillows Ladies, thank you again for the kitty pillows. This month we received 2 from Mary Daugherty, 2 from Chantal Huestis, 1 from Ruth Powers, and 2 pillows were mailed to me from Janet McLean, our member who moved to Virginia a couple years ago. Thank you so much to all of you, and thank you Janet for the extra work and expense of mailing. It's a good feeling to see that we aren't even wasting our scraps! Ruth Powers THREAD ORDER Thread Order Alvina Diello will be taking thread orders. See me at stitch n chat. Twin Rivers Retreats The Fall, Winter and Spring Retreat Leadership teams have been working with the Inn at Pine Knoll Shores (previously the Clam Digger) for pricing and contracts for 2018 and We were not comfortable with the pricing and some other issues with the new managerial team... Therefore, we decided to start researching other locations at the beach that would meet our needs. After talking with several hotels in the area, we decided to focus on both the Doubletree Hotel in Atlantic Beach and the Inn at Pine Knoll Shores. The best rates and the best facilities for hosting our Page 6 of 12

7 events in is the Doubletree Hotel. The hotel has lovely ocean view rooms with two double queen beds and larger baths for $69 a night in 2018 and $74 a night in We will have the use of 1/3 of the ballroom with complementary coffee tea and ice and we will be able to lock the room down at night. The restaurant does not have a huge menu but was very good. In addition it has both outside and inside pools and Jacuzzi s. It is a bright, clean, friendly hotel. Based on that we will be leaving the Inn at Pine Knoll Shores and moving onto the Doubletree. More information will come on particulars related to booking your room, etc.. from the Retreat Leadership teams closer to the event. retreat and pay your $10 non-refundable registration fee. You are not considered an attendee until this fee is received. We will be letting you know the process to reserve your room at the Doubletree in the near future. We will finalize the attendees approx days prior to the event and work with the hotel to ensure we are aligned on attendees and roommates. You are personally responsible for your payment to the hotel and if you cancel, it must be at least 72 hours prior to the reservation. Fall Retreat 2017 At the May business meeting, Chris Gillespie shared with you some options related to the 2017 Fall Retreat. These options included having the last retreat at the Clam Digger or starting our first retreat at the Doubletree in Atlantic Beach in At the meeting we voted on the dates and the changes and all agreed to cancel our reservation at the Inn at Pine knoll Shores for Nov 5 10, 2017 and RESERVE the Doubletree for Sunday October 29 through Friday morning November The cost will be $69 a room and we will continue following the process we established last year. If you attended the previous retreat, you would sign up on the waiting list. If there was an opening, you would then pay your $10 non-refundable registration fee. If you did not attend the previous retreat, you would sign up for the Page 7 of 12

8 Newsletter ads One (1) free per year to members $25 ea Those who collect money for TRQG should be aware of good financial practices: FYI Community workshops free In-house workshops $2 Special workshops $10 Professional workshops $20 Membership $30 (after July 1) $15 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. TRQG 2017 CALENDAR MAY 2017 May 18 9:30-11:30 Breakout Improve #2 with Phyllis SEE Page11 more info May 19 9:00-1:30 Beginners Workshop Contact Sandra Egolf May 25 9:30-1:30 Community Service Workshop Bring Sewing Machines and Lunch JUN 2017 Jun 1 9:30-11:30 Jun 8 10:00-12:00 Business Meeting Jun 8 1:30-5:00 Jun 9 8:30-1:00 Bethanne Nemesh Workshop Bethanne Nemesh Workshop Page 8 of 12 Lecture by Bethanne Nemesh Walk a Creative Path If you can feather you can freehand Broad Street Christian Church Please arrive 30 minutes early No machine required Please arrive 30 minutes prior to workshop The Devil is in the Details Please arrive 30 minutes prior to class at Tabernacle.

9 Jun 15 NO Vacation Bible School Jun 22 9:30-11:30 Community Service Workshop Bring sewing machine and lunch With Chris Babich Quilters Assessments See Jun 29 9:30-11:30 /Breakout Page 11 for more info JUL 2017 Jul 6 9:30-11:30 Jul 13 10:00-11:30 NO Business Meeting YES /Breakout Breakout Big Bag with Karen Dodd Jul 20 9:30-11:30 /Breakout Breakout/ BeadingwithKaren Dreschler Jul 27 9:30-11:30 AUG 2017 Aug 3 9:30-11:30 Aug 10 10:00-11:30 Business Meeting Please arrive 30 minutes early Aug 17 9:30-11:30 /Breakout Breakout/Alvina Diello Notion Bags Aug 24 9:30-11:30 Community Service Workshop Bring sewing machine and lunch Aug 31 9:30-11:30 /Breakout Breakout/Suzie Hardy Maintaining your Vintage Sewing Machine SEP 2017 Sep 7 9:30-11:30 Sep 14 10:00-12:00 Sep 14 1:30-5:00 Business Meeting with Lecture by Linda Hahn Lecture TBD Half Day Class with Linda Hahn TBD Sep 15 8:30-4:00 Linda Hahn Class Sep 21 9:30-11:30 /Breakout Breakout/Laura Miller Please arrive 30 minutes early Broad Street Christian Church Please arrive 30 minutes prior to class schedule Please arrive 30 minutes prior to class to set up Machine TBD Sep 28 9:30-11:30 Community Service Workshop Bring sewing machines and lunch OCT 2017 Oct 5 9:30-11:30 Oct 12 10:00-11:30 Business Meeting Oct 19 9:30-11:30 Day of Sharing Workshop TBD Page 9 of 12

10 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 Fall Retreat Chris Gillespie and Dorothy Najarian NOV 2017 Nov 2 9:30-11:30 Nov 9 10:00-11:30 Business Meeting Nov 16 9:30-11:30 Nov 23 THANKSGIVING Nov 30 9:30-11:30 DEC 2017 Dec 7 9:30-11:30 Dec 14 11:30- Holiday Luncheon Dec 21 9:30-11:30 Dec 28 9:30-11: QUILT SHOWS, FESTIVALS AND EVENTS: May 19-20, 2017 Crystal Coast Quilters Guild Quilt Show Crystal Coast Civic Center, Morehead City, NC Sep 22-23, 2017 GreenvilleQuilters Guild Biennial Quilt Show, First Christian Church, Greenville, NC 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. Page 10 of 12

11 Improv Squares Break-out Session --- Thursday, May 18 th --- 9:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. --- Bring your lunch! Quick and Easy for beginners, lots of fun for more advanced quilters. Supplies: Sewing machine, neutral thread, Rotary cutter with new blade, 12 x 6, 24 x 6, 15 square rulers,and basic sewing supplies. Fabric: recommend lots of fabrics in the same color such as lots of various shades of blue, plus a smaller amount of an accent color such as yellow. Using light, medium and dark browns are a great combo for men. Bring all sizes of scraps (larger than 3 square, if you have them. You do not need to bring a large quantity of fabric, maybe one or two yards total to start off the project. Press fabric before class. A variety of fat quarters is good! Please leave Type A personality at home!! Chris Babich Quilters Assessments workshop On Thursday, June 29 we will have a break out session for interested quilters on the Meyers Briggs inventory. Many of you have probably taken this and know about what it does. For those who haven't it is a inventory to gauge your temperament type and see how you relate to the world and make decisions. There are essentially eight letters to represent parts of a personality and you will get a four letter code that would help you understand your preferences. We will take a short version of this inventory and it should take you about 20 minutes. If you have taken it before please go ahead and take this shortened form. I will be at the next Business Meeting on June 8 and will give out the inventories at the end of the meeting. I would ask you to use the little room down the hall to fill it out and turn back to me as you finish. Based on your results I will give you some handouts when we meet on the 29th of June. If there are some people who can't make the meeting and are interested I will come to the Stitch and Chat at 9:30 on the 15th of June to give the inventory again. On the 29th of June when we meet I will do a short explanation, give you some handouts and we will meet in small groups for discussion. It is a fun and interesting way to look at your preferences and we will emphasize how this may affect how you prefer to work on your quilts! If neither of these dates work for you then please contact me by to find a time to meet or I can mail to you. To help me know who is interested please send me an letting me know that you plan to take the inventory on June 8 or at the June 15 Stitch and Chat. This would be helpful so that I can find out how many inventories to print off. Send me your name and the date you plan to take the inventory. Appreciate your help. Page 11 of 12

12 FREE My name is Jane Mangold. I have a like new Kenmore computerized sewing machine. I just finished a child's blanket and it works well. Do you know anyone that would be interested in this sewing machine? I live in New Bern in Fairfield Harbour. Please me or text me at ASAP. I asked the library for help with this matter and they gave me the name of your guild SPECIAL REQUEST BY MEMBERS Orange Salad * 1 6 Oz. package of orange Jello. ½ Cup of Sugar 1- Cup Boiling water 1-8 Oz. can of crushed pineapple (drain) 1- cup nuts, chopped 1-8 Oz. can of Mandarin Oranges (drain) 1- cup Sour Cream Add Jello and sugar to boiling water and stir until dissolved. Add all other ingredients. Stir well then pour into a lightly greased 6 cup mold and chill until firm (serves 4-6, double for a party.) From Mrs. Wilkes Boardinghouse Cook Book. Cathy Cox favorite Southern Cookbook. Page 12 of 12