Merry Christmas. What s Inside. ~ HAVASU STITCHERS ~ Lake Havasu City, Arizona. volume 20, Number 12 December 2014

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1 ~ HAVASU STITCHERS ~ Lake Havasu City, Arizona An Affiliate of the Arizona Quilters Guild volume 20, Number 12 December 2014 Christmas Party 2014 & Meeting Quality Inn Restaurant Dec 8, Monday 5-8pm Choice of dinners will be Salmon, Chicken or Prime Rib PRE-PAYMENT REQUIRED Members pay $10 / Guests Full Price See Catherine Stephan, Committee Chair Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year What s Inside. Community Outreach / Membership 2 Friendship Coffees / Birthdays 3 FABRIC EXCHANGE NEW**TRAVEL 3 BRING CASH FOR RAFFLES 7 Education 4 Quilting at the Lake 5, 6 Quilt Show Minutes 14, 15 Santa s Gi, by Unknown He knelt beside the manger bed A tear was in his eye, His jolly laugh and manner gone As he heard the baby sigh Sweet sleeping child, I never meant To push aside your birth To lose you in the nsel, Or trade gi s for things of worth It seems that long forgo en Is the star o er Bethlehem Angels voices, shepherds watching Ca le lowing and a lamb. Unremembered is the rag wrapped baby Born to be a King Amid the gi s and stockings That Santa Claus will bring I only meant to spread some hope To all the sons of earth, And share the joy in giving Like the wise men at your birth I wanted just to see some peace In a world so torn with strife I only brought presents and candy You gave them eternal life S ll kneeling there with a tear stained face He saw the eyelids li Twas almost as if he heard these words, Dear Santa, I accept your gi It was with love and selflessness You acted on your plan, And every gi, a part of me Was delivered to the hearts of man I may be right now overlooked By those who are lost or weak. But I m s ll here for each of them, They only have to seek

2 Havasu Stitchers P. O. Box 2875 Lake Havasu City, Arizona General Meeting the second Thursday of every month. Mohave Community College Room 600 6:30 PM 1977 W Acoma Blvd Board Meetings the first Thursday of every month. Mohave County Library 6:00 PM havasustitchersguild@yahoo.com On the Web at FUTURE GENERAL MEETING DATES Our December meeting is at the Christmas Party Our January meeting is at Quilting at the Lake Thursday Feb 12, 2015 MCC Room 600 at 6:30pm Community Outreach Wendy Howe Community Outreach at the Library Weds, Dec 10th at 10:00 am. Bring your sewing machine and come to complete quilts. Future dates: 12/10 (10-3), Tuesday Jan 13, 9am-3pm We meet in the County Library to make projects to give to the elderly in rest homes, homeless children, and others in need. If you have some time to donate to this cause please join us. If you can t spend the day or part, you could stop by, take something home to work on, or a simple donation from your stash or maybe you would like to just quilt one of our projects or do a binding anything you can do to help out. Membership Interested in joining? Get paperwork from Pat Plum or go to our website on the About Us page. WE HAVE 163 MEMBERS New Members Bette Carbone Robin Davis Elaine Rossing Linda K. Stone Linda Whitford Edited for website Pat Plum PLEASE UPDATE YOUR MEMBER LISTS WITH THESE NEW MEMBERS INFORMATION Tina Benson sent out through a listing of new members and membership updates. Also, the ROSTER BOOKLETS that you have now (dated March 2014) are what we will have for the year. FYI: LAP QUILTS are approx 45 x 48 At the meeting Comfort Quilts will have kits available: Finishing kits-top, batting, backing to be quilted any way that pleases the quilter You can bring the finished kit to any Comfort Quilt meeting or the General Meeting or call Comfort Quilt chairperson, Wendy Howe to arrange a pick up or drop off. There will be samples of what the group is currently making at the General Meeting. Thank You, Wendy Howe 2 IF YOUR information needs to be updated please submit changes to the membership chair & the newsletter editor so that your fellow Stitchers can stay in touch. TRANSITION HOUSE Transition House Personal size shampoos, toothpaste and lotions are always appreciated. Drop off donations at the meeting. Dottie Holman will thank you for your generosity. Dental Hygiene items please. Mouthwash, toothpaste, toothbrushes.

3 Fabric Exchange Diana Stebbens Hospitality Zola Stuart & Ruby Worrell FABRIC EXCHANGE We will be starting a new theme for the Fabric Exchange in April. The theme is "Come travel with me" We will be cutting 5.5 inch squares. I will have a signup sheet at the meeting. Here is our itinerary. Dec - Germany Christmas Market Jan - Iceland to see the Glaciers Feb - Jungle Safari Mar - Your Home Happy Travels from your travel guide. Diana Stebbens We have Friendship Coffee Social dates set through Oct. SHERRY ASHFORD 12/03 MARCIA DAVIS 12/29 JUDY FINTZ 12/23 CAROL GRAYSON 12/18 MARTI LAYNE 12/19 DIANE PETERSON 12/08 MARY SCHAFER 12/02 SANDY SCOTT 12/22 HAROLD SPENCER 12/14 PAT STUMPF 12/16 VICKI ZIMMER 12/11 Block Club Rules of the Game If you do sign up; make certain you bring the required number. Don t forget. Others are counting on you as one of the exchangers. Please use the best quality of 100% cotton available. Make certain your cut is straight; not wavy or bowed. Depending on the number that sign up; it may take as much as two yards of fabric. It is better to use all of the same fabric for your swap. Turn them in at the beginning of the meeting to allow time to sort and then don t forget to pick up your bag after the meeting. Listen at the meeting for the number of strips. Friendship Coffee Socials Do it your way! We have had many types of coffees, no big expectations. Some just have a show n tell, some pick a theme, some demo something, some have Ice Cream, some have food, some just cake and coffee, etc, etc. Some have a daytime get together, some have an afternoon or evening. Whatever is best for you. The Guild provides $25 to offset the cost. PLEASE SIGN UP!! DECEMBER COFFEE is being planned? Hospitality needs sign-ups to bring refreshments at the meetings WE NOW HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE HAVASU STITCHERS FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON T WANT TO JOIN FACEBOOK WE HOPE TO HAVE A GUEST ENTRY SOON Sunshine Joan Wurster Please let the Sunshine Chairman know if anyone would like to have a card sent to one of our members. Phone # cell joansews50851@yahoo.com Please put Sunshine lady in the Re: section of the . 3

4 Education Barb Math & Barb Walker SAVE THESE DATES The following dates are for future workshops. We hope this will help with your planning. If you have ques ons or would like more informa on regarding this workshops please contact us: Remember life happens and things can change.. We will have pictures, loca ons, and prices soon. Dec. 4th. Rag Rug- Marilyn Flick Dec. 17th Prairie Point Tree Hanging Dee Ward Jan.29 th - Trunk Show Connie Haidle Jan. 31 st Applique- Connie Haidle (AppleBlossom Quilts, WebsterCity, Iowa) Feb. 14th Men s Shirt Apron- Mary Lomberto-$5 or free ask how Feb. 14th Placemats- Mary Lomberto-$5 or free ask how Feb. 28- Serendipity- Kim/ Jeanette March 12th Quilt in a Day Trunk Show March 13th -Hole in the Wall- Pat Knoechel(Quilt in a day) March 14thChimneys/Cornerstones (wonky technique also taught) Pat Knoechel March 21 st TBA- National Quilt Day--Kim Pebley March 23/24 th Blue Water Sunset- TBA March 28/29 th Blue Water Sunset- Linda Visnaw April 11th- Circle quilt- Quilting Queens May 9 th -TBA- But you won t want to miss this If you are interested in facilita ng a workshop Contact US Contact info: Barb Walker: Barb Math: Catherine Stephan: S H O W N T E L L 4

5 Closed Classes: Lenore Crawford: Fusing & Fabric Painting Linda Hibbert: Strolling in Lake Havasu Few Openings: Annette Ornelas: Dance of the Dragonflies 1 opening Linda Hibbert: Fillers, Feathers and Freedom 2 openings Gyleen Fitzgerald: Seven Sisters 4 openings All other classes have openings. Sit n Sew: Tuesday only available All other days are closed. QAL Committee BROCHURE AND REGISTRATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE MEETING AND ON OUR WEBSITE 5

6 QUILTING OUTSIDE THE STITCHERS - QUILT EVENTS BY OUR MEMBERS You are invited to check out the handiwork of the Crazy Horse Quilters at the Craft and Bake Sale on Saturday, December 6 from 8:00 to Noon at Crazy Horse Campground, located at 1534 Beachcomber. (Several of us are also members of Havasu Stitchers!) The following items will be offered for sale by Crazy Horse Snowbirds: Table Runners, Hot Pad Bowl Holders, Casserole Carriers, Aprons, Totes, Purses and Scarves. Knitted and crocheted items Hand-made Jewelry Greeting Cards Wood Turnings and Carvings, plus other Woodworking Creations Paintings and Painted Rocks Homemade Jams and Jellies Baked Goods A continental breakfast will be available from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. for $2.50. On display: Old Sawmill Quilt made by Crazy Horse quilters for our 2014 Snowbird Raffle. Directions: Cross London Bridge, go approximately a quarter mile, turn right. Crazy Horse Campground is less than a quarter of a mile on the right. Drive in and park in the spacious lot. Handicapped parking is available at the door. Craft and Bake Sale is in the recreation center, just steps from the parking lot. We hope to see you there! Mary Beth Peters 6

7 NOVEMBER MEETING SHOW AND TELL Ways and Means Bonnie Fryer & Carolyn Victor REMEMBER TO BUY YOUR RAFFLE TIXS AND WIN FUN BASKETS OR 50/50 $ s Carolyn & I would like for you to remind everyone to bring extra cash for raffle tickets. We also have gift items on sale: two-sided mirrors ($2.00 each) and Havasu Stitchers measuring tapes ($2.50 each). Thank you, Carolyn Victor and Bonnie Fryer CHRISTMAS PARTY RAFFLE BASKETS Here s a preview. Winter Wonderland Basket #1 Silent Night Basket # 2 O Come All Ye Faithful Basket # 3 7

8 Library - Check out Books Sarah McNary The Torn Page...Library News Shhhh! Come check out our newly donated patterns - and even a few kits from the Stitchers' Library Cupboard... Featured books to borrow by category: Specialty Rulers to borrow! Machine Embroidery Patterns to borrow! As always... 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! Please remember if you want to send a "Quilting" related to the entire membership, please 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. 8

9 SPOTLIGHT ON OUR MEMBERS NEW GROUP COMMON THREADS This should be fun and especially helpful to new members! We need members to sign up to be Threaders. You will be the connec on to help new members to be informed about what we, in Havasu S tchers, do. You will let a new member know really what we are about. Phone reminders about classes, community outreach, coffees, par es, fabric exchange at mee ngs, to name a few. Sit together at the mee ng, talk about what is going on. Just Be There. We d like this commitment to be for 2 to 3 months. What do you think? We really do need present members to step up and help us out to make this work. Ques ons? Call Rita McElhinney Howdy, I am Coral Sieber. I joined Havasu Stitchers in September 2014, after moving here in July from Rancho Cucamonga (Alta Loma) California. This is a dream come true for me, because I have always wanted to be surrounded by gifted quilters. I have sewed and created things since I was a young girl when it seemed like I could always get my hands on scrap material from whatever my mother was working on, and with that fashion a new outfit for my Barbie Doll. The first quilt I made was for my oldest son when he graduated from high school (1999). It was a collection of memorable Tee-shirts in his life; I made the top with the shirts and paid to have the quilt finished. My first real quilt is the one in the photo that I made only 18 months ago for my fourth grandchild. I come from many generations of quilters - I still have and cherish a quilt my great grandmother made. I do not have a particular style, I just want to learn everything I can and then teach my three granddaughters. I also love machine embroidery, ceramics, cross-stitch, knitting, and photography. I find myself very involved in our home church with greeting, teaching and hosting a small group at our home. I would like to tell everyone how much I appreciate your warm hospitality and the support I have felt since I first walked in the door Sept. 11th. This has been truly an answer to prayer to find such kind and giving ladies as you all are! Thanks, Coral 9

10 Pre order your pattern now and get a free ready to use paper piecing sheet And you will have another for later use in your pattern. (Only one set of directions ) There will be a cut-off date, so hurry. Presale for the Opportunity Quilt pattern (Quilt Show 2015) will be available at the Havasu Stitchers meeting. Adeline Reiten will be set up at the Quilt Show table to take your orders/payment. Wall hanging pattern - $15 Lap/Queen pattern - $20 If you would like the machine embroidery stick - $20 Make your check payable to Havasu Stitchers If you have any questions, contact Sherri Ashford HAVASU STITCHERS GUILD MEMBER OF THE YEAR Catherine Stephan 10

11 QUILT SHOW NEWS BRIDGE OF FRIENDSHIP XI NOVEMBER 6th & 7th, 2015 WHERE PIECES & SEAMS COME TOGETHER QS Chair: Sherri Ashford QS Co-Chair: Ann Creek Bookkeeper: Adeline Reiten SEAMS LIKE A BOUTIQUE WORKSHOPS Bonnie Fryer & Carolyn Victor 2nd Thursday at MOs (Material Obsession). 9am 4pm Lunch will be provided. Bring your sewing machines and come help make items for the Boutique. PLEASE COME No workshops for December & January back in swing February 2015 START THINKING QUILT SHOW Please bring your "orphan" blocks to the meeting Thursday (and perhaps a fat quarter or two to donate to the Quilt Show 2015 effort! The Boutique (Carolyn Victor and Bonnie Fryer): Bring finished items (for Boutique) to the meetings. We have a sign up sheet for project ideas. Requesting UFO s (to be completed by members for the Boutique). Listen for details about a drawing coming up for two Jelly Rolls (donated by Tina Benson). Bonnie Fryer and I are very excited about the 2015 Quilt Show Boutique. Although, we have many project ideas, we are looking forward to your ideas, new project suggestions, and of course, your support. We will be scheduling a meeting to exchange ideas soon, however, if you are out of town or unable to attend these meetings; please your ideas and suggestions to us via Missy Quilter. We are also asking for PIGS (Projects In Grocery Sacks). We will finish the PIGS and sell them at the Boutique. It is a win/win situation. You get a clean sewing area and the Boutique makes money. 11

12 QUILT SHOW NEWS BRIDGE OF FRIENDSHIP XI NOVEMBER 6th & 7th, 2015 WHERE PIECES & SEAMS COME TOGETHER QS Chair: Sherri Ashford QS Co-Chair: Ann Creek Bookkeeper: Adeline Reiten Opportunity Quilt: Blue Water Sunset NEXT QUILT SHOW MEETING MONDAY Feb 9th at 6pm At Sherri Ashford s house (near South Acoma & hwy 95) 12

13 QUILT SHOW Where Pieces and Seams Come Together REMINDERS December 2014 to September 2015 HANG ON YOUR FRIDGE!!!! Quilt! Register Quilt Sleeve An que Quilts Bed Turning Quilts Husband Hearts Desire Bou que Opp Quilt Tickets Opp Quilt Pa ern Preview Party Tickets Bookmarks Adver se Get your quilts done and ready for show! Send in your registra on even if you aren t done yet (Donna Vaughn) YES do it now. The sooner we know how many quilts we have, the be er the planning. Decide if you are selling!! Make sure your quilts have sleeves! See pages in back of newsle er on how to add a sleeve. Come to a demo at the March and July mee ngs Let Rita McElhinney know that you have An que Quilts she can share at the show. Let Phyllis Barton know that you have quilts for the Bed Turning and make sure your stories are ready to go with them. Start working on your husband to help set up the Wednesday before the show Get your dona ons in for Hearts Desire Get your dona ons in for the Bou que Keep selling those Opportunity Tickets; they keep our Guild alive! Get your Sunset on Blue Waters pa ern (presales extra piecing sheet ll Jan.!! Lap/King $20.00 Wall hanging $15 Embroidery flash drive $20 Get your Preview Party ckets ahead of me purchase at mee ngs, or local quilt shops Take some bookmarks and put them at quilts shops as you travel! Get from Deanna Pepe 13

14 Call to order at 6:30 p.m. by Catherine Stephan. October minutes were approved as wri en. Happy Birthday to all November birthdays. HAVASU STITCHERS GENERAL MEETING Mohave Community College, Room 600 November 13, 2014 Welcome to new members 4 new members tonight. We now have 158 members plus 4. Buy, Buy, Buy those Raffle ckets. We had 11 guests in a endance and 91 members present. Fabric Exchange tonight was Plymouth Rock for Thanksgiving. Diana Stebbens announced next month is Germany Christmas Market. Common Threads Rita McElhinney could use some more to sign up to help new members feel welcome. Christmas Party Catherine Stephan announced that 70 ckets have been sold, leaving only 15 le. This year will be no singing entertainment just visi ng and playing games. There will be baskets raffled. So bring your money. VP Educa on Catherine Stephan last month the following classes were held: Mock Cathedral Windows, Apron class, steering wheel cover class, and Zola showed what she made at Quil ng Queens Retreat. Upcoming classes: November 19th Phyllis Barton will be at the Library to help you get your PHD Projects Half Done. December 4 Rag Rug class will be taught by Marilyn Flick. December 17 Dee Ward will be teaching Prairie Point Tree Hanging. Raffle #1 Basket won by Grace Blankenship Upcoming Events Announced: Kim Pebley will be having a Sew Polusa on January 24th at Quality Inn from Noon to Midnight. Save the date details later. Sew What Fabric Sale November 20,21, &22. Linda Visnaw Quil ng at the Lake Can download the form and mail it in with your money to register. Community Outreach Wendy Howe announced there were 8 sewers on free Wednesday. She has received 11 quilts completed and returned to her. She has collected 38 walker bags and she has burp cloth kits to complete. They are making peanut shaped burp cloths for the pregnancy care center. Wendy has quilt kits available to take home and finish. Next free Wednesday workshop will be December 10th at the Library from 10 3p.m. January will be mee ng on Tuesday the 13th. Adeline Reiten Quilt Show Finance announced that presale pa erns are s ll available un l Quil ng at the Lake. A er that you can purchase the pa ern but it will not have the extra pa ern pieces. Pricing is $15.00 wall hanging size, $20.00 for large quilt and $20.00 for embroidery s ck. Library Sarah McNary has new magazines, pa erns, books, rulers and red glasses you can borrow. Hospitality Ruby Worrel has ckets for the Opportunity Quilt. They are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. Each member is expected to sell (or buy) $20.00 worth of ckets. The member who sells the most ckets will receive the wall hanging quilt Sunset on Blue Waters sample. Catherine read a le er from Sherri reminding everyone to get your quilts done for the quilt show remember to put sleeves on them. Linda Visnaw announced that the opportunity quilt is king size they are working very hard to have it done by the Christmas Party. Look in the newsle er and you will see Sarah McNary s Moonlight version of the quilt pa ern. The book marks are here! 14

15 HAVASU STITCHERS GENERAL MEETING Mohave Community College, Room 600 November 13, 2014 June Trubia will be presen ng a challenge quilt at the Christmas party. You will not know what it looks like un l it is done and it will be due in March. Should be fun and all should par cipate. Harold Spencer has donated lots of sewing stuff to the guild. We will be having a garage sale at Sherri s home on December 4th and 5th. Set up will be December 3rd. The guild will receive ½ of the sales. Show and Tell We had 19 members show completed projects. Raffle #2 Winner of the 2nd basket was Peggy Wilson Member of the Year Barb Masden announced the winner Catherine Stephan and presented her with flowers and a plaque. Our guest speaker was Charlie Odegaard from Odegaard s Sewing Center in Flagstaff. He educated us on the importance of keeping your machine clean and gave us ps on cleaning and using our machines correctly. Mee ng Adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Respec ully submi ed, Linda Ira R U B Y W O R R E L L 15

16 Havasu S tchers Quilt Guild P. O. Box 2875 Lake Havasu City, Arizona HAVASU STITCHERS OFFICERS President Sherri Ashford 1st VP (Program Chair) Barb Math & Barb Walker 2nd VP (Membership Chair) Pat Plum Treasurer Tina Benson Secretary Linda Ira & Diana Stebbens Meeting Reminder December Meeting is at Christmas Party January Meeting is at Quilting at the Lake Thursday Feb 12, :30 PM Mohave Community College 1977 Acoma Room 600 Many times there are Demonstrations during the meeting. JANUARY MEETING Thursday, Jan 8th, 6:30pm at Quilting at the Lake event London Bridge Resort Convention Center Havasu Stitchers Quilt Guild is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the art and education of quilting. The Dangling Thread is a monthly publication of the Havasu Stitchers. Website: havasustitchersguild@yahoo.com 16