Tualatin Valley Quilt Guild

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1 Tualatin Valley Quilt Guild TVQG NEWSLETTER May 2017 The Tualatin Valley Quilt Guild (TVQG) meets at January through November at 7:00pm on the third Tuesday of the month. The May and June 2017 Meetings will be held the Sherwood Senior Center. Starting in July 2017, Meetings will be held at the King City Clubhouse. Guests are welcome and are asked to pay $5.00 at the door. Inside this Issue: May Speaker... 1 Upcoming Elections... 1 TVQG Meetings Moving to King City... 1 Spring Sew Day... 1 Contests and Challenges... 2 Half Square Triangle Challenge... 2 Treasury Update... 2 TVQG Greeters... 2 Quilts of Valor... 2 Winter Bazaar at King City... 2 Charity Quilting News... 3 Retreat Updates... 3 May Birthdays... 3 Block of the Month... 4 Fat Quarter of the Month... 4 Door Prize Updates... 4 Upcoming Shows and Events... 4 Of Interest to Quilters... 6 Show and Tell... 8 Classified & Want Ads Officers Committees BOM Instructions HST Challenge Instructions TVQG Job Descriptions May Speaker Our guest speaker for the May is Karen Miller. Karen s area of expertise is Japanese Quilting. Here is a little information about her background. Karen was a professional marine biologist at Oregon State University for many years. She says her art was often inspired by her scientific background. Her interest in textiles and all things Japanese extends back to her childhood. Fiber art gradually became Karen s medium. She first took up embroidery then quilting and surface design. In 1994 she was introduced to katazome, or stencil dyeing, which uses a paper stencil to apply rice paste resist before dyeing or painting the fabric. She prefers to make her own fabric with recognizable imagery and finely detailed fabrics. Upcoming Elections Elections for TVQG Board positions will be held at the upcoming General Meeting on May 16th. Committee Chairperson appointments will be determined by our newly elected president. If you are considering volunteering for any position, please let any current board member or committee chairperson know. For an overview of the specific duties of each position, please refer to the Job Descriptions at the end of this newsletter. TVQG Meetings Moving to King City As of the July 18th General Meeting, TVQG will hold our meetings at the King City Clubhouse. This move makes good financial sense for the guild because there is no cost to us to hold our meetings there. In addition to the cost savings, this location offers us a large meeting room with plenty of tables and chairs and audio/visual amenities. The parking lot is well large and well lit. For those not familiar with King City Clubhouse, the address is: SW 116th Ave, King City, OR. Spring Sew Day Our Spring Sew Day on April 22nd was a success. About 22 quilters showed up to spend the day together. Representatives from the Days for Girls organization came to the Sew Day and displayed how to make their kits. And here is a quick FYI we re already planning another Sew Day for the fall. Page 1

2 TVQG NEWSLETTER May 2017 Contests and Challenges Row By Row Challenge Members are continuing to participate in our Row by Row Challenge which will conclude as of our July 18 th General Meeting. UFO Contest The UFO Contest is well under way, and for the last couple of month during Show and Tell, attendees at General meetings have been able to view quilts members have completed from their UFO pile. If bringing in UFO s to show, make sure you get sure you get a drawing-entry ticket for each quilt you are presenting. Half Square Triangle Challenge Sherry passed around information in March for a Half Square Triangle Quilt Challenge. Details include Construct a quilt using HST s Blocks need to be a combination of light and dark (or contrasting colors) May use other block types or shapes for block setting or borders May be any size Quilter may, at their discretion, keep completed quilt or donate it as a charity or bazaar item. There will be no charge to enter the challenge. Quilt must be finished to be presented. By popular vote, first, second and third place prizes will be awarded. Prizes will be provided by the guild. Treasury Update Treasurer, Julie Gillaspy indicates as of the April 4th Board Meeting TVQG s bank balance is $ TVQG Greeters At each TVQG General Meeting, we have a greeter to help with member check-in, support new members, assist guests to orientate themselves, help with displaying Block of the Month submissions and assist quilters during Show and Tell. May Greeter is Eleanore Mickus Quilts of Valor Our next Quilt of Valor Sew Day will take place May 13 th starting at 10:30am at Sewn Loverly in Wilsonville. QOV Quilt Presentation LoisMarie on behalf of TVQG, will present a Quilts of Valor quilt made by TVQG members to a qualifying recipient during our May 16 th General Meeting. Winter Bazaar at King City TVQG will continue their long-standing tradition of selling quilted and hand-crafted items at the King City Winter Bazaar this November. Cindy Calderwood will be the Committee Chairperson for this event. This will be our main fundraising event. All members are encouraged to donate their handcrafted items as well as volunteer to spend an hour or so manning the sales table during this twoday event. Membership For the Membership Year we have 53 paid members. Forms will be available at the May General Meeting for all members wishing to renew their TVQG membership for the upcoming year which starts July 1, Guild Dues will remain at $ Page 2

3 NEWSLETTER May 2017 Charity Quilting News Charity Quilter s Sew Day The Charity Quilters will continue to meet monthly on the first Monday of every month at the Sherwood Senior Center. Sewing start time is 10:00 a.m. Everyone is invited to join us. If attending, please bring your own sewing machine and basic sewing supplies. Days for Girls If you are working on a charity quilt and need a quilt label or to raid the closet for fabric, batting or supplies to complete or compliment your quilt, please drop by the Sherwood Center anytime during their Monthly Charity Sew Day. Good Neighbor Center Donations Due to constructions at their facilities, the folks at the Good Neighbor Center have asked that we not drop off any unscheduled donations at this time. If you have any questions or need further information about this request, give them a call at You know you are a quilter when you are planning your next five quilts and you haven t finished the one you are working on. TVQG has adopted Days for girls as another ongoing charity that it will support. The Days for Girls charity provides lasting hygiene solutions, health education, and income-generation opportunity to girls in Sub-Saharan Africa, India, and the rural areas of Brazil. Information on making DFG kits was recently sent by to all of our members and we are in the process of assembling sewing kits for members to pick up at the Charity Quilt kit s table TVQG quilters donated $135 to Days for Girls at the April General Meeting. TVQG matched those funds and our Treasurer, Julie reports that we have sent a check to them in the amount of $270. More information will be published on this effort as it becomes available. Retreat Updates TVQG will be sponsoring two retreats in Stay tuned for additional retreat updates. Oregon Gardens Retreat The Oregon Gardens Retreat is a 3-day 2-night weekend event that will take place in early March. The Oregon Garden retreat offers hotel amenities, a meeting room large enough for all the quilters to gather in one room, nice meals and includes a pass to tour the gardens. Tilikum Retreat The Tilikum Friendship Retreat, a 4-day 3-night event is booked for April 26 th through April 29, This will be the 10 th year we have held a retreat at Tilikum. All meals and room accommodations are included in the retreat cost. Betty Murphy and Vergie Karlson are the chairpersons for this event. May Birthdays Cindy Calderwood.. May-05 Helen Crowell... May-11 Chris Wallbridge... May-13 Cindy Loza... May-15 Judy Orlandini... May-28 Donna Gilbo... May-31 Page 3

4 NEWSLETTER May 2017 Block of the Month April BOM Winner At the April Meeting, Carol won the assortment of fifteen Bright Hopes blocks. May BOM green fabrics. Eleanor presented the May Block of the Month, Calico Puzzle. TVQG members are invited to make this block as our May block of the month. The finished block size is 12'' x 12''. It's suggested that you use white-on-white, light green, and dark Instructions to make this block are available at the end of this newsletter. We'll hold a drawing for the blocks at our May 16 th meeting. Upcoming Shows and Events Fat Quarter of the Month The April Fat Quarter of the Month Winners were Sherry, Judi, and Ila. The May Fat Quarter theme is black, white, gray or any combination of these colors Door Prize Updates Our April door prize winners were Sue B and Helen Ila requested if a member has a Common Thread prize to please use as it is showing as a credit on her account Quilt Social Magazine For a free 88 page online, downloadable issue select this link: Quilt Social Magazine. Included in this issue are patterns, tips, and machine overviews The folks at Hearthstone at Murrayhill have invited quilters from TVQG to join them in their quilt display. Quilts of any size and styles will be welcomed at their Annual Quilt Show. If you are interested in showing one or more of your quilts, please contact Debbie Hartvickson at Page 4

5 TVQG NEWSLETTER May 2017 Coffee Creek Quilters will hold its Annual Fabric Sale & Fundraiser on Saturday, May 27, 2017, 8 am to 2 pm. There will be a huge assortment of fabric, panels, patterns, quilt kits, books, tools, and notions. It's all at bargain prices and everything will be further reduced to half-price from noon to 2 pm. It will be held at the St. Francis Church Parish Hall, 8818 NE Miley Rd, Wilsonville, OR (From I-5, take the Charbonneau Exit). All proceeds from the sale will go to support the CCQ prison quilting program. Additional information about Coffee Creek Quilters can be found on their website: Page 5

6 TVQG NEWSLETTER May 2017 Of Interest to Quilters We asked you why you fell in love with quilting and after sorting through the results we were inspired to share 20 ways to rekindle your love of quilting. Be inspired by quilters all over the world and fall in love with quilting again! 1. Connect to the past. Need a little inspiration? Grab an old quilt and imagine all the people who made this quilt possible, the baby clothes snipped into squares and stitched in, the hands that lovingly pieced and quilted, the scraps gathered and shared from one family to another. 2. Inspired by yesterday. Crack open a book of antique quilts and image making it with a yardstick and a pair of scissors! 3. Heritage. Is quilting in your blood? Plan a heritage project celebrating the quilters in your family. 4. A new challenge. Try something you ve never done before. Piece a painting, fold some fabric into little flowers, learn to dye fabric 5. Creativity! Creativity! Creativity! This was the number one reason quilters love quilting! Let s be creative! 6. Look at quilts. How many Pinterest boards do you have for quilts? Quilts you want to try, quilts of beauty, insane quilts, tiny quilts, quilts you ve made make a new board and be inspired! 7. Go fish! Have you ever played Go Fish? Here s a twist on an old favorite. Call up a quilting friend and ask them for a fabric, that red and white polka dot that will be perfect in your next project. If they can t find it in their stash, they have to go fish phone a friend until someone has it in their stash! Quilters love to play in their fabric stashes! 8. Color! Oh we love color! 9. Beginning and ending. Celebrate at the beginning of a quilt and at the end. Create a personal ritual for the making of a quilt! 10. Need a quilting boost? Grab a quilt out of your collection, find a stranger, and give it away. There s nothing like sharing the love of quilting by sharing love with quilts! 11. Open the windows while you sew or sew outside. Parts of the creating process are meditative, invite the sounds of outside into your rhythm. 12. Quilt buddies! Make a new quilting friend. 13. Geometry yes a lot of you are inspired and love quilting because of the math! Kiss a ruler and sing the times tables! 14. Quilt fiction. Curl up with a good quilting story. 15. Teach a little one to sew. The survey says: sewing leads to quilting! 16. Legacy. Give quilts to your children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, nieces and nephews, and the loved ones in your life. Wrap future generations in your handiwork. 17. Say it in stitches! Use quilting to give the artist in you a voice! 18. Make the impossible defy the rules! 19. Go to a quilt shop and breath in the quilting majesty! 20. Go to a quilt show. Write down the names of your favorite quilts and quilters. When you get home, write them a note letting them know how much you loved their quilt and why. Share your love of quilting! Article courtesy of aqsblog.com Page 6

7 TVQG NEWSLETTER May 2017 One of our guild members thought we might enjoy reading this article. Page 7

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11 NEWSLETTER May 2017 Classified & Want Ads Long Arm Quilting Services Page 11

12 TVQG NEWSLETTER May 2017 Quilt Binding Service So your quilt top is made and quilted. Now all you have left to do is the binding! UGH, you hate doing the binding! LoisMarie to your rescue! I love to do the binding! Let me help you finish your quilt and so you can get started on your next project! Call me ( ) and I will finish your UFO!! Officers President Sherry Little sherrylittle1946@comcast.net Vice-President LoisMarie Mayer lov2kwilt@aol.com Secretary Carol Springer carol@springertech.com Treasurer Judy Orlandini judyraeorlan@hotmail.com Julie Gillaspy jgillaspy@comcast.net Past President Ila Peters ila@ronandila.com Committees Block of the Month Phyllis McDaniel phyllisrn2r@hotmail.com Kathy Chase sanborn28@comcast.net Charity Quilting Betty Murphy quiltinbets@gmail.com Vergie Karlson evkarlson@aol.com Liz Cadish eacadish@comcast.net Correspondence Secretary Paula Cash paula@thecashs.com Facility Liaison Sue Brim sue@brim.org Fat Quarter of the Month Sue Willard suewillard97140@yahoo.com Eleanor Heikkinen cheik@comcast.net Historian Judi Derry jdderry63@gmail.com Membership Helen Crowell d.crowell2@frontier.com Barbara Kerr rgbjkerr@gmail.com News and Announcements Carol Springer carol@springertech.com Quilt Retreat Ila Peters ila@ronandila.com Quilts of Valor LoisMarie Mayer lov2kwilt@aol.com TVQG Website Molly Skeen mollyskeen@gmail.com Winter Holiday Bazaar Cindy Calderwood saucycin@easystreet.net Page 12

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15 HST Challenge Instructions Half Square Triangle Challenge Instructions Page 1 of 2

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17 TVQG Job Descriptions Tualatin Valley Quit Guild will elect its officers for the upcoming quilting year at the May 16, 2017, General Meeting. Following is a brief description of the duties of the elected officers. Officer Positions PRESIDENT: Preside at all General and Board Meetings, may suggest, but not make a motion, prepare and follow an agenda for all meetings, oversee work of officers and committee members, sign checks in the absence of Treasurer, continue on Board for one year as Past President. PAST PRESIDENT: Attend TVQG board meetings. Assist officers, committee chairs, and members. Purchase gift certificates from local quilt shops for door prizes at TVQG general meetings. VICE PRESIDENT: Act in the absence of the President assuming all powers and duties, perform other duties as may be assigned by the president, arrange for programs and guest speakers. SECRETARY: Attend all Board and General Meetings and take accurate minutes, n present a copy of the Board meeting minutes to the Board members, make a copy of General meeting minutes available to members. TREASURER; Attend Board meetings, maintain the accounting records of the Guild, provide the Board a financial statement, deposit monies received by the Guild in a timely manner and attach deposit receipt to verify each deposit. Make payments, by check for all debts of the Guild, as approved by the Board and accompanied by the appropriate documentation, assist the Board in establishing projected budget for the year, and arrange for an annual audit if requested. Committee Positions CHARITY QUILTERS: Attend TVQG board meetings. Arrange for use of the Sherwood Senior Center room for Charity Sew Days on the first Monday of the month. Maintain a good variety of fabric. Store fabric and if necessary, transport fabric to Charity Sew Days location. Distribute quilt labels as requested. Put together quilt kits for members to complete Charity Quilts at home. Arrange for completed quilts to be delivered to the selected Charities. MEMBERSHIP: Attend TVQG board meetings. Report the number of members of Board and General meetings. Maintain a complete roster of TVQG members and make roster information available. Accept completed membership applications and the dues from new or returning members. Send a welcome letter to all new members. Enter all contact information or changes in the roster and notify members of changes. Have a check-in page for members as they enter each general meeting. Accept $5.00 from each guest at general meetings. Pass out one door prize ticket to each person who comes in. Give a second ticket for each member who is wearing her TVQG name tag. FAT QUARTER OF THE MONTH: Attend TVQG board meetings if requested. Generate a yearly list for the monthly Fat Quarter themes. At the TVQG general meetings, collect the fat quarter's members bring in. Award one raffle-type ticket for each fat quarter delivered. Depending upon the total number of fat quarters, decide how many stacks you ll be giving to the winners. Draw the winning tickets and give a stack of fat quarters to whoever has the matching ticket number. Announce the next month s theme for the fat quarters. BLOCK OF THE MONTH: Attend TVQG board meetings. Create a sign-up page for members to volunteer to be in charge of selecting a quilt block to be the Block of the Month. Bring the quilt stand to the TVQG general meeting and set it up. As members bring their Block in, give them one raffle-type ticket for each block. Display the blocks on the quilt stand. Draw the winning ticket and award the quilt blocks to whoever has the matching ticket number. (If there happens to be a large number of blocks turned in, they can be divided into 2 or more groups and there will be multiple winners.) Introduce the member who will demonstrate/explain the next Block of the Month. Remind members well ahead of time that they will be responsible for a future Block of the Month TVQG Job Descriptions Page 1 of 2

18 TVQG Job Descriptions NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: Attend TVQG board meetings. Gather information about TVQG events and information that may be of interest to TVQG quilters and publish (by ) a monthly Newsletter. Distribute via guild-related messages or announcements. Coordinate with Membership chairperson to ensure distribution list is current. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: Attend TVQG board meetings. Send and receive written correspondence from various sources. Purchase (you ll be reimbursed) Get Well, Congratulations, Encouragement, or Thinking of You cards and mail them to members who might need to hear from the Guild. HISTORIAN: Maintain the TVQG Scrapbook, updating with photographs, etc. as necessary. FACILITY LIAISON: Make sure the front doors of the meeting location are open before the TVQG General Meeting and the lights are turned on. Make sure the lights are turned off and the front doors are locked after the General Meeting. QUILT RETREAT: Make arrangements with the chosen facility for a TVQG Quilt Retreat. Register members for the retreat and accept deposits and payments for the retreat. (Give all money to the Treasurer.) Let members know what to bring, when to arrive, and traveling directions. Choose activities (mini-lessons, workshops, challenges, or games) for members to participate in during the retreat. KING CITY HOLIDAY BAZAAR: Make arrangements for TVQG to have an appropriate number of tables at the KCCA Bazaar. Encourage members to begin making sellable items before the Bazaar. Ask for volunteers to collect, store, and price the Bazaar items well ahead of the sale. Sign members up to work in shifts selling the items at the Bazaar. Sign members up to arrange the items on the table(s) the night before the Bazaar and to remove any leftovers after the Bazaar. Turn in all money to the Treasurer after the Bazaar. PUBLICITY/MARKETING: Promote TVQG through flyer distribution, and media articles. The new officers elected in May will be invited to attend the June Board Meeting and spend some time talking to the out-going officers. All of the current officers have offered their assistance during the change-over. The new President will be in charge of appointing all committee Chairpersons for the upcoming year, drawing from a list of members who have already volunteered for the committees. Nominations remain open until the May meeting TVQG Job Descriptions Page 2 of 2