An Affiliate of the Arizona Quilters Guild. volume 21, Number 1 January 2015

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1 ~ HAVASU STITCHERS ~ Lake Havasu City, Arizona An Affiliate of the Arizona Quilters Guild volume 21, Number 1 January 2015 Have you heard, Nooooo? Well read on... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Boy do we have a jam packed year coming up just look at what is coming What a great Christmas Party, Catherine and her team out did themselves, the baskets from Carolyn and Bonnie were over the top!! (I won one!!) The unveiling of the 2015 Quilt Show Opportunity Quilt was so well received and Linda s team surely deserved all the accolades! Common Threads our new member meet and greet group, Rita will be hos ng our new members with mentors and we will do a be er job welcoming you into the group! Classes Classes Classes.. Applique with Connie Handle Sewapalooza Placemats with Mary Lomberto Serendipity with Kim and Jeane e Quilt in a Day Na onal Quilt Day Blue Water Sunset with Linda Visnaw Mystery Event Events. Quil ng At the Lake Balloon Fes val Winterfest Spring Frenzy Havasu Happenings Quilt Show 2015 Where Pieces and Seams Come Together Bridge of Friendship XI Quilt Show 2015 Ways and Means/Bou que: Carolyn and Bonnie s Thursdays at MOs and is in need of grograin ribbon, ½ wide in any color to finish off the darling child s apron and crayon case!! Be sure and come to their Thursday mee ngs, lots of good things are happening there! Hearts Desire Ann and the en re team is looking for sponsors for each of our themes get a couple of your friends and/or a sewing group together and take a theme, create the items for that theme!! Quilt Show mee ng Monday, February 9th at 6:00 at Sherri s house! Opportunity Quilt get those ckets sold!!! Quil ng Out Loud!! Sherri WELCOME TO LAKE HAVASU Arizona Quilters Guild President Elaine Putnam What s Inside. Community Outreach / Membership 2 Friendship Coffees / Birthdays 3 FABRIC EXCHANGE NEW**TRAVEL 3 BRING CASH FOR RAFFLES 9 JANUARY MEETING Thursday, Jan 8th, 6:30pm at Quilting at the Lake event London Bridge Resort Convention Center Education 4, 5 Quilting at the Lake 6, 7 Quilt Show Minutes 15

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 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 Tues, Jan 13th at 9:00 am. Bring your sewing machine and come to complete quilts. Future dates: Tuesday January 13 (9am-4pm), Wednesday February 18 (10am-3pm), Wednesday March 11 (10am-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 167 MEMBERS New Members Diane Linville Frieda Peters Judy Prusky Mary Lou Van Dreel Dee Ward - we have changed our 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. The ROSTER BOOKLETS that you have now (dated March 2014) are what we will have until July 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 Report of what we have given out from July to December women quilts, 47 men quilts, 58 adult shirt protectors, 85 walker bags, 10 boy quilts, 10 girls quilts, 6 child bibs, 1 baby bib, 10 burp cloths. 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.

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. Jan - Iceland to see the Glaciers Feb - Jungle Safari Mar - Your Home Happy Travels from your travel guide. Diana Stebbens sgmdsret@aol.com 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. 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. We have Friendship Coffee Social dates set through Oct. PAT BENNETT 1/08 STEVE BENSON 1/05 MONA BOLEN 1/03 MARY BRYCE 1/15 HOLLY CARUSO 1/11 DIANE CORDER 1/26 MARILYN CRAIG 1/29 YVONNE CRAIG 1/23 KATHY ERNST 1/03 KATHLEEN GIBSON 1/09 SHELLEY HERT 1/04 JAN HEYBOER 1/31 BETH HOSKINS 1/24 WENDY HOWE 1/18 JUDY JORDAN 1/15 JOYCE KOPS 1/25 DIANE LINVILLE 1/08 RITA MCELHINNEY 1/22 THERESA MCINTOSH 1/20 PAT PLUM 1/10 BERYL RASMUSSEN 1/24 MARIA RHODES 1/15 LEANN RICHEY 1/30 CATHERINE STEPHAN 1/06 LINDA STONE 1/03 RUBY WORRELL 1/09 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!! Hospitality needs sign-ups to bring refreshments at the meetings Sunshine Joan Wurster Please let the Sunshine Chairman know if anyone would like to have a card sent to one of our members. Please put Sunshine lady in the Re: section of the . 3 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

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. Jan.29 th - Trunk Show Connie Haidle THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO ANYONE, NO COST< BUT PLEASE SIGNUP...Catherine 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: Enjoy a quilt-y evening January 29, 2015 Quality Inn We ll have Quilts Prizes Free patterns Quilting Tips and More Quilts The evening of Jan, 29th will be a fun for you. I ll give a free pattern to everyone in attendance. I ll show a selection of my quilts. I ll give a variety of quilting tips I ll even give away a few more patterns as the evening progresses. I ll tell you a little bit about my Quick Prep Appliqué Method. Come join us. We will get to know one another as we talk quilts, quilts and more quilts. Could there be a better way to spend an evening? Connie Sue Haidle Apple Blossom Quilts PO Box 486 Webster City, Iowa

5 Education Barb Math & Barb Walker We are so excited to welcome Shannon White from Utah she will be star ng off our year with a cute purse called the Green Apple Tote on Monday January 12 th at the library 10 2p cost $5 plus pa ern $9 Connie Haidle is coming here all the way from Iowa to share her Quick Prep Appliqué Truck Show: Thursday Jan.29 th 6-8pm at Quality Inn (free) Workshop: Saturday Jan 31 st 9-3p at Quality Inn Cost $30.00 ( includes lunch) student will need to purchase a kit for instructor Kit includes: 1-spool of Superior Kimono silk thread in a neutral color. 1- Package of #10 Richard Henning between needle 1- appliqué turner 1- beginner s appliqué quilt pattern 18 page hand out Monday January 26 th Our very own Phyllis Barton (isn t she from Kansas) will be helping with your PIGS (I hate that name) turn the sow s ear into a silk purse or quilt.9:30-3p at the library cost is $5.This workshop is free if you finish PIGS in class (yes, CASH) Last but not least our president, Sherri Ashford has agree to share her steering wheel cover workshop again on Jan. 27 th at the library..did I mention it is FREE.. If you are not a member contact me for prices Contact me..catherine.. HAVASU STITCHERS WEBSITE Tina Benson We were very fortunate to have a free website for 7 years. We paid originally for design setup only and have since just paid a few dollars a year to register our domain name. We got all this because of the generosity of a past member, Karen Nick. Her husband Bob owns Key to the Web and they donated website space to us. No small thing, let me tell you. I have maintained the website, learning their template driven site maintenance. Recently they had a server crash and our website was lost. I have all of our entry files but did not have the html pla orm saved that gives us the pages, how they work, and the background wallpaper. To redesign our website would be costly and so Bob had to tell us that he could no longer give free support for us and that we need to get a new website host. This is very understandable. Sherri and I will be pricing various website hosts and we will present the quotes to the board and then ask the membership to vote. We hope to have some quotes by Feb Mtg 5

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7 QUILTING OUTSIDE THE STITCHERS - QUILT EVENTS BY OUR MEMBERS SEW-A-PALOOZA It s a sew fest from noon to midnight! Come and have some fun, start the year with us and your UFO s. There will be food, games, door prizes, demo s. AND LOTS OF FUN FUN FUN!!!!! COME JOIN US JANUARY 24, 2015 QUALITY INN COST: $35.00 Jeanette Kennedy Kim Pebley 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 Ways and Means REMEMBER TO BUY YOUR RAFFLE TIXS AND WIN FUN BASKETS OR 50/50 $ s SPOTLIGHT ON OUR MEMBERS Bonnie Fryer & Carolyn Victor 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 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 WINTERFEST FEBRUARY 7TH & 8TH Saturday 10am 5pm Sunday 10am 4pm The Havasu Stitchers will have a booth and will need volunteers to sit the booth for 2 hour increments throughout each day. Please think about taking a turn. I need a volunteer to be in charge of the booth on Saturday Feb 7th. I will be in Phoenix at an AQG meeting. Steve will be there to set up the booth with you and to collect the bins at end of the day. I ll be back to handle Sunday. Tina Benson 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 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 At MOs (Material Obsession). 9am 4pm Bring your sewing machines and come help make items for the Boutique. PLEASE COME NEXT WORKSHOP Thursday January 29th 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 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 EVERYDAY ANGELS IN EXTRAORDINARY QUILTS We are inviting you to join the creative challenge and make a quilt showing your guardian angel. This is going to be a fun challenge to share with our winter visitors this season. RULES #1. Have fun #2.Size, pick your own. Best to start with 1 yard. Then trim after you appliqué or sew designs. Keep small enough to enjoy. #3. Let your creativity shine through. #4.No peeking, remember your Guardian Angel is unique to you. #5. No right OR wrong ideas. #6. DUE DATE.March meeting March 12, 2015, So start after the New Year. #7. Please no names on front, labels OK on back but we will cover them for reveal #8 Reveal will be a matching game, Match the Guardian Angel to a member of the guild, who created it. If you can! #9. Don t forget halo and wings! #10.Directions were sent out by Missy Quilter. #11. Questions call June Trubia brought to you by the Sundowners Idea inspired by Book of the same name by Mary Lou Wiedman 14

15 Havasu S tchers GENERAL Mee ng Christmas Party Quality Inn December 8th, :30PM Call to order: Mee ng was called to order at 6:30 a full house and so beau fully decorated. Minutes were approved and all birthdays recognized! Every table was decorated in holiday style, each member was given a felt ornament (snowmen) made by Catherine and her team. We all were given a felt stocking to wear and every me we said the word QUILT we lost that stocking.. 10 baskets full of goodies, I mean full, were raffled to very excited recipients thanks to Carolyn and Bonnie of our ways and means group. The unveiling of the 2015 Quilt Show Opportunity Quilt was done and was very well received. Games Games Games and delicious food. Catherine gave all of her team a thank you gi and introduced them to the group A fun evening had by all.. respec ully submi ed, Sherri Ashford HAVASU BALLOON FESTIVAL AND FAIR JANUARY 16-18, 2015 Come out and visit the Havasu S tchers Booth Judy Justus and Susan George Raffle Tickets are being sold for the below quilt. 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 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