Quilting Along the River

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1 Columbia River Gorge Quilters Guild President s Message: Happy New Year! If you are like me, you have made your resolutions and already fallen off the wagon. I made it 24 hours without my signature Diet Pepsi. I really am a better person with a bit of caffeine. Quilting Wise, I am off to a good start! I have resolved to empty the RTQ (ready to quilt) box. One down; a bunch to go. Thank you, Cindy Needham!!!! My other resolution is to help support local quilters more. My first job is to locate all the small quilting groups in our area. I already know about sewing groups in Dufur, Cascade Locks, White Salmon, and Hood River. These are GREAT places for quilters to meet neighbors and form friendships. I hope to feature these groups in our newsletters and on our websites. To start: I d like to give a shout out to the quilters at Spirit of Grace Church in Hood River. These wonderful ladies meet first and third Wednesdays from 9-12 pm and make quilts for the Lutheran Aid Society. Last year, this small group made 138 quilts to be sent wherever the need was greatest. They would love to have new members contact Ruth Miller at or just drop by the church when they are there. Make a resolution this year to sew with friends. It s way more fun and you will always learn something new. We will be listing meeting times and dates on our website on the Calendar of Events page. Happy Sewing! Kim Vogel, President Next Meeting - February 17, 2018 Registration: 9:30 am Where: Meeting: 10:00 to 12:00 noon Hood River Valley Christian Church Presenter: Patricia Belyea 975 Indian Creek Road, Hood River Program: Enter the Alluring World of Japanese Yukata Quilts Pay Your Dues Now! Join Patricia Belyea as she tells stories about visiting Japan for the International Great Quilt Show. As a passionate importer of vintage Japanese yukata cottons, Patricia explains the elaborate process of hand-dyeing the high-quality cottons and describes yukatas role in Japanese society. She shows samples of the different patterns and repeat styles. From classic indigo and white to vivid color combinations, Patricia presents a wild range of the wonderful fabrics. Patricia displays her quilts made with yukata cottons and talks about how those fabrics inspired each quilt composition. The meeting also includes a mini trunk show of vintage yukata cottons vibrant, hand-dyed fabrics that Patricia imports from Japan. Her website: Afternoon Workshop: 1-4 p.m. The Art of Facings Try out a new style of binding with the End Cap Facing. This modern way of finishing a quilt, with no binding showing on the front, is fast, easy and open to all sorts of design details. Once you learn to face a quilt, you might never go back to double fold French bindings. You will learn four different facing techniques in this hands-on class! Class is $35, see page 2 for registration information. Class Samples on page 2 PO Box 965 Hood River, OR February 2018 Volume 12, Issue 1 Dates to Remember: Feb. 13 : Board Mtg.* Feb. 19: Sit & Sew* Feb. 17: Guild Mtg. *Meetings are monthly See Page 6 for information Feb. Meeting Info. Pg. 1 May Meeting Info. Pg. 2 Exhibits Pg Challenge Pg. 3 Treasurer s Report Pg. 5 Beyond the Block Group Pg. 2 Retreat News Pg. 2 Newsletter Sponsors Pg. 6 Sit and Sew Dates Pg. 3 I have thoroughly enjoyed serving as your Program Chairman. The new Co-Vice Presidents are Frank and Tammy Toda. If you have requests or suggestions for programs, be sure and contact them. Barbara Frasier

2 Feb. Meeting Refreshments Our membership has been divided into 4 sections, one section for each meeting in the year. If your last name begins with A-C this is your turn to help. Please bring snacks sweet, savory or even healthy to go with our morning coffee. Thanks, Barb Frasier, Vice President, May 19, 2018 Guild Meeting Lecture: Katie Paaso, Buttons and Embellishments Workshop: Member-led; also identifying your button collection with Katie Location: probably Hegewald Center, Stevenson Tammy & Frank Toda, Co-Vice Presidents , todafamily@aol.com Workshop registration MUST include payment. To register for workshops, send your check payable to CRGQG to: CRGQG, c/o Jackie Rosier, P.O. Box 84, Glenwood, WA Workshop Sample Photos Name Badges Reminder: Quilted name tags that YOU have made are required to be eligible for door prizes. Create your own design or use the pattern found on our website. Workshop Sample Please don t forget to pay your 2018 dues. Still only $25. Send to Jackie Rosier, POB 84, Glenwood, WA Spring Retreat News The March 2018 retreat is FULL! Dates are March 8-12, 2018, at Camp Cascade. Cost of the retreat is only $225. If you d like to be on the waiting list, Tomme Fent. If you re already signed up, remember to pay your balance by the February meeting. Watch for an from Tomme asking about roommates, food allergies, etc. It will also include fabric requirements and cutting instructions for A Day in Florence, for those wanting to do the mystery quilt. For more information contact: Tomme Fent tommequilts@gmail.com or Nina Gilliland okquiltluvr@gmail.com or Page 2 Set a box in the corner of your quilting space and throw in any fabric, books, rulers or other quilting items you no longer want or need. Our Quilt Market is what supports our Quilt Show! Plus it s a whole lot of fun to wander through and pick out a bargain! Front Back showing facing Beyond the Block The members of Beyond the Block; Art Quilters of the Gorge are looking forward to another year of connected creativity and artistic growth, both as individuals and as a group. We are looking forward to, and working towards, exhibits in Tillamook, Clark County, Washington and at home in the Gorge. Our first meeting of the year is Monday, January 15th at 2:00 pm at the Hood River Fire Station following the Sit and Sew. All current Guild members are welcome to become part of the group. Come check us out - we had several new members join us during 2017! Contact Kay for more information. Kay Skov kkskov@gmail.com

3 Guess What??? Pantone s Color of 2018 is Ultra Violet! The year of purple; this has to be a great year!!! Kona s Color of 2018 is Tiger Lily What a great combination seems like there should be a challenge in there somewhere....? Current Quilt Challenge: My Row by Row This will be your version of the currently popular row-by-row quilts. Parameters: 26 x26 finished size A total of 3 rows in any direction, not counting borders Reveal at May 2018 Guild meeting; ladies, start your sewing machines! We are hoping to have many different configurations. Adjust your thinking caps and sharpen those rotary cutters! Linda Cope lindacope24@embarqmail.com, CRGQG Quilt Show: Scheduled for October 19-20, Hood River Armory. The Row by Row Challenge quilts will be featured at our show, and you still have plenty of time to make yours for the May Meeting reveal! It s not too early to start planning your entries. Whether you finish up a UFO or complete a brand new project, we re looking forward to seeing your quilt hanging in our October show! Join the Quilt Show Committee We d love to have you join us to help plan our 2018 Gorge Quilt Show. Contact our Quilt Show Chair, Kathleen, and we ll make sure you know about all show planning sessions in the coming weeks. Help us make this the best Gorge Show ever! Kathleen Roulet karoulet@yahoo.com phone: Cut strips from inexpensive vinyl/cling wrap and wrap it around a thread spool and bobbin to keep the thread from unraveling. Hood River Sit and Sew Our guild schedules a Sit and Sew on the third Monday each month. Bring projects, work on your own or ask for help and bring a lunch. It s a great time to work without interruptions, spend the day with your friends and make new ones. Location: Hood River Fire Hall Dates: February 19 March 19 April 16 Elizabeth Garber, elizgarber@aol.com, CRGQG Exhibits & Quilt Show Update Upcoming Exhibits: March-April Latimer Quilt and Textile Museum, Tillamook, Oregon. The Long, Lean & Mean Challenge Quilts and an exhibit of art quilts created by Beyond the Block will be on display for museum visitors. April 5-7, Clark County Quilt Show, Clark County Event Center, Ridgefield, WA. Our guild art quilters in Beyond the Block will be a Featured Group in this quilt show with a new exhibit titled Impressions of the Gorge. April 21-22, 2018 Blossom Fest Quilt Show, Hood River Fairgrounds CALL FOR QUILTS: Again this year, we will be partnering with ETC for the quilt show at Blossom Fest. This display gets lots of attention from the general public and we need your quilts to create a memorable show! There s still time to finish up a UFO or make a new quilt for this popular exhibit and there is no cost to enter your quilts. These entries DO NOT REQUIRE A SLEEVE; just make sure your quilt is labeled somewhere with your name. We will have entry forms available at the February meeting, or you can print it from ETC s website, or from the Quilt Show page of the guild website. Pin a completed form to each of your quilt entries and drop off at ETC by Thursday, April 19. Thank you for entering your quilts and making this annual show such a popular part of Blossom Fest! Kathleen Roulet karoulet@yahoo.com phone: Page 3

4 Page 4 Profit and Loss Statement Income January-December, 2017 Jan - Dec 17 Advertising Income Education Fund 1, Interest Earned Membership Dues 3, Misc. Inc Newsletter Ads Notecards 2.50 Opportunity Quilt Income Pins Income Workshop/ Teacher Fees 3, Quilt Show Income QS Market QS Award Sponsors & Memoriam 1, QS Boutique 1, QS Gate & Raffle 1, QS Judging Fees QS Quilt Entry Fee QS Vendor Booth Fees Total Quilt Show Income 6, Retreat Income 6, Total Income 22, Gross Profit 22, Expense BOQ Challenge Comfort Quilt Supplies Corporation Fees Historian Memberships Miscellaneous Expenses Mtg Lecture Fees Mtg Prizes/Contests Mtg Refreshments Mtg Site Expense Teaching Fees 2, Mtg Travel,Meals,Lodging 1, Postage and Delivery Printing and Reproduction Professional Services fees Quilt Show Expense QS Consignment (less 15%) Insurance Miscellaneous Expense QS Advertising QS Judges Fees QS Postage QS Printing QS Prize Awards 1, QS Travel,Meals,Lodging QS Venue 1, Total Quilt Show Expense 6, Rent POB Storage Total Rent Retreat Expense 6, Supplemental Workshop Supplies and Materials Total Expense 20, Net Income 2, Jackie Rosier, Treasurer You can t have too much knowledge! For those of you who attended November s thread education lecture by Cindy Needham and want more information, there is a plethora of plenty on Superior s website: Click on the Education tab and find out all you ever wanted to know, and a lot you didn t know you needed you know, about threads, tensions, needles, metallic, choices and trouble-shooting tips. Comfort Quilts Comfort quilts are always needed. Spend a cold, snowy day whipping one up. Remember-hospice quilts are only 42" sq. Kathy Anderson, Chair, Did you know you can zig zag left over pieces of batting together to form a larger piece to use in another quilt? Cut straight edges, then hold together as you feed under pressure foot with machine set to a wide zig zag stitch. Other Mid-Columbia Quilting Groups Spirit Of Grace Quilters 1st and 3rd Wednesdays Spirit of Grace Church in HR 9-12.

5 CRGQG Board Officers President: Kim Vogel Co-Vice President: Tammy and Frank Toda Secretary: Gini Bright Treasurer: Claudia Noldge Newsletter: Gayle Jacobson Chair people and other contacts: Quilt Show, Marketing and Publicity Chair: Kathleen Roulet Membership Chair: Mary Calahan Art Quilt Group: Kay Skov Sit and Sew Elizabeth Garber Retreat Chairs: Tomme Fent Nina Gilliland Challenge Chair: Linda Cope Comfort Quilt Chair: Kathy Anderson Correspondence Secretary: Linda Jones Please support our newsletter sponsors: Fernando Rodriguez Owner FAST TRACK SEW AND VAC Sewing Machine and Vacuum Repair Phone: (541) Hood River, OR Facebook.com/FastTrackSewAndVac Please don t forget to pay your 2018 dues. Still only $25. Send to Jackie Rosier, POB 84, Glenwood, WA Recently seen on the web: Quilting is a Sport. It involves running stitches, pumping iron, rowing, hooping and hunting for fabric. Yaay, I m an athlete! I have a PhD in quilting. (Projects half done.) Quilting is not a hobby. It s a post-apocalyptic survival skill. Weekend Forecast: Quilting with no chance of cooking or cleaning. Soft fabric, warm fabric, buy it by the yard. Happy fabric, pretty fabric, here s my credit card. I m not retired... Quilting is a full-time job. Quilters always press to the dark side. I turn Thread and Fabric into Quilts. What s your Superpower? I m a quilting Grandma, just like a normal grandma but much cooler. I may be a quilter but I can t fix stupid. Blessed by God with hands that quilt. Life is short. Buy the fabric. And many more from: Cut out large pieces from a flannelbacked tablecloth, lay quilt blocks or a partially finished project on them and roll them up for storage or to carry home from class. (thanks Kathleen) Page 5

6 C o l u m b i a R i v e r G o r g e Q u i l t e r s G u i l d PO Box 965 Hood River, OR Phone mzvogo@gmail.com Website This, That and the Other Thing... ATTENTION: ALL GUILD MEMBERS Has your address changed? If anyone has any changes to their contact info, please help me keep the membership roster up to date. Thanks, Mary Calahan Membership Chairman toots@gorge.net Newsletter Advertising Want to advertise in the newsletter? For just $10/issue or $40/year, your business cardsized ad will be placed in the newsletter. Don t forget - the newsletter goes out to approx. 100 guild members and is posted on the website for all to see! Magazine Exchange Please bring the magazines you're finished with to the next meeting and maybe pick up some new ones to peruse. Jean Stone Exchange Chairman Facebook Page Marbe Cook has taken over our Facebook page. Be sure to go check it out and like it so you can receive updates when she adds amazing photos and guild information. If you have a photo or news to contribute, send it to Marbe at marbeboer@gmail.com. Mark Your Calendars!! Sit & Sew Third Monday of each month unless otherwise notified. 9 a.m. 3 p.m. HR Fire Station Bring your current project and sew with a group. Contact Elizabeth Garber for more information: Board Meetings Second Tuesday of each month 10:30 a.m. noon Hood River Adult Center unless otherwise notified. Call Kim Vogel for the latest information, Correspondence Secretary Know of a guild member in need? Please contact Linda Jones so she can send her a word of encouragement. jljones@gorge.net