Volume XXXV Issue 4 April 2018 Since 1980 OROVILLE PIECEMAKERS QUILT GUILD, INC.

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1 Volume XXXV Issue 4 April 2018 Since 1980 OROVILLE PIECEMAKERS QUILT GUILD, INC. Newsletter Editor: Jan Abramson (530) abramsonjan@gmail.com Web Site : orovillepiecemakers.org Angie Horne webmaster aphorne3@yahoo.com President s Message: I was so glad to see everyone at our meeting today. I hope you had a chance to welcome our new guest, Kathy Conrad, and our returning member Dale Tabor. Our speaker, Robyn Green of Hoffman Batiks, gave a wonderful presentation on How Batiks are Made. Little did I realize how much involvement there was with the process of making Batik fabrics? I came away appreciating all of my batik fabric. I hope you enjoyed her presentation, as much as I did. The gifts of batik fat quarters were an added surprise to those members who won. I know that all of you are busy working on projects for our quilt show, boutique items, quilt challenges, and community service. I want to say thank you to all those members who have contributed. For those who have not had a chance to contribute, it is not too late. We need your help and support. Remember our Quilt Show is a major fundraiser, so we can have activities and presenters over the next two years. Your contribution will ensure we will have a successful show. So come and join the fun at our sew days and retreats where you can work on projects for our show. We would love to have you. I end with and Irish Blessing: May your day be touched by a bit of Irish luck, brightened by a song in your heart, and warmed by the smiles of the people you love. Happy Saint Patrick s Day Jeanette Akin, Moonlighters Chair: March has decided to be stormy, windy and cold. It is a good time to stay indoors and sew on projects. Went to Yuba City Quilt Show, the red and white quilts were varied and awesome to see. Some vendors were there and different quilts, related items for sale, besides material. Thanks to all who brought food this month, it was delicious. Good to see everyone at our meeting. In April we have Claudia s class after our meeting. Nancy Kennedy has a quilt class on Jimmy Buffet Shirt Quilt. The workshop is a morning project from 9:00am 12:00pm. More P.U.P. challenges were shown and voted on for member(s) to finish. The show and tell projects were varied and well done. See you next month. Virginia Brile April Birthdays: 4/2 Virginia Brile 4/2 Marilla Brereton 4/4 Dorothy Welton 4/4 Sabrina Bell

2 April Speaker: We had a wonderful speaker with Robyn Green who gave us some interesting information on how batiks are made, it is certainly involved and all manual labor. Our speaker on April 19 will be Cathy Evans from Quilts by Cathy, Cathy did the quilting on this year s Opportunity Quilt as well as our 2015 Opportunity Quilt. She will be speaking on some of the things we should be watching for before we turn our quilts over to a Long Armer to be quilted. And, our May speaker will be Sandra Bruce on "Material Matrix and the paths taken". June Retreat: Please plan on attending our June Angel retreat being held June 7-9th, see Linda Pearson for details. Once again, we will be having Deby Hendrickson to clean our machines, at this time she will be there on Friday the 8th, she will also sharpen scissors. If you are interested in signing up, please see me. Sharon Helton, March Workshop: Teri Russell's ornament class was a challenge and fun. I'm looking forward to seeing lots of finished ornaments. I hope you all saw Nancy Kennedy's Jimmy Buffet shirt quilt. She will be teaching the class on April 5th. It's not too late to sign up. If you signed up and didn't get a supply list let me or Nancy know, and we'll get one to you. It's a fun quilt that just makes you smile. Class will start a 9:30. Bring a potluck dish to share. In May Dorie Javier from Folsom is teaching a fun and easy quilt that looks complicated but isn't. Dorie is always lots of fun. Linda Pearson, Block of Month, March: Day Meeting. Tam s Patch Terry Catt, Joan Robertson, Moonlighters Meeting Arkansas Crossroads Lynne Pillus, Sandi Corkran, Community Service: There were 16 quilts and 2 hats donated this month. On March 7 quilts were delivered to Oroville hospital Labor & Delivery, Foster Kids, Caring for Women and Child Protective services. All were quite happy to receive them. Thank you to all that have donated. Remember to check out all the fabric in the storeroom. Jan Owens, Dottie Elliott, Peggy Fehrman, Door Prizes: Day Meeting. This month we brought in $58 dollars. Next month the mystery will consist of new items with a value of at least $30. It is not necessary to return any of the bags or baskets. If you are a lucky winner, they are yours to keep. Donations of new or nearly new items are always appreciated. Cheryl Campbell, Betty Drake,

3 Presenter s Photo Gallery JUST A SMALL SAMPLE FROM ROBYN GREEN S TALK ABOUT HOFFMAN BATIKS AND HOW THEY ARE MADE. Right fields of fabric ready to be salted and spritzed with dyes. Left worker applying dye stamps to fabric. Above - one of the stamps used to make patterns on Batiks. The design is made from thousands of copper pins. Right- Hoffman Batik shoes by Cushie.

4 Door Prizes(continued): Moonlighters Meeting We had 6 door prizes. The Mystery Prize was a 12 Get Squared Ruler. Won by visiting guest Susan Chatfield. Other winners were: Virginia, Sabrina, Cheryl, Tiffany & Yvonne. We made $80.00 Thank you everyone for participating. Pat Woodruff, Susan McMillan, Fat Quarters: Day Meeting: We were delighted by the number of fat quarters turned in. It was like a basket full of springtime on our table. Each winner got a beautiful mix of fabric. Next month will be nature, rain, rocks, sky, etc. APRIL - Nature - Sky/grass/trees MAY - Flowers JUNE - Patriotic JULY - Christmas in July AUGUST - Lavenders and Purples SEPTEMBER - Fall colors or prints OCTOBER - Halloween NOVEMBER - White on white or Beige on beige Beverly Smith, Marilla Brereton, Moonlighters Meeting: APRIL- April Showers bring May flowers MAY- Sunset, Sunrise JUNE- Purple JULY- Red, White and Blue AUGUST- Ocean SEPTEMBER- Gray OCTOBER- Halloween, Spooky NOVEMBER- Ugly DECEMBER- no fat quarter this month Sabrina Bell, Fifty / Fifty Raffle: "Come on down, Ann Bruggeman" was the cry we heard when Terri Russell had $22 for Ann and $22 for the guild in the 50/50 drawing. It's a lot of fun for a $1.00 ticket hoping you will win half of the pot of gold" collected. However, Jackie Conn and Terri are lamenting they haven't won in a long time. Better luck next month girls! Terri Russell, Membership: There were 38 members in attendance and one visitor. ROSTER UPDATES: Cheryl Campbell s was hacked! Delete it from your list and use her new one instead: Cherylcampbell45@gmail.com Sabrina Bell s phone number in the member list is supposed to read Yvonne Ogletree rejoined Ogletree, Yvonne.2/20 cell yvonneogletree@hotmail.com 41 Gold Run Ct. Oroville, Ca Ann Harvey, Mercantile: Thank you, ladies, for supporting our Mercantile Table. We have lots of fabric (mostly in fat quarters or nearly fat quarters) that is ideal if you are working on a scrappy quilt and don t need large pieces of yardage. When you bring in items for donation or consignment that you have decided to get out of your storage, please take the time to clean the items before you give them to us. They certainly aren t attractive to anyone if they are dirty, and I don t think it should be our job to bring them home to wash before placing them on the sale table. If you can t be bothered to at least do that much, I suggest you just chuck them in your trash bin and be done with it. Dorothy Welton, Cheryl Cox, Helen Cox, Quilt Show: Dates to Remember: Judging October 25, set-up October 26, show October We currently have 16 sponsors lined up and have sent out letters to them thanking

5 Quilt Show (continued): them, requesting the money and confirming how they want the sponsor cards to read. We still need 2-3 more, so if you know someone who owns a business who might want to sponsor an award, please let Jeanette Akin know the specifics after you speak to them. We will be giving you the categories soon for you to be thinking about what category you would like your quilt to be in. Sharon Helton, Claudia Goebl, Sunshine: No cards this month. If you hear of anyone needing a card, please call me. Virginia Brile General Meeting Minutes: Oroville Piecemakers Quilt Guild General Meeting March 15, 2018 At the Palermo Grange 7600 Irwin Ave. Palermo CA The meeting called to order at 10:04am by President Jeanette Akin. After greeting everyone, Jeanette turn the meeting over to Vice Pres - Sharon Helton. Sharon introduced our speaker Robyn Green, formerly of Hoffman Fabrics. Robyn explained how Batiks are made and showed us a film of the factory to show the technique, this was interesting. Show and Tell: Presenters were, Ann Harvey, Angie Horne, Beverly Smith, Lorraine Cothern, Sharon Helton, Dale Tabor, Helen Cox and Sandi Corkran. Break: 10 minutes Business Meeting: Approval of February General Meeting Minutes, with three corrections. 1. The $25.00 increase in the raffle budget for the Moonlighter makes their budget $ not $250,00 2. Mercantile table brought in $46.35, not $ The spelling of Shirley Scheibler name was corrected. The minutes were approved as corrected. Old Business: Kids Quilt Camp: Jan Abramson reported she has a meeting at the local school for Tuesday March 20. She will try to discover if there are children interested in coming to our Kids Camp. She did report Angie Horne has two young neighbors interested in attending the camp. Reports: Treasurer s Report: Marla Vaughn presented our financial report. Ending Balances: General Fund, $ Raffle Fund, $ Angel Fund; $ Total of all funds beginning $ , ending balance is $ A motion was made by Jan Abramson to approve the report, it was seconded by Terry Catt. Motion approved unanimously. Vice Pres- Sharon Helton, Speakers: She thanked our speaker Robyn Green. April: Speaker will be Cathy Evans. Quilts by Cathy. She will give us some tips from a long arm quilter. May: Speaker will be Sandra Bruce- Material Matrix & the Paths Taken. Angel Retreat: Sharon announced Debby Hendrickson will be available to clean sewing machines and sharpen scissors at the Angel retreat in June Sharon has a sign-up sheet available. 2 nd V Pres-Linda Pearson, Workshop: The April workshop will be Nancy Kennedy teaching a class called Jimmy Buffet Shirt. The instructions and supply list were available to be picked up today. May: Dorie Javier with teach how to make a scrappy quilt. These classes will cost $10 to attend. Quilt Show Coordinator: Sharon Helton She reported we have 16 sponsors and would like two more. Quilt entries: Terri Russell reported there will be 18 categories that will be judged in our show. What they are, will be announced soon.

6 Committee Reports: Block of the Month: 18 blocks were turned in today, won by Jan Owens Directions for next month s BOM were given out, it is called Tam s Patch. Community Service: Jan Owens reported we had 16 quilts turn in this month. She delivered quilts to the Hospital, Foster Care and Caring for Women. Door Prize Baskets: Cheryl Campbell reported they took in $58.00, the winners were: Anita Pevear, she won 2 baskets, Dale Tabor, Jackie Conn and Sandi Corkran took home the mystery basket. 50/50 Raffle: Terri Russell reported she took in $44.00, the winner of $22.00 was Ann Bruggeman. Fat Quarters: There were 25, so each winner received 5, they were Marilla Brereton, Dale Tabor, Karen Von Bargen, Jackie Conn, Helen Cox and Dale Tabor. Next month s theme is anything nature, trees, sky, grass, flowers, water. Mercantile: Dorothy Welton reported they took in about $12. today. The money has not been counted yet. Hospitality: Marge Redding thanked everyone for the good snacks. She stated we are good for next month. Membership: Ann Harvey announced we had 38 members sign in with one visitor. Jeanette introduced and welcomed Kathy Conrade, our visitor. Opportunity Quilt Tickets: Nancy Clayton reminded everyone there are still tickets that need to be picked up. The purchase of $15.00 worth of opportunity quilt tickets is part of being a member. You may keep or sell them. This is how we raise money to keep the guild viable. Jeanette Akin reported she will be presenting an update at April s meeting. She will also be bringing our opportunity Quilt to the meeting. Jeanette Akin announced that the Silver Dollar Fair in Chico is accepting quilt entries for this year s fair. If you are interested in entering a quilt, go on line to Silverdollar.org. the deadline is April 18 th. Meeting Adjourned: 12:04 Respectfully submitted by Dorothy Moyle Smith, Secretary. Moonlighters Minutes: March 15, 2018 The Moonlighters Door Prize Raffle took in $80.00 this month. The door prize winners are: Virginia Brile, Cheryl Cox, Sabrina Bell, Mary Jane Sasek, Tiffany Sasek and Susan Chatefield. The Block of the Month winner was: Sandi Corkran This month s Fat Quarters were shades of greens and teals. The March winner was Dorothy Moyle-Smith Next month s Fat Quarter theme is April Showers bring May Flowers. Tip of the month: This month our tip was from Linda Pearson. Linda showed us that we could find many items at the Dollar Store that can be helpful for quilting. Wrinkle releaser: to remove those stubborn wrinkles in fabric. Too bad we can t use it on face wrinkles as well! Heavy duty starch: Fabric starch is a magical spray-on formula that stiffens fabric, making it easier for you to work with while quilting especially when you re sewing intricate, complex patterns. Dry erase board: Linda uses it to keep track of thread color and other details about a project. You could also use it to write down instructions in big letters.let s face it most of us need glasses to read and might be tired of squinting while looking at the pattern directions. Once you are done with the project just wipe the board clean. Plastic baskets: Linda uses them to hold her patters, but they could also be useful organizing your fat quarter stash. April Workshop: Claudia Goebl reminded us that at our April meeting she will be teaching a workshop for the Scrappy Mountain Majesties Class a Bonnie Hunter Free Pattern. Let Claudia know if you d like to sign up. PUP Challenge: More members brought PUP (Poor unfinished Projects) challenges for the membership to vote on. Becky Cross will complete her Bargello quilt. Pat Woodruff will finish her Dolphin quilt Cindy Scofield will finish her grandson s Burst Block quilt. Show and tell for March: Dorothy Moyle- Smith, Laura Filbeck, Susan McMillian, Lynn Pillus, Millie Top, Claudia Goebl. Sabrina Bell:

7 Show and Tell Photo Gallery (More Photos on the last page.)

8 Oroville Piecemakers Quilt Guild Newsletter Editor: Jan Abramson 19 Arts Lane Oroville CA April Calendar 5 Nancy Kennedy Jimmy Buffet Shirt Block Workshop 12 Board Meeting, 9:00 am at the Library 19 General Meeting- 10am Trunk Cathy Evans - Quilts by Cathy Tips from a Long Armer 11am, business meeting 19 Moonlighter s Meeting- door opens at 4pm; dinner at 6pm meeting to follow. Workshop by Claudia Goehl. Scrappy Mountain Majesties Class May Calendar 3 Dorie Javier Workshop 10 Board Meeting, 9:00 am at the Library 17 General Meeting- 10am. Sandra Bruce; Material Matrix and the Paths Taken. 11am, business meeting 17 Moonlighter s Meeting- door opens at 4pm; dinner at 6pm meeting to follow

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