Tualatin Valley Quilt Guild

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1 Tualatin Valley Quilt Guild NEWSLETTER April 2014 March 2014 General licensed by the Oregon Board of Speech/Language Pathology and Meeting Focus the Oregon Teacher Standards This month s guest speaker is and Practices Commission. Mary Shiffer. Mary will focus her Retired from her public education presentation on Crazy Quilts. career she maintains a small private pediatric practice, writes, quilts and travels. For more information about Mary check out her website: maryshiffer.com The Tualatin Valley Quilt Guild meets January through November on the third Tuesday of the month. Meetings are held at the Sherwood Senior Center starting at 7:00 p.m. Guests are welcome and are asked to pay $5.00 at the door. Reminder Please bring the following items to our April 2014 Meeting: TVQG Name Tag Block of the Month: Disappearing Pinwheel Fat Quarter: Lavender, Purple, or Yellow Show and Tell Item Charity Donation Your Choice Dinner Anyone? All TVQG members are welcome to attend dinner just prior our General Monthly meeting. If attending, please arrive by 5:15 p.m. The restaurant for April is Red Robin, located at SW Adams Ave, Sherwood. Here is a bit of information about Mary. She lives in Tualatin, OR with Mike, her husband of 40 years, a Maine Coon Cat named Tiggy (Mrs. Tiggywinkle) and a neurotic West Highland Terrier named Finnigan. Mike and Mary have two grown children, Larisa and Matt, and three grandchildren, Wesley, Quentin and Sophia. When not writing, Mary enjoys gardening, tending to her koi and goldfish, playing piano, art quilting, genealogy, reading, and playing with her grandchildren. Mike and Mary are involved in their church, the local food pantry and lead a Cub Scout program for moms and boys at the state women's correctional facility. Mary holds a BA in Elementary Education and a MS in Speech and Hearing Science from Portland State University, Portland, OR. She is Certified Clinically Competent by the American Speech/Language Hearing Association and is Membership Update Tualatin Valley Quilt Guild s Membership Chairperson, Donna Gilbo reports as of April 2014 we have 63 active members. If you are interested in joining the Tualatin Valley Quilt Guild, please contact Donna for an application. She may be reached at gilbo6205@comcast.net TVQG membership renewals occur every July. Yearly dues are $35.00 and may be prorated for members that join mid-year. Quilt Quote: In the crazy quilt of life, I'm glad you're in my block of friends. - Author Unknown

2 Charity Quilting Updates and News Charity Quilter Sewing The TVQG Charity Quilters meets monthly on the first Monday of the month at the Sherwood Senior Center located at SW Sherwood Blvd, Sherwood. Sewing start time is 10:00 a.m. All TVQG members are invited to attend. Please bring your own sewing machine and basic sewing supplies. A wide selection of fabric is available for you to use in constructing your charity quilt. Finished quilts are donated Tigard s Good Neighbor Center, to Wings, or to other charity organizations as needed. Charity Quilt Labels If you have completed a charity quilt and need a label please see Betty Murphy, Liz Cadish, or Vergie Karlson. These ladies bring a supply of quilt labels to both the monthly TVQG Charity Sewing and TVQG General Meetings. Quilting Practice? Would you like some quilt projects to practice your quilting skills on? If so, please get in touch with Vergie at or Betty. They will set you up with a charity quilt that has been already been put together with a top, batting and backing. All you would need to do is complete the quilting. What a great idea to practice your quilting skills and help reduce their knee-high and ever-growing stack of quilts that just need to be quilted. Our Charity Quilting Team wanted to share us some of the recent happenings of our Charity Quilters Hello quilters We received a lovely note from Pam at Good Neighbor Center thanking all of you for this last stack of quilts. Then Heidi sent pictures of some of the children with their very own quilts. Heidi saw one of the quilts and immediately thought of a 6-month old boy and took it to him right then! We later got to see him all wrapped up it! Our next charity sew day is the day after retreat and there will NOT be fabric brought in. Betty, however, will bring batting that day. Happy sewing Liz, Betty and Vergie Photos by Permission of Good Neighbor Center Good Neighbor Center Donations Items The April 2014 Good Neighbor Center donation item is your choice. Because they need so many things we are leaving it up to you to decide what to bring in to donate. Here are some suggestions, dry goods, canned or boxed food, or cleaning items. If you would like to find out more about the Good Neighbor Center including their current donation needs please follow this link to the Good Neighbor Center: Page -2 -

3 2014 Raffle Quilt 2014 Raffle Quilt This year s beautiful raffle quilt has been completed in vibrant colors in a Lone Star motif. Coordinating Pillow shams have also been constructed as shown in this photo. The quilt and shams will be displayed at future TVQG General meeting. To date we have already collected $156 in raffle ticket sales. Upcoming presentations of the Raffle Quilt may include showings at Sherwood Senior Center Flea Market/Rummage Sale, April 12 th and at the King City Holiday Bazaar in November. Sherry Little suggested that guild members sign up to take the quilt for one day to show it and sell tickets at an event of their choice. This way no one person will have to shoulder the entire responsibility of generating raffle ticket sales. A volunteer is needed to maintain the signup sheet and keep the presentation schedule current. Those interested should contact Sherry Little, Mary Hamm or Brook McReynolds. Raffle tickets should be available at the TVQG s General Meeting. Quilt Retreat We are only a couple of days away from the 2014 TVQG annual retreat which is scheduled for April 3rd through April 6th. All 32 Attendees should have received an with retreat details. King City Holiday Bazaar TVQG will again be participating in the King City Holiday Bazaar scheduled for the second weekend in November. Because of the success we have had in previous years we hope to add a second table of items for sale. Even though it is only spring, it s not to early to start planning your contributions for this event. Mary Hamn, 2013 Event Coordinator says she noticed smaller or lower priced items generated the most interest and sales, s you may want to keep that in mind. Also we are in need of some extra hands with helping with the coordination of this event. Sound Equine Options Requesting Quilt Donation Sound Equine Options a non-profit organization that provides veterinary-directed programs to reduce the number of suffering and starving horses in NW Oregon and SW Washington has reached out to TVQG asking for the donation of quilts to include as part of their fundraising efforts. Donated quilts need to be received by June 1, They will gladly accept any size quilt for their Silent Auction. Anyone donating will receive mention on Facebook, on their website and in their newsletter as well as tax receipt. For more information please visit their website at April Birthdays Carolyn Uyemura - April 15 th Nancy Savonick - April 21 st Martie Smith- April 29 th TVQG Members Website is: Page -3-

4 General Meeting - March Winners March Block of the Month Winner March Fat Quarter Winners March s Fat Quarter theme was Animal prints. Fellow quilters brought in enough fat quarter contributions to make five bundles of fat quarters. Becky Newton, Mary Hamm, Judi Derry, Brook McReynolds and Betty Murphy each won a nice bundle of animal print inspired fat quarter This wonderful collection of X-Quisite quilt blocks were won at our March General Meeting. March Door Prize Winners Door prize winners at our March General Meeting were Carmi Mares, Darcy Miller and Darlene Whitten. Each winner won a $15 gift card redeemable at one of our local quilting stores. April Fat Quarters To Be Donated to Coffee Creek Quilters At our February 18th General Meeting it was announced April Fat Quarters will be donated to Coffee Creek Quilters instead of being awarded to a guild member. Coffee Creek Quilters are requesting Fat Quarters in yellow, lavender and purple. If you would like to find out more information on Coffee Creek Quilters, here is a link to their website: Coffee Creek Quilters. April Block of the Month At our April TVQG General Meeting Marie Godfrey presented the Block of the Month for April, Disappearing Pinwheel. Recommended colors for this block are a dark and light solid of the same color. The block size is 10.5 finished. A drawing for the blocks will be held at our April 15th meeting. Block instructions are available in the members-only section of the TVQG Web page. In addition, the Missouri Star Quilt Company has produced a YouTube video showing how this fun block is made. Please bring your completed Disappearing Pinwheel blocks with you to the April TVQG General Meeting. Block of the Month Schedule for 2014 Month Quilter Phone April for May Diane Campbell rac223@hotmail.com May for June Ila Peters ila@ronandila.com June for July Eleanor Heikkminen cheik@comcast.net July for August Carol Springer carol@springertech.com August for September LoisMarie Mayer lov2kwilt@aol.com September for October Bonnie Holt quiltdust2@frontier.com October for November Sue Willard suewillard97140@yahoo.com November for January Donna Gilbo gilbo6205@comcast.net Page -4 -

5 Show and Tell Pictured below are some of the lovely quilts that were shared at our March 2014 Meeting. Presenters included Molly Skeen, Paula Cash, Esther Vickstrom, Lottie Smith, Brook McReynolds and Carol Springer. Page -5-

6 Of Interest to TVQG Members Open Position - Historian We are looking for a person who would like to continue with the upkeep of our Charity Scrapbook and Photo Album. This scrapbook will be shared for viewing at Guild meetings and charity events or functions. If interested in assisting with this project please contact any Guild Officer. Open Position -Legal Affairs Occasionally our Quilt Guild needs to have an answer to a quick or simple legal question. With that in mind, do any of our guild members have the knowledge or expertise and be willing to assist the officers of our guild when these simple questions arise? Or do any of our guild members know of someone (possibly a relative or friend) who would be willing to assist? If you do, please contact Brook McReynolds by at brookmcr@hotmail.com Classified and Want Ads and Services If you have anything that you would like to sell, give away, trade or barter, a service that you would like to offer, or you are searching for something you need to purchase, let us know. We ll include it in our Classified Ads. Your item does not have to be quilting related. And here is the best part - it is listed for free. Please send an to tvqg.news@gmail.com. Include a brief item description, cost, and how you can be reached and if possible, please include a picture of your item in your . Sewing Machine For Sale Viking Scandinavia 100 Attachments & user guide 15 stitches Makes button holes, In excellent condition Original cost $ Asking $ If interested, contact Bonnie Holt at Free-Motion Darning Foot This closed-toe free motion darning foot fits most low shank sewing machines. Unfortunately my machine a Singer XL was not one of the most. This foot was purchased online for about $ It s not worth the hassle of sending back. So if you can use this foot, is yours FREE. If you would like to have this darning foot, please Carol Springer at carol@springertech.com and I will bring it with me to the next TVQG General Meeting for you. Upcycle Worn Rotary Mats This tip comes to us by way of LinkedIn s Quilting Enthusiast Group member Barbara Wiggins. Instead of using cardboard for templates, use your old, really rough from so much rotary cutting, cutting mats. Use a pair of wire snips to cut them out and viola` templates. Use a piece of sandpaper or an emery board to take off any rough spots. These things don't lose their shape or get smaller as you use them. They last and last. Page -6 - Tips and Tricks Dusting with Batting? I ve been told by a fellow guild member that your leftover pieces of batting can be cut to the size of your Swifter (or similar brand) dry-mop head. Batting pieces attach firmly to the Velcro strips of the mop head and work really well to wipe away those silly little dust bunnies that may be hanging around your house while you have been busy quilting. Hanging Rulers Vergie Karlson wanted to share this tip with us: I hang my rulers on nails on the wall. To make it easier to find the hole in the ruler I put a round sticker for notebook paper over it. Makes it easier for me!

7 Victoria Jones Open Sew Victoria Jones is now holding Evening Open Sew Times at the Gathering Place in Tigard on Friday s and Saturday s from 6:00 p.m. until Midnight. The cost is $ There is lots of room for everyone. The address is: The Gathering Place, Hudson Plaza, SW Pacific Highway Suite 125, Tigard. The cross street is Walnut Avenue. For evening sessions you may park anywhere in the lot. Look for the Sew Spectacular Studio sign in the window of Suite 125. Victoria says I hope to see you there this coming Saturday, but if you can t make it, I hope you put a Friday or Saturday night on your calendar and join us soon. We also meet every Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for those of you with daytime availability. So come on in and join the group Victoria s address is vdjsews@comcast.net. She also can be reached by phone at or Flea Market and Rummage Sale Sherwood Senior Center The Friends of Marjorie Stewart [Sherwood] Senior Center are hosting a Flea Market and Rummage Sale Saturday, April 12 th They are in need of your good used things for this sale and wanted to let the members of our guild know that they will be accepting donations at the Sherwood Senior on Friday April 11 th. Or they can pick up your donation items. To arrange for a donation pick up, please call and leave a message. A tax receipt for donated items will be provided. Free Quilt Patterns The following internet sites offer free downloadable quilt patterns: All People Quilt Free Quilting.com Hoffman Fabrics Craftsy Fave Quilts McCalls Quilting Public Television Quilt-Related Shows Currently Oregon Public Broadcasting airs several quilt related shows that might be of interest to quilters including Fons and Porter Love of Quilting Eleanor Burns - Quilt in a Day Quilting Arts TV Air time for these shows may vary according to your cable provider but are available to both Frontier Communication and Comcast Cable TV subscribers. Upcoming Meetings TVQG 2013 Meeting Calendar Charity Quilting Monday, April 7, 2014 Sherwood Senior Center Board Meeting Tuesday, April 1, 2014 King City Clubhouse General Meeting Tuesday, April 15, 2014 Sherwood Senior Center Charity Quilting Monday, May Sherwood Senior Center Board Meeting Tuesday, May 6, 2014 King City Clubhouse General Meeting Tuesday, May 20, 2014 Sherwood Senior Center Charity Quilting Monday, June 2, 2014 Sherwood Senior Center Board Meeting Tuesday, June 3, 2014 King City Clubhouse General Meeting Tuesday, June 17, 2014 Sherwood Senior Center Charity Quilting Monday, July 7, 2014 Sherwood Senior Center Board Meeting Tuesday, July 1, 2014 King City Clubhouse General Meeting Tuesday, July 15, 2014 Sherwood Senior Center Page -7-

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9 Quilt Shows and Expositions April 3 through 5, 2014 Clark County Quilters Annual Quilt Show Vancouver Church of Christ 9019 NE 86 th St Vancouver, WA Clark County Quilters April 11 through 13, 2014 Tropical Jewels Douglas County Fairgrounds 2110 SW Frear St Roseburg, OR Umpqua Valley Quilters May 3, 2014 Westside Quilters Guild North Plains Public Library NW Commercial St North Plains, OR Will feature an exhibit of quilts with patriotic themes 11 am to 7:30 pm Monday through Wednesday 11 am to 5:30 pm Thursday through Sunday Free May 3 and 4, 2014 Krazy Horse Quilters Annual Show Pendleton Convention Center Pendleton, OR Kazyhorse Quilters May 2 and 3, 2014 NW Quilters Show - A Festival of Quilts Portland Expo Center Exhibit Hall D N Marine Dr Portland, OR Northwest Quilters 10 am -- 5 pm both Friday, May 2, 2014 and Saturday, May 3, 2014 General Admission: $8.00 Children under 12: Free Over 300 Quilts on Display Vendors Silent Auction Quilts for Sale Build-a-Block Quilts of Valor Treasure Hunt for Kids Food & Beverages Available Handicapped Accessible May 17 and 18, 2014 Rogue Valley Piecemakers 34 th Annual Quilt Show Josephine County Fairgrounds Route 199, Grants Pass, OR Oregon Summer Quilt Expo May 21-June 15th Quiltmakers in Contemporary America Washington County Museum Learn about the techniques of piecing, patching and appliqueing fabrics that have been used for centuries in different locales and cultures. $6 adults, $4 seniors Shopping Canby Quilts & Fabric 248 NW 1st Ave. Canby, OR Tea Time Quilts SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy N Beaverton, OR Cool Cottons 2417 SE Hawthorne Blvd Portland, OR Quilter s Corner Store SW Broadway St Beaverton, OR Quilter's Corner Store SE McLaughlin Blvd Milwaukie OR Sharon's Attic Quilt Shop 2950 SW Cornelius Pass Rd Hillsboro, OR Page -9-

10 Shopping Boersma s 203 NE 3 rd McMinneville, OR Hollyhill Quilt Shoppe & Mercantile 1914 Willamette Falls Drive #160 West Linn, OR Fabric Depot 700 SE 122nd St Portland OR Pine Needle 429 First St Lake Oswego OR Quilting Delights (Happy Valley) SE Oregon Trail Dr Portland, OR Pioneer Quilts SE Stevens Ct Happy Valley, OR A Common Thread SW Sequoia Pkwy, Ste 100 Tigard, OR Scrap Creative Reuse Center 2915 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR List of Officers President Brook McReynolds brookmcr@hotmail.com Vice-President Peggy Grunden p.grunden@yahoo.com Treasurer Bonnie Holt quiltdust2@frontier.com Secretary Judy Derry jdderry63@gmail.com List of Committee Chairpersons Membership Donna Gilbo gilbo6205@comcast.net Corresponding Secretary Paula Cash paula@thecashs.com Newsletter Carol Springer carol@springertech.com Publicity Marie Godfrey mgodfrey39@mindspring.com Legal Affairs, IRS, Historian Nancy Savonick nancyjcpa@comcast.net Block of the Month Gina Spiaggia grs9955@aol.com Fat Quarter of the Month Eleanore Mickus elandval@gmail.com Facility Liaison Martie Smith martie123@comcast.net Judy Orlandini orlan82@msn.com Charity Quilting Betty Murphy quiltinbets@gmail.com Vergie Karlson evkarlson@aol.com Liz Cadish ecadish@comcast.net 2014 Raffle Quilt Mary Hamn horselady97225@yahoo.com Sherry Little sherrylittle1946@comcast.net Mary Kanski marykanski@yahoo.com Challenge Quilt Feb 2014 Sherry Little sherrylittle1946@comcast.net Quilt Retreat Judy Orlandini orlan82@msn.com Winter Holiday Bazaar Mary Hamn horselady97225@yahoo.com Page -10 -