Volume XXXV Issue 3 March 2018 Since 1980 OROVILLE PIECEMAKERS QUILT GUILD, INC.

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1 Volume XXXV Issue 3 March 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: Hello, OPQG Quilters! Oh my, what a wonderful group we had at our general and moonlighters meeting this month. At show and tell, beautiful quilts and community quilts shown at both meetings. With all your help we have been able to send out a large quantity of quilts into the community. This year Moonlighters are finishing their firefighter quilt project and will be presenting their quilts. We have a great year ahead of us in the Guild and it should be fun and interesting. This is the year of our Quilt Show which is a busy time for all of us. It is a time to showcase the work we have done over the last two years. We also have a beautiful Opportunity Quilt Star Bright to show and sell tickets at many Guilds and events this year. Remember, the money we received from the Opportunity Quilt, helps support quilting activities and quilter s expertise through education, programs and workshops, and provide public service projects for the good of the community. Please take time to think about what contribution you will make to the show. It is our major fundraiser. Your contribution will ensure that we have a successful show. Ladies, thank you for all your help and support. Jeanette Akin, Moonlighters Chair: February is here and so can spring be far behind. We are all very busy with so much serving to do for the Quilt Show. As every month comes so does our Quilt Show draws closer. I enjoyed this month s Block of the Month. Waiting to see what we draw for mystery chance challenge. It is good to see your friendly faces again. The food was delicious as usual, our chair is doing a good job reminding us what we are to bring each month. PUP projects can still be shown next month, and members will vote on which one to finish. In April, Claudia will conduct a class on Scrappy Mountain Majesties a supply list was passed out to members. If you are interested, please contact Claudia. We had a great meeting tonight and new projects started. See you all next month, missed a few faces this meeting. Virginia Brile March Birthdays: 3/3 Irene Wetmore 3/3 Laura Filbeck 3/6 Terri Russell 3/7 Shirley Scofield 3/10 Sue Gunn 3/11 Jean Drane 3/18 Cheryl Campbell 3/31 Jan Owens

2 March Speaker: We had a wonderful speaker with Eileen Milligan from Melissa and Mom. Melissa is certainly a very creative young woman. Next month we have Robyn Green, formerly of Hoffman Fabrics, who will be doing a program on how those beautiful Batiks are made. I hope you can all make it. Sharon Helton, March Workshop: Our February retreat was a huge success. If you missed it we are having an Angel Retreat in June. Our workshop for March is on March 8 which is not our usual workshop day so mark your calendar. Terri Russell is teaching a Christmas Ornament quilt as you go class. Cost of the class is $ If you haven't signed up and want to take the class call me and I will send you a supply list. If you want to come and sew on your own project the cost is $10.00 and if you are working on a community service project, it is free. Class starts a 9:00 and lunch is a potluck so bring something to share. Linda Pearson, March Materials: I am looking forward to teaching the Christmas ornament(s) wall hanging. You will need a yard of dark background and for each ornament seven 1/8 th yard pieces of fabric. the 7 pieces should range from dark to light. I'm ready to help you with this pretty wall hanging. Be sure you have done the batting & backing preparation before class. Stitch the two together with BIG stitch basting every couple of inches ACROSS not up and down. Terri Russell, Block of Month, March: Day Meeting. Terry Catt, Joan Robertson, Moonlighters Meeting Lynne Pillus, Sandi Corkran, Community Service: We had 9 quilts turned in at the retreat and 27 quilts at the meeting. Be sure to check out the storage room for fabric and to get your batting, backing cut. Thank you to all that have donated and those that help with my special projects. Have any questions, give me a call. Jan Owens Jan Owens, Dottie Elliott, Peggy Fehrman, Door Prizes: Day Meeting. Door Prizes took in $54 this month. Next month the mystery will have a minimum value of $25. Donations of gently used items are always welcome. Thanks to very one who purchased tickets. Cheryl Campbell, Betty Drake, Moonlighters Meeting Thank you to everyone who bought tickets for the door prizes. We had a lot of fun! We had four lovely prizes. The mystery bag went to Terry Russel, she won a portable cutting and ironing mat combination, and fabric, Millie won the humming bird fabric & patterns, Debbie won the gingham fabrics, Susan McMillen won the 30's fabric basket and a bonus free prize was the scrap bag of Elvis fabric to Marla Vaugh. We made $61 from tickets. Pat Woodruff, Susan McMillan, Fat Quarters: Day Meeting. Thank you all so much for supporting the fat quarter drawing. This month 15 fat

3 quarters were turned in. Each person that was drawn got a nice selection of red fabric. Next month we ll be doing greens and shamrocks. We can t wait to see what you bring in. MARCH - Shamrocks or Greens 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 MARCH- Green or Teal 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: The winner of $18 (half the pot) was Shirley Miller. Guess what she did with her winnings? She bought her required 3 books of Opportunity tickets for $15. Probably spent the rest on a coffee to make it home. Way to go!! Terri Russell, Membership: There were 40 members in attendance. We have several new members in Moonlighters. If you haven't paid your dues as yet this will be the last reminder and you will not be in the roster for next year. Please contact me ASAP. Send your check for dues and filled out form to my home not to the Guild P.O. Box Ann Harvey, Mercantile: Thank you, ladies, for purchasing supplies at our Mercantile Table. Our sales amounted to $47.00 this month. We are still trying to simplify the fabric shopping and hope to make it easier for you to know what size you are buying and for us to identify the same when you come to us with your purchases. We have lots of fat quarters and almost fat quarters for your selection. Be sure to check out Shirley s Scrubbies next month. Dorothy Welton, Cheryl Cox, Helen Cox, North Quarter Update: The meeting on January 27 at Gold Country Casino conference room was a wonderful success. There were 77 people who attended the meeting from as far away as Mt Shasta, Ft. Bragg and Woodland Ca. North Quarter meetings are a wonderful way to see what Quilt Guilds are doing and to meet likeminded individuals. Thank you, Betty Drake, Shirley Reed, and Marge Redding, for helping me to organize and set up the event. Thanks to Marla Vaughn for helping me to keep the money straight and working the reception table. In addition to the meeting we celebrated Clara Midwood s 97th birthday. Thank you, Dorothy Welton, for providing Clara with transportation. Clara shared with the group how she learned to quilt before we had all these modern tools, books and patterns. Finally thank you to everyone who attended the meeting, without you we would not have had such a wonderful meeting. Cheryl Campbell, Quilt Show: Dates: October 27 & 28, set up on October 26, Judging on October 25 We still need someone to head up the white glove volunteers, please let me know if you can take over that position. We now have thirteen sponsors and could use 3-4 more, if you know someone who has a business, please ask if they would be

4 willing to sponsor an award for a cost to them of $25. The money will go to the person who wins the best quilt in various categories. The sponsor will be acknowledged with a certificate on the quilt stating their name and business, as well as on our programs.. Let me know if you have any questions. Sharon Helton, Claudia Goebl, Sunshine: A Sympathy Card was sent to Auda Hill, loss of her husband, Glenn Virginia Brile General Meeting Minutes: Oroville Piecemakers Quilt Guild General Meeting February 15, 2018 At the Palermo Grange 7600 Irwin Ave. Palermo CA The meeting called to order at 10:00am by President Jeanette Akin. Visiting Opportunity Quilt: Loomis Quilt and Fiber Guild, Loomis, Ca was welcomed by Jeanette. They announced a prize will be given away at the end of the meeting. Those purchasing tickets will be placed in the drawing. Welcome Visitors: Karen Von Bargen, she was a member about 10 years ago visited today. Shirley Scriebler showed us what she calls a scrubby. She stated it can be used on any surface without scratching. She will be selling them beginning next month for $5.00 each. She will also make some to be sold at our boutique. Program: Sharon Helton introduced our guest speaker Eileen Milligan of Melissa and Mom Quilts. She showed us some amazing quilts and provided patterns for sale. Show and Tell: Cheryl Cox, Lynne Pillus, Jan Owens, Linda Pearson, Ann Harvey, Angie Horne, and Marla Vaughn showed us lovely projects. Break: 15 minutes. Business Meeting: Approval of January General Meeting Minutes: No corrections the minutes stand approved as distributed. Old Business: Retreat Follow up: Linda Pearson reported we had a great response each day with people staying as late as 8pm. She told us there was lots of good food and fun. The next retreat will be our Angel Retreat. June Debbie, from Debbie Sewing Machine Repair will be here to clean machines and sharpen scissors. Sharon Helton will pass out a sign-up sheet prior to the date. Kids Camp: Jan Abramson spoke about what we are hoping to do for young children to raise interest in sewing. She made two suggestions. 1. One idea is for members to bring in young family members to be taught. 2. The other idea is to make a presentation at the local school to see if some children between the ages of 8 and 12 years would be interested in learning to sew. She stated the time frame would probably be in probably July. It will be 5 days and about 3-4 hours each day. She asked for volunteers to work with the children on a 1 to 1. Eight people raised their hands. It was suggested Jan set a date by our next meeting with more information. Reports: Treasurer s Report: Marla Vaughn presented our financial report. Ending Balances: General Fund, $ Raffle Fund, $ Angel Fund; $ Ending total. $ Motion was made by Bev Smith to accept this report, motion seconded by Lynne Pillus Approved unanimously. Marla requested we increase the raffle budget for the Moonlighter s by $ This will place their budget from $ to $ A motion was made to approve this increase by Sandi Corkran and seconded by Nancy Kennedy. Motion passed. Marla read a card from Calvary Chapel of Browns Valley, to thank us for the $ donation we made going to fire victims. Marla also reminded those helping with the audit today. Terry Catt, Marge Redding and Jan Owens. Vice Pres- Sharon Helton announced the March speaker is Robyn Green, formerly of Hoffman Fabrics. She will talk about how batiks are made. April speaker will be Cathy Evans, Quilts by Cathy. She will give us some tips about long arm quilting. Workshop: Linda Pearson The March workshop will be Terri Russell teaching Christmas Ornaments wall hanger. A supply list and instructions were available for those planning to participate. Terri announced there are several steps that must be taken before arriving for class. The April workshop will be Nancy Kennedy teaching a class called Jimmy Buffet Shirt. The instructions and supply list were available to be

5 Presenter s Photo Gallery Eileen Milligan (Mom) from Melissa and Mom. Melissa, her daughter designs quilts Eileen makes them and sells the patterns.

6 picked up today. Each of these classes cost $10 to attend. Quilt Show Coordinator: Sharon Helton She reported we have eight sponsors signed up. Members spoke up and announced five additional sponsors. Sharon asked all those members to give the information to Jeanette, she will send them a letter to affirm what we are planning and thanking them. Boutique Update: Dorothy Moyle Smith showed more items turned in by members. She also handed out a page listing the donations we have already. It also listed the articles we need donated to make this boutique a success. Committee Reports: Block of the Month: 14 blocks turned in today, won by Ann Harvey Next month the BOM is called Flights of Fancy Community Service: Jan Owens reported we had 22 quilts turn in this month. She will be distributing some later this month. Jan reported we received a thank you card from Oroville Library for providing quilts to hang in the library. Door Prize Baskets: Cheryl Campbell reported they took in $54.00 winners: Jeanette Atkin, Betty Drake, Betty Drake, Marilla Brereton, Betty Drake. This was her lucky day. 50/50 Raffle: Took in $36.00 $18 won by Shirley Miller Fat Quarters: 15 turn in with three winners, Helen Cox, Jackie Conn and Dorothy Moyle Smith Hospitality: Marge Redding thanked everyone for the good snacks. She stated we are good for next month. Membership: We had 44 people sign in today Please get your dues in by the end of this month, so your name will be in the rooster. It will be printed by the next meeting. Members were reminded that purchasing $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. Mercantile: Dorothy Welton reported they took in $27.35 today. Jeanette Atkin announced three of the events we are selling tickets for our opportunity quilt: We need people to volunteer to help. 1. Wild Flower and Nature Festival. Sat April 7/2018 at River Bend Park set up is 8am take down is 4pm 2. Fiesta Days at Sank Park May 12, am to 4pm 3. Yuba City Stroll June 16, 2018 this event is 2pm to 10pm. Due to these late hours, we need to decide if there is interest in this event. 4. Berry Creek, 5. Butte County Fair, 6. Salmon Festival Angie Horne won the prize from the visiting guild, which included a pin cushion, a small storage box and a ruler. Meeting Adjourned: 11:52 Respectfully submitted by Dorothy Moyle Smith, Secretary. Moonlighters Minutes: Door Prizes: Susan, Debbie, Millie, and mystery prize to Teri. Freebie door prize to Marla Vaughn. This month we took in $ Fat Quarter was black on black the winner was Virginia Brile. Next month s Fat Quarters is Green/Teal Block of the month winner: Millie Tip of the month by Lynn Pillus. Lynn showed us how to organize our fabric stash by using a 6 wide ruler to roll the fabric around. You will be able to tell if you have a yard of fabric by using this equation; 3 time around the ruler, equals 6. 6X6 = 36 = 1 yard of fabric. Next month s tip will be from Linda Pearson Show & Tell: Linda, Millie, Jan, Becky, Cindy, Claudia, Ashley, Lynn, Cheryl, Jeri and Jan Nielson Workshop: During the April meeting Claudia G. will be teaching a class called the Scrappy Mountain Majesties, which is a Bonnie Hunter free pattern. A Supply list was handed out. Jan spoke about the beautiful fabrics that were purchased for the community quilts. Come see Jan if need fabric for making a quilt or for backing. She also showed a couple of examples of simple but beautiful quilts for donation. PUP Challenge (Poor unfinished Projects): This month more Moonlighters brought unfinished projects for the group to vote on. Below are the projects that the members will work on this year to complete; Virginia: Purple Magic. Sandy: Purple Pineapple. Lynn: One Block Wonder. Nancy: Fractured Crystals. Mary Kay: Christmas BOM. Fran: MacKenzie Square. By Sabrina Bell

7 Show and Tell Photo Gallery

8 Valley Quilt Guild Quilt Show March 10 & 11, 2018 Rhapsody in Red: 35th Annual Quilt Show The Red Quilts are coming Saturday: 10am 5pm Sunday: 10am 4pm Admission: $7, free parking! Location: Yuba Sutter Fairgrounds 442 Franklin Ave, Yuba City Let s all go and support our neighboring Quilt Guild! Clara Midwood s Birthday was celebrated at the North Quarter Meeting. March Calendar 1 Board Meeting 8 Bargello Ornament Workshop by Terri Russell 15 General Meeting- 10am. Trunk show by Robyn Green, Formerly of Hoffman Batiks How Batiks are created 11am, business meeting 15 Moonlighter s Meeting- door opens at 4pm; dinner at 6pm meeting to follow 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

9 Star Bright Our 2018 Opportunity Quilt