Homespun Pieces and Stitches June, 2017 A publication of the Homespun Quilters Guild www.wacohomespunquiltguild.org 12 th MONDAY Board Meeting, 6:00 p.m. @ Clara Jean Matustik s, 2724 Cedar Pt. Dr., Waco. 76710 All guild members are invited to attend. 19 th MONDAY Guild meeting- 6:30 Guild Challenge- Blocks with Rita, New officers Instillation 22 nd Thursday Budget Meeting with outgoing and incoming officers @ 6:30 pm. @ Lakewood Christian Church 23rd FRIDAY Information for the JULY newsletter sent to guildnews@hot.rr.com. Greetings, I have had so much fun with our guild this past month. First, there was Sit and Sew and then Community Service Night. If you have not attended one of these events please make an effort to attend the next one. Both are fun and fantastic opportunities to get to know your fellow members better. This will be my last note as President of our guild. This last year has been great and I have truly enjoyed my time serving our guild. I was quite nervous when I began my term. But I did not need to be. Our board and this guild are truly the best there is. We have all worked together to grow our guild and fulfill our mission this past year. I am proud of everything we have done. If we were not moving I would happily serve another year. I wish there was enough time to thank everyone individually. Please allow me to express my sincerest gratitude to all of you. You have helped me to grow as a quilter and more importantly a person. I truly appreciate each and every one of you. We hope to return to Texas to retire in a few years. I look forward to when our paths will cross again. Until then may your days be filled with fabric and your bobbin always full. Cheers, Kathleen President's Note 1
Block Challenge The June Homespun Quilters Guild will be the venue for the showcase of the projects using the Challenge Block Patterns. So, if you have not finished yours and your project, you still have until June 19 th. [ I still have copies of the patterns. If you missed some, let me know and I will get them to you by return mail.] The categories are as follows: A project containing one to three of the blocks. A project containing four to six of the blocks. A project containing seven to nine of the blocks. A project containing ten to twelve of the blocks. A project representing the Best Use of Color. A project representing the most creative finishing/joining technique. The Guild members attending the June meeting will vote for the best project in each category and prizes will be awarded. I am looking forward to seeing what wonderful quilt/quilt/another project you have created. Rita 512 900 0439 r.schormann@ctxwifi.net 2019 Raffle Quilt - Volunteers Needed It s time to get started on our next raffle quilt. We need a Bee or group of individuals to commit to making our next quilt. We have a raffle quilt chairman (Cindy Bruce) who will help you with the guidelines and timeframes. If we get started now, you will have about 18 months to finish the quilt. Let s get started! Just let me know if you want to be part of the fun!! Cindy Bruce cbruce49@yahoo.com 2
Homespun Quilters <> Programs Evelyn Hackney Programs 2017 June 19 Guild Challenge- Blocks with Rita, New officers Instillation July 17 M.J. Fielek Bucket List Quilts/Workshop Orphan Blocks and Leftovers August 21 Trish Stuart Color Theory /Workshop Wool The Basics September 18 Sharon and Loren Wilhelm Workshop October 16 November 13 December 18 Community Service Sharon Holliday SOS Save our Scraps Christmas Party Homespun Quilters <> Community Service News -Karen Woodard 3
Sew What s New? Submitted by Barbara Burr What does a beautiful red, white, and blue Quilt of Valor, a magical wooden seam roller, and Russian potato vodka have in common? All were topics of discussion when Waco invaded the Friendship Quilt Guild of Brenham, Texas. Quilters love to share their craft, so when the Brenham guild invited our president Kathleen Thompson and president-elect Karen Curlee to speak at their meeting, it was a great excuse for a Road Trip! Kathleen brought her husband, Mark. Lisa Williams, Joyce Jones, and Barbara Burr tagged along with Karen. Opening the program was a surprise gift of the Quilt of Valor for Mark, who- -by the way--is a doctor and the Commander of the Medical Center at Ft. Hood. This one, however, caught the Colonel by complete surprise and he actually blushed as a very proud wife stood quietly by. Kathleen went on to teach all of us many tricks about bindings and demonstrated a fascinating array of quilting tools for sale, including that handy wooden seam roller, of which she completely sold out! Karen followed up with an entire suitcase full of tools, many straight from Harbor Freight, that you would never dream of using with quilts, but which actually work quite well and really come in handy. From the snake light coiled around her neck to the value of skateboarder s tape, her hints and suitcase of secrets were helpful to all. Oh, and about that vodka? Well, just mix it with distilled water and use it as natural starch. With our tummies, full of hot coffee and a variety of home-made cookies, we said our farewells to new friends and headed north to hearth and home. We all know that quilters are a very special breed of people, always welcoming and friendly, loving to learn, and eager to share their knowledge. Aren t we lucky to be among them? 4
TAQG RALLY DAY 2017 July 8, 2017, you have a unique opportunity to attend a free day of quilt related fun. That is the date of Rally Day 2017. We hope that you have attended a Rally Day in the past, but if you have not let me share with you what will happen at Rally Day 2017. This year's event will be held at Mimosa Lane Baptist Church, 1233 North Beltline Rd, Mesquite, Texas. The doors will open at 9:00 AM. The first thing you have to do is show your current guild membership card. As long as your guild is a TAQG member you get in free! If you are not a member of a TAQG guild you will be charged $5.00 at the door. Everyone will receive a door prize ticket. Just for attending you may win one of 100 door prizes. The first door prize to be given away is a Baby Lock Anna sewing machine. It is valued at $399 and has been donated by Plano Sewing Center. You can see more information about the door prizes and their donors at www.taqg.org. Homespun Quilters <> Membership News Clara Jean Matustik We had 41 members at the May community service meeting. The attendance prize drawing for this meeting was given to Karen Fleuriet. Perfect Attendance prize was given to Karen Curlee. We had 123.5 hours of community service and 13 hours of education service. New memberships - 23. Remember that there will be a drawing for a prize for those who have renewed their membership by the end of May. Be sure to sign in for the volunteer hours from the May meeting. New Member Jeanette Stone 490 Sunland Park Robinson, 76706 235-0637 h 717-8401 c lstone@mygrande.net Feb. 23 Change of email address for Evelyn Hackney evelyn.hackney@yahoo.com Vickie Fergason 5 Anita Scott 17 Betty Fergason 18 Johanna Summar 19 DeeAnn Boatright 23 Sandy Weynand 23 Barbara Greenwood 25 Linda Buckner 26 5
THE BUZZ ABOUT BEES CINDY BRUCE 723-7754, cbruce49@yahoo.com The Homespun Quilters Guild sponsors many quilting bees to which members can belong. There are bees that meet at night as well as bees that meet during the day. Some bees may be highly organized where there is always some kind of group effort going on, and there are very hang-loose bees whose members simply enjoy getting together to sew, talk and maybe eat! Some bees meet in public places while others meet in member s homes. Bees may have limited membership because of space. If you are interested in joining a bee or forming a new Bee, please let me know and I will work with you. China Dolls Individual projects Daytime Twice Monthly (Tuesday) DeeAnn Boatright, 254-723-2015 carousel@hot.rr.co Cut Ups Evening Monthly (second Tuesday) Karen Fleuriet, 744-0012 karenfleuriet@gmail.com Happy Stitchers Individual projects; occasional group projects Evening Monthly (Thursday) Nancy Pugh, 722-7833 npugh@windstream.net Loose Threads Hand Work, individual and group projects Daytime 1 st, 3 rd, 5 th Tuesday (a.m.) New Road Church of Christ Norma McAdams, 848-4714 Karen Curlee, 744-1830 normamcadams@gmail.com kccurlee@hot.rr.com Material Girls Group & individual projects, Hand work, field trips, challenges Daytime Weekly (Thursdays) Patty Field, 876-2817, pattyfield@gmail.com Material Mavens Daytime - Bi-Monthly (Monday) Alice Baird or Judy Steward, 254-495-0905 quiltsteward@hot.rr.com Sew It Seams Community Service & Individual projects Daytime Twice-Monthly (2nd & 4th Thursday) Karen Woodard, 972-768-6273 Kawoodardaquilter@yahoo.com Scrappy Hearts - Individual and group projects / Bazaar Booth Coordinators Daytime Weekly (Thursdays) Linda Buckner, 848-4837 Ladybug26@outlook.com EmbroidMe Bee Time- 3 rd Tue of each month 10:00-2:00 Evelyn Hackney 254-836-5332 ehackney@sbcglobal.net 6
Homespun Quilters <> Guild Meeting Minutes Homespun Quilters Guild Meeting Minutes May 15, 2017 President, Kathleen Thompson, called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM. The nominees for officers were announced and voted on: President; Karen Curlee Vice President/Programs; Ellen McAuley Vice President/Membership; Joyce Jones Secretary; Karen Fleuriet Treasurer; Joanne Cannizzaro Committee Chairs: Bee Keeper; Cindy Bruce Guild Retreat; Linda Buckner Community Service; Evelyn Hackney Door Prizes; Diane McClellan, Randa Fuller, Emma Stickney Guild Activities; Barbara Burr Library; Iris Cunningham, Alisha Crain Newsletter-Sunshine/Shadows; Sue Anderson Parliamentarian; Tina Dekle Property Manager; Debora Cleave-Trepus Directory; Joyce Jones Quilt Show Chair; Bill Pugh o Set Up; Karen Woodard Education; Tina Dekle Publicity; Jerry Mitchell Website/Facebook; Debbie Stubbs Hospitality; Linda Buckner, Debbie Dewey Officers will be sworn in at the June Guild Meeting. There will be a Budget Meeting for all Incoming and Outgoing Officers and Chairmen on June 22 nd at 6:30 in the Fellowship Hall. Continuity Books will be exchanged at that time. The Daycare has asked us to be more diligent in picking up dropped pins as some of the children have found them. Sunshine & Shadows: Karen Curlee gave her report. Community Service: Karen Woodard gave her report. Bee Keeper: Cindy Bruce has forms on the back table for those interested in joining or forming a Bee. Raffle Quilt 2019: Cindy Bruce announced that the theme will probably include the 4 seasons. Please refer any ideas, suggestions or desire to work on it to her. Programs: Evelyn Hackney Next month is Officer Induction, Guild Challenge and Bazaar Booth Challenge. Treasurer: checking. The CD comes up for renewal in July. Retreat: Linda Buckner money for the Retreat is due tonight. Joanne Cannizzaro reports balances of $8,574.81 in the CD, and $18,315.34 in Library: Tina Dekle will take returns tonight, but it will not be open for check-out. Membership: Clara Jean Matustik 42 members present, 1 guest. Be sure to get your Membership dues paid by June 1 st to be eligible for a prize drawing. 7
The Perfect Attendance prize winner is Karen Curlee. The Membership prize winner is Laura Young. There are some free magazines on the back table for the taking. Show & Tell Motion to close the Business Meeting: 1 st by Ellen McAuley; 2 nd by Linda Buckner. Community Service: Karen Woodard announced that Braided Quilt is the pattern we will be sewing tonight. Sewing was wrapped up by about 8:30. Submitted by Secretary, Debbie Dewey Homespun Quilters <> Guild Board Meeting Minutes Homespun Quilters Guild Board Minutes May 8, 2017 Present: Clara Jean Matustik, Karen Curlee, Judy Mathews, Kathleen Thompson, Cindy Bruce, Evelyn Hackney, Barbara Burr, Karen Fleuriet, Karen Woodard, Joanne Cannizzaro, Debbie Dewey. Kathleen called the meeting to order at 6:03. Motion to approve last month s minutes: 1 st by Evelyn; 2 nd by Cindy Bruce. Membership: Clara Jean 40 members have already paid their dues for 2017-2018. Sadly 2 of our new members are moving to Colorado. Treasurer: Joanne passed out the monthly report and the completed budget. Joanne purchased the Challenge Block prizes. o On the budget this needs to be a line item under the 2017 Quilt Show. The $233 and $210 income for the 2018 Raffle Quilt needs to be moved to the 2017 Raffle Quilt. Board members will review further at home and call Joanne with other changes. We will be discussing better ways to distinguish between our different Challenges to prevent future confusions. The Budget Meeting will be on May 22 nd at 6:30 in the Fellowship Hall. Incoming and outgoing Officers and Chairs need to attend. Programs: Evelyn May Guild is Community Service night o Bring machines, irons, rotary cutters, etc. o We will have Show & Tell, but not Door Prizes or Library or Bee. The Cut Ups have been rescheduled for November. o There will be some handouts from Hobbs at this meeting while supplies last. The 2018 Programs are booked. o Newly added is The Thread Jazz for Quilting & Embellishing Lecture (1-1 ½ hours) and Needle & Thread Know How by Sulky which will include a Guild Fundraiser Package, a Door Prize Drawing Package, and Assorted Information Packets. Evelyn will check their flexibility if a date change is needed. Joanne is sending the non-refundable $200 deposit. The $249 balance is due 90 days before the event scheduled for September 17, 2018. o There are only 2 Workshops scheduled for 2018. The responsibility of printing the Bookmarks needs to be added to the VP / Programs. o Karen C. has the printer s information. Raffle Quilt 2017: Judy took the quilt to Brenham and Marble Falls. Patty Field is taking it to Austin for 2 days this coming weekend. Judy has scheduled it for Waxahachie, TAQG, and the HOT Fair. o Judy will enter it in the Clifton Quilt Show. 8
Judy would like to thank Kathleen for streamlining our business meetings at Guild. After attending other Guilds in the process of selling tickets, she appreciates how smoothly ours runs. Raffle Quilt 2018: Cindy Bruce and Judy Mathews made the houses. Chris Bryant assembled them in columns. Debbie Dewey is working on the applique which will hopefully be finished by mid-june. The assembly can then be completed by Karen Jeffrey. Linda Buckner will do the quilting. The finishing touches will be done by Rose Schroeder and Melva Magee. The 12 ½ Challenge Blocks will be flowers. Any method can be used. o Examples will be brought to Guild, and some patterns may be in the Newsletter. Submit any suggestions to Cindy Bruce. o Angela Ragan, owner of Tomorrow s Quilts, will bring fat quarters to the Guild meeting that are to be used in the flower blocks. Cash only. We may start calling this Challenge the Church Challenge Blocks to separate it from the Guild Challenge. Quilt Show 2018: Karen W. says Bill and Nancy Pugh will be scheduling a Show meeting. Bee Keeper: Cindy There were 19 people attending the recent meeting concerning Bees and their possible involvement in making the 2019 Raffle Quilt. Currently there are no volunteers. 2 people want to join a Bee. o Cindy will bring forms to Guild. Karen C. suggested a 2019 Theme of A Quilt 4 All Seasons. Perhaps making 4 small quilts would not seem as intimidating as making a large one. And it could include people from various Bees or those who are not in a Bee. Refer all ideas and suggestions to Cindy Bruce, including fabrics, budget, other themes, etc. The Board would also like to devise a plan to coordinate the Raffle Quilt Drawing in the same year as the Show s Theme. That may mean not making a quilt one year. Submit any suggestions and ideas to the Board. TAQG: Judy Karen C. did the power point that goes to the TAQG containing pictures of quilts, charity projects, etc. Evelyn will send Judy the information on making the bid sheets for the Silent Auction. Facebook / Website: Karen F. didn t have anything new to add. Debbie Stubbs is ready to take it over. Nominating Committee: Evelyn We still have no nominees for Education. Karen C. has volunteered to be President. o An email announcing her as a candidate will sent to the Membership. Policies & Procedures: Karen C. wanted to change the Board approved $500 expenditure of nonbudgeted disbursements back to $400. The Board decided to leave it at $500. Kathleen reminded us that our Continuity Notebooks need to be turned over to our replacements on June 22 nd. Barbara Burr will Chair the Challenge/Activity this coming year. She brought her ideas to the Board, and will announce the details at the July Guild Meeting. Beauty and the Beast theme. o Use of the color yellow representing Belle s gown. o Any ugly fabric representing the beast. o No competition just a show of completed items. o 5 categories She will also take over the UFO Challenge which she may change up a little after the completion of this one in July. Meeting adjourned at 8:20. Submitted by Secretary, Debbie Dewey 9
Bernina embroidery module,module bag, medium 4" x 5.5" embroidery hoop 100/130, unopened Great Notions embroidery design set The Morehead Collection 16 Bountiful Bunnies for 5" x 7" hoops and Soft-n-Cuddly Nursery for 4" x 4" hoops, plus a few other things. This was Sister C's and St Louis Quilters are selling it (with her permission. lol) to raise money for charity quilt batting. Sister C never used it and we aren't quite sure what we have. lol.. $150 if interested, please call member Maxine at 772-0149 Treasurer Report by Joanne 10
2018 Show Blocks Sew House It Going? Our theme for the January 2018 Quilt Show is Sew House It Going? For the Show Blocks, we re planning Our House Garden Please make a 12 1/2 Flower Block can be pieced or appliqued. Fabric Background - Apple Cider by P&B Textiles Additional fabric - 1800's - preferable from Old Sturbridge Village or Marcie s Journal. 11
Tomorrow's Quilts has fabric displayed for you and Angela will bring fat quarters to our next meeting. Please wash your fabric and Include your name on the back of the block. Submit your block by the November Guild Meeting. Blocks will be displayed at the show and attendees will vote for their favorite. After the show, the blocks will be used to make a quilt which will be donated to this church. In case your stumped for an idea, here is a sample block from Quilters Cache that uses 6 half square triangles and 3 squares...baby Bud Block. Note: you can make any flower block you'd like - this is just a sample. We plan to show you a different sample each month. It will be fun to see what y'all come up with. Quilters Cache has many blocks to choose from. Go to this link for directions for the Baby Bud Block. http://www.quilterscache.com/b/babybudblock.html Article submitted by Scrappy Hearts Bee Bazaar Booth Challenge: This challenge will also be due at the June Guild Meeting. Bees need to make 10 like items; individuals need to make 3 like items. (example: 10 pincushions; 3 mug rugs). The Guild will vote on their favorite. There will be prizes in each category. All items will become donations to the Bazaar Booth. WHY PUT IT OFF UNTIL TOMORROW WHEN YOU CAN START TODAY!! <<BEGIN NOW WORKING ON SILENT AUCTION ITEMS FOR THE QUILT SHOW>> 12
QUILT SHOWS AROUND AND ABOUT June 9, 2017 Abilene Quilters Guild Abilene Convention Center July 14-15, 2017 Ellis County Quilt Guild Show Midlothian Conference Center 1 Community Circle August 11-12, 2017 Quilt Plano Plano Center 2000 E. Spring Creek Parkway September 15-16, 2017 Lone Star Quilt Guild show Sulfur Springs September 22-23, 2017 9:00 AM "Star Gazing" Quilt Show San Antonio Event Center 8111 Meadow Leaf Drive San Antonio Texas 78227 Greater San Antonio Quilt Guild San Antonio Event Center, a popular building at Loop 410 & Marbach Rd. - 8111 Meadow Leaf Drive, San Antonio, TX 78227 Show hours are Friday September 23, 2017 10:00 AM Johnson City Quilters Guild TOADally Awesome Quilt Show Hoppy Room at the Blanco County Courthouse Annex 101 Cypress St. Johnson City, TX. Admission by donation October 21-22, 2017 (Saturday- 9 a.m. and Sunday- 12:30 p.m.) Kyle Quilters 2017 Quilt Exhibit Kyle Historic City Hall 101 Burleson, Corner of W Center St. Kyle, Texas Free admission 2018 January 5-6, 2018 Homespun Quilters Guild Waco Convention Center February 2-3, 2018 Friendship Quilt Guild Show Spring Blossoms Quilt Show Fireman's Training Center 1101 Hwy 290 W. Brenham, Texas Admission $7 13
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