An Affiliate of the Arizona Quilters Guild volume 23, Number 12 December 2017 GREETINGS FROM THE PRESIDENT Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Joyous New Year to each and every one of us and our families and friends. We are coming to the end of an enjoyable and productive year and are looking forward to an even better 2018! Quilting at The Lake will be our first event, a 5 day happening from January 3 rd through 8 th, with a wide variety of classes, vendors, demos and all manner of things I am so looking forward to! I have spent the last couple of weeks (and a couple more to come) finishing up my gift projects for Christmas one of which is a king sized quilt! Whew! It has been great fun and a real learning experience serving as your President and I am looking forward to the balance of the year and the great fun we all have together! Many thanks to all you stitchers for all you do and for being there for all the rest of us. As Tiny Tim said God bless us, every one. Love and best wishes, Victoria Frances Hospitality Judy Pedersen & Carolyn Walters PLEASE SIGN UP TO BRING SNACKS TO THE GENERAL MEETINGS! WE ALL LOVE TO SAMPLE A COOKIE OR BAR DURING THE BREAK! HOW ABOUT OFFERING TO BAKE OR PICK THEM UP THEM IN OCTOBER?
Library Havasu S tchers, Brenda Stanway We have lots of new dona ons! Come see. As always Pa erns for Sale ($1) Books for Sale ($.50) Tons of Magazines for Sale ($.25 or 5 for $1) Havasu Stitchers Quilt Guild P. O. Box 2875 Lake Havasu City, Arizona 86405 is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the art and education of quilting. Email: havasustitchersguild@yahoo.com Web: http://www.havasustitchers.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/havasustitchers General Meetings held on the second Thursday of every month, 6:30 PM, Quality Inn 271 S. Lake Havasu Avenue, Lake Havasu City, AZ Board Meetings are held the first Thursday of every month, 6 PM Call for location. The Dangling Thread is a monthly publication of the Havasu Stitchers available on the website and distributed to members via email. Editor: Dianne Lomax Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Officers for 2017/2018 President : Victoria Frances First VP Educa on : Susan Socco 2nd VP Membership: Mindy Hoium/Joan Wurster Treasurer: Cathy Geer Secretary: Deanna Pepe/Carolyn Victor What s Inside Page Library/Guild Information 2 Membership/Birthdays/Christmas Party 3 Calendar/Fabric Exchange/ QuiltDocumentation Community Outreach/Boutique Update 5 Quilting at the Lake Information 6-7 Route To The River 8 General Meeting Minutes 9 Quilt Show Winners 10 Highlights of Quilt Show 11-12 4 TRANSITION HOUSE Do e Holman will be collec ng dona ons for the Transi on House at the General Mee ng. Please bring your toiletry items and help your community! DONATIONS Please keep the Guild in mind when you declutter your sewing area! Charter Member Showcase 13 & 14 Meeting Highlights 15-17 Member Venders 18-19 2
Membership Miny Hoium/Joan Wurster Currently we have 200 Members It s never too late to become a member of Havasu S tchers. Even though we have passed our June 15 th deadline for 2017 2018 membership you are s ll welcome to join. Please note that membership year is from July 1 thru June 30 no ma er when you join. Membership forms can be found at Havasu S tchers website @havasus tchers.com. You can mail the form along with a $10.00 check to Havasu S tchers @PO Box 2875 LHC AZ 86405 or if you prefer, join us at a Havasu S tchers General Mee ng on December 14th @ 6:30pm located at the Quality Inn, 271 S Lake Havasu Ave. Come over to the Membership table for a form. Hope to see you there. New directories and 2018 calendars are here please pick yours up at the membership table. Welcome New Members Bonnie Johnson Carolyn Ganzen Jenny Beasley Deva Buggert Elizabeth McGladrey Rebecca Paris HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THESE STITCHERS! Jane Hamilton 12/1 Sharon Maki 12/1 Sherri Ashford 12/3 LuAnn Hoff 12/3 Dianne Lomax 12/4 Shirley Chamberlain 12/7 Sharon Forth 12/7 Barbara Smith 12/9 Diane Peterson 12/8 Vicki Zimmer 12/11 Mary Simpson 12/12 Pat Stumpf 12/16 Marti Layne 12/19 Linda Smock 12/21 Linda Crain 12/22 Judy Fintz 12/23 Christmas Dinner/Meeting at Shugrue s Shugrue s Bridgeroom Thursday, Dec. 7th. 5pm doors open, Cocktail hour 6pm 7pm entertainment Short meeting then gift exchange $12.50 members, $25.00 guest Please, checks or cash. Choice of Entrees: Beef, Chicken or Fish. We will have a gift exchange if you would like to participate. A new $10 Quilt related gift, wrapped. 3
QUILT DOCUMENTATION LINDA VISNAW Quilt documenta on will begin in January! For reserva ons please send an email to Linda Visnaw lindavisnaw@npgcable.com, or come in the shop and reserve your slot. The documenta on will be done at Copper Canyon Quil ng, 375 El Camino Way, just off hwy 95 and So. Palo Verde. You can pick up the documenta on packet at the shop and have completed prior to your reserva on. Board of Directors Meeting at 4:15 pm November 30th Library Conference Room Bring your own extension cord for any FABRIC EXCHANGE Maria Rhodes No exchange for December January 8th March 19th May 21st February 19th April 16th June 18th MARK YOUR CALENDAR Teacher Class Loca on Date Shirley Johnson Free Mo on Quil ng 101 Havasu Quilters 2018 Jan 12, 19, 26 $15/3 classes 2874 Cisco Dr. 9am 1 pm Do e Holman Paper Piecing Fabrics Unlimited Jan. 23 Cactus Cluster 9am 3pm Phyllis Barton English Paper Piecing Fabrics Unlimited Feb 6 Hexagons Ann Creek TaDa Applique Fabrics Unlimited 9am 1pm Feb 19 9am 3p Helga Brown Spider Web Havasu Quilts March 15 9am 3pm Email or call Susan Sacco (855-2455) to sign up for these fabulous classes at $5/class 4
Community Outreach Our goal: To share our love of sewing and help people in our community. Linda Higuera As another year rolls to a close I wanted to thank all the wonderful s tchers who have donated their me and talents to community outreach. The fellowship of you wonderful people is a blessing to me. Thank you from my heart. Next mee ng is November 14th at Fabrics Unlimited. QUILT SHOW BOUTIQUE Marcia Davis Quilt Show 2017 Boutique Update Thank you to each and every person who helped to make the 2017 Boutique the BEST ever!! To each person who made and donated an item thank you for making our inventory over 1,100 items. To each person who volunteered to set up, work or tear down the Boutique thank you so much. You made our Boutique look awesome and all your time and effort was so appreciated. I had so many compliments about the quality, the updated colors, the great prices and the variety of items that we had for sale. I was proud to be a Havasu Stitcher. YOU all made that Boutique great and I am proud to announce that we made $6,330. This money will go for Education in the Havasu Stitchers, and Susan Sacco is setting up lots of teachers for $5 classes. Again, THANK YOU to each person who participated in making this a great Boutique! WAYS AND MEANS Need Volunteers for this group!!! Sign up and enjoy! BUY RAFFLE TICKETS AT THE MEETING & WIN FUN PRIZE BASKETS OR 50/50 MONEY! Remember, it only takes one ticket to win! 5
January 3 rd thru January 8 th, 2018 Hi all, Just a reminder to all those who have registered for Quilting at the Lake, your class lists are available on line at the Stitchers web site. Follow these directions to access your class lists: Here are your directions for downloading your Quilting at the Lake supply lists. Go to www.havasustitchers.com Where it tells you to log on do the following: Login Name: QAL2018-CSL Pass Word: 2018qal Choose Events Choose Quilting at the Lake then choose from side menu QAL 2018 Supply Lists Find your classes and print your Supply Lists. If you have any trouble contact QAL2018@gmail.com Linda Visnaw National Educators Include Carmen Geddes Lindee Goodall Kathy McNeil Peggy Martin Wendy Mathson Sue Patten Christa Watson 6
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ROUTE TO THE RIVER HI Everyone, Thank you all for volunteering for the 2018 AQG spring mee ng tled "Route To The River in Havasu. We have an amazing team of volunteers & are going to have a great me preparing for this upcoming event. Sherri Ashford has offered the classroom at her shop, Copper Canyon Quil ng, for our monthly planning sessions on the first Monday of each month @ 9:30am with the excep on of January 2018, which will be on the second Monday (first Monday of January is New Year s Day). So the schedule is as follows: November 6, 2017 December 4, 2017 January 8, 2018 February 5 2018 March 5, 2018 April 2, 2018 APRIL 13, 2018 QUILT SHOP HOP 12PM to 5PM MEET & GREET MARTINI BAY @ LONDON BRIDGE RESORT 6PM 8PM APRIL 14, 2018 AQG SPRING MEETING "ROUTE TO THE RIVER Please mark your calendar we re gonna have a lot of fun. Again THANK YOU for volunteering. Cathy Geer 8
Call to Order 6:30 pm by President Victoria Frances. Mee ng Minutes Havasu Stitchers General Meeting Minutes November 9, 2017 Motion to approve minutes of October 12, 2017 general meeting by Dotty King; second by Gail Bengston; motion carried. First Vice President (Education): Susan Sacco reported on the upcoming classes: Shirley Johnson is teaching 101 Free Motion Quilting on January 12, 19 and 26, 2018 at Havasu Quilts; Dottie Holman is teaching Paper Piecing (Cactus Cluster) on January 23, 2018 at Fabrics Unlimited; Phyllis Barton is teaching English paper piecing on February 6, 2018 at Fabrics Unlimited; Ann Creek is teaching the TaDa Applique on February 19, 2018 at Fabrics Unlimited; and Helga Brown is teaching Spider Web on March 15, 2018 at Havasu Quilts. If you are interested in teaching a class, please let Susan Sacco know. Second Vice President (Membership): Mindy Hoium stated that we had 94 members and guests present. She also has the new membership rosters. Treasurer s Report: Absent; no report. President Victoria Frances read thank you cards from Valley Scott, Audrey King and Calvary Baptist Church. Barbara Masden also thanked the membership for the charter member tile. Community Outreach: Linda Higuera reported that the committee will next meet on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at Fabrics Unlimited. Quilt Show: Quilt Show Coordinator Susan Black gave the preliminary numbers for the 2017 Americana Quilt Show: Income - $21,477.72; expenses, 4,500; total income approximately $15,000. Hearts Desire brought in $1,000; Opportunity Quilt brought in $3,737; Preview Party brought in $1,500. The Boutique (which had over 1,100 items donated, priced and sold) brought in $6,330. 2019 Quilt Show: Kevin Cabbage will chair the event; Lisa Mousel will co-chair. Christmas Party Loretta Frilot reported that the cut-off to purchase tickets for the December 7, 2017 Christmas Party is November 25, 2017. Member of the Year: Sherri Ashford introduced the nominees for the 2017 Member of the Year: Susan Black; Kevin Cabbage; Marcia Davis; Cathy Geer; Linda Higuera; Audry King; Judy Pedersen; Nancy Petersen; Phyllis Barton and distributed the ballots for voting. The winner will be announced at the Christmas Dinner. Quilting at the Lake: Linda Visnaw reported on the 2018 Quilting at the Lake, including 18 individual reservations that were received at the Quilt Show. Tickets for the Trunk Show are available at this meeting at a cost of $3. If you turn in your old neck wallet, you will receive $5 in raffle tickets for the QAL event. If you ask a friend to take a class (and the friend so notes on his/her registration), you will receive $10 in raffle tickets. A local vendor event will take place on Thursday, January 4, 2018 from 12 to 5:30 p.m. Break Ways & Means: The 50/50 winners with $45 each were Brenda Stanway and Lisa Mousel. Two tickets for the Lake Havasu Community Choir s Annual Christmas Concert (donated by Eileen Johnson) were also awarded. Eileen Johnson presented a demonstration on Miss Rosie s Quilt Co. Mix Recipe cards. The Show and Tell presentation included the Quilt Show ribbon winners. Motion to Adjourn made by Tess Armstrong; second by Lisa Mousel. Meeting adjourned at 7:50 pm. Respectfully submitted, Deanna A. Pepe, Co-Secretary 9
QUILT SHOW WINNERS DIGNITARIES CHOICE Covenant Churches Choice Dianne Lomax Mayor Nexen's Choice Cathy Geer White Sheet's choice Adeline Reiten Breanna's Choice, Mini Quilt Ann Creek County Supervisor's Choice Phyllis Barton State Representative's Choice Eileen Johnson Arizona Hall of Fame Sandy May Matt Ferris Choice Val Billinger State Senator's Choice Linda Smock LHC Military Mom's Choice Shauna Martin COMMITTEE CHOICES Machine Quilting Marmalade Sarah McNary Hand Quilting Tumbling Blocks Bette Carbone Machine Embroidery Wild Flower Monica Krug Hand Embroidery Vintage Route 66 Dotti Holman Piecing Latimer Farms Elaine Yeats Paper Piecing Cactus June Price Machine Applique Affairs of the Heart Cathy Geer Hand Applique Folk Art Bonnie Fryer VIEWER S CHOICES Large Quilt Havasu Nights Ildi Dancs Quilted by Ildi Danks Medium Quilt Southwest Memories Sandy May Quilted by Sheri Lillenthal Small Quilt Dance of the Dragon Fly Donna Vaughn Quilted by Ginny Clausen Mini Quilt Sunflowers Lou Ann Rawls Quilted by Ginny Clausen Quilt Top Bugsy Bonny Fryer 10
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Celebrating 25 years with our Charter Members Joan Davignon I came to Havasu in 1991 from Acushnet, Mass, near Cape Cod out in the country. I started quilting in 1990. Took my first class out in an old farm house and the very next year came to Lake Havasu. I am old school, love the traditional hand quilting. I enjoy Hand Embroidery, knitting, and chrochet. I started with my mom when I was 12 years old. Out in the country they would come out in a truck with the flour in sacks, I would crawl in and pick out the ones I wanted, they would become my clothes! I made all my girls clothes. I got my first machine when I got married in 1952. I became a Stitcher with Georgeann and the rest I did what was needed and we had a good time. No one knew what they were doing but we learned from each other. I am 84 years young and married 64 years. Enjoying life and continue to quilt I have one daughter and one granddaughter. 13
Celebrating 25 years with our Charter Members Barbara Masden I came to Havasu in 1971 from Muskegon, Michigan. I started quilting in 1992 at the very first Stitcher meeting. I didn t know a thing. I saw an ad in the paper about the club. I went, joined and have been quilting ever since. When I went I was very curious and had so see what it was all about. I didn t know a sole there. Traditional piecing is my favorite, I ve tried the modern quilting, not my thing. I knitted for a while. I was a stewardess for TWA from 1956 1962 and knitted a lot of socks, and a coat on those trips. When we were full on that plane there were 30 passengers, mostly men that was a big deal! The first year in Havasu Stitchers was a big deal. It was exciting, fabric, fabric, books magazines, it was all so interesting and so fun. I taught myself how to quilt from those books and magazines. Learning to quilt took up a couple years, then in one year I was President, Quilt Show Chair and coordinated the Havasu Parade (just after 9/11) and took most decorated car, trophy and all that trophy was in Jeanette s shop Sew What for quite some time. As Quilt Show Chair, I got the committee members and let them do their thing, it was a great show. Now I am enjoying life, still quilting with my friendship group. I am 81 years young, with 4 children, 4 grandchildren and am blessed to have them all here in Havasu! My oldest daughter quilts and I was given a signature quilt from the family at my 70 th birthday that she coordinated and made. 14
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