Wow! What a quilt show!! Congratulations to Carolyn, her committee and all the members who helped out with our wonderful show. It was quite a hit. We have had lots of positive comments. We were slow getting volunteers, but in the end you stepped up once again. Thank you to all who participated. We won’t know the financials for a while because the last invoices are still coming in. But because we have a quilt show each year we get to have a great variety of programs and workshops. We get to help organizations in our community by furnishing quilts and other items for their clients. We get to teach others how to quilt and help them gain a new hobby or art skill. Thanks again.

Now that we have gotten to know each other a little better from being at the quilt show, I really hope more of you will attend the meetings in person when you can. It’s really nice to put a name and face together. We can share more information when we are in person. Plus, a number of new members joined at the show. We want to encourage them to keep coming to guild meetings. Come on back and let’s keep moving the guild forward. That being said, we still will Zoom. We have out of town members who can’t make it in for meetings and we have members who don’t drive at night any longer. I don’t want to lose any of them.

At the September meeting we will vote on the board positions for fiscal year 2022/23. I know that a number of you will be at retreat. Please try to Zoom with us for awhile or for the whole meeting. You can vote and watch our speaker and keep on sewing.

See you soon and keep on sewing.

PS: I have two pair of glasses left from quilt show lost and found. If you are missing a pair let me know.

Carol Morrissey

Lecture — Confessions of an Absent-Minded Quilter

Carol Morrissey is a fifth-generation Texas quilter who embraces that heritage with enthusiasm. Her work reflects her love of photography, gardening, nature, and painting. Carol began sewing clothing as a child but didn’t make her first quilt until she was in her thirties. Her work has been exhibited and published internationally and is in many private collections. She enjoys providing programs and workshops to quilt guilds and other groups, sharing her love of quilting, her inspirations, and her techniques with others.

This has been Carol’s most popular workshop for several years. These colorful little pieces are fun to create, they’re quick, and they make great gifts. Plus, they’re a standard size, so they can be easily and inexpensively framed! Carol has three different postcard collections from which to choose (pattern purchase is required for the workshop). And, as a bonus, if you give Carol enough advance notice, she will design a couple of original postcards just for your group! Class duration is typically five to six hours.

Join Carol for this fun, fused project! We’ll experiment with positive and negative shapes while playing with color and design elements. The class project is a wall hanging measuring approximately 20” x 27” (up to 20” x 36”). Carol will offer suggestions for several ways to use these fused collages. She will also give you a free pattern for a mini journal cover that you can make later from a small fabric collage. Carol will bring her die cutters and a variety of circle dies for you to use. No sewing machine is required unless you wish to work on the mini journal cover during the class.

It’s amazing how many people it takes to pull off a quilt show—and we did it. We had a few snags along the way, but all the volunteers reacted with the charm and grace that would have made your mothers proud. Thank you for all the work and long hours!

Lost & Found is at my house. Call if you left anything behind at the show. Also, there are a couple of extra peach T-Shirts, one Medium and one Large. Let me know if you want one ($15 – post show special rate!) or paid for one and I have not been in contact with you about pick-up.

It was such a joy to be part of Quilt Plano 2022, I’m excited about Quilt Plano 2023! Below is a picture of the Raffle Quilt (front and back). It was made by J Michelle Watts and has been re-gifted to the guild, and we can’t believe our good fortune. While there isn’t much to be done before spring, we are filling the committee roles. Among the roles open are taking the raffle quilt to other guild meetings, demonstrations, special exhibits, food, and quilt angels. If you have any inkling of interest in working on the show, please call me, 469-387-0033. It’s a fun way to get to know people.

Community Service

By Linda Neal

This is my last newsletter as VP of Community Service. I would like to thank Donna Petrick and the Wednesday Girls for all of their help and support the last 2 years. I would also like to thank all of the QGP members for all of the sewing, quilting, and binding you have done. And the pillowcases!! We have given pillowcases with every quilt, plus stacks and stacks of them delivered to the charities that request extra pillow cases. It really does take a village to make and distribute as many quilts as we do! We should have the final totals in soon.

Bonnie Cook will be the new VP of Community Service. She has a team to help her too. Thank you to: Pam Walsh, Fabric Supply and Quilt Delivery • Valerie Schlake, Community Sew Days • Laurie Lumston, Community Outreach • Barbara Pepin, Fabric Manager and Quilt Delivery • Evelyn Cheek, Quilts of Valor • LaDawn Daley, Quilt Delivery. It is great to have such a large team to manage Community Service for our large and active guild.

For now, keep on sewing! I will keep on quilting. And QGP Community Service will have another great year.

Guild Activities

By Michael Davison

It’s time to do something fun! The Shades of Blue & White: Floating Point Star block exchange will be announced at the September Guild Meeting. This is a combination challenge/block exchange – participate at whatever level you would like. You could make a small wall hanging or quilt on your own with your own blocks. Or you might like to exchange blocks with guildmates! Bring your block(s) to the DECEMBER CHRISTMAS guild meeting. As many blocks as you bring, you will get to take home from the other participants.

The Floating Point Star pattern includes generous seam allowance so that you will square your blocks up and then still have floating points after you sew your ¼” seam, so if you’re a little big or shy on your ¼”, there is plenty of room to get accurate blocks. Shades of Blue & White means that your block background will be white, cream, tan or somewhere in between (low volume prints or something that is solid or reads solid). Your star centers and points should be a shade of blue – anything ranging from blue to teal to navy. The pattern will explain everything. Sample block shown here.

A video of block construction will be available soon and posted to the website and Facebook group.

**Worker Bees – Third Thursday on Zoom – Sharon McGinnis**

We are buzzing with excitement to start this new group! Held via Zoom on the 3rd Thursday of each month. Our next meeting is September 15 at 6:30 pm. This small group is a great fit for anyone with time available in the evenings. This group will include ANY type of quilting activity—piecing, hand quilting, machine quilting, embroidery, you name it. The name of our game is friendship and fellowship around our virtual quilting circle. Contact Sharon McGinnis at sharon.mcginnis@verizon.net to be added to the roster and a Zoom link will be sent out a day or two before each meeting. Any questions can also be directed to Sharon at 972-467-5799.

Sew Happy Quilters – Aurora Chancy

We meet at Sam Johnson Senior Center corner of 75 and 16th Steet on first Thursdays 9:00 to 4:00. We are a sit-n-sew, so bring your favorite project and enjoy the fellowship! Contact Aurora Chancy achancy@msn.com

Featherweight Fellowship Groups – Jeanne Vogel

Singer Featherweight sewing machines make happy owners as we sit and sew. We share tips for caring for the machine, our best notions, and have several members experienced with problem-solving both machine and quilting problems. If you work, join us on a Saturday! When we share a lot of tips and tricks we follow the meeting with an email to those attending. Those who have not previously notified me, please email pickincotton26@verizon.net to get the invitation to join the Zoom meeting.

Chicks with Feathers—3rd Saturdays Zooming 1-3pm — (Formerly at Sunrise of Plano)
Fourth Friday Featherweight Friends—4th Fridays @ 1-3pm on Zoom or in person meeting at Best Little Retreat Center in Texas all day.

Pieceful Organization – Sarah Krauss & Jeanne Vogel (Now we will meet twice a month!)

If you are feeling “abode overload,” we will: relieve clutter, stress, struggle and feelings of being overwhelmed. We are Zooming on the 3rd and the 4th Wednesday’s from 1:30-3:30 pm using the inspiration from a workshop we attended. Organization will change your clutter and chaos to start the day fresh with your stuff organized. Less chaos leads to more productive quilt making. Please contact pickincotton26@verizon.net for an invitation.

Free Motion Quilting Bee (we actually sew during the meeting!) – Monica Hendewerk

Our meetings have been a huge success. It turns out that Zoom blocks out background noise, so we can sew and chat at the same time! Monica or one of the other members provide some designs to practice on a small sandwich which you can choose to use or not. The designs are sent out in advance and include step by step instructions, with both beginner and intermediate designs. A number of us generally “doodle” on paper first, and then sew. Some people do the designs that have been sent out, others do their own thing. We have beginner beginners all the way to advanced members of the group. We also share our samples and ask/answer questions. Meetings are on the second Monday of the month, from 1:00 – 3:00 (or longer sometimes!). Please contact Monica so that she can send you the Zoom link if you are interested. mhendewerk@gmail.com (713) 569-8798

Hand Applique Small group – Linda Neal

We meet the first Monday of each month at 10:00 on Zoom. If you are interested in joining our hand applique Zoom group, please email Linda Neal (lindanealmck@hotmail.com) for the link.

English Paper Piecing Small Group – Linda Neal

We meet on the third Tuesday at 10:00 on Zoom. Whether you are new to English Paper Piecing or a pro, we would love to have you join our group. Our group is informal and fun!! For a link, please email Linda Neal (lindanealmck@hotmail.com) for the link.

Hoop It Up Bee – Donna Petrick

The machine embroidery group meets the third Thursday each month on Zoom. We talk about problems or successes we might have had in using our machines as well as having show and tell. We are open to all levels of users. If you have an interest in machine embroidery, please join us. Email me petrickdl@outlook.com so I can send you the Zoom invitation.

Sew Happy Quilters

1st Thursday 9-4pm
Sam Johnson Senior Center @ 401 W 16th St. Plano, TX Contact – achancy@msn.com
Bring your own project, sewing machine & supplies.

Sit N Sew Community Service Day

2nd Tuesday from 10-2 pm
Plano Sewing Center 2070 Spring Creek Pkwy # 326 Plano, TX
Bring sewing machine and sewing supplies.

Worker Bees

For the new members working, please join us on Zoom the 3rd Thursday from 6:30-8:30 pm
Please contact Sharon McGinnis for the meeting ID and password – sharon.mcginnis@verizon.net

Membership

By Mary Alice Caffarel

Our QGP year is coming to a close on September 30. Which means it is time to RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP for the 2022-2023 year!

Annual membership dues are $30.00 per person. A 2nd person in the same household can join for an additional $10.00 under the family membership. Example: Spouse, child, parent or sibling in the same house, etc.

Please fill out the membership form in full, even if there are no changes. You may print it off the website and fill it out ahead of time, or fill in at a meeting.

Because I will be at the retreat, Sue Rentz will be manning the Membership Table for us at the September 8 meeting.

You can sign up on-line and pay with your credit card. The charge will be $31.20, for the membership and the credit card service fee. Quilter’s Guild of Plano website: www.qgplano.org
You can sign up at the meeting, with cash, check or credit card. Again the CC service fee will apply.
You can mail in the form with a check to the Post office box listed on the form.
You can see Mary Alice at the retreat and sign up as well, but only with a check

We had 23 new members join the guild at the show, and others who signed up online. Welcome to all!

Jan Agee, Rosemary Aguilar, Brenda Akers, Deborah Blair, Jeanette Bradley, Sally Ann Flak, Kathy Glover, Barbara Goetz, Lisa Griggs-Stapleton, Stacey Jarrett, Peggy Keirstead, Laura Lindorm, Deb Merrill, Donna Morris, Kelly Morrison, Deborah Nordgren, Cheryl O’Neal, Carole Robertson, Rebecca Sandberg, Carolyn Sands, Caryn Schneiderjan, Jane Schwarz, Chris Simon, Kathy Steglich, Robin Tolbert, April Trekell, Carol J. Van Gordon, Laura Vehige, Jennifer Waters, Debbie Weaver, Aspen White, Beth Worley.

We will hold a welcoming New Member Sit-and-Sew on October 22 at Best Little Retreat Center, corner of Coit and Beltline in Richardson. This will be for all new members who signed up between October 2021 and September 2022. Please add it to your calendar. Additional details will be sent out by mid-September.

Quilters Guild of Plano, Inc.

Letter from the President

Officer Nominations for 2022-2023

Returning Officers

New Officers

Programs

September Guild Meeting – Thursday, September 8, 2022

Carol Morrissey

Lecture — Confessions of an Absent-Minded Quilter

Workshop: Fabric Post Cards

** NOTE THE CORRECTION TO THE SATURDAY WORKSHOP BELOW *

Workshop: Hippy Dippy Dot Collage

Workshop Sign-Up Issues

Quilt Show

Community Service

Guild Activities