Carolyn and I will probably both mention this—but if you have workshop projects from this year, please complete the special exhibit form and exhibit them at the quilt show. Our show visitors always enjoy seeing what we do in workshops and that sometimes is the factor that gets someone to join the guild. Please participate.

Next question is—have you volunteered for any jobs at the quilt show? We are going to need a lot more people to do everything that makes our show run smoothly. Plus, we have some new vendors and some treasured ones returning. You know you are going to shop the latest designs with them. Come be part of the volunteers who make this guild quilt show so outstanding. You can sign up online any time or at the next guild meeting, which will be held at Best Little Retreat Center

After writing this I realize how much I need to do to finish up.

Happy Stitching. See you at the next meeting.

Lisa has an extensive collection of antique quilts that she shares during many of her lectures. She has spoken internationally and teaches and lectures at venues from small local guilds to national quilt shows. She also judges quilt shows ranging from county fairs to statewide shows. She is a past president of the American Quilt Study Group.

She wrote the pattern instructions for quilts made by AQSG members and published in the 2013 book “Revival! A Study of Early 20th Century Colonial Revival Quilts” published by Kansas City Star Books. She has served as the designer for the AQSG Quilt Study books “In War Time: A Study of Civil War Era Quilts 1850 – 1865″; “Baskets! A Study of Nineteenth-Century Basket Quilts” and “200 years of Solid Color Quilts: A Quilt Study.” Lisa also contributed a chapter in Mary Kerr’s book “Southern Quilts.”

Lisa is also a quilt maker and has quilts published in “Quilts: Patriotic and Presidential” and the upcoming book “xxxxx”, both by Sue Reich.

Lisa has a Master of Arts degree in Public Communication from the University of North Texas.

She taught junior high school, high school and college before deciding to focus on the quilt world.

Lecture description:

Orphan Quilts – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly (subtitled Bless Her Heart)

A humorous look at some of the results of our quilting ancestors. How did some scrap quilts come out looking so great and others come out looking so horrible. Design elements as well as hue and color value are discussed.

Quilt Plano 2023

By Carolyn Cosgriff

Quilt Plano 2023 is coming together! By the time you read this, the programs will be at the printer. Approximately 230 quilts are entered in the judged show. Save a little spending money for the show. We are delighted most vendors are returning, along with a few new shops. Check the website for the full list. Plus, the mini-quilt auction is full. The fact that the critical elements are in place is due to the work of many people. A thank you to all.

The Special Exhibit Entries will be open until July 14th, the day after the July meeting. Special exhibits demonstrate the breadth of projects members undertake. The exhibit is designed to showcase workshop projects, guild and small group challenges. Look for this link under the Quilt Show tab on the web site. No entry fee. The link for Special Exhibits is below:

We still need volunteers, over 200 open work shifts remain. We especially need quilt angels (12 or older) and security Friday and Saturday. Go to www.qgplano.org and follow the links under Quilt Show, Show Volunteers. There are opportunities for all types of skills and mobility levels. A four-hour shift entitles any volunteer to free admission. The link for volunteering is below:

Show Volunteers

The July meeting is the last day to purchase lunches, $16. Remember, food cannot be brought into the Event Center on Show days. Either purchase a snack lunch in advance, or plan to patronize the concession stand. Bonnie Cook (bcook111698@gmail.com) can help you if you want to secure a lunch before the guild meeting.

Raffle tickets will also be available for purchase at the July meeting. If you have not yet purchased a bundle, please do so.

The demo schedule has one opening. Vendors and guild members are eligible to present demos of a skill—not offer a product for sale. If you have interest, or would be willing to serve as a last-minute stand-in, please contact Liz Beaty (lbeatyc@gmail.com)

Tickets are available on the web site. Children under the age of 12 get in free. Please help spread the word. Look for the link under Admission or below:

Introduction To Quilt Judging Seminar

Community Service

By Bonnie Cook

Thank you so much for all of you who spent your time and energy to provide items for our charities! Our totals for June and 2023 are listed below:

June Totals		Yearly Totals
Cuddles	48	Cuddles	151
Quilts	38	Quilts	360
Pillowcases	33	Pillowcases	312
Dog Beds	13	Dog Beds	179
Crate Liners	0	Crate Liners	25
TOTAL ITEMS	132	TOTAL ITEMS	1027

OUR NEEDS

We need TWIN SIZE quilts for Samaritan Inn in McKinney. Samaritan Inn provides temporary housing as part of their holistic approach that supports those experiencing homelessness. Nightly, approximately 160 people sleep at the Inn, of which 1 out of 3 are children. Twin size quilts that we donate help create a sense of “home” and comfort. Please consider enlarging your next top from a lap size quilt to a twin size. Any quilt that is in the range of 60-64” wide and 80”-90” in length would help meet this urgent need.

We also need pillowcases! Every quilt we donate also has a matching pillowcase. Don’t forget to pick up a kit at the next meeting!

Finally, we need help piecing yardage to make wide-backs for the long-armers who quilt our Community Service quilts. Please see Valerie Schlake or Pam Walsh at the Community Service table for details.

Are you working on your Birthday Quilt for the 2023 Challenge? It’s easy to participate! Each member who donates a completed quilt (including quilting and binding) in celebration of their birthday month, will be entered into a drawing for a fat quarter bundle. We’ll have the prize on display at the September meeting.

Quilts of Valor

By Evelyn Cheek

The mission of the Quilts of Valor® Foundation is to cover service members and veterans touched by war with comforting and healing.

QOVF Core Values:

Treating people with respect
Promoting excellence
Valuing service over self
Being accountable

www.QOVF.org

Our Quilt of Valor Presentation will be held September 14 at our Guild Meeting. Contact has been made to registered veterans who are so appreciative of our generosity and are so deserving of our huge thank you. Each will be ‘wrapped’ in a handmade quilt and presented with an authentic certificate following a brief history about the Quilt of Valor Foundation. Bring tissues! It’s proven to be a moving ceremony each time.

Those of you who were kind enough to take quilts to bind and quilt, I have those counted and look forward to you returning them as you finish them up. We want to acknowledge you for helping with the quilt as we proceed with presentations. All quilts are in easy handled bags and numbered. A huge thank you to Julie Cohagan for donating her time, talent, and materials to quilt the latest QOV made with fabrics donated to the Guild. I enjoyed taking the time to piece it from a recent QOV pattern and Julie took the time to quilt the prettiest border on the boldest blue with deep gold thread I’ve ever seen! Thank you Julie!! Thank you to Jannette Grimm for additional labels that are being used on quilts turned in. You’re a quilting angel! Thank you to Carolyn Cosgriff for picking out red, white, and blue fabric from the donations at last month’s meeting and a huge thanks goes to two members who turned in split back star blocks. They’re beautiful!

Speaking of the QOV 2023 block, browse the community service table and have a look at the 2023 QOV block. The pattern is on the QOV website at www.QOVF.org and is available to print. For some of us it’ll be a welcome challenge. For others, it will be a piece of cake to make a few individual blocks using your own fabric for us to send to the national offices of QOV in South Carolina. Remember a scant quarter inch is your best friend! Make as many as you’d like throughout the year.

As we approach the Plano Quilt Show in less than a month, take note of (just a few) of the patriotic quilts for inspiration to make a donation. Guild members have been very generous in donating pieced tops, completed quilts, split back stars, and fabric to us.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

This month we have available quilt bags that need:

(1) Stars and Stripes needs quilting
(1) Pineapple QOV needs quilting

Evelyn Cheek 214.415.4496 echeek086@gmail.com

**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 will be July 20th at 7:00 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 1st Thursdays and 3rd 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

Pieceful Organization – Sarah Krauss & Jeanne Vogel (Now we 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

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.

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 at pickincotton26@verizon.net to get the invitation to join the Zoom meeting.

Chicks with Feathers—3rd Saturdays Zooming 1-3pm — or in person at Sam Johnson Recreation Center at 401 W 16th St. Plano, TX
Fourth Friday Featherweight Friends—4th Fridays @ 1-3pm on Zoom or in person meeting at Best Little Retreat Center in Texas all day.

Membership

By Mary Alice Caffarel

Please welcome Rosalind Perantie, who joined the Guild in June.

Remember your NAMETAG. Keep it in your purse or car so you always have it with you on meeting night. It helps so much in keeping faces and names together.

Just a reminder: Renewals and new memberships during the show are for the 2023-24 year. Anything before the show is for the current year ending September 30.

New Members: We will have a new member sew day in September or early October. It will be at the Best Little Retreat Center in Richardson. The Guild will pay for 50% of the daily fee for new members. Plan to bring any project you like. Meet other new members and a number of the guild officers. We generally have a lot of fun at these. Date will be announced in the next newsletter and individual invites will go out shortly thereafter.

Happy Birthday to members celebrating another year this July.

2 – Judy Hildebrand
2 – Nancy Prochaska
4 – Sandra Clark
4 – Aggie Meszaros
5 – Debra Douglas
6 – Rosemary Aguilar
6 – Diana Florence
6 – Linda Huggins
8 – Laurie Lumston
9 – Carol Long
11 – Sherry Worley
13 – Sharon Wilhelm
15 – Gail Gable
15 – Harriet Wetherell
20 – Concetta Boscardin
22 – Judy Kreihn
23 – Mary Binder
23 – Leanne Wise
25 – Jael Castaneda
25 – Marcia Lawson
26 – Michelle Cotton
26 – Linda Overbeck
29 – Bonnie Landon

Quilters Guild of Plano, Inc.

Letter from the President

QGP Nominating Committee Report

Programs

July Guild Meeting – Thursday, July 13, 2023

August Guild Meeting – Thursday, August 10, 2023

Quilt Show Preview Night