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December 2019 Newsletter

Posted on December 1, 2019December 23, 2019 by admin

Holiday Party

Please join us at the December 12th meeting for a Christmas Party. QGP board members will bring snacks and bottled water will be provided. We will have a short business meeting starting at 6:45 to be followed by a Christmas themed show and tell. Please bring your Christmas/winter themed quilts or wall hangings to show. Or, if you made something for a gift at Christmas, we would LOVE to see it first! Afterwards we will have lots of time to socialize with other members. It will be a fun and festive night. Submitted by Linda Neal

No Workshops this month.

Get ready for 2020 to have a variety of guest speakers and workshops to meet anyone and everyone’s quilting genre!

Dot, Dot, Dash pattern in True Blue Quilts book

We will learn to machine piece curved blocks. The templates are located in the True Blue Quilts book. You can choose to make the book project, a smaller table runner, or an all scrappy quilt.

There are still available spots for Annette’s Friday workshop! QGP Members can sign up and pay online from the Member Dashboard! Non-members can download the form and mail it with a cheque to the address on the form. Contact programs@qgplano.org for any question.

Members of the guild worked very hard for community service last month. We received 41 completed quilts, 43 completed pillowcases, and 6 tops. Our members can really pat themselves on the back for the number of quilts and pillowcases made each month. Our charities really appreciate the donations, especially now that the weather has turned so cold.

What do we do with the finished quilts? We have a list of charities that we distribute the quilts and pillowcases to. At first, we only gave pillowcases to one of our charities, but then found out all the charities like the pillowcases, so every quilt now goes out with a pillowcase. We even have some charities that would like extra pillowcases. The pillowcases are very helpful when you have children that would normally have to use a garbage bag to pack their worldly possessions; they are now able to put their items in a pillowcase.

So where do the quilts and pillowcases go? We have a number of charities we donate to monthly:

My Friend’s House (City House)
Samaritan Inn
Children’s Medical Center of Plano
Children’s Advocacy Center
The Turning Point

We also support the Plano ISD’s program for teenage parents. We donate to them twice a year.

Another big project is Christmas Stockings for the soldiers.

And then for our furry friends at Pet Shelters, we turn in dog and cat beds made from quilting scraps.

Keep up the good work and support our needy neighbors.

Guild Free Table

There will not be a Guild Free Table at the December meeting. We will be having our Holiday Party.

What great speakers we have had the last 3 months - Bethanne Nemesh, Melinda Bula, and Edyta Sitar. I feel so inspired! Each speaker traveled a long distance to come speak to our guild. They all gave great presentations, showed lots of amazing quilts, and taught wonderful classes. Having great speakers is one of the many reasons I love being a part of this guild and attending meetings.

The other reason I love being a part of this guild is spending time with other guild members. You are my quilting family. We spend time together learning and talking about quilting. We share tips and ideas. We retreat together, eat together, and even work together. I am very thankful to have such a wonderful quilting family. I am looking forward to our guild Christmas party, where we will spend some quality time together. We will have fun seeing each other’s holiday quilts and feast on some not so healthy snacks. Please come to the December 12th guild meeting and hang out with your quilting family!

Our guild’s new Beekeeper is Heather Ewald. Two years ago she took a beginner class at a local quilt store and has been hooked ever since. Block of the month programs have helped enhance her skills, especially her favorite which is applique. Collecting beautiful jellyrolls, new tools and sewing machines is also a pastime. Heather has found her passion in quilting and appreciates meeting fellow quilters and gaining the knowledge they have to share. It's a dream to one day start a business pursuing this passion full time.

Some may ask, “What is a beekeeper?” According to our bylaws, the position of beekeeper has the following duties:

Maintain a list of small groups, including groups seeking new members.
Assist members in finding small group affiliations.

We have compiled information about our bees from several different sources, but it is undoubtedly out-of-date. Heather will be contacting each group via email to learn the following:

Is the member list for your small group correct? Should other names be added or removed?
Does your group have a leader?
What day and time do you meet?
Are you open to new members?

Please assist Heather in updating this information regarding our bees. Also, if you are a new member and wish to find a bee in which to participate, please reach out to Heather.

We want more people to know about the quilt show committee, about what it takes to put on the wonderful quilt shows we have been producing since 1991. To “Be in the Know about the Show”, one of the committee members will give a brief overview of her own area at the monthly guild meeting and we will follow up by posting it in the newsletter. Sara Lindsay did a great job this past month. Our “kid’s area” (multi-generational area) has always been a highlight of the show. Linda Burton will be heading up that section this year with the help of Sara Lindsay and Dana Braden, along with any of you who want to volunteer.

We hope you are working on your entry for the quilt show. This is our show, to showcase the work of our members. Remember, you are showing your work to interest people in what you have done. Maybe it’s the color combination, the skill of your handwork, or producing a visual impact you want to share with others. If you haven’t entered before, make this the year you place your quilt in the show. If you have entered before, keep it up. We all enjoy seeing the work of our fellow quilters. Your quilt may be the one that inspires someone to make their first quilt.

The entry registration forms for Quilt Plano 2020 will be on the web site on January 1, 2020. Please submit the forms as soon as you have your information ready. The final deadline for submitting the forms will be June 11, 2020, at the guild meeting. The quilts will be turned in on August 4, 2020.

– Spotlight on Children’s Activity Area – aka Multigenerational Room – from Sara Lindsay’s presentation at the November meeting

The Children’s Activity Room is so much more than what you may presume. We are not providing babysitting or childcare for attendees of the show. Our room provides activities with Make & Takes that teach sewing and quilting skills and encourage creativity!

We are a multigenerational activity room focused on interactive learning for all ages. There are grandparents and grandchildren and even great-grandchildren that come into our room to participate. It is a bonding moment for many.

This past show we prepared 11 activities and projects with our goal to teach a younger generation sewing and quilting skills that they can enjoy life-long. We also want to teach quilt and fabric appreciation and develop our quilt industry shoppers, designers, and producers of quilts of the future. We want them to love fabric the way we do!

As a guild, we have the privilege and responsibility to our community to encourage everyone to learn, no matter their age. If you want to be a part of the basic introduction to quilt culture and have a lot of fun or have ideas to share, please consider volunteering in the Children’s Activity Room, aka Multigenerational Room, next year!

With the creation of the new website a few months ago, we also integrated a Google Calendar for Quilters Guild of Plano. The calendar is located in two places:

At the bottom of the Home
On its own Calendar page under About & Contact.

If you're already a Google Calendar user, you can copy the events that interest you directly to your calendar. Simply click on the event and click on copy to my calendar.

If you have a guild-related event that you would like added to the calendar, you can send your request to Caroline at email@qgplano.org.

November 2019 Newsletter

Posted on November 1, 2019November 28, 2019 by admin

Edyta Sitar - Lecture: Reasons for Quilting

Non-members: There is a $5 fee for this national speaker.

Edyta Sitar will be your guide on a walk through historical, political, and personal events that have inspired generations of quilters. In her presentation, Edyta reflects on the quilters’ work and how they found inspiration to create, to express, and to mark milestones in their lives. The program is full of historical information as well as touching personal stories. She will show a large collection of quilts that will entertain and inspire you with many reasons to continue to create and enjoy quilting even more than you do now.

Friday Workshop – January 10, 2020

Dot, Dot, Dash pattern in True Blue Quilts book

Dot Dot Dash uses curved piecing. Don't be intimidated, it is not that hard. This quilt is a variation on the traditional Drunkard's Path quilt block popular in the late 1800s. In class, we will learn to machine piece curved blocks. The templates are located in the book, and you can choose to make the book project, a smaller table runner or an all scrappy quilt. The block is the same, the variety comes with how the student places light and dark fabrics and how the blocks are sewn together. The techniques we learn in class will help with piecing other curved blocks.

Saturday Workshop – January 11, 2020

Vicksburg Stars pattern in True Blue Quilts Book

Vicksburg Stars is a quilt project featuring Sawtooth Stars, an all time favorite, set on point, arranged in rows and sashed to complete the quilt. In class we will make stars, working on perfect points, and cut the side and corner triangles and sew them together in rows. We will talk about piecing with bias and cutting to avoid bias edges. We will also discuss cutting border prints and directional printed fabrics. At the end of the class the student will have much of the project completed with the knowledge to continue and get this beautiful quilt finished.

COMING SOON!!!!! Quilt Sewing Day. On November 5th, we will be at The Best Little Retreat Center in Texas from 9 am to 9pm sewing community service quilts. Come for the entire day or a few hours.

The quilts are smaller ones that have been spray basted and are ready for quilting. Bring your sewing machine and sewing supplies, we will supply the quilts.

We will have several people on hand that will help you learn different methods of quilting.

If you are new to quilting on your domestic machine, this is a good place to learn how to use your machine for quilting, both free hand and using your walking foot.

Please let me know if you can make it to our quilting day: quiltingpony@hotmail.com.

In October we had quite a haul in quilts: 24 finished quilts came in for distribution to our charities. We also received 26 tops, 16 pillowcases, and one quilted quilt needing binding also came in. We actually delivered 37 quilts, 54 pillowcases and 6 soft soap bottles. Keep up the good work.

I will be bringing giveaway goodies at the meeting again. Please take what you want. The items will be discarded if they are not picked up.

Fall is officially here. It is cold and damp outside as I write this newsletter - the perfect weather to curl up with a comfy quilt and good book. The quilts we make provide comfort for our families and our community. Quilting provides us with instant quilting friends and a whole quilting community at our fingertips. We have small groups, guilds, retreats, and classes to meet other quilters. We have quilt stores, quilt shows, and websites to inspire our creativity. What a wonderful quilting “family” we have created. Like all families, we have tasks, budgets, and “do-to” lists, which aren’t always fun, but necessary.

Quilters Guild of Plano is your quilting family. Get involved! Volunteer for the quilt show, sew for community service, sell raffle tickets, or start a small group to meet other members. Our family is growing bigger, and now it’s time to grow together.

Thank you to all of my board members who help run this crazy quilting family. It truly takes every person doing their job to make this guild run smoothly.

Happy Stitching

We would like to welcome our 5 visitors: Gayle Meador, Celene Bishop, Patti Garbure, Menie Rees, Cynthia Nolen.

Please help welcome our two new members: Sharon Laney and Sue Hurth (returning member). Please look for these new members and show them how the Guild welcomes them.

October door prizes were donated by Dye Happy, Quarter Square Quilt Co., Quilt Country in Lewisville, Best Little Retreat Center in Texas, Best of Bernina, and Pumpkin Patch Quilt Shop.

We look forward to seeing everyone at the November meeting. Carole and Sue, thank you for helping during this learning time as Connie picked up where Carole left off.

Rayetta Finefrock 11/2
Terry Reisinger 11/3
Cynthia Caldwell 11/4
Lynne Haley 11/4
Christina Cisnero 11/5
Judy Loftin 11/5
Carole Murray 11/5
Marjorie Sener 11/5
Margaret Neyman 11/6
LuGay Chiang 11/10
Victoria Dean 11/10
Marie Richard 11/10
Michael Davison 11/12
Gloria Kahle 11/12
Victoria Venner 11/12
Jeanne Smith 11/13
Loren Wilhelm 11/14
Judy Horton 11/16
Kim Jenkins 11/16
Lisa Terry 11/17
Sue Dexheimer 11/19
Melinda Propes 11/19
Pamela Crocker 11/20
Linda Newman 11/20
Carol Surrells 11/22
Virginia "Ginny" Braley 11/24
Kim Imel 11/24
Madelyn Beachboard 11/27
Rose Davis 11/27
Julie Rushin 11/28
Sue Morris 11/30

In the Know About the Show

Thank you to Joan Hammett for filling in for me at the October meeting. And thanks to all of you who have picked up your raffle tickets. The tickets will be at each meeting for you to get your $20 worth. Please pay for them when you first get them. We need all members to buy and/or sell their 24 tickets ($1 each or 6 for $5). If you would be willing to take the raffle quilts to another guild meeting or event to sell tickets please let Joan Hammett know so that she can track where and when the quilts are being shown.

Show Committee Needs:

Program Ads – We need someone to join the show committee to sell the program ads for the show. There are a number of shops who are happy to place their ads with us. Current sponsors and vendors will buy some ad space. The job is active from January through May or early June. I’ve sold ads for the past few years and have samples of what has been done for these times to get you started. --- Just got this position filled. Yea! Thank you Nancy Worst for stepping up.

Logistics – This is a new position on the show committee. One person is needed to contact moving companies to find the best price for moving our show equipment from the guild storage unit to Plano Event Center on Tuesday of quilt show week and back again to the storage unit on Saturday at the end of the quilt show. You will supervise the move, but not have to do any of the moving.

Publicity – One or two people work together to find places to advertise the quilt show and to deliver the show posters to advertise our show. We already have a list of places, so you will not have to start from scratch. Several magazines will list our show in their calendars if given the information on a timely basis. Information needs to be given out to a number of retirement centers as they will bring their residents to the show.

If you would be interested in any of these positions, please text me at 972-571-0083 or email petrickdl@outlook.com. Working on the show committee is a great way to meet people and to learn what it takes to put on the quilt show. Your guild is more successful when you are active in the guild.

The raffle tickets for the QP2020 raffle quilt with companion quilt are available. Members are asked to take a packet of 24 tickets for $20. Paid for as you pick them up ($1 each or 6 for $5). Sell them to your friends and family. Buy them for yourself. But please sell as many tickets as you can on these beautiful quilts. This money goes to help the guild pay for educational scholarships or supplies, pay towards our delightful speakers and fund other activities of the guild.

We also need members to take the quilt to visit other guilds and events in order to maximize our sales. If you would like to take them, please contact Joan Hammett to schedule (972) 489-9925 or joanhammett@verizon.net.

As our guild starts its new year, I start a new chapter. I have been using my formal dining room as my “factory” for making kits, with the thought that if we needed the formal dining room, it could be cleared out in about 5 minutes with a little help.

We have installed new hardwood flooring and painted this room. I no longer find it acceptable to have 6 giant tubs overflowing with fabric in there. Don’t get me wrong. I appreciate all the donations of fabric, ribbon and supplies, as well as all the other efforts from Community Service. I love this office. It is SOO much fun. But the room is just too pretty to pile up.

Don ordered a shelf unit 78x60x24 to replace all the tubs. I ordered drapes to cover it that match my new drapes. This way I can have the best of both worlds. I now have lots of fabric and lots of storage and we get our room back.

In the past, I have had a lot of help washing and ironing fabric. Boy, do I ever appreciate the help! I now have a lot of work to do. I am asking anyone who can to come help ADHD Martha to get organized. I am opening my home from 10 AM to 8:30 PM the Monday after guild meeting for you to come help me. Come when you can, leave when you must, bring your own brown bag.

Here is a link to some cute ornaments to make as stocking stuffers.

https://pin.it/skqw2smjffbln4

I look forward to a great year!

While I am the webmaster, it truly takes a village to take care of a website!

Let me introduce you to my extraordinary helpers:

Dena Smith: Dena uploads and curates all photos you see in the Gallery. She is also the one who gathers all necessary information and creates our online Newsletter.

Jeanne Vogel: Jeanne is my unofficial Editor in Chief. She reads each page and emails me if she finds errors or when the Resources page needs updating. She also formats pictures members send to her for the Member Directory.

Sue Rentz and Connie Elliot: Sue and Connie are in charge of the membership system. They upload new members to the system, update their information, and manage members' payments.

Board: Each board member is in charge of making sure the information pertaining to their committee is accurate and up to date. They email me when things need to be modified. They are also in charge of adding their events to the Calendar.

October 2019 Newsletter

Posted on September 30, 2019September 30, 2019 by admin

Edyta Sitar – Reasons for Quilts

Nonmembers: There is a $5 fee for this national speaker

Edyta’s love for fabric began at a very young age - when she used her mother’s drapes to create her first fabric project!

Fortunately, for all of us, Edyta's mother recognized her passion for fabric and thus began her journey with fabric and sewing. One of Edyta’s biggest blessings is her marriage to husband, Michael. She not only fell in love -- she was introduced to a Sitar family tradition of quilting by her mother-in-law, Carol, and grandmother-in-law, Anna.

Quilting has enabled Edyta to express herself about the objects or occasions of her surroundings -- her designs are her avenue to release passion! “My children and my husband are my greatest motivation. This is the Cinderella dream for me. Being able to do what I love and share this love with others is the greatest feeling and reward I could imagine!"

The combination of inspiration, a love for fabric, a keen eye for color, and her family teachings blended into the recipe for a talent in constructing amazing quilts, creating innovative quilting patterns for Laundry Basket Quilts, designing beautiful Traditional and Batik fabrics for Moda (10 years) and now for Andover (Present). She has published numerous books to date, been featured in many magazines, and her quilts have been honored in displays around the world.

As the founder and owner of her company, Laundry Basket Quilts (www.laundrybasketquilts.com), Edyta is proud to carry on her family tradition that fabrics and threads have seamlessly stitched together through the generations. Her true passion and quilter’s spirit shine through her classes, workshops, and presentations. She travels all over the world sharing her experiences and connecting with quilters of all levels through the inspiring stories about the quilts she makes.

Valerie Salter and I are very happy to be taking over Community Service. We are hoping to have an active and fun year.

The CS group meets monthly and makes kits for the quilts. The kits are sewn at our Community Sew Day, the 2nd Tuesday of the month at Plano Sewing Center, from 10 am to 2 pm. We would love to have you join us on our sewing days. Bring your machine and sewing supplies. We will furnish the kits. Contact Donna Petrick at petrickdl@outlook.com if you are able to attend.

We also have a sewing day on the 3rd Saturday at the Best Little Retreat Center in Texas from 10 am to 2 pm. Again bring sewing supplies and we will furnish the kits. Contact Kaye Dunn at scottnkaye@att.net if you are able to come and sew.

The kits produce tops. The rest of the process is done at the guild meetings. The CS group gets the quilts ready for quilting and gives them out at the meeting. The quilted quilts come back and are trimmed and go out again to have binding put on. Then the quilts are ready to be washed and given to our charities.

We also give pillowcases to the charities. The CS group makes the pillowcase kits and gives them to members at the meetings. The finished pillowcases are matched with a quilt when we get them ready for distribution.

There are a lot of steps to get the quilts ready for our charities and we can use help in whatever area you are comfortable doing. Please stop by the table and see us at the guild meeting and we can answer any questions you have.

Dolores Williams -- quiltingpony@hotmail.com

Our guild has received a number of donations lately through the CS group. Mostly we get fabric. We use the quilting fabric and disperse with the non-quilting fabric. Lately, we have received a couple of donations of complete sewing rooms – supplies, books, magazines and sewing machines. A large part of the supplies have gone toward door prizes – some were at the Quilt Show, others will be at the guild retreat. And we still have a lot of things to give away.

CS will be bringing books and supplies, patterns, fabrics, etc. to the meetings. They will be on a free table for you to take all you want. What is not taken will be disposed of, so PLEASE take stuff.

We also have three sewing machines that need new homes. Each machine is free to the first guild member that wants it. You just have to come to Princeton and pick it up.

A Brown Singer Sewing machine, Model 401A. It has the knee pedal for sewing. It is in a brown wooden case. There is no cord with it so I don’t know if it runs. It does have a box with CAMS and bobbins with it.
A Black Singer. I could not find a model number. It is in a white case. There is one leg on the case that has cracked and will need repair. There is no cord with this machine.
A Portable Singer. Possible model number 4832 C. The number is on the side. It has a foot pedal and runs. It is white and in a white case.

Photos are below.

Interested? Call Dolores Williams at 972-832-1134 or email me at quiltingpony@hotmail.com.

Community Service is getting a lot of quilt tops stockpiled again. We need them quilted! Please come to our Quilting Day.
When: November 5, 2019
Where: Best Little Retreat Center in Texas
Time: 9 am to 9 pm -- Come when you can, stay as long as you can. We have the room all day.
Bring: Your sewing machine, thread and supplies. We will have the quilts basted and ready to go.
There will be door prizes and snacks.

Remember, you don’t need to do free arm quilting. You can use your walking foot and do a great job.
Please let us know if you are coming:
Dolores Williams: quiltingpony@hotmail.com
Valerie Salter: salter125@hotmail.com

I just returned from the Holly Girls Retreat in Northern Michigan. We sewed and took classes for 5 days. It was great! I am happy to report that fall is actually starting in that part of the country. Surely it will cool off in Texas soon, and maybe we will have some fall color too.

We have lots of new members joining our guild plus lots of past members coming back. We are really growing fast. That is great! But, with that being said, it can be hard to meet everyone and learn everyone’s name. And, as President, I want to get to know all of the members and their quilting story. It would be very helpful if everyone would wear their name tags and introduce themselves to the members around you at guild meetings. Remember: We are ALL ambassadors for the guild.

One of the best ways for new members to join in and connect with a guild is to get involved. Volunteer for anything that interests you. Find or start a small group. Volunteer for the show committee. As a growing guild, we have lots of jobs that need to be filled. Guild activities, VP Leigh Knox, will be hosting a newcomer day retreat/ice cream social at The Best Little Retreat Center in Texas on Sunday, October 6th. More information can be found in this newsletter under Guild Activities.

We have lots of great speakers and classes scheduled this year. A big thank you to our quilt show committee members that made the show successful. The profit from the quilt show allows us to schedule top national speakers.

I would like to thank all of the incoming board members who stepped up and agreed to serve this year and all of the outgoing board members who worked so hard this past year. It is my honor to serve as President and I will do my best to keep the guild running smoothly and efficiently. If you have any questions/suggestions please email me at: lindanealmck@hotmail.com

Happy Stitching.

2020 Raffle Quilt

By Linda Neal

Our guild raffle quilts for 2020, Fellowship in Scarlet and Little Red, are done and tickets are being printed. They will be given out at the November meeting. The cost of the tickets will be 1 ticket for $1 or 6 tickets for $5. The winner of the drawing will win both quilts.

Information about the construction of the guilds as well as photos of the quilts can be found on the guild website under Activities at Red and White Group Quilt. We had 80 members participate in creating the blocks and a small group, The Wednesday Girls, to sew them together. They were Quilted by Richard Larson and Pam Wingate.

Hi All. Woohooo! October is here so surely we will see at least one day of fall weather (fingers crossed). So for October we have a Day Retreat planned for Sunday, October 6. This is a newcomer retreat but of course I hope all of you, who can, will come by and sew for a while. This will also be an ice cream social, after all, you learn a lot about a person based on their favorite flavor of ice cream, right? To sign up, fill out this form. The cost is only $20 (that is a $5 savings) and you can sew from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

I hope to see you there. If you have any questions feel free to email me at LAK76248@gmail.com.

Happy sewing.

At September’s meeting, we had 112 members present, with 4 new members added, and 10 visitors.

We would like to welcome our 10 visitors: Gayle Meador, Tommy and Suzie Harris, Jerry Vaughan, Barb Clark, Diana Ball, Marie Rees, Peggy O’Neal, Grace Culbertson and Susan Corbett.

Please help welcome our four new members: Susan Autry, Jennifer Sheckells, Diane Morris, and Christina Vilmar. Please look for these new members and show them how the Guild welcomes them.

September door prizes were donated by Sew Let’s Quit It, Stitched with Love, Not Your Mama’s Quilt Store, Mineola Needle Works, Happiness is Quilting, and Quilt Country.

Look forward to seeing everyone at the October meeting. Connie Elliot takes over in my place as Co-VP of Membership next month and I know you all will welcome her and make here feel welcome. A big thank you to Sue Rentz for being a great Co-VP with me and making it seem so easy.

Carole

Karen Finch 10/1
JoAnn Langloys 10/1
Pam Lane 10/3
Heather Ewald 10/4
Linda Burton 10/5
Rebecca Williams 10/6
J "Michelle" Watts 10/6
Jackie Galubenski 10/7
Judy Johnson 10/7
Barbara Pena 10/7
Mistey Jones 10/11
Caryn Pesek 10/13
Margaret (Peggy) Dull 10/14
Marge Krempl 10/14
Karen Rainville 10/17
Carroll Thune 10/17
Monica Hendewerk 10/17
Rachel Carithers 10/18
Debbie Seher 10/18
Ruth Bernabo 10/22
Kim Imel 10/24
Rebecca Ellis 10/25
Cheryl Morschauser 10/27
Linda Castellano 10/28
Tressa Nisankarao 10/29
Sarah Lee 10/31
Sandra Vinzant 10/31
Diana Collins 10/31

Quilt Plano 2020

By Donna Petrick

First off, “Thank You” for all the work and volunteer hours you put in for QP2019. We had a very successful show—beautiful quilts, wonderful vendors and great crowds. The financials for the show will be posted on Membership – Guild Documents – Financials. It’s a lot of work to put on such a great show. Without the show, we would not be able to have such wonderful speakers for our programs. It is definitely worth the effort.

Just as we finish one show, we get started on the next. Contract is already signed with Plano Event Center. Our show will be August 7th and 8th in 2020. It’s a week early but this is turning out to be a happy accident. That puts us a week before the sales tax-free weekend, a week before school starts in Plano, and a week before the Original Sewing/Quilting event in Irving.

I’m adding several new positions to the committee list this year. I’ll write the job descriptions and get them posted to the documents page under quilt show shortly. The new positions are:

Announcements/Show
Logistics (moving the materials from the storage unit to the Plano Event Center and back)
Preview Night Setup
Publicity-Website
Security/First Aid

We also have openings for:

Artwork
Hospitality
Info Booth
Program Ads
Publicity-General
Quilt Angels

If you are interested in leading or working on any of these committees, please contact me. Text 972-571-0083 or email to petrickdl@outlook.com. We would also like to have additional help with Demos and Children’s Areas so that these ladies can rotate off to other jobs.

Looking forward to working with all of you for our next show.

What Are All Those Pins?

By Donna Petrick

It’s been some time since any of us have talked about the different guild pins that we have to offer. I do have a display that I bring to most meetings as well as the pins themselves. Please see me at the next meeting to look them over.

Guild Pin – Designed by a former member/past president for our 25th anniversary quilt and is our current design. Cost is $5.

Sewing Machine Pin – Designed to hold the annual bars and charms. Cost is $5.

Annual Bars – Awarded for volunteering 30 hours annually of service to the guild. Service can be sewing community service items, selling raffle tickets at an event, working the quilt show or any other job that needs to be done for the guild. No charge.

Show Pins – A new pin is designed each year for our quilt show. We do have most of the past show pins available for those who collect. Current pin cost is $5 and past year pins are $1.

Show Charms – Awarded for working for the quilt show. No charge.

PVSA – Presidential Volunteer Service Awards – Started by President Reagan for honoring volunteers in America.

For 100 – 249 annual hours you receive a bronze pin.

For 250 – 499 annual hours you receive a silver pin.

For 500+ annual hours you receive a gold pin.

After accumulating 4000 hours you are awarded a lifetime pin. The pins and certificates are free to the recipient. The guild does pay for them.

Anniversary Pins – Awarded at 5-year intervals, beginning with 10 years membership. Years must be continuous. No charge.

Thanks everyone for understanding that my life got in the way of our fun. Also for doing such a fabulous job of completing stockings early so that I could go forward with the long list of my own events over the last few months.

I delivered 1321 stockings to Soldiers Angels, along with a bag of stuffings and cards. We are not responsible for filling the stockings. This is strictly YOUR generosity. Thank you.

There is a small group that meets third Saturdays at Plano Sewing Center and they like to make stockings to give to Soldiers Angels. They are quite prolific and generous and the stockings are consistently well made. However, this last time, one of the ladies hand-cut and assembled 500, but instead of putting the ribbon inside the stocking then the cuff and turning it for the “TA-DAH,” she put both on the outside. The stocking came out with an extension instead of a cuff. Since we had already exceeded our goal of 1000 for Soldiers Angels, we thought why not use them for another charity. That way the ones for Soldiers Angels are consistent and we are not hurting one charity to bless another.

The charity is called Binky Patrol. They make quilts for underprivileged children. For these children whatever Binky Patrol gives them is probably their only Christmas. So, here, my dear Guild is where each of you can help. I am going to have a container to gather money to give along with the stockings. The hospitals like to have control of what children are given, so this is our best choice.

I thought of something we can try for next year. We all use a startie-stoppie. Usually, this is a scrap of fabric, or a pair of pieces for another quilt. Well, how about instead, it is a coaster. Precut 5 or 6 inch squares of fabric and batting. Make pre-assembled units; each turned 45 degrees in its stack. Zigzag the outside edge as startie-stoppie, with some sort of simple quilting in the middle. Yes, it really is that simple! Oh, and it is a good use for left over batting and fabric.

September 2019 Newsletter

Posted on September 1, 2019September 1, 2019 by admin

Bethanne’s journey as an art quilter from her beginnings making traditional quilts, then branching out into pattern manipulation, to her current pictographic silk art quilts is explored with a slide presentation and with a trunk show of available quilts. (Bethanne will bring all the show quilts that are currently home at the time of the lecture, which will vary). Bethanne will explore how her silk quilts come to be, from initial sketches, paintings, photography to final creation and finish details. Additionally, Bethanne discusses how any quilter can learn to recognize inspiration and document and organize it to facilitate quilt design through sharing her own techniques and sketchbooks.

Friday Workshop: September 13, 2019

Quilted Texture from A to Zen

Traditional free motion background fillers are a wonderful starting point, but what happens when you let yourself be influenced by natural patterns, everyday objects, macro photography, and the art of Zendoodling? Be inspired by Bethanne’s fresh take on backgrounds, with inspiration from every letter of the alphabet, perfect for filling those big open spaces of more modern quilts! Hands on classes are suitable for experienced free-motion domestic quilters.

Saturday Workshop: September 14, 2019

The Devil is in the Details

Sometimes the difference between a show quilt and an AWARD WINNING show quilt is in the details. On the judging floor, one point is often all that separates a contestant from a winner. Bethanne will share her unique finish details which have been proven winners in shows across the country in her quilts. Students will make a sample that features beaded bias appliqué, beaded piping, swag piping, beaded knife edge binding as well as an introduction to the use of Derwent Inktense pencils. Take your quilting to the next level with masterpiece details!

Kit Fee: $25.00 Includes pre-quilted square, all beads, piping, ink, and activators for the project.

Before I tell you about Melinda’s quilt journey, I want everyone to know about the tragedy that struck Melinda and her family. It was this Spring when the Camp fires broke out in California. Melinda’s newly built home and possessions were destroyed. Her husband had time to save computers and quilts! We are so fortunate to have Melinda come and share her talent and artistry with our guild.

Melinda has been in love with fabric all her life and knew when she was 16 years old that she was going to be an artist, which became her major in college. She worked in the interior design field for 15 years as a fabric and wallpaper designer. She and her husband, Joe, started their own wallpaper and fabric design business in 1988. The company, Melinda Bula Designs, sold their hand silk-screened wallpapers and fabrics nationwide.

Since 1996, she has been involved in quilting and wearable arts. Her sense of color and design has won her numerous awards for both quilts and wearable arts.

Her Fabulous Fusible Flowers quilts are unique. With the wonderful look of a painting, she uses fabric and thread to create beautifully artistic quilts. She has been lecturing and teaching, both in the United States and internationally, which she really loves and has been featured on The Quilt Show. Creating and designing is an obsession with Melinda and whether it is fabric, wallpaper, or quilts, it is her passion. She has written 2 books on her Fabulous Fusible Flowers technique, Cutting Garden Quilts and Candy Cane Lane, both published by the Martingale Company.

Melinda has had the honor of exhibiting her quilts in some amazing venues like the Shelburne Museum in Vermont, Quilt Expo en Beaujolais in France, International Patchwork Festival in Sitges, Spain and at the Texas Quilt Museum. In 2013 the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky bought Melinda's quilt "And Our Flag was still There!"

Edyta's love for fabric began at a very young age - when she used her mother's drapes to create her first fabric project! Fortunately for all of us, Edyta's mother recognized her passion for fabric and thus began her journey with fabric and sewing. One of Edyta's biggest blessings is her marriage to husband Michael. She not only fell in love - she was introduced to a Sitar family tradition of quilting by her mother-in-law Carol and grandmother-in-law Anna.

Quilting has enabled Edyta to express herself about the objects or occasions of her surroundings - her designs are her avenue to release passion! "My children and my husband are my greatest motivation. This is the Cinderella dream for me. Being able to do what I love and share this love with others is the greatest feeling and reward I could imagine!"

The combination of inspiration, a love for fabric, a keen eye for color, and her family teachings blended into the recipe for a talent in constructing amazing quilts, creating innovative quilting patterns for Laundry Basket Quilts, designing beautiful traditional and batik fabrics for MODA and stunning threads for Aurifil. She has published five books to date, been featured in magazines world-wide, and her quilts have been honored by receiving many awards.

As the founder and owner of her company, Laundry Basket Quilts, Edyta is proud to carry on her family tradition that fabrics and threads have seamlessly stitched together through the generations. Her true passion and quilter's spirit shine through her classes, workshops, and presentations. She travels all over the world sharing her experiences and connecting with quilters of all levels through the inspiring stories about the quilts she makes.

Edyta Sitar will be your guide on a walk through historical, political, and personal events that have inspired generations of quilters. In her presentation, Edyta reflects on quilters' work and how they find inspiration to create, to express, and to mark milestones in their lives. The program is full of historical information as well as touching personal stories that many quilters can relate to. She brings along a large collection of quilts (over 50) that will entertain and inspire guild members. She hopes to inspire you with many reasons to continue to create and enjoy quilting even more than you do now.

School has started which means it’s time for us to collect donations for the PISD School-Age Parent Program. This program assists Plano students and their families dealing with teen pregnancy. The program accepts items such as: receiving blankets, small quilts, baby clothes, diapers, or other baby related items. Simply bring the items to the September guild meeting and give them to Kaye Dunn. Thank you in advance.

Trae Flesher, a new guild member, has stepped up to lead the Saturday Community Service Sit and Sew. Thank you Trae! Due to a scheduling conflict at the Best Little Retreat Center in Texas, the September date will be Saturday, September 28 ( it is usually the 3rd Saturday of the month). Please let us (Trae Flescher, Linda Neal or Kaye Dunn) know if you plan on attending so we will have enough community service projects to work on. Just bring your sewing machine, basic sewing supplies, and a “can do” attitude. We are hoping to add new members to this Community Service sponsored sewing day. This is a great way to meet other guild members and sew at the same time!

FYI- Even though our meeting location in September has changed- we will still have a table for Community Service. We always have quilts that need quilting, binding, pillowcases, etc. Hope to see you there!

I would like to thank everyone who made a Red and White block for the 2020 Guild raffle quilt. Fellowship in Scarlet received a 2nd place. Great work everyone! The Wednesday Girls small group put the quilt together and Richard Larson did a beautiful quilting job. Valerie Salter did the binding. It hung well at the show and looked beautiful! Pictures and more information is on the guild website. Raffle tickets will be coming soon. The winner will receive 2 quilts: Fellowship in Scarlet AND Little Red (quilted by Pam Wingate- Thank you Pam!)

Our September meeting will be my last meeting as President of Quilters Guild of Plano. I wanted to say thank you for all the support you all have given me these last two years. It has been such a pleasure to see our Guild grow and thrive. Quilt Plano 2019 was a great success and none of it could happen without all of you. Please don’t forget that our September meeting location has changed. We will be meeting at Collin College, Spring Creek Campus, in the Living Legends Conference Center. We not only will have an amazing speaker, but we will be voting in your new slate of officers to continue leading this great Guild! See you then.

The nominating committee has worked with guild membership and established this current slate of nominees:

President: Linda Neal
Co-VP of Community Service: Dolores Williams & Valerie Salter
VP of Guild Activities: Leigh Knox
VP of Finance: Chanda Smith
Co-VP of Education: Kathy Scott & Joan Hammett
Co-VP of Membership: Sue Rentz & Connie Elliott
VP of Media: Caroline Gagnon-Hartman
Co-VP of Programs: Jeanne Smith & Janet Carver
Secretary: Julie Schaefer
Quilt Show Chair: Donna Petrick
Quilt Show Co-Chair: (open)

We will also be taking nominations from the floor and voting at the September meeting for our 2019-2020 officers. The terms for the newly elected officers will be from October 1, 2019 - Sept 30, 2020.

The August meeting was at the Plano Event Center for preview night. The center was full of members.

The Quilt show membership table was a success. Sue and Carole would like to thank the volunteers who worked with us.

We signed up 34 new members, 10 returning members and 61 renewals. That equals 105 members. There were several who took membership forms and are going to mail them or bring to the next meeting. The Credit Card machine was such an improvement.

We look forward to seeing everyone at the September meeting.

Katherine Berend 9/1
Elaine (Sue) Bowe 9/1
Martha O'Grady 9/2
Marinatta DeMoss 9/3
Samuel "Tom" DeMoss 9/3
Leigh Knox 9/5
Margaret Wolf 9/5
Deni Schwendiman 9/5
Rodawna Wiant 9/5
Margaret Wolf 9/5
Fran Levy 9/7
Tonni Callan 9/8
Debra Linker 9/8
Tammi Sparks 9/8
M.J. Fielek 9/10
Leanna Williams 9/10
Janet Carver 9/11
LaDawn Dalley 9/11
Beverly Driscoll 9/16
Francoise Humeau 9/16
Valerie Salter 9/17
Rhonda Diercks 9/18
Carolyn Miller 9/18
Terry Johnston 9/23
Dena Smith 9/23
Betty Moreland 9/24
Patsy Padgett 9/25
Sally Hamilton 9/26
Susan Gipp 9/26
Sally Hamilton 9/26
Brigid Persch 9/28
Carole Glover 9/29
Gwen Schroth 9/29

First and foremost I want to thank Barbara Collins for being my rock, my right and left hand and the best Show Coordinator a person could ask for. WOW, what an amazing show it was! It was great to see everyone come together and volunteer, share their love of quilting, and see all the beautiful quilts into the show. Final numbers are still coming in yet I can tell you that we had record high attendance and Credit Card sales showed that this was a great move for the guild and our fundraising efforts. The committee Chairs, their co-chairs and all the helpers just made the show look easy. Thank you all for letting me be your show chair for the year. I am excited to volunteer next year yet will leave the Chair position in the very capable and talented hands of Donna Petrick.

The Presidential Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) is a way of recognizing people who go over and above to help others. Since 2009, the Quilts Guild of Plano has been recognizing members who have acquired at least a 100 volunteer hours during a year. The awards are honored with a letter from the U.S. President and a bronze (100-249 hrs.), silver (250-499 hrs.) or gold pin (500+ hrs.)

In previous years we were able to log our hours on the QGP website. That is no longer possible. But you can download a simple spreadsheet from our website for tracking your hours by using the link below to go to Guild Forms and then clicking on the Volunteer Hours Reporting in the Guild Forms menu:

https://www.qgplano.org/membership/member-dashboard/guild-documents/

You can then enter your hours by typing in the spreadsheet or you can just write your hours in by hand.

If you logged your hours on the website from January 2019 – March 2019 these hours have been deleted with the change to the new website. Please try to recoup these hours and add on to them.

In January you may turn your hours into Julie Schaefer and she will order the awards for you.

The member-only side of the website contains all Guild Documents and a Member Directory.

Want to know how to login? It’s quite simple:

Access https://qgplano.org.

Click on Membership in the menu or enter your information under Members Login in the sidebar.

Username: Your username is the same as the one you used on the previous website.

Password: Your initial password is simply the word password.

If you don’t know your username, or if you are having difficulties logging in, please contact Caroline.

August 2019 Newsletter

Posted on July 29, 2019July 29, 2019 by Media

Guild Meeting: September 12, 2019
Bethanne Nemesh – Walk a Creative Path

Friday Workshop: September 13, 2019
Quilted Texture from A to Zen

Saturday Workshop: September 14, 2019
The Devil is in the Details

Kit Fee: $25.00 Includes pre-quilted square, all beads, piping, ink, and activators for the project.

Guild Meeting: October 10, 2019
Melinda Bula – Developing the Artist Within
Through Quilts and Wearable Arts

Since 1996, she has been involved in quilting and wearable arts. Her sense of color and design has won her numerous awards for both quilts and wearable arts.

The dog days of summer are finally here. The quilt show is just weeks away. But somehow, members are still working on Community Service! Thank you! At last months meeting we had 69 pillowcases, 16 quilt tops, 27 completed quilts and 13 dog beds turned in. But, there is always more! This week, once again, we will be sandwiching quilt tops and we will TRY to get to the bottom of the tubs!

Due to the quilt show, we will not have a Community Service table at the August meeting. We will be hanging Community Service quilts at the quilt show to show our attendees what we donate to the Plano Community. We have many beautiful quilts to show off.

The new website is up and looking great. All of the Community Service tutorials are available to you if you are not sure how to make an item. Just hover over Resources and choose Instructions from the drop down menu. It's easy!

We will see you in September at the guild meeting at the community service table. Until then, Happy Sewing!

Rally Day 2019 is in the bag!!!!!! And it was a great Success. Pam Holland delivered as promised! For those of you who were unable to attend, she had many incredible quilts and such wonderful stories to go along with them. At the end of the day the audience gave her a standing ovation – there is no greater way for an audience to show their appreciation!

I, along with the Rally Day committee want to thank all the Plano guild members who volunteered for their hard work that made Rally Day 2019 a success. You are an enormous reason for the success of Rally Day and the workshops.

And a huge thank you needs to be paid to Sherry Worley and John Worley, because without their hard work and unbelievable knowledge and experience, Rally Day 2019 would not have happened.

Believe it or not, work has begun on Rally Day 2020. There is a new venue and Marti Michell will be the speaker. She was the speaker for the first Rally Day, and it is fitting she will be the speaker to celebrate the 20th Rally Day. But more on that next year in about March.

Quilt Plano 2019 is almost here. It is exciting to go into our local quilt stores and overhear customers talking about going to our show. There seems to be a special excitement about this year’s show – I can’t wait to see how it all comes together.

A special thank you to all the volunteers that will be working hard to help make Quilt Plano 2019 a success. For all you new members, don’t forget our Preview Night. Our August Guild Meeting will take place at the Plano Event Center starting at 6:15. We will have a small business meeting and snacks, then you will be free to enjoy the show. Also, the mini quilt auction will be open for buy-out quilts only. There is an added plus this year – we will be accepting credit cards for all purchases over $10. There may be a few of our vendors opening their booths during that evening, but it isn’t required. Programs will be ready to distribute so you can see all of our great vendors and map out who you want to visit on Friday or Saturday.

Please wear your Show Shirts (if you purchased one) during the show. Remember, all of you are ambassadors of our Guild!

Hope to see you all at Quilt Plano 2019!

By the time you get this newsletter we will be a week away from the Quilt Show - PLEASE consider volunteering your time to ensure we have a successful show.

Karen, Barbara and I would like to thank everyone who is helping to make this show a huge success. Every little bit helps from the person that made a mini quilt for the auction to buying a raffle ticket or two - this adds to our overall success and future programs and projects that we are able to do in the future.

I am extremely proud to be part of this organization and to all my Committee Members a huge thank you!!!

The nominating committee has filled most of the positions but we’re still looking for a few good volunteers to learn and grow in your quilting world. The nominees for the voting in September—taking office from October 2019--Sept 2020 are:

President: Linda Neal
Co-VP of Community Service: Dolores Williams & Valerie Salter
VP of Guild Activities: Leigh Knox
VP of Finance: Chanda Smith
Co-VP of Education: Kathy Scott & Joan Hammett
Co-VP of Membership: Sue Rentz & Connie Elliott
VP of Media: Caroline Gagnon-Hartman
Co-VP of Programs: Jeanne Smith & Janet Carver
Secretary: Julie Schaefer
Quilt Show Chair: Donna Petrick
Quilt Show Co-Chair: (open)

If you have an interest, please review the duties posted on the website and speak to the present officer. Contact Jeanne Vogel at 214-356-3816 or Terri Mendelow, Carol Long, or alternate Kaye Dunn.

July’s meeting was in the big room. We were still asking for volunteers to sign up for jobs to help at the Quilt show in August.

We had 104 members present, 11 visitors at the meeting. Several guests asked about the club and we asked them to wait and join in August for our new year. We encouraged them to join at the Quilt show.

We welcomed our visitors, John Soye, Laura Winckel, Victoria Rondeau, Sue Hurth, Debora McFarlin, Trae Flesher, Cindy Skarin, Grace Bishop, Peggy Cord, Carolyn Jestis, and Kelsey Cooley. It was nice to meet all our visitors, and we invited them to come back to another meeting.

July Door Prizes were donated by Best of Bernina, Boxcar Quilts, Not Your Mama’s Quilt store, Fabric Fanatics and Quilt Country Quilt Shop. When you are in their stores, please remember to thank them for their donations.

Hope to see everyone at the August preview night for our next meeting and at the Quilt show.

John Worley         8/1
Jamie Moilanen      8/3
Shirley Thompson   8/4
Sandy Buttine       8/5
Emma Guillen        8/5
Beth Swiatek        8/6
Lorraine Morse      8/7
Renee Baron         8/8
Ivy St Charles      8/9
Pam Carroll         8/11
Marty Anderson      8/13
Mary Bishop        8/13
Pat Dashner        8/13
Linda Sullivan      8/14
Pat Wiant           8/14
Hazel Bailey       8/16
Judy Hilderbrand    8/17
Pam Wingate         8/18
Lynne Fritsche      8/19
Marcia Harwood      8/21
Deb Putman         8/21
Lut DeMeulder       8/23
Terri McCall       8/24
Sandie Griego       8/25
Mary Frances O'Neil 8/25
Jan Dansby          8/26
Elizabeth Arellano  8/30
Christine Cessnun   8/30

I will not have stockings available in August. Like everyone else, I will be focused on our show. Plus, we have reached our goal of 1000 stockings. Isn't that wonderful? Y'all did a great job. Good work everyone.

I will skip September as well, because my DH and I are getting new floor coverings. We are switching from whole house carpet to whole house hardwood floors. Not looking forward to clearing out my sewing room!

We could really use those wonderful little hand-made gifts such as bookmarks, coasters, mug rugs, pocket Kleenex holders, etc. Y'all made lots of those last year, and they were greatly appreciated. The homeless especially appreciate little sewing kits.

Why do I make suggestions of other smaller projects to make for stockings? There are several reasons. First, little hand-made goodies to go into the stockings truly bless those who keep and have kept us free. It makes them feel loved as no other gift can. Second, it is a good way to teach sewing to a beginner, or to practice a new skill. Third, it is a good use of leftover materials, which we have so much of.

So, what are some ideas? Coasters, mug rugs, prayer squares, all use the same instructions, and take almost no time at all. Pot holders do as well except they need more layers inside. There are also bookmarks, sewing kits, needle books, etc. We are only limited by our imagination, and our access to Pinterest.

Do you know that you can sign up online to be a Quilt Plano 2019 volunteer? Yes, and it’s quite simple:

Access https://www.qgplano.org/quilt-show/show-volunteers/ to view the days that are available.
Click on a day and select the job and the time you want to sign-up for.
Enter your information and solve the math equation: The answer is 8!
Then click SIGN ME UP!
You will receive a confirmation email.

Contact Lori Hutyra if you need more information on becoming a Quilt Plano 2019 volunteer!

See you at the show!

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