QUILTERS GUILD of PLANO
October 2025 Newsletter
This month’s meeting will be held on Thursday, October 9, 2025.
Social time starts at 6:15pm and the meeting starts at 7:00pm.
We will be meeting in person at Hunters Glen Baptist Church, 4001 Custer Road, Plano, TX and via Zoom.
To attend via Zoom, log into your Quilters Guild of Plano account/Membership/Member Dashboard/Monthly Zoom Meetings.
Click on the words “Monthly Zoom Meetings.”
The purpose of the Quilters Guild of Plano is to unite individuals who have a passion for quilts and the art of quilting.
LETTER FROM GUILD PRESIDENT – Carolyn Cosgriff
QGP President, Carolyn Cosgriff
Dates to mark on your calendar:
Oct 1 — Renewal time for Membership
Oct 9 – Guild meeting–wear your lanyard for an extra door prize! Bring items for PISD new parents
Oct 10 – Workshop with Dee Bushrod
Oct 14 – Community Sew Day 10am-2pm
Oct 25—New Member Day Retreat
Nov 13—Guild meeting
Nov 15—Quilts of Valor presentation
Happy New Year! The new board is excited to build upon the existing solid foundation and offer new energy and ideas.
Before we turn our thoughts to the year ahead with a new board, let’s recount a few of the accomplishments of the past year:
- A fabulous year of programs and workshops, highlighted by Alex Anderson
- Record membership enjoying challenges and friendship
- An amazing number of quilts sent into the community to support those facing hurdles in life
- A much-needed update to the web site technology and in turn, functionality
- Thankfully, a successful quilt show to finance the next year.
The guild is built upon a volunteer workforce. Between the Board, sub- committees, retreat, and the show committee there are over 100 volunteer slots each year. With almost 400 members, that is over 25% of the guild actively involved, plus all the show volunteers. Many of the roles require only a small time commitment or are seasonal.
Please consider raising your hand to help. At this point, the newsletter editor, and Co-VP of Activities, are open core roles.
As the old saying goes, life is all about time and money. In addition to time, the guild runs on money. The growth in community service outreach pushed the guild toward more storage space. The cost of batting has sky-rocketed in the last few years. Speaker fees are locked in, but speaker travel costs are projected to triple as air fares and hotel rates rise. We face a budget deficit for the coming year. Expect to see some changes as we work toward a budget neutral position for the long run. Invite your friends to join the guild, sign up for the fabulous workshops, and spread the word about the show next summer. Those are three avenues to increase revenue.
We look forward to another wonderful year of learning, sharing and friendship.
MEMBERSHIP
SEPTEMBER MEMBERSHIP RECAP
111 members attended the September meeting. We also want to welcome
our guests, Judy McKown and Karen Vasquez.
DUES ARE DUE BY OCTOBER 1! It’s not too late to renew your membership.
Renew online or come see us at the Membership table at the October 9th meeting.
You don’t want to miss all the great programs, workshops and community service opportunities we have planned for the upcoming year!
Current Members
Be sure to wear your new black Quilters Guild of Plano neck I.D. You
will receive two (2) door prize tickets.
SPECIAL DRAWING
Laura Heine Honeybee Pattern – $27-$30
LOST & FOUND
Someone at the Quilt Show purchased items from Quiltin Tia, which were
delivered to us. If you lost your purchase, please contact:
membership@qgpplano.org
We also have a red water bottle which was left at a meeting. Please see
us at the membership check-in desk at the meeting.
Sunshine & Shadows
Please say some prayers for the members struggling with personal and family health issues and those recovering from surgeries.
Thoughts and prayers for those that have lost family members this month; Kathryn Bernstein’s husband, Alice Payn’s husband and Deb Merrill’s mother.
Congrats for Ribbons at the State Fair of Texas!!
3 ribbons for Matthew Modesitt— 1st place—Original Digitized Design; 2nd Place—Computerized Embroidery; 2nd Place—Patchwork Pillow
HM to Gay Yarnell for Patchwork
October Birthdays
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1 – Karen Finch, JoAnn Langloys, Lucy Wang 2 -Maggie Cole 3 – Emily Krysanick,Diane Nestande, Carol Sonkin 6 – Michelle Watts, Rebecca Williams
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10 – Gail Haterius, Lauren Lindorm 14 – Marge Krempl 16 – Liz Isam 17 – Monica Hendewerk 18 – Rachel Carithers 19 – Bonnie Cook 22 – Ruth Bernabo |
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🎉Time to Celebrate!! I can hear the song playing in my head- Cel-A-brat-ion, Come On…! 🎉
Let’s celebrate our 2025 Quilt Show!!
Where do we start~
From the fabulous “Special Exhibits” to the Mini quilt action, to the raffle quilt and over 250 quilts on display, to the amazing Vendors and Sponsors, to children’ s scavenger hunts, it was a show to remember! In fact, some vendors told us: “this was the best sales day that we have had” I also heard that many visitors to our show “loved it”.
We presented the event center with a very special quilt, which now hangs in their main office, thanks to one of the vendors who also donated the hanging rack!! City councilman Rick Horne selected the Mayor’s choice. Councilman Horne was so impressed with our quilts- He said each one was a “work of ART”!! He went on to say- “Oh, I wish I had come earlier- I thought there would be like 12 quilts, there are so many beautiful quilts, it’s hard to pick just one!” This year’s show was amazing (so sorry if you missed it).
🌟As we look in the rearview mirror, Laurie and I are so proud of what we ALL accomplished TOGETHER!!
While I will be forever grateful for the love, support and guidance from Laurie, and her never ending friendship, It is my turn to step into the role as the 2026 Quilt Plano Show Chair. I am humbled to take on this role and grateful to all the leaders that came before me. I will continue to lean on them as we continue to grow.
Want to be part of the magic? Reach out to them and join the QP26 team — planning starts NOW!
🧵BUT WAIT THERE IS MORE~
- Looking forward to the 2026 Quilt Show- Mark your calendars- August 14-15, 2026!
- We again have some exciting things happening behind the scenes-
- I am proud to announce that Adrienne Poppe has agreed to be my Co-Chair for the 26 and 27 quilt shows.
- Be looking for more details on a very Special Category- that will only happen once, at the 2026 show!! You won’t want to miss it!!
🏆 Our 2026 Raffle quilt is amazing, it has won 2 ribbons!! Tickets will go on sale soon.
✨ We have a few committee spots open, so please see me and I can help you get plugged in. ShowChair@QGPlano.org
🤩 One last thing- don’t forget to turn in your volunteer hours to Donna Petrick so that you can get a 2025 bar to hang your charm on!
🌟 The QP26 Committee
- Coming Soon!
GUILD ACTIVITIES
Cinnamon and Pumpkin Spice are in the air! We’re all gearing up for the smell and taste of all things Autumn! And with this comes thoughts of fall sewing and gearing up to participate in some wonderful activities that the Guild is offering.
Please join us in any or all of the following activities:
Kicking off Moda Blockhead 6 – 24 blocks that began the week of May 24, 2025 and will go through Nov.12. Guild Challenge to complete 12 or more! For those that sign up weekly emails with links to the PDF of the newly released MODA BLOCK. Sharing the finished creations at the February Guild meeting.
December brings about the Holiday Party – please let us know if you would like to be on the planning committee for this wonderful meeting! Sign-up at the Activities table or by emailing us to participate. PLUS Holiday gift swap – winter themed table runner!
April Apron Swap: From your stash get creative. Think Mother’s Day/Father’s Day gift or apron for your craft room. Sign up and we will swap and share at the April Meeting.
July Summer Fun Block Challenge: Sign up to show your creativity by making a 12 inch block that supports the theme of “Summer Fun”. The goal is to create a table runner with 4 blocks. Each person that creates a block will get a ticket. Depending on the number of participants, winners will be selected.
For all you with the competitive spirit we have games! November Memory Game, January Quilt Bingo, and March Match Game Surprise!
And at every meeting we will have “Show and Tell” to feature the wonderful works of art that our members have created. Quilts, bags, table runners, jackets and more…share and be inspired!
Annual Retreat is now open for making your deposit for the 4 days/3 nights at Tanglewood Resort in Pottsboro, TX. February 26–March 1, 2026. Registration form available on the website under: Activities/Retreat/Registration Form where Rose Davis is chairing this fun event. Come join us!
Donna Allenbaugh
EDUCATION
Stop by the education table for a fun fall demo “witches hat” given by our new president, Carolyn.
Debbie Burns and Deanna Tucker
A Special Thank You!
Jeanne Vogel
Oh my! What a great surprise to receive a quilt made by Linda Chappell and quilted by Beth Swiatek. This is truly a masterpiece I will treasure and remember my time spent being the president of QGP. Thank you, Thank you! We have had great board members, a few changes in positions, but one of my goals was to have over 300 members, and we made it to 320; wanted 100 members to attend the meeting in person, and we made it to 110; got name tags to identify the board members, wanted all members to be pictured in the directory–missing only 7; wanted to be open about the work done by the guild members and record it in print; access to documents that were retrieval and we moved from DropBox to Google Docs (thanks to Carol Truscott’s inservice and support) the new website (thank you Kris O’Connor), moved funds into CD’s to make our money make money, had education and support from an attorney; learned about insurance, finance–banking, quilt show behind the scenes, storage units, what funds are needed to pay for the different services we use and the strengths of the members behind the scenes.
Sadly we lost two members that I personally knew both from working on the quilt show and in a small sewing group but got to help with their memorials at the show. We are continuing to share items from their quilting room.
Thank you again for making great memories together.
Jeanne Vogel, Past President
PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS
And that’s a Wrap! It’s been a great couple years learning lots and meeting new people. Hopefully you have learned some things from the Programs and Workshops we have brought to QGP. Hopefully you met a few new friends, especially at the September meeting! Many thanks to Julie Schaefer, Rose Davis, Cynthia Weisz, Dolores Williams, and Virginia Braley for having a Conversation with us and sharing some of their stories and treasures.
HUGE thanks to our Queen Bee Jeanne Vogel for a fantastic two years keeping our guild buzzing in the right direction! Jeanne has shared an immense amount of her time and talent with us, and we hope she thought all her parting gifts were beeeeautiful. You are appreciated, Jeanne!
One last newsletter plug for our October workshop with Dee Bushrod from Pixel Quilts. Hear about her Passion for Pixels during the October Thursday night lecture, then try her technique in the Friday workshop. Only one workshop and only a few spots left, so don’t wait to sign up! For ease of prep Dee offers a kit (reserve at signup) so you don’t need to chase down all the different fabrics. If you fall in love with the method, you can even expand the Cherry Blossom Wall Hanging into a larger quilt.
Come to November’s Guild Meeting and hear Jackie Brown’s story. Yes, THE Jackie Brown that helps Linda Neal produce all those Best of Show quilts! And with that, we turn Programs over to your new CoVPs, Kim Iverson and Andrea McMahan; they are ready to keep things rolling for you! See you at the guild meeting!
Out-Going CoVP’s, Beth Swiatek & Linda Sullivan
October 9, 2025 Guild Meeting
Dee Bushrod of Pixel Quilts
“Finding My Passion in Pixels”
October 10, 2025 Workshop with Dee Bushrod:
Cherry Blossom Wall Hanging
November 13, 2025 Guild Meeting
Jackie Brown of Jackie’s Machine Quilting
“Trunk Show – Evolution”
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Well, well–I’m back! Hard to believe that I wore this hat back in 2000–2002. Wow–how things have changed. We now have inherited big shoes to fill as Valerie and Debbie have set the bar high with their goal of giving 600 quilts this past year. Think Susie and I can continue to handle this volume? Well, we’re off to see.
We’ve reviewed the Information Form that was filled out at the September meeting and found names of new and older members to help with the making, quilting, binding and delivery of quilts to the numerous organizations that we support in Collin County and beyond! Thank you for letting us know the part you are willing to work on. We’ll try to give you a little information about one of the places our quilts are donated each month. And if you know of a need please let us know. Susie is one of the hardest workers and if you want something done, she is it!
Please go to our website/activities/community service and down to Organizations Supported by Our Guild to see the list of where our donations are given.
Come sew with us, pick up and drop off kits/quilts/bindings/pillowcases at the meeting or at the Sit & Sew Day on Oct. 14.
Visit our table at the meeting and get to know some of our helpers at the meeting–thanks to Margaret Lakie, Carol Esch and Linda Benson for helping in September.
Jeanne Vogel & Susie Luttrell
QUILTS OF VALOR
Many thanks to all the longarmers who support the Quilts of Valor! We will have details on the DAR presentation in the next newsletter but for now just know it was a resounding success! This picture only tells part of the story!
If you are quilting a Quilt of Valor lacking a page of instructions, please bring it (quilted) to the September or October guild meeting or Community Service Sew Day. Please turn it in at the Community Service table at the Guild meeting.
The public is invited to our next presentation at the Flags of Honor on Saturday, November 15th.
Bella House–started in Plano in 2015 where they have housed over 195 moms and babies where the house has room for 11 moms and 11 babies. Their focus is on homeless pregnant women, age 18 and older, providing nights of housing, baby essentials and where they can stay in their residential program for up to two years. They have just opened a second house in Dallas. bellahouse.org
Area Quilt Shows
Mineola League of the Arts Quilt Guild (Mineola, TX) is seeking 100 quilts to display at their October 10th & 11th quilt show from 10 am to 4 pm. You may enter online at www.mlota.org Deadline is October 2nd. (2) $100 gift certificates will be awarded this year–one for Best of Show and one for People’s Choice. Entrance to the show is free Check out their website.
Piecemakers’ Quilt Guild (Corsicana, TX) invites our members to enter quilts in their show that runs from October 7th thru 29th. Quilts need to arrive by October 1st and can be picked up October 30th. Please check out their website for the form and instructions https://www.corsicanaquiltguild.com/
News from the Zoom Bees
From the Bee Keeper — In Person Meetings
Sew Happy Quilters
Aurora Chancy
1st and 3rd Thursday 9-4pm
- Sam Johnson Recreation Center @ 401 W 16th St. Plano, TX
- Bring your own project, sewing machine & supplies
- We have lunch together at the Gazebo Cafe for $5 or less.
Fourth Friday Featherweight Friends
Jeanne Vogel
Meeting at the Best Little Retreat Center in Texas from 9am-9pm.
- Make your reservation by calling 469-708-2378 or email: info@blrcit.com
- Either bring your lunch or we’ll go out as a group to eat together.
Sit N Sew Community Service Day
Susie Luttrell & Jeanne Vogel
2nd Tuesday from 10-2 pm
- Plano Sewing Center, 2070 Spring Creek Pkwy # 326, Plano, TX
- Bring your sewing machine and sewing supplies.
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