Nancy Brennan Daniel - Quilter`s Guild of Dallas

May Meeting
When:
• Thursday, May 6, 2010
Doors open at 6:30 pm*
Meeting called to order
at 7:15 pm
May Program:
Nancy Brennan Daniel
* For security reasons, the exterior doors
on West side will be locked. Please use
the call button to alert the security desk.
Where:
• Shearith Israel
Kaplan Auditorium
(on west side of building)
What to Bring:
• Bring & Brag Items
• Completed “Covers for Kids”
projects you’ve done on your own
Highlights
in this Issue:
New Member Welcome Party
Information............................... 2
Quilting Long-Haul Truckers... 5
Spring Shows & Events............ 6
TAQG Rally Day Info.............. 8
Next Board Meeting:
Thursday, April 22
Meetings are held at 6:30pm at
Quilting Design Studio in Plano
This month, our guest lecturer and
teacher will be Nancy Brenan Daniel.
Nancy learned her love of quilts and
her early quilt making skills from her
maternal grandmother who encouraged
her to play with fabric and templates,
and to sew at a very young age. In 1982 Nancy opened the Quilters’
Ranch in Tempe, Arizona. Nancy and
her two business partners expanded
the successful business twice in ten
years before Nancy sold her portion to
her partners. She has since devoted
herself to quilt making -- teaching,
judging, designing, and writing books
and articles.
Before 1985, all of Nancy’s sewing
was done on a Singer Featherweight
sewing machine -- the same machine
on which she made her wedding dress. By 1986 Nancy was designing quilts,
clothing and dolls that required more
polish than her trusted Featherweight
could offer. Nancy did her research
-- trying out many machines -- and
bought her first modern sewing
machine. It was a Pfaff 1469. Nancy
completed her prize winning “Stitch
in Time” garment ensemble and, later,
her ensemble “Jackrabbit Sunrise” for
the Tenth Annual Fairfield Fashion
Show on the Pfaff 1469 machine. That machine is still in operation, but,
she now enjoys working on a new Pfaff
Creative Vision. She is rapidly learning
the joys of machine embroidery.
She is a member of The National
Quilters’ Association, Inc. and is a
NQA Certified Judge and Certified
Teacher. Active in the quilt and doll
making world for many years as a
popular teacher, judge, and designer,
Nancy has authored twenty one books
on sewing crafts and quilt making
Nancy is the mother of three adult
children and grandmother of three. She makes time to volunteer in her
community and is the companion of
one “furkid” -- Sashie the Bordercollie-mix.
Her lecture is entitled
“Quilter’s Angst... if you love it so
much why can’t you get more done?”
May 7, 2010 Workshop:
Slice ‘Em and Dice ‘Em Quilts
However
you Slice ‘em...
these designs
will have your
own individual
signature on
them! There
are so many
variations to
discover. That is what this workshop is
all about... discovering those designs
and YOUR talent!
See Nancy Brennan Daniel, page 2
Guild Leadership
• Marcia Hampton
President
[email protected]
• Marcia Wood
1st Vice President
Community Service
[email protected]
• Glenda McCune
2nd Vice President
Ways & Means
[email protected]
• Phyllis Rueckert
3rd Vice President
Programs & Workshops
[email protected]
• Pam Hanson
4th Vice President, Membership
[email protected]
• Sue Maze
5th Vice President, Finance
[email protected]
• Val Hubbard
6th Vice President, Show
[email protected]
• 7th Vice President
Education
(open)
• Michelle Sauerbrie
Secretary
[email protected]
• Chris Becker
Treasurer
[email protected]
Nancy Brennan Daniel
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May 8, 2010 Workshop:
Spectacular Scrap Quilts
Use them up... Every last SCRAP!
Fail-Proof “recipes” for stunning or
elegant SCRAP quilts. Make small
memory guides in class using some
of your own scraps. Anyone can learn
and use these techniques. Learning to
use EVERY color, print, and scale of
print. Every color can be made to go
with EVERY other color... Learn the
skills and guidelines to use your scraps
with confidence. Learn about Nancy’s
80-20 rule of
quilting -particularly
regarding
SCRAP
quilts.
Learn about
Nancy’s
important
“Three - Cs”
of SCRAP
quilts! No sewing – just playing with
fabric.
New Member Welcome Party
Who?
When:
Where:
What?
Members who joined the Guild during the past two years
(or who have never attended a new member welcome party)
and anyone interested in joining the Guild are invited.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
2 PM to 3:30 PM
First Community Bank Community Room
429 Belle Grove
(near SW corner of Arapaho and US 75/Central Expressway)
Richardson, TX 75080
• Learn about the Guild
• Sign up for workshops at a discount
• Find a quilting friendship group
(or perhaps form a new group with new friends at the party!)
• Enjoy refreshments and social time with other quilters
• Learn about volunteer opportunities with the Guild
• Door prizes
Want a Guild Next Year???
Rhonda Anderson, Nominating Chair [email protected]
Then we need YOU! We are still in need of a couple of people to fill key positions! Please let me
know if you are interested in being an active member of the Guild. We can use your talents!! We
need to get our Board together so that we can have a successful Guild. This may be your chance to
step up and help out!
Thanks so much!
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Call for Entries:
Still We Rise Again:
Quilts for New
Orleans
This is a juried exhibit featuring
quilts that celebrate the unwavering
spirit of New Orleans, the Gulf Coast,
themes of rebirth, renewal and the
recovery of a city devastated five years
ago by Hurricane Katrina.
• Quilts will premiere at International
Quilt Market & Festival October
30-November 7, 2010. (Other
exhibit locations TBD.)
• Entry deadline July 1, 2010. You
may submit up to two entries for
consideration.
• Jurors: Jennifer Gilbert & Martha
Sielman.
For Entry form e-mail: m_
[email protected] or visit www.
aquiltersgarden.com
(Exhibit to benefit appraiser
scholarship & conservation workshop
for damaged quilts)
Questions contact curator Mary Walter
617-480-6360
Covers
for Kids
Please continue to donate
your orphan blocks, quilt
tops that you aren’t inspired
to finish into quilts, partially
finished tops that we can
finish, finished quilts you no
longer want to keep, large
fabric pieces, etc.
Those that have been
donated so far are making
great tops!
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Appraisals
Sally Ashbacher
Appraisal Chairman 2010
I am happy to let you know that
while I was hoping to reach 40
appraisals during the show, much
to my surprise, between the two
appraisers, there were 55!
My hat is off to all that worked
the appraisal table, to all that brought
their quilts to be appraised, and (most
importantly) to Denise Bartosh and
Lisa Erlandson for doing such a
fine job of getting all those written
appraisals into the hands of their
owners within two weeks after the
show closed.
You have all made the event look
fun, and I noticed you got a few quilts
bound along the way too....
Way to go ladies!
Covers For Kids
Workshops!
Sometimes, do you wish you
could just pick up your machine
or your rotary cutter, and go spend
the day working on projects - but
not have to worry about bringing
anything home to add to the UFO
pile?
We may have the answer! We
have monthly workshops to make
quilts for Covers For Kids.
If you would like to participate,
or find out more about how the
workshops are organized and what
you need to do to get involved,
please contact:
Rhonda Anderson
[email protected].
Guild Library
Martha Smith & Marte Keller, Librarians
It looks like spring has finally come to North Texas. It makes me think of
gardens and flowers and vegetables. - quick before it gets too hot. If you’re
inclined this way too, you can make your own garden without leaving your
sewing machine. The Library has a large selection of piecing and applique books
from our 783 book collection that focus on flowers and even a few on vegetables.
• Garden-Inspired Quilts by Jean & Valori Wells takes the reader on a creative
journey from the photography inspirations to the finished quilt through 12
different gorgeous projects.
• Wildflowers: Designs for Applique & Quilting by Carol Armstrong creates
wonderful, realistic designs.
• A delightful, pieced, floral sampler quilt is the project of Stars in the Garden
by Becky Jenkins. The blocks are in two sizes to make either a wall hanging
or a full size bed quilt.
• Ruth B. McDowell - that maven of piecing - brings vegetables to life in
Pieced Vegetables. Twenty two different vegetables are yours for the making.
• Quilting the Savory Garden by Sandra Millett creates a lovely garden-themed
quilt with nontraditional machine and hand piecing techniques.
This is just a very small sampling of the books in this area. Remember you
can always peruse the books on our website: http://www.quiltersguildofdallas.
org/ and click on “Events/Links”
Or stop by the Library before the meeting and we can do a more specific
search for topics.
Happy reading!
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Guild
Endowment
Fund
by Joan Wilson, Endowment Chairman
[email protected]
The Quilter’s Guild of Dallas
created an Endowment Fund in 1986
for the primary purpose of funding
one or more grants annually, providing
funding to individuals or organizations
who work to further the art of quilt
making.
Grant applications the Guild
receives are reviewed by the
Endowment Fund Committee.
Consideration is given to such criteria
as the overall impact of the proposed
project on the world of quilting;
the compatibility of the goals of
the project with the mission of the
Quilter’s Guild of Dallas; the ability of
the applicant to complete the project;
the quality of the project, etc.
We are starting to receive inquiries
about how to apply for the grant
funds. What I now need are six
volunteers to assist me in the review
of the applications. The deadline
for applications is May 29th. Once
received, the committee will need to
meet once or twice during the month
of June to determine which of the
applicants will be recommended to the
Guild board for consideration and to
award our grant funds.
If you know of an individual or
organization who would be interested
in applying, simply tell them to go to
our Guild Website, click on “Guild
Activities”, “Endowment Fund” and
follow the instructions to apply.
Reviewing these applications is
a great way to hear firsthand how
different folks are creatively promoting
quilting. Please contact me either
by phone or email if you are able to
help with this project. Your assistance
and volunteer efforts are very much
appreciated.
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Upcoming Programs & Workshops
Phyllis Rueckert, VP-Programs & Workshops
Coming in June:
Sally Collins!
Sally Collins is an award winning
quilt maker, teacher and author who
has been quilting since 1978 and
teaching since 1985. Although she
is most recognized for her quality
workmanship, attention to detail and
teaching expertise, her continual love
and interest is in the process of quilt
making. Her classes focus on how to
achieve quality workmanship in any
scale and are designed to help students
advance and improve their own
creative and technical skills as well as
how to critique and correct their own
work.
Sally loves the challenge of
combining design, color and intricate
piecing in a traditional style and this
interest is illustrated and explained
in detail through her books, Small
Scale Quiltmaking, The Art of Machine
Piecing, and Borders, Bindings
and Edges. Her most recent book,
Mastering Precision Piecing, shares her
approach and methods for achieving
quality workmanship in any scale, to
help quilt makers critique and correct
their own work, improve and advance
their creative and technical skills, and
find joy and value in the process.
Her June 3 Lecture is entitled
“Quality Workmanship and How
to Achieve it.” This presentation
begins with a discussion of quality
workmanship, its meaning and
importance to the quilt making process
as well as suggestions and ideas on
how to achieve quality workmanship
in your own work. Following the oral
portion of this presentation, she will
show lots of quilts and take questions.
June 4, 2010 Workshop:
Pieced Baskets
This class
will focus
on precision
sewing, quality
workmanship
and multiple
half-square
triangle
techniques to
create a lovely
basket block in two different sizes (17/8” and 3-1/8”). Students can choose
either one or both sizes, depending
on their skill level. Class time is
spent between lecture, explanation,
demonstration and student sewing
time. A handout for the project is
included.
At this time, the workshop is full,
with a waiting list started.
June 5, 2010 Workshop:
Borders,
Bindings
and Edges
This
Lecture/No
Sew class will
focus on how
to design,
figure out
and fit pieced
borders,
corner triangles, narrow borders,
spacer borders, automatic fit borders,
and mitered symmetrical border
prints to your quilts. Sally will define,
explain and illustrate each style with
lots of quilts, visual aids and mockup samples. Time permitting, some
binding and edge styles will also be
covered. Note-taking supplies are
all you need. If you are interested in
bringing your next quilt to a beautiful
conclusion, this is the class for you.
QGD Online - May 2010
Idle Pastime:
In Off Hours, Truckers Pick Up Stitching
With Less to Haul, Drivers Try New Hobbies; Quilting in the Cab
By JENNIFER LEVITZ
reprinted with permission from Ms. Levitz and the Wall Street Journal
WALCOTT, Iowa—Semi driver
Dave White happily sequestered
himself in his rig at a truck stop on a
rural stretch of Interstate 80, waiting
to pick up his next haul: 45,000
pounds of Spam. He used to loathe
the downtime in his job.
Then, he bought a sewing machine.
For long-haul trucker Dave White,
there’s more to life on the road than
finding a good rest stop. There’s
quilting. WSJ’s Jennifer Levitz reports.
Since last year, when the economy
left drivers with fewer hauls, Mr.
White, a 6-foot-2, 240-pound exAir Force mechanic with a bushy
mustache, has hunkered down inside
his truck in his many off hours,
making quilts from patterns with
names like “Meet Me In Paris.” When
he’s not sewing, he’s daydreaming
about it, he said as he ran a square
of yellow cotton with little violets
through his machine. “Oh, there’s
many a time you’re just going down
the road at O-dark-thirty in the
morning and you just start thinking
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about a particular pattern.”
Some truckers are finding
themselves with more spare time on
the road. Loads of goods delivered
by truckers fell 15% in 2009, to 170
million loads, the largest drop in
modern history, said Bob Costello,
chief economist for the American
Trucking Associations. That came
on top of a slow downswing in hauls
because of what the industry laments
as “miniaturization” of goods: It takes
less space to move flat-screen TVs and
iPods than their clunkier predecessors.
With declining freight, truckers
who drive hundreds of miles to make
a delivery may not immediately have
a load lined up for the return trip. So
they bide time at truck stops, where
they can shower, dine and sleep in
their rigs. A couple of years ago, a
driver might drop off a load and
pick up a new one in two hours; now
the wait can be two days, said Mr.
Costello.
Though evidence is anecdotal,
industry groups and trucking-
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company owners say the increase in
spare time has spawned more hobbies.
“We’ve got guys who are into opera,
photography, skydiving,” said Norita
Taylor, spokeswoman for the OwnerOperator Independent Drivers’
Association, a truckers’ group.
Mr. White’s employer, Iowa-based
Don Hummer Trucking Corp.,
last year started a loosely organized
“sewing club,” and encourages drivers
who are nimble with a needle to show
off their handiwork at headquarters.
“We want them to pass the time to
make themselves happy, rather than
get frustrated waiting,” said Dena
Boelter, Hummer’s human-resources
manager, an avid sewer who calls the
hobby a great stress reliever that can be
done almost anywhere.
Kevin Abraham-Banks, a Sioux
Falls, S.D., trucker sporting a shaved
head and dragon tattoos, likes to knit
while passing the time on the road.
In the photo to the left, he makes a
sweater for his wife.
Mr. Banks, who lives in Sioux
Falls, S.D., and hauls romaine lettuce
between California and the Midwest,
learned to knit last year after loadvolumes slowed. Creating something
tangible beats sitting around the truck
stop “talking about who has a bigger
radio,” he said. He’s finished a scarf
(See Truckers, page 7)
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Quilt Shows and Events Calendar
For additional information on any of these events, visit the website at: www.quiltersguildofdallas.org and click on the link to “events and links.”
May 1, 2010
“Airing of the Quilts”
Tall Pines Quilt Guild
Hours:
9 am – 4 pm
Where:
Downtown Huntsville
Information:
http://www.tallpinesquiltGuild.com/
id129.htm
Details:
The largest outdoor quilt show in
Texas. Vendors and classes.
May 7-8, 2010
“America the Beautiful”
Quilter’s Guild of Arlington
Annual Festival of Quilts
Hours:
10 am- 5 pm, Friday & Saturday
Where:
June 11-12, 2010
“East Meets West”
Irving Quilt Guild
Hours:
10 am – 6 pm, Friday
10 am – 5 pm, Saturday
Where:
Holy Family of Nazareth
2323 Cheyenne St.
Irving, TX
Information:
http://www.irvingquiltGuild.com/Irving_
Quilt_Guild/Quilt_Show.html
June 11-13, 2010
“Stars Over Abilene Regional
Quilt Show”
Abilene Quilters’ Guild
Hours:
7 pm – 9 pm, Friday
10 am – 6 pm, Saturday
12 noon – 4 pm, Sunday
Bob Duncan Community Center
2800 Center Street
Vandergriff Park
Where:
http://www.qgoa.org/
Information:
Over 200 quilts, vendors, Silent
Auction benefitting Susan G. Komen
Foundation, quilt appraisals, scissors
sharpening, $6 admission, free parking.
Details:
Arlington, TX
Information:
Details:
May 14-15, 2010
“All That Jazz Quilt Show ”
Lakeview Quilters’ Guild
Hours:
10 am – 5 pm, Friday
10 am – 4 pm, Saturday
Where:
Victory Camp at
Living Stones Church
1407 Victory Lane
Alvin, TX
Information:
http://www.lakeviewquiltersguild.org/
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Abilene Civic Center
1100 N. 6th
Abilene, TX
http://abilenequiltersguild.com
Hoffman Challenge, quilt display,
vendors, raffle quilt, demonstrations,
classes
June 25-26, 2010
“Black, White and Red Around It”
Mesquite Quilt Guild
Hours:
10 am - 5 pm, Friday and Saturday
Where:
Rutherford Recreation Center
900 Rutherfod Dr.
Mesquite, TX
June 25-27, 2010
Common Threads 2010 Quilt Show
Prairie Quilt Guild
Where:
Century II, Expo Hall
Wichita, KS
Information:
www.wichitaquiltshow.com
Admission:
$10.00 one day or
$15.00 for all three days
Details:
No children under six or strollers
allowed. Over 22 classes offered. Entry
information available on Guild website
at www.pqgks.com, Kids Can Quilt,
Miniature Quilt Auction, Opportunity
Quilt, and some Needle Arts are a few
of the other feature of the show.
2010
Covers for Kids
Challenge
The new Covers for Kids
challenge packets are available! This
year’s theme is Folk Art Christmas.
These packets will be a fun challenge
based on the fabric that you are
going to receive! Please be sure to
stop by and pick up a packet and
batting, if you wish. The packets are
$ 5 and your money will be returned
to you when you turn in your
finished quilt by the August Guild
meeting. For more information or
to reserve a packet, contact Rhonda
Anderson at [email protected].
Details:
Judged quilt show, demonstrations,
vendors, mini-quilt auction, raffle quilt
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Truckers
and talks trout fishing at truck stops. He
doesn’t let on to other drivers that he keeps
15 coils of yarn in his cab and makes what
he describes as “really cute slippers.”
“In the truck stops, it’s usually a bunch
of guys watching football,” he said. “If I
sat down with my knitting, I think there
would be some funny remarks.”
Mr. White, the quilter, who is 53, came
to his new passion last summer after
feeling he was wasting time “waiting on
freight.”
He drove 2,600 miles a week on
average in 2009, versus 3,200 in 2008,
even though he spent the same amount of
time—about three weeks at a stretch—on
the road.
He struggled to find a hobby, having
burned out on reading. He tried carting
along a remote-controlled helicopter, but
it kept falling on him from a shelf in the
truck. His wife, Dee, an accountant at their
home in Colorado Springs, Colo., is a
quilter and suggested he try it. By August,
they had outfitted his truck’s sleeper cabin
with a $179 sewing machine, supplies, and
a starter’s pattern. “Boy, let me tell you, I
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and socks, and is working on a sweater
for his wife.
“The fact that you can take
strands of thread and basically make
something out of it, that’s awesome I
think,” he said. “It’s pretty cool stuff,
man.”
Still, trucking can be a macho world
that doesn’t feel conducive to knitting or
sewing. Some 95% of truckers are men,
said the ATA. At the Iowa-80 Truck Stop,
whose signs bill it as the “World’s Largest
Truckstop,” a top request at the theater
is for “Smokey and the Bandit” and the
on-site dentist, Thomas Roemer, often
sees drivers only after they’ve tried to yank
their teeth out themselves. Crafting with
fabric and yarn is “nothing I would do—
my mom does that,” said Mark Sanchez,
47, a long-haul trucker.
Thomas McConnaughy, a married
grandfather from Hemet, Calif., hauls
cereal, reads his Bible, plays Sudoku,
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created a monster,” she said.
Since then, Mr. White has made seven
quilt tops, which are finished with a filling
and backing between trips. He spends
three hours a day on his hobby, sitting on
his bed, with his sewing machine next to
his mini-fridge. Flowered “project boxes”
sit next to neat stacks of blue jeans and
baseball caps. Quilting, he said, “gives you
a little bit of ownership. You’ve actually
accomplished something with your time
off.”
He pulled over once to visit the
National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Ky.,
and if time allows, visits fabric stores in
towns he rolls through.
In his truck, he showed a quilt with
illustrations of fruit, and emphasized the
importance of strategically placing quilt
blocks so that “you don’t get three lemons
in a row or two plums in a row.”
His blue eyes widened behind his
glasses as he moved to the topic of thread.
“There is a variegated thread that goes
purple to white then back to purple,” he
said. “Oh! Just beautiful.”
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April 1, 2010
General Meeting
Minutes
• President Marcia Hampton called
the meeting to order at 7:17pm.
• There were 110 members in
attendance.
Committee
Announcements
• A new member welcome will be
held Sunday, May 16th, 2:00-3:30
pm, in the Community Room, First
Community Bank 429 Belle Grove,
Richardson, TX. New Member
Contact: Lut De Meulder
• Show Chair, Valerie Hubbard
thanked everyone that helped in
the show. It was a huge success.
Vendors are already calling to
reserve a spot for next year. The
theme for the 2011 show will be
stars.
• Endowment, Joan Wilson needs
6 members to help with the
committee. The Guild has $5,000
dollars of grant money each
year. The committee reviews the
applicants in April, May and June
and the awards are given in July.
• Membership, Pam Hanson
announced there are 573 Guild
members. There will be a resource
list for those that are offering their
services such as quilting etc. Pam
has the forms available to be filled
out and returned to her.
• Shelly Ferguson announced the
Sunshine and Shadows of our
members.
• Mary Lord and Bonnie
McElearney thanked everyone
that participated in the miniature
quilt auction. Virginia Hauer won
the viewer’s choice “Best of Show”
for her miniature quilt donation.
Bonnie asked for ideas for next
year’s recipient of the quilt auction.
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Texas Association of Quilt Guilds
(TAQG) 10th Annual Rally Day
Saturday, July 10, 2010 • 9 AM – 3:30 PM
Mimosa Lane Baptist Church in Mesquite
Rally Day is a gathering of Texas quilters to celebrate their love of
quilting. You will receive a goodie bag full of interesting items that can
help you in your quilting journey. Area Quilt Guilds will display their raffle
quilts and sell tickets. Rally day raffle and lunch tickets will be available
from TAQG representative, Marie Zaczkowski at Dallas Guild meetings.
Featured speaker: Cynthia England
Cynthia’s stunning quilts have been winning 1st
place ribbons at local and national quilting events
since 1991 and have graced the pages of many
quilting publications.
Her most recognized quilt, Piece and Quiet, was
chosen as one of the “The Twentieth Century’s Best
American Quilts” in 2000. In addition to this award,
Cynthia has won Best of Show twice in the IQA
show at the International Quilt Festival in Houston
for her quilts Piece and Quiet, in 1993, and Open
Season, in 2000.
Cynthia’s hallmark is realistically detailed pictorial quilts. Using skills she
developed as a commercial graphic artist, she creates quilts depicting some of
her favorite subjects: flowers, nature, antiques and architecture.
Cynthia will offer two workshops for the event:
• Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Pansy Table Runner
• Friday, July 9th, 2010
Design Workshop for ½ day, Sew Design for ½ day
Workshop descriptions, supply lists and a registration form are available at
http://www.texasassociationofquiltGuilds.org/
• Rhonda Anderson has packets
available for the Covers for kids
Challenge. The packets are $5.00
each which is refunded when the
quilt is turned in. The quilts will be
judged at the August board meeting
they will then be donated.
• Janet Kriv featured an item from
the Guild store. Members can
purchase items from the Guild store
at the general meetings.
• Programs and Workshops, Phyllis
Rueckert announced our upcoming
programs and workshops. Nancy
Brenan Daniel will be speaking
on May 6th and will be having
workshops on May 7th and 8th.
Sally Collins will be speaking to
our Guild on June 3rd and will be
having workshops on June 4th and
5th.
• Various members brought bring and brag.
• Phyllis Rueckert introduced our
speaker Karen K. Stone, an award
winning quilt artist from Beaumont,
Texas.
• Drawings for door prized were made
and the meeting was adjourned.
QGD Online - May 2010
Above:
2010 Best of Show Winner!
Brown Bird’s Lullaby
created by Sally Magee of Heath, Texas,
pattern designed by Margaret Docherty
Coming Soon to a
Dallas Guild Meeting!
The following speakers have already
been booked for the Dallas Guild.
July 1........................ Betsy Chutchian
August 5................... Dr. Mary Ruth Smith
September 2.............................. Sandy Klop
October 7.............................Naomi Adams
December 2...................... Dr. Don Locke
January 2011....................Carol Morrissey
QGD Online - May 2010
Mini Auction 2011
Bonnie McElearney
Mary and I want to thank everyone who participated in making the Mini
Auction successful. Without your enthusiasm and participation the auction
would not be successful.
We should have the proceeds to report to you by the next newsletter. Also we
hope to present the check to the Senior Source during the May meeting.
We are busy planning for next year. Please e-mail Mary (wrld1explorer@
aol.com) or I ([email protected]) if you have some ideas. We want
to hear how we can continue to make the auction, profitable, fun and engage as
many members and show participants as possible.
Currently we are planning the following:
• Conducting another mini workshop. We should be able to give you the date
shortly.
• Searching for a non-profit. If you have a special cause, please let us know. We will
take a recommendation to the board in August.
• Planning our minis for next year’s auction. It is not too early for you to begin
thinking about it as well.
Thanks again for your support.
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