february 2015 - Piecemakers Quilt Guild
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february 2015 - Piecemakers Quilt Guild
FEBRUARY 2015 Greetings from the Prez- Thanks to all for appearing on a cold and snowy night in January! While it was cold outside, the prices inside were hot and our "garage sale" appeared to be a success. Thanks to all for participating and especially to the ladies that dealt with the leftovers! Next month we have a guest speaker, so make sure you find time to come and enjoy. If anyone has something to be addressed during the meeting, please give me a heads up beforehand. If you wait to the day of the meeting to email me I may not get your message as I don't always check things in the afternoon --- feel free to call or catch me before the meeting starts. The meeting flows much more smoothly that way. See you in February. Remember, no matter how nasty the weather, it IS the shortest month of all! ~~ Kim News from JVP - Thank you all who braved the weather, brought and bought treasures at the January meeting. Jackie, our treasurer, has let me know you all provided the guild with a fantastic boost to our income for this year! What a wonderful bunch of quilters we have in our group. For April we do not have a contracted speaker scheduled, so your JVP team will have an enjoyable evening planned for you as well as an auction if there are any "leftovers" from the quilt show. Come prepared to bid. ~~ Julie Mackey Scrappy Block Exchange - The red/white/blue blocks were distributed and the Red Hot Mama block turned in. The next pattern is not due to be finished until March but hopefully the Red Hot Mama blocks will be available in February. So far all is looking wonderful and last, but not least, the final block will be a Christmas pattern. Think log cabinish! ~~ Kim Holihan From the VP-Programs There are still openings for the Sue Nickels class on Baltimore Album style machine quilting Friday at the Quilted Cottage. The cost is $30 for guild members and $35 for non-members. Rita Fishel will present a program in March on Creative Grids Rulers. There will be two different classes – one is on the pineapple ruller and the other is on the curvy log cabin. ~~ Deb Tunney Comfort Quilts - Ten volunteers were at the Comfort Quilts workday at Quilted Cottage Friday, January 23rd. Special thanks to Cathy Engel, Jan Schell, Francine Dixon, Clara Martin, Amy Lafferty, Linda Birchmeier, Paula Matuzak, Darlene Waters and Mary Ann Castillo for donating their time and talents to help the Saginaw Rescue Mission. P.S. Oh yes, the co-chairs were there too (Lisa Bremer and Chris Pahssen-Noble). Thanks as always to Quilted Cottage for their support by allowing us use of their sewing studio and storing our supply of fabric and batting. Special thanks also to Katy Sweigart, Jean Rose, Judy Piper, Tammy Mantel and Kim Holihan for quilting 10 twin size quilts for the Rescue Mission. We still have quilts that need quilting. Our goal is to donate 20 twin sized quilts to the Rescue Mission. Contact Lisa Bremer if you'd like to help. We need your help. Not many quilt kits or joey bag kits have been picked up at the Guild meeting recently. A child would love to snuggle up with a nice warm quilt on these chilly winter days. The women at the Rescue Mission love the joey bags. Our next workdays are Friday, February 27th and Friday, March 27th at Quilted Cottage. Come anytime between 10:30 am and 4:00 pm. You can sew quilts, make joey bags or cut fabric for kits. Bring your sewing machine, rotary cutter, mat, etc. Fabric is supplied. Donations of batting or money for batting is greatly appreciated. Comfort Quilts is guild supported but not funded by the guild. Let's pay it forward. ~~ Lisa Bremer and Chris Pahssen-Noble, Co-chairs Bodacious Boutique - Don’t forget!! Bring your items for the Quilt Show Bodacious Boutique to the February guild meeting. Items can also be brought to the Fabric Fair – Attn: Pattye or to the Quilted Cottage. Contact either Ardie at 684-3076 or [email protected] or Pattye at 326-2306 or [email protected] Thank you. ~~ Ardie and Pattye – Bodacious Boutique co-chairs UFO Challenge - UFO #6 is due this month. Thanks to all who filled in for me last month. A special thanks to Kelley Kent who stepped up to take pictures in my absence. ~~ Judy Piper, CPIC Spring Hartley -"Pioneer Days" - Spring Hartley is just around the corner! We almost have a full house already! Are you planning to attend? Please let us know as soon as possible. The cut off is 40 attendees. It will be a great way to re-live the ways of our ancestors, in addition to getting a lot of Spring sewing done. What a great way to spend a winter weekend! Don’t forget: Your final amount is due at the February meeting. If you can’t attend the meeting, please send your check to Sandie at that time. March 6, 7, 8-2015 -- Cost: $98 for the weekend or $28 for one day -- Deposit: $25 If you are interested in signing up, we will be taking reservations at the February at the meeting. Questions? Call Sandie 295-0934, 792-4537 or Elaine 792-0405 or Alice 293-1741 or Cathy 928-5506 You may send your payment to: Sandie Vogelpohl, 1450 Dover Pl., Saginaw, MI 48638 [email protected] Have a Heart this February Bring in your boxes of cereal and/or any non-perishable items you may wish to donate to our February Meeting! Or you may just wish to donate money and let them pick out what they need. Whatever you do helps more then you know. Rescue Ministries thanks you from the bottom of their hearts!! Thanks, Clara March 20-21, 2015 DON'T FORGET - Sign up at our February's meeting! Jean Fritz will be signing up volunteers for all sorts of jobs. We need all your help to make this another successful Quilt Show. You can sign up to help and work around your own schedule. Lots of fun and a great crew to work with -- half the fun is in the set up. Chris and I have been planning and getting our committees ready and hope to see a great turn out. ~~Chris & Clara, Quilt Show Co-Chairs HELP! Bring in your donations to February's meeting. REMEMBER OUR QUILT SHOW IS OUR BIGGEST FUND RAISER and it's only EVERY OTHER YEAR!!! LOOKING for a way to fill your membership requirements? We understand that not everyone can volunteer for set up of the quilt show but you can help in other ways. You can contribute by donating items for our Bodacious Boutique or donating new items for the baskets we fill for our drawing at the Quilt Show. Sewing or related items and fat quarters are great, or something you personally would bid on. Get together with a few friends and make a movie night basket, or something you would like to win yourself. If your group donates a filled basket, we will put your name on it as the donors! As you look through your treasures for those items for our January sale, be sure to also check out your new items that you bought and never used. Thank you and let's make this a GREAT QUILT SHOW!!! ~~ Clara & Chris, Quilt Show Co-chairs Saginaw Piecemakers Quilt Guild-General Membership Meeting January 21, 2015 -Pres. Kim Holihan called the meeting to order. -All members were warmly welcomed in addition to 4 quests. -A motion was made by Lynn Colbert to approve the minutes from 11/19/14 meeting as written. It was seconded by Diane Dubay. -Treasure’s report was approved and placed for audit. Correspondence: -Quilt Show in Flushing, MI. April 24/25, 2015—more details as the time draws near. -Information was received on the International quilt show competition for Midwest quilters, any questions/ interest, please contact Kim Holihan. Old Business: -Kim Holihan mentioned when logging into newsletter on Website to use Holihan2. -The Saginaw Piecemakers Quilt Guild is in need of a newsletter editor—Judy Piper is willing to train her. New Business: -The next board meeting is scheduled for Feb. 9th at 7pm at Kim Holihan’s home, 67 Benton. -Habitat for Humanity’s Quilt Show is scheduled for April 10- 11, 2015. Location of show is at Our Savior Lutheran Church on the corner of Hemmeter and Weiss. There are 150-250 items for sale by silent auction and a gift show to browse. Please have your donated items for sale in by March 24th. Items may be dropped off at Jane Werner’s home, The Quilted Cottage or Our Savior Lutheran Church. -New Tool of the Month: “Stripology Ruler” created for the purpose of strip cutting. It has 1” – ½” slits. Its price tag is $54.00. Committees: -Fat Chance –Nell Beebe---30 people donated quarters—3 bundles of 10—The winners were 1.) Ardie Reuther, 2.) Paula Matuzak and 3.)Connie Harris. February will be RED fat quarters. -Spring Hartley—The dates for Spring Hartley are March 6, 7 and 8, 2015. The cost is $98.00 for the weekend and $28.00 for the day campers. Please contact Sandie Vogelpohl (792-4537) if you have any questions. Openings are still available. -Scrap Block Exchange---please pick up the pattern/color theme for the upcoming block. The “Goose in the Pond” block is due in March. -UFO-The #4 project was due in January. “Bravo” to all of the high achievers. Project number #6 is due in February. -Quilt Show—The deadline for registering a quilt for the show has been extended to January 31st. Jean Fritz is the chairperson for volunteers and will approach the guild in February. There will be a schedule in the next newsletter. The committee is accepting items for baskets that will be given away in a drawing. They are accepting fat quarters or items to help fill a theme basket. -Quilts will be accepted on March 18, 2015 from 9-11 am. Thursday, March 19th at 9am, the process of hanging all the quilts will take place and setup of vendors. Friday (3/20/15) 9am-6pm and Saturday (3/21/15) 9am-4pm will be the quilt show. Flyers are available to place thru out the area. The Bodacious Boutique is accepting items to be sold at the quilt show. Please consider donating sewn or related items. Up Coming Speaker: -Sue Nickels is scheduled to be our quest speaker on February 18, 2015. She will be sharing her expertise in machine appliqué. A workshop is offered on Friday at the Quilted Cottage from 10-4 pm. The scheduled project will be the Baltimore Album. The cost is $30.00 for members and $35.00 to non-members. Announcements: -Comfort Quilts will hold a workshop on Jan. 21, 2015 from 10-4 pm at the Quilted Cottage. The Rescue Mission is in need of twin size quilts. Volunteers owning long arm quilting machines have offered their services in helping complete the projects. -The VA Hospital is in need of lap quilt--- 38” square. Respectfully submitted, Joyce Jones Submitted by Jackie Larsen, Treasurer PAID QUILTING ADVERTISEMENTS – Contact Judy, Piecemakers Newsletter Editor @ [email protected]