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O c t o b e r 2 0 2 1 V o l u m e 3 8 , I s s u e 1 0
President’s Corner Advice from a Sunflower… Be Bright, Sunny and Positive.
Spread seeds of Happiness. Rise, Shine and Hold your Head High!
October was never a month that had a lot of importance to me
other than I love Fall. Fall in Northern Illinois means apple cider
donuts from Edwards Apple Orchard that can’t be beat, along with
a cup of hot apple cider. This year will be different, my son is
getting married on October 29th, so it will join all the other months
that have a special person(s) to celebrate. I hope, as this year
heads towards its conclusion, that you have had many months with
people and events to celebrate and more to look forward to.
Christmas is just 2-1/2 months away! Better get shopping and
sewing.
One thing our Guild can celebrate is that we reached our goal for
our Raffle Quilt Fundraiser for 2020/2021. It was tough with so
many events canceled again this year, but with some hearty
members jumping in to help, we made it. A big THANK YOU to
all the members who worked at a venue, called their friends/family
to buy tickets and bought tickets themselves. Remember to turn in
any tickets and/or money to Arlene without delay. Just put my last
ones in the mail to her this morning. We will draw the winning
ticket on November 12, and we want everyone to have their chance
to win. Good luck to all ticketholders!
We had an amazing program at our October Guild meeting by
Cindy Albright on how to use quilt panels. I know we all have
some in our stash and lots of us have no idea how to creatively use
them. Cindy gave us so many tips, tricks, and examples of
beautiful quilts using panels. As with all projects, it’s important to
measure that quilt panel (they’re never square, Cindy says) then
press with stiff laundry starch & block. Add an inner border and
then square everything up. From there, so many possibilities from
offset placement, CUTTING that panel (Eek!), to using a variety of
quilt blocks & fabrics to enhance your design. There were many
oohs and aahs throughout the presentation. A big THANK YOU to
Cindy for all the work she put into her PowerPoint and all the quilts
she hauled from Jonesboro to share with us! Thanks to Charity
Beckley and Steve Landrum for breaking a sweat keeping those
beautiful quilts displayed for us throughout the program.
What to Know Board Meeting 11/3 at 1:00 pm General Meeting 11/12
Inside This Issue President’s Corner (Cont.) ................... 2 Hospitality ............................................ 2 Programs .............................................. 2 Raffle Quilt 2021 .................................. 2 Sit ‘N Sew ............................................. 3 Community Quilts ................................ 3 Retreat ................................................. 3 Using Panels in Quilts .......................... 3 2021 Guild Challenge ........................... 4 Blast From the Past .............................. 4 What's Up, Doc .................................... 8 October Meeting Minutes ................... 9 Advertising ......................................... 10
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President’s Corner (Continued)
As always, we need more help to keep the Guild
functioning in 2022. President-Elect Ann Wilson
put out a call for an Education Chair, Membership
Chair and President-Elect. She explained how most
of these jobs can be shared by several people so that
you don’t have to be at every Board meeting. We
understand that people travel, have family
commitments, and other things they’re involved in,
as we all do, but to keep this Guild functioning we
must have volunteers to do the work. 2022 will,
hopefully, get back to a new normal so that we can
proceed with our Quilt Retreat, Quilt Congress,
monthly meetings and venues to sell tickets for our
beautiful 2022 Raffle Quilt to meet next year’s goal.
Remember, many hands make light work, and they
are always jobs that don’t involve a lot of walking,
standing or sweat. Please, please check your
schedules and see where you could fit the Guild in
on your calendar. Ann will be calling!
I hope that you’ll join us at our November 12
meeting. We’ve reserved Seventh Day Adventist,
just in case the Food Bank is still not ready for our
size group. Keep a watch out for a message from
Peggy for more details. We plan to have our annual
garage sale, so start cleaning up those sewing rooms
to see what you might have that someone else
would love. The Mod Squad will be putting on our
program in November and of course, our Raffle
Quilt drawing, Community Quilts & Show ‘N Tell.
Enjoy the beautiful, crisp Fall weather that has
come our way. The rain has passed, and the sun is
shining. So go outside and… Find your JOY today!
Dianne Petty
President
Hospitality
Hi, Ladies,
Was great seeing so many at the October meeting.
Sandy (Allenbaugh) Beasley and Celine Kingsland
won the door prizes. Sandy also won the 50-50
drawing and took home $26. The other $26 went to
the Food Bank. Hope to see many of you at the
November meeting.
Hospitality Team
Gail Hillyard and Ann Maus
Programs A program will be given by The Mod Squad at our
November meeting. You won’t want to miss it!
They do some really neat stuff!
Bring those goodies you no longer need for the
Annual Guild Garage Sale, and bring your money,
too, as you might find a goodie or two that you just
HAVE to have!
Another important happening will be voting for the
Guild’s officers for 2022. The slate of officers is:
President -- Ann Wilson
President-Elect -- none
Vice President -- Rosita Forster
Secretary -- Maureen Forster
Treasurer -- Jodi McCray
Per the By-Laws:
Section 2. Nominating Procedure: “Nominations from the floor shall be permitted during the Annual Meeting provided the nominee’s consent has been obtained, in writing, prior to the meeting.”
Hope to see a big crowd at the meeting!
Ann Wilson
President-Elect
Raffle Quilt 2021 THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Due to our great guild members, we reached our
goal of over $3,000 in sales of raffle tickets. There
are a few people I still need to hear from, but
overall, you came through. I am very proud of you
all.
The drawing for that gorgeous quilt will be at the
guild meeting on November 12. So, that means if
you still want to get your tickets in the hopper,
please get them to me asap. I don’t want anyone to
be disappointed.
Thank you all again and hope to see you November
12 at the Seventh Day Adventist Church for our
meeting.
Arlene Myslinski
Raffle Quilt Chair
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Sit ‘N’ Sew October 19, 2021
There weren’t many members at Sit ‘N Sew this
month but we had lots of FUN! We played with the
Accuquilt “GO-ME” and made owls. Several
members played with the Steam-a-Seam 2. We used
coloring books for patterns and used a lot of Fall
and Halloween fabric to make collage pictures.
The BOM patterns were not available, the author
was on vacation. Next month, five blocks will be
available, so we will have them through February.
Between the Holidays, and the chance of severe
weather, this seems like the safest plan.
November 16, 2021
We are all thinking about the upcoming Holidays,
making decorations and gifts, eating wonderful
food, and spending time with family and friends.
My husband and I will be leaving shortly after our
November meeting to head to Florida. We take our
RV and camp in Georgia with our son and his
family. Our Son has a hunting camp in there and
Thanksgiving falls during hunting season. Fall is an
excellent time of year to camp in Georgia. We take
lots of family photos. It has become a tradition to
have Thanksgiving in the campground, and then we
all head to Florida. We will be back before
Christmas, but I will miss our Christmas Party.
The project for our November Sit ‘N’ Sew is a
“Wooly Tree.” You will need one of the Christmas
trees from Dollar Tree. They come in boxes and
have green needles. Also, you will need glue,
Elmer’s is fine and sharp scissors. I am cutting up a
felted wool blanket for us to use but if you have
wool at home, cut it into long strips measuring 1½
inches wide. I am not sure how many wool strips I
can get from the blanket.
Hope to see you at meetings.
Stay Safe,
Ann
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Community Quilts Hi there, Quilt Guild members,
Hope you are all doing well. Miss seeing so many
of you!! I want to share a couple of photos from
recent Community Quilt donations. There were 23
quilts given to the hospital nursery. We also went to
Hospice with 4 twin-size quilts. They were just
thrilled and have already sent a lovely “Thank You”
card to the Guild.
Katie Risk went along to assist in the distribution.
We continue to need larger sized quilts, so if you
are able, please consider making at least a twin-size
quilt.
Don't forget we are going to meet at the Seventh
Day Adventist Church on Thursday, November 4,
2021, to cut fabric and make up kits for making
community quilts. We could really use your help. It
starts at 9 am and will last until at least 1 pm. If you
want to sew instead or as well, go ahead and bring
your sewing machine. I will bring lots of fabric,
plastic bags to make up kits, and patterns. If you
have a pattern you would like to suggest, please
bring it along. I will bring some snacks or treats.
Bring your lunch and stay for a while. Hope to see
you there.
Blessings to you all,
Sandy Allenbaugh-Beasley
Community Quilts Chair
Retreat 2022 SAVE THE DATE!
HNH annual retreat at the Camden in Branson.
March 14 thru 17, 2022. More details will follow
Using Panels in Quilts At October's Guild meeting, I had an opportunity to
show and discuss various ways to use panels. Since
that meeting, I have had several people ask me if I
had a handout on what I presented. I talked with
Peggy Moody, and she has agreed to put my
handout up on the website. This information is in a
WORD document and goes over my explanation on
Use of Panels, Pros & Cons of Using Panels, How
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to Get Started, and Ideas of How to Add to a Panel.
This handout does NOT have any pictures showing
examples. It will be posted on the Guild website
under 2021 Programs. For visual ideas, check out
Guild Photos.
For more explanation about each quilt, I have a file
showing all 23 quilts. This file is too big to put on
our website. So, if anyone wants the picture
version, you can contact me at calbrigh@astate.edu.
I will gladly email you the file.
Thank you for all the warm comments about the
program.
Cindy Albright
NOTE: Peggy is uploading Cindy’s handout to our
hillnhollowquilters.com website under the 2021
Guild Programs tab.
2021 Guild Challenge Call it what you will: an idiom, an adage, a moral, a truism, a theme. One way or another, our 2021 challenge theme will be “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.” The theme is meant to be a guide. You may interpret it in whatever way you wish.
• Item can be no larger than a baby quilt (approximately 36″ x 44″).
• It can be a rectangle, square, triangle, circle or a combination of those. It can be a three- dimensional item.
• It can be a quilt, jacket, potted plant, purse, basket, a toy or anything you want it to be.
• Use your imagination! Anything goes!
• Remember to keep your item a secret from others.
Bring your Challenge entry to the December meeting. Entries will be numbered and displayed during the break. Members will then vote for their favorite entry.
Margie Dotson
Blast From the Past Hello ladies, greetings from Elk Grove, California,
a town in Sacramento County next to Sacramento,
of a little under 200,000. We have two very nice
quilting stores, JoAnn’s and Hobby Lobby but only
go to the last two when I need buttons if I can help
it. I’ve completed one quilt since being here which I
hand quilted but after 35 years of being in a quilt
group, I decided here I would just be in the
American Sewing Guild which I was a member of
in two other states, a garden group, and the
California Native Plant Society which are groups I
have been in before in other states. The Sewing
Guild has several smaller groups that meet and one
of them is a quilting group so I could still be with
quilters too.
We have been here six years this coming
November. One month after moving here my
youngest sister was diagnosed with lung cancer and
she is still fighting it in both lungs. I am very glad I
have been able to be here to help her. I’ve also
enjoyed spending the holidays with family in San
Jose where I was born and grew up. Don’t know if
this will be the last place we live. California has
some advantages, but the prices and amount of
people are not a plus.
My husband and I did get vaccinated but because of
being with my sister, I have avoided group meetings
where I could get exposed to Covid and not know it
or have any symptoms. I have enjoyed the groups I
belong to having zoom meetings. Even went to a
garden show in England via zoom. Not going to so
many meetings has given me time to spend more
time on my yard and sewing room which I have
enjoyed. Still, I look forward to being able to go to
meetings again with people of like interests and get
together with friends for lunch or a cup of tea.
I miss Mountain Home and the people I got to
know. My husband and I lived there longer than any
place we ever lived. Hope all is well with all of you.
I have enjoyed reading your newsletter and Margie
is doing a great job with it.
Hugs and Happy Quilting,
Bonnie Marr
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Greetings from Sedalia, on this fall day. I have gone
to my first meeting with the Sedville Crazy Quilters
on October 12. Such a fun group of ladies. Small
club compared to Hill n' Hollow.
On September 25 they hosted the first annual
“Quiltfest”. Door prizes galore, $1 chances prizes,
silent auction on 2 quilts. We had Quilters from
Marshall, Cole Camp and Warrensburg. We had
speakers: Laura whose company is Slice Of Pi. She
designs quilts that use raw edge applique. Kenda
Lightfoot Holt showed her quilts and talked about
them. The final speaker was Edie McGinnis, she has
several books published by Kansas City Star (now
C & T Publishing).
It was money well spent on the $20 ticket, that
included a bar-b-que lunch.
This quilt was made using 10” squares with white
and teal sashing, is for my future grandson. The
pattern is from "Easy Peasy 3-Yard Quilts" named
tic tac.
This quilt with the panel and Jacob's Ladder blocks
is called Pony Express. It is a line of fabric that
came out 3 years ago. I used Miss Rose's paper
piecing pattern number 5.
This pink quilt was made using the pattern “Dash”
from the "Easy Peasy 3-Yard Quilts" book. This is
for my future granddaughter.
All were quilted by Carmon's Machine Quilting in
Sedalia.
As always, like most quilters, I have 3 more quilts
line up in versus stages.
Best Wishes, Cinthia
Joey, my little Beagle, sitting on my Postage Stamp
Quilt. I also did a Postage Stamp valance border.
Joey, my little Beagle, sitting on my Postage Stamp
Quilt. I also did a Postage Stamp valance border.
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Advice from a Singer Sewing Machine Manual from 1949
Prepare yourself mentally for sewing. Think about what you are going to do. Never approach sewing with a sigh or lackadaisically. Good results are difficult when indifference dominates. Never try to sew with a sink full of dirty dishes or beds unmade.
When there are urgent housekeeping chores, do these first so that your mind is free to enjoy your sewing. When you sew, make yourself as attractive as possible. Put on a clean dress. Keep a little bag of French chalk near your sewing machine to dust your fingers at intervals. Have your hair in order, powder and lipstick put on. If you are constantly fearful that a visitor might drop in or your husband will come home, and you will not look neatly put together, you will not enjoy your sewing.
I have 3 custom quilts I’ve been working on. I still
have to quilt and bind them. These quilts are going
to California.
Wendy Paz
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SATIN-SMOOTH CHOCOLATE PIE
CRUST
1 cup sifted enriched flour
½ teaspoon salt
4 to 6 tablespoons lard
2 to 4 tablespoons ice water
Mix flour and salt. Cut lard into flour until crumbs
are about the size of small peas. Add ice water, a
little at a time, mixing quickly and evenly through
flour with a fork until dough just holds in a ball.
Use as little water as possible. Roll to about 1/8-
inch thickness and line a 9-inch pie pan, allowing ½
inch pie crust to extend over edge. Crimp edges.
Prick pastry with a fork. Bake in a veery hot oven
(450° F) 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
Cool.
FILLING
20 marshmallows
½ cup milk
6 bars (3/4 ounce each) almond milk chocolate
candy
1 pint whipping cream
Combine marshmallows and milk in saucepan.
Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until
marshmallows are melted. Add 5 candy bars and
continue heating until chocolate melts. Cool
thoroughly. Beat 1 cup whipping cream and fold
into cooled chocolate mixture. Spoon filling into
baked pie shell. Chill 3 to 4 hours. Whip remaining
cream and spread over filling. Grate remaining
candy bar and sprinkle over shipped cream.
Yield: on 9-inch pie.
NOTE: I believe this recipe was in a
newspaper in 1963. This is a new one for me! -
Margie
I saw this on Facebook and think it’s a fantastic
idea!
Margie
This is genius!
If you are ever lost while hiking, get stranded with a broken-down car, etc., and you notice your cell phone is either low on juice or has no signal, here is a tip that very well may save your life.
Change the voicemail on your phone to a message that gives your approximate location, the time, the date, your situation (lost, out of gas, car broken down, injured, etc.) and any special instructions such as you are staying with the car, you are walking toward a town, etc... The best part of this is that even if your cell phone dies or stops working, voicemail still works, so anyone calling your phone looking for you will hear the message and know where to find you or where to send help.
Advice from a Singer Sewing Machine Manual
from 1949
Prepare yourself mentally for sewing. Think about
what you are going to do. Never approach sewing
with a sigh or lackadaisically. Good results are
difficult when indifference dominates. Never try to
sew with a sink full of dirty dishes or beds unmade.
When there are urgent housekeeping chores, do
these first so that your mind is free to enjoy your
sewing. When you sew, make yourself as attractive
as possible. Put on a clean dress. Keep a little bag of
French chalk near your sewing machine to dust your
fingers at intervals. Have your hair in order, powder
and lipstick put on. If you are constantly fearful that
a visitor might drop in or your husband will come
home, and you will not look neatly put together,
you will not enjoy your sewing.
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What’s Up Doc? WHEN WHO, WHAT & WHERE, ETC.
11/3/2021 HNH Board Meeting
11/4/2021 Community Quilts Get-Together – 9 am until at least 1 pm – Seventh Day Adventist Church
11/12/2021 Regular Guild Meeting – Voting for 2022 Officers – Program by The Mod Squad -- Guild Garage Sale
11/19/2021 Sit ‘N Sew – Seventh Day Adventist Church – 9:30 – Until we all get tired?
12/1/2021 Regular Guild Meeting
12/10/2021 Sit ‘N Sew – Seventh Day Adventist Church – 9:30 – Until we all get tired?
3/14 – 17/2022 HNH Retreat – Branson, Missouri – Camden Hotel and Conference Center (It will have a new name by then.)
10/14 & 15, 2022 Quilt Congress 2022 -- Baxter County Fairgrounds, Mountain Home, AR
2/23-26, 2022 AQS Show – Daytona Beach, FL
3/23–26, 2022 AQS Show – Branson, MO
4/27-30, 2022 AQS Show – Paducah, KY
8/17-20, 2022 AQS Show – Grand Rapids, MI
9/14-17, 2022 AQS Show – Des Moines, IA
If you know of an event you think would be of interest to guild members, please let me know and I will include
it in the newsletter. I think the events should be within a day's travel from Mountain Home. What are your
thoughts on this? Any suggestions for the newsletter will be welcome and considered.
AND, if I goof up and miss getting something you sent me, please let me know. I never intentionally leave
things out. Hopefully, we can put it in the following month or, if it’s something urgent, an Eblast can be sent
out. Although I try, I must admit… I certainly am NOT perfect!!!
Margie Dotson
Newsletter Editor
Absolutely darling little yarn stocking hats for decorations and garlands. So cute and easy. You could even use
just the hats.
https://www.facebook.com/heirloomtraditionspaint/videos/287195103003702
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HILL ’N HOLLOW QUILTERS GUILD GUILD MEETING 0CTOBER 8, 2021
Attendees: 39
President Dianne Petty welcomed everyone and called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m.
Sharon Crozier showed her quilt “Live Life in Full Bloom” which won Best of Show at the Baxter County Fair. It also won Best Workmanship Award for which the guild presented her $25.
Secretary’s Report: Motion: by Vicki Kauth and seconded by Gail Hillyard that we approve the July 2021 minutes. Approved.
Treasurer’s Report: Jodi McCray reported that GoDaddy had a problem uploading her report. Also, the loan to Quilt Congress showed as an expense on the report.
Motion: by Maureen Forster and seconded by Sandy Beasley to approve the report. Approved. It will be filed for audit.
Raffle Quilts: Arlene Myslinski showed directions to booth at the Turkey Trot in
Yellville. She needs 2 volunteers for Farmers’ Market on Oct. 23, 9-11 am and 11-12:30.
Vicki Kauth needs 3 more quilt blocks returned and she will begin to assemble the 2022 Raffle quilt.
New Officers: Ann Wilson, President-Elect, needs a volunteer for 2022 President-Elect. Also, she encouraged members to volunteer to serve and needs a Membership
Chair and an Education Chair. Rosita Forster has volunteered to be Vice President, Maureen Forster, Secretary, and Jodi McCray, Treasurer. Margie Dotson will be Hospitality Chair and will continue to do the Newsletter.
Quilt Congress: Oct. 14, 15, 2022. Ann Wilson is accepting donations for auction baskets for Quilt Congress. Classrooms have been reserved at Ramada Inn. The Congress will be held at the Baxter County Fair Grounds.
Library: Ann Wilson is collecting Library books. If you wish to check a book out, contact her and she will bring it to next guild meeting.
Sit ’N Sew: This is held every third Tuesday of the month at the Seventh-day Adventist
Church. Ann Wilson gave an Orphan Block Challenge. She will have Block of the Month patterns available for $3.50.
Community Quilts: November 4, 2021, there will be a kit assembly session at the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
2021 Challenge: Margie Dotson explained the Don’t Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch” challenge. These are due by December 2021.
Birthdays: Ginger Alexander was only birthday in October, and since we didn’t mention them last month, we wished happy birthdays to September members as well. Fabric cupcakes were presented to both months.
Door Prizes: Sandy Beasley and Celine Kingsland won the door prizes. Sandy Allenbaugh-Beasley won the 50/50 which comprised $26 each to Sandy and the Food Bank.
Break
Program: Cindy Albright presented a program on Using Panels in Quilts and showed many of her beautiful quilts. Community Quilts Parade.
Show & Tell
Motion: by Margie Dotson and seconded by Charity Beckley to adjourn at 11:50 am. Approved.
Maureen Forster, Secretary.
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