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Volume XLI Number 4 June 2020

President’s Message 2Block of the Month 5

OC Fair 3 Retreat 4

UFO Challenge 10

Inside This Issue

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Show off your work in June ZoomPlease join us for a virtual General Guild meeting in June. We are planning a Sew-n-Tell Member Showcase where you will share your

recently completed projects and tell the story.

We want to celebrate you and your creative efforts during this time of “stay at home.”

Send your quilt photos to Peg-gy Calvert and she will do the magic of putting them into a “slide show” during Zoom and

Opportunity Quilt needs a momSince we have been living during a History making event with COVID-19 virus, we have had to adjust our life routines.

Normally we would be diligently selling tick-ets for the OCQG Opportunity Quilt and tak-ing it around to show and sell more tickets, expecting to draw the winning ticket at Quilt Show 2021. But to give the quilt a chance to get around, we will extend the showing of the quilt and selling of the tickets until Sep-

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Orange County Quilters Guild, P.O. Box 3108, Orange, CA


Zoom, Zoom, Zoom!

I loved seeing so many of our guild mem-bers at our General May meeting. Many

thanks to Julie McCluney for organizing our speaker and to Jennifer Kerr for being our Zoom host.

Block Party is in full swing and when we finally resume our monthly meetings — person to person — we will really have a party with so many blocks to win! Mine are ready and I have seen other members posting their completed blocks on OCQG’s Facebook and Insta-gram. If you haven’t shared your

works yet, please do. We’d love to see your completed projects.

My stack of UFOs and fabric stash remain and I am grateful to have the resources to keep me happy and entertained. I work one or two days on a project and then feel I need a change.

Tired of the black and gold? Well let’s do something from Kaffe to brighten my day. Oh, and liar, liar, pants on fire! I said I would not

start something “new.” Well, I couldn’t resist and started Edyta Sitar’s “Star Upon Stars.” What was I thinking?

Until next time, Sew on and keep cool!

Becky Sproal

Working through those UFOs ... mostlyPresident’s Message

tember 14, 2021, with draw-ing of the winner at Septem-ber General Meeting.

The member pack of tickets will be handed out at the next meeting where we can phys-ically meet again. When that

is, only time will tell.

The Opportunity Quilt is bright and cheery and will be needing a “Quilt Mom” to coordinate the quilts outings and some of our members to volunteer to spend some time

to take it out and show it off.

Any help will be “Sew” Appre-ciated.

Patti Pane

2021 Quilt Show

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President Becky Sproal took a break from her UFOs to start a new project from Edyta Sitar.

Orange County Quilters Guild, P.O. Box 3108, Orange, CA 92857


Spare time to clean your sewing room?The Stay-at-Home Order has allowed many of us to clean up our sewing space and we have found fabrics, dupli-cate patterns and books, and more! What do we do now with all that stuff sorted out and ready for donation?

Our guild will take it! Your generous donations will fill our opportunity baskets. If you can take the extra time and effort, you can bundle up some fat quarter packs for door prizes.

We sort through all of your

treasures, use what we can, and still leave some things for our “Free Table” at future Gen-eral meetings. Also, we are having a Quilters Garage sale, so if you can set your donations aside, bring them to our General Meeting in October. If you are in a rush to get them out of your home, call Patti Pane and work out a pick up/drop off/meeting

place to get your goods to the guild.

We appreciate your sewing treasures!

Becky Sproal

The OC Fair & Event Center Board of Directors voted unan-imously to cancel the 2020 OC Fair, one of the most anticipated and enduring sum-mer celebrations in Southern California for 130 years.

We thank all the talented participants who have submitted competition entries for this year’s Fair. All competitors will auto-matically be issued a full

refund to their original form of payment with-in 30 days.

Please contact [email protected] with any questions regard-ing competition entries or refunds.

For additional ques-tions regarding the can-cellation of the 2020 OC Fair, please contact

[email protected].

You can always follow updates regarding the OC Fair on its website and social media chan-nels.

Stay Safe and Stay Healthy

Patti Pane OC Fair Chair

2020 OC Fair Canceled



Hopeful – yet still waiting for Quarantine Safe Opening of Vina de Lestonnac Retreat Center.

The latest schedule, at this time, is a “Safe Opening” second week of June. The retreat center will let me know ASAP with updated information and any health guidelines that we will have to follow. When I know, you will know! The Retreat Center staff will have our health, safety and comfort at the center a high priority.

Plan on getting your retreat balance paid in June. Any changes will be taken care of lat-er in June when we have more information from the retreat center and any personal changes.

Thank you for your patience to those of you who have contacted Jeanne and me already.

Please, keep your roommates informed if there are any changes. With prayers and fin-

gers- crossed we will be enjoying time with our guild buddies.

I have taken this time to get everything ready for a fun retreat – Goodie Bags, Door Prizes, my wine, Opportunity Baskets, my credit cards, my LCR fat quarters in Kaffe Fasset (3) and Reds(3), Jelly Roll Bowling Stuff and my pj’s for bowling, Midnight Margaritas, my wine glass, Ice Cream Social sprinkles, (I keep adding to) the Saran Wrap Ball of Treasures and some more fun things.

I will talk with Deb about massages. Ready, Ready, Ready – so Ready!

You can always call, text or email me.

Stay Safe and Stay Healthy.

Virtual BIG Hug from a social distance,

Patti Pane Retreat Chair

Ready to Retreat!Retreat Get Away – July 13-16, 2020

You may already like our page on Facebook, but did you know you can also join our Facebook group?

Guild members are sharing what they’re working on and staying connected during this time of staying at home.

We miss seeing each other in person, but at least we can

digitally keep in touch thanks to the magic of modern technology.

Stop on by to join the fun!

You can find the group here: http://www.facebook.com/groups/875390689595051/.

Guild members can also fol-

low @orangecountyquilters-guild on Instagram and tag their creations #orangecoun-tyquiltersguild.

Join our new Facebook group



OCQG BLOCK OF THE MONTH-JUNE 2020 SUMMER SOLSTICE STAR 12 ½” Unfinished Block COLORS: 1930s FABRICS AND WHITE ON WHITE ONE BLOCK A: Cut (1) 4 ½” square each from thirties fabric and from white B: Cut (2) 5 ½” squares each from thirties fabric and from white Cut these four squares diagonally twice, yielding 16 triangles C: Cut (2) 5” squares each from thirties fabric and from white Cut these five inch squares diagonally once, yielding eight triangles ASSEMBLE BLOCK Lay out all pieces according to the diagram and photograph. Stitch the C triangle blocks together (a thirties and a white each). Press each block towards the dark and trim to an exact 4 ½” square. Stitch one B white triangle with one thirties triangle as shown in diagram. Press these triangles towards the dark fabric. Repeat to make eight sets, maintaining correct orientation, as laid out. Following the diagram, join these B +B triangles with another set, nesting the points to make four squares. Press again and trim to an exact 4 ½” square. You now have a simple 9 patch of 4 ½” squares to sew together and press. Put your name in the drawing Once for each Star block turned in (Maximum of 5) Questions this month? Contact Brigette Brink at [email protected] or call 714-469-2076 Bringing in a quilt top made with these Summer Solstice Stars, whether you won blocks or not, will earn you a prize that month. Play to have fun!

OCQG BLOCK OF THE MONTH— AUGUST 2020 BEACH WAVES 12 ½” Unfinished Block Colors: Oranges to yellows, beige to white, light blue to turquoise-----prints and solids 1.Cut 3-4 3” x 13 ½” strips from orange to yellow fabrics 2.Cut 3-4 3” x 13 ½” strips from beige to white fabrics 3.Cut 3-4 3” x 13 ½” strips from light blue to turquoise fabrics 4.Lay out the strips in color sequence from the darkest orange through yellows and whites to blues to darkest blue 5.We will build from the bottom to the top, so take the two bottom fabrics, laying them long side by long side right sides up on your cutting mat. 6.Then overlap them 1”- 1 ½” width along the middle, still with both right sides up. 7.Using a rotary cutter (on your cutting mat) cut a gentle curve through both fabrics. Discard the small cut off pieces and pin the large strips right sides together, easing in the curves. 8.Slowly stitch the two strips together, using a ¼” seam allowance. Stitch 1”- 1 ½”; stop and realign the edges. 9.Press the seam towards the bottom fabric. 10.Continue adding strips, as above, until the length is at least 13 ½”. 11.Square up to 12 ½”. Put your name in the drawing Once for each Beach Waves block turned in (Maximum of 5). Questions? Contact Cheri Hansen at [email protected] or 714-528-1836. If you come to the guild with a quilt top made from Beach Waves, even if you did not win blocks, you will get a prize.

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August Block Lay Out Options



the maker will tell the story. I love seeing the creativity of our members and have missed this inspiring portion of our past times together.

After seeing our members beautiful works of art let’s visit the workrooms of a few of our members. A virtual quilt studio tour! That will be fun to see and hear how they

work and organize their work-space and perhaps learn a few tips and tricks to implement in our own quilters space.

Though we’d rather meet in person, this is he best we can do for now.

You can join us using your smart phone, smart tablet, or computer.

Please make sure your mem-bership renewal has been paid because only current March 2020 through February 2021 members will receive the Zoom connection infor-mation. The Zoom connection information will be emailed to members the weekend before June 9.

Zoom on!

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The Silhouette Cameo® 2 is a 12-inch width elec-tronic cutting machine for personal use. The Cameo cuts paper, cardstock, vinyl and many other specialty materials. It can cut up to a 12-inch x 12-inch area when using a cutting mat, or a 12-inch wide x 10 feet long when cutting rolled materials that have their own backing, such as vinyl and heat transfer material. This one is like new. I only used it once to make sure it works…it does! You will need to get the Silhouette Studio software to use it. The basic version is free, but you can do more if you upgrade to the designer or

business edition ($49-$99). It comes with:Instruction booklet Cutting Mat Power cords Fabric blade Blade housing

Contact Jennifer Kerr, [email protected]

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UFO Challenge Is Back!So far we have 15 people participating in the UFO Challenge and they are all busy working on their June submission. Some have even already completed two UFOs. Way to go! The oldest UFO is currently from the 1930s. Wow!

Congratulations to Trudy Teshima for being the first prize winner at our last virtual guild meeting. She won Edyta Sitar’s book “Sew in Love.” At our next meeting I’ll give away three prizes. Two smaller items open to everyone who’s participating and Quiltworx’s Summer Solstice pattern to one of the people who completed their June UFO.

Remember, you can join the UFO Challenge any time. If you’re working on older quilts why not, right? I look forward to seeing you at our next Zoom meeting and truly hope we get to meet together in person soon. Have fun quilt-ing!

Jennifer Kerr Queen of Fun

Jennifer will give away three prizes at the June meeting, with this gorgeous pattern going to someone who com-pleted a UFO.

UFO CHALLENGE __________________________________________________________________________________________________

What is a UFO? ItÕs that partially completed top that you started at a class but havenÕt Þnished. ItÕs a Þnished top that still needs to be quilted. It could even be that quilt that just needs binding and a label, but itÕs been sitting around a while waiting for you to make them. Whatever the case, letÕs dust off those older projects and complete some UFOs. You could even win a prize for doing so!

We want this to be fun and doable for everyone so hereÕs how itÕs going to work. You choose from one to Þve UFOs youÕd like to complete by February 2021. You tell me which month which quilt will be done. A completed UFO is quilted and bound. WeÕd really like to see labels as well, but for this challenge itÕs not necessary. You sign up below and pay a $10 entry fee (no matter how many quilts you submit).

There will be a drawing each month a UFO is due among those who turn them in that month. There will also be a special drawing for a Ògrand prizeÓ for those who complete Þve quilts. Additionally, tickets will be awarded for random drawings throughout our challenge period. Tickets are earned as follows:

• 2 tickets for signing up in April• 1 ticket for signing up any other time • 1 ticket for each UFO submitted (up to 5)• 5 tickets for turning in your UFO on time• 3 tickets for turning in your UFO, but late• 1 ticket if the UFO has a label• 1 ticket if the UFO has a hanging sleeve

• 1 ticket if completed UFO began in 2019-2020• 2 tickets if completed UFO began in 2015-2018• 3 tickets if completed UFO began in 2010-2014• 4 tickets if completed UFO began in 2000-2009• 5 tickets if completed UFO began in 1990-1999• 6 tickets if completed UFO began in 1980-1989• 7 tickets if completed UFO began before 1980

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Participant Information

Name: ________________________________________________________________________ First Last

Description of UFO Month Due UFO Started When

UFO #1 June

UFO #2 August

UFO #3 October

UFO #4 December

UFO #5 February


UFO CHALLENGE __________________________________________________________________________________________________

What is a UFO? ItÕs that partially completed top that you started at a class but havenÕt Þnished. ItÕs a Þnished top that still needs to be quilted. It could even be that quilt that just needs binding and a label, but itÕs been sitting around a while waiting for you to make them. Whatever the case, letÕs dust off those older projects and complete some UFOs. You could even win a prize for doing so!

We want this to be fun and doable for everyone so hereÕs how itÕs going to work. You choose from one to Þve UFOs youÕd like to complete by February 2021. You tell me which month which quilt will be done. A completed UFO is quilted and bound. WeÕd really like to see labels as well, but for this challenge itÕs not necessary. You sign up below and pay a $10 entry fee (no matter how many quilts you submit).

There will be a drawing each month a UFO is due among those who turn them in that month. There will also be a special drawing for a Ògrand prizeÓ for those who complete Þve quilts. Additionally, tickets will be awarded for random drawings throughout our challenge period. Tickets are earned as follows:

• 2 tickets for signing up in April• 1 ticket for signing up any other time • 1 ticket for each UFO submitted (up to 5)• 5 tickets for turning in your UFO on time• 3 tickets for turning in your UFO, but late• 1 ticket if the UFO has a label• 1 ticket if the UFO has a hanging sleeve

• 1 ticket if completed UFO began in 2019-2020• 2 tickets if completed UFO began in 2015-2018• 3 tickets if completed UFO began in 2010-2014• 4 tickets if completed UFO began in 2000-2009• 5 tickets if completed UFO began in 1990-1999• 6 tickets if completed UFO began in 1980-1989• 7 tickets if completed UFO began before 1980

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Participant Information

Name: ________________________________________________________________________ First Last

Description of UFO Month Due UFO Started When

UFO #1 June

UFO #2 August

UFO #3 October

UFO #4 December

UFO #5 February



A special thanks to

the Orange Quilt Bee for

providing space for

our workshops!

Do you want to reach several hun-dred quilting enthusiasts? Then this is where you want to advertise. Con-tact [email protected]

for more information.

Our Mission StatementOrange County Quilters Guild is one of Southern California’s oldest quilt guilds. The guild is a non-profit orga-nization formed to promote cooperation and the exchange of ideas among those interested in or engaged in quilting; to encourage and maintain high standards of design and technique in quilting; to instruct members in methods and techniques of creative quilting; and to inspire personal achievement.

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