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Quilter’s Guild of
Parker County
North Side Baptist Church
910 N. Main St.
Weatherford, TX 76086
March 2018
President’s Message
Our 2018 Raffle Quilt had its debut at our February meeting. This is a really special
and unique quilt, and there are so many people to thank. First, there are the 30 mem-
bers who created the blocks. Each block was a unique expression of one person’s crea-
tivity. Actually, there were three more that could not be fit into the quilt, but they will
be made into a wall hanging or table runner to be given to the person who sells the
most raffle tickets. So everyone make your best effort to sell your tickets, and more if
possible, to try to win this great prize!
Thank you to Jo Lynn O’Neil for the fantastic custom quilting that elevates the overall
beauty of this quilt, to Betty New for binding the quilt, to Donna Motley for the hang-
ing sleeve, and to Marsha Corlley for the great embroidered label. It takes a village to
make a quilt this special.
Beverly Lindsey deserves many thanks for all her effort over the years to sell raffle
tickets at special events throughout the area and at other quilter’s guilds. She has put
in many hours and miles promoting this Guild’s raffle quilts. So, when she asks each
of us to sell $30 of raffle tickets, remember she has travelled all over to sell thousands
of dollars in tickets over the years.
Our Raffle Quilt is one of the two primary fund raisers we have each year. We depend
on funds from this quilt, plus either the Quilt Show or Quilt Auction, to further the
Guild’s purpose of preserving the art of quilting, stimulating interest in quilt making,
providing assistance to the community concerning the art of quilting, and providing
educational instruction in the art of quilting to our members and to the public. And, one
of the ways we further that purpose is by providing quality speakers and workshops.
Each year, one of our major expenses is the contracts with those program and work-
shop providers. Our average annual expense for program speakers is $4,800 and for
workshops is $3,800. In addition, there are costs for charitable donations, comfort
quilts, rent, the newsletter, association dues, insurance, and others. Membership dues
only bring in an average of $3,000 annually. As you can see, membership dues don’t
begin to cover our expenses.
Therefore, fund raising is an important part of our activities and I thank everyone for
their efforts to sell raffle tickets, make and donate quilts for our auction, make and en-
ter quilts in our show and mini quilt auction, and make the many great items we sell in
the Country Store. I hope you do these things because it is fun and gratifying, but also
know the Guild needs your participation to have successful fund raisers. Thank you
all!
Mary Williams
March 15, 2018
North Side Baptist
7:00 P.M.
Speaker Maggie Ball
Innovative Quilts, Tra-
ditional Roots—Trunk
Show”.
Workshop Sat. March
17th at North Side
Baptist Fellowship
Hall
8:30 A.M.“Op-Art Ka-
leidoscope”
Wear name tag
Bring $1 for Center of
Hope
Fat Quarter Raffle:
Black and White
QUILTER’S GUILD OF PARKER COUNTY
BOARD MEMBERS 2018
President Mary Williams 940-682-4631 home [email protected] 817-694-9732 cell
Vice President Becky Klein 817-341-6702 home [email protected] 626-665-7662 cell
Secretary Lynn Main 301-346-1570 [email protected]
Treasurer Judy McDonald 817-781-1582 [email protected]
Past President Marsha Corlley 817-629-0632 [email protected]
Programs 2019 Rex Shrauner 817-629-3038 [email protected]
Debbie Shrauner 817-798-4184 [email protected]
Workshops Nancy Martin 817-929-8886 [email protected]
Comfort Quilts Jenell Jones 817-455-4911 [email protected]
Judy Fitzgerald 817-771-4325 [email protected]
Membership Dartle Atherton 520-249-1102 [email protected]
Janette Duke 817-238-8779 [email protected]
Finance Shirley Reagan 318-243-6566 [email protected]
Newsletter Becky Klein 817-441-6702 [email protected]
Publicity Paula Hunt 817-597-9607 [email protected]
Website Andrea Killius 817-441-2471 [email protected]
Sunshine & Shadow Jean McBride 214-505-0563 [email protected]
Show & Tell Jean McBride 214-505-0563 [email protected]
Historian Sue Haupt 817-366-9134 [email protected]
Bee Keeper Jeanie Garvin 817-341-0052
Special Events:
2018 Retreat Susie Kirkland 817-304-3096 [email protected]
Quilt Show Anita Ruthenberg 918-332-6430 [email protected]
Marsha Corlley 817-629-0632 [email protected]
Raffle Quilt Sales Beverly Lindsey 817-925-1348 [email protected]
Andrea Killius 817-441-2471 [email protected]
Habitat Humanity Liaison Joyce Coney 817-594-3175
Center of Hope Liaison Jeanie Garvin 817-341-0052
Minutes February 15, 2018 The meeting was called to order at 7 pm by President Mary Williams. Minutes:
The minutes from the January 18, 2018 general meeting were approved as presented.
The treasurer report is available to view.
NEW BUSINESS
Marsha Corlley will be heading up a committee to look at our paperwork retention policy. Sue Haupt and Beverly Lindsay will also be participating.
CORRESPONDENCE
The guild has received a thank you letter from CASA for our December donation and supporting their program with so many quilts during the year.
The Stephenville/Dublin area quilt guild will be holding a quilt show in October. Details will be posted in the newsletter.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sue Haupt has volunteered to be guild historian. Jenell Jones and Judy Fitzgerald will co-chair comfort quilts this year. Thank you for volunteering.
For the quilt show this year there will be a president’s mini-quilt challenge. There is a specific fabric that needs to be used in the quilt. These quilts will be donated to the mini-quilt auction at the quilt show.
Tonight we are starting a fat quarter raffle. Bring a fat quarter to the meeting and you will get a chance to win all of them. Each month will feature a different theme or color. This month is pink or red. Next month will be black and white. Each month’s color will be in the newsletter.
Comfort Quilts will be making some changes in how it operates. Fabric that has been donated has become a chal-lenge to manage and store. It will start to be distributed at guild meetings on the freebies table. Guild members are encouraged to make quilts out of their own stashes. Each member is asked to think about contributing two quilts to the program. A pamphlet is being developed with information on sizes and types of quilts.
STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS: Comfort Quilts Jenell Jones reported that 75 quilts have been distributed to various agencies. Eight are left. Thirty quilts are need-ed for children especially boys. Sixteen quilt kits were picked up at the meeting. Large quilts are being going to long armers for quilting. Beth Collins announced that she has contacts with an agency that is accepting yarn donations. Judy Fitzgerald is organizing the April Sew-In. Members can bring their own projects to work on for comfort quilts. The sew-in is April 19 starting at 2 p.m. Center of Hope Jeanie Garvin announced that the Center of Hope is requesting cash donations instead of canned goods. She en-couraged each member to bring one dollar for the donation pot. She shared a story of the impact of the Center of Hope on community members.
Minutes Cont. Programs and Workshops: Becky Keith and Nancy Martin Maggie Ball is coming in March with a trunk show and a kaleidoscope op art wall hanging workshop. The cost of the pattern is included in the workshop fee. Workshops are at Harberger Hill located at 701 Narrow Street. The March workshop will be on Saturday, April will be the annual comfort quilt sew-in. Sunshine and Shadows: Jean McBride Janette Duke had neck surgery but she will be at the retreat in March. Aileen Winstead’s husband Roy has the flu but is doing much better. Pam Sumpter, a nurse in White Settlement has been recognized for her quilts that she makes out of former patients clothes. Donna Motley was featured in Weatherford Now for her work in delivering quilts to Houston. Retreat: Susie Kirkland There are 32 people signed up for the retreat. Be sure to stop by the retreat table to pick up the block pattern for the group quilt project. There will also be a workshop on a French braid table runner. Quilt Show: Anita Ruthenberg The quilt show will be September 21-22.. The theme is Quilts in Bloom. It will be held at North Side Baptist Church. There is a challenge for the best representation of the theme. There will be a mini-quilt auction chaired by Judy McDonald. The guild will need volunteers for the county store, raffle baskets and the program. Show and Tell: Jean McBride Show and Tell started with members showing their wonky Dresden houses from the January workshop. Wall hang-ings, crib quilts and full sized quilts were shown. Membership: Janette Duke There were 73 members and 4 visitors present. One new member joined. Pascal won the hidden phrase contest. Marsha won the fat quarter raffle getting over 70 fat quarters. Program: Becky Klein Becky introduced Phyllis Thornton who presented a trunk show of her quilts. She described her loved of quilting in miniature and how she uses scraps and other quilting leftovers to create her tiny quilts. Michelle Lewis moved to adjourn the meeting at the end of the program. Happy Johns seconded the motion. The meeting was adjourned by Mary Williams at 8:45 pm Respectfully submitted. Lynn Main Secretary
2018 Programs and Workshops
March – Maggie Ball, Dragonfly Quilts
Program: “Innovative Quilts, Traditional Roots—Trunk Show”. This is a lecture with quilt show, reviewing Mag-gie’s years as a quilter including her experiences teaching kids to quilt and voluntary work in Mongolia—inspirations, growth, and evolution. Maggie began quilting in 1986 and enjoys creating her own designs from ele-ments of traditional patterns. She is an award winning national and international quilter. She has extensive teach-ing experience in the US and abroad, including many school children. She was instrumental in organizing quilting in Mongolia.
Workshop (Saturday, Mar. 17, North Side Baptist Church, 910 N. Main St.): “Op-Art Kaleidoscope”. You will create a small wall hanging, approximately 36 inches square, using a template-free, ruler-free method. The process involves making large kaleidoscope blocks that are cut into sections, rearranged, and them reassembled using only two fabrics. A simple process gives a stunning result. The pattern is available for $5 at the workshop.
See her website dragonflyquilts.com
April– Comfort Quilt Sew-In 2:00 PM. - 8:30 P.M. dinner will be provided.
May – Maria Hall, Charming Prints Quilting
Program: “No Pattern, No Problem”. Afraid of buying panels or large-scale fabric because you don’t have a pat-tern to fit it into? Some fabric is just too cute to be cut up into small pieces! In this trunk show of quilts, Maria will display a wide variety of quilts, from simple to complicated, small and large, that can be made without a pat-tern. You will be eager to visit the local quilt shop afterwards to purchase those panels and cute large-repeat fab-rics!
Workshop (Friday, May 18, North Side Baptist Church, 910 N. Main St.): “No Pattern, No Problem”. You will need to bring focus fabric and coordinating material. You will receive personal instruction and attention and may very well leave the workshop with a finished quilt!
See her website charmingprintsquilting.com
COMFORT QUILT SEW-IN
APRIL 19, 2018 2 P.M.
It’s time once again for our sew-in for Comfort Quilts. This year will be a little different. We will have some kits available but this year some of us will be bringing our own patterns and fabric from our stash to make the quilts that our charities really love. We are also asking that you com-plete the quilts before you turn them in. If you need help in the quilting of the smaller quilts, there are some members who do quilt on their domestic machines that can help.
So this year, we are listing the items that you need to bring:
1. Sewing machines
2. Sewing tools and supplies (rulers, thread, cutters, etc) extension cord
3. Sewing table (optional)
4. If you are bringing your own pattern and fabric, a suggestion is to have it cut before you come to the sew-in. Be sure to have enough fabric for the backing and binding. There will be fabric for you to take in addition to what kits will be available.
5. There will be patterns available at the March guild meeting for you to take and then pre-pare your project for the Sew In in April.
The room will be set up as it was for last years sew-in.
Dinner will be provided along with water.
2018 Quilt Show – Quilts in Bloom
We have 2 challenges going for the quilt show. First is the show theme challenge, your interpretation of the
theme “Quilts in Bloom”. Any size is eligible for this category, so anything goes. Let your imagination run
wild!
The second challenge is Mary’s Presidents Challenge. Fat eighths were distributed at the last guild meeting,
fabric to be used for a mini quilt. The mini quilt is to be donated to the miniature quilt auction at the show and
a ribbon will be awarded by our judge for the challenge. The quilts will then be sold in the auction. This is a
fun way to show your creativity.
We hope everyone will have quilt in the show. Please share your work to make our show our best. And re-
member, all quilts must have a sleeve.
Fat Quarter Raffle
Our first winner in the Fat Quarter Raffle was Marsha Corlley. She won 76 red and pink fat
quarters. For March the Raffle will Quilting Retreat be black and white fat quarters. Remem-
ber to bring your fat quarters and see how many you can win.
Good Luck to all
Sunshine and Shadows
Pam Sumpter welcomed a new grandbaby boy into the world on Feb. 20, 2018. His name is Evan Michael Sumpter. Pam now has 2 granddaughters and 2 grandsons. Betty New lost her husband, Roy February 27.
Comfort Quilts
Grace House, a Parker County non-profit that helps with pregnancy, needs quilts. QGPC typical-
ly donate about a dozen per month. Grace House needs infant theme size about 42” x 42”. Ba-
by colors (pink, blue, purple, yellow, green, brights, black, white and red.
Rock House Retreat 940-659-8134
www.rockhouseretreattx.com
Upcoming Retreats: Judy Niemeyer w/Denise Green as teacher $350 for 4 nights, with meals Mar 26th to 30th
Open Retreat-April 5th to 8th $250 for 3 nights, meals included
Open Retreat-May 17th to 20th $250 for 3 nights, meals included
Collage Retreat May 25th to May 28th $275 for 3 nights, meals included JoLynn O’Neil
Teaching.
Weekday Retreat July 23rd to 27th $275 for 4 nights, meals included
Professional Long-Arm Quilting and Embroidery 2-3 week turnaround
Evelyn Mathis 817-598-1357
Yvonne Wolfsen 817-597-1088 Marsha Corlley 817-629-0632
834 Meadow Lane
Weatherford TX 76087 [email protected]
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Bus. Card $7.00 $15.00
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To place an ad, contact Becky Klein at
817-341-6702 or
The Quilter’s Guild of Parker County, a
501c3 non-profit organization. It meets on
the third Thursday of each month at 6:30
pm for fellowship and 7pm~9pm for the pro-
gram/business meeting. Non-members
may attend twice as our guests. Member-
ship is open to anyone interested in quilts -
or quilting. Annual dues are $24.00. Call
Mary Williams 940-682-4631 for more infor-
mation.
March 15, 2018 7:00 pm
Youth Center
North Side Baptist Church
910 N. Main St
Weatherford, TX 76086
Quilter’s Guild of Parker County
PO Box 2022
Weatherford, TX 76086