Quilter’s Guild of Parker County

New Location: Grace First Prebyterian Church

606 Mockingbird Lane, Weatherford. TX.

Upcoming

Programs &

Events

2013

March

Moda “Bake Shop” Web

Site

Book Sale

April

Auction

Book Sale

May

Schoolhouse

Remember to

Bring

Bring a Friend

Name Tag

Item for Auction

Presidential Ponderings

Spring is coming! I love spring. I think because I grew

up in Michigan that after the many days of white snow

turning to gray slush I was hungry for color. My favorite

bouquet would be made up of spring flowers; bright yellow daffodils with

tulips of every color poked in around the wonderful smelling purple lilacs.

Spring is also a time when we think of spring cleaning. A couple of weeks

ago I was clearing off my sewing table and decided not to just stuff the

fabric in the closet but to actually put it away. Bob and I have a closet in

our sewing room with drawers in the bottom to stash smaller bits of fabric

and they are arranged by type and color (ex: Civil War, 30’s, florals, dark

blues, neutrals, etc.) I started going through the pile and sorting them and

some of the smaller scraps wound up in a bag and went to our grand-

daughters for them to play with. The larger pieces on the shelf were

sorted according to color family and some of those “what were we think-

ing when we bought that!” went into a pile for comfort quilts. Our fabric is

now neater plus some of the fabric we had forgotten about is now being

considered for future projects.

In the latest issue of “Quilt Life” there is a month by month suggestion on

how you can keep on top of the messes in your sewing room without tak-

ing too much time away from sewing.

Take 30 to 60 minutes once a month to tackle some project to make you

sewing space friendlier and not a place to be avoided. Maybe put away

and straighten all those threads you have used or look again through

quilting magazines you have bought and see if the patterns are actually

something you would make or is it time to pass that magazine along.

Sometimes you actually wind up ‘spring cleaning’ your mind and open it

up to new color combinations.

March 21, 2013 www.quiltersguildofparkercounty.org

QUILTER’S GUILD OF PARKER COUNTY

Guild Meeting February 21, 2013

A Sew-In was held for this meeting beginning at 2:30 pm at the Senior Center. The

Grace Presbyterian Church was not available due to a funeral. The books from

the library were on sale for $2.00 and $3.00 each. The bookcases and cabinets

were sold by bids.

The meeting was called to order by President Kathleen Poznick at 7:00 pm. Min-

utes by Myra Hall were published in the newsletter. Bob Poznick moved we accept

the minutes as printed, Grace Jackson seconded, motion carried. JoLynn O’Neil

has the treasurers report available.

Thanks to Anna Addington for being greeter this month. March greeters will be

Judy Bell and Lori Crawford.

Committee Reports: Andrea Killius is collecting second payment for retreat of

$138.50 tonight. Please bring your own name tag to retreat and do not arrive be-

fore noon.

Shawnna Durrett, vice president, stated in March we will have Angela Yost for

Moda Bake Shop as a program with a little surprise (board to bring baked goods).

The guild auction will be held in April and quilts are needed. May will be School

House.

Sunshine and Shadows: Anna Addington is the new person after Donna Williams

resigned due to health. Anna asked we keep Donna Williams in our prayers as she

will be having heart surgery. Shelly Pace thanks the members for sending her

“healing hearts”, and they have a third good report for her husband Harold. Anna

Addington’s daughter is not well, and Anna sold her home and is moving to another

house close by. Margery Churchville’s daughter is free of cancer and Margery is a

great-grandmother. Robin Bolin’s husband is in remission from cancer. Shirley

Robertson, a former member, is in need of prayers.

Exchange Bee

The Exchange Bee is currently trading uneven 9 patch blocks. These blocks are scrappy light and dark fabrics. This means that you can use the fabric you have on hand! We are making 22 small blocks a month. The instructions are posted in the files section on the yahoo groups website. We will be trading in March, May, June and July. If you would like to join us, we would love to trade blocks with you! I will also email the instructions if you cannot get them from the yahoo group website. Jo Lynn O’Neil jolynn.oneil@gmail.com 940-659-8134

Weatherford BEE Clubs

Blue Bonnet: meets every Thursday

Weatherford Public Library w/Donna

Napier, Bee Leader. Meets 10am ~

2pm

Library Quilters: 2nd Tuesday each

month 6pm ~ 8pm Weatherford Public

Library. Jean Garvin, Bee Leader.

Exchange Block Bee: 3rd Thursday

each month meets at 6:30, before Guild

Meeting.

Nu Bee: Meets the 2nd and 4th Fri-

day each month. Joyce Coney con-

tact person call for place and time 817-

594-3175

Worker Bee meets the 1st Saturday

each month at 834 Meadow Lane,

Weatherford 1pm to 4pm . Contact

Evelyn Mathis at 817-598-1357.

Busy Bee Meets the 3rd Wednesday of

each month 10am –2pm at 834

Meadow Lane, Weatherford. Contact

Evelyn Mathis at 817-598-1357

New Bee

We are considering starting a new bee. It would be a Bee for working on your own UFO (which will go along with the Guild’s UFO challenge). The Bee would meet on the 3rd and/or 1st Thursday 1pm-5pm. It would be an open Bee – meaning that anyone could come anytime – no regular set membership. The hope is that some of our out of town members would be able to come to town for the Guild meeting (and/or if they are on the board come to that meeting) early and join others for stitching and visiting. We are exploring options for a meeting place and will set that once we know how many of you would want to partici-pate. We would like to start in June if possible. Please contact Evelyn Mathis 817-598-1357 if you are interested. Judy Fitzgerald (jquilts.judy@gmail.com) phone 817-771-4325 is starting a Hand-work Bee the 3rd Tuesday of the month from 10 am to 4 pm in the classroom at Quazy Quilt Shop. Bring your lunch if stay-ing thru lunch. You may come and go at your pleasure during the time frame. Work on your own projects, have great fellowship and get things accomplished. Do not bring sewing machine.

AUCTION TIME IS DRAWING NEAR

April 18th will be our annual guild auction. This will be our main fundraiser of the

year. We need everyone’s helping making it a great auction.

Ways to help

Donate a quilt to be auctioned. Wall hanging to King size, it doesn’t matter what size.

Donate a few fat quarters for our raffle basket. There is no theme fabric or color for the basket, so dig into your stash and see what could be do-nated. Let’s have a huge basket for the raffle!

Donate items for the “Take it for $10.00”. Could you donate a gift certifi-cate to quilt a small comfort quilt for $10.00? Could you donate 2—3 yards of fabric in a bundle? How about a gift certificate to a local quilt shop? The money all goes to our guild for speakers and workshops.

Donate items for the $1.00 raffle. Maybe a kit that you bought and de-cided not to make, or blocks that never got put together. Could you make up a kit from your stash and never miss it? This is a great time to spring clean your sewing space and make space for more fabric.

Help set up the day of the auction. We need chairs arranged, quilts hung, people to help spot bidders, etc. Volunteer for whatever you can, please.

All items need to be given by the April 4th board meeting so that we have time to organize things.

Library News

The library sale is still going on, at the next Guild Meeting.

Sunshine and Shadow

SUNSHINE:

Tricia Fowlkes has 2 new baby goats. Luckily they weren’t born while she was at retreat!

Donna Williams had open heart surgery on Tuesday March 5. She is home now and doing well.

SHADOWS:

Shawnna Durrett’s brother-in-law had a pacemaker put in.

Evelyn Mathis’ daughter, Marsha, fell and broke her

elbow

Shirley Robinson, former member died.

Gwenna Lee Evans’ brother died.

Carrie Wallace sister died.

Leon’s

Quilting Woodworks

And Custom Orders

Birdfeeders $30

Domino Holders $10

Recipe Holders $6

Thread/Bobbin Holder $16

Ruler Holders $10

Sewing Pedal Saddle $25

Quilt Wall Holders $16

Sunflower Quilt Holder $25

Large Corner Quilt

Holder $25../ Small $16 Wall Thread Holders

Bottom row holds Bobbin's

Starts at $30

Custom orders with

different size threads

Call Nanda Hall 817-304-

4837 or my Dad (Leon

Beck) at

817-919-4478

nandah@sbcglobal.net

Sassy Angel Ad

Paid March/April/May

QGPC Executive Board 2012

President Kathleen Poznick 817-598-0760

Vice President Shawnna Durrrett 817-694-1966

Secretary Myra Hall 817-598-0422

Treasurer Jo Lynn O’Neil 940-659-2865

Past President Dianna Carter-Hinz 817-304-5681

Bee Keeper Evelyn Mathis 817-598-1357

Comfort Quilts Joyce Coney 817-594-3175 Joanna Swonger 817-594-2208

Finance Judy McDonald 817-732-8478

Historian Nanda Hall 817-304-4837

Membership Becky Klein 817-341-6702

Newsletter Marge Churchville 817-607-8151

Parliamentarian Joyce Coney 817-594-3175

Publicity Dianna Carter-Hinz 817-304-5681

Retreat Andrea Killius 817-441-2471

Quilt Ticket Sales Trish Fowlkes 682-229-8744

2013 Raffle Quilt Betty New 817-594-7905

Show & Tell Melanie Lindsey 817-597-4555

Sunshine and Shadow Anna Addington

The Quilter’s Guild of Parker County, a 501c3 non-profit or-

ganization , meets on the third Thursday of each month at

6:30pm~7pm for fellowship and 7pm~9pm for the program/

business meeting. We meet at the Grace First Presbyterian

Church of Weatherford. Nonmembers may attend twice as

our guests. The Executive board meets the first Thursday of

each month a 6:00pm at the Weatherford Public Library of

Weatherford. Members are welcome to attend. Membership

is open to anyone interested in quilts or quilting. Annual dues

are $24.00. For more information call 817-598-0760,

Kathleen Poznick

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Grace First Presbyterian Church

606 Mockingbird Lane

Weatherford, TX. 76086

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PO Box 2022

Weatherford, TX. 76086