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Volume 27, Issue 3
March, 2018
Quips and Quotes
Wildflower Quilt Guild Newsletter
A Note From the WQG Pres ident
Greetings from sunny Cancun, Mexico! Did that get your
attention?
Thought we needed a bit of cheery news, since the past
several weeks have been cold, dreary and wet, to some
extent. Not enough rain thus far, and we keep praying we
will get some of that much needed wet stuff. My bulbs
have awakened in my garden, but I am fearful the wild-
flowers this year will not make much of a showing due to
the lack of rain. Well, we shall have to enjoy what we
have.
Have you been thinking about that quilt you will be enter-
ing the quilt show next year? Now is the time to get
those gears a-moving, and those creative juices flowing.
We might well have some top winners in our guild. It is
exciting to think about entering a piece in the show. Sta-
cy and I are excited already, and have already had mem-
bers volunteering to help, which is always a good sign.
It was so good to see everyone last Tuesday, and we
missed those of you not able to make it. It was a long
time between the December Christmas party and the
March WQG Program & workshop
February guild meeting. I am looking forward to the pro-
gram on buttons next month, and encourage you to join in
our monthly meeting.
One last thing. Kathryn Hermans, the first president of our
guild, has been busy getting the Temple Children’s Muse-
um up and running. The museum is hosting the Texas
Wildlife Exhibit at the Bell County Museum in May. One
of the enrichment stations will teach students about ani-
mal camouflage in the wild. They will have the opportuni-
ty to select animal figurines and create a camouflage dio-
rama using scraps of fabric modeling the sky, water, and
various terrain. She asked if any members of our guild
might consider donating any fabric for the exhibit. She
will be coming to the March meeting, and if you have any
fabric she could use, and it can be any color, please bring
it.
In closing, did you know I have a PHD in quilting? Yep,
projects half done. Hope to get some of them completed
this year. Happy stitching,
Mary Ann
I hope you enjoyed Connie Duffey's Machine Quilt-
ing program as much as I did!. There were
10 of us that took her workshop! The work-
shop gave me the confidence to know I
can quilt on my home machine! It will take
lots of practice and I won't be as good as
she is, but I will be able to quilt more of my
own quilts!
March 20 program is by Janice Canard.
Janice is a member of the Central Texas
Button Club and her program is "Buttons,
Miniature Works of Art". She is bringing buttons, visuals
and will also have some buttons for pur-
chase.
March 21 workshop will be "Sew Day"! I
will have some sample blocks using but-
tons for embellishment. You can work on
your own project, or bring fabric scraps or
fat quarters and also some buttons if you
want to make some decorative blocks for
yourself. I will have a some patterns you
can use. $5 fee for workshop.
Income & expense March Birthdays
Kay Lewis ........................................... 3/4
Cindy Petersen ................................... 3/9
Joyce Steglich .................................. 3/10
Bonnie Oltmann ............................... 3/13
Sandi Brakemeier ............................. 3/15
Diane Ege ........................................ 3/17
Ruth Ellen Fise ................................. 3/20
Diane Hall ......................................... 3/24
Janice Walker ................................... 3/25
Cindy Moore ..................................... 3/28
Michelle Mears ................................. 3/29
IF YOUR BIRTHDAY IS IN MARCH,
PLEASE BRING 1/2 YARD OF
COTTON FABRIC
TO THE MARCH GUILD MEETING FOR
OUR BIRTHDAY FABRIC DRAWING.
MEMBERS PURCHASE CHANCES TO
WIN THE FABRIC FOR 25 CENTS
EACH.
THE MONEY COLLECTED IS USED TO
PURCHASE BATTING FOR DONATION
OPERATING ACCOUNT
Beginning Balance $14,516.32
Membership 705.00
Birthday Fabric 3.50
Charm Sq. Drawing 11.00
TOTAL DEPOSITS 719.50
Officer Installation 33.73
TOTAL EXPENSES 33.73
ENDING BALANCE 12/31/17 $15,202.09
SHOW ACCOUNT
Beginning Balance $5,211.46
Deposit to wrong acct. 67.09
TOTAL DEPOSITS 67.09
ENDING BALANCE 12/31/17 $5,278.55
Hospital ity
If you are not currently in a bee (or even if you are) and would like to sign up to bring food to a guild meeting, please con-
tact Peggy Mathis at [email protected]. Our eight bees take care of the snacks for eight of the eleven months, but
we still need to fill up the kitchen with food those other three months.
REFRESHMENT SCHEDULE FOR 2018
March .................................................................................... Knotty Quilters & Initials P - S
April .................................................................................. Sew Creative Bee & Initials A - D
May ....................................................................................................... Loose Threads Bee
June ......................................................................................................................................
February donations
I want to thank everyone for the February donations. You
really help more people than you will ever know.
We collected:
Soda tabs & misc. bath items for Ronald Macdonald House
19 Chemo Quilts
22 Linus Blankets
29 Pillowcase
27 Baby Hats
Jamie Lee Williams
Membership News
The February Door Prize winners were:
• Stacy Clady
• Dovie Fowler
• Inge Tschoerner
February door prizes were donated by:
Sewing Basket
Temple Sew and Quilt
Simply Fabrics
Come learn how you can create very accurate half-square
triangles in record time using the HSTSystem method. This
very fun and easy method is faster than the Bias Strip meth-
od, the popular 8-At-A-Time method, and there’s no paper
tearing!
We might change the way you make quilts forever.
Join us to see for yourself!
Where: Crossroads of TX Quilt Guild Meeting -
Harker Heights Methodist - 208 West Cardinal Lane
When: Monday, March 12 - 7:00 pm
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Beginner’s Luck Workshop
March 20 - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
This workshop is jam packed with some very unique meth-
ods for making perfect rapid-fire quilt tops and more.
First you will have a hands-on experience learning how to
take full advantage of the HSTSystem stencils. We promise
this is not just another half-square triangle
tool. You will enjoy immediate success
while having fun!
Then you’ll dive into making an easy quilt
pattern designed especially for this work-
shop, Beginner’s Luck. This pattern is full of
half-square triangles. We think it’s a great
workshop project.
(contact Carol Fischer for more information
if you are interested)
Killeen Quilt Guild
Because we had two months of charm squares in
February, some members brought just January
squares, some members brought just February
squares, and others brought both sets, there
was a mix up with getting the fair amount of squares
to everyone. Apologies for that. I have a few charm
square packs that were not
picked up after the meeting
and some extra charm
squares that you may have
to compensate for the con-
fusion.
Please see me at the March
meeting and we will get this
straightened out.
Please continue to participate
in charm squares. And please use a gallon zip lock
bag clearly marked with your name for this activity.
Kathy Jordan
Charm Square confusion
2018 Challenges
2018 – THE YEAR OF CHALLENGES
The first 3 challenges of the year began in January.
• The Annual Guild Challenge will require that you buy
a fat quarter from the Challenge Coordinators for $3.
The quilt must be made with black, white, black &
white or white & black fabrics and the one colored fat
quarter. It can be no smaller on any side than 25”
and no longer on any side than 48.” Voting will be
held in November. Further rules will be available.
• The Donation Challenge will require that you use a
free kit available at the Community Services table and
follow the other requirements listed in the kit.
• The first ever Art Quilt Challenge will feature the
theme, “I love……” This challenge was inspired by
the program we had in 2017 presented by Rita Schor-
man from Waco. These will be small quilts (exactly
11” x 14”) and should represent something or some-
one that you love.
Members are encouraged to try their skills on at least one
challenge this year but you are more than welcome to do
them all. Please remember that you must have a book
from the guild library and you must follow the rules for
each challenge that pertains to the book.
The February meeting introduced us to Connie Duffey.
Connie presented a program on “Quilt Wrestling”, a very
informative presentation on machine quilting and a trunk
show. The following day, Connie held a workshop at
Grace Presbyterian Church.
DO YOU HAVE BACK PROBLEMS?
Your back needs rest and variety of movement. If you plan to quilt all day, you must vary your activities.
1. Stand to iron and then sit to sew.
2. Stand to rotary cut.
3. Move to a recliner to do handwork.
4. Motrin and Advil will make the situation worse. Tylenol is better but can lead to other problems.
5. Take a 10-minute break every hour to stretch.
(*Rx for Quilters by Susan Delaney Mech, M.D.)
For quilters . . .
February Meeting
Three Quilting Tips
“WE CARE” BEE
The We Care Bee (for making dona-
tion items) will meet on Wednesday,
March 7 at 9 a.m. at Grace Presbyteri-
an Church. There will be kits and bat-
ting available. Members or friends
who knit and crochet are always wel-
come to join the quilters.
PRECUTS
Many precut shapes have PINKED EDGES to pre-
vent fraying. Use the outermost edge of the pink-
ing to gauge seam allowances.
Other News
PROJECT LINUS
The total number of quilts and blankets distributed by the
Bell County Chapter of Project Linus recently reached
30,000. These quilts and blankets go to children in need
in Bell, Coryell, and McLennan counties, Ft. Hood, and
other areas such as Hurricane Harvey relief.
MEMBERSHIP DUES
The new year brings a new membership drive. All mem-
bers must renew their membership for $30, just print a
membership form off of our website or pick up a form from
Sandy Meeker at the sign in table at the guild meetings.
Please try your best to renew of join by March so that your
information will make it into our WQG Yearbook.
2018 GUILD YEARBOOK
We will have a guild yearbook again this year. Individual
member information will be taken from the membership
sheets to include in the yearbook. If you want to be listed
as a quilter for hire or for free, if you are in charge of pro-
grams, the calendar, refreshments, or if you have any oth-
er information that we need to share with all members,
please be sure to get the information to Cindy Moore.
APPLIQUÉ PATTERNS
Look for appliqué pattern ideas in scroll saw pattern
books. You will find both plain
and fancy designs with clean, un-
complicated
outlines.
SAVE YOUR SCRAPS!
Nothing is too small to be useful! Use tiny scraps and
selvages to stuff toys or pillows.
MARCH Block of the Month - luck o’ the Irish
Any questions give me a call
Ruth Ellen Fise - 304-639-4316
(E & F)
Future WQG Programs & Workshops
Cut 24 – 6” squares of 100%
cotton fabric (selvages re-
moved). Stack Charm Squares
by offsetting each layer by ¼
turn – (this makes it easier for us
to distribute the squares). Put
the Charm Squares in a Ziploc
bag with your name it, drop the
bag off at the Charm Square ta-
ble before the start of the guild
meeting and remember to pick your bag up at the end of
the guild meeting. You will have a wonderful variety of 6”
fabric squares to work with.
Charm Squares
• MARCH - Program, Tuesday, March 20 ........................................... Buttons, Miniature Works of Art - Janice Canard
Workshop, Wednesday, March 21 ...................................................................... Sew your own or Make a button block
• APRIL - Program, Tuesday, April 17 ..............................................................Quilt Stories - David & Kathy Ciambrone
Workshop, Wednesday, April 18 ........................................................................................... Quilted ID/Badge Holders
• MAY - Program, Tuesday, May 15 ............. Hand Appliqué//trunk show - Lisa Martin, Michelle Weller, Diamond Bees
Workshop, Wednesday, May 16 ............................................................................................................. Hand Appliqué
• JUNE - Program, Tuesday, June 12....................................................................................... Donation Quilt Challenge
Workshop, Wednesday, June 13 .................................................................................................................. Get Started
• JULY - Program, Tuesday, July 17 ................................................................................... Quilts of Valor - Stacy Clady
Workshop, Wednesday, July 18 ................................................................................................... Quilts of Valor Blocks
• AUGUST - Program, Tuesday, August 21 ............................... Machine Embroidery Marries Quilts - Brenda Jeschke
Workshop, Wednesday, August 22 .............................................................................. Machine Embroidery into Quilts
• SEPTEMBER - Program, Tuesday, September 18 .................................. School House/Techniques - Guild Members
Workshop, Wednesday, September 19 ............................................................................................................ Sew Day
• OCTOBER - Program, Tuesday, October 16 ............................................................ Wool Appliqué - Connie Thurston
Workshop, Wednesday, October 17 ........................................................................................................ Wool Appliqué
• NOVEMBER - Program, Tuesday, November 13 ................................................................................ WQG Challenge
• DECEMBER - Program, Tuesday, December 18 ....................................................................... WQG Christmas Party
March .............................................................Texas
April ............................................................. Flowers
May ................................................... Black & White
June ........................................................... Patriotic
July ................................................... Summer Days
August ................................................ College Days
September .............................................. Fall Batiks
October ............................................................ Blue
November .............................................. Polka dots
December .................................................... Stripes
President .......................................... Mary Ann Everett
1st Vice President ........................................ Diane Hall
2nd Vice President ............................... Ruth Ellen Fise
Secretary ................................................. Carolyn Insall
Treasurer ...................................................... Diane Ege
Co-Treasurer .......................................... Janice Forney
Parliamentarian ..................................... Jamie Williams
Activities .................................................. Kathy Jordan
Block of the Month ............................. Ruth Ellen Fise
Challenges ............................................. Cindy Moore
Charm Squares ................................... Karolyn Booth
Birthday Fabric ............................... LeaAnn Schnack
UFOs ..................................................... Dovie Fowler
Quilter Pals ............................................... Lisa Martin
Communications ..................................... Carol Fischer
Historian ............................................... Kathy Jordan
Facilities .................................................. Peggy Mathis
Membership ........................................... Sandy Meeker
Quilt Show .................................................. Stacy Clady
• WQG MEETINGS are held the third Tuesday of each
month at First United Methodist Church in Temple.
• QUILT GUILD MEMBERSHIP is open to anyone inter-
ested in quilts or quilting. Annual dues are $30.00,
with special rates for Juniors. Members receive the
guild’s newsletter, attend monthly meetings and spe-
cial events and enjoy many other opportunities.
• SUBMISSIONS to the newsletter are due the Friday
after the monthly meeting. Send submissions to:
WILDFLOWER QUILT GUILD 4905 ASCOT PARKWAY TEMPLE, TX 76502
www.wildflowerquiltguild.org
THE WILDFLOWER QUILT GUILD is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the art of quilting and providing
an opportunity for sharing ideas and learning new techniques.