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OFFICERS FOR 2016 President– Cathy Cox, 876-5200 V/P-Programs –Kathy Farrar, 635-1927 Secretary – Betty Williams, (314) 604-4388 Treasurer–Gail Banks, 671-2970 New Member Mentoring Coordinator – Chris Babich, 626-4460 Member-at-Large & AQS Books-Helen Williams ,637-4974 Coastal Women's Shelter –Mary Ann DeRossett, 638-5132 Historian –Gail Banks,671-2970 Nursing Home Quilts- Jan Penner, 652-7123 Children’s Charity Quilts-Lorraine Wocel. 636-3471 Military – Roberta (Bobbie) Gould, 288-4615 Sunshine- Claudia Hughes, 617-0533 Block of the month – Ed Dzioba – 638-8769 & Dorothy Najarian 847 308-9678
Librarian–Rosemary Trabucchi, 636-9473 Membership-& Hospitality Diana Rezab, 636-5919 Newsletter Editor & Newsletter Mailings Sandy Smith - 619-647-5515 [email protected] Fall Retreat – Chris Gillespie, 513-910-4937 Winter Retreat –Sue Kleeman 634-9055 Spring Retreat – Rosemary Trabucchi, 637-9473 Website –Ruth Powers, 634-9470, [email protected] Day of Sharing 2017 – Sandy Smith, (619) 647-5515 Quilt Show 2016 –OPEN Raffle Quilt Creation 2017-2018 – Ruth Powers, 634-9470 2018 Raffle Quilt Sales—Jan Penner, 652-7123 Community Service Coordinator – Alvina Diello, 638-8961 and Pat Phillips, 288-5625 Christmas Luncheon –Kathren Singleton, 671-1891
APRIL 2017
THE QUILTERS
QUILL Board Meeting April 6, 2017 Business Meeting April 13, 2017 www.twinriversquiltersguild.com
From the President
Don’t stop now!!! We’re just starting to Rock and Roll. (That’s a clue to our May Mystery!) So “Be there or be square”. On May 11, TRQG will host our First Annual Founder’s Day Celebration. Guests of honor will be original Guild members. We will meet in the Family Life Center for a brief business session, show and tell, a Pot Luck luncheon and entertainment. I am truly heartened by your response to support our major event planning efforts. We now have all leadership positions for both Day of Sharing, History Center Exhibit and Quilt Show 2018 filled with a dream team of talent and enthusiasm. We are having a banner year. Our charity donations in the first quarter of 2017 exceeded our entire donation of community quilts for 2016. In addition, there seems to be something for everyone to learn whether with our nationally known speaker in June or our monthly member-lead “Break Out” workshops. What a resounding “Yes” you gave to meet and exceed our Guild’s goals. With your amazing commitment and generosity, we can do anything! Have a Hoppy and Holy Easter and Passover!
Cathy
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VP of Programs
AQS Just a reminder if you want books I can order at 30 % off. Helen Williams –
COASTAL WOMEN’S
Mary Ann DeRossett 252-638-5132
HISTORIAN
If you have pictures you would like to share
please send them to Gail Banks
Twin Rivers Quilters Guild is now on Facebook! Visit https://www.facebook.com/TwinRiversQuiltersG
uild and Like us. Admin for our Facebook page is currently Lynn Peck-Collins. Email information and photos of events to [email protected] or text me 410-302-2929 and it will be posted! Lynn Peck-Collins
MILITARY
QUILTS
For our new members, military quilt
donations go to support the Air Force
Air Evac mission in Germany. The quilts
you donate accompany wounded/injured
military on their flight back to the States.
These quilts need to be approximately
40"x60" without pattern restriction. The
only request is that they do not look too
"fru-fru". The quilts for the Veterans
Home in Kinston can be lap quilt to twin
bed size. Just a reminder that quilts should
have a guild tag affixed to the quilt. Thanks, Bobbie Gould
NURSING HOME QUILTS
Nursing Home Quilts. I received a
total of 16 quilts. Not all have
been signed, but I thank you all
very much. Keep them coming.
Hugs, Jan
Yours truly,
Jan Penner
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CHILDREN CHARITY QUILTS
This month I received 7 quilts from the following members: Alvina Diello 1, Ruth Powers 1, Nancy Hausman 1, Paula Paganucci 2, Sandra Egolf 1, and Mystery 1. Last month I received 11 quilts and I delivered 6 to the Women's Shelter and 5 to Hope Family services ( with a request for more boy type quilts). I took 5 1/2 gallon size bags of pull tabs to the Ronald McDonald Home. Thanks, Lorraine Wocel
BLOCK OF THE MONTH The winner of the March block
was Adah Walker she received
19 blocks. This months block is
an applique Pansy on a cream
fairy frost 10 1/2 inch block.
The flower is your choice of
colors. This block will be due at
our June meeting.
Aloha.
Ed Dzioba (252-638-8769) and
Dorothy Najarian (847-308-
9678)
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LIBRARY
From the Library:
Three new books have been added to the Guild Library: World of Quilts 25 Modern Quilts by
Cassandra Ellis; Learn to Paper Piece by Nancy Mahoney and Kaleidoscope Paper Piecing by Nancy Mahoney We would like to focus on acquiring DVD's for the Library this year, If you have a request, or a recommendation, please contact Rosemary.
DONATIONS Bring your hotel/motel soaps, shampoos
and lotions to the guild to be given to
Religious Community Services (RCS) by
Alvina Diello. Or if you choose, you can
take your donations directly to RCS.
They are located at 919 George Street,
New Bern and also are in charge of the
homeless shelter and soup kitchen.
RCS does not sell anything that is
donated to them - they give it to the
needy or use it in the soup kitchen.
They also take household items as well
as furniture. They have a van and will
come and pick up large items. Thank
you for your thoughtfulness and caring
for those less fortunate.
Alvina Diello
DAY OF SHARING
Spark Your
Creativity using tools of the trade
Committee Members Chair – Sandy Smith
Vice Chair – Suzie Hardy
Invites – Diana Rezab
Food – Sue Marra
Decorations – Linda Re
Door Prizes – Katherine Singleton
Table Favorites/Gifts- Pat Boni
Meet and Greet – Kathy Farrar
Vanna – Show girls –Sandra Egolf
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We have a Day Of Sharing workshop
scheduled for Thursday April 27th to
make our table favors. We need your help
and this is a good way to earn one point
towards the Symposium Scholarship.
SUPPLY LIST Bring your sewing
machine and sewing supplies. Additional
supplies needed are 10” squares in bright
solids such as greens, blues, reds, orange,
yellows, pinks purples also bring a bobbin
in white, one in red and black. Your spool
of threads should coordinate with the
colors of your 10” squares. If you have
scrapes of cotton batting we need precut
9 ½” squares. Bring a lunch and we will
have some fun. Hope to see everyone
there.
Got any “TIPS OR TRICKS” to save time or money or make the job easier when quilting? Send me an e-mail [email protected] and we will share with all. Don’t forget to put TRQG in title box.
TIPS OR TRICKS FOR MONTH
Got any “GETTIN RID OF or LOOKIN 4”? Send me an e-mail and I’ll
post it in newsletter [email protected] with all the
information. Be sure to put in the title TRQG or I will not open it if I
don’t recognize your e-mail address. In addition, as a member you
may also advertise for FREE once a year anything you would like to
SELL. After that, the fee is $25.00.
Business Meeting Etiquette
In the interest of expediting our meetings, keep the flow going, and showing respect to each other, the following will be implemented. Our bylaws state that we conduct meetings following Roberts Rules of order, therefore if you would like to speak to the membership, raise your hand, be recognized, give your name and state your business. In order to try to make the meeting shortened, please try to arrive 30 minutes early (9:30am) to do your sign in, get Block of the month, take care your procedural items before the meeting is called to order at 10:00am. That we can have your full-undivided attention for the meeting, eliminate confusion, and make the meeting shorter. Thank you,
The Guild would like to award two scholarships
each year to the North Carolina Quilt
Symposium.
Symposium is held each year in early June at
various college campuses throughout the state.
Guild members have attended many held at
Peace College in Raleigh, and as far away as
Flat Rock in the western part of the State.
Symposium faculty are drawn from major
quilt teachers from around the world. The
teachers share room and board with the
students in the campus housing. A vendor
mall and quilt show are part of the four day
event. Arrival begins on Thursday afternoon
followed by a ‘meet the teachers’ gathering and
book sale held in the evening. Classes and
workshops begin on Friday and continue thru
Sunday morning, with closing ceremonies at
lunch on Sunday.
Our Scholarships will cover full Symposium
tuition and room and board.
Awarding of the scholarships will be by a
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lottery, criteria for entries in the lottery will
include:
One point to each member of the
Guild.
One additional point for each
Community Service Quilt
completed.
One additional point for Board and
Committee membership.
One additional point for service to
the Guild such as presentation of
‘Break Out Sessions”
During Quilt Show years, one
additional point will be given for
paid return of each set of $20 of
Raffle Quilt tickets.
Additional points to be awarded at
the discretion of the Board. Scholarship lottery will take place at the
Holiday luncheon.
MENTORING COMMITTEE Welcome newbies! The goal of the mentorship committee is to welcome each new member. We are there to assist new members in understanding the fun and opportunities of being a TRQG member. If you have recently joined then WELCOME! We are happy you have joined our wonderful guild. Expect a phone call or email so you can start to find out about all the wonderful things we are involved in. If you have any questions, please email Chris Babich at [email protected] or call at 252-626-4460.
COMMUNITY SERVICES Community Service Quilts Workshop
For our challenge, we had 39 quilters sign up. We received
42 quilts back!!! The winners of the cash
prizes were Ed Dzioba, Gail Schiller and Becky Barnes.
Congratulations to you and thank you to all that
participated. We will not have a Community Services
workshop this month. Instead, there will be a workshop
on Day of Sharing gifts. Our next Community Services
workshop will be on May 25. Ladies:..We are issuing a
challenge for community service quilts. We want you to
pick two fabrics out of the bag (no peeking). Pat and
Alvina will have the bag of fabric at stitch n chat if you
missed the January meeting.We want you to make a
charity quilt of your choosing and the size of your
choosing. This can be for children, nursing home or
stretcher quilts.
Rules: You must use all of the fabric you pick (this can be
on the back as well). You can use any pattern. It must be
quilted with binding finished. You can machine sew the
binding down. Please sign your name when you pick the
material. Then when your quilt is finished and you give it
to Pat Phillips or Alvina Diello, your name will go into a
drawing. After you finish your first quilt, you may pick
another 2 fabrics and when finished, your name will go
into the drawing a second time.
This challenge ends at the April general meeting at which
time we will pick 3 names out of the bag for a prize. You
can only win once. If you make 2 quilts, your name goes in
the bag twice. If you make 3 quilts, your name goes in the
bag 3 times.
If you have any questions, please contact. Contact - Pat
Phillps 288-5625 or Alvina Diello 638-8961
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Kitty Pillows Ladies, this has been a bonus month for
kitty pillows. After the meeting I took to
the Sun Journal 13 pillows. Thanks so
much to Pat Boni-1, Alvina Diello-2,
Nancy Hausman-1, Marie Garber-2, and
Phyllis Prideaux-7. Phyllis's pillows were
made from her quilting-practice
sandwiches. A great idea!! A big thanks
to Chantal Heustis who made
and distributed 18 kitty pillows herself to
two shelters. Beverly Nicholson made 4
pillows that she brought with her from
Charlotte. Talk about busy women.
Thanks to all of you!
Ruth Powers
THREAD ORDER Thread Order Alvina Diello - 638-8961 - will be taking thread orders. See me at stitch n chat.
FALL RETREAT
It is now official, Chris Gillespie is the
Chairman of the show, along with
co-chairs, Linda Bory and Phyllis
Prideaux. We are all very excited
and almost all the Committee
Chairs/Co-Chairs have been
identified. Activities have already
started. It is now about 550 days to
showtime.
Our branded show name, BEE BY THE
RIVER 2018, will continue and we will
have a new show theme of “Seasons
of Quilts”. As usual, quilts of all sizes,
designs and themes are desired in
our main show. There may be some
enhancements in the judging/show
categories but I would expect them
to remain the same. We will be
looking for around 250 quilts to
display, so now is the time to start
planning and making your quilts. I
would also like to suggest that you
get together with your friends and
define your own group small
challenge where you EACH work
together to each create a row by
row, medallion, or some other plan
where you create a quilt which all of
you work on. If you would like, we
can share how this process would
work at a Business Meeting. Just let
me know if this is something you are
interested in.
Our theme , “Seasons of Quilts” , will
be reflected in our Challenge Quilts,
our Show Banners, our Special Exhibit
and in our special raffle – “In the Bag
or on the Table”. For example, the
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Show Banners that will hang from the
lights fixture in the entrance hallways
will reflect the Fall Season – fall
colors, leaves, pumpkins, witches,
turkeys, etc.. We will be looking for
members to help make the 22
banners required. Marty Dzioba will
be sharing more information.
Pam Bonina and Chris Babich will be
responsible for the rules for the
Challenge Quilts. These will also be
based on a seasonal theme. The
Challenge will be announced at the
June Business Meeting.
The Special Exhibit will be a chance
to display all the beautiful “Holiday”
or Seasonal quilts we have made
over the years. These can be quilts,
wall hangings, table runners, or
quilted decorations. Lilly Lucier will
be chairing this activity.
Finally, the “In the Bag or on the
Table” will be raffle items reflecting
beautiful bags, table runners,
placemats, etc with a seasonal
theme. Judy Frankel will be chairing
this activity.
So start planning and making your
quilts for our Show.
Questions or comments to Chris
Gillespie – 513-910-4937 or
Linda Bory - 252-572-5349 or
Phyllis Prideaux – 252-288-4186 or
FYI
Community workshops free In-house workshops $2 Special workshops $10 Professional workshops $20 Membership $30 (after July 1) $15 Newsletter ads $25 ea One (1) free per year to members
Those who collect money for TRQG should be
aware of good financial practices: 1) Money collected should be turned on the day collected 2) A list of people should be turned in with the money 3) Please use checks for all except $2 community classes 4) If the treasurer gives you a check, please cash it asap 5) No one but the treasurer should be depositing into our account Thanks WEBSITE: If you have a problem with getting the
newsletter from the website to your computer, start with several things first. Make sure your Adobe Reader is updated. It is free. Karen Dodd suggested if you exclusively use a particular search engine, ie, Google, then try another search engine, ie, Yahoo or Google Chrome. If you are still having a problem, Karen said you could contact her. Thanks.
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TRQG 2017 CALENDAR
APR 2017
Apr 20 9:30-11:30 Stitch n chat/Breakout Soft Ports for cancer patients Supply list on page12
Apr 27 9:30-11:30 Day of Sharing Workshop By Pat Boni - Bring sewing machines and lunch supply list on page 5
MAY 2017
May 4 9:30-11:30 Board Meeting Stitch n chat
May 11 10:00-12:00 Business Meeting Founders Day Celebration Pot Luck in Family Life Center
May 18 9:30-11:30 Stitch n chat Breakout Improve #2 with Phyllis
May 19 9:00-1:30 Beginners Workshop Contact Sandra Egolf
May 25 9:30-1:30 Community Service Workshopn chat Bring Sewing Machines and Lunch
JUN 2017
Jun 1 9:30-11:30 Board Meeting Stitch n chat
Jun 8 10:00-12:00 Business Meeting with lecture by Bethanne Nemesh “Walk a Creative Path”
Jun 8 1:30-5:00 Bethanne Nemesh Workshop
“If you can feather you can freehand” Broad Street Christian Church Please arrive 30 minutes early No machine required Please arrive 30 minutes prior to workshop
Jun 9 8:30-1:00 Bethanne Nemesh Workshop
“The Devil is in the Details” Please arrive 30 minutes prior to class at Tabernacle.
Jun 15 NO Stitch n chat Vacation Bible School
Jun 22 9:30-11:30 Community Service Workshop Bring sewing machine and lunch
Jun 29 9:30-11:30 Stitch n chat/Breakout With Chris Babich – Quilters Assessments
JUL 2017
Jul 6 9:30-11:30 Board Meeting Stitch n chat
Jul 13 10:00-11:30 NO Business Meeting Yes Stitch n chat
Jul 20 9:30-11:30 Stitch n chat
Jul 27 9:30-11:30 Stitch n chat
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AUG 2017
Aug 3 9:30-11:30 Board Meeting Stitch n chat
Aug 10 10:00-11:30 Business Meeting Please arrive 30 minutes early
Aug 17 9:30-11:30 Stitch n chat/Breakout Alvina Diello Notion Bags
Aug 24 9:30-11:30 Community Service Workshop Bring sewing machine and lunch
Aug 31 9:30-11:30 Day of Sharing Workshop
SEP 2017
Sep 7 9:30-11:30 Board Meeting Stitch n chat
Sep 14 10:00-12:00
Business Meeting with Lecture by Linda Hahn Lecture TBD Please arrive 30 minutes early
Sep 14 1:30-5:00 Half Day Class with Linda Hahn TBD Broad Street Christian Church
Sep 15 8:30-4:00 Linda Hahn Class TBD
Sep 21 9:30-11:30 Stitch n chat
Sep 28 9:30-11:30 Community Service Workshop Bring sewing machines and lunch
OCT 2017
Oct 5 9:30-11:30 Board Meeting Stitch n chat
Oct 12 10:00-11:30 Business Meeting
Oct 19 9:30-11:30 Day of Sharing Workshop TBD
Oct 26 9:30-11:30 Community service workshop Bring sewing machines and lunch
Oct 28 8:30-3:00 DAY OF SHARING Family Life Center
NOV 2017
Nov 2 9:30-11:30 Board Meeting Stitch n chat
Nov 5-10 Fall Retreat Clam Digger Inn: Chris Gillespie and Dorothy Najarian
Nov 9 9:30-11:30 Stitch n chat Business Meeting rescheduled to Nov16
Nov 16 10:00-11:30 Rescheduled Business Meeting
Nov 23 THANKSGIVING
Nov 30 9:30-11:30 Stitch n chat
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DEC 2017
Dec 7 9:30-11:30 Board Meeting Stitch n chat
Dec 14 11:30- Holiday Luncheon
Dec 21 9:30-11:30 Stitch n chat
Dec 28 9:30-11:30 Stitch n chat
2017 QUILT SHOWS, FESTIVALS AND EVENTS:
Apr 21, 2017 Carolina Pine Needles Quilt Guild Day Of Sharing May 19-20, 2017 Crystal Coast Quilters’ Guild Quilt Show Crystal Coast Civic Center, Morehead City, NC
Sep 22-23, 2017 GreenvilleQuilters Guild Biennial Quilt Show, First Christian Church, Greenville, NC www.greenvillequiltesguild.com
NC Quilt Symposium information has been published on the Durham Orange Quilters website. The earliest submission date is January 21, 2017. Here is the website for class information and forms. http://www.durhamorangequilters.org/symposium2017/
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Light Box for sale - $100 The unit measures 5"high by 20x20 ft wide the top is a thick frosted acrylic top that withstands scuffing and staining. The Lumina features an on/off switch with a 6 ft cord. It sits on a turntable. Cost is $100. Contact Diana Rezab at 252-636-5919 or [email protected]
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Wall hanging quilt rack, 66", hand crafted, hinged so binding can slide through and be tightened.
$55.00
Karen Dodd
229-2033
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