Happy (almost) Spring!
I hope you all are enjoying the lovely weather as much as I am! I'm looking forward to seeing you all on Tuesday. The meeting will start promptly at 6:30. As a reminder, our meetings are scent free. We will do a 50/50 raffle this month. We will also plan for show and tell if time permits. A special thank you to Cindy Ryan and her committee for a flamazing retreat. They went above and beyond to provide a fun and memorable weekend! See you soon! Melody H., president Upcoming meetings: March Guild Meeting – Tuesday, March 12 at 6:30pm Unfortunately, due to a medical emergency, Deb Porter will not be able to join us this month, but we are hopeful for her to reschedule very soon – we will keep you posted! However, we are excited that one of our other planned speakers will be able to join us this month instead! Kira Hartley Klinger of Jackson Center, OH is the owner and curator behind the shop DodOddity, a five-star shop on Etsy. We’ll take a journey into Kira’s life as she shares a chapter from her book. Then, join in as she demonstrates some of the differences between vintage and modern fabric and learn a bit about dating textiles and ways that they can be repurposed into unique and one-of-a-kind quilts and projects. She will have a set up to shop from her collection, plus copies of her book Fabric Wars and she’ll even have free giveaways to enter! View more details on our calendar here. April Guild Meeting – Tuesday, April 9 at 6:30pm Join us for Linda Hahn’s ‘New York State of Mind’ lecture and trunk show, showcasing how versatile the New York Beauty block can be! She will be hosting 2 great workshops on April 10 and April 11. View more details here. From the Vice President & Workshops: Although our workshops for Deb Porter are postponed, we are keeping our space booked for a couple great days of open sewing for our charities and a new member tea times! We will have various options for several community projects. We will be at Bethel Community Church available from 10am – 5pm and anyone can come and go as they would like. Address is 4400 Osborn Rd. Medway, OH 45341. Pat & Mary Ann are sending out invites this week to new members to join. We are inviting current and previous members to assist as friends and mentors, so if you are interested, please let Mary Ann know! We also still have openings for our May and June speaker’s workshops. Stop by the workshops table to sign up before our meeting. During our meeting, Melody and Mary Ann will also review our workshop policies for both rebooked and currently booked workshops. Thank you, Mary Ann C., Vice President Quilts of Valor Hope everyone is enjoying these few days of nice weather! If you have a quilt that you are putting binding on and hand sewing, please bring it to this meeting or contact Patty to coordinate another time. Our upcoming sew-ins are below. Please contact me by email if you plan to attend any sew-ins. March:
Retreat The 2024 retreat was a great time! Mother Nature tried to give us issues, but everyone was able to get there. Melody H. and Karen P. will be heading up the retreat next year! We have a great group of volunteers on the retreat committee that help, and we would love for even more new people to volunteer too. Let one of us know if you’d like to volunteer. I have a lot of precious memories from the retreat and am looking forward to making more next year. Thanks, Cindy R., Retreat Chair Guild Sew-ins Did you know regular sew-ins are held at the Fairborn Senior Center? For non-guild members, the cost is $2, but for guild members it’s only $1! We meet every Monday from 11am – 4pm, plus the second and fourth Fridays of the month from 11am – 4pm. Come join the fun! Events in the community: On Monday, April 8, the Pieceful Stitchers Quilt Club is hosting Debbie Strain, Moda fabric designer, at the Sulphur Grove United Methodist Church – 7505 Taylorsville Road, Huber Heights. Doors open at 5:45pm, start at 6pm. Cost is $5 for non-Pieceful Stitchers club members and there will be door prizes and merchandise available. Thanks, Lindsay N, Communications Chair 2024 Quilt Show Only 11 weeks or so until our 2024 Quilt Show on May 31 and June 1 from 10am – 4pm! Please continue to bring in your scrap donations and if you happen to have clear pants hangers with the clip you squeeze, not the metal slider ones, we’d be happy to take them off your hands! We had some breakage of hangers last year and would like to have a few extra, just in case. Quilt Submissions: On April 10, the website will be open to start submitting your quilts. When you visit www.quiltshowmvqg.com, go to the “more” category and in the dropdown menu you’ll see “guild member show information”, then choose “exhibit submission form”. Entries are limited to 6 per member, but if we need more quilts, we will come to you with that request. Deadline for submission is May 10. Volunteer Opportunities: There are several volunteer opportunities for the show of all kinds, and we will have signup sheets at our meetings! If you forgot what you signed up for you can check on the quilt show website. We will regularly update that, but it will only show your first name and last initial. If you are planning a trip to Columbus, Cincinnati, or shops in Indiana and would be willing to take some quilt show bookmarks, please see Emilie at the meeting. We are looking for someone to help Sheila at Scrap City during the show and to shadow her now until the show. Please know there will be other helpers, but she is looking for someone to potentially take over Scrap City in the future. She has done a great job and has a system so you wouldn’t have to reinvent the wheel. Business Owner opportunity: If you are a member and have a business, we are allowing those people to put something in our bags for new members at the show. If you would like to add a flier, coupon, etc. please let Debbie B, membership chair know! We are using small bags this year, approx. 8x10 so please be mindful of size. Also, if you’d like to donate a door prize, please let us know and we can get you in touch with Cindy M. There is no minimum value for those interested. Thanks, Emilie T, Quilt Show Chair
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Hello from the President’s office (aka the sewing room)!
I’m looking forward to seeing each of you and your crayon challenges this month! I’ve already seen a few of them and they are amazing. We have a great meeting planned for February. Be sure to check out all the details below! See you soon! Melody H., president Upcoming meetings: February Guild Meeting - Tuesday, Feb 13 at 6:30pm To start the meeting, we’ll have announcements, offer tickets for the 50/50 raffle, and judging for everyone’s entry for our Crayon Challenge by all the members of the MVQG! Don’t forget your crayons along with your entry. Prizes will be awarded at the end of the meeting for first, second and third place. View challenge details here. Then at 7pm, Shari Brindley, MVQG member and owner of Sharing Stitches, will give a lecture called “Creative Transitions”. She will take us on a trip down memory lane that will help us create through our joys and grief. Winter can be a perfect opportunity to heal and remember our loves. For many it is a sad or lonely season. Shari has bright thoughts to help with both of those. Please note, we have the meeting space starting at 10am. If anyone wants to join for an open sew or meet with your challenge groups, feel free to use the building! The retreat committee will be meeting at 3:30pm that day too. March Guild Meeting – Tuesday, March 12 at 6:30pm Deb Porter, long-armer and machine embroidery pro from Virginia, will be visiting for a lecture and trunk show on orphan blocks and creative quilt ideas! Her ability to turn odd pieces into stunning and useful works of art will be a breath of fresh ideas! Sign up for her informal orphan blocks workshop on Wednesday, March 13 and her Three Ways to Cathedral Windows workshop on Thursday, March 14 - only $25 each for guild members! From the Vice President (& Workshops): We have a fun filled year planned for 2024! Pat will continue taking signups for our workshops with Deb Porter in March, Linda Hahn in April, and Liz Grandberg-Jerome in June. Be sure to get to the meeting a little early to learn more about each and sign up, so we can start on time! You can also view our calendar on the website for more details here. Bonnie Moore has begun the planning for our skills hop for August! If you would like to help or volunteer to teach a skill, technique, ruler, or pattern please see Bonnie asap. This will be a fun way to brush up on our skills, share, and have fun at the same time. Looking forward to a great year of learning and continuing to get to know you all! - Mary Ann C., Vice President Sunshine ☀️ Just as a reminder, if you know someone who is sick, lost a loved one or could use a little cheer, please send me their name and I will gladly send a card from the guild. This is a gesture put in place to spread sunshine to our members and will be kept private. Email me at Barb.walthall@gmail.com or you can call or text me at 937-623-4934. Thank you, Barb W., QOV Chair Community Quilts We have been informed that the Ronald McDonald House of Dayton is expanding and will be opening the expansion in August. They would like to collect 1000 quilts of all sizes. If anyone has a quilt or two that they would like to donate, please bring it to the meetings and I will collect them. I would imagine that they would like bed size (twin and up) but smaller ones for children would be welcomed also. Thank you, Carol G., Community Quilts Chair Quilts of Valor To wrap up my first year, our team made 116 quilts and 65 quilts were presented! Our upcoming sew-ins are below. Please contact me by email if you plan to attend any sew-ins. If weather is bad and I feel it’s unsafe to drive, I will email the night before or the morning of if we need to cancel.
Happy Sewing, Patty H., QOV Chair Retreat I am so looking forward to the retreat! The weather forecast is a bit cold, but no rain or snow. Perfect time to sew! We have an opening for the retreat. If you’d like to join us, please contact Carol Gibson asap at csg012258@gmail.com. Here are a few reminders for you:
It will be a Flamazing Retreat Quilting with Our Besties! 🦩 Thanks, Cindy R., Retreat Chair 2024 Quilt Show Visit the MVQG Facebook page and to share our 2024 Quilt Show Facebook event with your friends to help spread the word! We are preparing for Scrap City - Don't forget your scraps to any of the meetings until the show to donate! Sheila will be happy to take them off your hands! We have multiple volunteer opportunities available below – from concession, other quilt show duties, to the One Stop Shop Hop and more. Please help where you can!
Thanks, Emilie T, Quilt Show Chair Upcoming meetings:
January Guild Meeting - Tuesday, January 9 at 6:30pm You won’t want to miss January’s guest speaker, Mary Zesiger! A serious quilter since 1980, she began judging in 1996 and enjoys the challenge of competing on all levels from local to international. She will be sharing how to prepare for quilt shows and judging, plus show and tell her quilts. Learn more about this guild meeting on our calendar here. Join the Crayon Challenge by stopping by the challenge table to choose your 3 random crayons from the bag! Then, create a quilted project using those colors to be judged for first, second, and third place prizes at our February meeting. View challenge details here. February Guild Meeting – Tuesday, February 13 at 6:30pm Shari Brindley, MVQG member and owner of Sharing Stitches, will take us on a trip down memory lane that will help us create through our joys and grief. Winter can be a perfect opportunity to heal and remember our loves. For many it is a sad or lonely season. Shari has bright thoughts to help with both of those. Plus, don’t forget to bring your entry for our Crayon Challenge to be judged by the members of the MVQG! Prizes will be awarded for first, second and third place. If any time remains, we will have 'show and tell'. Board Meeting: Date and Time: February 8 at 6pm. Location: Wingard Building 492 W 2nd St, Xenia Oh 45387 Members are welcome to attend. From the President: Happy New Year! My name is Melody Hightower and I joined the guild when I began quilting 6 years ago. This guild has been a very special place. I have made great friends and learned so many things, like the importance of an accurate 1/4-inch seam! (Still working on that one) It's an honor to serve as your president. Thank you for all the words of encouragement. It means so much! I look forward to getting to know each of you a little better in the coming year. :) Happy Quilting! – Melody H, President From the Vice President: Happy New Year to you and yours! We have a fun filled year planned for 2024! This month, Pat will be taking signups for our workshops with Deb Porter in March and Linda Hahn in April. Be sure to get to the meeting early to sign up, so we can start with our speaker on time! View our calendar on the website for details on upcoming lectures and workshops this year here. With the first half of the year planned, mark your calendars and sign up to have fun and learn something new with us! If you have ideas about ways to help our programs, please call or email me. I am so grateful for an amazing year in our guild – grateful for your ideas and help, to Pat Hayes for volunteering to help make my job easier, to our members and the board/committee members for their time and commitment. I'm mostly grateful for our group of wonderful women who empower and promote each other! 2024 is going to be filled with even more fun and friends! Mary Ann C., Vice President Membership 2024 dues are due! Print the membership form off the website here, fill out your information and bring to the meeting with your $25 via cash or check to help this process move along much quicker. Or you can mail it to the address listed on the form. Quilts of Valor Happy New Year! Regarding the Block Drive, I will be collecting the blocks at the January meeting. Thank you to everyone participating! Our upcoming sew-ins are below. Please contact me by email if you plan to attend any sew-ins. If the weather is bad and I feel it’s unsafe to drive, I will email the night before or the morning of, if we need to cancel.
Happy Sewing, Patty Hardin, QOV Chair pattyhardin78@gmail.com Retreat Retreat 2024 is almost here! I’m getting excited, how about you? There will be a Retreat table set up at 5:30 to collect forms and money due for the retreat and lunches. Reminders: Balance due on your retreat reservation must be paid in full at the January 9 meeting.
Weekend Timeline:
For more retreat reminders click here. Thanks, Cindy R., Retreat Chair 2024 Quilt Show Can you believe the quilt show is only 5 months away! Be sure to get started on your entries if you have procrastinated or finish them up with time to spare if you planned ahead. Volunteers are needed in April at the One Stop Shop Hop to sell raffle tickets at our table. The shop hop is April 12 from 9am to 5pm and April 13 from 9am to 3pm. We’re collecting scraps, 5-inch squares or larger! As many of us are decluttering right now after the holiday, start putting those scraps to the side for us, if you haven't already. Sheila will start collecting scraps for Scrap City starting this January meeting. I have personally witnessed people making a mad dash to Scrap City upon opening of the show, so we certainly don't want to disappoint. We will continue to share more information as we get closer, and sign-ups will start soon for all the potential ways to help/volunteer. Thanks, Emilie T, Quilt Show Chair From the President and Vice President:
Announcements:
December Guild Meeting - Tuesday, December 12 Merry Christmas! It’s that time of the year again to celebrate the spirit of Christmas at our annual Christmas party and potluck carry-in! This year’s theme is “Angel’s Among Us”. Connie M, our new Hospitality chair, and her team of elves have been working hard on decorations for the room and tables. Mary Ann, Vice President, has a few surprises planned for the meeting including a basket raffle so be sure to check out the baskets when you arrive and purchase your tickets. You’ll want to remember to bring the following to December’s meeting:
In addition to the Christmas fun, Melody H our new President will be kicking off a Crayon Challenge, so look for a bag of crayons during the meeting that will guide your color palate for building a challenge quilt. More details to come. January Guild Meeting - Tuesday, January 9 You won’t want to miss January’s guest speaker, Mary Zesiger! A serious quilter since 1980, she began judging in 1996 and enjoys the challenge of competing on all levels from local to international. She will be sharing how to prepare for quilt shows and judging, plus show and tell her quilts. Learn more about this guild meeting on our calendar here. Michelle P., President and Mary Ann C., Vice President Membership It's time to pay our 2024 dues! Print the membership form off the website here, fill out your information and bring to the meeting with your $25 via cash or check to help this process move along much quicker. Or you can mail it in to the address listed on the form. Quilts of Valor Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year! Sew-ins start back up in January. Both dates are tentative on the weather. If I feel it’s unsafe to drive, watch for an email the night before or early morning of the day.
Approximately 30 quilts will be presented between Veteran’s Day and the end of December. Regarding the Block Drive, I have not counted as of yet but we will have plenty of blocks to keep the sewers busy making quilts. I’m still collecting blocks, just bring them to the Guild meeting. Happy Sewing, Patty Hardin, QOV Chair Retreat Reminders:
Retreat Lunches: Starting at 5:30, before the Guild meeting on Tuesday, we will be collecting forms and money for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday lunches. You can pick one day, or all three, to have a delivered lunch.
From the President and Vice President:
Announcements:
Guild Meetings November Elections will be held. PLEASE consider running and contributing your time and talent to this Guild! Mary Ann and Pat will be hosting a “Have your Cake and Eat it Too” game night. The musical sit-down “Cake Walk” will be further explained at our meeting. Donated material has been cut by a team of members into Layer Cake and Charm packages as “prizes” for winning. We will play several rounds until prizes have been all drawn. After the game, we have planned a social time set aside with homemade cakes and cupcakes to be served with water, coffee, or tea available. During Coffee (et al) and Cake, Show and Tell will be held. Please bring your creations for others to see! Limit 2 per person please so everyone has a chance. December Christmas Carry-in! Everyone planning to attend please bring a dish to share with 8-10 people. Last name ending in A – M please bring a side dish or a main dish. Last name ending in N – Z please bring a dessert. Connie M is our new Hospitality Chair and is very involved in making this Christmas a special event for the Guild. Her input for the newsletter follows below with details. She will also explain our Christmas party further in our next Guild meeting. Don’t forget your Christmas Blocks! Pattern and instructions for building the simple block are on our web site. One block submitted in December puts you in the drawing for winning all the blocks submitted (last year so many blocks submitted we had enough for two full quilts, so there were 2 winners). Bring back the finished quilt top in June and the Guild will provide $50 toward the cost of finishing the quilt. Michelle P., President and Mary Ann C., Vice President December Party Carry-In Quilters! It’s that time of the year again to celebrate the spirit of Christmas at our annual Christmas party! This year’s theme is “Angel’s among us” and we need your help. We are asking for donations of food, decorations, and volunteers. We need all kinds of foods such as meat, sides, salads and desserts. We will also need table decorations such as candles, Christmas decorations and a few more table runners. If there is enough interest, we would also like to have a Christmas ornament gift exchange. Homemade ornaments are encouraged. The most important thing we need is YOU. We need volunteers to help us put on a great party! We’re asking people with last names ending A-M to bring a side or main dish; last names ending N-Z to bring a dessert, or if you would like to contact me directly, you can do that as well by phone or email. We really appreciate all your help with this Christmas party. I know this year will yet again be another successful event. Connie M., Hospitality Coordinator Quilts of Valor Happy Fall. Now that everyone is in the middle of Christmas gift making, I am not having QOV sew-ins for Nov or Dec. We will start back up in January, as long as Mother Nature is good to us. This month is our big month for presentations. Regarding the block drive, I will be drawing names for 4 gift cards during the November meeting. If you can’t come to the November meeting, I will be collecting the blocks at the December meeting as well. Happy Thanksgiving, Patty H., QOV Chair Retreat Wow, the retreat sold out the first day! It will be a Flamazing Retreat! Don’t forget the theme involves flamingos. You and your besties can glam it up with matching shirts, hats, etc. Or wear pink! We will have an area decorated for a photo backdrop to get pictures. Of course, you don’t have to participate in dressing up. Just be yourself, and be comfortable to sew! Life happens, so we may have cancellations. If you missed out on signing up, you can get on a wait list. Contact Carol Gibson, csg012258@gmail.com, to have your name put on a list for openings. Carol will contact you if an opening occurs. Balance due on your retreat reservation must be paid by the January meeting. If you don’t know the amount due, contact Carol. Carol will be available to take your money before the guild meetings. Retreat Lunches (optional): Starting at 5:30 p.m., before the Guild meeting on Tuesday, we will be collecting forms and money for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday lunches. You can pick one day, or all three, to have a delivered lunch. The form is on the http://MVQGohio.com website. Please fill the form out completely. There are options that must be chosen. Please bring a check made out to MVQG, or cash. Try to bring the correct amount due if possible. The line will move much quicker if you can do so. We will collect at the December meeting if you can’t make it Tuesday. The Retreat Team is looking forward to making the retreat Flamazing!! Thanks Cindy R, Retreat Chair cryan@woh.rr.com From the President and Vice President:
Announcements: · Our next Guild meeting is on Tuesday, October 10, at 6:30 p.m. We will start on-time. Our meetings are always held the 2nd Tuesday of the month. · We are still seeking any interested members to run for three offices for the Guild: President, Vice President, and Secretary. Please contact MaryAnn or Michelle if you are interested in running. Elections will be held in November to instate Officers for Calendar Year 2024. · Thank you to everyone for your eager participation last month in the basket auction…what an amazing contribution in baskets – so many and thoughtfully assembled and contributed to our Guild. And thank you too to everyone who participated in the good-spirited auctioning. With all the members participation, this event raised nearly $1,000!! A grateful thanks to Sherry G and Shari B for organizing this very successful event. · Two new volunteers joined the Guild Committee team last month: -- Our new Hospitality Chair is Connie M. Connie will have a big initiation for our upcoming Christmas Carry-In, with help from many who have done this before. -- Our new Sunshine Chair is Barb W. Barb can be contacted by email (see your directory) or through any of the Officers or Committee Chairs. If you are aware of any Guild member, or their immediate family (husband, wife, children) who need recognition and encouragement from the Guild for challenging times in their lives please let Barb know and she will take care of sending out cards on behalf of the Guild. It is vital to keep our Guild member family in our thoughts at time of need. · Please find your name badge and wear it to Guild meetings. It is a good way to get to know each other, an ice-breaker for new folks, and a conversation starter. Lost your Guild name badge? Make one! Get creative – but prominently display your name! You never know when there will be a surprise pop-up drawing for a little thank-you gift for wearing your name tag! · After a couple of months break, the 50/50 raffle will return this month. Buy your tickets prior to the start of the Guest Speaker presentation. We want to honor our guest's time without noise or distractions. Thank you! · We also hope to have time, after the guest speaker, to do show-and-tell. We are a large group and have limited time, so we ask that our sharing is limited to 2 items per person. · MVQG Board Meetings: -- Last meeting was held in early September where the MVQG 2024 Budgets were set. Please see our website for a copy of those minutes. -- Our next Board meeting will be held Thursday, November 9, at Sharing Stitches Conference Room in Xenia. We plan to discuss planning for next year as well as a review of each Committee business. You are all welcome to attend if desired. Guild Meeting October: We are very happy to announce that in October we will have Laura Gilmartin from Virginia as our guest presenter, who will also host two teaching workshop events. Laura is an award-winning thread painting and Tsinko inks artist. You will be impressed with her knowledge and tips. This is a great way to add to your project knowledge. We are very fortunate to have acquired Laura and her time! She was interested in seeing the shop hop at the Nutter Center which is occurring at this same time and was gracious to provide teaching opportunities for our Guild members. It is very special for our Guild as she will not be teaching at the Nutter. Her presentation/lecture at our MVQG October meeting (Enon Knob Prairie Church) begins at 7 p.m. and is titled "Art is a Many Splendored Seam”. In addition, she will be instructing two, hands-on workshops/classes. Space will be limited, so sign up early! Classes are listed below. Also, you can find the information on our website calendar including pictures of workshop projects. Tsinko Inks Tulip Class: Wednesday, October 11: 12:30-4:30 p.m., Bethel location. Cost $45 for MVQG members; $55 for non-members. There is a supply list and info on the Guild’s calendar site. We will have a lightbox at the class for you to use to trace your design, if needed. You will receive a reminder note a few days before the class. Landscape Choices for Thread Painting: Thursday, October 12: 9 a.m.- 4 p.m., Bethel location, Cost $60 for MVQG members; $70 for non-members. We will have a pre-printed panel for you to use. She goes through the tree, grass, mountains and layering techniques for you to create depth and add coloring. . You will want to bring different sewing machine feet…mainly the open toe foot that is used for meandering, and a variety of needles for your machine. You will want to bring different colors and textures of threads and fibers to work with. See calendar site for more details. November We will surprise you with home-grown fun. We will have an added value that night of how to prepare our entries for quilt shows or judging. Watch for details in next month’s newsletter. We are preparing a new game to add to your stash and use your creative talents! You’ll have another opportunity for show-and-tell. We will also hold the election and installation for Officers for our upcoming 2024 year!! If you would like to shadow, in consideration of serving in the future, please call or text me (Mary Ann 724-757-7012). I would be happy to answer any questions or refer you to a resource. As an officer, you will interact with several groups inside the Guild. While it requires a lot of time and energy…there are places to serve that many people share the efforts. Thanks to everyone who serves…whether an officer or a chairperson. Being an officer and serving on committee positions gives a new depth of information about how things work. Through your generosity of time and talent, we were able to survive the pandemic and grow our Guild’s reach. You will make new friends and have fun along the way. QUILT RETREAT A Flamazing Retreat - Quilting with My Besties President’s Day weekend, February 17, 18 and 19, 2024. Held at: Wingate by Wyndham 3055 Presidential Drive, Fairborn, OH The Flamazing Retreat will be decorated with flamingos and lots of hot pink. Get in on the fun by having your picture taken in the flamingo photo area. You might want to wear pink or your best flamingo themed outfit! There are a lot of quilt themed flamingo shirts available online, if you want to get matching shirts for you and your friends. We will be playing the games Left, Right, Center, and Hold, Trade, Kitty. If you want to play, bring 3 fat quarters, and 3 sewing/quilting notions (new or gently used). The popular Bobbin game will be played all three days also. Instructions for the games will be explained at the retreat. We will have lots of prize drawings throughout the retreat. You must be there to win the prize. Drawing times will be on the agenda passed out at the beginning of the retreat. The retreat price is $50 per attendee. You may commute daily, or plan a stay at the hotel Saturday and Sunday night. Room fees are listed on the retreat form, available on the Guild’s website, MVQGOhio.com. Completed forms and the $50 retreat fee may be turned in on October 10 before the guild meeting. IMPORTANT!!! Due to our having national speaker, registration will begin at 5:30 p.m. and end at 6:30 p.m. Please bring cash or a check made out to MVQG. A minimum of $50 is required to sign up for a seat. You may pay for your hotel room that night or later but the entire balance must be paid by January 9, 2024. We will be collecting the retreat forms and money before each meeting through January, as long as seats are available. The seats go fast! I’m looking forward to Quilting with My MVQG Besties! Cindy R., Retreat Chairperson QUILTS OF VALOR Happy fall. We are getting ready for the Nov Beavercreek Senior Citizen Veterans Day Presentation. Everyone has worked hard this year. I have 13 quilts ready to present to vets in Beavercreek and at least 4 presentations in October. Our October Sew-ins are Xenia on October 5 at Sharing Stitches and October 18 at Crestview Baptist Church in Clayton. Both are from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. If you are attending, please send me an email: pattyhardin78@gmail.com Hope everyone is enjoying making their blocks for the Veterans Day Block Drive. I will be collecting the blocks in October and November and I will draw names for 4 prizes at the November Quilt Meeting. Please put the blocks back into the Ziploc bag you received your scraps in, make sure your name is in the bag, and please have your name written on small pieces of paper for the drawing--1 name per block. I will have a box for you to drop your name into. Happy Quilting, Patty H., QOV Chair QUILT SHOW Raffle tickets will be available again at the October meeting. If you haven't already taken some to sell or need more, please see us at the meeting. Deanna Taylor has graciously taken on the position of chair for our concessions for the quilt show. If you are interested in helping with the planning for that, please reach out to her. While making your gifts for the holidays and general cleaning out of your sewing rooms, please start putting aside any scraps that you might be willing to donate for Scrap City. Smallest size would be a 5 inch square, no pet hair please. Sheila will start collecting scraps in January. The Sewing Expo in Sharonville is October 12 -14. Come see us as we will have a booth to sell raffle tickets. Send your friends, acquaintances and general quilty people you run into who haven't already sold to us as we will have plenty of tickets. Emilie T., Quilt Show Chair PS. Pictures of the raffle quilt are on the Guild's website and on the Quilt Show's website. Please note that most information regarding the quilt show will be on the quilt show's own website. Q
From the President and Vice President: Announcements:
September: It is Basket Auction time! Many of you may have participated in this fun and exciting event last year. This is so much fun and a wonderful fund-raiser for the guild! Please consider being part of the fun by contributing a basket for this auction. All you need to do, either as individuals or as a team, is to fill a basket with quality items. You can base your basket on a theme (sewing, food, health and wellness – just examples) or no theme at all – you or your teams’ basket can be whatever you want – let’s just ensure the baskets are quality, sought-after items! Size of the basket is up to you! This is a way for creativity and quality to add to good-natured competition for sought-after baskets at the auction. The more baskets we have – the more fun! Be sure to bring lots of quarters with you – we will have limited quarters available for purchase. October: We are very happy to announce that in October we will have Laura Gilmartin from Virginia as our guest presenter, who will also host two teaching workshop events. Laura is an award-winning thread painting and Tsinko inks artist. You will be impressed with her knowledge and tips. This is a great way to add to your project knowledge. We are very fortunate to have acquired Laura and her time! She was interested in seeing the shop hop at the Nutter Center which is occurring at this same time and was gracious to provide teaching opportunities for our Guild members during this time she is in the local area. Very special for us as she will not be teaching at the Nutter, but instead with our Guild. Her presentation/lecture at our MVQG October meeting is titled “Art is a Many Splendored Seam”. In addition, she will be instructing two hands-on workshops/classes. Space will be limited, so sign up early! The two classes she is offering are: Tsinko Inks Tulip Class: Wednesday, October 11: 12:30-4:30 p.m., Bethel Location. Cost $45 for MVQG members; $55 for non-members. Landscape Choices for Thread Painting: Thursday, Oct 12: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Bethel Location. Cost $60 for MVQG members; $70 for non-members. See Calendar for pics of workshop projects. Please make sure you are signed up for one or both by the September meeting. Lead- time is needed well ahead of the October workshops to prep for these workshops. Once the classes are paid and confirmed, we will send out the supply lists. Classes will be at Bethel Community Church in Medway. We usually do a group lunch for this workshop site. If you have any suggestions or contribution, please talk with Mary Ann C. or Pat H. either at the Guild meeting or directly by phone. November: Home-grown fun, games and show-and-tell planned for November. Stand by for more details. Michelle P., President and Mary Ann C., VP QUILTS OF VALOR INFO Getting ready for the November Beavercreek Senior Citizen Presentation that will be on 9 November 9, 2023 at 12 Noon. You can start turning in your blocks for the November Block Drive at any of the next three Guild meetings. Please bring in slips of paper with your complete name and phone number (I will have a box at the Guild meeting that you can drop your name in). Remember you can put your name in one time for each block. Drawing to be held at the November Guild meeting. September Sew-ins: Xenia will be September 7, 2023 at 10 a.m. 3 p.m. at Sharing Stitches. Crestview Baptist Church will be Sep 20, 2023 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. Pat H., QOV Coordinator QUILT SHOW If you are interested in being an Ambassador or volunteering for the guild table at the October 12-14, 2023 Sewing Expo, let us know soon (Emilie T., Peggy D. or Maggie M.). We have a few spots that need to be filled. We will be turning in names by the end of the month for those who are volunteering at our table so you can get free entry. If you are volunteering as an Ambassador please let us know, so we can be sure they match up your name to the Guild. Here is the link if you wish to sign up as an Ambassador https://www.sewingexpo.com/Volunteer. There are opportunities to be a volunteer in their classes so check those out; classes are posted online. We have a Quilt Show meeting scheduled for September 11 at 6 p.m. at the Beavercreek Library. If you are interested in volunteering, we do still need someone to be in charge of the quilt intake for the show or if you want to see what it's all about all are welcome. We will have the completed raffle quilt for your viewing pleasure and raffle tickets will be available at this month's meeting as well. Emilie T., Peggy D., Maggie M., Quilt Show Chairs OTHER NEWS The 2023 15th Harvest of Quilts Quilt and Craft Show will be held at Old National Events Plaza, 715 Locust St, Evansville, IN, September 15 & 16, 2023. Over 200 quilts will be displayed by the Raintree Quilters. Scores of varied hand-made craft and quilted items are available for sale that would make great Fall decorations and Christmas gifts. Don’t miss the Raffle Baskets and the Silent Auction of very nice hand-crafted and quilted items. Raintree Quilters Guild has selected Another Chance for Animals as its featured charity this year to benefit pet adoptions. Quilt Appraisals by appointment will be available. Tickets available at the door, Admission is $10, ages 12 and under are free. Hours are 9:00am to 5:00pm. Hours are Friday and Saturday 9AM-5PM. Sponsored by: RAINTREE QUILTERS GUILD, INC. www.raintreequiltersguild.org raintreequiltersguild@gmail.com Contact: Karen Hampton Raintree Quilters Guild Publicity 812-455-8402 karen@hamptonartstudios.com
Guild Meeting August: Karen Miller, Redbird Quilt Co will present Aurifilosophy Slide Show and Quilt Show. Ms Miller is an Aurifil Designer and will showcase her many artful designs with the use of Aurifil threads, exploring the nature and behavior of these threads. Please view her web site (redbirdquiltco.com) for some sampling of her beautiful creations. She will be presenting many of these and more at our August meeting. As stated on her web site, she plans to “share her Aurifil-centric trunk of quilts, a wealth of guilty information and inspiration, exclusive Aurifil resources, and swag”. Please note as well, Ms. Miller will be hosting a workshop the following day to share her free-motion quilting (FMQ) knowledge as a simple panel is used to embellish with FMQ using Aurifil thread. You will learn FMQ techniques using your own sewing machine and take away a beautiful small panel quilt using FMQ. Please see MaryAnn or Pat during this meeting if you are still interested in attending the workshop. Upcoming Events: September: It is Basket Auction time! Many of you may have participated in this fun and exciting event last year. This is so much fun and a wonderful fun-raiser for the guild! Please consider being part of the fun by contributing a basket for this auction. All you need to do, either as individuals or as a team, is to fill the basket with quality items. You can base your basket on a theme (sewing, food, health and wellness – just examples) or no theme at all – you or your teams’ basket can be whatever you want – let’s just ensure the baskets are quality, sought-after items! Size of the basket is up to you! This is a way for creativity and quality to add to good-natured competition for sought-after baskets at the auction. The more baskets we have – the more fun! Be sure to bring lots of quarters with you – we will have limited quarters available for purchase. Sherry G is running this event and will have much more information at our Guild meeting. October: We are very happy to announce that in October we will have Laura Gilmartin from Virginia as our guest presenter, who will also host two teaching workshop events. Laura is an award-winning thread painting and Tsinko inks artist. You will be impressed with her knowledge and tips. This is a great way to add to your project knowledge. We are very fortunate of have acquired Laura and her time! She was interested in seeing the shop hop at the Nutter Center which is occurring at this same time and was gracious to provide teaching opportunities for our Guild members during this time she is in the local area. Very special for us as she will not be teaching at the Nutter, but instead with our Guild. Her presentation/lecture at our MVQG October meeting is titled "Art is a Many Splendored Seam”. In addition, she will be instructing two hands-on workshops/classes. Space will be limited, so sign up early! The two classes she is offering are (see Calendar for pics): Tsinko Inks Tulip Class: Wednesday, October 11: 12:30-4:30, Bethel Location. Cost $45 for MVQG members; $55 for non-members. Landscape Choices for Thread Painting: Thursday, Oct 12: 9:00 a.m.-4:00pm, Bethel Location, Cost $60 for MVQG members; $70 for non-members. Please make sure you are signed up for one or both by the August meeting. Lead-time is needed well-ahead of the October workshops to prep for these workshops. Once the classes are paid and confirmed, we will send out the supply lists. Classes will be at Bethel Community Church in Medway. We usually do a group lunch for this workshop site. If you have any suggestions or contribution, please talk with Mary Ann C. or Pat H. either at the Guild meeting or directly by phone. QUILTS OF VALOR Please send me an email if you want to participate in sew-ins, adding the binding and then hand sew to finish, or quilting: pattyhardin78@gmail.com Our Aug Sew-ins: 1st Thursday 3 Aug 2023 Sew-in at Sharing Stitches in Xenia and 3rd Wednesday 16 Aug 2023 Sew-In at Crestview Baptist Church, 6600 Salem Ave., Clayton. Both Sew-ins are 10AM till 3PM. Just send me an email that you will be attending. I have a couple more kits for the Block Drive, if anyone missed it last month. I can’t wait to see all the blocks Come see me before or after the Quilt meeting. Happy Quilting, Patty H. Announcements:
Our next Guild meeting is on Tuesday, 11 July at 6:30. We will start on-time.
July Guild Meeting
Upcoming Events: August: Karen Miller, Redbird Quilt Co will present Aurifilosophy Slide Show and Quilt Show. Ms. Miller is an Aurifil Designer and will showcase her many artful designs with the use of Aurifil threads, exploring the nature and behavior of these threads. Please view her website (redbirdquiltco.com) for some sampling of her beautiful creations. She will be presenting many of these and more at our August meeting. As stated on her website, she plans to “share her Aurifil-centric trunk of quilts, a wealth of guilty information and inspiration, exclusive Aurifil resources, and swag”. Please note as well, Ms. Miller will be hosting a workshop the following day to share her free-motion quilting (FMQ) knowledge as a simple panel is used to embellish with FMQ using Aurifil thread. You will learn FMQ techniques using your own sewing machine and take away a beautiful small panel quilt using FMQ. Specific material list will be available on the website and at the July meeting – many materials are provided. Plan on attending the unique workshop. Sept: Basket Auction. More information will be available at the Guild meeting in July. Membership Note that a new directory will be printed soon so be sure that the information we have for you is correct. As stated earlier, please remember to wear your name tags. See me if you need one. Debbie B, Membership Chair From the President and Vice President:
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June 13 Guild Meeting
Taught by Belinda Bashore (see above), this workshop is geared toward making memories with or for a loved one. It would be a great project with a child or a friend. Workshop cost is $30 for MVQG members; $40 for non-members. Ms. Bashore will supply the fusible. We will have an assortment of navy 2 ½ inch sashing that you can use. What you need to bring: Nine T-shirts or Blocks (if you want to use another color for sashing, other than the navy we will provide please bring that with you as well), a 15- or 16-inch square ruler, sewing machine, thread and sewing supplies. We will have cutting mats, irons, and ironing boards. Class will produce a quilt top which will need binding, backing to finish the quilt. Go to Calendar on this website to see sample project. There is still time to sign up for the workshop! Contact Mary Ann at (724) 757-7012. Upcoming Events: July 11: Skills Hop. Several volunteers have stepped forward to show off skills and talents with sewing/quilting/shortcuts for a Skills Hop Evening of fun and good exchange of talent. We could use a few more volunteers! Come on out to enjoy 15-minute skill building workshops. At the end of each 15-minute period, a timer will go off and you will move along to another. A good time to socialize and learn (or share) new ideas. This will be a fun event! Please plan to join in! August 8/9: Karen Miller, Redbird Quilt Co will present Aurifilosophy Slide Show and Quilt Show at our guild meeting on August 8. Ms Miller is an Aurifil Designer and will showcase her many artful designs with the use of Aurifil threads, exploring the nature and behavior of these threads. Please view her website (redbirdquiltco.com) for some sampling of her beautiful creations. She will be presenting many of these and more at our August meeting. As stated on her website, she plans to “share her Aurifil-centric trunk of quilts, a wealth of guilty information and inspiration, exclusive Aurifil resources, and swag”. Please note as well, Ms. Miller will be hosting a workshop on August 9 to share her free-motion quilting (FMQ) knowledge as a simple panel is used to embellish with FMQ using Aurifil thread. You will learn FMQ techniques using your own sewing machine and take away a beautiful small panel quilt using FMQ. See the Calendar section of this website to see list of supplies–many materials are provided. Plan on attending the unique workshop. September 12: Basket Auction. More information will be available at the Guild meeting in June. QUILTS OF VALOR Sew-ins are coming along fantastic. Thank you helping out with this worthy cause. Please send me an email if you want to participate in sew-ins, adding the binding and then hand sew to finish, or quilting: pattyhardin78@gmail.com. Our June Sew-ins: 1 June, Xenia Sew-in has been completed and was a success. We have seats available for the 3rd Wednesday (June 21) Sew-In (10 am – 3 pm) at Crestview Baptist Church, 6600 Salem Ave., Clayton. Just send me an email that you will be attending the Crestview Sew-in. I will have a list to sign up for participating in the QOV Program, as well as Turning 20 Quilt Kits, and our 2023 Scrap QOV Block Drive. Come see me before or after the meeting. Happy Quilting, Patty H. QUILT SHOW SAVE THE DATE!!!! Miami Valley Quilt Guild Show 2024 – Please note new weekend. Friday, May 31-Saturday, June 1, 2024 Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Greene County Fairgrounds, Xenia, OH October 2023 Sharonville Sewing Expo October 12, 13 and 14, 2023 we will have a table at the Sharonville Sewing Expo to sell raffle tickets, hand out information on our 2024 quilt show and get our guild’s name out there. We are going to need volunteers to man the table all three days and volunteers to act as ambassadors for the expo. Peggy Doyle will be coordinating volunteers for this event. If you would like to volunteer as an Ambassador for the expo, you can go to their site https://sewingexpo.com/Volunteer and sign up, which also gets you in free to the event. There are multiple volunteer opportunities and time periods available. If you do sign up as an ambassador, please let Peggy know so we are able to let the event planners know who our members are, as it is not part of the registration process. If you are volunteering as an Ambassador, please consider possibly sitting at our raffle table for an hour or so that day as well. We have up to 18 spots over the three days for those who volunteer solely for our raffle table that would allow you to enter the event for free. Questions, reach out to Peggy Doyle, 937-671-8499 or pwdoyle@ameritech.net. Thank you! Emilie T., Quilt Show Chair COMMUNITY PROJECTS I currently have 10 quilts ready to go to Hospice and 3 more going to Jeremiah's Letter. After that, I am out of quilts. I do have a number of tops that need sandwiched and quilted as well as a lot of blocks that need to be put together and completed. I will have some of these with me at the meeting on June 13, so if you are interested in helping, come see me! If you need to purchase batting or backing for these, just see that I get the receipt and you will be reimbursed. Thank you to all who have been helping and those that will be helping. Carol G, Community Projects Chair |
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