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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.
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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:
Announcements:
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 From the President and Vice President:
A big thank you to our own Bonnie M for last month’s Turning Twenty presentation and hosting her sew-in events in the following week. For the Guild, using the Turning Twenty pattern, ten Quilts of Valor (QoV) were started and are in the works to deliver to our QoV Chair, Patty H. In addition, cutting material and assembling into kits was also accomplished and will be provided to the QoV chair, Patty H. Please see Patty if you are interested in participating in any way to build, finish and quilt the QoV. She has additional information in this newsletter. A big THANK YOU as well to Debbie B. who volunteered at our last meeting to take over the Membership Chair position. We also had Tina F. volunteer to help Debbie at the table on the Guild meeting nights. As you are signing in at our May meeting, make sure you stop at the Membership table and welcome both. Tere H. has been our Membership Chair for several years – her excellent service has been vital to the success of our Guild. You will still see Tere around the Guild meeting and events! Announcements:
May Guild Meeting
Upcoming Events: MAY May 10 “Raise the Roof” Workshop: Ms Ireland-Beaver will present “Raise the Roof” foundation paper piecing class on May 10. It will be held at Enon Knob Prairie Church. Cost is $50 for members and a $12 pattern fee (pattern fee paid to the instructor). Non-members pay an additional $10 for the class. May 16, 5:30 pm- 7:00 pm: MVQG Board Meeting, Sharing Stitches JUNE June 13 Guild Meeting: Belinda Bashore from the Quilting Bea of Lebanon, OH, will present “Memory Quilts”. More information will be available on this presentation at our May meeting. Christmas Block Challenge: The two Winners from the Block Challenge drawing from last December will bring in their assembled quilts for display and to receive the $50 Gift certificate each to help offset their costs for backing and quilting to complete their projects. June 14 Workshop: Memory Quilt workshop – 3-9 pm at the Bethel location. Workshop costs and materials list will be available at the May meeting. See Mary Ann at the sign-up table. Michelle P (President) and Mary Ann C. (Vice President) OTHER GUILD NEWS COMMUNITY QUILTS Thank you to all you ladies who did binding on the quilts and returned them to me. I donated 32 quilts to Hospice and have 8 more to go to Jeramiah's Letter. Hospice is always in need of the small lap quilts. They go through about 250 a month. At this point, I don't have any completed quilts or quilts that need binding. If you have any you would like to donate, bring them to me at the next meeting. Carol G., Community Quilts Chair QUILTS OF VALOR Thank you, everyone, for helping with the Quilts of Valor. We will need extra help in the next 6 months. We not only supply quilts to Veterans thru the National Quilts of Valor but we supply quilts for 2 gatherings: 1 this summer and 1 this fall. If you like to do hand binding, quilting, or coming to the sew-ins, please send me an email with what you would like to help with. Our May Sew-ins this month: The May 4 Xenia Sew-in is full. We have seats available for the 3rd Wednesday (May 17) Sew-In (10 am – 3 pm) at Crestview Baptist Church, 6600 Salem Ave., Clayton. Please me an email if you want to participate: pattyhardin78@gmail.com Patty H., Quilts of Valor Chair OUTSIDE NEWS North East Ohio Quilt Show, Wooster, Ohio – July 20-22, 2023. For more information go to www.theNEohioquiltshow.com Quilt National ’23 The Best of Contemporary Quilts Art Exhibition – The Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio – Opening reception May 26 from 4-6 p.m. Exhibit will be on view from May 27-September 11, 2023. For more information go to https://dairybarn.org/quiltnational/ Membership dues: If you’ve not joined the Guild for 2023 yet, please make sure you stop at the table as you come in to pay these dues. A membership form is on our web site, or you can fill one out when you come in. Yearly dues are $20.
Announcements Our next Guild meeting is on Tuesday, 11 April. Just a reminder on our new 6:30 pm start time.
This month Bonnie Moore will be presenting a short presentation of the Turning 20 pattern. If you have made this quilt in the past, please bring it along to share your version. Bonnie will be bringing a few quilts to help explain the ease of making this quilt. This pattern is very flexible, can be made in multiple ways, and is quick to complete. We will use this pattern for the sew-in on Wednesday to construct Quilts of Valor. More information below follows on the Wednesday sew-in.
Upcoming Events April Turning 20 Quilts of Valor sew-in: Wednesday, 12 April at Bethel Community Church. YOU WILL NEED TO BRING 20 PATRIOTIC FAT QUARTERS to this sew-in. Material will be cut from 12-3 pm and building the quilts will continue from 3-9 pm. This time is reserved for building the Quilts of Valor so this is a free workshop day. There is a nominal charge for the pattern book, which will be available to purchase at the April meeting and at the sew-in. Although there is some donated material, there is not enough for all. Please bring 20 red/white/blue fat quarters with you. Turning 20 Workshop: If you want to make your own Turning 20 quilt, we are working to secure a venue for the workshop on 22 April at Bethel. Mary Ann will reach out to all who have signed up with details as plans firm. We moved the date for this workshop by 1 week as originally planned to allow time for you all to attend the Shop Hop (see above) and to purchase materials required for the Workshop. The pattern books will be available at the April Guild meeting for purchase at the 11 April Guild meeting for full directions for material needs required. Cost for the workshop is $25. May 9 May: The Guild meeting 9 May will host Cassandra Ireland-Beaver with samples of her beautiful paper piecing creations. Check out her work online – there are multiple sites to preview her work. 10 May: Ms Ireland-Beaver will present “Raise the Roof” foundation paper piecing class on May 10. It will be held at Enon Knob Prairie Church. Cost is $50 for members and a $12 pattern fee (pattern fee paid to the instructor). Non-members pay an additional $10 for the class. A complete materials list will be available at the April meeting. In addition, Mary Ann will be available at the meeting to sign up additional people and answer any questions you may have. 13 May: Hexified Panels Class with Liz Granberg-Jerome from Gypsy Dreamer Quilts. Liz is offering a one- or two-day option. The Class will be held at Bethel Community Church from 9 am-5 pm on Saturday. A complete materials list will be available at the April meeting. In addition, Mary Ann will be available at the meeting to sign up additional people and answer any questions you may have. A Flyer explaining this class will also be available at the Guild meeting. Michelle P., President and Mary Ann C., Vice President Quilts of Valor We will be starting our Sew-ins this month. The April 6 Xenia Sew-in is full. We have seats available for the 3rd Wednesday (April 19) Sew-In (10 am – 3 pm) at Crestview Baptist Church, 6600 Salem Ave., Clayton. Please send me an email if you want to participate : pattyhardin78@gmail.com Patty H, QOV Coordinator Scrap Bag Challenge Winners Congratulations to our Scrap Bag Winners! Barb Carruth (1st Place), Melody Hightower and Martha Fabian. OTHER NEWS The Quaker Heritage Center welcomes you to visit our “Quilts Through Time exhibit” which honors Quaker women and quilting in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through the quilts of the Meriam R. Hare collection. The exhibit will be open Monday – Friday 10-4 p.m. from March 2 – August 2, 2023. If you have any questions, please email us at QHC@wilmington.edu. In addition, two talks will accompany the exhibit. Please see the information below related to these talks: Talk 1: “Peaceable Labors: Quaker Quilt Connections from Virginia to Ohio” a talk with Roberta J. Gellner, American Quilt Studies group and Mid-west Fabric Studies group. The talk will take place on March 30, 2023 from 7-8 pm at the community room of the Clinton County History Center – 149 E. Locust St., Wilmington, OH. We ask that you RSVP by March 28th at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf10-Yqgj92K14vo9ClmwRdcSHS8YSOD2wzfuQcX28QPSVCfQ/viewform. If you would like to see the exhibit please stop by the Quaker Heritage Center located in Boyd Center for Cultural Arts, the exhibit will be open from March 2 – August 2, 2023 on Monday – Friday 9-5. If you have any questions, please email us at QHC@wilmington.edu. Talk 2: “Science and Stitching: A Match Made in Conservation” with Bryan P. Kelly, MPHIL Textile Conservation Student, University of Glasgow – Science and Stitching: A Match Made in Conservation. The talk will take place on April 6, 2023 from 12-1 pm at the Community Room of the Clinton County History Center – 149 E. Locust St., Wilmington, OH. We ask that you RSVP by April 3rd at https://tinyurl.com/2hvp47vs. If you would like to see the exhibit please stop by the Quaker Heritage Center located in Boyd Center for Cultural Arts, the exhibit will be open from March 2 – August 2, 2023 on Monday – Friday 9-5. If you have any questions, please email us at QHC@wilmington.edu. Shannon Browning History Major QHC & PRC Student Staff MARCH E-NEWS
News from the President/Vice President I want to start this month off with huge hugs and "Thank you" to all of our members who work so hard to make our guild a success! From the lectures to the retreat, you are all AWESOME! "A force to be reckoned with " is what my grandfather would have called you all!!! March winds (and tornados) have been blowing our way but sunshine is on the way! Our Madame President Michelle was smart enough to take a month long sabbatical to Florida! That means two things...first, she is smarter than me. Second, that leaves you guys stuck with me! I will be emceeing the meeting without my other half of the M&M's. Lol. If you have any info for me to cover, please call me or email this week before Friday. Our meeting this month will be our Scrap Bag Challenge. These were the bundles purchased at our meeting tables. The challenge was to make an item that had no less than 75 percent from that bundle. If you are entering your item, please have it to the building by 6 p.m. They will be registered and given a number. That number helps us tally the vote. We will be awarding a first, second and third prize based on the popular vote. When you arrive and sign in on our membership roster, you will be given a token. That token gets your favorite item number written on the back. You will drop that in the bag next to the item. During the meeting these will be tallied. After our speakers, we will have show and tell. Then the winners will be presented their award. Our speaker this month comes from the Columbus area. She is presenting their group’s "Survival" quilt. They will be selling the patterns for their charity. It was very generous of Leslie to come this far and give us her time. April Programming April 11 will be our "Turning 20" lecture and trunk show with our own Bonnie Moore. If you have any of these quilts, please see Bonnie before our March meeting. She will be featuring examples and prepping for our upcoming April classes. If you are coming to the Wednesday workshop (April 12), it will be at Bethel Community Church. Cutting is from 12 to 3 p.m.; sewing from 3 to 9 pm. We are doing these quilts for QOV so this is a free workshop day. We will be using donated red, white and blue fabrics. If you want to make your own quilt, there will be a $25 class on the Saturday, April 15. Bonnie will give more details at her lecture in April. May Programming May brings Cassandra Ireland-Beaver with her trunk show during the guild meeting on May 9 with her “Raise the Roof” foundation paper piecing class on May 10. We have 11 slots left! If enough members sign up, it will be held at Enon Knob Prairie Church. Cost is $50 for MVQG members and a $12 pattern fee (payable directly to the instructor). Non-members pay an additional $10 for the class. The checks for this workshop will be collected at our March/April meetings. I am watching for her bundle info to forward to you, so be sure your email is listed correctly when you pay. Since I am running the meeting, I will have another member collecting at the workshop table. Bonus Program May is also our bonus class with Liz Granberg-Jerome from Gypsy Dreamer Quilts with her "Hexified panels" class. This will be on May 13. This class offers a one- or two-day option. If you are purchasing a precut mini kit ($15), you only need the one-day option ($45 for MVQG members; $55 for non-members). If you want to bring your own panels, you would need the two-day option ($75 for MVQG members; $85 for non-members). Liz offers other sized precut kits on her Etsy site. Liz offers videos on the Timeless Treasures site also. The class teaches the 60-degree equilateral triangle. You may bring your own or she is offering her mini (5 1/2 inch) for $15. See calendar for flyer with more details. Liz is delightful and I encourage you to take advantage of her classes. The Saturday class will be at Bethel Community Church from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday is a TBD by how many members are signed up. This is a lot to absorb so we will be publishing more in our future newsletters. We look forward to lots of great days to get to know you all better! Stay safe, M&M (Michelle & Mary Ann) RETREAT Well, another annual retreat is over, and I hope everyone had a great time. I know I did! I would like to thank all my committee members without whom the retreat is not possible. I would also like to announce that Cindy R. has agreed to be the chairperson for the retreat next year. I am sure that she will have sign ups soon for her committee. If you haven't participated in the planning of the retreat, please consider joining the committee. It is very rewarding, and we have a lot of fun getting everything together. If you are new to the guild, this is a great way to get involved and make some new friends. Carol G., 2023 Retreat Chair COMMUNITY QUILTS I will have more quilts that need binding at the next meeting. Please consider taking one or more quilts to finish. I will also have several quilt tops that need to be sandwiched, quilted and bound. Thank you to all those that took quilts last month. Your time and effort are greatly appreciated. Carol G., Community Quilts Chair QUILTS OF VALOR First, I want to thank Debbie G. for her 10 years of dedicated service and for her support. Debbie will be missed but we are lucky she will be available to help while I continue the work she started. While we haven’t had sew-ins since Dec 2022, everyone has been hard at work with piecing, quilting, binding, making labels and presentations. Thank you and I am looking forward to working with everyone. We will be starting our monthly Sew-ins beginning in April. They will be the first Thursday (April 6) at Sharing Stitches, 492 W. 2nd St., Xenia and the third Wednesday (April 19) at Crestview Church in Clayton, 6600 Salem, Clayton both from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm. Please send me an email if you want to participate: pattyhardin78@gmail.com Patty H., QOV Chair QUILT SHOW We are gearing up to start reaching out to vendors for our 2024 quilt show. If anyone is interested in helping Barb C. out and learning the ropes, please let Emilie T. or Barb C. know. Our goal is to have letters out to past vendors to give them first shot at a booth and potentially their same location. Our deadline will be September 1 and then we will start reaching out to potential new vendors if there is still room. 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 (Emilie T., Peggy D. or Maggie M.) and we can provide the information. I realize October seems far off but it will be here before you know it. We will have printed information as we get closer to the event as well. Thank you to the ladies that attended the meeting on February 28! We got a lot of good information and ideas from you. Emilie T, Quilt Show Chair |
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