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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/
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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 Reminder that our start time has changed! We are starting the meeting now at 6:30 p.m. (vs 7 p.m.). See you all at 6:30 on Valentine’s Day… 14 Feb!
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. If you paid at the January meeting and did not receive a receipt for your payment and a new membership card, please stop at the membership table to retrieve them. Guild Meeting: Our line-up for 14 Feb will include:
Dog Beds: Just a reminder on how to donate and package up your scraps for Dog Beds. Use a pillowcase or similar size fabric container (no plastic garbage bags) to load in scraps of material no more than ¾ full. These scraps should be smaller scraps that can be fluffy when added to the bag. Please make sure you are not putting in big flat pieces. Also, only material scraps; please no foam or any other medium. To complete the bag SEW IT SHUT. No open bags can be used, and if you leave it open, someone else has to sew them shut. Grab Bag Challenge: Remember to finish those projects! The finished projects will be displayed at the March meeting. Membership will vote for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place with prizes awarded. Upcoming Events: Feb Guild meeting 14 Feb: Ms. Dalphene Parks: She is so excited and has called several times to say how honored she is to be invited to share! I hope you all can make it to her lecture. She is delightful. If you haven't signed up for classes yet, we have a couple of spots left. Call Mary Ann if you are interested. Once they are gone, we would be happy to sign you up for the waiting list. Feb Classes with Ms Dalphene Parks: Wednesday, Feb 16: Pinwheels and Posies Thursday, Feb 17: Scraptastics Class Quilt Retreat: The Quilt Retreat is just 11 days away. We are all looking forward to a relaxing and fun weekend Quilting with our Peeps! For those of you going to the retreat, just a few things to note:
March Guild Meeting 14 Mar: Scrap Bag Challenge Show and first, second and third place awards by popular vote! Be sure to bring in your creations! Our presentation in March will be from Leslie and Josie of Hidden Stitches and the “Survivor Quilt Trunk Show”. You will not want to miss this. They were generous to drive all the way from Cleveland to do this for us! The only thing they asked were to be able to sell their patterns ($15) and spread the word of their mission. Please come out to support their generous offer! April: Bonnie Moore (member): Turning 20 Quilt demo and follow-up workshop. More information at the February Guild meeting. Other Information Community Quilts I will have several quilts that need binding at the meeting on the 14th. Please see me if you can help get these ready for donation. I donated 6 twin size quilts to the St. Vincent DePaul women's shelter. They had sent out a request for blankets due to the high volume of people they were helping as a result of the extremely cold weather we were having. Carol G, Community Quilts Chair From our Sponsors: KARI’S CUSTOM QUILTING RETREAT Received notice that they are having a retreat October 26-29, 2023. It will be held at the Duke Lundgard Building at Miami County Fairgrounds, 650 N. County Road 25A, Troy, OH 45373. Go to their website for more details or call Misty at 937-639-8033. MVQG BOARD OF DIRECTORS/COMMITTEE CHAIRS President – Michelle P. Vice President – Mary Ann C. Treasurer – Kim G. Recording Secretary – Nancy W. Membership Chair – Tere H. Hospitality Chair – Mary B. Quilts of Valor Chair – Pat H. Community Quilts Chair – Carol G. Quilt Retreat Chair – Carol G. Quilt Show Chair – Emily T. with co-chairs Peggy D. and Maggie M. Sunshine Chair – Loretta S. Fons & Porter – Karen E. Webmaster – Shelly B. (website/monthly newsletter) Monday Sew-ins held at the Fairborn Senior Center – Janet S. News from President
2023 Dues: Here is the link to the membership form. Click here. To help shorten wait times, please print and fill out prior to the meeting and bring with you. This month, we will continue to sell scrap fabric bags prior to the beginning of the meeting starting at 6:30 p.m. We will be conducting a Board Meeting from 5:30-6:30 p.m. prior to the Guild meeting. Anyone is invited to attend if you are interested. January’s meeting will be fun-filled!
Michelle P., President News from Vice President Happy New Year to you all! We have been hard at work to make this a fun and educational year for us. We have been making calls and gathering info. We have a tentative line up but still waiting to hear from you all about what you would like to see for that to be finalized. We will be revising our calendar quarterly so we can adjust our budget accordingly. January 10 Sherry’s Chiro talk with Dr. McCosky Introduce our Excited Board & Chairs February 14 Valentine Potluck with trunk show Ms. Dalphene Parks (see below for description) February 15 Primrose and Posies Workshop/Dalphene Parks February 16 Scraptastics Workshop/Dalphene Parks March 14 Challenge Show with prizes April 11 Lori Triplett Lecture/Fusible Fun Quilt or Table Runner April 12 Bird in a Cage Workshop/Lori Triplett As we confirm, we will adjust the calendar and Facebook posts. Sign up ASAP!!! Please feel free to contact me in your preferred method. I will have a suggestion box at our meetings if you are a physical writer or creator of visions. If you email, my email is quilter4life60@gmail.com. If you are a texter or chatter, my phone number is (724)757-7012. My voicemail stays full but I will return your call if you miss me! I look forward to meeting and getting to know each of you! Michelle and I look forward to "Our Year of the M&M's" !!! Stay Blessed, Mary Ann C., Vice President Info on Dalphene Parks/February Speaker Ms. Dalphene Parks comes to us from a very travelled path from her Tennessee roots thru Utah, California and settling down in White Oak, Virginia. She is a prolific quilter. Her walls sport ribbons from fairs and quilt shows with her recent addition of the National Quilters Award of Merit. She is known for her talent with feed sacks and Kaffee Fassette fabrics, as well as scrappy pieced originals. With decades of experience, Ms. Dalphene is a delight to be around. Ever so humble she is a country girl who grows flower bulbs and posies. Whether that is in her garden or her heart, you will find a treasure to take home with you! She is as generous a heart as you will find. So come fill your heart with her love and joy of all things pieced! Be sure to sign up at the January meeting for her very affordable workshops. I'm sure they will fill quickly. Quilt of Valor News The year 2023 will be a year of change for Quilts of Valor, but has the potential to be the best year yet! I recently announced that I would be stepping aside after ten years of leading the Quilts of Valor Project for the guild. Fortunately, Patty H. (who has been involved for many years) has accepted the role of Coordinator, and we are all looking forward to her new ideas and great energy in continuing to inspire and organize all of us to honor our military. We are on hiatus during the month of January, and Patty and I will be transitioning the supplies and paperwork during February. Quilt of Valor Sew-Ins will resume in March (Patty will send that news in February), as will awards and presentations. I know that the wonderful guild support will continue for this project!! So here are the numbers for 2022: 81 Quilts of Valor awarded 23 National Website Requests 16 Guild Requests 5 4 Paws for Ability Requests 6 20th Helicopter Ops Reunion Requests (St. Louis Reunion - this will be in Dayton this year in August!) 15 Crestview Baptist Church (Clayton) Requests 16 Beavercreek Senior Center Requests 31 Army 28 Air Force 15 Navy 7 Marines (First year ever that there has been more Army than Air Force awards!) Many thanks to all of you individually for your overwhelming participation - piecing, quilting, binding, making and writing labels, block drives, awarding quilts, donating fabrics, money, and time, etc. During these 10 years, together we have awarded over 600 Quilts of Valor in the Miami Valley and beyond. My fondest takeaway from these years has been the friendships made and deepened, both within the guild and with the award recipients and their families. Being a part of the healing and comfort that these quilts bring is so rewarding and I hope that you all have the opportunity to be involved in some way this year! Debbie G., QOV Chair Raffle Quilt News Just a reminder to those of you who graciously took one or more of the blocks for the raffle quilt to work on. We ask that you bring your finished blocks to the upcoming January meeting. If you are unable to make the meeting, please reach out to Emilie Theriot at theriot.ekt@gmail.com or call her at 937-608-8246 to coordinate someone to pick the block(s) up from you. Thank you to those of you who have helped so far, it is greatly appreciated. Emilie T., Quilt Show Chair Quilt Retreat News Retreat is coming up fast and all seats have been filled. Click here to find the “What to Pack for the Retreat” information. Food orders are optional but need to be submitted and paid by Feb. 6 to Barb. Checks should be made out to MVQG. See Barb at the Guild meeting for more information. Note that you should pay your remaining balances for retreat registration in January. All membership dues for 2023 should be paid as well. Carol G., Retreat Chair News from President
I have been very honored to be your President for the second time around and I know I’m handing this position off to someone who will do an outstanding job. Please welcome Michelle, as well as Mary Ann (new VP), as they will begin in January. I look forward to new and fresh ideas in the future. Happy Holidays to all and see you at our potluck. Sherry G, President News from Vice President Our December Potluck will begin at 6 p.m. Please bring a dish to share for 6-8 people; all utensils will be provided, along with decaf coffee, lemonade, and water. Don't forget to bring your Christmas block - see information below and on the website; it's not too late to make one or more! Lastly, we will have Show and Tell. Don't forget about the scrap bag challenge as well; information is on the website as well. This is my last newsletter entry before passing the VP role onto Mary Ann. [See bios below for information about our newly appointed President and Vice President.] Thank you to our outgoing president, Sherry G. Mary Lou, and everyone for your assistance and participation in this past year's classes, lectures, and activities. I know there will be more exciting adventures to come. Sandy H, Vice President Christmas Block Challenge Bring your completed block(s) to the Christmas Potluck; you will receive a ticket for each block made (limit 3) for the chance to win the entire bundle of blocks. There will be one or two winners depending on the number of overall blocks submitted. Winner(s) are asked to bring the quilt top to the June meeting to share and will receive a $50 gift card to purchase backing and batting to finish your quilt. Christmas Block Instructions Retreat News We are only 2 months away from our retreat and plans are moving along smoothly. Cindy will be arriving early to the December meeting in case anyone wants to pay their balance due. All monies should be paid in full by the January meeting and all attendees need to make sure that they have paid their 2023 membership dues. Carol G, Retreat Chair Community Quilts Carol delivered 30 quilts to Hospice, 15 to Jeremiah's Letter who works with the homeless and another 15 to the Family & Youth Initiatives who work with families on parenting. She also has another 13 holiday themed quilts to take to Hospice. In all, we have donated over 200 quilts to various organizations this year! Thank you and great work ladies! A special thank you to Connie Combs who does a lot of the quilting for both Community Quilts and Quilts of Valor! Also, thank you to all of you who help with the bindings. This is truly a community effort! Carol Gibson, Community Quilts Chair BIOS ON OUR NEWLY APPOINTED PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT I am thrilled to be involved with the Miami Valley Quilting Guild and excited to be your next President. I have been a member of the Guild for 4 months! I joined to make new friends and learn more about quilting. What a surprise to now find I am very much jumping into the Guild in this role as President. I dabbled in quilting many years ago while living in Los Angeles. During this time, I made just one quilt…it never really took hold and at the time, I had a very busy civilian career working for the Air Force. But I had acquired a small stash of projects, which moved with me several times and I kept my used Bernina 1560. Fast forward about 18 years… I retired in 2018 and now had lots of free time. And then COVID isolation hit in early 2020…perfect time to unpack those projects and my machine that I had been carting with me for so many years. I am now hooked! In these past 2 years, I have made many quilts, bags, table runners…and acquired a wonderful Bernina 820…you get the picture. I love this art! I look forward to growing my skills and precision, and learning and friendships. I am very fortunate to be partnering with Mary Ann, who was also elected last month as Vice President. Together we will make a good team. We have a great year ahead. I look forward to this next year. Michelle P, President-elect **************************************************************************** As Michelle stated, we are VERY excited for what the New Year will bring! I look forward to meeting you all and making new friends. My husband has lived in Medway for many years and is the local C.P.A. He was previously G.S. and retired from the Air Force at Wright Patterson. I moved here from Pennsylvania. Previously I had lived in Virginia. I belonged to quilt guilds and church groups in both places. Being a military family means you learn to grow where you are planted. I have travelled the world since I was 17 because of the military and my job with Amtrak. I recently retired after 33+ years. I'm happy to be home! I am new to MVQG. I helped to intake quilts for the show and then joined as a member. I found the group to be friendly and generous. Your helpful nature won me over immediately! I have loved quilting since I was a child taking naps under my grandmother's quilt frame during the quilting bees. I hope we will have time to enjoy a few more of those. Lol! Please let me know what interests you. I am a physical versus digital girl. I will be setting up a suggestion box at the meeting so I won't miss any of your input. I look forward to our year as a team. Thanks for your support. Mary Ann C, Vice President-elect Reminder that, due to the church being a polling location, we will NOT be meeting next week. Our next meeting will be December 13 and will begin at 6 p.m. for our potluck.
News from President Hi, everyone! Have a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving and see you in December at our potluck get together. Remember, we will have more $5 bags for sale and a show and tell. Sherry G, President Congratulations to our new President and Vice President! Be sure to welcome our newest President and Vice President at the December potluck: Michelle P. as President and Mary Ann C. as Vice President. These two ladies stepped up at the October meeting and the guild members unanimously welcomed them aboard. Congratulations and we look forward to great things. News from Vice President Reminder about our two challenges. Fabric Bag Challenge Using fabric scrap bags purchased at the October guild meeting, create a unique quilt using the guidelines below. The quilts/wall hangings will be presented/displayed at the March 2022 guild meeting. You may only enter one item for each scrap bag purchased. Guidelines are included under Challenges on the website. Christmas Block Challenge Christmas Block Challenge for 2022. Bring a completed Christmas themed block to the Christmas Dinner on December 13. You will receive a ticket for each block made (limit 3) for a chance to win the entire bundle of blocks. There will be one or two winners, depending on number of overall blocks submitted. Winner(s) are asked to bring the quilt top to the June meeting to share. Winner(s) are given a $50 gift card in order to purchase backing and batting to complete the quilt(s). Guidelines are included under Challenges on the website. Shelly B., MVQG Communications Coordinator News from President and Vice President
October’s meeting will prove to be a busy time, please see the following: 6-7 p.m. Retreat sign-ups AND fabric bag sales. 7 p.m. Meeting begins with the following: New President nominations AND Vice President nominations.
Sherry G., President and Sandy H., Vice President Community Quilts At the October meeting, I will have some more quilts that need binding. Since we don't have a meeting in November due to Election Day, I would ask that if you take a quilt to bind that you wait to return it to me in January. Due to the holidays and guests coming to my house, I won't have room to store them and I won't have time to take them to be donated. Thanks. Carol G., Community Quilts Chair Quilt Retreat 2023 Just a reminder that we will begin taking registrations for the Quilting with My Peeps retreat at the October meeting. As many of you know, these spots fill up quickly and we only have 78 spots available. You will need to make at least the $50 deposit in order to pick your seat. Be sure to choose your seat carefully. Spots fill up quickly and you won’t be able to request a different spot later. If you want to sit with friends, they will need to be present and pay their deposit or you can bring their deposit with you. The committee is working to make this another great retreat and look forward to Quilting with our Peeps! Carol G., Retreat Chair Quilt Show 2024 Raffle quilt block kits will be available at the October meeting to sign out for you to take home and work on. Each block is paper pieced and we ask that they be returned without trimming being done. Deadline for completion and return is the January meeting. There are 25 blocks total so your help would be greatly appreciated. If for any reason you complete the blocks prior to January and would like to turn them in or can’t make the January meeting, please reach out to me and arrangements can be made to get the blocks from you. Thank you! Emilie T., Quilt Show Chair Quilt of Valor News The October 11 guild meeting is our turn-in date for our Scrap Busting Block Drive! We have 20 members who are participating and we look forward to seeing the blocks that everyone has made! Some of you have already turned in your blocks and we have made a few tops already with some of the sets. If you already turned in your blocks, please stop by the QOV table at the meeting to pick up your "Thank You"! If your blocks are not done, or you won't be at the meeting, please e-mail me and we can work out an alternative solution. Thank you to all who participated!! The other big news is that we have a new Quilts of Valor coordinator! Patty H., a guild member who has long worked with our Quilt of Valor group in sew-ins and presentations, has volunteered to lead the project beginning in March 2023!! Patty has mega sewing experience, has a son who is in the military, and she worked at Wright-Patt for many years. She will be a natural at this! We are very excited that she is willing to lead and organize the project. I will continue with sew-ins, presentations, etc. until the end of December. Patty will have neck surgery right after Christmas and will be recuperating for about a month afterwards. The two of us will make the transition of fabric, patterns, computer work, etc. in February and she'll begin sew-ins, presentations, etc. in March. I know that our "regulars" have already pledged their support for Patty, and know that the rest of the guild will as well! Right now, we have two sew-ins a month - one at Sharing Stitches in Xenia and one at Crestview Baptist Church in Clayton. We have kept these sew-ins small during the COVID time, but if you are interested in participating, please let me know! Debbie G, Quilts of Valor Coordinator debgins@aol.com Announcement A fellow guild member wanted to pass along that the owner, Darlene Griffith, of Quilted Christmas, is going out of business. In an effort to downsize her inventory, she is putting hundreds and hundreds of bolts on sale for $6/yd. More importantly, though, she has decided to entertain shoppers in her home on an appointment basis. You are sure to have fun perusing bolts upon bolts of all types of high quality fabrics. Her home is located in Germantown. Please contact her through her website QUILTEDCHRISTMAS.COM to set up your excursion. Guild meeting is coming up Tuesday, September 13, beginning at 7 p.m. Lots going on the next few months. Carefully read the E-News for important information.
NEWS FROM THE PRESIDENT Happy Autumn, everyone! Don’t forget to turn in your budgets for next year. You know who you are. For those that may not know or as a reminder, we need a new President AND a new Vice President starting in January 2023. Please consider stepping up to fill these positions. Our October meeting plan is to have some demos and show and tell. In addition, we will be selling $5 bags of fabric and may even have a challenge coming your way. We will also reveal our Christmas block for December’s luncheon. Remember, there is NO meeting in November. Sherry G, President NEWS FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT Tuesday, September 13, Gyleen X. Fitzgerald, quilter and writer, will give her presentation: Path to Modern. On Wednesday, September 14, Gyleen will teach her Caribbean Star 2 class from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Cost - Guild Members - $45, Non-Guild Members - $50. There is also a pattern fee and required tool; both may be purchased from Gyleen. There are 5 openings for Gyleen's class. Please remember our new policy pertaining to workshop/class cancellations. But after looking at class fees for the Houston International Quilt Show, very few classes are less than $75 with all day classes ranging from $75 to $175. We are very fortunate to have Gyleen and may other national and/or international teachers. There will be no show and tell for September due to our having a national speaker. Looking ahead to our October meeting. It would be great to have you, our talented guild members, share some easy and fun Christmas gift ideas. Please send me an email at mvqgvp22@gmail.com if you would like to participate in a short demo. Show and tell will return at this meeting. Sandy H, Vice President MEMBERSHIP Be sure to let me know if you have changed your email or other contact information so your membership record remains up to date. Thanks. Tere H, Membership RETREAT TIME! It is time to start thinking about our annual retreat. The Retreat Committee has been working on our plan to make sure you have a great retreat. The Retreat will be held at the Wingate Hotel in Fairborn February 18-20, 2023. The theme this year is "Quilting with My Peeps". Click here for registration packet information. We will start taking registrations at our October 11 meeting beginning at 6 p.m. We will have the seating chart there and you will be able to pick your spot, providing, of course, that you have paid your $50 deposit. Spots fill up quickly so if you have plans to sit with friends, make sure you all get your registrations and $50 in early to ensure that you get a spot. We are all looking forward to the retreat and hope that you can join us this year. Carol G, Retreat Chair QUILTS OF VALOR I hope that all of you who signed up are working on your blocks for our Scrap Busting Block Drive!! Please bring your blocks to the OCTOBER meeting - looking forward to seeing how everyone uses their scraps! Thank you for participating! We continue to work on our two big QOV presentations for the fall - 7 quilts for Crestview Baptist Church in Clayton for October and 14 quilts for the Beavercreek Senior Center in November. Thanks to all who are helping with piecing, quilting, and binding (and making pillowcases)! Things are going according to schedule! So, now to the hard part - some of you know that the Ginsburgs are in the process of building a house (getting on one floor, 5 miles away from where we live now), which will hopefully be finished by March-April 2023. Between the building of the house, decluttering and packing up the present house, moving, then getting the present house ready to sell, much has been added to our lives. Because of that, there has to be some subtraction of other things. After coordinating our Quilts of Valor project for the last 10 years, I will be stepping aside at the end of this year. Together, we have honored so many veterans and I'm grateful to all of you for this shared endeavor. Because we have had such great participation in this project, I am hoping that one (or two) people will feel called (as I really do believe that it is a ministry) to coordinate and lead the group/guild in continuing our work, as there are many veterans and active military in the area who would love to be honored with a Quilt of Valor! We have great systems and resources in place, so it is not something where you have to "reinvent the wheel", (plus I'm a phone call away for consultation). The friendships that have been made will always be treasured, and are a wonderful by-product of all of our hard work. If you are interested in helping to continue this project, I can fill you in with the details. Debbie G Quilts of Valor Coordinator debgins@aol.com OTHER NEWS Remembrance Quilt Guild in Springfield, will be holding a basket/container auction on Monday, September 26, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. at Northminster Church on Villa Road. The proceeds go to fund the guild programs and projects. There will be various themed baskets...OSU...wine...pasta.... quilting...yarn...cooking and food baskets. Jeff Harvey will be the auctioneer for the evening. Please come and bid and maybe you will find a Christmas present or two to start your shopping early. No guest fee will be charged. No credit or debit cards; cash and check only. Plan to get there a bit early so you can scope out the baskets. Thank you Marcia S, MVQG Guild Member * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The following announcement was sent to the MVQG’s email. Any questions should be sent directly to their email. We are getting ready to hang our Sunbury Piece Corps quilt show! It is going to be on Saturday, October 15th at the Sunbury United Methodist Church from 9:00 AM until 3:00 PM. We need your help to get the word out. Would you be willing to email or contact every quilter that you know to tell them about our show? Our fundraiser quilt this year supports Big Walnut Friends Who Share. You may bring canned goods and non-perishable items for a chance to win a door prize. We invite you and your guild members to come and enjoy the quilts and camaraderie. Admission is a $5 donation. There will be several fabulous vendors and lunch will be available. Along with our display of over 200 quilts, we are planning demos on various quilt making techniques, displays of charity projects, and a showing of story quilts. You will not want to miss our boutique of quilted items. And for the bargain hunters, we will have all kinds of donated fabric and quilt supplies in our “Granny's Attic”. We are located in Sunbury on the NorthEast corner of Route 3 and Routes 36/37. From highway 270, drive up Route 3 through Westerville or from highway 71, use exit 131 and drive 4 miles east on route 36/37. (We are 10 miles north of the Polaris exit.) For more information, contact us at sunburypiececorps@aol.com. Reminder that the next guild meeting is Tuesday, August 9, beginning at 7 p.m. Catherine Redford will be our featured speaker. A note to our board members that budgets are coming due soon. More information will be announced at meeting.
Sherry G, President News from Vice President Sharon Resvick was a pleasure to have at our guild meeting last month; I was told numerous times how much people enjoyed her presentation. On Tuesday, August 9, Catherine Redford will present the program, Trip Around the World in Folk Art Stitches. Then on Wednesday, August 10, Catherine will offer the class: Steps to Successful Free Motion Quilting - 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Enon Church. Fees: Guild Members - $35, Non-Guild Members - $45 - Kit Fee $10 (purchased from Catherine on the day of class). Tuesday, September 13, Gyleen X. Fitzgerald, quilter and writer, will give her presentation: Path to Modern. On Wednesday, September 14, Gyleen will teach her Caribbean Star 2 class from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Cost - Guild Members - $45, Non-Guild Members - $50. There is also a pattern fee and required tool; both may be purchased from Gyleen. There are openings for both Catherine’s and Gyleen's classes. Please remember our new policy pertaining to workshop/class cancellations. There will be no show and tell for August and September due to our speakers. Looking ahead to our October meeting. It would be great to have you, our talented guild members, share some easy and fun Christmas gift ideas. Please send me an email at mvqgvp22@gmail.com if you would like to participate in a short demo. Show and tell will return at this meeting. Sandy H, Vice President EXTRA! EXTRA! SHARING STITCHES IS EXPANDING Sharing Stitches has moved from Shari’s home to a commercial building with an elevator. Woohoo, no more stairs to climb unless you want to. The new location is 492 W. Second St., Suite 201, in Xenia. Not only do they offer longarm rental and custom quilting, but they are continually adding fabric by the bolt, pre-cuts, batting and notions. In keeping with their philosophy of making quilting fun, affordable and educational, they are expanding and adding a classroom. Their first class will be a bottle gift bag. Perfect time to get started for Christmas gifts or any occasion depending on the fabric. The quiltsmart interfacing to make the bag is included in the cost of the class. The cost is only $40. Held on Saturday, August 20, at 10 a.m. You can contact them at sharing.stitches@yahoo.com, (937)479-8343, www.sharingstitches.com, sharingstitches on facebook or they’d love for you to stop by and visit. Leanne and Shari are looking forward to your visit. |
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