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Mountain Meadow Quilters – April, 2019

April, 2018

PO Box 3254

Sunriver, Oregon 97707

mountainmeadowquilters.org

Our Mission Mountain Meadow Quilters shall promote the

art of quilt making through education and

charitable giving. All levels of skill and ability shall be encouraged and supported.

CALENDAR

April 2 ***Service Quilt Sit-n-Sew

April 9 *Program Meeting

April 16 ****Appliqué Group

April 23 **Education Meeting

Bazaar Workshops

*SHARC **BJ’s Quilt Basket ***Homestead Quilts ****Bevalee Runner’s Home

MASTER QUILTERS

Lillian Arnold, Sharann Bean, Mary Buxton, Pauly Edwards, Bev King, Crys Kyle,

Gladys Mulrein, Bevalee Runner, Carol Webb, Wendy Hill, Sue McMahan, Judy A. Johnson,

Joan Metzger, Kathy Shaker, Valerie Weber, Sarah Kaufman, Tammy MacArthur,

Linda Saukkonen, Barb Lowery, Dolores Petty, Michelle McMicken, Marleen Fugate,

Pat Jones and Dorothy Spain.

Thoughts from the President…

Happy April,

Well we have a couple of wonderful things happening this month:

First Easter, which is Sunday, April 21. I love Easter. Make sure

your Easter Baskets are ready for the delivery of all that Easter

candy and colored eggs. I pray this year the Easter Bunny will

leave, a year supply of chocolate, along with fabric, thread,

patterns and of course new rulers. After all, we are quilters, right?

And what goes better together than quilting and chocolate!

Second is our Central Oregon Spring Shop Hop.

It is Thursday through Saturday, April 25-27. So make sure you check your

fabric stash and see what it is that you need or want. The shops

always have new fabrics and inspiring samples and patterns. So lets go out

and support our local quilt shops.

It will be a great week starting off with Easter and ending with

Central Oregon Spring Shop Hop.

Hope to see you out and about.

Robin

MMQ BOARD MEETING THURSDAY, May 9, 2019

10:15 am at Sunriver Library

If you would like to have a topic discussed, please

email Robin at: [email protected] to be put on

the agenda.

Thanks, Robin


QUIET THOSE CELL PHONES! As a courtesy to our speakers, guests, guild members, show

and tell presenters and anyone attending our meetings,

please quiet your cell phone before the meeting. If you

are expecting an important call, switch it to vibrate and

exit the meeting room to take your call.

PROGRAM MEETING

April 9 —10 am @ SHARC Central Oregon quilter Anna Bates, describes herself as "a

passionate person who is passionate about everything...a

110% kind of personality," and we couldn't agree more!

That passion and enthusiasm, as well as her warm and

genuine personality, is what has made Anna's "Woolie

Mammoth" blog and her "Quilt Roadies" YouTube Channel

such a phenomenon. So it's no wonder that MMQG

is passionately excited about welcoming Anna as our April

speaker and seeing a trunk show of her beautiful quilts!

EDUCATION MEETINGS

10:00 @ BJ’s Quilt Basket

April 23 -Sue Humiston

Reverse Appliqué—Potluck

Supplies needed:

Sewing machine with thread to match materials

3 - 12” squares of fabric, 2 matching and 1 contrasting

straight pins, marker to draw on fabric,

good sharp pointed scissors

TECHNIQUE OF THE MONTH

Deb Ewing presented March's Technique of the Month

which focused on sewing Scrappy Half Square Triangles.

You'll find the PDF file with the instructions, which also

includes tips for sewing HSTs without having to draw lines

on your fabric on the MMQ website

Log in and, from the drop-down menu, choose Forms and

Quilt Tips, then open Technique of the Month.

Scrappy Quilting to you!

BAZAAR WORKSHOPS

10 AM—2 PM

April 11 *Burp Cloths to match Bibs

(Thurs) Bring black, white, red, blue & gray threads

April 18 **Cloth Drawstring Bags

(Thurs)

All materials provided. Bring your machine & basic sewing

supplies. You may sign up on the MMQ website Contact

Jeri Banton for more info:

908-797-0449 or [email protected]

*Homestead Quilts

**Heidi Thaut’s Home

Service Quilt Sit-n-Sew

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Homestead Quilts, La Pine

News from the Service Projects Committee:

**At the April Sit-n-Sew session, we’ll be mak-

ing four-patch blocks and using them to com-

plete panel quilts.

**We’ve put together some rag quilt block kits

for MMQ members to make at home. All you

need to do is put the three layers of each block

together and sew an X across the block. The

completed blocks will be made into quilts at fu-

ture Sit-n-Sew sessions. Kits will be available at

upcoming guild meetings. Thanks for your help

making service quilts!

APPLIQUÉ GROUP

"The appliqué group meets the third

Tuesday of each month at Bevalee

Runner's house from 9:30 to noon.

This year's theme is "Sea Life" and

all members of the guild are invited to submit a hand appli-

quéd quilt with that theme for our exhibit in the Sunriver

Quilt Show in August. You do not need to be a regular ap-

pliqué group member to participate, but please let Bevalee

know if you are planning to take part."


April 3 Pat Jones

April 5 Marlene Fugate

April 13 Debra Ewing

April 13 Bevalee Runner

April 15 Louise Yoshihara

April 17 Yvonne Brown

April 20 Cathi Kleckner

April 21 Sue Humiston

April 23 Barbar Hutchison

April 27 Kim Anderson

April 28 Sarah Kaufman

REMINDER: On your birthday month, please bring 12 rolls of toilet paper to the SHARC for Care and Share. The donation will be taken to Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Thank you and Happy Birthday!

SHOW AND TELL

Please remember that show and tell is limited to 2 items

that have not been previously shown. Thank you for your

cooperation.

BLOCK OF THE MONTH

With the cancellation of the February education meeting,

Nancy Fischer presented both February and March BOM.

Instructions are posted on the MMQ website under

“Forms & Quilt Tips”. Some may say that she is presenting

a “unit of the month” as the mystery quilt is being done in

units, not blocks. Don’t forget to bring your completed

February and/or March units for a chance to win a fat

quarter.

NEWSLETTER DEADLINE

Deadline for the March newsletter:

Thursday - April 25th

Please send newsletter articles to:

Lavelle Wallace, Newsletter Director, at

[email protected]. POTHOLDERS!!!!! Hi Ladies,

Just a note to let those

of you that were unable

to attend the Education

Meeting at BJ’s in

March, that I reported

that I have only

received 10 potholders,

well after the meeting

that became 13!! We have a ways to go to reach our yearly

goal of 2 per member. Please start thinking about making a

couple of potholders for the Bazaar. They really don’t take

much time or effort to do. Dorothy Spain has again made

up some kits, which are very easy to finish. So please try

to get a couple made before August. It isn’t really that far

away.

Connie Cleveland, Potholder Chairman

SNACK HOSTESSES

April 9 Dorothy Spain

Pat Jones

Ruth Kinane

Renee Peters

April 23 Cathi Kleckner

Marcia Schonlau

Marcia Yeater


DONATIONS—SUNRIVER QUILT SHOW

Sunriver Quilt Show Quilting Books, Magazines, Patterns,

and Fat Quarters Sale. Winter is the perfect time to go

through your quilting books, magazines, and patterns to see

what you would like to recycle by donating them for sale at

the Sunriver Quilt Show. There will be a donation box for

collecting the items at every MMQ meeting through July.

In addition to the quilting books, magazines, and patterns,

this year we will also include fat quarters! Look through

your fabric stash and see if you have any fat quarters you

wish to part with, or some high quality quilting fabric that

is left from a project or doesn't fit in with your preferred

color palette that can be cut to fat quarter size (18 x 22),

Fat quarter donations can be put in the same box as the

books (that will be at each MMQ meeting).

Questions? Contact Christine Watkins at

832-970-4538.

MMQ WEBSITE NEWS:

Consider Adding a Picture to Your MMQ Web Roster Pro-

file.

We have a lot of members. Do you remember who is

who? Well, I still have some difficulties... If you would

like to add your picture to the Roster display at Mountain-

MeadowQuilters.org, visit //wordpress.com/meand sign up

for an account. Once you upload a picture, your fellow

members will be able to distinguish you in a crowd.

Anytime you sign into a WordPress site (such as ours) with

your account’s registered email, your uploaded picture will

display next to your name. There is no cost for the ac-

count. The picture is called a “Gravatar”. Google that

term if you have more questions. It will tell you what the

Gravatar is used for, how it is created, and how it can be

changed. I promise to change mine from my dog’s picture

to a new picture soon. Oh, how I hate having my picture

taken…

Louise Carriger

MMQ Retreat

May 12-14, 2020

Riverhouse on the Deschutes (Bend)

Plans are well underway for our 2020 Retreat. Riverhouse has graciously offered to do a “dry

set” of the classroom arrangement for our team meeting this month. This allows us to see the

classroom table set up and fine-tune it for the best possible sewing, ironing and cutting sce-

nario.

We have 9 more spaces open for Maggie’s Radiant Feathered Star class. We are starting a

waiting list for the landscape class (Cynthia England) and Sit and Sew (independent sewing).

Make the beautiful 28 1⁄2” Radiant Star block with your choice of a Snowball or Kaleidoscope in the center. We will

study a variety of piecing techniques for perfect triangles, including foundation paper-piecing for the feathers. We begin

with instruction in basic pattern drafting to make a template for the star arms and to calculate the sizes of the block

components. Then we’ll continue with constructing the block and a discussion of options for making a medallion-style quilt

to showcase this stunning star.

Additional $6.00 pattern fee (pattern purchase online not included in class cost). www.dragonflyquilts.com

$15 Reserves your spot in the class. Final payments are due March 2020. Payment options are now available on the MMQ

website for your convenience (minimum $25). $250 classroom ($100 Sit and Sew) cost includes 2 plated breakfasts, 2

plated dinners, a lovely venue for classes and service for meals in the Riverhouse Convention Center, AV support, instruc-

tion for classes, and beverage (non alcohol) service.

Please contact Julia Jeans to register. [email protected] or 541-728-1286.

Questions? Contact Heidi Thaut, Retreat Chair: [email protected], 541-241-3756 (home) or 520-306-8382

(cell). No question is a silly question. :-)

http://wordpress.com/me

http://www.dragonflyquilts.com/

mailto:[email protected]



SUNRIVER QUILT SHOW Please help out and distribute our

posters to the quilt shops before

the shop hop. They will be available

at the meetings and make sure you

sign them out so we know which

shops still need one.

Bonnie Schaefer

Chair, Sunriver Quilt Show

LUCKY DRAWING RECIPIENTS! Feb & Mar

Quilt Shop / Sewing Machine Shop Donations:

- BJ’s Quilt Basket Winners: Trisha Tyler

Lavelle Wallace

- Cynthia’s Sewing Center Winners: Robin Bracken

Denise Meese

- High Mountain Fabrics Winners: Gail Morona

Heidi Thaut

- Homestead Quilts (#1) Winners: Valerie Weber

Bonnie Schaeffer Phyllis Newman Linda Ehrich

- Homestead Quilts (#2) Winners: Marie Hansen

Martha Deuchler Sandy Schmidgall Nancy Fischer

- Material Girl Fabrics Winner: Dorothy Spain

- QuiltWorks Winner: Julia Jeans

- Sew Many Quilts Winners: Barb Owens

Bev King Diane Noteboom

- Stitchin’ Post Winners: Deb Ewing

Renee Peters

- Thread Dancing Winners: Marcia Yader

Diny VanDerVelden

- Cahoots Quilting Winners: Mindy Wolfman

Carolyn Schade

Monthly Drawing:

- Book #1 Winner: Connie Cleveland

- Book #2 Winner: Susan Campbell

A big thank you to the quilt shops, sewing machine shops,

and long arm quilters for their donations!

PARKING AT BJ’S QUILT BASKET

For 4th Tuesday Meetings

What fun to hold our fourth Tuesday meeting each month at

BJ’s!! Thank you to Kathy and her staff! A few parking reminders: please leave 5-6 spots free in front of

the shop for BJ’s customers. The majority of MMQ members should park across the street along the side of JoAnn’s. Please

leave the parking spots in the BJ’s parking lot for those unable to walk across the street. If you are bringing sewing machines or

other items to the meeting, please unload at the side entrance and then move your car to the JoAnn’s parking lot. Please do not arrive before 9:15 am and please use the side entrance.

2019 Board Members and Committees

Board Members

President...……..…………………………………….………….Robin Bracken

Vice President……….........….………………………................Mike Carriger

Programs.….........................................................................Marie Bostwick

Programs Asst. …………………….……...Marcia Schonlau & Deb Ewing

Education ………......................................................................Patty Gates

Secretary ..............................................................................Nancy Fischer

Treasurer ............................................................................Mindy Wolfman

Membership………...................................................................Sally Wilson

Newsletter………................................................................Lavelle Wallace

Newsletter Asst………………………….…...……………....Karen Padrick

Service Projects…….......................................Denise Meese/Barb Owens/

………………………………………………………………….Kathy Greenleaf

Immediate Past President…...........................................Sandy Schmidgall

Committees

Holiday Party………………………………..Barb Owens/Debbie Derheimer

Hospitality...............................................Christine Watkins/Wendy Warren

Greeters....................................................Heidi Thaut/Caroline Lincoln

Room monitor for BJ’s……………………...…………...Sandy Mahnken

Secret Pals…..........................................................................Barb Owens

Secret Pals Asst…………………………………… …..Debbie Derheimer

Communications / Webmistress.........................................Louise Carriger

Drawings…………………...………… . ..Terry Anderson/Marcia Schonlau

Sister's Quilt Show….....................................Julia Jeans/Susan Campbell

Sunriver Quilt Show……………………….…………..…….Bonnie Schaefer

Bazaar ………..…………………………….………...……..….Jeri Banton

Appliqué………………………………………….…………....Bevalee Runner

2020 Retreat Chair…................................................................Heidi Thaut

Historian...................................................................................Jan Beeson

Block of the Month……………...…....…………….....…….....Nancy Fischer

Technique of the Month…………………..…………….…….....Debra Ewing

Outreach Chair………………………………………….…...…..Mike Carriger


Mountain Meadow Quilters Business Meeting Minutes –

March 12, 2019 SHARC – Sunriver, Oregon

Greeters: Heidi Thaut introduced 2 new members and one returning member.

Hospitality: Christine Watkins thanked Valerie Weber, Michelle Mullenberg, Patty Gates and Robin Bracken for providing

our treats today.

Thinking of You’s: Alice Hanson lost her husband in January. Diana Swenson fell and broke two vertebrae and displaced

one. Robin Bracken announced that Sandy Schmidgall is back. Sandy thanked everyone for their cards, telephone calls,

visits, driving her to medical appointments and prayers.

Announcements: Mike Carriger announced that his embroidery machine is back and he is back to doing name tags. Mike

passed a sheet around for sign ups for next year’s board. If you are interested, call Nancy Fischer, Lavelle Wallace or

Bonnie Schaefer to discuss their positions. Robin Bracken asked people to please consider volunteering for a position.

Heidi Thaut announced that the Maggie Ball class has 10 spots open for the 2020 retreat. Robin Bracken announced that

you need to sign your photo release form.

Programs: Marie Bostwick announced there are 3 spots open for Jackie Kunkel’s workshop on March 13. Please see Marcia

Schonlau if you want to sign up. In May there is another workshop with Allie Allee to make a wool pincushion. Marie then

introduced Jackie Kunkel: Jackie and Marie met 10 years ago in a Judy Niemeyer class. Jackie lives in Mesa, Arizona, but

is originally from the East Coast. She started her own business, Canton Village Quilt Works, in 2000 as a long arm

business. She wrote the book “Splash of Color” and is a certified instructor and certified quilt shop for Judy Niemeyer.

She is an instructor on Craftsy (now BluPrint) and fabric designer for Island Batiks. She has published patterns in quilt

magazines and for Aurifil and is a brand ambassador for Viking Husqvarna. Her website (cvquiltworks.com) sells all her

patterns, fabrics, books and Judy Niemeyer patterns. If you order from her website and mention that you were at this

presentation, she will give you a 15% discount on that order. She has also partnered with Quiltster. Quiltster is a

program that allows you to mock up your quilt. One of her patterns, “Island Breeze” is in Quiltster. When using Quiltster,

you can take pictures of your own fabrics to use in the mock up. She used to do podcasts, where she has interviewed

Marie Bostwick. She now does a Facebook Live at 1:30 pm (mountain time) on Wednesdays called “Watch Me Wednesday”.

Jackie typically buys 1/2 yard of fabric when it is black and white, but when she really likes a fabric she buys the entire

bolt which is great for backings. Stripes work well in sashing, borders and binding. The workshop quilt that she is

teaching is a variation of drunkard’s path and is named after her Nana, “Proud Mary”. She uses fabrics from many areas

of the world...Australia, Africa to name a few. She has two free patterns on her website. She has a quilt in Judy

Niemeyer’s book “Geese Migration”. A question was asked about prewashing; she does not. The question was asked: Does

she have a problem with mixing batiks with regular cotton fabrics? She does not use steam; she uses a dry iron. When

she is done with a block, she will gently mist with Best Press. The more you handle a fabric, the more stretch you will give

to a fabric. Question was asked if you need to take a Judy Niemeyer class before you attempt a Judy Niemeyer pattern

or kit. Jackie recommended watching the Craftsy (BluPrint) class and if you are determined, you should be fine. She then

showed a number of beautiful quilts.

Break

Approval of Minutes: Robin Bracken asked if there were any corrections to the Business Meeting Minutes of January 8,

2019. There were no corrections. The minutes were approved.

Treasurer’s Report:

March Report: We’ve collected dues from 119 members, still 31 short of our expected number. If you haven’t already

done so, please get your dues in as soon as possible so we can offer all of our scheduled programs this year! We’ve had no

unexpected expenses so far this year, and our checking account currently has $7,200. We have $9,300 in our savings

account, which includes $6,400 set aside for the 2020 retreat (including $1,350 of participant payments that have been

made so far) and $2,900 remaining in “excess funds” for new guild quilt racks and other long-term equipment.


Mountain Meadow Quilters Business Meeting Minutes—continued

February Report: The focus of this report is the 2019 cash budget which was adopted by the membership on January 8.

The budget is very similar to that of 2018, with only a handful of changes. Unfortunately the budget does predict a net

loss for the year, which is obviously not sustainable. Unless we are able to significantly increase our bazaar sales and/or

membership dues revenue in 2019, it is likely our controllable expenses (read: programs, guest workshops, service pro-

jects, holiday party) will need to be reduced in the future.

Budgeted bazaar sales for the year is $5,000, which is in line with actual bazaar sales for the past two years, and budg-

eted membership dues is $5,250, identical to dues received in 2018. However, as of January 22 we had received only

$3,360 of 2019 dues, so please ask your fellow quilters to pay their dues as soon as possible so we can hold our fantastic

programs Marie has scheduled for us. According to our by-laws, members who had not renewed by January 31 are to be

dropped from the roster, so if this happens to you or someone you know, be sure to have them log-on to the website and

rejoin. Or you can send a check to MMQ if you prefer. Once you have paid your dues, access to the roster, newsletters,

photos, calendar, announcements, etc. will be available. Don’t miss out!

Budgeted expenses for 2019 have been adjusted for our new, larger storage unit rental (an increase of $900 for the

year), and for increased bank fees due to the use of our new online payment system. This increase is predicted to be

about $100 for 2019, but is likely to continue to go up in the future as more members pay for dues, workshops, the re-

treat, and our annual party online. Contrary to how it appears in this report, this is a good thing!

Unfortunately our 2020 retreat budget was hit with a budget decrease last year, as net income for the year was signifi-

cantly less than 30% of bazaar sales. Due to the policy adopted by the Board in 2018, the amount of cash that can be

transferred to the retreat fund any single year is limited to the LESSER of 30% of that year’s bazaar sales, or net cash

income for the year. This is to eliminate the chance of any of our cash reserves being used for retreat purposes. 2018

was the first time our net cash income was less than 30% of our bazaar sales, and hopefully it will be the only time, as we

work to increase our bazaar sales in the future. Luckily, the decrease is not expected to impact the 2020 retreat at this

time due to the cushion built in to it’s budget.

At 12/31/18 we had $5,650 in our checking account and $9,700 in savings which included $6,400 in the 2020 retreat

fund and $3,300 in the Excess Funds Account. Mindy has membership cards so stop by and pick them up.

Michelle McMicken made the motion to accept the Treasurer’s Reports for February and March; Caroline seconded. The

motion was approved.

Membership: Sally Wilson asked people to pay dues either in person or on the website. Membership cards are filled out

when requested.

Website: Louise Carriger announced that the website is up. If you need a password, Louise can set it up for you. At the

Education meeting in March there will be a demo of the full website.

Programs: Anna Bates will be the program for April. If there is anyone else that would like to sign up for Jackie Kunkel’s

class, let Marie know ASAP.

Education: Patty Gates announced that in March there will be a demo. Lavelle Wallace will be teaching the clam shell bag

after the meeting on March 24. Lavelle showed the various sizes of the clam bag. It was requested that you sign up for

the clam shell class today so they can make sure there are enough patterns, which are required to be purchased. At the

April Education meeting, Sue Humistan will do a lecture on reverse appliqué.

Sister Outdoor Quilt Show: Julia Jeans announced that the MMQ registration is in for the SOQS. You will need to reg-

ister your quilt individually. There is a $20 fee to register up to 10 quilts per person. Dawn Boyd is the new director of

the SOQS and is a quilter. SOQS is July 13.

Sunriver Quilt Show: Bonnie Schaefer announced that at the next meeting they will have the posters for people to dis-

tribute before the April Shop Hop.


Mountain Meadow Quilters Business Meeting Minutes—continued

Round Robin: Bonnie Schaefer announced that the round robin groups will be meeting after the meeting to exchange.

Bazaar: Robin Bracken asked if anyone is working with Jeri Banton on the bazaar. Dorothy Spain is in charge of work-

shops. Heidi Thaut is hosting workshops at her home. Phyllis Neumann demonstrated some ideas for bazaar items: adult

bibs, towel scarves and card holders.

Doll Quilt Challenge and Spools Challenge: Judy Johnson announced that several years ago we did the Doll Quilt Chal-

lenge and sold them for $25 each. We sold 43 of them. There is no definition of size. Use your leftover fabrics, blocks

and batting. American Girl dolls are still popular and are 18” tall. Judy passed out a handout with examples. Judy showed

many examples. Judy also talked about the Sunriver Books display for the month of August. The challenge is the Spools

Challenge. She passed around containers with spools of thread and, if interested, you are to pick one spool. The require-

ments are that you use the color of the thread to make a quilt. This color needs to be one of the following items: major

accent; one color in a two color quilt; the predominant color in a multi-color quilt; or it can be the sole color in a mono-

chromatic quilt. No quilt police, just your interpretation.

Service Quilts: Denise Meese announced that there were no deliveries of service quilts due to snow. At the last service

project workshop, 2 quilts were completed with 1 started.

Potholders: Dorothy Spain brought 46 potholder kits. Take them home, make them and bring them back.

Newsletter: Lavelle Wallace announced that she is switching back to [email protected] for newsletter submit-

tals. Deadline for articles is always the 25th of each month.

Appliqué Group: Bevalee Runner announced that the appliqué group meets next Tuesday at 9:30 am at her home. The Ap-

pliqué group has chosen the theme for our display at the Sunriver Quilt Show and everyone in the guild is invited to par-

ticipate. Hand appliqué only and the theme is “Sea Life”. Please let Bevalee know that you are participating.

Block of the Month: Nancy Fischer announced that she will be combining February and March and present both at the

March education meeting.

Quilt Books, Magazines and Patterns: Christine Watkins announced that she brings a box to each meeting for members

to drop off their gently used books, magazines and patterns to be sold at the Sunriver Quilt Show.

New Business: No new business

Old Business: Judy Johnson asked why our mission statement no longer contains the word “fellowship”. Pat Jones stated

that his would have been removed by our attorney due to becoming a non-profit status. It was asked that we confirm

that this was changed. Nancy Fischer will review the minutes from 2014 and report her findings to Robin Bracken, Mike

Carriger and Pat Jones.

Show and Tell Occurred

Drawings Occurred

Meeting was adjourned at 12:45 pm

Respectfully Submitted,

Nancy Fischer, Secretary


CALENDAR OF EVENTS @ MEETINGS

Check out the white board at MMQ meetings. All

upcoming MMQ events and other quilt-related events

will be listed. Thank you for keeping us organized

Nancy!

If you are aware of an event or are scheduling an

event or class, please send the information (via

email) to Nancy Fischer the information.

HEARING DEVICES AT SHARC

SHARC has purchased 12 hearing devices for people

to use who are attending meetings at SHARC. These

are free. They are said to greatly improve the hear-

ing quality at SHARC. See the person at the check-in

desk at SHARC.

MMQ Treasurer's Report 3/12/19

Good morning, quilters:

This has been another quiet month for MMQ finances,

largely due to our two cancelled meetings! Hopefully

we’re done with that for the year, and will be able to

enjoy the rest of our scheduled programs.

We’re still down about 20% for our 2019 membership,

so I need to remind everyone that dues are required

to be current in order to be eligible for our monthly

drawings. So if you haven’t paid your dues yet, be sure

to get me your check today before the drawings! Re-

member also, that as these raffles are not registered,

guests are not eligible to participate.

Various chairmen have asked that I make sure all ex-

pense reimbursement requests that I receive related

to their department are authorized by the chairman

before I pay them. There is already an approval line at

the bottom of the expense reimbursement form, so

you’ll need to have the chairman of the department

sign this before submitting the expense to me for re-

imbursement. This will help make sure the respective

chairmen actually have control over the expenses for

which they are responsible.

I am receiving payments at any time for tomorrow’s

workshop as well as our 2020 retreat. You can pay for

the retreat under your own schedule, but we ask that

if you make retreat payments online, they are for a

minimum amount of $25 due to the fees we are

charged to process the payment. I can take your per-

sonal check for any amount, or you can mail it to the

MMQ PO box.

Currently we have $6400 in our checking account and

$9300 in the savings account. Within the savings ac-

count, $6400 is designated for the 2020 retreat,

which includes $1350 of participant payments to date.

There is also $2900 in our designated Excess Funds

account within the savings account.

Respectfully submitted,

Mindy Wolfman, Treasurer

[email protected]

SISTERS’ QUILT SHOW

It’s time to register you quilts for the 2019 Sisters’

Outdoor Quilt Show MMQ special exhibit: ‘Baskets

of Plenty’.

Simply go to sistersoutdoorshow.org and register to-

day. Remember, if you signed up at a guild meeting or

via email, you still need to register directly with the

show.

If you have any questions please contact Julia at:

[email protected] or at 541-728-1286

Happy Creating!!!

Julia



HIGH MOUNTAIN FABRICS

Open Tuesday—Friday: 10-4 Open Saturday: 10-2

Closed Sunday and Monday

EMBROIDERY WITH A HEART

8 Years experience

Custom embroidery, custom digitizing service,

quilt blocks, costumes, quilt labels, name tags,

monogramming, etc.

Barbara Owens – 541-536-2180

MATERIAL GIRL FABRICS

307 NW 7th Street, Redmond (541) 923-1600

CAHOOTS QUILTING

Sue and Matt Humiston (mom and son) of Cahoots Quilting are now available to quilt your quilt tops. Our new Longarm machine will accommodate quilts up to 14 feet wide. We can do computerized edge to edge programs, custom programs and free motion. Borders and sashes are not a problem. As guild members we can pick up and deliver at the meetings or will be happy to make other arrangements. Give us your quilt project and the second project will be 25% off.

Matt @ 541 977-4222 or Sue @ 541 977-4220.

Email us at [email protected]

THREAD DANCING BY JULIA JEANS

Long Arm Quilting Services AND Long Arm Machine Rentals…

A free-motion long arm quilter that quilts all styles of quilts specializing in custom work. Work is individualized whether

it’s a custom or an all over quilting design. Julia has quilted over 1,500 quilts in her 8 years as a long arm quilter. As a

guild member, you are welcome and encouraged to call for individual consulting and help in quilting designs for your own

individual projects.

For more information on quilting services, class sign ups and machine rentals, please call or email Julia Jeans @

(541) 728 -1286 / [email protected].


A Word from Our Sponsors! With donations, classroom space, and special activities, local businesses have supported our guild. We greatly appreciate

their support and through a monthly news column we want to promote their businesses. Please start reading below and

the following pages to find the latest news:

BJ’S QUILT BASKET

Hello, Quilters!

I hope all of you got through February’s snow (and snow and snow and snow!) with no damage. We didn’t, but things are

mostly fixed now and we’re looking forward to spring.

We have so many yummy new fabrics rolling in. Our newest favorite is Tula’s Pinkerville. Yum yum yum! I ordered the

whole line and it is flying out the door. We have sweet watercolor florals, a darling ocean-themed line (narwhals!), and of

course scrumptious batiks.

Patty will be back this summer with another great series of Lumberyard classes, including another retreat. Dig into your

scraps and sew! We still have space in some of our Festival classes, check our website for details. And remember Shop

Hop is coming up at the end of April!

If you haven’t subscribed to our email newsletter, do it! I send info about sales and classes (everyone loves a sale,

right?), and we will start sending birthday coupons soon.

Happy Stitching!

Kathy

STITCHIN’ POST

Hi Ladies,

*April is a really special month at The Stitchin¹ Post, because we celebrate Customer Appreciation Days, April

18-20. Annette, Val, and I have been busy planning the celebration for all of you special folks, with demonstra-

tions of new techniques and products that we have discovered and want to share with you. There will be

specials and refreshments going on throughout the three day celebration. Don¹t forget about our special

³Thread Talks² presentation with Jeanette DeNicolis Meyer at 6:30pm-8:30pm, Wednesday, April 17, 2019.

Then we have the Central Oregon Shop Hop, April 25-27, and we have made a very fun sample with the special

fabric.

*Workshops and classes are in full swing check the website for ideas of something that might interest you.

If you ever want to arrange for a private class with a group of friends, let us know and we will be happy to ar-

range it for you. Terri Hunter is our education coordinator.

*April is a huge month for us, with deliveries of new fabric, books, and notions as we begin to fill our shelves.

We are preparing kits and samples, gearing up for spring and summer. Now that our snow has disappeared

(thank goodness!), our tulips and daffodils will be blooming and we hope to see you in April.

Jean and Val


QUILTWORKS April 2019 Shop News

QuiltWorks Gallery - The QuiltWorks April Quilt Gallery is our Books to Quilts unveiling; featuring textile arts from the

book Temperance Creek by Pamela Royes! Forty-five quilts and art pieces will be on display with works inspired by

Temperance Creek, a Memoir.

April 5th First Friday - Join us from 5 to 7 PM on April 5th for our First Friday and reception. Temperance Creek

author Pamela Royes will be our special guest and well as our exhibitors. We’ll have refreshments, door prizes and a

special sale.

April 6th Author Presentation - At 2PM on Saturday, Pamela Royes will be giving an author presentation based on her

first book Temperance Creek, a Memoir. Tickets are $15 at QuiltWorks.

Sew Inspired! - This will be our 2nd Annual Sew Inspired! Sew Teach Me fundraiser. Our Featured Inspiring Speakers

are Sara Weiner, well know for her Sara Bella business and Allison Murphy from UtiliSew, a local business owner. Our two

events will be Thursday, April 11 at 6:30PM and Saturday, April 13 at 2PM. Tickets are $20. Sew Teach Me is a 501(C)3

non-profit.

The Central Oregon Shop Hop - April 25, 26 27 are the Spring Shop Hop dates. Grab a friend and join the fun. All

seven Central Oregon quilt shops participate to thank you, our customers with a 3-day fun event. Free fabric, patterns,

door prizes, refreshments and fun are on the agenda for the Shop Hop. Visit all seven shops, get your passport stamped

and then enter it to win great prizes. The first prize is always a sewing machine!

Sew Teach Me - is a non-profit organization started at QuiltWorks. We match trained and screened mentors with

children to teach them how to sew at no cost. Matches are made based on mutually available times and the community

donates pre-cut and pre-packaged kits for projects. Visit sewteachme.org

May Quilt Exhibit - Ardie Youngers will be our Featured Quilter. The Featured Group is the Crook County Quilt Guilds’

Paint Chip Challenge.

QuiltWorks Longarm Quilting - QuiltWorks has two great quilters for our longarm quilting services, Vickie Minor and

Karen "KD" Dougan. We offer edge to edge quilting.

Marilyn and everyone from QuiltWorks

SEW MANY QUILTS & BERNINA CENTER

So are you tired of shoveling snow yet? A few more days of this 50 degree weather will definitely work to our

advantage. It won’t be long and we’ll be able to trade snow for daffodils and tulips, a

much needed change for all of us!

The arrival of Spring brings beautiful new fabric collections to Sew Many Quilts. Come

in and check out Bliss, a beautiful rose metallic 20+ bolt collection from Riley Blake.

Tula Pink’s new fabrics feature all sorts of hidden animals; come find the swans,

dragons, unicorns, and other 4-legged friends! While you’re here, check out the new

Tilda and Kaffe fabrics too.

Bernina is offering their extended 0% interest financing from April 18-30, on your

purchase of $3,000 or more. We have some new 4 series machines in the shop, come see if one of them needs to go

home with you!

And, of course, get ready for the Spring Shop Hop! Pick up a passport, visit all 7 of the participating shops on

Thursday, Friday or Saturday, April 25-27, and have a great time seeing all the spring merchandise, qualify for

prizes, and start on the mystery quilt, designed just for you!

We value your business and treasure your friendship,

Sharon, Gail and the Staff at Sew Many Quilts

http://sewteachme.org/


BJ’s Quilt Basket 20225 Badger Rd Bend, OR 97702 -

(541)383-4310 Owner: Kathy Shaker

www.bjsquiltbasket.com

Visit our 6,500 sq ft shop for all your quilting needs or rent our classroom for your next event!

A Word from our Sponsors—Continued

HOMESTEAD QUILTS AND GALLERY

April is here and things are changing, snow is melting, flowers

are starting to peek through the soil and the sun is making its

appearance here and there. We are getting things ready for

the Shop Hop coming up at the end of the month, April 25th,

26th and 27th, 9:00 am to 5:30 pm. Make sure you have your

calendars marked - who would not want to have a chance to

win a $50 or $25 gift certificate from one of the shops or a

Bernina sewing machine plus we are doing another mystery

quilt (find out more when your hopping).

If you are wanting to do a fun thing for a Mothers Day gift,

we are having a felting class on April 9th to make a Felted Pin

Cushion in a tea cup, it is really cute. Call or stop by for more

details. We have lots of felting supplies for you.

For all those knitters and crocheters we have a great selec-

tion of yarns from sock to bulky, cotton blends, wool, alpaca

and more, so come check them out.

As a reminder on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday's stop by the shop

and show your guild card and receive 20% off all regular

priced items in the store, the savings add up.

We have been receiving more new fabrics and we just got in

Soda Pop by Wilmington Prints, a fun collection of basics from

them. We have yardage and pre-cuts.

We hope to see you soon and during Shop Hop.

Happy Quilting,

Cathy and Staff

BIEBER SEWING & VACUUM REPAIR

I was the service technician at Morrow's from 2014 until

they closed. Upon their closing I started my own repair

business, servicing machines on site for a nominal travel fee

for larger machines and customers just preferring not to

lug their machines. I am donating a monthly gift certifi-

cate to your guild

Customers can also drop off machines at the small shop in

my home or I can usually pick up or drop off within Bend for

no additional fee.

Standard Rates for Full Service: Mechanical sewing machine - $125

Serger/overlock or Coverstitch - $125 Combination overlock/coverstitch (serger w/ 3 loopers) $150 Computerized/electronic sewing machine - $150 Embroidery sewing machine - $175

Commercial/industrial sewing machine - $175

Long Arm quilting machine - $175

(motorized or automated quilting frames additional $25-$75 if

service is necessary) Multi-needle embroidery machine - $200

Travel Fees:

Bend/Tumalo - NO CHARGE

Sunriver - $20 Redmond/Terrebonne, Sisters, LaPine, Powell Butte - $25

Madras/Culver, Prineville, Gilcrhist/Crescent - $40 Warm Springs - $50 I waive my travel fee for multiple machines and I offer a 10% dis-

count when servicing 3 or more machines at the same time.

SHOP HOP -is

almost here!

http://www.bjsquiltbasket.com/

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