Garland Quilt Guild June 2016

Newsletter

Words from the President Today I sat down and wrote thoughtfully about my mother turning 98, making quilts for her, and other serious reflections. Apparently it wasn't meant to be in our newsletter as my internet is down and I'm reduced to using my phone. I'm sure you're all getting your summer projects ready for these too hot to go outside days. It's always so motivational to see our Show & Tell quilts - you're all amazing. We'll be having "Lucky Logo" at our June meeting! Be sure to wear your Garland Quilt Guild logo pin, get a raffle ticket at the membership table when you come in and maybe win the prize. Don't have a pin? You can purchase one at the membership table as well. It's hot, it's summer, and it's Texas. Happy Quilting, Suzy Boyle, President

Meeting Reminders

Membership Badge and Logo pin Donation Quilt for Community Service BOM Blocks Sack Lunch donation items Please Silence your phones, to avoid distractions during the meetings. Classified ads are available for members

 

  

Tee Shirt Weather?

Get your Garland Quilt Guild shirts now! Short Sleeved Tees - $10.00 Long Sleeved Tees - $15.00 Hoodies - $20.00 Zip Front Sweat Shirts are in! - $25.00 Tote Bags - $10.00 Available at meetings or by calling Suzy Boyle, 469-222-8343 or fixintoquilt@yahoo.com

 

 

 

  

Programs News

The summer has a loaded bases line-up of lectures, activities and workshops. At the June 7th meeting, Deborah Brizendine shares her “Quilter’s Journey”. You can hit a home run by taking her paper piecing workshop on June 11, 2016. The project is a paper pieced placemat and the pattern is a Judy Niemeyer pattern. The class is filling up so stop by and sign up. Fee is $45.

On July 5th, we will have the opportunity to view and get inspired by the creative Hoffman Challenge winners. We will have a bed-turning / trunk show including blue ribbon quilts including “Gypsy Dancer” and “Garden Stars”. Quilts include international quilts, modern quilts, and all type of construction methods. It definitely is a show stopping collection. Come see if you can find the 2015 Challenge fabric (below) in each of the quilts in the trunk show!

Alice Wilhoit will be our August 2nd speaker and show us her “Light Hearted Trunk Show”. Her applique workshop follows on August 6th. http://alicewilhoit.com/

Carla Byrom, Vice-President

 

  

 

TAQG News

Deadlines are upon us for Rally Day 2016, July 9, 2016, a Saturday from 9-3 at Mimosa Lane Baptist Church, Mesquite. The speaker this year is Kimberly Einmo. This event is free to all Guild members and $5 for non-guild members to attend. Just wear your Garland Quilt Guild badge for free entry. Our June 7th Guild meeting will be your last opportunity to purchase:

Lunch Box from McAlister’s for $10 Pre-Rally Day Raffle Tickets, $1 each or 6 for $5 Rally Day Pins, $5

The day of Rally Day there will be Raffle Basket Tickets for sale. The basket contains a Baby Lock Rachael ($899) donated by Quilters Apprentice and other goodies. There will be 75-100 Door Prizes given out during the day. The first door prize will be for a Baby Lock Anna ($399) donated by Plano Sewing Center. In summary, remember this is a free event to Guild members (wear your badge!) and the featured speaker will be Kimberly Einmo. She will have her books for sale. There will be the Silent Auction to visit along with a chance to view/buy raffle tickets for participating TAQG guilds’ raffle quilts! Carolyn Kerr, TAQG Committee

Rally Day?? TAQG??

What, you ask, is Rally Day? And what exactly is TAQG? The Texas Association of Quilt Guilds (TAQG) is a confederation of over 30 guilds in the North and East/Central Texas area. Made up of representatives from each guild, TAQG offers assistance of all kinds to the local guilds, and their big annual event is RALLY DAY, which is held the second Saturday of July. For more information visit the TAQG web page: http://taqg.org

 

  

UPCOMING QUILT SHOWS June 15-16 The Creative Quilters Guild of Ellis County Annual Quilt show Midlothian Conference Centere 1 community Circle, Midlothian, TX www.elliscountyquilters.com July 9 TAQG Rally Day 2016 Mimosa Lane Baptist Church, Mesquite 1233 N Belt Line Rd Mesquite, TX 75149 July 29-30 Ft. Worth Quilt Guild annual Quilt Show "American Scrapbook" Arborlawn United Methodist Church 5001 Briarhaven Road, Ft. Worth, TX 76109 www.fwqg.org August 12-13 Quilt Plano Plano Center 2000 East Spring Creek parkway Plano, TX 75074 www.qgplano.org

 

  

2017 President’s

Challenge

Art Deco

Create an Art Deco quilt for our 2017 President’s

Challenge.

Quilts must be completed and turned in at the

March meeting.

Size requirement: Minimum size, total 97”

perimeter, Maximum size, 279” perimeter.

Have fun!

 

 

  

     

 

  

 

 

  

“Support Our Sponsors”

Please bring receipts from the following list of sponsors to our June meeting for our special raffle. Receipts must be dated between May 4th and June 7th.

Pieced Together Studios

Sew Let’s Quilt It

Quilt Country

Quilter’s Connection Thomas Sewing Center

Common Threads

Blue Ribbon Quilt Shoppe

Watt a Find

A Stitch in Time Quilts and Crafts

Urban Spools

The Retreat at the End of the Road

The Generator

The Ivy Cottage  

   

 

  

Garland Quilt Guild Meeting Minutes May 3, 2016

 

  The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President Suzy Boyle. Suzy welcomed everyone and wished happy birthday to our May members and thanked everyone who brought refreshments. Minutes: Debbie Simms presented the minutes from the April meeting and they were approved as presented. Treasurer’s Report: Roxanne Garrett reported that the beginning balance was $19,225.13 with income of $2,216.60 and expense of $829.25. The ending balance is $20,612.48. Programs: Paula Washer reminded us that the next workshop is June 11. Raffle Quilt: Virginia Hauer has raffle tickets for members to pick up. Community Services Special Programs: Jeanne Blalock thanked everyone who went to the mini trunk show on April 19 at Pleasant Valley Rehab. The next trunk show will be in June. Sunshine & Shadow: Carolyn Kerr gave the sunshine & shadow report. TAGQ: Carolyn Kerr reminded us that Rally Day is July 9. She has tickets for the luncheon, pins, and raffle and we still need silent auction items. BOM: Barbara Cissne and Barbara Brooks showed the block for June, Patriotic “Thrifty”. Membership: Suzan Crocker reported that we have a total of 156 members. We had 5 guest and 1 new member. Retreat: Sharon Heironimus reported that we will have a retreat September 22-25 at Sunset Retreat. Show and Tell: Program: Barbara Cissne introduced our guest speaker, Deborah Burkett. BOM. There were 37 blocks this month $58.00 in ticket were sold. Door Prizes were donated by: Thomas Sewing Center, Blue Ribbon Quilt Shoppe, Common Threads, Stitched with Love, Watt a Find, Pieced Together Studio, Sew Let’s Quilt It, Quilters Connection, and Quilt Country.

 

  

The winner for the Support our Sponsors drawing was Margaret Neyman. She received a gift certificate from the Generator Coffee House. The meeting was adjourned at 9:07pm. Respectfully submitted, Debbie Simms, Secretary

Speaker Deborah Burkett and some of her quilts

 

 

  

Money Matters The financial statement for the month of May 2016 is attached. Roxanne Garrett, Treasurer

2016 Officers  

Elected Officers: President - Suzy Boyle Vice President - Carla Byrom Secretary - Debbie Simms Treasurer - Roxanne Garrett Membership - Suzan Crocker By Laws - Jan Miller Community Service -Vicki Isenhour Appointed Chairs: Advertising/Publicity - Virginia Slater Auditor - Denise Bartosh Database - Robbin Peck Door Prize/Shop Hop - Sally Ashbacher BOM/Fundraising - Barbara Brooks / Barbara Cissne

Community Service Special Programs - Jeanne Blalock Facebook – Ronnie Huff Facilities - <vacant> Historian - Linda Alexander Hospitality - Diana Fisher Librarian - Crystal Chapman Newsletter - Mary Battaglia Raffle Quilt - Virginia Hauer Retreat - Cynthia Bennett/Sharon Heironimus Secret Pals - Carole Harp Sunshine/Shadow - Carolyn Kerr TAQG Rep – Carolyn Kerr Website - Pat Aldrich  

 

  

The raffle tickets are here. Step right up, be the first to get your tickets for Life in Texas. At the meeting please pick up your envelope, tickets, and postcards. After selling your tickets, put the stubs and money in the envelope and seal the envelope.

There will be a prize for the person who sells the most tickets. Get your tickets and get on board. Will you be the prize winner?

Virginia Hauer, Raffle Quilt  

2016 Garland Guild Raffle Quilt

 

  

Sunshine and Shadows

Carla Byrom’s husband died May 10th. The memorial service in Houston was private. Mary Jane Burton had an overnight hospital stay in early May and is now doing well. Remember our members who are continuing in treatment or homebound. We miss them among our midst!

Carolyn Kerr , Sunshine and Shadows

 

  

BLOCK OF THE MONTH

We had 37 Blocks in May. We made $58 on these blocks and have made $424 year-to-date. Patriot block“Thrifty” BOM pattern in red, blue and unbleached muslin for June was presented by Ada Whitman and will be on the website. Thanks to everyone who participates by making a block or by purchasing tickets for the drawing. We will have a Patriotic Exchange in July of either a Wall Hanging, Table Runner, Tote Bags, etc. A flyer on this exchange can be found elsewhere in the Newsletter or at the BOM Table at meetings. Ribbons for 1st, 2nd and 3rd will be given out voted on by the membership. Each participant will take home a wall hanging or table runner made by another Guild member. We will be having a Mini Silent Auction and Salad Supper in September 2016. We are now collecting minis for this auction, so be busy sewing up minis for the auction. Forms will be available to complete when you turn these in each month (June-August 2016). We have received 20 to date. This is a separate event to raise money for the Guild’s programs. If any of you wish to prepare a block for the monthly Block of the Month Raffle, please contact Barbara Brooks (barbarabrooks747@yahoo.com) or Barbara Cissne (barbaracissne@yahoo.com). Barbara Brooks and Barbara Cissne Block of the Month/Fundraising Co-Chairs

Patriot Block “Thrifty” 11” for a 10 ½” block finished

A – 8 muslin blocks (2 ¼”) B – 4 Red (4”) C – 1 Blue (4”) center D – 8 Blue (2 ¼”)

Block Provided by Ada Whitman

 

  

PATRIOTIC WALL HANGING OR TABLE RUNNER

EXCHANGE

The Garland Quilt Guild will have a Patriotic Wall Hanging or Table runner Exchange at the July 5th Meeting. Make any kind of patriotic item that you would like to receive yourself and bring it to the July 5th meeting to exchange. We will have 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place ribbons for the exchange to be voted on by the membership. If you bring a Wall Hanging or Table Runner, you will be taking another one home made by a member of the Guild. It will be great fun to see what everyone comes up with and you will have something new to grace your home with for the holiday. Below are listed several sites with free patterns. Visit you favorite quilt shop for patterns, books and magazines. (Don’t forget our library, too!) For those creative souls among us, design your own. Here are some websites: http://www.craftsy.com/patterns https://www.freepatterns.com/ https://www.quiltinaday.com/freepattern/ Barbara Brooks and Barbara Cissne Block of the Month/Fundraising Co-Chairs

 

 

  

COMMUNITY SERVICE/SPECIAL PROJECTS

 

Thanks to all the quilt guild members who helped make the trunk show a success at the senior center in April.

The Pleasant Valley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Garland appreciated our visit, and of course we had a great time. If one hour every other month brightens some senior’s day, it’s certainly worth the effort, besides we get to look at each other’s quilts. So save the date for the next volunteer opportunity. June 13th, Monday, at 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm, we will visit Senior Care Beltline, located at 106 North Belt-Line Road, Garland. Bring some quilts, have some fun, and brighten the day for others. Jeanne Blalock, Special Projects

New Banners for Our Host Church

In appreciation for the generosity and cordiality the First Presbyterian Church has shown our Guild, a committee has been formed to make new banners, following the liturgical year seasons, as suggested by the church pastor. Marsha Meeks has organized the committee, and volunteer banner-makers include Jeanne Blalock, Suzy Boyle, Evelyn Brown, Carla Byrom and Mary Jo Ferril. Dana Dunlap will serve the committee as church liaison and advisor. Right now, the committee members are deciding their season and designing their banners. All banners will be completed in 2016, and we will show the finished products to the Guild in Show and Tell!

 

  

 

 

 

2016 Meetings & Workshops & Shows June 4 Hug your Cat Day 7 GQG Meeting 7:00 pm First Presbyterian Church – 930 W Ave B

Deborah Brizendine “A Quilter’s Journey” 11 Deborah Brizendine Workshop – “Judy Niemeyer fabric Placemats” 13 Sewing Machine Day 17 Newsletter Deadline for July, for board members articles and classified ads 19 Father’s Day 24 Take your dog to work day. 30 GQG Board Meeting 7:00 pm ---TBD July 4 Independence Day 5 GQG Meeting 7:00 pm First Presbyterian Church – 930 W Ave B

Hoffman Fabrics Challenge Trunk Show/Bed turning

Aug 2 GQG Meeting 7:00 pm First Presbyterian Church – 930 W Ave B Alice Wilhoit “Light Hearted Trunk show” 6 Alice Wilhoit – “Applique” Workshop 20 Let’s do Lunch Generator Downtown Garland.

Editor Notes  

If you have been to a Garland Quilt Guild event and have photos or would like to write an article, we will gladly publish it in our Newsletter. The Newsletter Chair description states, that the deadline for articles are the Friday after the guild board meeting (2nd Tuesday of the month). The Deadline for the July Newsletter is Friday, June 17.

Mary Battaglia, Editor  

 

  

Hospitality Wow it is hard to believe that half of 2016 is almost behind us. I want to thank Betty and Linda for stepping in the last few months and lending a hand in the kitchen. I very much appreciate the help. Want to send Birthday greetings to the June birthday members: Debbi Booth, Carla Byrom, Crystal Chapman, Dan Chenault, Lee Ann Christ, Fiona Egan, Valerie Hubbard, Jean Johnson, Sheila Kelly, Carolyn Kerr, Marsha Meeks, Gail Pearce, Robbin Peck, Laney Rios, Virginia Slater, Gay Spears. I know Shirley Michie can't be with us but want to wish her a Happy Birthday as well. We invite our Birthday Guild members to celebrate our tradition of those who are celebrating birthdays the month of our meeting to bring refreshments for our meeting. This could be appetizers, beverages, desserts, fruit and veggie, be creative as we all know quilters are. If you make something you would like to share the recipe for your creation bring that too and I will add it to next month’s Hospitality paragraph. Remember "Sewing one stitch at a time grows friendships". Diana Fisher, Hospitality Chairperson

June Birthdays

Debbi Booth Carla Byrom Crystal Chapman Dan Chenault Lee Ann Christ Fiona Egan Valerie Hubbard Jean Johnson Sheila Kelly Carolyn Kerr Marsha Meeks Gail Pearce Robbin Peck Laney Rios Virginia Slater Gay Spears

 

  

Small Groups Small groups are a good way to get to know members of the Guild

better, form bonds, learn new techniques, get help with projects, sit and sew together, and support each other along life’s journey. We currently have seven groups. If you are interested in joining a group, contact the leaders or our Vice-President, Carla Byrom, 469-338-5749, jcbyrom@att.net.

BOUND TOGETHER Meeting time: 3rd Saturday Contact: Shirley Michie: 972-840-3308 smichie@verizon.net

PINS AND NEEDLES Meeting time: 3rd Monday 10 AM – 2 PM Contact: Diane Randolph, 469-556-4996, drandolph3@gmail.com Sue Lewis, 972-495-7655, Tlewis333@verizon.net

I’D RATHER BE QUILTING Meeting time: the last Tuesday 9AM – 4 PM Place: Blue Ribbon Quilt Shoppe, Wylie Contact: Shirley Ostinelli: 972-429-0404 sostinelli@msn.com At this time we have a waiting list.

ROCKWALL SIRENS Meeting time: 3rd Wednesday, 11:30 AM, Light Lunch provided Contact: Carla Byrom: 469-338-5749 jcbyrom@att.net

SEW-KNOW-IT-ALL Meeting time: Bi-weekly Thursday evenings at 7 PM in member homes Contact: Marsha Meeks: 972-414-9305 Marshame1@aol.com We are not seeking new members at this time due to space limitations.

TWISTED THIMBLES Meeting time: 4th Thursday, 7 PM Contact: Barbara Cissne: 972-414-1178 barbaracissne@yahoo.com

SEW COOL Meets 2nd Wednesday, 7:00 PM Contact: Suzy Boyle: 469-222-8343 fixintoquilt@yahoo.com

 

 

  

Classified Advertisement

Classified ad rules and guidelines: The ads are for GQG members only not for business purposes. All GQG members can place two ads per month. Members cannot submit ads for non GQG members. The ads shall be submitted to the GQG newsletter editor at "gqgnewsletterl@gmail.com"

no later than the second Friday of each month. The ads will run for one month.

The ads will cost $2 per line. A line will be approximately 75 characters with a maximum of 3 lines per ad. Your information: name, email, phone number counts as letters in the line. Payment is due by the day following newsletter publication. Please pay promptly. Thank you for placing your advertisement in the GQG Newsletter!

Advertising Rates

Would you like to place an advertisement in the GQG Newsletter?

Full Page 9.0 x 6.5 $100.00 for 3 months ½ Page 4.5 x 6.5 $50.00 for 3 months ¼ Page 4.5 x 3.2 $35.00 for 3 months Business Card 2.0 x 3.5 $20.00 for 3 months

Show and Tell Quilts  

 

  

Sack Lunch Ministry  

The demand for the church’s sack lunches has grown tremendously, with the church now giving away about

35 lunches a week to the homeless or the hungry. The following is the list of items for the sack lunch ministry operated by our facility location host, First Presbyterian Church. Just pack the lunches in a small brown paper sack with non-perishable items, such as: canned tuna or chicken salad peanut butter and crackers cheese and crackers chips fruit cup cookies pudding

You may also include a drink (although not necessary) as well as a napkin and spoon. Items should not require a can opener. Bottled water is also much appreciated... You can find many of these items at a Dollar Tree, Big Lots, Wal-Mart, etc. The church also collects pancake mix and syrup. We also have a tip jar at the sign-in table, and if everyone were to throw in their loose change we could donate a great deal to the church each month. Thank you so much!   

   

 

  

The Garland Quilt Guild Meets at the following location:

 

  First Presbyterian Church 930 West Avenue B Garland, TX 75040 Corner of 9th and Avenue B The first Tuesday of each month at 7pm.

 

Find us online at:

www.garlandquiltguild.com ~also visit us on Facebook~

 Executive Board meetings are held on the Tuesday  

following the regular Guild meeting at 7:00pm at the church  Please note that if the Garland or Dallas Independent Schools are closed for inclement weather, the Guild 

will not have their scheduled meeting.  Our members’ safety is very important to us.