The Pine Needle Press Volume 32 Issue 7 Pine Tree Quilt Guild July 2016 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A newsletter of the Pine Tree Quilt Guild of Nevada County, having taken root in the fabric of the Grass Valley community since 1984. Published monthly except August.

JULY PICNIC Tuesday, July 5th LDS Pavilion 6:30PM Come join in the fun of our annual picnic…..

bring a dish to share and be ready to show your ‘quilting smarts’ with a game or two!

Remember: No Alcohol, smoking, and for goodness sakes, Ladies, leave your skateboards at home!

There will be Show ’n Tell, so bring something you’d love to share….

Location: LDS Church located on Hollow Way, Nevada City, exit Gold Flat/Ridge Road.  It is right next to Hooper and Weaver on the frontage road (Hollow Way)

Program Information September Jane Haworth Jane Haworth is an award winning professional quilter specializing in custom memory quilts made from T-Shirts, neckties, handkerchiefs and other types of clothing collected over the years. In addition to quilts she makes raw edge collage applique wall hangings using her own hand dyed fabrics. She also enjoys the challenge of repurposing materials into useful products like bags. Jane also instructs quilting classes for both kids and adults, encouraging them to go out of their comfort zone and "just create!" She will not be giving a workshop.

October Sandra Mollon. Be sure to visit Sandra’s website http://sandramollonquilts.com. She has some wonderful pieces of work in her gallery on the site. Her workshop will be on hand appliquéing landscapes. She leads retreats at Zephyr Cove in Lake Tahoe.

November Pixeladies: The Pixeladies are artists who tell stories in cloth. When they're not creating art, they teach courses on Adobe Photoshop Elements for fiber artists and sewing enthusiasts.

2016 Officers & Board Members 8 Community Service 6 Home Workshop 3

Programs and Workshops 1 Drop-In & Sew 3 Jamboree 4

Affiliates 7, 9 Financial Information 4 Opportunity Quilt 4

Anniversaries/Birthdays 5, 9 General Meeting Minutes online President’s Message 2Board Mtg Minutes online Guild Meeting Dates 2 Share & Care 9

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Meeting Location Day of the Month & Time July Aug

Table of Contents

General Meeting LDS Pavilion, Hollow Way, N.C. 1st Tuesday at 6:30pm 5th noneSpeaker Workshop Seventh Day Adventist Church, GVWednesday after General Mtg none nonePTQG Board MeetingEskaton Village, 49er Room, GV2nd Thursday, at 6:30pm none 11thNewsletter Deadlinesierrasue@icloud.com 5pm Saturday after Board Mtg none 13thJunior Quilters Salvation Army, Alta St. GV 2nd Saturday at 10:30 am none noneCommunity Service Eskaton, Ridge Road, Nevada City3rd Tuesday, 9:00-3:00 19th 16thDrop-In ‘n Quilt LDS Church, Hollow Way, NC 4th Thursday, 9:00-3:00 28th 25thHome Workshop LDS Church, Hollow Way, NC 4th Thursday, 9:00-3:00 28th 25th

Guild Meeting Dates July 2016

President’s Message July 2016

Dear Fellow Quilters,

As I write this message from Germany, the weather has been raining and cool all day. I really miss the California warmth and sunshine. We have had a wonderful vacation in Germany, we spent four days in Rome on a walking tour. Many of you know that I try to walk 10,000 steps every day; however, I surprised myself walking over 68,000 steps in the three days we were there. There is so much history in Rome, we saw a lot but really only a small fraction. I did a Google search and found a minimum of 10 fabric stores in Rome. We found three which gave me a chance to walk in an “pet” the fabric. I didn’t purchase any because room in our suitcase was limited.

When I first started traveling to Germany, to visit my husband’s family, I would bring a small travel sewing machine and work on projects in our “down time”. Over the years I have acquired the use of two very basic sewing machines from relatives. This trip I am using an older Singer and needed a walking foot for a project. We found a store in a nearby village that sold several types of sewing machines where we purchased a walking foot. I brought three projects this trip, a dress for my granddaughter, a quilt top for Community Service, and a tote. I was able to complete all three and found fabric for additional projects.

I really appreciate Sharon Ellisor leading the general meeting and Pat Gillings leading the board meeting in my absence – thank you both so much.

Our next Guild meeting will be the annual picnic on July 5th at the LDS Church on Hollow Way in Nevada City. Please bring a potluck item and be prepared to have fun! There will not be a speaker or a visiting opportunity quilt. I believe our 2017 opportunity quilt will be unveiled.

See you there ! Diane Klose, President

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HOME WORKSHOP/DROP IN AND QUILT June 23 at LDS Church located on Hollow Way, Nevada City, exit Gold Flat/Ridge Road.  It is right next to Hooper and Weaver on the frontage road (Hollow Way) just east of Highway 49.Doors open at 9:00 AM for set up, class starts promptly at 9:30.  We provide tables, chairs, irons, ironing boards and a fun time.  This month we are making two table runners, one  easy and the other easier.  These make great gifts for holidays or hostess gifts.  I’m making several for holiday giving this year! Supplies for the 10 minute reversible table runner:  (finished size about 15” X 35”)Main Fabric:  1/3 yard or 12”Back fabric:  ½ yard or 18”What makes this runner special is the use of fabric, choose something fun, for a holiday, birthday, silly, etc. Supplies for the Chevron Table Runner:  (finished size about 17” X 46” or longer as additional chevrons can be added)Center fabric: 10” square (from fat quarter or whatever you like)5 or 6 strips of different fabrics cut width of fabric 2 ½ “  wide.    (If you have leftover jelly roll fabrics that coordinate, these work well)3 or 4- 2 ½” strips border fabric10 or 12- 2 ½ “ squares for cornerstones (can match border, contrast, be fussy cut, anything goes)Backing fabricLight weight batting or flannel if you want batting, (I didn’t use any in my sample)

Machine in good working order Cutting mat Rotary cutter and ruler All thread and notions you may need Please call or email me to reserve a spot or with any questions.

Anne Wilson 530-274-1290 awilson@svn.net

Summer Schedule for Home Workshop

There will be Home Workshops on July 28th and August 25th.

Same time and place as stated above.

More information will be sent out through a Blast as the time

approaches.

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2018 Opportunity Quilt

The Nevada County Fair is August 10th through the 14th. The new Opportunity Quilt will be on display and raffle tickets available for sale. There are several positions open for White Gloving/Raffle Ticket Sales. I will have sign-up sheets at the July picnic.

The Draft Horse Classic is September 22nd through the 25th. We will display both the Opportunity Quilt and a secondary horse themed quilt. Raffle tickets will be available for sale for both. There are several positions open for raffle ticket sales. I will have sign-up sheets at the July picnic.

Thanks

Diane Klose

Opportunity Quilt Marketing

530-401-2578

Pine Tree Quilt Guild Treasurer’s Report for May 2016

Beginning Balance May 1, 2016 15,341.82 Deposits 17,124.10 Expenses 13,747.91 End Balance May 31, 2016 18,718.01

Savings 30,471.84 Quilt Show balance 14,799.71

Total cash May 31, 2016 63,989.56

Jamboree signups are going fast! There are still a few places available for Sandra Bruce, Barbara Ceresa, and Francis O'Brien, but we are starting a waiting list for the Rafiki Skirt Class being taught by Heidi Emmett. (The class is limited to 10

participants.) If there is enough interest, we will have a drop-in-and-sew room, where the waiting list people can go, if no openings show up

in their desired class. We will not be taking signups at the picnic, but will have

the lists at the Sept. Guild meeting.

Your $25 check to PTQG reserves a spot, it will be returned to you when you attend

jamboree.

If you are interested in taking a class, please contact either Julie or Joan to

reserve a spot.

Julie Berry at  sjberry@hughs.net Joan Mosley at sjmosley4@comcast.net

Thank you so much for your support,Joan and Julie

Jamboree

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Many thanks to the LADY BUGS mini-group for their generous donation of the bright and colorful cowboy boots

quilt to be raffled off at the Draft Horse Classic in September. Ticket sales at this fun event generate

substantial proceeds which help support all the Guild’s many projects and activities. Led by Carey Daly, this group of super quilters also includes: Carolyn Christiansen, Carole Hribal, Arelius Lindeen, Myrna Lindholm, Mary Kay Perry and Eleanor Sagely. Thanks ladies for so

generously stepping up with your time and talents!

July Birthdays

1 Jay Pohl 2 Anne Collins 2 Hannah Fenton 3 Dolores Olson 5 Lynette Lester 6 Trish Waters 13 Sandra Bruce Creative Longarm 15 Carmen Crow 17 Jeanne Rupp 22 Kathy Broersma 26 Ruth Bertaccini 26 Sandy Ferguson 26 Dorothy Fowler 27 Fran Thomas 28 Michael DeGruccio 28 Jenene Sowell

July Anniversaries

2 Susan & Thomas Hopkins 5 Doresa & Debby Robinson 6 Elvira & Guenter Krantz 10 Rena & Peter Criss 11 Elly & Ron Stickney 13 Karen & Trent Pridemore 14 Kathy & Michael Biggi 14 Barbara & Richard Stein 19 Meegan & Carl Toro 21 Chris & Ronald Parks 22 Cornelia & James Firth 25 Karle deProsse & Pat Rose 26 Karen & Bill Havle 26 Kathy & Ron Broersma 28 Jay & Dean Pohl 28 Trish & Keith Waters 30 Debbie & Dick Aronson

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Community Services and Drop In and Sew

A huge THANK YOU to Ingrid Cattaneo for her support of Community Services. Ingrid has offered her services to quilt small quilts and sew on bindings for quilts of all sizes the last few years. At the May CS day Ingrid walked out with 16, yes that is right – 16, quilts. A few needed quilting, all needed binding and labels. Then Karla Rogers gave her another quilt for binding – 17 total. While we receive a lot of support and help from the many volunteers, Ingrid went “way beyond” in May.

CS priorities are always a topic of conversation and they change as local needs change. In 2016 we continue our focus on graduating Foster Youth, local residents who lose their home to fires or other natural disasters, Adult Protective Services, and Nevada County Homeless Veterans. We will continue to distribute quilts to senior care facilities, Salvation Army, Domestic Violence, and other agencies as our inventory allows. Please contact me if you know of an individual or agency that would benefit.

CS Kits available. Select the one that works best for you. MAKE YOUR OWN QUILT KIT – pick a pattern or use your own, select your fabrics, and make a quilt for CS. We have lots of fabrics, including a nice flannel selection, and more arrive each month. KATHY”S KITS – including quilts and pillowcases, are precut and ready for you to sew. BLOCK PARTY – pieces made from a variety of fun fabric orphans waiting to be adopted into 10-inch or larger blocks. Sew precut pieces together into a block and turn them in to CS. Finished blocks will be assembled into tops for baby, lap, or twin size quilts. How easy is this?

CS is still seeking help with a: 1. Co-Chair to monitor CS days when I cannot be there (no board meetings

required). 2. News Watcher – to read The Union and listen to KNCO to know when local residents have a difficult

moment and need help 3. Outreach Coordinator – to contact local non-profits and determine their needs 4. Individuals to help sew on labels; measure, mark, and record quilts; quilt sandwiches; sew on

binding . . . all the things required to finish the quilts and prepare for storage.

Please join us at Eskaton Senior Living on the THIRD TUESDAY of each month, 9:00 – 3:00 unless otherwise noted. Eskaton is off of Ridge Road. Take the Gold Flat exit, one mile up the road. There is a sign on the right, then a left turn lane. There are carts and an elevator to help you to Crafters Corner.

2016 CS DATES – third TUESDAY at ESKATON, 9:00 – 3:00 unless otherwise noted.July 19 August 16 September 20 October 18 November 15 December – NO CS

Cannot attend CS Tuesday or a Guild meeting? I will deliver a kit, quilt sandwich, or quilts to bind to you to work on at home – call or email me. If you know of someone who needs a quilt, please contact me with the details at 265-9787 or maggie2@sonic.net.

Thank you, Marjorie McConnell

Affiliates of the Month

Share and Care

Do you know someone in the Guild who is under the weather and can use some cheering? Whether it is illness, surgery, or loss of a loved

one, please let me know so an appropriate card can be sent.

Thanks.......

Carol Gates Share and Care Chairperson

carol1946gates@gmail.com 273-9359

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Deby’s Sewing Service 245 E. Main St. GV

530-274-7906

Need your sewing machine serviced or repaired? Deby has been fixing sewing

machines in the area for years. Refurbished machines are sometimes

available through her, also. See Deby when your sewing machine

needs attention!

Humble Fabrics Roxanne Page, owner

103 Argall Way NC 530-575-9338 roxy@humblefabrics.com

Humble Fabrics offers a variety of classes for increasing one’s crafting skills. Owner,

Roxanne Page, describes her shop as a place for ‘Recycling & Reusing-Saving Energy,

Resources &Reducing our use of the landfill.’She wants to make it affordable to make art

and crafts so that everyone, regardless of their financial situation may save some money while practicing or making a masterpiece. Be sure to visit her store on Argall Way in Nevada City.

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Pine Tree Quilt Guild Board

EXECUTIVE BOARDPresident Diane KloseVice President Susie HardySecretaries Carolyn Christiansen /Sharon EllisorTreasure Pat Gillings

COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONSBinders on hiatusCommunity Service/Drop In Marjorie McConnellComputer Records Ardy TobinEducation Outreach Margaret Boothby/Robin MelloEquipment Mary Serpa/Tamara CookFinance/Audit/Budget Karle deProsseGuild Challenge Lois HodgesHistorian on hiatusHoliday Program Sophia DayHome Workshop Anne WilsonHospitality/Mentor Ardy Tobin/Jill SchlageterJamboree Julie Berry/Joan MosleyJuly Picnic Nancyan Tracy / Radian KidwellJunior Quilters Robin Mello/Dianne RockwellLibrary on hiatusMarch Mixer Susie HardyMeeting Set-Up The Cook FamilyMembership Marta PriceMini Groups Diane KloseMystery Gift Sophia Day/Nancy HoltzNewsletter Sue MillerOpportunity Quilt 2016 Marjorie McConnellOpportunity Quilt 2016 Marketer Diane KloseOpportunity Quilt 2017 Bent Needles Divas: Lois, Mary,

Trudie Ferraro, Frances O’BrienOpportunity Quilt 2017 Marketer Diane Klose /Mary SerpaPatchwork Star Jeanie FergusonPrograms/NCQC Heidi EmmettPrograms Assistant Raedean KidwellPublicity Joy WaggenerQuarter Yard Club Jane Dunnington/Carolie BrennanQuilt Show Marjorie McConnell/ Jeanne Pincha-TulleySpeaker Workshops Margaret VodickaScholarship Joan MosleyShare and Care Carol GatesShow and Tell Ruth Beraccini/ Sew HappyTreasure Table Sharon Kreiss/Lettie LewisWeb Liaison Ardy Tobin

Board contact information is no

longer published in the newsletter.

Please consult your Membership Roster.

August Anniversaries

6 Linda & Terry Reeve 7 K.D. & David Hatch 10 Susie & Ron Ernst 11 Dyane & Frank Castro-Wehr 12 Aurelius & Lee Linden 17 Deirdre & Robert Campbell 18 Leona & Paul Foster 19 Pinky & Dan Phillips-Gardner 24 Diane & Heinz Klose 27 Tamara & Scott Cook 28 Nancyan & Dale Tracy 29 Cora & David Hughes 29 Constance & Duncan Clover 29 Jenene & Ernest Sowell

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2016 PTQG Affiliates

Listed below are the Affiliates for 2016. Thank you for supporting our Guild. Look for your business to be highlighted in newsletters in the coming year.

Ben Franklin Crafts & Frames 598 Sutton Way, GV 273-1348 bfcrafts@pacbell.net Christine Barnes Designs 208 Hill St. GV 273-3970 cebarnes@sbcglobal.net Deby’s Sewing Service 245 E. Main St. GV 274-7906 Fat Lady Singing 14392 Lake Wildwood, PV 432-1646 fatlady@comcast.net Friends Around The Block 433 Market St. Colusa CA 458-7467 friendsaroundtheblock@outlook.com Howell’s Sewing and Vacuum 1355 Bowman Rd. Auburn 885-9624 coolmarylynn@att.net Humble Fabrics 103 Argall Way NC 575-9338 roxy@humblefabrics.com Precision Quiltworks 18251 Starduster Dr. NC 432-9595 precisionqw@hotmail.com Sandra Bruce Creative Longarm 116 W. Main St. GV 210-9748 or 477-1909 sandrabruce@pacbell.net Star Designs Longarm Quilting 10290 Shekinah Hill Rd. NC 277-4327 Sugar Pine Quilt Shop 452-A S. Auburn St GV 272-5308 sugarpinequilt@gmail.com Sun Forest Quilts 13745 Sun Forest Dr. PV 432-9461 bbceresa@yahoo.com Susie Hardy Designs 219 Drummond, NC 478-0223 susiehardy@comcast.net

August Birthdays

3 Karen Pridemore 3 Donna Marie Fry 9 Pat Rose 10 Eleanor Cardwell 10 Pat Gillings 10 Kate Grant 11 Pat Fryer 12 Mary Ross 13 Connie Ferrao 13 Karen Havle 16 Tamara Cook 19 Grace Evans 20 Terry McFeely 22 Kris Cook 22 Joan Deiro 25 Judith Bowers 25 Marjorie Lucas 25 Maria Brower 27 Sally Monster 27 Ruth Peterhans 27 Paulette Snyders

Celebrating the Good Things in Life!

Our next meeting is July 5th, 2016 at 6:30PM. LDS Pavilion, Hollow Way, Nevada City, CA

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Send address changes and corrections to: Submit newsletter articles to: PTQG Computer Records Sue Miller, PTQG Newsletter Editor P.O. Box 3133, Grass Valley, CA 95945 sierrasue@icloud.com or contact Computer Records 11255 Banner Mine Way Ardy, 575-8433 Nevada City, CA 95959 530-271-2270 Mail membership forms and dues to: PTQG Membership Newsletter Deadline: 5:00 p.m. the Saturday P.O.Box 3133 immediately following the PTQ Guild’s Board Grass Valley, CA 95945 Meeting on the second Thursday of the month See our web page for membership forms and information:. http://www.pinetreequiltguild.com