The Pine Needle Press Volume 32 Issue 7 Pine Tree Quilt Guild July 2015 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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.

11255 Banner Mine Way, Nevada City 95959 www.PineTreeQuiltGuild.com

Table of Contents

2015 Officers & Board Members 7 General Meeting Minutes online President’s Message 2

Affiliates 8 10 Guild Meeting Dates 3 Quiltapalooza Flier 9

Anniversaries & Birthdays 5,6 Guild Shirts 5 2016 Quilt Show 5

Board Mtg Minutes online Holiday Party 2015 6 Share & Care 6

Community Service/Drop-in & Sew 4 Home Workshop 3 Summer Activities 8

Picnic 1 September Program 1

Hope you’re all planning to join join us for our annual picnic at LDS church the end of Hollow Way. The picnic pavilion is in the back. Be sure to bring your Show and Tell Project! Plates, utensils and drinks provided. Directions to LDS Church

LDS Church is located off Hollow Way. Take the Gold Flat exit off HWY 49 and immediately go north onto Hollow Way. The picnic area is behind the church at the end of Hollow Way.

Nancyan Tracy, Picnic Organizer

Annual Picnic July 7, 2015 Notice Time Change — 6:00PM

Bring your favorite picnic food and join us for an evening of laughs and tasty food!

There’s something for everyone!

September Meeting Affiliate Night at the Pine Tree Quilt Guild September 1st, 2015 6:30PM

More information to follow in the September newsletter.

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President's Message July 2015

Greetings Guild Members,

Many of us are retired and I don't know how you transitioned from working to retirement, but I needed some direction or focus to help me get started in navigating these uncharted waters. So I decided to formulate a retirement

mission statement. It is brief and to the point: my mission is to make artful, useful objects.

For me, the artful part (right brain) has been more challenging than the useful part (left brain), and I do make some artless, useless objects which get tossed. But it turns out that the truly important

words in my mission statement are "make" and "objects".

I remember in my early days of quilting the magic of transforming a pile of uncut fabrics into a colorfully organized quilt. It seemed like a small miracle to be able to physically change a group

unconnected objects into a coordinated, meaningful whole. Since these early days, I have learned new techniques and my skills have improved, but the thrill is still there—seeing my idea and the

pieces come together into a tangible object of my creation.

Peter Korn, in his book "Why We Make Things and Why It Matters," states that being given something may produce temporary happiness, but it is the making of something that produces long lasting fulfillment, which is ultimately more satisfying. Even though his craft was woodworking, he

could easily have been talking about quilting.

Lucky us, to have this artful craft of quilting to experience the joy and fulfillment of making objects.

See you all at the Guild Picnic on July 7th!

Kate GrantPresident

Note: Thanks to Connie Ferrao for letting me know I had missed names of some volunteers at the Quilt Show in my listing last month. These people are as follows--member Jay Pohl; non-member friend

Jay Shuholm ; and husband Bob Cardwell. Thank you for your valuable participation.

Throughout the newsletter the pictures posted are from the

Quilt Show and the June meeting.

Meeting Location Day of the Month & Time June/July/August

Picnic LDS Picnic Pavillion 1st Tuesday at 6:00pm July 7th

Hollow Way, Nevada City, CA

Speaker Workshop Seventh Day Adventist Church, GV None

PTQG Board Meeting Diane Klose More information to come Aug 13th

Newsletter Deadline sierrasue@me.com 5pm Saturday after Board Mtg Aug 15th

Junior Quilters Salvation Army, Alta St. GV 2nd Saturday at 10:30 am None

Community Service Sugar Pine Quilt Shop, S. Auburn, GV 10:00AM until 2:30PM June 25th

Drop-In ‘n Quilt Seventh Day Adventist Church, GV 3rd Thursday, 9:30 am None

Home Workshop Seventh Day Adventist Church, GV 3rd Thursday, 9:30 am None

Quilt Show Committee Eskaton Village, 49er Room, GV 3rd Tuesday, 6:30PM None

Quiltapalooza Sugar Pine Quilt Shop Noon to 9:00PM July 25th

Guild Meeting Dates July 2015

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Until Then.........Keep on Quilting! Betty Maddox and Eleanor Sagely                                                                             

Any questions contact: Betty at cbmaddox@att.net  Eleanor: quiltbug6@yahoo.com

Home WorkshopThank you all for making our Home Workshops so much fun!We will be taking a summer break for JULY and AUGUST.  However... we have exciting classes planned for SEPT., OCT. and NOV.!

On SEPT. 17th, LORNA  STRAKA will be doing her "DISAPPEARING  ACT”.She will share new and exciting techniques for the 9-patch and the 4-patch andthe Double nine patch!  Watch for you SEPT. newsletter for more details.Sign up at the Sept. guild meeting or be the first to sign-up  at our JULY picnic!

A good day is a day spent quilting!

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Community Services and Drop In and Sew

THANK YOU Cathy Stone for the wonderful, entertaining, and helpful “Tips and Techniques for Machine Quilting”, on 21 May. THANK YOU participants for the attending and the quilting you did. CS cannot be successful without you!

On second thought . . . CS will be “open” on Thursday, June 25, for a work day. If you would like to pick up kits or drop off quilts, come between 10:00 and Noon. If you would like to practice quilting, help make large quilt sandwiches, come between 10:00 and 2:30. Stay for the Make Your Own Salad Social. Plates, utensils, napkins and lettuce will be available – you bring a topping.

NOTE: This is your last chance to pick up kits or drop off quilts until September. I will not have quilt kits at the July picnic nor will I be accepting quilts that night.

Space is still available for the following fun events. I will have sign-up sheets at the June CS day and the July picnic. 25 July – QUILTAPALOOZA, Sugar Pine Quilt Shop, Noon to 9:00 p.m. This all day event allows you to select the hours you want to quilt. Munchies, chocolate, drinks, Miner Moe’s Pizza and quilt sandwiches provided. PRIZES throughout the day.

19 September – Ina Gibson’s “Envelope Quilting”, an easy, breezy way to complete a quilt. Practice on a CS quilt and gain ideas to use on your own quilt. Quilt sandwich provided.

19 November – Lorna Straka: Easy Binding. Quilt sandwiches provided.

2015 Community Service Dates September 17 October 15 November 19 December Distribution on Wednesday, 2nd REMEMBER, there is NO CS in July, August, or December

CS and DIQ meet at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Osborne Hill Road, Grass Valley. Cannot attend CS Thursday or a Guild meeting? I will deliver a kit to you to work on at home – call or email me.

Thank you, Marjorie McConnell

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Quilt Show 2016

Things are moving right along, the "team" is almost in place. One of the changes this year is that there are only THREE (3) meetings, and these are during the day. First meeting is Wednesday, September 3, 2:00 - ~4:00, SDA.

I am still seeking chairs for a few positions . . . I am happy to talk to you about what these will take in terms of volunteer power. Open positions are: Baskets (i have some ideas to make it easier), Publicity, White Glove (simplified this year with just plastic gloves and a few helpers), Equipment co-chair, and Shuttle Bus (organize advertising, one contract and check in with driver during the show). Please help make this team complete. If I cannot fill these by September, I will proceed with alternatives.

Thank you, Marjorie McConnell

Shirts are available for sale with the Pine Tree Quilt Guild logo embroidered on them. You can also have your name embroidered for

no extra charge. These are long sleeve denim shirts. If you are interested, please email me or

contact me at a meeting. The shirts are $24.03 each. Please provide the following:

Size - small, medium, large, XL, 2XL etc. Color - light or dark denim

Name embroidered - yes or no and spelling of the name

The shirts are 100% cotton and will shrink a little. Please keep this in mind when you order a shirt.

Diane Klose sewhandy@sbcglobal.net

Happy July Birthdays!

1 Jay Pohl 2 Hannah Fenton 3 Dolores Olson 5 Lynette Lester 6 Trish Waters 13 Sandra Bruce 15 Carmen Crow 16 Linda Hawkins 17 Shirley Davis 17 Jeanne Rupp 22 Kathy Broersma 26 Ruth Bertaccini 26 Dorothy Fowler 27 Fran Thomas 28 Michael DeGruccio 28 Jenene Sowell 29 Naomi Cabral

Happy July Anniversaries

2 Susan & Thomas Hawkins 6 Elvira & Gunter Kranz 11 Callie & Stephen Hansen 11 Elly & Ron Stickney 13 Karen & Trent Pridemore 14 Kathy & MIchael Biggi 14 Barbara & Richard Stein 21 Chris & Ronald Parks 22 Patricia & Dewitt Murphy-Hupp 22 Julia & Bob Marvel 25 Karle deProsse & Pat Rose 26 Karen & Bill Havle 26 Kathy & Ron Broersma 28 Jay & Dean Pohl 28 Trish & Keith Waters 30 Debbie & Rick Aronson

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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

We have NO volunteers to plan and coordinate our Holiday Party. If no one steps forward, our December meeting will consist of announcements, show and tell and voting on Guild business, in other words, a normal meeting night. If volunteers do

step forward, we will have announcements, show and tell, voting, FOOD, ENTERTAINMENT AND FUN! The SDA Church will be available to us for this event. Just let me know if you are interested.

Kate Grant at ksgrantgv@gmail.com or 530-263-3575.

HOLIDAY PARTY REALLY NEEDS YOUR HELP!

August Birthdays

3 Donna Marie Fry 3 Karen Pridemore 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 21 Peggie Wormington 22 Kris Cool 25 Judy Bowers 27 Ruth Pererhans 27 Paulette Snyders 28 Holley Young

August Anniversaries

6 Linda & Terry Reeve 7 Kia & David Hatch 7 Judy & Bill Mann 10 Susie & Ron Ernst 11 Dyann and Frank Castro-Wehr 12 Aurelius & Lee Lindeen 17 Deirdre & Robert Campbell 18 Ruth & Gordon Steindorf 18 Leona & Paul Foster 19 Pinky & Dan Gardner 20 Janis & Wayne Siegfried 24 Diane & Heinz Klose 27 Tamara & Scott Cook 28 Nancyan & Dale Tracy 29 Cora & David Hughes 29 Jenene & Ernest Sowell

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Pine Tree Quilt Guild 2015 Board Executive Board President Kate Grant Vice-President Diane Klose Secretary Donna Switzer Treasurer Karen Mitchell

Committee Chairpersons Binders on hiatus Community Service/Drop In Marjorie McConnell Computer Records Ardy Tobin Education Outreach Margaret Boothby/Robin Mello Equipment Mary Serpa/Tamara Cook Finance/Audit Budget Karle deProsse Guild Challenge Lois Hodges Historian open Home Workshop Betty Maddox/Eleanor Sagely Hospitality/Mentor open Gala/Jamboree on hiatus Junior Quilters Diane Rockwell/Robin Mello Library Molly Cook Meeting Set-Up The Cook Family Membership Marta Price Mini Groups Clairie Carter Mystery Gifts Carmen Crow/Rachella Beeks Mystery Quilt Frances O’Brien Newsletter Sue Miller Opportunity Quilt 2015 (Market) Cathy Stone Opportunity Quilt 2016 Marjorie McConnell Opportunity Quilt 2016 (Market) Kathleen Stanley Patchwork Star Jeanie Ferguson Programs/NCQC Heidi Emmett March Mixer Diane Klose July Picnic Nancyan Tracy Holiday Party open Publicity Joy Waggener Quarter Yard Club Marilyn Engelking/Cheryl Klein Quilt Show 2015 Anne Wilson/Mary Serpa Speaker Workshops Kathleen Stanley Scholarships Joan Mosley Share and Care Carol Gates Show and Tell Ruth Bertaccini/Sew Happy Treasure Table Sharon Kreiss/Lettie Lewis Web Liaison Ardy Tobin

Remember, the Board’s contact

information is no longer listed in the newsletter. Consult your directory for

addresses and phone numbers.

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Summer Quilting Events If you’re looking for something fun to do this summer, check out the Row By Row website,

http://www.rowbyrowexperience.com and join in the fun. At least, I thought it looked like fun!

It’s like a Shop Hop, but it’s not. No fees, no cards to stamp, and all summer to play. Simply visit any of the participating shops and receive a free pattern for a row in a quilt. Combine your rows in any way to create a unique quilt that represents the fun you had traveling

throughout the summer. Travel with friends, discover new quilt shops, and have fun collecting rows! Prizes, collectibles and more fun!

Create a quilt using at least 8 different 2015 participating RXR shops, and be the first to bring into a participating shop to win a stack of 25 fat quarters (6 1/4 yards of fabric!) Use the shop’s row and win a bonus prize.

Check the website for more detailed information http://www.rowbyrowexperience.com

Affiliates 2015

Ben Franklin Crafts 598 Sutton Way, GV 273-1348 Christine Barnes Designs 208 Mill St. GV 273-3970 Deby’s Sierra Sewing 245 E. Main St. GV 274-7906 DeeDee Brownell, seamstress 15760 Ridge Estates Road NC 478-5904 Designs By Heidi hmemmett@gmail.com 273-8067 Fat Lady Singing 14392 Lake Wildwood Dr. PV 432-1646 Howell’s Sewing & Vacuum 13555 Bowman Rd. Auburn 885-9624 Precision Quiltworks 18251 Starduster Dr. NC 432-9595 Sandra Bruce Creative Long Arm Quilting 116 Main 5B GV 210-9748 Sheri Bahr’s Quilting 16795 Alice Way GV 477-8786 Star Designs Longarm Quilting 10290 Shekinah Hill Rd. NC 277-4327 Sugar Pine Quilt Shop 452-A S. Auburn St. GV 272-5308 Sun Forest Quilts 13745 Sun Forest Dr. PV 432-9461 Susie Hardy Designs 219 Drummond NC 478-0223 Terial Arts 14195 Coyote Mt. Trail, NC 479-9014 or 470-9092

For more complete contact information, see the inside front cover of the 2015 Membership Roster.

Where: Sugar Pine Quilt Shop Classroom

When: Saturday, July 25, 2015 Noon to 9:00pm

Why: A Quilting Day to finish Community Service Quilts

COMMUNITY SERVICE QUILTAPALOOZACOME SEW WITH US!JULY

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Community Service has approximately 100 unfinished quilt sandwiches that need to be completed — the upcoming fire season promises to be harsh, Bring your machine or use CS

machines. Necessary notions and supplies will be provided.Prizes will be awarded to participants throughout the day.

Food — water, soda, fruit, chocolate and other nibbles will be provided.

Bring a potluck dish and/or contribute $5 toward Miner Moe’s pizza.Tips and techniques for Machine Quilting will be shared by guild members.

Classroom size is limited to 16 participants at a time. Interested members and their quilting / sewing friends MUST sign up. See Marjorie McConnell.

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Affiliates of the Month Sun Forest Quilts

Barbara Ceresa, owner 13745 Sun Forest Dr.

Penn Valley, CA 432-9461 bbceresa@yahoo.com

Owner, Barbara Ceresa, started her long arm quilting business when she moved to Penn Valley in 2007. She joined the Pine Tree Quilt Guild in 2008 and has been an active member in the quilting community. She feels very blessed to

have made many friends through her business, the Guild, and the three mini groups with whom she sews. She has an APQS machine with a computerized system. She has thousands of designs and the ability to digitize new

designs specific to your quilt. She feels strongly that the best reward that she can achieve is having her friends and customers recommend her to others.

Dee Dee Brownell’s Sewing Alterations, Repair and Lessons

Dee Dee Brownell, owner 15760 Ridge Estates Rd.

Nevada City, CA 95959 478-5904 March9Designs@comcast.net

With over 45 years of sewing experience, DeeDee Browned has been serving Nevada County residents and businesses for the past 15 years.

Her sewing business offers a wide variety of expert quality clothing alteration and repair. Along with helping to create new or unusual items or projects for one’s home, she also provides sewing and quilting lessons for individuals and

groups of any age, with fees based accordingly.

Precision Quiltworks

John & Karla Rogers, owners 18251 Starduster Dr.

Nevada City, CA 95959 432-9595 precisionquiltworks@hotmail.com

www.precisionquiltworks.com

John and Karla work together to offer a quick turnaround time. Their work includes all aspects of long arm machine quilting from edge to edge to custom designs. They have a computerized machine with over 4000 patterns to choose

from. Collaborating with their customers to create a wonderful design that compliments their quilt’s design gives both John and Karla true pleasure. Customer satisfaction is their primary concern.

Our annual picnic is July 7th, 2015 at 6:00 PM. LDS Picnic Pavillion, Hollow Way, Nevada City

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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@me.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