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Valley Quilt Guild Yuba Sutter

www.valleyquiltguild.com

valleyquiltguild@comcast.net June 2020

Notes from Colleen Well, this is the end of my first term as president of the guild … it started out like I expected, but it definitely didn’t end up like I ex-pected. What remained constant, however, was my admiration and respect for the members of this guild. Because of that, and since a majority of you voted yes on the slate of officers for next year, I am looking forward to continuing on for one more year, whatever it brings.

A couple years ago, when I was going through a pretty hard time, Janell gave me a plate with this quote. It isn’t a new quote, but it was new to me.

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass; it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” Vivian Greene

The quote describes how I try to live, and what I hope for others as well. I shared it in my toast at my son’s wedding earlier this month. Truly my son and new daughter-in-law found a way to dance in the rain. Almost literally … a derecho (a giant 4-7 hundred mile long band of severe thunder and wind storms) hit the mountain top where the wedding was, 30 minutes before the ceremony. It was the first one in recorded histo-ry in Colorado. I’m proud of them. You all have continued to find joy

in creating, and joy in giving to the people and community around you. I’m proud of you too.

I don’t know what the future brings, or when life will be any-thing like the old normal, but I hope you dance!

Colleen

Sutter Breast Cancer ~ Quilt Auction Sutter Breast Cancer Auction has been postponed until 2021.

There will be no

General Meetings

until further notice.

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Programs and Speakers I hope everyone is doing really well still! And staying cool, it’s starting to get much warmer. No speaker for June but fingers crossed we may have one for July whether it is in person or virtual (more likely virtual though). It may be Allison Jensen from Sacramento.

There will be another virtual sew day again! I am excited for that and hoping I can attend; I miss see-ing you all.

All of the speakers unable to come this year are being rescheduled for next year to attend. Please feel free to contact us if you have ideas for programs or speakers or clas-ses, or if you have questions.

Tentative rundown:

June 24th: Slideshow presenta-

tion by Colleen

July 29th: Zoom meeting with

Allison Jensen virtually

(tentative)

August 26th Ice Cream Social

September 30th: “Living a Crea-

tive Life by Jane Haworth

October 3rd: Workshop T-Shirt

Quilts by Jane Haworth

October 28th: “Brave Use of

Color” Tracey Brookshier

October 29th: Workshop

“Butterfly Town” by Tracey

Brookshier

Please feel free to contact us if you

have ideas for programs or speak-

ers or classes, or if you have ques-

tions.

1st VP Michelle Jones

daydrmsgrl@gmail.com

530-635-7232

2nd VP Eileen Milligan

Eileenmilligan52@gmail.com

480-244-2490

Helpful Hints from Alyce

For numbered rows of a quilt, purchase beads with numbers on them and pin to the rows in sequence.

By sewing a 1/8th inch seam around the outside edge of the quilt will help keep seam edges from separating and will keep

it straight.

Use contact paper with your design as a quilting stencil. Just press in place, then stitch over the marked areas. To keep thread from tangling when hand sewing, just run it over a piece of beeswax or paraffin.

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Board Meeting Minutes

VALLEY QUILT GUILD BOARD MEETING

Zoom Meeting

June 11, 2020

Attendees: Colleen Pelfrey, President, Michelle Jones, 1st Vice President, Terry Nugent, Secretary & Webmas-

ter, Linda Novak, Treasurer, Deanna Williams, 2021 Quilt Show Chairman, Nikki Snyder, 2019 Quilt Show Treasur-

er, Diane Leighton, Community Service, Carleen Hagen, Facilities, Cooky Amarel, Fair Liaison & Parliamentari-

an, Kim Buzolich, Sharon Easter, NCQC & QGNQ, Janet Carver, UFO, Gail Gilmore, UFO, Pat Smith, Quilt Show

Treasurer, Barbara Buehrle

Time: 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.

A meeting of the Valley Quilt Guild Board was held on June 11, 2020. It was an online meeting

using the ZOOM application since the pandemic quarantine is still in effect. It was called to order

at 4:05 p.m.

Secretary: A motion to approve the minutes of the last meeting was made by Cooky Amarel and

seconded by Diane Leighton. A unanimous vote followed.

Treasurer: VQG Treasurer Linda Novak reported that we have a checking balance of $3,012.65

and a savings balance of $15,137.83.

Old Business: A category error was noted in the balance sheet provided by the treasurer, (an item

was listed under challenge quilts which should have been listed under community service.) Linda

will correct the error.

Yuba-Sutter Fair The fair has been cancelled. The 2021 fair is scheduled for June 24-27, 2021.

Nominating Committee: The voting by Google Forms for the Board had all nominated officers

voted in.

June Meeting/2019 Opportunity Quilt drawing: The Governor has not lifted meeting re-

strictions, but it was proposed that a group of us meet at Hillcrest Park to allow for social distanc-

ing and to draw the winner for the 2019 Opportunity Quilt. There will be another virtual meeting

and perhaps a July Zoom meeting. Michelle Jones and Colleen Pelfrey are trying to find a

speaker for July who is willing to present virtually.

New Business: The venue for Linda Ballard's workshop scheduled for August 20-21 is no longer

available. Cooky will be seeing Linda and will talk with her concerning possibilities of having the

workshop in some form."

Minutes continued on next page. . . .

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Board Meeting Minutes Minutes continued . . . .

Membership Dues: Colleen will send out an email to guild members which will contain the mem-

bership form along with a reminder that dues are to be sent in June. Dues will need to be mailed

in this year.

New Committee Members: Leann Weldon will be taking over the Newsletter and Nicki Lura will

oversee Membership. Special thanks to Kim Buzolich for doing our Newsletter for the past 9 years

and to Ginger Benham for her work as the Membership Chair.

NCQC Zoom meeting: There will be a zoom discussion meeting for guilds on June 24 at 7:00 p.m.

Colleen Pelfrey, Michelle Jones, Sharon Easter, Eileen Milligan, Deanna Williams, and Diane

Leighton will attend if they can.

Red Binders: Officers need to clean out their binders for the end of the year. Terry Nugent will

send the new Policy and By-laws to Board members for their Binders.

Officers and Chair Budget: Officers will turn in their proposed budgets for the coming year to

Colleen by the end of June. Colleen will meet with Linda Novak and Janet Craver to come up with

a proposed budget prior to the July board meeting.

Zoom subscription: Colleen has donated the $15 per month subscription for the Pro Zoom sub-

scription since she may be using the subscription for purposes other than the guild. She asked

that the guild cover the additional $50 fee if we have more than 100 members attending a meeting.

Cooky Amarel made the motion to approve this request and Deanna Williams seconded. A unani-

mous vote followed.

Fundraising: Terry raised a concern about the future of our fundraising, but it was felt that this

was premature.

Vice President Update: Michelle said Allison Jensen could do a virtual presentation in July or Au-

gust.

Community Service: Many quilts are ready, and it was suggested that we present them during our

August ice cream social if we are able to meet.

Opportunity Quilt: The quilt is finished and photographed. It is 90”” x 108”! And what a beauty!

Membership: There are 171 members in good standing and 9 affiliate members.

Quilt Show 2020: Colleen will set up a meeting in July with Pat Smith and Deanna Williams to pre-

pare a budget.

UFO: Going fine.

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Upcoming Quilt Shows ~ 2020

There is no charge for Upcoming Quilt Show listings

Oct 17 & 18 Ridge Quilters of Paradise Location to be announced

Nov 7 & 8 Oroville Piecemakers Quilt Guild Municipal Auditorium

Minutes continued . . . .

Other: Pat Smith said the final numbers for the quilt show were $4,931.13, which was $67.00 under

the proposed budget. She proposed we use the same budget for 2021.

Ribbons: Colleen has all the ribbons for the 2019 Quilt show. She will be contacting the winners

and delivering them over the next few days.

ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 5:40 p.m.

THE NEXT BOARD MEETING WILL BE ON MONDAY, JULY 13, 2020 AT 4:00 P.M. VIA ZOOM

UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTIFIED.

Respectfully submitted,

Terry Nugent, Secretary

Fat Chance With another month of no physical

contact with each other, it is diffi-

cult to purchase and put aside fab-

ric for each them and month.

Do we need to take a break and

restart or do we continue buying

and stashing fabric for each

month?

We are willing to keep you updat-

ed on a monthly basis, so we

would like your opinion on this

subject. Please drop a note to ei-

ther Dorothy or Alyce as to your

preference.

In the meantime, we will continue

on. June is the month of Pastels,

with July for days of fun and camp-

ing. Oh, what an exciting time fish-

ing and camping could be!

Please, ladies, give us your opinion

and ideas, as we are versatile.

Dorothy Lindsay

Alyce Kauffman

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Affiliate Members

CINDY’S FABRIC BOUTIQUE 2036 Cartagena Drive, Yuba City, CA 95993

Cynthia Tarwater 530-218-6286 cfbfabric@sbcglobal.net

www.cindysfabricboutique.etsy.com

FRIENDS AROUND THE BLOCK

211 8th St., Colusa, CA 95932 Carol Lindquist 530-458-7467

www.friendsaroundtheblock.com www.friendsaroundtheblock@outlook.com

LINDA BALLARD & CO

22526 Bridlewood Lane Palo Cedro, CA 96073

530-547-3461 530-547-2061 (Fax) linda@letsquilt.com www.letsquilt.com

MELISSA & MOM QUILTS 613 N Barrett Rd.

Yuba City, CA 95991 Eileen Milligan 480-244-2490 eileenmilligan52@gmail.com

QUILTS BY CATHY 1436 Coughlin Ct.

Yuba City, CA 95993 Cathy Evans 530-671-6047 quiltsbycathy@comcast.net

SEW-N-PIECE

Vivian Riley, Owner 410 4th St. Marysville, CA 95901

530-713-3822 Info@sew-n-piece.com www.Sew-n-piece.com

PAPER DOLL BLANKET

1000 Lincoln Rd., Ste H#108 Yuba City, CA 95991

Glenn Ann Bayne 530-415-1799 glennann@paperdollblanket.com

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VILLA ROSA DESIGNS 12438 Loma Rica Dr, Ste A

Grass Valley, CA 95945 Pat Fryer 530-263-9212

fabric@villarosadesigns.com VillaRosaDesigns.com

SEW-SO-SHOP 990 C Klamath Lane Yuba City, CA 95993

Jim & Nicki Davis 530-742-7626 sewsoshop@att.net

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Advertising Rates

Officers and Chairpersons for 2019-2020

President Colleen Pelfrey 530-713-0274

1st VP Michelle Jones 530-635-7232

2nd VP Eileen Milligan 480-244-2490

Secretary Terry Nugent 720-532-7934

Treasurer Linda Novak 775-842-3396

Chairpersons 2020 Quilt Show Jennifer Walton 530-680-2901

2021 Quilt Show Deanna Williams 530-301-3122

2020 Opp Qlt Promo Billie Lindgren 530-692-9052

2020 Qlt Show Treas Pat Smith 530-401-6985

Block of the Month Eileen Milligan 480-244-2490

Challenge 2020 DeRay Jensen

Dee Jagerhorn

916-202-7319

530-701-5410 Christmas Party VQG Board

Community Service Gail Gilmore

Barbara Gilmore

Diane Leighton

530-701-8970

530-701-2972

530-673-7044

Facilities

Fair Staffing

Fair Block Contest

Carleen Hagen

Diane Leighton

530-674-9026

530-673-7044

Fair Liason/Setup Cooky Amarel 530-673-6653

Fat Chance Alyce Kauffman

Dorothy Lindsay

530-846-0321

530-846-0421 Hospitality Karen Lewis 530-300-3063

Membership Ginger Benham

Mary Marusin

530-701-5696

530-695-6500

NCQC/QGNQ Sharon Easter 530-671-7566

Newsletter Kim Buzolich 530-790-7180

Property Pat May 530-674-2930

Publicity, Guild Diana Tatro 530-674-3864

Sunshine Linda Matsumoto 530-701-2887

310 Club-Totally Me Angela Love 916-214-5433

Webmaster Colleen Pelfrey 530-713-0274

Purpose: To contribute to the knowledge of quilting, to pro-

mote the appreciation of fine quilts, to encourage quilt making

and collecting and to contribute to the growth and

knowledge of quilt techniques, textiles, patterns, history and

quilt makers through educational meetings and fellowship.

Meetings: Meetings are held the last Wednesday of each

month at 6:30 p.m. at the Cal-Trans Building at 703 B St. in

Marysville. There is no meeting in November and the mem-

bers-only Christmas party is in December. Doors open at 6:00

p.m. Copy ready submissions to the newsletter are due the by

the 15th day of the month by 5:00 p.m. to the Newsletter

person. Please direct any questions or comments to the Yuba-

Sutter Valley Quilt Guild, P. O. Box 1463, Yuba City, CA

95992. Web site: www.valleyquiltguild.com

Membership: Membership is open to anyone interested in

quilts and quilting regardless of skill level. You are urged to

join and learn with us. Dues are $20.00 payable annually.

Membership is from July 1 through June 30. Membership enti-

tles you to a newsletter, to an annual membership roster (which

is confidential). Affiliate membership fee is $24.00 with a busi-

ness listing each month. Affiliate members receive 10% dis-

count for paying a year of ads paid in

advance.

Submit to:

Valley Quilt Guild P. O. Box 1463 Yuba City, CA 95992

Advertising Rates Per

Month

Members/Affiliate

Members

Non-Member

Business Listing Free N/A

Business Card Ad $5 $10

Quarter Page $10 $20

Half Page $15 $30

Full Page $20 $40

VQG Info

Parlimentarian Cooky Amarel 530-673-6653

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