Volume 17 Issue 11 DECEMBER/JANUARY 2010 /11

Our Mission

Mountain Meadow Quilters will endeavor to provide fellowship,

education and enjoyment to anyone interested in quilts and quilt

making. All levels of skill and ability will be supported. This guild will

also engage in selected charitable endeavors in Central Oregon.

PO Box 3254 Sunriver, Oregon 97707 mtnmeadowquilters.org

THOUGHTS FROM THE CHAIR

Looking back... Several times in the past month I have been asked if I’m glad that my term of office is about over. Each time my answer has been an em-phatic “no”. I have truly enjoyed serving as your co-chair this past year. I’ve been blessed with knowledgeable and hard working board members and amazing committee chairpersons. Much has been ac-complished. Goals have been reached, good times have been had, and new friends have been made. I will share more of my reflections on the past year - and many a “thank you” - at the Holiday Luncheon. However, I cannot say too often how impressed I am with the talents, skills and sharing attitude of our membership and how much I have appreciated the support and encouragement so many of you have of-fered me. It has been my pleasure and honor to serve as your co-chair. Thank you all, Judy And thank you, Judy, for your enthusiastic leadership, the great ex-ample you are to all of us and the compassionate person you have been. (The MMQ Newsletter editor!)

Calendar Check

December 7: “The Magic of Christmas”

Luncheon at the Great Hall, Sunriver at 11:30

December 14: Secret Sisters’ Revealing Party

at Judy M. Johnson’s home at 11:30

January 11, 2011: Retreat Committee

Presentation (HTCC)

January 25: Business Meeting followed by a

Quilter’s Sewing Bee and Lunch from 10:00 to

3:00 (CBC)

February 8: Presentation by our newest Master

Quilter (HTCC)

April 12: David Taylor Trunk Show at Inn of

the Seventh Mountain

HTCC = Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Sunriver)

18143 Cottonwood Road; Sunriver

CBC = Cascade Bible Church (La Pine)

52410 Pine Drive; La Pine (south on US 97, right

on Burgess Road, right on Pine Drive)

BOM = Block of the Month

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 John-

son, Joan Metzger and Kathy Shaker

Refreshments

January 11 - Judy M. Johnson and friends!

DECEMBER/JANUARY BIRTHDAYS

12/1 Betty Vincent

12/5 Vicki Shelton

12/6 Mary Ann Brown

12/23 Trisha Tyler

12/27 Judy Bolton

12/30 Alice Pedersen

1/3 Tammy Belleque

1/4 Barbara Owens

1/11 Sue McMahan

1/11 Sally Wilson

1/17 Judy M. Johnson

1/19 Janie Bowers

1/20 Charlotte Stubbs

1/23 Judy Meyers

1/26 Pat Pease

1/26 Pam Morris-Stendal

On your birthday month, please bring 12 rolls of toilet paper for Care

and Share. Toilet paper should be delivered to Holy Trinity Catholic

Church. There is no drop-off place at Cascade Bible Church.

TREASURER’S REPORT - October 31, 2010

Income.......................................................................$ 482.50

Expenses...................................................................$2,119.35

Checking Account Balance....................................$4,535.21

Shaker Challenge, 2011...

The theme is Heart’s (or Hearts) Delight. Participants are

encouraged to interpret the theme as narrowly or broadly

as they see fit. Both traditional and art quilts are wel-

comed. Quilts will be 36” x 36” or larger and make their

debut at the Sunriver Quilt Show. Kathy Shaker

Remember “The Magic of Christmas”

Luncheon at the Great Hall on

Tuesday, December 7th at 11:30 a.m.

There will be music, “Master Quilter

Award”, gifts and surprises!

The Secret Sisters’ Revealing Party

will be held at Judy M. Johnson’s

home on Tuesday, December 14th at

11:30 a.m. It will be a potluck lunch,

so please plan to bring an entrée, or

salad or dessert. Judy will have appe-

tizers, beverages and rolls.

RSVP to Judy so she will be set up for

the right number. Phone: (541) 593 -

0235 or Email: candjjohns@aol.com

Bring a gift for your Secret Sister. If

you cannot attend, send your gift so

she will not be disappointed. Ho, Ho,

Ho!

2011 BOARD MEMBERS

Co-Chair..............................................................Pat Pease

Co-Chair................................................Michelle McMicken

Vice Chairmen/Programs..........Pat Jones/Sarah Kauffman

Co-Vice Chairmen/Education......................Ona Glassford/

Linda Heiney

Secretary.................................Betty Vincent/Doris Samac

Treasurer.....................................................Karen Padrick

Membership.....................................................Wendy Hill

Communications Chair:Newsletter..................Trisha Tyler

Service Projects...................Cathy Hickey/Terry Anderson

Immediate Past Co-Chair........................Judy A. Johnson

COMMITTEE CHAIRS:

Holiday Party......................Janice Mattau/Virlene Arnold

Hospitality #1 (Refreshments).................Judy M. Johnson

Hospitality #2(Greeter/Introduces Guests)..................TBA

Secret Sisters.....................................................Crys Kyle

Block of the Month...................................... Valerie Weber

Communications Assistant (email)......... Louise Yoshihara

Webmistress...............................................Ona Glassford

Drawings................................ .Barb Owens/Linda Heiney

Newsletter Assistants..................................................TBA

Sisters’ Quilt Show..........................................Patty Gates

Sunriver Quilt Show............Judy A. Johnson/Jan Tetzlaf

Historian/Photo Records................................Jan Beeson

2011 Retreat Chairmen.........Linda Saukkonen/Crys Kyle

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

- (541) 383-4310 Owner: Vicki Jensen

Website: www.bjsquiltbasket.com

Visit our shop for all your quilting needs! 1000’s of bolts of fine quilt-

ing cottons; 100% wool; rayons; knits; denim;

home dec fabrics!! Join us for a class in quilting

your next project! We are also starting basic

sewing classes soon.

Information that is to be sent out to members between Newslet-

ters, is to be submitted to our Communications Assistant, (e-mail)

Louise Yoshihara. She will see that our guild members are in-

formed of important information that is not included in the News-

letter. Thanks Louise!

FROM THE MEMBERSHIP CHAIR:

2011 MMQ Memberships are due by Feb-

ruary 28. Membership forms are available

on the web site and from Wendy Hill, 2011

Membership Chair. Make your check to

MMQ for either $25 for an active member-

ship or $35 for an associate membership.

Mary Lou Kreiss

Be sure to visit the Caldera Springs Lake

House to see the quilts that will be hanging

there through the Holiday Season.

Thanks to Bevalee Runner for coordinating

this effort.

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January 25th - MMQ’s Quilters Sewing Bee

The start of a New Year always seems to bring with it “New

Year’s resolutions”. As quilters we can begin the New Year

by working on those projects that we have started but have

not finished. Come to the educational meeting the fourth

Tuesday in January and bring your project/s and work with

fellow quilters at “MMQ’s Quilters Sewing Bee”. We will

have ironing equipment and cutting mats & some rulers for

your use. Lunch will be served.

So bring that project, sewing machine (if needed) and sewing

supplies to Cascade Bible Church on January 25th from

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Quilters Sewing Bee will start after a

short business meeting.

Ona Glassford and Linda Heiney, Chairs

Upcoming Programs & Workshops Upcoming Programs & Workshops Upcoming Programs & Workshops Upcoming Programs & Workshops

January 11th - Retreat Committee Presentation (HTCC)

February 9th - Presentation by our newest Master Quilter

(HTCC)

March 8th - TBA (HTCC)

April 12th - David Taylor’s Trunk Show at the Inn of the

Seventh Mountain

Pat Jones and Sarah Kaufman, Chairs

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Words from Our SponsorsWords from Our SponsorsWords from Our SponsorsWords from Our Sponsors With donations, classroom space, and special activities, the local shops have supported our guild. We appreciate their support and through a monthly news column we want to promote their businesses. Here is what is happening in December/January. BJ’s Quilt Basket - Happy Holidays from all of us at BJ’s to all of our quilting friends! It’s very hard to believe that the holidays are upon us, but that always does happen, they are here and gone before you know it! Make sure you come by to see our new Block of the Month quilts we are working on and sign up today! We also have some wonderful new lines of fabric that recently arrived, a new wine line called “Vintage” from Wilmington, which has some very fun projects with it; our Dr. Seuss line should be here by the time you are reading this, also lots of fun new flannels are here to make a nice warm and cuddly quilt this winter! Come by to see what we’re doing with our Minky - it ‘s so easy! Check out our class schedule on our website to see if you should be asking for a class for Christmas!! Don’t forget we have our gift cards which makes gift giving so easy! Again, happy holidays from us to you! Vicki & Staff Homestead Quilts - Cathy and her staff had so much to share with us at our November meeting. Please visit them and see their Avante Handi Quilter. Come in and have a lesson and you will be able to rent time and save quilting your own quilts. Also, remember to come in with your stash and save card; and on Guild Tuesdays you will still receive 20% off. Best from Cathy and Staff Material Girl - Leslie reminds us to be sure and visit the Coho Coffee Co., the little coffee shop next door. They have products from Sisters, Pacific Northwest products, Willamette Valley and from the Columbia River. Stop by Material Girl’s shop for a dollar off coupon for the coffee shop. QuiltWorks - QuiltWorks Shop News...QuiltWorks Quilt Gallery First Friday Reception December 3, from 5 PM to 7 PM. December’s exhibit recognizes Pat Pease as the Featured Quilter. Pat’s unique style focuses on string piecing and collage. The second exhibit will include quilts from the Fussy Cuts, a Bend group that made novel quilts based on The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver. The exhibits will run through December. QuiltWorks is also organizing a daytime and an evening group that are participating in the Deschutes Library’s Novel Idea. The participants are reading the 2011 selected novel “Kapitoil” and we’ll each make a quilt based on the novel. The quilts will then be the Quilt Gallery’s April exhibit. Both groups will hold their next meeting January 13th, 10 AM and 7 PM. Email Marilyn@Quiltworks.com if you are interested in joining either group or for more info. There is a Modern Quilt Guild interest group forming that is meeting at QuiltWorks the first and third Tuesdays of the month from 5 to 8 PM. Bring a project, quilt, sew and meet some others that are interested in non-traditional quilting. For more info check out www.modernquiltguild.com. Thanks for visiting QuiltWorks! Marilyn Ulrich Sew Many Quilts - We hope that everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving with Family and Friends and we want to wish everyone a wonderful, relaxed Holiday Season. This year we’re doing something to make it simpler for you to get the gift from Sew Many Quilts that you would like. On Saturday, December 18, from 1:00 pm-4:00 pm we are hosting a MEN’S OPEN HOUSE. We’re offering a 25% discount, free gift wrap, and refreshments, too! Just come in, fill out a wish list, and then give your husband, significant other, children or friends a strong hint that this is a very easy way for them to select all or part of your Christmas gift. What could be easier??? We will be having our pre-inventory, END OF THE YEAR SALE from December 26 through December 31. Come in for great bargains! Speaking of bargains, BERNINA is offering special financing from now through January 3rd. Come in for special financing, our Holiday Inspirations Sale that offers 25% off any one new Bernina accessory with a purchase price of $200 and$100 off any one new BERNINA product price $999 or more. See our website www.sewmanyquiltsinbend.com for more details or come into the shop to “test drive” a new machine. On December 18th BERNINA is offering a special 48 month, no interest financing on the 8 Series machines. New fabrics continue to arrive weekly. We have a number of beautiful batiks due to arrive any day. All of our Winter 2010/11 classes are posted on our website with photos, prices, etc. Be sure to stop by the shop or call to reserve your spot. New Blocks of the Month starting in January include Christmas Twitterings (hand embroidery), Happy Haunting (Halloween appliqué), Tiny Town (appliqué), Tonga Rhapsody (pieced batik), and Wildflowers (machine embroidery). American Beauty and Greenpiece BOMs can be started anytime. We are also offering many classes, and other groups that meet monthly. A complete listing is on our website. We sill close at 2:00 pm on Christmas Eve and at 3:00 pm on New Year’s Eve. We will be closed on Christmas Day and January 2 for inventory. Sharon, Gail and Staff. Stitchin’ Post - What’s New at the Stitchin’ Post! END OF THE YEAR SALE! Dec. 26 - Jan 2. 25% off all in-stock items. (Some exclusions apply). And right now, all of our Christmas fabric is already 25% off and will remain so through the end of the year. We also have the beautiful “Maison de Garance” line by French General for Moda, more new batiks, and a new shipment of Free Spirit’s Designer Solids just came in as well. Val has several new Sewing Card patterns, and will be coming out with a booklet of projects to use with her new gorgeous and sophisticated new line of cotton linen, Jenaveve. January classes include “Bali Bowls” with Jackie Erickson, “Ribbon & Waves” with Judy Johnson, “Art Fairy Digital Collage & Mixed-Media Art Quilt” with Kathy Shaker, and “Star of the Orient” with Ann Richardson. See http://www.stitchinpost.com/classes.html or call the store for more details. Our selections of winter yarns keeps growing, and we’re getting in new styles and colors each week. Learn a new skill in our “Rose Intarsia Fingerless Gloves” class with Catherine Childress beginning January 13th. Twigs has decorated for the holidays and we have all kinds of great items and ideas for making your home look (and smell) festive - lighted branches, “sipping” chocolate, silver candle sticks, wonderful scented candles, and much, much more. We have gifts for everyone on your list, from plants...to handmade gifts...to decorations for your home and table. We’re looking forward to the upcoming holiday season and hoping to see you soon. Happy Quilting! The Stitchin’ Post Staff

ON THE ROAD...by Barb Lowery

Some of you may be traveling through St. George, Utah on your way to your winter destination.

They have several quilt shops to visit. I stopped at Quilted Works and Lazy Daisy Cottage.

These two shops are just a few blocks from each other. Quilted Works is in a new, small strip

mall so it has lots of light and high ceilings. It’s divided into 3 showrooms. One is “seasonal”

where they had their Christmas samples, kits and bolted fabrics. The main showroom is where

they focus on their newer lines and color walls. Of course, they have books, patterns and no-

tions. The cutting area is at the cash register. They use the bar codes for inventory.

The Lazy Daisy Cottage is in a small house close to the St. George Church. The owner is a fabric

and pattern designer. They have a lot of Minkie and now it comes in many fabulous colors and

designs. I picked a kit with giraffe minkie. They have a room just with the minkie. They also

have lots of ribbon and wide rick rack. There are many samples using the minkie. There are kits

with simple directions. One thing they feature is receiving blankets - samples and kits. The

back makes the binding. I will see. I bought a kit. Besides the fabric, they also have gifts in-

cluding baby gifts like hats with bows, bright little dresses, pins made with lots of layers of cir-

cles. You can buy a bag of various size circles. You can check out their blog at

www.lazydaisycottage.blogspot.com. The owner wrapped my purchases in a nice shopping bag

with tissue and a bow. Superior Threads is in St. George with a gallery and showroom. I will

definitely come back here.

I just wanted to say “thank you” to all of you who have made contributions to the Mountain Meadow

Quilters Newsletter this past year. I thank Judy for giving me the courage to say “yes” to the task, Pat

Hensley, Pam Morris-Stendal and Janet Hollister for their assistance in leading me through it ( I can’t

forget Scott who got me out of many of my “mix ups”). And to all of our sponsors and quilt shops for

keeping us up on what is going on in this “quilters’ paradise”, I say thank you.

I know that Trish Tyler will enjoy the job as much as I did and I wish her many happy hours keeping the

Guild up on what is going on. Do give her the same support that I received.

Judy M. Johnson