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M e s sa g e f ro m t h e P r es i d e nt
Blue Valley Quilters Guild - June 2020
Patchworks
Next Regular Meeting:
…………..July 7
Location:
Village on Antioch
14895 Antioch
Overland Park, KS
The church is on the
northeast corner of
150th St. & Antioch.
Social hour @ 9:00
Meeting @ 9:30
Please park on the south
side of the church and
enter through the
south door
The Blue Valley Quilters Guild is dedicated to
preserving and teaching the fine art of quilting.
We welcome all newcomers as well as experienced
quilters to be part of this guild.
May March April
Welcome to a new summer! I hope this finds you and your loved ones safe and healthy. Our Guild Meetings have been shaken up and, when we are allowed to return, our meetings are going to look very different for the foreseeable future. Your patience has been so heartfelt and please know that we are working within the County and VOA guidelines. We are doing this for two reasons....1.- To keep you safe and 2.- To slow and stop the spread of COVID-19. We are in the process of building a BVQG group email blast. Checking your email in our directory at this point would be advised. To keep yourself up to date on the latest announcements, watch for these emails, check the BVQG Newsletter, Website and Facebook page. Above all, please take care of yourself and your people! Lynn....the President that never seems to go away!
The August meeting will be on Wednesday, August 5th due to the
elections being held on Tuesday, our regular meeting date.
The June meeting of the Blue Valley Quilters Quild has been cancelled.
Please continue to monitor the website BVQG,org
And the guild’s private Facebook page for continuous updates.
Remember - everyone attending the meeting in July will need to wear a
mask. Look for reminders in the newsletter. More information will follow in
the newsletter and on our Facebook page,
:
The coronavirus crisis continues…
As the county and surrounding communities has opened some businesses and waiting for the final phases to open the rest, I would like to share with you some thoughts.
Welcome to the new norm!! I don’t say this lightly. But social distancing and wearing masks, is here. And short of a vaccine and a reliable treatment, it is not going to go away any time soon..
I feel guilty in that I’m not working in the Emergency Department at this time. I am helping to answer the Covid Hotline. I’m now getting a different perspective. I spoke to a woman today that her daughter was tested pre-procedure. She was not having any symptoms, but her test came back positive. The woman I was talking to was in tears and scared that her and her husband would now get sick, just from being around someone that they loved. In her words “I let my guard down.”
Please - continue to protect yourself and the ones you love, wear a mask when out, don’t wear gloves, wash your hands, and practice social distancing. I deleted and added to
the next page of info I shared the last couple of months. Please read through it again. Know what to do if you get sick. .
Proud to be - Joan Horton, RN
:
If you feel like you have been exposed to the Coronavirus COVID 19 - but are feeling OK -
DON’T GO TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Call you primary care doctor, or the health department - but
DON’T CALL OR GO TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
If you feel like you have been exposed to the Coronavirus COVID 19 and/or you are sick with fever,
cough or shortness of breath
- CALL THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FIRST -
to let them know of your symptoms and your arrival. Depending on where you go, you will be instructed
on what to do next.
The only way to slow the spread of this disease is containment.
Please!!! If you want to help -
WEAR A MASK,
Over your mouth and nose,
WASH YOUR HANDS and
STAY HOME!!! when you can.
And PRAY - that we all get through this.
Proud to be - Joan Horton, RN
President
Gayla Spurlock
VPs Programs Lori Lange, Ibby Rollert, Carla Timberlake
VPs Shadowing Roxanne Wyss-Bateman, Kate Thompson, Lynn Droege
Secretary
Carolyn Mounce
Treasurer
Sandi Magliacano
Member at Large Lynn Droege
2020 Slate of Officers
Our election of the 2020-2021 BV Officers is usually held at our April meeting.
Due to the cancellations of the April, May and June meetings,
we will begin our next General Meeting (hopefully in July) with the election.
Our new slate of officers will then take over.
June 15
10:00 - 12:00
BVQG helps VOA Food Pantry
Help the children of Olathe and Blue Valley with a healthy lunch this summer. What BV has been requested to bring: Jelly- PLASTIC jars or squeeze bottle only Dried Pastas Spaghetti Sauce- PLASTIC jars or cans only Cereal - healthy, low sugar (no fruit loop types)- oatmeal is OK Drive through -NO contact. Enter from the north in the VOA parking lot, drive in front of main doors. Have items on passenger side, trunk or hatchback area. The crew will retrieve. Thanks!
Stay tuned for more information about a welcome back meeting
and a . We know most of you have
been stitching away during the stay at home orders and we look
forward to seeing your work. Look on our Facebook page for a poll. We will want to get an idea
of who would plan to attend a July meeting. More details will follow on Facebook.
Kelly Ashton will be joining us to present a
program and trunk show titled Fussy and
Fabulous. Kelly is self-described as a
pragmatic quilter, she focuses on developing
skills and short-cuts that are practical for design and construction. Kelly loves
to teach and talk about quilts, her motto is “have quilts, will travel”. You can
check out her website kellyquilter.com, follow her on Facebook at Kelly Ash-
ton: Quilting Lectures and Workshops and Instagram handle kellyaquilter. She
also teaches classes on Craftsy/Bluprint and owns The Creative Place, a retreat
center for quilters in Spring Hill, KS.
Gudrun Erla, the designer and owner of GE Designs was born
and raised in Iceland. She started quilting at the age of 23. After
owning and running quilt shops in her home country and designing patterns along side it, quilting
brought her to Minnesota in 2003. Since then Gudrun has been designing full time, publishing
patterns and books from her home office in Chaska, MN. Gudrun loves to take traditional ideas and
put a little bit of a modern spin on them. Her “quilt as you go,” as well as patterns for precuts have
been very popular with easy to follow instructions and quick assembly and finishing. All her patterns
are geared toward today’s quilt makers, easy and innovative with a modern touch. She has published
patterns and books on strip quilts for years and designed the best selling Stripology rulers with
Creative Grids.
Gudrun has written 21 books, along with her self published books. She has written for Martingale,
C & T, Kansas City Star and Leisure Arts. Her patterns have been published in all the major
magazines such as American Patchwork and Quilting, Quiltmaker, Fons &
Porter’s Love of Quilting and Quilty. She has taped educational classes
with both Craftsy and Craft University. Gundrun travels to teach and
lecture both nationally and internationally year round and escorts quilting
tours to Iceland and other destinations. For additional information check
out Gudrun’s website at gequiltdesigns.com or her Instagram at
#gedesignsgudrun.
Workshop
Gudrun will be presenting a workshop from 1-4 in the afternoon after our guild meeting. You will
have a choice of doing the Stripology patterns named Kira and Amalie. Sign ups will be held at our
July and August meetings. We will have samples of the patterns for you to view at the meetings.
See the following pages for photos of the patterns and supply list. The cost of the
workshop will be $40 per student.
Have you walked by the Showcase plexiglass at the previous KCRQF's and dreamed of creating
a quilt to display in that plexiglass of your own?
We hope you will consider it for next year's Festival.
To begin the process, please go to the Festival's website at: www.kcrqf.com and under the "About Us" tab at the top of the website, click on the "Showcase Challenge" link.
The Showcase Challenge web page provides the Theme/Style for the challenge and Who May Enter.
For all of the Showcase Challenge Requirements and an Entry Form, click on the link at the bottom of the page and request that they be emailed to you. That way we can keep track of who may be considering entering a Showcase Challenge quilt for further communications.
From the Festival Committee:
Sit & Stitch
If you ever have questions concerning Sit & Stitch please email or call me,
Wilma Lamfers, [email protected] or 913-341-3250.
Sit n’ stitch is canceled for the foreseeable future.
Watch the newsletter, the website and the Facebook page
For when Sit n’ Stitch resumes.
Joyce and Judy, Charity co-chairs, have the following guidelines for the guild in preparing the quilts for donation. 1. Please finish the kits you have, if possible. The fewer hand-offs, the better. 2. When a quilt is finished, please wash it. Dry thoroughly, then put into a plastic bag. 3. Write the dimensions on the bag, and if it’s suitable for a child. Hold that quilt until a call for finished quilts appears on the Guild Facebook page and/or the newsletter. Hang on to Avenue of Life quilts until we have enough and a plan for delivering them. Hospice House appreciates it if our donations have been washed before donating. They have been shorthanded, and the above procedures will help them greatly. The hospitals will run donations through a machine to sanitize them, but wash quilts anyway. Moon pillows are always needed. Let Joyce know if you need fabric or fiberfill from the storeroom. Joyce still has the rolls of batting at her house and will cut what you need. Meet up, porch pick-up or delivery, just call or text. 724-971-2837. If you’ve run out of stash fabric (seriously!?) and needing fabric for masks, there’s lots in the storeroom. Call me. Blue Valley members, you are the makers of tangible hugs! Keep up the great work! Thanks, Joyce Bardeen and Judy Lindberg
While we may not be meeting in our regular manner, your
donations to SAFEHOME are hard at work.
Just prior to the ‘virus shutdown of our world’ the requested mini
fridge and microwave were purchased and delivered to the
Safehome kitchen! The report from the kitchen chef – ‘the fridge
has been a lifesaver.’
This week we will ‘mask up’ to meet the new Volunteer
Coordinator in the parking lot to hand over the Cuisinart
purchased in February along with an Immersion Blender donated
by Cynthia Coleman. Cynthia also gave us towels to deliver
which she had pre-purchased as the April donation item.
When we get back to our regular BVQG meeting days we will plan
to list bath towels and washcloths again as the month’s donation
item. There may be others who purchased towels like Cynthia
did in preparation for the April, 2020 meeting!
Accept our thanks again for your generous monetary gifts which
allowed us to purchase the big kitchen items. We still have $250
which we’ll use as soon as we feel more ‘comfy’ about shopping!
They again have an urgent need for pillows and towels.
In the meantime: stay smart . . . stay healthy . . . keep quilting!
Your Safehome Committee
Please bring the April Basket Block and the May Tulip Block to our next meeting. Whenever we do get to meet again, I will have
a block ready to go for the following month. That will put us back on track with one block per month.
If you have any questions, please contact
Lori Ringwelski. [email protected]
Block
Exchange
We have decided to postpone the Paper Pieced Star Block
we had originally scheduled for June until after we have the Sit & Stitch paper piecing class.
Please bring the April Basket Block and the
May Tulip Block to the June meeting. We
will have separate drawings for each block.
Please let me know if you need a copy of
either pattern snail-mailed.
Lori Ringwelski Home: 913-385-5230
Cell: 913-963-8505 [email protected]
2020 Quilt Challenge
Are you a new quilter and are looking to tackle different blocks? Are you an experienced quilter with a variety of orphan blocks? Have you started a Block of the Month with a quilt shop or online but haven’t gotten around to finish your quilt? Perhaps you’ve been in a bee exchange or have an unfinished row by row gathering dust? Then this year’s challenge is for you: Sampler Quilt. To qualify, your quilt will need at least six distinct blocks and can’t have been shown as a finished project at a BVQG meeting or show. You have all year to make your quilt as it is due at the December meeting. Membership will vote, and prizes will be awarded to the top three quilts, plus a special drawing for all participants. Your finished quilt can be traditional, modern or art…there is no limit to your creativity. If you have any questions, catch me at a meeting and keep an eye on our Facebook page for inspiration. — Stephanie Dodson
Happy Birthday to our members having JuneBirthdays!
2 - Barbara Bruce
2 - Marilyn Patton
8 - Rosalie Meredith
11 - Mary Strege
11 - Kate Thompson
11 - Shirlee Vieira
13 - Mildred Gamble
16 - Paula Vohs
18 - Karen Scott
19 - Linda Foster
24 - Nadine Bennetts
27 - Leslie Wilson
29 - Pat Itterly
Quilters Haven at 116 N Clairborne, Olathe, KS. sponsors a sewing day the 2nd
Tuesday of the month, 9:30 - 3:00 for the Quilts of Valor project. Bring all your own
sewing machines, equipment, projects and a sack lunch. For questions about Quilts of
Valor or our Quilters' Haven Sewing Day, please contact Susan Maughan, 913-515-
3170.
The Tallgrass QOV Bee meets the fourth Saturday of January-April and June-
October from 9:30-3:00 in the basement choir room at Village Presbyterian Church
on Antioch, 14895 Antioch. We do not meet May, November or December due to
the holidays. Bring your machine and a project to work on. You may bring a lunch, or
go out to one of the many local eating establishments. For questions about Quilts of
Valor or our Tallgrass QOV Bee, please contact Kristi McGinness, 913-244-9125.
First City Quilt Shop, an official Quilts of Valor Quilt Shop at 200 South 5th
Street, Leavenworth, KS, sponsors a sewing day the 3rd Tuesday of the month, 11:00-
4:00. Pack up your sewing machine and bring a project to sew. For questions about
Quilts of Valor or our Leaven- worth Sewing Day, please contact
Raylene Mason, 816.516.1539.
Prairie Point Quilt Store; Join us at Prairie Point Fabric and Quilt Store, 12116 W
95th St, Lenexa, KS 66215 on the third Monday of each month to work on QOV
quilts. We start at 9:30 and stay as long as you like - the store closes at 5:30 p.m.
Bring your lunch or there are many places around their shop to eat. If you have ques-
tions please contact John or Susan Thorup @ 913-268-3333
The following is a list of Local venues that support
Quilts of Valor
and have scheduled sewing days if
you would like to join us!
Please contact me by email if
you would like to place an ad.
Judy Oberkrom –
Unique, one-of-a-kind jewelry.
Custom orders accepted.
913 491-1295
913 484-8008
Mindy Peterson – 5 acre Designs Quilting –
Affordable longarm quilting.
All over meander and edge to edge. I have approximately 100 different pantograph designs
available. I also make t-shirt quilts and other types of quilts, including memory quilts, on com-
mission.
Contact me at (913) 783-4750 (home) or
(913) 481-2113 (cell).
My email is [email protected] Stephanie Dodson – Summerwind Studio:
Hand-guided, free motion longarm quilting services.
913-788-0825 or
Judy Brennan— Sunflower Point
Custom Machine Embroidery. Some ideas include: quilt labels, nametags, blankets, tooth fairy pillows, garments, ornaments, wedding
hankies (male & female), and SO MUCH MORE. Call: 913-451-8997.
Email: [email protected]
Longarm Service. B&L Quilting
I do E2E Longarm Quilting. Linda VanDivner, Cell: 913 469-9522
email: [email protected]
2019-2020
Blue Valley Quilters Guild
Officers and Committees
Board
President Lynn Droege
Vice President- Programs Barbara Alsup, Gayla Spurlock
Incoming to shadow: Ibby Rollert, Lori Lange, Carla Timberlake
Secretary Carolyn Mounce
Treasurer Rosalyn Douglass
Member at Large (past
President)
Wilma Lamfers
Standing
Committees (committees named in by-laws)
Charity Facilitator Kristen Smith
Directory Editor Stephanie Dodson
Donations and Free Table Dottie Salchow
Greeters Jane Drugg, Judy Dobbels, Kim Mapes
Historian Mindy Peterson
Hospitality Joan Horton, Maxine Horton, Lang Davis, Dottie Salchow
Library Jeannette Baumler, Sarah Coiner, Julie Anderson
Membership Stephanie Dodson, Mary Strege, Sue Tuttle
Newsletter Editor Joan Horton
Opportunity Quilt 2019: Lynn Droege, Ibby Rollert
2020: Joan Horton, Maggie Van Brunt, Maxine Horton
Sit & Stitch Wilma Lamfers, Judy Clifford, Pam Gardner
Website and Yahoo Group Trisch Price, Dee Sopinski, Stephanie Dodson, Rita Porter, Leta Richards
Adjunct
Committees ( formed as determined by board to support guild need)
Challenge Julie Rounds
Charity Quilts Chris Pease, Chris O'Hare, Glenda Hartl, Judy Bateman, Pat Hatch
Charm Square Exchange Karen Scott
Facilities
KCRQF
Lynn Droege and Chelly King
Judy Brennan, rep; Sue Tuttle, alt
Mentoring New Members Chelly King, Lauren Bond
Opportunity Quilt Ticket
Sales
Quilted Table Joan Horton
Safehome Barb Frans, JoAnna Gorthy, Cathy Buckley
Technology Asst Leta Richards
UFO's Mindy Peterson
To leave you in
stitches!!
