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President's Message: Barbara Little
Tendrils December 2017 Newsletter of the Grapevine Quilters of Mendocino County
Volume XVI, Issue 12 Wilma Keeney, Newsletter Editor
President’s Message - 1 Important Announcements - 1
Program - 2 Community Quilts - 2
Happy Birthday - 2 Time for 2018 Dues - 2
Thank you - 2 Block of the Month - 3 Upcoming Classes - 3 Opportunity Quilt - 3
Sharing and Caring - 3 Treasure Baskets - 3
Library - 3 Fat Quarter Exchange - 4
Upcoming Shows - 4 October Vote - 4
Village Sewing of Ukiah - 4 Calendar - 5
Gift Certificates - 5 Board Meeting Minutes - 6
Hospitality - 6 Secret Pal - 6
Parkside Sewing Center- 6 Quilt Show News - 7
Bird Brain Designs - 7 Beverly’s Fabrics - 7
Guild Meeting Minutes - 8 Willits Sit and Sew - 8
Website - 9 Membership - 9
Suggested Website - 9 Past Presidents List - 9 Beverly’s Sew-In - 9
Notes and Reminders - 9 Committee Chairs and Officers
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Dear Quilters:
COMMUNICATION: The communication line in our guild is very important.
When one link is missed, it causes great confusion. Wilma read a statement for me at
last meeting. Please refer to page 4 in the newsletter to read it again. If anyone has a
question or comment, let me know. I want to ask each committee chairperson to please
communicate with the board members and membership. Let us know what is happen-
ing with each committee. I personally feel responsible for the confusion about the elec-
tion for the vice-president position. It’s very important to give your support to all the
board members, the present members and the new ones coming on board in the new
year. Let’s focus on what we do best and move forward into next year making beautiful
quilts and supporting our guild activities, speakers, quilt teachers, and the next quilt
show.
The revised by-laws that will be voted on this guild meeting will prevent any fu-
ture misunderstanding about elections. Come prepared with your question or com-
ments for the by-laws. The committee spent many long hours revising and updating
them. Thank you to each person who gave so much time and effort.
Our condolences and deep sympathy for our member Nancy Trumble. Her hus-
band passed away the weekend of our quilt retreat. Our thoughts and prayers are with
her and her family during this difficult time. We love you Nancy. Thank you Suzen Ingle
for helping her get back home from the coast safely.
This guild meeting is our annual Christmas potluck and gift exchange. Bring a
small gift for exchange. It’s a lot of fun.
We are also bringing a gift for a boy or girl. We will be donating them to the
Christmas effort. This year, more than any other, gifts will be needed for our communi-
ty. Thank you for doing what you can.
We are in NEED of donation quilts for children. At the retreat this year, the Fort
Bragg guild members brought 30 quilts for us to give out for children - so very generous
of them. They also brought us cookies. Thank you, Ocean Wave Quilters.
WE NEED A SECRETARY!! Please let any board member know if you can serve a
term. Thank you. Keeping our non-profit status depends on our guild having a full board.
Be sure to purchase your tickets for our opportunity quilt. Quilt show commit-
tees are forming. Sign up to help make this next show a great success!!
See you at the meeting. Barb
Important Announcements in Quick Phrases:
Read your Bylaws: Get ready to discuss and vote. Pay your 2018 membership dues now!!! Make Doll Quilts! Bring a toy for a boy or girl. Purchase OP quilt tickets. Come see your Secret Pal Revealed! Ring out the old year in style at the Christmas potluck and gift exchange.
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Program: Debbie Hedges
Community Quilts: Kathy Davidson
December 6
Christmas Potluck, Gift Exchange and Secret Pal Reveal For the gift exchange on December 6th, you will need a wrapped homemade (not necessarily by
you) gift at around a $15 value.
2017 Community Quilt
donation totals so far this year:
Quilts - 197
Pillowcases - 21
Happy Birthday in December
Suzanne Raymondson - 1st
Frances Nicholson - 4th
Betsy Brown = 6th
Doreen Venturi - 8th
Dottie Kauffman - 9th
Sue Gowan - 12th
Wilma Keeney - 16th
Pat Wilson - 19th
Hello wonderful quilter's!! I just wanted to give you all a high five for all the quilts turned in at the last meeting. There were at least 15 and they were so beautiful! At the quilt retreat we were blessed from the Ocean Waves Quilt Guild with 30 quilts to be given away to fire victims. Isn't that wonderful?? They also gave us tons and tons of cookies which we ate like crazy!!.
I just want to tell you that since the fire happened, we have given away 82 quilts! Yep, you heard right. I know there are a lot more people out there that need quilts. Some of you have given me names. I will contact them this week-end and see if we can give quilts to them and their students. All in all, we have given 197 quilts this year. I think we will surpass 200 and that is so good.
Please bring pillow cases and doll quilts to the meeting but if you still need time to make more that will be fine. I will tell you once I know when they are needed because as far as I know no building has been found for the Christmas Effort. But that always happens, so not to worry!
It has been wonderful being your community service person for so many years. I really enjoy quilting for my town and my world. I will not give it up as I turn over my threads to Bonnie. I will support her any way I can and I do hope you will too. Our community needs to know the Grapevine Quilters care. So, keep quilting for us!!
Your quilting friend, Kathy
Renew your membership now!!!
Regular memberships are $30.00 per year.
Charter members - $20.00. Affiliate members - $40.00
Junior members - $10.00.
Give your payment to Nancy Trumble at the membership desk at the meeting
or send it to Grapevine Quilters of Mendocino County
PO Box 1825, Ukiah, CA 95482.
Time for 2018 Dues: Nancy Trumble
Thank you from Rachel and Jaeva Cash
A warm thank you from Jaeva and myself for the kind card. Our dear Aunt Libby was one in a million. Our guild made many many community quilts using her fabric. She would have been happy to see it get put to good use. Once again, thank you.
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Block of the Month: Pat Knoell
Opportunity Quilt:
We need a chairperson to organize public places that the Opportunity Quilt can be displayed to sell tickets.
Sharing and Caring: Sharon Burger
If anyone knows of a guild member who needs words of comfort and support from the guild,
please contact Sharon Burger. She will be happy to send a card from the guild.
Cards sent to Rachel Cash, Linda McCallum and Nancy Trumble.
Treasure Baskets: Pat Knoell
Congratulations to the winners of last month’s treasure baskets.
And thank you for all of the donations to the treasure baskets. We can always use them!
Library: Deby Franks
Deby Franks is new librarian. Thank you! The books are now on shelves in the meeting room at the church. Deby will have them ready for checkout at the December meeting. Please make sure you take the time to check them out. It looks like there are some wonderful ideas and technique suggestions there.
The Block of the Month is called Waterwheel Variation. You can find it on www.quilterscache.com. In the drop
down menu, click on Quilt Blocks Galore. Then click on 12” Blocks. Scroll down the alphabetical list until you come to
the name of the block you want.
Pat asks that you use the following colors:
Color 1 blue
Color 2 blues/prints
Color 3 greens
Unfinished 12 1/2". When you square up your block, make sure to square it at 12 ½
inches. That gives the seam allowance needed for a finished block of the proper size.
You get a ticket for each block you submit. Winner takes all blocks home.
Upcoming Classes: Sharon Burger
December – no class.
January 27th, 2018 - Colleen Granger Frog Hollow Murder Mystery Quilt, a scrappy quilt called Frog Hollow, 9:30 am, Holy Trinity Church. If you are the first student to solve the mystery, you will win a $50 gift certificate to Village Sewing! Cost of the class is $65.00. If more than 10 students sign up, the price will come down and some will be re-funded to all participants. So, sign up and get your friends to come too! Debbie Hedges will have sign up sheets at the December meeting.
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Fat Quarter Exchange:
Colors for December: Snow, Ice, Winter
Bring as many fat quarters as you wish and you will receive a ticket for each.
There will be a drawing for fat quarter sets during the meeting.
Village Sewing of Ukiah
1252 Airport Park Drive
Ukiah, CA 95482
707-467-9383 Show your Grapevine Quilters
Membership card for a 10% discount.
Upcoming Quilt Shows: Fri, Dec 1, 2017 5:00-8:00pm Sat, Dec 2, 2017 10:00am-3:00pm, Annual Holiday Open House and
Craft Fair, Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah. .
March 10, 11, 2018 – “Rhapsody in Red”, Yuba-Sutter Valley Quilt Guild, Yuba-Sutter Fairgrounds, 442 Franklin Ave., Yuba City, $7.00
October Vote for Officers: Barbara Little
Several members have brought an issue to my attention about the October election of officers. A name was added to the ballot at the last minute. It was presented as a nomination from the floor but then the new person’s name was printed on the ballot. This means that the addition was known about prior to the evening of the meeting.
The members wondered why the addition to the ballot was not sent out to the entire membership by the nomination committee prior to the meeting. If the nomination had been emailed to the entire membership pri-or to the meeting, then all members would have had the chance to attend the meeting and vote as they wished. As it was, some members felt that the vote should not have proceeded because all members did not know of the addition to the ballot. Also, because the new name was printed on the ballot, it brought up the question of who knew of the nomination and who did not. Did a lot of the people who knew the name would be added come to the meeting with the express desire to vote for that candidate while those who did not know of the ad-dition stayed home because the ballot was uncontested?
The procedures in the bylaws need to be followed for a reason - to prevent just this sort of question. I apologize for any misunderstanding or confusion this situation created.
Guild activities are
smoke and perfume
free for our sensitive
members! Make sure that items you return to the guild are perfume and smoke odor free and keep odors at a minimum at the meetings. Our members thank you.
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December 2017 Calendar
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2
3 4 5 6- Guild Board Meet-ing - 5:15 pm
- Guild Meeting - 6:30 pm
7 8 9 - Willits Sit and Sew - Willits Library - 1 pm - 5 pm
Quilt Show Meeting, 2pm Jensen's Truck Stop. Questions? Please contact Sharon 707-263-3461 orCorrine. 707479-8489
10 11 12 13 14 15 16- NO Beverly’s Sew In until fur-ther notice
17 18 19 20 21 - Willits Kid’s Sew Day - 10 - 4 pm. See below for information.
22 23
24
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31 - New Year’s Eve
25 - Merry Christmas
26 27 28 29 30
Gift Certificates: Sharon Burger
Please remember: You can purchase Grapevine Quilters gift certificates which can be used for membership dues.
You may have a friend or secret pal or someone you would like to help or honor by giving them a gift. Gift Certificates are available in any amount. See Sharon Burger for all the details!
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Grapevine Quilters Guild Board Meeting Minutes: Elicia Andrus
Hospitality:
Please bring some-thing for the potluck table and help to or-ganize the table if
you have a few min-utes to help!
Thank you.
Grapevine Quilters Board Meeting, November 1, 2017, 5:15p.m.
Present: Barbara Little, Debbie Hedges, Elicia Andrus, Suzanne Harrigan, Sharon Burger, Corrine Dauer, Wilma Keeney, Kathy Davidson,
Sharon: Discussed Quilt Show and Guild budget. Sharon and Bonnie took the OP quilt to Safeway and sold $95.00 in tickets. We need someone to take the OP quilt to other
guild meetings and sell tickets. The next Quilt show meeting is November 4th 2:00 @ Jensen’s. Jill Shumacher will be our featured artist at the quilt show. Financial Officer should also have a checkbook in the event the treasurer is unable to attend meetings. Suzanne will mail an additional checkbook to the financial officer.Fort Bragg has offered to make quilts for our fire victims. A suggestion was given to Kathy for Black Friday shopping. The guild could use flannel backing material for boy quilts. Debbie: There are seven tables set up for the sale tonight. Anything owned by the guild that doesn’t sell tonight will be donated to the church to sell at their craft show.December meeting will be the Night Before Christmas gift exchange. Gifts should be homemade. They can be made by someone else and should be $15.00. Pot luck. Voting for the bylaws will take place at the meeting. We will also be collecting toys for the Christmas effort. Wilma: concerns about last month’s vote. Discussion.Nancy: Can people go to the retreat without joining the guild? Motion: 2 weeks before
retreat if there are still available spots we will offer to those not in the guild. 1st Wilma
Keeney, 2nd Sharon Burger.Upcoming classes: November 18, class with Linda Ballard. Dancing with the Stars.Adjourned: 6:25
Parkside Sewing Centre410 Santa Rosa Ave,
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
707-576-1430
Bernina and Janome Authorized Dealers
Sewing Machine Sales and Service
15% discount on notions and parts with card.
Reveal for this year’s Secret Pal is the December Meeting. Sign ups for next year are starting. You can get
your application from Jackie Knoell.
Secret Pals: Jackie Knoell
Beverly’s Fabrics - Your Idea Store
728 N. State St
Ukiah, CA 95482
At your service since 1968
Karyn Culp, Manager
(707) 462-0750
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Bird Brain Designs—
Robin and Tina Kingsley
3925 Main St
Kelseyville, CA 95451
707-279-8787
Show your Grapevine Quilters Membership Card for a 10% discount!
Quilt Show News: Sharon Burger and Corrine Dauer
Greeting Fellow Quilters!As we are forging forward with setting up our Quilt Show on May 5-6, 2018, we have already had 2
meetings. We have made some changes and hope you will join us in the process.Our next meeting is scheduled for December 9, at 2 pm. Location is Jensen's Truck Stop on Lovers
Lane. It is a Saturday, as we have had quilters request to move our prior Sunday meetings to Saturday. We hope you will join us. We have a couple of committee positions available. Come join the festivities and laugh and be a part of the Quilt Show Program!
Here is what our committee members have completed: Barbara Little and Sharon Burger have sent out applications to venders and we have already received American Jane's application back! Corrine Dauer has contacted California Balsamic, Not Harry's Nuts and a surprise vendor.
We welcome Kelly Clarkson, who is our Silent Auction Committee person! Elicia Andrus is han-dling the ribbons and Jeri Allard will be doing the raffle baskets.
A huge thank you to Debbie Hedges for printing our flyers, tickets and business cards, just to mention a few. I was dazzled by all the printing she has completed in the past years and for her continued support for our 2018! A big Hoo-Rah goes to Debbie
Come and have coffee, tea, lunch or dessert with your fellow quilters! We look forward to seeing you all!"Fondly,Corrine & Sharon
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Guild Meeting Minutes:
Grapevine Quilters Guild Meeting Wednesday November 1, 2017 Meeting called to order: 6:30 PM by President Barbara Little
Welcome to everyone.
Minutes: Motion to accept minutes approved as printed: 1st Christy Bengston, 2nd Loraine Patton
Business: Motion to rescind previous quilt show vote. 1st Kathy Davidson, 2nd Kelly Carlson
Nancy Trumble: 31 members present. The fall retreat is the 2nd weekend in November. There are still a few openings available. Community Sew: Bonnie Austin will be our new community sew chairperson. Kathy Davidson: Gave away 22 quilts in October for the fire victims. Suzen Ingle and Marianne Mulheren each gave away 3 quilts. Community sew still needs 12”to 24” doll quilts, pillowcases and donation quilts for the Christmas Ef-fort. Please make a quilt to give back to the community.Sharon Burger: Upcoming classes: November 18th: Linda Ballard will teach Dancing with the Stars. $55.00. 20 spaces available. Linda has asked us not to share her pattern.Sharon and Bonnie took the OP Quilt to Safeway and sold $95.00 in tickets. Our featured artist for the Quilt Show will be Jill Shumacher.Fort Bragg has offered to make donation quilts for our fire victims. Debbie Hedges: Upcoming programs. December meeting is the Christmas party – gift exchange. Gifts should be no more than $15.00 and handmade by you or someone else. Secret Pal reveal. Debbie also asked Colleen to come back sometime next year and do a murder mystery quilt. This will be a 1-day class sometime in the new year and it will be scrappy. Please contact Debbie Hedges to sign up for a table at the craft sale in November. 10% of proceeds go back to the guild.Christy Bengsten is organizing donations to the guild fire victims. Chris Duncan and Betsy Brown lost their homes. Jeri Allard lost her fabric that was housed at Chris Duncan’s.Wilma Keeney: Regarding concerns about last month’s vote, Wilma read a statement.The vote on the bylaws will be held at the December meeting. The guild is still in need of a Secretary. If no one volun-teers the President will need to appoint someone.Winners:Treasure Baskets: #1 Cathy Cotterman, #2 Jeri Allard, #3 Kathy Stuart. Donations are always needed and appreciated for Treasure Baskets.Block of the Month: Amy Elliott: Next month’s BOM is called Water Wheel Variation. Colors are blue and green. Solid and prints.
Fat Quarters: 1st – Jeri Allard, 2nd- Bonnie Austin, 3rd - Mary Vickers. 4th – Corrine Dauer. 5th – Barbara Little. Show and Tell: Quilts – 3. Donation quilts – 12. Hero quilts - 2. Pillowcases – 15.
Please remember to take your food and freebies home at the end of the evening. Please put your chair away and help clean up. Meeting adjourned: 8:15 pm.
Willits Sit and Sew: Lani Nagy
Willits Sit ‘n Sew will meet on the second Saturday, December, 9th from 1-5pm at the Willits library. Bring a working sewing machine or hand work tools and a project. And don't forget a fat quarter to play quilt bin-go.
The 9th of December is also the deadline to purchase tickets for the Tropical Breeze quilt. The win-
ning ticket will be drawn by 2 pm during the meeting.
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1. Any member who wants a written copy of the monthly treasurer’s report, please ask the membership chair at the sign in desk at each monthly meeting. The chair will have copies available for members.
2. New member information: As new members join the guild, we will publish their names and contact infor-mation in the newsletter. The membership chair will publish a complete and updated roster once a year in March.
3. Please remember that all roster information is confidential and for use by guild members only. It is not to be used for any advertising purposes.
Website: Christy Bengston
Notes and Reminders:
Mini Group Sew-In: Bonnie Austin/Sharon Burger
The Grapevine Quilters has a website! Check it out! Ukiah Grapevine Quilters Guild's web page is the fol-
lowing: Ukiahgrapevinequilters.webs.com Please visit and join the membership. Click on "Members" on the Home Page and
post a picture of yourself when you sign up.
The Beverly’s Sew-In has been canceled until further notice. Thanks to all who attended. It was a fun eve-ning treat to sew with friends.
Membership: Nancy Trumble
Please pay your 2018 dues at the December meeting!
Regular memberships are $30.00 per year.
Charter members - $20.00. Affiliate members - $40.00
Junior members - $10.00.
Give your payment to Nancy Trumble at the membership desk at the meeting
or send it to Grapevine Quilters of Mendocino County
PO Box 1825, Ukiah, CA 95482.
Grapevine Quilters Guild Past Presidents
2001 – Lani Nagy
2002 – Lani Nagy
2003 – Lorraine Patton
2004 – Sue Boesel
2005 – Angie Thornton
2006 – Lori Poma
2007 – Anne Holden
2008 – Anne Holden
2009 – Betty Hook
2010 – Judy Peterman
2011 – Judy Peterman
2012 – Kathy Davidson
2013 – Kathy Davidson
2014 – Bonnie Austin
2015 – Bonnie Austin
2016 – Bonnie Austin
2017 – Barbara Little
2018 - Barbara LittleSuggested Website:
The In Box Jaunt is the website for Lori Kennedy. She has a blog and lots of videos demonstrating machine quilting ideas. Check it out: http://theinboxjaunt.com/quilt/free-motion-quilting-tutorials/
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Committee Chairs and Officers
Fat Quarters: Liz Finn 707-462-3625 [email protected]
Block of the Month: Pat Knoell: 408-605-2378, [email protected] and Jackie Knoell: 408-605-2385, [email protected]
Historian:
Hospitality: Kathy Stuart: [email protected]
Library: Deby Franks: 707-743-1299 [email protected]
Membership: Nancy Trumble, 707-485-8465, [email protected] and Linda McCallum [email protected]
Newsletter: Wilma Keeney 707-743-1333, [email protected]
Opportunity Quilt:
Classes: Sharon Burger: [email protected]
Programs:
Community Outreach:
Quilt Show: Sharon Burger: [email protected] and Debbie Hedges: [email protected]
Treasure Baskets: Pat Knoell: 408-605-2378, [email protected] and Jackie Knoell: 408-605-2385, [email protected]
Secret Pals: Jackie Knoell 408-605-2385, [email protected]
Sharing and Caring:
Freebie Table: Kathy Davidson [email protected]
Marketing and Merchandising:
Community Outreach:
Community Quilts:
Website: ukiahgrapevinequilters.webs.com Do not use www in your search bar
Web Master: Christy Bengston: 463-0328, [email protected]
Email Address: [email protected]
Grapevine Quilters Guild
2016 Officers:
President:
Barbara Little
Vice President:
Debbie Hedges
Secretary:
Elicia Andrus
Treasurer:
Suzanne Harrigan
Financial Advisor:
Sharon Burger
Parlimentarian:
Reba Chavez
Member at Large:
Kathy Davidson
Grapevine Quilters Guild
PO Box 1825
Ukiah CA 95482
Don’t Forget!
Bring these things to the meetings:
Name Tag
Show and Tell
Library Books
Fat Quarter Exchange
Block of the Month
Welcome to All!
