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President’s Message
April 2017
The Pioneer Press Pioneer Quilters’ Guild
P. O. Box 126, Rocklin, CA 95677 pioneerquiltersguild.org
Volume 28, Number 4
April 19: Community Service work day Fellowship Hall
May 1: Community Service work night
May 16: Community Service work day Fellowship Hall
June 5: Robyn Green from Hoffman “The Making of Batiks.”
June 6: Workshop: Sandra Mellon: Hand Ap-plique
August 7: Beth Foust Long Arm Quilt-ing: “The Challenges!” August 28: Make it and Take it – Small projects/gifts October 2: Challenge Quilts Revealed November 6: Sherry Werum: “Art Nouveau: A reflection in Quilts 1890-
Martha Overman, President [email protected]
Sometimes being a president has its perks. I was able to enjoy one
when I attended the preview night on the opening day of the Foothill Quilters Guild's annual quilt show, "Gems of the Foothills". The invitation stated I was able to bring one guest to view the quilts and present a VIP ribbon for our favorite quilt. So despite the pouring rain, Mary Hammarin and I set off to Auburn on Friday night to see what quilt would catch our fancy as our favorite quilt in the show.
Upon arrival at the show site, we were graciously welcomed by members of the guild and shown into the first room of displayed quilts. After a quick scan of the quantity and quality of the quilts displayed, Mary and I knew we had quite a task before us! We quickly realized we needed to set some criteria as to what we want-ed to see in the quilt we felt was our choice as favorite. We established what we wanted and set off to find our favorite. Once we finished in the first room which was filled with smaller and medium sized quilts, we crossed the street to the gym-nasium and viewed more small and medium quilts, as well as the large and chal-lenge quilts.
We had the opportunity to talk to guild members who were on hostess duty. We were even privileged to encounter some quilt makers at their own quilts. It was moving to see some junior quilters showing their quilts to their families and having their pictures taken by their smiling grandmothers.
Mary and I spent two hours wandering and winding our way among all these beautiful quilts, stopping and discussing certain aspects of different quilts with each other. At the end of the evening, we made our decision and turned in the name of our choice. I went back to the quilt show on Saturday and saw the VIP ribbon on the quilt Mary and I chose.
I came away from this experience looking forward to our own quilt show in No-vember. I feel renewed determination to get almost finished quilts completed. I am fully convinced that quilt shows are an important part of our lives as quilters, as artists, as well as contributors to our community.
Now you may be wondering what and whose quilt was our favorite, but to my way of thinking every quilt in that show was someone's favorite, just as every quilt was a winner. So let's leave it at that.
Martha
Board Meeting Monday, April 24, 2017 6:30pm Martha Overman’s Home
General Meeting Monday, May 1, 2017 6:30 pm Hospitality 7:00 pm Meeting Shepherd of the Sierra Presbyterian Church, 5400 Barton Rd., Loomis, CA 95650
Calendar of Events
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Thank you to everyone who brought treats for our last meeting. The snack hostesses for our May meeting will be: Mary Adams, Kaye Adams, Missy Arnold, Carole Asher, Barbara Baker, Debbie Basile, Sabra Bayha, Shirley Beckmeyer, Pat Bergeron, Susan Bernal, Carol Berntsen, Marilyn Birmingham
Hospitality Bobbie Cornejo [email protected]
Call for Quilts!2017 Sutter Breast Cancer Quilt Auction
Whether it is to honor someone you love or to celebrate your own recovery from breast cancer, your quilt will be auctioned to raise funds for Sutter Medical Center Sacramento's fight against breast cancer.
Since 1999, and every three years since, the Sutter Cancer Center sponsors a quilt auction to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research and patient treatment programs. To date, over $650,000 has been raised, and more than 3,000 quilts and wall-hangings have been donated.
Quilts may be any size, color or design.
They must be new and unused
Quilted by hand or machine (not tied)
A 4-inch hanging sleeve is required for acceptance
Please attach a quilt label with the title of the quilt, or more info if desired. (This is important, in case the quilt is separated from the entry form.)
Include a completed entry form with your submission. http://www.suttermedicalcenter.org/quiltauction/2017-sutter-quilt-docation-form.pdf
Quilts will be accepted between now and September 1, 2017. Thank you for your support!
Vicky Murphy PQG Coordinator for SBCQA 2017 [email protected] http://www.suttermedicalcenter.org/quiltauction/ Click on "download our donation form" for quilt entry form
Sutter Breast Cancer Quilt Auction Victory Murphy [email protected]
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Community Service report-April 2017
An exciting Community Service workday is planned for Tuesday April 18th from 9:30am-3:00pm in the Shepard of the Sierras Fellowship Hall! Our Board is sponsoring the day and, yes, you must be really sweet and kind to them just as President Martha requested. Melida Hoch and Karla Trent will help the Board set up the Fellowship Hall for all members who spend the day cutting and sewing stockings, and sewing placemats and pillowcases. It promises to be a fun day to enjoy one an-other’s company and get a lot of work done. Our new supply cupboard located in the Hall contains almost everything we need, but if you have a table that is portable, please bring it. Please bring a cutting matt and rotary cutter if you plan on helping Judy Osa prepare more Christmas stocking kits. Bring your sewing machine and supplies if you plan to sew pillowcases or placemats. Don’t forget your lunch and snacks if you are staying the whole day. Thank you Board, Melida, and Karla for committing to helping with community service!
Our May 1st Guild meeting is Community Service night. We will have speakers representing organi-zations we are donating to, and other delightful surprises to share. Be prepared for a visually stun-ning meeting where many of our beautiful, soon to be donated quilts, stockings, pillowcases, and placemats will be on display. There will be plenty of time for members to “show and tell” during our May meeting, so bring your wonderful work.
Thank you all for the tremendous support you have already shown for Community Service!
Community Service Nancy Cowell [email protected]
Happy Basket Days! Please offer to donate a basket for the 2017 Raffle Basket. If you are a new member, organize a group and put your heads together and find some awesome new themes. Ongoing members, here is a chance to meet new people and create some new ideas. If you would like some ideas please contact me and I will send a list of suggestions. View and download a list of all donated Vendors and Member items for the 2017 Raffle Baskets here. Use this list to spark your imagination! Raffle Basket needs to the following items: Baskets or imaginative containers Notions, fabric, patterns (scour those stash closets!) Fat Quarters Ribbons and Large Bows Contact me at 916.716.2291 or [email protected]
Raffle Baskets Karen Ostiguy [email protected]
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My task as Social Correspondent is to represent you, the Guild members, by send-ing sympathy cards, get well cards, or “ thinking of you” cards to our members when needed. If you know of a member who should get a card, please contact me. [email protected] or 916-988-3459 Since our last meeting, Sympathy Cards have been sent to Diana Meier on the death of her husband and to Betty Kisby on the death of her son.
Social Correspondent Vera Dowling [email protected]
Guess who won playing the card game 31 at our April 2010 quilt camp at Mt Hope. Yes, Diane Dowling and Margie Cruz are looking pretty hap-py with their fat quarter winnings.
As always, Vera and I are looking for guild related stories and pictures from guild members. For in-stance, how about a story from one of our mini groups. Thanks much. We’ll be waiting.
Historian Sandy Weis [email protected] Vera Dowling [email protected]
Show Quilt News Valerie Price [email protected]
WIN A $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE All you have to do to be eligible to win one of two great $25 gift certificates is to bring your complet-ed Quilt Show Entry form and a photo of your quilt to the June general meeting. For those of you who already have one of your quilt entries for the show completed you have the opportunity to get a jump start and win a great prize. The 2007 Quilt Show Entry form will be available on the website at the beginning of May. I will also have entry forms at the May general meeting.
Our guild has many VERY talented and gifted quilters. Let’s share our love of quilting and talent with the community. What better way of promoting this than the Pioneer Quilt Show. I want to en-courage all of you to enter a quilt in the show. I’ve seen many amazing quilts at Show and Tell. The Pioneer Quilt Show is the ultimate Show and Tell. Join in the fun!
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May Birthdays
There is no Treasurers' Report this month for Kathy Griffin is out of town. She will post a more comprehensive report next month.
Thank you!
Kathy Black Debbie Dohnt Kathy Griffin Mary Hammarin Sharon Hickok Barbara Jonas Nicole Kassel Betty Kisbey Betty Leedy Fusae Miyamoto Dianne Perry Sue Salinger Shirley Shingara Marilyn Stitt Kristina Volker Gay Wilhelm Margo Wilson
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The meeting was called to order at 6:30 PM by President Martha Overman. Those in attendance were: Mar-tha Overman, Fran Claassens, Sally Vandervort, Kathy Griffin, Debra Carlisle, Kathy Black and Patty Clausen and Diana Meier. The minutes of the last board meeting were approved, as printed in the Guild Newsletter. Old Business: Diana Meier attended the board meeting, with information about the In-House retreat (for which she is Chair-person), that took place in January. She gave an itemized listing of income and expenses and explained why it was necessary to purchase ironing boards, folding tables and surge protectors for the retreat. Those items will be considered durable goods for the Guild and can be used by all committees if necessary. They will be stored with other Guild supplies and equipment at our Storage area. The Board has been approved by the Basket Raffle Chair of the quilt show, to provide a raffle basket and the theme will be Thanksgiving. There still seems to be some challenges for members re: our new Guild website. Martha will be having a dis-cussion with Emily re: these issues in hopes of finding some answers to questions that have arisen. Patty Clausen Program Chair-Elect will be contacting NCQC regarding the fact that our guild information is not currently on their website. Some of the Executive Board members will be “hosting” the April Community Service Day (April 18th) at the Church. Nancy Colwell, the Comm Service Chair will be unable to be in attendance that day, due to the Mt Hope quilt retreat. Committee Reports: Program Chair-Elect Patty Clausen would like to make some minor changes to the Speakers Contract. Cur-rently that contract is included with other “Forms” on our guild website. It was decided by the board that it should not be placed on the website at all. Martha will discuss this with our Website Chair, Emily Easley. The program for the April general meeting will be Kim Huckabee of Brewer Sewing Company. Vice-President Fran Claassens advises that she is creating a form that will be used for the visiting guilds who bring their Opportunity Quilts to our general meetings. This form will be filled out on the evening they visit and will contain information about their guild and their raffle quilt, which the Vice President can then present to the general membership when she introduces them at the beginning of each meeting. Member at Large, Kathy Black reports that a member has expressed a desire for there to be a more thorough Treasurer’s report in our Newsletter each month. It was discussed that this has been done in the past and it will begin again, with the May Newsletter. Each month there will be an itemized report published which will list all guild expenses and income for the previous month. The next PQG General Meeting will be held on Monday, April 3, 2017 at 7:00 PM The next Executive Board Meeting will be held on Monday, April 24, 2017 at 6:30 PM There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:20 PM. Respectfully submitted by: Sally Vandervort, Secretary
Executive Board Meeting Minutes March 27, 2017
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The meeting was called to order at 7:00PM by President Martha Overman.
All members and guests were welcomed.
There were no changes to the March 6, 2017 General Meeting minutes and they stand approved as printed in the Guild newsletter.
Vice-President Fran Classsens introduced visiting Sierra Gold Quilt Guild. They were present with their 2017 Opportunity quilt to sell tickets for the quilt and to inform the guild of their upcoming show on October 6-7 at the Amador County Fairgrounds.
Old Business:
The guild voted on and approved a motion, as posted in the last Guild newsletter, to allocate $300 for the improvement and cleanup of the guild’s storage unit. The funds will be used for shelving and other organizational items that will enable the guild to move its items to a smaller unit, saving the guild on monthly storage unit fees.
Barbara Victorino was scheduled to show the Guild the quilt presented to her in thanks for her ser-vice as President of the Guild, but she was not able to make the meeting.
New Business:
The Board will be hosting the next Community Service Day on Tuesday, April 18th. Many of the usu-al leaders of the monthly workday will be at Mt. Hope Quilt Camp.
No additional new business was presented.
Committee Reports:
Community Service – Nancy Colwell: During the next Community Service Day on April 18th, in addi-tion to the usual work items, the Committee will focus on cutting fabric for Christmas stockings. Bring mats and cutters for that purpose. Kits are now available for those who want to do machine quilting. At our next Guild meeting, there will be individuals from some of the organizations to which the Guild gives quilted items who will talk briefly about their organizations. We will also have binding demon-strations.
Programs – Barbara Baker: Tonight’s speaker will be Kim Huckabay of Brewer’s Notions. In June, we’ll have a representative from Hoffman’s Fabrics. There will be no meeting in July. In August, Beth Foust will speak about the challenges of longarm quilting.
Quilt Show Entries – Valerie Price: We are soliciting quilts for our quilt show in November. Enter your quilts by the June meeting and get a chance to win a gift certificate at the June meeting.
Quilt Show Raffle Baskets – Karen Ostiguy: We are looking for basket donations and individual items to be included in baskets, such as fat quarters. Karen has a list of items that have been donat-ed or baskets that have been pledged so far. She also has a list of suggested basket themes and basket items.
Ways and Means – Diane Hamilton: Ways and Means are taking orders for shirts and sweatshirts at
General Meeting Minutes April 3, 2017
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the meeting tonight.
Sutter Breast Cancer Auction – Vicky Murphy: The date of the auction is November 4th. Vicky showed a quilt that was anonymously donated by a member. Quilts that are donated will need a hanging sleeve and an entry form. Give donated quilts to Vicky Murphy or one of the designated shops that are accepting donated quilts for the auction. To date, the quilt auction has raised $640,000 for breast cancer research.
Quilt Show – Colleen Voet: Postcards are available for members to take to quilt shops and other venues. Linda Cherry volunteered to be the Volunteer Coordinator for the quilt show.
Mt. Hope Quilt Camp – Halli Tucker and Sheila Pond: There are 31 campers signed up. Ben Frank-lin is offering a 20% discount on merchandise for those who request a coupon during the week of camp. Campers are reminded to bring headsets if they want to listen to music or other audio. They reminded campers of the fabrics for the various games and raffles. Campers can arrive at camp at 1:00PM on Tuesday.
Lost and Found: A white handled, blue tote bag with the words “Let’s Quilt” on it was left at the last meeting. See Martha Overman.
After break, Barbara Baker introduced the speaker, Kim Huckabay from Brewer’s Notions. She dis-played and discussed many of the products she wholesales to smaller quilt and fabric shops.
Show and Tell: Several members displayed their quilts.
Drawings were held for Sew and Sew and Block of the Month.
The next General Meeting is Monday, May 1, 2017 at 7:00PM.
The next Executive Board Meeting is Monday April 24, 2017 at 6:30PM.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:00PM.
Respectfully submitted by: Bobbie Paclik, on behalf of Sally Vandervort
General Meeting Minutes Continued from previous page
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2017 OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS President Martha Overman 916-770-0772 [email protected]
Vice President Fran Claassen 916-782-2242 [email protected]
Past President Barbara Victorino 916-956-8747 [email protected]
Secretary Sally Vandervort 916-989-2835 [email protected]
Treasurer Kathy Griffin 916-409-5055 [email protected]
Ways & Means Diane Hamilton 916-663-6504 [email protected]
Members-at-Large Anna Morillas 916-838-5005 [email protected]
Kathy Black 916-652-0947 [email protected]
Programs Betty Kisbey 916-408-7757 [email protected]
Barbara Baker 530-878-6066 [email protected]
2017 COMMITTEE CHAIRS Block of the Month Barbara Oliver 916-791-443 [email protected]
Book/Magazine Sales Gay Wilhelm 916-435-0701 [email protected]
Bulletin Board Kitty Cortez 916-632-2287 [email protected]
Challenge Janet Paehlig 408-888-4580 [email protected]
Community Service Nancy Colwell 916-521-5777 [email protected]
Facility Manager Mary Hammarin 916-791-8518 [email protected]
Historian/ Show & Tell Sandy Weis 916-759-4024 [email protected]
Historian/ Show & Tell Vera Dowling 916-988-3459 [email protected]
Hospitality Bobbie Cornejo 415-706-9636 [email protected]
Librarian Kimberly Timms 916-253-7582 [email protected]
Membership Shirley Beckmeyer 916-300-5977 [email protected]
New Member Orientation Shirley Shingara 916-521-6992 [email protected]
Newsletter Editor Emily Easley 916-966-8652 [email protected]
In-House Retreats Diana Meier 916-408-2042 [email protected]
Mt. Hope Retreats Halli Tucker 916-847-1087 [email protected]
Sheila Pond 916-257-2075 [email protected]
Kandi Sowle 530-633-9555 [email protected]
Sew & Sew Raffle Shelly Jose 916-316-2683 [email protected]
Andi Burckhardt 916-581-9474 [email protected]
Social Correspondent Vera Dowling 916-988-3459 [email protected]
Website Emily Easley 916-966-8652 [email protected]
Chris Westbrook 916-439-7740 [email protected]
2018 Opportunity Quilt Vicky Murphy 650-315-7947 [email protected]
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THE PIONEER PRESS— The Pioneer Press is a monthly publication of the Pioneer Quilters Guild, a non-profit organization dedicated to contrib-uting to the growth and knowledge of quilting techniques, patterns, and the history of quilt making. NEWSLETTER INFORMATION/CONTENT: Articles, information, and notices must be quilting or sewing related, submitted by members only, and should be in the body of an email or a Microsoft Word document. To submit information to the newsletter, contact the newsletter editor, Emily Easley: [email protected]. Deadlines for information are the Friday after the first Monday of each month unless otherwise stated. The Pioneer Press reserves the right to edit all submissions for publication. Prices monthly for ads are as follows: Business Card size, $6.00; Quarter page, $12.00; half page, $20.00; Full page, $35.00. Please note: Content of want ads and advertisements is not restricted to quilting or sewing. For information on PQG, write to P. O. Box 126, Rocklin, CA. 95677. Active membership is $35.00 annually, $15.00 annually for newsletter subscribers, 11 issues per year with June/July combined.
Don’t Forget Coffee Klatch Tuesday Come meet with fellow guild members in a casual, non- rushed atmosphere. And even enjoy a cin-namon roll or two… Where: La Bou 6801 Five Star Blvd, Rocklin, CA When: Every Tuesday 8am – 9:30am Join us when you can - you are wel-come to come and go as you please. Hope to see you there, Lana LaPlante and Kitty Cortez
2017 QUILT SHOW COMMITTEE Quilt Show Chair Colleen Voet 916-771-0259 [email protected]
Awards Babs Jonas 916-652-5505 [email protected]
Boutique Diana Meier 916-408-2042 [email protected]
Café Chris Westbrook 916-439-7740 [email protected]
Property Connie Donohue 916-716-6037 [email protected]
Publicity Denise Konar 916-259-2034 [email protected]
Reception Barbara Victorino 916-956-8747 [email protected]
Inga Ahlberg 916-624-3917 [email protected]
Trudi Riley-Quinn 916-521-2120 [email protected]
Show Floor Layout Shellie Fisher 916-759-0856 [email protected]
Show Floor Marking Alex Enneking 916-214-5581 [email protected]
Show Quilts Valerie Price 916-759-2067 [email protected]
Quilt Sales Wendy Ellinger 916-390-1975 [email protected]
Vendors Billie Sanderson 916-709-6860 [email protected]
Sharon Hickonk 530-885-6095 [email protected]
Volunteers Sabra Bayha 916-660-1992 [email protected]
Raffle Baskets Karen Ostiguy 916-716-2291 [email protected]
Pioneer Quilters Guild www.pioneerquiltersguild.org GENERAL MEETINGS: First Monday of each month except July Shepherd of the Sierra Presbyterian Church 5400 Barton Road, Loomis
Next Executive Board Meeting: Monday, April 24, 2017 Martha’s home 6:30pm
Next General Meeting: Monday, May 1, 2017 6:30 pm Hospitality 7:00 pm General Meeting
Pioneer Quilters Guild P.O. Box 126 Rocklin, CA 95677
REMEMBER TO BRING: Nametag Show and Tell Food to Share Money for Raffles Library Books
