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MARCH 2011 VOLUME 29 #2

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A professional quilt designer, author, and

teacher, Janet has penned the delightful books

Quilts for Chocolate Lovers and Quilts for Ice Cream

Lovers published by AQS. Even though she loves

designing, Janet's first love is teaching. Her light-

hearted approach to quilting makes her classes fun

and exciting. Her designs have been featured in

McCall's Quilting, McCall’s Quick Quilts, Traditional Quilter and

several other publications. Janet also has a quilt on permanent display

in the library of Beijing, China. Janet’s workshop on Thursday will

be the Blueberries and White Chocolate pattern.

Time to Clear Your Stash!

Hi There Ya’ll - from the DownUnder Swamp

Cusin' Mare still has room left after fillin' her barn, her coop

and her outhouse with yer donations from last time…so keep

them treasures acomin' to the March meetin' so's we kin

sell 'em all back to ya in April at the wonderful, truly

amazin', barn-burnin' aukshun!!! We 'spects to have

quite a pile of stuff, sure hope Cusin' can climb out from

under yer contributions – they’s all over her place -- an

get here with it all! We may need some buggies to hep us

cart that load 'cuz her horse is wearin' out and her

buggy’s not use ta hauling much more than a few piggies.

(hehehe) ~ Missy Gayelle and Cuzin' Mare

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Great Guild, Great Speakers!

Tammie Bowser, Wow! Weren’t her quilts amazing? I don’t know about the

other guild members that took her workshop, but I took a leap of faith and just

did what she said. Put those little pieces of fabric on the corresponding squares

and it will work out. She was absolutely right. After placing the last square I

hung it up on the wall, stood back and couldn’t believe my eyes. I know what

Tammie meant when she did her first one and had to show it to somebody, any-

body, even the neighbor! I must say this is the first quilt I’ve made that was so

easy and amazing. I want to make another one. Right Now!

We have such a great guild! The members are so fantastic and creative. At every

meeting we see such wonderful quilts at Show and Tell. We get to see and hear

from some of the best speakers and teachers of our time. When you look around

the perimeter of the room you see guild members that have taken on a job to

make our guild and our meetings even better. These jobs may be small or large

projects but everyone pitches in to make us great.

Welcome to our many new members. While you are getting your bearings, meet-

ing new friends and figuring out where your place might be in this new group

you have joined, we’d like to ask for your help.

Right now we need a little time from all of our members to help with the Auc-

tion and Tea, scheduled for October 8. You know that old saying, ―many hands

makes light work,‖ is so true.

Can you spare a few hours to help set up the room or hang quilts or clean up on

the day of the Auction? What about taking in donation items at the guild meet-

ings to put in raffle baskets? Does your creative flair extend to table decorations?

Does your inner ―engineer‖ kick in when it comes to figuring out where to put

things or set up a room? Come out and make new friends while helping keep

those wonderful speakers coming to our guild.

I remember when I first joined the guild before I retired and I volunteered to cre-

ate a program that listed all the donated quilts and who made them. It didn’t take

a lot of my time but was very appreciated. I know you’ll find it rewarding too.

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE (Continued)

It doesn’t take much to get involved and you will have a good time. We will be

setting a date for the first planning meeting. Here are some things that you can

do:

Admissions

Publicity (take flyers around to your favorite shops)

Design the Tickets

Raffle Baskets

Set Up

Take Down

Hang Quilts

Make/Bring Food

Decorate Tables

Assist with the Auction as a Spotter, Runner or Bagger

And these are just a few of the needs we have.

Looking forward to seeing you all at the next guild meeting.

Until next time, Bonnie Lippincott

Mark your

calendars for

the OGQG

Auction and

Tea

Saturday,

October 8,

2011

ROUND ROBIN:

CENTER BLOCKS DUE AT MARCH MEETING

Here are the instructions for the Round Robin quilts:

Bring a 12 ½ to 15 ½ inch block in a zip lock bag to me at the beginning of the March meeting.

The block can be any style, any technique and any fabrics you wish. Please include your extra fabric so

that the borders will have some continuity and save some fabric for yourself to finish the edges. See me

at the break and you will receive someone else’s block and a label for you to sign.

You will add a border and bring back the block to the next meeting.

You may match, coordinate with, or accent the exciting colors in the center block, keeping in mind its

basic theme. The guidelines are simple and are included with each bag.

March -- Squares

April -- Triangles

May -- Rectangles

June -- Final border setting

This repeats in April, May, June, August (No meeting in July).

In August you will receive your original block, plus borders and a signed label back, transformed

into a beautiful wall hanging or small quilt.

You can then add more borders or bind it. The final borders will be due in August.

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to call me at 714 -776-7805 or email me

at sally299@hotmail.com. ~ Sally Lansing

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T hanks very much for your generous donations to our food

bank. Please continue to bring non-parishable food items.

This is just one way we have to make a difference to families in

need. ~ Stephanie Harper

H appy St. Patrick’s Day! That’s the theme for our March baskets . The color

of the month is green, green and more green! Other colors will be gladly ac-

cepted, as well as any treasures. We thank you so much for all the wonderful and

beautiful donations... we are amazed at your generosity. Our lucky February win-

ners were: 1) Pat Adair; 2) Mary Kay O'Neill; 3) Mary Kay O'Neill; 4) Joan

Zimmerman; 5) Sherry Lincoln. This month we made $169.00 Thank you

again! Tickets are 5 for $1.00, 12 for $5.00 and one free ticket per donation.

~ Anna Carlson & Kim Green

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SUSAN G KOMEN FOR THE CURE

QUILTERS TRIVIA

When you haven't quite got the exact

match for your thread, do you

choose the darker thread or the lighter

thread?

Answer: Always choose the

darker thread. It will blend in much better than the light one.

T hank you everyone for your support of our 2-month fundraiser. We

will draw the winning ticket at our March meeting.

This is entitled 1/2 Hawaiian and 1/2 Not; Aloha Elly; and Baltimore Meets

Honolulu!!

The maker of the top is unknown. I hand quilted the Hawaiian blocks in the

traditional manner for those and used a grid format for the other 2. It turned

out really nice and you all seem to like it. ~ Barbara Purks

A nother fabulous month for participation with 173 regular members in

attendance, with 16 guests the ladies from Leisure World, Seal Beach, and 10

new members!

Barbara Winkler

10515 Acoro Street

Bellflower, CA 90706

Diane Winder

7342 E. Morninglory Way

Orange, CA 92869

Bobbie Johnson

15781 Las Solanas St.

Westminster, CA 92683

Pamela Boozan

8681 Viscount

Huntington Beach, 92646

Robin Lovett

6632 Beachview Dr.

Huntington Beach, CA 92648

Helga Adam

9100 Faywood St.

Bellflower, CA 90706

Donna Hovartos

526 Allen Ave.

Glendale, CA 91201

Carole Keane

983 Mammoth Dr.

Huntington Beach, CA 92646

Joan Zimmerman

18424 Santa Leonora Cir.

Fountain Valley, CA 92708

Marlene Mahan

20032 Mural Cir.

Huntington Beach, CA 92646

~ Joann Schaum

MEMBERSHIP

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At January's meeting we announced that we were running low on fabrics and trims. We

take your castoffs and sell them to support our guild budget. This has been a great source

of revenue, so we encourage you to continue downsizing your stash of fabrics and trims.

Your unwanted items bring miles and miles of smiles to others! We'll be getting leftovers

from the Hog Holler Aukshun in April, but we can always use more. And who knows,

you'll probably find some of your fabric in a quilt one day! ~ Bobbie, Linda & Donna

WANTED: FABRICS AND TRIMS

Quilts wrap our hearts in warm emotions. They represent time, energy and plan-

ning. The hours required to create a quilt offer plenty of opportunity to think

about the person for whom it is intended….A quilt bridges the generation gap

by connecting people from the past with people yet to come.

~ Mary Tatem, The Quilt of Life, 2000.

A RAINBOW OF COLOR - New Member Luncheon

M ark your calendars for Friday, April 8th. All new members are invited to a fun filled

luncheon with great food, door prizes and lots more! Past new members who missed out on a

luncheon please let me know. Luncheon will be held at Westminster Village Clubhouse, 5200

Blackpool, Westminster, Ca 92683. ~ Carol Logue

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Mar 1..... Marie Van Vorst

Mar 2..... Sara Forster

Mar 3 .... Patricia Ingersoll

Mar 3..... Carol Munn

Mar 3..... Aggie Venaas

Mar 3..... Rose Viola

Mar 4..... Glaitis Boots

Mar 4..... Kathleen Scharnhorst

Mar 4..... Janice Self

Mar 6..... Karen Hyepock

Mar 6..... Phyllis Murry

Mar 7..... Loretta Barber

Mar 8..... Juanita Giron

Mar 9..... Judy Muzzari

Mar 9..... Peggy Schneider

Mar 11 .. Glenda McNeil

Mar 11 .. Mickey Mellevold

Mar 12 .. Cathy Van Bruggen

Mar 13 ... Beckie Welty

Mar 14 ... Virginia C Hess

Mar 14 ... Angie Jared

Mar 14 ... Ellen Roman

Mar 16 ... Pat Cook

Mar 16 ... Jeannette Gipson

Mar 16 ... Pat Magill

Mar 17 ... Netta C Bryan

Mar 20 ... Laurie Mutalipass

Mar 24 ... Marjorie Densmore

Mar 25 ... Jody Burtch

Mar 28 ... Mary Stockard

Mar 28 ... Bea Vieira

Mar 30 .. Betty Jean Wenner

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DOOR PRIZES& SPONSORS

Please support our sponsors!

Their gifts add a fun and useful

dimension to our meetings, and we want them all to be

successful!

Anonymous Gifts Barbara Purks, Gail Norfolk, Mary McGovern

Bunney Hutch Rose Viola, Inette Vornholt, Helen Murray, Merci Apodaca

Calico House Loretta Gerritz

Cecilia Quilts Judy Haitsuka

Jenny’s Micky Mellevold, Mary Jane Lewis

M & L Fabrics Carol Bird, Corni Quinlivan

Moore’s Carolyn Poppen, Nancy Post

Orange Quilt Bee Pat Magill, Eva Jamar

Philanthropy Door

Prizes

Corni Quinlivan, Ardith Endres, Netta Beryan, Cindy

Cooper, Eva Jamar, Cynthia Schatz, Carolyn Rhodes

Q’s Longarm Marsha Hendler

Quilters Garden Candyce Ping, Barbara Winkler

Sewing Party Charlotte Hansen, Pam Himes, Kim Green

Timeless Quilts Joyce Chadnofsky, Karen Verhaar

Tranquility Quilts Nancy Ross

SHOW AND TELL

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SHOW & TELL

Row 1—Ardith Endres, Bobbie Inglis (shown by Helen W.), Carol Howerton

Row 2—Helen Williams, Janet Gavney (2)

Row 3—Janice Self, Joyce Oberle (2), Nancy Henry

Row 4—Karen Powel (2), Linda Gray

Row 5—Mary Kay O’Neill, Mary O’Driscoll, Nancy Ross

Row 6—Sara Forster, Ursula Hartunian, Yvonne Williams

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Our sincere thanks to TALL MOUSE for

printing our newsletter !

Philanthropy

T hanks for all your help and support! We had 23 pillowcases and 18 finished

quilts and tops turned in this month. As always, all the pillowcase kits were picked

up.

A small group stayed for the after-guild sew-in and we accomplished a lot. We

made pillowcase kits, pieced quilt backs and added borders to too-small quilts. We

then sandwiched 23 more quilts. We also had people cutting squares and building

quilt kits. Needless to say, we now have over 70 quilts that need quilting. This is

our biggest need, so please pick one up next month and practice your quilting skills

on our quilts.

Saturday we delivered 22 quilts to a refurbished home for veterans in Garden Grove. The home will be very

nice when completed. The organization doing the work is ―Furnishing Hope,‖ which we have worked with

before. ~ Carol Munn & Carol Howerton

LOST AND FOUND

C arol Munn has a Boy Scout shirt, purple glasses and sewing stuff/beads in a

plastic bag that were left after guild. Call her at 714-894-5644 if it is yours!

The Orange Grove Quilters Guild is a tax exempt group organized to promote coopera-

tion and exchange of ideas, among those interested or engaged in quilting and fiber

arts; to encourage and maintain high standards of design and techniques of creative

quilting and fiber arts; to inspire personal achievements.

Membership is currently open.

Annual Dues are $25.00 per year beginning in February and ending in December.

Guest donation is $3.00 per meeting.

Meetings. Doors open at 9:00a.m. The regular meeting is 9:30a.m. the 2nd Wednesday

of the month. December’s meeting is the 1st Wednesday. The meetings are at Garden

Grove United Methodist Church in Acker Hall, located at 12741 Main Street, Garden

Grove, Ca.

President Bonnie Lippincott

1st Vice Pres Susan Johnson

2nd Vice Pres Karen Powel

Secretary Nancy Post

Treasurer Pat Kritlow

Standing Committees:

Past President Ellen Roman

Parliamentarian Linda Gray

Historian Judy Hill

Librarian Sherry Lincoln

Membership Joanne Schaum, Penny Soldin

Newsletter Pam Himes

Philanthropy Carol Howerton, Carol Munn

SCCQG Rep Carol Logue

Ways & Means Anna Carlson, Kim Green

Workshops Marie Blash, Justine Gentile

March

2011

P.O. Box 453

Garden Grove, CA 92842-0453