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President’s Corner Advice from a Sunflower… Be Bright, Sunny and Positive.

Spread seeds of Happiness. Rise, Shine and Hold your Head High!

October was never a month that had a lot of importance to me

other than I love Fall. Fall in Northern Illinois means apple cider

donuts from Edwards Apple Orchard that can’t be beat, along with

a cup of hot apple cider. This year will be different, my son is

getting married on October 29th, so it will join all the other months

that have a special person(s) to celebrate. I hope, as this year

heads towards its conclusion, that you have had many months with

people and events to celebrate and more to look forward to.

Christmas is just 2-1/2 months away! Better get shopping and

sewing.

One thing our Guild can celebrate is that we reached our goal for

our Raffle Quilt Fundraiser for 2020/2021. It was tough with so

many events canceled again this year, but with some hearty

members jumping in to help, we made it. A big THANK YOU to

all the members who worked at a venue, called their friends/family

to buy tickets and bought tickets themselves. Remember to turn in

any tickets and/or money to Arlene without delay. Just put my last

ones in the mail to her this morning. We will draw the winning

ticket on November 12, and we want everyone to have their chance

to win. Good luck to all ticketholders!

We had an amazing program at our October Guild meeting by

Cindy Albright on how to use quilt panels. I know we all have

some in our stash and lots of us have no idea how to creatively use

them. Cindy gave us so many tips, tricks, and examples of

beautiful quilts using panels. As with all projects, it’s important to

measure that quilt panel (they’re never square, Cindy says) then

press with stiff laundry starch & block. Add an inner border and

then square everything up. From there, so many possibilities from

offset placement, CUTTING that panel (Eek!), to using a variety of

quilt blocks & fabrics to enhance your design. There were many

oohs and aahs throughout the presentation. A big THANK YOU to

Cindy for all the work she put into her PowerPoint and all the quilts

she hauled from Jonesboro to share with us! Thanks to Charity

Beckley and Steve Landrum for breaking a sweat keeping those

beautiful quilts displayed for us throughout the program.

What to Know Board Meeting 11/3 at 1:00 pm General Meeting 11/12

Inside This Issue President’s Corner (Cont.) ................... 2 Hospitality ............................................ 2 Programs .............................................. 2 Raffle Quilt 2021 .................................. 2 Sit ‘N Sew ............................................. 3 Community Quilts ................................ 3 Retreat ................................................. 3 Using Panels in Quilts .......................... 3 2021 Guild Challenge ........................... 4 Blast From the Past .............................. 4 What's Up, Doc .................................... 8 October Meeting Minutes ................... 9 Advertising ......................................... 10

The full calendar of programs and classes are listed on the website. As changes inevitably occur, check there regularly to get the latest data.

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H i l l ‘ N H o l l o w Q u i l t e r s G u i l d

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President’s Corner (Continued)

As always, we need more help to keep the Guild

functioning in 2022. President-Elect Ann Wilson

put out a call for an Education Chair, Membership

Chair and President-Elect. She explained how most

of these jobs can be shared by several people so that

you don’t have to be at every Board meeting. We

understand that people travel, have family

commitments, and other things they’re involved in,

as we all do, but to keep this Guild functioning we

must have volunteers to do the work. 2022 will,

hopefully, get back to a new normal so that we can

proceed with our Quilt Retreat, Quilt Congress,

monthly meetings and venues to sell tickets for our

beautiful 2022 Raffle Quilt to meet next year’s goal.

Remember, many hands make light work, and they

are always jobs that don’t involve a lot of walking,

standing or sweat. Please, please check your

schedules and see where you could fit the Guild in

on your calendar. Ann will be calling!

I hope that you’ll join us at our November 12

meeting. We’ve reserved Seventh Day Adventist,

just in case the Food Bank is still not ready for our

size group. Keep a watch out for a message from

Peggy for more details. We plan to have our annual

garage sale, so start cleaning up those sewing rooms

to see what you might have that someone else

would love. The Mod Squad will be putting on our

program in November and of course, our Raffle

Quilt drawing, Community Quilts & Show ‘N Tell.

Enjoy the beautiful, crisp Fall weather that has

come our way. The rain has passed, and the sun is

shining. So go outside and… Find your JOY today!

Dianne Petty

President

Hospitality

Hi, Ladies,

Was great seeing so many at the October meeting.

Sandy (Allenbaugh) Beasley and Celine Kingsland

won the door prizes. Sandy also won the 50-50

drawing and took home $26. The other $26 went to

the Food Bank. Hope to see many of you at the

November meeting.

Hospitality Team

Gail Hillyard and Ann Maus

Programs A program will be given by The Mod Squad at our

November meeting. You won’t want to miss it!

They do some really neat stuff!

Bring those goodies you no longer need for the

Annual Guild Garage Sale, and bring your money,

too, as you might find a goodie or two that you just

HAVE to have!

Another important happening will be voting for the

Guild’s officers for 2022. The slate of officers is:

President -- Ann Wilson

President-Elect -- none

Vice President -- Rosita Forster

Secretary -- Maureen Forster

Treasurer -- Jodi McCray

Per the By-Laws:

Section 2. Nominating Procedure: “Nominations from the floor shall be permitted during the Annual Meeting provided the nominee’s consent has been obtained, in writing, prior to the meeting.”

Hope to see a big crowd at the meeting!

Ann Wilson

President-Elect

Raffle Quilt 2021 THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Due to our great guild members, we reached our

goal of over $3,000 in sales of raffle tickets. There

are a few people I still need to hear from, but

overall, you came through. I am very proud of you

all.

The drawing for that gorgeous quilt will be at the

guild meeting on November 12. So, that means if

you still want to get your tickets in the hopper,

please get them to me asap. I don’t want anyone to

be disappointed.

Thank you all again and hope to see you November

12 at the Seventh Day Adventist Church for our

meeting.

Arlene Myslinski

Raffle Quilt Chair

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Sit ‘N’ Sew October 19, 2021

There weren’t many members at Sit ‘N Sew this

month but we had lots of FUN! We played with the

Accuquilt “GO-ME” and made owls. Several

members played with the Steam-a-Seam 2. We used

coloring books for patterns and used a lot of Fall

and Halloween fabric to make collage pictures.

The BOM patterns were not available, the author

was on vacation. Next month, five blocks will be

available, so we will have them through February.

Between the Holidays, and the chance of severe

weather, this seems like the safest plan.

November 16, 2021

We are all thinking about the upcoming Holidays,

making decorations and gifts, eating wonderful

food, and spending time with family and friends.

My husband and I will be leaving shortly after our

November meeting to head to Florida. We take our

RV and camp in Georgia with our son and his

family. Our Son has a hunting camp in there and

Thanksgiving falls during hunting season. Fall is an

excellent time of year to camp in Georgia. We take

lots of family photos. It has become a tradition to

have Thanksgiving in the campground, and then we

all head to Florida. We will be back before

Christmas, but I will miss our Christmas Party.

The project for our November Sit ‘N’ Sew is a

“Wooly Tree.” You will need one of the Christmas

trees from Dollar Tree. They come in boxes and

have green needles. Also, you will need glue,

Elmer’s is fine and sharp scissors. I am cutting up a

felted wool blanket for us to use but if you have

wool at home, cut it into long strips measuring 1½

inches wide. I am not sure how many wool strips I

can get from the blanket.

Hope to see you at meetings.

Stay Safe,

Ann

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Community Quilts Hi there, Quilt Guild members,

Hope you are all doing well. Miss seeing so many

of you!! I want to share a couple of photos from

recent Community Quilt donations. There were 23

quilts given to the hospital nursery. We also went to

Hospice with 4 twin-size quilts. They were just

thrilled and have already sent a lovely “Thank You”

card to the Guild.

Katie Risk went along to assist in the distribution.

We continue to need larger sized quilts, so if you

are able, please consider making at least a twin-size

quilt.

Don't forget we are going to meet at the Seventh

Day Adventist Church on Thursday, November 4,

2021, to cut fabric and make up kits for making

community quilts. We could really use your help. It

starts at 9 am and will last until at least 1 pm. If you

want to sew instead or as well, go ahead and bring

your sewing machine. I will bring lots of fabric,

plastic bags to make up kits, and patterns. If you

have a pattern you would like to suggest, please

bring it along. I will bring some snacks or treats.

Bring your lunch and stay for a while. Hope to see

you there.

Blessings to you all,

Sandy Allenbaugh-Beasley

Community Quilts Chair

Retreat 2022 SAVE THE DATE!

HNH annual retreat at the Camden in Branson.

March 14 thru 17, 2022. More details will follow

Using Panels in Quilts At October's Guild meeting, I had an opportunity to

show and discuss various ways to use panels. Since

that meeting, I have had several people ask me if I

had a handout on what I presented. I talked with

Peggy Moody, and she has agreed to put my

handout up on the website. This information is in a

WORD document and goes over my explanation on

Use of Panels, Pros & Cons of Using Panels, How

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to Get Started, and Ideas of How to Add to a Panel.

This handout does NOT have any pictures showing

examples. It will be posted on the Guild website

under 2021 Programs. For visual ideas, check out

Guild Photos.

For more explanation about each quilt, I have a file

showing all 23 quilts. This file is too big to put on

our website. So, if anyone wants the picture

version, you can contact me at calbrigh@astate.edu.

I will gladly email you the file.

Thank you for all the warm comments about the

program.

Cindy Albright

NOTE: Peggy is uploading Cindy’s handout to our

hillnhollowquilters.com website under the 2021

Guild Programs tab.

2021 Guild Challenge Call it what you will: an idiom, an adage, a moral, a truism, a theme. One way or another, our 2021 challenge theme will be “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.” The theme is meant to be a guide. You may interpret it in whatever way you wish.

• Item can be no larger than a baby quilt (approximately 36″ x 44″).

• It can be a rectangle, square, triangle, circle or a combination of those. It can be a three- dimensional item.

• It can be a quilt, jacket, potted plant, purse, basket, a toy or anything you want it to be.

• Use your imagination! Anything goes!

• Remember to keep your item a secret from others.

Bring your Challenge entry to the December meeting. Entries will be numbered and displayed during the break. Members will then vote for their favorite entry.

Margie Dotson

Blast From the Past Hello ladies, greetings from Elk Grove, California,

a town in Sacramento County next to Sacramento,

of a little under 200,000. We have two very nice

quilting stores, JoAnn’s and Hobby Lobby but only

go to the last two when I need buttons if I can help

it. I’ve completed one quilt since being here which I

hand quilted but after 35 years of being in a quilt

group, I decided here I would just be in the

American Sewing Guild which I was a member of

in two other states, a garden group, and the

California Native Plant Society which are groups I

have been in before in other states. The Sewing

Guild has several smaller groups that meet and one

of them is a quilting group so I could still be with

quilters too.

We have been here six years this coming

November. One month after moving here my

youngest sister was diagnosed with lung cancer and

she is still fighting it in both lungs. I am very glad I

have been able to be here to help her. I’ve also

enjoyed spending the holidays with family in San

Jose where I was born and grew up. Don’t know if

this will be the last place we live. California has

some advantages, but the prices and amount of

people are not a plus.

My husband and I did get vaccinated but because of

being with my sister, I have avoided group meetings

where I could get exposed to Covid and not know it

or have any symptoms. I have enjoyed the groups I

belong to having zoom meetings. Even went to a

garden show in England via zoom. Not going to so

many meetings has given me time to spend more

time on my yard and sewing room which I have

enjoyed. Still, I look forward to being able to go to

meetings again with people of like interests and get

together with friends for lunch or a cup of tea.

I miss Mountain Home and the people I got to

know. My husband and I lived there longer than any

place we ever lived. Hope all is well with all of you.

I have enjoyed reading your newsletter and Margie

is doing a great job with it.

Hugs and Happy Quilting,

Bonnie Marr

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Greetings from Sedalia, on this fall day. I have gone

to my first meeting with the Sedville Crazy Quilters

on October 12. Such a fun group of ladies. Small

club compared to Hill n' Hollow.

On September 25 they hosted the first annual

“Quiltfest”. Door prizes galore, $1 chances prizes,

silent auction on 2 quilts. We had Quilters from

Marshall, Cole Camp and Warrensburg. We had

speakers: Laura whose company is Slice Of Pi. She

designs quilts that use raw edge applique. Kenda

Lightfoot Holt showed her quilts and talked about

them. The final speaker was Edie McGinnis, she has

several books published by Kansas City Star (now

C & T Publishing).

It was money well spent on the $20 ticket, that

included a bar-b-que lunch.

This quilt was made using 10” squares with white

and teal sashing, is for my future grandson. The

pattern is from "Easy Peasy 3-Yard Quilts" named

tic tac.

This quilt with the panel and Jacob's Ladder blocks

is called Pony Express. It is a line of fabric that

came out 3 years ago. I used Miss Rose's paper

piecing pattern number 5.

This pink quilt was made using the pattern “Dash”

from the "Easy Peasy 3-Yard Quilts" book. This is

for my future granddaughter.

All were quilted by Carmon's Machine Quilting in

Sedalia.

As always, like most quilters, I have 3 more quilts

line up in versus stages.

Best Wishes, Cinthia

Joey, my little Beagle, sitting on my Postage Stamp

Quilt. I also did a Postage Stamp valance border.

Joey, my little Beagle, sitting on my Postage Stamp

Quilt. I also did a Postage Stamp valance border.

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Advice from a Singer Sewing Machine Manual from 1949

Prepare yourself mentally for sewing. Think about what you are going to do. Never approach sewing with a sigh or lackadaisically. Good results are difficult when indifference dominates. Never try to sew with a sink full of dirty dishes or beds unmade.

When there are urgent housekeeping chores, do these first so that your mind is free to enjoy your sewing. When you sew, make yourself as attractive as possible. Put on a clean dress. Keep a little bag of French chalk near your sewing machine to dust your fingers at intervals. Have your hair in order, powder and lipstick put on. If you are constantly fearful that a visitor might drop in or your husband will come home, and you will not look neatly put together, you will not enjoy your sewing.

I have 3 custom quilts I’ve been working on. I still

have to quilt and bind them. These quilts are going

to California.

Wendy Paz

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SATIN-SMOOTH CHOCOLATE PIE

CRUST

1 cup sifted enriched flour

½ teaspoon salt

4 to 6 tablespoons lard

2 to 4 tablespoons ice water

Mix flour and salt. Cut lard into flour until crumbs

are about the size of small peas. Add ice water, a

little at a time, mixing quickly and evenly through

flour with a fork until dough just holds in a ball.

Use as little water as possible. Roll to about 1/8-

inch thickness and line a 9-inch pie pan, allowing ½

inch pie crust to extend over edge. Crimp edges.

Prick pastry with a fork. Bake in a veery hot oven

(450° F) 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned.

Cool.

FILLING

20 marshmallows

½ cup milk

6 bars (3/4 ounce each) almond milk chocolate

candy

1 pint whipping cream

Combine marshmallows and milk in saucepan.

Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until

marshmallows are melted. Add 5 candy bars and

continue heating until chocolate melts. Cool

thoroughly. Beat 1 cup whipping cream and fold

into cooled chocolate mixture. Spoon filling into

baked pie shell. Chill 3 to 4 hours. Whip remaining

cream and spread over filling. Grate remaining

candy bar and sprinkle over shipped cream.

Yield: on 9-inch pie.

NOTE: I believe this recipe was in a

newspaper in 1963. This is a new one for me! -

Margie

I saw this on Facebook and think it’s a fantastic

idea!

Margie

This is genius!

If you are ever lost while hiking, get stranded with a broken-down car, etc., and you notice your cell phone is either low on juice or has no signal, here is a tip that very well may save your life.

Change the voicemail on your phone to a message that gives your approximate location, the time, the date, your situation (lost, out of gas, car broken down, injured, etc.) and any special instructions such as you are staying with the car, you are walking toward a town, etc... The best part of this is that even if your cell phone dies or stops working, voicemail still works, so anyone calling your phone looking for you will hear the message and know where to find you or where to send help.

Advice from a Singer Sewing Machine Manual

from 1949

Prepare yourself mentally for sewing. Think about

what you are going to do. Never approach sewing

with a sigh or lackadaisically. Good results are

difficult when indifference dominates. Never try to

sew with a sink full of dirty dishes or beds unmade.

When there are urgent housekeeping chores, do

these first so that your mind is free to enjoy your

sewing. When you sew, make yourself as attractive

as possible. Put on a clean dress. Keep a little bag of

French chalk near your sewing machine to dust your

fingers at intervals. Have your hair in order, powder

and lipstick put on. If you are constantly fearful that

a visitor might drop in or your husband will come

home, and you will not look neatly put together,

you will not enjoy your sewing.

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What’s Up Doc? WHEN WHO, WHAT & WHERE, ETC.

11/3/2021 HNH Board Meeting

11/4/2021 Community Quilts Get-Together – 9 am until at least 1 pm – Seventh Day Adventist Church

11/12/2021 Regular Guild Meeting – Voting for 2022 Officers – Program by The Mod Squad -- Guild Garage Sale

11/19/2021 Sit ‘N Sew – Seventh Day Adventist Church – 9:30 – Until we all get tired?

12/1/2021 Regular Guild Meeting

12/10/2021 Sit ‘N Sew – Seventh Day Adventist Church – 9:30 – Until we all get tired?

3/14 – 17/2022 HNH Retreat – Branson, Missouri – Camden Hotel and Conference Center (It will have a new name by then.)

10/14 & 15, 2022 Quilt Congress 2022 -- Baxter County Fairgrounds, Mountain Home, AR

2/23-26, 2022 AQS Show – Daytona Beach, FL

3/23–26, 2022 AQS Show – Branson, MO

4/27-30, 2022 AQS Show – Paducah, KY

8/17-20, 2022 AQS Show – Grand Rapids, MI

9/14-17, 2022 AQS Show – Des Moines, IA

If you know of an event you think would be of interest to guild members, please let me know and I will include

it in the newsletter. I think the events should be within a day's travel from Mountain Home. What are your

thoughts on this? Any suggestions for the newsletter will be welcome and considered.

AND, if I goof up and miss getting something you sent me, please let me know. I never intentionally leave

things out. Hopefully, we can put it in the following month or, if it’s something urgent, an Eblast can be sent

out. Although I try, I must admit… I certainly am NOT perfect!!!

Margie Dotson

Newsletter Editor

Absolutely darling little yarn stocking hats for decorations and garlands. So cute and easy. You could even use

just the hats.

https://www.facebook.com/heirloomtraditionspaint/videos/287195103003702

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HILL ’N HOLLOW QUILTERS GUILD GUILD MEETING 0CTOBER 8, 2021

Attendees: 39

President Dianne Petty welcomed everyone and called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m.

Sharon Crozier showed her quilt “Live Life in Full Bloom” which won Best of Show at the Baxter County Fair. It also won Best Workmanship Award for which the guild presented her $25.

Secretary’s Report: Motion: by Vicki Kauth and seconded by Gail Hillyard that we approve the July 2021 minutes. Approved.

Treasurer’s Report: Jodi McCray reported that GoDaddy had a problem uploading her report. Also, the loan to Quilt Congress showed as an expense on the report.

Motion: by Maureen Forster and seconded by Sandy Beasley to approve the report. Approved. It will be filed for audit.

Raffle Quilts: Arlene Myslinski showed directions to booth at the Turkey Trot in

Yellville. She needs 2 volunteers for Farmers’ Market on Oct. 23, 9-11 am and 11-12:30.

Vicki Kauth needs 3 more quilt blocks returned and she will begin to assemble the 2022 Raffle quilt.

New Officers: Ann Wilson, President-Elect, needs a volunteer for 2022 President-Elect. Also, she encouraged members to volunteer to serve and needs a Membership

Chair and an Education Chair. Rosita Forster has volunteered to be Vice President, Maureen Forster, Secretary, and Jodi McCray, Treasurer. Margie Dotson will be Hospitality Chair and will continue to do the Newsletter.

Quilt Congress: Oct. 14, 15, 2022. Ann Wilson is accepting donations for auction baskets for Quilt Congress. Classrooms have been reserved at Ramada Inn. The Congress will be held at the Baxter County Fair Grounds.

Library: Ann Wilson is collecting Library books. If you wish to check a book out, contact her and she will bring it to next guild meeting.

Sit ’N Sew: This is held every third Tuesday of the month at the Seventh-day Adventist

Church. Ann Wilson gave an Orphan Block Challenge. She will have Block of the Month patterns available for $3.50.

Community Quilts: November 4, 2021, there will be a kit assembly session at the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

2021 Challenge: Margie Dotson explained the Don’t Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch” challenge. These are due by December 2021.

Birthdays: Ginger Alexander was only birthday in October, and since we didn’t mention them last month, we wished happy birthdays to September members as well. Fabric cupcakes were presented to both months.

Door Prizes: Sandy Beasley and Celine Kingsland won the door prizes. Sandy Allenbaugh-Beasley won the 50/50 which comprised $26 each to Sandy and the Food Bank.

Break

Program: Cindy Albright presented a program on Using Panels in Quilts and showed many of her beautiful quilts. Community Quilts Parade.

Show & Tell

Motion: by Margie Dotson and seconded by Charity Beckley to adjourn at 11:50 am. Approved.

Maureen Forster, Secretary.

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