Our Mission

Mountain Meadow Quilters will endeavor to provide fellowship,

education and enjoyment to anyone interested in quilts and quilt

making. All levels of skill and ability will be supported. This guild will

also engage in selected charitable endeavors in Central Oregon.

PO Box 3254 Sunriver, Oregon 97707 mtnmeadowquilters.org

Thoughts From the ChairThoughts From the ChairThoughts From the ChairThoughts From the Chair

Hookers and Strippers and Quilters, Oh My! My what a diverse group of quilters we are. In our midst we have “hookers” and “strippers”. If you question what I am talking about - or are totally aghast - you may have missed the February 23 meeting at which Pam Morris-Stendal announced the upcoming slate of bazaar workshops. Included in the reported offerings were a class on locker “hooking” and a “strip” pieced table runner workshop - prompting a fair amount of laughter from those present. Laughter is also a common ingredient at the workshops themselves. It is so much fun to gather with other members in an informal class set-ting. Good fellowship abounds. New techniques are learned, ideas (and materials) are shared, stories are told, and good food is con-sumed - all while “working” away on our projects. (Sounds a bit like our Mission Statement, doesn’t it). A big round of applause is due our bazaar workshop chairpersons, Pam Morris-Stendal and Linda Saukkonen; the more than a dozen members who volunteered to teach classes; and the thirty-some persons who have participated in the workshops so far. Thanks you all! I look forward to seeing the many finished bazaar items shared at future meetings. Happy quilting (and hooking and stripping), Judy

Calendar Check

May 11 (HTCC) Program, Kim Diehl

May 11 (BOM) Judy M. Johnson, felted wool

May 12 (CBC) Class, Kim Diehl

May 25 (CBC) Program, Battings

June 8 (HTCC) 2011 Mountain Meadow

Quilters’ Retreat Program

June 8 (BOM) Sue McMahan

July 13 (HTCC) Program, Terri Jendro

July 13 (BOM) Michelle McMicken,

embellishments

August 7 - Sunriver Quilt Show and Bazaar

HTCC = Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Sunriver)

- 18143 Cottonwood Road, Sunriver

CBC = Cascade Bible Church (La Pine)

- 52410 Pine Drive, La Pine (south on US 97, right on

Burgess Rd, right on Pine Drive)

(BOM) Block of the Month

Master Quilters

Lillian Arnold, Sharann Bean, Mary Buxton, Pauly Edwards, Bev King, Crys Kyle, Gladys

Mulrein, Bevalee Runner, Carol Webb, Wendy Hill, Sue McMahan, Judy Johnson, Joan

Metzger, and Kathy Shaker

Volume 17 Issue 4 April 2010

Birthdays for April

5/3 Judy A. Johnson 5/11 Stef Hinton 5/11 Crys Kyle 5/11 Joan Metzger 5/12 Patty Gates 5/12 Jean Stuart 5/15 Judi Brown 5/18 Ann Campbell 5/22 Lillian Arnold 5/23 Amy Salgo 5/31 Linda Dyer

On your birthday month, please bring 12 rolls of toilet paper for Care and Share. Toilet paper should be delivered to Holy Trinity Catholic Church. There is no drop-off place at

Cascade Bible Church.

Refreshments

May 11th - Pat Jones, Jane Croley and Ona Glassford

May 25 - Anne Core, Carol Barklay and Betty Vincent

BJ’S QUILT BASKET - Owner: Vicki Jensen 20225 Badger Road; Bend, OR 97702 (541) 383-4310 Website: www.bjsquiltbasket.com Visit our shop for all your quilting needs! 1000’s of bolts of fine quilting cottons: 100% wool; rayons; knits; denim; home dec fabrics!! Join us for a class in quilting your next project! We are also starting basic sewing classes soon.

Highlights of Meeting

The meeting was called to order by President Judy Johnson

at 10:00 a.m. There was 1 guest.

Hospitality ladies were thanked for refreshments.

Minutes for the last meeting were approved by members with

no changes.

The treasurer’s report was also approved by members.

Announcements: The board will meet May 27, at 10-11:45 at

the Sunriver Library meeting room. Applique group will meet

at Lillian Arnold’s home. From now on, we are to move the

chairs at HTCC to the back of the room after the meeting.

We had one new member, our speaker Janet Ellsworth, who

teaches machine embroidery at Morrows.

See treasurer’s report in the Newsletter.

Programs: Ona Glassford - Information is posted on the

message board and the clipboard for signing up for classes

will be on the message board instead of passing it around

during the meeting. There are more openings for Kim Diehl’s

class. Put check for classes in envelope on clipboard and

Ona will pick the checks up at the end of the meeting.

Send Sue Schimke any information that you would like to

put on the message board.

Call Pat Pease if you want to volunteer for the Sunriver Quilt

Show on August 7th and haven’t filled a 4X5 card.

Education: Tammy reported that there are still openings for

Catherine Conkey’s Playful Portraits, Wednesday, April 28.

Catherine will bring some “ShirTailor” fusible interfacing by

Pellon with her as it isn’t available here.

Bazaar: Sign up for Dianna Swenson’s placemat class, May

6th, Thursday from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Fire Station

and also Francie Patterson’s apron on the same day. The

class supply list has been sent out. You will make 8 place-

mats; you give 4 to the bazaar and can keep four or donate

them all. April 29th is a repeat of Judy Johnson’s contempo-

rary table runner. The thread catcher class will be on May

18th and Sarah Kaufman’s tote bag on May 27th.. Sheila

Finzer and Pat Pease’s table runner class will be June 15th.

Service Projects: Pam and Crys are gone but keep working

on them.

Sunriver Quilt Show bookmarks will be handed out to quilt

shops prior to the quilt shop hop.

Sisters Quilt Show: Maggie Wilcox - There will be 16 quilts

going to the area we had last year to represent the quilts

“inspired by Jean Wells”.

Retreat: Cate Brooks reported that contracts have been

signed by the instructors coming to the 2011 retreat. The

June 8th meeting will be about the instructors.

Newsletter: Janet Hollister will be doing the newsletter in

May; have articles in by the 3rd Tuesday of the month.

BOM: Bevalee Runner demos today. Judy M Johnson will be

doing the BOM next month on felted wool.

Secret Sisters: Nancy Crandall announced the theme for

next month is May baskets - anything that fits in a basket.

A new quilt store called Quilt Works will open June 1st,

Highlights of Meeting, continued...

which is across from Pilot Butte drive in. Marilyn Forstell

Ulrich and her husband are the new owners.

Drawings, door prizes and show and tell completed the busi-

ness part of the meeting.

Program: Janet Ellsworth presented a program, “The Seams

Between Quilting and Machine Embroidery”. She showed

many of her beautiful quilts plus some others.

Betty Vincent for Bev King

Drawing Recipients:

High Mountain Fabrics - 4 patterns.....................................Pat Jones

Material Girl Fabrics - gift certificate.............................Evelyn McKim

Morrows Sew & Vac - gift certificate..................................Libby Seitz

Sew Many Quilts - gift certificate.................................Ona Glassford

BJ’s Quilt Basket - gift certificate.................................Virlene Arnold

Homestead Quilts - gift certificate and assorted buttons.....................

...................................................Barbara Vogel

Stitchin’ Post - gift certificate....................................Caroline Schade

#1 Monthly Book Drawing - “Kaffe Fassett’s Quilt Romance”.............

...................................................Virlene Arnold

#2 Monthly Book Drawing - “Remembering Adelia” by Kathleen

Tracy............................................Carol Croak

2010 Sunriver Quilt Show

The Sunriver Quilt Show will take place on August 7th, 2010, and

we need volunteers to make this show a success. Please contact

Pat Pease by phone/email (see roster) to volunteer for the follow-

ing jobs: Quilt Intake/Return, Bazaar Workers, Quilt Hangers,

Quilt Watchers. We need to get an idea of how many quilts will be

shown, so please provide this information as well. We have some

great bazaar classes happening, and hope you will take advantage

of the opportunity to learn some new techniques, and in turn pro-

vide items for the bazaar. We plan to show small quilts in some of

the Sunriver businesses prior to the quilt show, so let Pat know if

you have an appropriate quilt.

Board Members

Co-Chair..................................................................................Judy Johnson

Co-Chair.......................................................................................Pat Pease

Vice Chairmen/Programs............................Ona Glassford/Alice Hanson

Co-Vice Chairmen/Education..................Tammy MacArthur/Patty Gates

Secretary.......................................................................................Bev King

Treasurer.......................................................Cate Brooks/Karen Padrick

Communication (Newsletter)..........................................Judy M. Johnson

Service Projects.........................................Crys Kyle/Pam Morris-Stendal

Membership......................................................................Mary Lou Kreiss

Past Co-Chair........................................................................Virlene Arnold

Committee ChairsCommittee ChairsCommittee ChairsCommittee Chairs

Hospitality #1 Refreshments............................Barb Owens/Jean Stuart

Hospitality #2 Greeters..............................Linda Cloudas/Virlene Arnold

Block of the Month...............................................................Valerie Weber

Secret Sisters.......................................................................Ann Campbell

Drawings................................................................................Linda Heiney

Communication Assistants(Email)..........Louise Yoshihara/Sally Wilson

Webmistress.........................................................................Kathy Shaker

Holiday Luncheon.........Diana Swenson/Doris Samac/Marleen Fugate

Communications Ass’ts (Newsletter)....Janet Hollister/Marleen Fugate

Sisters’ Quilt Show..............................................................Maggy Wilcox

Historian..........................................................Jan Beeson/Sue Schimke

2011 Retreat...............................................Linda Saukkonen/Crys Kyle

Sunriver Quilt Show.................................................................Committee

SECRET SISTERSSECRET SISTERSSECRET SISTERSSECRET SISTERS

MAY BASKETS MAY BASKETS MAY BASKETS MAY BASKETS ---- Anything that you Anything that you Anything that you Anything that you

can put into a basket!can put into a basket!can put into a basket!can put into a basket!

INSPIRED BY JEAN QUILTS FOR SOQS

A very big THANK YOU goes to the eleven MMQ members

who have registered nineteen (that’s 19!!) quilts for MMQ’s Spe-

cial Exhibit at the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show in July. Just so

you know, they are Betty Vincent, Francie Patterson, Jane Bowers,

Janice Mottau, Judy Johnson, Kathy Shaker, Linda Saukkonen,

Mary Klein, Pam Morris-Stendal, Stef Hinton and Virlene Arnold.

We expect to be in the same location as in the past couple of

years by Chamber of Commerce on the corner of E. Main & Spruce

Streets. Please stop by and see what our members have pro-

duced.

At our May 11 meeting, I’ll be asking members to sign up for

SOQS quilt watching. We never seem to lack for volunteers,

which the Show’s producers really appreciate. In June, I’ll re-

quest a handful of members to help hang our quilts (early people

get the choice parking places in town!) or to assist in our special

quilt show area. It’s a shady and comfortable spot. Maggy Wilcox

TREASURER’S REPORT - MARCH, 2010

MMQ Checking $5272.80

Retreat CD Account $1308.89

BOM Cash $ 25.00

Total Assets $6606.69

Income $ 894.00

Expenses $1005.42

Information for Upcoming ProgramsInformation for Upcoming ProgramsInformation for Upcoming ProgramsInformation for Upcoming Programs

May 25th - “The Layer Between “ - We will be looking at battings and answering a few questions: When should I use cotton, wool or maybe bamboo batting? What will my quilt look like if I use silk, bamboo or cotton batting? Come with your batting questions too!

Upcoming Classes & WorkshopsUpcoming Classes & WorkshopsUpcoming Classes & WorkshopsUpcoming Classes & Workshops June 8th - Presentation About 2011’s Retreat

July 13th - Terri Jendro—”Quilters Exercising Mind and Body”

(HTCC)

August 10th - Jean Wells Keenan - owner of “The Stiotchin’ Post”

(HTCC)

September 14th - Reynola Pakusich - (www.reynola.com) - “Color

Challenges” (HTCC)

September 15th - Reynola Pakusich - “Fabric Play” six hour

workshop (20 students) (CBC) Cost: $45.00

October 12th - Louise Handley - (www.louisehandley.com) -

“Shadow Quilting” (HTCC)

October 13th - Louise Handley—”Shadow Quilting” six hour

workshop (20 students) (CBC) Cost: $45.00

November 9th - Cathy Buono—owner of “Homestead Quilts” - La

Pine (HTCC)

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“String Theory”, a quilt made by Pat Pease for the 2008

Shaker Challenge, has been juried into the upcoming

AAAS Art/Science Exhibition at Southern Oregon Univer-

sity in Ashland. The show will run June 13 to September

10, 2010. The exhibit opening coincides with the beginning

of the 91st annual meeting of the Pacific Division of the

American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Exhibits will be presented in seven different galleries on

campus - mirroring the sites of the conference, plus giving

visitors and students some wonderful art exhibits to view

all summer. If you are in Ashland this summer, think

about adding the exhibits to your activities.

CONGRATULATIONS, PAT !!

APPLIQUE GROUP

Applique Group will meet at Janet Hollister’s home on

Tuesday, May 18th. Call her for directions to her home.

SERVICE PROJECT MAY REPORT

Many quilts were turned in last month. To date, I have

received 11 quilts for Meals on Wheels, 16 quilts for

New Generations and 38 Pillowcases. Many thanks to all

who have turned in a project or two. If you need batting

or backing to complete your project, please email Crys

Kyle as that is the easiest way to contact her. The meas-

urements needed are the quilt size. Crys will add addi-

tional inches so you have enough for the layering step.

Kits will be available at the May 25th meeting.

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With donations, classroom space, and special activities, the local shops have supported our guild. We appreciate their support and through a monthly news column we want to promote their businesses. Here is what is happening in May.

BJ’s Quilt Basket — Is it May already? Wow! Did you already get signed up for the Festival class of your choice in July? If so - Thank you! If not, I suggest you hurry. It’s filling up! Don’t forget about Mom (or daughter!) - a great Mother’s Day present would be a gift certificate, or better yet, promise to spend a day with her and save 50% on her class sign up fee when you both take a class in the month of May! We are working on some spring cleaning this month, so keep your eye on the sale corner - it will be very full of fun stuff to make room for all the new fun stuff!! We will also be having a sale too when it’s all said & done, so watch for that email! If you haven’t been getting our emails lately, please be sure to ask next time you’re in if we have your correct email address - you wouldn’t want to miss anything! See you at BJ’s—it’s the quilting place to be!! Vicki and Staff

High Mountain Fabric— April is the last month for 20% off all regular priced bolts of fabric. There is a 10% off “Red” marked bolts on markdown racks, with a minimum 1 yard cut. Visit High Mountain Fabrics in Redmond..

Homestead Quilts: The snow is melting and the weather is getting warmer and we at Homestead Quilts would love for you to come visit us. Along with our scheduled classes, we are starting our block of the month. This time we are providing the fabric with the pattern each month. We meet the 2nd Saturday of the month for an hour. On May 7th, Friday night, we are having our first “Quilt Til You Drop UFO’s. Please call or stop by for more information on our events. Remember, on Guild Tuesdays, present your guild card and receive 20 % off fabric, books, patterns and notions. We also have our savings card for regular priced fabric. Best, Cathy and Staff

The Stitchin’ Post: What’s New at the Stitchin’ Post! We’ve started to get in our spring shipments of fabric, and we have lots of new stuff to share with you! New lines include Rural Jardin by French General for Moda, and Tweet Tweet by Keiki, also for Moda. We have new Elements and Nature’s Rhythms Artisan Batik collections by Lunn Studios for Robert Kaufman. A fun kid’s line just in is To The Rescue Flannels by Jillian Phillips for Hoffman. We also continue to expand the Art Quilting section with lots of great books and supplies. The yarn department just received a fresh order of yummy Blue Heron hand dyed yarns, as well as Misti Alpaca yarn in several beautiful color combinations and some great new sock yarns, too! In Twigs, we’ve got some new items as well as more of our favorites from Tea Forte’. There’s a shipment of small topiary plants just in, and for those of you who garden, our shipment of Bio Fish and Bio Turf fertilizer and Soil Building Compost has arrived! There are also lots of new seeds and gardening gloves on the way. Happy Quilting! The Stitchin’ Post Staff

JUNE PROGRAM TO FEATURE RETREAT QUILTS AND TEACHERS

The 2011 MMQ Retreat Committee will make a power point presentation about the teachers

and classes that will be at the 2011 MMQ Retreat. The presentation will include photos of

quilts made by the retreat teachers, a biography of the teachers, and examples of the kinds

of quilts to be made in the classes at the Seventh Mountain Resort on April 12, 13 and 14,

2011.

At the retreat, David Taylor from Steamboat Springs, CO, will be doing a trunk show for

the entire guild, followed by two classes making quilts from photographs. Helene Knott

from Oregon City, OR, will be teaching a color theory workshop followed by teaching two

quilts, “Snowflowers” and “Color Squares”. There will be something challenging for every

level of quilter and every interest.

This is an important meeting to find out all about the retreat before you sign up in the fall.

You will be able to ask questions of the committee and even start a lay-away plan for the

retreat fees. Many MMQers have already started laying away $25 a month with our treas-

urer, Cate Brooks, so that their retreat fees will be paid by April 2011.

Lynda Saukkonen and Crys Kyle

Retreat Co-chairs

Only 5 more openings

For

Kim Diehl’s Workshop

Bittersweet Briar

When: Wednesday, May 12th

Time: 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Where: Cascade Bible Church, LaPine

Cost: $45.00 for MMQ Members

$50.00 for Non Members

To register or for further information call

Ona Glassford

EDUCATION MEETINGS IN 2010

All Mountain Meadow Quilters education meetings

(fourth Tuesday of the month) will be held at Cascade

Bible Church in La Pine.

2010 Challenge “Starry, Starry Night”

The theme for our 2010 challenge will be “Starry, Starry Night”.

Both traditional and contemporary/art quilts are welcome and quilts

can be an original design or from a commercial pattern. Quilts

should be at least 40” by 40” and should be new work to be

“unveiled” at the Sunriver Quilt Show in 2010. Kathy Shaker pre-

sented an educational program in February on designing star quilts

to give us more ideas.

APNQ IS NOW APWQ - BIG CHANGES!

The Association of Pacific Northwest Quilters is now the Associa-

tion of Western Quilters, with the addition of the following states:

Arizona; California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada. New Mexico;

Utah and Wyoming. A MUCH larger show will begin in 2011 -

August 26-28 at the Tacoma, Washington Convention & Trade

Center, and continue EVERY YEAR at this location. APWQ is

also sponsoring a Summer Symposium - 3 days of quilting and

fiber arts classes at Evergreen State College in Olympia, August

12 to 15, 2010. Sarah Kaufman is among the list of 15 teachers

for this event. Email: www.APWQ.org for more information on

the APWQ quilt show(s) or the symposium of classes.

What an honor for Sarah Kaufman and MMQ!

NEW GENERATIONS

You’re Invited to Our

Open House

May 5th, 2010 from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

This Open House is to thank those who have sup-

ported New Generations over the years.

Many of our service project quilts are going to the

children at New Generations.

56840 Venture Lane, Suites #5-#7; Sunriver

IMPORTANT MESSAGE ABOUT MAY NEWSLETTER

Next month, Judy M. Johnson will not be doing the

Newsletter. Janet Hollister will be publishing the

Newsletter, so please get all information to her by the

deadline of Tuesday, May 18th - the third Tuesday of

the Month. The news should cover activities being held

in June. Thank you very much, Judy M.

On May 18th, Valerie Weber and Cate Brooks will teach one

thread catcher design. It is the one with the daisy flower type

pin cushion.

Also at the Firehall from 12:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Pam Morris - Stendal,

The Pot Holder Lady!

She’s made the bazaar

Workshops lots of FUN!!

On May 27th, Sarah Kaufman will be teaching a totebag

workshop . More information about supplies is to follow.

BAZAAR WORKSHOPS

On April 29th, Judy Johnson will offer a second contemporary

table runner workshop. If you didn’t finish the table runner at

the first workshop, you are welcome to attend the second and

complete it there. If you were unable to attend the first con-

temporary table runner class by Judy, you can take it on April

29th. Please contact Judy if you will be attending the second

workshop so she can have the fabric

for you.

On Thursday, May 6th, Francie Patterson will teach the tool

apron class. Fabric should be a bit heavier than quilting cotton:

upholstery fabric, and light denim both work well. You will need

a total of one yard of fabric plus enough for binding - around 1

1/2 yards total of a mix and match. Body pieces will be cut 12”

X22”, so you will need pieces at least that size. I will have some

precut aprons for anyone to just come and sew.

Supply List: sewing machine; scissors & rotary cutter; pencil;

thread; BSS (basic sewing supplies).

These are small, fun and easy to do; all skill levels welcome!

If you have any questions call or email Francie.

Also on Thursday, May 6th, Diana Swenson will teach a Pieces

of Eight Placemats class. The supply list to make 8 - 14” X 19”

placemats is: 8 fat quarters (18” X 22” each)**; 2 yards of

backing fabric; 2 yards Thermolam or InsulBright for batting; 1

yard fabric for bias double-fold binding if rounding the edges

OR enough fabric for straight double-fold binding for rectan-

gular placements.

**Your 8 fabrics should coordinate with each other as all 8 fab-

rics will be in every placemat. I usually use a prominent “theme”

fabric and coordinate it with 7 other fabrics. In addition: sew-

ing machine with walking foot; cutting mat 18 X 24; 24” ruler;

rotary cutter; decorative threads (optional); BSS; freezer paper

will be supplied.

Both of these workshops will be held in the Firehall from 12:30

to 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 6th.

We are so pleased to welcome our

newest member of Mountian

Meadow Quilters, Janet Ellsworth.

Janet presented our program at MMQ

Guild on April 13th and her quilts

were stunning with gorgeous machine embroidered blocks.

We look forward to getting better acquainted, Janet.

BLOCK OF THE MONTH FOR MAY

Judy M. Johnson will give the Block of the Month demonstration

on May 11. It will be on felted wool - each person will take home

a corner bookmark kit and instructions for felting wool.