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The Pine Needle Press Volume 33 Issue 9 Pine Tree Quilt Guild October 2017 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A newsletter of the Pine Tree Quilt Guild of Nevada County, having taken root in the fabric of the Grass Valley
community since 1984. Published monthly except August. 11255 Banner Mine Way, Nevada City 95959 www.PineTreeQuiltGuild.com
October 2017 President’s Message
Hello Quilters,
Fall is here. Summer is over and the children are back in school. The days are getting shorter and our minds are starting to focus on quilts (if they ever stopped). This is my favorite time of year. The fall air smells so good and it is cooling off. The fall colors inspire me to get creative-not to mention everything Halloween.
We are still looking for a Vice president. I have enjoyed my time serving and it has flown by and then you are done. I am having more fun and have met so many members that I didn’t know. It is a position that can be shared. You also receive a lot of help from the other board members so you are not in it alone.
Our speaker for October 3rd is our very own Terry McFeely speaking all about the fabulous things you can create with Terial Magic. It should be a wonderful learning experience. There will be no workshop this month.
If you are interested in volunteering or have questions or comments please contact me.
Susie Hardy [email protected] 478-0223
October Speaker: Terry McFeely
Date and Time: October 3rd 6:30 PM Location: Grass Valley Charter on South Auburn in Grass
Valley
Terry will share all the many different uses she has learned since the original use of Terial Magic with her 3D art. Fabric treated with Terial Magic now has over 16 uses, from tee shirt quilting to paperless English
paper piecing. Come learn and see examples of all the uses, plus a demo on treating fabric!
Haves 'n Wants 7Home Workshop 3Mini Groups 6New Members 2 Patchwork Star 9President's Block 4 President’s Message 1Programs and Workshop 1Share & Care 7
Table of Contents
2017 Officers & Board Members 82019 Featured Quilter 2Affiliates 5Anniversaries / Birthdays 7Board Mtg Minutes online Community Service 6General Meeting Minutes onlineGuild Challenge 4
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Welcome New Members
Judith O'Neill & Stephanie Petrick
Stephanie shares: My husband, Ken, and I moved here a few months ago from Trinity Center (it's about 75 miles northwest of Redding). We lived there for 10 years and loved it, but were ready to live closer to town, family, amenities, and a major airport.
I've been quilting (piecing/sewing) for about 7 years now and love it. I now have a computerized long arm machine along with a 12 foot table. I've been playing with it for about 1 1/2 years now. I only do all over designs. No custom work. I'm still a newbie. I did some quilting for the guild up north and would be happy to help with some charity quilts here in Grass Valley. I'm interested primarily in making charity quilts and would love to learn how to paper piece.
2019 Featured Quilter Nomination
Who would you like to have for your FEATURED QUILTER for the year 2019?The criteria for choosing are as follows:Overall quality of workOriginalityCreativityUse of ColorQuilting Skill of the creator, either by hand or machineContributions made to the guild
If you know someone who meets these qualifications, and you would like to nominate them for this honor, please do so below.
Please write your reasons and comments on the back of this page.
I nominate __________________________________for the 2019 Featured Quilter.
FYI – following is a list of past Featured Quilters who, of course, are not eligible again.
1985 – Susie Ecklund 1994 – Charter Members 2003 – Carol Hribal 2012 -The Cook Family1986 – Betty Maddox 1995 – Grace Evans 2004 – Bunny Spears 2013 -Susie Ernst1987 – Kay Northway 1996 – Myrna Raglin 2005 – Margaret Boothby 2014 -Lynda Lasich1988 – Velda Newman 1997 – Barbara Huntington 2006 – Ardy Tobin 2015 -Lorna Tiller1989 - Katie Pasquini 1998 – Julia Marvel 2007 – Arlene Robertson 2016 -Jeanie Ferguson1990 – Charlotte Patera 1999 – Kathy McDaniel 2008 – Joan Dyer 2017 -Honoring our Quilting Fore-mothers1991 – Alma Christiansen 2000 – Cathy Stone 2009 – Seven Celebrity Quilters1992 – Barbara Davey 2001 – Ina Gibson 2010 – Ruby Foster 2018 Jan Christensen1993 – Lu Kalvin 2002 – Bertie Brem 2011 – Lila Sugg
Its time to nominate 2019's Featured Quilter. Ballots will be available at October's meeting.
Meeting Location Day of the Month & Time Oct
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General Meeting Grass Valley Charter, GV 1st Tuesday at 6:30pm 3rdSpeaker Workshop Seventh Day Adventist Church, GV Wednesday after General Mtg 4thPTQG Board Meeting Eskaton Village, 49er Room, GV 2nd Thursday, at 3:00pm 12thNewsletter Deadline [email protected] (temporary) 5pm Saturday after Board Mtg 14thCommunity Service Nevada County Historical Society
161 Nevada City Hwy, Nevada City3rd Thursday, 9:00-3:00 19th
Home Workshop LDS Church, Hollow Way, NC 4th Thursday, 9:00-3:00 26th
Guild Meeting Dates October, 2017
HOME WORKSHOP
Welcome to Home Workshop, where guild members get to play with fabric, learn new techniques, and have fun with other guild members at no cost to you.
Our final home workshop for the year will be held on October 26th. Ardy Tobin will teach us how to finish a quilt. Ardy taught this class last year and it was very popular. We all learned about borders, bindings and other finishing techniques.
Home Workshop meets at the LDS Church at the end of Hollow Way in Nevada City from 9-3. Class starts at 9:30. The Church asks that there be no alcohol, coffee or regular tea on the premises. Please respect their wishes.
Bring your own lunch. Irons & ironing boards will be provided.
Not interested in taking this class? Want to work on your own project? At Home Workshop you can "Sit & Sew", just bring your own project while you visit with friends. You are also welcome to join us for our lunch half hour & catch up with friends. If you're new to the guild Home Workshop is a great place to meet new people.
Thank You. Hope to see you there! Lorna Straka and Kathy Biggi
P. S. We are working on next year's Home Workshop schedule. If you know of any unique or interesting project you would like to learn or teach we would love to hear from you.Thanks again ~~ L & K
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Pine Tree Quilt Guild Treasurer’s Report for August 2017
Beginning Balance August 1, 2017 22,398.47 Deposits 587.00 Expenses 10.00 End Balance August 31, 2017 22,975.47 Savings 30,494.74 Quilt Show balance 11,457.85 Total cash August 31, 2017 64,928.06
Guild Challenge “Women; The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful”
That is the challenge for this year. Your piece does not have to include all of the description. It can have any one, two or three. Use your imagination (I know you all have good ones). The good, the bad and the ugly are up to you. Everyone sees things differently and what may be good to one person might be bad to another.
There are some NEW RULES for this year.
1 The maximum size is 144”. That would be up to 36” square, if you make it square. It can be any shape and size as long as the outside edge measures no more than 144”.
2 Please keep what you are making a secret. We would like everyone to be surprised by what shows up in March.
3 They are due at the March Guild Meeting. Please bring them to the meeting in a pillowcase or plain bag so it remains a secret until after the break.
Winners will be announced and prizes awarded after the break. Voting categories will remain the same. Favorite Quilt; Best Use of Theme; Best Traditional; Best Appliqué; Best Art; and Most Humorous.
Your quilt can be traditional, pieced, appliqué, art, fused, beaded, painted, dyed, etc., A mixture of any or all, whatever works for you. It can be any color or colors that you want.
If you have any questions, please find me at a meeting or call me at 205-6215.
Lois HodgesGuild Challenge Chair
President's Block
Each year we say thank you to the current president by making quilt blocks for them and signing them. This year Susie would like a 4 patch using anything Kaffe fabric related. Please use 5" squares to start. Just be sure that you can sign one of the squares. I will miss the October meeting; however, you can give your competed bocks to Sophia Day. I will be at the November meeting and can accept blocks then also.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,Diane KlosePast President
Affiliate of the Month Sandra Bruce Creative Longarm
Sandra Bruce, owner 118 W. Main St. 5B
210-9748 or 477-1909 [email protected]
www.sandrabruce.com/quilting
I have been self-employed since 1983 when I started my business. I began as a calligrapher/letterer and added illustration a couple of years later. I am basically self-taught although I have taken many classes and workshops in various areas of art.
In addition to my career doing illustration and lettering I am a long-arm quilter with a 14' Gammill machine in a studio in downtown Grass Valley. This allows me to not only do the finishing stitching for customers' quilts but to create my own art quilts as well. I bring my illustration and lettering experience into play by free-motion quilting images and words into the stitching I do. Most long arm quilters have patterns or computers built into their machines, but I have neither, my work is all freehand.
In 2013 I began teaching and lecturing (to guilds and in quilt shops) my latest quilting technique, "Material Matrix". Please refer to my website for more information.
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2017 PTQG Affiliates
Listed below are the Affiliates for 2017. Thank you for supporting our Guild. Look for your business to be highlighted in newsletters in the coming year.
Ben Franklin Crafts & Frames 598 Sutton Way, GV 273-1348 [email protected] Christine Barnes Designs 208 Hill St. GV 273-3970 [email protected] Deby’s Sewing Service 245 E. Main St. GV 274-7906 Embroidery & Quilt Labels by Brenda 8502 Smartsville Rd. 277-9781 [email protected] Fat Lady Singing 14392 Lake Wildwood, PV 432-1646 [email protected] Friends Around the Block 211 8th Street, Colusa, CA 458-7467 [email protected] Howell’s Sewing and Vacuum 13555 Bowman Rd. Auburn 885-9624 [email protected] Precision Quiltworks 18251 Starduster Dr. NC 432-9595 [email protected] Sandra Bruce Creative Longarm 116 W. Main St. GV 210-9748 or 477-1909 [email protected] Star Designs Longarm Quilting 10290 Shekinah Hill Rd. NC 277-4327 Sugar Pine Quilt Shop 452-A S. Auburn St GV 272-5308 [email protected] Sun Forest Quilts 13745 Sun Forest Dr. PV 432-9461 [email protected] Susie Hardy Designs 219 Drummond, NC 478-0223 [email protected]
Affiliate of the Month Friends Around The Block
211 8th Street, Colusa, Ca 95932458-7467
[email protected] https://friendsaroundtheblock.com/
Friends Around the Block is a friendly neighborhood quilt shop located in Colusa, CA. Our shop offers premium fabrics, helpful sewing notions, high quality quilting supplies and fun classes for quilters of all skill levels. We invite you to come see us in person where you may shop, browse for ideas, or let our experienced staff help you with your latest projects. Be sure to check back often for product updates, special sales, store news and the latest quilting trends. Thank you for visiting our website.
Jimmy Buffett Party! Due to the overwhelming response, our special summertime event on August 26 is already full. We are going to have additional parties (one on September 16 and another on October 21) for those of you who want to join us for the fun. Visit our Classes page.
Share and Care Do you know someone in the Guild who is under the weather and can use some cheering? Whether it is illness, surgery, or loss of a loved
one, please let me know so an appropriate card can be sent.
Thanks.......
Mary Ross Share and Care Chairperson
[email protected] 477-7669
COMMUNITY SERVICES
THANK YOUTo all of you who turned in quilt tops, finished quilts, pillow cases and fabric at the September meeting. The feedback from the recipients is that they truly appreciate and value the quilts and that our Guild provides them this comfort.
SEPTEMBER DISTRIBUTIONQuilts were given to two Grass Valley men who lost their home and all their possessions in a fire.
QUILTS OF ALL SIZES NEEDED NEW KITS are being made and are available at each general meeting for baby/toddler, youth, and twin. Patterns, fabric, batt, back, and/or kits are also available at CS Thursday.
Nancy Holtz and I hope to see you at one or more of the remaining 2017 dates: October 19 November 16 December NO CS
CS is now located at the Nevada County Historical Society building, directly across from the CDF/Cal-Fire Department and next to Sierra Presbyterian Church. Take the Gold Flat exit, and go towards Ridge Road. At the stop sign, turn left. At the next stop sign, turn left again into the parking lot. CS is at the back of the building. We meet 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., third Thursday of each month. We welcome members and non-members to help sort fabrics, make kits, prepare quilt sandwiches, attach labels, sew up backs, and package the quilts for the agencies. Want to help but cannot attend CS Thursday or a Guild meeting? Contact Nancy or me for other arrangements.
Thank you, Marjorie and NancyContact Info in the Guild Directory
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Interested in joining a Mini Group?
A Mini Group is a small group of Guild members who meet on certain days, times, and locations to enjoy some quilting time together. They choose a name for their group, and decide together how they will spend their time. Hand sewing, machine sewing, a field trip, or show and tell while enjoying each other’s company is what a mini group is all about. If you would like to join a mini group, please let me know and I’ll be happy to find you a current group, or, we’ll start a new one together.
Kris Cook Mini Groups Chairperson
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Happy Birthday!
2 Dianna Hare 2 Lindsey Cleveland 4 Lisa La Barbera 8 Joanna Weise 12 Virginia Astorian 14 Lorna Straka 14 Kathy Biggi 16 Arline Fisher 16 Betty Maddox 20 Sophia Day 20 Rachella Beeks 21 Ruth-Mary Harrop 21 Nancie Deprospero 24 Eleanor Sagely 25 Linda Keels 25 Bernie Kringel 25 Alice Ruth Mischke 26 Dorothy Wheeler 29 Sue Fisher 31 Judy Vaughn
Happy Anniversary!
2 Sharon & Bill Kreiss 4 Sheri & Alan Doerr 5 Jane & Frank Dunnington 11 Eleanor & Bob Cardwell 11 Pat & Wil Fryer 12 Carmen & Clyde Crow 14 Rachella & Tony Beeks 16 Vicki & Gary Black 17 Julia & Edward Sugg 22 Diane & Greg Mann 25 Marcia & Greg Lyon 25 Judy & Rusty Vaughn
Haves 'N Wants
Moving Sale!!Nolting Longarm Quilting Machine 16' "Hobby Quilter" built in 2005
We're moving and I need to find a new home for this great quilting machine. I am only the second owner, and both owners are trustworthy, current PTQG members.
This Nolting quilting machine includes all the original paperwork with operation manual and accessories, extra bobbins, a "Sidewinder" bobbin winder and a 12 foot industrial frame with lots of shelving. This is a great standard speed control machine for any level of quilter who wants to improve their machine quilting skills. And you won't have to pay other people to quilt your masterpieces any longer!
Nolting will buy it back from me for $1800, but I'd rather sell it to a PTQG sister! I can also help with local deliver and setup.
Please contact Dana Swain 916-791-9483
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EXECUTIVE BOARDPresident Susie HardyVice President Sophia Day / Nancy HoltzSecretaries Bonnie Lattin-HenselTreasurer Pat Gillings
COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONSBinders on hiatusCommunity Service/Drop In Marjorie McConnellComputer Records Ardy TobinEducation Outreach Margaret Boothby/Robin MelloEquipment Mary Serpa/ Tamara CookFinance/Audit/Budget Karle DeProsseGuild Challenge Lois HodgesHistorian OPENHoliday Program Sophia Day/Sue MillerHoliday Challenge Frances O’BrienHome Workshop Lorna Straka / Kathy BiggiHospitality/Mentor Ardy TobinJamboree Julie Berry/ Joan MosleyJuly Picnic Nancyan Tracy / Raedean KidwellJunior Quilters OPENLibrary on hiatusMay Mixer Sophia Day/Nancy HoltzMeeting Set Up The Cook FamilyMembership Marta PriceMini Groups Kris CookMysterty Gift Diane Mann/ Nancy HoltzMystery Quilt Frances O'BrienNewsletter Sue MillerOpportunity Quilt 2017 Bent Needles Divas: Lois, Mary, Trudie
Ferraro, Frances O'Brien
Opportunity Quilt 2017 Marketer Diane Klose Mary Serpa willing to helpOpportunity Quilt 2018 Robi Holman, Raedean Kidwell, Diane Klose, Jean Marie McDonald, Anne WilsonOpportunity Quilt 2018 MarketerPatchwork Star Jeanie FergusonPrograms/NCQC Raedean KidwellPublicity Joy WaggenerQuarter Yard Club Jane Dunnington / Lori JacobiQuilt Show Jeanne Pincha-TulleyQuilt Show Co-Chair Sharon AlvesSpeaker Workshops Margaret VodickaScholarship Judy HamiltonShare and Care Mary RossShow and Tell Ruth Bertaccini / Sew HappyTreasure Table Sharon Kreiss / Lettie LewisWeb Liaison Ardy Tobin
Contact information can be found in the roster.
PTQG 2017 Board Members
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Patchwork Star for October 2017 Margie Lucas
Canning peaches, putting up an array of countless mason jars for the long winter’s bounty – sure enough – isn’t that what proper grandmas do? For the staunch do-it-yourselfers like Margie, it’s gotta be canning, quilting or perhaps gardening. “I don’t do well in cities.” Full of bounce and unstoppable joie de vivre, Margie and Robert maintain a 3-story woodsy retreat with 6/10 of an acre. Living largely on their King-sized deck, Robert also spends hours in the “cave” (the basement) building beautiful cabinetry. Their master bedroom has morphed into her sewing studio; happily, and dually accommodated.
The upper floor provides an Air B & B opportunity. Guest are rewarded with a lovely cachet of queen0sized quilts from which to choose. Since Margie has been quilting for 20 years, stories of classes and inspiration from notable luminaries underscore her treasures. Living in a motorhome, primarily through the Midwest and Arizona, she has adapted cheerfully to lap projects, individual Baltimore blocks and paper-pieced gems abound. A closer look at Kathy Sandbach’s Mariner’s Compass, Ellie Sienkiewcz’s expert hand applique or Anelie Belden’s Thoroughly Modern Dresden have made their mark. Claiming to be ‘an outdoor girl’, Margie has adapted well to sewing at a picnic bench. Moreover, her once-in-a-lifetime hand-quilted gem was creased and marked with an old table knife! Judy Mathiesen’s paper-piecing method has been Margie’s greatest inspiration.
Margie’s mini group is called “New Best Friends”, meeting twice a month from 10-3. Sharing is enjoyed for sure, but Margie quips, “I don’t need another good idea!” (Do any of us?) She was program chair for her Amador guild, so of course, she had to be present for all their classes. She has sewn lots of Linus quilts and made her children’s clothing. A hefty collection of quilting books stimulates her imagination. See-through sandwich meat containers full of notions, are velcroed to the slanted ceiling of a sewing closet. Lettuce bins house colorful scrappy selections. Nearly 200 connecting threads spools, like soldiers in a row, provide a candy-colored display. Everything has a place and everything in its place. Remember Robert is sleeping in the designated sewing studio. It works for them.
A swallow, a sparrow, perhaps a mallard grace a homey wall-hanging. A fondness for scrappiness and using up her stash proves successful. A made-on-the-road rosy red Baltimore is her most ambitious prize – “pretty as a peach.” Despite much travel and having lived in 13 different houses, nary a hiccup has kept Margie from accomplishing her quilting passion. A do-it yourself gal, still going strong!
Jeanie Ferguson Patchwork Star Reporter
Our next meeting is October 3rd, 6:30PM. Grass Valley Charter School, South Auburn, Grass Valley
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