The Pine Needle Press Volume 32 Issue 2 Pine Tree Quilt Guild February 2016 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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.

For February we present: "All Things Kaffe Fassett." Heidi Emmett and Christine Barnes have a trunk show for this lively, color-filled evening. Jill Schlageter will

have a workshop on pincushion tuffets the next day. The workshop is full.

Workshop February 3, 20169:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Jill Schlageter Pincushion TuffetsSeventh Day Adventist Church, Grass Valley, CA

Bring your own lunch

February Program: All Things Kaffe Fassett Tuesday, February 2, 2016, 6:30PM, Grass Valley Charter School

Presenters: Heidi Emmett, Christine Barnes, Jill Schlageter

Future Program Notes

March’s program will be our March Mixer at the Seventh Day Adventist Church on Osborne Rd. in Grass Valley.

In April we present: Donna Greenwald, thread painter. Beginner to Advanced quilters will appreciate and use the techniques learned in our first-ever, 3 day workshop after her lecture the night before. It is a bargain at $75 for all three days of non-stop learning and fun! Sign ups for the workshop begin at February's meeting. Visit Donna’s website at Greenwald.com. Donna writes on her website, “I taught Home Economics for 38 years in Chico, California, and retired in 2002. I enjoyed teaching and missed the social connections of work so I combined my love of art and quilting and began teaching classes in art quilting. Classes I offer teach fabric art and design techniques that allow students of all levels to unlock the inner artist in themselves and create their own, unique fiber art masterpieces. All skill levels are welcome. Join us and have some fun…"

2016 Officers & Board Members 12 Financial Information 11 Mini Group Coordinator 9Programs and Workshops 1, 2 General Meeting Minutes online Mystery Quilt 10

Affiliates 11, 13 Guild Meeting Dates 2 Patchwork Star 10

Anniversaries/Birthdays 13 Guild Challenge 11 President’s Message 2Award-Winning Quilt Request 8 Hall of Honor 3 Quilt Show 4

Board Mtg Minutes online Holiday Challenge 9 Quilt Show Forms 5,6,7

Community Service/Drop-in & Sew 8 Home Workshop 3 Scholarship Info 9

Share & Care 13

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Meeting Location Day of the Month & Time February

We haven’t received enough rain to officially get us out of drought conditions, however, there may be a silver lining in the clouds: what better to do on a rainy day than sew or quilt. Maybe finish up some UFO’s or perhaps start something new.

In the January President’s message, I asked for volunteers to fill a couple of vacant board positions and am excited to announce that new member Raedean Kidwell has agreed to be an apprentice to Heidi

Emmett to help with the Programs for the Guild. I know she will do a great job and is very enthusiastic!! No one actually stepped up to do the Opportunity Quilt Marketing, so I have accepted that position. It actually is pretty fun, contacting other guilds to schedule our Opportunity Quilt to visit their meetings. I found one guild that posts on their website who is visiting them and when. You should be able to see something similar on our website very soon!

Anne Wilson is the chair of Home Workshops and is busy planning some very exciting classes for the year. Please support her and the guild by either attending a class or volunteering to teach a technique or pattern or something else.

Thank you…. Diane Klose President Pine Tree Quilt Guild

February President’s Message

Table of Contents

General Meeting Grass Valley Charter School 1st Tuesday at 6:30pm 2ndS. Auburn, Grass Valley

Speaker Workshop Seventh Day Adventist Church, GV Wednesday after General Mtg 3rdPTQG Board Meeting Eskaton Village, 49er Room, GV 2nd Thursday, at 6:30pm 11thNewsletter Deadline sierrasue@me.com 5pm Saturday after Board Mtg 13thJunior Quilters Salvation Army, Alta St. GV 2nd Saturday at 10:30 am 13thCommunity Service Eskaton, Ridge Road, Nevada City 3rd Tuesday, 9:00-3:00 16thDrop-In ‘n Quilt on hiatusHome Workshop LDS Church, Hollow Way, NC 4th Thursday, 9:00-3:00 25thQuilt Show CommitteeEskaton Village, 49er Room, GV 2nd Tuesday, Noon to 3 pm 9th

Guild Meeting Dates February 2016

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HOME WORKSHOPS 2016

*** JANUARY 28 *** *** FEBRUARY 25***

NEW YEAR, NEW LOCATION, NEW DAY Home workshops are a benefit of membership – all classes are free, the space, irons, ironing boards, are provided for our use, we learn a new project and enjoy the camaraderie of fellow members. We will meet at the LDS Church, 615 Hollow Way, Nevada City (exit from Hwy 49 to Gold Flat, Hollow is at the north-east side fronting on the freeway, next to Hooper and Weaver). THANK YOU Nancyan Tracy for arranging the location! Note that this is a no smoking – no coffee site.

Please join us on the 4th Thursday of most months! (No meetings April, November, December) Signups are required; a supply list available when signing up. Times: 9:00 room opens for setup, classes start promptly at 9:30, ending at 2:30. Bring a bag lunch; there is a microwave we can use.

January 28 – “SELVAGE MANIA” – Kathy Biggi will provide hints from her experiences working with what most quilters throw away……selvages! Bring your selvages to class and go home with an armchair pincushion and an obsession for selvages. Yes, she has purchased fabric just for the selvage!

February 25 – “MUG CADDY” – Diane Klose will teach us how to make her adorable Mug Caddies. These are wonderful to have right by your sewing machine to hold all the scissors, seam rippers, pencils, etc., that we all want sew handy! There is bias binding on the caddy and Pam Hall will be showing us a slick way to make continuous bias binding, for use on this project and also for quilts.

To sign up for Home Workshops or if you have any questions, please contact Anne Wilson at awilson@svn.net or 274-1290.

Anne Wilson

Hall of Honor

Congratulations to Anne Wilson on her induction into the

Pine Tree Quilt Guild’s Hall of Honor!Thank you for all the time you have devoted to

the Pine Tree Quilt Guild.

QUILT SHOW NEWS AND NEEDS

QUILT SHOW 2016

Quilt Show 2016 is well underway. There are a few changes. One to take note of is that members entering a quilt will not receive a free pass to the show. Why? Most members also work a shift, or more, and receive free entry into the show.

Quilt Show Sign Up: This is OUR SHOW and we need all available hands to make the show the spectacular success it has been. Sign-Up at the February meeting for one or more Committees – Baskets, Community Service, Country Store, Gate, Equipment, Hall of Honor, Information Booth, Judging, Lunchroom, Quilt Entries, Set Up / Take Down, Silent Auction, White Glove and there are a few more. Shifts are generally two hours. Many hands make light work.

Quilt Show Meeting: February 9th, noon to 3:00 pm at Eskaton, 49’er room.

COUNTRY STORE – Kathy Biggi and Molly CookWE NEED YOU ! for the Country Store....without vendors and "stuff" we can't have a successful Country Store. For so many people who attend the quilt show, Country Store is one of their favorite first stops.  Let's not disappoint them.

You don't need to have boxes and boxes of items to sell. Selling just a few items you no longer need could yield enough money for you to buy a few yards of new fabric.....what a deal!  And, the guild profits from the 15% you donate from your sales.If you do not want to be a vendor, but have items you would like to "clean out"........you can donate them to Community Service.  We will sell them under our vendor number "50".  The money will be used to purchase items needed for Community Service.  Contact Marjorie or Kathy.

The sign-up packet is $1 (to cover the printing costs).  We will have the packets available at Community Service, Home Workshops, and General Meetings.  

Does anyone have portable clothes racks we could borrow for the Country Store?  Please let us know.

SILENT AUCTION – Diane Klose Are you wondering what would be appropriate for a Silent Auction donation? Some examples include bags, table runners, small quilts and wall hangings.This year we are asking for your input on how much to start the auction. This year we are requesting that the donator give us a starting bid amount which will include the cost of materials.I am ready to accept donations at the general or board meetings. You could also call, and arrangements can be made for your donation to be picked up. We truly appreciate your participation in donating your homemade creations.

Opportunity Quilt Marketing Diane Klose

I am scheduling the Opportunity Quilt to visit as many guilds that have room for us through 2018. In addition we plan to display and sell tickets for the 2017 Opportunity Quilt at the Nevada County Fair in August, the Draft Horse Classic in September and the Country Christmas Faire in December.

There will be sign ups for several future showings of the Quilt at the general meetings in the coming months. You are encouraged and welcome to sign up as soon as you can.

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Quilt Show….continued

Baskets Jeanie Ferguson

It's that time of year. Work your creative juices overtime!. We need baskets for our upcoming quilt show. It's never too early to start! Mini groups, you are always so generous with your baskets and I'd like to call on you to do it AGAIN! Individual contributions are always welcome, and affiliates who are in the guild, we'd love to receive baskets, gift cards or whatever you would like to contribute. I will be available for individual donations at the March and April meetings. For COMPLETE BASKETS please plan to deliver them to me at my home, 232 Bennett Street, Grass Valley. Call first. The deadline to receive a basket is April 1st! Please include a list of the items in your basket and its theme/name. For those of you doing partial baskets, we love them as well, but get those to me by March 15th.

E-mail me at fergiefrogquilt1@att.net if you have questions or call me at 272-7349. I would like to know ahead of time if you are going to be submitting a basket so we can plan for space at the show.

I'm excited about our show and hope you are as well. Thank you, Jeanie Ferguson, Chief Basket Case.

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Community Services and Drop In and Sew

Community Services has MOVED! On a recent, very wet day, Kathy Biggi, Ina Gibson, and I moved our supplies to our new “digs” – Crafter’s Corner, Eskaton Village. Our work space is smaller and it will take us a month or so to really settle in. We look forward to the cozier space. Please join us there on the THIRD TUESDAY of each month, 9:00 – 3:00 unless otherwise noted.

KATHY’S KITS – First Annual CS Block Party continues. Kathy has made kits with a variety of fun fabric left-overs that will make 10-inch or larger blocks. Simply sew precut pieces together into a block and turn them in to CS. As the finished blocks accumulate they will be assembled into tops for baby, lap, or twin size quilts. How easy is this?

Graduating FOSTER YOUTH – we are seeking 12 teen-age quilts and pillowcases by May 10 for the 2016 graduates. A generous twin or a double size should keep them cozy as they go out on their own. If you would like to make a mesh tote, please let me know and I will have supplies ready. These were a great hit with the “kids” last year, and it’s a great “twofer” – we can pack the quilt/pillowcase and they have something to tote laundry or other items.

2016 CS DATES – third TUESDAY at ESKATON, 9:00 – 3:00 unless otherwise noted.January 19 9:00 – 1:00 February 16 March 15April 19 May 17 June 21July 19 August 16 September 20October 18 November 15 December – NO CS

Cannot attend CS Thursday or a Guild meeting? I will deliver a kit, quilt sandwich, or quilts to bind to you to work on at home – call or email me. If you know of someone who needs a quilt, please contact me with the details.

Thank you, Marjorie McConnell

NEEDED: AWARD WINNING QUILTS

We have the opportunity to do a small quilt show at The Center of the Arts in mid-March as an advertisement for our annual Quilt show.  We thought it would be nice to highlight previous ribbon winning quilts.  If anyone is willing to show their ribbon winning quilts from March 15-April 2 at The Center of the Arts, please email Sophia at smeyer@nccn.net.

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Holiday Challenge 

Holiday Challenge 2015 wrapped up last week, and it was a tremendous success!  Lots of beautiful quilts were given out, workmanship admired, and a yummy pot luck lunch was shared! Everyone had a wonderful time!  Now it's time to start Holiday Challenge 2016!

The rules are simple.  You bring at least (3) half-yard cuts of fabric in a brown paper bag with your name inside.  I trade bags around with other participants.  We each take those bags home and will make a quilt for each other, anonymously.  You make a quilt for someone with their fabrics, someone else makes a quilt for you with yours.  We have until January to complete this task!  Easy peasy!

If you would like to play along, bring your fabric in a bag to the February meeting, you will leave with your challenge fabrics that night!  Easy, fun, and a good way to stretch out of your comfort zone, and make new friends too!  Hope you will join us!

France's O'Brien 273-1972

Mini Group Coordinator

You may ask yourself why join a mini group. Being in a mini group gives you a chance to meet new people,  develop friendships, learn about the Guild, and perhaps learn new techniques.There are several new members interested in joining a mini group. I am working with them to get that accomplished. If you are, also, interested in joining a mini group, please let me know. Thank you, Diane Klose Mini Group Coordinator Chair

Pine Tree Quilt Guild Scholarship Applications are now being accepted for a $1000 scholarship for 2016. We are making this scholarship available to all Nevada County 2016 graduates or continuing education students who are pursuing studies in fiber and/or textile art. If you know of a qualifying student, please have them contact:

Joan Mosley, Scholarship Chair, 164 Ventana Sierra Drive, Grass Valley, CA 95945 530-277-1047

She will provide them with an application, if needed. All completed applications are due to Joan by April 1, 2016. The selection will be made by the Scholarship Committee within two weeks of the deadline and all will be notified of the results.

Gloria Glenn, Patchwork Star for February

Tucson meets Nevada City. Living here for the second time, Gloria and husband Byron are recapturing their roots in our well-heeled artistic community. A large Native American themed giclee by painter Howard Terpning entitled “The Teachings of My Grandmother” claims center stage in their living room. A young child is being taught to sew a leather mocassin. “Camp at the Cougar's Den” in the dining room suggests an Indian family cooking over an open fire. Carefully chosen art and artists beckon throughout their spacious home. The Glenn's home was a successful show-stopper for the 2015 Music in the Mountains Home Tour.

Nestling in to the art quilt scene, Gloria brings southwestern poetry into meticulous motion. Admitting, “there are so many photos I'd like to do in an art quilt.” With her Brother Quattro 2 embroidery machine, Gloria has fashioned Tucson lore on faux leather with Aztec-like designs surrounded by hand-cut fringe. Water-color paintings of low adobe structures portrayed in lazy saffrons and ruddy cinnamons represent familiar dwellings in their old neighborhood. Large cacti in shades of bottle green and citron yellow complement the landscape. Sophisticated reds and complimentary hues of ruby stones represent Gloria's favorite palette, placing unswerving harmony and warmth 'round every corner.

Gloria would love to take an art quilting class, saying “I need to stop using a pattern. I'm tired of copying.” Her winsome smile convinces you she will soon be heading to Sugar Pine for such an adventure. “I would like to do faces.” She is a seasoned clothing sewist. “When I was in college and going out on a date for the weekend, I'd buy a pattern and fabric to make myself a new dress. I'd make it on Friday and wear it on Saturday!” Gloria did mention she is not shy about tackling complicated tailoring ensembles: wool pants and matching jacket, surely to include a few fitted darts and set-in gussets. She enjoys utilizing her Embird computer processing program for transferring designs on a thumb drive to her Quattro machine for precise embroidery execution. She also employs a Viking Serger when necessary. “I like to do one thing at a time.” There's no mess, no fuss, no gigantic stash in her spacious basement studio. Madeira rayon or polyester threads are for embroidery and Sulky variegated satisfies her quilting. Soft Fuse Premium is best used in her raw edge applique.

Many large bed quilts have been given to family. Equal parts style and substance give more than a hint to Gloria's pristine southwest style. Let not the Glenns migrate once more to Arizona. Let's keep her here this time!

Jeanie Ferguson Patchwork Star Reporter

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Mystery Quilt

Due to an overwhelming demand, we will be doing another Debbie Caffrey Mystery!  I will start sign ups at the February meeting, and the first clue, fabric requirements, and cutting instructions will start at the March meeting.  If you are interested, the cost is $5.50 to play.  I look forward to your participation!

Frances O'Brien273-1972

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GUILD CHALLENGE

Our Guild Challenge for 2016 is ‘Forest Fantasy’. I hope you have all enjoyed designing and making your challenge quilts. It is time to finish them up or to start and finish them. They are due at our March meeting. I am looking forward to seeing what you have all come up with.

We will be viewing and voting at the beginning of the meeting. Results will be tallied, and the winners announced after the break. Ribbons will be awarded in the usual 6 categories: traditional, appliqué, creative, humorous, best use of theme and favorite. If you have any questions, please call me at 205-6215.

Lois Hodges, Guild Challenge Chair

Pine Tree Quilt Guild Treasurer’s Report for December 2015 Beginning balance December 1, 2015                     20,027.79                 Deposits                              1,913.50                 Expenses                           (1,089.41                 Voided Check                          65.00

Checking balance December 30, 2015                    20,916.88 Savings                                                                 30,464.22 Quilt Show balance                                           5,243.68 Total cash December 30, 2015                    56,624.78

Affiliates of the Month

Ben Franklin Crafts & Frames598 Sutton Way Grass Valley, CA 95945 (530) 273-1348 Store Hours: Mon - Fri. 9am-8pm Sat. 9am-6pm Sun. 10am-6pm

A creative person’s idea of heaven. Ben Franklin offers something for everyone: artist, crafter, quilter, interior decorator, to name just a few of the lines covered at their store in Grass Valley. Quilters are offered a variety of tools and materials to create their beautiful works of art.

Be sure to visit them soon.

Christine Barnes Designs208 Hill St. GV 273-3970 cebarnes@sbcglobal.net http://www.christinebarnes.com

Christine Barnes is an expert on color. She teaches classes at Sugar Pine Quilt Shop and is also part of a four-designer collaborative known as “Artistic Alchemy”. Along with Guild members, Sandra Bruce, Heidi Emmett, each contributes to their blog, and they hold an annual retreat at Zephyr Point in Lake Tahoe.

Visit her website to see more about her accomplishments and creations.

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Pine Tree Quilt Guild Board

EXECUTIVE BOARDPresident Diane KloseVice President Susie HardySecretaries Carolyn Christiansen /Sharon EllisorTreasure 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 on hiatusHoliday ProgramHome Workshop Anne WilsonHospitality/Mentor Ardy Tobin/Jill SchlageterJamboree Julie Berry/Joan MosleyJuly Picnic openJunior Quilters Robin Mello/Arline FisherLibrary on hiatusMarch Mixer Susie HardyMeeting Set-Up The Cook FamilyMembership Marta PriceMini Groups Diane KloseMystery Gift Sophia Day/Nancy HoltzNewsletter Sue MillerOpportunity Quilt 2016 Marjorie McConnellOpportunity Quilt 2016 Marketer Diane KloseOpportunity Quilt 2017 Bent Needles Divas: Lois, Mary,

Trudie Ferraro, Frances O’BrienOpportunity Quilt 2017 Marketer Diane Klose /Mary SerpaPatchwork Star Jeanie FergusonPrograms/NCQC Heidi EmmettPrograms Assistant Raedean KidwellPublicity Joy WaggenerQuarter Yard Club Jane Dunnington/Carolie BrennanQuilt Show Marjorie McConnell/ Jeanne Pincha-TulleySpeaker Workshops Margaret VodickaScholarship Joan MosleyShare and Care Carol GatesShow and Tell Ruth Beraccini/ Sew HappyTreasure Table Sharon Kreiss/Lettie LewisWeb Liaison Ardy Tobin

Board contact information is no

longer published in the newsletter.

Please consult your Membership Roster.

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.......

Carol Gates Share and Care Chairperson

carol1946gates@gmail.com 273-9359

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Happy Birthday!

4 Karle deProsse 7 Julie Berry 9 Rena Criss12 Jeanie Ferguson13 Ardy Tobin15 Judy Moore17 Lois Goodwill21 Elvira Krantz22 Julia Marvel22 Irmke Schoebel25 Christina Brodie

Happy Anniversary!

2 Carol & Jack Gates 3 Myrna & Loren Raglin 6 Sophia & Patrick Day10 Fran & Bill Thomas11 Bev & John Sarchett14 Lisa & Ken LaBarbera

Celebrating Milestones!

2016 PTQG Affiliates

Listed below are the Affiliates for 2016. 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 bfcrafts@pacbell.net Christine Barnes Designs 208 Hill St. GV 273-3970 cebarnes@sbcglobal.net Deby’s Sewing Service 245 E. Main St. GV 274-7906 Fat Lady Singing 14392 Lake Wildwood, PV 432-1646 fatlady@comcast.net Friends Around The Block 433 Market St. Colusa CA 458-7467 friendsaroundtheblock@outlook.com Howell’s Sewing and Vacuum 1355 Bowman Rd. Auburn 885-9624 coolmarylynn@att.net Precision Quiltworks 18251 Starduster Dr. NC 432-9595 precisionqw@hotmail.com Sandra Bruce Creative Longarm 116 W. Main St. GV 210-9748 or 477-1909 sandrabruce@pacbell.net Star Designs Longarm Quilting 10290 Shekinah Hill Rd. NC 277-4327 Sugar Pine Quilt Shop 452-A S. Auburn St GV 272-5308 sugarpinequilt@gmail.com Sun Forest Quilts 13745 Sun Forest Dr. PV 432-9461 bbceresa@yahoo.com Susie Hardy Designs 219 Drummond, NC 478-0223 susiehardy@comcast.net

Our next meeting is February 2, 2015 at 6:30PM. Grass Valley Charter School, Grass Valley

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Send address changes and corrections to: Submit newsletter articles to: PTQG Computer Records Sue Miller, PTQG Newsletter Editor P.O. Box 3133, Grass Valley, CA 95945 sierrasue@me.com or contact Computer Records 11255 Banner Mine Way Ardy, 575-8433 Nevada City, CA 95959 530-271-2270 Mail membership forms and dues to: PTQG Membership Newsletter Deadline: 5:00 p.m. the Saturday P.O.Box 3133 immediately following the PTQ Guild’s Board Grass Valley, CA 95945 Meeting on the second Thursday of the month See our web page for membership forms and information:. http://www.pinetreequiltguild.com