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Dispatcher March 2009

March 2009

Volume 27 #3

www.orangegrovequiltersguild.com

Quilting Celebrity Billie Lauder Visits in March!

Our speaker for March will be another California quilter, Billie Lauder.

As a proud third generation quilt maker, Billy has been teaching quilting since

1976. When asked what quilt making meant to her, she said, ―It is the past, the

present and the future.‖ The past is her learning from her grandmother and

mother. The present is her current teaching of her students. And the future is the

person who will pass on the knowledge of what they have learned from her to

others.

Billie has a knack for making quilt construction easy for all levels of quilters. She loves to develop ―Quick

Trick‖ methods of quilt construction. She likes to see just how far she can ―push‖ a block. Writing and de-

signing books has been a great challenge for Billie. With 24 books published over the last several years, Billie

has a vast library to draw upon for her workshops and lectures. She continues to write, design new patterns

and teach. Billie will be presenting her lecture ―Quilts You Asked for It‖ and teaching us ―More Quick

Tricks.‖

Billie‘s workshop: More Quick Quilt Tricks Billie Lauder enjoys developing and teaching quilt-making techniques that are easy for all levels of quilters.

She will share her ―quick trick‖ methods of quilt construction on two separate days, March 12th and 13th.

The book ―More Quick Tricks‖ is required and will be available for purchase at the guild. (The book may be

shared but not copied).

If you have any questions, please call or e-mail:

Marie Blash: 714-775-8004; [email protected]; or,

Ellen Roman:949-642-4373; [email protected].

NEXT MEETING

March 10, 2009

G-K BRINGS TREATS

INSIDE

First “Braves” .......................... 5

Block of the Month ................ 6

Round Robin ........................... 7

Show and Tell Photos .............. 11

DISPATCHER

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March 2009

It was cold, rainy and not very pretty this morning, but perfect weather to sit at my sewing

machine and do my favorite thing…quilt but, as I write this message and look out my win-

dow I am seeing blue sky with gorgeous, white billowy clouds and I am feeling the same

kind of energy that I experienced at our Guild Meeting last week. There, the room was filled

with excitement, such a joy to experience. Members were sharing with one another, experi-

encing what quilters experience, friendship and camaraderie. This was the first meeting that

my husband was able to attend and he felt the same energetic and inviting feeling that we feel

each time we get together. Even though I have told him what a good time we have together,

he had to be there to feel the warmth of it all to know what I really mean. Quilters are the

cup of tea by a nice warm fireplace.

Our guest speaker, Nancy Ota, exuded that same friendly feeling. Her fabulous quilts and

garments all had a wonderfully warm feeling. One could tell that each one holds something

special. She shared an array of many different techniques but there was perfection stitched in

each and everyone. Nancy’s workshop was a much quieter experience than usual. Nancy’s

quiet, calm manner was very relaxing for all who attended. It all fit together, learning that

Sashiko has been actually been used in Japan for hundreds of years to strengthen and repair

precious garments of the people.

It was with great pleasure that my husband was able

to meet all of you and for you to meet him. He

really did volunteer to help me introduce the new

President’s Challenge for 2009. He explained that

there are no chickens, only BRAVES. I am chal-

lenging you to experience something new this year.

Jump out of your box and find a new you. It is so

easy to wear those old comfy slippers or sweatshirt

but maybe you would actually feel better with new

ones. Now is the time to try a new tech-

nique, a new color, a new thread, or a new idea. Put it to the test and see if it

does not feel good. I am tiptoeing out of my box by beginning a collection of or-

ange fabric. I will really take the plunge when I begin stitching with it. I will let

you know if it is a good feeling or not. Go ahead, try it you just might like it.

Keep track and you may be a lucky recipient of your very own “Brave.’

Enjoy your month and do what we do best, “Keep on Quilting” because just like last year, we

are going to keep track.

Lots of hugs for all of you, Joyce

PRESIDENT‘S MESSAGE


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Ceciliaquilts.com

Longarm quilting, Computerized &

Freehand

Coming Up

Glendale Quilt Show—March 27-29

Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel & Convention Center

2500 Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA. $7

Third Biennial Quilt Show, Angels of Aseltine

Auxiliary, “ Angels Under Cover, ” April 18,

1st United Methodist Church, 2111 Camino

Del Rio South, Mission Valley, San Diego. $7

Taffy‘s Pet Sitting

Over Night

Stays

Pet Taxi

Medication

Administered Free

Mail & Newspaper

Collected.

Lawn & Plants Watered

Licensed, Insured, Bonded, Pet First Aid & CPR Certified

Call Taffy Harper @ (714) 809-4107

Susan G. Komen for the cure®

Thanks to all of you for supporting our efforts this

month. Beth Stiel won the St. Patrick‘s Day wallhang-

ing. Additional prizes were won by Vicki Lenberg and

Justine Gentile. Though I fell short of my goal of $100,

a generous anonymous ―angel‖ donor gave the necessary

funds to make it to that amount. Thank you! This Guild

is most generous in their continued support of Susan G.

Komen for the cure®

My continued gratitude to all of you!

Barbara Purks


DISPATCHER

Lynette Ashton & Lorraine Jones

Ways ‗N‘ Means February, 2009

Our baskets this month were overflowing with lots of good things,

and thanks to all of you, we took in $190.00 for February.

Our basket winners were: Shirley Ellsworth and Helen Murray

Think green and white for the March baskets in celebration of St. Patrick‘s Day.

Our Motto: A day without quilting is like a day without sunshine. Happy Quilting!

Lynette Ashton and Lorraine Jones

From Philanthropy — Carol Howerton and Carol Munn are Smiling! Ladies you have made Carol & Carol Happy Quilters. We debated about bringing in so many

projects, but we couldn't be happier. We have only 21 quilts that need quilting left out of the 64

we brought in. All 12 quilts that needed binding plus 2 that had came in-- a to-

tal of 14 -- were taken. All 26 pillow cases were taken and 59 top kits were

taken. We still have 49 top kits left. WOW ! WOW ! We had a good day.

We are so proud of OGQG quilters who stepped up and some that stepped

out of their box.

Friendship groups — don't forget you can shop for your auction quilt fabrics

at Carol Howerton‘s house, just give her a call.

There were 18 finished quilts and 8 tops turned in. Thank you!

Kim Green won $10 gift certificate from M & L

Glenna Tuomala and Kathy Muckenthaler won Moore's fat packs.

Stephanie Romesberg won a Singer Sewing Machine service certificate.

Carol Howerton 714-964-1173 Carol Munn 714-894-5644

Don't forget we need you to save your Hobbs batting bar codes, at this rate we

will need to order more batting soon.


March 2009

―BRAVE‖ LADIES SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS

At our February Guild Meeting

we had two very BRAVE ladies

who had stepped out of their

boxes before they even knew

the guidelines of the President‘s

new Challenge. While riding

home from ―Road,‖ Karen

Garrity (at left) shared her

new fabric purchases. She ad-

mitted that ―brights‖ were not

her usual colors. She most of-

ten sewed on pastel colored

fabrics. She surely jumped out-

side her comfort zone. Marie

Blash (right) stated in an email,

―This is my year to finish things

and ‗challenge‘ myself to do

more machine quilting. It‘s now or never.‖ She shared,

after receiving her ―Brave‖,

that she had finished two machine-quilted projects. Way to go ladies.

We had 176 members, 8 guests, 2 new members, plus

5 renewing members at our February meeting. Please

welcome them warmly at our March meeting!

Our renewing members are:

Linda Reese #450, Carolyn Rhodes #980, Barbara

Garza #964, Marilyn Gulickson #1010, and

Nancy Kishishita #999.

Penny Soldin, Membership Chairperson

Spotlight On New Members

A Warm Welcome to Noted Teacher

and Quilters‘ Friend Marilyn York

A warm welcome to new member Marilyn

York, who many of us know as an excep-

tional teacher, and the ―go-to‖ person with a ques-

tion on nearly any aspect of sewing or embroidery.

She was a teacher in the Adult Division of the ABC

School District for many years, and in that capacity

became an expert on machine embroidery and design

software of all manufacturers, as well as on nearly

every sewing machine under the sun. She was lured

away by All Brands Sewing and Vacuum last year and

is revitalizing their educational offerings. We are

happy to welcome Marilyn to our ranks! (Thanks for

getting her to us Karen Powel!)

Candyce Ping joined after her friend Janice Robb

told her how much fun and what a great guild we are,

and after the last meeting she believes it! She has

been quilting three years, and considers herself ―an intermediate beginner.‖ She and her husband live in

Huntington Beach. Welcome Candyce!

February 2009 MEMBERSHIP REPORT


DISPATCHER


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Welcome to Our 2009 Round Robin! The point of this is to challenge yourself to enhance someone else‘s work and have fun. This is

exactly what you do:

1 Give Sally McKibben a 12 ½ x 12 ½ -inch block at the beginning of March meeting. The block can be

any style, any technique, and any fabrics you wish.

2 Please include extra fabric so the borders will have some continuity, and save some for yourself to finish

the edges.

3 At the break, you receive someone else‘s block.

4 You add a border to that block and bring it back to the next meeting. You may match, coordinate with, or

accent the existing colors in the center block, keeping in mind its basic theme.

5 This repeats in April and May.

6 In June you get back your original block transformed into a beautiful wall hanging!

You can then add more borders or bind it. The guidelines are simple and are included

with each bag.

MARCH – SQUARES, APPLIQUÉ, or ANY STYLE Border you wish

APRIL – TRIANGLES, APPLIQUÉ, or ANY STYLE Border you wish

MAY– RECTANGLES or ANY STYLE Border you wish

JUNE– "ROUND ROBIN SHOW-OFF" at Show and Tell

ROUND

ROBIN

Join Pat

Kritlow and

her Block of

the Month

Group.

Number

one block

goes to-

gether

quickly and

looks much

harder than

it is!

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March 2009

Door Prizes Please Support our Sponsors!

Moore‘s Fabric packs Marva Hitchcock, Gayle Wayne

Bunney Hutch Fabric Jackie Lukowski

Valentine pattern Vickie Lenbers

Quilt Labels Book Sandy Wilcox

Q‘s Long Arm Quilting $25 Gift Certificates(2) Mary Gibbons, Marilyn DeBoynton

Jenny‘s $10 Gift Certificates June Omiya and Carolyn Vieley

Material Possessions Fat Quarters Julia Ogawa

$15 Gift Cert Susan Geck

Tall Mouse Fabric Margaret Johnson and Carol Munn

$10 Gift Certificate Susan McVicker

M&L $10 Gift Cert JoAnn Groff

Cecilia Quilts Free batting with quilting Sandy Campos

Red Pillow Stephanie Williams

Flying Geese $10 Gift Certificate Evan Garcia and Nancy Williams

John Massey Peanut Brittle Judy Haitsuka

Grateful Applause to our newest Door Prize Contributor: Upland Vac & Sew-

ing.Their donation of a Fat Quarter Quilt Book went to Mary O‘Driscoll.

February workshop participants with Nancy Ota


FEBRUARY

UNSUNG

HEROES:

BARBARA

(L) AND

MARY

CONGRATULATIONS to two very special

Guild ladies. For many years Barbara Purks

has done so much to involve the Guild in aiding

the Susan G. Komen Foundation. With a smile,

she is always available to offer guidance when

needed. Mary Stockard is a lady who is eve-

rywhere. She is always the first in line to lend a

helping hand. New members always enjoy their

hand stitched name badge lovingly provided by

Mary. Thank you ladies for always being ready to

lend a smile, a hug, and a helping hand.

New Committee Chairs Named

Thanks to the following members who volunteered

(mostly!) to chair needed committee positions. They

include:

Baskets of Sunshine Pattern Gail Conser

“Brave Tallies” Sandy Polizzi

New Member Luncheon Carol Logue

Lynette Ashton

Linda Gray

Publicity and advertising Sharon Hritz

Jelly Roll Poker Joyce Oberle

Put Another

Candle on Your

Birthday Cake!

Dorothy Shaw Mar 1

Marie Van Vorst Mar 1

Sara Forster Mar 2

Denise Howard Mar 3

Carol Munn Mar 3

Aggie Venaas Mar 3

Rose Viola Mar 3

Glaitis Boots Mar 4

Janice Robb Mar 4

Kathleen Schamhorst Mar 4

Phyllis Murry Mar 6

Juanita Giron Mar 8

Peggy Schneider Mar 9

Ruby Hoffman Mar 10

Mickey Mellevold Mar 11

Cathy Van Bruggen Mar 12

Angie Jared Mar 14

Ellen Roman Mar 14

Pat Cook Mar 16

Barbara Garza Mar 16

Marjorie Densmore Mar 24

Jody Burtch Mar 25

Mary Stockard Mar 28

Bea Vieira Mar 28

Joyce Thurber Mar 30

Betty Jean Wenner Mar 30

Diane (Sally)McKibben Mar 31

February workshop participants with Nancy Ota

FOR SALE

Husqvarna Viking Sapphire 879 Quilt Machine with Fabu-

motion and stitch regulator. Paid $2625 in 2008, used one

month. No box, It‘s perfect, great machine. $1500 OBO, Free

classes at All Brands. Linda Sackin, 714 536-8907, cell 714

330-5115, or email [email protected]


Block of the Month 2008 — Would you believe these are all the same patterns?

SHOW

AND

TELL We saw the work of: Ellen Roman,

Yvonne Williams, Fran Bodle, Sherril

Gerard, Ingrid Vigeant, Sally Flatebo,

Norma Millett, Dorothy Anderson,

Corni Quinlivan, Joan Morrow, Bea VI-

era, Eva Jamar, Jacueline Nolan, Karen

Powel, Mary Maver, Barbara Purks,

Carol Matthews, Joyce Oberle and

Linda Majer—all lovely and inspirational!

Photos

thanks to

Mary

Stockard


General Committees

After Guild Demos Helen Williams

Auction/Tea 2009 Justine Gentile, Sharon Hritz

Birthday Baskets Carol Matthews

Block of the Month Pat Kritlow

Church Liaison C, Van Bruggen, Mimi Benvin, A Jared

Door Prizes Judi Smith

Email Coordinator Dianne Hoffman

Fabrics & Trims Bobbie Stilwell, D. Ebnit, L. Webre

Library Fran Bodle, Rose Viola

Fons & Porter Linda Gray

Guild Challenge Sally Lansing

Guild Pins & Gifts Sherril Gerard

Hoedown Sally McKibben

Hospitality S. Johnson,K. Garrity, J. Thurber, M.

Wells

New Member Name Badges Mary Stockard

Opportunity Quilt raffle 2009 Taffy Harper

Opportunity Quilt 2010 Y. Williams, C. Logue, N. Millet, J. Lopes,

M. O‘Driscoll, M. Sherman

Round Robin Sally McKibben

Show and Tell Mickey Mellevold, Nancy Post

Susan Komen Barbara Purks

Speaker Hotel Hotel Huntington Beach

Quilting Sisters/Friendship Dorothy Anderson

Sunshine,Shadow Georgan Zieres

Travel/Bus Tours Sandy Polizzi

Webmaster Kathy Harvey

Yearbook Dianne Hoffman

Speaker Assistants L.Jones, L. Majer, M. Miler, Janice Robb

Newsletter Mailing Donna Vogel

Mailing labels Carol Logue

Opportunity Quilt 2009 Marie Blash, Linda Gray, Mary Stockard

Officers and Board Members 2009

President Joyce Oberle*

1st Vice President Bonnie Lippincott*

2nd Vice President Sally McKibben *

Secretary Justine Gentile*

Treasurer Karen Powel*

Standing Committees

Past President Sharon Hritz*

Parliamentarian Linda Gray *

Historian Mary Stockard*

Librarian Margot Taub*

Membership Penny Soldin *

Newsletter Gayle Wayne*

Philanthropy Carol Howerton* Carol Munn

SCCQG Rep Carol Logue*

Ways & Means Denise Nelms*

Kathy Scharnhorst

Workshops Marie Blash* Ellen Roman

*Board Member

March 2009

Helen Williams is a gifted teacher who

shares her experience and skills with us

in after-guild demos that are free and

valuable, and much appreciated! Thank

you Helen!

Bag Diva Carol Matthews


Newsletter Editor

P.O. Box 453

Garden Grove, CA 92842-0453

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MARCH

2009

The Orange Grove Quilters Guild is a tax exempt group organized to promote cooperation and exchange of ideas, among those interested or engaged in quilting and fiber arts; to encourage and maintain high standards of design and techniques of creative quilting and fiber arts; to inspire personal achievements.

Membership is currently open.

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

Guest donation is $3.00 per meeting.

Meetings. Doors open at 9:00a.m. The regular meeting is 9:30a.m. the 2nd Wednes-day of the month( There is no meeting in July). December’s meeting is the 1st Wednesday. The meetings are at Garden Grove United Methodist Church in Acker Hall, located at 12741 Main Street, Garden Grove, Ca.

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