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Tidewater Quilters’ Guild NewsletterJanuary, 2014Volume 37, Issue 7SEW WHATPublished Monthly by the Tidewater Quilters’ Guild, Inc.January Program PreviewSATURDAY DAY CHAPTER www.tqgva.orgEditor: Lola McCrackentqgnewsletter@gmail.com1//0315In January the program will be on making your own unique nametag holderTable of ContentsProgram Preview. . . . . . . . . . 1President’s Message . . . . . . . 2MONDAY DAY CHAPTERMeeting Locations. . . . . . . . . 21/12/2015 How to make T-Shirt Quilts. Paula HarrMembership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Holiday Party: Bring food. See p. 6 for more infoSat Chapter News. . . . . . . . . 4New Meeting Place: Virginia Heights Baptist Church, 1251Kempsville Road, NorfolkMONDAY EVENING CHAPTER 1/12/2015Quilt Appraiser: Steve Albright 1930s “Trunk Show”Girl Scout Project . . . . . . . . . 5Day Chapter News . . . . . . . . 6Night Chapter News . . . . . . 7Spring Fling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Purple Heart Quilts. . . . . . . . 8Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9TIDEWATER QUILTERS’ GUILD1
Tidewater Quilters’ Guild NewsletterJanuary, 2014Date (2015)MeetingPlaceSat Jan 6th- First SAT.ChesapeakeSat Chapter (First Sat)A Place Foe Girls912 Cedar Rd, ChesapeakeMon Jan 12th- 2nd MON.Va BeachDay ChapterSocial:9:30 a.m.Meeting 10:00 a.m.Virginia Heights Baptist;1251 Kempsville Rd,NorfolkMon Jan 12th-2nd MON.NorfolkEvening ChapterSocial: 6:30 p.m.Meeting: 7:00 p.m.Community UnitedMethodist , 1072Kempsville Rd. Va BeachPresident’s CornerHAPPY NEW YEAR!!We have so much to look forwardto in the New Year.A new location for the Morningmeeting. Virginia Heights BaptistChurch is looking forward tohaving us. Nice room and lots ofparking. See you there on the12th.Lola McCracken will present alecture on Molas in the New Year.I have several so am lookingforward to learning more aboutthis art form.The Quilt show in Hampton willhave a display of TQG quilts andwill also have our Raffle quilt ondisplay.Hope to see you all on the 12th.Happy New Year—Betts WerbiskisVolume 37, Issue 7Date (2014)MeetingPlaceProgram Preview: From Ann WallNothing new to report but I am working on a coupleprograms for 2015. Hope to have them finalized foryou next month.FEBRUARY 2015. Lola McCracken will be sharing herknowledge of Molas with us and will bring her collection that shehas brought back from Panama where she has a residence. Molasare handcrafted, decorative reverse appliqués made by the KunaIndigenous peoples in the San Blas Islands of Panama. Molasappear in museums around the world, including the Smithsonian.American Quilter magazine published an article Lola wrote intheir Fall 2007 issue of AQS. Lola will also bring the wall hangingshe created using Molas. Members will have an opportunity tomake a reverse appliqué design. Bring with you embroideryscissors, thread and needles if you want to try your handat a simple reverse appliqué. Some of the “Nimble Thimbles”Bee members will be teaching a mini-class.MARCH 2015. Suzi Parron who has published two bookson barn quilts will present slide shows of barns and the storiesbehind the quilts. I have been following her on Facebook andthey are gorgeous.Suzi’s Website: http://www.barnquiltinfo.comOCTOBER 2015. Jane Hall was scheduled to come to ourguild several years ago but had to cancel due to her husband’sillness. We have, at last, rescheduled her visit. She will conducta workshop cal l ed Pineapples Plus on October 17.Registration will be open in August 2015. Night chapter lecture:Painless Pieced Borders. Day Chapter lecture:FirmFo u n d a t i o n s Up d a t e d .He r w e b s i t e i shttp://www.janehallquilts.com/index.phpTIDEWATER QUILTERS’ GUILD2
Tidewater Quilters’ Guild NewsletterJanuary, 2014Volume 37, Issue 7Membership Update - Jackie Brown, Membership Chairpersontqgmembership@cox.netActive members - 324Are you not receiving your newsletter via email? Have you made sure we have the rightemail address on file for you? Have you checked to make sure it is not in your junk/spamfolder? We might have a solution for you. We have added a letter on website that Constant Contact sent me for you to email to yourservice provider. The letter provides your service provider information they need so that thenewsletter will not be blocked. We had to do this years ago with some Verizon.net customers. The letter is in the Members section along with the current newsletter. A reminder - the password for the Members section is stamped on the back of your membershipcard.To add to your roster New members and 157 Rainbow DriveVa sn.com805 Iverness amarcia folkes@verizon.net1439 Scoonie yMaggie maggielepley@gmail.com629 Tyson RoadVa h@gmail.com1533 rlingReneerenee.starling@gmail.com1062 Still HarborCircleChesapeakeVA23320(757)575-6471New email2659AguiarAmyamyeaguiar@gmail.com2579 Desert RoadSuffolkVA23434(757) 560-3538New last name – was Nasholts g@gmail.com3276 SkipperDriveVaBchVA23452(757) 537-1615Happy Quilting,JackieTIDEWATER QUILTERS’ GUILD3
Tidewater Quilters’ Guild NewsletterJanuary, 2014Volume 37, Issue 7Saturday Chapter Minutes, December 6, 2014Linda Yeager, TQG Sat. Chapter Secretary27 members, 4 guestsThe Saturday Chapter was called to order by Pam Traynham: Dominique Bell spoke about her project serving homeless youths "For Kids VA". which provides anew, colorful pillowcase to children entering the shelter. Set aside some time on March 7, 2015 toassist in this project. There will be two sessions at 10am and again at 12:30 during our Marchmeeting. For information about joining the project or to donate materials, please contact her viaemail at projectpillowcaseforyouth@gmail.com. Ann Walls shared that extra membership cards are available for .50. Elaine Page told of the latest QOV quilt given to an Australian Wing Commander. Pam gave us advance notice that there will be several openings for new committee members inthe Saturday chapter next year. She stated that descriptions of the various positions and theirattendant responsibilities are to be found in the old printed rosters and online. Volunteers for thepositions should contact her; voting will take place in May, and the member will start their duties inJune 2015. Gifts of appreciation for the current members were handed out to those memberspresent. December's program was given by Bev Toole on applying a double-sided binding. Kits wereavailable and she walked us through the assembly. She had several examples of the technique that shehas applied to both quilts and garments.In January the program will be on making your own unique name tag holder.February, Davis Main will show us how to make a disappearing 9-patch star block.March's program will be a community service session with Dominique Bell. Our program concluded with a potluck (many delicious offerings), a pollyana (with many take backs!),and a Show and Tell that never fails to inspire us to keep up our hard work.1) Any help from our Saturday guild members in setting up and taking down the meeting areawould be appreciated. If you could arrive around 9am to help with putting the tables and chairs in place,you would be a godsend. This would allow you to pick your personal sewing space! When you leave, pleasestack your chairs.2) We are still looking for a new meeting place. Requirements are: location in the southern Chesapeake area,available the first Saturday of every month, have a kitchen facility, allow us to exchange money (raffle ticketsand/or membership fees), easily hold 50 members with their machines (multiple electrical plugs--we haveextension cords). Please contact anyone on the executive board.TIDEWATER QUILTERS’ GUILD4
Tidewater Quilters’ Guild NewsletterFrom Pam TraynhamGIRL SCOUT PROJECT “SQUARES & BEARS”Sewing For Children EventWe had 17 sewing mentors, several parent volunteersand over 70 Girl Scouts at the Squaresand Bears, Sewing for Children event.The scouts were divided into 2 sessions.Each mentor worked with 1-2 scouts at atime.The younger scouts learned to use asewing machine, to sew straight lines, topress and topstitch. The older scoutslearned trace a pattern, to sew and clipcurves and to stuff bears.January, 2014Volume 37, Issue 7for a sewing group to carry on the learningthroughout the year.This was shared with me by one of our members. Ascout who participated in the last event learned tosew the squares. Shortly after the event, her n eighborgave birth prematurely. There were no squaresavailable for this mom and baby. This scout knewexactly what to do. She made a set of squares herselfusing the information she learned at the event.Children are pulled in many directions these days, butif we can teach them to sew they will have a skill tolast a lifetime. We are indeed touching lives andinfluencing the next generation and the futuremembers of our guild.We made 300 squares and 22 Bears.One of the doctors from CHKD came topersonally pick up the items. She alsoshared that each new mom is given 7 ofthe squares, one for each day. Thespecial care units are able to care for 70 babies at atime. At any given time, 490 of these squares arein use and the hospital can go through a fewthousand in a year. The 300 made in this session.Thank you to all TQG members and friends whohave donated their time and talents to our efforts.We don't often get to see the results of ourdonated time, but this project is already showingresults. These girls are eager to learn. Looking atthe big picture - The sessions fill up and there isalways a waiting list to participate. As a directresult of this activity, there are plans being madeTIDEWATER QUILTERS’ GUILD5
Tidewater Quilters’ Guild NewsletterDAY CHAPTER MINUTES 12/09/2014January, 2014Volume 37, Issue 7- January's program will be T-Shirt quilts byPaula Harr.NUMBER OF MEMBERS: 58 GUESTS: 0MEETING NOTES/ ANNOUNCEMENT- Denise McCue opened the meeting at 10:00amA reminder that you receive a free magazine during yourbirthday month!- Treasurer's report: Balance 595.73 total at this time.- It was determined by vote that the money collected forthe day's raffle would be given to Oceanview SeniorCenter. money donated was 58.- The day's shoe donations for the center was successful.- A gift of a Fat Quarter was given to each memberpresent by Denise McCue. Thank you, Denise.- Our president Betts gave an explanation why we are nolonger affiliated with Quilts of Valor but will continuethe community service project as "Purple HeartsQuilts". Quilts of Valor was requiring a 5 per memberfee. Betts also read a letter of appreciation from arecipient of a quilt. The blocks handed out in Septembermade 8 quilts. More blocks will be handed out inJanuary.- Next month's day meeting will held on thesecond Monday at our new location, VirginiaHeights Baptist Church. Social begins at 9:30am.Meeting begins at 10:00 am. There will be roundtables to sit at and you can eat/ drink in the room.We will be having a holiday type party. Thosewhose last names end A-L bring a breakfast food.M-Z bring a dessert or fruit.- Linus:Reminder- Collier Webb is not taking anymorefabric donations. Some kits were available to complete.- It is coming! Spring Fling will be May 9, 2015.Same place as 2014-Bethel Baptist church. Markit on your calendars. Volunteers are needed. Please callKaren or email her. 757-650-4641/embroideryqueen@cox.net. Donations of Fat Quartersand Thread will be accepted by Lorrie Ames for thebaskets. Want to teach? Speak to Karen. Teaching is apaid position.- Show and tell was again delightful.- Meeting ended at 11:45 am.PRIZE WINNERS:FQs: Alice Hinsch and Lily NeidigLucky Buck: Joyce GusterBlock of the Month: Geneva GrayDoor Prizes: Joyce Bailey, Pat John, Ann Hennett,Lynn Valos, Debbie WilliamsRaffle Drawing: Margaret Aunchman, Mary EllenRoemer, Alice Hinsch, Jo Corso, Ann Hennett,Jackie Kordich, Margaret Aunchman. JackieKordich and Mary Hormel won the bracelets.- Karan Fisher spoke about the partnership between theguild and Luxford School to make a TShirt quilt. See lastmonth’s newsletter for details.- Program: Jo Corso showed all present how to makehexagons from circles. All present had a chance topractice and embellish their hexies.TIDEWATER QUILTERS’ GUILD6
Tidewater Quilters’ Guild NewsletterNight Chapter Minutes—December 8, 2014January, 2014Volume 37, Issue 7also read a very moving letter of gratitudefrom the mother of an ill soldier in Marylandthat received one of our quilts.Diane Bennett, Night Chapter Coordinator,opened the meeting at 7:00, welcomingmembers and guests. We had 88 memberspresent and no guests. Lisa Freeman, current Night ChapterLibrarian, will not be able to continue nextyear therefore, a volunteer is needed to takeover the library. Diane reminded us that Otis, our churchcustodian, is retiring and we are taking up amonetary collection to present him as agoodbye gift from the members. Tammy Halstead announced the program inJanuary will be a 1930’s trunk show presentedby Steve Albright.Next, we had chair reports: Karan Fisher went over the project where weare partnering with Luxford ElementarySchool in Virginia Beach to make a T-Shirtquilt which will be hung at the school uponcompletion. Workshops will be conductedduring the first quarter of 2015 with 3rd, 4thand 5th grade students along with parents andschool staff. Members are needed toparticipate in the workshops and shouldcontact Karan if interested. This is a greatopportunity for TQG to introduce the art ofquilting to young people in our community.Donations of fabric in the colors of purple,yellow and lime green are also neededminimum size is a fat quarter. Margo Bavry has been chairing fat quartersand due to low participation will bediscontinued after this meeting. Karen Bastone, First Vice President, ischairing Spring Fling 2015. The date is May9, 2015-mark your calendars for this yearlyevent full of good food, great classes and anoverall fun day for all. Karen reminded usthat she needs donations of fat quarters,magazines, books and machine embroiderysupplies. And most important of all, membersto volunteer to plan the event. Contact Karento let her know where you can help. Sue Troyan talked about Purple Heart Quilts;guild members have completed eight quilts sofar since she has taken on the project. Moreblock kits will be available in January. SheTIDEWATER QUILTERS’ GUILD Constance Spotts, current Raffle Quilt Chair,announced 2700 was made on tickets sold.Lyn McCandish sold the most tickets and DebiHarding sold the winning ticket. Our newRaffle Quilt Chair will be Carole Dull.We broke at 7:15 to enjoy our Christmas potluckand work on several charity projects; LinusQuilts, Operation Smile dolls, and preemiequilts by the Girl Scouts for the Neo Natal Unitat CHKD as well as Squares & Bears for allunits at CHKD. A great evening of fun andfellowship was had by all.We resumed our meeting format at 8:15 withour popular Show & Tell, as well as luckywinners of Block of the Month Darlene Mullis,Lucky Buck winner Joyce Guster andEmbroidery Block of the Month winner FreidaDoubts. Monthly Fat Quarter winner was PamTraynum and quarterly winner was DonnaWright. Lucky door prize winners were MargaretSimmons, Cindy Tatem, Marta Courtney, DianeWicker, Collier Webb, Deb Aughenbaugh,Darlene Mullis, Bonnie Timm, Atha Wimmer andNaomi Butler.Thank you to all the members that participated in Decmeeting sewing and cutting projects. Our "Holiday Treats"table was fabulous and a special thank you to every one thatpitched into the hat for Otis. He was overwhelmed byeveryone's kindness and generosity and asked me to relateto the membership his gratitude.Also, several members has asked for a couple of recipesfrom the "treat" table. One was .the dish for the "peaswith eggs in it.the other one is the bowl that had a scoopin it and it was a mixture of chocolate covered peanuts,Bugles, pretzels, chez mix, m&m's. Soooooo gooddddd.7
Tidewater Quilters’ Guild NewsletterPurple Heart Quilts—Sue TroyanRecently, we received a letter from the mother ofyoung Navy man who was given one of our PurpleHeart quilts as he fought for his life in the ICU atLRMC in Germany last month. He had contracted adeadly strain of malaria while on duty "in Africa".His parents had rushed to his side as he was notexpected to live.As soon as they arrived, a nurse brought in a quiltmade by Mary Lynn Slough and her sister, NancyWines. His dad used it for the next three days andnights at his son's bedside while the incredible staffworked tirelessly to save the young man's life,pulling him back from death's door. From Germany,he was sent to Walter Reed, and then home to themid-west where he continues to recover.His mother wanted us all to know how much theyappreciated the quilt and the work we do to easethe stress and pain of the sick and wounded andtheir families, and to tell us how much they andtheir son treasure the quilt, not just for thememory of the comfort it gave during his crisis, butfor all that it represented -- a tangible symbol ofunconditional love. It is a lovely, thoughtful letter,the kind that is proof that what we do isworthwhile, and also a reminder that the men andwomen who put themselves between us and harm'sway must contend not only with bombs and bullets,January, 2014but deadly diseases as well. We're grateful to andfor them, and for the letter!You may have noticedthe heading and reference to "Purple Heart Quilts".When we started making quilts for our woundedover 12 years ago, that's what we called theproject. Later, when Quilts of Valor Foundation wasformed, we aligned ourselves with CatherineRoberts' mission -- to provide quilts for thewounded of this war so that what happened to theViet-Nam Vets never happens again. SinceCatherine retired, there have been many changesin the way the Foundation operates. Recentchanges now required of participants, whichprimarily have to do with mandatory funding,management of funds, and autonomy, have causedus to reconsider our alignment with theFoundation. We still consider it to be a worthyorganization with an admirable mission, but believewe can continue our work on our own. To that end,we are reverting to our original name. Only thename has changed, not our mission to comfort thewounded of this war and, whenever possible, ourveterans of earlier conflicts.And just to let you know, all those little block kitsyou all have been taking home, making andreturning are already being made into quilts!Seven, so far, and counting! They shortly will beadded to six more waiting to be quilted. Currently,we have six already in the hands of our wonderfullong arm quilters! Not bad, Ladies! We're not yetback up to our old average of 15 quilts a month,but we're on our way! Thank you for your continuedsupport. You are doing your best work!Karen Bastone needs donations of fat quarters, magazines, books andmachine embroidery supplies. And most important of all, members tovolunteer to plan the event. Contact Karen to let her knowwhere you can help. 757-650-4641TIDEWATER QUILTERS’ GUILDVolume 37, Issue 7Spring FlingMay 9, 20158
Tidewater Quilters’ Guild NewsletterJanuary, 2014Volume 37, Issue 7CLASSIFIED ADSNOT FORGOTTEN QOV“Quilts of Valor Foundation Member Group”No membership or fees are required to sew with our group.All volunteers are welcomeOur Sew Day is the 3rd Friday of the month@ Ocean View Senior Center600 E. Ocean View Ave, Norfolk, VAWe award in Hampton Roads and we honor ALLservice members and veterans touched by warFor information Contact Elaine Pageelaine.navarro-page@hotmail.com / 757 376-1238Facebook: We QuiltFacebook Group: Not Forgotten QOVBlog: wequilttogether.blogspot.comThe mission of the Quilts of Valor Foundation is to coverservice members and veterans touched by war withcomforting and healing Quilts of ValorCabin Branch and Stone House Quilters2015 Annual Quilt ShowMarch 21 – 22Award-Winners from Houston2014Over 200 Quilts on Exhibit, Merchant Mall and Silent Auction(Click on this LIVE link to take youto a slide show— or “cut & paste” intoyour address bar)Two Spectacular Raffle Quilts“Bluebird in the Garden”Benefits Stillbrave Childhood Cancer Foundation“Rocking the Red”Benefits SPARK, The Education Foundation for Prince William County SchoolsShow Hours: Saturday 10am to 5pm & Sunday 10am to 4pmAdults 5.00, Seniors 4.00 & under 12 FreePrince William County Fairgrounds10624 Dumfries RoadManassas, VirginiaDirections: www.pwcfair.comFor more information please visit us rs.orgTIDEWATER QUILTERS’ -features/18001award-winners-fromhouston-2014?utm source Infusionsoft&utm medium email&utm campaign 2014 11 07 Weekend Fun 2&inf contact key 02663ed99bdcad9
Tidewater Quilters’ Guild Newsletter January, 2014 Volume 37, Issue 7 TIDEWATER QUILTERS’ GUILD 6 DAY CHAPTER MINUTES 12/09/2014 NUMBER OF MEMBERS: 58 GUESTS: 0 MEETING NOTES/ ANNOUNCEMENT - Denise McCue opened the meeting at 10:00am A reminder that you receive a f
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