Santa Monica Quilt Guild

Santa Monica Quilt GuildP.O. Box 5514, Santa Monica, CA 90409January 2020, Volume 30, Issue 4www.santamonicaquiltguild.orgWednesday, January 8President’s CommentsHello Quilters!I hope you all had a grand holiday! Don’t forget we are NOT meeting on New Year’s Day!I have registered the SMQG at the SCCQG Meet the Teachers event at the Carson Convention Center on April 18,2020 for our fabulous fabric sale.We will need a few people to help with this event. Put it on your calendar now and we'll finalize a schedule inApril! Feel free to share with your groups, too.If you want to order a lunch, I have their order form. This year it is 18 for a sandwich, chips, salad, cookie &water. Steep, but convenient and tasty! You can give me your check and form and I'll get them to Sue Glass. Idon't see a deadline for ordering, but it's probably a month out from event. I'll remind you as it gets closer.KennaleeKennalee Mattson, PresidentHospitalityWays and MeansVice PresidentPhilanthropyMembershipHappy Birthday – DecemberMeeting MinutesSelected Southern California Quilt EventsGuild CalendarFriends of the Guild2333243566.Programthe next week or so in the hope that many willjoin us for the lecture and workshop. Pleaseremind your friends in other guilds about Rob’supcoming visit to SMQG. Guests may attend themeeting for 5.Your votes determined that we will offer theColor Strata workshop. It’s a full-day workshopand will be held the day after the meeting,Thursday, February 6, 10 to 4 pm. Please notethat we have increased the cost of this workshopto 60 for members and 75 for nonmembers.The increased fees will help us defray the cost ofthe workshop. While we have a number ofpeople signed up for the workshop, pleaseremember that your reservation is confirmed onlyPam Hadfield is our January speaker. Her trunkshow includes a variety of quilts ranging frompiecing, appliqué with cotton and wool, mixedtechniques, and pictorial quilts. To see her workgo to her website https://www.mamapquilts.com/. Pam was thefeatured quilter at the San Diego Quilt Showrecently. AIn February, we will host Rob Appell. Many of youhave seen his Man Sewing You Tube showsoffered through Missouri Star Quilt Company.He’s a hoot! It’s shaping up to be a lively evening!We’ll be sending out a note to all local guilds in1

when you have paid for the workshop. At thattime, Aileen will provide you with a copy of theColor Strata supply list. We need your support inorder to host these workshops. If you haven’talready signed up, please contact Aileen Cooketoday to sign up.We hope you will join us!We have 48 “paid up” members; we will beupdating the mailing lists after the JanuaryMeeting,In order to continue receiving the newsletter,please pay any outstanding renewals by theJanuary meeting.Sally Madigan and Ways & MeansColor Strata – this workshop uses a jellyroll and background yardage toaccomplishthe strataWe are back in January! We wish everyone aHappy New Year!We’d love to receive you donations if you are inthe mood to clean your sewing area. Magazinescontinue to be 25 cents, books are 1 and fabric ispriced the best price possible and it all goes tosupport our guild. Door prize tickets are 1 eachor 6 for 5. Thanks you for supporting us!Perla Rothenberg, Ron and Keiko TappVice PresidentAileen and PamPam Overton and Aileen CookeHAPPY NEW YEAR!January is also a good time to go through yourunfinished projects to start pulling out thoseUFOs. Get them done and bring them to share atShow ‘n Tell. Who will wear the crown this yearfor the most UFOs completed?HospitalityLast names beginning with N-V, it’s your turn tobring a sweet or savory treat to the meeting.Betsy Barker, Sheila CumminsSMQG Retreat 2020SCCQG The next Council meeting is uponus. January 11 is the date. Location isCorona/Norco Teacher’s Association, 1189Mountain Avenue, Norco, CA. The subject is:“Part II” Caryin Payzant will present informationon ‘How To’ use the various types of social mediamost effectively.” Let me know if you will beattending so that I can RSVP for all attending fromSMQG.Mary and Joseph Retreat Center was not able togive us the Lounge area for our Quilting Retreatthis year so I cancelled our request for the March27-29, 2020, weekend. I will contact them nextyear to see when the Lounge is available for our2021 Retreat.The Board and I are exploring other options for aquilting retreat. Let me know if you are interestedin a weekend retreat and/or just a day retreatlocallyA new block for community service quilts will bepresented at the January meeting. See you there!Lani Hee, Retreat CoordinatorMembershipHappy New Year!OliviaCarnahan2

Philanthropyfor the website.Programs and Workshops: Pam alsoreminded members the January 2020meeting will be January 8, secondWednesday as January 1 is New Year’s Day.In February 2020 Rob Appell will be thespeaker and will also present a workshop.Pam will be advertising his work shop todifferent guilds, so she encouraged guildmembers who are interested to sign up rightaway. In the November newsletter she listedtwo options for Rob’s class and askedmembers to vote their preference. TheStrata Quilt was chosen for the workshop.She is hoping to schedule the workshop forThursday, February 6 She also had See’sCandy gift certificates for sale.Show and Tell: Members who shared theirquilts and projects were: BobbieBlake/Starry Night Santa and 32 blockmachine embroidery; Betsy Barker/Doll Quiltfor philanthropy; Eric Oda/Tree Quilt; AnneWallace/Red Green 9 patch; Jessica R/Halloween, Christmas and ice dyed jewelbox.Hopefully you all are having a happy holidayseason and looking forward to seeing you at theJanuary meeting. Let’s have the food for Januarybe BREAKFAST FOOD to start off the New Year.And as usual donations of quilts and toiletries willbe happily welcomed.Luann Jaffe and Bobbie BlakeMeeting MinutesSMQG Meeting MinutesDecember 4, 2019The evening began at 7:00 pm with thepotluck dinner and fabric raffle. Kennaleehad a bag of fabric for each attendee.The business meeting was called to order byPresident Kennalee Mattson at 7:45pm.Kennalee reminded members that theJanuary 2020 meeting will be January 8, thesecond Wednesday as the first Wednesday isNew Year’s Day.Betsy Barker moved and Aileen Cookeseconded the motion to approve theOctober 2019 minutes as printed in theNovember 2019 newsletter. Motion wasapproved unanimously. Betsy Barker movedand Luann Jaffe seconded the motion toapprove the Treasurer’s Report as printed inthe November 2019 Newsletter. Motioncarried unanimously.Committee Reports:Membership: No report.Vice-President: No report.Newsletter: Laurie Reyen thanked memberswho wrote articles for the newsletter andwelcomed additional articles.Hospitality: Betsy Barker thanked membersfor participating in the potluck. They alsoraffled off the table centerpieces.Philanthropy: The committee will resumeaccepting philanthropy quilts in January.Ways and Means: Fabric sales and raffles willresume in January.Website: Emily Watts continues to updatethe guild website and welcomed suggestionsMeeting was adjourned at 8:30 pm.Respectfully submitted,Veronica GrayBirthdaysKeiko TappSue BarrettAileen CookeKathryn SmallJennie KraftKathy YamazakiLuAnn JaffeOut and About31/21/141/211/261/271/301/31

the Modern Quilt Guild. The quilt is 40" x 49"and was created for the Hoffman Me YouIndah Batik Fabric Challenge, whichdesignated four specific fabrics you neededto use in your quilt.Travels with Sue: Part 2Last month when Sue and I left you we weretraveling south out of Missouri driving intoArkansas. We were heading for Bentonville,a fast growing city, home of Walmart andthe wonderful, Crystal Bridges Museum,sponsored by a Walmart admission is free,the collection features American art.In family livability surveys, Bentonville israted highly, with median House costingaround 175K, The average age of thepopulation 33. It also has good restaurantsand a lovely town square.From Bentonville we drove, throughbeautiful rolling country side, on wide openfreeways, to Sue’s new home town, HeberSprings. It is a small town, the population, asof the 2010 census, was 7,165. The town issituated on a huge lake, formed by theGreers Ferry Dam, the area is popular forboating and fishing. Sue hasn’t taken upboating or fishing yet, but, should she everuse up her fabric stash or run out of quiltingideas, you never know?Heber Springs has a lovely quilt shop in theold town. All the usual support services,including a huge Walmart are situated out oftown. Sue’s house is painted blue, withwhite trim. Her sewing room has room for; 2cutting tables , two sewing machines, aMurphy-Bed, and a TV, PLUS, a huge walkin closet; in other words, stash heaven!My stay ended with a trip the theater, inLittle Rock, and a flight home via Dallas thenext day.It was good to see Sue enjoying her new lifesettling in to the community. Thank you foryour hospitality Sue.I look forward to more travels with Sue.Maureen GardnerKudos!!!!!Emily Watts' quilt "To All the Plants I'veKilled Before" was selected to hang atQuiltCon 2020 in Austin, Texas, hosted by4

Selected Upcoming EventsJanuary23-26,2020Road to CaliforniaOntario Convention Centerhttps://www.road2ca.com/February7-8, 2020Valley Quilters Guild 40th Annual Quilt Show10:00 amValley-Wide Recreation Center901 West Esplanade, San Jacinto, CA 92583Contact: (951) 204-8271February14 -15,2020South Bay Quilters Guild Show, Ruby Celebration10 AM- 4 PMTorrance Cultural CenterMarch14-15,2020Friendship Square Quilt Guild Quilt Show: “Alive with Color”3/14: 10AM- 5 PM 3/15 10AM-4PMLa Habra Community Center101 W. La Habra Blvd, La Habra, CA 90631Friendship Square Quilt Guild in La Habra hostingGlendale Quilt Guild Quilt Show 202010AMGlendale Civic Auditorium1401 N. Verdugo Road, Glendale, CA 91208glendalequiltguild.orgMarch28-29,2020For more information on these and other local events visit the Southern California Council Guilds site at:http://www.sccqg.org/Guild Calendar 2019-20DateJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMaySpeakerPam HadfieldRob AppellLeah ZieberLectureWorkshopSue Rasmussen Friends of the Guild Our advertisers help support the guild in a variety of ways. Please support them in return.The Traveling QuiltersP.O. Box 3214, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266A Tour Service for Quilters!2020 ·Road to California, January 25, 2020 – San Diego Departures ·Temecula Quilt-Away Retreat – February 27-March 1 (Registrationopens in October). Check out our website at www.travelingquilters.com. To join our mailinglist, just send us an e-mail: pam@travelingquilters.com5

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Friendship Square Quilt Guild Quilt Show: “Alive with Color” 3/14: 10AM- 5 PM 3/15 10AM-4PM La Habra Community Center 101 W. La Habra Blvd, La Habra, CA 90631 Friendship Square Quilt Guild in La Habra hosting March 28-29, 2020 Glendale Quilt Guild Quilt Show 2020 10AM Glendale Civic Auditorium 1401 N. Verdugo Road, Glendale, CA 91208