Feb. 2020 - Volume 28, Issue 2

Sunset Slope Quilters Newsletter

February 2020 Calendar

Feb 5 - 9:30 Board Meeting

Feb 12 - 9:00 General Meeting

Program - Karen Boston -Barn

Quilt History Presentation

Feb 13 Workshop - Karen Bos-

ton - Paint Your Own Barn Quilt

Feb 27-28 - Rendezvous

All meetings are held at the American Lutheran Church, 631 26 1/2 Road, 9:00 am unless otherwise noted.

President: Kathy Morgan Vice-Pres: Vickie Irvin Secretary: Eva Mae Hinkle Treasurer: Linda M. Smith

Newsletter: Jewell Buck Website: www.sunsetslopequilters.com Address: PO Box 1521 Grand Junction, CO 81502

President’s Corner

“ Variety is the spice of life; that gives it all its flavor.”

English poet William Cowper in The Task

Our first General Meeting for 2020 is on the books (Whew!)

and I am ever so grateful to the folks who guided me

through the procedures and protocol in the world of

Roberts’ Rule of Order. Yes, it does seem like ions since I

have dealt with all of that! Humor seems to help get us

through the rough spots.

As I write this, folks going to Moab are packing up all kinds

of quilting goodies to spend days focused on fun, fabrics and

fellowship! Can’t wait to see the final products!

Wow! Just Wow! Our Rendezvous classes offer such a

variety, and wonderful challenges. They give our quilt group

the opportunities that we seem to enjoy and embrace!

Wow! Just Wow!!

Our programs for 2020 are beyond amazing! Hard to choose

just a few… Well done, ladies! Well done!

So many projects speak to our hearts: HopeWest, St.Mary’s,

Quilts of Valor, TLC, Christmas Stockings, Australia Relief…

The list goes on and on! And, you give and give to each and

every one of these events. Thank you!

Stay warm! And, keep on quilting!

Kathy

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MEMBERSHIP for 2020

It’s not to late to join or renew your member-ship. The deadline to be included in the mem-bership book has past, but you can always be written in! SSQ membership dues are $25.00 per calen-dar year. Membership forms can be picked up at the membership table at every meeting. It is also available on our website.

Christmas

Stockings

Christmas stocking kits will be available at the February meeting. We will accept finished Christmas stockings the rest of the year.

June M Hall & Paula Hammons

Rendezvous 2020 Thursday, February 27th & Friday, February 28th

Canyon View Vineyard Church 736 24 ½ Road

Just a reminder … Rendezvous is just a few short weeks away. I would like to thank each of you who signed up for Rendezvous classes at the January meeting. We had a wonderful time. For those of you who couldn’t make the meeting or those who needed time to think about which class you wanted to sign up for … there will be another opportunity to sign up for classes at The February general meeting. Don’t miss out on the fun!

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Quiltwoman.com sent 30 patterns to our guild for

our door prize use

According to Quiltwoman.com "There

are approximately 10,000 patterns avail-

able through Quiltwoman.com. We also

carry all of Debbie Caffrey's wonderful

mystery patterns that make great guild

projects. See the Wholesale /Guild Mys-

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CWQG Retreat

Leap into 2020 with a weekend of quilting. Join Colorado West Quilter's Guild for a local retreat February 28, 29 and March 1 at the Grande Vista Hotel. $30.00/day (includes lunch) due by February 19, 2020. Lodging available at a dis-counted rate for those who chose to spend the weekend. This is an opportunity to work on all those unfin-ished projects. More info, contact Bonnie Huis-jen 970-216-9042 or bhuisjen@bresnan.net.

Stitching with Friends

Orchard Stitchers (charitable out-reach).

The stitchers meet the third Tuesday of each month at 9:30 a.m. (except July and August) to work on quilts for St Mary’s Cancer Treatment Center as well as other charitable outreaches.

Location: Living Hope Church, 2840 B 1/2 Road (just east of the Orchard Mesa City Mkt)

There are things you do not need a ma-chine to do...we’d love to see you there!

QUILT DISPLAYS at St.

Mary’s

Doing great for the beginning of 2020 for St. Mary’s Quilt Display. There are three months scheduled for quilt hangings: February - Judy Allerheiligan, March – Shelia Symanski, and April – Ruth Feild. Quilts will be hung for a month at a time from the second floor area where patients waiting for their appointments can view them. Your name will be placed on the front of the quilt in large letters for people to read.

If you know someone who wants to display their quilt, please notify Carol Wilson and it will be scheduled.. 434-3205.

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Cell (970) 318-0874

customstitches1@gmail.com

BLOCK OF THE MONTH

Our BOM for 2019 has come to an end.

Now is the time to work on getting the

blocks put together! We will have a reveal

of all your hard work at the March meeting.

Your quilt top (or table runners, etc.) do

not have to be completely finished, just put

together in some sort of fashion.

Now for the next great news we have all

been waiting for. The BOM for 2020 is

now underway. The block we will work on

and show at the February meeting is called

“Icky Thump”. The entire project will be

paper piecing. (Debbie’s favorite thing to

do!) The pattern will be emailed to mem-

bers and handed out to those members

without email at the general meeting.

Please remember to pick up your blocks

at the end of each meeting.

If you have any questions for the past

or the present BOM feel free to contact

one of us.

Happy Quilting!

Jewell and Debbie

“Icky Thump”

New/Renewing Members:

Carla Alley Shandra Crawford Cindy Dickey Valerie Dobbs Donna Nichols

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Tips by Char

TIP: Store fabric without fading. I am sure we all have fabric which has been stored

on a shelf forever and not protected from the sun. Some of us are fortunate to store

all of our fabric out of the sun. For those who have to store fabric on a shelf in a

sunny location, fold the fabric so the selvage is facing out. It may not be aesthetically

pleasing as storing fabric with the fold out, but it will assure you won’t have faded

color on the fold when you wish to use the fabric.

TIP: Identify used needles. If you have ever changed your sewing needle, laid it down

on your sewing table and later tried to read the small numbers on the top to no avail

here are 2 solutions. 1. Use small pill bottles to store used, BUT STILL USEABLE, sew-

ing machine needles. Label each bottle with the size and type of needle. Needles still

in the original package = new. Needles in the labeled bottles = still serviceable. Nee-

dles and pins that are dull, bent, broken should be placed in a bottle or sharps con-

tainer for proper disposal. 2. Use a tomato pincushion to “store” still usable sewing

machine needles. Label each tomato section with the needle size and type.

Sharon’s Longarm

Quilting

Sharon Olander

2911 F¼ Road

Grand Junction, CO 81504

970-242-6001

February 4 Rachel Fry

8 Jeanette Funk

9 Phyllis Snider

11 Caroline Brueggeman

12 Beverly O’Neil

13 Patsy Drindak

27 Jackie Aguilar

27 Ruby Davis

29 Audrey Draper

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SSQ General Meeting Minutes - January 8, 2020

Meeting called to order at 9:03

Minutes: no changes. Accept as printed.

Treasury Report: No questions. File as printed.

Old Business:

Membership: Please get your dues paid and info updated. We need to get the rosters printed.

Presidents Quilt Blocks: Due by February meeting.

2021 Quilt Challenge: Still ongoing. Magazines still available.

New Business:

Budget: Debbie Hughes moved that it be accepted as printed. Wendy Bain seconded. Passed

Australia project: Jackie Aguilar received an e-mail requesting quilt blocks. Janet Wheeler will e-mail

directions and some patterns.

Committee Reports:

BOM: Jewell Buck and Debbie Sasser picked #11, Sharon Gabossi, as the winner of the potholder this

month. The 2019 tops are due at the March meeting. The 2019 patterns came from a Nancy Zieman 2015

BOM pattern. The new 2020 BOM was introduced. It will be a paper piecing project.

Christmas Stockings: June Hall and Paula Hammons introduced the stockings for 2020. Our group

donates 250 stockings to Mesa County each year. June and Paula have kits ready.

Library: Sue Elliott announced that all is going well and the library will accept donations.

Sunshine Committee: Marcia Claussen – please let her know if we need to send out a card.

Membership: Judy Allerheiligen announced that we have 110 paid members and 2 guests present.

The guests are – Valerie Dobbs and Cindy Dickey. Two new members joined today – Donna Nichols and Carla

Alley.

Community Affairs: Helen Baltz-Jones sends out a big “THANK YOU “ to Kris Murphy for her 3 years

of service. Three quilts have been delivered to Hope West. Orchard Stitchers meet on the 3rd

Tuesday of the

month.

Programs: Debbie Wolfe and Rose Penoyer showed a power-point featuring the programs for 2020.

Moab Retreat: Judy Allerheiligen reported that the retreat will be at the end of the month. There

are 2 openings left.

Door Prizes: Pam Lewshenia and Debbie Hughes

Show and Tell: Rachel Fry, Mary Day Musgrave, Dianna Sheldon, Eddy Davis, Jeanette Funk, Linda Widstrand,

Pam Sant, June Hall, and Caroline Brueggeman.

Rendezvous:

Teachers gave presentations of each project.

Big shout out to airport participants.

Debbie Hughes moved that the meeting be adjourned. Kris Murphy seconded. Passed.

Meeting adjourned at 11:03 A.M.

Respectfully submitted, Eva Mae Hinkle, Secretary.

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COMMITTEES 2020

Barnes and Noble Winter: TBA

Barnes and Noble Spring: TBA

Block of the Month: Jewell Buck and Debbie Sasser

Christmas Stockings: June Hall and Paula Hammons

Community Affairs: Joanie Dykema, Carol Wilson, Helen Baltz Jones, Ruby Fitzgerald

Hospital Displays: Carol Wilson

Door Prizes: Pam Lewshenia and Jocie Perotti

Habitat for Humanity: Carol Brueggeman

Library: Sue Elliott and Pam Lewshenia

Membership: Ana Restiva and Helen Baltz Jones

Moab 2020: D. Abraham, J. Allerheiligen, D. Hoaglund.

Newsletter: Jewell Buck

E-mail tree: Janet Wheeler

Nominations: TBA

Photographer: Janet Wheeler

Programs 2020: Rose Penoyer and Debbie Wolfe

Programs 2021: TBA

Publicity: Marcia Lackey

Quilt Show 2021: Judy Allerheiligen, Janet Wheeler, Sue Elliott, Vickie Irvin, etc

Rendezvous 2020: Janet Wheeler, Linda M. Smith

Rendezvous 2021: TBA

Sunshine: Marcia Claussen

Telephone Tree: Karol Sacca

TLC: Marcia Claussen

Website: Donna Garlitz

SSQ Advertising Rates

$40.00 for 12 months. Monthly newsletter plus on our website “links” page. Your information will appear as a busi-

ness card size, 3 1/2 x 2 inches.

Nonmembers: One-time half-page ad: $50.00; 1/4 page $25.00

Members: 1/4 page one-time ad: Free

Please submit a business card, photo, graphic or PDF file.

Contact: Marcia Lackey, Publicity Chair

Or Donna Garlitz, Website Chair, (Adv Period Feb 1 through Jan 31; prorated)

If any member knows of someone who would like to advertise with SSQ, please let me know. We

Appreciate club members using the services of our advertisers. They are all hardworking, talented

people.

Thank you,

Marcia Lackey

SSQ Tree Quilt Blocks for Australia Here are a couple ideas for those members interested in tree quilt blocks for Australia. Quilt blocks will be collected by Jackie Aguilar at our gen-eral meeting in February. Any version of a tree will work - blocks re-quested are 12-1/2 x 12-1/2 inches, pale background. Thank you! Wollongong Modern Quilt Guild

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SUNSET SLOPE QUILTERS

2020 PROGAMS AND WORKSHOP

January 8, 2020 Program Rendezvous Presentations and Programs and Workshop Presentation

February 12, 2020 Program Karen Boston – Barn Quilt History Presentation

February 13, 2020 Workshop Karen Boston – Paint Your Own Barn Quilt

Website: frecklesandfatquarters.com

March 10, 2020 Dee Hoaglund Trunk Show Scrap Quilts

March 10, 2020 Workshop Community Sew In

April 7, 2020 Program Melody Maskus – Trunk Show

April 8, 2020 Workshop Melody Maskus – Vintage Linens into Quilts

BLOG: rivervalleyquilter.com

May 13, 2020 Program Emily Taylor – Secret for Success with Collage Quilts

May 14, 2020 Workshop Emily Taylor – Collage Class

Website: Collagequilter.com / You Tube: Emily Taylor Collage Quilts

June 10, 2020 Program Kate Colleran – Journey of a Quilt Pattern Designer Trunk Show

June 11, 2020 Workshop Kate Colleran – Sweet Beets: Piece and Quilt a Vibrant Bed Scarf

Website: Seamslikeadream.shop Book: Smash Your Stash

July 8, 2020 Program Cyndi Holman – Trunk Show – Scraps and Strings

Garage Sale/Auction

August 12, 2020 Program Robin Long – Modern Mariner’s Compass Trunk Show

August 13, 2020 Workshop Robin Long – Bringing Mariner’s Compass into the 21st Century!

Website: Robinruthdesign.com

Not a Beginners Class – Fast Paced

September 9, 2020 Program TBD

Birthday Bash

October 14, 2020 Program Madeleine Vail – How to Journal and Trunk Show

October 15, 2020 Workshop Madeleine Vail – Mock Hand Applique with Machine

Website: Hummingbirdstudio.com

November 11, 2020 Program Pamela Schultz – Field to Fabric

Website: fibersprite.com

November 11, 2020 Workshop Special Techniques by Locals

December 9, 2020 Program Business Meeting and Holiday Party

Visit our website @sunsetslopequilters.com for additional information.