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DallasQuiltGuild

–NoJulyProgram

PatGalvin&SueHolland3rdVPs-Programs&

Workshops

July4,2019NoGuildMeeting…

August1,2019GuildMeetingSpeaker–LindaNealLecture: How to Create an Award-WinningQuiltLinda will discuss everything fromstartingyourshowquilttoenteringyourquiltinacontestandwhatthejudgesareactually judging. A variety of award-winning quilts will be shown anddiscussed -whatworkedwell andwhatcouldhavebeenbetter!Linda is a resident of McKinney, Texasand began quilting fourteen years ago

afterretiringfromneonatalnursing.Shehaswonnumerousquiltingawardsincluding:AQSPaducahandPhoenix,HoustonIQA,PacificInternationalQuiltFestival,ShipshewanaQuiltFestival,QuiltOdyssey,RoadtoCalifornia,andmanyothers.LindaenjoyssharingherknowledgeandexperiencesshehasgainedfromherquiltingjourneyandhasrecentlytapedaDVDforAnnie’sCatalogthatwasreleasedinJanuary2019.

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Community

Service–CFK(CoversForKids)

LutDeMeulder1stVP-CommunityService

ComeandsewwithusonJuly27,2019atHobbyLobby,3178LavonDrive,Garland,TX75040from9:30a.m.It'salwaysfuntosewwithfriends!AdditionalCFKworkdaysfor2019are:

•August31•September28••October24•November30•December28•

2019–2020Memberships

JudyKriehn

MembershipRenewalstoBeginJune1,2019

Theguildfiscalyear–andmembershipyear–beginseachyearonSeptember1standendstwelvemonthslateronAugust31st.Toallowmemberstimetofitthemembershipprocessintotheirscheduleand/orbudget,webeginourmembershiprenewaldriveatthebeginningofJune.Sinceaddingtheoptionofonlinerenewalsandwishingtoavoidconfusingmemberswithmultiplerenewaloptionsatanyonetime,anyonewhojoinsthe Guild as a new member on or after June 1st gets “complimentary”membership during the remaining months of the guild “year.” This alsoapplies to formermembers who allowed their membership to lapse (akadidn’trenewtheirmembershipduring2018-19).Thisyear,weareexpandingourqueriesundertheagequestion.No,wewon’trevealyourage toeveryTom,Dick,orHarriette.Weare just interested ingatheringmore information about the demographics of our guild. Since amajorityofourmembersareovertheageof65,wefeltitwouldbeusefultogathermoredata.Pleasetakeamomenttomarkthisboxappropriately.Last summer, youwere told that the annualmembershipdirectorywouldceasetobeprinted/mailed,andtheguildwouldbemovingtoanall-onlineoption.However,intheeventthatweareunabletocompletethetechnicalworkneededtomakethishappenbyOctober,thereisapossibilitythatwemayopttoprinthardcopiesofthedirectorythisyear.WatchthisnewsletterforupdatesonwhattoexpectinyourUSPSmailboxandwhattolookforinyouremailfolder.

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2019–2020Memberships

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Howtorenew:• Todoa“hardcopy”renewal,usetheformincludedonthelastpageof

thisnewsletterandmailitinwithyourduesorreturnitattheguildmeetinginAugust(nomeetinginJulyduetoIndependenceDay).

• Todoaneasy-peaseyonlinerenewal,onorafterJune1,2019gototheguild website at www.quiltersguildofdallas.org and click on the“membership”tabinthehorizontalmenu.Abuttonconnectingtotherenewalformwillbenearthetopofthepage.Theonlinerenewalformhas both the regular renewal via Paypal payment and lifememberrenewalwithnocharge.

TheBeehiveMarthaSmith

TheLatestBuzz…fromtheBeehiveJune’smeetingwasbuzzing!!Membershiprenewalseasonishere.Dropwhatyouaredoingrightnowandgotoourwebsiteandrenewsoyouwon’tbecaughtsolatethatyoumissbeingincludedintheDirectory…again!Right?!WewanttowelcomeJeanBattyandDawnBrandertoourHive!IfyouareanewmemberandhavenotbeenmetbytheBeehive,pleaseletmeknowandI’llwatchforyou.Nowthatyoucanjoinonline,thatisarealpossibilityandwe apologize. A shout-out to our Worker Bees: Sharon Smith and SteveRossiter,fortheirkindwaysandselflessdevotiontoourmembership.NoHiddenWordforJulyastherewillnotbeeameeting.Restyourwearyeyesandget ready forAugust!!!Congrats toLindaBartley, thewinner forJune.EnjoythismonthandstartlookingfortheHiddenWord(orphrase)intheAugustNewsletter!Staysafeandcool!

SunshineandShadows

SueMaze4thVP-Communication

CindyMatthewshasanewgrandson.GraysonMatthewWertwasbornMay24,2019,weighinginat7lb,9oz.…andshesayshe'sperfect!!Communication isatwo-waystreet.Aschairmanof thisofficeIcan’tdo italone.Mymailboxhasbeenempty the lastcoupleofmeetings.Thatcouldmeanalliswell.Ifallisnotwellduetoillnessordeathinyourfamily,orifthings are totally AWESOME due to a personal milestone you have theopportunity to let thegroupknowbywayof themailboxonTheBeehivetable. White cards are for any type of comments, yellow cards are forsunshinereports,andbluecardsareforshadowreports.Thesecardsneedtobefilledoutiftherestofthegroupistobemadeawareofwhatisgoingon.Iwanttothankyounowforyourhelp.Youcanalsoletmeknowbyphoneortextat214-549-4910oremailatmazeis2@swbell.net.

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2020DallasQuiltShow

MiniatureQuiltAuction

VirginiaHauer

It istimeagaintostartthinkingaboutabeneficiaryfortheminiaturequiltauction.SincewearenothavingameetinginJuly,youcansendmeanemailwith an address to send information to a potential beneficiary. Theinformation about potential beneficiariesmust be received by August 15,2019.

EducationVirginiaHauer,

7thVP-Education

Since there is nomeeting in July, therewill not be a lesson of themonth.Celebratefreedomandallthatitentails.Icanthinkofthreetoolsthatgavequilters freedom from templates: the acrylic ruler, self-healing mat, androtarycutter.

NewsletterRägiMarino

NewsletterEditor

DespitetherebeingnoguildmeetinginJuly,therewillbeanewsletter.Pleasesendmeanyarticles for theAugustnewsletterbySunday, July7,2019,[email protected] Articles submitted earlier arewelcome!Thankyou!

TexasAssociationofQuiltGuilds

(TAQG)NewsPamelaLane

QGDRepresentative

Don’tforgetTAQGRallyDayJuly13,2019!See previous newsletters or http://taqg.org for details! Hope to see youthere!

VISITUSONONLINEAT:http://quiltersguildofdallas.org/

https://www.facebook.com/Quilters-Guild-of-Dallas-126044150820898/https://www.instagram.com/quiltersguildofdallas/

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September5,2019GuildMeetingSpeaker–LatifahSaafirLecture:ModernQuilting,Past,Present,andFutureWorkshop:PickledBeetsFriday,September6,2019,10:00a.m.to4:00p.m.

SupplyFee:$12.00(Pattern&FoundationTemplates)Make this bold modern quilt that was designed inhomagetotheclassicpickle-dishdesignmotif.Inthis

fun class youwill learn the basics of foundation paper piecing (includingLatifah’s favorite trick that if you remember to do it you’ll never have tounpickpaperpiecingagain).You’llgettipsandtricksforcurvedpiecingforwhenyouassembleyourquilt.Shewillalsogiveyouseveral“patternhacks”thatmightmakethisyourgotoquiltpatternforquickandeasygifts!

Workshop:DuckfacePeopleSaturday,September7,2019,10:00a.m.to4:00p.m.SupplyFee:$20.00(Pattern)TheDuckfacePeoplepattern includes twelvedifferentcharacters thatyoucan personalize with your fabric selections. The characters include boys,girls, a bride and groom, and a couple in their golden years! Learn astreamlinedchainpiecingtechniquetopiecethesefun2.5”crossstitchstyleblocks. Then Latifah will show you how to mix and match features andaccessoriestodesignyourownDuckfacePeopleQuilt!

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https://www.latifahsaafirstudios.com/

October3,2019GuildMeeting Speaker – AmyKnackLecture:TBAWorkshops:TBAAmy Nack is founder of Wingtip PressPrintmakingStudio locatedinBoise, Idaho.Sheteachesprintmakinginherstudio,asanadjunctinstructor at Boise State University and offersprintmakingworkshops throughout the United

States.Nack receivedherBFA inPrintmaking andBA inArtHistory fromBoiseStateUniversityin2008afterathree-decadecareerinthepaperandpackaging industry. With a studio full of traditional six-hundred poundprintmakingpressesforintaglioandrelief,NackdiscoveredGelPrintingin2015andhasneverbeenthesamesince!November7,2019GuildMeetingSpeaker–CoversforKidsWorkEveningDecember5,2019GuildMeetingSpeaker–DorisDeutmeyerLecture:TBAWorkshops:TBAhttps://fabricationsbydoris.com/wpsite/For more information on these and other programs andworkshopsseehttp://www.quiltersguildofdallas.org/programs_and_workshopsorcontactPatGalvinorSueHollandatprograms@quiltersguildofdallas.org

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LoneStarQuiltStudyGroup

MarianAnnJ.Montgomery,Ph.D.

LoneStarQuiltStudyGrouptoMeetinLubbocktoseeFeedSackExhibit

FeedsacksaswellasquiltsandgarmentsmadeoffeedsackswillbeexhibitedattheMuseumofTexasTechUniversityfromJune25-December15,2019.ThecoreoftheexhibitwillbetheNickolsCottonSackResearchCollectionforwhichtheQuilter’sGuildofDallascontributedacquisitionfunds.TheLoneStarQuiltStudyGroupwillmeetinLubbockonSaturday,August17,2019toseetheexhibit,Cotton&Thrift:FeedSacksandtheFabricofAmericanHouseholds.PatL.NickolswhoformedthecollectionwillbeinfromSanDiegotodiscusshowshebuiltthecollection,awardwinningWestTexasquilterLindaFisher who wore feed sack garments will share her memories, and theMuseum’s curator who organized the exhibit, our own Marian AnnMontgomery,willsharewhatshehaslearnedsofarfromthecollection.

Thisfeedsackcamewithpaperlabelsthatwouldcomeoffwhensoakedinwaterandwasprintedsoitcouldbecutandmadeintoareindeertoy.Thisisjustoneofhundredsofexamplesofsacksinquilts,clothingandstillaswholebagsthatwillbeexhibitedattheMuseumofTexasTechUniversityJune25-December15,2019.

Registration for the meeting includes lunch and is available on line athttp://www.lonestarquiltstudygroup.org/ A group rate for hotel has beenarrangedandcanbeaccessedthroughJuly25,2019attheMarriott.Clickhereforthelink.ThisislikelythelastquiltexhibitandthelastmeetingoftheLoneStarQuiltStudyGroupattheMuseumofTexasTechUniversityforseveralyears,soitistheperfecttimetoplanaroadtrip.IfyouareabletocomepleaseletMarianAnnknowatmarian.ann.montgomery@ttu.eduastherewillbeaspecialeventforDallasGuildmembers.

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NotesfromaCurator

MarianAnnJ.Montgomery,Ph.D.

CuratorofClothingandTextiles,

MuseumofTexasTechUniversity

HowtoDateFeedSacksDatingfeedsacksforthelabelsfortheupcomingexhibithasbeenachallenge.Cottonsacksweremadefromthemid19thcenturythroughthe1960s.Thosethat are white are almost impossible to date without labels or otheridentifying factors, but once the prints came in at the end of the 1930s itbecomeseasier.ThePercyKentBagManufacturersbeganmakingbagswithprintsonthemin1937andwhenotherbagmanufacturerssawthepopularityofthesebagswithconsumerstheydidsoaswell.Ingeneral,acuratorwilldatethefabricbasedonthecolorsusedinthedesign.Colorscomeandgoinfashion-rememberthosewonderfulharvestgoldandavocadoappliancesfromthe1960sand1970s?One set of bags in the Museum’s collection from the Jim Dandy branddistributedby theWesternGrainCompanyoutofBirmingham,Alabama isunique.Thebagsaremadeupoftwoorthreedifferentprints.Itispossiblethat theyhavesurvived intactbecause therewasn’tenough fabric tomakeanythingfromthemasyoucanseeintheimagebelow.

JimDandyLayingMashFeedSack,1952,PartialGiftofPatL.NickolswithfundingfromTheQuilter’sGuildofDallas,Inc.,TheSouthPlainsQuiltGuild,LindaFisher,LouiseUnderwood,JaneWest,PatGrappe,andCarolynSowell,TTU-H2015-053-003-870.

Asyoucanseethereisaborderprintthatwouldhavebeengoodforcurtainsor a pillowcase but above is a cute print for children of various forms oftransportation.But closer inspection shows that in the lower right-hand corner anadvertisementforafreebookletwithideasforwhatyoucanmakefromfeedsacks.AsimilaradvertisementappearsonanotherJimDandysackpicturedbelow.

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DetailofJimDandyfeedsackshowingpromotionforfree

instructionalbookletavailablefromtheNationalCottonCouncil,

TTU-H2015-053-003-869.ThisincludesanimageofthefreeinstructionalbookletwhichhelpstodatetheseJimDandysacksto1952becauseitshowsthe1952PatternServiceforSewingwithCottonBagsbooklet.Animageofthebookletisshownbelow.

Instructionalbookletencouragingtheuseofthe“free”fabricfromcottonsacks,publishedbytheNationalCottonCouncilincooperationwithSimplicitypatterns.TTU-H2015-053-009-017.

Sothisbagcamewithitsowncluefordatingthefabricandthesackasawhole.Therearesomanyinterestingdiscoveriesbeingmadewiththiscollectionthatthe grant from The Quilter’s Guild of Dallas, Inc. helped the Museum toacquire.SomeofthenewinformationwillbesharedatthemeetingoftheLoneStarQuiltStudyGroupattheMuseumonSaturday,August17,2019.Ifyouhaven’talreadymadeplanstoattend,pleaseseetheinformationabouthowto register elsewhere in the newsletter. If you cannot attend themeeting,pleaseplantovisittheexhibitCottonandThrift:FeedSacksandtheFabricofAmerican Households while it is on exhibit at the Museum of Texas TechUniversityinLubbock,TexasfromJune25-December15,2019.

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QuiltShowsandEvents

Calendar**thisisnotacomplete

listofquilteventsinthearea.Itincludesonly

thoseforwhichinformationwassubmittedtothe

newsletter.Ifyouwouldlikeaneventlisted,

pleasesendinformationto

[email protected]

Donna

Pleaseverifytheinformationgivenbelowwiththeorganizationhostingthequiltshowbeforegoing!Whilewetryourbesttohaveaccurateinformation,detailscanchange!Ifyounoticeanyerrorsorhaveadditionalshowsofinteresttoourmembers,pleasecontactthenewslettereditor.Thankyou.

July18-19,2019WelcomeHomeQuiltShowpresentedbyCreativeQuiltersGuildofEllisCountyWhere:SokolHall2622TX34Ennis,TX75119

Information:https://elliscountyquilters.com/

July26-27,2019StuckonQuiltspresentedbyCommonThreadsQuiltGuildWhere:TempleBaptistChurch1811EastCaliforniaStreetGainesville,TX76240

Information: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Nonprofit-Organization/Common-Threads-Quilt-Guild-352395764947377/

September27-28,2019BusyBeeQuiltShowpresentedbyPostOak’sBusyBeeQuiltersWhere:PostOakCommunityCenter201SchmittouRoad(atFMRoad#2127)Bowie,TX76230

Information:www.postoakquilters.com

October11-12,2019AnnualQuiltShowpresentedbyWacoHomespunQuiltGuildWhere:WacoConventionCenter100WashingtonAvenueWaco,TX76701

Information:http://wacohomespunquiltguild.org/

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2019-2020 Quilter’s Guild of Dallas Membership FormPLEASE PRINT CLEARLY. Your name should appear as you wish to have it listed in the Guild Directory.

Date Form Completed

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� I am RENEWING my membership and my contact information has NOT changed. (YOU MAY SKIP TO PAYMENT SECTION) � I am a RENEWING member, but my contact information has changed.* I have provided the appropriate information below: � I am a NEW member. I have provided the appropriate information below:

*If you have been a member of the Guild in the past, please provide clues (different name? old addresses?) We have a fairly complete list of member numbers and who they belonged to, and like to let members keep their previous membership numbers.

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In accordance with Guild bylaws, the membership year runs from September 1 through August 31.DUES ARE TO BE PAID ON OR BEFORE THE SEPTEMBER MEETING DATE.

Make Checks Payable (in US Dollars) to the Quilter’s Guild of Dallas, Inc. PLEASE DO NOT SEND CASH THROUGH THE US MAIL

Return completed form and check to: Peggy Cord 10539 Mapleridge Dr. Dallas, TX 75238-2262

PAYMENT INFO ❏ Check #

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PLEASE NOTE: (1) If joining or renewing at a Guild meeting, credit card payment is (usually) available. (2) Dues are non-refundable. (3) Late-year memberships (joining at or after the Dallas Quilt Show)

are not eligible for refunds for show entry fees or show admission fees. (4) June, July & August are bonus months for 18-19 non-members if joining/rejoining

during that timeframe.

Please Indicate Age Group:

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$45.00

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� No Charge *Life members MUST submit a completed membership form annually in order to access the benefits of active Guild membership

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