Next Meeting: May 5, 2016

Teresa Wong

May Lesson of the Month

“Spring Cleaning” 6:30 p.m.

(see page 2 for more information\

What to bring to the meeting:

• Membership card • Name Tag • Guild Library Books • Money to register for

upcoming workshops, etc. • Completed Covers for Kids

projects

Marcia Wood, 3rd VP-Programs and Workshops Guild Meeting speaker – Teresa Wong Lecture: “A History of Japanese Quilts”

Quilt researcher and author Teresa Wong will share with us the history of Japanese quilting from the 1950’s through today. Audience members will hear the story of how the quilt was imported from America and was quickly adopted and adapted to become a favorite pastime in Japan today. Dozens of photos of stunning contemporary Japanese quilts will be shown, along with beautiful American quilts and historical Japanese quilts. Teresa was named the 2014 Bybee Scholar for her research into contemporary Japanese quilting in conjunction with a Master of Liberal Studies at Rice University. The distinction stems from the Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee Foundation, which recognizes research and projects involving the arts and educational endeavors. Nancy O’Bryant Puentes and Karey Bresenhan, Co-Founders of the Texas Quilt Museum, presented the award. Teresa’s book was also featured in a recent issue of the magazine Art Quilt Collector. And, two more books are in the works! No workshops this month. www.teresaduryeawong.com

June 2, 2016

Guild Meeting speaker – Rägi Marino Lecture: “A History of Airplane Quilt Patterns” Guild member, Rägi Marino, will bring to us a lecture which chronicles the history of airplane quilt patterns from their first appearance in the 1920’s to the present. With a PowerPoint presentation and actual quilts, Rägi explores early renamed quilt block patterns, simple stylized airplanes, and later complex airplane quilts. Through these patterns quilts take flight into the aviation world. Rägi has also published a book, Flying High. Check RMarino Marino Designs on Craftsy.com as well as her facebook page, www.facebook.com/MarinoDesignsTX No workshops this month.

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From the President

Bonnie Ambrose, Guild President

Being Intentional If you attended the April general meeting, you noticed the energy and enthusiasm. Mickey Depre, our speaker and guide for the evening program, provided a mini-lesson on hexagons. It was a fun and enjoyable evening. A highlight was bestowing over 100 basted “hexies” to a participant. Rägi Marino, a long time member, won the hexies, and she has a head start on her entry for next year in the Show Chair’s theme category. And, yes, the 2017 Quilt Show planning and organizing is under way! At the April meeting Richard Larson, Valerie Salter and Donna Petrick showcased our raffle quilt. Their hard work produced this stunning tan, gold and black quilt. It is a beauty and raffle tickets will be easy to sell. It is hard to believe that the planning for 2017 has started, as we are just wrapping up the 2016 Show. Martha Wolf, our 2017 Show Chair, promises a great show filled with many surprises. Martha also stated that she wants to pause a moment and think about the way we do things and not just continue doing things the way we always have done them. Taking a moment to reflect upon what is working and what is not. What we might do differently and how we can make it better. The current Board is doing just that as well…reflecting upon how to make the Guild meetings, programs, workshops and other activities better experiences. Board members continue to look for ways to communicate the inner guild workings, so members are kept well-informed. Some adjustments were made include resetting the auditorium, introducing the mini-lesson of the month, and designating a new member table. We are intentional! Over the next few months, you will see some additional changes. These changes will also be intentional to ensure that we can sustain what members expect—great programs, a terrific Show and compassionate community service. We are interested in your ideas on ways to continue to involve and engage our members more fully, use our new website and continue to offer opportunities for our members who volunteer. Thank you for all that you do to make the Guild special. It is through your hard work that we are a success! Bonnie

Lesson of the Month

Linda Bartley, 7th VP-Education

6:30 p.m. at the Lesson of the Month Table:

“Spring Cleaning”

My Daddy used to tell me “take care of your tools.” In May we will discuss how to take care of your sewing machines with regular cleaning. We have a lot of money invested in our machines and they run better and happier when they are clean. So come at 6:30 p.m. before the Guild meeting for a quick lesson on how to “Spring Clean” your machines and “take care of your tools.”

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Quilt Show 2017 Martha Wolf

Show Chair 2017

My thanks to all who came out and supported our show this year. Planning for the next Quilt Show is already starting! Most importantly, the show theme is set so that you have time to work on your quilt. "It's a Charmed Life!" is the Show theme – charm quilts. Quilts made from a single shape. The most recognizable is probably the Grandmother's Flower Garden made completely from hexagons, but there are many others - Apple Core, Thousand Pyramids, and Clam Shell – just to name a few. So, for the purposes of the show theme category, here are the rules:

• ONE SHAPE ONLY! You can use various sizes of the same shape in the quilt.

• You can repeat fabrics in the quilt. • The edges of the quilt may have partial shapes where the sides were squared

up, but the body of the quilt can only have the one shape. • Borders and appliqué are allowed but should be an accent, not the focus.

Keep an eye on this space in the coming months! We will start looking to fill vacant committee spaces later this summer and they will be listed here until they are filled. Do you have any ideas about the show? Things you liked this year? Suggestions? I've setup a special email address just for show business so I can find things. Email me at marthaquiltshow@gmail.com with your comments, ideas or suggestions.

Miniature Quilt

Auction Donna King

Mini Quilt Auction Committee

Again, a HUGE thank you to all who participated in the Mini Quilt Auction! The auction was a GREAT success…and I know everyone’s question is… How much did we make on the auction??????? Unfortunately, we don’t have the final number as yet. We are finalizing the last expenses, and plan to present the check to Ebby House at our meeting in May. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting! Thank you again, The Miniature Auction Committee

More Quilt Show Fun!

Show Chair Judy Kriehn filmed a time-lapse video during our Quilt Show 2016. If you would like to see the Show, from set-up to take-down—in just three minutes—

go to this link! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7KCIjF7fT4

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Opinion Editorial

Judy Kriehn Opinionated Quilter

I’d like to weigh in on the upcoming dues increase. Yep, I would agree that a leap from $15 or $25 to $45 seems like a big jump. So would my fellow board members. We discussed the issue at length before actually putting it to a vote.

HOWEVER… Did you know? When the Guild was founded 1979, organizers decided that members joining prior to January 31, 1980 would be Charter Members and pay dues of $12. Members joining after that date would pay $15 per year. The dues were raised to the current level in approximately 1991. When you do the math, that was 25 years ago. I learned this information while poring through some of Helena Hibbs old scrapbooks, looking for photos from early editions of the quilt show to use to celebrate the 35th anniversary. Of course, seeing that the rates had not changed much in the ensuing years piqued my interest, and I sent a “lookie what I found” email to Glynnis and Bonnie. For those of you who don’t know, Glynnis Wood, our Financial VP, has the “savant” skill of being able to calculate the inflation index over time. Upon receiving my note, she immediate applied her magic, and calculated that using the 1980 dues rate of $15 as the starting point, our dues should be at the $48/year level now – which, interestingly enough, is very close to the $45 rate the Board set. However, over time, we’ve balked at raising our rates at regular intervals in the 25 year interim. The result is that our budget hasn’t actually balanced for years. From time-to-time, we’ve had to dip into savings to cover costs. To make a real-world comparison, let’s look at one of the key “ingredients” in a quilt: the fabric yardage. According to Harriet Hargraves’ book, From Fiber to Fabric, the retail price of fabric in 1980 was $3.98/yard. Sixteen years later, in 1996, the average had risen to $6.70/yard. Now? It seems to average between $11-12/yard. Think about that. Between our founding and shortly after our dues went to $25, the cost of fabric nearly doubled. And in the ensuing years, it has nearly doubled again. Suspiciously like that inflation index that Glynnis calculated. And very similar to the dues increase. Funny how that works… Over time, the Board made efforts to save money. For example, the decision to discontinue printing and mailing hard copies of the monthly newsletter saved untold dollars. (Although we still get sporadic complaints about that decision.) Shifting forms for the annual Quilt Show out of a separate publication into the annual directory and online helped a little. We have a long-range goal to shift the Guild Directory online and discontinue hard-copy printing of that publication. But while little changes help, they don’t change the fact that fixed costs continue to escalate (renting the Temple for the monthly Guild meeting, renting space for smaller meetings, rental of Market Hall and the equipment needed to mount the annual show, etc.) The fees charged by visiting teachers have also increased exponentially. Where ten years ago, we could book a lecture for a couple hundred bucks and a full-day workshop for $400 or so. Today? One-hour lecture fees are approaching $500, while a single six-hour workshop is around $750. Meanwhile, our income level continues to shrink by comparison. Most quilt guilds in the area have noticed a drop in membership levels, and we are no different. There was a time when we finished the year with over 600 members. Now, we’re more like 400-450 members. No, we’re not in any danger of going bankrupt. However, we feel that we need to make every effort to shift the Guild onto a more realistic financial foundation. And while it won’t be the “be all” solution, increasing the dues is the first step. So, we, the members, need to take a collective deep breath and expend a little more money for our membership.

Let’s reexamine the dues amount: We actually only have two types of membership:

• Life membership – which is bestowed by the Board

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• Regular Membership – which is the $25/year figure.

As a past-president, I am a life member, and entitled to the free membership. However, I continue to pay my dues, as it is a pittance compared to the joy I take from being part of this Guild and the friendships I have forged as a member of this Guild. The bylaws used to include a number of different membership levels; Regular, Senior, Youth and International to name a few. But keeping up with all those different categories and who qualified was challenging at best…so, in the mid-2000’s, the Board voted to eliminate all but General, Life and Charter Membership. However, a discount system was put into practice that really only complicated the record-keeping and dues-collecting process. Look around the room at a meeting some time. Not many spring chickens in the hen house, are there? When Marla Kelsey was president, she decided to see how our membership age brackets compared to the membership itself. At that time, only 10% of our members were younger than 50 years old. Some people have worried that means that the Guild is dying off. But I think back to when I joined in the early 1990’s as a late 30’s-something. While there were people my age in the room, the room was predominately older. I think that when we reach this age, kids have left the nest, careers are established and more of us have both the leisure time and the spending money to undertake hobbies we’ve long admired. I daresay things like golf, woodworking, gardening or travel aren’t cheap. Neither is sewing. Fifteen or twenty-five dollars doesn’t make much of a dent towards recouping the money spent ensuring that you have a chair available at meetings. Or that you get the annual membership packet in the mail. Or that we can offer programs interesting enough for you to come to the meeting. I could go on, but I won’t belabor this fact. Raising dues won’t cure the budget woes, but it’s a step in the right direction. I’ll just close by saying that it’s only fair that everyone share the financial responsibility of keeping this Guild a leader in the quilting community. Writing a check for $45 this summer is easy compared to, say, quilting a quilt…

Thursday, May 5 at 7:15 p.m. Each year, the Guild hosts an Annual Meeting for the purpose of conducting Guild business and introducing the slate of Officers for the next year. This information is on page 11 of this newsletter. Don’t miss your chance to meet the individuals who will be leading the Guild for 2016-2017!

This also means that time is approaching to renew your membership! To be in “good standing,” our Bylaws require that our dues be paid by the September guild meeting, which is the first meeting of the new fiscal year. If you are a Life Member, you are no longer required to submit dues. But don’t forget that you still must complete and return the membership form, so that we can confirm that your contact information is correct from year-to-year. (Note: All Charter Members were accorded Life Membership in 2012) The new form will be posted on the Guild Website, www.quiltersguildofdallas.org and it will also be available in the Newsletter beginning in June.

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QUILTING SUPPLIES SALE

6834 Chantilly Lane, Dallas

(1/2 mile east of Abrams and a little south of Mockingbird)

Call Jule Schaar (former Guild member) at 214-528-7162,

9 am – 5 pm, with questions or to make an appointment to visit.

Two Singer sewing machines:

#1. Feather-weight (1948): reverse and forward stitching, mint

condition, in portable case with attachments $900 max. Collector’s Item

– Perfect for quilt retreats and mending; valued for stainless steel

moving parts ($550) + $350.

#2. Singer 500 (1951) Heavy-weight, no case or cabinet, but can be

used on top of table; stitch-length regulator; does one or two-needle

embroidery with 5 special discs, 6 bobbins, 7 special attachments and

extra throat plate. $350 or best offer.

Miscellaneous quilting supplies:

--(like new) white wire rolling cabinet with 3 basket drawers

--30 in. square cutting board -- rotary cutters

--quilting books

--new and miscellaneous fabrics

Sue Holland April Yellow Rose Recipient

(An outstanding volunteer who goes above

and beyond the call of duty)

Learn Something, Teach Something

Linda Bartley 7th VP-Education

The Helena Hibbs Memorial Scholarship (HHMS) was established to further the education of quilters. As a benefit of membership the Guild is offering a mini-scholarship opportunity to QGD members to attend a workshop and then in return present a Lesson of the Month (LOM) to the Guild. The workshop can be on any quilting subject and offered by QGD, another Guild, TAQG, Houston show, a quilt store, etc. The HHMS will help cover the cost of a workshop fee up to a maximum of $100 per workshop and one scholarship per person. Travel, meals and lodging are not included. This is a limited time offer. The LOM could be a tip or technique from the workshop or something you are already an expert on. For more information ask me and I will send you more details and the simple application, lgbartley@hotmail.com Take advantage of this opportunity to Learn Something, Teach Something. We are all lifelong learners. Best wishes, Linda

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Community Service - CFK

Mary Howard 1st VP-Community Service

2016 Covers for Kids Challenge Princesses warm your heart! This light weight flannel can be used with other flannels or cottons. Be creative! A child will certainly love getting a quilt from you! Packets are $5 and available now at guild meetings or from Rhonda Anderson: abusyquilter@tx.rr.com. Get yours before we run out! (Please pre-wash the flannel.)

Covers for Kids Mary Howard

1st VP-Community Service

In April, we gave 17 quilts to Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, 20 to Ronald McDonald House, and 17 to Vogel Alcove for a total of 54 quilts. This brings our total so far to a total of 430 quilts for this guild year. On behalf of the children and youth we serve, a big hug and thank you to everyone who helped make these quilts! April’s workshop winner is Helen Conway. Helen is receiving a voucher for a free guild workshop of her choice. For years Helen has bound quilts as well as made quilts for CFK. Thank you Helen for all you do for CFK! At the March Covers for Kids workshop lots of quilts were made ready to go to long-arm quilters! Thanks to all those who participated!

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CFK

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These workshops will continue to be held at Hancock’s at Firewheel (on Highway 78/Lavon Dr.) in Garland until they close the store (probably sometime in July). Extra workshops may be added, so make sure Rhonda has your email address if you are interested. We add borders, turning too small quilt tops into just the right size. We also make backs. Not hard work at all, but very much needed.

You bring your sewing machine and basic sewing/quilting supplies (scissors, seam ripper, rotary cutter, etc.) We supply the quilt tops, fabric, thread, cutting mats, irons and ironing boards (and sometimes someone to do all the pressing). We promise lots of fun, laughs and you may even learn a new quilt trick. You will leave knowing you have helped a child or teen have a brighter tomorrow.

Contact Rhonda Anderson: abusyquilter@tx.rr.com to be added to the CFK workshop email list. 2016 CFK Workshop Schedule:

April 30th May 28th June 25th July 30th, place TBD August 27th, place TBD September 24th, place TBD

Sunshine and Shadows

Carolyn Skei won the Best of Show award at the Collin County Adult Art Show in McKinney in March for her art quilt Cockeyed Optimist. (This quilt also won a 3rd Place ribbon in our Show in March.) Additionally, Carolyn's quilt Seasons of the Third Planet is the Best of Show winner at the DAFA Annual Members' Show. Deborah Boschert has announced the pre-sale of her new book Art Quilt Collage, a Creative Journey in Fabric, Paint & Stitch, published by C & T Publishing. Congratulations to these members on their accomplishments! For further details, visit the DAFA article on page 10.

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Programs (continued from page 1)

July 7, 2016 Guild Meeting Speaker – Kimberly Einmo Lecture: “Creative Spaces: Turn Your Sewing Room into a Creative Studio!” We are excited to be able to join with TAQG (Texas Association of Quilt Guilds) to bring Kimberly Einmo to the area. She will be speaking at Rally Day in Mesquite on Saturday, and will be offering a variety of workshops over several days. Kimberly will be presenting a brand new lecture at our Guild meeting. “Creative Spaces: Turn your sewing room into a creative studio!” As well as sharing her own experience and best tips in setting up sewing studios in 15 different homes over the years (military wife), she will share a tour of today’s top quilting stars’ studios – both clean and cluttered – as they open their doors to their spaces and share their favorite features and tips that we can easily implement. This fun, informative, and inspiring ‘parade-of-homes-style’ visit will provide a wealth of ideas and tips for transforming your own space into a place where you can be your most creative. August 4, 2016 Guild Meeting Speaker – Debbie Maddy Lecture: “Japanese Quilting Processes” (Tentative)

Friday, August 5, 2016 Workshop: The Road to Success with Silk Do you have that wonderful fabric you have been saving because it is so special? This class is designed to get you past the “Fear of Cutting.” The class covers how to stop raveling, which pins and needles to use, wash or not, kinds of silk, etc. In class we will do a runner using five fat quarters. Kits will be available for purchase.

Saturday, August 6, 2016 Workshop: Itajime Resist with Indigo Dyeing We will make an Indigo vat first thing – then the fun begins! We will use all kinds of clamps, blocks, ties, etc. to create resists on the fabrics for dipping in the indigo. “This class is fun on steroids.” There will be a supply fee paid directly to the instructor. www.calicocarriage.com September 1, 2016 Program TBD October 6, 2016 Guild Meeting Speaker – Charlotte Angotti Lecture: TBD Friday, October 7, 2016 Workshop: “Let Me Surprise You” Finally, a class that you know you have brought the right things for! In this fun-filled class, a kit of CUT fabrics is furnished. This is a wonderful workshop for those who just want to sew and not have any cutting or thinking to do. This class is the most popular class Charlotte offers. It fills quickly and is a SURPRISE

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in more ways than one. It is a mystery type class. No one gets any hints and yet those who take the class will want to take another. All kits in class are the same; there is no choice for the students. A relaxed day of laughter and sewing. Saturday, October 8, 2016 Workshop: “Surprise Yourself” This is a design class – using basic elements to design your own quilt, taken from Charlotte’s book, Surprise Yourself. This workshop will use the techniques for simple design. Using easy units and an artistic eye, you will be creating your own designs as well as not needing the crazy directions often found in patterns and books. With this freedom you can easily see how many quilts are broken down and put back together again! Certain patterns are easier than others and using basic units you will begin to create instead of just copy. This class is full of information, real quilts and real solutions to everyday problems in quilt making. The book is not required for the class, but it sure is a great source! www.quiltmakersstudio.com

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Quilter's Guild of Dallas, Inc. Slate of Officers 2016-2017 Cindy Matthews, President Cindy Matthews was born and raised in Indiana and transferred to Texas in 1989 with GTE/Verizon. After her MBA graduation in 1999, she decided she needed a hobby and took many craft - related classes but found quilting to be the most interesting. After 24 years with Verizon, she retired, started a long-arm business and is now enjoying life as a quilter. She is the long-arm quilter at The Old Craft Store, in downtown Carrollton. Cindy joined the Guild in 2009 and has served on the Show Committee since 2010, as well as VPs for Membership and Ways and Means. She was married to Ricky for 19 years before he passed away in August 2015. She has three daughters who are the loves of her life: Misty (and husband Matt); Kelsey (and husband Dan); and Abby, who will be graduating in May 2016 from the University of Alabama (Roll Tide!). She loves being a Grandmother to Hudson, who was born in October 2015 to Misty & Matt. She also has three dogs that love to lay on any of her quilts or fabric. Cindy is looking forward to continuing the positive contributions the Guild has in our community, and working towards positioning the Guild for the future. Bonnie Ambrose, VP Community Service Although she was reluctant to move to Texas in 1982, with the thought of only staying for a few years, she now maintains she got here as quickly as she could. Bonnie started quilting in 1978, when she “took some quilting classes, made my own templates and cut out individual pieces of fabric and hand sewed them together.” Both her grandmother and aunt quilted. She has a pink satin baby quilt made by her grandmother, which is stuffed with cotton bolls. Bonnie joined the Quilter’s Guild of Dallas in 1995. She just completed her role as Guild President. She has also worked on Programs, Covers for Kids and the Miniature Quilt Auction. When asked about her hopes for the future of the Dallas Quilt Guild, Bonnie wrote: “There are so many things this guild does well — programs, member involvement, community outreach and education. I hope to hear from members about what they want to see for future growth and development. I want members to know how much they do and how they impact the lives of others by doing what they have a love and passion for. This passion is often the catalyst for great things to happen. Others follow our lead.” Bonnie is a newlywed. Her husband, Don encourages and supports all her interests quilting, gardening and bee keeping. You may have seen Don volunteering at the quilt show. He is proud of the bag he earned this year. Their family includes two sons, two daughter-in-laws, a daughter, two grandsons and a granddaughter. Lut DeMeulder, VP Membership Born and raised in Belgium, Lut DeMeulder moved to the US when her husband received a scholarship to attend the University of Chicago in 1976. They then moved to Dallas when Johan was hired by Texas Instruments. Since then the family has moved a couple of times between Texas and the French Riviera, where TI has a major site. Lut has been married for 40 years to her high school sweetheart. They have three married sons living in Seattle, Savannah, and the French Riviera. She is proud of her five grandchildren: Sebastien, Isabella, Amelia, Sara, and Viktor. They all sleep under Mamy Lut's quilts!. I started quilting during my three years in Houston and found this a great way to make friends. After 10 years teaching French and English as a second language at the Dallas International School, Lut retired to use all the fabric and quilting toys she bought over the years. She has been an active member of the Dallas and Plano quilt guilds, and attends every Quilt

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Show in town. Other than sharing her passion for quilting with the French women in Dallas, she loves to cook (French of course), wine (also French), fitness, and traveling around the world with her husband. Sherrie Tootle - VP Programs and Workshops Sherrie Tootle was born and raised in New York City. She attended the University of Buffalo and worked as a counselor for the state university system. Finally, realizing there was no good reason to stay in Buffalo, with sub-zero temperatures and 5 foot snow drifts, Sherrie relocated to Dallas in the early 80’s to work for EDS. In 1986 she went to work for Frito-Lay and enjoyed a long career in the IT department developing and supporting various business applications. Sherrie learned to sew from her mother and made most of her clothes during her high school and college years. She continued garment sewing while raising her daughter. She was introduced to quilting while working at Frito-Lay when a group of co-workers decided to make and raffle quilts to raise money for local charities. The raffles were so successful, the tradition continued for several years. The highest compliment was when the group was commissioned to create a quilt for the outgoing Chairman of the Board of the Salvation Army. Sherrie’s love for quilting continues to this day. She ventured into art quilting a few years ago and enjoys all forms of creative expression including mixed media. She received two HM in the 2013 show and third place wins in the 2014 and 2016 shows. There are many quilt tops tucked away waiting to be quilted and enough fabric to last a lifetime. Sherrie enjoys surface design and says ‘if you can dye it, paint it, stamp it, sparkle it or burn it - then, bring it on’. Sherrie is a member of the Dallas Area Fiber Artists and served as both Membership and Exhibit Chair. Sherrie rejoined the Dallas Quilt Guild in 2009. She has volunteered for the annual shows, most recently as the Guild photographer. Martha Smith – VP Membership Martha Smith is a native of the Dallas area, In 1979 she helped open Neiman Marcus – Prestonwood where she worked with the company in sales for 24 years. During those years she became acquainted with a fellow employee, Jan Jones, a member of the Quilter’s Guild of Dallas. She also became a member of the Quilter’s Guild of Dallas in 1986. In 2008, Martha and Mindy Washburn took over as Vendors’ Co-chairs for the Quilt show after the previous co-chairs left abruptly in January prior to that year’s show in March. It was also in that same year that she and Marte Keller accepted the Library Co-chairs for the Guild’s Library. Martha was on the Show Committee last year and this year with Cindy Matthews and Candy Mahaffey in the Volunteer Center and also this year with the Membership Services. She has enjoyed being Membership VP and being able to create the Bee Hive for New Bees to our Guild. Martha has also been a docent with the Farmers Branch Historical Park since 1999. As a Master Gardener with Dallas County, she has found the perfect combination of plants and quilts in the historical era that suits her very well. Her husband, Russell and their daughter Emily, are her biggest supporters for all the activities she gets into. Patricia Edwards - VP Finance Patty Edwards grew up in a ski resort called Mammoth Lakes, California, graduated high school in Carson City, Nevada and has been in Texas since 1983. She started quilting 2005 to learn the craft in order to finish a quilt that her mother had designed including photographs of Bald Eagles that she collected for her brother as a thank

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you for helping take care of their mother and our grandmother in Nevada before they passed on. It took a while before she felt confident to take on such an emotional task. With help from Michelle and several great teachers at The Old Craft Store in Downtown Carrolton, the quilt turned out beautifully and she’s been quilting and sewing ever since. She joined the Quilter’s Guild of Dallas in 2013 and has been active as a volunteer with the mini-quilt auction and quilt show for the last three years. She has volunteered with the Covers for Kids community project sewing quilts on the Saturday sew-a-thons. Her education includes a Bachelor Degree in finance from the University of Texas at Arlington and MBA from the University of Dallas. She works in Uptown for a major law firm as a paralegal working on commercial real estate lending transactions. Martha Wolf - VP Show Martha Wolf has been sewing most of her life and quilting for over 25 years. She has been active in a number of guilds in the metroplex area and has been involved with the Dallas Show Committee since 2007, serving in a number of different positions. Mary Howard, VP Endowment/Scholarship/Education Mary joined the guild in the early 1990’s at a QGD Show. As a member, she was in charge of Sunshine and Shadows for a long time and spent the past five years on the Show Committee in charge of Memorial Quilts. She also served on the Website Committee to help plan and design the new guild website. For the last two years she has served as VP Community Service. Mary received the Silver Thimble Award in 2009. About her years as a guild member, Mary says “I have learned a lot by taking Workshops and attending meetings. You always learn something at the lectures.” She enjoys having her mother, Virginia Howard, nearby to share their love of quilting. Pat Aldrich – Secretary Pat grew up in Warren, Michigan, and comes from a line of creative women on both sides of her family. Her paternal grandmother was trained in tailoring and millenary; she sewed all of her own clothes and was always ahead of the times in her interior decorating. Her Norwegian maternal grandmother also did a lot of sewing and crocheting; Pat still has the quilt that her grandmother made for her in the early 60s. Pat’s mother knits (including ski sweaters with Scandinavian designs and scenes knitted into them), crochets, quilts, etc. As Pat was growing up she did embroidery, crewel work, crocheting, macramé, knitting and counted cross-stitch. There came a time in the early 80s when a lot of her friends were having babies. She had always enjoyed giving handmade gifts, but knitting and crocheting took too long. She got into quilting because she was searching for quick gifts to make. Then a kind woman taught her how to hand quilt, and it's been downhill ever since! Pat rationalizes her fabric collecting and quilt making by taking the cost of the materials and dividing by the time it takes to make a quilt – figuring that it’s really a rather cheap form of entertainment. Pat graduated from Wayne State University in Detroit with a B.A. in English with an emphasis on creative writing and grammar, and she did graduate studies in linguistics at the University of North Dakota. She has lived in Garland for over 27 years (she has also lived in Edmonton, Alberta; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Grand Forks, North Dakota; Val d'Or, Quebec; and Corsicana, Texas). She works in downtown Dallas for Mercer (an HR consulting company) in their Retirement department as an analyst working on 401(k) plans. Pat is also an active member of the Garland Quilt Guild and maintains their website. Pat has four adult children -- Anna (32 and a student at UTA), Jonathan (27, works in the specialty coffee business, currently for Houndstooth in Dallas), Erin (25, is a flight attendant for United Airlines and is based out of Newark, NJ), and Abbi (23, is completing her elementary school teaching certification training at UT Austin and is hoping to teach in Austin) -- they are the light of her life!

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Dallas Area Fiber ARTists (DAFA) News

Lu Peters Special Correspondent

DALLAS AREA FIBER ARTISTS ANNUAL SHOW April 6-26, 2016 Open daily.

Reception at 6:00 p.m. on April 25, 2016 The Point, Center for Arts and Education, C. C. Young Retirement Community

4847 West Lawther Drive Dallas, TX 75214

The May 23, 2016, DAFA meeting will be a program of portfolio art presented by the two 2016 scholarship winners and a mini-workshop on coiled basketry by Thelma Victor. All are welcome – for specifics as to time and location, visit the DAFA website. Several DAFA members have received recognition for their work recently: (Ed. Note: They are also QGD members) Carolyn Skei won the Best of Show award at the Collin County Adult Art Show in McKinney in March for her art quilt Cockeyed Optimist. This art quilt also won third prize in the Show Chair's theme at the 2015 Dallas Quilt Celebration and was featured at the 2015 Houston International Quilt Festival in the Life Begins at Forty special exhibit. Her interview about Cockeyed Optimist is recorded on the Quilt Alliance's Go Tell It at the Quilt Show, a video project which documents the quilts, artists and stories of the present day quilt community to preserve our history. Photo by Carolyn Reagan

The quilt was inspired by The Mind's Eye benefit exhibit to raise awareness for Alzheimer's Disease, at the Watson Gallery in Dallas in 2013. Additionally, Carolyn's quilt Seasons of the Third Planet is the Best of Show winner at the DAFA Annual Members' Show through April 26. Her website is www.carolynskei.com Deborah Boschert, a multiple award winner at this year’s quilt show, is announcing the pre-sale of her new book Art Quilt Collage, a Creative Journey in Fabric, Paint, and Stitch, published by C & T Publishing, available on Amazon for October 1, 2016. See her latest inspirations and visit her blog at www.deborahsstudio.com Her email newsletter Three Bits of Inspiration: Deborah Boschert will inspire your quilt making! http://deborahsjournalblogspot.co.il/ has the sign up information.

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April 8 - 29, 2016

A selection of the best works from the Biennial, including The People's Choice and Artists' Choice. http://www.fwcac.com/ Heather Pregger’s quilt Subdivision #9 has been juried into The Best of the Biennial Show at the Fort Worth Community Art Center through April 29. Other quilts will be on display at the DAFA Members’ Show. Visit her website to see the quilt, a link to her blog and to learn about Heather’s quilts at www.heatherquiltz.com On a national note, quilts are prominently exhibited at the Textile Museum, now located at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. I visited the new museum in December and highly recommend a visit if you are planning a trip to the area. This new exhibit, Stories of Migration: Contemporary Artists Interpret Diaspora features art quilts by Studio Art Quilt Associates, an organization to which many QGD/DAFA members belong. Here is the link to view photos of quilts in the show: https://museum.gwu.edu/diaspora

Texas Association of Quilt Guilds

(TAQG)

Donna Petrick QGD Rep

Plans are underway for TAQG Rally Day on July 9, 2016!

The Quilter’s Guild of Dallas is one of the host guilds this year, so I will need several helpers on hand that day. Please contact me if you would like to help! Watch this space next month for a description of job opportunities, and email me at petrickdl@outlook.com Registration will begin at 9:00 a.m. (1233 North Belt Line Road, Mesquite, TX). Admission is free with your Guild name badge or membership card. The program will start at 10:00 a.m. with Kimberly Einmo as the speaker. There will be approximately one hour for lunch so it is a good idea to purchase tickets for a box lunch. I will have lunch tickets at the Guild Meeting in April and May. There are fabulous door prizes, and I will have tickets for those as well. Kim is an excellent speaker, and I know you will enjoy the day! For further details concerning Rally Day, plus other area Guild and quilt information, check out the TAQG Newsletter, now available online at www.TAQG.org

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Quilt Shows and Events Calendar*

Donna Petrick

TAQG Representative

Lu Peters DAFA Representative

*for additional information on

these and other guild events, visit the guild website at

www.quiltersguildofdallas.org

April 22-23, 2016 “The Ties that Bind” Quilters’ Guild of Arlington Quilt Show Where: Bob Duncan Center 2800 South Center Street Arlington, TX

Information: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Admission $8 Free Parking http://qgoa.org

April 6-26, 2016 Dallas Area Fiber Artists Annual Show Where: The Point, Center for Arts and Education, C. C. Young Retirement Community 4847 West Lawther Drive Dallas, TX 75214

Information: Open daily. Reception at 6:00 p.m. on April 25 See DAFA article on page 11

April 8-29, 2016 FWCAC Biennial Show Where: Fort Worth Community Arts Center 1300 Gandy Street Fort Worth, TX 76107

Information: Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Sunday Closed See DAFA article on page 12 http://www.fwcac.com/

Through May 15, 2016 Legacy of a Thousand Stitches; Quilts of the Museum of Texas Tech University Information: Exhibit includes 42 of the best quilts in the museum’s collection. A few doll quilts are included. Catalog available. www.depts.ttu.edu/museumttu/exhsch11.html

Exhibit Times: Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Sunday 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

September 16 – 17, 2016 “Autumn Stars” – Lone Star Heritage Quilt Guild of Sulphur Springs 17th Annual Quilt Show Where: First Baptist Church R.O.C. 115 Putnam Street Sulphur Springs, TX

Exhibit Times: Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Admission: $5, children under 12 Free

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Notes from a Curator

Marian Ann Montgomery, PhD

Curator of Clothing and Textiles,

Museum of Texas Tech University

Pam Joiner Donates Quilts to the Museum of Texas Tech University Pam Joiner has donated three quilts from her collection to the Museum of Texas Tech University. All three quilts are absolutely beautiful and previously there was nothing similar to them in the collections. The first one pictured below is similar to a Dresden Plate, but the pattern is listed in Barbara Brackman’s Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns as #3437, The Gardner’s Prize. The green centers are a little darker than the apple green, which was popular in the 1930s. It is likely the quilt was made in the 1940s in Leonard, Texas. You can see that it is nicely quilted in the fan pattern.

The Gardner’s Prize, Brackman #3437 printed by Aunt Martha Studios/ Workbasket magazine c 1940. TTU-H2016-037-002

The sweet blue print and white quilt pictured below also came from Leonard, Texas. The pattern is Buckeye Beauty, which is listed in Brackman’s Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns as #1254. Two color quilts were popular in the 1920s and 1930s. The pattern was first published in the Nancy Cabot syndicated newspaper column, written by Loretta Leitner Rising, first printed in the Chicago Tribune in the 1930s. However, quilt patterns were devised by quilters and used prior to their being printed in newspapers and pamphlets. This quilt was made circa 1930. The blue printed fabric is of such a soft, sweet pattern and the quilt is beautifully made, with scalloped borders.

Buckeye Beauty, Brackman #1254 printed by Nancy Cabot in the syndicated column written by Loretta Leitner Rising for the Chicago Tribune and also available through pamphlets and in the Progressive Farmer magazine. TTU-H2016-037-003

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The pretty baby quilt that Pam also donated is unique with pieced, curved sashing and heavy quilting in blue thread on white fabric. A locomotive, three fishes, duck, house, girl, boy, flower in pot, lamb, pig, donkey and windmill are appliquéd on the blocks.

Although the pattern for this quilt has not yet been identified, the fabrics and colors seem to support a 1930s date for the quilt. An amazing number of baby quilts were made in Texas during the Depression years. Many beautiful ones came through the door at the Abilene quilt documentation and two lovely ones were documented at the quilt documentation at Texas Tech University on April 9th. The Museum is thrilled to add this generous donation of three beautiful quilts from Pam Joiner to the collection.

Circa 1930 Baby quilt donated by Pam Joiner. TTU-H2016-037-001

Legacy of a Thousand Stitches;

Quilts of the Museum of Texas

Tech University

Closes on

May 15, 2016

Time is running out! Plan your trip to Lubbock to see the 45 wonderful quilts on exhibit at the Museum of Texas Tech University. This is the first major exhibit of the Museum’s quilted treasures and a similar exhibition is not planned at least for the next ten years. The exhibit runs through Sunday, May 15th. The Museum is open free to the public on Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and Sunday 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Further information is available at the website http://www.depts.ttu.edu/museumttu/ or by contacting the Curator of Clothing and Textiles, Marian Ann Montgomery at (214) 202-8333 or marian.ann.montgomery@ttu.edu . Rocky Mountain Road Quilt Circa 1880-1890 made in Elkhart, Texas by Annie Parker Anderson (pictured on left) whose father was a first cousin of Cynthia Ann Parker, the mother of Chief Quanah Parker. TTU-H1973-026

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Minutes from the April 7, 2016

General Meeting Pat Aldrich

Guild Secretary

Quilter’s Guild of Dallas General Membership Meeting Congregation Shearith Israel Meeting Minutes April 7, 2016 April Mini Lesson: Geometry – We Do It All the Time! This month’s lesson was about half square triangles with tips on making them 1, 2, 4 or 8 at a time. President Bonnie Ambrose called the meeting to order at 7:15 p.m. New members and guests were acknowledged by standing. Bonnie then asked the audience to turn to their neighbor and share what they liked best about the quilt show. Sue Holland was honored with a Yellow Rose for her service to the Guild “behind the scenes.” Judy Kriehn (6th VP Show) reported on the Quilt Show. The vendors were thrilled, and the visitors were happy to see the quilts. Judy read a thank you note she received from an out-of-state entrant thanking the guild for the opportunity to enter her quilts in the show and for the prize money she won. Judy also talked about the time lapse video she made of the show, starting before set up and ending after take down. It is posted on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7KCIjF7fT4 . Judy announced that next year’s Show Chair’s theme is Charm Quilts. Donna Petrick, Richard Larson and Valerie Salter revealed the 2017 raffle quilt – a beautiful fall-colored work entitled “Indian Summer.” Raffle tickets will be sold beginning in April. A picture of it is ready for posters and postcards. Tickets will be in the membership packets. Donna also talked about the TAQG Rally Day. Kimberly Einmo will be speaking, and she will be doing a workshop on Thursday and Friday, another workshop the following Monday, and a third workshop on Tuesday. Since the Dallas guild is one of the “host” guilds, Donna will need volunteers to help with various things on Rally Day. She will have a sign-up sheet starting with the May guild meeting. Mary Howard (1st VP Community Service) presented a third place ribbon to Dolores Williams for her Covers for Kids Challenge quilt. She also showed the fabric for the 2016 challenge – a flannel print. She asked that those participating to please prewash the flannel. The packets are $5, which will be refunded when the completed quilt is turned in. Feel free to add other fabrics to the challenge fabric in order to make a donation quilt. Judging of the challenge quilts will be done at the September guild meeting by the membership. The quilts will be sent to charities after next year’s quilt show. Mary also acknowledged those who turned in any Covers for Kids items tonight. In the past month, 45 quilts were donated to Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, 43 to Ronald McDonald House and 40 to Vogel Alcove. The amounts were higher than other months because the quilts that were being held for the quilt show were also donated. Three hundred seventy-six quilts have been given since last September, the beginning of the Guild year. Mary went on to say that the next Covers for Kids workshop will be April 30 at the Hancock Fabrics store near Firewheel, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Since the store will be closing in July, there may be some extra workshops between now and then. Please let Mary Howard or Rhonda Anderson know if you have a suggestion for a place to hold workshops in the long term. This month’s workshop voucher was presented to Helen Conway.

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Linda Bartley (7th VP Education) mentioned that there is a typo in tonight’s mini lesson handout. Each month we have a mini lesson – please come, have fun and learn something new. Sign up for name tags at the table. Linda also talked about the scholarship opportunity that the guild offers. Members can also apply for a “mini scholarship” to have workshop tuition covered. This does not have to be a guild workshop; it could be a workshop in Houston, with another guild or some other opportunity. Members can apply to have the tuition covered. Then when you come back, you teach a mini lesson featuring something you learned at the workshop. Half of the tuition is paid before the workshop and half after the mini lesson. Marcia Wood (3rd VP Programs/Workshops) shared information about some upcoming speakers. In May, our program will be on Japanese quilts, and the June program will be on airplane quilts. For July Kimberly Einmo (the TAQG Rally Day speaker) will be presenting the program; it will be a different program from what she will be presenting for Rally Day. On into the future, Debbie Maddy will be doing a dyeing workshop. Charlotte Angotti will be coming in October; she will be speaking at the meeting and doing two workshops – one is a mystery quilt kit and one is on quilt design. Donna Petrick (TAQG Representative) showed samples of the quilts for the Rally Day workshops. Visit her table before the meeting or during the break for Rally Day lunch tickets and raffle basket tickets. There are four baskets with sewing machines; three will be raffle baskets and one is a door prize. There will be goodie bags and lots of door prizes. The dates are July 7-8 for the first Kim Einmo workshop, July 9 for Rally Day and July 11 and 12 for the second and third workshops. Cindy Matthews (head of volunteers at the show) thanked all of the show volunteers. Anyone who did not get their tote bag (for four hours of service) or bar (for eight hours of service) can pick them up at the table during the break. Bring and Brag: Ten people shared fifteen lovely items. Break Program: Mickey Dupre “Let’s Get Hexed” – Mickey presented an interactive lecture/demo/audience participation event that included a small trunk show of English Paper Pieced quilts, some made by Mickey, some antique. She took us through basting a hexie hands-on. We actually basted one hexie during the PowerPoint presentation that was filled with tips and tricks about English Paper Piecing. Mickey provided the EPP papers; the audience brought one 3.5″ square of fabric, one pin, one needle, basting thread and small scissors. After participants basted their hexie, they wrote their name on the paper on the back. The hexies were gathered together, and one was drawn. Rägi Marino won all of the hexies. There were 121 members, 6 visitors and guests, and 8 new members in attendance, for a total of 135 present. There were 12 door prizes from The Old Craft Store, Quilt Country, Minding My Ps and Qs, Quilt Asylum, Happiness Is Quilting and our generous members. Please thank them for their support of the guild when you visit them.

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Bonnie adjourned the meeting at 9:10 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Pat Aldrich 2015-2016 Guild Secretary

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