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www.northstarquilters.org

nsquilters@aol.com February 2018

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

GENERAL MEETING

Saturday, February 3 Coffee 9:30 am

Meeting 10:00 am

Workshop 1:15 pm

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church

1515 5th Ave N.W, EGF, MN

BOARD MEETING Tuesday, February 13

2002 So. 38th St. 7:00 pm All interested members are welcome

FUTURE GUILD MEETING DATES General Board

Mar 03 20

Apr 07 17

May 05 15

Jun 02 —-

Jul —- 17

Aug 04 21

UPCOMING GUILD EVENTS International Day

May 5

Missouri Star Bus Trip

September 13-15

OTHER UPCONING EVENTS

Valley Shop Hop

April 14-21

That joy feeling. It happens sometimes when I least expect it. It rushes

through me, warms me from head to toe, and makes me smile.

Sometimes there’s a reason, and sometimes joy just fills me up when I

least expect it.

In April, my friend Marcy and I were out for a walk. She said “oh, I have

that joy feeling! I have been noticing it more and more lately”. It’s like a

rush of peace, satisfaction, and extreme happiness at the same time. It

seems to be a natural (temporary) euphoric “high”. It’s so nice to know

that other people experience that same sudden rush of joy.

It is my belief that happiness, the precursor to that “joy feeling”, comes

when you surround yourself with the people and activities you love. In

my experience, love has the greatest connection to joy.

Besides certain people, I love the arts. Arts give me goose bumps, colors

can fill me with joy, and I can be at the same museum for hours. And

today, as it has before, music filled me to the brim. I had that joy

reaction, with tears streaming down my face, this time it was just about

the clearest feeling of joy that I had had in a long long time. I was

watching my niece, Lauren, play her violin with the Madrigal Singers

group at NDSU. When I sat down in the auditorium, I read in the

program that the group was going to perform a song by Dolly Parton…

she is one of my heroes (she did write the song Jolene). I was thinking

that she probably didn’t write too many madrigal style songs, but I didn’t

think more about it until my sister pointed out that that was the song

Lauren was going to be accompanying on her violin.

When the song came on, the perfect sound of the voices and violin gave

me goose bumps. Then the words, which were written on the program,

started filling me up and soon tears were dripping down my cheeks,

under my chin and dripping onto my chest. My mouth was open and I

felt like if I moved it would ruin this perfect joy filled moment. The song

words said “it will all be ok, everything will be ok”, which I had been

telling so many friends lately. One friend got a skin cancer diagnosis

this week, last week a friend’s husband got news about his open heart

surgery date. Another friend has a son with serious trouble who is

looking at jail time. I have been telling them all “it’s going to be ok”, but

to hear it in a song today, a song by Dolly Parton, I was so overtaken by

joy and hope that the tears just flowed. The music was goosebumps

perfect, my niece was featured on stage, confidently becoming a young

woman who is going to succeed beyond our greatest hopes for her. And

it’s all going to be ok. Oh, Thank you for the words Dolly Parton.

Jolene Mikkelson

QUILTER’S EDEN 223 DeMers Avenue East Grand Forks, MN 56721

218-773-0773 www.quilters-eden.com

Store Hours: Monday-Friday 10-5:30 Saturday 10-5 Sunday 12-4

Your friendly hometown quilt store offers: 100% Cotton Fabric – Books – Patterns – Notions

Kits – Precuts – Classes – Longarm Services We look forward to serving you!

Quilter’s Eden is conveniently located across from Cabela’s in East Grand Forks

NSQG Members: Quilter’s Eden offers members an in-store 10% discount on regular priced merchandise when you

present your current NSQG card prior to purchase.

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HOSTESSES

Below is the list of members who have volunteered to host. Please sign

up at the registration table at meetings for any open spot.

NOTE TO HOSTESSES:

• DO NOT USE THE CHURCH SUPPLIES (only serving utensils may

be used)

• NSQG supplies will be kept in the wooden cupboard and if they

can, they will be identified with NSQG on them. They include

coffee, cups, sugar and creamer, small plates, napkins, and forks

as well as dish cloths and dish towels.

• At the end of the morning, the coffee pot should be empty and

rinsed and any serving utensils are cleaned and put away.

Contact Leah Fry or Donna Beal if you have any questions.

NOTE TO GUILD MEMBERS: Please continue to bring your own coffee mug to guild meetings. This

saves on the number of styrofoam cups that end up in the landfill as

well as reduces the cost of coffee supplies for the guild.

Door Prize Winner

Jan - Gayle Olufson $25.00 Faye’s Henhouse

*PRESIDENT Jolene Mikkelson

*VICE PRESIDENT Nancy Klatt

*SECRETARY Leslee Smart

*TREASURER Anna Picklo

*MEMBER-AT-LARGE Judi Loer

Officers

Committee Chairs

North Star Quilters Guild

Mission Statement

North Star Quilters Guild is a non-profit

organization dedicated to promoting the

art of quilting. This goal is achieved by:

• Promoting quilting at area forums;

• Introducing new ideas and methods;

• Bringing area quilters together;

• Exchanging ideas with regional quilt

guilds;

• Offering classes by national &

regional professional quilting

instructors;

• Educating the general public through

quilt shows and demonstrations;

• Sharing in the appreciation of quilt

history;

• And by the making and donating of

quilts through the Outreach

Program.

Education Jackie Marks

*Finance Suzanne Gandrud

Hostess Donna Beal

Leah Fry

International Day Bev Solseng

Jolene Mikkelson

Library Cindy Dahlgren

*Long Range Education Pam Peterson

Membership Barb Quamme

*Newsletter Gayle Olufson

Outreach Marilynn Hagan

Sandy Mesa

Quilts and Coffee Cheri Goertz

Dee Dee Menge

Quilt Show Suzanne Gandrud

Nancy Klatt

Secret Quilters Diane Bohn

Website Charlene Crocker

*Voting board positions

FEBRUARY

Lita Romanick

Deb Johnson

Bonnie Solberg

Ann Michalski

Gail Nunes

MARCH

APRIL

MAY

International Day

JUNE

JULY

No Meeting

AUGUST

Donna Beal

Vicki Bunker

Judy McNamee

If you have signed up to host and cannot be there,

please find a substitute.

Workshop fees:

Members $5

Nonmembers $7

Supplies and kits are extra

(No fee for Outreach workshops)

AFTERNOON WORKSHOP

1:15 pm

Jackie Marks will be teaching the square in a

square units for the Mystery Quilt at our February

program. Bring your machine and fabric if you

would like, or you can simply watch the demo.

Questions: Contact Jackie Marks

If you become aware of the illness or death of a guild member or

one of their loved ones, please notify the newsletter editor

(olufsong@yahoo.com) to place a notice so friends can lend support.

MEMBERSHIP CURRENT ??

To make sure you continue to receive your newsletter, please keep

your membership current. You will receive a reminder by

email. If you receive your newsletter by mail, your

expiration date is located on your mailing label. Contact

Barb Quamme if you think there is an error.

New Members

LuAnn Kysilka

Mari Dietrick

Sandy Samson

Member News

Target Dates

Outreach Quilts Jun 2

Quilt Raffle 2017

Final Report Income $2,000.00 Expenses

Permit $10.00 Pictures of Quilt $10.89 Fabric donated Printing of Tickets $117.43

$138.32

Net Proceeds $1,861.68

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Donation from Raffle Quilt $930.84 (1/2 of proceeds) plus Donation from Guild $69.16

(Coffee Time funds)

Total donations WDAY Honor Flight $1,000.00 Long Range Education $930.84

Our condolences go to Toni Poochigian. Toni’s husband,

Donald, passed away on December 28th. Please keep

her and her family in your thoughts and prayers.

NSQG Outreach Feb 2018

Welcome to a new year! New patterns, new fabrics, new

tools, new techniques! It is so exciting to see what the

quilting world comes up with next and what comes back

around…I've been quilting long enough to see something

old become new and interesting again, because there are

always new quilters that haven't gone down that road yet.

I encourage our members, along with your new quilting

friends, to hop on board the new Block of the Month with

Jackie hosted by our Education Committee! We can al-

ways learn something new by revisiting techniques we

may have been doing for years.

Our Outreach will still hold our March Workshop. We will

be having fun with Jelly Rolls! We look forward to having

you join us for an afternoon of working with 2 1/2" strips.

Let's see how many tops we can create!

Join us on Saturday, March 3rd. Remember, there is no

charge for participating in our outreach workshops. Bring

your machine, cutting mat, rotary cutter, ruler and basic

supplies. We will have jelly rolls and 2 1/2" strips for you

to work with. We will also have a pattern we will share. If

you have any jelly rolls you would like to contribute to the

cause please feel free to bring them along to share. I will

try to include some cutting instructions in our next news-

letter so you can get a jump on the project.

Looking forward to spending a day listening to the hum of

happy machines and the laughter of happy quilters!

Kudos to everyone for the contributions you are making

toward our outreach cause!

Outreach Coordinators: Marilynn Hagan & Sandy Mesa

General Meeting Minutes

NSQG GENERAL MEETING AGENDA

January 6, 2018 at 1515 5th Ave NW

President Jolene Mikkelson called the meeting to order.

Minutes for November 2017 were published with no corrections.

Treasurer’s Report – Anna Picklo reported a balance of $4,645.74 in the general fund and a balance of $21,648.50 in the Long Range Educational Planning fund for a total of $26,294.24 as of December 31, 2017.

Membership: 69 in attendance and 3 new members and 1 guest. Our new members are LuAnn Kysilka, Mari Dietrick and Sandy Samson. Laura Manstrom is our guest this morning.

Hospitality: Donna Beal needs hostesses for the March meeting and urges volunteers to sign up.

Old Business: Christmas Party 2017 – Thank you again to Dianne Sattler for chairing this event. A new chair will be needed for next December. Quilts and Coffee – Our next event will be a trunk show on January 18th with Deedee Menge on Collage Quilting. She will then hold classes on January 19th on Things That Move and January 20th on Animals. Sign up for these classes ends today. Cheri Goertz gave details for this event. Volunteers signed up for bringing treats, helping in the kitchen and the admissions table. Thank you to all who volunteered. Long Range Planning Committee – Pam Peterson held a committee meeting early this morning. The committee determined that ap-proximately three events per year will be held. A sub-committee will be formed to work with publicity. This committee will co-ordinate all forms of publicity from newspaper, Instagram, Face-book to paper posters and handouts.

New Business: Missouri Star Quilting Co. Bus Trip – Chris Letvin announced an exciting event to come September 13-15th, 2018. A bus trip has been arranged with quilt store stops along the way, a Jenny Doan Trunk Show, door prizes and some breakfasts along the way. The bus trip will cost $250 with a couple meals on your own and lots of spending money for fabric. Sign up will begin at the February meeting with a limit of 50 members.

Committees: Outreach: Marilynn Hagan again thanked members for the past year’s donation of 172 quilts and over two dozen smaller items to the foster care program. She has new kits available for assembly. Education: Jackie Marks reviewed the Block of the Month project for the new year. Today is flying geese with a demo by Marilynn Hagan. She will show two different methods of constructing them. Each month will cost $5 for the pattern and demo.

Library: Cindy Dahlgren has four new books and some new maga-zines available. She will be having some surgery in the next month and would appreciate some help at the next meeting.

Secret Quilter: New chair, Diane Bohn, has completed the arrange-ment of secret quilters for the new year. Website: Charlene Crock-er has done some updates on the website and encourages mem-bers to check them out.

A Note from the Editor

February! I love February. It’s a month of hope and change. The days are getting longer and spring is on

it’s way. We know it’s at least 2 months away, but you can almost see it peeking around the corner.

I think of months in color. Some are inspired by the

holiday occurring in that month, and with others it’s

the mood I feel. To me February is pink and I start thinking beyond winter.

January has me usually working on unfinished pro-jects or trying to clean out scraps. But in February I find myself picking brighter fabric and looking at pro-jects that are more whimsical. I am ready to pack away the unfinished pieces and promise myself I’ll pick it up later, but now I am in the mood for some-thing bright and cheerful.

February does that to me. Gayle

Raffle Tickets: Alice Mattern presented Sheila Jerik with a gift bag of quilting goodies for selling the most raffle tickets for the quilt show. Member at Large: Judi Loer received one suggestion which will be brought to the Board meeting. Cards are on the tables for new suggestions with a reminder to add your name and phone number in case there are questions about the suggestion.

Monthly Raffle: Diane Mosher conducted a raffle for a charm pack from Quilters Eden at $.50 per ticket with Gail Nunes as the winner.

Door Prizes: Gayle Olufson won the $25 gift card to Faye’s Hen-house.

Announcements: Lita Romanik who is a district court judge has petitions available for signing to allow her to be on the ballot for her position. She would appreciate member’s support for her election. Denise Sevigny tells us there will be a Valley Shop Hop in late April. There will be a quilt show for Summerfest the last full weekend in June and encourages members to submit quilts to be part of the show. Faye’s Henhouse will be closing on May 1st and continuing sales of fabric and stock will occur until then. Toni Poochigian’s husband, Donald, passed away recently. Her ad-dress is 1484 Fallbrook Ave, Clovis, CA 93611. Dawn Santangelo is battling an infection after having a hip replace-ment. You can brighten her day with a card. Her address is 1104 11th Ave SE, E. Grand Forks, MN 56721.

The next Board meeting will be held Tuesday, January 9th at 7 PM at 2002 S 38th St.

Show and Tell: Mary Ann Hentschell and Sheila Jerik conducted show and tell and ended with an amazing ten quilts for outreach done during December by members.

Respectfully submitted, Leslee Smart

North Star Quilters Guild Treasurer’s Report November 30, 2017

October 31, 2017

Guild Balance $6,783.29 Long Range Education Balance $28,975.16 Total $35,758.45 ____________________________________________________________________________________________

Guild Income: Nov. 1-30, 2017

Dues 2@20; 8@15 160.00 Pins 5.00 Education 95.00 Coffee Donations 25.71 Newsletter Ads 60.00 Monthly Raffle 3.00 $348.71 Guild Expenses: Nov. 1-30, 2017

Our Savior’s Donation 100.00 Analysis Service Charge 3.98 Education 50.00 $153.98

Guild Balance: Nov. 30, 2017 $6,978.02 ____________________________________________________________________________________________

Long Range Education Income: Nov. 1-30, 2017

Quilt Show 2017

Silent Auction 77.00 Quilt and Coffee

Dee Dee Menge class 210.00 $287.00

Long Range Education Expenses: Nov. 1-30, 2017

Quilt Show 2017

Facebook Ads 45.98 Alerus Center 6,598.02 Radio Ads 149.00 GF Herald Classified and 2 Ads 624.00 $7,417.00

Long Range Ed Balance: November 30, 2017 $21,845.16 ____________________________________________________________________________________________

November 30, 2017

Guild Balance $6,978.02 Long Range Education Balance $21,845.16 Total $28,825.18

Advertising Rates and Article Information

3 x 11/2 $ 5.00

3 x 3 $ 7.50 3 x 5 $10.00 3 x 10 $15.00 71/2 x 10 $25.00

The deadline for the next

newsletter is the 15th of the month. Contact Gayle Olufson at olufsong@yahoo.com

Business ads will be charged to advertise. Guild members

may place an ad once a year free of charge to advertise personal items for sale. Announcements should be made at a guild meeting.

Treasurer’s Report

North Star Quilters Guild Treasurer’s Report December 31, 2017

November 30, 2017

Guild Balance $6,978.02 Long Range Education Balance $21,845.16 Total $28,825.18 ____________________________________________________________________________________________

Guild Income: Dec. 1-31, 2017

Dues 2@20; 8@15 330.00 Christmas Luncheon (73) 1,182.00 $1,512.00 Guild Expenses: Dec. 1-31, 2017

Our Savior’s Donation 100.00 Magazine Renewals (2) 54.92

Outreach 6.40 Christmas Luncheon Blue Moose Catering 1,756.10 Transfer to Long Range ½ Raffle Quilt 930.84 Donation (Raffle Quilt-Honor Flight) 1000.00 $3,848.26

Guild Balance: Dec. 31, 2017 $4,641.76 ____________________________________________________________________________________________

Long Range Education Income: Dec. 1-31, 2017

Transfer of ½ of Raffle Quilt 930.84 Quilts and Coffee

Dee Dee Menge class 205.00 $1,135.84

Long Range Education Expenses: Dec. 1-31, 2017

Quilt Show

Donation Silent Auction Backpack Prog 1277.00 Boutique Consignors Payout 30.50 Quilts and Coffee

Refund Dee Dee Menge class 25.00 $1,332.50

Long Range Ed Balance: December 31, 2017

$21,648.50 ____________________________________________________________________________________________

December 31, 2017

Guild Balance $4,641.76 Long Range Education Balance $21,648.50 Total $26,290.26

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$150.00 (originally $249.00)

It comes with a 6"X12" cutting mat, 13 block mix and

match quilt block sampler pattern book, and a four shape

cutting die #55018 in the Accuquilt store.

Contact Caryn Gomes at c_singha@yahoo.com or

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Treasurer’s Report

Board Meeting Minutes

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NSQG BOARD MEETING AGENDA January 9, 2018 at 2002 S 38th St.

VOTING MEMBERS: PRES. Jolene Mikkelson, VP Nancy Klatt, SECY. Leslee Smart, MBR AT LARGE Judi Loer, NEWSLETTER Charlene Crocker, LREPC Pam Peterson, FINANCE Suzanne Gandrud. Also attending were Cheri Goertz and Marilynn Hagan.

Minutes for November 2017 were published with no corrections or additions.

Old Business: Quilts and Coffee: Cheri Goertz reported that preparations are complete for the upcoming DeeDee Menge trunk show and classes. DeeDee Menge has agreed to be a co-chair. Christmas Party: The Board recapped the party and discussed the addition of a party committee to the schedule for September 2018.

New Business: Missouri Star Quilting Co. Tour: Discussion ensued regarding the details of the trip. The Board determined that $125.00 amount would be due upon registration with the balance due at the Aug. meeting. This would allow for the deposits to be made with Jenny Doan for the trunk show and for the bus compa-ny. The Board has requested a budget and itinerary from Chris Letvin. The budget and itinerary were received and reviewed. Pam Peterson made a motion to approve $1000.00 to be sent to Jenny Doan with a second by Nancy Klatt. Motion was approved.

Committees: Quilt Show: The final income and expense form was completed for the October 2017 show. Arrangements will be made to schedule the event for 2019 and make a deposit for the event. Leslee Smart made a motion that this be done with a second by Nancy Klatt. Motion was approved. Outreach: Marilynn Hagan reported that over 160 quilts were com-pleted in 2017. Education: We are off to a great start with a large attendance for the first Mystery Quilt block pattern and demo done by Marilynn Hagan. With so many presenters involved for the coming year, a review of the procedure for payment for supplies and teachers. Long Range Education: Pam Peterson sent out minutes from the meeting of her committee. It was determined that a publicity com-mittee is needed with a chair that will co-ordinate individuals who will cover social media, paper media and newspaper. Historian: Still needs a chair. Raffle Tickets: Thank you to Connie Selle for the nice gift for Sheila Jerik for ticket sales. Member at Large: Judi Loer advised that the suggestion regarding boutique sales has been forwarded to several committees. Details will be forthcoming.

Announcements: It was announced recently that both Faye’s Hen-house in Mayville and This is Sew Broadway in Crookston will be closing in late spring. Anyone with a gift card to these two busi-nesses should use them soon.

This will be an election year for the Guild. Anyone who is interested in a Board position should contact Jolene Mikkelson.

The next regular meeting will be February 3, 2018. The next board meeting will be Feb 13, 2018 at 2002 S 38th St.

Respectfully submitted, Leslee Smart

Missouri Star Bus Trip

September 13th—15th.

Chris Letvin and Dawn Lyste have planned a fun bus trip

to Missouri Star Quilt company for North Star Quilt guild

members.

The trip will include two nights stay as well as several

meals and quilt store stops along the way. The cost is

$250 for double occupancy and $290 for single with half

due at the time of sign-up.

Sign-up will begin at 9:00 at the February 3rd quilt

meeting on a first come first serve basis ( there is a limit

of 50 riders).

If you are not familiar with Missouri Star Quilt Company,

the following link will show you what to expect when we

visit: https://infoem.missouriquiltco.com/optiext/

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Contact Chris Letvin at 701-740-3611 if you have

questions.

April 2018 Retreat

Registration and Information

Dates: April 13, 14, & 15, 2018

Where: Shooting Star Casino & Hotel, Mahnomen, MN

Registration begins 2/3/18 and the fee is $180.00 for the full retreat. Check in will begin at 10 AM on Friday. It

will probably be mid-afternoon before you can check into your hotel rooms.

Classes: Either Connie or Alice will do a demo/short class Friday evening. More info to follow.

Emily Hardwig is our instructor and she is busy working on a project for our retreat. She has promised that there

will not be a lot of tiny pieces. We will post a photo of project on Facebook when available.

Accommodations:

Each room has two queen size beds, your own bath, and a frig. So you can bring yogurt, bagels, cereal or whatever,

if you would like to have breakfast in your room. The Casino has a Tim Horton’s and a restaurant. And, they offer

free coffee at various stations in the casino.

Please indicate your preference for roommate. Pricing is based on two people per room. If you are unable to attend

with a friend/roommate, let us know and we might be able to match you up with someone.

Our vendor at this retreat will be decided at a later date.

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Please make your check payable to: Upper Red River Retreat and

Mail to: Upper Red River Retreat,

c/o Alice Mattern

5297 10th Avenue N

Grand Forks, ND 58203

Name _______________________________________________________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________

Phone _______________________ Roommate preference___________________________

Email address _______________________________________________________________

_____ Staying at Hotel Friday and Saturday nights, supper on Friday, lunch and supper Saturday, and lunch on

Sunday $180.00

$100.00 deposit ________ Full payment $180.00 ________

Questions? Call Alice 746-4120 or Connie 746-8708

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Contact Bobbie Shields Contact Marilynn Hagan

CHATTERBLOX MODERN MAKERS

2nd Wednesday. 7:00 pm 3rd Thursday, 6:30 pm

Contact Suzanne Gandrud Contact Jackie Marks

KNOTTY STITCHERS STASHBUSTERS

1st Monday, 7:00 pm 2nd Wednesday

Contact Alice Mattern Contact Gayle Olufson

LADIES OF THE EVENING

2nd Thursday, 7:30 pm

Contact Alice Mattern Some groups may limit the number of quilters because of limited space.

Please feel free to start a new group. There are no requirements for

groups, just a desire to meet other quilters, share ideas, and have fun.

To renew your membership send a check or money order in U.S. Funds to: North Star Quilters Guild, c/o Barb Quamme, 1812 5th Ave. NW, East Grand Forks, MN 56721. Please enclose a self addressed, stamped envelope if you would like to have your membership card and receipt mailed to you.

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_____ Up to Age 65 $20 / $25 International ______ Age 65 and over $15 / $20 International

Membership Information ❖ Have you changed your email address, moved

recently, or switched from land-line to cell

phone?

❖ Is your membership current? You will receive a

reminder by email or it will be on your mailing label.

❖ Contact Barb Quamme or Leslee Smart if you think

there is an error.

Calendar General Meeting First Saturday of the Month*

Coffee 9:30 am Our Savior’s Lutheran Church

Meeting 10:00 pm 1515 5th Ave NW, EGF, MN

Workshop 1:15 pm

Board Meeting Third Tuesday of the Month*

Meeting 7:00 pm 2002 So 38th St

All interested members are welcome

*Dates may change due to holidays. There is no general meeting in

July and no board meetings in June or December.