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Valley Quilt Guild Yuba Sutter
www.valleyquiltguild.com
[email protected] April 2019
Notes from Janell
Helpful Hints from Alyce
Spring has arrived finally, but I am sure the people with allergies are really struggling already. Change is always inevitable; it can drive you crazy or you can embrace it. We will be announcing some of the nomination committee’s candi-dates for Officers for next year, so change is on the way for the Guild as well. It is a great thing to be a part of the Board so if you have thought that you would love to play apart in our great organiza-tion, reach out to Billie Lindgren
and see what is available for you. The reward is great!
Many great things are going on in the next few months. Quilt show season is so awesome, as you get to see the latest and the greatest patterns, techniques and of course FABRIC! Grab some friends and have yourselves a road trip! Sure to be a good time had by all.
You will start to see some changes when you come into the Monthly Meeting. We want it to be more
friendly for everyone instead of walking straight into the sign in line. It is important to Cal-Trans that they know who is in the build-ing so we will continue to make that a priority but be patient with us as we try a few new ideas to continue to make us the best group ever!
Keep sewing! JW
Opportunity Quilt
We need volunteers to take the opportunity
to these guilds!
Valley Quilt Guild is scheduled to show our op-portunity quilt at the following quilt guilds:
Sun Quilters, Red Bluff Monday, June 24, 2019, 7pm meeting
Annie’s Star Guild, Chico Thursday, August 1, 2019, 7pm meeting
Antelope Quilt Guild, Citrus Heights Tuesday, September 10, 2019 7pm meeting
Golden Valley Quilt Guild, Citrus Heights Thursday, September 26, 2019 7pm meeting
Please call or email Billie Lindgren at
692-9052 or [email protected]
Hard to tell right from wrong or back side of the fabric? Choose the slightly lighter, washed out look or rougher side of the fabric as the back or wrong side.
To avoid rippled edges or sides of the quilt, always measure through the middle from top to bottom and from side to side.
Need a quick template? Try using a cookie cutter. Also, childrens col-oring books are a good source for a child’s quilt.
For more ironing surface, turn the iron board around, using smaller end to hold the iron.
GeneralMeeting
April 24, 2019
Cal-Trans Building
Doors open at 6:00
Meeting begins at 6.30
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Hopefully Spring will have arrived by the end of April. On the 27th we are going to Hayfork and will be looking for all the spring flowers in bloom. The meeting will be at the Trinity County Fair Grounds on Hwy 3. They have a really large room to use and have plenty of
space for everyone’s opportunity quilt.
All quilts are welcome without reservations, so come on over to Hayfork and enjoy good company as well as the beautiful drive. Lunch will be a salad bar, breads and muffins, as well as drinks and
dessert. Reservations for lunch need to be in by April 20th. They also have door prizes as well as a couple of gifts for everyone. It’s always interesting to see what the small gifts will be at each meeting.
Sharon Easter, Rep.
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Programs and Speakers At our March meeting we wrapped up the quilt show, an then had awesome presentations by 3 of our own in a member showcase. Thank you to Melissa Milligan, De-laina Watson, and Heather Cham-bers for sharing some of their quilts and stories from the quilting part of their lives. We also had an awesome turn out for the commu-nity service sew day on the follow-ing Saturday. Thanks to all who attended for the gift of your time and talent.
Kim Brownell will be speaking on April 24 with her “Wackydoodle” Trunk Show. Her presentation fol-lows her quilting journey through a variety of different techniques. Sometimes her quilts are realistic, and sometimes they are totally wacky. Her collection is a truly eclectic trek.
There will be another sew day on April 27. This one is a UFO sew day! It can still be community ser-vice … but there might be prizes for UFO progress! If you want to go for a prize, Colleen will take a picture of your very unfinished ob-ject at the beginning of the day. If
you complete it by the June Guild meeting, Colleen will take its “After Picture” and you will be eligible to win a small prize. New members – sew days are free, and all are wel-come! If you need more infor-mation, please ask Eileen or Colleen!
The rundown: April 24: Lecture by Kim Brownell – Wackydoodle Trunk Show
April 27: UFO SEW Day ( Rideout Conference Center 10 am to 4 pm)
May 29: Lecture by Jenny Lyon – Quilting is a contact sport
June 1: Jenny Lyon Workshop – Yes you can Free Motion Quilt (Friday Night Live Building) Eileen has a sample and will be taking signups at the March meeting. If you want to become a better quilter on your home machine, take this class!
June 26: Lecture by Marjan Kluepfel – Creative Expression
July 31: Lecture by Sarah Goer – My Quilting Journey Trunk Show
August 1 (Thursday Workshop) – All About Angles (Friday Night Live
Building) Eileen will be taking sig-nups at the April meeting.
August 23 – 24 Linda Ballard class “Nice and Easy” Eileen will be tak-ing signups.
September 25: Trunk Show by Col-leen Granger – “A Bodacious Trunk Show”
September 28: Workshop – “Rings of Change”
Please be ready to pay the class fee when you sign up. If you end up not being able to participate, there isn’t a refund, but you can try to find someone to take your spot.
Please feel free to contact us if you have ideas for programs or speak-ers or classes, or if you have questions.
1st VP Eileen Milligan
480-244-2490
2nd VP Colleen Pelfrey [email protected] 530-713-0274
Quilt Guilds of the North Quarter
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Home and Heart Quilt Show ~ Final Report!
For anyone not at the meeting, this is a short report on the quilt show and exit surveys:
First and foremost, there were a lot of people who helped to make the quilt show come
together. A big thank you to all!
I do not have final figures, but between admissions, the opportunity quilt, and the raffle
baskets we netted about $10,800. When all the receipts have been turned in, we will be
able to give a final number. Bottom line, we will be able to pay for speakers next year.
We estimated a paid attendance (guild members who worked aren’t counted) of about
618 people.
On the exit survey, 74% of the people rated the show as excellent, 25% rated the show as
very good, and 1% as good. There were zero poor ratings in any category.
Most common positive comments: Beautiful quilts, free parking, nice layout, friendly at-
mosphere, great vendors, loved the windsocks
Most common suggestions: Need a better sound system, judged quilts with ribbons
should indicate the category in which they were judged, keep the heat down, more out-
side signage, and let us vote for 3 quilts for viewer’s choice.
Congratulations to our viewers choice awards winners!
1st place Karen Litvinchuk
2nd place Karen Litvinchuk
3rd place Patt Thompson
4th place Colleen Pelfrey
5th place Linda Matsumoto
A big thank to Kathy O’Donnell for being featured quilter for 2019.
A big congratulations to Karen Litvinchuk who will be featured quilter for 2020!
If you haven’t heard, next year’s quilt show chair will be Jennifer Walton, and the theme will
be “Journeys - Not all who wander are lost”. Be thinking about your own journeys,
quilting or life, and how maybe you can reflect that in a quilt for next year’s show.
Colleen Pelfrey
2019 Quilt Show Chair
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Board Meeting Minutes
VALLEY QUILT GUILD BOARD MEETING
April 8, 2019
Members Present: Janell Willis, Colleen Pelfrey, Eileen Milligan, Diane Leighton, Diana Craddock, Gloria Ad-ams, Sharon Easter, and Billie Lindgren.
Call to Order:
A meeting of the Valley Quilt Guild Board was held on April 8, 2019. It was called to order by President, Janell Willis at 4:10 pm.
Secretary:
The motion was made (Colleen) and seconded (Eileen) to accept the minutes as written. A unanimous vote followed.
Correspondence:
A thank you card was received from the Key Club. They stated that they really enjoyed helping with the setup of the Quilt Show and would like to be invited back next year.
Treasurer:
Diana Craddock reported that we have a checking balance on April 5, 2019 of $2,456.08. The savings balance as of April 5, 2019 is $19,076.19.
Unfinished Business:
General Quilt Show wrap-up to Board:
Colleen repeated what was stated at the March General meeting. Please refer to her wrap up in the news-letter for detailed information.
Buddy System:
There was discussion about the importance of making new people feel welcome. In addition, there were ide-as presented on how all members could get connected with other members. Some of the suggestions will be implemented in future meetings.
There was also a need expressed to figure out how to have the sign-in sheet positioned in a location that did not cause a traffic jam in the doorway to the meeting room.
Nominating Committee:
Billie Lindgren, Helen Sousa and Gail Gilmore comprise the committee. They continue to contact members about holding positions in the coming year. More information will be announced at April meeting.
New Business:
Yuba/Sutter Fair:
Diane Leighton would like someone else to be in charge. See her if you would like more in-formation on what the job responsibilities are. The date of the Fair this year is August 1-4, 2019. The theme this year is “Capture your Moment.”
Minutes continued on next page. . . . .
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Board Meeting Minutes
Minutes continued. . . . .
Committee Reports Vice President’s update We are scheduled through September. See the Newsletter for details. Community Service: There are 44 completed quilts, with 34 additional in process of being completed. The goal is to have 100 quilts to be given to Foster Care in June. Opportunity Quilt The top is completed and given to Cathy Evans for quilting. It will be unveiled at the April General Meeting. Membership: No report. Block of the Month: All caught up. April patterns will be mailed out next week.
The next Board Meeting will be held at 445 B Street in Yuba City on May 13, 2019. Meeting begins at 4:00 pm. Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 5:34 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Gloria Adams
Community Service and our mem-bership has been busy this past month. Lots of tops and completed quilts have been turned in and the team has been busy getting them ready for the next step. In March the following team members helped get ready for the meeting": Helen Sousa, Gail Gilmore, Janet Craver, Barb Gilmore, Billie Lind-gren and newer members, Cathy Klaker and Pat Smith.
At the meeting March 27th, Wan-da Horn and Carolyn McCray had their hands full with giving out and receiving quilts from Clara Mid-wood, Carole McClendon, Margit Sands, Delaina Watson, Melanie Viera (who also donated 3 quilts to friends who lost their houses in Paradise), Barbara Buehrle, Millie Berryhill, Laura Weirton, Elaine
Rice, Jan Milbourne, Pat Smith, Su-zanne Connelly, Marilyn Hill, Mary Marusin, Heather Chambers, Lucy Prall, Crystal Dirks, Dee Jagerhorn, Claire Poole, Loretta Burke, Shirley Mills, Pat Smith, Gail Campbell, Lori Campbell, Carolyn Nelson and Karen Lewis. I hope I didn't miss anyone------thank you everyone.
On Saturday, March 30th our membership showed up at Sew Day to continue our efforts for Community Service. Thank you, Diane Steele, Gail Gilmore, Pat Fry-er, Jan Henrich, Heather Chambers and Mary-Katherine Neal, Judy Taylor, Marci Christofferson, Billie Lindgren, Janet Craver, Marilyn Harris, Deanna Williams, Sharon Easter, Melanie Vieria, June Muncy, Evon Smith, Terrie John-son, Eileen Milligan and of course Colleen Pelfrey facilitated the day.
Thank you everyone. We complet-ed 6 quilt tops and one finished quilt in just that day.
On April 8th, the team met, and we counted 45 completed quilts (ready for Foster Care and the Can-cer Center. We will have another workday to cut batting and we have 14 that need quilting. We are always looking for members to quilt. Thank you again to my faith-ful team of helpers: Gail Gilmore, Helen Sousa, Barb Gilmore, Janet Craver, Billie Lindgren, Emily Hyatt and Deanna Williams. We missed Wanda and Carol, but sometimes real work gets in the way.
Thank you everyone for your faith-ful participation.
Diane Leighton Keeper of the Goods
Community Service ~ Thank You!
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Upcoming Quilt Shows ~ 2019
There is no charge for Upcoming Quilt Show listings
Apr 26-27 Loomis Quilt Guild First United Methodist Church 6414 Brace Rd. Loomis, CA Sat & Sun 10-4
Apr 26-28 Gold Bug Quilt Guild Cameron Park Comm Center 2502 Country Club Drive Cameron Park, CA Fri & Sat, 10-5, Sun 10-4
May 17-18 Roseville Quilt Guild 6365 Doublas Blvd Granite Bay, CA Fri 10-5, Sun 10-4
May 18-19 Flying Needles Quilters; Guild Yolo County Fairgrounds 1250 E Gum Avenue Woodland, CA Sat 10-5, Sum 10-3:30
June 20-22 Quilt Show Reno Grand Sierra Resort 2500 E. 2nd Street Reno, Nv Thur & Fri 10-5, Sat 10-4
June 29-30 Ocean Wave Quilters 1197 Chestnut St Fort Bragg, CA Sat 10-5, Sun 10-4
Aug 8-11 Log Cabin Quilters Trinity Co Fairgrounds 90 Corral Ave Hayfork, CA Daily during the fair
Sept 14-15 Elk Grove Quilt Guild 10428 E. Stockton Blvd Elk Grove, CA Sat 10-5, Sun 10-4
Sept 21 Sutter Buttes Quilt Guild SYO Bldg Corner of Acacia & Butte House Rd Sutter,CA Sat only 10-4
Sept 27-29 River City Quilters’ Guild McClellan Conference Center North of I-80 and Watt Avenue Sacramento, CA Fri & Sat 10-5, Sun 10-4
Oct 5-6 Ladies of the Lake Quilt Guild Falling Leaves Quilt Show Lake County Fairgrounds 401 Martin Street Lakeport, CA Sat 10-5, Sun 10-4
Oct 17-21 Pacific Intl Quilt Festival Santa Clara Convention Ctr 5001 Great American Parkway Santa Clara, CA Thur, Fri, Sat, Sun
Fat Chance
As we go Hip-Hopping into the month of April, remember its Easter Bunny time. This means it’s time for coloring eggs with bright colors to fill all those baskets. It’s always so much fun to dye eggs!
With left-over dye solution, try
putting a few pieces of fabric into the containers and swish them around. After removing the fabric, put it into a bath of salt (1T) and water (2C) and let it set for about 15 minutes. Rinse in plain water until it runs clear. Repeat if
necessary.
And for a bit of info – John Greenough received the fir patent in 1842 for a sewing machine.
Happy Quilting! Alyce and Dorothy
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Affiliate Members
CINDY’S FABRIC BOUTIQUE 2036 Cartagena Drive, Yuba City, CA 95993
Cynthia Tarwater 530-218-6286 [email protected]
cindysfabricboutique.etsy.com
FRIENDS AROUND THE BLOCK
211 8th St., Colusa, CA 95932 Carol Lindquist 530-458-7467
www.friendsaroundtheblock.com [email protected]
LINDA BALLARD & CO
22526 Bridlewood Lane Palo Cedro, CA 96073
530-547-3461 530-547-2061 (Fax) [email protected] www.letsquilt.com
MELISSA & MOM QUILTS 613 N Barrett Rd.
Yuba City, CA 95991 Eileen Milligan 480-244-2490 [email protected]
QUILTS BY CATHY 1436 Coughlin Ct.
Yuba City, CA 95993 Cathy Evans 530-671-6047
SEW-N-PIECE
Vivian Riley, Owner 410 4th St. Marysville, CA 95901
530-713-3822 [email protected] Sew-n-piece.com
SEW-SO-SHOP
990-C Klamath Ln Ste 18 Yuba City, CA 95991
Jim and Nicky 530-742-7626 [email protected] www.sewsoshop.com
VILLA ROSA DESIGNS 10814 Red Lane
Smartsville, CA 95997 Pat Fryer 209-678-8731
[email protected] VillaRosaDesigns.com
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Officers and Chairpersons for 2018-2019
President Janell Willis 530-777-8244
1st VP Eileen Milligan 480-244-2490
2nd VP Colleen Pelfrey 530-713-0274
Secretary Gloria Adams 530-673-4342
Treasurer Diana Craddock 530-673-1997
Chairpersons
2019 Quilt Show Colleen Pelfrey 530-713-0274
2020 Quilt Show Jennifer Walton 530-680-2901
2019 Opportunity
Quilt—Promotion
Billie Lindgren 530-692-9052
2019 Quilt Show
Treasurer
Nikki Snyder 530-300-3036
Block of the Month Eileen Milligan 480-244-2490
Challenge 2019 DeRay Jensen
Dee Jagerhorn
916-202-7319
530-701-5410 Christmas Party VQG Board
Community Service Wanda Horn
Carolyn McCray
Diane Leighton
530-743-6805
530-743-3205
530-673-7044
Facilities
Fair Staffing &
Block Contest
Carleen Hagen
Diane Leighton
530-674-9026
530-673-7044
Fair Liason/Setup Cooky Amarel 530-673-6653
Fat Chance Alyce Kauffman
Dorothy Lindsay
530-846-0321
530-846-0421 Hospitality Delaina Watson 530-682-8427
Membership Karen Peters
Joetta Danielson
530-673-0795
530-632-8632
NCQC/QGNQ Sharon Easter 530-671-7566
Newsletter Kim Buzolich 530-790-7180
Property Pat May 530-674-2930
Publicity, Guild Diana Tatro 530-674-3864
Sunshine Linda Matsumoto 530-701-2887
310 Club-Totally Me Angela Love 916-214-5433
Webmaster Nikki Snyder 530-300-3036
Purpose: To contribute to the knowledge of quilting, to pro-
mote the appreciation of fine quilts, to encourage quilt making
and collecting and to contribute to the growth and
knowledge of quilt techniques, textiles, patterns, history and
quilt makers through educational meetings and fellowship.
Meetings: Meetings are held the last Wednesday of each
month at 6:30 p.m. at the Cal-Trans Building at 703 B St. in
Marysville. There is no meeting in November and the mem-
bers-only Christmas party is in December. Doors open at 6:00
p.m. Copy ready submissions to the newsletter are due the by
the 15th day of the month by 5:00 p.m. to the Newsletter
person. Please direct any questions or comments to the Yuba-
Sutter Valley Quilt Guild, P. O. Box 1463, Yuba City, CA
95992. Web site: www.valleyquiltguild.com
Membership: Membership is open to anyone interested in
quilts and quilting regardless of skill level. You are urged to
join and learn with us. Dues are $20.00 payable annually.
Membership is from July 1 through June 30.
Membership entitles you to a newsletter, to
an annual membership roster (which is con-
fidential). Affiliate membership fee is $24.00
with a business listing each month.
Affiliate members receive 10% discount for
paying a year of ads paid in ad-
vance.
Submit to:
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