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Newsletter “Friendship is Sewn with Love and Measured by Kindness"

VALLEY QUILTERS – MEMBER AQS July 2011 President – Wanda Souza Editor – Cleta Colston

951-927-8727/951-973-3118c www.valleyquilters.org 949-278-6765cell

birdiemom@verizon.net cletasmudpie@yahoo.com Hemet Volume 31 - Number 5

President’s Page

I think our second meeting went a bit smother than the first and I’m hopeful the rest of the bugs

will get worked out. I was very impressed with Shelley Swanland’s beautiful Cathedral

Windows Quilts. I have seen one of the projects they worked on and it is fascinating. As some

of you know I am hoping to move soon so my life has been doubly busy, so if I have failed to

call anyone about something we may have discussed and I was suppose to get back to you let

me know. I hope all of you are staying cool in this very muggy weather. I’ve heard that the

Opportunity Quilt for 2012 is finished and we will be seeing it at the next meeting. Hope you

are all working on the row by row challenge for the September meeting. I’m still thinking-

thinking-thinking but I hope to get to it this month.

Stitch your stress away!

Wanda

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Valley Quilters Calendar

July 18 Quilts of Valor at Webb Hall, 26850 Sun

City Blvd. from 9-12noon

July 19 Quilts of Valor San Jacinto Sr. Center 10-

2pm

July 26 Valley Quilters Guild Meeting, 9:30am at

Seven Hills Clubhouse, 3050 Jacaranda Way, guest

speaker Don Beld

July 27 Workshop with Don Beld

July 29-31 International Quilt Festival at Long

Beach Convention Center

August 1 Quilts of Valor at Webb Hall, 26850 Sun

City Blvd. from 9-12noon

August 8 Valley Quilters Board Mtg. 9:30 at

Valley Wide Recreation Center

August 13 Santa Monica Quilt Guild bi-annual

quilt show "Quilting By The Sea", First United

Methodist Church, 1008 11th St., Santa Monica

August 15 Quilts of Valor at Webb Hall, 26850 Sun

City Blvd. from 9-12noon

August 16 Quilts of Valor San Jacinto Sr. Center

10-2pm

August 27-28 Orange County Quilters Guild Quilt

Show "Quilts of Whimsy & Wonder", 800 N. State

College, Fullerton, Pavilion - University

Conference Center

Sept. 3-4 Busy Bears Quilt Guild of Big Bear Lake,

Mountain Treasures XXIII on Labor Day Weekend

2011 Quilt Show, at Big Bear Middle School

Program Notes Rosalie Reed, 1st Vice President

487-1538

July Program and Workshop: On July 26th, Don Beld's topic is "Civil War

Soldiers' Quilts." On July 27th there will be a free

4 hour workshop on making "Civil War Era

Potholder Blocks" at Valley Wide Recreation &

Sports Center.

If you are having trouble finding fallen soldier

names try: www.ourfallensoldier.com There are

many names and stories there of our fallen heroes.

August Program: On August 23rd, Jane Coscarelli will give her Quilt-

A-Beast lecture. There will be no workshop.

If you have questions on any of the workshops,

please call Rosalie at 951-487-1538.

Membership

Diane Best, 2nd Vice President

471-2757

There were 74 members and 4 guests at the June

meeting.

Membership is temporarily closed. I have a

waiting list started so if friends or family want to

join in the future please let me know.

Hospitality

Linda Haas 241-0586

I want to thank all the people who brought snacks to

last month's meeting. We had a number of healthy

and delicious finger food snacks to choose from.

Keep up the good work!

Month of July snack providers:

Lyla Stigall Rosalie Reed

Chuck & Carol Maggie Schneider

Marianne Crouch Wanda Souza

Ernestine Hamlin Linda Meimetis

Sue Leuschen Marvel Dorf

Hap Carter

Philanthropic Chairman Linda Piraino 926-4191

The Hemet Hospice quilt kits I made up were

picked up at the last guild meeting. I hope my

directions are clear. If not, call me.

9 quilts were delivered to Hemet Hospice and 10

pet beds went to the Humane Society. Thanks for

the donations, and again, thanks to the Canyon

Lakes ladies for 18 quilts. They will be delivered to

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Loma Linda Children's Hospital next week. I called

Loma Linda and was told there is a huge need.

Generous amounts of small scraps keep coming in

for pet bed stuffing. More thanks.

Show & Tell Charlene Volner 765-0085

Please bring your items for the July meeting. We

want to see what you are doing!

Mary Fidler - Small wall hanging made from

jellyroll

Shirley Mykris - Table Topper

Vicky Judd - Indian Ladies quilt

Nancy Cook - Quilt and Scarf

Phyllis Binkley - Needle Felted Quilt "Sheep Gate"

Linda Card - Flag quilt "Old Glory"

Mary Myers - Green and Coral Friendship quilt

Hope Mulstay - Christmas Table runner

Suzanne Wade - Wall hanging UFO from Panama

2006 Cruise

Barb Cole - Two quilts

Q.D.'s Friendship Group - Purses

Diana Fink - Jo Morton Miniature

Ernestine Hamlin - Old Quilt and Pillow

Helen Mitchell - Angel quilt

John Bailey - Wall hanging Red Work

Linda Morrissette - Wall hanging Mystery

appliqué Sierra

Kathleen Reinders - Quilt from Boutique

"Boutique Pearls"

Mini-Workshops John Bailey 487-8978

There will be a workshop August 1st on tatting.

Diane Best is the teacher. She only has room for

five people so sign up early. A supply list will be

available at the July meeting.

On the first available Monday in September (to be

determined), there will be a class on "What Judges

are Looking For". This is a lecture class with Betty

Barney and Wanda Souza.

Needle Yakkers Betty Barney 927-9739

Needle Yakkers normally meets every Monday

morning at 9am at Valley Wide Recreation Center.

Come and join the fun. Needle Yakkers has Sharon

Schamber's appliqué stabilizer available for

purchase at just $2.00 a yard.

"Happy Birthdays"

July

3 Evelyn Shaw 20 Teri Molko

4 Barbara Ragan 21 Connie Marcyes

4 Ruth Edwards 23 Mary Myers

7 Sue Fowler 26 Sally Bertetto

8 Hap Carter 26 Linda Card

12 Cindy DeWall 26 Kathy Votzmeyer

17 Beverly Egelin 28 Madelyn Flynn

18 Linda Brown 29 Sharon Krueger

20 Marvel Dorf

Fat Quarter Floozies Bonny Tucker 233-6362

Facts from the Fat Quarter Floozies

Last month we had a pile of patriotic color for our

Independence Day festivities. We divided them up

into two bundles of Red, White, and Blue! And the

winners were: Diana Fink (we actually called her

name many times and finally had to pull out all the

rest of her names since she graciously refused to

win more than once) and we came up with another

winner: Donna Qualley. Congratulations to them

both.

Our theme for July is "Stripes"

Thanks, Bonny & Linda

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Trips Phyllis Hottman 780-6744

We have someone who needs to drive to Long

Beach and there is a possibility of one more

ticket....CALL ME IMMEDIATELY if you know

anyone who wants to go to the show....951-780-

6744!!!

We will be leaving the Hemet pickup at the Target

Center on July 29 at 8:00 a.m., sharp. Everyone

leaving from Hemet, please be there by 7:45 a.m. so

we don't have to be looking for someone and keep

the other ladies in Menifee waiting. We plan to be

in Menifee at the Living Spaces Center by 8:15 a.m.

We will have water for everyone, but if you want

snacks we are having you bring your own this year.

You can also bring your own lunches if you do not

want to buy them in Long Beach, however, they

have several venues to buy food from.

We will be leaving Long Beach at 5:00 p.m. and

hope to be in Menifee and Hemet around 7:00 p.m.

or sooner.

Bring your money and a smile and we will have a

great time in Long Beach. See you on the bus,

Phyllis Hottman.

Quilt Show

Boutique Committee Yvonne Pope 925-9200; Jeani Campbell 925-9966;

Judy Bjorklund 925-7989

We need your items for next year's Quilt Show

Boutique. All sewing and craft related items

welcome including fabric, patterns, notions, kits,

yarn, crochet thread, lace, sewing thread, finished

quilt blocks, UFO's, needles (all kinds...knit,

crochet, sewing machine and hand sewing),

preprinted blocks and panels, magazines, books and

any crafty stuff like beads, buttons, ribbon, dolls,

quilted clothing, etc. etc. etc. So please go through

your "STUFF" and bring it to guild, Yakkers or call

a committee member. For this summer call

Yvonne Pope.

Featured Quilter Phyllis Hottman

Phyllis Hottman was our Featured Quilter for the

month of June. Phyllis began her quilting career in

2002 when she joined the guild. She had been

sewing, doing cross stitch and embroidery from

early childhood. Her “launch” into quilting was on

a guild cruise where she made an Irish chain quilt.

She said she sewed night and day to complete the

top, pinning every seam of the 1 1/2 inch squares.

She was so worried that the seams would not

match! What a cruise!

Phyllis who has lived in Riverside since 1964 is a

faithful member of the guild. She has held the

offices of President, treasurer, and along with her

sidekick, Sue Fowler, has been in charge of the

venders at the quilt show for six years. This year

she is also in charge of the bus trips for the guild.

She became an Honorary Member in 2006.

Phyllis’s quilt “Azalea Trails” was a mystery

challenge in 2003. She found the material for her

lovely quilt in the town of Siloam Springs,

Arkansas. I asked “where in the world is Siloam

Springs” and she told me it is on the Oklahoma-

Arkansas border. One side of the street is

Oklahoma and the other Arkansas. Thank you,

Phyllis, for sharing you beautiful quilt with the

guild.

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July Greeter: Barbara Ragan

Home Machine Quilt Show Diane Best 471-2757

What! A quiltaholic! Me! Diane Best! If the

definition of a quiltaholic is someone who just

cannot pass up a quilt show or a quilt shop, then I'm

guilty.

My husband and I, early in May, made the trek to

Salt Lake City to HMQS otherwise known as the

Home Machine Quilt Show. Wow, what a treat.

The show was held in the South Towne Convention

Center in Sandy, Utah, just south of Salt Lake. The

aisles were super wide and just perfect for a gaggle

of fabric shoppers, including me. There were 350

plus quilts on display from all over the world hung

around three sides with all of the vendors in the

middle. The Best of Show was won by a long arm

quilter who drew only with thread, no appliqué, no

piecing, no painting. It was a gorgeous depiction of

life in Japan.

There were so many unfamiliar vendors to discover

and buy from. I came home with paints (which I

love), many new fabrics and even some gismos.

The sewing machines, both large and small, were

everywhere and since there were such large spaces

the machine companies could really spread out.

I got to meet and take classes from some of my

favorite designers and even my husband took a class

in machine maintenance.

Oh, heaven, heaven. I may have to go back again.

Community Pantry

Please remember those who will benefit from the

food we provide. Bring whatever you can that is

nonperishable and not outdated. Thank You

Shelley Swanland's lecture was fun and her quilts

were colorful, beautiful, and creative.

Recipe Request Several people asked for this recipe at our guild

meeting in June.

Mary's Corn Salad

1 can French style green beans(drained)

1 can tiny peas(drained)

2 cans white shoepeg corn(drained)

1 small jar pimento (or finely chopped red pepper)

chopped celery (3 or 4 ribs)

1 bunch green onions finely chopped

1 small green pepper chopped

Dressing

1/2 cup oil

1/2 cup vinegar

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

Beat until dissolved and add to vegetables

Marinate overnight (or at least several hours)

No cooking or heating involved!

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Please email, mail, or call the Newsletter

Editor with committee information and

other stories by the 5th of each month.

Newsletter Editor: Cleta Colston

cletasmudpie@yahoo.com

www.quilterscooptemecula.com

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FABRICS GALORE

Everything from cottons to bathing suit fabric,

trims, lace, etc.

Quality fabrics for $1.00 per yard, cash only.

Call Margarite at 951-672-9844

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Valley Quilters

c/o Cleta Colston

7870 Armour Dr.

Hemet, CA 92545

Remember to bring to the July Meeting:

Name Badge and Show & Tell Items

"Stripes" Fat Quarters, Boutique Items,

Security Quilts, Food for the Community Pantry

and help save the environment and bring your own

mug for coffee or tea !?

Valley Quilters meet at 9:30 AM

On the 4th

Tuesday of each month, at

Seven Hills Clubhouse

3050 Jacaranda Way

Hemet, CA

Website: www.valleyquilters.org