Tualatin Valley Quilt Guild TVQG NEWSLETTER March 2017 Page 1 Inside this Issue: Spring Sew Day ..................................... 1 Quilted Postcard Workshop ................. 1 Quilts of Valor Sew Day ........................ 1 Row By Row Challenge ......................... 1 UFO Contest ......................................... 1 Charity Quilting News........................... 2 TVQG Greeters ..................................... 3 Treasury Update ................................... 3 Membership ......................................... 3 Quilt of Valor Updates .......................... 3 February Presentation.......................... 3 Fat Quarter of the Month..................... 4 Block of the Month............................... 4 Door Prize ............................................. 4 March Birthdays ................................... 5 Of Interest to Quilters .......................... 5 Show and Tell ....................................... 6 Tips and Tricks ...................................... 9 Quilting Resources ............................. 10 Upcoming Shows and Events ............. 11 Classified & Want Ads ........................ 15 Meeting Schedule............................... 17 2016-2017 Officers ............................. 17 2016-2017 Committees ...................... 17 BOM Instructions ............................... 18 Upcoming Events Spring Sew Day Our Spring Sew Day is scheduled to start at 9:00 am April 22 nd at the King City Clubhouse located at 15245 SW 116th Ave in King City. Members and guests are invited to join us for a fun quilting get together. The cost to participate in the Spring Sew Day is $10 per person and includes lunch. If you are interested in attending, please contact Sherry Little. Quilted Postcard Workshop Bonnie Sabel-Welte presented her unique quilted postcards at the Sept. 2016 TVQG General Meeting. Many of us were interested in learning her technique. To that end, we are happy to let you know she will be conducting a 1-day Workshop on April 15 th at Sewn Loverly in Wilsonville. The workshop will feature Bonnie’s technique of creating lovely and unique quilted postcards. The cost to attend is $25.00. If you are interested in attending, checks should be sent to Julie Gillaspy, 17870 SW Shasta Trail, Tualatin, OR 97062 or given to her at the March 21 st meeting. If you wish to pay by credit card please let LoisMarie know. Quilts of Valor Sew Day The next Quilt of Valor Sew Day will be held March 18 th at Sewn Loverly in Wilsonville between 10:00 am and 2:30 p.m. All guild members are invited to attend. Contests and Challenges Row By Row Challenge Last fall we invited our members to participate in TVQG’s Row by Row Challenge. Many of our members accepted this challenge are currently are hard at work completing the next of row blocks for this challenge. Boxes containing the individually completed rows will be exchanged monthly thru the conclusion of this challenge in July. UFO Contest A new UFO Contest for 2017 is now under way. Members choosing to participate in this challenge were invited to turn in a list of their unfinished quilts (UFO’s). Then each month, continuing through the August General Meeting, quilters will display their finished quilts during Show and Tell. Each completed quilt will earn the quilter a ticket for a prize drawing. As evidenced by the large number of quilts displayed at the February’s meeting, our quilters have fully embraced this challenge. The Tualatin Valley Quilt Guild (TVQG) meets the third Tuesday of the month January through November. Meetings start at 7:00 p.m. at the Sherwood Senior Center. Guests are welcome and are asked to pay $5.00 at the door. Bring the following to the next meeting: Row by Row Challenge Completed UFO’s Name Tag Block of the Month Fat Quarter Charity Donation Item Show and Tell Item
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Tualatin Valley Quilt Guild TVQG NEWSLETTER March 2017
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Inside this Issue: Spring Sew Day ..................................... 1 Quilted Postcard Workshop ................. 1 Quilts of Valor Sew Day ........................ 1 Row By Row Challenge ......................... 1 UFO Contest ......................................... 1 Charity Quilting News ........................... 2 TVQG Greeters ..................................... 3 Treasury Update ................................... 3 Membership ......................................... 3 Quilt of Valor Updates .......................... 3 February Presentation .......................... 3 Fat Quarter of the Month..................... 4 Block of the Month ............................... 4 Door Prize ............................................. 4 March Birthdays ................................... 5 Of Interest to Quilters .......................... 5 Show and Tell ....................................... 6 Tips and Tricks ...................................... 9 Quilting Resources ............................. 10 Upcoming Shows and Events ............. 11 Classified & Want Ads ........................ 15 Meeting Schedule............................... 17 2016-2017 Officers ............................. 17 2016-2017 Committees ...................... 17 BOM Instructions ............................... 18
Upcoming Events
Spring Sew Day Our Spring Sew Day is scheduled to start at 9:00 am April 22nd at the King City Clubhouse located at 15245 SW 116th Ave in King City. Members and guests are invited to join us for a fun quilting get together. The cost to participate in the Spring Sew Day is $10 per person and includes lunch. If you are interested in attending, please contact Sherry Little.
Quilted Postcard Workshop Bonnie Sabel-Welte presented her unique quilted postcards at the Sept. 2016 TVQG General Meeting. Many of us were interested in learning her technique. To that end, we are happy to let you know she will be conducting a 1-day Workshop on April 15th at Sewn Loverly in Wilsonville. The workshop will feature Bonnie’s technique of creating lovely and unique quilted postcards. The cost to attend is $25.00. If you are interested in attending, checks should be sent to Julie Gillaspy, 17870 SW Shasta Trail, Tualatin, OR 97062 or given to her at the March 21st meeting. If you wish to pay by credit card please let LoisMarie know.
Quilts of Valor Sew Day The next Quilt of Valor Sew Day will be held March 18th at Sewn Loverly in Wilsonville between 10:00 am and 2:30 p.m. All guild members are invited to attend.
Contests and Challenges
Row By Row Challenge Last fall we invited our members to participate in TVQG’s Row by Row Challenge. Many of our members accepted this challenge are currently are hard at work completing the next of row blocks for this challenge. Boxes containing the individually completed rows will be exchanged monthly thru the conclusion of this challenge in July.
UFO Contest A new UFO Contest for 2017 is now under way. Members choosing to participate in this challenge were invited to turn in a list of their unfinished quilts (UFO’s). Then each month, continuing through the August General Meeting, quilters will display their finished quilts during Show and Tell. Each completed quilt will earn the quilter a ticket for a prize drawing. As evidenced by the large number of quilts displayed at the February’s meeting, our quilters have fully embraced this challenge.
The Tualatin Valley Quilt Guild (TVQG) meets the third Tuesday of the month January through November. Meetings start at 7:00 p.m. at the Sherwood Senior Center. Guests are welcome and are asked to pay $5.00 at the door.
Bring the following to the next meeting: Row by Row Challenge Completed UFO’s Name Tag Block of the Month Fat Quarter Charity Donation Item Show and Tell Item
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Charity Quilting News
March Update - Charity Quilters
We have been so lucky to have our busy ladies!
We were donated a van-full of fleece and so far, we have taken three grocery carts full of blankets, full, twin, crib and small mats to the Shelter. Heidi, at the Good Neighbor Center, is so grateful for all we do for them.
--Betty and Vergie
Charity Quilt Labels
If you need labels for a charity quilt Please see Vergie or Betty. They try to bring a supply to our General Meetings.
Good Neighbor Center
The Good Neighbor Center (GNC), located in Tigard is dedicated to providing safe emergency housing and supportive, empowering services for families. To learn more about them, please visit their web page: Good Neighbor Center.
GNC Donation Item
Every month our members bring to our General Meeting non-quilting related items to be donated to the GNC. The folks there always welcome donations of bedding, towels, cleaning supplies, laundry products or personal grooming supplies, canned goods or dry food products (such as spaghetti, pasta, rice, flour, or sugar), toilet paper, food storage bags, large black garbage bags, disinfectant wipes, disinfectant spray or similar household cleaning products. If you have any of these items on hand, please bring it in, it will be welcomed.
Charity Quilter’s Sew Day
The TVQG Charity Quilters meet monthly on the first Monday of the month at the Sherwood Senior Center. Sewing start time is 10:00 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend.
Please bring your own sewing machine and basic sewing supplies. A wide selection of fabric is available for you to use in putting together a charity quilt. Finished quilts are donated to Tigard’s Good Neighbor Center, WINGS, or to other charity organizations as needed.
If you are working on a charity quilt and need to “raid the closet” for fabric, batting or supplies to complete or compliment your quilt, please drop by the Sherwood Center anytime during the Monthly Charity Sew Day.
WINGS
WINGS at Hood River is a program that offers young men and women in the Columbia Gorge region that have been “aged out” of the foster care system an opportunity to learn to be employable and self-sustainable. They offer a home, work, continuing education and ongoing support to young men and woman between the ages of 18 and 23.
If you would like to learn more about WINGS, please visit: Wings or for those of you that are on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getwings
Wings Update
Alison at Wings let us know the boy’s program is currently on hold. While Wings continues to work on getting the boy’s program back on track, Alison has asked we still continue to focus making on “masculine themed” quilts for them. On the other hand, the girl’s program at Wings is progressing nicely. The girl’s baked goods are being sold locally and being distributed through local caterers.
TVQG Greeters At each TVQG General Meeting, we have a greeter to help with member check-in, support new members, assist guests to orientate themselves, help with displaying Block of the Month submissions and assist quilters during Show and Tell. If you get a chance during the next General Meeting, please take a second to thank our Greeter for volunteering.
Treasury Update
Treasurer, Julie Gillaspy indicates a balance of $4,870.26, as of the March 7th Board Meeting
This updated balance reflects all payments and deposits to date and includes the balance of the retreat deposits and payments. If any of our members have any questions regarding TVQG’s budget or financial status please contact Julie at [email protected]
Membership Current Member Count For the Membership Year 2016-2017, we now have 53 paid members. Please welcome new member Trina Hermanson who joined TVQG in February and Pat Jeahrling, who renewed her membership in March.
2016-2017 Membership Year Membership dues remain at $35.00 per year. Dues are
prorated to $17.50 if joining after January 1st of the
current membership year. Renewing members -- Please
complete a renewal form (yes we do need all that same
old boring stuff again). Completed membership forms
may be handed into any Membership Committee
Member at an upcoming General Meeting or mailed to
the address shown on the form. Forms are available at
meetings or on our website,
http://tvqg.wordpress.com/.
Your continued membership is very important to our
guild. If you have any questions or concerns regarding
the guild or would like more information on what the
future holds for us, please reach out to any TVQG
officer, we will be glad to speak with you.
Membership Roster
Currently, TVQG’s 2016-2017 Membership List is posted to the protected Members Only area of the guild’s website. You may access this resource at http://tvqg.wordpress.com/.
Roster Updates
Do you have a new address, phone number or email address? If so, please Contact Carol Springer at [email protected] with any Membership Roster questions, updates or revisions.
Membership Badges
Please bring your name badge with you when attending
TVQG General Meetings. Attendees with Name Badges
receive an extra door prize drawing ticket. One ticket
Quilt of Valor Updates LoisMarie reports the Log Cabin Quilt that the ladies in this group were working on was completed, and has
been sent out for quilting.
A suggestion was made that the next quilt completed by the TVQG QOV Quilters be awarded to a qualifying
TVQG family member. A vote was taken and this suggestion was approved by a show of hands. Additional
details will be provided as they become available.
February Presentation Attendees at our February General meeting welcomed our guest speaker, Ann Shaw who treated our members to a slide and trunk show of her various quilts. During her presentation, Ann explained her concept of using photographs as the inspiration and basis for her quilts, including the techniques and the process she personally uses to transform a photo into a quilt. At the conclusion of her presentations members were invited to review and purchase her quilting patterns.
I cannot count the day complete 'till needle, thread,
Fat Quarter of the Month Each month our members bring in an assortment of themed fat quarters. For each fat quarter brought in, the quilter will receive a ticket. At the conclusion of each meeting, a drawing is held and one or more of our members will take home a nice assortment of fabric.
The February Fat Quarter of the Month Winners were Sue W, Carol, and Vergie. The March Fat Quarter theme is Words or Text.
Upcoming Fat Quarter Themes March .............................. Text/Words April ................................. Masculine/Fishing/Outdoors May ................................. Black, White, Grey or Mixture June ................................. 30’s Print July .................................. Animals August ............................. Floral September ...................... Stripes October ........................... Green, White, or Blue Print
Block of the Month
March Block of the Month
At our February General Meeting, LoisMarie presented the current block of the month pattern, named Antique Tile. LoisMarie also handed out packets containing instructions and pre-cut fabrics to make the upcoming block.
Instructions to make this block are available in the members-only section of our TVQG Website, and have been included with the distribution of this newsletter.
We’ll hold a drawing for the Antique Tile Blocks at our March general meeting.
February Block of the Month Winner Christine Sheridan was the winner of this set of blocks
March ........................ Sherry Little....................... April April .......................... Elisa Corcoran.................... May May ........................... Eleanor Heikkinen ............ June June........................... Carol Springer ................... July July ............................ Judy Derry ......................... August
Door Prize Erin and Eleanor were the door prize winners at our February General Meeting To qualify to win a door prize, simply sign in at a monthly meeting wearing your name tag.
Just a quick reminder… When turning in your
completed BOM’s at the
monthly meeting, it would be real helpful if you could assist us by
Tryna Hermanson ......... Mar-01st Diane Campbell ............ Mar-14th Donna Taylor ................ Mar-16th Catherine Harper .......... Mar-19th Erin Davis ...................... Mar-21st Leslie Worthen ............. Mar-25th Sue Willard ................... Mar-27th
Of Interest to Quilters
One of our fellow quilters wanted to let everyone in the guild know about this event and enlist your help. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Wendy Wells at [email protected].
Tips and Tricks To sharpen your scissors, use them to make a few cuts on a piece of aluminum foil.
Use a magnet to pick up spilled needles or pins.
When adjusting your sewing machine’s tension, make sure the needles is in the up position.
In a pinch (no pun intended), or on thicker projects, you can use wooden clothes pins in place of plastic or small metal
binding clips.
I saw an article that said for free motion machine quilting gloves you can use a pair of rubber coated garden gloves
instead of quilting gloves. I picked up a package of 6 pairs colorful garden gloves for less than $15.00 at a home
improvement store and tried tip this out. They worked well. So I’m keeping two pairs in my sewing room and the
other will go in the garage to use for gardening. Wow…this was a great tip and a great bargain.
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Quilting Resources Accuquilt Although designed to be used with their Accuquilt cutting system, Accuquilt offers a nice array of downloadable free patterns. You do not have to have an Accuquilt system to use these patterns. To view these patterns select this link: Accuquilt Free.
Ace Sewing and Vacuum Ace Sewing and Vacuum located at 2414 Portland Rd in Newberg offer sewing machine sales and service along with a nice variety of quilting fabrics, notions, and supplies.
Aloha Sewing & Vacuum Aloha Sewing and Vacuum located at 18335 SW TV Highway in Aloha offers a free monthly sewing and quilting get together to inspire your creativity and teach new techniques in sewing, quilting, and machine embroidery. Club starts at 5:30 pm the second Wednesday of each month. For more information call 503 649 6050.
Connecting Threads Connecting Threads offers some great fabric values. Some of their sale fabrics start as low as $2.96 a yard. To check out their fabrics or to be included on their email list, please visit Connecting Threads.
Craftsy Crafty is a good source for free and low-cost quilting patterns and training videos and quilting supplies. Here’s a link to their website: Craftsy.
Fons & Porter’s Thirteen new episodes of America's favorite quilting show -Love of Quilting is back. The 2900 series recently began airing on PBS stations nationwide. Their experienced quilters are teaching new techniques and showing off lots of exciting quilts.
Lost Quilt Come Home Visitors to this site may post information about stolen, lost or found quilts along with other quilt-related information. Lost Quilt Come Home.
Missouri Star Quilt Co. Whether you’re looking for tools, quilting services, patterns, affordable precut fabrics, or to watch a quilt-making video, take a moment to check out the MSQC website, and if you subscribe to receive their daily email, you can count on the receiving some great quilting bargains and information. They also publish a great quilting magazine, Block, which is full of fast and easy quilt patterns.
National Quilting Circle National Quilting Circle offers high-quality quilting-related videos via the Internet. Many of the videos they offer are free to view. They also offer a complete library of premium videos available through their Premium Membership program. For more information, please follow this link: National Quilters Circle.
Quilt Pattern Magazine Quilt Pattern Magazine is a monthly digital publication full of projects and patterns. They feature BOM, workshops, mysteries, and tutorials. To find out more about them select this link: Quilt Pattern Magazine.
Quilting Board For a variety of quilting information and activities check out Quilting Board. Offered are a message board, quilt photos, and they allow you to chat with others quilters along with free Block of the Month exchanges, challenges, and other interesting activities. Quilting Board
Quilting Hub Quilting Hub is a worldwide resource that allows quilters to locate worldwide quilting resources such as shops, museums, events and shows. Please select this link to visit their site: Quilting Hub
So your quilt top is made and quilted. Now all you have left to do is the binding! UGH, you hate doing the binding! LoisMarie to your rescue! I love to do the binding! Let me help you finish your quilt and so you can get started on your next project! Call me (503-601-1000) and I will finish your UFO!!
Friendship Retreat
Thursday, April 27th
3:00 pm to Sunday, April 30th
1:00 pm
This is a non-guild sponsored retreat and it’s a great
value at only $205 per person because it includes lodging
and meals, but hurry – there are only a couple of open
spots still available.
If you’re interested in attending or would like more
