Hill ‘N Hollow Newsletter

February 2010

Volume 26, Issue 2

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Don't Forget: No Pins Needles or Gum are allowed in the Family Life Center. Be courteous - Turn Off your cell phones during the meeting.

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Day Meeting: Feb. 12, Judy Jensen, “How to Make a Reproduction Quilt”

Night Meeting: Feb. 9, Quilt-As-You-Go, Sashing and Binding

Refreshments: Mary Ann Giesy, Sharon Ludwig, Trish Prust, Barbara Patrick, Jinny Truzinski and Barb Tennison

Fat Quarter: Hearts, pink, red - luuuuuuuuvv.

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Articles are due on the 19th of the month.

Send articles to the newsletter editor, Sharon Crozier at scrozier@centurytel.net

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FEBRUARY PROGRAM

HOW TO MAKE A NEW REPRODUCTION QUILT

Are you sure you don't like reproduction quilts? Well, Judy Jensen will attempt to change your mind with a program aimed at reproduction quilts from 1890-1910.

All 19th century quilts will be discussed and shown, but emphasis will be on the turn of the 20th century quilts that use indigoes, claret, and shirtings. There will be handouts to tell you what to look for in identifying these quilts as well as tips for copying a quilt from this era and others.

Please bring any examples you have of 19th century quilts, or what you believe to be that era. If you have questions, please ask them. There will be a special door prize compliments of Margo Krager, from Reproduction Fabrics in Montana.

Judy Jensen

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FROM THE PRESIDENT

I believe the phrase starts “In like a lion……”. That’s a good description for the beginning of our new year. Hopefully, we won’t have any more of the snow and ice. It looks like there are a lot of fun and interesting programs and workshops lined up for the year.

Margie Dotson has a full year planned already for the night meeting. There should be something this year for everyone to enjoy. Go to the HnH website and check it out.

Remember, sign up early to get into those classes/workshops that you just can’t pass up. They fill up quickly!

Just a reminder that at the February day meeting we will be voting on whether or not a $1,000 donation should be made to ASU Vada Sheid Community Development Center. Please review the article that was in last month’s newsletter for details on this issue.

VOLUNTEERS - - VOLUNTEERS

Volunteers are still needed for several positions within the guild: Growth & Development – Facilities: This is a sub-committee of Growth & Dev., consisting of 3 members. They will research the facility needs of the Guild, evaluate available facilities and make recommendations to the Growth & Dev. Committee.

Nonprofit Tax Exempt: - This volunteer will ensure that the Guild is maintaining our tax-exempt status.

Opportunity Quilt – Production of the 2011 quilt. This position needs to be filled ASAP. The opportunity quilt for 2011 must be totally completed during 2010, to be unveiled to our membership in January 2011. The guild needs your support for this fund-raiser. So, if you’re looking for an opportunity to be involved, use your quilting talents, bond with your “quilt sisters”, let this year be your “Opportunity”!

Hope everyone is having a great month and I look forward to seeing you at the February meeting.

Joyce Linhoff

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COMMUNITY QUILTS

It's a new year. Did you make any New Years Resolutions? I did. Mine is to finish three quilts that I started last year and to make at least 5 quilts for Community quilts. My last resolution is to lose 20 lbs. I have a good chance at keeping the second resolution the others are iffy. Remember if you make 5 baby quilts you will earn a beautiful pin and help wrap a newborn in a cozy warm quilt.

At our Feb. meeting we will be asking if you would like to participate in The Quilts of Valor project. It is an organization that distributes quilts to our soldiers here in Arkansas. They are the soldiers that served in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). For this Military Quilt Tops are all we would make. The batting, backing and quilting would be done by other volunteers. The postage would be a lot less since the quilt is not complete. You can find out more information at Quilts of Valor web site.

If you would like to make a twin size quilt for Hospice house we have money in our budget from the Barker Family to have it professionally quilted. Please contact me if you are interested in making a quilt for Hospice House.

Serenity could also use some twin size quilts. If you make a twin size or larger quilt you earn 2 points.

I delivered 10 quilts to the Health Dept. in Dec. They were very appreciative and thanked us for making such beautiful quilts. ?

Keep on Quilting,

Barb Magnuson, Community Quilts Chairman

870-291-0342

barbmagn@centurytel.net

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FEB FAT QUARTER

February will be hearts, pink, red – Luuuuuuuuuuuuvv.

Don't forget your ugly fat quarters for a chance to get more ugly fabric.

Mary Spilman_________________________________________________________

REFRESHMENTS

Happy New Year Hill N Hollow. January is nearly over and I'm sure some of us have already forgotten our diets. But hey, you gave it a shot. Right, now feel better. So here I am reminding the members about Feb. refreshments. They are members Mary Ann Giesy, Sharon Ludwig, Trish Prust, Barbara Patrick, and Jinny Truzinski and Barb Tennison.

Members we still need refreshment sign- ups for several months. Please see me at the next meeting. Also I need two helpers to assist me during the year. This is to fill in when I'm unable to make the meeting or other unforeseen happening. Please see me at the next meeting if you would like to help. Thank you all very much.

Connie Randall your refreshment chairman.

GUILD SCHEDULES MORE CLASSES

Registration will begin at the February guild meetings for the guild’s Binding Class and Hand Appliqué Class. The fee for each class is $15. To register, see Maureen Forster at the meetings. Remember, you must pay for the class to reserve your place.

Binding Class

Jan Hickman will teach you the fine points of creating binding that is balanced between the fronts and back of your quilt and how to make mitered corners. The class will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Friday, March 12, at St. Andrew Episcopal Church.

The judge at the guild’s 2007 quilt show looked at Jan’s quilts and suggested we ask her to teach a class on bindings. The judge for our 2009 quilt show wasn’t quite so impressed! But Jan’s students from last year will tell you her methods are easy and effective.

Hand Appliqué Class

Ruth Morris will cover nine different techniques in this class, including needle-turn, freezer paper and reverse appliqué methods and using templates to create crisp edges. She recommends the book Appliqué Made Easy, published by Rodale Press and edited by Karen Costello Soltys, as a good reference work.

Ruth will present the class from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursdays, April 8 and 15, at Redeemer Lutheran Church. And if you’ve seen her work, you know you’ll learn a lot! The location will be announced later in the year.

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ASU DONATION INFORMATION

Don’t forget we will be voting on this issue at the February meeting. Here’s the article again in case you lost your Dec. or Jan. newsletter.

Requests have been received from a couple of Guild members for the Guild to donate $1,000 to the Vada Sheid Community Development Center in response to the topic of Dr. Ed Coulter’s recent presentation to the Guild.

These requests were made known to the Board at their November 11 meeting, along with the following information concerning the 2009 budget and By Law provision:

The 2009 budget approved by the membership did not provide for such an expenditure, and the Guild by laws state as follows: “After the yearly budget has been approved by the membership, any expenditure during the year that will exceed any individual budgeted item (line item) by more than $300 must have the prior approval of the Board of Directors and the Guild Membership.

Since it is necessary to have membership approval for the donation of $1,000, the Board decided the membership should make the decision on such a donation. The garage sale was scheduled for the November meeting and we need to be out of the Family Life Center by 12:30 at the December meeting, the Board decided to have the membership discuss this donation at the January, 2010 meeting.

Background information was given to the Board as follows:

In 2002, the Guild donated $1,000 to the Building Fund of the Friends of the Cultural Arts Center, now known as the Ozark Regional Arts Council. Their attempt to acquire sufficient funds did not materialize and in late August or early September, 2009 their funds were donated to ASU for the Vada Sheid Community Development Center. For this donation they were offered the naming opportunity for a conference room and the use of the McClure Convention Center for one major event a year, the Dale Bumpers Exhibit Hall for art exhibits and display of art work throughout the year, along with other walls in the hallway outside the conference room to display art as well. For past donations made to the Friends of the Cultural Arts Center/ Ozark Regional Arts Council, donors’ names are to be displayed on a tree of life sculpture or another form to recognize these contributions.

ASU met its drive to acquire $325,000 during the month of September, which the presentation was given by Dr. Coulter at our September meeting. Therefore, the money for the chairs is accounted for. Funds are still needed for other amenities. Any donations made now would go into the fund for the other amenities, although chairs are still available for naming with a $1,000 donation because large contributors did not use them. Example: A $50,000 donor many have only wanted his name on one chair, not 50.

A donation for $1,000 will probably not make us a priority contender for use of the facilities. It is too early to determine if space would be made available for our quilt show use in excess of the space we are presently using in the Education building at the fairgrounds. It is also still early to know whether the cost for the use of the facilities would be more or less than the week’s rent we paid in 2009 for the use of the Education building of $1,490, or if it will be commensurate with the education building rent in 2011.

The Guild treasury started 2009 with $19,661.21 and it is estimated the year will end somewhere around $19,000, so there would be funds available for such a contribution.

The membership might prefer to spend $1,000 for other items, some of which are listed here:

New bases for the quilt show racks---the present cement bases are very heavy, awkward to store, and they are beginning to disintegrate.

Black backdrops for the quilt racks: presently we have mostly white and few black ones.

A projector – we are presently renting one from the Church for $10 per month

Please review the above information, save this copy so you can review it again before the January Guild meeting when it will be discussed and brought to a vote by the members.

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2010 WORKSHOPS

An exciting Workshop schedule has been planned for 2010. Plan to take some classes this year. Mark your calendars now and invite your friends to join you.

JO ANN BELLING is coming April 7 – 9. See Joannbelling.com.

“Waltzing 9-Patch” April 7, 9 –

4 pm. This class will help you overcome your fear of free-hand rotary cutting. Great class for beginners. Weaving, fusing, raw-edge blocks, color, design, piping around new technique border. Class fee: $30.

“Carousel of Flowers” April 8, 9- 4 pm. Inspired by a Judy Martin quilt, this table runner or wall hanging of bright fabrics enriched by wonderful flower appliqué especially appeals to intermediate and advanced quilters. Class fee: $30

“Roses Around My Log Cabin” April 9, 1 – 4 pm. Log cabin blocks surrounded by fused flowers. A wonderful small piece, 23” x 23”, for all quilting expertise. Class fee: $20

GRACE GRAME, May 13, 9 – 4 pm. Check Grace Grame Quilts for various guilds featuring Grace’s work.

“Junque Art – Blue Jean Throw with added chenille” A fun class for all quilters. Start saving and acquiring blue jeans to cut and use in this addicting technique. Fee: $20.

FRIEDA ANDERSON, June 10, 9 – 4 pm See Friestyle.com.

“Trumpeting Spring” No sewing machine required. Raw edge fused beautiful flowers on gradations background bring Spring right into your quilt. Pattern and kit available, containing Frieda’s hand dyed fabrics $30. Book “Fun, Fast, Fusies” text for class. Class fee: $35.

CAROL DOAK, August 12-13. See Caroldoak.com

“Batik Beauty Easy Reversible Vest” August 12 9-4 pm Featuring paper-pieced batiks you will love making and wearing this vest. You will work on one vest side during class and finish the vest at home. These quick and easy vests are addictive. Class fee:$40.

“Introduction to Miniature Paper Piecing” August 13, 1 – 4pm. You will be amazed how easy it is to produce paper pieced miniature quilts. A fun class for everyone. $30 fee.

JAYNETTE HUFF, Sept. 9 – 10 See Jaynette Huff at Martingale-pub.com.

“Serenity Bay” Sept 8 - Paper pieced landscape including demonstration of 1/8th inch border technique. Finishes to approximately 14” x 18”. Class fee: $30.

A full-day workshop scheduled for Sept. 9 Title to be announced... Jaynette offers several full-day classes and we will choose one by popular demand. Class fee: $30.

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BEGINNER CLASS SLOTS STILL AVAILABLE

It’s not too late to sign up for the guild’s beginning quilter class. The class begins at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, and runs for six weeks. It will be held at Redeemer Lutheran Church. You can register for the class beginning at the February guild meetings.

Class topics include tools of the trade; fabrics; color; that very important quarter inch seam; accurate cutting with a rotary cutter; piecing blocks with strip sets, half-square triangles, and quarter-square triangles; hand and machine appliqué; and broderie perse. Before the class ends, you’ll sew your completed blocks into a table runner or wall hanging and machine quilt and bind your project. Samples of both settings for the class project will be available at the February guild meetings. Vicki Kauth and Maureen Forster will be the instructors.

The textbook for the class is the Quilter’s Complete Guide by Marianne Fonz and Liz Porter. It is available new or used through amazon.com or through half.com. This 1993 book was revised in 2000, but either edition will work for the class. And it will serve as a great reference for you when the class is complete (it’s also the text for the intermediate class).

The complete supply list for the class will be distributed at the first session so you’ll have the benefit of the tools discussion before you purchase your gear. The only things you will need to bring to the first class are:

• Your sewing machine in good working order

• The owner’s manual for your sewing machine

• A package of size 75/11 quilting needles

• A spool of cotton thread in medium tan, grey or blue

• Scissors or thread snips

• Paper and a writing utensil for note-taking

If you have already purchased some quilting tools, feel free to bring them to the first class as well.

The class fee is $25 per person, and the class limited to 10 students. The fee must be paid to guarantee your reservation, and you must be a guild member to take the class. To register, see Maureen at the February guild meetings. You can call Vicki at 870-421-5369 with questions.

FOR SALE: Baby Lock Ellegante sewing/embroidery machine. Approx. 5 years old. Includes: manual, workbook, palette version 6 digitizing program with manual & workbook. 122 spools of embroidery thread, external floppy drive, 3 1/2 inch floppies ( many blank, others with designs from Embroidery Library .com), stablizers, Embroider's Friend, Embroider's Buddy. Used very little for embroidery. $3000.

Pat Seuling, 425-4145

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This is the poem that Margie Dotson read at the night meeting.

This Quilt is Made…

This quilt is made of cloth and thread

To place upon your little bed.

It’s not an heirloom – just to keep,

But to lie upon as you count sheep.

Or perhaps the floor’s the perfect place

For a doll and teddy picnic space.

This quilt can be anything you dream –

From superman’s cape to the robe of a queen.

Pretend it’s a raft adrift at sea,

Or just cuddle up when you watch TV.

So use it up and wear it out –

I promise I won’t yell or pout.

Just tell me when its days are through,

And I’ll make another, just for you.

- Author Unknown

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PADUCAH TRIP PLANS

If you are interested in going to Paducah this year we would go the 22nd, 23rd and 24th of April. We would stay at the Drury Inn in Marion, Ill. for two nights and be at the show 3 days; covering the show, the fair grounds and the fabric store (Hancocks) and come home on the 24th. The cost would be $269.00 per person, double occupancy. This covers the cost of the bus and the hotel. The hotel serves breakfast every morning and has happy hour with snacks and drinks every evening.

Anyone attending would have to pre-register for the show on line for themselves at events.americanquilter.com/getdemo.ei?id=54&s=0yo0KRJQR or just go to the American Quilter website and the link should be there.

I need to know if anyone wants to go by the February meeting. No backing out once you commit as I must have at least 20 people to go on this trip.

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Minutes of the General Meeting Dec. 11, 2009

No meeting was held in Jan. The following is the December minutes for your review.

President Carol Lewis called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m., with 82 members present. There was one guest and no new members.

The minutes of the November 13th meeting will be corrected to show that because the motion was withdrawn in the matter of the Guild purchasing a chair for the ASUMH community center, a straw vote was not taken. The minutes were approved as corrected.

The Treasurers report will be filed for audit.

Carol Lewis read Thank You notes from Doris Goins (our Quilt Show judge), Peter and Jan Pietz (for the Whimsical Foundations auction), Connie Lutes (for the presentation and history DVD for 20-25 year members), Katherine Doyle (winner of the 2009 Opportunity Quilt), and a note from a military quilt recipient.

Door Prizes were won by: Maureen Forster, Sandra Bowker and Carmen Tesch.

Sharon Crozier gave a short presentation on the Heartland Quilt Network, which our Guild belongs to. She explained what the group does and how it benefits our Guild, and explained the group’s website and newsletter. Information on accessing the “members only” section of their website will be put in the “member’s only” section of our website. Sharon showed a poster of the Heartland Quilt Network’s beautiful opportunity quilt and has tickets available.

Respectfully submitted,

Celine Kingsland, Guild Secretary

Night Notes – Jan. 12, 2010

Forty-five members signed in. We wished Happy Birthday to Judy Faust (1/2) and Margie Dotson (1/17). Happy anniversaries to Barb and Ferris Magnuson for 45 years on 1/30 and to Annie and Dale Wagar on 1/1.

We welcomed Carol Beasly (guest of Joyce Linhoff), Carol Duvall (guest of Barb Magnuson), Pam Hobart (guest of Alexis Wolosz), Dorothy Lackland (guest of Sharon Couch), Jackie Mazurek (guest of Lois Gerk), and Audrey O’Rourke (guest of Maryann Coonley). Happy to say… Carol, Pam and Dorothy joined the guild. Hopefully, others will soon.

Everyone was reminded that 2010 dues are due! Barb Magnuson talked a bit about Community Quilts and Vicki Kauth talked about classes for 2010.

Thirty-one January Lotto Blocks were won by Pat Barry. Barb Koenig’s name was drawn first, but she said she really wanted someone else to have them. Breanne showed a sample of a neat heart 9-patch that is the Lotto Block for February. Directions will be on the web site soon.

Judy Faust won the Name Tag drawing. Door Prizes were won by Sharon Crozier and Karen Rutledge. Adele Bettenhausen and Lois Gerk each won 19 of the "Icy Blue - Think Cold Brrr!" Fat Quarters. Jackie Mazurek won 17 Ugly Fat Quarters. Fat Quarter for February -- Red (hearts and/or reds). You may enter more than one fat quarter to make your chances of winning even greater. Don’t forget… this year we’re doing an "ugly fat quarter" (quilt store quality) each month, too.

Connie Martin, Nancy Kremsreiter, Debbie Ellis and Annie Wagar brought in UFO’s (Unfinished Fabric Objects) and put some really neat goodies in the kitty. For those who are new… from January through June you can bring as many unfinished items as you wish and show them. You will sign them in on a UFO log and put an item (worth at least $5.00) in the “kitty.” Then from July through December when you bring a finished item in and show it you get to pick one item from the kitty. In December, the names of the people who have finished objects are put in the “hat” (once for each completed item) and one name is drawn to receive the unclaimed goodies.

Our program was “A 9-Patch Night” presented by Breanne Stilz. It was a very interesting and informative program. Breanne may have been a “little” nervous, but she did a wonderful job!

Connie Randall, Marge Schill, Sharon Couch, Sharon Crozier, and Annie Wagar had some neat Show and Tell.

Our program for February will be “Quilt-As-You-Go, Sashing and Binding.” Programs for the rest of the year are still “in the works” so watch the web site for future information. I’m still waiting for the phone to ring or the e-mail in my Inbox from many of you who want to do a program! Come “step up to the plate” and give a program. Anyone can do it. We’re all friends and no one is going to grade you.

Margie

SUNSHINE & SHADOW

Guild member Maryann Coonley's husband George passed away December 14th.

Guild member Inge Fenrich’s husband, Karl, passed away on Dec. 5th.

We send our heartfelt sympathy and prayers in their direction. May God's peace, that passes all understanding surround them and comfort them at this time.

Betty Midkiff is in Texas and has become very ill, she has bronchitis and possibly pneumonia and is being treated aggressively due to all the other illnesses especially her pulmonary bronchitis. She states this is not the best vacation she has been on and she will be there until the end of Feb.

1. Roxine Burch has not had the surgery yet that she had anticipated. But she does have an appointment with the surgeon in about ten days to determine the next step, as they gave her some medication to get her voice back first.

2. Laura Norman's husband is recuperating nicely from Colon Surgery. (Note: it was not malignant)

3. Sonya Smith went in for surgery. She's home and all went well. This was for that pain she had been experiencing in her stomach - but we don't have any further information.

4. Susan Berres was taken suddenly ill and spent some time in the hospital. The doctors are not sure what has taken place, but tests are underway. She’s at home and feels well, but needs to remain home until Feb. 8th, while on medication to stabilize blood pressure and heart rate issues.

Please send Midge Salley (mrsalley@yahoo.com) any news that you have about our members. She says, “We like good news as well!”

THE TREASURER'S REPORT IS ON THE WEBSITE.