Hill ‘N Hollow Newsletter
June 2010
Volume 26, Issue 6

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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: June 11, Frieda Anderson, Frieda's Fun Fast Fusing

Night Meeting: June 8, "Triangle Techniques" by Carol Beasley

Refreshments: Mary Ann Giesy, Connie Lutes, Betty Pulver and Susan Jewell

Fat Quarter: Jewel Tones. Don't forget your ugly fat quarters.

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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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PROGRAMS & WORKSHOPS

JUNE PROGRAM
“Frieda’s Fun Fast Fusing” by Frieda Anderson. A one hour lecture and powerpoint presentation, Frieda will walk you through the process of making one of the fused quilts as well as showing you how her work has evolved. Frieda will bring many of her quilts for display as well as her patterns and hand dyed fabrics for sale. Check out her book “Fun, Fast, Fusies” online.

JUNE WORKSHOPS
“Trumpeting Spring” – daffodils or tulips
Beginning to Advanced, no sewing machine required
Inspired by the glory of Frieda’s garden, these flower patterns provide the perfect setting for the use of detailed cutting, fusing and color combinations to create drama and whimsy together in a single piece. Discover the newest techniques and tools for creating these raw edge beauties as you complete the colorful tulips or daffodils wallhanging. $30 Kit includes pattern, hand dyed fabric. Pattern only, $5.00. This class is full but a waiting list is available in case someone cancels.

PROGRAM FOR AUGUST – “One Quilter’s Journey” by Carol Doak.

WORKSHOPS FOR AUGUST – “Batik Beauty Reversible Vest” by Carol Doak. Aug 12, 9-4 pm Class is full..
“Introduction to Miniature Paper Piecing”, Aug 13 1-4 pm 2 slots open $30.

PROGRAM FOR SEPTEMBER – “Jaynette’s Trunk Show” by Jaynette Huff.

WORKSHOP FOR SEPTEMBER “Serenity Bay” Sept 8 9 – 4 pm $30. Open for sign-ups. “Crazy Quilt Miniatures” Sept 9 9 – 4 pm $30 Open for sign-ups. See Maureen Forster or email her at quiltmaur@yahoo.com.

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REFRESHMENTS

The members that signed up for June refreshments are Mary Ann Giesy, Connie Lutes, Betty Pulver and Susan Jewell. There are only two people signed up for July and Aug. So refreshment will be sparce for those months unless members sign up. The sign up sheet will be at the refreshment counter for volunteers. Thank you. Connie Randall 424-0156.
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COMMUNITY QUILTS

The "Sew In" is this Sat. May 22nd. from 9:00 pm - 3:00 pm at the Gaston Visitor Center in Bull Shoals. We have 17 ladies sign up to work. We will have some of the quilts that were donated this past month on display for visitors to see. We will show them how the quilts are made and tell them where we send them to.

Thanks to the ladies who donated fabric for quilt backs and piecing. We will use it for Military Quilts and twin size quilts for Serenity and Hospice House.

Our Guild member, Linda Jirka donated a beautiful patriotic wall hanging to the Little Rock Veterans Clinic. Our contact, for quilts of Valor received the wall hanging and was so happy to have a beautiful work of art at the clinic. Thank You Linda for making a difference.

We received 18 baby quilts and two twin tops that need to be quilted or tied. The four quilts for Hospice House were turned in with bindings on. They will be delivered soon.

Community Quilts Chairman
Barb Magnuson
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WHAT IS HOSPITALITY?

I feel that everyone comes to Guild for the same reason; at least I have thought so. We want to have a good time and enjoy each other’s company and learn new things about our favorite thing, SEWING and making wonderful things to give to our friends and loved ones.

I have wondered why a lot of people have been missing in the last few years and have found some things out that really have hurt my heart. We have different ideas, personalities, ways of doing things and we hope that will be accepted. Sometimes we may say things that hurt other people without realizing we have done so, I’m sure that I am probably guilty of that myself. So many of us have things going on in our lives that other people are not aware of. You may be dealing with illness with yourself or a loved one or so many other things that affect us and sometimes the remarks of others can be very hurtful.

I hope that everyone that needs our friendship and our interests wants to come to our Guild. With it being such a large Guild you can’t know everyone but do hope that we will make people who come, want to come back. The Guild is important to me and I love to see everyone each month, it gives me purpose and hope others feel the same way. I feel we have a lot of neat people that come; when we have Show and Tell and see the beautiful things that people create is wonderful. The talent that is in this Guild is unbelievable; keep it going because it does inspire others to do better.
Beverly Spaulding

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BUS TRIPS SCHEDULED

The trips we have scheduled are Springfield Quilt Show, Ozark Piecemakers on the 24th of Sept. Cost is $32.00pp, $4.00 for pre-admission tickets Total 36.00 Checks made out to Bonita Ratzel (I am also asking everyone to bring $3.00 on the 24th for a tip for the driver.
The other trip is Quilt congress. This is an overnight trip on the 17th and 18th of Sept. We are staying at the Holiday Inn Express, at 2205 SE Walton Blvd. Bentonville, Ar. The cost is $110.00pp/do or $142.00 single. Checks should be made out to MTN HOME CHARTERS. We will be visiting fabric shop and museum on Friday as well as whatever show Quilt Congress is having that evening. We will return home after the show and lunch on Saturday afternoon. Please check your calendars for these dates. We need a minimum of 30 people. The deadline for checks will be the meeting in Aug. I know it’s difficult to plan so far in advance but it’s necessary to secure the bus and the hotel.
Please NOTE: checks need to be received by the July meeting. Anyone wishing to contact me about trips can e-mail me for the month of May since I will not be at the meeting. Thanks.

GIRLS -- I haven't received one e-mail about any of the trips so I hope you are all going to come and sign up at the June meeting. Remember, if we don't have participation, we can't have trips to anywhere.
I also would like the guild members to be seriously thinking about Paducah for next year. We waited too long to sign up this year what with canceled meetings due to weather, etc. so if Paducah is something you would like to do please let me know. I'll probably start a sign up sheet in Oct/Nov.

Bonnie Ratzel

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JUNE FAT QUARTER

The June category for fat quarters will be jewel tones. The July category is patriotic colors.

Don't forget to bring your ugly fat quarters for a chance for even more ugly fat quarters.

Mary Spilman

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OPPORTUNITY QUILT DATES & SEW-IN DATE

June 5, Gassville in the Park, Opportunity quilt ticket committee is looking for people to help sell tickets. Contact Celine Kingsland, 870-481-5747 or Diana Arikan, 870-424-7801.

May 22, Community Quilt sew-in at the Bull Shoals Gastin Center. Bring your machine and sew community quilts 9am - 4pm, Contact Barbara Magnuson, 870-281-0342.
Opportunity Quilt ticket committee is looking for people the help sell tickets during the sew-in day.

Contact Celine Kingsland, 870-481-5747 or Diana Arikan, 870-424-7801.

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SUNSHINE & SHADOW

Our sister quilter, Lois Gerk had surgery Monday the 19 of April. She is doing great. Cards are welcome.

Adele Bettenhausen's husband passed away the first of May.

Zoeann Gruber just found out that she has invasive breast cancer. She had surgery on May 21. Everyone's prayers would be deeply appreciated.

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Hill ‘N Hollow Quilters Guild
Minutes of the General Meeting
May 14, 2010

President-Elect Annie Wagar called the meeting to order at ¬¬¬¬9:30 a.m. There were 97 members present and 4 guests. We had 1 new member (Virginia Ofner), and our guests were Barbara Dell, Rose Bensen, Emily Duncan and Rossie Stransbury. Annie invited each of them to introduce themselves to the group.

The April 10, 2010 Guild minutes were approved as printed in the newsletter, and the April 2010 Treasurer’s report will be filed for audit.

Announcements: Annie Wagar announced:
• The Quilt Show is an important source of revenue for the guild teachers, guest lecturers, classes and building rental. Therefore, our need for a volunteer to oversee the 2011 Quilt Show is a very necessary function that needs to be filled. If you are interested, please contact Joyce Linhoff or Annie Wagar.
• Participation in the Arkansas Shop Hop was discussed. Among those present, Barb Jaeger won the AccuCut, Barb Magnuson won some fabric and a guest won a quilt and a gift certificate.
• We are looking for a volunteer to be the 2011 Workshop Chairperson. The 2011 workshops need to be scheduled with the guest educators about this time of year. Sue Rogers volunteered: Thanks Sue!

Membership: Sandra Steely reported:
• Some members have not picked up their 2010 Pink Membership Cards. They are available at the membership table.
• Every effort is being made to update the membership photo gallery to include all the members who are not in the online photo gallery. Those who have not had their picture taken should meet Sandra during the break or after the meeting.

Margie Dotson gave us updates on:
• Installment 4The Mystery Quilt is available at the back table. She asked that all participants be sure to mark the check-in sheet when you pick up your pattern so she can provide a more accurate count of copies needed.
• Productions of Opportunity Quilt 2011: Those who have volunteered to help sew the quilt blocks have prepackaged kits available to pick up at the back table.
• Redesigning our name tags: Several possible design changes have been drafted and are located on a table in the back of the room. Members are encouraged to stop by and provide their input on this project.
• Free: We received a donation of template sheets and film that is ideal for making templates. They are available on a table at the rear of the room.

The 2010 Opportunity Quilt: Celine Kingsland updated us on:
• Locations where the Opportunity quilt will be displayed and raffle tickets sold.
• There are a couple of openings to serve at the raffle table coming up. We need 1 more person for May 22nd at the Gaston Center Sew-in and there is one more person needed on June 5th for the booth at Gassville-In-The-Park.

Door Prizes were won by Sue Herron, Gail House, and by our newest member, Virginia Ofner.

Gizmo of the Month: Julie Gumaer announced the two winners: some cone thread for Suzanne McFarland and a sewing tin filled with goodies went to Marge Schill.

President’s Quilt Block: Connie Randall displayed many of the President’s Quilt blocks that have already been completed. She also gave a brief explanation of the meaning and purpose of this block.


Community Quilts: Barb Magnuson reported:
• On April 20th, she delivered 13 quilts to the hospital and 4 more to the Sherriff’s department.
• There were 5 Hospice quilts that were turned in today and are ready for delivery.
• So far, there have been 65 community quilts turned in. We also have 3 military that are ready and are being held until after next week’s sew-in at the Gaston Visitors Center in Bull Shoals.
• The sew-in will run from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 23rd. You are all welcome to join us and to bring your friends.
• Barb will begin to hand out the pins next month for those who have donated community quilts so far this year.
• We have also received some donations of fabric (to be used for backings) and some quilt batting to use on our community quilts.
• Our parade of Community quilts were from: Mary Bouras (3 baby), Carol Herrmann (1 baby), Sandra Steely (1 baby), Jan Dawes (2 twin tops), Betty Midkiff (1 baby), Norma Smart (1 baby), Mary Ann Giesy (1 baby), Diana Arikan (1 baby) and Donna Bohaty (2 baby).
• Our members attending the Tuesday night meeting have also been busy. Barb reported additional quilts were donated by: Julie Gumaer (1 baby), Jan Lawson (5 baby), and Judy Jensen (1 baby). In addition to those, Bonnie Marr finished the binding on a Hospice House quilt that she made (quilted by Thus and Sew), Barb Jaeger finished the binding on one of three quilts that she made for Hospice House (quilted by Thus and Sew). Gail Hillyard and Debbie Ellis sewed the binding on 2 quilts for Hospice House (also quilted by Thus and Sew.)

Fat Quarter Lotto: Barb Tennison announced that Norma Smart and Julie Gumaer won the Fat Quarter drawings for this month. Next month, the theme for the drawing will be “bright, vibrant jewel tone colors.

Consumer Awareness: One of our Guild functions is to inform our quilters of pertinent quilting issues. Barb Tennison shared and ongoing situation she is having with one of the manufacturers who make irons. This popular and very expensive iron has a ‘pop-up’ feature and has an internal circuit board in it. It broke 6-months after purchase, was replaced and the send and third ones also failed. The manufacturer’s warranty does not honor purchases made over the internet and warranty is no valid without a purchase receipt. She also shared her discovery that warranty criteria varies greatly among manufacturers and encouraged everyone to closely examine the warranty conditions prior to any purchase.

Program: Donna Allard introduced our speaker, Grace Grame. Grace gave a stimulating trunk-show of the many quilts she had made and uses to teach quilting techniques. She related many humorous stories of her adventures in quilting as she displayed a wide variety of quilts and shared many quilting tips. Thanks for a wonderful presentation Grace.

Show and Tell items were presented by: Mary Midkiff (2), Mary Ann Giesy (1), Jean Fischer (1), Dee Rennolds (1), Shirley Hamilton (2), Debbie Ellis (1), Bonnie Landis (2) Marcia Hibbard (1), Pat Barry (2), Linda Jirka (1), and Terry Itzig (1).

One final announcement was given regarding a 1-day sale on Saturday, May 15th for 15% off at D & T Emporium in Mountain Home.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:05 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,


Zoe Ann Gruber

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Hill ‘N Hollow Quilters Guild
NIGHT MEETING NOTES
MAY 11, 2010

Thirty-eight members signed in. Barb Magnuson brought Marlene Gelsinger as a guest.

Happy birthday wishes to Linda Jirka (5/5), Maureen Forster (5/8), Donna Allard (5/11), Linda Shute (5/18), Celine Kingsland (5/28), and Judy Jensen (5/30). Happy 48th Anniversaries to both Maureen Forster and Gloria Kalke.

Barb Magnuson gave a neat presentation, “Flowers and Other Good Things.” I think most everyone took part in making the flowers. Thank you, Barb, we all learned some new and fun things.

Installment 4 and previous installments of the Mystery Quilt “Stargazing” were available.

Updates and announcements were given by Susan Berres (Fons & Porter TV show cancelation), Celine Kingsland (2010 Opportunity Quilt Tickets), Barb Magnuson (Community Quilts, Community Quilts Sew-In) and Connie Randall (President’s Block).

Connie Randall brought the Turkey Trot Quilt from the Crooked Creek quilters. Amazing how many turkey designs there were. Neat quilt.

The Name Tag Drawing was won by Annie Wagar. Annie Wagar and Barb Koenig won the regular door prizes. Zoe Ann Gruber won a big bag of scraps donated by Susan Berres. Thanks, Susan! Susan Berres, Sue Herron, Celine Kingsland, Cathy Swanson won popcorn which was donated by Connie Randall. Thanks, Connie!

Nineteen Lotto Blocks were won by Julie Gumaer. Brianne Stiltz showed a sample of the June Lotto Block. The pattern/instructions will be on the web site soon.

Maryanne Coonley and Connie Martin each won 15 Latte & Cream Fat Quarters and 12 Ugly Fat Quarters were won by Annie Wagar.

Three UFO’s were brought in by Julie Gumaer. Only one more month to bring in your UFO’s. Starting in July you can bring in your finished item and choose a goodie from the “Kitty.”

Show and Tell items were shown by Sharon Crozier, Linda Jirka, Jan Lawson, Barb Magnuson, Bonnie Marr, Connie Randall, Jill Risley, Jinny Truzinski and Cathy Swanson.
The Fat Quarter for June is “Jewel Tones.” And… don’t forget the “Ugly” Fat Quarters.

The program in June will be “Triangle Techniques” by Carol Beasley.

I still have several months to fill, so if anyone has something they’d like to give a program on, let me know.

Take care, everyone!!!
Margie

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EVENTS OF INTEREST

Blueberry Festival of Quilts Show; Jun. 10 - 12, 2010; Nacogdoches, TX jerrysam2@suddenlink.net

Denver, Colorado, Festival of Quilts XI Show; Jun. 10 - 12, 2010; Englewood, CO; www.acqcolorado.org

Prairie Pine Quilt Guild Quilt Show; Jun. 14 -19, 2010; Mexico, MO; lucon65@mywdo.com

Eureka Quilters’ Guild Quilt Show; June 18-19, 2010; Eureka Springs, AR; schneiderette@cox.net

Prairie Quilt Guild’s Quilt Show; June 25-27, 2010; Wichita, KS; www.pqgks.com

AQS Quilt Show & Contest; July 14-17, 2010; Knoxville, Tennessee; www.americanquilter.com
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THE TREASURER'S REPORT IS ON THE WEBSITE.

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