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Our Guild Has Gone

Check out our:

• Virtual Warm Wapping’s Day

• Virtual Show ‘n Tell

• Virtual Mystery Quilt CLUE #3

• Virtual Coffee Break

Important 2021 Quilt

Show Notice

Ladies; Due to the Corona Virus, the

board has decided to postpone our 2021 Quilt Show. We are currently

looking at February or March of 2022. Our Quilt Show is our BIG fundraiser. At this point, we can not be sure

that a 2021 show would give us the success that we need to financially survive. I will

keep you all informed along the way. Please contact me if

you have any questions .

Your Quilt Show Chair, Liz Able

Dues Are Over Due

Speaking of our guild’s financial situation, membership dues are over due .!.!.

Download the membership form from the guild’s

website, fill it out and mail the form and your check to Val Davis. If you have any

trouble or questions, Val is waiting to hear from

you .!.!. Easy Peasy

My Dear Friends……..

Yesterday morning’s headline in The Bee

(June 24th) about Stanislaus County being a

Covid-19 hot spot was not the news I

wanted to see. I think that we were hoping

that we were headed toward our lives

getting back to what we like to think of as

normal. I find it very confusing to read all

the pros and cons of wearing face masks

when we are out and about. If I am in an

area where people are wearing masks, I put

mine on. I am aware that I, and many of you

also, fall into that High Risk category.

However, today’s front page (June 25th) was

more pleasing. It showed a photo of our

barn with the SAVE WOOD COLONY sign on

it. Our family has resided in this very spot

for 117 years, with 6 generations, and we

really do not want to become part of the

City of Modesto. We like things the way

they are.

I was able to attend the recent memorial

service for our CCQ member and friend

Marilee Heaston who passed away in

March. We all observed social distancing.

It was a lovely service with her family and

many friends there to honor her. She will

be missed by our group and Turlock Quilt

Guild too.

There is no word about when we will be

allowed to meet again. So I will continue

to stay at home where I feel safe. Luckily,

I have many sewing projects to satisfy my

creative juices. Today I will prepare block

number 9 of my appliqué quilt. I am up to

date with the Mystery Quilt steps and my

Bucket List challenge is all sketched and

the fabric for it in a bin ready to go. I

received some new Clover Black Gold

needles yesterday from Amazon to try

out. I will grab my trusty thimble and get

to stitching.

Be smart and stay safe, my dear friends.

Linda Cover

Get your inputs for the next

Newsletter to Denise by:

Wednesday, July 25th:

[email protected] with “Newsletter” in the subject line.

If you would like a text reminder a week before, email me with

your cell phone number.

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2020 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORIES

THE NEW MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORIES HAVE BEEN

MAILED TO ALMOST EVERYONE. SOMEHOW I (DENISE)

DIDN’T MAKE MAILING LABELS FOR ABOUT 40

MEMBERS. WE ARE WORKING TO RECTIFY THE

PROPLEM …

[Cite your source here.]

Warm

Wrapping’s

Corner

Please continue to stay safe by self quarentining when possible and keep others safe by wearing a face mask …

Warm Wrappings’

Virtual Wednesday will be Wednesday, July 1st

10:00 am - 2:00 pm.

Warm Wrappings Needs Your Help .!.!.

HEY YOU .!.!. Yeah you … Join us on Wednesday, July 1st for our next Virtual Wednesday .!.!. Work on a quilt or a pillow case … ❖ For pillow case kits; call Carol.

❖ For quilts that need binding or tops that need quilting; just call Paddy.

❖ Need a quilt kit, a back, batting and/or quilting? We’ve got you covered. Give Paddy a call.

We are looking forward to our next in person Warm Wrappings Meeting!

Carol Sullivan 209.404.7456 Paddy Shopher 209.577.2001

Paddy Says … Warm Wrappings is OPEN. Please contact Carol or Paddy for Warm

Wrappings’ project projects to fill your day.

Keeping the Guild active is the Thought of the Day .!.!.

A Little Message

From Our

Vice-Presidents … I hope all of you are doing well and staying healthy. I also hope that you are getting a lot of UFO’s or WIP’s done in the last few months.

I (Cory) have been staying busy with the Quilting Studio and helping my daughter. Between my daughter’s dental assistant online school and her 7-year-old son’s online schooling, she has her hands full.

I have started the “Virtual Coffee Breaks” a couple of Saturday’s a month. They have been fun. It has been good to see one another and chat about what we have been doing and accomplishing in our time at home. I got the idea from Geri Patterson-Kutras. She and Mel Beach are doing “Virtual Coffee Breaks” for EBHQ. The next one is scheduled for July 11 at 10:00 am. Please call me at 209-298-0659 or email me at [email protected] if you need help learning how to log into Zoom.

Cory Murphy and Kathy Sandner

Co-VP’s

Life, lately, seems to be at a standstill. But it hasn't! I am very happy to announce that Sharon Iyer has been awarded with the Terry Kendrick Scholarship.

Congratulations Sharon!!! This scholarship is to encourage quilters from our membership to try a 5 day workshop. This will give Sharon $600 towards the tuition of a class of her choosing. This could be Empty Spools at Asilomar, or it could be a class at Art Tahoe, or anywhere else they are holding a 5 day workshop.

Why to we encourage this? A one day class will get you started in a technique and before you know it the class is over and sometimes you feel like you were in a whirlwind and it was just too fast. The project often does not get completed ever as the class seemed to be over before you know it.

So a 5 day class gives you a chance to really get more in depth into your chosen subject. It gives you a chance to think about things before you go to class again next morning and try to work out some challenges. I can already hear some people laughing that you don't finish an intricate art quilt or complicated pieced quilt top in those 5 days either, but you really did have a longer chance to get into the "meat" of the class and get a better understanding of your project. And a better chance of completing your project.

So........ how can you become a possible recipient of such a scholarship? There are a few "rules" to this.

1. You have to be a member of CCQ for at least 2 years. 2. You must fill out an application and list everything you have ever done for the

guild. There will be about 3 judges who see the applications (NO names, so they are evaluated blindly). The judges give points for all your activities and then the applicant with the most points has an opportunity.

So, if you are interested in this scholarship, I recommend that you take on jobs at the guild, give a short subject of an idea or technique you have learned. Five day classes are great! See you all one of these days. Sharon now has to start looking at next year to see what she would like to try. Educationingly Yours, Ursula Sylvan

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT The Stanislaus County Clerk-Recorder

and Registrar of Voters Office is recruiting for Elections Extra Help

Clerks. To apply for the position, visit https://www.governmentjobs.com/

careers/stanislaus. Click on ‘Elections Clerk’.

Small Groups

All Small Groups are still not meeting due to the

pandemic …

Wear your face masks and stay safe .!.!.

Michele Stoumbaugh Small Groups Chair 380.4133

ART FOCUS First Monday, Noon - 2 pm First Tuesday if Monday is a Holiday Contact: Joyce Compton

Home: 524.6452 Cell: 918.4376

BALTIMORE BEAUTIES 4th Thursday, 1 pm to 4 pm Contact: Debbie LeBarbera Home: 526.1104

Cell: 541.4484

CHAT AND SEW 3rd Thursday, 10 am to 2 pm BRING YOUR LUNCH Contact: Ursula Sylvan

Home: 883.1912

LONGARM Date and Time to be determined by the group Contact: Paddy Shopher

Home: 577.2001

QUILTING BASICS 3rd Thursday, 10 am - 2 pm BRING YOUR LUNCH Contact: Denise Mullenix

Home: 848.5868 Cell: 510.565.2659

QUILTING BASICS FOR GUYS 4th Thursday, 10 am - 2 pm BRING YOUR LUNCH Contact: Denise Mullenix

Home: 848.5868 Cell: 510.565.2659

STAR STITCHERS 3rd Wednesday, 1 pm - 4 pm Contact: Janet Dickason

Home: 543.9811 Cell: 204.8470

8/1 Noralynn Goold

8/2 Sue Perry

8/7 Cindy Thompson

8/12 Jessica Benjamin

8/15 Charlene Befus

8/16 Pat Elston

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8/18 Lila Bradshaw

8/19 Bill Bishop

8/26 Nadine Silva

8/27 Ursula Sylvan

8/28 Teresa Seifert

8/29 Kathy Miedema-Ray

7/2 Sandra Strange

7/7 Jan Leffingwell

7/15 Barbara Sutton

7/24 Lois Housman Linda Patterson

7/29 Monica Calef

President Linda Cover 522.7894

C0-VPs Cory Murphy 298.0659 Kathy Sandner 604.8866

Treasurer Donna Shervington 522.7698

Secretaries Jenny Russell 985.1553 Janet Dickason 204.8470

Education Ursula Sylvan 648.9878

Historian Noralynn Goold 606.2430

Hospitality Sandi Cooper 651.283.2036 Shelley Dameron 380.2554 Tricia Holden 596.4078

Librarians Cheryl Hollingsworth 523.8935 Sue Perry 596.4493

Member Ann Sweet 480.6020 Projects Pam Toomes 604.8718

Membership Val Davis 247.7082 Cathy Anderson 541.1788

Newsletter Editor Denise Mullenix 510.565.2659

Newsletter Mailer Elaine DeSouza 603.9796

NCQC WE STILL NEED SOMEBODY

Small Groups Michelle Stoumbaugh 380.4122

Sunshine Suzanne Pater 380.4133

Warm Wrappings Paddy Shopher 577.2001 Carol Sullivan 524.0935

Jan Leffingwell 681.4849 Sally Pratt 523.9598

Webmaster Bill Bishop 577.1233

2020 Quilt Show Liz Able 985.6343 Ann Sweet 480.6020

Ann Sweet 480.6020

Our 2020 Opportunity

Quilt

The Case of the starry-eyed Quilter

By Mammy Grammy’s Studios

Super Easy - Finished Quilt Size: 48” x 61”

Clue #3: PIECING BITS:

It’s time in our magical mystery tour to start sewing! We’re going to make a bazillion Half Square Triangles …

Draw a diagonal line on the backs of all (48) Light Background 5 ½” squares.

With Right Sides Together (RST), sew a ¼” seam on either side of the drawn lines (Diagram 3a):

(24) of the Light Background 5 ½” squares to all of the Medium-Light Background 5 ½” squares

(12) of the Light Background 5 ½” squares and the (12) Medium 5 ½” squares.

(12) of the Light Background 5 ½” squares and the (12) Medium -Dark 5 ½” squares

Diagram 3a

Cut along the drawn lines (Diagram 3b) and press toward the darker fabric.

Square all the Half Square Triangle (HST) blocks to 5” x 5” (Diagram 3c). (They will finish at 4 ½” x 4 ½”)

Diagram 3b Diagram 3c

I know that severa l o f our members are enjoy ing the Mystery Qu i l t . With C lue #3, we ac tua l ly get to s tar t sew ing. I f you have any quest ions, don ’ t hes i tate to contact me (Den ise Mul len ix) .

Elzbieta Jarrett’s 681.6121

Wendy Nipper’s 681.6121

Mystery Quilt Fabrics

Kay Buck’s Barbar Wegener’s

Penni Barger’s Latest Doll…

P681.6121

Wendy Nipper’s

‘Sunshine’ quilt.

Shelley Dameron’s - Salvage Quilt

Liz Carota’s ‘Current Project’

Just some of Susan List’s 100 facemasks

Palacios 681.6121

Susan List’s State Bird

and flowers quilt, three

years in the making

A quilt for a friend

who use to live in

Alaska by Susan List

Terry Harmon’s projects, modeled by some really cute kids

Tricia Holden has been busy making quilts for friends, including premature twin girls.

Salvador Palacios 681.6121 x

CCQ’s Virtual Show ‘N Tell

A lot of members responded to my pleas for pictures of their projects they have finished during the pandemic. I spoke, you listened .!.!. I hope I didn’t miss anyone …

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country crossroads quilters

P,O, Box 577063

Modesto, CA 05357-7083

www.CountryCrossroadsQuilters.com

Remember to bring to Meetings

• Name Tag

• Show & Tell

• Library Books

• Warm Wrappings Quilt Projects

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