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Next Meeting: July 7, 2016

July Lesson of the Month

Let’s All Tessellate! 6:30 p.m.

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What to bring to the meeting:

• Membership card • Name Tag • Guild Library Books • Money to register for

upcoming workshops, etc. • Completed Covers for Kids

projects • Membership renewal

What not to bring:

• Food and Drink

Marcia Wood, 3rd VP-Programs and Workshops Guild Meeting speaker – Kimberly Einmo “Creative Spaces: Turn Your Sewing Room into a Creative Studio!” We are excited to coordinate with TAQG (Texas Association of Quilt Guilds) to bring Kimberly Einmo to the area. She will be speaking at Rally Day in Mesquite on Saturday, July 9, and will be offering a variety of workshops over several days. Kimberly will be presenting a brand new lecture at our Guild meeting. “Creative Spaces: Turn your sewing room into a creative studio!” Kim will share her own experiences and best tips in setting up sewing studios in 15 different homes over the years (military wife). She will also share a tour of today’s top quilting stars’ studios – both clean and cluttered – as they open their doors to their spaces and share their favorite features and tips that we can easily implement. This fun, informative, and inspiring “parade-of-homes”-style visit will provide a wealth of ideas and tips for transforming your own space into a place where you can be your most creative. August 4, 2016 Guild Meeting Speaker – Debbie Maddy Lecture: “Japanese Quilting Processes” Debbie has always loved fabric and learned to sew garments at the age of nine. In 1982, she learned to quilt and it quickly became one of her passions. Soon she was designing patterns for quilts that look difficult to make but are really easy for beginners. Debbie’s designs use her “No Diamonds No ‘Y’ Seams” technique to make them very easy to piece. Debbie’s pattern company is Calico Carriage Quilt Designs and she teaches internationally for quilt guilds and quilt shops. In 2005, she was invited to California to tape an episode of Simply Quilts with Alex Anderson for HGTV. In 2013, and again in 2015, Debbie was nominated for Teacher of the Year by the International Association of Professional Crafters. A resident of Graham, Texas, Debbie recently returned from a trip to Japan. She will present a new lecture to us about what she has learned about Japanese quilts and quilters. Plan to attend one of Debbie’s popular workshops on Friday or Saturday! Details may be found on page 9.

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From the President

Bonnie Ambrose, Guild President

In Walt Disney’s movie Ratatouille, every time Linguine’s chef hat was placed on his head, Skinner became curious about the dishes that were magically created. Recently, Chef Jill, with The Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts, led an intriguing discussion in class on “left brain” versus “right brain” approaches to food selection and cooking. This discussion left me curious and intrigued to take a closer look at what is responsible for my fabric and pattern choices. Have you noticed that quilters approach projects differently? Have you ever thought about your selections of fabric and patterns? Let’s see which side of your brain is predominantly responsible for how you approach quilting … The left and right hemispheres of our brain process information in different ways and work together in our everyday lives. The right side of the brain focuses on the visual, and processes information in an intuitive and simultaneous way, looking first at the whole picture then the details. The focus of the left brain is verbal, processing information in an analytical and sequential way, looking first at the pieces then putting them together to get the whole. Though right-brain or non-verbal thinking is often regarded as more 'creative', there is no right or wrong here; it is merely two different ways of thinking and by knowing what your natural preference is you can pay attention to your less dominant side to improve it. Take some time this week to observe your choices and/or the way you think about quilting and the Guild. For an optimal experience, try engaging both sides of your brain. And remember, as with much of life, balance is the key! Now, think about how you approach volunteering at the guild. Do you choose doing what you know and have already experienced? Or, do you branch out to try something new? These choices can also be part of your quilting experience. I know when I try something new, I become more creative and confident. Over the next few months, there will be opportunities to try something new. Consider stretching yourself and get the benefits of engaging your brain in another way. Happy Quilting, Bonnie

Lesson of the Month

Linda Bartley

Let’s All Tessellate! 6:30 pm –Lesson of the Month Table

“It’s a Charmed Life”, the Show Chair theme for the QGD 2017 Quilt Show, has raised some interesting questions: If we can only use one shape of fabric, which shape will make a quilt? Can we use different sizes of the same shape and still make a quilt? Which shapes work and which shapes do not work? You already know that square quilt blocks will make a complete quilt but octagon shapes will not. How about triangles? How about diamonds? Mathematicians have been considering this challenge since Kepler published “The Harmony of the World” in 1619. Any figure (shape) that covers an area (quilt) with no gaps or overlaps is said to tessellate. Come on July 7 at 6:30 pm as we explore the geometrical beauty of tessellation.

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2017 Show Chair

Theme Designs

Judy Kriehn Lame Duck

VP-Show

It seems some of you are still having a hard time wrapping your brain around the rules for Martha’s show chair theme for next year. Well, I’m going to try to make it a bit more clear through images stolen off the internet. Her theme is essentially “charm quilts” – but that doesn’t necessarily mean “quilt made with a lot of dinky pieces.” Her rules call for all of the cut pieces of fabric that comprise the quilt being the same shape. They can be larger or smaller sizes of the same shape, but the shape must remain proportional. If you are familiar with some of the block shapes, you have one-piece hexagons, kites, diamonds, triangles (equilateral, isosceles and half-square), squares, rectangles, apple core, and more. To make it a little easier and allow a little flexibility, you ARE permitted to (a) trim the edges straight – so you won’t have to figure out how to bind or otherwise finish non-straight sides, (b) add a border around the “charmed” design, and/or (c) add appliqué to the design.

Apple Core the quilting obscures some of the design, but it’s sort of bow-tie like.

Diamond This classic design is completely made out of diamonds

Diamond This starburst variation of a Lone Star is made out of diamonds. It is permissible to trim the pieces at the edges for binding purposes.

Not Eligible While it appears to be a diamond quilt, the large diamonds are pieced out of non-diamond shapes next to the small white diamonds. The sashing also adds to ineligibility.

Not Eligible This would also be ineligible because the diamonds are string-pieced out of random shapes, and the solid fabric flanking the diamonds are not the same shape of diamond.

60° Triangle The body of the quilt is pieced out of equilateral triangles. The faces are permissible because you may add applique to the design.

60° Triangle You’ll note that the hexagons are pieced from six equilateral triangles, and smaller equilateral triangles were pieced to make the spaces between the hexies.

Not eligible Not only was log-cabin style piecing used to make many of the triangles (not triangle pieces), but the piecing is “wonky” style – not all the same.

Rectangles Classic Rail fence piecing. All of the rectangles are the same shape.

Rectangles The Amy Butler prints make the piecing quite subtle, but each square is made from two rectangles. The white sashing is permissible, as you may add a border to your design.

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Show Chair

Theme (continued

from page 3)

Half-square triangles This includes a border with prairie points (which are essentially half-square triangles)

Half-square triangles

Half-square triangles

Squares These happen to be set on point. Other examples would include Trip Around the World.

Not eligible While these blocks began as giant 9-patches, once they were cut into fourths, a rectangular shape came into play.

Isosceles Triangles – If you’re familiar with Doreen Speckman’s shapes “Peaky and Spike, these would be the “Peaky” part of the equation.

Hexagons Quilt is eligible; cat sitting on top is not…

Hexagons These are fussy cut hexies that have been pieced using English paper piecing technique.

Not eligible The shapes of the hexagons are distorted on the edges of the globe – therefore not the same shape.

Not eligible The hexagons are connected by equilateral triangles. Ergo, quilt not made of all the same shape.

Miniature Quilt Auction Donna King,

Mini Quilt Auction Committee

It was such a wonderful experience to present the check to our 2016 beneficiary, Ebby House, at the May Guild meeting! Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have your favorite non-profit organization receive a check from Quilters Guild of Dallas next year? Take a look at the brochure on page 17 of this newsletter. It contains all the important information about submitting a request to be the 2017 Miniature Quilt Auction beneficiary. There are so many wonderful organizations out there who would love to have our help. Put on your thinking cap! Share the brochure with your favorite charity – your charity could be the one! Hurry, and don’t miss the July 15 deadline. (Contact Donna or Patty for a printed copy – our contact information is in the brochure) We are planning another mini workshop. Watch the next newsletter for the date, along with all the details. Don’t forget to start planning the mini(s) you would like to make and donate. We all know how fast time goes by! Thank you so much for your continued support of the Miniature Quilt Auction! Miniature Quilt Auction Committee

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Only two months until September

Judy Kriehn, Queen of the Membership

Database

My first month as Membership Database chair has passed, and y’all are doing a great job with renewals! Thank you from all of the Board members!

• If you are a life member, please remember that while you don’t have to PAY dues, you are still required to submit a completed membership FORM to keep your membership in good standing. Seeing as the psychic friends network shut down years ago, we have no other way of keeping up with your contact information.

• If you are a new, renewing or rejoining member, please remember that dues have increased for the first time since 1992. They are now $45/year. Since a large percentage of our membership is over the age of 65, we will no longer offer senior discounts.

We hope that you will not drag your heels and delay your renewal. We cannot use our bulk-rate mail permit for individual membership packet mailings, so it costs a great deal more to get your directory, complimentary show pass, membership card, and guest pass to you. The 2016-17 form is on page 16 of this newsletter, and will also be available on the Guild website. If you wish to pay by credit card or Paypal, go to www.quiltersguildofdallas.org, go to the bottom of the page and find the link to “Join or Renew”, then click on the big red box on the membership page. This takes you to an online form that allows you to pay via Paypal. Chris Becker will also have a card scanner available at Guild meetings for your convenience.

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QGD Education Committee

Linda Bartley

HHMS—Whhaaatttt? Hone your Handiness, Make a Session?? Hand-out a Hundred Monies Scheme?? Actually it is the Helena Hibbs Memorial Scholarship and the Guild is offering it to YOU! The HHMS was established to further the education of quilters. With this scholarship offer you can give and receive a bit of education. For a limited time the Guild is offering to help YOU take a workshop. After a simple application you could receive up to One Hundred Dollars, that is $100!!, to help cover the tuition for the class. In exchange for the money, you will prepare and present a Lesson of the Month at a Guild meeting. Contact Linda Bartley, [email protected] for more details and the application. This is an offer you can’t refuse….. or at least shouldn’t refuse!

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Community Service - CFK

Mary Howard, 1st VP-Community Service

DCAC Tour and Quilt Presentation

On May 18, 2016, eight guild members were treated with a tour of the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center on Samuel Boulevard. Their facility is large and beautiful, allowing them to care for abused children and their families in a coordinated way with all the agencies and legal entities involved. You can take a video tour at http://www.dcac.org/tour. While at DCAC, we presented a quilt designed by Judy Kriehn and made by the Going to Pieces Friendship Group. Shown in the room where it will hang, the quilt is to help parents learn ways to reconnect with their abused child in a healthy manner. Pictured left to right are: Darrell Kerr, Katrina Cook (DCAC Director of Parent Services), Sandy Berry (seated), Sue Holland, Mary Howard, Becky Aguilar (DCAC Volunteer Engagement Specialist ), Nina Hall, Kay Cox, and Virginia Howard. Darrell, Sandy, Sue, Nina, and Kay were representing the Going to Pieces Friendship Group.

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Covers for Kids Mary Howard,

1st VP-Community Service

June, we gave 5 quilts to Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, 7 quilts to the Ronald McDonald House, and 5 quilts to Vogel Alcove. This brings our total so far this guild year to 494 quilts. On behalf of the children and youth we serve, a big hug and thank you to everyone who helped make these quilts! Reminder: the Covers for Kids Challenge quilts are due back by the August Board meeting. Since this meeting is an off-site two day meeting (8/26-8/27), please make arrangements with Rhonda Anderson if you cannot turn in your quilt by the August Guild meeting. May’s workshop winner is Pam Hallman. Pam received a voucher for a free guild workshop of her choice. Pam makes lots of quilt tops for CFK. Thank you Pam for all you do for CFK! CFK WORKSHOPS: This pile of paired quilt tops and backs is from the May Covers for Kids workshop. Thanks to all those who participated! The Hancock Fabrics where we have been meeting is closing, so the location for future workshops is to be determined. Make sure that you are on Rhonda Anderson’s email list ([email protected]) for CFK workshops if you are interested. That is the best way to find out the details of date, time and location. We add borders, turning too small quilt tops into just the right size. We also make backs. Not hard work at all, but very much needed. You bring your sewing machine and basic sewing/quilting supplies (scissors, seam ripper, rotary cutter, etc.) We supply the quilt tops, fabric, thread, cutting mats, irons and ironing boards (and sometimes someone to do all the pressing). We promise lots of fun, laughs and you may even learn a new quilt trick. You will leave knowing you have helped a child or teen have a brighter tomorrow. 2016 CFK Workshop Schedule:

July 30th, place TBD August 27th, place TBD September 24th, place TBD October 29th, place TBD November 26th, place TBD

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Programs (continued from page 1)

Friday, August 5, 2016 Workshop: The Road to Success with Silk Do you have a wonderful silk fabric that you have been saving because it is so special? This class is designed to get you past the “Fear of Cutting.” The class covers how to stop raveling, which pins and needles to use, to wash or not, kinds of silk, etc. In class we will do a runner using five fat quarters. An optional kit will be available for purchase at $50. It will contain five fat quarters of silk and 2 yards of 60” wide ultra light interfacing. See the Guild website for link to supply list. Saturday August 6, 2016 Workshop: Itajime Resist with Indigo Dyeing We will make an Indigo vat first thing in the day – then the FUN begins. We will learn to use all kinds of clamps, blocks, ties, slinkies, PVC pipe and twine to create resists on the fabrics for dipping in the indigo. You name it and we will try it. This class is fun on steroids with beautiful results. A required $20 supply fee will be paid directly to the instructor in class. Supplies include a silk scarf, one yard or 4 fat quarters of PDF fabric, and the use of the indigo vats and other supplies. See Guild website for supply list. September 1, 2016 Guild Meeting Speaker – Maria Hall Lecture: “One Block, 12 Quilts” Maria Hall is an Award Winning Freehand Longarm Quilter – who graduated from the Naval Academy, etc. Don’t you love finding out what interesting backgrounds the stars of the quilting community have? Maria is also a fun, dynamic speaker. About her presentation, One Block, 12 Quilts, she says, “I challenged myself over the past year to take just one block and each month use that block to create a different quilt. Same block, completely unique quilts, from just changing color schemes, block settings, size or borders. I have quilted them differently with different batting to show even more variation.” “The program encourages quilters to look differently at patterns and blocks they did not immediately fall in love with to see the potential in ANY pattern. The program will ignite your sewing fire and stir your creative juices ...” No workshops this month. October 6, 2016 Guild Meeting Speaker – Charlotte Angotti Lecture: “Why Aren’t You Making More Quilts? I know You Have the Fabric” Charlotte says she works from a bag of quilts. She never knows exactly what will come out of her mouth. (It depends on what comes out of the bag.) Charlotte’s lecture will be humorous, light and yet full of information and real quilts. There are no slides or power point, lights are up and ideas are flowing. Many people cannot attend classes, and lectures are a great way for them to get a view of what quilting is all about. Questions are always welcome during the lecture. Bring friends, cameras and be ready to laugh! Workshops are described on page 10.

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Programs (continued from page 9)

Friday, October 7, 2016 Workshop: “Let Me Surprise You” Finally, a class that you know you have brought the right things for! In this fun-filled class, a kit of CUT fabrics is furnished. This is a wonderful workshop for those who just want to sew and not have any cutting or thinking to do. This class is the most popular class Charlotte offers. It fills quickly and is a SURPRISE in more ways than one. It is a mystery type class. No one gets any hints and yet those who take the class will want to take another. Each class is a different quilt. Each kit is the same for our group. Come for a relaxed day of laughter and sewing. The Guild has chosen a medium sized quilt. The kit fee, including precut fabrics, is $100, to be paid to the instructor at the time of the class. Saturday, October 8, 2016 Workshop: “Surprise Yourself” (learning a design process) This workshop will use the techniques for simple design, cutting and sewing techniques from Charlotte’s new book Let Me Surprise You, which was written with her good friend, Debbie Caffrey. Using easy units and an artistic eye you will be creating your own designs as well as not needing the crazy directions often found in patterns and books. With this freedom you can easily see how many quilts are broken down and put back together again! Certain patterns are easier than others and using basic units you will begin to create instead of just copy. This class is full of information, real quilts and real solutions to everyday problems in quilt making. The book is not required for the class, but it sure is a great source. A link to the supply list will be on the Guild website soon.

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“Quilting in the Falls” Red River Quilters Guild

2016 Quilt Show September 23 & 24 Friday and Saturday

10:00 – 5:00 MPEC (Multi-Purpose Events Center) 1000 5th Street, Wichita Falls, TX

$6.00 Admission $5.00 Seniors 60+ Children under 12 Free Over 100 Quilts Vendor Mall Door Prizes Miniature Quilt Auction

www.wichitafallsquiltguild.org

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Sunshine and Shadows

Lut De Meulder, 2nd VP-Ways and Means

Dottie Mae Groves has 8 quilts on display at Thomas Sewing Center. Go have a look! Member Linda Neal won second place in the AQS Quilt Show in Paducah, KY, with “Twas the Night Before Christmas” and won Judge Karen Kay Buckley’s Choice with “One Cake, Two Cake, Red Cake, Blue Cake.” Both quilts were quilted by Jackie Brown of McKinney, TX. Sue Dexheimer’s father passed away recently at age 102 ½.

Endowment Committee Cindy Matthews,

VP-Endowment/Scholarship

The Grant Program of the Quilter’s Guild of Dallas is administered by the Guild’s Endowment Committee. The 2016 Committee included Mary Masal, Michelle Sauerbrei, Cindy Matthews, Cathy Bryan and Martha Smith. This year there were three applications to be reviewed by the committee. The following projects were approved for funding: University of North Texas, College of Visual Arts and Design

• Purchase of a computerized quilting machine for use by students Dallas County Heritage Society

• Conservation of an endangered silk quilt created in about 1890. This quilt is a Courthouse Steps variation of a Log Cabin quilt. Once restored, it will be part of a temporary exhibit entitled “Log Cabins: Quilts, Houses and Toys”, along with a wool Log Cabin quilt. Exhibit panels will explain the Log Cabin pattern and variations, as well as the design and construction of log cabin homes, so that visitors understand both of these crafts.

The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in The State of Texas

• To stabilize and display a compromised quilt called “The Baker Quilt.” This quilt was produced by four sisters, and incorporates commemorative ribbons from over two decades of life in Austin and Texas, as well as a commemorative embroidered banner from the 1884-1885 New Orleans Centennial Exposition.

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November 3, 2016 Covers for Kids – Watch this space for more information! December 1, 2016 Guild Meeting Speaker – Cynthia England Lecture: “Creating a Pictorial Quilt” Workshops: TBD For more information concerning upcoming programs and workshops, contact Marcia Wood at [email protected]

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Quilt Shows and Events

Calendar*

Donna Petrick, TAQG Representative

Lu Peters,

DAFA Representative

*for additional information on these and other guild events,

visit the guild website at www.quiltersguildofdallas.org

July 8-9, 2016 “Festival of Quilts, 2016”

Where: Memorial Road Church of Christ Summit Building 2221 E. Memorial Road Edmond, OK 73013 Times: 9 am – 5 pm

Information: Admission $7 Free Parking Vendors, Door prizes, Artisan Market Place (items made by Edmond Quilt Guild members) http://www.edmondquiltguild.us.

July 9, 2016 TAQG Rally Day Where: Mimosa Lane Baptist Church 1233 North Belt Line Road Mesquite, TX Times: Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. Program begins at 10:00 a.m., concludes at approximately 3:00 p.m.

Information: Admission FREE with Guild Membership Card Speaker: Kimberly Einmo Workshops are available, and also door prizes. www.TAQG.org Order lunch tickets from Donna Petrick [email protected]

September 16 – 17, 2016 “Autumn Stars” – Lone Star Heritage Quilt Guild of Sulphur Springs 17th Annual Quilt Show Where: First Baptist Church R.O.C. 115 Putnam Street Sulphur Springs, TX

Exhibit Times: Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Admission: $5, children under 12 free

September 23 – 24, 2016 “Quilting in the Falls,” Wichita Falls Guild Show Where: MPEC (Multi-Purpose Events Center) 1000 5th Street Wichita Falls, TX Admission: $6 – General Admission $5 – Seniors 60 and over Children under 12 – free

Information: Over 100 quilts on display. Miniature Quilt Auction, Vendors, Demonstrations, Quilt Boutique

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Minutes from the June 2, 2016

General Meeting Pat Aldrich,

Guild Secretary

Quilter’s Guild of Dallas General Membership Meeting Congregation Shearith Israel Meeting Minutes June 2, 2016 June Mini Lesson: “To See or Not to See?” by Linda Bartley This month’s lesson was about using a facing instead of binding the edges of a quilt. One of Linda’s twists to the process was to leave the ends of the top edge open and you automatically have a sleeve to hang it with. In the absence of President Bonnie Ambrose, Mary Howard called the meeting to order at 7:17pm. New members and guests were acknowledged by standing. Mary then asked the audience to turn to their neighbor and answer the question, “How much do you think your stash is worth?” Mary read the slate of officers for the 2016-2017 Guild year: President: Cindy Matthews 1st VP Community Service: Bonnie Ambrose 2nd VP Ways & Means: Lut de Meulder 3rd VP Programs & Workshops: Sherrie Tootle 4th VP Membership: Martha Smith 5th VP Finance: Patty Edwards 6th VP Show: Martha Wolf 7th VP Endowment, Scholarships, Education: Mary Howard Secretary: Pat Aldrich Since no other nominations were put forward at the April meeting, Judy Kriehn made the motion to accept the slate of officers by voice vote. Linda Bartley seconded the motion. The slate of officers passed unanimously. Congratulations to all, and thank you for your willingness to serve the Guild! Cindy Matthews (Endowment Committee) presented the results of this year’s search. The committee voted to support three projects:

• University of North Texas, College of Visual Arts and Design, Denton, TX: $10,000 towards the purchase of a computerized quilting machine for use by students

• Dallas County Heritage Society, Dallas, TX: $3,515 towards the conservation of an endangered silk quilt created in about 1890. Once restored, it will be part of a temporary exhibit that will allow visitors to learn basic facts, draw connections between historical craft processes, and retain what they learn by combining view and active creative experience.

• The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in The State of Texas, Neill-Cochran House Museum, Austin, TX: $2,755 to stabilize and display a component of the quilt collection (late 19th and early 20th century crazy quilts). Public display is scheduled for spring 2017.

Mary Howard (1st VP Community Service) recognized those who brought items for Covers for Kids tonight. In May, in addition to the 13 quilts that were given to the Ebby House at the last meeting, the Guild donated 12 quilts to each of the three charities we support. We are almost to our goal of 500 quilts donated during the 2015-2016 guild year!

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Minutes (continued from page 14)

During the tour of the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center last month, a special quilt was donated to hang in the Center to help reinforce what they are trying to teach the non-abusing parents. There are still a few packets of Covers for Kids challenge fabric available. Quilts are due at the September Guild meeting. The next Covers for Kids workshop is scheduled for June 25, but we may not have a place for it. If you are interested in joining in, please make sure Rhonda Anderson has your email address so you can get the latest update on it. Linda Bartley (7th VP Education) reminded the attendees that name tags are at the table in the back if you ordered one. If you want one, please put your name on the form on that same table. Also, the Helena Hibbs Memorial Scholarship is now available for mini-scholarships. Up to $100 is available for workshop fees, and it doesn’t have to be a Guild workshop. At some point after the workshop, the scholarship recipient will teach a mini lesson before the regular Guild meeting. Half of the amount will be paid before the workshop and the other half will be paid after the recipient does the mini-lesson. Judy Kriehn (6th VP Show) clarified the requirements for the 2017 Show Chair theme of charm quilts:

• Every piece needs to be the same shape. • Pieces of different sizes are OK, but they must be proportional. If you have

2”x4” rectangles, you can also have 3”x6”, 4”x8”, etc., but not 3”x5” or 6”x8”. • You can whack off the edges so you can have straight sides. • You can have appliqué over the piecing.

Judy is also taking membership renewals before the meetings, or you can renew online. Lut de Meulder (2nd VP Ways & Means) shared that Linda Neal won second place and Judge’s Choice in Paducah for two of her quilts. Dottie Mae Groves has eight quilts on display at Thomas Sewing Center. Sue Dexheimer’s father passed away recently; he was 102 ½ years old! Donna Petrick (TAQG Rep) reminded us that Rally Day is getting closer. She still has lunch tickets and raffle tickets for sale. She can also use more volunteers for that day. And, there are still some openings for the Monday mystery quilt workshop with Kim Einmo. Marcia Wood (3rd VP Programs/Workshops): Kim Einmo, the Rally Day speaker, will be speaking at our Guild meeting on “Creative Spaces: Turn Your Sewing Room into a Creative Studio!” The Guild’s website has been updated with speakers through the end of 2017 on the calendar. The Charlotte Angotti mystery quilt workshop needs to be signed up for ahead of time so that she knows how many kits to cut. In August, Debbie Maddy will be doing a workshop on dying silk. Patty Edwards (Miniature Quilt Auction): The committee needs nominations for the beneficiary of the 2017 mini quilt auction. Please send her your ideas! Bring and Brag: Three people shared five lovely items. Break

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Minutes (continued from page 14)

Program: Ragi Marino. Guild member, Rägi Marino, brought us a lecture which chronicled the history of airplane quilt patterns from their first appearance in the 1920s to the present. With a PowerPoint presentation and actual quilts, Rägi explored early renamed quilt block patterns, simple stylized airplanes, and later complex airplane quilts. Through these patterns, quilts took flight into the aviation world. Rägi has also published a book, Flying High. Check RMarino Marino Designs on Craftsy.com as well as her Facebook page, www.facebook.com/MarinoDesignsTX There were 96 members and 2 visitors and guests, for a total of 98 present. There were 10 door prizes from The Old Craft Store, Quilt Country, The Quilt Asylum, Sew Let’s Quilt It, and our generous members. Please thank them for their support of the guild when you visit them. Mary adjourned the meeting at 8:52 pm. Respectfully submitted, Pat Aldrich 2015-2016 Guild Secretary

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2016-2017 Quilter’s Guild of Dallas Membership FormPLEASE PRINT CLEARLY. Your name should appear as you wish to have it listed in the Guild Directory.

Note: We publish the NAMES of all Guild members with dues paid as of the September Guild meeting in the annual Guild Membership Directory. However, we will withhold any/all CONTACT INFORMATION on request.

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How to submit a proposal to be the Beneficiary of the

2017

Mission:The Quilter’s Guild of Dallas, founded by Helena Hibbs in 1979, was organized to preserve the heritage of quilting, be a source of information and inspiration, and in general perpetuate a high quality of excellence in quilting.

Miniature Quilt Auction

presented by the Quilter’s Guild of Dallas

About the miniature quilt auction

What does the Guild look for in a beneficiary charity?Our membership stretches far beyond the city limits, and our members represent a broad professional, geographic, age and ethnic spectrum. Therefore, we want to know what a prospective beneficiary does to make our community a better place to live, work and play.

We are interested in and support many diverse community-based organizations through our community outreach projects.

Recent miniature quilt auction beneficiaries include Ebby

The Quilter’s Guild of Dallas has a long history of supporting local charities. At this time, we make quilts year ‘round for:

• Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center

• Ronald McDonald House

• Vogel Alcove

For over 20 years, the Guild has conducted a Miniature Quilt Auction during our annual quilt show, with proceeds donated to a local non-profit organization.

Miniature quilts are made and donated by guild members especially to raise money for a specific organizational need. As a guild, we are interested in finding an organization where the auction funds will make a difference.

The 2017 Miniature Quilt Auction will be held on Saturday, March 11, 2017, at 1:30 p.m. at Market Hall.

Any 501 (c)(3) organization is invited to apply. We will accept applications until July 15, 2016.

Quilt donor Barbara Oliver Hartman with her 2014 People’s Choice Award-winning quilt. The quilt sold for over $600.00.

How to Apply:If your organization would like to be considered, please prepare a proposal that is no more than five (5) pages long and includes the following information:

• Name of organization

• Mission and purpose of organization

• Date organization was established

• Annual budget

• 501 (c)(3) status

• Description of financial need(s) and how any funds generated by the auction would be used.

Application Deadline:July 15, 2016Please email your proposal to one of the auction co-chairmen at the email addresses noted on the back of this brochure, or mail the packet to:

QGD Miniature Quilt Auction c/o Patty Brown Edwards 724 Kirkwood Dallas, TX 75218

Or email to:

[email protected]

Notice of selection:No later than August 31, 2016

If your organization is selected:If you are selected, the Guild requests that you be prepared to do the following:

• Appoint a representative(s) who can attend one or more Guild meetings to help us promote your organization

• Provide photos for newsletter articles

• Assist with marketing the auction

• Serve as the judge(s) to select our “Pride of Dallas” award-winning quilt

• Be in attendance at the Miniature Quilt Auction

For more information, please contact:Patty Brown Edwards [email protected] 214-783-1241 (H)

or

Donna King [email protected] 214-319-8966 (H) 214-763-2817 (C)

House, Vickery Meadows Youth Foundation, Newborns in Need, the Ronald McDonald House, Senior Source, Search One Rescue and Hobbycrafters.

Our members tend to respond proportionately to the enthusiasm and involvement of the organization chosen. Therefore, when submitting your proposal, consider the following:

• How can your organization be involved in promoting your mission to our members?

• How will you help promote our auction to the community?

• How will you use the funds to fulfill the need(s) you have?

With thousands of visitors to our show, you have a golden opportunity to raise public awareness for your organization.

Our members and bidders make and purchase miniature quilts when they know that their time and money are spent wisely and will make a difference in someone’s life.

www.quiltersguildofdallas.org