Volume XXXIX Number 8 October 2018 President’s Message 2 Block of the Month 3 Programs 4 Workshops 5 Gallivann’ 6 Quilts for Kids and Vets 7 Sew and Tell 8 Opportunity Quilt 11 Hospitality 12 Opportunity Baskets 12 Birthdays 14 Aendance 14 Inside This Issue www.orangecountyquiltersguild.com Sell your raffle tickets! Thank you to all who have picked up their Blue Spruce Opportunity Quilt ckets. And a bigger THANK YOU to those who have bought and/or sold their opportunity ckets and turned in their stubs and money! If you have not yet picked up your ckets, please do so at the October General Meeng (or have someone pick them up for you). I would like to avoid mailing them to you (which would cost the guild money). The drawing for the winning cket will be the final day of our quilt show: 3 p.m. Satur- day, April 27, 2019; winner need not be present to win. This is a major fund raiser for our guild to support speakers and workshops, among other efforts, and helps to keep our annual dues low. Each member is receiving $20 worth of opportunity ckets (4 packets of 6 each or 24 individual ckets – please double check my counng of the ckets!). You can buy the ckets yourself or sell them to others. Once sold, turn in the Folks really want to win the beauful “Blue Spruce” by Edyta Sitar. Here are the dates we can sell ckets at other guilds: • Monday, November 12, 2018 Flying Geese Quilters Guild (Peggy Calvert) • Wednesday, December 5, 2018 Orange Grove Quilters Guild • Monday, February 25, 2019 North Cies Quilters Guild • Thursday, April 11, 2019 Beach Cies Quilters Guild A special thanks to Julie Mc- Cluney for taking our quilt to Tickets connued on Page 7 Blue connued on Page 12
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Volume XXXIX Number 8 October 2018
President’s Message 2Block of the Month 3 Programs 4Workshops 5
Gallivantin’ 6Quilts for Kids and Vets 7Sew and Tell 8Opportunity Quilt 11
Sell your raffle tickets!Thank you to all who have picked up their Blue Spruce OpportunityQuilttickets.Anda bigger THANK YOU to those who have bought and/or soldtheiropportunityticketsand turned in their stubs and money!
If you have not yet picked up yourtickets,pleasedosoattheOctoberGeneralMeeting(or have someone pick them up for you). I would like to avoid mailing them to you (which would cost the guild money).
The drawing for the winning ticketwillbethefinaldayofour quilt show: 3 p.m. Satur-day,April27,2019;winnerneed not be present to win. This is a major fund raiser for our guild to support speakers andworkshops,amongotherefforts,andhelpstokeepour
I havetoadmit–ILoveStuff!Thesaying,“Oneman’strashisanotherman’strea-sure,”Itotallyget!
Myideaofshoppingispickingupmybestie,laying down the back seats of my car and goingfromthriftshoptothriftshopuntilthe back of my car is full. It’s a planned trea-surehunt–lookforwoolclothing/blankets,frames,basketsandholidaychotchkies,anyholiday.
Recycle,Repurpose,Reuse.
My grandma would cut but-tonsoffashirtthatwasonits way to the rag bag in thegarage,largedressesbecamesmalldresses,bottlecapsbecametrivets crocheted to look likegrapeclusters,jellyjars became vases or candle holders which glowed many colorsfromthetissuepaperdecoupagedontheoutside,may-onnaise jars became piggy banks andChristmascardsbecamegifttags and tree ornaments for the nextyear.
Now,whenyousay“Quilter’sGarageSale”–Oh Boy!
Fabricisjustagiven,booksandpatternsofinspiration,piecespartsandstrayblocksandnotions!I’malwayshopingtofindajarofbut-tons! I am looking forward to October’s OCQG Bear Hug Sale. Only treasures at this sale andagreatreasontospend,spend,spend!Monies at this sale will be helpful with future
6-6:45 p.m.: Members bring in sale items. Tables will be set-up and there will be a few of us to assist with placement of items. Try to keep orga-nized.
7-7:10 p.m.:Meetingan-nouncements
7:15-8 p.m.: Shopping
8-8:20 p.m.: More Meet-ing:BlockParty,Philan-thropy,OpportunityBas-
ketsandDoorPrizes
8:30-9 p.m.: More shopping and Clean-Up
Relax,visitandenjoyshoppingtogether–looking forward to this. J
Bring some friends to this sale of treasures! Don’twanttomissout!
Ifyoubringsomethingtoolargetofitintoacaranditdoesnotsale,youwillneedtotakeit home with you as we will not have a way to remove it from the church.
We will be weighing the fabric and selling it for $5 a pound. There is roughly 3 yards of cot-tonfabricperpoundsoit’s$1.67peryardapproximately.Greatbuytosaytheleast.Itemsother than fabric will be marked separately.
All the monies collected will go to future workshops and lecturers.
Alifelongquilter,Sandyshowed nine guild members the best way to create a sim-ple but dynamic basket quilt.
Fromcolorselectionto bias-cut handles and short cutsforkeepingitsimple,thismight be the best basket quilt yet!
“Inallcultures,thebasketisa daily presence in a woman’s life.Lightwillowconstruc-tions,whiteoakeggbas-kets,schnitzbasketstoholdPennsylvania’s store of dried apples or feathers—all were filledandemptiedandrefilledintheeternalrepetitionofhousewife’sduties.”
—SandiFox
It’s only natural that baskets have been used in a myriad ofquiltpatternsfromthosereduced to the most fun-damentalformstorealisticreproductionsevenincludingtheweavinganddetailedflo-ral arrangements.
— Womenfolk.com
BasketsmaybetraditionalbutSandy made them fun!
Sandy also shared her favorite way to make yo-yos ... fondly called“showercaps”!
Please come to the Garage Sale at the October General Meeting.Bethereat6p.m.October9.
Join us for a Philanthropy Sew DayonOctober10atOrangeQuilt Bee.
Peggy Calvert 2nd VP Workshops
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: The nine workshopattendeesshowofftheirprogress. Sandy Corbin demonstrates how to cut the pieces into a basket. SandytalksfabricchoiceswithLynnClouser.
High Country Quilters Guild Craft Fair and Boutique10am-5pmSaturday,October13ActonCommunityClubhouse,3748NickelsAve.,Acton,CA93510
“Naturally Crazy” Quilt ShowMountain Quilters of Idyllwild10am-4pmSaturdayandSunday,October13and14;$8,husbandsandchildrenyoungerthan16getinfree
BuckhornCamp,2464HighwayNo.243,Idyllwild,CA92549
Quilters’ Home and Garden TourGlendale Quilt GuildSaturday,October20:Tour9am-noon;luncheon12:30-2pm;$35Quilts,doorprizes,favors,quiltchallenge,rafflebaskets,dessertbarLaCrescentaWomen’sClub,4004LaCrescentaAve,LaCrescenta,CA91214www.glendalequiltguild.org/events.html
September Door Prize WinnersSusiMcLane 2ScrappyVintage books from Sue’s CreatingCottage Quilt ShopMarilyn Fredrickson 2 Scrappy Vintage books from Sue’s CreatingCottage Quilt Shop Helene Born Red white and blue fabric pack from Sue’sCreating CottageQuiltShopBeth Ferguson Journal packKathleen Quinn Portraits from
Nature bookLorettaDavis CandleandcandyPam Schoenbacher Fabric sale pinAninta Adriano Fabric packJanice Shelton Fabric rollSandra Wilson Tis the Season bookPam Gayle Fabric packGayle Graham Orange Quilt Bee DeborahWilson OrangeQuiltBeeMarshaLeeds BluefatquarterpackKathy Hall Journal pack with fabricSandra Brown Fabric packMarilyn Fredricksen Candle and candy
A word from Quilts for Kids and Quilts for VetsOurPhilanthropyeffortsarecontinuingtogrowaswegetcloser to the Holiday season andDistributiontime.
September was another great month! We added 11 Com-pletedQuilts,13Topsand11Pillowcases for Quilt for Kids. Quilt for Vets received 4 Com-pleted Quilts and 2 Tops.
will be plenty to do from creatingmorekits,bundlingtops,battingandbackingtogether,sewing,chatting,
laughingand,ofcourse,CHOCOLATE!
Congratulationstoourmonthly winners of the Fat QuarterPacks,JulieValencia,Carol Gray and Sandra Brown. EarnticketsforthemonthlydrawingeverytimeyoupickupordropoffaPhilanthropyproject.
Sew and TellButterflies over the WaterJulie ValenciaThisisoneofJulie’sfirstquilts.ShestarteditinBuggyBarnclass.
9/11Barbara PurksThis quilt reminds us to never forget the brave souls who were lost on September 11,2001.
Modern Mini StarKathy ChristensenKathytestedthispatternforaFacebookgroup she is in. She was pleasantly sur-prised when her name was included in the patternonceitwaspublished.
All can play part in Quilt ShowWithourthemeof“BranchOut...”,wecansafelyusetheanalogyoftheforest.Aforestisa living and changing organism that has many needs. Some of our members are able to be large trees that can stand and reach for the sky. But some of us cannot be that big for many reasons.Someofusarelittletreesstartingout,animalsthatliveintheforest,theleavesthatfall,thecompostontheforestfloororeventhesmallestinsect.Nomatterwhatyour“forestjob”mayhappentobe,theyareallimportantandvitaltothesuccessofthatforest.
We ask you to be whatever part of the forest you can be. When sign ups come out for volun-teers,weaskthatyoubeapartofourOCQGlivingorganismandsignupforasmanyareasthat you feel comfortable.
ticketstubs(withthepurchas-er’s name and phone num-ber) along with the money (cash or checks) to the Sandy Milo,atanOCQGGeneralMeeting.Or,ifyouprefer,pleasemailtheticketsstubsandcheck(s)toourPOBox:
Orange County Quilters Guild
PostOfficeBox3108
Orange,California92857-3108
Please make checks payable to“OrangeCountyQuiltersGuild.”
You may also charge the ticketstoacreditcardatanyOCQGmeetingand/orevent.
October will be a busy meet-ingbutI’mstilldoingafewbasketstoraffleoff.Remem-beryourdonationsarealwayswelcomed!
ThanksagainLenaforallyourhelp!
DonnaHansen
Opportunity Baskets
Opportunity baskets
Susan G Komen for the CureOrangeCountyQuiltersGuildwasverysupportiveofmyeffortstoraisefundsfortheOrangeCountyAffiliate.Thankyouallfromthebottomofmyheart.Everydollarmakesadifference.
REMEMBER TO BRING A FriendA snack if your name begins with:U-V- W-X-Y- ZName TagBlock of the MonthQuilts for Kids and VetsGiantGeeseExchangeBlocksDonatedfabricandbattingEnthusiasmforthemeeting!