Page 1 April 2012 Hummingbird Stitchers Quilt Guild Newsletter P.O. Box 1326, Sierra Vista, AZ 85636-1326 The Hummer April 2012 The ewsletter of the Hummingbird Stitchers Quilt Guild www.hummingbirdquiltguild.com April Calendar 4/2 6:00pm Program Meeting - Fashion Show 4/3 8:00am Board of Directors (Country House Restaurant) 4/4 9:30am Quarterly Business Meeting/ BLOTTO due/Show and Tell Fashion Show 4/11 8:30am Quilt School Set-Up 4/11 8:30am Quilting Bee* 4/13-16 Spring Retreat (see page 5) 4/18 8:30am Community Quilts 4/25 8:30am Quilt School Set-Up 4/25 8:30am Quilting Bee* *Since we are renting our meeting room in 4-hour increments, you are welcome to come from 8am to noon on non-program Wednesdays. Guild meetings are held at Apache Middle School located at 3305 E. Fry Blvd., Sierra Vista unless otherwise noted. www.facebook.com/Hummingbirdquiltguild A Message From Our President Welcome ew Members Paula Hann Vicki Rall Sofia Romero I can’t begin to tell you how much it has meant to me to serve as your President for the past two years. I have been inspired by the scope and variety of quilts I have seen (maybe I can produce some new work this year!). I have been impressed by the talents of the members who stepped up to help with everything we accomplished this year. Many thanks to countless unsung heroes this year. I have made new friends and learned new quilt- ing techniques (maybe I can even finish the EQ7 tutorial this year!). I am truly grateful for this time with you – and don’t think I’m disappearing into my workroom either! Stay tuned, there may be some new things to come. Happy quilting, Susan Ritter __________________________ Although I’m very pleased to become the new president of our Guild, I have some huge shoes to fill. I am grateful to all of the officers and committee chairs the past couple of years who have moved us forward in many good ways. Susan was instrumental in every change that took place, and I know that we will all miss her leadership and want to extend her our best wishes. She is there for us still, and I know we’ll use her as we must. I am here to continue the great work that has been started and to lead us in new directions as needed. I want and need to hear from YOU if you see or hear of things that need to be changed! We have a great board of directors, so if you can’t reach me personally, reach out to one of our other mem- bers and let’s work to make our Guild a great place to work and play. Clara Billock HSQG distributed ***241*** quilts during the year April 2011 through March 2012.
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Page 1 April 2012 Hummingbird Stitchers Quilt Guild Newsletter
P.O. Box 1326, Sierra Vista, AZ 85636-1326
The Hummer April 2012
The ewsletter of the Hummingbird Stitchers Quilt Guild www.hummingbirdquiltguild.com
April Calendar
4/2 6:00pm Program Meeting -
Fashion Show
4/3 8:00am Board of Directors
(Country House Restaurant)
4/4 9:30am Quarterly Business Meeting/
BLOTTO due/Show and Tell
Fashion Show
4/11 8:30am Quilt School Set-Up
4/11 8:30am Quilting Bee*
4/13-16 Spring Retreat (see page 5)
4/18 8:30am Community Quilts 4/25 8:30am Quilt School Set-Up
4/25 8:30am Quilting Bee*
*Since we are renting our meeting room in 4-hour increments, you are welcome to come from 8am to
noon on non-program Wednesdays.
Guild meetings are held at Apache Middle School located at 3305 E. Fry Blvd., Sierra Vista unless otherwise noted.
www.facebook.com/Hummingbirdquiltguild
A Message From Our President
Welcome ew Members
Paula Hann
Vicki Rall
Sofia Romero
I can’t begin to tell you how much it has meant to me to serve as your President for the past two years. I have been inspired by the scope and variety of quilts I have seen (maybe I can produce some new work this year!). I have been impressed by the talents of the members who stepped up to help with everything we accomplished this year. Many thanks
to countless unsung heroes this year.
I have made new friends and learned new quilt-ing techniques (maybe I can even finish the EQ7 tutorial this year!). I am truly grateful for this time with you – and don’t think I’m disappearing into my workroom either! Stay tuned, there may be some
new things to come.
Happy quilting, Susan Ritter
__________________________
Although I’m very pleased to become the new president of our Guild, I have some huge shoes to fill. I am grateful to all of the officers and committee chairs the past couple of years who have moved us forward in many good ways. Susan was instrumental in every change that took place, and I know that we will all miss her leadership and want to extend her our best wishes. She is there for us
still, and I know we’ll use her as we must.
I am here to continue the great work that has been started and to lead us in new directions as needed. I want and need to hear from YOU if you see or hear of things that need to be changed! We have a great board of directors, so if you can’t reach me personally, reach out to one of our other mem-bers and let’s work to make our Guild a great place
to work and play.
Clara Billock
HSQG distributed ***241***
quilts during the year
April 2011 through March 2012.
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“Quilts! A Centennial Heritage”
� A BIG THANKS to all of our members who chaired committees and those who served on those committees to make our quilt show the success it was. I heard nothing but positive comments all around. And, thank you all for making such beautiful quilts to display. We can’t have a show
without all of those gorgeous quilts.
Clara Billock
� Quilt Show CDs are available for $10. Contact Jane Bourne to order.
� Marge Swin from Green Valley won the 2012 raffle quilt.
� Roberta Watson, Linda Yauchzy, Clara Billock, Jane Bourne, and Karen Horton were our top 5 raffle ticket sellers. These five members sold over 2,000 of the 8,000 tickets that were sold.
Wonderful!
� Quilt Show Financials
Raffle quilt made $5595; 8,000 tickets sold
Boutique made at show $2260, for the year $3873
Vintage quilt auction made $706
Show Profit: $10,660
� Show Attendees — 803 people
Arizona Quilters Guild
(AQG)
Bus Trip - March 10
47 attendees took the HSQG bus trip to Mesa. A big thank you to Sue Lee for organizing this trip
Do you have a website that you use to sell your quilts? If so, please let me know so we can
advertise your website on the HSQG website.
Shirley Gray
Webmaster
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Our Condolences to —-
� Jan Bowie on the death of her brother.
� Betty Edwards on the death of her husband.
� Pauline Granstrom on the death of her
mother.
Retreat ews -
April 13-16
We are having the April retreat and there are still a
few spaces open.
We will be doing the quilt “Weaver Fever” taught
by Paula Thomas.
Contact Shirley Auchincloss for information.
Care Committee
� The following quilts were delivered in March:
Life Care Center 12
Hacienda Rehab 7
Cochise Oncology 11
Children’s Crisis Ctr 4
WIC 6
Cochise Foster Care 8
Total 48
� HSQG distributed 241 quilts during the year
April 2011 through March 2012.
We only have 4 quilts left for distribution.
Janet Wilcox
Wanted
My friend Maria from Oregon and I would like to tag on to a retreat at Ritter Ranch in the fall (late September to early November) if anyone has space in their group. I would be willing to bribe our way in by teaching a class. We have been doing this for
18 years and are looking for a new experience.
Karen Horton
Upcoming HSQG Calendar
5/2 Program Meeting followed by Workshop
5/7 Program Meeting - Karen Horton (Pointing
Up a Quilt - Quick and Dirty)
5/9 Quilt School/Quilting Bee
5/16 Community Quilts
5/23 Quilt School/Quilting Bee
5/30 Blue Moon - Pineapple Flower
(Karen Horton)
6/4 Program Meeting - Max Motion
(Working out the Kinks)
6/6 Program Meeting - Connie Cook
(Color and Landscape Design)
6/13 Sew for the Boutique
6/20 Community Sew
6/27 Sew for the Boutique
8/22-26 Retreat, Huachuca Christian Camp
10/5-8 Retreat, Huachuca Christian Camp
May Blue Moon
Karen Horton will be showing us how to make
Pineapple flower on May 30th.
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2013 Raffle Quilt
Desert Galaxy
Thanks to everyone who worked the table at the March 24 High Desert Crafters Show, almost 200 raffle
tickets ($153) have been sold already. $125 was taken in from the sale of boutique items. Great job!
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Just a note to bring you up to date on the current Challenge. Sign-up completed on March 31st. We
have close to 50 contestants.
The drawing for the painting by Gail Fisher “Airing the Quilts,” (shown below) will be held at the
April 4 (Wed) meeting. If the winner is not present, we have phone numbers!
We have received many questions about various different dots, stripes & plaids.
The short answers are…..
Not only polka dots, but any rounded dots or spots…..any size.
Checks are OK.
Stripes are stripes….. (what else can they be ?)
Who knew that there were THAT MANY questionable fabrics! Bottom line is , “If you’re in doubt,
leave it out !”, but this is supposed to be a fun challenge, so don’t worry about it ….. we’re not .
We hope to have monthly reminders of some sort to keep you on track, and we will continue to
answer questions.
The Challenge Committee
“Airing the Quilts”
By Gail Fisher
March Board of Directors Meeting
The following items were discussed at the March
20th Board of Directors meeting:
� Amend Bylaws
� Recap of quilt show financials
� Budget for 2012-13
� 2013 Raffle Quilt
� Fundraising
� Advertising members’ quilts for sale
� Meeting location
� Retreat survey
� Board of Directors meeting date change
Quiltus Interruptus
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May Workshop
Date: May 2, 2012
Location: Apache Middle School
Time: 11am - 4pm
Price: $30
Please bring a sack lunch
Margaret Wood will present our May 2nd program. She is a quilt and clothing designer of Navajo and Seminole descent. Her book Native American Fashion was published in 1981 and is about adapting American Indian traditional clothing to contemporary wear. Her quilts are exhibited in national and international galleries and museums including the Smithsonian National
Museum. For further information her website is:
www.margaretwood.net
Following our program, she will hold a workshop from 11am to 4pm. Debi Guilmette will start taking signups for this workshop in April.
You will receive a supply list when you register.
Volunteer Opportunity: Ways and Means
Our Treasurer’s Report for the year just past shows that in spite of the rent increase this year and the emergency spending with the fire relief effort, we are still in the black. It has been a big effort with credit due to the many guild members who worked in the show boutique, made hundreds of items for sale, and manned our booth at various craft fairs. Our deepest thanks go to the leaders of all this effort, Maryann Lepic and Gail
Staples. Thanks a bunch!!
While we certainly all hope that there are no fire emergencies this year, it seems to be pretty clear that there is no free lunch with our rent. It’s been a long time since we could meet and do all our work in someone’s living room. We need a committee that focuses on fundraising. From running just the Quilt Show Boutique, Maryann Lepic has volunteered to lead an expanded committee that runs all year. We tried out several venues last year to sell our boutique items and quilt raffle tickets; some were quite successful and we’ll go back to those. We have suggestions for other ways to raise money, too: BINGO night, a pancake breakfast, charity days with local restaurants. We also need to look at possible ways to reduce our rent while still having enough
space for all our activities.
To do this we’ll need support from the whole Guild. If you have an idea for items to make and sell, are willing to donate some time to help make them, man our booth at a craft festival, or an idea for another location that might meet the Guild’s needs, please talk to Maryann Lepic. There is room on this committee for
a lot of volunteers. You could help all year, or just now and then, in this important effort.
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Boutique Help eeded
This summer we will be working on items for the boutique to sell at the various shows we attend. If you have an idea or would like to volunteer to lead one of the work sessions, please contact Maryann Lepic, Betty Folkner, or Nora Eaken. Thanks for all the donations and the work you do to make the boutique a
profit-maker for the guild.
Maryann Lepic
Boutique Sale
All of you Challenge Artists - bring your $$$.
We've pulled out a tub of dots, plaids, checks &
stripes for your pleasure. We'll have the fabric
available at both meetings in April & May. $1
per piece - you may find just the one you need to
finish your Challenge! Boutique volunteers are
NOT responsible if the committee doesn’t agree
that it qualified as a specified fabric!!
Gail Staples and Mary Ann Lepic
Boutique ews
Mats for Haiti
Thank you to all who were able to join the demo/teach-in on the Mats for Haiti project. Those plastic bags CAN have new life. If you have a mat to turn in, please give it to Peggy Kenny. We are still look-ing for church/mission groups, etc. willing to take the mats to Haiti. Be assured, the mats will be used
by someone someplace.
Judy Major
Thank you to all you wonderful quilters for making 65 pillow cases this month. Again, I am sorry that I wasn't there for the project
but I had to go out of town. The Make A Wish Foundation is sending Macy and her family to Disney World next week. She got to go to school for l day this month. Hasn't been in school since Nov.
Please keep them in your prayers. Thank you.
Mary Kay Holcomb
Reminder: the January BLOTTO is due at our
April 4 Quarterly Business Meeting.
BLOTTO
A Special Thank You
Phyllis of Desert Patch has always generously supported HSQG’s many charity projects. Once again she has
helped us in the purchase of fabric for our 2013
raffle quilt. Thanks, Phyllis!
Website of the Month
To view the collection of quilts at the Smithsonian
go to: www.collections.si.edu and search for quilts.
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Please feel free to submit articles, suggestions, patterns, or want ads to buy or sell anything quilt related. We do not promise publication of all submitted items. We will, however, endeavor to publish all items that are applicable to the Guild’s charter within a reasonable time frame. All items must be written in an e-mail or on paper. The editor cannot take responsibility for verbal requests. Request deadline is the 20th of the month. Please send all
contributions to the Newsletter Editor.
We do not publish phone numbers for our members in respect for their privacy. If you need to contact a member
by phone, please refer to the current Guild roster.
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Membership Reminder
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your password to enter the Members Only
Area of our website will change to: 12xxx.
It is time to renew your HSQG membership. Please sign up to receive your newsletter electronically if possible. Receiving your newsletter electronically saves the Guild money in printing and postages costs and saves time in