The Newsletter of the Hummingbird Stitchers Quilt Guild · November 2014 Hummingbird Stitchers Quilt Guild Newsletter Page 1 P.O. Box 1326, Sierra Vista, AZ 85636-1326 The Hummer

Page 1 November 2014 Hummingbird Stitchers Quilt Guild Newsletter

P.O. Box 1326, Sierra Vista, AZ 85636-1326

The Hummer November 2014

The Newsletter of the Hummingbird Stitchers Quilt Guild Website: www.hummingbirdquiltguild.com Email: [email protected]

www.facebook.com/Hummingbirdquiltguild

Guild meetings are held at Apache Middle School located at 3305 E. Fry Blvd., Sierra Vista unless otherwise noted.

November Calendar

11/3 Monday Night, 6 pm, 2014 Challenge Quilts

Due

11/5 Wednesday 9 am,. Challenge Quilts Due; Quilt ing Techniques with Doris Wells, 1:15 and 6:15

pm

11/6-8 Tucson Quilt and Craft (formerly Rusty Barn)

11/12 Wednesday, 9 am Community Quilts

11/18 Board of Director’s Meeting, 8 am, Country

House

11/19 Wednesday, 9 am Open Sewing; Quilting Tech

niques with Doris Wells, 1:15 and 6:15 pm

11/22 Saturday, 8:30– 11:30 am, Christmas Sale, SV

United Methodist Church

11/26 Wednesday, 9 am sewing room will be open for

individual projects; no usual guild activities

.

I just finished my Challenge Quilt and am looking for-

ward to seeing all of them at the program meetings. I

hope everyone had as much fun doing them this year.

Thank you to all the ladies that worked at the QDP. We

saw some wonderful quilts. It is always educational and

fun to work at these events.

The Board of Directors has been working on updating

the Guild Bylaws to reflect the way we have grown and

now function. A copy of the propose Bylaws is on the

website and will be posted on the bulletin board. Please

review these as we will vote on the changes at the Janu-

ary business meeting.

Have a very safe and Happy Thanksgiving.

Nora

********AZ Quilters’ Hall of Fame******

The AZ Quilters’ Hall of Fame Luncheon was held

at the Tucson Double Tree on September 28. Hum-

mingbird Stitcher’s was named the Guild of the

Year. Pictures taken there are now posted on the

website.

President’s Message

Patti Hopkins, our Publicity POC has been bus-

ily updating the HSQG pamphlet, and it looks

great! It will be distributed in Sierra Vista, and

of course, it will be available at the guild club-

house. It will also appear in TEMPO magazine.

Pick one up from the clubhouse and take a look.

Carry one with you for bragging; might bring

in a new member or two! Thanks Patti.


*******Community Outreach Projects*******

Community Quilts

Janet Wilcox reports the distributions for October:

Animal Shelter - 15 pet pads

WIC - 10

Valor Hospice - 5

Beads of Courage

Debi Guilmette has a ready supply of bags to as-

semble! Thank you. If interested, this is the offi-

cial website: www.beadsofcourage.org.

Quilt Show Ticket Sale

Connie Tiefel reports ticket sales:

Eagles’ Wings Quilting - 412 $338

Art in the Park - 1153 $744

Member Sales - 519 $624

2084 $1601

Pillow Cases Needed

Mary Kay Holcomb is asking for help to provide pillow cases for hospitalized children in Portland, Oregon. She reports that the HSQG has provided 350 pillow cases thus far to the Macey Pillowcase Foundation, named for the little girl pictured below, who is suffering from kidney disease With the holidays approaching, delivery of these beloved gifts might drop off. To fill the gap this call goes out to day and evening guild mem-bers to make a pillow case due at the morning holiday party. These pillow cases will be distributed by the Ronald McDonald House in Portland, Oregon, with an enclosed card explaining the foundation. Please no p i c - tures of emergency vehicles, fire trucks, cars, or doctors on fabric.

*************Remember: day and night meeting attendees****** *******Bring a wrapped 1/2 yard of new fabric for the fabric exchange at the holiday party ********

Sewing Machine Service Sewing Machine Service Sewing Machine Service Sewing Machine Service

Scissor sharpening Scissor sharpening Scissor sharpening Scissor sharpening

Bill Peterson Bill Peterson Bill Peterson Bill Peterson

(520) 234(520) 234(520) 234(520) 234----8120 8120 8120 8120

T-Shirts and Tote Bags are still

available.

Taste of Home– Oct 28

The Boutique made $162 in sales at this event. The

number of raffle tickets sold will be reported in the

December newsletter.


Thanksgiving Day that was estab-

lished as a national day of celebration by Presi-

dent Roosevelt to be observed on the fourth

Thursday of November. The red poppy denotes

the debt of gratitude we owe to our veterans on

Veterans’ Day, November 11.

***And **** remember to go out and vote on

November 4!

Quilt Documentation News .

Our "open" Quilt Documentation Project for the

community was on Saturday, Oct. 18. There were

41 quilts documented in October. We had a very

good showing of volunteers including our two new

members in the guild. We saw some beautiful

crazy quilts with gorgeous embroidery and some

lovely grandmother's flower gardens among all the

beautiful quilts.

****Taking care of our own****

Best wishes to Irene Violette who is on the

mend from surgery. Happy to see you back

at guild.

JoAnn Van Oosten lost her father in Octo-

ber. Our sincerest condolences to her and

her family.

Ethyl Corbin lost her mother recently; we

send our sincerest condolences to her and

her family.

Ruth Akins lost her brother; we send our

sincerest condolences to her and her family.

***Welcome New Members****

Wendy Hirsch

Aileen Jordan

Catherine Tulp

Lita Albertson

Workshop News and Programs

Mark your calendar for these upcoming events:

� December 1 and 3 Holiday parties.

� January Quarterly Business Meeting and New

Board Vote

� February Quilt Show

Please contact Clara Billock for information

([email protected]).

Quilters Holiday Party Reminder

Get your 1/2 yard of new fabric chosen and wrapped

prettily for the fabric exchange at both the morning

and evening parties!


Pieceful Pursuits: A Quilting Quest

The Quilt Show 2015 Entry Form, Rules and

Definitions Forms are available on pages 5 and 6.

The Vintage Entry Form and Member Vendor

Form are available on the website.

The quilt show entry form is due by February 4,

2015. Turn in entry forms to Sue Lee or Nancy

Banz at any guild meeting or mail to Sue Lee

([email protected]). All forms must arrive by

the due date.

For commercial vendor information, please con-

tact Jane Bourne ([email protected]).

Have you picked up your raffle tickets from Coni

Tiefel? Every member is asked to sell one packet

of raffle tickets for the HSQG raffle quilt.

Check out these great quilting websites!

www.bugfabric.com

www.QuiltingMadeEasy.com

www.batiks.com

New Blotto Due January

Wanted for Quilt Show!

This year the special display in the Vintage section

of our quilt show will feature vintage doll clothes

and vintage children's clothes. Please start thinking

about contributions for this display. Watch future

newsletters for more information or contact

Georganne Weydemeyer (see roster for phone)

*****Member Vendors for the Quilt Show*****

Tables are $15 each with a limit of 2 tables per member who wishes to sell items at the quilt show. Only items that are handmade by guild members and are not sold through commercial ven-ues are eligible to be sold in the member vendor area. Application form (on the website) must be completed and payment made by January 15, 2015. Please make checks payable to HSQG. Ta-bles are limited so reserve yours as soon as possi-

ble. Contact Karen Horton.

This is what a real “cat scan” looks like!

Ben says. “Wassup?”




Please feel free to submit articles, suggestions, pat-

terns, or want ads to buy or sell anything quilt re-

lated. We do not promise publication of all sub-

mitted items. We will, however, endeavor to pub-

lish 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 edi-

tor cannot take responsibility for verbal requests.

Request deadline is the 20th of the month. Please

send all contributions to the Newsletter Editor.

Guild Website: www.hummingbirdquiltguild.com

Guild Email:

[email protected]

www.facebook.com/Hummingbirdquilt guild

HSQG Contacts

President

Nora Eaken [email protected]

1st VP, Publicity

Pat Hopkins [email protected]

2nd VP, Programs

Clara Billock [email protected]

Secretary

Elizabeth Polhans [email protected]

Treasurer

Wendy Seals [email protected]

Newsletter Editor

Starr Seesler [email protected]

Webmaster/Membership

Shirley Gray [email protected]

11/2 Millie Fehrenbach

11/5 Jane Davis

11/7 Sandra Dow

11/8 JoAnn Van Oosten

11/10 Yalana Rhea

11/12 Betty Folkner

11/12 Cathy Derr

11/13 Nancy Banz

11/13 Beth Hanna

11/14 Nena Reed

11/15 Jean Molloy

11/16 Shirley Gleave

11/21 Sherry McCoy

11/22 Cheri Ham

11/24 Marrietta O’Brien

11/25 Vangie Knowles

*******For Sale* ******

Babylock Tiara Sit-down Quilting Machine (HQ). Less

than 2 years old. Includes table, overlay & many ex-

tras. $4400.

Contact Linda Erickson. [email protected] or

520-378-7107

Dates for Your Information

10/30-11/2 Quilt Festival, Houston

11/6-8 Quilt Craft Sew Festival, Tucson

(quiltcraftsew.com)

11/15,16 Fort Huachuca Bazaar

11/22 Christmas Sale, SV United

Methodist Church

11/7-1/2015 Art Quilts XIX: Permission to Play

Chandler, AZ (visiongallery.org)

12/4 Farmers’ Market, HSQG Booth


************FOR SALE****************

This Quilting Frame from Hinterberg Design was donated to the HSQG.

The original price was $799, but MaryAnn Lepic, our tireless Boutique

Diva, has priced it at $150.00. It has an 11” throat, and when set up,

measures 5’. H o w e v e r, it has no rollers, no leaders, and no template

boards. This machine appeared in “Quiltmaker’s Quilting” 2005. For a

closer look and more information, contact MaryAnn. The machine is

boxed up in the clubhouse.

*********For Sale*******

Walking foot (even feed foot) for a short shank

machine such as Elna, Singer, and others. $12.

Contact Karen Horton 378-2460

New name: This store was formerly referred to

as Rusty Barn.


Free Quilting Technique Classes

Doris Wells has volunteered to teach a free quilting class on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month. The afternoon sessions begin at 1:15 pm; evening at 6:15 pm. Each session should last about 1-1/2 hours (this is flexible). The two sessions, afternoon and evening, will cover the same topic. The classes will start with the basics and cover making pieced blocks with rotary cutting tools and sewing by machine. Starting from an easy block, we will move on to more difficult blocks. These classes are meant to explore each topic in depth and will take the time needed to master each topic. Please feel free to join in for any topic that

piques your interest

**What’s Coming Up in November Technique classes **

We are going to complete our adventures in machine and hand appliqué this month and begin an exploration of Paper Piecing. There will be the usual 2 meetings in November and then we will take the month of De-cember off. Most of us are a bit swamped at that time of year, so we will go forward to January to resume

our meetings. Mark your calendar for the following classes:

November 5—Final class on hand appliqué. Bring to class anything you have questions on or problems with. I will be working with each of you on your questions. If you do not have questions, feel free to make

this a work session with no distractions from the phone, the family, and the usual obligations.

November 19— This is a week and a day before Thanksgiving, so I hope it will not be a problem for you. We will begin to work on paper piecing. I will send a list of the things you will need for the class to everyone on the mailing list. If you are not on the list, send me an email at: [email protected] and I will

add your name.

All are welcome to attend. It is also fine to come as an observer. If you are not a guild member, you may come to classes, but after two or three classes we would expect you to join the guild. Bring chocolate for an especially warm welcome! Suggestions for topics are welcome. For information contact Doris Wells ([email protected])or if you wish to get the notes so you can come when a topic is of interest to you, just

drop me a note. I will add you to my mailing list and send those notes as they are ready.

******Imaginative Quilter’s Help Needed*****

Anyone interested in enlarging a quilt top? Contact Mrs. Wheeler at

(408-499-6913) or contact Karen Horton for more information.


*****HSQG Retreat******Swan’s Song*********

The last retreat was Friday, October 10 at the Huachuca Oaks Christian

Camp. The weekend was so beautiful with just a nip of Autumn in the

air. As usual we quilted from dawn until well after dark. Not wanting to

end the opportunity to continue retreats, a committee is looking into other venues for future gatherings. Stay

tuned for more news.

******Goodbye and Good luck Dan, Cheryl

and Staff. We’ll miss you so much*******

Just a few of the beautiful projects. Some happy quilters showing off their talents!

The zip line was available for several

fearless quilters who dared harness up.

Happily no broken bones reported!

Quilters can also be Zippers!

*****HELP WANTED*****

***If you had previously signed up to work these events, please signup up again as the signup

sheets are missing!

November 22 Fun Fashionable Christmas Sale at the SV United Methodist Church

December 4 Farmers’ Market

December 6 Community Market

The replacement sign-up sheets are at the guild on the blotto table. Contact Maryann Lepic for informa-

tion ([email protected]).

Hummingbird St i tchers Quil t Gui ld

P.O. Box 1326 Sierra vis ta , AZ 85636-1326

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