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News From Around The Block July 2019

Attendance JULY SOCIAL: 93 members and 11 guests

Total members as of 06/03/2019—219

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What a week we have had!! The Social on Monday was a great success. We had 93 members and 11 guests who attended. The Art Quilt Group did a great job hostessing with fantastic table decorations and set up. Jerrie Thornton and her group worked hard all day to set up the sale, silent auction, and the auction. We can never thank them enough for the hard work that they do. All proceeds go to the Service Projects of the Guild and know that it was a huge success. We also initiated our new board for 2019/2020. We welcome all new members and say thank you to the outgoing members. These ladies and gentlemen work hard during their tenure and we don’t always show our ap-preciation for their hard work. Wednesday was the ArtWalk in Shreveport and the Art Quilt Group did an interactive quilt block demonstra-tion. Kelly Pugh and her group did another great job hanging quilts around the room and coordinating the interactive activity. Throughout the night, there was laughter and talking as men, women, and children made blocks that will be made into a very special quilt. There was a lot of talent that went through on Wednesday, and there were many peo-ple who took information about the quilt guild and upcoming show. What a wonderful way to bring knowledge and information about our guild to the community. Thank you to all who participated!!! We now have 98 entries to the Quilt Show. It is going to be a fantastic show. The quilts are all beautiful and I know the judges will have a hard time choosing the better ones. They are all winners!!! If you have not entered your quilt, you still have time at the August meeting, and Thread Benders (August 7) and Haughton Tributary (August 14) meet-ings. There are great things happening in the Guild, let’s continue to be active and invite the community to join us by sell-ing donation quilt tickets, inviting interested people to attend guild and tributary meetings, and showing our love of quilting. Have a great July and I will see you in August.

HAPPY AUGUST BIRTHDAY

Bettie Henderson 4

Bonnie Berg 5

Mary Beth Beene 8

Sheryl Keller 8

Linda Jennings 9

Barbara Jordan 10

Kiley Yohn 15

Carolyn Hunter 16

Delores Woods 18

Dora Cramer 22

Alice Kijak 22

Charlotte Bruce 23

Nancy Marsh-man

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Mary Googe 27

Gloria Hays 27

Charlene Carver 28

Linda McGehee 31

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jeannaspilker@gmail.com

Ad Rates 1 Issue 6 Issues Business Card $10 $ 50 1/4 Page $15 $ 75 1/2 Page $30 $150 Full Page $60 $300

Red River Quilters

Financial Report for June, 2019

June Prior

Month to Year-to-

Date Annual Budget

Cash Position

Income Beginning Balance 23,087.23

Income 1,506.61

BFCU Savings Interest 2.61 5.38 31.75 30.00 Expense 1,740.29

BFCU CD Interest 6.26 8.57 75.64 60.00 Ending Balance 22,853.55

Birthday Day Raffle 52.00 40.00 531.00 500.00

Birthday Night Raffle 0.00 0.00 58.00 200.00

Membership dues 1030.00 1760.00 4560.00 5500.00 Main Checking 4,694.72

Misc. income 20.00 0.00 4195.10 350.00 Savings 12,714.61

Newsletter ads 240.00 360.00 1650.00 2500.00 Certificate of Deposit 5,444.22

Quilt Show Income 155.74 822.00 2170.74 15060.00

Service Projects Income 0.00 3231.40 241.00 3000.00 Total Cash 22,853.55

Workshop Fees Income 0.00 0.00 385.00 2000.00

Total Income 1506.61 6227.35 13898.23 29200.00

Expenses

Administrative/Office Supplies 0.00 0.00 974.48 500.00

Donation 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00

Donations (to church meetings) 0.00 0.00 100.00 1500.00

Library 0.00 0.00 0.00 200.00

Membership 137.89 127.97 317.39 500.00

Newsletter 564.04 0.00 849.36 500.00

Postage and Delivery 139.00 0.00 838.20 800.00

Programs for Monthly Guild Mtgs 75.00 0.00 775.00 1000.00

Quilt Show Expenses 584.68 1219.38 2060.20 16555.00

Reconciliation Expense 0.00 0.00 0.00

Service Projects 226.73 -370.90 2429.05 3000.00

Socials 0.00 0.00 31.52 200.00

Storage 0.00 0.00 4172.50 2800.00

Website maintenance 12.95 75.00 481.34 600.00

Workshops 0.00 0.00 2502.20 2440.00

Total Expense 1740.29 1051.45 15531.24 30695.00

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LIST OF LONG ARM QUILTERS IN OUR GUILD

2019—2020 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President Ronda Smyth 747-1450

Day VP Jackie Pierce 949-4422

Night VP Andrew Love 504-621-6431

Treasurer Linda Allsup 453-6405

Day Secretary Linda LeFever 549-2843

Night Secretary Shannon Hicks 470-2301

Membership Chairman Kriss Kabalan 780-7073

Program Chairman Terri Hayward 286-4624

Community Relations Terry Blackman 347-5616

NON ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS

Service Projects Chair Cathy Callaway 349-0581

Newsletter Editor Jeanna Spilker 458-6486

Librarian Carol Shively 862-3500

RRQ Representative with Shreveport Arts Council Kelly Pugh 349-3956

Sunshine/Shadows Jeanna Spilker 458-6486

Red River Quilters' Tributaries

Group Meetings Contact

Haughton Quilters 2nd & 4th Wednesday 9 am Southern Methodist Hwy 80, Haughton, LA

Bobbie Branch 742-1753

Mission Outreach One Saturday a month, Im-manuel Lutheran Church*****

Cathy Ward 422-3177

Sew n Sews July 8, 1pm PC Embroi-dery & Cottage Quilts*****

Bobbie Deeter 798-0493

Sew Pieceful Quilters Thursdays, 9 a- 4p Little County Quilt Shop Minden, LA

Nona Sale 377-2462

Sunday Strippers 3rd Sunday Rotational Meet-ing Places

Mary Sewell 949-3332

Thread Benders Every Wednesday 9am, Haynes Ave. Baptist Church 610 Haynes Ave. Shreveport

Louise Smith 865-7972

Nimble Thimble Quilt Club

Every Tuesday 10 -12 Atlan-ta Public Library, 101 W. Hiram, Atlanta, TX

Fern Porter 903-691-9717

Art Quilt Group 2nd Sunday of every other month St. Matthias Episcopal Church

Kelly Pugh 349-3956

Quilt Queens Every Wednesday, The Sew-ing Shop 1275 Shreveport Barksdale Hwy. 10a - 3p

Holly Cobb 869-1739 email: The_SewingShop@yahoo.com

TIP OF THE MONTH………….. Keep the art of quilting going, teach a

friend or better yet teach a child.

Terry Blackman Ann Chandler Virginia Hughes Jeanna G. Spilker Gayle Wallace

318-347-5616 318-929-1910 318-539-2042 Cell 318-458-6486 318-846-6820

tap33333@aolcom Cell 318-294-9091 W) 318-539-4181 jeannaspilker@gmail.com Cell 318-518-5635

achandler17@gmail.com Cell 318-578-0113 mgayle@shreve.net

Gordon Blackman rvhughes88@yahoo.com

(w) 903-663-1368 Sue Chase

Cell 318-207-0514 Cell 775-224-0167 Delphia Matthews Phyllis Watson

gnblackmanjr@gmail.com suejchase@gmail.com 512-426-4073 Cell 318-465-3571

sonodame1@msn.com Jan Vickers Home 318-377-9548

Gayla Boyd Cell 318-426-2997 leewatson@yahoo.com

Cell 318-573-6827 Lisa McCurdy mapaemb@aol.com

Gayla@stitcheswithgayla.com 661-674-7288

mclisaa@mac.com

***** Check monthly calendar for Tributary meeting changes

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!!!!LONGARM FOR SALE!!!!

RED RIVER QUILTERS EXHIBITION

AT CENTRAL ARTSTATION Wed, Jun 5, 2019 5:00 PM to Fri, Jul 19, 2019 5:00 PM

The Art of quilting has been referred to as a journey of color and inspiration; a feast of imagi-nation and expression. Keeping this age-old form of art alive is what NWLA quilting artists of the Red River Quilters do. See an exhibition of their work and learn more about preserving this art form June 5 to July 26 at the Central ArtStation.www.shrevearts.org

A few words from Kelly Pugh, RRQ Representative with Shreveport Arts Council

Thank you to all of the Art Quilt Group members for their hard work (and creativity!) in preparing for and host-ing the RRQ July social, and for loaning their quilts and coming to support downtown's Art Walk on July third! Artwalk was a smashing success, we were packed full the entire time and had so many quilters AND non-quilters participating in making raw edge applique and hand-drawn quilt blocks...special shout out to the person who came up with that idea AND to those who willingly figured out how to take it from idea to event. . .and to the ladies who labored really hard in the kitchen and afterward Monday night. . . and to the MacGyvers among us who helped to set everything up so creatively. . . and to all of you (AND your loved ones!!) who do-nate, who suggest, who SHOW UP and participate! What a great group, thanks!

FREE and open to the public. Check the website for hours and additional information

801 Crockett St., Shreveport, LA 71101 (look for the big white dog)

318-673-6500

Gammill Optimun Plus 30—12in Purple limited edition package GS-1 Pivotal Access 12’ SOS Drafting chair Alignment mat 12’ Hydraulic height adjustment (2) zippered leaders 12’ Light bar Bobbin winder 4 double sided templates All accessories included like thread, needles, extra part, extra bobbins Bought in June 2006 for $19,650.00 not including templates and more thread. Not a lot of hours on machine, GREAT CONDITION. Asking $10,000, only serious buyers please. Contact Cindy Williams at quilt4cw@yahoo.com or 318-393-2345. I will be glad to meet you at Sylvia’s to show you the machine

GUILD BOOTH As you all know our 2019 Red River Quilt Show is coming soon. In the past we have always had a “Guild Booth” and we plan on doing so again this year. For those of you who don’t know about the Guild Booth our members make homemade items that pertain to the art of sewing and sell their items in the booth. The member receives 90% of the money that their items sell for and the guild receives the other 10% of the money. Each item you put in the booth will be given a number and that is how the accounting is handled. Say you have 10 items that are all the same each item will have to be assigned a specific number. (10 tea towels, 10 numbers). Taxes have to be collected on all sales. Also since you have put your items in the booth you are required to volunteer to man the booth for a set time. After the show is over the money is tallied and matched with the numbers and in a few days you will receive a check from the guild for your items that were sold. So get to crafting and get ready to make some extra money$$ so you can buy more FABRIC!!! Just a idea of things to make: Pot holders Pot scrubbers Place mats Oven boas Bowl cozies Table runners Garments Quilts Baby bibs Baby blankets Burp cloths Crocheted items Potato bags Grocery bags For more information contact Eloise Litton, (318)210-5132 or Delores Woods Woods, (318)588-2682

JUST REDUCED TO $10,000

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COMFORT CAPS: We had a wonderful time at the July auction with a very large attendance for a night function with both guild groups coming together for fellowship and shopping—what a great experience for all. Also, during the guild meeting two ladies managed in their busy schedules to make 18 comfort caps (11 were from her very own stash of fabric—THANK YOU). Those ladies are Jackie Pierce and Gayle Wallace. Gayle also provided some 8” batting circles to use in the kits. I am always so blessed that this guild continues to support this service project for the past 10 years. If you need to contact me about Comfort Caps for the

pattern, kits or that you need a cap yourself, reach out at ccallawayquilts@yahoo.com Cathy Callaway LOVE WRAPPERS At past guild meetings I have reported about the abundance of quilts being made from our volunteers and mentioned one group in particular. I need to make amends and mention that the majority of our Love Wrappers are being made by two of our quilt tributaries—Quilt Queens and Mission Outreach. They produce as many as 50 of our quilts each month and some-times without recognition of their work. So, I would like to take this opportunity to say Thank You to those ladies who volunteer their time and share their love of quilting. We have 23 names of those participating in the 51 Love Wrappers turned in July 1, 2019 Suzanne Heim, Lisa McCurdy, Sue Chase, Jeannine James, Cathy Ward, Priscilla Bogart, Marilyn Hammet, Susan German, Tamera May, Mary Bradford, Mary Tiner, Marilyn Tisdale, Kiley Yohn, Alice Kijak, Ginger Emerson, Bettie Henderson, Connie Fyfe, Rose Jumah, Linda McCoullough, Gayle Broyles, Harold Mohrmann, Mildred Farmer and Meg Tiller. MISSION OUTREACH AND THE QUILT QUEENS Thank you to all those who donated time and talents (and often supplies) for the Service Projects. Together we made and turned in 51 Love Wrappers.... awesome, beautiful, and amazing. I am so proud of each one of you. Each one is growing and improving in so many ways with your sewing/quilting skills. Special Thanks to Lisa McCurdy and Jeannine James for the long-arm quilting on many of these quilts. Also, a huge thank you to all who donated funds for additional tables; our tributary is growing beautifully and I congratulate you in that we now have more useful spaces available for sewing, cutting, and laying-out the quilts (or having a small workshop in a quieter space). We have grown from one to three rooms (and sometimes we even use the kitchen area work spaces--fourth room). MISSION OUTREACH In July (11-13) we will have our annual three-day-sewing-retreat with a workshop, actually two workshops. Jeannine James will be available to continue the T-Shirt Quilt workshop for those wanting more help on Saturday. I will be offering a workshop using "Fat Quarters" where we will make a Love Wrapper out of a few fat quarters. You do need to be signed up and present on Thursday (for instructions) and complete the quilt Friday and Saturday, as needed. I will provide enough kits OR you may bring 8 or more of your own fat quarters ...all the projects are to be made into Love Wrappers and turned in; that is the cost of the class (one completed Love Wrapper made from fat quarters.... I am prepared to provide the supplies and instruc-tions and you provide the time and talent.) You are still welcome if not involved in a workshop. Love Wrapper kits will be available for those wanting to continue with the traditional design or you may work on your own projects. Everyone is welcome. You are still welcome if not involved in a workshop. Love Wrapper kits will be available for those wanting to continue with the traditional design or you may work on your own projects. Everyone is welcome. A look ahead.... In September Marilyn Tisdale will be offering a class about making a beautiful pillow cover she calls "The Love, Love, Love Pillow" and it will make a beautiful gift if that is what you might want to do with it. That will be happening at Mission Outreach September 20-21 and you will need to be signed up in advance to get the supply list and instructions. Send me an e-mail or text to get your name on a workshop list, the reminder e-mail notice, or if you have questions. Thank you, Cathy Ward, 318-422-3177, cathyHward@Bellsouth.net

RED RIVER QUILTERS GUILD DAY MEETING — July 1, 2019

Since this was our July Social / Potluck / Auction there was not a formal meeting. President Ronda Smyth announced the new Board of Directors, they are as follows: Day Secretary Linda LeFever Membership Chairman Kriss Kabalan Night Secretary Shannon Hicks Project Chairman Terri Hayward Treasurer Linda Allsup Congratulations to the new Board Members! We had 93 members and 11 guest at the July Social. This was the largest crowd we have had in sever-al years. A good time was had by all. Thank you to the Art Quilt Group for Hosting the social and for sup-plying the center pieces for the tables.

SERVICE PROJECTS REPORT CATHY CALLAWAY, CHAIRMAN

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STORE

SPECIALS:

Quilt Batting Roll 96 x 30 yds. $121.50

SALE Al l Brother Feet

and accessor ies 1/2 pr ice machine nice discount

ALL SALES FINAL

Custom Monogramming and Embroidery

Gorgeous Fabrics-Quilting Supplies-Books

Long Arm Training and Machine Rental

Red River Quilters: 15% off with card

Handi Quilter

PC Embroidery and Cottage Quilts 9377 Mansfield Road

Shreveport, LA 71118

Donation Quilt Drawing: Saturday, Sept. 28 at 5pm

200+ Quilts on Display Demonstrations Silent Auction Merchant Mall

Quilted and Handmade Items for Sale

New location for 2019

Louisiana State Fairgrounds

Agriculture Building 3701 Hudson St., Shreveport, LA

Free parking on fairgrounds

Part of Red River Revel Arts Festival—one of the largest Arts Festivals in the South!

September 27-28, 2019

Shreveport, Louisiana

Annual Quilt Show Presented By Red River Quilters Show Hours 10am—6 pm

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Please join and share with us on “Red River Quilters Group” on Facebook. This is our facebook group, feel free to share ideas about projects your are working on or need help with!! Post pictures of your

projects you are working on.

EVENTS COMING SOON !!!! * Shreveport Downtown Art Walk will be Wednesday, July 3rd from 5 to 8 pm in downtown Shreveport,

starting at Central ArtSTATION (801 Crockett St), where members of the RRQ Art Quilt Tributary will be hosting an interactive art quilting event! Please tell your friends, come, bring the kids and the whole family! This event is free to the public, it will be a great evening to stroll and appreciate down-town while supporting local arts and artists. See you there!

SUMMER SATURDAY WORKSHOP JULY 20, 2019, 9:00 AM until 12:00 Noon Broadmoor Presbyterian Church, 1915 Grover Pl. Bobbie Deeter will instruct “NEEDLE TURN HAND APPLIQUE” using the scroll heart pictured; you will learn how to applique straight lines, curves, and points. This is a terrific beginner class if you’ve never done hand applique, and a great refresher if you have! Supply list and sign-up sheet will be available at RRQ Meeting, June 3rd – mark your calendars and sign up then, or contact Terri Hayward, 318-286-4624. Workshop fee: 35.00 per person. Supplies needed:13” sq. background fabric, 13” sq. fabric for design, 12” freezer paper, paper & fabric scissors, marker that will show up on design fabric, basting thread, thread to match design fabric, applique or straw needles, straight pins, fray check, paper & pencil to copy additional designs. Book recommended: Appli-que12 Easy Ways by Elly Sienkiewicz, Copyright 1991 Eleanor Patton Hamilton Sienkiewicz, Pub-lished by C & T Publishing, P. O Box 1456, Lafayette, CA 94549 RRQ ART QUILT GROUP TRIBUTARY has been invited by Shreveport Regional Arts Council to exhibit selected pieces in the lobby of Central ARTSTATION, 801 Crockett Street, in downtown Shreveport. The exhibit will be June 5th through July 19th and will feature original art quilts, pat-tern interpretations, and additional fiber art pieces. * Next Red River Quilters Guild Mtg—August 5, 2019—Broadmoor Presbyterian

Church, 115 Grover Place, Shreveport, LA. There will not be an afternoon meeting at 1:00 PM and evening meeting at 6:00 PM.

Houston International Quilt Festival, Thu, Oct 31 – Sun, Nov 3, 2019

George R. Brown Convention Center

1001 Avenida De Las Americas, Houston, Texas

* Coming dates for Mission Outreach, 2019, are: July 11 –13 (3 day event), August 23—24, September 20—21,

October 18– 19, November 22—23??

2019 Quilt Show Committee Report

Quilt Show Committee meeting will be July 13, 2019 at 10:00 am at the Bossier Parish Central Library on Beckett Street, Bossier City, La.

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For more information contact: Terri Hayward Program Chairman (318) 286-4624 terri@terrihayward.com

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RRQ will be participating in the 2019 Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival on Saturday, July 27

th from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm inside

Prather Coliseum. As a participant we are invited to display and sell quilts and demonstrate quilting and quilting tech-niques. Any quilts we sell, we are allowed to keep the pro-ceeds. If you would like to participate for all or part of the day, please notify Terry Blackman. She is needing volunteers and welcomes any time you are able to give! If you plan to partici-pate, please let her know as soon as possible. It should be a fun day for all who go! The Festival will be held in air-conditioned Prather Coliseum on the North-western State University campus in Natchitoches. The 2019 festival theme is: “Vive la Louisiane!” The festival theme celebrates the ways in which so many outstanding artists young and old are tap-ping into the power and artistry of the old ways, revitalizing and reimagining tradition as they make it their own. The festival will include a wide variety of traditional crafts, folk foods, Kidfest, three stages with live music, narrative sessions, and music informances.

QUILT GUILD BOOTH As you all know our 2019 Red River Quilt Show is coming soon. In the past we have always had a “Guild Booth” and we plan on doing so again this year. For those of you who don’t know about the Guild Booth our members make homemade items that pertain to the art of sewing and sell their items in the booth. The member receives 90% of the money that their items sell for and the guild receives the other 10% of the mon-ey. Each item you put in the booth will be given a number and that is how the accounting is handled. Say you have 10 items that are all the same each item will have to be assigned a spe-cific number. (10 tea towels, 10 numbers). Taxes have to be collected on all sales. Also since you have put your items in the booth you are required to volunteer to man the booth for a set time. After the show is over the money is tallied and matched with the numbers and in a few days you will receive a check from the guild for your items that were sold. So get to crafting and get ready to make some extra money$$ so you can buy more FABRIC!!! Just a idea of things to make:

Place Mats Oven boas Baby blankets Bowl cozies Table runners Baby bibs Grocery bags Potato bags Burp cloths Quilts Garments Crocheted Items For more information contact Eloise Litton, (318)210-5132 or Delores Woods Woods, (318)588-2682

Volunteers are needed to work at the NSU Folk Festival. Please help

if only for 1 or 2 hours. You will have a great time! PLEASE

VOLUNTEER. Call Terry Blackman @ 318-347-5616

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2019 - 2020 MEMBERSHIP FORM

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