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MAY 2014 NEWSLETTER 136 WWW.TVQAQUILTING.ORG

TVQA OFFICERS FOR 2013-15

President: Arieanna Glennon 103 Gilbert Drive Smyrna TN 37167 615-459-5338 [email protected] Vice President: Sena Frank 7562 Country Line Road Fairview TN 37062 [email protected] Secretary: Gayle Grier 409 Pine Avenue South Pittsburgh TN 37380 [email protected] Treasurer: Jean Odom 923 Downey Dr. Nashville, TN 37205 615‐352‐5514 [email protected] Membership Chair: Brenda Willis 230 Mainsail Way Madison, AL 35758 256‐461‐0781

Newsletter Editor: Ginger Fondren 607 Lawrence Street Old Hickory TN 37138 615-516-5971 [email protected] Newsletter Email Address: [email protected]

President’s Message Thanks to all of you who braved the cold weather and were able to at-

tend our February board meeting. A very good Show and Tell was provided by

Cookville Crazy Quilters. I should have known just how good it would be after

attending their biannual quilt shows in Cookville. If you have never visited their

show, you should.

It was agreed that the TVQA Brochure would be updated and made

available to guilds for quilt shows and for general information to anyone inter-

ested in learning about TVQA. Sena Frank has worked on this and plans to have

a draft available for the May board meeting.

Some of the board members are also working on updates to the TVQA

By-Laws and Standing Rules and Regulations. We, of course, cannot make ran-

dom changes to these, but are addressing items that have already been voted on

and approved at a board meeting. We want to have a draft form of this ready for

the May meeting, also. We will ask guilds to approve the changes so a final

version can be printed.

There are plans for another Judging Class in 2015. The details of this

have not been completed as yet, but hopefully this will be available by summer

of next year.

We will also be asking for support for our State Fair chairman. There is

a need for volunteers to hang quilts and to sit with the quilts during the show.

Will all the Guild Presidents please check page 2 of this newsletter and

verify their names, home address, phone, and e-mail address. We have not been

able to contact several guilds.

Arieanna Glennon

TIP OF THE DAY -- not exactly a tip — but something

fun

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GUILD PRESIDENTS 2014

TVQA PRESIDENT

Arieanna Glennon

103 Gilbert Drive

Smyrna TN 37167

(615) 459-5338

CHEROKEE BLOSSOM

Linda Andrews

158 Woods Lake Way SE

Cleveland, TN 37323

(256) 683-3850

[email protected]

COOKEVILLE CRAZY QUILTERS

Judy Taylor

423 S. Walnut

Cookville, TN 38503

(931) 526-8207

[email protected]

COUNTRY QUILTERS OF

CLARKSVILLE

Linda Potts 1569 Barrett Drive

Clarksville, TN 3704

[email protected]

COURTHOUSE QUILTERS

Phillis Rothammer

399 Edgar Meeks Road

Burns, TN 37029

(901) 569-0072

[email protected]

FRIENDSHIP QUILTERS

Bonnie White

2610 Mohican Ct.

Murfreesboro TN 37127

(615) 849-8415

[email protected]

GIRLS NIGHT OUT

Betty Denton

104 Flower Point

Estill Springs TN 37330

(931) 691-1649

[email protected]

HAPPY HANDS QUILT CLUB

Arlene Kersten

171 Carlton Road

Chapel Hill TN 37034

(931) 294-8260

[email protected]

HEARTH AND HOME

Brenda Clark

183 Lakeland Dr.

McMinnville TN 37110

(931) 815-2692

[email protected]

HEIRLOOM QUILTERS

Ellen Anderson

307 Layne St.

Tullahoma TN 37388

(931) 273-0732

[email protected]

HERITAGE QUILTERS

Dana Smith

P.O. Box 424

Decatur TN 37322

(423) 334-9173

[email protected]

IRIS QUILTERS GUILD

Peggy Winkenwerder

114 Windsford Ct

Murfreesboro TN 37130

(615) 480-8368

[email protected]

LAKESHORE QUILTERS

Melinda Kunkel

592 Indian Lake Road

Hendersonville TN 37075

(615) 822-6387

[email protected]

LINCOLN COUNTY PIECEMAKERS

Emily Elliott

MANCHESTER QUILTING LADIES

Katherine Ewell

809 Parks St

Manchester TN 37355

(931) 728-3313

MATERIAL GIRLS QUILTERS

Pat Morris

248 Cortner Mill Road

Normandy, TN 37360

(931) 857-3030

MAURY QUILTERS

Dee Komisky

431 Mt Joy Rd

Hampshire TN 38461

(941)379-3037

MUSIC CITY QUILTERS

Teresa Couch

6006 Culbertson Rd

Antioch, TN 37013

(615) 604-0340

teresa [email protected]

PC QUILTERS

Rita Stapleton

1520 Covington Drive

Brentwood TN 37027

(615) 370-3607

[email protected]

PEACE BY PIECE QUILTERS

Lisa Saylor

609 Emmett Ayers Rd

Grant AL 35747

(256) 728-8240

[email protected]

QUILTING BEES

Emily Johnson

5123 Woodland Hills Dr

La Vergne TN 37086

(615) 280-2016

[email protected]

SEW DELIGHTFUL

Samantha Barnhill

507 Lucas Road

Dickson TN 37055

(615) 417-0335

[email protected]

SOUTHERN LADIES

Brenda Templeton

412 Brown St

Sparta TN 38583

(931) 836-2701

[email protected]

STAR STITCHERS

Becky Westmoreland

583 County Rd 286

Stevenson AL 35772

(256) 437-2520

[email protected]

STITCHIN’ SISTERS

June Collins 630 Fox Trail

Jasper TN 37347

(423) 9948477

mailto:[email protected]

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TVQA would like to acknowledge the following

members who are Charter Members of this organi-

zation. Due to their vision and love for quilting

TVQA has grown to include approximately 1200

members who share the joy of quilting in Tennessee,

Alabama and Georgia. It is with gratitude that we ex-

tend our appreciation to these individuals for paving

the way. Furthermore, the TVQA board members

voted to exempt these Charter Members from paying

any further dues.

Irene Andrews, Judy Driver, Pat Kyser, Margaret

Murray, Ann Thorneberry, Dene Hines, Cindy

Hawkins, Barbara Landis, Sue Pons, Dot Arnold,

Frieda Holt, Mildred Locke, Gretchen Hosler,

Melissa Thomas, Allison Arnold —————————--—————————————

MEMBERSHIP NEWS

A REMINDER FROM THE TREASURER AND

MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN:

Please send membership checks to the Treasurer, Jean

Odom, and membership information to Brenda Willis,

the Membership Chair.

Thanks, Jean & Brenda

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

NEWSLETTER

DEADLINES:

June 20

September 20

TVQA EVENTS :

Assembly Day, 2014 ( See pg 8 )

July 19, 2014

McGavock High School

Tennessee State Fair

September 5-14, 2014

Fall Retreat: ( See pg 12 )

October 1st - October 5th 2014 St. Mary’s Retreat Center

Sewanee , TN

GUILD EVENTS:

Old Timers Day Quilt Show

May 2nd & 3rd

Walnut Street Church of Christ

Dickson, TN

Stitch and Share Show Quilts Old and

New 2014

May 2nd & 3rd

White County Fairgrounds

Agricultural Bldg.

Hale Street (off Spring St. / Rt. 289)

Sparta, TN

Quilts in the Boro 2014

August 15-16, 2014

Call for Entries!

Go to: www.quiltingbees.org for details

Courthouse Quilters 17th Annual

Quilt Show

October 10-11, 2014

White Bluff, TN

White Oak Women’s Exchange (WOWE)

Quilt Show “Hope & Love”

November 7th & 8th, 2014

TVQA WEBSITE: www.tvqaquilting.org

Also, TVQA has a FACEBOOK page!! LIKE

US and get messages of up-and-coming events or

information.

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BOARD MINUTES

TENNESSEE VALLEY QUILTERS ASSOCIATION

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February 14, 2014

The meeting was held at the LaVergne First United Methodist Church, Waldron Road, LaVergne, TN.

The meeting was called to order at 10:00 AM by President Arieanna Glennon. Arieanna asked for a roll call.

The minutes were submitted for approval. After discussion, the minutes were approved with changes requested by

Kay Pappenfuss.

Treasurer Jean Odom noted that this is the time of year when we receive dues and the account balance changes

often. The balance in the newsletter was around $8,600. Jean said that after all the dues come in our balance will be

between $10,000 and $12,000 but today after the checks she wrote it is $11,119.00. Jean asked to see someone from

Country Quilters regarding their $150 check for attendance that has not been cashed.

In the past, membership checks have gone to the Membership Chair and then are mailed to Jean. That’s approxi-

mately $15,000 in checks going through the Postal System twice. Jean suggested that the original checks be mailed

to her and a copy of the checks along with the membership information be mailed to Brenda. Arieanna quoted the

By-Laws wherein it states that the checks and membership information should go to the Membership Chairman and

the checks then be transferred to the Treasurer. It is not that this cannot be changed, but it would require an

amendment to the By-Laws.

Jean made a motion that we change the Standing Rules so that checks go to the Treasurer along with a copy of the

accounting/membership information that goes to the Membership Chair. Motion carried and the method of

submitting membership checks will change.

Officer/Committee Reports:

Vice President Sena Frank said we have three new books:

“Scraps Plus One” by Joan Ford

“Quilting Happiness” by Christina Lane and Diane Gilliland

“Quilting Modern” by Jacquie Gering and Katie Pedersen

These books will be available to check out after the meeting. If you have books out, please bring them back. Also,

when you go to your guild, ask that books be returned. “Quilting Happiness” is our book to remember our members

who passed away in 2013.

Membership Chairperson Brenda Willis said she has received about one-third of the renewals for 2014. She would

like to get this completed and the directory to the printer, so please get any

additional membership information to her as soon as possible. Membership cards were available for several guilds.

Newsletter Editor Ginger Fondren said thanks to everyone who sent in articles with the name of the guild in the

subject of the email. It was a tremendous help.

Arieanna asked that the officer information for guilds be updated and sent to Ginger for the newsletter.

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State Fair chairperson Judy Beckwith was not available. Her representative asked that the judge information

be submitted by late April. The date for the 2014 fair will be in the next newsletter. Our goal for this year is to

have 150 quilts submitted. We are still in need of more hangers. Please continue to bring those in.

Program Services Chairperson, Jo Reid, said as soon as the membership info is in, Jo will call each of the

teachers to be sure that the classes they have listed are the ones they are available to teach and will remove any

teachers who have not paid their dues. Arieanna asked Jo to look at the Judges list and to remove any who are

no longer members. Jo agreed.

TVQA Website Chairperson, Kay Papenfuss, said several pages have been updated and she is working on

membership.

Home of the Brave (HOTB) chair for Alabama, Jo Reid, reported Alabama is good shape and there were no

losses since the last meeting.

Sena Frank, HOTB for Tennessee, reported there was one loss and the quilt has already been sent to the fam-

ily. Sena added that the booklist for the library is up-to-date and on the website.

Fall Retreat chairperson, Jo Reid, reported that registration forms (hopefully) will be in the next newsletter.

Winter Retreat chairperson, Barbara Seals, reported 65 people attended the Winter Retreat.

Everyone had a wonderful time and the food was fantastic. The new director is very accommodating. Look for

the form to be available in the Fall newsletter. The heat and AC have been improved.

Old Business:

Assembly Day 2014 – Ginger reported eight vendors are signed up. Arieanna said that if the

Assembly Day speakers would agree to stay over and teach classes open to all TVQA members, that TVQA

might agree to assist with expenses. Ginger said that Iris Guild had considered and rejected this idea due to the

high cost to those taking the classes. Ginger said they have space for 12 vendors and will get an application to

anyone who is interested. They are also offering space to long-arm quilters to display what they can do. Kay

suggested that the vendor application be added to the website. Deadline for registration is June 1st.

Assembly Day 2015 – Judy Hamsen is coming. She was a designer for Moda fabrics and has been on Fons &

Porter’s TV show. The date is July 18, 2015.

Ginger was appointed to chair a committee to discuss TVQA contributing to expenses for the Assembly Day

speaker to conduct classes.

New Business

Spring Seminar 2015 – The new director at St. Mary’s said they would be open to have the Spring Seminar

there. They would want to work with us on the rooms and the food. Please take this info back to your guild

and discuss. We will talk about it more at the next meeting.

Arieanna said a recommendation was made that TVQA pay mileage for the judges who are TVQA members

and working on a TVQA sponsored event.

Kay reported that she and Bernice are working on a class for judges. However, everyone who is certified to

teach the class is booked through 2014 and into 2015. There is a judges class taught at the NQA Columbus

show and it is going on the road. They will finalize the curriculum in May. Kay asked that they teach the class

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for TVQA and suggested it be added to Spring Seminar 2015. Arieanna said it could be held before or after Spring

Seminar but with only three classrooms at either the Doubletree or St. Mary’s, it could not be at the same time. When

the Spring Seminar location is decided, we can make arrangements for the Judging Class.

Chattanooga AQS Show – Gayle reported the cost for a booth would be $1,378. She did not have an opportunity to

call AQS to see if they would “comp” a booth but will do that and report back. She encouraged everyone to support the

show. Arieanna suggested a brochure to tell more about TVQA and asked if anyone has a copy of the blue brochure we

used to have available.

White Glove Event – Arieanna asked if anyone wants to take on that event. It would mean finding a venue, receiving

quilts for the event, being responsible, etc. Jean said it used to be held on the year between Spring Seminars. Jean said

she would work on the committee but could not chair the show.

Bus Trips – is anyone interested in chairing this project? There was no response.

Guilds with handouts were recognized. .

Ginger thanked everyone who brought quilts to her for Quilts of Valor. As of this week, over 97,000 quilts have been

presented to combat or combat-related veterans. She will send out some additional information to the guild presidents.

The quilts need a pillowcase with them and a journal. Ginger asked if each guild could give one quilt per quarter. They

are talking about increasing the minimum size.

Show and Tell was presented by Cookville Crazy Quilters.

Door prizes were won by Pat Curtis, Pam Thompson, Evelyn Smith and Mary Sue Young. Congratulations, ladies!!

The next meeting will be on Friday, May 9, 2014. Show & Tell at the May meeting will be presented by Lincoln

County Piecemakers.

Respectfully submitted,

Gayle Grier

Secretary

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TENNESSEE VALLEY QUILTERS ASSOCIATION

TREASURER’S REPORT

FOR PERIOD 12-20-13 to 3-20-14

INCOME 2013 CURRENT PERIOD

Dues $16,697.50 $11,625.00

Assembly Day 2013 1,392.70

2014 Fall Retreat Refund 3.23 ___________

Total Income $18,083.43 $11,625.00

EXPENSES

Administrative

Web site 499.00 354.05

Annual Corp. Fee 20.00 20.00

Bank Stamp 24.02

P.O. Box Rental 70.00

Storage Unit –annual rent 400.00

Liability Insurance 224.00

Postage 18.40

Board Meeting

Church Donation 100.00 100.00

Refreshments 203.27 40.48

Door Prizes 98.38 40.09

Library 80.09 73.31

Dues Refund 90.00 15.00

Teacher mileage 1,024.20

Member services

(directories and newsletter) 3,805.43 71.07

2013 Seminar Scholarships 450.00

2013 Seminar 600.00

2013 Fall Retreat 1,000.00 1,000.00 (2014)

2014 Winter Retreat 1,000.00

2015 Seminar 100.00

2013 State Fair Awards 40.00

Guild Incentive 1,800.00

Home of the Brave 200.00

2014 Assembly Day 5,000.00

TOTAL EXPENSES $16,860.02 $2,499.00

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CHECKING ACCOUNT Beginning balance $ 8,674.98

Deposits 11,625.00

Checks written 2,499.00

Ending balance $17,800.98

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How does one spirited, creative woman with a background

in theater go from costume designer to quilting celebrity?

With the love and support of her amazing family, Jenny

Doan, of the Missouri Star Quilt Company, started posting

instructional quilting videos on YouTube in 2008, and since

has become one of the most widely watched sensations in

the quilting world with over 17 million views. Her inspira-

tional story coupled with her expertise in making quilting

easy caught the attention of Baby Lock, and now Jenny will

feature Baby Lock machines in her videos and store.

ASSEMBLY DAY 2014

CHRISTMAS IN JULY

July 19, 2014

Artist, quilt artist and teacher. Jim Gatling has been

quilting for over 35 years. He taught public school art,

stitchery, and quilting at Morrilton High School for 30

years. After retiring from public school teaching, Jim

now teaches art part-time at the Sacred Heart Catholic

Schools. Jim Gatling is the only quilting teacher sanc-

tioned by the Arkansas State Department of Education.

His quilts have been recognized in local, state, and

international quilt shows. Billed as a Southern Quilt

Humorist he is a highly sought after lecturer for his

Southern family and quilt stories. His funny personal-

ity shows through with his heavily embellished quilts.

He is an active member of Arkansas Quilters Guild

(past president) and a member of the Central Arkansas

Quilters in Conway. www.quiltingarkansas.com

This year Assembly Day will be different from any other you have attended. Not only will we be

celebrating Christmas in July, but we will have two guest speakers—Jenny Doan of Missouri Star

Quilt Company and Jim Gatling, educator and quilter. Assembly Day 2014 will be held at

McGavock Comprehensive High School in Donelson TN, conveniently located near Opry Mills

Shopping Center, the Grand Ole Opry and Opryland Hotel.

Make your plans now to join us for a fun-filled day, lots of vendors and good food.

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This list is provided for your convenience. Prices may have changed.

FALL RETREAT 2014

The time has finally come for registration for Fall Retreat! I know you all look forward to this

as much as I do. Please note that this is the last time we will be using St. Joe's. They are plan-

ning on closing it later this fall.

Due to overwhelming request, we will have framed Rebecca Barker prints again as door

prizes. And everyone that attends will receive one!!

All of us have been watching the construction of the new building at St Mary’s. The cost of

the rooms is: $95.00/night single $135.00/night double. Right now we pay $50.00/night sin-

gle and $72.00/night double.

I can request a room in the new building, just let me know. There are stairs to get to the rooms

in the new building and all the sewing and meals would be in the old St. Mary building.

Please check out the web site: www.stmaryssewanee.org and you can take a virtual tour of the

new rooms.

Please let me know if you have any special meal needs such as vegetarian, sugar free etc. so

we can alert the kitchen.

Again, we will have our Quilt Walk on Saturday evening right before dinner. We are trying to

do it in the daylight. (makes it safer walking to the St. Joe’s building) The exact time will be

announced later. So please bring your quilts you have been working on during 2014 so we can

see what you have been up to! There will be judging and prizes.

As before coffee, tea, ice will be available in the lobby 24/7.

Please bring a snack to share with everyone for our snack table.

Have a great summer and I hope to see you in the fall.

Jo Reid

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http://www.stmaryssewanee.org/

PLEASE NOTE : The Retreat T-shirts are still available to order. Just circle your size and color and

add the cost to your check for retreat.

Please do not come before noon on Wednesday as that is check in time. Please return this registration WITH FULL PAYMENT NLT 15 August 2014

MAKE CHECKS OUT TO Material Girls and MAIL TO:

Jo Reid 3985 Old Larkinsville Rd. Scottsboro AL 35768

256-259-2442 cell#256-244-5122 [email protected]

you can contact me for any questions you might have.

Please fill out this form completely!

Name__________________________________________________________________

Address________________________________________________________________

Phone and e-mail address__________________________________________________

Roommate request_______________________________________________________

CIRCLE THE COMBINATION YOU CHOOSE: THIS IS THE MAIN BLDG.

T-SHIRT SZ 3X 2X XLARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL (this is really small)

COLOR: BLACK NAVY ROYAL BLUE RED BURGUNDY FOREST GREEN

COST: 3x and 2x $7.50 each all other sizes $6.50 each you may order as many as you like

Wednesday –Sunday 4 nights, 11 meals beginning with Wednesday dinner

Double $280.00 Single $336.00

Wednesday-Sunday 4 nights, 10 meals beginning with Thursday breakfast


Thursday-Sunday 3 nights, 9 meals beginning with Thursday lunch


Thursday-Sunday 3 nights, 8 meals beginning with Thursday dinner


Thursday – Sunday 3 nights, 7 meals beginning with Friday Breakfast


Friday-Sunday 2 nights, 6 meals beginning with Friday lunch


Friday-Sunday 2 nights, 5 meals beginning with Friday dinner


Friday-Sunday 2 nights, 4 meals beginning with Saturday breakfast


TVQA FALL RETREAT

October 1st thru October 5th 2014

ST. Mary’s Retreat Center

Sewanee TN

1-931-598-5342

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TVQA FALL RETREAT REGISTRATION

St. Joseph building only!

October 1st thru October 5

th 2014

You will sew in the same building that you sleep in but all meals are served in the St. Mary building.

The rooms at St. Joseph have more than 2 beds to a room, that is why the difference in the cost.

Name_____________________________________________________________________

Address___________________________________________________________________

Phone and e-mail___________________________________________________________

Roommate request__________________________________________________________

Circle the combination you choose:

Please do not arrive before noon on Wednesday as that is check in time!

T-SHIRT SZ: 3X 2X XLARGE LARGE MED SMALL (this is really small)

COLORS: BLACK NAVY ROYAL BLUE RED BURGUNDY and FOREST GREEN

COST: 3x and 2x $7.50 all others $6.50 Each please add this to your registration total Wed – Sunday 4 nights, 11 meals beginning with Wed dinner $212.00

Wed – Sunday 4 nights, 10 meals beginning with Thursday breakfast $197.00

Thursday – Sunday 3 nights, 9 meals beginning with Thursday lunch $168.00

Thursday – Sunday 3 nights, 8 meals beginning with Thursday dinner $156.00

Thursday – Sunday 3 nights, 7 meals beginning with Friday Breakfast $141.00

Friday – Sunday 2 nights 6 meals beginning with Friday lunch $ 112.00

Friday – Sunday 2 nights 5 meals beginning with Friday dinner $100.00

Friday – Sunday 2 nights 4 meals beginning with Saturday breakfast $85.00

Please return this registration WITH FULL PAYMENT NLT 15 August 2014

Make checks out to MATERIAL GIRLS AND MAIL TO:

Jo Reid 3985 Old Larkinsville Rd. Scottsboro AL 35768

256-259-2442 cell:256-244-5122 [email protected]

Hope to see you there! Call me with any questions!

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SUBMITTING GUILD NEWS:

Please identify your guild in the subject line of your

email.

Please prepare your news in MS WORD format

and email as an attachment.

Please submit pictures as attachments to your

email.

Identify the members and the activity

Please verify the spelling of all names identified in

pictures Please submit your news by the deadline.

CHEROKEE BLOSSOM QUILTERS

Cleveland TN

4th Tuesday at 6:30 pm

North Cleveland Baptist Church

Cherokee Blossom meets Tuesday nights at the North

Cleveland Baptist Church in Cleveland, TN. We have

a program on the 2nd Tuesday and our Business

Meeting on the 4th. Tuesday. Our guild makes

pillowcases for the Family Promises program lead by

several local churches. In December we presented

54 baby quilts to the Women's Center at Sky Ridge

Hospital.

Feb. 15th several members of the guild presented a

demo at the Museum Center at 5ive Points in Cleve-

land in connection with the "Stitches In Time"

exhibit. The members demonstrated piecing,

appliqué, embroidery and hand quilting.

We would like to welcome visitors to join us anytime.

CLARKSVILLE COUNTRY QUILTERS

Cumberland Presbyterian Church

1st Monday 6:30 p.m.

Spring is just around the corner, and we're ready to

make some "Warm Weather" quilts! Something

with flowers, sunshine, balloons, kites, etc.

Closing out the year 2013, the Clarksville Country

Quilters had our Christmas party with gift exchanges,

games and dinner. Donations were made to "FUEL

FOR KIDS", a program that feeds kids on days

they're not in school. These meals are the only food

some of these kids get on the weekends.

During our Sit & Sew times we have had many

demos by different members, and also worked on sev-

eral projects: a thread catcher, a quick-sew table

runner, a scrappy pincushion, and shared some great

tips.

The guild's new officers for 2014-2015: President

Linda Potts, Secretary Ruth Bledsoe, and Hospitality

Chairman Sue Volkmann. A big round of applause

went to the outgoing officers for a job well done.

We have a 3-generation family of quilters in our

guild: Terri Jansen (outgoing Secretary), her daughter

and grand-daughter. Also, we recently welcomed 4

new members , two of whom are a mother/daughter

"team". It's good to see the quilting tradition continu-

ing in families.

With the March meeting, we finalized several pro-

jects: A block of the month applique quilt, "Warm

Wishes" and a pieced block of the month " Every-

thing's Coming Up Roses". When the block of the

month quilts were displayed, it was very interesting to

see so many different looks from the same pattern.

The "Scavenger Hunt" project was finalized, with

prizes going to Nancy Swanson for the quilt with

the most items used and to Karen Hayes for Viewer's

Choice.

Our "UFO Challenge " was another project finalized.

A number of UFO's were "rescued" from our "UFO

prison" and completed . Some had been in there for

years! Prizes went to Linda Potts and Nancy Cole-

man. It was a good feeling for each of us to have

finished at least three UFO's.

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GUILD NEWS

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We began a " Quilting Strip Poker" game --- (No,

we keep our clothes on!) Each month, members

who bring in a 2-1/2" WOF strip of 100% cotton

gets to draw a card. A record is kept of their name

and the card drawn. At the end of 9 months, whoever

has the best "hand" wins all the strips of fabric! It's

sure to get exciting as the last month draws near.

A Mystery quilt was begun in February with the

first clue given. This project will finish up by the

October meeting.

Our charity quilt project for the year is a Quilt of

Valor (QOV). This also started in February, with

plans to complete by November.

A Quilt book and CD were donated to the local

library in honor of Sandy Foley, a long-time guild

member who passed away in 2013.

A silent auction is planned for our April meeting,

with members donating quilting items to auction off

to benefit the guild. Lots of good bargains are sure

to be found!

The "Rivers & Spires - Quilts of the Cumberland

2014" event is scheduled for April 24th, 25th and

26th. Guild members are encouraged to attend and

also to enter their quilts for display. More informa-

tion can be obtained at:

[email protected].

Looking forward to making many projects and

learning new techniques, and hoping to bring in more

new members, thus making new quilting friends.

Happy quilting trails to all.

Ruth Bledsoe, Secretary, Clarksville TN

COOKEVILLE CRAZY QUILTERS

Cookeville Public Library, Cookeville TN

The New Year began with the new officers for

Cookeville Crazy Quilters 2014 as follows; Presi-

dent – Judy Taylor, Vice President – Linda

Wolanin, Treasurer – Rebecca (Becky) Carlson and

Secretary – Jeanie Austin.

We started the New Year with a bang into our guild

projects for the year as well as planning for the sec-

ond CCQ Quilt Show in November 2014. We have

decided to do monthly 5x5 fabric exchanges, periodic

2½ inch strip exchanges and quarterly half square

triangle exchanges. We started a new block of the

month due to the request of the members. We added

a time for those who want to get together and work

on projects at 3:30 pm prior to our first meeting of

the month which is our business meeting. Members

can work on a project of their own or we are

offering a snowman block of the month or an Edyta

Sitar quilt block that can be done during this time.

Our big project this quarter was a Saturday class on

the Eldon Square taught by Janet Gagneur from

Lebanon. Everyone who attended worked on a

square. The instructor brought some finished quilts

which were so beautiful.

Quilt shows are gearing up and we are planning trips

to those shows. Ann Drothler is teaching a class

again this year in the Pigeon Forge Quilt Show in

Pigeon Forge. We are proud of Ann, our certified

Quilt in a Day instructor. The Sparta TN Guild will

also be hosting their annual Quilt Show May 2 and

3rd at the White County Faigrounds in Sparta, TN.

And Paducah AQS Quilt Show is just around the

corner and many plan to travel to Paducah for fun,

fabric, rulers, and classes. We all NEED more fabric

and rulers. Maybe we’ll see you there.

COURTHOUSE QUILTERS GUILD

White Bluff Church of Christ

4416 Hwy. 70E White Bluff, TN

2nd Monday – 5:30

Courthouse is having a great time. We have a retreat

in May, class planned in August, our Annual quilt

show in October and just about every 4th Saturday

we have someone showing or teaching us something.

Lots of very, very talented ladies in our group!! If

you can, you should plan on coming out to White

Bluff October 10th or 11th for the Quilt Show.

Thanks!

Becky Wynne


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FRIENDSHIP QUILTERS

Smyrna Middle School Library

304 Walnut Street Smyrna, TN

2nd Saturday 10:00 a.m.

We are all ready to welcome spring with bright fabrics

and summer projects on the mind. Lately we have

been focusing on completing blocks and quilts for the

Quilts of Valor program. In January members were

able to sew block kits made up by Diane Lowe for the

Quilts of Valor. Diane and Toni Bass then assembled

the blocks guild members made into the quilt top(s).

February brought thoughts of love and new tech-

niques. Diane Lowe taught a class on how to make a

Bobbin Blossom Brooch, many lovely projects were

shared at show n’ tell. In March we had a sit n’ sew to

continue working on the blocks for the Quilts of

Valor. Also in the last months we started a pincushion

exchange. It’s a fun way to create something unique

and share with other guild members. Each month we

have a new theme; February’s was all thing love and

March’s was anything green. We are all looking

forward to warmer weather and shopping for new

fabrics at Paducah.

GIRLS NIGHT OUT QUILTING SOCIETY

First Presbyterian Church

Tullahoma, TN

4th Tuesday 6:30 - 8:30 P.M.

HAPPY HANDS QUILT CLUB Ag Center

Shelbyville, TN

2nd Tuesday 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Microwave bowls started 2014 in a "warm" way. Our

president, Arlene Kersten, taught this class. February

and March have been spent on charity projects. We

are making over 100 bone pillows from many designs

of donated fabric. After getting plenty of practice,

members may even make some for gifts and

for themselves. In March work began on Quilts of

Valor.

We welcome several new members and are enjoying

their work added to regular "Show and Tell".

HEARTH AND HOME

Westwood Church of Christ

McMinnville, TN

2nd Monday 9:00 - 9:30 Socialize

9:30 –12:00 Meeting & Lunch

Heirloom Quilters

First Christian Church

Tullahoma, TN

3rd Thursday, 1:00 p.m.

Heirloom Quilt Guild

2014 is here and we hope to be ready for all it has in

store for us. Starting in January each year we work on

charity quilts; Habitat for Humanity and this year we

worked on Quilts of Valor. It is good to do some-

thing for someone else to begin the new year.

We worked on a fun and done project in February.

This was led by our own Donna Costilow. We always

enjoy working together and those not doing the project

come to visit and share.

March was the annual quilt show held at the Church

of Christ of the Latter Day Saints. There was a good

turnout for the event and many beautiful items were

displayed by our local guilds. We also meet later this

month for our workday for Ronald McDonald quilts to

be donated to Ronald McDonald House in Nashville.

We also take pull tabs and snacks for the families

staying there.

Quilting is such a good way to meet others of like

interest and we always learn new and old things to

share.

Judy Driver for Heirloom Quilters

HERITAGE QUILT GUILD McMinn Co Living Heritage Museum

522 West Madison Avenue

Athens, TN 37303

1st Tuesday 7:00 p.m.

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IRIS QUILTERS GUILD

Genesco Bldg. Nashville, TN

3rd Monday 6:30 P.M.

Iris has been growing and doing lots of things. We

love the time we celebrate and gather at Christmas to

get us ready for the new year’s stuff. We were lucky

enough to have had some fabric donated and made

some money for the guild. Ginger and her committee

and many others are getting the 2014 Assembly Day

(sure sounds like it is going to be a nice one) together.

Every year seems to get better and better. We have

planned sew days, classes, time set aside for socializ-

ing and bonding. I think I’ve even heard of a retreat

in the works. Grown women having a slumber party.

Life is wonderful!! We gather at Genesco’s on

the 3rd Monday of each month (except Dec) at

6:30 if you would like to come and visit.

Thanks!

Becky Wynne

LAKESHORE QUILTERS

First United Methodist Church

Hendersonville, TN

2nd Mon. 9AM Social - 10AM Business Mtg.

The new Year started out with a very successful

fabric sale. The fabric came from a generous donation

and was greatly appreciated. We also had two very

special guests. WWII Veteran Earl Lanning and

Korean War Veteran Billy DeVasher told us a little

bit about their interesting lives. As a small thank you

Melinda Kunkel presented each of them with a Quilt.

At the February meeting members were asked to sign

“interest sheets” for projects to be scheduled later.

There was great interest for some items, for instance

a bus trip to Paducah, 2 different Sweat shirt classes,

a vertically challenged class, a mondo and a big bag

class and also a class on machine maintenance.

In March, our regular meeting was held on the 10th,

and on the 18th and 19th we had our Spring retreat.

There was good food, lots of laughter and tons of

beautiful projects being worked on.

LINCOLN COUNTY PIECEMAKERS

Meeting Place: Senior Citizen’s Center

Meeting Date/Time: 2nd Thursday;

6:00 social, 6:30 business

MANCHESTER QUILTING LADIES

Main Street Church of Christ

3rd Tuesday l:00 p.m.

The Manchester Quilting Ladies spent their January

meeting planning all kinds of fun places to go and

projects to do!

In February Lucy Deal taught a two-fabric quilt pat-

tern project called Garden Maze. If you haven’t made

one of these you should give it a try!

In March Katherine Ewell taught a paper pieced

flower placemat. She calls it a “jonquil”…I call it a

cup and saucer and some call it a buttercup…we all

call it pretty!

We are already looking forward to our annual summer

picnic, Christmas in July (two days of thinking of

snow and cold days while working on Christmas

gifts!!), and we can’t wait for the field trips – maybe

we’ll see some of you ladies while we’re out and

about!

Keep stitching and stop ripping!

Shirley Saunders, Secretary

MATERIAL GIRLS

Winchester Church of Christ

1230 S College Street

Winchester TN

2nd Tuesday, 6:30 pm

We are off to an exciting new year with Pat Morris at

the helm. Several of our members attended the St.

Mary's Retreat in January and the Red Rooster

Retreat in March.

Donna Rumph is heading our work on the Cancer

Quilt to benefit the Multi County Cancer Organiza-

tion. The quilt will feature flowers and will be com-

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pleted at the sit and sew on March 29.

In January our new program director, Barbara Ten-

penny, handed out questionnaires with many possi-

bilities for guild programs for the year. In an effort

to get to know our guild members Laura Anne

Simmons and Barbara explained how they got into

quilting and showed some of their first quilts. In

February Susan Kelley, Rita Milner, and Anne Sitz,

founding members of the guild, told us their quilting

stories. In March, Cathy Stich, Joan Blocher, and

Andrea Hill gave us insight into how they began their

quilting adventures. Barbara Tenpenny also led us

through a strategy to complete four of our UFO's.

We listed our projects on two index cards one of

which was returned to Barbara. The second project

on the list should be completed by the April meeting.

Also, Barbara distributed the specifications for a

block swap in March, May, June, September, and

November meetings. Those that completed a block

in March placed their name in a box and Brenda

Butner was the lucky winner.

In Feburary, Jo Reid led us in the construction of

fabric bowls to use when microwaving something in

an individual serving size bowl. The fabric bowl

made using potholders unnecessary. In March, Pam

Hicks explained t-shirt quilt construction. She has

made many of these for school fundraisers which

have been quite successful. Additionally, she has

made these with onsies, caps, and even school letter

jackets.

Our show and tell segment at each meeting is always

inspiring and exciting. It provides an opportunity to

encourage new quilters.

The guild is planning a bargello workshop on June 14

with Charlie Rhea. Specifics will be worked out in

the following months.

Respectfully submitted,

Patty Priest, vice-president

MAURY QUILTERS

2800 Trotwood Avenue

Columbia, TN 38401

Day Group – 1st Wednesday of each month; 9:30 AM

Night Group – 2nd Thursday of each month; 7:00 PM

MUSIC CITY QUILTERS

St. John’s Lutheran Church

McGavock Pike

Nashville, TN

1st Tues., 9:30 a.m.—2:00 p.m.

The Music City Quilters Guild has lots of fun things

planned for 2014. We were disappointed when we

had to cancel our January meeting due to weather.

Nevertheless, we got as much done as possible by

email and telephone. Our new vice president, Jean

Shaw, has begun a new UFO program for our group.

At the beginning of the year those who wanted to

participate wrote out a numbered list of 12 UFO

projects for the year. A number is drawn each month

and members work on the corresponding project

number. There is a lot of participation and lots of

finished quilting projects.

For our February meeting MCQG member Karen

Gibson presented an interesting program titled “Old is

New Again”. Karen purchases antique quilt blocks at

thrift stores, antique stores, etc. and turns them into

lovely quilts. She has an extensive collection of quilts

that she has made with old blocks. Karen brought

many of her refurbished quilts for us to enjoy.

For our February Sit and Stitch we had 2 Full Day

Classes taught by Bonnie and Ginger of Strips and

Strings --Blazing Star (pattern) and Diamonds are

Forever from their book, Strip Quilt Revival. Class

projects were shown at our March guild meeting.

They did an outstanding job.

Many of our guild members are gearing up for

quilting fun, food, and friendship at our annual quilt

retreat at the Nashville YMCA camp March 24-27,

2014.

Donna Minter, Secretary

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PC QUILTERS

Rotating meeting location at members’ homes

First Friday, 9:am—12 p.m.

Franklin, TN

Winter chased us indoors for a series of classes on

the use of EQ7 in designing quilts. I love this

software and use it primarily to relieve myself of

math anxiety. (My 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Dixon,

would be surprised to hear that I even know what a

fraction is). We designed several blocks and

explored color combinations, values and tones. We

chose spring colors, naturally, and that helped to

relieve the monotony of all those gray days. We are

very excited to be off to Pigeon Forge for the quilt

show. And the mountains are beautiful even when

stripped of greenery!

Anne Dougherty

Recording Secretary

PEACE BY PIECE GUILD

Goosepond Colony Clubhouse

Scottsboro AL

2nd Tuesday 9:30 a.m.

QUILTING BEES of MURFREESBORO

St. Mark’s United Methodist Church

1267 N. Rutherford Blvd.

Murfreesboro, TN 37130

2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month

10:00 am—2:00 pm

SEW DELIGHTFUL QUILT GUILD

Granny B’s Quilt Shop

300 West College Street

Dickson TN

3rd Monday 6:30 p.m.

Our guild has been busy with preparations and planning

for our annual Quilt Show, which is the first weekend

in May (to coincide with the local Old Timer’s Day

festival). This year’s theme is “Topsy Turvy.” Guild

members have each made and swapped blocks for the

guild quilts, which will be displayed and then later donated

to charity.

There’s been a lot of excitement as the Guild was recently

approached by another organization with a tempting offer

to move the show downtown, closer to the Old Timer’s

Day festivities. Stay tuned to our Facebook page

(SewDelightful QuiltGuild) for the announcement of the

location!

Many of the guild members will be attending the Spring

Quilt Retreat at Camp Garner’s Creek in March, and we’re

so excited to be joining members from other guilds for a

weekend of fun, fellowship, games and of course, lots of

quilting!

The Sew Delightful Guild is especially looking forward to

having quilting celebrity Jenny Doan visit us at Granny

B’s Quilt Shop on Friday, July 19 (the evening before

TVQA Assembly Day). More details to follow; see our

Facebook for details closer to the event.

Kind regards,

Lauren

SOUTHERN LADIES

Central Church of Christ

Sparta, TN

First Monday, 10:00 a.m.

STAR STITCHERS

Star Stitchers

Randall's Chapel Church

2101 Veteran's Dr. (Hwy 35)

Scottsboro, Al

2nd Thursday 6:30 p.m.

THE STITCHIN’ SISTERS

Sequachee Valley Electronic Cooperative

Meeting Room

512 Cedar Avenue

South Pittsburgh TN

1st Thursday at 5:30 p.m.

3rd Saturday 10:00 a.m.

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Picture Board Pictures from Music City’s Show & Tell!

PLEASE SAVE YOUR HANGERS — We need

hangers like this one for the state fair. It

does not matter if the clip part is black or

clear — but they must have the swivel hook.

Please bring them to the next meeting.

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Members coming from Nashville on I-24 use Exit

64, cross back over I-24, drive straight and turn

right at the 5th red light onto International Blvd.

Turn left on Waldron Road. Church is on the left.

Use back entrance.

Members coming toward Nashville on I-24 will

exit right at Exit 64, drive straight and will have

only 4 red lights before turning right onto Interna-

tional Blvd., then left on Waldron Road. Church is

on left. Use back entrance.

Tennessee Valley Quilter’s Association

PO Box 1262

LaVergne TN 37086

Meeting Location:

LaVergne First United Methodist Church

248 Waldron Road

LaVergne, TN 37086

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