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Next Meeting:

June 2, 2016 Rägi Marino

June Lesson of the Month

“To See or Not to See?”

6:30 p.m. (see page 2 for more information)

What to bring to the meeting:

• Membership card • Name Tag • Guild Library Books • Money to register for

upcoming workshops, etc. • Completed Covers for Kids

projects

Marcia Wood, 3rd VP-Programs and Workshops Guild Meeting speaker – Rägi Marino Lecture: “A History of Airplane Quilt Patterns” Guild member, Rägi Marino, will bring to us a lecture which chronicles the history of airplane quilt patterns from their first appearance in the 1920’s to the present. With a PowerPoint presentation and actual quilts, Rägi explores early renamed quilt block patterns, simple stylized airplanes, and later complex airplane quilts. Through these patterns quilts take flight into the aviation world. Rägi has also published a book, Flying High. Check RMarino Marino Designs on Craftsy.com as well as her facebook page, www.facebook.com/MarinoDesignsTX No workshops this month. July 7, 2016 Guild Meeting Speaker – Kimberly Einmo Lecture: “Creative Spaces: Turn Your Sewing Room into a Creative Studio!”

We are excited to be able to join with TAQG (Texas Association of Quilt Guilds) to bring Kimberly Einmo to the area. She will be speaking at Rally Day in Mesquite on Saturday, and will be offering a variety of workshops over several days. Kimberly will be presenting a brand new lecture at our Guild meeting. “Creative Spaces: Turn your sewing room into a creative studio!” As well as sharing her own experience and best tips in setting up sewing studios in 15 different homes over the years (military wife), she will share a tour of today’s top quilting stars’ studios – both clean and cluttered – as they open their doors to their spaces and share their favorite features and tips that we can easily implement. This fun, informative, and inspiring ‘parade-of-homes-style’ visit will provide a wealth of ideas and tips for transforming your own space into a place where you can be your most creative.

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From the President

Bonnie Ambrose, Guild President

Inspiration: The Quilter’s Guild is what you need! In a recent article I mentioned that our annual Show inspires me. Your experience at quilt shows might be the same. Just being there gives me that nudge to go home and create. I see luscious fabric, a new tool or a fabulous pattern, and the urge to create something grand overtakes me. Sometimes when I get home I get distracted and miss the opportunity and energy of what inspired me originally. I need a nudge to keep me on track. So these are some reasons why I think being a member of the Guild is so important to me. I can:

1. Start small. The lesson at the April meeting on hexies gave me the confidence to try out paper piecing. A packet of small hexagons had lingered on my shelf since last year. I was unsure where to start and what to do. Thanks to Mickey, I found that English paper piecing can be easily accomplished on a long road trip. So maybe, Martha, I will have an entry in the Show Chair’s Challenge next year?

2. Act on what I learn. The Covers for Kids Outreach and Challenge offers me an opportunity to try out something new. If I’ve taken a workshop or learned a new technique and not sure if I want to invest a lot until I’ve gained my confidence, I can use this venue to practice. Often I’m pleasantly surprised at the results.

3. Ask fellow Guild members for advice. Our members are incredibly talented and are very generous with offering help. A new member approached me at the last meeting and was very excited about joining. She did offer that she was a beginning quilter and thought our mini-lessons were just what she needed. I mentioned that this lesson was just the beginning. There were many opportunities for her to learn something new. Each meeting offers me at least one tip to be a better quilter.

As we close another successful year, take a moment and reflect on what you have learned and how the Guild and the members have inspired you, made you a better quilter and enriched your relationships. The time I’ve invested is certainly inspiring me! Happy Quilting!

Bonnie

Lesson of the Month

Linda Bartley 7th VP-Education

6:30 p.m. at the Lesson of the Month Table: “To See, Or Not to See, That is the Question!.”

After all your work on your latest quilt that pesky raw edge demands to be finished off. So then more design questions arise. Does the binding add a design element or detract from the design? Do you want to see the binding, or would your quilt design look better with no visible binding? In June we will explore adding a facing to your quilt instead of a binding. This is especially useful on mini and art quilts. Join us at 6:30 p.m. on June 2 to ponder the question: “To See or Not to See?”  

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March 10-12,

2017 is closer than

you think…

Judy Kriehn Lame Duck

VP-Show

I’ve made a little progress on my show chair theme entry for 2017. I ironed the entire pile of about 34 fat quarters. I had intended to start cutting them up, but the math part of making my master plan is slowing that part down. How is your entry for the show coming?

The 2016 Committee had our wrap-up meeting last month. We made a few decisions that will affect the 2017 show. Most notable is lowering the prize money for the Block Contest. After debating the options, we decided to cut the purse in half to $150/first place, $100/second place and $50/third place. This will maintain the cash incentive for members to stretch their skills and creativity. Other topics included signage upgrades for directional signs, sponsorship identification, and daily activities, tweaking the vendor booth configuration and making changes to the sponsorship perks. Incoming show chairman, Martha Wolf, announced that she would be talking to individual committee members, before beginning the recruitment process for new committee members. She also reported that she had established a new email address for show-related correspondence. So – if you have comments you would like to send her way, please direct them to marthaquiltshow@gmail.com . Lastly, I’ve gotten a few comments about incorrect names on address labels for show reminder postcards. You may not know it but, our mailing list has ballooned to literally THOUSANDS of names/addresses. MS Excel was not designed to manage that kind of info in a single spreadsheet. Evidently, somewhere in those thousands of lines of information was a glitch that threw the merge process off. Trust me, it was not a nefarious plot on our part to disrespect anyone. You got a free show reminder with a photo of a gorgeous quilt in your mailbox. I chalk that up as a “win” in my book.

Only three months until

September Judy Kriehn Queen of the Membership

Database

Now that I’m passing the torch for the quilt show, I needed something else to keep me stressed out. What better than the membership database?? Now that summer is upon us, it’s time to get your membership renewal form as well as dues payment submitted to the Guild.

• If you are a life member, please remember that while you don’t have to PAY dues, you are still required to submit a completed membership FORM to keep your membership in good standing. Seeing as the psychic friends network shut down years ago, we have no other way of keeping up with your contact information.

• If you are a new, renewing or rejoining member, please note that there are no early bird discounts or senior citizen discounts any longer.

You’ve probably heard the chatter about the Board electing to raise membership dues to $45/year. And yes, it’s true. But it’s also long overdue. While we no longer have the early-bird discount as an incentive to join/renew before the September meeting, we hope that you will not drag your heels and delay your renewal. We cannot use our bulk-rate mail permit for individual membership packet mailings, so it costs a great deal more to get your directory, complimentary show pass, membership card, and guest pass to you. The 2016-17 Membership Renewal Form is on page 15 of this newsletter, and will also be available on the Guild website. Please note that if you choose to use the “fillable form” capabilities, please print out a hard copy of the completed form to submit.

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Miniature Quilt Auction Donna King

Mini Quilt Auction Committee

The suspense is finally over!!!! At the May meeting we were very proud and excited to present a check to The Ebby House in the amount of … drum roll please …

$8,793.09!!  The check was presented to Lisa Mumford and Kristen Mazza, representatives of Ebby House. They were thrilled to receive our check.

Also Mary Howard presented 13 quilts, made by our members, to be given to the young ladies at Ebby House. They were overwhelmed at our generosity!!

Lisa shared that two of our members are now mentoring at Ebby House, teaching those that are interested how to quilt. They thanked us again for everything we have done for the young ladies.

Now, it is time to start searching for a beneficiary of the Mini Quilt Auction of 2017. Please start suggesting non-profit organization that you feel our members would support. The details for submitting an organization will be in the next newsletter.

Remember, it is never too early to start planning, and making your next mini.

Thank you for your continued support,

The Miniature Auction Committee

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Community Service - CFK

Mary Howard 1st VP-Community Service

Covers for Kids In May, we gave 12 quilts each to Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, Ronald McDonald House, and Vogel Alcove. This brings our total so far to a total of 467 quilts for this guild year. On behalf of the children and youth we serve, a big hug and thank you to everyone who helped make these quilts! As part of our presentation of the check from this year’s miniature auction, we also donated 13 quilts to the Ebby House. May’s workshop winner is Linda Adams. Linda is receiving a voucher for a free guild workshop of her choice. For years Linda has made quilt tops for CFK. Thank you Linda for all you do for CFK! CFK Workshops These pictures are from the April Covers for Kids workshop. Thanks to all those who participated! These workshops will continue to be held at Hancock’s at Firewheel (on Highway 78/Lavon Drive) in Garland until they close the store (probably sometime in July). Extra workshops may be added, so make sure Rhonda has your email address if you are interested. We add borders, turning too small quilt tops into just the right size. We also make backs. Not hard work at all, but very much needed. You bring your sewing machine and basic sewing/quilting supplies (scissors, seam ripper, rotary cutter, etc.) We supply the quilt tops, fabric, thread, cutting mats, irons and ironing boards (and sometimes someone to do all the pressing). We promise lots of fun, laughs and you may even learn a new quilt trick. You will leave knowing you have helped a child or teen have a brighter tomorrow. Contact Rhonda Anderson: abusyquilter@tx.rr.com to be added to the CFK workshop email list. 2016 CFK Workshop Schedule:

May 28th June 25th July 30th, place TBD August 27th, place TBD September 24th, place TBD October 29th, place TBD November 26th, place TBD

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Programs (continued from page 1)

August 4, 2016 Guild Meeting Speaker – Debbie Maddy Lecture: “Japanese Quilting Processes” Debbie Maddy is a national speaker, pattern designer and teacher and founder of Carriage Quilt Designs. She lives in Graham, Texas. Debbie was invited to tape an episode of Simply Quilts for HGTV in 2005. Today her quilt patterns are sold all over the world. Debbie recently returned from a trip to Japan. She will present a new lecture to us about what she has learned.

Friday, August 5, 2016 Workshop: The Road to Success with Silk Do you have a wonderful silk fabric that you have been saving because it is so special? This class is designed to get you past the “Fear of Cutting.” The class covers how to stop raveling, which pins and needles to use, to wash or not,

kinds of silk, etc. In class we will do a runner using five fat quarters. Kits will be available for purchase. Saturday August 6, 2016 Workshop: Itajime Resist with Indigo Dyeing We will make an Indigo vat first thing in the day – then the FUN begins. We will learn to use all kinds of clamps, blocks, ties, slinkies, PVC pipe and twine to create resists on the fabrics for dipping in the indigo. You name it and we will try it. This class is fun on steroids with beautiful results. There will be a supply fee paid directly to the instructor in class.

September 1, 2016 Guild Meeting Speaker – Maria Hall Lecture: “One Block, 12 Quilts” Maria Hall is an Award Winning Freehand Longarm Quilter – who graduated from the Naval Academy, etc. etc. Don’t you love finding out what interesting backgrounds the stars of the Quilting Community have? Maria is also a fun, dynamic speaker. About her presentation, One Block, 12 Quilts she says, “I challenged myself over the past year to take just one block and each month create a different quilt. Same block, completely unique quilts, from just changing color schemes, block settings, size or borders. I have quilted them differently with different batting to show even more variation.” “The program encourages quilters to look differently at patterns and blocks they did not immediately fall in love with to see the potential in ANY pattern. The program will ignite your sewing fire and stir your creative juices ...” No workshops this month.

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Programs (continued from page 6)

October 6, 2016 Guild Meeting Speaker – Charlotte Angotti Lecture: “Why Aren’t You Making More Quilts? I know You Have the Fabric” Charlotte says she works from a bag of quilts. She never knows exactly what will come out of her mouth. (It depends on what comes out of the bag.) Charlotte’s lecture will be humorous, light and yet full of information and real quilts. There are no slides or power point, lights are up and ideas are flowing. Many people cannot attend classes, and lectures are a great way for them to get a view of what quilting is all about. Questions are always welcome during the lecture. Bring friends, cameras and be ready to laugh!

Friday, October 7, 2016 Workshop: “Let Me Surprise You” Finally, a class that you know you have brought the right things for! In this fun-filled class, a kit of CUT fabrics is furnished. This is a wonderful workshop for those who just want to sew and not have any cutting or thinking to do. This class is the most popular class Charlotte offers. It fills quickly and is a SURPRISE in more ways than one. It is a mystery type class. No one gets any hints and yet those who take the class will want to take another. Each class is a different quilt. Each kit is the same for our group. Come for a relaxed day of laughter and sewing. Note Regarding Charlotte’s Friday Workshop: “Let me Surprise You” Mystery Kit Workshop, - please sign up now for this workshop! Because this is a Mystery Class that she will specifically precut just for our Guild, Charlotte needs to know as soon as possible how many to prepare for. Please stop by the Programs and Workshop table to sign up, or contact Marcia Wood at marcia.wood@sbcglobal.net . Saturday, October 8, 2016 Workshop: “Surprise Yourself” (learning a design process) This workshop will use the techniques for simple design, cutting and sewing techniques from Charlotte’s new book Let Me Surprise You, which was written with her good friend, Debbie Caffrey. Using easy units and an artistic eye you will be creating your own designs as well as not needing the crazy directions often found in patterns and books. With this freedom you can easily see how many quilts are broken down and put back together again! Certain patterns are easier than others and using basic units you will begin to create instead of just copy. This class is full of information, real quilts and real solutions to everyday problems in quilt making. The book is not required for the class, but it sure is a great source. http://www.quiltmakersstudio.com/aboutus/

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Sunshine and Shadows Lut DeMeulder

VP-Ways and Means

Marcia Wood's son recently received his PhD in structural engineering from Texas Tech. He has accepted a position to teach at the Citadel in Charleston, SC. On the downside: her grandbabies are moving away. Pat Nangle, former active member of the QGD and current resident of Lake St. Louis, MO and Surprise, AZ, passed away on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 from sarcoma. Pat was first diagnosed in 2007 and was able to beat her first bout of cancer. In 2016 a much more aggressive form returned. Guild members will miss long time member, Mary B. Smith, who passed away on April 21. Mary finished her first (very elaborate) quilt at age 14. Mary joined the Guild shortly after it was formed. Her “Spindletop” block was featured on the Guild Sesquicentennial Quilt. Even though, at age 94, she could no longer attend meetings, she never missed a retreat! Her daughter, Leta, accompanied her to the last three retreats and enjoyed meeting her quilting friends. To see her complete obituary, visit the link below. Her family appreciates comments from her friends. http://www.restlandfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Mary-Smith-155/#!/Obituary Dottie Mae Groves is recovering from knee replacement surgery.

Attention QGD Members:

• Election of Officers is

in June (Slate of officers begins on page 16)

• Renew membership by the September meeting (Fillable membership form is on page 15)

• Arrive at 6:30 p.m. for Mini-Lesson

• Sign up for Workshops!!

• Take advantage of our Library

• Begin that Show entry!

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Quilt Shows and Events Calendar*

Donna Petrick

TAQG Representative

Lu Peters DAFA Representative

*for additional information on these

and other guild events, visit the guild website at

www.quiltersguildofdallas.org  

July 9, 2016 TAQG Rally Day Where: Mimosa Lane Baptist Church 1233 North Belt Line Road Mesquite, TX Times: Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. Program begins at 10:00 a.m., concludes at approximately 3:00 p.m.

Information: Admission FREE with Guild Membership Card Speaker: Kimberly Einmo Workshops are available, and also door prizes. www.TAQG.org Order lunch tickets from Donna Petrick petrickdl@outlook.com

September 16 – 17, 2016 “Autumn Stars” – Lone Star Heritage Quilt Guild of Sulphur Springs 17th Annual Quilt Show Where: First Baptist Church R.O.C. 115 Putnam Street Sulphur Springs, TX

Exhibit Times: Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Admission: $5, children under 12 free

September 23 – 24, 2016 “Quilting in the Falls,” Wichita Falls Guild Show Where: MPEC (Multi-Purpose Events Center) 1000 5th Street Wichita Falls, TX Admission: $6 – General Admission $5 – Seniors 60 and over Children under 12 – free

Information: Over 100 quilts on display. Miniature Quilt Auction, Vendors, Demonstrations, Quilt Boutique

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Guild Library News Pam Hanson

Library Committee

With the arrival of Spring comes spring cleaning, and that’s what Mary Jane Burton and I have started to do with the Library inventory. Since the collection is limited to what can be contained in our four book carts and two closets, we have to do some weeding out to make room for new books. Be sure to check our “resale table” as that’s where most of the pulled items are going. Ann West, May’s Yellow Rose recipient, is in charge of resale and can be found at the back of the auditorium near the Library carts. As we make room, we’re ordering new books, so check out the “New” table at the June meeting. We should have several books on English Paper Piecing as well as a new Kaffe Fassett book and several other new titles. The Library is here to serve our members’ needs, so please email me if there’s a particular title you think we should consider or if you think we need books on new topics. A reminder: Materials are checked out for one month at a time. If you need to renew and can’t be at the next meeting, email me and I’ll renew the book in our software so you don’t have to pay fines ($1 per month per title). Thanks! Pam Hanson phanson159@gmail.com

“It’s a Charmed Life!” is the 2017 Show theme – charm quilts: quilts made from a single shape. The most recognizable is probably the Grandmother's Flower Garden made completely from hexagons, but there are many others - Apple Core, Thousand Pyramids, and Clam Shell – just to name a few. So, for the purposes of the show theme category, here are the rules: ONE SHAPE ONLY! You can use various sizes of the same shape in the quilt.

• You can repeat fabrics in the quilt. • The edges of the quilt may have partial shapes where the sides were squared up, but the body of the quilt can

only have the one shape. • Borders and appliqué are allowed but should be an accent, not the focus.

Let’s get started!  

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Rocky Mountain Road Quilt made by

Annie Parker Anderson, circa 1880-1890.

Photo courtesy of Museum of Texas Tech

University, TTU-H1973-026.

Notes from a Curator

Marian Ann Montgomery, PhD

Curator of Clothing and Textiles,

Museum of Texas Tech University

Quilt made by Cousin of Cynthia Ann Parker The first quilts often selected for exhibitions are those in excellent condition and those that look good on a wall from a distance. This1880’s red and white Rocky Mountain Road quilt certainly fit the bill for beauty and fine needlework. Research in the files uncovered a wonderful history about the quilt maker and a recent visit by descendants of the maker added even more interesting facts about the life of the quilt.

Think about the proficiency required for piecing the points before electricity. This is a masterpiece quilt made by a young lady whose family had seen some very interesting times. She was a granddaughter of Daniel Parker, who brought his family to found the first Baptist Church in Elkhart while Texas was still part of Mexico. Her father, Benjamin Parker, was a first cousin of Cynthia Ann Parker, the mother of Chief Quanah Parker.

(please see Notes continued on page 12)

Annie Parker Anderson (b. Oct. 28, 1866, m. Dec. 24, 1890,

d July 7, 1908)

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Notes (continued from page -11)

Annie Parker was born and married in Elkhart, Texas where she made this quilt in preparation for her marriage to William Maitland Anderson on December 24, 1890. This quilt was in the house in Elkhart that caught fire in about 1896. Annie rescued it and one other quilt. They had eight children between 1891 and 1906. It is thought that Annie died on July 7, 1908 from complications of a ninth pregnancy. After Annie’s death the family moved to Midway, New Mexico, where a windstorm destroyed their half dugout and scattered the contents of their home. Both quilts were found following the storm, however the family used up the other quilt. Family tradition has it that the quilt came across Texas in a covered wagon. Annie and William’s fifth child, Walter Earl Anderson and his wife Martha Camp Anderson, donated the quilt to the Museum. This masterpiece is just one of about 350 quilts that families have entrusted to the care of the Museum of Texas Tech University.

Minutes from the May 5, 2015

General Meeting Pat Aldrich

Guild Secretary

Quilter’s Guild of Dallas General Membership Meeting Congregation Shearith Israel Meeting Minutes May 5, 2016 May Mini Lesson: “Spring Cleaning” This month’s lesson was about easy, basic cleaning of your sewing machine, along with tips for cleaning your rotary cutter and your sewing room. President Bonnie Ambrose called the meeting to order at 7:19 p.m. New members and guests were acknowledged by standing. Bonnie then asked the audience to turn to their neighbor and share one thing they accomplished, quilt-wise, in April. Patty Edwards, Donna King, and Mary Howard presented representatives of the Ebby House with a check for $8,793.09 from the Mini Quilt Auction, and Mary Howard presented 13 quilts for the girls. Over 135 miniature quilts were made, donated, and auctioned off for amounts ranging from $5 to $625 each. Ann West, as a member of the Nominating Committee, presented the slate of officers for the 2016-2017 guild year. The slate is as follows: President: Cindy Matthews 1st VP Community Service: Bonnie Ambrose 2nd VP Ways & Means: Lut de Meulder 3rd VP Programs & Workshops: Sherrie Tootle 4th VP Membership: Martha Smith 5th VP Finance: Patty Edwards 6th VP Show: Martha Wolf 7th VP Endowment, Scholarships, Education: Mary Howard Secretary: Pat Aldrich

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Minutes (continued from page 12)

No other nominations were put forward. After the slate of officers was presented and further nominations were requested, Bonnie Ambrose presented Ann West with a yellow rose award. Congratulations Ann! Also on the upcoming ballot will be some changes to the Guild’s bylaws. Please read upcoming newsletters for more details. Rhonda Anderson presented to Judy Kriehn a signed gift from the Show Committee – a framed show program cover with Judy’s quilt pictured. The mat was signed by members of the Show Committee. Rhonda also showed the Covers for Kids 2017 challenge fabric (a pink Disney flannel) and mentioned that packets are available for $5. The $5 will be refunded when the completed quilt is turned in. Quilts that are turned in by the September meeting will be voted on by the membership at the meeting. Linda Bartley (7th VP Education) reminded the attendees that name tags are at the table in the back if you ordered one. If you want one, please put your name on the form on that same table. Also, the Helena Hibbs Memorial Scholarship is now available for mini-scholarships. Up to $100 is available for workshop fees, and it doesn’t have to be a Guild workshop. At some point after the workshop, the scholarship recipient will teach a mini lesson before the regular Guild meeting. Half of the amount will be paid before the workshop and the other half will be paid after the recipient does the mini-lesson. Mary Howard (1st VP Community Service) acknowledged those who turned in items for Covers for Kids by asking them to stand. Over the past month 17 quilts were presented to Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, 20 to Ronald McDonald House, and 14 to Vogel Alcove. 427 quilts have been donated so far during the 2015-2016 Guild year – closing in on our goal of 500! The next workshop will be Saturday, May 28 at Hancock’s near Firewheel. Interested members can sign up for email reminders of the workshops at the Covers for Kids table in the back. Members are invited to go on a tour of the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center on Wednesday, May 18, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. at 5351 Samuel Boulevard. There is no need to sign up or call the Center beforehand, just be there before 10:00 a.m. and say that you are with the Quilter’s Guild of Dallas and are there for the tour. May’s workshop voucher was presented to Linda Adams. Thanks, Linda, for all you do for Covers for Kids! Lut de Meulder (2nd VP Ways & Means) shared that Mary Smith, one of the first members of the guild, passed away. Dottie Mae Groves had a knee replacement this past month. Marcia Woods’ son recently completed his PhD in structural engineering. Marcia Wood (3rd VP Programs & Workshops) mentioned that this month’s guild raffle quilt is from the Trinity Valley Quilt Guild in Fort Worth, TX. She then outlined some of the upcoming speakers:

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Minutes (continued from page 13)

• Rägi Marino will present “A History of Airplane Quilt Patterns” in June, no workshop. • Kimberly Einmo, the Rally Day speaker, will be speaking at our July guild meeting on

“Creative Spaces: Turn your Sewing Room into a Creative Studio” (workshops are the Rally Day workshops; see Donna Petrick)

• Debbie Maddy will be speaking at the August meeting on “Japanese Quilting Processes.” The workshops will be on silk dyeing and indigo dyeing and will be held at a Mesquite quilt shop.

• Maria Hall will be speaking in September on “One Block, Twelve Quilts”; no workshop.

• October, Charlotte Angotti will be sharing “Why Aren’t You Making More Quilts? I Know You Have the Fabric”. One of the workshops will be a mystery quilt. Charlotte will be bringing kits for it; please sign up early so that Marcia knows how many kits are needed. Donna Petrick (TAQG Rep) needs more volunteers for Rally Day; please sign up at the table. Also sign up for lunch and workshops. Julie Schaar (former member) has a number of quilt-related items for sale, including a 1948 Singer Featherweight sewing machine. Please see her ad in the May newsletter. Bring and Brag: Seven people shared thirteen lovely items. Break Program: Teresa Wong, “A History of Japanese Quilts” – Teresa is a quilt researcher and author. She shared with us the history of Japanese quilting from the 1950’s through today. Audience members heard the story of how the quilt was imported from America and was quickly adopted and adapted to become a favorite pastime in Japan today. Dozens of photos of stunning contemporary Japanese quilts were shown, along with beautiful American quilts and historical Japanese quilts. Teresa was named the 2014 Bybee Scholar for her research into contemporary Japanese quilting in conjunction with a Master of Liberal Studies at Rice University. The distinction stems from the Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee Foundation, which recognizes research and projects involving the arts and educational endeavors. Nancy O’Bryant Puentes and Karey Bresenhan, Co-Founders of the Texas Quilt Museum, presented the award. Teresa’s book was also featured in a recent issue of the magazine Art Quilt Collector. And, two more books are in the works! There were 112 members and 5 visitors and guests, for a total of 117 present. There were 12 door prizes from The Old Craft Store, Quilt Country, Minding My Ps and Qs, Quilt Asylum, Sew Let’s Quilt It, and our generous members. Please thank them for their support of the guild when you visit them. Bonnie adjourned the meeting at 9:03 pm. Respectfully submitted, Pat Aldrich 2015-2016 Guild Secretary

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Quilter's Guild of Dallas, Inc. Slate of Officers 2016-2017 Cindy Matthews, President Cindy Matthews was born and raised in Indiana and transferred to Texas in 1989 with GTE/Verizon. After her MBA graduation in 1999, she decided she needed a hobby and took many craft - related classes but found quilting to be the most interesting. After 24 years with Verizon, she retired, started a long-arm business and is now enjoying life as a quilter. She is the long-arm quilter at The Old Craft Store, in downtown Carrollton. Cindy joined the Guild in 2009 and has served on the Show Committee since 2010, as well as VPs for Membership and Ways and Means. She was married to Ricky for 19 years before he passed away in August 2015. She has three daughters who are the loves of her life: Misty (and husband Matt); Kelsey (and husband Dan); and Abby, who will be graduating in May 2016 from the University of Alabama (Roll Tide!). She loves being a Grandmother to Hudson, who was born in October 2015 to Misty & Matt. She also has three dogs that love to lay on any of her quilts or fabric. Cindy is looking forward to continuing the positive contributions the Guild has in our community, and working towards positioning the Guild for the future. Bonnie Ambrose, VP Community Service Although she was reluctant to move to Texas in 1982, with the thought of only staying for a few years, she now maintains she got here as quickly as she could. Bonnie started quilting in 1978, when she “took some quilting classes, made my own templates and cut out individual pieces of fabric and hand sewed them together.” Both her grandmother and aunt quilted. She has a pink satin baby quilt made by her grandmother, which is stuffed with cotton bolls. Bonnie joined the Quilter’s Guild of Dallas in 1995. She just completed her role as Guild President. She has also worked on Programs, Covers for Kids, and the Miniature Quilt Auction. When asked about her hopes for the future of the Dallas Quilt Guild, Bonnie wrote: “There are so many things this guild does well - programs, member involvement, community outreach, and education. I hope to hear from members about what they want to see for future growth and development. I want members to know how much they do and how they impact the lives of others by doing what they have a love and passion for. This passion is often the catalyst for great things to happen. Others follow our lead.” Bonnie is a newlywed. Her husband, Don encourages and supports all her interests quilting, gardening, and bee keeping. You may have seen Don volunteering at the quilt show. He is proud of the bag he earned this year. Their family includes two sons, two daughter-in-laws, a daughter, two grandsons, and a granddaughter. Lut DeMeulder, VP Ways and Means Born and raised in Belgium, Lut DeMeulder moved to the US when her husband received a scholarship to attend the University of Chicago in 1976. They then moved to Dallas when Johan was hired by Texas Instruments. Since then the family has moved a couple of times between Texas and the French Riviera, where TI has a major site. Lut has been married for 40 years to her high school sweetheart. They have three married sons living in Seattle, Savannah, and the French Riviera. She is proud of her five grandchildren: Sebastien, Isabella, Amelia, Sara, and Viktor. They all sleep under Mamy Lut's quilts! I started quilting during my three years in Houston and found this a great way to make friends. After 10 years teaching French and English as a second language at the Dallas International School, Lut retired to use all the fabric and quilting toys she bought over the years. She has been an active member of the Dallas and Plano quilt guilds, and attends every Quilt Show in town. Other than sharing her passion for quilting with the French women in Dallas, she loves to cook (French of course), wine (also French), fitness, and traveling around the world with her husband.

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Sherrie Tootle - VP Programs and Workshops Sherrie Tootle was born and raised in New York City. She attended the University of Buffalo and worked as a counselor for the state university system. Finally, realizing there was no good reason to stay in Buffalo, with sub-zero temperatures and 5 foot snow drifts, Sherrie relocated to Dallas in the early 80’s to work for EDS. In 1986 she went to work for Frito-Lay and enjoyed a long career in the IT department developing and supporting various business applications. Sherrie learned to sew from her mother and made most of her clothes during her high school and college years. She continued garment sewing while raising her daughter. She was introduced to quilting while working at Frito-Lay when a group of co-workers decided to make and raffle quilts to raise money for local charities. The raffles were so successful, the tradition continued for several years. The highest compliment was when the group was commissioned to create a quilt for the outgoing Chairman of the Board of the Salvation Army. Sherrie’s love for quilting continues to this day. She ventured into art quilting a few years ago and enjoys all forms of creative expression including mixed media. She received two HM in the 2013 show and third place wins in the 2014 and 2016 shows. There are many quilt tops tucked away waiting to be quilted and enough fabric to last a lifetime. Sherrie enjoys surface design and says ‘if you can dye it, paint it, stamp it, sparkle it or burn it - then, bring it on’. Sherrie is a member of the Dallas Area Fiber Artists and served as both Membership and Exhibit Chair. Sherrie rejoined the Dallas Quilt Guild in 2009. She has volunteered for the annual shows, most recently as the Guild photographer. Martha Smith – VP Membership Martha Smith is a native of the Dallas area, In 1979 she helped open Neiman Marcus – Prestonwood where she worked with the company in sales for 24 years. During those years she became acquainted with a fellow employee, Jan Jones, a member of the Quilter’s Guild of Dallas. She also became a member of the Quilter’s Guild of Dallas in 1986. In 2008, Martha and Mindy Washburn took over as Vendors’ Co-chairs for the Quilt show after the previous co-chairs left abruptly in January prior to that year’s show in March. It was also in that same year that she and Marte Keller accepted the Library Co-chairs for the Guild’s Library. Martha was on the Show Committee last year and this year with Cindy Matthews and Candy Mahaffey in the Volunteer Center and also this year with the Membership Services. She has enjoyed being Membership VP and being able to create the Bee Hive for New Bees to our Guild. Martha has also been a docent with the Farmers Branch Historical Park since 1999. As a Master Gardener with Dallas County, she has found the perfect combination of plants and quilts in the historical era that suits her very well. Her husband, Russell and their daughter Emily, are her biggest supporters for all the activities she gets into. Patricia Edwards - VP Finance Patty Edwards grew up in a ski resort called Mammoth Lakes, California, graduated high school in Carson City, Nevada and has been in Texas since 1983. She started quilting 2005 to learn the craft in order to finish a quilt that her mother had designed including photographs of Bald Eagles that she collected for her brother as a thank you for helping take care of their mother and our grandmother in Nevada before they passed on. It took a while before she felt confident to take on such an emotional task. With help from Michelle and several great teachers at The Old Craft Store in Downtown Carrolton, the quilt turned out beautifully and she’s been quilting and sewing ever since. She joined the Quilter’s Guild of Dallas in 2013 and has been active as a volunteer with the mini-quilt auction and quilt show for the last three years. She has volunteered with the Covers for Kids

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community project sewing quilts on the Saturday sew-a-thons. Her education includes a Bachelor Degree in finance from the University of Texas at Arlington and MBA from the University of Dallas. She works in Uptown for a major law firm as a paralegal working on commercial real estate lending transactions. Martha Wolf - VP Show Martha Wolf has been sewing most of her life and quilting for over 25 years. She has been active in a number of guilds in the metroplex area and has been involved with the Dallas Show Committee since 2007, serving in a number of different positions. Mary Howard, VP Endowment/Scholarship/Education Mary joined the guild in the early 1990’s at a QGD Show. As a member, she was in charge of Sunshine and Shadows for a long time and spent the past five years on the Show Committee in charge of Memorial Quilts. She also served on the Website Committee to help plan and design the new guild website. For the last two years she has served as VP Community Service. Mary received the Silver Thimble Award in 2009. About her years as a guild member, Mary says “I have learned a lot by taking Workshops and attending meetings. You always learn something at the lectures.” She enjoys having her mother, Virginia Howard, nearby to share their love of quilting. Pat Aldrich - Secretary Pat grew up in Warren, Michigan, and comes from a line of creative women on both sides of her family. Her paternal grandmother was trained in tailoring and millenary; she sewed all of her own clothes and was always ahead of the times in her interior decorating. Her Norwegian maternal grandmother also did a lot of sewing and crocheting; Pat still has the quilt that her grandmother made for her in the early 60s. Pat’s mother knits (including ski sweaters with Scandinavian designs and scenes knitted into them), crochets, quilts, etc. As Pat was growing up she did embroidery, crewel work, crocheting, macramé, knitting, and counted cross-stitch. There came a time in the early 80’s when a lot of her friends were having babies. She had always enjoyed giving handmade gifts, but knitting and crocheting took too long. She got into quilting because she was searching for quick gifts to make. Then a kind woman taught her how to hand quilt, and it's been downhill ever since! Pat rationalizes her fabric collecting and quilt making by taking the cost of the materials and dividing by the time it takes to make a quilt – figuring that it’s really a rather cheap form of entertainment. Pat graduated from Wayne State University in Detroit with a B.A. in English with an emphasis on creative writing and grammar, and she did graduate studies in linguistics at the University of North Dakota. She has lived in Garland for over 27 years (she has also lived in Edmonton, Alberta; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Grand Forks, North Dakota; Val d'Or, Quebec; and Corsicana, Texas). She works in downtown Dallas for Mercer (an HR consulting company) in their Retirement department as an analyst working on 401(k) plans. Pat is also an active member of the Garland Quilt Guild and maintains their website. Pat has four adult children - Anna (32 and a student at UTA), Jonathan (27, works in the specialty coffee business, currently for Houndstooth in Dallas), Erin (25, is a flight attendant for United Airlines and is based out of Newark, NJ), and Abbi (23, is completing her elementary school teaching certification training at UT Austin and is hoping to teach in Austin) - they are the light of her life!