The Pine Needle Press Volume 32 Issue 8 Pine Tree Quilt Guild September 2015 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A newsletter of the Pine Tree Quilt Guild of Nevada County, having taken root in the fabric of the Grass Valley community since 1984. Published monthly except August.

11255 Banner Mine Way, Nevada City 95959 www.PineTreeQuiltGuild.com

Table of Contents

2015 Officers & Board Members 6 General Meeting Minutes online November program 7

Affiliates 6, 7, 9 Guild Challenge 4 October Program 1

Anniversaries & Birthdays 8 Guild Meeting Dates 2 President’s Message 2

Board Meeting Minutes online Guild Shirts 8 2016 Quilt Show 5

Community Service/Drop-in & Sew 5 Home Workshop 3 Share & Care 6

Dues Vote in October 2 Message from Karle 3 Upcoming Quilt Events 9

Executive Board Nominations 4 Email Changes 8 We Care 4

Finance Report for August 8 Not so Secret Secret 7

October Program: Marcia Harmening October 6th

Hi. My name is Marcia Harmening and I am the owner and designer for Happy Stash Quilts. I fell in love with quilting 15 years ago as a means of staving off insanity during the long, dark Alaska winters. I found that colorful fabric combined with colorful friendships is, indeed, the perfect solution for surviving the snowy, monochromatic season. I enjoy teaching on a regular basis and editing quilt books for Brenda Henning of Bear Paw Productions. I began publishing my own patterns in 2008. In 2010, after 23 years in Alaska, my husband and I and our three children

relocated to Reno, Nevada, where we are soaking in an unbelievable abundance of sunshine.

Lecture is: A Quilter's Journey Oct 6th 6:30pm GrassValley Charter School Workshop is: Oct 7th Autumn Cross, make it in luscious fall colors.

Pattern is included in class. Tuscan Vineyard is an alternate BUT the applique portion will NOT be taught in the workshop.

Space is still available. Contact Kathleen Stanley.

Autumn Cross Tuscan Vineyard

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President’s Message Greetings Guild Members— Just to give you a holiday head start, I would like to share my Christmas fabric ideas with you. One year I got the bright idea of wrapping everyone's Christmas presents in Christmas fabrics. A big investment? Yes, but a good one. Think about all the Christmas wrapping that gets thrown away, and it is not inexpensive. The fabric would not be thrown away and I would use it to make future holiday gifts and décor—how fun!

In year #2 of this not fully thought out plan, I decided to make a Christmas quilt for my first two grandchildren. I had almost all the fabric I needed. Just to make sure these children used and appreciated it, I told them it was a magic Christmas quilt. If they slept under it one night during the week before Christmas, they would get an unexpected gift on Christmas morning.

The unexpected gifts were paper money trapped inside clear magic boxes. Kept them occupied for several days.

Year #3 found me still with a pretty decent stash of Christmas fabrics, so I opted to make a variety of Christmas napkins. (We have to use fabric napkins at our house because our dog steals and eats paper napkins directly from our laps.) In order to have a wide enough array of holiday designs however, I had to buy a few more fabrics. We still use these napkins at Christmas—another good investment.

The next year (#4), we hosted Christmas for the whole family, which by now included an additional in-law and a new grandchild. How fun it would be to make Christmas pillow cases for everyone! Pillow cases are much bigger than napkins and our family was bigger as well, so I needed a lot of new Christmas fabric, which by now had already been moved to a large bin.

And here we are at year #5 and I have a very large supply of Christmas fabrics. But it's only September, so I have some time to figure out what to make. Stockings? Placements and table runners? Tree skirts? Decorative pillows? Christmas gift bags? No, I think what I'll do this year is wrap all the Christmas presents in fabric and let the recipients keep the fabric so they can start their own Christmas fabric journeys.

The End (I hope)

Kate Grant, President

Meeting Location Day of the Month & Time October General Meeting Grass Valley Charter School 1st Tuesday at 6:30PM Oct 6th

S. Auburn, Grass Valley, CA

Speaker Workshop Seventh Day Adventist Church, GV Wednesday after General Meeting Oct 7th

PTQG Board Meeting Eskaton Village, 49er Room, GV 2nd Thursday, 6:30pm Oct 8th

Newsletter Deadline sierrasue@me.com 5pm Saturday after Board Mtg Oct 10th

Junior Quilters Salvation Army, Alta Street, GV 2nd Saturday, 10:30am Oct 10th

Community Service Seventh Day Adventist Church, GV 3rd Thursday, 9:30am Oct 15th

Drop-In ‘n Quilt Seventh Day Adventist Church, GV 3rd Thursday, 9:30 am Oct 15th

Home Workshop Seventh Day Adventist Church, GV 3rd Thursday, 9:30 am Oct 15th

Quilt Show Committee Seventh Day Adventist Church, GV None

Guild Meeting Dates October 2015

The Dues Vote: Here's the plan

At our October meeting, we will be voting on whether or not to increase our annual dues from $25 to $30. Here is how the voting will proceed. First, I will ask for a motion and a second to increase the dues. Then we will have 5 minutes for final comments or questions from the members. At the end of the brief discussion, paper ballots will be handed out. You will then be able to mark the ballots, and they will be collected. The ballots will be counted during the meeting and results will be announced before the end of the meeting. Your vote is very important. Please make every effort to attend this meeting.

Kate Grant, President

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Home Workshop

On Sept.17th Lorna Starka did her "Disappearing  Act”. She is always an exciting teacher for our Home Workshops. She has inspiring samples and clear instructions. She supplies all the fabric and pre-cuts it for class to save time and allow you to get more completed. When the project is completed it is donated to Community Services!  All you have to do is sign up and bring your basic sewing supplies. How much

easier could that be! When you have learned Lorna's technique then you can create your own special quilt. Thank you Lorna for all you do for our guild!

In October's Home Workshop we start thinking of DIY gift giving.  We have 3 items we think you will enjoy making.

1.  Mary Serpa will be sharing how to make her special APRON. Many of you saw members wearing this at the Quilt Show and asked who made them.  We asked Mary to show us how to make this apron and she agreed! 

2. Connie  Ferreia will show us how to make a very special "personalized" Pot Holder. You don't want to miss this!

3.  Betty  Maddox...  If there is time, and because we just had our 13th Great-Grandchild, I can show you how to make a super-quick and easy Receiving Blanket. Most of us have little ones in our lives among our family, friends or neighbors, and this little blanket makes a welcome gift .

This class is OCT. 15, Seventh Day Adventist Church on Osborne Rd. in Grass Valley. The time is 9:30AM until 2PM.  Be on time and ready to start sewing at 9:30!

BE  SURE TO SIGN UP AND GET A SUPPLY LIST AT THE OCT. guild meeting or call Betty or Eleanor.

Our plans for the NOV. " S.O.S." class is moved to January. So continue to" Save Our Salvages" and Kathy Biggi will show us how to make a special project with them.

We need a member to share a favorite pattern or technique with us in NOVEMBER Home Workshop!   If you would be willing  please contact me or Eleanor as soon as possible.

Until Then.........Keep on Quilting! Betty Maddox and Eleanor SagelyAny questions contact:

Betty at cbmaddox@att.net  Eleanor at quiltbug6@yahoo.com

Message From Karle deProsse Finance / Budget / Audit Chairperson

At the September General Meeting I assisted President Kate Grant in presenting the Board’s proposal to increase the annual membership dues by $5 to $30. As requested at that meeting, I have prepared a spreadsheet with the actual Income and Expenses for the Guild by year from 1997 through 2014. I will send it to anyone that asks, as well as have copies at the October General Meeting. I can be contacted at 263-3950 (voice or text) or emailed at abacus@sbbmail.com.

I have been asked to state my credentials other than being the Finance/ Budget/Audit Chairperson for the Guild. I have owned and operated my own business, Abacus Bookkeeping, for 30 years. I have a degree in accounting and am a certified tax preparer. I specialize in the financial management of small nonprofit organizations. I have worked with non-profits since the mid-seventies (wasn’t that just the other day?) The non-profits have had budgets as small as $3,000 to ones nearing $3 million. I have also helped some apply for their non-profit status. I prepare non-profit tax returns, as well as the Guild’s tax returns since 1997 when I joined the Guild (they weren’t being filed before that.) Anne Wilson gave me a break on the Guild tax returns for a few years. (Thank you, Anne.) I was the Guild Treasurer in 1998 & 1999. I have been the bookkeeper/financial manager/consultant for many non-profits. Some well-known local ones are Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Nevada County MADD, Sierra Nevada Children’s Services, and the American Red Cross of Nevada County, and Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.

Karle deProsse

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EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS

The following nominations for the 2016 Executive Board have been submitted for the following offices:

Diane Klose - PresidentSusie Hardy - Vice President

Pat Gillings - TreasurerCarolyn Christiansen and Sharon Ellisor  - Co-Secretaries

Any further nominations from the floor will be accepted at the next guild meeting on October 6th.  Voting on these offices will be held that same night.

Guild Challenge

This year the Guild Challenge is “Forest Fantasy”. This theme is also the theme for our 2016 Quilt Show. The challenge quilts will be hung together at the show. There will be a description of what they are and the winners should have their ribbons attached.

There are many kinds of trees in many kinds of forests so you do not have to be limited to the “Tahoe National Forest” forest as your basis. There are forests of kelp and seaweed in the ocean; there are rock forests on islands and numerous imaginative forests all over. Pick your favorite and go from there.

The usual rules: no size or shape requirements, three layers – top, backing & batting, finished and brought to the March Guild meeting for display and voting. Prizes will be awarded in the following categories: Best Use of Theme, Best Appliqué, Best Art, Best Traditional, Most Humorous and Favorite Quilt.

If you have any questions, please call me. My number is in the directory.

Lois Hodges Guild Challenge Chair

WE CARE!

We are only a few days into this project and the response is overwhelming, so many volunteers and donations from not just PTQG but entire community!

Workshops are scheduled at the Seventh Day Adventist church on Oct. 5, 6, 20 from 9am-3pm.  Bring your sewing machine, extension cord and lunch if you plan to stay.

Still needed.......quilters and clear plastic bags (like dry cleaning bags) to wrap the quilts.

Would say more, but back to making kits!

Thanks to all of you making "We Care" such a success.

Kathy Biggi

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Community Services and Drop In and Sew

Community Service meets on the third Thursday (most months), 9:30 – 3:00, at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Osborne Hill Road, Grass Valley.

After our lively budget discussion at the September meeting I thought you might be interested to know what the CS budget, $1,750.00, is spent on. Did you know that CS relies on fabric donations for tops, backs,

pillowcases, stockings, and walker bags, from you and the community? The CS budget is spent almost entirely on batt – year to date, $1,372.00 – with the balance, $378.00, spent on yardage for backs because most donations are not large enough. We were, however, fortunate to receive a few large piece donations this summer. We appreciate your generosity when cleaning out your stash. Kathy is continually looking for new patterns and is quite talented at turning every square inch of fabric into a pattern piece; we also sew batt together, with smaller pieces used in “quilt as you go” or potholder quilts. CS wastes nothing!

Kathy’s latest idea for CS is to sponsor a "First Annual CS Block Party"! She has made up kits for a variety of fun blocks using scraps and yielding 10-inch or larger blocks. You can take a “block kit”, return by October CS, and the blocks will be sewn together to make a top. If EVERYONE makes just one or two blocks, we would be able to make several tops. November CS Special ProgramLorna Straka will share her binding technique on 19 November. Sign up at the October meeting. Quilts will be available for you to practice on. We look forward to seeing you there!

2015 Community Service Dates October 15 November 19 December Distribution Wednesday, 2nd

REMEMBER, there is NO CS in December

Cannot attend CS Thursday or a Guild meeting? I will deliver a kit, quilt sandwich, or quilts to bind to you to work on at home – call or email me.

Thank you, Marjorie McConnell

QUILT SHOW 2016 Quilt Show 2016 is well underway. The committee met on 02 September and each chair is now working with her

committee on individual and joint efforts. A huge THANK YOU to Jeanie Ferguson for coming forward, at the eleventh hour, to chair the Basket Committee. Jeanie will have her hands full as Featured Quilter and Basket Chair. Still

needed is a Prop Coordinator for the Main building.

Thank you, Marjorie McConnell

Share and Care

Do you know someone in the Guild who is under the weather and can use some cheering? Whether it is illness, surgery, or loss of a loved one, please let

me know so an appropriate card can be sent. Thanks.......

Carol Gates Share and Care Chairperson carol1946gates@gmail.com

273-9359

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Pine Tree Quilt Guild 2015 Board Executive Board President Kate Grant Vice-President Diane Klose Secretary Donna Switzer Treasurer Karen Mitchell

Committee Chairpersons Binders on hiatus Community Service/Drop In Marjorie McConnell Computer Records Ardy Tobin Education Outreach Margaret Boothby/Robin Mello Equipment Mary Serpa/Tamara Cook Finance/Audit Budget Karle deProsse Guild Challenge Lois Hodges Historian open Home Workshop Betty Maddox/Eleanor Sagely Hospitality/Mentor open Gala/Jamboree on hiatus Junior Quilters Diane Rockwell/Robin Mello Library Molly Cook Meeting Set-Up The Cook Family Membership Marta Price Mini Groups Clairie Carter Mystery Gifts Carmen Crow/Rachella Beeks Mystery Quilt Frances O’Brien Newsletter Sue Miller Opportunity Quilt 2015 (Market) Cathy Stone Opportunity Quilt 2016 Marjorie McConnell Opportunity Quilt 2016 (Market) Kathleen Stanley Patchwork Star Jeanie Ferguson Programs/NCQC Heidi Emmett March Mixer Diane Klose July Picnic Nancyan Tracy Holiday Party Sophia Day Publicity Joy Waggener Quarter Yard Club Marilyn Engelking/Cheryl Klein Quilt Show 2015 Anne Wilson/Mary Serpa Quilt Show 2016 Marjorie McConnell/ Jeanne Pincha-Tulley Speaker Workshops Kathleen Stanley Scholarships Joan Mosley Share and Care Carol Gates Show and Tell Ruth Bertaccini/Sew Happy Treasure Table Sharon Kreiss/Lettie Lewis Web Liaison Ardy Tobin

Remember, the Board’s contact

information is no longer listed in the newsletter. Consult your directory for

addresses and phone numbers.

Affiliate of the Month

SHARI BAHR’S QUILTING

SHARI BAHR, OWNER

16795 ALICE WAYGRASS VALLEY, CA

530-477-8786530-852-2909

SHARIBAHR13@GMAIL.COM

I have been long arm quilting for 13 years. I enjoy creating new designs for my clients. I

have also restored vintage quilts. I love coming up with just the right design to make

each quilt special!

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Pine Tree Quilt Guild presents its own, Ingrid Cataneo for its November program! Lecture: The Art of Fabric Collage and trunk show

Date: Nov. 3rd. 6:30 p.m. Grass Valley Charter School

Workshop: Juvenile Garibaldi Fish

Date: Nov. 4th. 10-3 p.m. Seventh Day Adventist Church

Hello Guild Members,

I have been hooked on quilting since receiving my first ribbon at the Nevada County Fair in 1997. Over the years I made many traditional quilts for family and friends. When I discovered “art quilts”, I immediately jumped in. I’m confident with thread painting, free motion machine embroidery and in the past three years have been teaching fabric collage classes. Discovering fabric collage (2011) has truly liberated and captivated me. Please join me for this fun and colorful class in creating a beautiful juvenile garibaldi fish. Orange is the new fish!!

Ingrid Cataneo

Contact Kathleen Stanley to sign up for the workshop.

The Not So Secret Secret                        President’s Block for Kate Grant Please take a few minutes to create one of these blocks and get it to me, Anne Wilson, by the November 3  Guild meeting or November 19 Community Service.  I treasure the blocks that were given to me last year and love the quilt I made with them.  Kate has worked hard all year as our leader and this is our little way of thanking her for a job well done!Thank you,

Anne Wilson 274-1290 awilson@svn.net

FOUR PATCH BLOCK: Fabric – four different 'old fashioned' print fabrics in muted light and medium colors" Cut one 4” square from each fabric. Sew into one 7 1/2 inch square block.   Sign you name on the lightest rectangle, leaving at LEAST AN INCH AND  HALF to the unsewn edges unsigned.    

Affiliate of the Month Star Designs Star Stickler, owner10290 Shekinah Hill Road, Nevada City, CA 95959

530-277-4327 star.desiigns@hotmail.com longarmstardesigns.com

Star Designs is a long-arm quilting business. I hope to help you get a step closer to the completion of your quilt project.

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Shirts are available for sale with the Pine Tree Quilt Guild logo embroidered on them. You can also have your name embroidered for no extra charge. These are long sleeve denim shirts. If you

are interested, please email me or contact me at a meeting. The shirts are $24.03 each. Please provide the following:

Size - small, medium, large, XL, 2XL etc. Color - light or dark denim

Name embroidered - yes or no and spelling of the name The shirts are 100% cotton and will shrink a little. Please keep this in mind when you order a shirt.

Diane Klose sewhandy@sbcglobal.net

New Email Addresses

Trish Morris Plisse and Jeanie Ferguson have new email addresses. Please add them to your directories.

Jeanie Ferguson’s is now fergiefrogquilt1@att.net

Trish Morris - Plisse’s is now fishieisme@gmail.com

Beginning balance August 1, 2015 17,905.81

Deposits 859.51

Voided check +158.96

Expenses (1,667.46)

Checking balance August 31, 2015 17,256.82

Savings 30,458.11

Quilt Show balance 3,515.00

Total cash August 31, 2015 51,229.93

Happy Birthday!

8 Joanna Wise 10 Carolie Wise 12 Virginia Astorian 14 Kathy Biggi 14 Lorna Straka 16 Arline Fisher 16 Betty Maddox 20 Rachella Beeks 20 Sophia Day 24 Eleanor Sagely 24 Lin Schiffner 25 Linda Keels 25 Bernie Kringel 25 Alice Ruth Mischke 26 Dorothy Wheeler 27 Carolyn Croker 29 Sue Fisher 29 Cate Hansen 31 Judy Vaughn

Happy Anniversary!

2 Sharon & Bill Kreiss 5 Jane & Frank Dunnington 11 Eleanor & Bob Cardwell 11 Pat & Wil Fryer 12 Carmen & Clyde Crow 14 Rachella & Tony Beeks 17 Julia & Edward Sugg 21 Nan & Don Curry 22 Lila & Tom Sugg 25 Marcia & Greg Lyon 25 Judy & Rusty Vaughn 31 Kathy & Ernie McDaniel

Joan Mosley, Donna White, and Lorna Straka at the Affiliates’ Night.

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Affiliates 2015 Ben Franklin Crafts 598 Sutton Way, GV 273-1348 Christine Barnes Designs 208 Mill St. GV 273-3970 Deby’s Sierra Sewing 245 E. Main St. GV 274-7906 DeeDee Brownell, seamstress 15760 Ridge Estates Road NC 478-5904 Designs By Heidi hmemmett@gmail.com 273-8067 Fat Lady Singing 14392 Lake Wildwood Dr. PV 432-1646 Howell’s Sewing & Vacuum 13555 Bowman Rd. Auburn 885-9624 Precision Quiltworks 18251 Starduster Dr. NC 432-9595 Sandra Bruce Creative Long Arm Quilting 116 Main 5B GV 210-9748 Sheri Bahr’s Quilting 16795 Alice Way GV 477-8786 Star Designs Longarm Quilting 10290 Shekinah Hill Rd. NC 277-4327 Sugar Pine Quilt Shop 452-A S. Auburn St. GV 272-5308 Sun Forest Quilts 13745 Sun Forest Dr. PV 432-9461 Susie Hardy Designs 219 Drummond NC 478-0223 Terial Arts 14195 Coyote Mt. Trail, NC 479-9014 or 470-9092

October 3-4, 2015Mountain Star Quilters’ Bi-Annual Quilt ShowDownieville Community Hall322 Main (Route 49) Downieville, CA 95936www.morningstarquilters.org

October 15-18th, Pacific International Quilt Festival XXIVSanta Clara, CA

October 3, 4, 2015Falling Leaves Quilt ShowLake County FairgroundsLadies of the Lake Quilt Guild401 Martin Street, Lakeport, CA 95453www.llqg.org

The show is on, but the location may be changed. Please check the website if you plan to go.

October 3, 4, 2015Sierra Gold Harvest Quilt ShowAmador County Fairgrounds, Plymouth, CA

Up-Coming Quilt Events

Susie Hardy, affiliate night

Our Guild Meeting is Oct. 6th, 2015 at 6:30 PM. Grass Valley Charter School, S. Auburn St., Grass Valley

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Send address changes and corrections to: Submit newsletter articles to: PTQG Computer Records Sue Miller, PTQG Newsletter Editor P.O. Box 3133, Grass Valley, CA 95945 sierrasue@me.com or contact Computer Records 11255 Banner Mine Way Ardy, 575-8433 Nevada City, CA 95959 530-271-2270 Mail membership forms and dues to: PTQG Membership Newsletter Deadline: 5:00 p.m. the Saturday P.O.Box 3133 immediately following the PTQ Guild’s Board Grass Valley, CA 95945 Meeting on the second Thursday of the month See our web page for membership forms and information:. http://www.pinetreequiltguild.com