Volume XV, Issue 11 November, 2007

SPECIAL EVENTS Caroline Finley & Brenda Rouse

The trip to Quilt in a Day is still on. However, this may change due to the fire

storm in the San Diego area last week. An announcement will be made at the

November 8th meeting. Please make sure you know the status before arriving at the

Church on the 9th. Thank you.

Table Decorations

For The Holiday Meeting

Let’s have a small contest between those groups who typically sit together

at the guild meetings. You may be part of a friendship group or just like to sit together at each meeting. Talk it over

among yourselves and come up with a table decoration that speaks to you as

a group. It will be a contest among your peers and there may even be a

small prize for the winning table. Come on, have a good time with this.

PROGRAMS Marilyn Pond

November 8, 2007 will be a special evening for Quilters by the Sea. We will be having Freddie Moran here sharing her wonderful quilts in a trunk show. You will recognize Freddie by her wonderful red-framed glasses (you see, Freddie believes that red is a neutral and black, even a polka dot is to rest your eyes).

You probably remember her for her wacky and wonky houses known as Freddie’s Houses. Freddie’s own house is as colorful as the houses on her quilts, which leads one to believe that Freddie is the same warm and colorful character as her quilted houses. Believe me

she is. You will not want to miss the fun on November 8, 2007. See you at Guild.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS: December 13, 2007 Holiday Celebration Potluck *** January 10, 2008 Quilter’s Showcase February 14, 2008 Beth Ferrier Process vs. Product: Which One Are You?

*** If the first letter of your last name is A through J, please bring a Main Dish. For those with a last name beginning with K through Q, please bring a Salad. Everyone else, please bring a Dessert.

Our prayers, support and concerns are with all of the

firefighters helping with the fire storms in Southern California as well as everyone affected.

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Susan MacDonald showed us her beautiful appliquéd purple and white floral wall hanging. She made it during a class taught by

Jennie Rayment at “Quilting in the Pines” in Arizona.

Beth Shibley brought in two

quilts. First was a beautiful Slice

and Dice a la Robin Gallagher. She learned this

technique at Robin’s

workshop and the quilt is just lovely in florals.

Beth also told us she won the “white elephant” squares at the QBS retreat and when she sewed them together, she came up with

this festive Christmas

quilt!

Deb Cardinale showed a radiant quilt she aptly calls “Sunshine”. It is a Nancy Chong pattern done with

needle-turn appliqué. Nancy was a speaker for QBS a few

months ago and gave a wonderful workshop.

Rita Stoll showed a stunning batik Japanese Puzzle. (Look closely. How did she get these

blocks to fit together???) It was beautifully quilted by

Frances Moore.

Annette Morales brought in her wonderful, scrappy Bouillabaisse Quilt. She pieced it on a quilting

cruise to Mexico and it just sparkles.

Renata Wilson showed her gorgeous

Tennessee Waltz quilt. She made it for her

sister and hence, it is called, “Yolanda’s

Waltz.” Renata is just back from B.C.

Canada where she and her husband are building a home on an

island. Welcome back Renata!

Show ‘N Tell (aka, Shown ‘n Told!) Jana Rogers

You guys are the GREATEST. Not only did we have 25 fabulous quilts shown but we also had a huge number of Mystery Quilts from the QBS Retreat. You can see all of these quilts up close at www.photobucket.com. Sign in using “QBSPhotos”. The password is “quilting”. Click on October 2007 and double-click to enlarge. Thanks to all of you who brought in your quilts. Thanks also to Renata Wilson and Joanie Wolf who took such good notes for this column and to Kate Rupley and Deb Cardinale for preserving your work in their excellent photographs.

Patty Winters displayed a lovely autumn quilt she

made for her hairdresser. She

chose beautiful fall colors and used a

fish pattern designed and taught by Frances Moore at our QBS Workshop a few months back.

Ann Leibovitz calls her lovely wall

hanging “Circle of Leaves.” It has a

wonderful, delicate motif of autumn

leaves. It is a challenge quilt and features needle-turn

appliqué and extensive machine quilting.

Sandy Fields made this adorable Lady Bug quilt as a baby gift. She used a Courthouse Step

pattern.

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Suzanne Heer brought in 2 quilts. The first is a sparkling Christmas quilt which she pieced from impossibly small pieces. Suzanne’s second quilt is a 9-Patch which was made from the scraps of the first Christmas quilt! She sashed them, added a border, and got two beautiful but very

different quilts for the price of one.

Good job, Suzanne!

Cindy Garcia displayed an amazing fabric portrait of Madonna she made for a friend. She learned this technique through a 5 week course she took over the internet. If you are interested, you can pursue it at www.quiltuniversity.com. Look for Realistic Fabric Portraits by Marilyn Belford. Note: registration begins 5 weeks before the class starts and the next class begins January 19. The cost is $46.00. Cindy said the key here is in using a value finder. Good job Cindy! What an interesting project.

Linda Castle brought in a beautiful Billie Lauder Mystery quilt she calls “Mistletoe Manor.” It features orange

and rust colored stars. She made it at the Two Wacky Women’s Retreat. We have a second picture of quilt art she included on the back. What a nice finish.

Terry Ayala showed a wonderful quilt she made from Robin Gallagher’s

Slice and Dice Workshop. Although the colors are

black, brown and tan, this quilt just glows.

Show ‘N Tell (aka, Shown ‘n Told!) - continued

Pat Blank brought in 3 pieces. She showed a quilt called “I’m Popeye the Santa Man”.

She made it for her son for Christmas and it is as cute as it can be. The pattern is Attic Windows and the fabric features characters from the cartoon strip. Pat also showed a beautiful table runner she calls “Autumn.” Take a closer look online and ask yourself this question: Just HOW did she DO that? Pat also displayed an adorable Halloween wall-hanging. She calls it “I want a TREAT!!”

Pat Adair brought in 3 pieces. First, she showed us a sparkling red and green Christmas quilt she calls H.I.S. Mystery Quilt. She pieced it at a class with Cathy Ferris and quilted it herself.

Pat also created a stunning autumn-colored Mariner’s Compass. She told us she learned the method in a 4-day class taught by

Judy Mathison up in Eureka, CA. This quilt is truly spectacular. Pat also brought in an adorable quilt she and some friends have made as a fund-raiser for Guide Dogs of America. She calls it “Dog’s Pajama Party.” The friends made the blocks and she

assembled them. Note the clever stars in the intersections of the sashing.

Joanie Wolf showed another beautiful

Slice and Dice from Robin Gallagher’s

workshop. This quilt just sparkles with dozens of unique Christmas motifs.

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Show ‘N Tell (aka, Shown ‘n Told!) - continued Sonia Das brought in 3 quilts this time. The first is her beautiful

JoAnn’s Block of the Month for 2004. It is a sampler of traditional blocks which she completed during the retreat. Sonia also showed a really cute Halloween wall-hanging. She won this

kit at a QBS retreat and completed it during the Two Wacky Women Retreat. It is called Happy Haunting and is adorable. Sonia also showed a very pretty and “Wickedly Easy” internet

pattern which only takes 6 fat quarters and is quick to piece.

Sunshine and Shadows

Congratulations to Martha Diaz on the

birth of her Great Granddaughter.

Our sympathies are with Joyce Hargrove

who lost her mother on October 20th.

We also had 17 fabulous mystery quilts shown from the QBS Retreat. The name of the

pattern is Barn Dance Tonight, Chickens Welcome. It was designed and the directions were written by Connie Higgins. The blocks are Hens and Chicks and Hole in the Barn Door. What a great design and what wonderful variations emerged from the various fabric choices!!

Top to Bottom - Left to Right. Stephanie Romesburg, Ruth Cox, Pat Adair, Beth Shibley, Kim Shull, Ann Leibovitz, Connie

Higgins, Dean Lund, Deb Cardinale, Gary Brandenburg, Ruth Padilla, Jo Melis, June Stephens, Wendy Dillon, Patti Paschall, Anne Dutton and Jan Lawrence.

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President’s Corner

Connie Higgins

Thank you to Tommie Bradford for the enlightening presentation. I have seen the printed interfacing at many shows but admit that I never inquired as to how or what they

were used for. I consider myself a “piecer” but would never have attempted piecing a fan (voluntarily). Now I have a table runner and will make more for gift giving because of the simple construction technique that Tommie introduced me to. We even had time to create

the “Cell Phone Bag”, a gift from Tommie for each of us in class.

December will be upon us soon and it is time to finish up those charity quilts and turn

them in to Community Relations for giving at our Holiday Party next month. Randy has already started distributing information for Holiday giving. Please remember to see her

for the needs of our charities for the Holidays.

Next month we will be drawing for our beautiful opportunity quilt, so finish selling those tickets and get them in to Cathe Hagerman-Beizer. As many of you know we would

like to see every member sell/buy at minimum $20 worth of tickets. With the quilt Cathe and her committee have created, with the help of our members, selling $20 should be “a

piece of cake”.

Just a reminder, we still have positions to fill for 2008...Intraguild, Community Relations just to name a couple. If there is an appointed position or standing committee

you would be interested in, please contact Connie Higgins or Robin Gallagher. For more info on positions please see your QBS Bylaws. We also invite 2008 board members to start

attending board meetings now with the outgoing chair in an attempt to make the transition easier. Board meetings are the 3rd Thursday of the month, in the room where workshops

are held. Hope to see you there.

As Thanksgiving nears, I have taken some time to reflect on the many things

I have to be thankful for...family, extended and otherwise, close friends, and the many friendly faces seen regularly at guild. During this holiday may you find yourself in the company of the friends and family your are thankful for.

Happy Thanksgiving! Connie OG

Meeting Etiquette Please silence your cell phones. If you must have a conversation on your phone during the meeting,

please use the designated area off the hall.

Please be considerate of the speaker and others around you who may be trying to listen by keeping your

conversations to a minimum.

If you feel the speaker holds no interest for you, again, please be considerate of the speaker and those

that are interested and conduct your conversation outside of the meeting room.

Before leaving, check your area. Please be sure that all cups, plates, unwanted fliers, etc, are put in the

trash.

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COMMUNTIY RELATIONS Randy Miller

We have the lists of families from New Life Beginnings to adopt for Christmas giving, and the lists of requests for our other charities: The Long Beach Women’s Shelter, For the Child, The Veterans, Saint Mary’s, and the Long Beach police. We also give a scholarship to the Fashion Department at LBCC. The forms will be on my table at the November meeting, and we will be bringing the gifts to the December meeting for distribution. If you already have something ready, and if you know you cannot make it to the December meeting, you can bring it in November.

We drew the tickets for a free workshop at the October meeting. The winners for the first three quarters of 2007 are: Lynne Miller, Dawn Hoyle, and Mary Matthews, congratulations to all. We will have one more drawing this year for the last quarter, then all the tickets will be mixed together and we will draw for one quilt to be quilted by Dean Lund. Thank you Dean.

Our next workshop will be November 4 at the Bunney Hutch. Doors open at 10:00 and we can stay there until the store closes (Bunney Hutch moved us to the first Sunday of the month for November).

Santa’s Holiday Hop For years people have been asking for a quilt run that is not in July, and one that is

smaller. Well, here's your chance. Santa's Holiday Hop will consist of 7 Quilt Shops in North Orange County.

The Dates and Times will be: Friday, Nov. 30th 10am-6pm, Saturday, Dec. 1st 10am-5pm, Sunday, Dec. 2nd 12pm-4pm.

Each shop will give adult and young adult runners a fat quarter, a quilt pattern, and a

valuable coupon for a return visit. Get your passport stamped at each shop you visit to be entered for that shop’s basket. Once you complete the run, you are also entered for one

of 8 first prizes ($25 gift certificate) and the grand prize (a fabric basket valued at

over $350!!) There will be special gift bags for kids 7 and under.

Participating shops will be: Bears Quilt Shop Calico House Cozy Cottage Fabrics Flying Geese Fabrics

Leah’s in Orange The Quilt Cupboard Timeless Quilts

Come early and visit. Sign-in. Wear your name badge. Bring a friend. Bring change for the raffle. Bring your project from previous workshops.

Bring goodies if it is your birthday month. Pack your Show & Tell items. Make a new friend. Introduce yourself to

one of our many new members and guests. Bring your own coffee cup. HAVE FUN - AND LOTS OF IT!!

REMEMBER TO . . .

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QUILT’N TILL THE COWS COME HOME

Connie Higgins

Thank you to all of you that participated in the "Mystery" and brought your quilts to the October meeting for Show and Tell. It was great to see so many. They are all beautiful. FYI: I named the quilt "Barn Dance Tonight, Chickens Welcome!" since the blocks used were Hole in the Barn Door and Hens and Chicks. If you would like a label for your quilt, I will have a sample for you at the November meeting.

CONGRATULATIONS to Stephanie Romesburg for her winning cow girl, "Daisy", the bride and to Deb Cardinale for her cow girl in the true spirit of a barn dance. Thank you to all who purchased beans and voted for your favorite "cow girl". We have $35.00 to give to Randy for Community Relations holiday gifts for our charities. Thanks again.

RETREAT 2007

Quiltsmart Pre-printed Fusible Interfacing Kayleen Leone

When Tommie Bradford started “Tommie’s Traveling Quilt Shop” in 1997 she only carried fat quarters. As a vendor at numerous quilt shows she soon learned that quilters wanted more fabric so she expanded her product line to include Fairy Frost, Fossil Ferns, and Batiks.

In 1998 Tommie was introduced to a new product – Quiltsmart – developed by Mary Henderson. While attending a class taught by Eleanor Burns, which utilized a technique of tracing a pattern onto lightweight fusible interfacing used for appliqué, Mary came up with an idea to improve the method. She suggested eliminating the repetitive and imprecise tracing by preprinting the patterns onto fusible interfacing. "After all," she reasoned, "they can print on paper towels, why not print on interfacing?" Mary immersed herself in the world of industrial printing. She soon had a process for accurately printing onto a delicate non-woven fabric fusible interfacing, and thus, Quiltsmart was born.

Tommie loves Quiltsmart for making difficult patterns, such as Double Wedding Ring or Drunkard’s Path, a breeze to sew using the appliqué method. Here are some basic instructions for using Quiltsmart preprinted fusible interfacing patterns.

1.Do not iron the Quiltsmart interfacing to the fabric!! The interfacing is sewn first, turned inside out, and then fused in place to a background fabric.

2.Feel it~~ there is a smooth side and a textured side. The textured side is the fusible side.

3.Pin your fabric and Quiltsmart interfacing together, placing the rough to the right side of fabric. The fusible side of Quiltsmart interfacing MUST face the right side of the fabric. DO NOT IRON THEM TOGETHER.

4.With the printed side up, stitch on the solid lines on the Quiltsmart interfacing using a tight (15 stitches per inch) straight stitch.

5.After sewing on the solid line, cut on the broken line.

6.Now turn right side out. (On some patterns you will cut a slit in the interfacing ONLY to turn right side out.) Use a wood pressing bar to "press" and, if necessary, use a smooth tool to push out the seams from the inside.

7.Now you are ready to use your iron. Place the pattern piece as desired onto the background fabric. Fuse it in place with a dry iron.

8.Secure the pieces using the method of your choice: machine appliqué with invisible thread, decorative thread, or matching thread; hand appliqué using a hidden stitch or with floss using a buttonhole stitch. This is your time to be creative!

For additional information visit Tommie’s website – www.travelingquiltshop.com.

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Bee Keeper Betsy Morgan

Are you interested in starting a

Friendship Group? We have a few interested members. Let me know and I will put you in touch

with them. “Friendship Groups”, we would like you to be listed in

our Bee Book. I will give you the names of members interested in

joining groups and it will be strictly up to you to contact

them. QBS will only coordinate between the groups and those

interested in joining or starting a

group. The activities and memberships are the sole

responsibility of the individual group. Call or eMail me. I am

listed in the roster. Thank You.

November 3rd 5:00 PM, Sew So Late Sew Vac Ltd. ** November 4th 10:00 AM, Community

Relations, Bunney Hutch * November 8th 7:00 PM, General Meeting Freddie Moran A Trunk Show Doors open at 6:15 PM November 10th 9:00 AM Guild Workshop Freddie Moran “The Parts Department”

November 15th 6:30, Board Meeting November 17th 5:00 PM, Sew So Late Bunney Hutch * November 24th 5:00 PM, Sew So Late Sew Vac Ltd. ** * Bunney Hutch Quilt and Sew 4478 Cerritos Ave., Los 714 226-9647 Alamitos, CA ** Sew Vac Ltd. 1762 Clark Ave., Long Beach 562 498-6684 CA

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

PLACES TO GO For more events, as well as more information on these events, please go to www.sccqg.org and select Event Calendar.

November 2-3 Fallbrook Quilt Guild Biennial Quilt Show - Quilters Treasures. Fallbrook Presbyterian Church CAC, 463 S. Stage Coach Ln, Fallbrook, CA. $6 adults, $2 children 3-12, under 3 free, no strollers Contact: Sandy Scott - scott760760@hotmail.com

November 3 Santa Maria Valley Quilt Guild and All America City Quilters have joined to present a Quilt Auction at Maria Del Sol, 1405 E. Main St., Santa Maria Contact: Shirley 805.733.1418 or Terri 805.937.3287

November 10 www.SCVQuiltGuild.org

Santa Clarita Valley Quilt Guild Quilt Show. Golden Valley High School, 27051 Robert C. Lee Parkway, Santa Clarita, CA. This is a new road. Trust Yahoo maps or our website only. $7, $6 with a canned good item for the SCV Food Bank, $5 Seniors and children under 10.

November 10 African American Quilters of LA Quilt Show. Carson Community Center, 3 Civic Plaza Dr., Carson, CA. $7 Contact: 323.493.6363

November 17-18 Central Coast Quilters Quilt Festival. 800 W. Branch St., Arroyo Grande, Ca Contact: B’Ann Smith - 805.489.1559

December 8 Pine Needles Quilt Guild. 14th Annual Wrightwood Holiday Home Tour and Boutique. Wrightwood Community Building. $10 advance, $12 day of tour. Contact: 760.249.3171 or 760.249.3312

January 17-20, 2008 www.road2ca.com

Road to California. Ontario Convention Center, Ontario, CA

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MEMBERSHIP JOYCE HARGROVE

A huge thank you to our Greeter Lynne Miller. A special thanks to Joannie Wolf and Robin Gallagher for handling the Membership Table this month while I was out of town.

As of October 2007 we have 194 current members. If you aren’t receiving emails from QBS it may be due to outdated information on our records. Be sure you send any updates to us at the contact noted elsewhere in the newsletter or to Joyce Hargrove’s email - joycehargrove@msn.com.

Save our Guild money, ask to receive the Newsletter via eMail instead of snail mail. It can then be printed out if you want a hard copy. Default will be email. If you want to receive by snail mail, please make a note on the Sign-In Sheet at the General Meetings. Evelyn always brings hard copies of the Newsletter and leaves them on the Membership table during the General Meetings.

Also, if you haven’t received your new, beautiful Roster we’ll have them again at the November meeting. We also have many membership cards awaiting pick up. Ask for them when you sign in at the next meeting.

Final tally for October 2007 meeting: Total attendance: 107 Visitors attending: 8 - Jerri Ward, Brandy Kelly Contreras, Kate Rupley, Tom Garcia, Norma Chacon, Cindy Ross, Wanda Green, and Alice Roberts. Members attending: 99 New members: 0 *******************************************************************************************

Yearly Membership Dues, $25.00, will come due January 1, 2008. To be included in the 2008 Directory of Members dues will need to be paid by February 2008 meeting.

Avoid the rush mail in or pay at the next meeting.

NICKEL SQUARE CLUB QBS is having a Nickel Square (5” square) exchange throughout 2007. Participation each month is

optional, sit out any month that you choose – but you just might regret it! To participate:

• Get a plastic zipper-top bag and label it with your name, phone number and email address. • Put 25 Nickel Pairs (pairs of 5” squares) for a total of 50 squares into the bag. • The 25 Nickel Pairs can come from one fabric or many – it’s your choice! • Select your fabric according the theme of the month (see below). • Please pre-wash the fabric. • One yard of fabric will yield 28 pairs (56 squares). • One fat quarter will yield 6 pairs (12 squares). • Use 100% cotton fabric of good quality. • Please leave your bag in the designated Nickel Square Club Basket near the membership

table at the beginning of the meeting. The Nickel Pairs will be swapped during the meeting. • Please pick up your bag from the same basket at the end of the meeting.

Have fun!!!

If you forget to pick up your bag, we will keep it for you. Pick it up the following month.

If you have any questions, please contact Paula Dudek at 562-425-8056 or Sonia Das at 562-429-4477.

November – light neutrals December – your choice

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Library News With November upon us, we just wanted to take a moment to

thank all of you who’ve participated in the library sales, and in checking out all the new library books this year. We’ve had a great year of fund raising for the guild, and that is in largest part due to you all. Whether you stopped by to buy a magazine or a book, or you dropped off a bag of items you no longer wanted, you’ve helped your guild this year, and we hope gained something from it (even if that something is just some more space to stash fabric, or a new romance novel to read!)

We haven’t kept track of everyone who has donated items, so we won’t take the time to single out those we do remember, just know that every single donation was appreciated, and will continue to be so in the New Year. We would like to acknowledge Sierra Meadows Bears, as we’ve raised nearly $600 from the donations they gave us, and many of them are going on to Community Relations and Intraguild, to continue to help the guild and its programs.

Next year look for more new books and some new opportunities. If you can think of a way we can increase our usefulness to the guild, please let us know. We take all suggestions to heart.

Please do come by and check out the approximately 150 new items in our library, and watch the newsletter for some old favorites to check out. We’ll begin weeding out the library in January, based upon when books were last checked out, so do keep an eye on the articles. We do not want to remove anything anyone might find to be useful, but at the same time, want to use the space as best we can for books that you all can enjoy and make use of for years to come.

William and Vivs

Your Guild Librarians

Calling all Quilters Jamie Fingal, an art quilter, is curating an exhibit of pictorial art quilts for the festival in Long Beach in July, 2008. She is looking for groups of three to put together quilts depicting Long Beach (scenes, landmarks, etc.) If you are interested, and for more details, eMail Jamie at Jamie.Fingal@gmail.com.

Thank you Sue Sallinger

Quilt in a Day is having a contest. Go to www.quiltinaday.com.

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Country Woman Christmas 1998

Recipes here were chosen by country cooks who find unique and

memorable ways to make their holidays special and will help you

do the same! Lots of color pictures.

Quilt in a Day Christmas at Bear’s Paw Ranch Join Eleanor and the Quilt in a

Day staff for festive holiday sewing and crafts! There are over 25

projects, something for every member of the family! The book is filled with a

collection of colorful designs with step by step instructions. From Crazy Quilt Stockings to a Jolly

Jacket for Fido, you will be inspired to prepare your home and heart for holiday cheer. In addition to two quilts with yardage charts for all five-quilt sizes, stitch a teddy bear, stained glass pillows,

wall hangings, and gift bags with ribbon art flowers. For your Christmas tree, you will marvel as you sew the Flying Geese Tree Skirt, and the

kids will delight as they hang the ornaments they make from the quick and easy directions. For your

holiday table, stitch a lovely table runner with matching placemats. Round out your holiday

décor as you wear a whimsical appliquéd sweatshirt, sure to prompt compliments. Adorn

your home and make gifts for family and friends as we sew together this Christmas at Eleanor’s log

home, Bear’s Paw Ranch.

Merry Christmas Step by step instructions for quick

picture quilts for the Holidays. Blocks include small & large Santa,

small & large Sleigh, and small, medium & large Christmas Tree.

A Look At Books Library Books That Is

William Johnson

Christmas From The Heart This book has ideas for Christmas

decorating, crafts and recipes.

American Country Christmas 1991

Craft projects, recipes, ornaments, needlework, home decorating

projects and ideas.

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FOOD This is a friendly reminder to our May, September and December Birthdays. We have a pot luck every May and December as well as our Ice Cream Social in September so we graciously ask you to bring snacks for a different month, especially the months short on birthdays. Thank you.

11/2 Joan Kassay 11/5 Joyce Hargrove 11/7 Ann Williams 11/8 Ann (Sandy) Fields 11/12 Mary Carbajal 11/13 Robyn Stanford 11/21 Rosalie R. Lucey 11/24 Pat Barton 11/26 Terri Ayala

QBS Cash Flow Statement - 2007

Citibank Checking Account

Balance as of Dec 31, 2006 $12,402.89

Deposits Withdrawals/Notes Balance

Jan $5,625.01 $2,540.00 $15,487.90

Feb $3,274.89 $1,888.21 $16,874.58

Mar $3,070.01 $1,753.05 $18,191.54

Apr $14,473.43 $7,275.71 $25,389.26

May $3,797.37 $3,447.46 $25,739.17

Jun $3,440.02 $2,060.77 $27,118.42

Jul $2,819.89 $1,541.59 $28,396.72

Aug $5,883.60 $7,026.01 $27,254.31

Sep $1,171.69 $5,292.32 $23,133.68

TOTAL $43,555.91 $32,825.12

Citibank Savings Account - “Emergency Fund”

Balance as of Dec 31, 2006 10,108.02

Deposits Withdrawals/Notes Balance

Jan $4.29 Interest $10,112.31

Feb $3.88 Interest $10,116.19

Mar $4.29 Interest $10,120.48

Apr $4.16 interest $10,124.64

May $4.31 Interest $10,128.95

Jun $4.16 Interest $10,133.11

Jul $4.30 Interest $10,137.41

Aug $4.31 Interest $10,141.72

Sep $4.17 Interest $10,145.89

TOTAL $37.87

TOTAL CASH ASSETS $33,279.57

Total Cash on Hand at End of Interim 2006 = "Reserves" $22,510.91

Net Income thru 9/30/07 $10,768.66

Total Current Reserves $33,279.57

Reserves Specified for Emergency Fund $10,000.00 Net Reserves $23,279.57

$ Treasurer’s Report $

Sue Salinger

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS POSITIONS - ELECTED President Connie Higgins VP. Programs Marilyn Pond V.P. Workshops Susan Contreras Treasurer Susan Salinger Secretary Josephine Keasler Auditor Martha Diaz Membership Joyce Hargrove Special Events Brenda Rouse and Caroline Finley Quilt Show (2007) Kasey Egelus Quilt Show (2009) Wendy Dillon and Jan Lawrence POSITIONS-APPOINTED Intraguild Shannon Gartin & Trish Eastburn Community Relations Randy Miller Parliamentarian Robin Gallagher Librarian Vivs Laliberte and William Johnson Newsletter Editor Patti Paschall Newsletter Distribution Evelyn Matzat SCCQG Rep. Randy Miller

STANDING COMMITTEES Bee Keeper Betsy Morgan Equipment Kay Zellmer Guild Basket Terri Ayala and Pam Osorio Hospitality William Johnson and Vivs Laliberte Greeters Joanie Wolf, Jeri Wilson, and Lynne Miller Historian Kayleen Leone Photographer Deb Cardinale Publicity OPEN ! Show & Tell Jana Rogers Webmaster Deb Cardinale Web—Chat Group Robin Gallagher and Cat Harris Opportunity Quilt 2007 Robin Gallagher, Marilyn Pond, Cathy Hageman-Beizer & Joanie Wolf Opportunity Quilt 2008 Cathy Hagerman-Beizer President's Gift Robin Gallagher GENERAL MEETINGS are held the 2nd THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH. Doors open at 6:15 pm, meeting starts at 7:00 pm

Lakewood Family Church 5336 E. Arbor Road

Long Beach, CA 90808

BOARD MEETINGS are held on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 6:30 pm, same location unless otherwise stated in the newsletter. NEWSLETTER DEADLINE IS THE MONDAY AFTER THE GENERAL MEETING. E-mail articles in MS Word format to: Patti Paschall, treasuresbytrishtoo@yahoo.com This guild is organized for educational and charitable purposes. Its objective is to further quilting excellence through education and travel, and to promote quilting in a philanthropic manner. This corporation does not contemplate pecuniary gain or profit to members thereof and is organized for nonprofit purposes. Annual dues are $25.00 and shall be payable at or before the January general meeting. Membership shall be prorated if paid at or after the July general meeting and shall be half the full annual dues. Visitors may attend any meeting by paying $3.00 per meeting.

E-QBS! QBS e-mail group

This e-mail group is restricted to QBS members only and can be used to communicate with other QBS

members. Messages should be related to topics of general interest to QBS members and should be guild related. This is a great place to share ideas, photos or to ask questions. Our guild is very fortunate to have

quilters of all levels of expertise. Don’t be shy, sign up and introduce yourself. This is a great way for us all to

get to know each other better.

To join, simply send a message to quiltersbytheseasubscribe@yahoogroups.com or go to http://www.yahoogroups.com and search on “Quilters by the Sea”. Once your message has been

received, one of the moderators will approve your subscription and you’ll be all set. We hope to get as

many participants as possible to use this great tool and resource.

Your quiltersbythesea@yahoogroups.com moderators: Cat Harris, Darlene Fong and Robin Gallagher.

QBS website www.quiltersbythesea.com

The website is set up to provide members as well as others with up-to-date information about our guild.

ADVERTISING FEES Member classified ad ........ .......... N/C Non Member classified add ......... $2.00 If you would like to run an ad for your quilt/sewing related business, prices are as follows:

Annual Rate Business Card Size .......... .......... $40.00 Quarter Page.......... .......... .......... $80.00

3 Month Rate Business Card Size .......... .......... $12.00 Quarter Page.......... .......... .......... $22.00

Please support the advertisers in the QBS newsletter and when you visit them please mention where you saw their ad.

Volume XV, Issue 11 November, 2007

Quilters By The Sea

P.O. Box 92814

Long Beach, CA 90809

Email: ndlfsh@juno.com

Bare Foot Quilters

Long Arm Machine Quilting

562/355-0529 Proprietor: Rebecca Knight

Offering professional machine quilting in variety of thread colors.

Batting available by the yard. Basting available for hand quilters

Remember, it is not a quilt until it’s quilted!