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January 2018 Flying Geese Quilters Guild

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Flying Geese Quilters Guild

Goose Tracks

January 2018

Email Address:

[email protected]

Inside This Issue

Sign up for a Guild Position 2 January Birthdays 6

Time to Renew Membership 2,3 Quilty Happenings 11

From Our Presidents

There were sure a lot of smiles at the December Guild Meeting!

In case you missed out on the fun, the Aloha Strummers of

Mission Viejo wonderfully entertained us. Thanks to the

leadership of Gina Connoy and the bass guitar accompaniment of

Paul Levy. We enjoyed the ukulele, dancing, island sound, and

exercise! It is impossible to say the word ukulele without a smile.

It is so obvious the entire group is very talented and enjoys playing

the ukulele together! It was a special treat to have our own quilter,

Eileen Wintemute, and her group “Wahines” play a special number for us.

Thanks Kathy, Bonnie and Julia for arranging this fun evening!

Sharon and I would like to wish all of you a Healthy and Happy New Year!!!!

Linda Smith & Sharon Ludwig, Co-Presidents

Kathy Keefer & Bonnie Bennett, 1st Vice President Co-chairs

Coming Attractions January 8, 2018

To start the New Year we welcome a local quilt artist and

teacher, Tina Curran. As a life-long sewer Tina took to

quilting quickly and finds great joy in the options that

contemporary quilts provide. She also appreciates the

American roots of traditional quilting and the unlimited

possibilities of today's art quilts. This often results in the

uses of contemporary fabrics and century-old patterns.

Tina's art quilts have been on display in many art shows,

including Road to California, International Quilt Festival

and the American Quilter's Society in Paducah. Her work has appeared in

national quilt magazines such as Quilters' Newsletter and Quiltmaker over 20

times. In addition to creating new designs and teaching she has an Etsy shop

online, sells her patterns on Craftsy and creates quilts on commission.

Join us to hear and see Tina's presentation entitled "My Excellent Adventures

As A Quilter" and trunk show, which encompasses her development as a quilt

artist from beginner to today.

mailto:[email protected]


Please join us at Stonefire Grill, 3966 Barranca Pkwy in

Irvine (corner of Culver and Barranca) at 4:30pm before

the Guild meeting. It is a great way to meet our speaker,

other guild members, and relax before the meeting.

Mary Howland Membership

Membership

Our membership renewal is in February but you can get a head start by printing the renewal form now

and doing the following:

— Check the directory to see if your name, address, telephone numbers, birthday, and email address are

correct.

— Fill out the information at the top of the form.

— If you have any correction/change, complete the bottom portion of the form.

— Bring the membership form and your $40 check or cash to the February meeting.

Please help us by only completing the bottom portion of the membership form if you have changes/

corrections. By just giving us changes/cor rections and by renewing on time you will enable us to

distribute the new directory at the April meeting. Thanks for your help!

Time to Step Forward!

We are a group of volunteers and we need you to volunteer to help next year. Please take a look in

your Membership directory (pages 2-3) at the list of committees and volunteer for something. Most

jobs can be shared. Some jobs take some time during the month and other jobs are pretty much done

at the Guild meeting. Please give Michelle Howe, Linda Smith, or Sharon Ludwig a call if you want

more information about a position. We look forward to working with you next year!!

Color and Quilting Workshop in April

In January we will open sign-ups for Christine Barnes' workshop on color coming to Flying Geese

Quilters Guild in April. This sought-after color expert will teach the concepts essential to making each

of your quilt blocks read color, pattern and value in a yummy pattern called "Spumoni". You can never

learn too much about color for your quilts. A must for all level quilters. Don't be left out!

Kathy Keefer & Bonnie Bennett, 1st Vice President Co-chairs

Linda Smith & Sharon Ludwig, Co-Presidents

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FLYING GEESE QUILTERS GUILD

2018-2019 MEMBERSHIP FORM

Please PRINT the following information.

Today’s date: __________ New: ______Renewing: ______ Check#/Cash________

Name: ______________________________________________

___ NO CHANGE in CONTACT INFORMATION (Please leave the rest of form blank if

there are no corrections/changes.)

Street address: ________________________________________

City: _______________________State______ Zip +4_________

Phone #:______________________cell #___________________

E-mail address: ________________________________________

Birthday (month/day) ____________________________________

Please make checks payable to: Flying Geese Quilters Guild

If mailing, please send to:

Flying Geese Quilters Guild

C/O Membership

P.O. Box 14271

Irvine, CA 92623-4271

For your information: As a Flying Geese Quilters Guild member, your name will appear in the Guild’s

directory, newsletter, and website. The website newsletter and announcements will NOT LIST addresses,

phone numbers, or e-mail addresses unless we have your permission. If you do not wish your name to appear in the newsletter or on the website, please contact the newsletter editor, the website liaison, and the president of the guild in writing.

Membership fee: $40.00

We would like to have your emergency contact; this is optional. This information will be kept

confidential, will not be published and we will only contact this person in a true emergency.

Emergency Contact Name:________________________ Phone:____________________

Relationship to you: ________________________ Email:____________________


Flying Geese Retreat Update

Our 2018 retreat dates are: April 26-29, 2018 and August 23-26, 2018

2018 Pricing

4 days/3 nights 3 days/2 nights Day Quilter

Double - $360 Double - $290 $15 per day

Single - $460 Single - $390 $15 per meal

Triple - $330 Triple - $260

Registration information for the April retreat will begin at the February 2018 guild meeting.

Registration begins at 5:30pm. Bring the following:

1—Completed retreat registration form. Blank forms can be found on the website.

2—Cash or check for $100, non-refundable deposit made out to Flying Geese Quilters Guild.

We have 30 confirmed spots. Once we have 30 signups, we will keep a waitlist. You will be notified of

your placement.

As of February 2018, Kristen Holden will be the Retreat Coordinator for the guild. Please contact Kristen

with questions.

She is looking forward to a great retreat year.

Pat Chambers, 2017 Retreat Coordinator

A Day with Eleanor Burns

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 Eleanor Burns at Quilt in a Day in San Marcos has invited us to spend a day with her on Wednesday,

January 31, 2018. There is space available! Sign up at January Guild meeting.

Program

9:30-10:00 - arrival at Quilt in a Day no later than 10:00.

10:00-11:15- meet and greet with Eleanor. She will entertain us with a trunk show and video

presentation.

11:30- catered lunch with Eleanor provided by Panera bread

After lunch, shopping (10% discount on regular fabric and at least 40% in the sale room)

Door prizes throughout the event

All attendees receive a souvenir

Attendees will provide their own transportation. Details on directions can be found at Quiltinaday.com.

How to sign up

Cost is $25 per person. Signups will be taken at the January guild meeting. Bring a check made out to

Flying Geese Quilters Guild (or cash) for $25.

Pat Chambers, Event Coordinator


Diane Gross, Joan Tilley and Bev Green, Hospitality Committee

Hospitality

Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!

Three words describe your contributions to our very special Christmas Guild meeting! Because of

everyone’s participation, we enjoyed a party in the grand tradition: great food and great friendship,

topped by the fun of joining together to sing our favorite Christmas carols. It would have been a

fabulous YouTube event! “The Twelve Days of Christmas” gone viral! And I’m sure whenever we

hear “Let it Snow”, we will be humming “Let Me Sew, Let Me Sew, Let Me Sew!” We are indeed a

resourceful group…

Our Hospitality team will be “manning the tables” for the last time at our January meeting. It has been a

true pleasure for us over the last two years, and we have enjoyed every single minute of it!

If you are looking to get involved, please step forward to volunteer…it’s amazing how fun it can be to

show up with a few plates, cups, and napkins, and just like magic goodies start to appear…how DOES

that happen?

So a fond farewell from our team, and a heartfelt thanks for your unwavering support and generosity.

P. S. As always, goodies are appreciated for the January meeting…

2018-2019 Proposed Officers

(Left to right) Diane Weinhold, Treasurer; Bev Ziese, Secretrary; Sharon Bozman, 2nd Vice

President’ Kaija Kleiman, 1st Vice President; Michelle Howe, President


Mary Howland Membership

January

Tamara Ambroson Joan Erger Ellen Reibling

Debbie Been Irene Field Maria Sandoval

Louise Berkley Sue Fukuda Carolee Schuegraf

Pat Chambers Jenny Hurst Karen Simpson

Kay Cotton Lynn Kambe Mary Smith

Carol Culbert Larkin Kime Lorraine Volpe

Joan Curtis Fran Nuelle Janet Willut

Ann DiPlacito Bridget Paley Andrea Wellman

Joan Durand Patricia Potter Jo Whitley

Kay Yu Kim

Philanthropy

Happy New Year!!

Thanks to you for your Philanthropy donations of time and talent throughout the year. Your help is so

appreciated by many.

We will start off this new year with a sew day on Wednesday, January 17 at Orange Quilt Bee. We

will supply the projects. Just come with your lunch, sewing machine and accessories. We will sew

from 10am-2pm. Sharon Ludwig will coordinate this sew day.

Upcoming dates are: February 21, March 21 and April 18. Mark your calendars

If you would like to increase your participation in the work of Philanthropy in 2018, let’s talk! We

are a friendship group and open to new members.

Thanks for all your support and time. Keep on sewing!

Pat Chambers, Philanthropy Chair


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Support Those

Who Support Us

Please try to shop or do business with the Guild's advertisers. When you do, let them know you are a Flying Geese Guild member so that they know their advertising dollars

were well spent.


December Entertainment

The Aloha Strummers ukulele band, led by Gina Connoy

After the concert, members shared their Christmas items. (Pictures are not to scale.)

The Wahines, including FGQG member Eileen Wintemute


One More Reminder

Please limit the conversation at guild to pre-meeting or designated breaks. It is nearly impossible for those sitting in

the back of the room to hear the speaker, announcements, or the

officers’ presentations.

Please be kind to those sensitive to

perfumes, and refrain from

wearing your fragrances to Guild

meeting.

Local Quilty Happenings

January 6, SCCQG meeting, “Getting and Keeping Membership” hosted by the Inland Empire Quilters Guild. Corona-Norco Teacher’s Association, 1189 Mountain Avenue, Ste. 100, Norco. Meeting begins at 10:00am. January 18-21, Road to California Quilters Conference and Showcase, Ontario Convention Center, Ontario. Thursday—Saturday, 9am-6pm, Sunday 10am-3:30pm. Www.road2ca.com. February 9 & 10, Valley Quilters Quilt Show, Valley Wide Recreation Center, 901 W. Esplanade St., San Jacinto. Friday & Saturday 10am-4pm, $10. February 9 & 10, Cotton Patch Quilt Guild Quilt Show, Bakersfield. February 17 & 18, South Bay Quilters Guild Quilt Show “Contrast”. Torrance Cultural Arts Center, 3330 Civic Center Dr.. Torrance. Saturday & Sunday 10am-4pm, $10.


2017 Flying Geese Quilters Guild Board

Fay Kerneen

Special Committees

Position Name

Mini-Workshops

Monthly Creation Sandy Ingraham

New Members Judy Dimmick

Opportunity Quilt Sue Glass, Mary Lu Booker

Quilt Show

Committee

Kathy Keefer, Jo Whitley &

Darla Cox

Retreats Pat Chambers

SCCQG Rep Nancy Chocek

Show & Tell Sue Watkins

Sunshine & Shadows President

UFO Challenge

Website Gale Slagle

Web Mailing Michelle Howe

Position Name

Librarian Janel Ozar

Membership Virginia Arnold & Mary Howland

Newsletter Fay Kerneen - Editor

Cynthia O’Donohue—Proof

Cheryl Herbstman Photographer

Parliamentarian Sandy Ingraham

Philanthropy Pat Chambers

Community

Education

Joan Curtis & Sherrie Bernhardt

Standing Committees

Linda Smith,

Co-President

Jo Whitley, Treasurer

Sharon Ludwig,

Co-President

Janel Ozar

Virginia Arnold

Kathy Keefer, 1st

V.P. Co-chair

Bonnie Bennett

1st V.P. Co-chair

Kaija Kleiman,

2nd V.P.

Bev Ziese

Secretary

Mary Howland

Sandy Ingraham

Pat Chambers

Joan Curtis

Sherrie

Bernhardt

Cheryl

Herbstman

Position Name

Advertising Julia Renaud

Auction 2018 Janel Ozar & Jo Whitley

Birthday Fat Qtrs Donna Huffman

Challenge Fay Kerneen & Darla Cox

Directory Nancy Chocek

Door Prizes +Kristen Holden

Facilities Mary Lu Booker

Friendship Groups Gina Whitelaw

Historian Patti Smith

Hospitality Diane Gross, Joan Tilley & Bev

Green

Little Red Hen Char Raffetto

Magazine Sales Members Participation


Flying Geese Quilters Guild is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the art of quilting. Goose

Tracks is a monthly publication of the Flying Geese Quilters Guild. Deadline for newsletter submission is

Friday after the second Monday of each month. Articles in the newsletter may be reprinted if proper credit

is given. Copyrighted artwork may not be reprinted without the permission of the artist. Website: http://

www.flying-geese.org/

Meeting Reminder

Monday

January 8, 2018

6:00 PM Browsing and

socializing

6:30 PM Business Meeting

Rancho San Joaquin Middle School

4861 Michelson Drive

Irvine CA 92612

Come to the meeting**

Wear your Name Tag**

Introduce yourself to someone new

Bring Goodies to share**

Return Library books

Carpool with a buddy**

Bring Show & Tell projects to share

Plan to sign up for a Workshop

**Fill out a door prize ticket for each of these items.

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