Volume 11, Issue 1 March 2006

Schedule of Events 2006

MARCH 7-8 - NANCY CHONG Lecture "First Make It Fun" Thursday, March 9, 2006 Workshop "Miniature Appliqué" Friday, March 10, 2006 workshop "Hawaiian Appliqué" April 11-12 - JULIA ZGLINIEC Lecture: "Why Did I Buy That? - an Antique Quilt Trunk Show" No workshop this month due to Holy Week and Church Obligations. MAY 9-10 - MELODY JOHNSON Lecture: "Releasing the Creative Block" Thursday, May 11, 2006, Workshop "Bodacious Bloomers" Friday, May 12, 2006, Workshop "Power Strips" June 13-14 JAN KRENTZ Lecture "The Great Star Review" Thursday, June 15, 2006 Workshop "Diamond Landscapes" Friday, June 16, 2006 Workshop "Love That Lone Star for workshop information contact Deborah Schoof 579-5621

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

It’s March and the start of a new year for the Guild. I’d like to thank the new board members for taking on the jobs required to keep the Guild going. Our Guild is a volunteer organization and without our volunteers we’d come to screeching halt. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! I don’t think we can ever hear thank you enough. In the coming days and weeks I will be asking even more members to step up and volunteer to take on committee jobs. If there is something that you would like to do for the guild this year , please let me know. I’m looking forward to very full and exciting year. I always try to enter every new situation planning to have a good time and WOW!!! It works! March also means Budget time! When you get to the general membership meeting , you will be getting a copy of the new budget. Please review it carefully as we will be voting on it at the March meeting. If you ever have ques-tions about how the guild works, please feel free to attend a business meeting as that is where ALL business will be conducted. Until we meet again…….

Happy Quilting!!!

Nancy Landon President

PRESIDENT'S BLOCK FOR JO-CADY BULL It's not too late. If you forgot to bring in your block last month, please see Beth Glass at the daytime meeting on Wednesday or Jeannie Beahan at the Tuesday evening meeting. This is a great way for each of us to show our ap-preciation to Jo for all her hard work as President of our Guild.

QUILT FOR A CAUSE UPDATE

We are very excited to announce the launching of our Web-site www.quiltforacause.org, and are so grateful to Dorothy Lee for it's constant updating. As the quilts are being ap-praised by Cathy Skow and Helen Frost, they will appear on the site with a description and a "Buy Me Now" price. Kitty Fleming is working with Lute and Christine Olson with regard to publicity and corporate sponsorships. Carol Zupancic's quilting group in SaddleBrooke is having a quilt show to raise funds for QFAC. This weekend we hope to hang about 40 quilts in the UofA Hospital Cafeteria. Our next hangings will be at a couple of Hospices in town. We are receiving quilts from all over the country and hope that you are working on your donation to help us fight breast and gynecological cancer. If you have completed it, please give it to us ASAP as we want to get as many of them out in the community as we can. Between now and the deadline of 8/31/06, we hope to receive 230 more quilts. May we count on you for your support? Thank you. Questions? Call Jeannie Beahan - 529-5723

IMPORTANT NOTICE! The yearly membership application is located in this issue. In order to continue receiving your Newsletter, don’t delay, renew today!

The 2007 Quilt Fiesta! Is

looking for volunteers.

If you’d like to serve on a Committee of the show, please let either David Landon or Rose Neff know. Not sure where to serve? Here’s a list of the commit-tees: Concessions, Demos, Door Prizes, Equipment, Entries, Gift Boutique, Hanging, Hostesses, Judging, Kids Row, Outreach, Photography, Programs, Publicity, Quilt ID Tags, Quilt Mom, Raffle Tickets, Ribbons, Show Pins, Show quilt, Show Tickets, Signs, Take Down, Totes, Vendors, & Viewers Choice. Some of you have expressed interest, but, none of the positions are ‘for sure’ filled yet. And remember, we can always use even more help!

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March 2006 Guild Meeting Agenda

Welcome Intro of guests and New Members Intro of Guest Speaker Programs BREAK Brief announcements Vote: Budget Monthly drawings Show and tell Adjournment

QUILT NATIONAL '07, fifteenth international juried competition for new innovative quilts, on display May 26 - September 3, 2007 at the Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center in Athens, Ohio (USA). Jurors are internationally recognized artist quiltmakers Tim Harding (Stillwater, MN) and Paula Nadelstern (Bronx, NY); and Robin Treen, Exhibits Director, San Jose (CA) Museum of Quilts and Textiles. The work must: (a) possess the most basic structural characteristics of a quilt, (b) be an original design of the entrant, (c) have been completed after Septem-ber, 2004 and (d) measure no more than 108" or 270 cm. in either direction. Jurors will grant nearly $4,000 in prizes. Entry deadline September 19, 2006. Work selected for the exhibition will tour throughout the United States through 2009, and will be published in a full-color catalog produced by Lark Books (Asheville, NC). For entry form, send self-addressed business-size en-velope with 2-ounce postage to QN '07 Entry Form, Dairy Barn Arts Center, P.O. Box 747, Athens, OH 45701-0747, USA. Entry form is also available on the Internet at www.quiltnational.com.

QUILT NATIONAL ‘07

MORE WINNERS ANNOUNCED! The following is a list of prize winners from the 2006 Quilt Fiesta. Winners were selected from the host-ess list, of those who stepped up to the plate and took on extra duties when asked. Please see Kathy Harris at the back table to claim your prize. Arlys Bjorke Donna DeRuyter Nina Brand Karen Alexander Mary Lou Barker Joyce Harrison Joyce Bott Ann Edwards Ruth Myers Bev Reader Mary Ann Springer Kathryn Wald Hypatia Walsh Pamela Wright Judith Beckman Jane Bledsoe Connie Benjamin Becky Evans Jill Chamberlain Evelyn George Marguerite Hepner Norma Johnson Penny King Karen Kelter Eileen Mechling

Asking a Quilter to do mending Is like asking Picasso to paint your garage!

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Reflections and Directions The TQG 30th Anniversary Celebration Committee invites you at visit our table at the Quilt Guild meetings every month. We're planning a special event for all the Guild members in December 2006 and want your reflections and directions! For more information, call Kenci Lewis at 299-6901 or email dreamquilt@comcast.net

LIBRARY NOTICE *SALE* *SALE* *SALE*

Visit the Library Sale Table in March

for these terrific deals!

Old Quilter’s Newsletter Magazines .25 each or 5 for $1.00

ANCIENT SALE

All used books dated prior to 1996 1/2 PRICE!!

WOW!!

"Changing the World One Thread at a Time"

This exhibition of art quilts opens at the Tubac Center of the Arts February 17 and runs through

March 26. For more information, go to www.tubacarts.org.

QUILTING FOR OTHERS Donations for February: 4 bags and 4 boxes of fabric plus blankets have been delivered to the Indian Reservation by Joy Whited. 12 Quilts have been turned in to QFO 6 quilts donated to ‘Those Who Care’ 8 quilts donated to Pregnancy Center-Catalina 2 large quilts made by Nancy Arsenault will be given to Quilt for a Cause Toiletries donated to Brewster House, Youth On Their Own, and the Senior Center in Marana If you have questions, or want to make arrangements for pickup of a donation of fabric, please call Virginia Howard at 682-3310

P a g e 4 T u c s o n Q u i l t e r s N e w s This month we welcome our featured artist, Nancy Chong. and her lecture of "First Make it Fun"....be certain to stop at the pro-grams table and become inspired by the beautiful samples she

loaned us. Sit back and relax and enjoy! We still have some openings in our May workshops featuring Melody Johnson. Remember that these are the workshops you want to consider if carrying your machine back and forth to classes is bothersome to you, as NO SEWING MACHINE is required in either of Melody's workshops. Please remember that BOTH workshops require you to purchase a fabric packet of Melody's hand dyed fabrics, enough to make the class project. No color guess work to do here! The fabric pack will cost $20 payable directly to Melody on the day of the workshop. Both workshops will include use of the decorative blades for the rotary cutter. Melody will have them available for you to try or buy. Her workshop on Thursday, May 11, 2006 is "Bodacious Bloomers", where her whimsical floral quilts have delighted her students and collectors for years. Learn Melody's easy techniques for producing several flower shapes, including Pinwheel and Sunflowers, as well as innovative backgrounds for your petite quilt. Hand stitched embellishments and finishing alter-natives complete the quilt in one day! On Friday, May 12, 2006, Melody's workshop, "Power Strips" will have you whipping out your sunglasses for this dazzling wall quilt made from the simple fabric strip! Melody has told us that the fabric pack you will be required to purchase from Melody for this will be enough for two of the class projects in the one day! This month we also begin signups for the workshops being offered by our June featured speaker, Jan Krentz. On Thursday, June 15, 2006, Jan will present her "Diamond Landscapes" workshop. NO SEWING MACHINE RE-QUIRED! Take very small amounts of lots of different fabric and create an impressionist type scene or background using diamond shapes. Jan's Friday workshop is "Love That Lone Star". Here is your opportunity to learn to sew a basic, traditional Lone Star quilt with Jan's foolproof techniques! Be adventurous with brilliant color or use this design as a "stash reducer" to incorporate those favorite fabrics on the shelf at home. This class will cover design tips and offer suggestions for fabric placement. Se-lect fabrics in colors similar to the ones Jan has used, or feel free to create your own dazzling color palette! Glue fabrics in the design paste-up, and pre-cut strips for the central star before class. This class will feature strip piecing, cutting, press-ing and discuss Y-seam techniques. Please come back to the Programs table to sign up for any of these workshops. Don't delay as most workshops will fill quickly! As a reminder, if you are an attendee of the morning meetings, should you have to leave while our guest artist is speaking, please exit out of the back side of the hall, behind the black out drape, so there will be as little disruption to our speaker and fellow guild members as well. Should you have any questions pertaining to programs, you can contact Barbara Collins at 742-9262 or email at sewinsew@comcast.net, or Deborah Schoof at 579-5621. Her email is lschoof@comcast.net. We look forward to a fun year! Barbara Collins and Deborah Schoof Programs Co-Chairpersons

PROGRAMS

Quilter's Cruise on the Mississippi Queen Space is going faster now! The 45% discount off 2005 prices is still in effect! August 21-27, 2006 Board at St. Louis with stops at Cape Girardeau, Paducah, Dover, Nashville. Judy Simmons will do the presentations on quilting techniques. Price includes admission to the American Quilter's Society Exposition during the two day stay at Nashville. Get a flyer with more information at the bulletin board (or ne corner of the room) or talk with Mary Lou Barker (299-5882) or June Doty (749-3482). Call Dorothee McCann, Bon Voyage, 520-795-8400,ext 160 for information and/or reservations.

BLOCK OF THE MONTH

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Tucson Quilters Guild, Inc. March 1, 2006- February 2007

Membership Application Please Print: (Last Name) (First Name) (Membership No.) ________________________________________________________________________________________ (Street Address) (City, State, Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________________ (Phone Number) (E-Mail Address) (Guild Zone) (Calendar year for dues goes from March 1 to the end of February.) Have you ever been a member of the Tucson Quilters Guild? Yes No Are you a resident year-round………………………………….. Yes No Would you like to receive the NEWSLETTER online at the website ……………. Yes No I understand that the Tucson Quilters Guild’s main goal is the promotion of quilting in the Tucson area. To achieve this goal, the Guild has an annual Quilt Show, various projects undertaken during the year, and planned monthly programs. I will support this goal by sharing my talents and time as generously as I can for the betterment of this organization.

I am willing to help in the following ways:

Program Committee _____ Library Committee _____ Membership Committee _____ Hospitality _____ Education Committee _____ Hostess A Bee _____ Quilting for Others _____ Sponsor a new member _____ **************************************************************************************** Each member is expected to hostess at the Quilt Show. Other work includes:

Hanging _____ Demonstrations _____ Take Down _____ Boutique _____ Raffle _____ Publicity _____ Programs _____ Outreach _____ Viewers’ Choice _____ Photography _____ **************************************************************************************** If you are a new member, would you like to have a sponsor assigned to you to help you become better acquainted with the guild activities? Check one: YES No Signed ________________________________________________________

PLEASE COMPLETE, SIGN & RETURN WITH DUES & Self Addressed Stamped Envelope Mary Meserve, 2610 W Irvington PL, TUCSON, AZ 85746 (Rev. 2/2006 MTM)

Make checks payable to Tucson Quilt Guild

MYSTERY IN THE DESERT This month we bring you Chapter Three of our mystery quilt. If you're just finding out about it, all three chapters can be found on the TQG website: http://iwhome.com/quilter/ ---and we try to keep a few extra copies at the Block of the Month table, too. It's not too late to get started --- the plot thickens----and the solution to the mystery will be revealed in the 5th and final chapter, in May. If you have any questions about the Mystery Quilt, please call or email Evelyn George, at 325-0166 quilter4ever@cox.net.

Newsletter articles due on the Weds. PRIOR to the Board Meeting. Send articles to: Kathy Harris ksquilts@msn.com or mail to: Kathy Harris 5839 N Placita del Baron Tucson, AZ 85718

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We sure had a lot of sweet "Candy Hearts" at our February meetings--did you feel the love? Sue Burns won the 11 blocks on Tuesday evening, and Joyce O'Conner won 22 and Norma

Palomares won 21 on Wednesday. Congratulations, ladies, and have fun making your special Valentine quilts! And thanks to everyone who entered. Keep it up --who knows, next time YOU could be the winner! At our March meetings, we will begin our new series for the year. Our theme is "Classic Pieced Blocks from TQG's Ar-chives," in honor of the Guild's 30th Anniversary. The first block is "Weathervane" (pattern was in last month's newsletter). Bring out those greens and spring colors, and make a block (or several) for the March meetings. The more you enter the more chances you have to win! Please bring them to the Block of the Month table as early as you can, before the meeting starts! In April we will have drawings for your "Blackford's Beauty" blocks. The pattern is in this newsletter. As for all blocks in this series, we have simplified the cutting and piecing to eliminate templates, Y seams, etc. In fact, for Blackford's Beauty, all the pieces (except one) are cut from 2" strips! Check it out! Now is the time to think about making a "30th Anniversary Sampler" for yourself using these patterns from the Guild ar-chives. The updated patterns will be in our monthly newsletters, on the TQG website. Why not plan your own color scheme and make the blocks each month as we go along, and at the end of the year, you'll have all 12 blocks to set into a quilt. (Don't forget to enter a block in the drawings, too!) Also, we are in the process of putting together a set of at least 12 Floral Applique blocks, inspired by the old ones in the Guild archives. There will be a folder of the original patterns for you to look at, and if you are interested, please sign the or-der list at the Block of the Month table, or just email me at quilter4ever@cox.net. The cost will be $5 payable when the pat-terns are ready (we are updating these, too-- we hope to have them available in April). You could make a Floral Applique Sampler from these, or combine them with the Block of the Month 30th Anniversary pieced blocks. (Please note that these applique patterns will NOT be given as Block of the Month; they are a separate set for those who might be interested.)

BLOCK OF THE MONTH

In the crazy quilt of life, I'm glad you're in my block of friends.

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Beekeeper wanted!!

The following is a list of active bees. If you are interested in becoming the Beekeeper, please see Nancy Landon.

Nimble Thimbles ( Marana). They meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at the Senior Citizens Center, 13251 N Lon Adams Road in Marana at 9:00 AM. Contact person is Wynema Honea, 682-3387.

Himmel Park Quilters (Central) Meets 3rd Wednesday, 6:00 – 8:00 pm . They meet at the Himmel Park Library at 1035 N. Treat. Contact person is Ruth Campbell 520-792-1639.

Moonshiners (East Side) They meet on the 4th Thursday at 7pm . Contact Sharon Runyon at 520-722-0598 for info.

Piecepatchers They meet the 1st and 4th Thursdays at the home of Poagie Murray, 4160 E. Esplada. Her phone number is: 520-577-7487.

The Art Quilt Bee The meeting place is at Bella Quiltworks on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 10 a.m. Karen Fisher is the contact person at 520-572-8825.

Valley Girls are located in the Northeast part of Tucson and rotate through each other’s homes for meetings. They meet the 1st and 3rd Thursdays. Contact person is Laura Steininger, 520-885-6671.

Sew Bee It meets the first and third Mondays of the month in the Catalina Library from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Contact person is Phyllis Jensen at 818-1917. "Please call before coming as the place of the meeting may change."

Pacific Rim Bee: Meets at Bella Quilt Works, once a month on the third Thursday from 1p.m. to 3p.m. Contact person is Louella LeCompte 520-578-3819.

Sew and Sews ( formerly Southeast) Bee. The meeting place is the library at Harrison and Golf Links. They are meeting the third Thursday of the month from 1p.m.-4p.m. Contact person is Pat Romm at 574-8819

North of the Border. This bee meets at the M & I Bank in Green Valley on the 1st and 3rd Thurdays of the month from 9:45 to 12 noon. The contact person is Babs Phillips at 399-3427.

Nubees: This bee meets at the home of Lee Head on the first and third Wednesdays of the month from 9a.m. to 12 noon. Lee Head is the contact person at 807-6490. The new Ina/Oracle Evening Bee will meet at the home of Susie Voss at 5735 N. Campbell Ave. on the fourth Wednesday of the month The next bee meeting will be on Wednesday, March. 15th, 6:30 PM. Bring a project to work on and call Susie to let her know that ;you are coming. Susie Voss is the contact person at 529-0355. Special notice for Art Quilt Bee members: In the next few months meetings will be variable. Please check with Karen Fisher if you have any questions.

Quilts for Soldiers

Last year our guild participated in a program with the Quilt Guild of Southern Maryland to provide quilts for soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. This Tucson Guild project, spearheaded by Anne Berry, was suspended in the spring of last year because the Maryland guild had all the quilts they could distribute, so they ended their program. They had collected over 6000 quilts! Recently I became aware of another broader project providing quilts for soldiers. This group, coordinated by Catherine Roberts, can be found at www.quiltsforsoldiers.com This program is structured for individual quilters, and therefore is not appropriate for an organized Guild project which would require bulk mailing. These Quilts of Valor, as they are called, are sent by individual quilters to a chaplain designated by the coordinator. The quilts should be at least 50 inches by 60 inches, but can be larger. They are to be quilted, not tied and the fabrics, colors and patterns selected should be worthy of these fine soldiers. The chaplains say the soldiers and Marines actually prefer the patriotic themes, but any colors or patterns are appreciated. The coordinator reminds us that many of the wounded are women, so the feminine perspective is also fine. They require a label which should include the date, where the quilt was made, who pieced and quilted it, and the words, “Made for” followed by a space in which the chaplain will write the name of the soldier who will receive the quilt. When the quilt is finished and washed, email Catherine at cc.roberts@comcast.net for a destination. She will tell you where your quilt is to be sent. (There are ideas on the website on how to send the quilt easily.) One last thing, there are longarm quilters who are donating their time as well. If you only make the top, you can contact Jane Moore at jmoore@smwireless.net and she will match you with a longarmer to whom you can send your top. If the longarmer has time, she will bind the quilt and send it to the chaplain. If she does not, she will send it back to you for binding and you can send it to the chaplain after emailing Catherine Roberts as described above. All these details are on the website. Call me for further questions at 885-2547. I made a quilt last year and am eager to make more using this new site. I hope many of you terrific quilters in our Tucson Quilter’s Guild will do the same. Pat Hiller

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Tucson Quilt Guild, Inc. Kathy Harris, Editor 5839 N. Placita del Baron Tucson, AZ 85718

Who: All Members

What: Business Meeting—First Weds of every month in the Church Classroom General Meetings - second Wednesday of the month in the morning or the Tuesday evening preceding the second Wednesday - in the Parish Hall.

When: Business Meeting — 9:30 AM ~ 10:30 AM General Meetings: Tues Evening—7:00~9:30 PM. Wednesday—9:30 AM~12:00 PM

Where: St Frances Cabrini Church 3201 E. Presidio Near Fort Lowell and Country Club

(How): Parking

Guild members are asked to refrain from parking in the spaces in front of the Parish office; the Church wants these spaces to remain open for Church members who have business to attend to in the office. This is the small building to the east of our meeting room. We are welcome to park in any of the other spaces on the church property. Doris Emer, the Guild parking monitor, does a great job patrolling this and she’ll let you know if you are in violation!

Why: Come to get involved with all aspects of the Guild, to make new friends, learn new quilting skills, share, but most of all, to have FUN.

The Guild Basics Guidelines for Handling Guild Money

1. All money collected must be turned over to the Treasurer for deposit into Guild's account as soon as possible. If you receive a payment in cash you must complete a 3 part receipt. One copy goes to Treasurer with the cash, one copy to the purchaser and one copy for your records.

2. Check requests must be made in writing on Treasurer's reimbursement form, signed by the appropriate committee chairperson and accompanied by any receipts or invoices. 3. Checks issued by the Treasurer should be cashed or

deposited as soon as possible. Lost checks require a stop payment for which the bank charges the Guild a fee of $25. At a business meeting on April 3, 2002 a motion was made and approved to charge the member or person the fee of $25 whenever a stop payment was required.

I try to issue a check or receipt as soon as I receive the request, but it is imperative that proper guidelines be met by all concerned. If you cannot attend a meeting and have receipts to turn in for reimbursement, you may mail them to me at my home and I will have a check out to you in the following day's mail. If you have monies to turn in to me and cannot attend a meeting, you may bring them to me at my home or call me to arrange a meeting were the funds can be handed over and a receipt will be issued to you at that time. I usually sit at the front of the meeting room to the right of the stage at every general meeting. If you should require a receipt or Check Reimbursement form I will be happy to supply them to you. Thank You, Mary Perry Treasurer