February 2015 News & Views

February 2015        

President's Message 

"Pine Mountain Club, the gem of Kern County"Supervisor David Couch

What I did in January ... Quiltwise
It was an eventful January for me.

A group of Scrappers went down to the Road to California Quilt Show and Convention in Ontario, California.  It was like Quilt & Chat on steroids. The show was fabulous and fun and it was great to be with Alice and Victoria.  Besides the quilt competition, there were theme quilts:  Beatles song quilts, "App" quilts, Egyptian appliqué quilts created before your eyes by live Egyptians, and the California State Parks quilts. I was introduced to new quilt instructors--Karen McTavish,  Teri Lucas and Gina Perkes--and new techniques.  In one of my classes, I was using a Bernina and  it was a beauty.  Then the instructor had us switch to better quality thread and machine needle.  The difference was like a dream!  The stitches were even and the fabric sailed through the machine.  I bet I could even sew a straight line if I had better thread and needles.  (I'm not getting a Bernina.)

Detail from Hungry Valley Quilt at Road to California by Kitty Krauss

Then a group of us went up to Bakersfield to the Supervisors meeting.  We do this annually.  It also gives us an excuse to shop hop. But at the meeting while Carol Wiersma was eloquently explaining why we make the Comfort Zone quilts, Supervisor Couch interrupted with the above quote.

Happy Valentine's Day to the gems of the Gem, the Pine Mountain Scrappers!
Love, Kathy

From our February 5, 2015 Meeting

Sunshine  &  SOUP

Gayle Gentile Royal & Candy Posson

Linda Morton is home and doing well.  SOUP was delivered via Meal Train to Linda.
Gayle Gentile enjoyed her eye surgery so much, she had another!
Courtney Jarrin welcomed a baby boy.  Congratulations!

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Quilt @ My House
Carole Beigle
February must be too short to have Q@MH.  See you in March.

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Refreshments

Fran Burras

Ann Coyle and Sue Hochstein provided the Valentine goodies.  Ann made her Italian cookies and Sue made red velvet cupcakes. And there was chocolate. Bettina Chavez added to the feast with cookies from her photography shoot.

WANTED: Hostesses for April and October.

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Comfort Zone

   Carol Wiersma & Felicity Watson  

     Thanks to the large crowd that we had for January's Comfort Zone Workshop, we cut enough 2 1/2" strips for this year's quilts.  Our February Workshop will take place on the 4th Wednesday, Feb. 25 at the Pool Pavilion.  We will be connecting all of these strips in preparation for making the strip quilt tops. So come join us on the 25th, bring your sewing machine and neutral thread.  Let's see how many miles of stripping  we can connect!!
     Again, thanks to everyone for great Comfort Zone success.  We already have 11 quilts completed and 10 tote bags.  
Good Job Gals!!!  

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Gracia Stahl

Tong Sproul & Sonia Ricoy

Diane McBain, Artistic Director

    We need to build our "stash" for the Quilt Show.  
Card Day in March is the 11th.  There are plenty of tasks for artisans and others.  
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Historians 

Sonia Ricoy & Bettina Chavez

Photos from Road to California and our meetings are now on Shutterfly.  If you are unable to access Shutterfly at the link below, please contact Bettina or Mary McDevitt, Historian emeritus.  They can walk you through it.

Check out ALL the photos of our meeting at
click here->pinemountainscrappers.shutterfly.com

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Program   Marie Centeno & Ginny Duhm

February is always UFO month and our big UFO finisher this year is Carla Ferris.  Liz Buchroeder has the record number of UFO's this year at 29.  Good Luck, Liz.  You are in contention for next year's prize as well.  

March 5 brings us Marla Dike from Bakersfield and her Heirloom Quilt Trunk  Show.  

Marie juggling her Dresden plates.

Friday March 6, Marie Centeno is teaching us to make Dresden plate place mats.  $15 for the day.  Marie is using a design by Eleanor Burns so you know you can do it.  Contact Marie at the number on the e-mail page.

QCM will be at Bev Cressey's on March 6. 
Details on the March calendar.

The dreaded paper-piecing was simplified by Beth Worrell at the February 6 class.   Next, we need to find a use for the thread snippets that accumulate from the ripping out backwards paper piecing.  But as the class went on, less ripping out occurred.

Beth recommends the following website for further instruction 

click here->:silverliningsoriginals.com

It's magic!

We will need a QCM volunteer for the month of August.  That's Sue Rasmussen's class.

A reminder:
Scholarships for classes are available for members on fixed incomes.  Volunteer time can be transferred into class time as well.  No one should miss a class because it is a financial hardship.  Please talk with a board member, Bev, MJ, Beth of Kathy if you need assistance with any "costs."  

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Block Party

Liz Buchroeder & Beth Worrell

Mary Tondreau was the lucky winner of this month's Block Party.   

Bring your Christmas blocks to the meeting for  Show & Tell.

Instructions for next month's block are attached

to this e-mail.

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Door Prizes

Shireen Walker

Carol Wiersma and Liz Buchroeder wore their name tags and won the door prizes.  Need a name tag?  Ask at any QCM.

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Quilt Show

Carol Wiersma & Felicity Watson

         We are getting ready for the "Really Big Show".  We need EZ-UPS for the show, if you have one or know of someone who has one that we can use, please let Felicity or Carol Wiersma know.   We need workers for the show day itself, Saturday May 16th, again if you can volunteer for all or part of the day, let us know.  If you have ideas and want to help, come join us for the Quilt Show Committee meeting at Mary Morstad's house on Tuesday Feb. 17th.  16800 Aleutian.  If you have quilts to put in the show, fill out an entry form (one entry form for each quilt you wish to enter)  and get those to Felicity or Carol.  If you have questions or want to help, call Felicity 242-1521 or Carol 242-7707.  

Entry Forms are attached to this e-mail.

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Show & Tell

Margie Carrasquillo

Among the many items Guild members brought to Show & Tell was a quilt pieced by Felicity Watson,  quilted by Felicity Watson for .......Felicity Watson!  The fabric was part of the Nancy Strom legacy.

Sue Hochstein brought photos of her house in Maine to "Snow and Tell."

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E-Mail 

There was a consensus at the meeting that the newsletter and calendar are e-mailed without any issues.  Shutterfly continues to have some bumps.  Mary McDevitt suggests if you cannot access Shutterfly, delete what you have and start over.  
Meal Train is our new e-mail.  It simplifies SOUP.  Give it a try and see how it works.

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Membership List
.............................................will be final in March and will be e-mailed to you.  Those without e-mail, will get a print copy.  Print copies will be available from Kathy Weinstein on request.  If you haven't had your photo taken or you'd like an updated photo for the membership list, contact our Historians, Sonia & Bettina.  Their numbers are listed on the e-mail for this newsletter.

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 Good Golly Ginger

Check out this quilt site with a Scrapper family connection. Katie Dold, of Good Golly Ginger, is Carol Wiersma's niece.
There are some sweet things here including Katie's red- headed girls, Hanah and Amy.
 Goodgollyginger

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DAR Quilt Exhibit

Our snow bird, Sue Hochstein recommends the DAR Quilt Exhibit if you are in in Washington, DC. 
 It features quilts from Maryland and Virginia out of their vast collection.  The exhibit runs through September 5th at the DAR Museum, 1776 D Street, NW Washington, DC.  It is open 6 days a week, 9-5.  The quilts are amazing.
Not going to be in DC?  
Here's the link to the exhibit.
   eyeonelegance.dar.org

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To Fiesta Days or not to Fiesta Days

One of topics on the Brainstorm table this month is whether the Guild would like to sell cards and Opportunity Quilt tickets at Fiesta Days in Frazier Park in August.  Come to the pot luck and Brainstorm on Friday February 13...oh, no, it's Friday the 13th!!!
Other topics include a possible Road Trip to Ridgecrest in March and a Stash Bash for newcomers.

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Quilt and Chat Saturday Edition

Quilt & Chat continues at the Frazier Park Library Community Room every 4th Saturday of the month--February 28 this month--from 10 to 2.  This Q&C is open to all and the Frazier Park Ladies are usually there. 
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Red Hat

While all quilters are not Red Hatters, most Red Hatters are quilters!  MJ Glaseman (0405) is the Queen Mother this year so give her a call if you are interested in joining.  
February's hostess is Judy Keim (0817).  Judy's event is an outing at the Japanese Garden in Van Nuys with a stop at Aya Japanese restaurant and maybe Candie's quilt shop.
RSVP by February 19.

On March 19 Tong Sproul  (1983) is taking the group for Thai food and to a Thai market in North Hollywood.

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Did you know we have a suggestion box?  It's at the door when we meet on the first Thursday.  we welcome comments and concerns but complaints should be accompanied with a suggested solution.

((())) CALENDAR and BIRTHDAYS

The new and improved Calendar now has its own editor, 
Sonia Ricoy, 
The Calendar will be posted a week before each month, in advance of the newsletter and we hope it will be more concise and easy to print.  Birthdays will be included on the calendar.

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Be on the look out for.....

We are looking for donations of Cabbage Patch dolls to refurbish for Comfort Zone.  They are becoming  harder to come by.   Ask around, please.

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  Tip of the Month

From Carol Wiersma:  If you are having trouble with keeping your quilt smooth and wrinkle free for machine quilting, she suggests ironing your batting or putting your batting in the dryer on low for a few minutes. ...and starching (Mary Ellen's Best Press and Alice's vodka recipe works also) your top and backing before pining or basting.  This does not work for facial wrinkles.

Beth Worrell suggests, no, implores that you do not let your husband sort out the mail especially if he uses the "junk" mail for kindling.  She's waiting for her replacement paycheck!

If you have time on your hands, try this out: 
How to Weave Fabric Strips

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Coming Events

Friday & Saturday  February 13 & 14
Valley (San Jacinto) Quilters
10-4...$7
Valley-Wide Recreation
901 West Esplanade Ave.
San Jacinto
951 927 2154
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Saturday February 21
10-4...&5
Quilt Exhibit featuring Zena Thorpe (1:30 lecture)
Canoga Park Elks Lodge
20925 Osborne St
Canoga Park
818 882 2046
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Saturday February 28 & Sunday March 1
South Bay Quilters
10-4...$8
Torrance Cultural Arts Center
3330 Civic Center Drive
Torrance
www.southbatquiltersguild.org
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Saturday & Sunday March 14 & 15
Hi Desert Quilt Guild
760 371 1831
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Friday & Saturday March 13 &14
Glendale Quilt Gild
10-5...$10
Pasadena Convention Center
300 E. Green St.
Pasadena
www.glendalequiltguild.org
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Friday, Saturday & Sunday March 20, 21, 22
9-5...$7
Quilt Vegas
Henderson Convention Center
200 South Water Street
Henderson, Nv
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April 10, 11, 12
Best of the (San Joaquin) Valley
This is the one in Lindsay that Alice makes us go to.
More info next month.
559 625 5430
Attached to the e-mail is an Entry Form.  Enter something from your recent Show & Tells.
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Here are websites for
Karen McTavish http://www.designerquilts.com/products
Teri Lucas   https://terificreations.wordpress.com
Gina Perkes   http://www.ginaperkes.com

Photos by Bettina Monique Chavez.

Please send feedback to  kimthebow@yahoo.com

Respectfully submitted,

KONGA

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