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May 2015 |
President's Message
The sun came out on Saturday May 16 and warmed up PMC.
Our Quilt Mobile won the Parade's Founder Trophy.
Two hundred or so folks visited the Quilt Show.
And before the rain, the beautiful rain,
returned on Sunday afternoon,
even more people visited our booth at the Lilac Festival.
returned on Sunday afternoon,
even more people visited our booth at the Lilac Festival.
Thanks to everyone (and the husbands) who volunteered.
It was a great success!
Kathy
Quilting in the Pines
2015
It was a beautiful day for quilts in the park. Quilts hung under the trees along the southeastern perimeter of Lampkin Park. Kiosks rimmed the northwest. In the center kiosk, quilts made by Terry Page's students from the Peak to Peak Mountain Charter School were on display.
It was a beautiful day for quilts in the park. Quilts hung under the trees along the southeastern perimeter of Lampkin Park. Kiosks rimmed the northwest. In the center kiosk, quilts made by Terry Page's students from the Peak to Peak Mountain Charter School were on display.
Here are their decisions:
Other
First Place: Beth Worrell, "Ardie's Quilt"
Second Place: Ginny Duhm, "Molly's Quilt"
Third Place: Ginny Duhm, "Austin's Quilt"
Bests
Folded Long Cabin: MJ Glaseman
Reviewing Basic Skills: Gracia Stahl
Friendship Quilt: Ginny Duhm & Tong Sproul (tie)
President's Quilt: Mary Morstad
Purse: Tong Sproul
Disappearing Pinwheel: Tong Sproul
Sweet Liberty: Gracia Stahl
Modified Pineapple: Tong Sproul
Confetti Landscape: Bobbi Marvel
Hex-a -go-Round: Terry Page
Challenge: Beverly Cressey
Landscape: Felicity Watson
Pine Mountain Star: Carol Wiersma
Lava Flow: Carol Wiersma
Comments from the viewers were
all favorable with two of the crowd-pleasers being Patsy Dubois' quilt for Opal and
Ruth Ouelette's winterscape.
The Merchants Favorites will be announced at the June 4 meeting.
Every quilt was a winner!
Parade
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| Maury and the blank canvas. |
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| Maury, MJ & Bobbi at work. |
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| Voila! |
Princess Felicity
The PMS Scrappers Quilt Mobile took the top prize at the Lilac Festival Parade--the Founders Trophy. Princess Felicity Watson rode on the Quilt Mobile driven by Kathy McChesney with candy thrower, MJ Glaseman. Decorators were Maury McChesney, Bobbi Marvel, Bettina Chavez, MJ Glaseman, Kathy Weinstein and Felicity Watson.
The Founders Trophy is the the Stanley Cup of Lilac Festival trophies. We keep it for a year and then we will win it back!!
Lilac Festival
With the Lilac Festival under the direction of Mark Bailey, assisted by our own Judy Keim, and the weather perfect, this was one of the best Lilac Festivals ever. We made new friends and raised funds for Comfort Zone.
With the Lilac Festival under the direction of Mark Bailey, assisted by our own Judy Keim, and the weather perfect, this was one of the best Lilac Festivals ever. We made new friends and raised funds for Comfort Zone.
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| Liz and Gracia ready for the Saturday crowds. |
From Our May 7, 2015 Meeting
Chau Anderson is back for the summer, Linda Meek popped in and MJ's friend, Lynn Brown paid us a visit.
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Sunshine
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Gayle Gentile Royal
Nora Wolverton had a spill and is recovering. Mary Tondreau and MJ Glaseman are feeling better. Patsy DuBois' mother, Opal, passed away peacefully last month.
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Quilt @ My House
Carole Beigle
April's Q@MH was at the home of Ginny Duhm...
May's Q@MH was hosted by Kathy McChesney and Mae Higgins
Will you host June?
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Quilt @ My House
Carole Beigle
April's Q@MH was at the home of Ginny Duhm...
May's Q@MH was hosted by Kathy McChesney and Mae Higgins
Will you host June?
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Refreshments
Fran Burras
Thanks to Judy Keim and Carole Beigle for April's refreshments. Love those floral cookies but Judy's sopapillas were to die for! Judy's recipe is at the end of the newsletter.
Thanks to Judy Keim and Carole Beigle for April's refreshments. Love those floral cookies but Judy's sopapillas were to die for! Judy's recipe is at the end of the newsletter.
Comfort Zone
Carol Wiersma & Felicity Watson
No Comfort Zone Workshop on May 27. We all need to recoup from the Quilt Show.
Comfort Zone Workshop returns Wednesday June 24 in the
Pool Pavilion from 9 to 3.
CARDS
Cardmakers, take June off and work on your other projects. We have cards "in the bank," thanks to all of you.
Historians
Sonia Ricoy & Bettina Chavez
Bettina's photos of all the Quilt Show and Lilac Festival events as well as our April 7 meeting are posted on Shutterfly. If you cannot access Shutterfly contact Kathy Weinstein and she will contact Mary McDevitt who really knows how to do it!
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PROGRAM
Marie Centeno & Ginny Duhm
Oh boy, did we find out what "Wild and Wacky Stories" was about! QUILT FICTION MASTERPIECES. Three groups were given the beginning of a wild and wacky story using the names of quilt blocks and had ten minutes to complete the story using more quilt block names. Because Brenda Martin couldn't stop laughing long enough to read Group One's story, they were declared the winners but all three stories were hysterical. Here they are.
From Group 1
Walking out last evening Sunbonnet Sue was absolutely ecstatic when she spied the Candy Wrappers on the Starry Lane ahead of her until she discovered, much to her horror, Turkey Tracks all around and that each wrapper was void of candy--presumably gobbled up by you know who! What to do? She loved candy and hated litterers....
She confronted a Soldier Boy. He Churned Dashed and ran. Sue went to see May Basket down the Drunkard's Path through the Town Square to the Log Cabin to Square Dance. However, Josephs Star stopped to tell her Chicken Foot, the Indian down the lane was to blame. He was last seen on Main Street on his way to Arkansas with Boston Belle. Meanwhile back at the square dance, they were serving Cabbage Rosebuds and Pineapple on Dresden Plates. Dallas Star, Josephs brother, ate all the Milky Ways but he turned down the Bulls Eye. His father, Lemoyne Star, invited everyone back to the House that Jack Built to chop Granny's Favorite Pine Burrs and eat Pigs in a Blanket and Pudding and Pie. By this time, Sue forgot about the trash and got into trouble with Spinning Star, Josephs nephew. Looks like there's a Double Wedding Ring coming to Grandmother's Flower Garden during Tulip Time!
From Group 2
The Lawyer's Puzzle plagued him as he pondered the case before him--who was Robbing Peter to Pay Paul? He turned the Hourglass over and over; it seemed that everyone owed Paul and there were so many, just like a Nine Patch of who's who of suspects...
Peter was at the House That Jack Built and it was at the Crossroads on the Cornerstone where the Log Cabin sat that had Windmills Across from the log cabin was the Schoolhouse near the Town Square. The Hen and the Chicks were behind the windmill where the Butterfly was too. The Butterfly was knocked out of the sky by a Snowflake and a Snowball. It landed on a Crocus and yelled out "Chickens Rule!" It's hard to focus on the story with all this activity. Possible suspects are the Flying Dutchman at the Log Cabin, the Soldier Boy who was flirting with Sunbonnet Sue in the Farmer's Field. Also Granny's Favorite. Granny was quite old and she wore Bowties. So now we call her Grandpa.
From Group 3
The trouble began when Grandma lost her Fan somewhere in the chicken yard and she so was distressed as she left the Hen and her Chicks, that she accidentally turned onto The Road to Damascus instead of the Mountain Road; she was headed for certain doom as she wandered alone. But there was a sudden and startling Starburst overhead shedding light on much more than the path before her. Where was she?....
Grandma was so upset she started walking the Drunkard's Path that started at Grandmother's Garden. She wanted to get to the Ozarks. To get over the road, she climbed Jacob's Ladder to get toward Texas Star but tripped over the Monkey's Wrench falling like a Tumbling Block. Her grandson came running from the Log Cabin where he was doing a Card Trick. He helped her back inside where he prepared 4 T's for her and gave her a snack on a Dresden Plate. Grandma was dizzy from her fall and was reeling like a Pinwheel remembering Wedding Rings, Wagon Wheels and Irish Chains. He saw the Flying Geese approach, grabbed his shot gun to go out to get dinner. But to his surprise he encountered a bear and shot it, harvested the Bear Paw, ground it up in the tea. Grandma drank it down and now she is as fit as a Butterfly.
From Group 1
Walking out last evening Sunbonnet Sue was absolutely ecstatic when she spied the Candy Wrappers on the Starry Lane ahead of her until she discovered, much to her horror, Turkey Tracks all around and that each wrapper was void of candy--presumably gobbled up by you know who! What to do? She loved candy and hated litterers....
She confronted a Soldier Boy. He Churned Dashed and ran. Sue went to see May Basket down the Drunkard's Path through the Town Square to the Log Cabin to Square Dance. However, Josephs Star stopped to tell her Chicken Foot, the Indian down the lane was to blame. He was last seen on Main Street on his way to Arkansas with Boston Belle. Meanwhile back at the square dance, they were serving Cabbage Rosebuds and Pineapple on Dresden Plates. Dallas Star, Josephs brother, ate all the Milky Ways but he turned down the Bulls Eye. His father, Lemoyne Star, invited everyone back to the House that Jack Built to chop Granny's Favorite Pine Burrs and eat Pigs in a Blanket and Pudding and Pie. By this time, Sue forgot about the trash and got into trouble with Spinning Star, Josephs nephew. Looks like there's a Double Wedding Ring coming to Grandmother's Flower Garden during Tulip Time!
From Group 2
The Lawyer's Puzzle plagued him as he pondered the case before him--who was Robbing Peter to Pay Paul? He turned the Hourglass over and over; it seemed that everyone owed Paul and there were so many, just like a Nine Patch of who's who of suspects...
Peter was at the House That Jack Built and it was at the Crossroads on the Cornerstone where the Log Cabin sat that had Windmills Across from the log cabin was the Schoolhouse near the Town Square. The Hen and the Chicks were behind the windmill where the Butterfly was too. The Butterfly was knocked out of the sky by a Snowflake and a Snowball. It landed on a Crocus and yelled out "Chickens Rule!" It's hard to focus on the story with all this activity. Possible suspects are the Flying Dutchman at the Log Cabin, the Soldier Boy who was flirting with Sunbonnet Sue in the Farmer's Field. Also Granny's Favorite. Granny was quite old and she wore Bowties. So now we call her Grandpa.
From Group 3
The trouble began when Grandma lost her Fan somewhere in the chicken yard and she so was distressed as she left the Hen and her Chicks, that she accidentally turned onto The Road to Damascus instead of the Mountain Road; she was headed for certain doom as she wandered alone. But there was a sudden and startling Starburst overhead shedding light on much more than the path before her. Where was she?....
Grandma was so upset she started walking the Drunkard's Path that started at Grandmother's Garden. She wanted to get to the Ozarks. To get over the road, she climbed Jacob's Ladder to get toward Texas Star but tripped over the Monkey's Wrench falling like a Tumbling Block. Her grandson came running from the Log Cabin where he was doing a Card Trick. He helped her back inside where he prepared 4 T's for her and gave her a snack on a Dresden Plate. Grandma was dizzy from her fall and was reeling like a Pinwheel remembering Wedding Rings, Wagon Wheels and Irish Chains. He saw the Flying Geese approach, grabbed his shot gun to go out to get dinner. But to his surprise he encountered a bear and shot it, harvested the Bear Paw, ground it up in the tea. Grandma drank it down and now she is as fit as a Butterfly.
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| Ginny, MJ, Tong and Margie serving up goodies on Dresden Plates from Marie's class. |
June's Program
On the night of June 4, Russell Scott-Conte will bring his trunk show "State of the Art" all the way from the Sewing Arts Center in Santa Monica.
Friday June 5, Beth Worrell is teaching a Patchwork Maple Leaf Table Runner class. Cost of the class is $15. Sign up with Marie Centeno.Great class for beginners.
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| Detail from Patchwork Maple Leaf |
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."
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
Our April winner was Kathy Weinstein.
May's Block Party is a Churn Dash. It has been sent out as an attachment but here it is again.
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| Liz and Beth, the Churndashers. |
Show & Tell
Lynn
Brown, sure to be a future Scrapper, brought in her grandmother's authentic
30's quilt top. What you cannot see in the photo is the beautiful hand
piecing.
Lynn
Brown, sure to be a future Scrapper, brought in her grandmother's authentic
30's quilt top. What you cannot see in the photo is the beautiful hand
piecing.
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Chau Anderson did this lilac needlepoint especiallyfor the Quilt Show. |
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Bev Cressey Went to Paducah!
Beverly Cressey went to Paducah, Kentucky for the annual quilt show. Paducah is one of the "Big Ones" so we asked Bev how it was. Instead of having the quilts in one place, the quilts are displayed all over the town of Paducah. It's a great place to spend money since every quilt venue has a vendor.Ricky Timms was there not only quilting but playing music. Seems he is multi-talented.
Another quilter Bev saw was David Taylor. Below is a link to David Taylor's website.
Next year, why don't we all go?
click here->://davidtaylorquilts.com
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QCM and the Stash Bash
Just a reminder to bring your extra or unwanted quilt supplies to QCM for the new quilter Stash Bash. We have a lot of new members who could use a bump in their stash.
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Boo
Halloween is just around the corner--not really, but it will be. Brenda Martin reminds us to get going on our Halloween Boo Challenge. Additional Boo fabric is available from Brenda.
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Ingredients
2 packages refrigerated crescent rolls
2 (8 oz) packages cream cheese (Low fat okay)
1 cup sugar or splenda
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup of cinnamon and sugar (or splenda) mix
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Press one package of crescent rolls into a 9 x 13 pan making sure it is evenly pressed over the entire pan.
3. Beat cream cheese, sugar (splenda) and vanilla together.
4. Spread over crescent rolls.
5. Take second package of crescent rolls an separate the crescent rolls. You are going to press them over the cream cheese layer to completely cover the filling.
6. Melt butter and pour over the second layer of crescent rolls.
7. Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar mix over the butter.
8. Bake for 30 minutes.
9. Serve warm, not hot or let cool or chill.
Action Wipes
Bettina Chavez's mom sells Action Wipes on line. Action Wipes are for the body as hand wipes are for the hands only better and they can be put in the washer and re- purposed. If you are using Action Wipes, save them for a quilting project later in the year.
Check them out at actionwipes.com.
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Tip of the Month
Mary Jaynne Glaseman had an aha moment:
"Following directions will make any project easier."Here's Eleanor Burns having an aha moment.
Eleanor Burns Aha moment
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Water Conservation Tip of the Month
Use paper coffee filters instead of gold filters in your coffee maker.
Mel Weinstein, Honorary Quilter
Quilt Culture--Retreat
There's been lots of talk about the Guild taking a retreat. A quilt retreat is a period of time when you can quilt without interruption, can work on your own project or take classes, can quilt with friends or make new ones, or all of the above at the same time. A weekend retreat away from PMC could cost around $300 max each for a weekend including lodging and some meals. We're looking at September/October 2015.
The Creation Station in Buellton has retreat facilities. Or maybe you have an idea. Bring it to the Brainstorm on June 12 at 12:30 in the PP, right after the Potluck.
click here->www.creationstation.com
The Creation Station in Buellton has retreat facilities. Or maybe you have an idea. Bring it to the Brainstorm on June 12 at 12:30 in the PP, right after the Potluck.
click here->www.creationstation.com
Coming Events
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June 13 &14
10-4...$8
Sierra Mountains Quilters Association
Oakhurst Community Center
39800 Road 425B
Oakhurst
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June 18-21 & 25-28
17th Annual Quilter's Run (not a 5K!)
SoCal Association of Quilt Shop Owners
www.quiltersrun.com
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August 1 & 2
9-5...$10
Quilters By the Sea
National Guard Armory
2200 Redondo Ave
Long Beach
www.quiltersbythesea.com
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August 15 & 16
10-5...$7
Tehachapi Mountain Quilters
Monroe High School
126 Snyder St.
Tehachapi
LET'S GO!!!
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One last thing......
We couldn't have done the Quilt Show, the Lilac Festival and the Parade without the help of our husbands.
Thank you, gentlemen.
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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.
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Photos by Bettina Chavez and Kathy Weinstein
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