November 2015 News & Views

 November 2015 

      President's Message


     I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way
                                        - things I had no words for.

                                                                             Georgia O'Keefe

Patchwork Pines from Antique Geometrics

Check out these two sites.  One is a site for quilt blocks, the other is about women's art.

click here_-->  Antique Geometrics
click here_-->  Early Women Masters

Thanks to you all 
for the joy and friendship you give me.  
                                                     Love, Kathy


From Our  
November 5, 2015 Meeting

Welcome Guests

Welcome, Sally Glenn.  Hello, Sonia Ricoy from Santa Barbara!

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Sunshine & SOUP 

Gayle Gentile Royal/Mary McDevitt 

Victoria Plesa is recovering from her pneumonia. 

Janet Self reports her follow up has all been positive and she thanks us for our prayers and good wishes.

You can see for yourself when she is at QCM Friday November 13.

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Quilt @ My House

Carole Beigle

Marie Centeno and Marge Arroyo

When: Thursday November 12, 10 to 2
Where: Marie Centeno's house
Who: Marie and Margaret are making lunch so RSVP with Marie.
What: Bring Food for the Food Bank

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 Refreshments        Fran Burras

              Sonia Ricoy and Bettina Chavez gave us plenty.

Yum.

Next month is the Scrappers Christmas Potluck.
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 Comfort Zone 
Carol Wiersma & Felicity Watson  
We Did It Again!

The Pine Mountain Scrappers made 100 + 3 quilts and 98 + more pillow case tote bags for this year's Comfort Zone.  We also have 52 pairs of knit slippers, 133 pairs of socks and 
over 75 pieces of new underwear.  
Carole Beigle made clothes for 5 Cabbage Patch dolls.

The guild received Comfort Zone donations:
Brand new Beanie Babies 
from Maggie Reese

$100 worth of socks and underwear from the Pine Mountain Knitting Guild
in addition to the above.

$75 from Elaine Goodchild 
via Mary Tondreau

and Sally Glenn made many of the tote bags!  
She and Felicity worked together on a number of quilts 
as well.
Kay Anderson has donated fabric and notions to Comfort Zone from her shop throughout the years.  
Thanks to the anonymous donors who drop off quilting supplies to the Pool Pavilion for us.
And a standing ovation for Carol and Felicity for organizing and inspiring us so we could reach our goal!

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CARDS

Gracia Stahl
Tong Sproul, Diane McBain, Artisitic Director

1300!
That's the number of cards we have going into the 
Holiday Craft Fair.  Each one is priceless but at $1 each, that will fund a lot of Comfort Zone quilts for 2016.
Cards is generously donating their workshop to Comfort Zone this November.  They deserve some time off!
Congratulations to Gracia and her team.
Cards is also donating 100 of our handmade quilt cards to Sunshine.

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Opportunity Quilt News
Allie White

As Opportunity Quilt chairwoman I would like to have quality control to make something nice that people will want to buy tickets for and keep the tradition of beautiful opportunity quilts that this guild is known for. Therefore I am only comfortable working from a complete pattern so we have a finished product picture in front of us and fabric measurements, etc.

If you are interested in working on the Opportunity Quilt, contact me. I will then decide on a time and place to meet.

At the first meeting whoever wants to join me on committee will choose three or more patterns for the entire guild to vote on.  Patterns can be brought or submitted earlier.  

After the pattern is selected we will have a buying trip to purchase fabric and then the next meeting will be for cutting and packaging of blocks to hand out to guild members.

Excited to see how this develops into our next great 
Opportunity Quilt.

Allie

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Historian  
 Bettina Chavez

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

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 PROGRAM    
Marie Centeno and Ginny Duhm  
  
The programs for 2016 are being planned now.  In addition to our speakers and classes, we are planning a 2016 Friendship Quilt, a quilting retreat and a Road Trip.  

The Friendship Quilt will begin in January with instructions coming out next month. Our program for March 2016 will be "Friendship Quilts Past."

It's time to finish our 2013-14 Friendship Quilts or any other Friendship quilts that may still be in the UFO stage.

 The Retreat location is to be determined but the time will most likely be in late September.  If you have suggestions for a retreat location, contact Kathy Weinstein.

The Road Trip is tentatively scheduled for the summer and it looks like it will be to Pismo Beach and the Five Cities area.  

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   Block Party

      Liz Buchroeder & Beth Worrell

MJ Glaseman was the November winner.

Here's the December Block of the Month, just in time for Christmas.

Directions for the BOM attached to this email.

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November Door Prize Winners

First Prize:  Lorena Lewis

Second Prize: Judy Keim

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*****Show & Tell*****

Kathleen Weeks, Lacer, Crocheter, QUILTER!!!

FelicityWatson made this quilt for a client.  The client made the triangles out of her children's knit baby clothes and sewed them together.  Felicity figured out how to appliqué the client's work onto a background and quilt it.  No stabilizer was used in the making of this quilt!

Felicity made this one out of silk neckties.

Mae Higgins made this adorable elephant quilt for Comfort Zone.

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Linda Morton's Farewell Party
"A" has gone to warmer climes.

Pictures from the luncheon are on the Shutterfly site.

Bring your unfinished 9 1/2 inch autumn color blocks for Linda to the December 3 meeting.
Also your unfinished 9 1/2 inch mountain themed blocks for Sonia....although she is still within driving range.

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Craft Fair Saturday November 28

Tags for your items are now available in the Pool Pavilion closet. 
On one side of the tag, write your name and on the other side the price you wish to sell your item for.  Please use round numbers ($4, $6, $10 etc.)  You will receive 90% of the listed price with 10% going to the Guild.  Any craft items can be sold (Except food) but it needs to have been made by you!
If you are selling items, please be there 
at 9 am to help set up. We are not asking for volunteers to sign up for specific hours but you are expected to stop by the Scrappers Tables and spend some time especially if you are selling your crafts.  
Mae will need several of us to relieve her with Opportunity Quilt sales and Gracia, Tong and Diane will need help with cards.
The Opportunity Quilts will be raffled off at 3pm.

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Christmas Preparations

" A Jolly Holiday"

December 3 

5:30 Condor Room

Marge Arroyo has the sign up list for the pot luck. 
Let her know what you are bringing and if you are bringing a guest.  Guests are $5.

 Bring an unwrapped toy and food for the Mountain Communities Resource Center.

The decorating committee will be meeting sometime before Thanksgiving.  Volunteers will be needed for set up and clean up on the 3rd.

The Quilters' Christmas Tree

Over 500 spools have been collected and are in the process of being decorated with fabric at Fridays' QCM.  Once the covered spools are waterproofed, we will string them with buttons between them.  These will be hung on the Quilters' Christmas tree in the Village along with quilted fabric chains and solar lights (compliments of Judy Keim.) 

Decorating the tree will take place weather permitting 
Wednesday December 1 in the afternoon.

Felicity Watson has volunteered to make 200 simple Christmas stockings for the Christmas in the Village celebration.  While this is not a Guild project, Felicity needs some "elves" to help her out.he 

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Sequoia says:

My mommy came to visit you but I stayed home with Grandma Vicki because I didn't feel good.   I miss my aunties!     PS I feel better now.

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Tip of the Month

Thimble -It can be found in quilt shops and on line.  they are pieces of plastic that adhere to the finger.  MJ's tip is to cut the oval Thimble-It in half to fit your finger better.  Place them on the fingers most likely to be callouses needlework.

For those of us who still have problems squaring up a finished quilt, here's a tutorial from QuiltingJetGirl Blog using alternate tools.  

click here_-->   Squaring a finished quilt

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Membership Dues 

Dues for 2016 are being accepted.  Checks for $25 can be made out to:
Pine Mountain Scrappers Quilt Guild
We also take cash.
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Wanted, Needed, Desired

1.  A young healthy individual who would be willing to climb a ladder to hang Christmas garlands on a tree on December 1.  No way Felicity is getting on a ladder.

2.  A UFO Chair.  Beth would like to step down for 2016.

3. A President for 2017.  Don't be shy, 

think about it.  Kathy wants to travel more.

Coming Attractions:

November 28
PMC Holiday Craft Fair
10-4
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December 3
Scrappers Christmas Potluck
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December 5
Wrightwood Holiday Home Tour & Boutique
info: 909 559 0099

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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.

photos by Sonia Ricoy and Bettina Chavez
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KONG-A