President’s Patches

www.northstarquilters.org

nsquilters@aol.com MAY 2018

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

INTERNATIONAL DAY LUNCHEON

Saturday, May 5 Coffee 9:15 am

Welcome 10:00 am

Lunch 12:00 pm

Karen Baird, speaker 1:00 pm

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church

1515 5th Ave N.W, EGF, MN

BOARD MEETING

Tuesday, May 18

2002 So. 38th St. 7:00 pm All interested members are welcome

FUTURE GUILD MEETING DATES General Board

Jun 02 —-

Jul —- 17

Aug 04 21

UPCOMING GUILD EVENTS

International Day

May 5

Missouri Star Bus Trip

September 13-15

OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS

Fargo Quilt Show

May 11-12

Quilt Minnesota Jul 22– Aug 12

Quilt Talk

April 24, 2018

Hello Quilting Friends!

The North Star Quilters have something exciting happening in just a

few days. Our Canadian Friends are coming to visit for our 39th

Annual International Days. That means next year is the 40th year!

Wow! I would love to hear more about that first year, I am assuming

it was in Grand Forks (Since we now host on the odd years…). Who

remembers that experience? It would have been in 1979. That was a

flood year. Let me know what you remember when you have some

time.

We look forward to sharing a fun day. Here’s our agenda:

Location: Our Savior’s Lutheran Church (1515 Fifth Avenue NW,

East Grand Forks, MN)

9:15–10:00 Coffee/Muffins

10:00 Opening Remarks, Welcome

Door prizes will be drawn at 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00, and 2:00

10:30 Vendors and Visiting

11:30–12 Show and Tell

12–1 Lunch

1–2 Kim Baird, Speaker, International Patchwork and Quilting

We hope that you have purchased your ticket. If not, please contact

our registration chairs: Lorraine Leblanc or Carolyn Flom. You can

still get tickets up until April 30. They are $15.00 per person. Feel

free to invite a guest if you wish. I’m bringing my quilting niece, and

plan to put her to work passing out chips and sauce.

Part of this fun day is the show and tell, and that depends on you.

Please bring your proudest moment from the past year to share.

Even if it is a quilt that we have seen, we would love to see it again

and have you show it to our northern friends.

We think we have everything in place. If you have time to come help

with set up, we will be at Our Saviors on Friday, May 4th at 10 am to

prepare the space. We could also use some help at 8:00 on the

morning of the event (May 5) to help our vendors set up, as well as

help our Door Prize Coordinators with set up.

So put on your Sombreros and join us for a fun Cinco de Mayo Fiesta!

Hasta La Vista!

Jolene

QUILTER’S EDEN 223 DeMers Avenue East Grand Forks, MN 56721

218-773-0773 www.quilters-eden.com

Store Hours: Monday-Friday 10-5:30 Saturday 10-5 Sunday 12-4

Your friendly hometown quilt store offers: 100% Cotton Fabric – Books – Patterns – Notions

Kits – Precuts – Classes – Longarm Services We look forward to serving you!

Quilter’s Eden is conveniently located across from Cabela’s in East Grand Forks

NSQG Members: Quilter’s Eden offers members an in-store 10% discount on regular priced merchandise when you

present your current NSQG card prior to purchase.

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HOSTESSES

Below is the list of members who have volunteered to host. Please sign

up at the registration table at meetings for any open spot.

NOTE TO HOSTESSES:

• DO NOT USE THE CHURCH SUPPLIES (only serving utensils may

be used)

• NSQG supplies will be kept in the wooden cupboard and if they

can, they will be identified with NSQG on them. They include

coffee, cups, sugar and creamer, small plates, napkins, and forks

as well as dish cloths and dish towels.

• At the end of the morning, the coffee pot should be empty and

rinsed and any serving utensils are cleaned and put away.

Contact Leah Fry or Donna Beal if you have any questions.

NOTE TO GUILD MEMBERS:

Please continue to bring your own coffee mug to guild meetings. This

saves on the number of styrofoam cups that end up in the landfill as

well as reduces the cost of coffee supplies for the guild.

Door Prize Winner in March Marilynn Hagan, gift certificate to Embroidery Plus

*PRESIDENT Jolene Mikkelson

*VICE PRESIDENT Nancy Klatt

*SECRETARY Leslee Smart

*TREASURER Anna Picklo

*MEMBER-AT-LARGE Bonnie Solberg

Officers

Committee Chairs

North Star Quilters Guild

Mission Statement

North Star Quilters Guild is a non-profit

organization dedicated to promoting the

art of quilting. This goal is achieved by:

• Promoting quilting at area forums;

• Introducing new ideas and methods;

• Bringing area quilters together;

• Exchanging ideas with regional quilt

guilds;

• Offering classes by national &

regional professional quilting

instructors;

• Educating the general public through

quilt shows and demonstrations;

• Sharing in the appreciation of quilt

history;

• And by the making and donating of

quilts through the Outreach

Program.

Education Jackie Marks

*Finance Suzanne Gandrud

Hostess Donna Beal

Leah Fry

International Day Bev Solseng

Jolene Mikkelson

Library Cindy Dahlgren

*Long Range Education Pam Peterson

Membership Barb Quamme

*Newsletter Gayle Olufson

Outreach Marilynn Hagan

Sandy Mesa

Quilts and Coffee Cheri Goertz

Dee Dee Menge

Quilt Show Kim Jones

Courtney McBride

Secret Quilters Diane Bohn

Website Charlene Crocker

*Voting board positions

MAY - International Day

No hostesses

JUNE

Dianne Sattler

Sally Dockter

Mary Brott

Rita Jehliicka

JULY

No Meeting

AUGUST

Donna Beal

Vicki Bunker

Judy McNamee

Ginger Tryznka

SEPTEMBER

Gayle Olufson

Jan Dubuque

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

Denyse Sturges

If you have signed up to host and cannot be there,

please find a substitute.

Workshop fees:

Members $5

Nonmembers $7

Supplies and kits are extra

(No fee for Outreach workshops)

AFTERNOON WORKSHOP

1:15 pm

No Workshop—International Day

Future Workshops

June Mystery Quilt

July No Meeting

Aug Mystery Quilt

Sept Mystery Quilt

Oct Outreach

Nov Mystery Quilt

Dec No workshop - Christmas party

If you become aware of the illness or death of a guild member or

one of their loved ones, please notify the newsletter editor

(olufsong@yahoo.com) to place a notice so friends can lend support.

New Members

Therese Jacobson

Marlene Kleven

Member News

Target Dates

Outreach Quilts Jun 2

Return library books for inventory Jun 2

A Note from the Editor

International Day is almost here and what a perfect day to have it...Cinco de Mayo. We will have the

Canadian women visiting, a Mexican menu, and the

vendors we have are familiar to most of us so we’ll get

a chance to visit with old friends. It doesn’t get any

better than that.

International Day is definitely a day of celebration for

both of our guilds. It is a tradition that has been car-

ried on through the years and many of us look forward to meeting and getting to know quilters from up north,

while many others of us are looking forward to renew-

ing friendships made from previous get togethers.

The food and friendship is always good, but I think we

all agree that show and tell is a definite favorite. It’s

exciting for us to see what Winnipeg is quilting and for

our visitors to see what has inspired Grand Forks. We

all go home with smiles, purchases, door prizes, and lots of new ideas.

Welcome Winnipeg, we look forward to seeing you

again.

Gayle Paid Advertisement 05/18

General Meeting Minutes

NSQG GENERAL MEETING AGENDA

April 7, 2018

Minutes for March 2018 were published with no corrections or additions.

Treasurer’s Report – Leslee Smart reported a balance of $5,052.39 in the general fund and a balance of $28,438.07 in the Long Range Educational Planning fund for a total of $33,490.46 as of March 31, 2018.

Membership: 58 in attendance with Therese Jacobson and Mar-lene Kleven joining us as new members. There were no guests.

Hospitality: Volunteers are needed for bringing treats to future meetings. For those of you who signed up to bring morning treats for our International Day, please remember to bring them early.

Old Business: International Days – Plans are completed for this event. A Mexican themed lunch will be catered by Hugo’s. Mem-bers attending the luncheon should leave parking spots open by the entry doors for the vendors. Elections of officers will be done at the June meeting. There is still a need for a Vice President, Treasurer, Long Range Planning Chair, Publicity Chair, two Hostess Chairs, Member at Large and a logistics member for the Quilts and Coffee Committee. The logistics mem-ber will work with the facility to arrange the dates, set up for the events and closing the facility at the end of the event. Current and past offices described their duties for your consideration of the positions.

New Business: Watercolor Exhibition – The Watercolor Society will hold an Art Inspiration event at the Campbell Library on June 11-July 30th. The participating quilters from the Fall Quilt Show should bring their quilts to either the May or June meeting to be paired up with the watercolor artist’s painting.

Committees: Outreach: Marilynn Hagan reported that about 45 kits have been made up from the donated fabric from the Colorado quilt store. The first donation of quilts for the year will be done at the June meeting. Quilts & Coffee: The April 19th event was cancelled due to a con-flict with the church. Education: Bobbi Shields will present the third installment of the Mystery Quilt showing us how to do curved piecing. Secret Quilter: Diane Bohn delivered her health baby boy named Grant. Raffle Tickets: Connie Selle showed us the Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilt for the raffle. It was beautifully quilted by Joan Mork of Imagine Quilting. Tickets will be available at the May luncheon. Member at Large: Judi Loer has colored cards on the tables for your suggestions and asked that you remember to put your name on them in case more information is needed.

Monthly Raffle: Judy McNamee has a fat quarter bundle from Quilters Eden and some of her beautiful cards.

Door Prizes: Donna Beal drew the name of Marilynn Hagan for a gift card from Embroidery Plus in Grafton.

Announcements: There will be a quilt show at Larimore on April 28th, 2018.

The Metro Quilt Show will be held in Fargo on May 11-12th, 2018. There will be a quilt exhibition at the Thief River Falls Library until April 30th, 2018.

Show and Tell: Sheila Jerik conducted Show and Tell and again there were some beautiful quilts and projects along with a good number of Outreach quilts.

The next Board Meeting will be held April 17th, 2018 at 7 PM at 2002 S. 38th St. The next regular meeting will be May 5th, 2018. This is the Interna-tional Days special event with the Winnipeg Quilt Guild as our guests.

Respectfully submitted, Leslee Smart

Winnipeg - Fun facts

How much do we know about our neighbor to the north? Here are some interesting facts and tidbits I found on the internet. My apologies for any incorrect information, I did not verify accuracy, but as we know, you can al-ways believe it if it’s on the internet. Gayle

❖ Winnipeg is the capital of Manitoba – and the

geographical center of North America.

❖ Winnipeg’s train station was designed by the same

architects who designed New York City’s Union Sta-

tion.

❖ Winnipeg was the first city in the world to develop

the 911 emergency number.

❖ The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is Canada’s oldest dance

company. It’s also the longest continuously operat-ing ballet company in North America.

❖ Winnipeg has four major rivers – the Assiniboine, La Salle, Red and Seine. The city is extremely flat

and is at risk for major flooding. In April and May

of 1997 the biggest flood since 1826 occurred. Alt-

hough the flood affected Winnipeg it was Grand

Forks and East Grand Forks that were most affect-ed.

❖ Winnipeg boasts the largest number of restau-rants per capita in Canada.

❖ Winnipeg has been the Slurpee Capital of the World for 16 years in a row.

❖ The Royal Canadian Mint, located in Winnipeg, does not only produce all of Canada’s circulation

coins (they produce about 15 million plated coins

each day) but they also make produce international

currency for over 60 governments around the

world!

❖ Winnie-the-Pooh got his name from a black bear

named Winnie who was named after Manitoba’s

capital city, Winnipeg!

❖ The Winnipeg Folk Festival is one of the oldest and biggest folk festivals in the world!

Board Meeting Minutes

NSQG BOARD MEETING AGENDA

April 17, 2018 at 2002 S 38th St

VOTING MEMBERS: PRES. Jolene Mikkelson, VP Nancy

Klatt, SECY. Leslee Smart, TREAS. Anna Picklo, MBR AT

LARGE Bonnie Solberg, FINANCE Suzanne Gandrud and

Quilts and Coffee Chair Cheri Goertz.

Minutes for March were published with no corrections or additions.

Treasurer’s Report – A current will be given at the general meeting.

Old Business: Election of Officers – There is still a need for a Vice President and Hostess Chairs. Suzanne Gandrud will be the Treas-urer, Colleen Carlson will be Finance Chair, Bobbi Shields will up-date Facebook accounts, Jolene Mikkelson will be Long Range Plan-ning Chair, Kathy Detke and Jerilyn Restemeyer will be Publicity Logistics Chairs. Election of officers will be done at the June meeting. Quilts and Coffee – Cheri Goertz discussed future events, publicity was discussed and also locations for future events. International Day – Tickets are still available at $15 for the lunch-eon.

New Business: Purchase of a feather flag was discussed. Leslee Smart will work on this to get pricing and availability. This would be used as an outdoor banner for quilting events to enable attendees to find the correct entrance for the events.

Committees: Quilt Show: Kim Jones and Courtney McBride have begun working on the 2019 show. Finance: Anna Picklo announced that committees must submit their budgets by June 1, 2018.

The next regular meeting will be May 5, 2018. Please purchase your luncheon ticket before April 30th, 2018. The next board meeting will be May 15, 2018 at 2002 S 38th St.

Respectfully submitted, Leslee Smart

North Star Quilters Guild

Treasurer’s Report

March 31, 2018

February 28, 2018 Guild Balance $4,181.25

Long Range Education Balance $28,168.07

Total $32,349.32

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Guild Income: Mar. 1-31, 2018

Dues 18@ $20, 11 @ $15 525.00

Monthly Raffle 36.00

International Day Luncheon Tix 37@$15 555.00

Coffee Time donations 51.40 $1,167.40

Guild Expenses: Mar. 1-31, 2018

Our Savior Lutheran Donation 100.00

Newsletter 111.13

Outreach 49.98

Web Fees 34.95

$296.26

Guild Balance: March 31, 2018 $5,052.39

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Long Range Education Income: Mar. 1-31, 2018

Missouri Star bus trip registrations 270.00

Long Range Ed Expenses: Mar. 1-31, 2018 0

Long Range Ed Bal: March 31, 2018 $28,438.07

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March 31, 2018

Guild Balance $5,052.39

Long Range Education Balance $28,438.07

Total $33,490.46

Treasurer’s Report

NSQG May 2018 Outreach Newsletter

Just a reminder that we will be presenting outreach quilts

to North East Human Services in June, so there is time to

finish any quilts that are almost ready to donate.

Thank you for all you do for outreach!

Marilynn & Sandy

Outreach Coordinators

North Star Quilters Guild

PO Box 5814

Grand Forks ND 58206

SATELLITE GROUPS

APPLIQUE GROUP MATERIAL GIR:S

3rd Monday, 7:00 pm 4th Thursday

Contact Bobbie Shields Contact Marilynn Hagan

CHATTERBLOX MODERN MAKERS

2nd Wednesday. 7:00 pm 3rd Thursday, 6:30 pm

Contact Suzanne Gandrud Contact Jackie Marks

KNOTTY STITCHERS STASHBUSTERS

1st Monday, 7:00 pm 2nd Wednesday

Contact Alice Mattern Contact Gayle Olufson

LADIES OF THE EVENING

2nd Thursday, 7:30 pm

Contact Alice Mattern Some groups may limit the number of quilters because of limited space.

Please feel free to start a new group. There are no requirements for

groups, just a desire to meet other quilters, share ideas, and have fun.

To renew your membership send a check or money order in U.S. Funds to: North Star Quilters Guild, c/o Barb Quamme, 1812 5th Ave. NW, East Grand Forks, MN 56721. Please enclose a self addressed, stamped envelope if you would like to have your membership card and receipt mailed to you.

Name ______________________________________

Address ______________________________________

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Phone ______________________________________

Email ______________________________________

_____ Up to Age 65 $20 / $25 International ______ Age 65 and over $15 / $20 International

Membership Information ❖ Have you changed your email address, moved

recently, or switched from land-line to cell

phone?

❖ Is your membership current? You will receive a

reminder by email or it will be on your mailing label.

❖ Contact Barb Quamme or Leslee Smart if you think

there is an error.

Calendar General Meeting First Saturday of the Month*

Coffee 9:30 am Our Savior’s Lutheran Church

Meeting 10:00 pm 1515 5th Ave NW, EGF, MN

Workshop 1:15 pm

Board Meeting Third Tuesday of the Month*

Meeting 7:00 pm 2002 So 38th St

All interested members are welcome

*Dates may change due to holidays. There is no general meeting in

July and no board meetings in June or December.