Volume 27, Issue 6

June, 2018

Quips and Quotes

Wildflower Quilt Guild Newsletter

A Note From the WQG Pres ident

Just came upon this thought: ‘Behind every quilter, there

is a big pile of fabric’.

Does that apply to you? I think I can say it might apply to

me. I remember when I was going through my mom’s

stuff, and all her quilting fabrics. What was I going to do

with all that fabric? That was before I was a member of

the guild. So I found Project Linus, and donated all that

fabric to them. Remember meeting the woman at a stor-

age unit, just filled with yards and yards of fabric. I felt

good about leaving all that with her, because they would

be worked into quilts for children, whom my mother dear-

ly loved. So patient was she, especially with her grand-

children. I am sure she was smiling that I found a good

home for all her quilting stuff.

I thoroughly enjoyed our program at this month’s guild

meeting. Such beautiful pieces! We do have such talent-

ed members, and thankfully they share what they know

with others.

JUNE WQG Program & workshop

Please remember the quilt show next year. Now is not too

late to begin planning that quilt or perhaps finish one you

have started, to enter the show. We need your quilts!

Seems the weather is going to continue to get warmer;

after all this is Texas. A friend in Wisconsin has been bat-

tling the fluctuating temps, with 40s at night and up to 80s

and 90s during the day. Perfect time to work on those

quilts!

Did you ever consider yourself, as a quilter, being an ath-

lete? Think about it: batting, running, stitching, pumping

the iron, hunting for fabric. I think I just lost 2 pounds

thinking about it!

Happy quilting,

Mary Ann

I hope everyone enjoyed our May program! Lisa and

Michelle did a great job of giving us an overview of

their hand applique techniques. The truck show was out-

standing! There was an interesting mix of applique quilts,

and as Lisa and Michelle pointed out, they showed ap-

plique can be more than just flowers! The workshop was

a success! I hope those that took the workshop will bring

their blocks for show and tell in June!

June Program will be our Donation Quilt Challenge. I'm

looking forward to seeing the donation quilts. No work-

shop.

July Program is Quilts of Valor with Stacy Clady! The

workshop will be QOV blocks! The blocks are "Split Block

Stars" and those blocks will be given to Stacy to be put

into QOV quilts! Workshop is Wednesday, July 18. Cost

is $10 and must be paid at time of signup!

August Program is "Machine Embroidery Marries Quilts"

with Brenda Jeschke. Brenda is an award winning quilter,

and teaches many workshops

and retreats.

Her workshop is "Machine Quilt-

ing Using An Embroidery Ma-

chine" The workshop is $40 and

must be paid at signup! The sup-

ply list will be available at the

signup table!

July Workshop JUNE B irthdays

June 2 ............................................... Debbra Perrault

June 2 ................................................ Michelle Weller

June 5 ................................................... Joan Plumlee

June 6 ................................................... Dovie Fowler

June 7 .................................................. Katherine Jew

June 7 ................................................... Mary Hansen

June 16 .................................................. Morgan May

June 18 ............................................... Janet Michaud

June 21 .............................................. Laura Stenman

June 21 ..................................................... Jan Tucker

June 23 ..................................................... Lou Carter

June 25 ....................................... Jamie Lee Williams

June 29 .......................................... Kathryn Hermans

IF YOUR BIRTHDAY IS IN JUNE,

DON’T FORGET TO BRING 1/2 YARD OF

COTTON FABRIC

TO THE GUILD MEETING FOR OUR

BIRTHDAY FABRIC DRAWING.

MEMBERS PURCHASE CHANCES TO WIN THE

FABRIC FOR 25 CENTS EACH.

THE MONEY COLLECTED IS USED TO PURCHASE

BATTING FOR DONATION QUILTS.

Hospital ity

If you are not currently in a bee (or even if you are) and would like to sign up to bring food to a guild meeting, please con-

tact Peggy Mathis at pjmathis69@yahoo.com. Our eight bees take care of the snacks for eight of the eleven months, but

we still need to fill up the kitchen with food those other three months.

REFRESHMENT SCHEDULE FOR 2018

June ........................................ Bumblin’ Bees & Mbrs. with last names starting with E - La

July ................................................................................................................. We Care Bee

August ................................................................ Mbrs. with last names starting with Le - O

September ........................................................... Mbrs. With last names starting with T - Z

SPLIT BACK STAR BLOCK

Pieces Needed

(to complete ONE BLOCK)

White:

1 - 4 1/2” square

8 - 2 1/2” squares

Red:

3 - 4 1/2” squares

1 - 5” square

Blue:

3 - 4 1/2” squares

1 - 5” square

April donations

We collected the following donations at the March meeting:

• Baby Bibs/Wash Cloths ............................................ 8

• Baby Hats ............................................................... 11

• Chemo Quilts .......................................................... 16

• Handbags .................................................................. 5

• Pillowcases ............................................................. 21

• Project Linus Quilts ................................................... 7

Ronald McDonald House Kid’s toys and household needs.

Thank you so much for your continued support and crafts-

manship. Jamie

MAY WINNERS

MAY BOM WINNER

Kay Lewis won the

May Block of the Month Squares.

DOOR PRIZE WINNERS

Kathy Jordan ............................................................ Jelly Roll

Barbara McCart .................................................... Thread Box

Judy Enloe ................................................................... Pattern

Lynn McIver ................................................................. Pattern

Judy McMahon ............................................................ Pattern

Cindy Moore ................................................................ Pattern

Dot Seagraves ............................................................. Pattern

Betty Sodek ................................................................. Pattern

UFO CHALLENGE WINNER

Phyllis Carter

ARTSY SMARTSY CHALLENGE I

See next page for the winners.

Three Quilting Tips

PREWASHING FABRIC

When prewashing fabrics,

completely unfold the fab-

ric before putting it into the

washing machine. This will

help prevent fading on the

fold line and help eliminate

the strong, center fold

crease.

CLEAN YOUR CUTTING MAT

Roll a lint roller over the surface of your cut-

ting mat for a quick clean up.

TEMPLATES

To create corner holes in plastic templates

that include the seam allowance, heat the end

of an ice pick, a pin, or a tapestry needle held

in a piece of

cork in the

flame of a

candle.

Push the hot

point

through the

plastic tem-

plate to

make a hole

indicating

the corner matching points of the seam lines.

2018 WQG Challenge Rules !

ANNUAL GUILD QUILT CHALLENGE

RULES

• Fat Quarter ....... purchase one fat quarter from guild.

• Fabric Selection ... Entry must be made with black &

While fabrics and your colored fat quarter. No other

colors can be used. You can use as many black &

white fabrics as you want , but no more than the one

fat quarter of colored fabric.

• Pattern Selection .. inspired by your challenge book.

• Theme ..................................................... Your choice

• Size ........ No side shorter than 25” or longer than 48”

• Entry Fee .............................. Must by ($3) fat quarter

• Start Date ...................... January 2018 guild meeting

• Submission Requirements ......... Only one entry per

member. Entry must be completely finished (quilted,

and binding applied). Put your entry and your BOOK

with the appropriate page marked in a bag with your

name and contact info. Turn your entries in at the

October 16 guild meeting,.

• Reveal Date .................. November 20, guild meeting

• Categories ............ Red, Blue, Green, Purple, Yellow

• Prizes ... The top “vote getter” in each of 5 categories

will win a prize plus a prize for “Best of Show”

ARTSY SMARTSY QUILT CHALLENGE II

RULES

• Fabric Selection ................................... Your choice

• Theme .... “C/Sea/See/Si” - You decide which word or

words to use.

• Size .............................................................. 11” x 14”

• Entry Fee .......................................................... $3.00

• Start Date ...................... May 15, 2018 guild meeting

• Submission Requirements ......... Only one entry per

member. Quilt must be completely finished, quilted

and binding or facing applied or mounted on canvas

board.

• Reveal Date ................................... October 16, 2018

• Prizes ......... Cash prizes will be paid from entry fees;

50% to first place, 30% to second place, and 20 % to

third place.

Members are encouraged to try their skills on at least one

challenge this year but you are more than welcome to do

them all.

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DONATION QUILT CHALLENGE

Entries are due at the June guild meeting. There are 4

categories, Girl, Boy, Woman, and Man and there will be

one winner in each category.

Our first ever Artsy quilt

challenge finished up at the

May meeting. There were

only 9 entries submitted but

they were wonderful. The

theme was “I Love …..”

First place winner was Ka-

thi Dossman, “I love Fabric

Manipulation”; second

place went to Tammy Fer-

guson, “I Love My Family”;

and third place went to Cin-

dy Moore, “I Love Nature.”

ARTSY SMARTSY “I LOVE…” CHALLENGE

“WE CARE” BEE

PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION

The We Care Bee (for making donation

items) will meet on Wednesday, May 2

at 9 a.m. at Covenant Lutheran Church

at 4202 Hickory. There will be kits

and batting available.

Members or friends who knit and cro-

chet are always welcome to join the quilters.

Announcements

BINDING WITH FAUX PIP ING

2018 YEARBOOKS

Pages with the information for the 6 members who

were accidentally left out of the 2018 yearbook are

available at the membership table. Please pick one

up at the next guild meeting to add to your year-

book.

Cindy Moore

1. Cut strips for binding 1 1/2”

wide. Cut strips for accent

(piping) 1 3/4” wide.

2. Join strips using diagonal

seams to make two long strips,

one for binding and one for

accent (photo A).

3. Join long strips with right sides

facing. Press seam toward

binding fabric (photo B).

4. Fold pieced binding in half,

aligning raw edges. Press

(photo C).

5. Attach binding to quilt from the

BACK of the quilt, mitering

corners and joining ends in the

usual manner (photo D).

6. Press binding away from quilt

with seam allowance going

away from quilt (photo E).

7. Fold binding to the front of the

quilt. Stitch in the ditch be-

tween accent fabric and the

binding fabric to secure bind-

ing to quilt (photo F).

JUNE Block of the Month ~ SNAIL ’S TRAIL

Future WQG Programs & Workshops

Cut 24 – 6” squares of 100% cotton fabric (selvages

removed). Stack Charm Squares by offsetting each layer

by ¼ turn – (this makes it easier for us to distribute the

squares). Put the Charm Squares in a Ziploc bag with

your name it, drop the bag off at the Charm Square table

before the start of the guild meeting and remember to

pick your bag up at the end of the guild meeting. You will

have a wonderful variety of 6” fabric squares to work

with.

June ............................................................ Patriotic

July ................................................... Summer Days

August ............................................... College Days

September .............................................. Fall Batiks

October ............................................................. Blue

November ............................................... Polka dots

Charm Squares

MONTH

MONTHLY PROGRAM

WORKSHOP

JUNE

June 12 - Donation Quilt Challenge

June 13 - “Get Started”

JULY

July 17 - Quilts of Valor - Stacy Clady

July 18 - Quilts of Valor Blocks

AUGUST

August 21 - Machine Embroidery Marries Quilts -

Brenda Jeschke

August 22 - Machine Embroidery into

Quilts

SEPTEMBER

September 18 - School House/Techniques -

Guild Members

September 19 - Sew Day

OCTOBER

October 16 - Wool Appliqué- Connie Thurston

October 17 - Wool Appliqué

NOVEMBER

November 13 - WQG Annual Challenge

NO Workshop in November

DECEMBER

December 18 - WQG Christmas Party

NO Workshop in December

REMEMBER TO OFFSET YOUR SQUARES

BY 1/4 TURN AND PLACE THEM IN A ZIP-

LOCK BAG WITH YOUR NAME ON IT.

President .......................................... Mary Ann Everett

1st Vice President ........................................ Diane Hall

2nd Vice President ............................... Ruth Ellen Fise

Secretary ................................................. Carolyn Insall

Treasurer ...................................................... Diane Ege

Co-Treasurer .......................................... Janice Forney

Parliamentarian ..................................... Jamie Williams

Activities .................................................. Kathy Jordan

Block of the Month ............................. Ruth Ellen Fise

Challenges ............................................. Cindy Moore

Charm Squares ................................... Karolyn Booth

Birthday Fabric ............................... LeaAnn Schnack

UFOs ..................................................... Dovie Fowler

Quilter Pals ............................................... Lisa Martin

Communications ..................................... Carol Fischer

Facilities ................................................... Peggy Mathis

Membership ........................................... Sandy Meeker

Quilt Show .................................................. Stacy Clady

• WQG MEETINGS are held the third Tuesday of each

month at First United Methodist Church in Temple.

• QUILT GUILD MEMBERSHIP is open to anyone inter-

ested in quilts or quilting. Annual dues are $30.00,

with special rates for Juniors. Members receive the

guild’s newsletter, attend monthly meetings and spe-

cial events and enjoy many other opportunities.

• SUBMISSIONS to the newsletter are due the Friday

after the monthly meeting. Send submissions to:

cmkfischer@gmail.com

WILDFLOWER QUILT GUILD 4905 ASCOT PARKWAY TEMPLE, TX 76502

www.wildflowerquiltguild.org

THE WILDFLOWER QUILT GUILD is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the art of quilting

and providing an opportunity for sharing ideas and learning new techniques.