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April Birthdays:
Volume XXXV– Issue 4 April 2018 Since 1980
OROVILLE PIECEMAKERS
QUILT GUILD, INC. Newsletter Editor: Jan Abramson
(530)354-6234
E-Mail [email protected]
Web Site : orovillepiecemakers.org Angie Horne webmaster 743-1286 [email protected]
President’s Message: I was so glad to see everyone at our
meeting today. I hope you had a chance to
welcome our new guest, Kathy Conrad, and our
returning member Dale Tabor. Our speaker,
Robyn Green of Hoffman Batiks, gave a
wonderful presentation on “How Batiks are
Made.” Little did I realize how much involvement
there was with the process of making Batik
fabrics? I came away appreciating all of my
batik fabric. I hope you enjoyed her presentation,
as much as I did. The gifts of batik fat quarters
were an added surprise to those members who
won.
I know that all of you are busy working on
projects for our quilt show, boutique items, quilt
challenges, and community service. I want to say
thank you to all those members who have
contributed. For those who have not had a chance
to contribute, it is not too late. We need your help
and support. Remember our Quilt Show is a
major fundraiser, so we can have activities and
presenters over the next two years. Your
contribution will ensure we will have a successful
show. So come and join the fun at our sew days
and retreats where you can work on projects for
our show. We would love to have you.
I end with and Irish Blessing: May your day be
touched by a bit of Irish luck, brightened by a
song in your heart, and warmed by the smiles of
the people you love.
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day
Jeanette Akin, 370-0248
Moonlighters Chair:
March has decided to be stormy, windy
and cold. It is a good time to stay indoors and
sew on projects.
Went to Yuba City Quilt Show, the red
and white quilts were varied and awesome to
see. Some vendors were there and different
quilts, related items for sale, besides material.
Thanks to all who brought food this
month, it was delicious. Good to see everyone
at our meeting. In April we have Claudia’s
class after our meeting. Nancy Kennedy has a
quilt class on “Jimmy Buffet Shirt Quilt.” The
workshop is a morning project from 9:00am –
12:00pm.
More P.U.P. challenges were shown
and voted on for member(s) to finish. The
show and tell projects were varied and well
done. See you next month.
Virginia Brile 534-9637
4/2 Virginia Brile
4/2 Marilla Brereton
4/4 Dorothy Welton
4/4 Sabrina Bell
April Speaker: We had a wonderful speaker with Robyn
Green who gave us some interesting
information on how batiks are made, it is
certainly involved and all manual labor.
Our speaker on April 19 will be Cathy
Evans from Quilts by Cathy, Cathy did the
quilting on this year’s Opportunity Quilt as well
as our 2015 Opportunity Quilt. She will be
speaking on some of the things we should be
watching for before we turn our quilts over to a
Long Armer to be quilted. And, our May
speaker will be Sandra Bruce on "Material
Matrix and the paths taken".
June Retreat: Please plan on attending our June Angel
retreat being held June 7-9th, see Linda Pearson
for details. Once again, we will be having Deby
Hendrickson to clean our machines, at this time
she will be there on Friday the 8th, she will also
sharpen scissors. If you are interested in
signing up, please see me.
Sharon Helton, 743-7465
March Workshop: Teri Russell's ornament class was a
challenge and fun. I'm looking forward to
seeing lots of finished ornaments.
I hope you all saw Nancy Kennedy's
Jimmy Buffet shirt quilt. She will be teaching
the class on April 5th. It's not too late to sign
up. If you signed up and didn't get a supply list
let me or Nancy know, and we'll get one to
you. It's a fun quilt that just makes you
smile. Class will start a 9:30. Bring a potluck
dish to share.
In May Dorie Javier from Folsom is teaching a
fun and easy quilt that looks complicated but
isn't. Dorie is always lots of fun.
Linda Pearson, 533-8448
Block of Month, March: Day Meeting. Tam’s Patch
Terry Catt, 589-005
Joan Robertson, 534-8901
Moonlighters Meeting Arkansas Crossroads
Lynne Pillus, 370-3562
Sandi Corkran, 534-1244
Community Service: There were 16 quilts and 2 hats donated
this month. On March 7 quilts were delivered
to Oroville hospital Labor & Delivery, Foster
Kids, Caring for Women and Child Protective
services. All were quite happy to receive them.
Thank you to all that have donated. Remember
to check out all the fabric in the storeroom.
Jan Owens, 589-9139
Dottie Elliott, 693-4319
Peggy Fehrman, 342-4054
Door Prizes:
Day Meeting.
This month we brought in $58 dollars.
Next month the mystery will consist of new
items with a value of at least $30.
It is not necessary to return any of the
bags or baskets. If you are a lucky winner, they
are yours to keep.
Donations of new or nearly new items
are always appreciated.
Cheryl Campbell, 533-7724
Betty Drake, 533-4664
Presenter’s Photo Gallery
JUST A SMALL SAMPLE FROM ROBYN GREEN’S TALK ABOUT
HOFFMAN BATIKS AND HOW THEY ARE MADE.
Above - one of the stamps used to make
patterns on Batiks. The design is made
from thousands of copper pins. Right-
Hoffman Batik shoes by Cushie.
Right – fields of fabric ready to be
salted and spritzed with dyes. Left –
worker applying dye stamps to fabric.
Door Prizes(continued): Moonlighters Meeting
We had 6 door prizes. The Mystery
Prize was a 12” Get Squared Ruler. Won by
visiting guest Susan Chatfield. Other winners
were: Virginia, Sabrina, Cheryl, Tiffany &
Yvonne. We made $80.00
Thank you everyone for participating.
Pat Woodruff, 532-1506
Susan McMillan, 589-1243
Fat Quarters:
Day Meeting:
We were delighted by the number of fat
quarters turned in. It was like a basket full of
springtime on our table. Each winner got a
beautiful mix of fabric. Next month will be
nature, rain, rocks, sky, etc.
APRIL - Nature - Sky/grass/trees
MAY - Flowers
JUNE - Patriotic
JULY - Christmas in July
AUGUST - Lavenders and Purples
SEPTEMBER - Fall colors or prints
OCTOBER - Halloween
NOVEMBER - White on white or Beige on
beige
Beverly Smith, 534-5980
Marilla Brereton, 534-1940
Moonlighters Meeting:
APRIL- April Showers bring May flowers
MAY- Sunset, Sunrise
JUNE- Purple
JULY- Red, White and Blue
AUGUST- Ocean
SEPTEMBER- Gray
OCTOBER- Halloween, Spooky
NOVEMBER- Ugly
DECEMBER- no fat quarter this month
Sabrina Bell, 917-0803
Fifty / Fifty Raffle:
"Come on down, Ann Bruggeman" was
the cry we heard when Terri Russell had $22
for Ann and $22 for the guild in the 50/50
drawing. It's a lot of fun for a $1.00 ticket
hoping you will win half of “the pot of gold"
collected. However, Jackie Conn and Terri are
lamenting they haven't won in a long
time. Better luck next month girls!
Terri Russell, 533-8637
Membership:
There were 38 members in attendance and one
visitor.
ROSTER UPDATES:
Cheryl Campbell’s email was hacked! Delete
it from your list and use her new one instead:
Sabrina Bell’s phone number in the member
list is supposed to read 917-0803.
Yvonne Ogletree rejoined
328 .................Ogletree, Yvonne……….2/20
cell .................925-389-6659….
41 Gold Run Ct. Oroville, Ca 95965
Ann Harvey, 589-2098
Mercantile:
Thank you, ladies, for supporting our
Mercantile Table. We have lots of fabric
(mostly in fat quarters or nearly fat quarters)
that is ideal if you are working on a scrappy
quilt and don’t need large pieces of yardage.
When you bring in items for donation
or consignment that you have decided to get
out of your storage, please take the
time to clean the items before you give them to
us. They certainly aren’t attractive to anyone if
they are dirty, and I don’t
think it should be our job to bring them home
to wash before placing them on the sale
table. If you can’t be bothered to at least do
that much, I suggest you just chuck them in
your trash bin and be done with it.
Dorothy Welton, 533-2826
Cheryl Cox, 532-4920
Helen Cox, 532-4920
Quilt Show: Dates to Remember: Judging October
25, set-up October 26, show October 27-28
We currently have 16 sponsors lined up
and have sent out letters to them thanking
Quilt Show (continued): them, requesting the money and confirming
how they want the sponsor cards to read. We
still need 2-3 more, so if you know someone
who owns a business who might want to
sponsor an award, please let Jeanette Akin
know the specifics after you speak to
them. We will be giving you the categories
soon for you to be thinking about what
category you would like your quilt to be in.
Sharon Helton, 743-7465
Claudia Goebl, 533-8368
Sunshine:
No cards this month. If you hear of anyone
needing a card, please call me.
Virginia Brile 534-9637
General Meeting Minutes:
Oroville Piecemakers Quilt Guild
General Meeting
March 15, 2018
At the Palermo Grange
7600 Irwin Ave. Palermo CA
The meeting called to
order at 10:04am by President Jeanette Akin.
After greeting everyone, Jeanette turn the
meeting over to
Vice Pres - Sharon Helton.
Sharon introduced our speaker Robyn Green,
formerly of Hoffman Fabrics. Robyn
explained how Batiks are made and showed us
a film of the factory to show the technique, this
was interesting.
Show and Tell: Presenters were, Ann Harvey,
Angie Horne, Beverly Smith, Lorraine
Cothern, Sharon Helton, Dale Tabor, Helen
Cox and Sandi Corkran.
Break: 10 minutes
Business Meeting:
Approval of February General Meeting
Minutes, with three corrections.
1. The $25.00 increase in the raffle
budget for the Moonlighter makes their
budget $225.00 not $250,00
2. Mercantile table brought in $46.35,
not $27.35.
3. The spelling of Shirley Scheibler
name was corrected.
The minutes were approved as corrected.
Old Business:
Kids Quilt Camp: Jan Abramson reported she
has a meeting at the local school for Tuesday
March 20. She will try to discover if there are
children interested in coming to our Kids Camp.
She did report Angie Horne has two young
neighbors interested in attending the camp.
Reports:
Treasurer’s Report: Marla Vaughn presented
our financial report.
Ending Balances: General Fund, $10841.52
Raffle Fund, $11666.99. Angel Fund; $956.09
Total of all funds beginning $24033.89, ending
balance is $23464.60
A motion was made by Jan Abramson to
approve the report, it was seconded by Terry
Catt. Motion approved unanimously.
Vice Pres- Sharon Helton, Speakers: She
thanked our speaker Robyn Green.
April: Speaker will be Cathy Evans. Quilts by
Cathy. She will give us some tips from a long
arm quilter.
May: Speaker will be Sandra Bruce- Material
Matrix & the Paths Taken.
Angel Retreat: Sharon announced Debby
Hendrickson will be available to clean sewing
machines and sharpen scissors at the Angel
retreat in June 6-7-8. Sharon has a sign-up sheet
available.
2nd V Pres-Linda Pearson, Workshop:
The April workshop will be Nancy Kennedy
teaching a class called “Jimmy Buffet Shirt”.
The instructions and supply list were available to
be picked up today.
May: Dorie Javier with teach how to make a
scrappy quilt.
These classes will cost $10 to attend.
Quilt Show Coordinator: Sharon Helton
She reported we have 16 sponsors and would
like two more.
Quilt entries: Terri Russell reported there will
be 18 categories that will be judged in our show.
What they are, will be announced soon.
Moonlighters Minutes: March 15, 2018
The Moonlighters Door Prize Raffle took in $80.00
this month. The door prize winners are: Virginia
Brile, Cheryl Cox, Sabrina Bell, Mary Jane Sasek,
Tiffany Sasek and Susan Chatefield.
The Block of the Month winner was: Sandi
Corkran
This month’s Fat Quarters were shades of
greens and teals. The March winner was Dorothy
Moyle-Smith
Next month’s Fat Quarter theme is April Showers
bring May Flowers.
Tip of the month: This month our tip was
from Linda Pearson. Linda showed us that we could
find many items at the Dollar Store that can be
helpful for quilting.
Wrinkle releaser: to remove those stubborn
wrinkles in fabric. Too bad we can’t use it on face
wrinkles as well!
Heavy duty starch: Fabric starch is a magical
spray-on formula that stiffens fabric, making it
easier for you to work with while quilting…
especially when you’re sewing intricate, complex
patterns.
Dry erase board: Linda uses it to keep track of
thread color and other details about a project. You
could also use it to write down instructions in big
letters….let’s face it most of us need glasses to read
and might be tired of squinting while looking at the
pattern directions. Once you are done with the
project just wipe the board clean.
Plastic baskets: Linda uses them to hold her patters,
but they could also be useful organizing your fat
quarter stash.
April Workshop: Claudia Goebl reminded
us that at our April meeting she will be teaching a
workshop for the Scrappy Mountain Majesties
Class… a Bonnie Hunter Free Pattern. Let Claudia
know if you’d like to sign up.
PUP Challenge: More members brought
PUP (Poor unfinished Projects) challenges for the
membership to vote on.
Becky Cross will complete her Bargello quilt.
Pat Woodruff will finish her Dolphin quilt
Cindy Scofield will finish her grandson’s Burst
Block quilt.
Show and tell for March: Dorothy Moyle-
Smith, Laura Filbeck, Susan McMillian, Lynn Pillus,
Millie Top, Claudia Goebl.
Sabrina Bell: 917-0803.
Committee Reports: Block of the Month: 18 blocks were turned in
today, won by Jan Owens Directions for next month’s BOM were given
out, it is called Tam’s Patch. Community Service: Jan Owens reported we
had 16 quilts turn in this month. She delivered
quilts to the Hospital, Foster Care and Caring for
Women. Door Prize Baskets: Cheryl Campbell reported
they took in $58.00, the winners were: Anita
Pevear, she won 2 baskets, Dale Tabor, Jackie
Conn and Sandi Corkran took home the mystery
basket. 50/50 Raffle: Terri Russell reported she took in
$44.00, the winner of $22.00 was Ann
Bruggeman. Fat Quarters: There were 25, so each winner
received 5, they were Marilla Brereton, Dale
Tabor, Karen Von Bargen, Jackie Conn, Helen
Cox and Dale Tabor. Next month’s theme is anything nature, trees,
sky, grass, flowers, water. Mercantile: Dorothy Welton reported they took
in about $12. today. The money has not been
counted yet. Hospitality: Marge Redding thanked everyone
for the good snacks. She stated we are good for
next month. Membership: Ann Harvey announced
we had 38 members sign in with one visitor. Jeanette introduced and welcomed Kathy
Conrade, our visitor. Opportunity Quilt Tickets: Nancy Clayton
reminded everyone there are still tickets that need
to be picked up. The purchase of $15.00 worth of
opportunity quilt tickets is part of being a
member. You may keep or sell them. This is
how we raise money to keep the guild viable. Jeanette Akin reported she will be presenting an
update at April’s meeting. She will also be
bringing our opportunity Quilt to the meeting. Jeanette Akin announced that the Silver Dollar
Fair in Chico is accepting quilt entries for this
year’s fair. If you are interested in entering a
quilt, go on line to Silverdollar.org. the deadline
is April 18th. Meeting Adjourned: 12:04
Respectfully submitted
by Dorothy Moyle Smith, Secretary.
Show and Tell Photo Gallery (More Photos on the last page.)
Oroville Piecemakers Quilt Guild
Newsletter Editor:
Jan Abramson
19 Arts Lane
Oroville CA 95966
May Calendar
3 Dorie Javier Workshop
10 Board Meeting, 9:00 am at the
Library
17 General Meeting- 10am.
Sandra Bruce; “Material
Matrix and the Paths Taken.”
11am, business meeting
17 Moonlighter’s Meeting- door
opens at 4pm; dinner at 6pm
meeting to follow
April Calendar
5 Nancy Kennedy “Jimmy Buffet
Shirt Block” Workshop
12 Board Meeting, 9:00 am at the
Library
19 General Meeting- 10am Trunk
Cathy Evans - Quilts by Cathy
“Tips from a Long Armer”
11am, business meeting
19 Moonlighter’s Meeting- door
opens at 4pm; dinner at 6pm
meeting to follow. Workshop
by Claudia Goehl. “Scrappy
Mountain Majesties Class”
More Show and Tell Photo Gallery
