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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Hello everyone and happy sewing to all. I appreciate everyone that has stepped up to help out. David Taylor has made it back home safely and they ruled out a stroke or blood clot. He will seek further guidance from his team in Colorado. He appreciates all the thoughts and prayers. The workshop that was a quick gathering went well and it seems like there is interest in another one where people could have time to gather a photo to work from. If you are interested please reach out and let Sherri Plowman know
We need a Vice President, Newsletter, Welcoming Committee, Raffle Quilt Team, Christmas Party Team. We need a lot - but it takes a lot of us to make the guild the wonderful place it is for all of us to express our artistic sides.
We are cooking up some fun for June's meeting - picnic in the building! Bring your favorite picnic food to share - and your own drinking vessel. With the goal to work on the next raffle quilt - we are collecting fabric to play games with that we can then use to make the blocks Much like the quilt that was water with the sailboat - gather fabric that would fall into those categories!
We all need to help the guild to continue to have fun with your quilty friends!
Happy sewing, Kirsta
SUMMER SOCIAL Potluck “PICNIC” Indoors Meeting 1:00 PM
Come on out & enjoy an afternoon Potluck “Picnic” Lunch Indoors & more with us!! We want to get to know our MANY new members & we have a game or 2 planned for you too during our SOCIAL!
Unveiling 2024 Raffle Quilt-complete!--created by Christine Danler, quilted by Kat’s Out o’the Bag, & bound by Kirsta Meadows. Thank you to ALL the members who made blocks for OUR Raffle Quilt!! VOLUNTEER to help out with ticket sales & shows now!!
Help us JUMPSTART Raffle Quilt 2025!!
PLEASE RAID YOUR SCRAP BIN!!
PLEASE BRING –3-4 WOF (width of fabric) 3” & 2.5” strips –or the equivalent using strip-scraps at least 13” long—FABRIC TYPES: hand-dyes, batiks, or batik-like fabrics in FABRIC COLORS: dark blue-purples, dark & bright blues, bright green-lime, teal, turquoise, light blues and aquas. SEE photos below for COLOR Range. Raffle Quilt Committee wants VOLUNTEERS to help make “Block-Starter Kits” for members to take home to sew in July! We will need at least 70! After members sew blocks, with Raffle Committee guidance, we will craft a strip-blockbased water-colors gradations quilt with sea-life applique & WE WANT YOUR HELP to make it a SUCCESS!
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OUR Meeting ROOM is OPEN TIL 5 PM June 17th!!
After the meeting proper, STAY & SEW & socialize some more!
Help us sort & cut 13” lengths for RAFFLE QUILT 2025 Block Starter Kits—we need 70!!
Start your NEW Guild BADGE, Alice Rainey will have shells, logo, pattern, ribbon, iron etc. for fusing to get you started!! OR Stay & Chat & work on your own project.
Reminders:
DO BRING a potluck-picnic dish to share: app, salad, main dish or dessert
DO BRING your LIDDED beverage cup.
DO BRING 3” or 2.5” FABRIC STRIPS---see details above.
DO BRING your Show & Tell & fill-in your S&T Sheet for Kirsta to read aloud.
DO NOT BRING Stuff for FREE Table—No FREE Table this MONTH--since our kitchen area will be full of delicious foods!
News from The Workshop Committee!
Hey Everyone!
We have been busy here getting our lineup of QBTS Workshops from July through November
To continue to offer these wonderful workshops we encourage you to participate. We made sure to offer a variety of choices so everyone is sure to find something of interest. Please take a look at the offerings and make sure you sign up for one or more of these fantasticevents. Be prepared with Cash, Check, or Venmo at our June meeting to Sign up.
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July Meeting brings us Diane VanDiver of Butterfly Threads Quilting from Georgia Her Lecture is Scrap Quilt Secrets, July 15th from 9am-4pm Diane will teachSavannah. It is a lovely quilt that includes paper piecing, curved piecing and fusible applique.
NOTE: Copies for foundation piecing will be provided in the workshop. There is no need to make copies before class unless you are confident that you can print the sizes correctly. Acrylic templates are available for purchase. Pattern purchase is required for the workshop.
August meeting is Tina Craig of Seaside Stitches from Rhode Island Tina’s lecture is The Versatility of English Paper Piecing Her workshop is English Paper Piecing Design Party Learning how to design your own Hexagon Block. August 20th from 9am-3pm
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EPP Design Party-
Learn the basics of English Paper Piecing and create your own unique 4" hexagon block Instruction includes EPP geometry, color & design basics, fussy cutting with Tina's Wonder Window, basting options, various hand piecing stitches, curved piecing, and finishing options.
Class handout includes a bonus table runner pattern. For in-person classes, $5 kit per student includes printed handouts and template pages. Zoom students will receive PDFs to print.
September is Scott Flanagan of 4th and Main Designs from Nebraska His lecture is Positively Precuts on September 16th at 7pm He will be teaching 2 full day workshops Milky Way Bargello Runner from 9-5pm September 16th Then on September 17th he will teach Jamaican Stars Quilt from 9-5pm.
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October is Annette Ornelas of Southwind Designs from Fayetteville NC Her lecture on October 21 at 1pm is Dimensional Curves orPeeled back Patchwork She also has a workshop on Monday October 21st from 3-9pmA pattern called Turtle Trails.
November is Roxane Lessa from Raleigh NC Her lecture will be “Making Quilting Decisions.” at the monthly meeting on November 18 On Tuesday 19, from 9:00 - 4:00 will be her workshop “FracturedFacets” Improv Art Quilt Class
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Our Zoom Bee’s Sip and Sews are a virtual place to gather to work on a project and chat, or just chat! They are held on the second Thursday of the month at 1pm and the fourth Monday at 7 pm These last about two hours so you can sew with all your supplies in your own sewing room with your personal project. It's a great time to ask for help on quilty projects. **The ZOOM LINK is at the top of our private Facebook page under FEATURES - look for the bright blue box.
The Fourth Monday Open Sews ~ 9:15a-2:15p at the First Baptist Church Activity Center on 1939 Independence Blvd, south of Independence Mall
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Committee & Board News
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Membership & Retreat Update ~ Alice Rainey
Quilters by the Sea Guild now has over 155 active members! At meetings, get to know our new members & guests wearing the HEART NAME TAGS & help them learn the Guild’s Mission of Education & Service as we socialize!
We are sending out a big QBTS WELCOME to our NEWEST members!
JOAN Cummings, Charlene Ott, Laurie Montgomery, and Kathlene Collins And welcome back to our returning NEW members from years past, too! Terry Chester, Winnie McCarraher, Carol Miller, Catherine Blankenship, and Pat Mattison
A very special THANK YOU to Pat Mattison who stepped in with a WONDERFUL ART Quilt Presentation & spectacular Fabric Collage Workshop when our planned speaker suddenly took ill. Thank you Pat, for sharing your expertise with all of us. It was superb!
We’d LOVE to have YOU sign up to GREET our new members & guests entering our meetings! To volunteer to GREET at a meeting email: Alice Rainey, email is on member roster.
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QBTSmembership.alice@gmail.com. Thank you to one of our newest members, Charlene Ott who volunteered as our May Meeting Greeter!
NEW GUILD BADGE-Making OPPORTUNITIES
June 17, following the meeting @ First Christian Church Fellowship Hall
June 24th, First Baptist Activity Center 9:30-12 noon
Just bring a SEA-themed FQ or scrap 6.5” wide x12”
Alice Rainey will bring kit-making materials & patterns
VOLUNTEER!
YOUR unique talents, passions, & gifts are the fabric upon which our Guild thrives. When we VOLUNTEER for tasks & committees, we make new guild friends, learn new skills, enrich our community & our own lives through our collective inspiration & energy TOGETHER OUR VOLUNTEERS breathe life into the spirit of this Guild & our shared vision of fellowship, education, and outreach to our community & beyond! Stay-Tuned!
We have just UPDATED our Membership Form to seek a bit more interest & volunteer info from our new members, to help us in our Guild Mission & build on members interests & skills. We will be actively seeking input from members new & not-so-new, and look forward to working with all of you as we all VOLUNTEER our time & talents in our stream-lined Committees & Posts.
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Alice Rainey, Kathleen McLaren, and Susan Krieger were elected at the May Meeting. These ladies will be reaching out to members seeking VOLUNTEERS who’d like to be a be a part of making Quilters by the Sea Guild shine! ALL input & suggestions welcome. Put “QBTS NOMINATE” in Subject Line & Email: Alice Rainey - email is on the member roster.
QBTS Retreat 2025 at Trinity Center
For those of you who've never been to our Trinity Retreat, here’s a bird’s eye view! Trinity Center is located adjacent to the beach in Pine Knoll Shores , NC. Trinity Center is a beautiful rustic getaway by the sea, operated as a Retreat Center by the Episcopal Diocese of Eastern NC. They provide all meals & our own spacious building, the main conference center for all of our quilting & social activities.
Our retreat-style accommodations are just a short walk away through the woods, in their housing clusters. Each cluster has its own living room. Each unit has a private bath & 2 beds & shares a hallway with one other unit; 12 units to a cluster Accessible rooms are available. You will need your best walking shoes or mobility devices as paths through the woods are dark at night & not so level. Double & single-occupancy rooms are available.
In order to keep Trinity Center’s price increase from taking a bigger bite than absolutely necessary this year & as attendees requested, Retreat Committee will be paring back on gifts, decorations, & duplications of food & drink items that members traditionally bring to Retreat
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anyway( think beverages of choice & snack/social items). You will be asked to bring your own lidded cup/mug for drinks. We will still have all our fun & games, socials, and a few fairy gifts! YES, you can sign up for a double room & get matched up with a roommate, like I did, my first time to retreat—Great way to meet other members & have a wonderful time!
If you are thinking of RETREAT 2025 & have QUESTIONS.... Reach out to Joyce Marks or Alice Rainey
RETREAT 2025 PRE-REGISTRATION OPENS JUNE 8th
First postmark accepted will be June 8th with spaces claimed on a first-come, first-served basis, by postmark date. Plan to come for 1 Session or both!
PRE REGISTRATION ENDS JULY 15th @ our Guild Meeting, or sooner if spaces are all filled.
RETREAT Dates:
Session 1: Monday to Thursday, January 27-30, 2025
Session 2: Thursday to Sunday, January 30 to Sunday, February 2, 2025
Additional $10 processing fees will be required for registrations after the deadline, if space permits. Deposits are non-refundable after the Deadline, unless you make arrangements for someone to replace you.
The 2025 Pre-Registration Form will be posted in the Facebook Group files by June 1.
Quilts of Valor ~ Quilts of Valor Group, All About Quilting ~ Kirsta Meadows
Thanks one and all for your help in making veterans smile
- I have several quilts that are ready for quilting, would you be interested in helping to complete one?
- I have received several stacks of blocks lately that need to be sewn together into a quilt top, would you be interested in helping to complete the top?
- I have fat quarters that have been donated - do you have a favorite fat quarter pattern that you would like to make?
- I have lots of 5" squares and 2 1/2" squares that are cut and ready for sewing - do you have a favorite pattern that you would like to make?
- I can bring them to the meeting - or if you are in the area - stop in and say hi!
Thanks for all your help in making the veterans smile. ~ Kirsta
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