Friendship Star

Meeting Location: West Freeway Church of Christ

1900 S. Las Vegas Trail Fort Worth, TX 76108

President: Lynda McGee 817-343-9124

lyndamcgee@sbcglobal.net

Email: FortWorthQG@gmail.com
Website: www.fwqg.org
Location: PO Box 121942, Fort Worth, TX 76121
Phone: -------
Facebook: facebook.com/FortWorthQuiltGuild

February 20, 2024. Social 6pm. Meeting starts at 6:30pm.

Board Meetings are the last Thursday of the Month.

The location for meetings for this year will be at Lynda's house or via Zoom.

If you have something that needs to be brought to the attention of the Board, or you would like to discuss the issue in person, please contact a Board Member.

Board Meetings are open to all but only board members can vote at the meetings.

Tidbits from the President

Texas weather…we had to cancel last month’s meeting because of the extreme cold and today it was a sunny 70 degrees. Except for all the rain, I have loved the recent weather. But in Texas, you really can’t complain about rain, either (I’m sure we will need it soon enough). I hope that these rainy days have allowed everyone to get on with their quilt making. Minis are due, NTQF registration is about to open, there are always items needed for the booth, NICU quilts, lovies, QOV and, of course, all your personal projects. So many projects and so little time. I sometimes get frozen by the TBD list. I hope this isn’t the case for you! For me, getting together with my quilting sisters (and brother) is food for the quilt motivation soul. I hope it is for you. See you on Tuesday.

Mystery Quilt

Bonnie Hunter's Mystery Quilt is completed and the reveal is on her blog (see link below). She now has the full pattern for sale on her site. I hope to see some completed quilts soon.

Quiltville's Quips & Snips!!: Indigo Way Mystery!

Fort Worth Quilt Guild - February Program

Featuring Roxanne Lessa - Quilting Decisions – How Do I Quilt That?

We will have the pleasure of meeting Roxanne Lessa via a ZOOM meeting. Her program will provide us with a great view of her quilts as we learn how she makes quilting decisions.

​Making Quilting Decisions: a practical, deep dive into ways to choose, preview and practice free motion quilting on your art quilt. Most quilters struggle with deciding how to quilt their quilts, so I developed a simple system to help.

February Workshop - Saturday -February 24th - Free-Motion Quilting Class - $35 Fee
We will have a quilting workshop with video lessons in quilting - Bring 3 or more Quilt Sandwiches and watch and complete your Quilting along with the video! Don’t miss this opportunity to learn together and upgrade your free motion skills! Registration at the February meeting. See Workshop Details on the FWQG website for more information.

We will walk through practicing free motion quilting using a video where we will stop it and do the exercises and then continue. You will have new stitches to add to your tool kit and if you have not tried it, you will learn how to free motion first by practicing the designs on paper, and then on your quilt sandwiches. If you are already free motion quilting, come help some of the beginners, and add a new pattern or two to your repertoire! We can also provide a zoom link if you prefer to attend from the comfort of your own home, but we will be in person so that we can help anyone that needs help with the process.

Fort Worth Quilt Guild - March Program

Featuring JACQUELINE LEHTO

Jacqueline Lehto is the featured speaker for our March meeting. Jackie has been quilting for over 23 years and has taught hundreds of people how to quilt in project classes, beginning to quilt classes, in junior and senior high school classes and she has taught 23 quilting camps in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Texas. You will be sure to enjoy the evening at our March meeting as she shares her wide array of quilts, which range in style from traditional to modern, and from realistic to abstract art quilts. The one thing that all her works have in common, however, is her love of bright colors. Her work has been juried into the American Quilters Society Des Moines, Iowa, the Road to California Show, The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show, and the Hoffman Fabric Challenge Traveling Exhibit. She has won Viewer’s Choice on two occasions and received the Best Use of Color award. She was awarded 3rd place in the Bed Quilt Category at the 2023 Great Wisconsin Quilt Show in Madison. We know you will be inspired and motivated as Jackie shares her wonderful and colorful trunk show and her love of quilting with us.

MARCH - APPLIPIECING WORKSHOP - $38.00

Join Jackie Lehto’s workshop to learn an interesting technique called APPLIPIECING. This method allows you to create one-of-kind art quilts with No curved piecing, but you get the beautiful look of curved piecing! It is easy-to-learn and will allow you to draw / design your own art quilts that will be all be unique and whatever you want them to be. While we will use this simple leaf pattern in the top picture that Jackie created, she will teach you how to draw your own and then you can go on to create amazing quilts. The bottom picture is another quilt Jackie designed and created using this method. This is a whimsical method that is sure to be fun, fun, fun!

Piggy Romance

Fort Worth Quilt Guild April Program

– Features an interactive program with Jonquel Jones

Join Fort Worth Quilt Guild for a fast-paced, small group collage project. We’ ll have a “Round Robin” type project where you will contribute to the art quilts going around the groups, until they are finished. Add a piece to the project and pass it on. The project is broken into little actions with just 2-5 minutes to accomplish before being passed to the left. Someone says the step and monitors the time. Everyone will continue until all the elements are placed. You can change anything while it’s in front of you.

· Whichever collage is in front of you after passing one more time is the one you get to take home and finish. Bits are just pinned on as needed to get it home. This will be a very fun interactive program!

NO WORKSHOP FOR APRIL DUE TO THE RETREAT.

Fort Worth Quilt Guild May Program

Featuring David Owen Hastings and his program: Minimal Design, Maximum Impact

May Workshop: Friday May 20 – 6 – 9 PM Evening WORKSHOP – ZOOM $45.00 per person

Fort Worth Quilt Guild June Program:
Featuring Sharon & Loren Wilhelm -“Sashings Bold and Dangerous”

Sharon is an entrepreneur of several previous companies: Country Collectibles, Sharon’s Quilt Depot and now co-owner in Quilt Ideas pattern division. She designs blocks of the month, single patterns, punch needle, coloring and embroidery patterns and more quilting designs for Loren to make out of wood. She loves to teach anything pertaining to quilting, help quilters put together colors for new quilts and make quilts to give away. Our newest adventure is to give guild programs and workshops using our vast collection of quilts.

Loren is and has been a quilter for many years making all kinds of large, small and miniature quilts. He loves to write. He has a beautiful voice and was in radio production for 20+ years (KBOX/KMEZ Dave O’Brien) and he is a large job concrete estimator. Now he is co-owner in Quilt Ideas as a pattern designer and manufacturer of the Quilt Hangers and Accessories division.

“Sashings Bold and Dangerous” How they can make or break your design.

Sometimes we get the blocks finished and we are at a stopping point trying to decide what sashing or setting to put with those blocks. Some are so old we have to be very creative to blended the old with the new. We will give you some examples of things that just happened and some that were planned with a display of quilts.

Workshop: Barn Quilt -Crayon & Embroidery
Saturday 9 – 3 PM $35.00

Sharon will guide us in using Crayons to create a barn quilt picture.

Fort Worth Quilt Guild July Program

Ice Cream Social -Strip Quilts Show & Tell and Games

Get ready to Be the program! Bring your Strip Quilts and show and tell us about them. Following the show and tell, we’ll play a game of Left, Right, Center. Each player will start with 5- 2-1/2” strips of Red, White and Blue fabric. Winners keep or donate all the strips that were gathered from everyone else at their table. Make or donate a Quilt of Valor Block! We’ll have Ice Cream treats at the break!

July Workshop: Stained Glass Flowers – with Dorene Joyce Saturday 9 – 3 PM $35.00

(Cost includes the full-size pattern, and fee for the church workspace. Any extra $$ goes to the Workshops budget for more great workshops!)

WE HAVE A GREAT LINEUP OF PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS! INVITE YOUR FRIENDS!!!

Our Mini Auction voting and prize drawing will be held at the February meeting. Hoping everyone will bring their creations and also turn out to vote for their favorites. You’ve still got a few weeks to pull something together for the prize draw.

Mini-quilts should be larger than 10” and smaller than 24”. Think: applique, English paper pieced, scaled down quilt patterns, whole cloth … Use up scraps especially all those leftover triangles!

Grace Stroud made beautiful project bags that Jonquele Jones has filled with goodies to give as prizes.

PS. We’ll still be accepting minis until mid-June.

It’s time to start planning for the 2024 NTQF! The theme this year is IT'S A BEACHY LIFE.

Quilt registration should begin before the February meeting. A Smores message will go out with the link when the registration is open. Get those quilts finished (or started, if you’re a procrastinator). Lots more info to come.

NTQF Show Calendar

Event Dates – Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, August 1, 2, & 3, 2024

Event Location – Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas, 500 W Las Colinas Blvd, Irving, TX Quilt Entry/Registration – Begins 2/16/24 members; 3/16/24 non-members; Ends 5/28/24 Registration for Expo Classes and Workshops – late-May

Quilt Check-In/Drop Off - Sunday, July 28, 2024, 12:00 – 4:00 pm at Irving Convention Center Quilt Pick Up - Saturday, August 3, 2024 5:45 pm – 7:00 pm

We are at 65 members with a few still committed to renewing their membership. If you have any friends who have yet to renew, invite them to renew. Dues are $30 per year or $25 per year if 65 or over. Looking forward to seeing you all at the meeting.

Membership Committee
Shelley Clauss 817-994-0195. shelleyclauss@gmail.com
Barbara Hughes. 903-926-3581. hughesb@eastex.net

The raffle quilt is completed!

Thank you to all who helped make blocks, assemble the quilt and get the quilt quilted. We will be bringing the quilt to the February meeting to show it off.

Send Sunshine and Shadows to Anne Houpt : annhoupt@aol.com

Mother nature is having a hard time trying to decide what to do. We have had really COLD temperatures and then temperatures in the 70s. On the really cold days is a good time to stay inside and do some sewing and on the days that are warm we can go outside and enjoy the beautiful weather.
February is a busy month. We have Valentine’s Day, Presidents’ Day, and Black History Month and we have an extra day.
Find that recipe you have been wanting to try, make it and bring for refreshments to the guild meeting for all to enjoy.
Thank you to all that help set up and clean at the Guild meetings I appreciate your help.
February Birthdays
2-06. Sarah Tutt
2-08 Jeanne Starkey
2-12. Cecilia Buckholz
2-15. Thayne Rooney
2-28. Meri Cozart

Marilyn Smith,
Hospitality Committee

Please continue to bring completed HUGS quilts to meetings. Beverly Peterson will bring kits.

** NEW **

EMBROIDERY BEE -- sponsor Wanda Edmonds

The embroidery bee is beginning to feel organized. The January meeting was on a Thursday at Wanda's house. Most of us had stitched out a Christmas design from Designs by JuJu and we discussed the effects of different thread and fabric colors. We decided to meet on the LAST Thursday of each month at 11:30 AM and rotate hostesses. Most of the meetings will be held on the north or northwest side of Fort Worth. For more information, contact Wanda at dooleymac@gmail.com or 682-560-9101 (text preferred).

The next meeting will be at Wanda's on February 29. We will discuss in-the-hoop projects and all who are able will bring examples they made.

FRAYED KNOTS

TIGHT KNOTS BEE

Start a Bee

One of the most fun parts of belonging to a Guild is getting to know other quilters. But, there aren’t many opportunities to actually get to SEW and learn from one another, except in a bee. Most of the guild bees have been around for many years and don’t have openings for many newcomers. If you want to get know more of your fellow members, start a new bee!

General Guidelines

• 7-9 members. Start with the people sitting near you at Guild or advertise in the bee section of the newsletter, or on the FB page.
• A place to meet: dining room table, living room, playroom, apartment clubhouse, nearby church… You may want to rotate hosting among those with enough space.
• Monthly meeting time for 1.5-4 hours. Some groups may also have periodic all-day project days or retreats.
• Some groups organize around a common interest: appliqué, modern, art, charity projects, while some are based on proximity.
• Start simply and see how the group’s dynamics play out through time. There are lots of activity ideas online.

One of the most fun parts of belonging to a Guild is getting to know other quilters. But, there aren’t many opportunities to actually get to SEW and learn from one another, except in a bee. Most of the guild bees have been around for many years and don’t have openings for many newcomers. If you want to get know more of your fellow members, start a new bee!

General Guidelines

• 7-9 members. Start with the people sitting near you at Guild or advertise in the bee section of the newsletter, or on the FB page.
• A place to meet: dining room table, living room, playroom, apartment clubhouse, nearby church… You may want to rotate hosting among those with enough space.
• Monthly meeting time for 1.5-4 hours. Some groups may also have periodic all-day project days or retreats.
• Some groups organize around a common interest: appliqué, modern, art, charity projects, while some are based on proximity.
• Start simply and see how the group’s dynamics play out through time. There are lots of activity ideas online.

We will have 3 days and 3 nights of great fun and much accomplishment! Meals are included with your fee. The meals are really delicious. You will not go hungry! I will be taking deposits for the 2024 Guild Retreat at the meeting! A deposit of only $25 is due to reserve your spot. I will be at the Membership Table to take your reservation. Don't hesitate to join us.

If you haven't yet signed up for retreat, please do so very soon. Right now, we are low on numbers, so we will be opening up registration to those outside the guild. It is always possible that we could be full after offering to others. Please sign up at the February meeting. I will send out invitations to others the next day.

Details:

Guild Retreat

Dates: April 18 -21, 2024

Place: The Compass Centre in Mt. Calm, TX

Time arrive no earlier than noon on the 18th and depart by noon (I will be verifying this before the February meeting) on Sunday.

Cost: $109 per night so $218 for 2 nights or 327 for 3 nights. Amount due to be paid in full by April 16th at the meeting or to me to have to for the meeting.

Details: maximum 4 to a room, all meals provided starting with Supper on Thursday.

Any questions, please call or text Shelley Clauss 817.994.0195

Treasurer's Report download available at the end of the newsletter.

I will be bringing lots of patterns for BOOTH ideas to our meeting in February.

Feel free to take home whatever you would like to make for our booth this year.

These are my patterns so after you're done I would like them back :)

Lets make this year the best ever so that we can afford the best programs

However, anything you'd like to make would be received with thanks!

Ann Houpt, Booth Chairman

Bev Ramsey was a charter member of the guild, a past president, a teacher and a friend. We lost her way too early. The Bev Ramsey fund was set up to help those in need enjoy the things she loved very much, retreats and workshops.

Lovies are used for preemie babies and their mother's so they can become familiar with each other's scent.

If you would like to make one (or 100) take two pieces of 14" square fabric - one cotton, and one flannel. Sew them right sides together, leaving a gap to turn. Turn, then topstitch around the entire piece.

Beverly Peterson collects them at Guild meetings to give to Cook Children's. Cook's is always very grateful for the gifts.

Quilts of Valor

The QOV National Sew Day event at the Berry Patch went very well! We had a full house with eight members and two guests in attendance. Twenty Ohio Star blocks were completed, and eight snail trail blocks were turned in. Dee Ramirez turned in a completed quilt she had been working on.

We continue to succeed with the help of our members and volunteers. The generous donations of fabric and sewing hours help us to wrap service members and veterans in comforting and healing Quilts of Valor.

Cecilia Buckholz

NICU Quilts

NICU quilts are 36”x 36” prewashed quilts that the guild currently donates to JPS hospital. JPS has also asked for adult size quilts. Other items accepted are lovies (10” x 10” or 12” x 12”), resolution squares, ostomy bag covers and post-mastectomy heart pillows. Adult quilt sizes requested are Lap (39” x 48”), Throw (52” x 60”) and Twin (60” x 75”). More information on these is on the following website:

https://www.jpshealthnet.org/community/volunteeropportunities/other-opportunities-to-serve Recently NICU Co-Chairpersons Carolyn Hughes and Judi Janes delivered 33 items to JPS. All were made by members of the Tight Knots Quilt Bee as part of their community service. Included were 19 NICU quilts, 9 crocheted blankets and 5 quilted throws. There is a continuing need for these items at JPS. Please consider donating to this cause. It can be a great use of scraps or of that fabric you wonder why you bought.

Board

President- Lynda McGee 817-343-9124 lyndamcgee@sbcglobal.net

President- ElectVP : NEEDED

Vice- President VP Programs: Dorene Joyce 817-847-1687 dorenegaye.joyce@gmail.com

Janet Swords 817-551-700 3 janetswords@outlook.om

Secretary: Becky Alrubaiie alrubaiie1@hotmail.com

Treasurer- Meri Cozart 817-657-4859 cozarts@sbcglabal.net
Member at Large- Dave Beers 817-666-8404 quiltsbydave@gmail.com

Member at Large-Yvette Richey richey57yr@gmsil.com

Past President/Parliamentarian - Wanda Edmunds 817 682-9101 dooleymac@gmail.com

Committees

Greeter Barbara Dumas and Needed

Hospitality Marilyn Smith 817-917-9294 marilynsmith1934@gmail.com

NICU Judi Janes judi.janes@yahoo.com

Carolyn Hughes hughes1668@att.net

HUGS Mary Lou Nelson ron.marylou@sbcglobal.net

Lovies Beverly Peterson 817-346-0321 bpete1900@yahoo.com

Membership Barbara Hughes 903-926-3581 hughesb@eastex.net

Shelley Clauss 817-994-0195 shelley.clauss@att.net

Newsletter Thayne Rooney 817-223-3982 Rooney.thayne@gmail.com

Quilt Show Rep Jeane Starkey jeane@2barcembroidery.com

Quilt Show Rep Needed

Quilt Show t-shirts Shelley Clauss 817-994-0195 shelley.clauss@att.net

Quilt Show Minis Jonquele Jones 817-266-0103 jonquele@flash.net

Quilt Show Booth Ann Houpt 817-689-7678 annhoupt@aol.com

Raffle Quilt Shari Hollis shollis_13@yahoo.com

Jennifer Hollis hollisthreads@gmail.com

Retreats Shelley Clauss 817-994-0195 shelley.clauss@att.net

Show N Tell Alice Clayton

Sunshine / Shadows: Ann Houpt 817-689-7678 annhoupt@aol.com

WebMaster Dorene Joyce 817-995-5740 dorenegaye.joyce@gmail.com

Smore Administrator Shelley Clauss 817-994-0195 shelley.clauss@att.net

Saginaw Thursday Quilters meets every Thursday from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm at Joyce Spindor Community Center, 620 Park Center Blvd, Saginaw TX 76179.
We hand quilt for our members and clients. We take a snack break at 10:00, hosted by members for a month at a time.
Once a month we celebrate members’ birthdays. On third Thursday we have a themed luncheon.
Contact Kay Lotz, guild member, at 817-946-8286 (leave a message please) for more information.

Texas Quilt Museum, LaGrange, Texas

The current exhibits are Kaffe Fassett: 85 & Fabulous, Houston International Quilt Festival Prizewinners

2023 and Prism Play: A Full Spectrum of Art Quilts.

Check out their website http://www.texasquiltmuseum.org

All Texas Shop Hop -- March 1st- April 30th!

The theme is Texas. There are magazines available with information on all of the shops, 8 quilt patterns, small projects and a passport if you would like to participate. There are lots of prizes available, you can be entered to win a prize by visiting just 5 stores. If you complete a region, you earn another opportunity for a prize. The more regions you complete, the more chances to win and the prizes are good!

This is a fun way to support local quilt shops, get to know some new shops you didn’t realize

existed and be inspired to start something new!

Follow along on Facebook by following All Texas Shop Hop or check out the

website https://alltexasshophop.com/

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