Hostesses for February

Lena Moore

Abby Parham

Bettie Rivers

Jonnie Hoodenpyle

Sue Drumheller

Sandi Tyson

 ~March  Program ~

ST PAUL’S METHODIST CHURCH

FELLOWSHIP HALL

525 BEECH STREET (DOWNTOWN ABILENE)  

6:45 MEET AND GREET

MEETING MARCH 12, 2007

Membership Report 

for January

Members Present- 62

Visitors – 2

Alyssa Crow

Florence Henderson

New Member - 0

Barbara Black

is made by

Anne Coffey

President’s Message

Glenda’s husband has been very ill and she has not had a chance to submit a message. Keep them in your prayers.

2007 Quilt Show Report

The Quilt Show Committee meeting was held February 26, 2007at 6:00 P.M. Sue McGallard’s home – right before the monthly Guild board meeting.

If anyone is going to an out-of –town quilt shop or show, you need to pick up some flyers and /or entry blanks. The flyers are ready now and the entries will be available by the next meeting.

Don’t forget to be thinking about your Quilt Show Challenge quilt for the quilt show. It’s not that far away, and we need lots of entries.

The quilt show needs someone to co-chair the Guild Booth. Jo McCoy had done this job. She is sorely missed and we need help in this area.

If you know of any vendors who would like to come to our show – please let Alice Griggs know.

You can call or e-mail Judy Luther at 325-698-2301 or hotrodquilts@yahoo.com or

Beverly Lynn at 325-690-1632 or cbnlynn@aol.com

Quilt Show Classes

This year we are offering classes which will be taught by Tom Russell from Katy, Texas.  He will be teaching his Scrapbag Bouquet which was a challenge he did for Simply Quilts.  Due to the popularity of this particular quilt he will teach it both days.  It is a one day class so when you sign up you're only signing up to come one day.  There is a limit of fifteen(15) people for each class.  Cost is $40, which must be paid at registration, and we will begin signing up at the next guild meeting on March 12.  After the guild meeting we will open it up to people outside the guild.  We have quite a bit of interest from people outside the guild.  If you are interested and will not be attending the meeting get in touch with me to reserve your spot. 

Charlotte Williams:  692-5857 

AQG Website

The Abilene Quilters Guild web site. can be seen at www.abilenequiltguild.org.

If you go to the website and find only the old newsletter, please hit the “refresh button” and it will update to the latest one.

Anyone who wants to submit photo to the gallery, give them to Gina Reddin and they will be posted on the website.

Anyone who wants to submit photo to the gallery, give them to Gina and they will be posted on the website.

Copies of the entry form will be posted on the web site for those of you who need extra copies or know of someone who wants one. Just print it off. If it doesn’t look exactly like an original, as long as it has all the important things (front and back), it is acceptable.

Care

We need to remember Abbey Van Cleve in our prayers. As of Friday March 2, her blood count was very low and she was having to take a transfusion. Her blood type is O. I am sure that the Meek Blood Center would be more than happy to accept blood in her name.

Also her Grandfather Van Cleve has just gotten out of the hospital, so prayers for the family are appreciated.

Susan lost her father shortly after the last newsletter. Let our prayers be with her family during this trying time.

Let us keep Glenda Wilcox and her husband in our prayers. “He is doing some better in some areas. He has pneumonia for the second time. He has had a peg tube put in so that he can be fed. We are hoping for a good recovery, but it will be down the road.

Please advise Sue Drumheller of anyone in the Guild that may be sick, or any closely related deaths in our Guild families. Just e-mail her at sd222@cox.net or telephone her at 695-3081 and give her the information.

Look on our Calendar

If you know of more happenings around the state, EMAIL us.

If you requested your newsletter by e-mail, be sure and let me know that you received it so that I will know that I did it right. I can send it both as an email and as an email attachment. Remember to put my name in your address book so that your computer doesn’t think it is “spam” and delete it.

Mystery quilt – The second installment of the mystery is included at the end of this newsletter.

Charm Squares- - The charm squares for January are spring prints -6 squares – 6 ½”

.Hope Haven - There are not words enough to thank everyone for the fleece throws. They were wonderful. I took 24 to Hope Haven and the rest went to The House That Kerry Built. I did give four of them to children that live in a home in bad need of heat. There is only heat in one room. They loved them.

Spring Workshop - I will be setting up a date for a work shop to made walker bags for a nursing home – more on this next month.

Mystery quilt – The fourth installment of the mystery is included at the end of this newsletter.

       I have one set of the redwork swap, if you failed to get your set, please check with me. I will have the month everyone is missing to hand out.

I have had a request to do 2 ½” strips in place of the charm blocks. April thru June we will be doing these. They will be called sets, 10 strips will equal a set, you will cut these WOF. They can all be the same fabric or different fabrics. These are called jelly rolls or noodles. ````They can be used for log cabins, scrappy binding and any block needing a 2 ½" strip or square. - Jean

. Hope Haven - When you bring things for Hope Haven, don’t forget to pick up an extra blue ticket.

March – block auction (don’t forget about it) Bring your orphan blocks (and checkbook) to help raise a little money for the guild.

April – “Stamps By Katy”

May – New Square In A Square Blocks 

mailed via email or postal

For more information check www.ogallalaquilters.org

For registration and Meals call Darlene Collins at 806-647-5585 or email francis1939@nts-online.net

The Concho Valley Quilters Guild will be having a quilt show at the Cactus Hotel June 15 & 16 2007. We invite you to show your quilts. Entry fee is $10.00 per quilt.

Quilt entries are due July 12th. For more information on the entries, please contact planoquilter@verizon.net.

Admission tickets are $5 for advance purchase and $6 at the event. For more information, please visit the Quilters Guild of Plano website at www.quiltersguildofplano.org.