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
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Board Meetings are the first Wednesday 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.

I’m back…. barely. My time in England was great. Lots of good times and funny stories. Now back to reality.

The show was great. We have included the NTQF profit numbers (with details to follow), but they were much more than last year. This is mainly due to our booth. I can’t say thank you enough to Grace & Pat for running it all and ALL you members who donated great things for the booth. Pat yourself on the back!

Looking forward to September. We have great programs coming up and the march to the end of the year will soon be a dash!!! It will be time to select new officers for next year and find some new committee chairs. Please consider the options before the committee comes to you (or you go to them).

And remember to check out the ‘Quilting Events are Everywhere’ section. Parker county and Johnson county quilt guilds are having their big events this month.

See ya at the meeting, Lynda

It is time to begin the process of finding and electing officers for 2026. I will start by apologizing because I should have done this in August ( or asked Cecilia to do it ). We need a nominating committee. This includes the past president/parliamentarian and 3 members from the guild at large. Please consider volunteering for this committee. We need a slate of officers for the October meeting for an election in November.

Danea Boquet, designer and creator of Fold&Sew quilting.

Fold&Sew is a family-owned business evolving the tradition of quilting in a fun, new, innovative way. With a patent-pending on its unique design, Fold&Sew quilts are unlike any other quilts you have encountered and are designed to be fast and simple to assemble. This makes Fold&Sew quilts ideal for novice quilters wanting to begin with a straightforward project, as well as veteran quilters wanting to create a handmade quilt in record time.

There will be a workshop to teach her unique and fun quilt method -- foldandsew.com – Fold&Sew

Wednesday, September 17, possibly 9 AM at the church.

October's program will be our own Dorene Joyce. She will be presenting 'Threads of Inspiration-a journey through Creativity'. There will also be a workshop.

The workshop with Dorene will be delayed until November 1.

In November, we will observe Veterans' Day and present QOV quilts during the meeting.

In December, we will have a Christmas party and install the officers for 2026.

Jan Hayworth doing Art Quilts.

Janet Swords -- Program VP

Yvette Richey -- Program VP

Membership Dues are $40 per year. $35 if you are 65 or older.

The guild web page can be accessed at

fwqg.org

We had a great show. We sold more tickets and the booth did GREAT. The rough profit was over $4000 (increase of over $2000 from last year)! I’ll have final numbers after we check on a few minor costs.

Profits will be calculated differently for the next show. Instead of % based on membership numbers, it will be based on participation (board, committee chairs, NTQF volunteer hours, EXPO volunteer hours, and number of quilts entered). So we need to ALL help in next year’s show to have money for our guild. More details to come.

And NTQF has already put in an order for Tshirts. They will be $20 each in pre-sales, $22 at the show.

We have a raffle quilt every 2 years.

We need someone to manage the raffle quilt for 2026. The planning and creation needs to be done THIS year.

Send Sunshine and Shadows directly to Anne Houpt: annhoupt@aol.com or via text message

We need hospitality volunteers for upcoming meetings. There will be a sign-up sheet on the hospitality table. Beginning next month, the list will also be published in the newsletter for the benefit of those like myself who sign up, then forget.

Marilyn is great, but we shouldn’t expect her to do everything.

Hope everyone had a great Labor Day.

Fall is in the air; however, we still have some Summer days. On those days, it is best to stay inside and work on projects.

To those that helped set up and then helped with the cleanup, I appreciate your help. Thank you to everyone that brought snacks to the August meeting. Everyone enjoyed them.

September Birthdays

9-04. Diane Estes

9-16. Serena Stroot

9-19. Karen Holder

9-24. Molly Risewick

9-29. Kay Lotz

Marilyn Smith,

Hospitality Committee

Next meeting Thursday, September 25, 11 AM, at Hollis Threads.

There is a $5 per person room usage fee.

In October, we are planning a field trip to a small quilt shop in Joshua.

Contact Wanda Edmunds or Sarah Tutt for more information. Or feel free to just drop in.

meets 2nd Tuesday evening

Our September meeting was hosted by Cherie Bigham. Lots of individual conversations were going on, but no world problems were solved. Then we discussed our bee retreat in November in Stephenville. Pat Wagers is going to show us how to make rag rug placemats. She gave us a list of items to bring if we were sewing the placemats and gave us a quick walk-through of the steps to sew them.

Show and Tell was next. Peggie Herring led with a tale of 12 quilt tops she found when she was cleaning her sewing room. Her goal is to quilt one each month. Go Peggie.

Chris Tomich showed a quilt she is making for her grandson. On it were deer, bears, and various forest animals. Chris, also making fleece blankets for students in FWISD. Grace Stroud showed a Carol Doak by the month quilt. She also had an oops table runner she made out squares she trimmed too small for her quilt. Next was a nursery guilt Grace made for JPS. Margo is working on a quilt for her youngest grandson and wanted our opinions on the colors.

If you know our group, you know we have opinions. Cheri Bingham had one JPS quilt to show and heart shaped pillows for breast cancer patients. Cheri is also making cubes for her co-workers. She is going to put pots of Christmas cactus in them. Cheri served peach cobbler and blackberry cobbler. Ice cream accompanied the cobbler when it was served. Yummy!!! Then Pat Wagers won all our fat quarters in a game of LRC.

Barbara Anderson hosted the August meeting. We talked about our lack of “green thumbs”.

Yes, we have all murdered plants. Then we moved on to high heels and bad feet. (I had one pair of heels in high school and found they were useless on the gravel playground at my church when I was

watching the little kids.) Now, to our business meeting. We discussed the annual quilt show and the great sales. Apparently, sales were way up this year.

This month, we brought socks for Safe Place. We brought socks in children’s sizes. This was followed by the show and tell part of our meeting. Judi Janes led off with a

quilt for her sister-in-law. Barbara Anderson Made a quilt out of sock monkey material for a dog shelter. Cheri presented 12 quilts for the NICU at JPS. When does this woman sleep? Chris Tomich had pillows for JPS, 5 baby quilts, and two Afghans. Once again, when do these people sleep? Carol Hughes was very happy to announce that she won the raffle quilt at the Modern Quilt show. Pat Wagers shared a mini quilt. Barbara Anderson served a strawberry bundt cake and lots of snacks. We had 4 birthdays this month, and they received fabrics from all the members of our bee. Then Grace proceeded to take all our fat quarters in a heated LRC game.

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

• 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.

Reserve your place at the Guild Retreat!

Bring your $25 (or more) deposit to reserve your spot for our 2026 Retreat.

Dates: April 16-19

Price: 2 nights $218

3 nights $327

Location: The Compass Centre in Mt. Calm

We have a great time and hope you’ll join us. We were nearly full last year, so make your reservation as soon as you can.

Thanks!

Shelley Clauss

We awarded our 130th quilt on the 17th of August, thanks to all our volunteers (YOU). You make it possible to honor so many veterans with beautiful quilts.

Recent activities include the submission of three quilts and one quilt top, distribution of kits for home completion, and a successful sew Day at the American Legion, where eight participants contributed log cabin blocks for upcoming quilts.

Cecilia Buckholz

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 Harris Downtown for their NICU unit.

Quilters, please take some time this fall to make a baby quilt for the NICU or make one of the other items that they need at JPS. They truly appreciate our donations.

Judi Janes and Carolyn Hughes

NICU Co-Chairpersons

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We encourage each member to read the information below, just to refresh your memory about all the items you can make for JPS. It’s not just NICU quilts. They love to get baby quilts of all sizes. The NICU quilts can’t contain flannel, but other quilts can. A new item added to the list is a wheelchair quilt (approximately 36 x 48).

Our donations are really appreciated by JPS, the moms, and any other patients who receive them.

NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) Quilts

One of our community service projects is making NICU quilts for John Peter Smith Hospital. NICU quilts are 36” x 36” prewashed cotton quilts -NO Flannel. These are placed on the incubators in the intensive care unit and become the property of the baby/baby’s family. As some of you may know, the Tight Knots Quilt Bee makes NICU quilts each year as one of their community service projects. Maybe your bee would consider doing the same.

JPS has also requested other items for their patients:

Baby Items:

Receiving blankets and baby quilts – of all sizes

Layettes and Isolettes no smaller than 52”x56”

Cozy Cub Slipcover (tubular coverlet) See the link below for a sample of this item. 40 inches long

9 inches – circumference for small

11 inches – circumference for large

CozyCub–Dandle.LionMedical www.dandlelionmedical.com

Adult Items:

These items are mainly used for patients undergoing chemotherapy at the JPS cancer center and geriatric patients.

Bags to hang on walkers

Adult quilts or blankets (quilted or fleece)

Wheelchair quilt (approximately 36 x 48).

Ostomy bag covers

Small heart-shaped pillows for breast cancer patients to place under their arms after surgery

New request — bags that can be attached to walkers to hold keys, water bottles and other small items.

More information on these is on the following website:

https://www.jpshealthnet.org/community/volunteeropportunities/other-opportunities-to-serve

Judi Janes and Carolyn Hughes

NICU/JPS Co-Chairpersons

We have vacancies in the committees that really need to be filled. Please look at the list carefully and let us know how you can help our guild.

Officers and Committees

2024-2025 Board

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

President Elect - Cecilia Buckholz 817-480-7606 cbuckholz1@gmail.com

VP Programs - Janet Swords 817-551-7003 janetswords@outlook.com

Yvette Richey 817-559-5065 richey57yr@gmail.com

Secretary - Becky Reavis 817-475-4912 alrubaiie1@hotmail.com

Treasurer - Pat Wagers 817-821-1137 pwagers@sbcglobal.net

Member at Large - Dave Beers 817-666-8404 quiltsbydave@gmail.com

Alice Clayton 682-201-7088 aliceclayton@gmail.com

Parliamentarian - Molly Risewick 817-721-0500 molly.risewick@gmail.com

2024-2025 Committees

Greeter - Barbara Dumas dumasfamily5@sbcglobal.net

Hospitality - Marilyn Smith marilynsmith1934@gmail.com

NICU - Judi Janes judi.janes@yahoo.com

Carolyn Hughes hughes1668@att.net

Hugs - Mary Lou Nelson ron.marylou@sbcglobal.net

Molly Risewick 817-721-0500 molly.risewick@gmail.com

Lovies - Beverly Peterson bpete1900@yahoo.com

Debbie/Janie Legacy - Sue Hilgardner gohawksrockchalk@gmail.com

Membership - Shelley Clauss shelley.clauss@att.net

and Grace Jackson

Newsletter - Sarah Tutt sarahtutt@yahoo.com

Quilt Show Rep - Molly Risewick molly.risewick@gmail.com

Quilt Show T-shirts - Dorene Joyce dorenegaye.joyce@gmail.com

Quilt Show Minis -Ann Houpt annhoupt@aol.com

Quilt Show Booth - Grace Stroud gstroud49@gmail.com

Raffle Quilt 2026 - needed

Retreats - Shelley Clauss shelley.clauss@att.net

Show N Tell - Alice Clayton aliceclayton@gmail.com

Sunshine/Shadows - Ann Houpt annhoupt@aol.com

Webmaster - Dorene Joyce dorenegaye.joyce@gmail.com

Wanda Edmunds dooleymac@gmail.com

Smores Administrator - Shelley Clauss shelley.clauss@att.net

Facebook Administrator - Becky Reavis alrubaiie1@hotmail.com

This is my quilt that was entered in the NTQF and won a 2nd place ribbon in the category. This was the first time I have ever entered a quilt into a show and I was pleasantly surprised! Thank you Molly for being persistent in asking us to enter!!

If you are looking for a quilt show (ANYWHERE), try out this website…

Quilt Guilds and Quilt Shows - Quilt Guilds and Quilt Shows

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

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

The Johnson County Quilt Guild will host a quilt show on September 19-20, 2025, at the Cleburne Conference Center. 1501 W. Henderson St. Cleburne, TX 76033

Tickets for the show are $10 for adults and free for children under 12.

Food trucks will be available.

Friday, September 19: 9 to 4

Saturday, September 20: 9 to 3

We would love to put your advertisement in the newsletter. Personal item or business.

NOTE: the description of ad categories has changed.

SIMPLE AD

-- Short paragraph plus one photo submitted in JPG format

-- $5 members, $10 non-members

COMPLEX AD

-- more than one photo

-- file(s) that must be attached

-- picture that must be reformatted (might or might not be accomplished.

-- extra formatting

-- $10 members, $15 non-members

Same ad running for three consecutive months - the third month is free

Payment should be made directly to the guild treasurer

We accept ads from Members and local merchants.

After working with Smore for a while, we have run into limitations of the formatting available to us. It is easiest if the information is sent either as text, JPG or JPEG pictures. We can attach PDF, Word, and XL documents to the newsletter, but they will appear as links and the reader must download them to their device to read them (easier if done from a laptop/desktop). DOC files that contain text only will be copied into the newsletter, but some of the formatting may be lost.

I would like to share pictures of show-and-tell items, but we must have someone willing to take pictures and email them to the guild email address.

If you are unable to bring your project to the meeting for Show and Share, send a picture to the guild address - with subject - Newsletter show n share. We can include a brief description