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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October 15, 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.

In Texas, October means the beginning of fall… eventually. I seem to be suffering from a case of the ‘scatters’. I’m trying to make a replacement quilt for my bed. I picked an easy pattern with large pieces. It shouldn’t take that long! I get started, then something else jumps to the top of the ‘to do’ list. Laundry, groceries, grandkids, a customer quilt, new tires, this newsletter input. I’m sure no one else has this problem. And I’ve been looking at some of Debbie Miles’ unfinished kits. She was brilliantly organized and had so much great stuff. Sue, who is chairman for the Debbie/Janie Legacy Committee, said Debbie had so much stuff, that she was driven to finish some of her UFOs. Over the next several (many more) months, you will be hearing about all the plans for Debbie and Janie’s things. There will be some orphan blocks on the free table at this month’s meeting. Look for more info in the ‘programs’ section. See ya on Tuesday.

October Program

October brings Becky Goldsmith owner of Piece O’Cake shop. She will give a program titled “Quilting on a Quilt- The Secret Lives of Thread & Needles”.

Becky Goldsmith

pieceocake.com

We will also have a selection of items on the Free table that were given to the guild by Debbie Miles's family.

November will be our Annual Quilt of Valor presentation. We will be giiving Quilts to some distinguished service personnel. It’s always a beautiful ceremony and you will enjoy the opportunity to share and learn about their experiences.

December seems far away, but our Annual Christmas party and potluck is always a great fun time for all—lots to look forward to and more news to come. Look forward to upcoming announcements of items that will be gifted at this festive gathering.

Janet Swords

817-551-7003

With a new year starting, it is time to renew your membership for a new year

The theme for NTQF 2025 is “There’s No Place Like Home”. So you can start working on your ‘theme’ quilt.

Molly Risewick has volunteered to be FWQG show rep next year.

COMING SOON !!!!!

The raffle quilt ‘season’ is drawing to an end. The drawing is at the November meeting. Keep selling those tickets. Remember to mention that our quilt won Honorable Mention Ribbon at the NTQF 2024. Get more from Shelley at the membership desk or return (if necessary).

PLEASE CONSIDER !!!

We also need members to volunteer to take the quilt somewhere and sell tickets. This can be another guild, a shop, a retreat. Anywhere you are willing to go. No one wants to do this alone but one meeting: one day, maybe with a friend???? Is there another guild you are a member of? Is there a guild you have wanted to visit? This is the way. Ask one of the board members if you don’t know how to contact someone to visit.

Thank you so much to Shelley Clauss who has agreed to handle the logistics for the quilt. Contact Shelley if you would like to take the quilt somewhere and sell tickets.

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

Congratulations to our newly installed Officers. Thank you to everyone that brought a dish to the covered dish dinner last month and thank you to the ones that haled set up and then helped clean up after the meeting. I appreciate your help very much much.

Just bring a snack to share with the members.

October Birthdays

10-05. Christine Tomich

10-06. Donna Anderson

10-07. Dee Ramirez

10-13. Sue Hilgardner

10-19. Cynthia Barnett

10-22. Nancy Smith

10-29. Carolyn Hughes

10-29. Laura Thomas

Marilyn Smith

Hospitality

EMBROIDERY BEE

We have set our meeting time to 2 pm on the last Thursday of the month.

We continue to rotate our meeting site. New members are welcome.

This month, we will share items featuring pumpkins.

Contact Wanda Edmunds or Sarah Tutt for more information.

FRAYED KNOTS

We met on November 8 and enjoyed a time for food, fellowship, and seeing what other group members are working on.

TIGHT KNOTS --

Tight Knots Bee -- August

Our August meeting was hosted by Cheri Bigham. We discussed the closing of Patty's Last Resort and how it affected our annual retreat. The group then talked about other locations and assigned members to get information about them. Next was Show and Tell. Chris Tomich showed a wheelchair quilt made from 2x3 strips. Cecilia Villa had a baby quilt she is working on. She is doing a round robin quilt until it is 36" for NICU. She also showed a dog quilt, a kid's quilt, and a Quilt of Valor she quilted. Judi Janes' ladybug quilt for a baby was so cute. Pat Wagers brought many kaleidoscope blocks she had in her orphan block stash. She made two table runners, a table topper, and two quilts. That is some serious kaleidoscope blocks. Go Pat Wagers. Margo Grunseich shared a NICU quilt of fun colors. She also presented a quilt she has made for her son as a gift when gets his PHD this summer. He is receiving his PHD from A&M in Entomology. Of course, the quilt is covered in bugs. Cheri Bingham has made many Bonnie Hunter quilts and says she is sizing them down now. She made a lovely baby quilt. We enjoyed a wonderful strawberry cake bar. You were able to add your own special toppings. YUM! Then a quick game of LRC, where Chris Tomich took home some beautiful Black/Bright fat quarters.

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.

Shelley has already begun to take reservations for the 2025 retreat, which will be April 3-6, 2025.

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.

Fifteen veterans received Quilts of Valor in September. Six of them were wrapped in the ceremony held at Hollis Threads on Sunday September 22nd. Jennifer and Shari Hollis are so generous to open their shop for our QOV ceremonies. We appreciate them so much!

The other awards were smaller but just as meaningful to the recipients and those in attendance.

We assembled fifteen star blocks at the sew day on Oct. 1st at the American Legion. We would like to have a better turnout at the next sew day, so we will be asking for suggestions on preferred days of the week to hold our next one. For anyone wondering, this is a non-smoking facility and easy to get to. We appreciate Laurel Grannan for helping to get it set up.

I will bring a couple of the kits I prepared to the next meeting.

Cecilia Buckholz

817-480-7606

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.

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. 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.

Adult quilts or blankets (quilted or fleece)

Ostomy bag covers

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

Submitted by: Judi Janes and Carolyn Hughes – NICU Co-Chairpersons

More information on these is on the following website:

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

Show N Tell September meeting

The minutes are attached as files to increase readability.
The treasurer's report will be released later.

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

second needed

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

second needed

Lovies - Beverly Peterson bpete1900@yahoo.com

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

Membership - Shelley Clauss shelley.clauss@att.net

second needed

Newsletter - Sarah Tutt sarahtutt@yahoo.com

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

Quilt Show Tshirts - needed

Quilt Show Minis - needed

Quilt Show Booth - Grace Stroud gstroud49@gmail.com

Raffle Quilt 2026 - needed

Retreats - Shelley Clauss shelley.clauss@att.net

Show N Tell - Alice Clayton

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

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

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Short text -- $5 members, $10 non-members

Half page with one picture -- $10 members, $15 non-members

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 PNG pictures. We can attach PDF 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.

ALSO, WE NEED PICTURES!

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