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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November 19, 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.

The time is racing toward the end of 2024. I hope that you are farther along on those

Christmas present projects than I am. Remember to enjoy the moment rather than worry about the material things. Thanksgiving is just that. So enjoy your friends, family, food… whatever your traditions are (or make new ones).

The raffle quilt will be won by the end of the November meeting. And December meeting is shaping up to be something new for us… and fun. So give the newsletter a thorough read and keep an eye on your email for guild updates. See ya at the meeting.

November Program

November will be our Annual Quilt of Valor presentation. We will be giving Quilts to 10 distinguished service personnel. It’s always a beautiful ceremony and you will enjoy the opportunity to share and learn about their experiences.

The Six Flags Chapter of DAR will be supplying the refreshments. A big thank you to Karen Weisman and her group for their generous support.

December Christmas Extravaganza!

Come One, Come ALL to our December 17, 2024 FWQG meeting for fun bidding on FABULOUS QUILTING BUNDLES!

Everyone SHOULD leave a WINNER. You have the opportunity to BID on:

TOTES,

Bundles of beautiful fabric,

Rulers & Quilting what-nots!

Start saving $10 and $20 bills to buy your tickets. We are selling tickets for $0.25 each in $10 or $20 bags. You will get 40 tickets per $10 bag and 80 tickets per $20 bag of tickets. You may buy multiple bags to your heart's content!

The long white tables will be lined with delightful bundles of quilting fabric neatly bundled together with ribbon, and a paper bag taped in front of it for depositing your ticket(s).

A winner from each bag will be selected. Come and rejoice when your number is called!! Bring a Big Bag to take home all your winnings. We will have 50 Bundles for bidding, so bring yourself and a buddy to catch up with your Quilting family, have a blast and snack on favorite finger foods. Please bring one to share with the members. YUM!!

This will be a memorable event and FUN event. Looking forward to your company on Tuesday, December 17, 2024 @ 6:15 PM.

Janet Swords

Program VP and

Yvette Richey VP in Training

1/21/2025 Officer Dwayne Kelley dwayne.kelley@tccd.edu

2/18/2025 Pat Seth Intro: Five inch is a Cinch

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.

It’s TIME!!!

The raffle quilt drawing will be at the November meeting. If you have any tickets to turn in, bring them. If you want to purchase a few more, bring some money (or check).

The drawing will be after the break.

We will have the quilt on display one more time. So have a look, admire your work and cross you fingers for luck!

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

We are back to standard time. Having set the clocks back to regain the hour we lost last spring. The elections are in the rear view mirror. Thanksgiving is just weeks away so much to do so little time.

Thank you to everyone that brought refreshments to the October meeting and thank you to the ones that helped set up and helped clean up after the meeting. I appreciate your help.

At our November meeting we will have Quilts-of-Valor presentations so we are expecting many guests, the recipient family and friends.

The Six Flags Chapter of DAR will be supplying the refreshments. A big thank you to Karen Weisman and her group for their generous support. But we always have room for member-supplied refreshments so we have a nice selection for everyone to enjoy.

November Birthdays

11-07 Barbara Dumas

11-07 Shelia Strickland

11-13 C J Jordan

11-15. Laura Callison

11-20. Susan Conerll

11-20. Yvette Richly

11-21. Becky Alruballe

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 12 and enjoyed a time for food, fellowship, and seeing what other group members are working on.

TIGHT KNOTS --

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.

At this time, we have ten Veterans who will attend our November meeting and Quilts of Valor Ceremony to receive their quilts. It would be great to have a lot of our members there to help celebrate and honor these special Veterans. Please plan on attending.

I’m asking our members to please save the first three rows for our Veterans and their families.

The Six Flags Chapter of DAR will be supplying the refreshments. A big thank you to Karen Weisman and her group for their generous support.

Cecilia Buckholz

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. We delivered about 150 of them last week, and have asked a representative of the unit to speak briefly about what they mean to the families.

Heart pillows that were made by Chris Tomich were donated to JPS in October. NICU quilts, baby quilts, and other baby items were also delivered. Thanks to all who donated !

Judi Janes and Carolyn Hughes
NICU Co-Chairpersons

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

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

Texas IS a State of Mind

Oct 25 - Dec 11

Cultural Activities Center

3011 N 3rd St

Temple, Tx 76501

254.773.9926

Reception Friday, Nov 15 5-8 PM featuring Jane Dunnewold @ 6:30 speaking on “Your Artwork as Self Reference—Are You Making the Artwork You Love?”

CAC Current Gallery Hours

M-F 8:30 AM - 4 PM unless otherwise posted

Tuesday and Thursday evenings until 7:30 PM

Some Saturday mornings 9 AM - Noon

Jonquele Jones

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

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

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.

Reverse Trappunto and Dye Painting Class: Wednesday - January 29: 9-3

Jackie Lehto is teaching a dye painting class with reverse trapunto bluebonnets! To learn more about the class or for more information please contact Dorene Joyce by emailing her - Dorene@dorenejoyce.com or call her 817-995-5740. (Not sponsored by FWQG)

Quilt Classes over the Weekend: January 31, February 1 and 2, 2025. Friday - Saturday - Sunday

Quilting with Jackie Texas Quilt Camp is coming up soon and Early bird registration is ending soon. See her website for details and to register: https://www.jackiessewingservice.com/2025-tx-camp-registration.html

Thank you!

Dorene Joyce

Beeline Home Concierge offers preventative care, repairs, and improvements for your home.

Our Clients love the Concierge experience and knowing their dedicated Concierge is there to help with the challenges of owning a home.

Matt Ferguson

Founder and Chief Concierge

www.beelineconcierge.com

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