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: -------
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January 21, 2025. 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 first REAL cold weather has arrived. I hope everyone stayed warm (and dry). I had a great time with family over the holidays. I have great luck with VRBOs, and this one was a VERY large 1900s renovated home. Enough room for 2 adult children (with spouses), the almost full time ‘visiting’ of my 3rd adult child and family AND 2 nights of HUGE extended family dinners. When it all calmed down, my granddaughter (10) brought her sewing machine over and we spent two days making a rat costume for her school play. I loved it all and was very appreciative of the quiet home I returned to. (ha, ha).

January is the slow beginning of all the ‘quilting’ events. Time to find a volunteer to coordinate the 2026 raffle quilt (hint, hint). If you haven’t already started, we need quilts to enter into the NTQF show, items for the NTQF booth, and minis for the NTQF auction. And there are always those NICU quilts and lovies. Remember to bring your quilts for show and tell, since we didn’t get to see them in December! Too much? Well, have fun doing it ALL.

SECURITY !!! (repeat)

It’s time to remind everyone that …

When you leave, make sure you exit with SOMEONE. It’s the buddy system. There are occasionally people cutting through the parking lot at night and we don’t want any issues. Everything seems a little more scary at night if you are alone.

ALSO…the church would prefer that we only use one door for entering and leaving the church. So we will be using the KITCHEN entrance only.

If you do NOT have mobility issues, please use the parking spots further from that door, and leave the close ones for those in need. Thank you.

Officer Dwayne Kelley dwayne.kelley@tccd.edu -- will present a great Personal Safety program! ​

Officer Kelley has over 30 years of law enforcement experience with the Arlington Police Department and Tarrant County College District Police Department where he serves as Training Coordinator. More information can be found in his resume, which is linked here.

2/18/2025 Pat Speth "Nickle Quilt Lady" -- Intro: Five inch is a Cinch - zoom presentation

Pat has many books and presentations on quilt blocks made from 5" (Nickel} squares. Her facebook group is Pat Speth Nickel Quilts, where she generously provides many free blocks to her followers. She will be joining us via zoom.

3/18/2025 Deb Atchison with Legit Kits - Paper Piecing - kits will be available

A flyer about her presentation is linked below

4/15/2025 T-shirt quilts -- several guild members will discuss different techniques used in making t-shirt quilts

5/20/2025 Anne Moore

Ann Moore s a national quilting instructor and designer for Sew Steady/Westalee. Additional information can be found in her attached bio.

Janet Swords

Program VP and

Yvette Richey VP in Training

Hope to see you all at the meeting! If you have not yet renewed your membership, please bring payment to the next meeting. If you are unable to attend and have not yet paid, please mail a check made out to FWQG to the address following:

Shelley Clauss - FWQG

6428 Rockrose Trail

Fort Worth TX 76123

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

Dorene has been busy updating our website. Please have a look.

fwqg.org

If you have any suggestions, let Dorene or someone on the board know.

The new password to access newsletters from the website is WeQuilt4Fun. This is necessary to keep our members’ contact information from being globally accessible.

The theme for NTQF 2025 is “There’s No Place Like Home”. It is not too early to begin working on the quilts you plan to enter.

Molly Risewick has volunteered to be the FWQG show rep next year but needs a team to work with her. She will be glad to discuss specific tasks with you.

We have a raffle quilt every 2 years.

We need someone to manage the raffle quilt for 2026.

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

Happy New Year to everyone. Hope you had a Great Holiday Season.

Thank you to everyone that brought snacks to the December meeting and “Thank You “ to everyone that helped set up and then helped clean up after the meeting I appreciate all the help.

Bring a snack to share and enjoy the meeting.

January Birthdays

1-03. Janet Rankin

1-06. Melissa Picha

1-06. Diane Williams

1-12. Barbara Anderson

1-14. Janet Swords

1-26. Deborah Warren

Marilyn Smith Hospitality Committee

EMBROIDERY BEE

We have moved our meeting time to 10 am on the last Thursday of the month.

We will skip the January meeting, then begin meeting at Hollis Threads in February, and we pay $5 each for use of their meeting room. New members are welcome..

Contact Wanda Edmunds or Sarah Tutt for more information.

FRAYED KNOTS

We enjoyed our New Year sew-in and will meet again on Jan 14.

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.

Happy New Year

The QOV 2025 block has been announced, and it is the Log Cabin. Instructions are in the attachments below. We’ll be making lots of them and choosing different layouts to put them together. We’ll still be making star blocks and panel quilts. It’s fun seeing all the different quilts people come up with. And the veterans love them!

The QOVF National Sew Day is February 1, 2025. We will gather at The Berry Patch Quilt Shop again and sew blocks and quilt tops from 10-3. There is room for only eight people to sew, so I’ll have a sign-up sheet at the January meeting. Current QOV members are encouraged to go to the website and register for the sew day. They will be giving away prizes and you have to be registered to be eligible

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 recently, and have asked a representative of the unit to speak briefly about what they mean to the families.

Happy New Year fellow quilters!

Now that 2025 is here and the holiday rush is behind us, let's resolve to make at least one NICU quilt to donate this year. Our donations are really appreciated by JPS and the moms who receive them for their newborns.

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

Fort Worth Quilt Guild Meeting

December 17, 2024

Lynda McGee called the meeting to order at 6:42pm.

Molly Risewick moved to accept the November minutes and Janet Swords

second it. The guild approved the motion.

Security- Guild members were reminded to use the kitchen door only going

forward and to leave the meeting with a Buddy.

Jean Moulder, the recipient of the Raffle quilt encourages us to love each

other and to not ignore the nudges we get to contact friends and family.

Sue Hilgardner asked that anyone who helped with the preparations for the

raffle to stand and be recognized. She encouraged the guild to enjoy their

winnings, and to share the winnings that they might not be able to use.

Program - The RAFFLE!

Cecilia Buckholz graciously called the numbers for all the tickets and David

Beers, Janet Swords, Yvette Richey and guest, Angie Dallas were our

runners. Lynda McGee posted all the winning numbers for us. Thank you

all.

Membership-

Shelly Clauss stated we had 25 members signed in and 8 visitors.

Birthdays-

Marilyn Smith distributed gifts for the December birthdays

Lynda McGee adjourned the meeting at 8:03pm.

The Treasurer's report is attached to increase readability.

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

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 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

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 Trapunto-Dye Painting class

Dorene's sister Jackie is going to offer a one-day class on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - DYE PAINTING FABRIC TO MAKE TEXAS BLUE BONNETS EASY REVERSE TRAPUNTO PROJECT

taught by award-winning quilt artist - Jacqueline Lehto

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Time: 9 am to 3:00 pm

Where: West Freeway Church of Christ

1900 S. Las Vegas Trail

Fort Worth, TX 76108

Class Enrollment Fee: $45.00

A complete supply list will be provided upon enrollment.

(Not an official Guild event)

Go to Jackie's website to enroll: https://www.jackiessewingservice.com/one-session-class.html

Jackie will be teaching fabric dye painting to begin to make our background fabric and then place a fun and beautiful Texas Blue Bonnet on the background with a reverse trapunto method. You should be completely done with the project with the exception of the quilting and binding during the class time.

Hope you'll join Jackie and me for this fun and creative class!

Dorene will have a sample at the January meeting.

For addtional informaton, Contact Dorene Joyce at 817-995-5740 or email her at dorene@dorenejoyce.com

Quilting 101/Beginner Sewing (all ages)

Beginning Sewing/Quilting Class:

Dorene is putting a beginner sewing/quilting class together. If you know anyone that is interested in learning to quilt or sew, please let me know. 817-995-5740

Dorene Joyce

817-995-5740

dorenejoyce.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 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.

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