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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May 20, 2025. Social 6 pm. The meeting starts at 6:30 pm.

The door to the church kitchen will be open (the one closest to Las Vegas Trail).

Quilt show entries are due at the end of this month. May 31.

NTQF Entry Form 2025

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.

There are always things on the horizon. The registration for NTQF 2025 quilts is fast approaching (May 31). Please try to enter a quilt. I think we all love seeing quilts from someone we know. And I am really looking forward to the May workshop by Ann Moore. I’m always looking for new binding ideas. There is a limit to how many can attend, so contact Yvette if you are interested. May means the end of school (or almost) so many families are busy. I’m even going to a field day with my grandkids in a few weeks. Busy, busy, busy…gotta get some quilts finished!

See ya at the meeting.

Ann Moore

Program and Workshop

Award-winning quilter Ann Moore

will present the program at our regular Tuesday evening meeting.

She will also lead a workshop on Saturday, May 24th. The cost of the workshop will be $35. Kits are

available for an additional $35, or you can use your own fabric and supplies.

The signup sheet and the class information for the workshop will be available at the meeting. see Yvette or Janet.

Fees are due on Tuesday at the meeting.

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

The handouts from the April meeting are almost complete and will be included in a special announcement email sometime this week!

June meeting: We will have our second Debbie fabric raffle!

Please be sure to invite your friends and fellow quilters for this wonderful opportunity.

We had a lot of fun at the December raffle, and this is a great fundraiser for our guild. Raffle tickets will be bundled in $5, $10, and $20 packets. Tickets go on sale at 6:00.

We will take a break halfway through, so please bring a snack to share.

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. She will be offering a workshop to teach her unique and fun quilt method.

foldandsew.com – Fold&Sew

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

Quilt registration is now open for NTQF. Registration deadline is May 31. Payment deadline is June 21. Check out the rules and instructions (there are new categories), we can answer any questions at the meeting. Remember to check and save your confirmation email!

Entry Rules & Instructions

NTQF Entry Form 2025

Please enter quilts! The organizers want to exceed 300! Let’s do our part.

Ann Houpt has agreed to handle the guild’s minis. I am so grateful that she stepped up. Let’s all hand her a mini!

We are excited to offer you T-shirts for the North Texas Quilt Festival again this year! Please stop by the NTQF-T-shirts table to pick up your T-shirt for the show right away.

Crew Neck or V-Necks are available.

The cost of the T-shirts is $18.00 Same as last year! (They will be $20 if purchased at the show.)

Sizes available: S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL

It's a wonderful design! - wear this and you can click your heels and find yourself home! It's going to be a WIcked theme this year!

Why Buy a T-shirt? It supports programs for FWQG! This is a moneymaker for us when you buy it at the meeting and brings in quality programs for you. So in effect, it helps everyone!

FOR SHORTENING YOUR SHIRTS: - I wanted to shorten my t-shirt - and found this great tutorial to help me shorten my t-shirts. I wanted to share this video with you. https://youtu.be/wJFBvZvScrk?si=WOTMtGmzCJW7wQEU

Also: If there is anyone with a serger that would like to take t-shirt shortening work for hire to shorten t-shirts, please contact Dorene.

Thank you!

T-Shirt Coordinator

Dorene Joyce

PRESALE PRICE IS $12.

Each guild is given an allotment of quilt show tickets to sell. Hopefully, I (Grace Stroud) will be selling tickets at our next meeting. These tickets can be had for a lower price than on the days of the show, and the guild gets to keep all of the money we make selling tickets. So please plan to buy your tickets ahead of time. Buy extras for guests you’d like to invite. Help me to not turn in any unsold tickets.

Time marches on and the quilt show will be here before we know it. I have been working along with many others to create handmade items having something to do with kitchen/dining to sell at our both. This month I’ve made potholders—bluebonnet potholders and chicken potholders. The chickens were fun to make; there are purple chickens and green chickens and chickens with pink wings! I’m hoping to make some wine bottle bags and some more jar and bottle openers. I’d love to have some table runners, some potato bags big enough for tortillas (fajita sized), and will be most grateful for any contributions. The best thing is that the guild gets to keep every penny we make in our booth. Can you, will you make just one beautiful thing to donate?

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

May Day! May Day! May Day! May is a busy month. We have Mayfest, Cinco de Mayo, Mother’s Day, graduations, Memorial Day, get entries ready for NTQF, birthdays, and for the kids and Teachers —-SCHOOL’S OUT!!! Start of summer vacation.

Thank you to all who brought items for refreshments to the April guild meeting. Everyone enjoyed them. Also, thank you to those who helped set up and clean up after the meeting. I appreciate your help so very much.

Find that recipe you have been wanting to try…make it and bring to the May guild meeting.

May Birthdays

5-4. Shelly Clauss

5-17. Cecilia Villa

Marilyn Smith

Hospitality Committee

Next meeting Thursday, May 29, 11 AM, at Hollis Threads.

There is a $5 per person room usage fee.

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

meets 2nd Tuesday evening

The Tight Knots bee met on May 7th at the home of Grace Stroud. Chris Tomich brought multiple baby quilts to donate. Cecilia Villa showed us a vintage apron that she is donating to the boutique. Cheri Bigham and Carolyn Hughes both brought baby quilts to show. All of us turned in two pillowcases each to be donated to Safe Haven. We celebrated Cecilia’s birthday by gifting her with Kaffe Fassett fabrics. We ate pineapple upside down cake and played LRC for patriotic fat quarters that Pat Wagers won.

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.

Retreat Pictures

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.

It’s been a busy month for our QOV group. On April 27th we drove out to Newcastle, TX to award quilts to four Vietnam veterans. When we arrived, there was a fifth added to the list. He had already received his Quilt of Valor in November but was invited by his friends to bring it and be wrapped along with them. The more the merrier, right!

This small community put on an incredibly special event for their veterans. One of the members of their church sang America the Beautiful. The son of one of the veterans got up and spoke about how his dad was his hero and how proud he was of his service in the Air Force.

Our friends Bill and Leta Goodman, who usually attend our QOV ceremonies, also drove out present the Vietnam Commemorative pins. Laurel Grannan received a surviving spouse pin.

A lovely reception was held in the fellowship hall afterward.

QOV Sew Day at Hollis Threads May 22, 2025 9-4. The cost is $5 per person for the use of the facility. Please pay Jennifer when you arrive. You can come for a few hours or spend the entire day with us. Bring your lunch or pick something up from one of the many local restaurants. We will have quilt kits and block kits ready for you to sew. Just bring your sewing machine and your usual supplies.

More kits and information will be available for members to pick up at the May meeting. I have backing fabric to go with the QOV quilt tops you make.

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 Harris Downtown for their NICU unit.

Eighteen quilts were delivered to JPS in April. We had an assortment of NICU quilts and baby quilts plus one larger adult quilt. Thanks to all who donated.

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

Carolyn Hughes and Judi Janes

JPS 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

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

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

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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.

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