April 2004

Meeting Dates:

(4^th Monday of month)

Senior Citizen Building

150 MJK Blvd

Sulphur Springs

April 26

May 24

5:30-6:00   Social Time &

          Beginners’ Class

6:00-7:00- Refreshments

7:00-8:00- Program               8:00-8:45 Show&Tell

                Business Mtg.

    BOARD MEETING

(1^ST  Monday of month)

5pm Chamber of Commerce

May 3

June 7

Everyone is invited

Our Purpose:

Preserving the heritage of quilting…

Promoting the knowledge and understanding of all aspects of quilting…

Providing opportunities for continuing education among those interested in the art of quilting…

CIRCLES:

Day:

Join the Country Quilters each 2^nd Monday

At Our Savior Lutheran

Church, 1000 Texas St.,

Beginning at 10:00 a.m.

*bring a sack lunch!

Night:

The Night Stars meet every 2^nd & 3^rd Tuesday at members’ homes.  Call Billie Ruth (439-0862), or

Sharon (438-1942) for locations.

Bring toiletries for Family Haven!

BIRTHDAYS

April:

Deanna Hasten          4/12

Cristina Perry             4/17

Valerie Brunson         4/22

Ethel Winton              4/22

Jade Hunter               4/26

Ali Wittmer                4/29

May:

Katy Gulley                5/03

Lequida Jennings      5/04

Rebecca Hunter         5/08

Jean Thurman            5/13

Sylvia Martin              5/22

Invite a friend or neighbor to a meeting!

Upcoming Events

Garage/Bake Sale      4/17

Paducah Show      4/21-24

Heritage Park             5/08

Sesquicentennial       July

Rally Day-Tyler           7/31

SS Quilt Show       9/17-18

Canton Show       10/15-16

Heritage Park             Oct

Houston Show        11/4-7

Lone Star Heritage Quilt Guild

Sulphur Springs, Tx.

REMINDER!!!!                 GARAGE SALE—

------SATURDAY--APRIL17

A Note From Our President…

Dear Fellow Quilters:

 Can you believe that 1/3 of our year is already gone? And isn’t spring glorious!!! By the time you receive this, our garage sale will be history and I know that it will have been a very successful one----all because of your commitment to our guild.

The next project will be our participation at the Heritage Park on May 8^th. This day takes the least amount of work and is so enjoyable because we can bring handwork and visit while we answer questions from the public as they enjoy our quilt display. The areas we need help in for this day are: set up, loaning of your quilts for the display, setting with the display, selling tickets for our donation quilt and take down. Please be prepared to sign up in the area you can help with at our next meeting. We’ll have sign-up sheets ready for you.

I hope you were able to go to either the Dallas or Tyler Quilt show. Be getting ready for ours by working on your entry for the show.

             See you on the 26^th!

             Jan

Vice President of Programs…Carolyn Tosh 

  Thanks to Jo Parrot for the program and demo for the Cathedral Window. Plus the trunk show she shared with us.

   The Color Wash Trip Around The World workshop dates are: May 15^th and June 19^th. If you have not signed up, be sure and do so as we need to know how many to plan for plus our space is limited.

April Program:

April program will be presented by Alice and Yvonne from Country Junction in Willis Point. They will show us how to do the “May West Vest”. The Supply list for those who wish to make the vest that night is:

1 yd Batting

1 yd Fabric for outside

1 yd Lining

½ yd contrast for bias—Please have this cut in 2” strips

Scissors—Velcro—rotary cutter—machine and thread.

Country Junction will have a booth in the Terrell show for those of you who plan to attend. They will have fabric available that works great with this vest.

 Membership Secretary…Sharon Callahan

Hi Everyone, hasn't the weather been great.  I'm hoping it holds for that wonderful day at the park, "Stuarts Park”. That’s right, the GARAGE/BAKE SALE is right around the corner, April 17th.  I'm looking forward to seeing each one of you and all the wonderful items you bring.  We will be starting at 6:30 a.m., and we need your help.  I would like to thank all of you who have been working behind the scenes with advertising (Deanna) and for the Great flyers (Patsy).  This truly is the most fun day of the year. 

Please remember to price all of your items, as there won't
be time on the morning of the 17th.

I would like to welcome Betty Hammock, a previous member and
Myrt Waller a New Member.  I get so excited as our Guild continues to grow and we have the opportunity to meet more and more people who live in our community and believe in what we do.  We now have 69 members.

Treasurer…Gwen Kearney

Texas Association of Quilt Guilds report:

Remember RALLY DAY! – Saturday, July 31 – FREE! – Mary Ellen Hopkins – Bernina 125 give away – door prizes – goody bags – miniature quilt silent auction – show & tell – lunch boxes – tea, crumpets, and discounts at quilt shops – FUN, FUN, FUN!

The Bernina chances are $1 each and the lunch boxes are $6.  Small wall hangings for the silent auction are also requested from each guild, and if you can help, it would be great!

Gwen Karney

 Recording Secretary…Jo Gossett

Regular Meeting              March 22, 2004   Lone Star Heritage Quilt Guild

  Meeting held at Senior Citizens Center with Jan Bartley, president, presiding.

  Check for $500.00 each was presented to Hospice and Alzheimer’s at the First United Methodist Church, called “Terrific Tuesday”.

  Hostesses for April: Valerie Brunson, Brenda Dial, Melba Crain, and Dora Gross.

  Gwen Karney reported the guild had $1315.00 last month, guild spent $698.00. The rally in Tyler is July 31^st, all day. Mary Ellen Hopkins will be there. Our goodie bags are ready for door prizes.

 Program for next month is not finalized.

Workshop with Bettie Hammock changed to May 15^th and June 19^th. Class is $20.00 plus book $12.00.

  Jo Parrot presented our program. She demonstrated the Cathedral Window. Her husband helped her show her beautiful wall hangings and quilts.

  Birthdays were honored for February and March with members having birthdays in these months. Jan Bartley, Colleen Hines, Emma Williams, Carolyn Tosh, Linda Bailey, Dana Darty, Lois Grossman and Carol Lamprecht.

  Pat Pillard had fabric for members to take home and make blocks for our2005 donation quilt.

  Billy Ruth Standbridge said our quilt for 2004 would be taken to Terrell Quilt Show.

  Need flower quilts for April to show in West Side Plaza Windows. Applique quilts for May. Change windows on April 5^th.

  Roberta Vanderburg reminded members to make things for the boutique at Fall Quilt show.

  Sharon Callahan and Patsy Crist reminded everyone about April 17^th garage sale and bake sale.

  Guild Quilt Show will be September 17^th and 18^th.

  We had 38 members present and welcomed back Bettie Hammock and Myrt Waller as new member. We had three visitors – Ruth Fisher, Pam Bell and Jan Morrison.

  Billie Ruth elected to be our ambassador to the Chamber of Commerce. Gwen Karney made nomination and Roberta Vanderburg seconded it.

  There will be a scissor sharpener t the Quilt Show.

Meeting adjourned.

Respectfully submitted by Jo Gossett, Recording Secretary. 

Librarian…Billie Ruth Standbridge

     We have another Fons and Porter magazine available for check out.  Remember to look over the patterns as well as the books.  As I mentioned before, if you have any patterns, labeled with your name, that you are willing to share on a check out basis, please bring them and add to the group that we have.  Maybe I'll have some new things to share from Paducah.

Reporter/Publicist…Deanna Hasten

Design Committee Report…Pat Pillard

What a beautiful spring we are having! Hope everyone is enjoying it and feeling awesome.

Two items this month are on my mind.

 Ticket sales. If you haven’t gotten your packet, please do so, but not during the business meeting. Remember all members are required to purchase or sell $20.00 in tickets. I am not sure what the penalty would be but I wouldn’t want to risk it! Just kidding of course. Please return your stubs and your money to me so you will be given credit for your sales. On the envelope write your name and the amount enclosed. IF you have taken the quilt to an event, please include that information so we can track successful events. I will record that information and pass all along to Gwen Karney.

Starting this month we will have the wonderful hopper (our very own Ticket Tumbler) that Tommy Powell, Pat Powell’s husband made for us. It will be at each meeting so we can see our sales growth.

Donation quilt squares. It is very important that all squares be turned in by April meeting. The workday is set for Wednesday, May 5 at 10 am. Sandwiches, cookies, and drinks will be provided so please come and experience the fun of working together. It is one of the best things about our guild. We will be meeting at the educational building of the Our Savior Lutheran Church, at the corner of Texas and Peach. This is where the day circle meets and a great place to work. We thank Cecilia Anderson for making this available to us.

Please turn in all ticket sales or quilt squares either before or after the business meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

Pat Pillard

Design Chairperson

Hostess Chairman…Patsy Crist

  We really want to thank the hostesses last month for serving us delicious food and snacks. A big thank you to hostess coordinator, Jo Gossett and other hostesses, Ann Billington, Flo Cain, and Katy Gulley, Everything was great!

  April 26^th hostesses are: Melba Crain—Coordinator, Valerie Brunson, Brenda Dial, and Dora Gross.

BAKE SALE   I want to thank each lady for volunteering to bake and donate to the Bake Sale for April 17^th. We need baked items early on the morning of April 17^th (Saturday). If you can not get them up to Paul Stewart’s location on Broadway, we have 3 ladies that volunteered to be a Drop-off point for your baked items and drinks at their home in Sulphur Springs. Please do the drop-off the day before. They are Jo Gossett, Bettie Hammock, and Peggie Wilkinson.

COOKBOOK---Don’t Forget to send your recipes to me by e-mail or bring them to the next meeting. I hope everyone will participate in this so that it will truly be a guild cookbook with recipes from every member. Thanks to Sherry Shockley for e-mailing some terrific recipes!

For questions call me at    903-994-2495

E-Mail                                [email protected]

Cake Mix Cookies-baked for our last general meeting by Jo Gosssett

1box of Cake mix (any flavor)

½ c. oil

2 eggs

Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Make into small balls & place on cookie sheet. Bake 10 minutes @  350.             Serves approx. 3dz.

My 3 favorites are lemon, German Chocolate, and Yellow mixes. I don’t add anything to the lemon except oil & eggs. To the German Chocolate mix I add the oil, eggs, coconut, & pecans. To the yellow mix I add oil, eggs, Zest from 1 big orange & 2 teaspoons orange extract.

 Submitted by: HOSTESS CHAIRPERSON - PATSY CRIST                  

Quilters’ Bulletin Board

Fall Festival Quilt Committee......Billie Ruth Standbridge

     I went with Gwen Karney to the last TAQG meeting to attend a session on "How to Put on a Quilt Show".  Many good ideas and lots of questions.  Our Quilt Committee met Monday before the board meeting to refine our Entry Form and we will be following with a training session in the latter part of April.  The lady who has chaired the Tyler Quilt Show for the last 3 years will be the resource person and we will be meeting with some of the Greenville quilters who want to start their own show.  Tyler has been putting on their show for 23 years.  I realize our goals and restrictions aren't exactly the same as Tyler's but there are some commonalities that I feel sure that we can benefit from.

“Heritage Quilt Stars” Quilt Show------Canton, TX   Oct. 15^th (9-5) and 16^th (9-4) 2004

Presented by Heritage Quilt Guild of Van Zandt County at the Civic Center on

Hwy 64 West, Canton, TX. For more information, SASE to

Sue Rejmaniak      161 Deer Island Rd.           Mabank, TX 75156

Or send e-mail to [email protected]

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So many brought quilts for the beautiful spring flowers display at West Side Plaza..  Many thanks to all the helpers:  Pat Harrington, Pat Sparks, Joy Rutledge and Emma Williams.  A lady wanted to buy Jan's Dutch Doll quilt in last month's display.  The cook at the Plaza restaurant wants one of Ashbaker's log cabin heart quilts.  If there's anybody out there who wants to follow up on any of these leads, I'll be glad to give you the names.  I can't say that either of them said what they would pay.  We're getting so much good feedback about the window displays.  I think it's pretty phenomenal that we have now been doing this for over a year.  Who would've thought?   We missed Deanna and her talented touch, but her mother is quite ill and she was not able to come to town at that time. 

Beginning Quilt Class - Billie Ruth Standbridge

Beginners' Class.....Ms. Billie

    I'm so sorry I won't be here for your class and I'm so sorry Jade that you and your mom came to the Guild meeting on the wrong day.  We missed you in our class.  Some of you are working on things of your own, so please continue.  For those of you who have not started a project, how about having at least one or more 4 patches made. or a 9 patch, maybe something that can be made into a pillow?  As soon as you have something finished it goes on display in the windows at the West Side Plaza

Window Display in West Side Plaza Deanna Hasten

  Flowers are blooming and bunnies are hopping at the windows for April. For the month of May, the them will be MOTHERS ---which includes quilts made by your mothers, grandmothers, etc. and also quilts you have made for your mothers and grandchildren, and so on.  

  Please write a full descriptive story because those who view the quilts really enjoy the details on each one.

  If you have a pillow, stuffed toy or something similar with a family history, please bring those also to the April 26^th Guild meeting.

Thank you all for your generosity in sharing with us.

                        Printing donated by:  Greg Walker, Advantage Copy Systems

                                                                       Sulphur Springs,TX