The Monarch
Coastal Prairie Quilt Guild Of Texas
November 2012
Volume 5, Issue 3
FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT Sally Staner
My quilting hobby has gone from just that, an occasional hobby, to a lifelong learning experience,
especially since I joined CPQG 2 years ago. I have taken many wonderful workshops and learned so
much through the workshop opportunities offered by our guild.
The various instructors have tweaked my interest in color, techniques, and patterns which have
broadened my quilting horizons. I am now not afraid of flying geese, appliqué, or even paper
piecing. Though I may not be proficient in them, at least I’m trying!
I would encourage each of you to not pass up the wonderful opportunity to learn from nationally
acclaimed instructors from all over the USA who come to our guild every month. You get to learn
new skills while at the same time enjoying the fun of learning with your CPQG friends in a nonthreatening environment.
October’s workshop was so worthwhile. The pattern was not difficult and I learned several new tips
to make piecing easier. I can’t wait for November’s workshop where I hope to improve my appliqué
skills. Hope to see you there – if not at the November workshop then at another one of the
upcoming workshops!
Sally
Wanted: Energetic, enthusiastic, CPQG member with computer skills, to serve as Vice President of
Membership. If you’d like to help promote and grow our guild, we’d love to hear from you. Please
contact Sally Staner at [email protected].
NEXT MEETINGS
Evening: November 7, 7:00 pm Day: November 15, 10:00 am Workshop: November 15, 1:00pm
Meetings and workshop held at the First United Methodist Church of Missouri City
President’s Letter
1
Quilting Bees
5
Raffle Quilt
9
Programs
2
Fall Festival
6
Minutes
10
Workshops
2
Anysoldier.com
6
Library
11
Activities
3
Bees and Blossoms
7
Treasurer’s Report
11
Quilts from the Heart
4
Membership
7
Officers and Chairs
12
Quilts of Valor
4
Upcoming Events
8
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PROGRAMS Cheryl Jacobs
Wednesday, (evening) November 7, 2012:
Melissa Subotka—An Unexpected Quilt Journey as a Quilt Artist
Melissa received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Stephen F. Austin State
University and went on to become a graphic artist in Dallas. After taking time
out to raise a family, she became know for interior decorating, special events
planning and costume design. In 2008, she began making art quilts and now
adds to her list of talents designing and creating liturgical banners. She won
the Outstanding Art Quilt award at the Paducah Show in 2012. Melissa will
present a slide and trunk show of her quilts.
Thursday, (morning) November 15, 2012:
Georgann Wrinkle-Baltimore Album Quilts
Presentation of Georgann’s beautiful Baltimore Album Quilts.
WORKSHOPS Julie Dayton
Thursday, November 15, 2012, 1pm-4pm
The November 15th workshop, Baltimore Album Basket with Georgann
Wrinkle, is full. If you would like to be on the waiting list, please contact
Julie Dayton.
We begin the 2013 workshops with Peggy Baldwin on January 17th, Gayle Wallace on February 21st,
Ebony Love on March 7th and Pat Sloan on March 21st. More information will be available at the
November meetings. Please join your fellow guild members in a fun and educational workshop!
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ACTIVITIES Rita Evans & Allison Etzler
NOW is the time to bring in your items for the guild booth at the Nov. 10
church fall festival. Day group, please bring in your items to the Nov. 7 night
meeting, or try to get them to a member of the guild, as the bazaar will be held
before your day meeting. Thanks!
So I’m a little ahead of myself for the December meetings, but I want you to
have as much time as possible… We are going to have a pincushion exchange for the night and day
meetings! I am so excited about this and I hope you are to! They can be any design you’d like. The
only rule is to fill them with crushed walnut shells, which you can find in the pet store where they sell
bird stuff… If you have a lot of friends, it would be good to share. It’s a big bag!
We will be having a daytime and nighttime Christmas party! Wednesday night group-be thinking of
an appetizer to bring. Daytime group will have a covered dish luncheon.
See you at the bazaar!
Rita and Allison
Karen Shively
Home: (281) 778-5965
Cell: (832) 693-2512
[email protected]
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Edge to Edge Patterns
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Freehand—Heirloom
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T-Shirt/Photo Quilts
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Computer Guided Designs
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Quick turn-around
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Award Winning Machine Quilting
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QUILTS FROM THE HEART Auian Ward
Mark your calendars: NOTE CHANGES--QFTH will meet at HEB, November 14, 2012, --due to the
Thanksgiving holiday.
We are grateful to ALL our friends who help complete projects, donate fabrics, and your time. A
special shout to Nicole Rivera and her students who volunteered to quilt 16 tops at her Sugar Land
studio. Thanks, Darleen for delivering them.
If you have cat pillows for the No-Kill Cat Shelter, please bring them. This project will run through
December.
Ten Bo's Place quilts are in the process of being completed. I will be delivering these soon and will be
trying a different process for this on-going project. Projects for those who have committed prior to
the delivery/pickup date will be collected. Research is in progress to assess the need for potential donations to Fisher House, Richmond State School, Caring Hands, and Cowgirls and Cowboys Organizations.
We gladly take any donations of fabric, batting, tools, orphan blocks, etc. --- to help with the work we
do.
QUILTS OF VALOR Barbara Baxter
October 19th was a Quilt of Valor sew-in at Quilters Cottage. Nine ladies came
prepared to sew. And, they did sew! Nine tops were sewn and three others were
taken home to be completed later.
On September 29th, I turned in 16 QOV quilts and presentation cases to our QOV
Regional Co-coordinator, Cynthia Chaffee. Since my January challenge to you as
guild members, we have turned in to QOV 24 quilts and presentation cases.
Mark your calendar for Saturday, December 8th as our next sew-in again at Quilters
Cottage.
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QUILTING BEES Candy Horsley
Back in the late 1980’s a group of quilters branched off from the Chimney Rock Bee
and started a new bee in the Pecan Grove area. Since then, members have come and
gone leaving Joan Nilsen, our guild’s featured artist at the 2012 Showcase, as the
only original member. Back then the name of this group was the Pitts Road Piecers,
since they met in the fire station on Pitts Road for over 20 years. As the years went by, the stairs got
steeper so a new home was found.
They now meet at Joy Lutheran Church, 717 FM 359 in Richmond, from 10 – 2 every Wednesday.
This group welcomes new members so bring a lunch and join them! Most of the 5 – 10 regulars do
handwork, working on individual projects. Occasionally a machine shows up, but not too often.
Each summer this bee enjoys a field trip to The Painted Pony in La Porte, and they also have a
December Christmas luncheon.
For more information, contact Joan at 281 341-6330.
CPQG is associated with several area quilting and fiber arts bees. These are a great way to meet
others with like interests. New members are always welcome.
For meeting days, times and places, please check our website at www.cpqg.org
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FALL FESITVAL Julie Dayton
The First United Methodist Church’s Fall Festival will be on Saturday, November 10th, from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Please plan on coming by the guild’s booth to do some Christmas shopping. Many
wonderful hand-crafted items have been made and donated by our talented and generous guild
members! Rumor has it that the church ladies serve an excellent lunch too!
If you have any items to donate for the bazaar, please bring them to the
meeting on Wednesday, November 7, 2012.
ANYSOLDIER.COM Karen Shivley
Through the Quilts of Valor group, we are working to help a detachment of
soldiers based in a far outpost in Afghanistan. The information below was
handed out at the daytime meeting. A collection jar will be set up at the QOV
table, accepting donations to help us cover postage costs. Any additional monies
will be directed to purchasing items that these guys might need. You help is
needed. Our goal is to send these 20 soldiers a quilt each to help keep them
warm in their cold climate, along with items listed below or anything else that
might make them feel just a bit better. Please call or e-mail Karen Shively or
Barbara Baxter if you have any questions.
Here is the request for help sent by Marine Capt. Matthew J. Malinowski:
“We are a small detachment of Marines, embedded with primarily the Georgian Army (country not the state).
We have power at times, no real means to heat up food and the only potable water we have is bottled. Our
living conditions are sparse but manageable. It appears that this winter will be colder than it was when we
were here two and a half years ago. Our area has no store/exchange/PX to purchase anything, to include the
little luxuries or even necessities like additional cold weather gear, laundry detergent, soap, candy, jerky, etc.
We rely solely on additional supplies and necessities being air dropped to us from our main camp where we
have other Marines from our unit stationed.”
“The Marines that are stationed with me are from the four corners of the USA, from Maine, Florida, California and Alaska, not to forget states like Texas, Michigan, Arizona, and Ohio. The age range for us is as young
as 19 to the age of 32. Half of my detachment is on their first deployment with a few on their second or third
tour in Afghanistan. We are a tight knit bunch that share anything and all that we have with each other.”
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BEES AND BLOSSOMS Karen Shively
November Birthdays
November 4 Grace Clarke
November 5 Barbara Young
November 8 Linda Heiskell
November 10 Donna Pyle
November 12 Johnnie Wiley
November 14 Janice Alee
November 17 Martha Baldwin
November 22 Susie Doe
November 23 Sydney Stilling
November 28 Trena Stephens
MEMBERSHIP Karen Shivley
Coastal Prairie started their new fiscal year as of September 1, 2012. If you haven’t renewed your
membership please get that job done now. Membership forms can be downloaded from the home
page of our website www.cpqg.org , or the forms are available at the Membership table at both
daytime and evening meetings. Currently we are showing 164 active members of the guild.
A Welcome to our new members who joined during October:
Brenda Bristow
Karen Delgado
Mary Goodman
Beulah Spencer
Marsha Tredway
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UPCOMING EVENTS AROUND THE AREA Barb Wall
International Quilt Festival
For more information:
Visit: http://www.quilts.com
November 1-4, 2012
George R. Brown Convention Center
Houston, TX
Applique̍ Away on Galveston Bay
February 17 –21, 2013
The Tremont House
Galveston, Texas
QuiltCon-The Modern Quilt Guild
** QuiltCon is the inaugural international
conference and show of The Modern Quilt
Guild. Hundreds of quilts with special
exhibits of Denyse Schmidt's quilts and historical modern quilts curated by graduate
student Ellen Rushman of the International
Quilt Study Center, over 80 vendors, workshops with top international modern quilters,
lecture hall, and more!
For more information:
Visit: http://www.quiltcon.com
February 21-24, 2013
Austin Convention Center
Austin, TX
Greater Houston Shop Hop
For more info visit:
www.shophophouston.com
Wed., March 20 - Sat.,
March 23, 2013
West Houston Quilt Guild's
"Cheers for 20 Years"
April 5-6, 2013
Featured Artist-Liz Porter (Fons and Porter).
Lectures by Martha DeLeonardis, Jan
Matthews & Cynthia Regone
Tickets $9.50/$8 (65+)/$6 (5-13)
www.whqg.org
The Merrell Center
6301 S. Stadium Ln.
Katy, Texas 77494
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RAFFLE QUILT 2011-2012 Gayle Scholer
We are still in need of someone to take the donation quilt to the Woodlands Quilt Guild meeting on
Wednesday, November 7, at 7:00 pm. Please contact Gayle Scholer at 281-342-5033, [email protected],
if you are available to go.
The drawing for our gorgeous quilt will be next month! Tickets are available at both the night and daytime
meetings for $1 each or 6/$5. On the day of the drawing, there will also be a drawing for a case of fat
quarters to be awarded to one of the volunteers who took the quilt out of town to our neighboring quilt
guilds. If you have fat quarters to donate to this case, please bring them to one of the meetings or the day of
the drawing.
Owner: Rose Ann Cook
[email protected]
OPEN 7 Days a Week
Mon-Sat 10-5, Thu 10-6 & Sun 12-4
The Emporium hosts:
 Several weekly quilting bees,
 A monthly Strip Club,
 Thimbleberries Club,
 Jo Morton "Little Women" Club,
 Fabric Showcases,
 UFO Pajama Parties,
 A weekly No Quilter Left Behind Pro-
gram,
 Several Block of the Month programs are also
offered each year.
Authorized Dealer for:
 Janome Sewing Machines
 Tin Lizzie Quilting System
11925 Southwest Freeway, Suite 11
Stafford, Texas 77477
(281) 491-0016
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BUSINESS MINUTES Joyce Jackson
Coastal Prairie Quilt Guild Business Meeting
October 18, 2012
Sally Staner began the meeting at First United Methodist Church of Missouri City by calling the meeting to
order at 10:00 am.
Sally thanked Lill Hathorn, Helen Wilems, and Lynn Kelly for the fine job they did as an audit committee.
Sally stated that there were no problems with the books, and she thanked Barbara Baxter for the many hours
of work she had put into the treasurer’s position for the years she had been treasurer. Sally called for a motion to accept the committee’s report. Donna Pyle made the motion, Veronica Rutenberg seconded, and the
motion passed unanimously.
Announcements
Sally stated that the by-law committee needed two additional representatives. Denise Muniz, Sally Staner,
and Trena Stephens are already on the committee. Trena is the committee’s chair. Linda Payonk and Sharon
Tusa volunteered for that committee. Gayle Scholer and Beverly Permenter agreed to be alternates.
Sally also stated that the guild needs a VP of Membership. If there is anyone interested in the position, please
contact Sally.
Grace Clarke has volunteered for the Advertising position. Karen Shively is doing Communications.
The guild also needs a volunteer to take charge of the Donation Quilt scheduling. We will have the new quilt,
donated by the Pecan Grove Bee, ready for showing in January.
Board and Committee Announcements
Susan Preston made a presentation on her project of creating blocks on a web site called
Fieldguidetoquilts.com. Susan spoke about her efforts and asked guild members if they would visit the site
and give her feedback of their impressions of the site.
Barbara Baxter announced there would be a sew-in on Friday, October 19, at Quilter’s Cottage for Quilts of
Valor.
Karen Shivley announced that guild members had decided to support anysoldier.com as a project. This group
includes 20 American soldiers who are imbedded with Georgian (country) troops in Afghanistan. These
troops have requested purchased food items and other items that are unavailable in their remote, isolated location. The guild will collect these items and will ship them to the soldiers. Bring whatever you think they
could use—no homemade baked items please.
Julie Dayton announced there are openings for Georgann Wrinkle’s appliqué workshop next month.
Julie also announced that November 10th is the date of the Bazaar at the First Methodist Church of Missouri
City. Members of the guild, please come and support the quild’s efforts.
Gayle Scholer asked in anyone would be able to take the donation quilt to the Woodlands. Please contact her
if you can take in to their meeting.
Sally announced there is a pin cushion exchange in December. Bring a homemade pin cushion and exchange
it on the date of the last meetings in December.
Sally announced that the Texian Market Days Living History Festival will be held October 25 th and 26th. They
need quilters to demonstrate quilting on those days. Anyone interested should contact Sally.
Carol Kettlewell conducted show and share.
Gayle Scholer introduced 5 visitors and 2 new members.
The guild took a short break.
Gayle Scholer held door prize drawings. After which, Sally asked for a motion to conclude the business meeting. Cheryl DiCamillo made the motion; Sandi Kneeland seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
Cheryl Jacobs introduced our speaker, Trish Steward, at 11:00.
Respectfully submitted
Joyce Jackson
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LIBRARY Linda Towle
Did you know that CPQG has a library with over 400 books that members can
borrow? Here’s info on just a couple of those titles:
If you like Sunbonnet Sue, you might want to check out Sunbonnet Sue Celebrates
the Holidays, or Sunbonnet Sue and Scottie Too.
In the holiday book Sue dances around a maypole, celebrates Valentine’s Day,
St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, July 4th, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. These patterns are
appliqué.
In Sunbonnet Sue and Scottie Too the patterns are shown in applique and in embroidery. Sue is
wearing overalls and a straw hat, in this book, as she plays with her Scottie dog. Sue pulls Scottie in a
wagon, gives him a bath, they play fetch and have a tea party. Sue walks on stilts, jumps over a
sprinkler, flies a kite, eats an ice cream cone, plays hula hoop, and participates in many other
childhood activities. The book shows both quilts and wall hangings, some done in applique, some
done in embroidery.
If you would like to borrow either of these books, or any of our other books, please e-mail me at
[email protected] and I will bring them to the next meeting.
For a list of titles that can be checked out, please go to the website at www.cpqg.org.
TREASURER’S REPORT Susie Doe
Balance End of Fiscal 2011-2012
$ 27,311.93
Income September 2012
$31,249.82
Balance End September 2012
$32,757.02
Net Gain
$ 5,445.09
Fiscal Year-to-Date Income
$ 27,555.03 Fiscal Year-to-Date Expenses
10-21-12 Checking Account Balance
$ 31,722.87
Expenses September 2012
$25,804.73
$ 23,144.09
The Monarch is published monthly by the Coastal Prairie Quilt Guild of Texas. It is distributed via e-mail
free to members. We are always looking for news items, articles, and suggestions. Inclusion subject to space
availability. DEADLINE: Articles must be received by the Monday following the Thursday morning meeting
for inclusion in the next month’s newsletter. Send articles to Barb Wall at bmwmom@com. If you do not have
e-mail capability, legibly written information will be accepted by the deadline.
According to the CPQG by-laws, if you need a printed copy of the newsletter, please notify Barb Wall.
A fee applies to all printed copies of The Monarch.
Volume 5, Issue 2
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES CHAIRS
President: Sally Staner
Vice President Programs: Cheryl Jacobs
Program Chairman Elect: Helen Wilems
Vice President Membership:
Secretary: Joyce Jackson
Treasurer: Susie Doe
Workshop Chairman: Julie Dayton
Workshop Chairman Elect: Sue Rupt
Representative at Large: Gayle Scholer
Editor: Barbara Wall
Activities: Rita Evans & Allison Etzler
Advertising: Grace Clarke
Auction: Karen Shively (current auction only)
Bazaar: Julie Dayton
Bee Coordinator: Candy Horsley
Communications: Karen Shively
Donation Quilt: Gayle Scholer (through Dec)
Historian: Paula Trout
Hospitality: Paula Manes
Librarian: Linda Towle
Parliamentarian: Trena Stephens
Quilts from the Heart: Auian Ward
Quilts of Valor: Barbara Baxter
Retreats: Judy Yunkers
Show & Share: Carol Kettlewell
Ways & Means: Chris Genkins
Web Admin: Grace Clarke
The Monarch