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Volume 29, Number 4 April 2018
President's Message by Fran Claassens
Dear fellow quilters:
Yesterday I had a planned service call with Direct TV. They had sent me a
new box and I didn't know how to set it up and not wanting to bother my son-
in-law for the upteenth time, I was willing to spend for the $99
appointment. They sent a very nice man who judging from his appearance, I
was afraid he couldn't do the job. I was afraid he would exceed the maximum
weight allowance of the Little Giant Ladder. It turned out to be a wonderful
call and exceptional employee. How terrible of me to think that in the first
place. Prejudging based on appearance and not on strength of
character. Not good. My apologies. He installed my box on the inside and
got on the ladder to check my dish on the roof. He got on the top rung of the
ladder, unbolted it, and brought it down. It had a crack in it. When it rains
with a cracked dish, I would get tiling. I thought that was normal due to the
storm. Nope, caused by the crack. He replaced the new big dish part and
he replaced a bulb on my longarm light bar I couldn't reach. As he was
leaving I said, "I guess I can't do anything." Standing outside my front door,
he said without hesitation, "yes you can, you make beautiful quilts." I was
flabbergasted that he had noticed and that he found it admirable. Softly, I
said, "I guess I can." Thank you.
We all make beautiful quilts and those around us take note. They take note
when we give them to Project Linus or any of the many organizations we
donate to. They make note when they visit our homes. I would say we have
this "soft skill" that would never appear on any resume but is powerful and we
need to own it. We don't make blankets that anyone can purchase in a
store. We create beautiful quilts that wrap around grateful friends, family, and
community members. Yes WE CAN QUILT and WE DO QUILT. We are
proud of what we do. We're not making an apron in a Home Ec. class, we're
making a work of art in today's very complicated world.
This brings me to our "mini quilt show" May 20-June 24 in our hosting church,
Sheperd of the Sierra Presbyterian Church. All paper entries due May 1 at
our General Meeting. Our work will be introduced to them. Their attendees
will note our beautiful work. Yes, WE CAN QUILT and we do.
Love to all, Fran
Calendar of
Events
Apr 30th - Exec Board
Meeting
May 7nd- General
Meeting
Program: Community
Service
May 11th- News Articles
Due
May 28th- Exec Board
Meeting
Exec. Board Meeting
Monday, April 30th
6:30pm, Diane Hamilton's
General Meeting
Monday, May 7th
6:30 pm Hospitality
7:00 pm Meeting
Shepherd of the Sierra
Presbyterian Church
5400 Barton Rd.
Loomis, CA 95650
Membership
Just a reminder to sign in as soon as you get to the meeting as we will be putting it all away
right at seven so that we can enjoy the meeting too.
Hospitality for March Thank you to everyone who brought snacks for our April meeting! We really had a
wonderful assortment of yummy treats.
No snack hostesses were announced for our May meeting so watch your email for an
update.
Happy Birthday to our May birthdays! Debbie Dohnt
Margo Wilson
Betty Kisbe
Mary Hammarin
Marilyn Stitt
Kathy Black
Barbara Jonas
Susan Salinger
Betty Leedy
Joan Ahart
Cathy Griffin
Nicole Kassel
Sharon Hickok
Shirley Shingara
Kristina Volker
Fusae Miyamoto
Mary Franz
Community Service 2018 Leaders: Nancy Colwell, Inga Ahlberg, Trudi Riley-Quinn, Barbara Victorino
So, our secret is out! Community Service has a goal that 100% of our members
participate in the varied activities and projects we offer this year. We have many kits to
choose from: pillowcase, stocking, quilt and placemat kits. All kits are cut and ready to be
sewn. In addition, we have a workday scheduled on the third Tuesday of each month, with
the exception of April, where anyone can help create kits and sew. Some of you may have
never put together one of the kits and they can be tricky the first time. We offer a private
“tutor” to any member who requests one. The tutor can come to your home, if you would
like. Also, at the May workshop we are putting on a quilt binding demonstration. Binding
can be tricky, so come and learn from someone who has mastered the skill.
We received 13 quilts, 5 preemie quilts, 63 pillowcases, 59 stockings and 10
placemats at our last meeting. Thank you all! At our May meeting we will have two
speakers from organizations that we donate to who will illustrate why the work you all do
is so important.
Remember, there is no Community Service workday in April!
Nancy Colwell
Get Your GED! Your Number nine project is due at the May meeting. Bring it to Sandy and me to receive your little
prize and fill out an entry ticket for the larger prize drawing! Also, we will be collecting $2 to continue
playing another two months. Let's see a lot of finished projects in Show and Tell again this Month!
Bev and Sandy
Upcoming Programs & Workshops by Patty Clausen
May is our community service meeting.
2018 Member Challenge
MONOCHROMATIC QUILT CHALLENGE
The Monochromatic Quilt Challenge has started off with a bang. We have sold almost all of the 80 packets that were prepared. Thanks to everyone for their enthusiasm. The April meeting will be the last month we will be selling the packets - $5. If you plan to participate in the Challenge, please stop by and pick up a packet. We need to have the finished size of your project no later than the October General Meeting. For those of you that already know the finished size of your project, you my contact me with that information at any time. Also, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. HAVE FUN! Valerie Price
Rhonda Myers Margo Wilson
2018 Quilt Show
Show Quilt News WIN A $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE Cornelia Smithson [email protected] Do your quilts bring back memories? A lot of times we remember what we did when we were making a quilt. We remember where we were, what was happening in our lives, the friends and family we share our lives with. It’s that time of year to start thinking about entering a quilt in our 2018 Quilt Show. Bring your completed Quilt Show Entry form to the June general meeting along with a picture of your quilt and a picture of yourself that will be attached to your quilt card on the front of your quilt. You will be eligible to win one of two $25 gift certificates at the June general meeting. The 2018 Quilt Show Entry form will be available on the website at the beginning of May. Entry forms will also be available at the May general meeting. Whether art, traditional or modern we get to inspire thoughts, emotions and comfort to the people around us. Our wonderful quilt show is were we can share our love of quilting.
Raffle Baskets Colleen Voet We're starting to plan for our 2018 quilt show and we have a new member, Trish Steen, who has volunteered to take over our Raffle Baskets. Let's help her out by letting her know you or your group is planning to donate a raffle basket. If you don't know the theme yet, that's OK, although you'll want to decide one before someone else snaps up your idea. The minimum is the name of (or members in) your group, and the contact person. You can email Trish at [email protected]. Raffle baskets are a popular feature at our quilt shows, as well as a nice fundraiser for the guild. Also, keep in mind the guild usually puts together a basket or two of fat quarters, and we'll be asking for donations for those as well. And if you'd like to contribute but don't have a "group," let Trish know that, too - she'll be happy to help.
Block of the Month This year in Block of the Month I plan to keep it easy and simple. Each month for $2 you will
get a focal fabric and instructions to complete a block. You take it home add your own fabrics
to complete it and bring it back to the next meeting. Your name will go into the bag and the
name drawn will will all of the returned blocks plus extra fabric to complete the quilt. Each
month will be a different pattern and fabric to purchase for $2 for a whole new quilt. Just think
this is a very easy way to win a brand new UFO!! If you have any questions please email or
call me.
Need a ride to a guild meeting? The Pioneer Guild is endeavoring to develop a ride share program for members who need a ride or would prefer company when driving to and from meetings. If you would be interested in ride sharing, either being a driver or a rider, please contact Pat Callahan, [email protected] or 916-632-1290.
Let me know your location and we will try and match you up. We will also have a sign -up sheet at our member sign- in table over the next few months.
Website Updates by Colleen Voet
You may know that Emily Easley has gone, which left us with nobody to administer the Guild’s website. So
the board asked if I could look at it and make recommendations about what we should do. I gave a report to the guild at the April meeting but it occurred to me those who weren’t there might also be interested in what
was happening with our website.
I first have to say I was a little reluctant to take this on because I already have two pretty big jobs in the guild
and I really didn’t want to learn WordPress, which is the software used to develop our current website. But
that was necessary, so it became the 5th
website software I’ve learned. These are my personal observations,
conclusions, and recommendations.
Emily did a ton of work on the website. She was very ambitious. I think that caused somewhat of a problem
in that it got a lot more complicated than many of our members wanted to deal with. I know a lot of people
were frustrated by the double password on the membership renewal page last year, and it looks like that was
largely the result of a misunderstanding. But we’re changing it now.
I also found that Emily spent a lot of time over the first 3 months of this year writing guidelines and
instructions for the people who followed her, so that we would be able to maintain what she started. Take, for
example, the Mt Hope signup page that works really well. It takes all the data from the page and puts it on a
spreadsheet that the camp co-chairs can have and edit. We can also add people who give us hard-copy
registrations instead, so all the data is in the same place. Emily created one not only for Spring, which we are
using now, but also one we can use for Fall.
From my point of view, the biggest change that Emily made was a fundamental shift in how a website is
created and maintained. In the “old” days, our website resided on my laptop. I would make changes then
upload them to the server. The good thing was that I was very familiar with the software and had a lot of
control. The bad thing was, what happens if something happened to me? – nobody else could access the
website and you’re kind of up the creek. In the new model, the website resides on the server. You log into the
server, make changes, save them, and it updates. The advantage is that more than one person can access and
update the website and you’re not dependent on just one person. The downside is that you have to learn their
software, and somebody who doesn’t know what they’re doing can mess things up. (But hopefully that won’t
happen too often.)
I believe that Emily made a lot of decisions that ended up being good for the guild. Some of them are technical
ones that I won’t go into here. She was turning the website from a place to get information, to a tool that
would also help us do our jobs. For example, by automating membership renewals you’re not dependent on
having to read and interpret crummy handwriting, or worry about making errors when you’re typing email
addresses or phone numbers. If an error is made, it’s not the committee member; it’s the member herself who
made it. This website also re-configures itself depending on whether you’re looking at it from a computer or a
tablet or a smart phone, something else that didn’t exist a few years ago.
So my recommendation is that we keep this model, and have a team responsible for maintaining the
website. We have a couple of new members who indicated interest in working on the website, so after camp is
over we are going to teach them how to do that. And they’re bringing fresh eyes and ideas that I think will
make our website not only useful for members but also attractive to prospective members. There are still some
things that I don’t know how Emily did, but I’m hoping one of us will be able to figure them out eventually.
If you haven’t looked at the website lately, you’ll find we’ve simplified it and hopefully made it easier to
navigate and find things. Take a look at it and see what you think. I’m always open to ideas and
suggestions. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, try the “search” box and then let me know what gave
you a problem so maybe we can fix it…unless, of course, it’s the dreaded “operator error.”
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
For all newsletter updates, please continue to send your articles and advertisements to [email protected]. They are due the Friday after the General Meetings. For all website updates, please send your updates to [email protected].
April Show & Tell To see the pictures from April's Show and Tell, click here
or go to: https://pioneerquiltersguild.wordpress.com/committees/photo-gallery/show-
and-tell-2018/
Free Stuff! by Kathy Black, Anna Morillas, Billie Sanderson
We now have a 'Free Stuff' area for quilt-related items that you no longer want such patterns, orphan blocks,
patterns, etc.
Just bring your items to the meeting and put them in the 'Free Stuff' area. During the meeting someone might
look at your donation and see a treasure. Please check after break to see if your donation was taken . If not,
please take it home; you can always bring it back next month. Any free stuff left after the meeting will be
discarded.
E-Blast by Chris Westbrook If you are in need of an important message to be sent out to the guild membership, I am here to assist! Please
remember that the E-blasts are meant for guild activities and happenings only. They are not intended for
personal messages or advertising of any type. Please email me the contents exactly as you would like the
message stated in your email message or attach a Word document only to your email. Also, if you would like
your important message or reminder sent prior to our General Meeting, I ask that you provide me with your
contents no later than 5PM the Friday before we meet. This will help to consolidate our E-Blasts and keep
you all up to date in an orderly fashion.
Chris Westbrook
Social Secretary by Valerie Price
Just what is the Social Secretary. It is my pleasure to send out cards to members that are ill or have suffered
the loss of a loved one. Pioneer Quilters’ Guild wants all members to know how much we care about them
and their family members. Please contact me to let me know if there is an illness or death in your family, so
that I can send our well wishes to you. There are times when the member herself is not able to contact me, so
it is at a time like this that we rely on our friends in the guild to let us know how we can help. If you or a friend
is going through a difficult time please contact me at [email protected] or phone me at 916-759-
2067. I want to make sure that all of our members know that we care and are thinking about them at these
difficult times.
Members-at-Large It’s a new year and we have lots of fun and interesting things planned for 2018 at Pioneer Quilters’ Guild.
We would like to take this opportunity to let all members know that Valerie Price and Marcia Krummel are
your Members-at-Large for this year. We are liaisons between the PQG Members and the PQG Board. If
anyone has any questions or concerns pertaining to the Guild we are more than happy to hear from
you. Hopefully, we can answer any of your questions and take any concerns you might have to the Board.
Please contact us at:
Valerie Price [email protected] 916-759-2067
Marcia Krummel [email protected] 916-782-1757
Visiting Guilds for 2018 by Fran Claassens January 8, 2018 Foothill Quilt Guild (Auburn) - no show
February 5, 2018 Valley Quilt Guild (Yuba City-Marysville)
March 5, 2018 River City Quilt Guild (Sacramento)
April 2, 2018 Piecemakers Quilt Guild (Oroville)
May 7, 2018 Elk Grove Quilt Guild (Elk Grove)
June 4, 2018 Flying Needles Quilt Guild (Yolo County)
August 6, 2018 Golden Valley Quilt Guild (Citrus Heights)
August 27, 2018 Needle Nellies Quilt Guild
October 1, 2018 Loomis Quilt Guild (Loomis)
November 5, 2018 Roseville Quilt Guild (Roseville)
December 3, 2018 Christmas party, no visiting guild
News from other guilds Folsom History Museum’s annual quilt show Antique quilt show on now! The Folsom History Museum’s annual quilt show – the Art of Piece Making – has opened and will run until April 22, 2018. Fifty quilts are on display including a special exhibit of pre-Civil War quilts, rarely seen on the West Coast. The museum is at 823 Sutter Street, Folsom, CA and is open Tuesday through Sunday 11 – 4. Museum admission includes this special quilt exhibit.
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California Museum –
1020 O St.
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-653-7524
californiamuseum.org
“And still we rise: Race, Culture and Visual Conversations”
February 6 - May 27, 2018
“And Still We Rise: Race, Culture and Visual Conversations” chronicles 400 years of
significant events that have transformed social justice for African Americans on 67 story
quilts hand-crafted by artists in the Women of Color Quilter’s Network (WCQN).
Curated by Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi and organized by the National Underground Railroad
Freedom Center and the Cincinnati Museum Center, this national traveling exhibition showcases
the diversity of techniques and textiles used in quilting, and its enduring appeal as forms of folk
art and narrative storytelling.
A visual exploration of history from the 17th to 21st centuries, the exhibition reveals the triumph
of the human spirit, inspiring visitors to reflect on 400 years of African American history to
commemorate Black History Month at the California Museum.
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SAQA Art Quilts Exhibit
Sue Siefkin is the curator of Art Quilts, Work by Members of Studio Art Quilt Associates. This exhibit is
currently at the California Heritage Museum, Santa Monica until March 18th. It travels to CARNEGIE ARTS
CENTER, Turlock April 4 - May 27, 2018. There are 69 quilts plus many 3-D pieces of art.
Our full color 70 page catalog is available on Amazon.com (include "Work by Members of Studio Art Quilt
Associates”) $20.00 or buy it at the Carnegie gift shop. Patricia Porter, SAQA Catalog Designer 415-457-1972 916-390-7740 (cell)
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American Sewing Guild
Please join us for our Annual Fabric Sale !
Benefiting: American Sewing Guild (ASG), Sacramento
When: Saturday, April 28, 2018
9 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Where: Orangevale Community Center
6826 Hazel Avenue, Orangevale
More information is available on the ASG Sacramento website at:
asgsacramento.org
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Loomis Quilt and Fiber Guild Spring Tea
Loomis Quilt & Fiber Guild Spring Tea
Journey Through Your Garden Saturday, May 5, 2018
10am – 2:30pm
Featured Speaker: Lea McComas Lea is an internationally known and award winning quilt artist. She is best known for her “thread painted” quilts. She will be talking to us about the journey that has taken her from traditional quilting to the world of Fiber Art. (www.LeaMcComas.com)
Bike Boys by Lea McComas (fabric & thread)
Rocklin Event Center 2650 Sunset Blvd - Rocklin
Tickets = $40 Raffle Baskets – Door Prizes
For tickets or more information, contact: Becky Montgomery
916-560-3903 or [email protected]
Treasurer's Report By Debra Carlisle
as of March 31, 2018
Safe Credit Union,
Checking Account: $ 4,079.27
Savings Account: 1,005.16
Money Market Acct: 17,808.10
TOTAL: $ 22,892.53
Income and Expenses Jan. 01, 2018 to March 31, 2018
Income: $2,687.15
Expenses: $7,677.70
Too many Quilt Show transactions to list. If you have questions
Contact [email protected]
Pioneer Quilter's Guild Mentor List 4/2/2018
A mentor program connects a current guild member, who may need a little help, with a
group of volunteers who are experienced quilters. Mentors are willing to share their
expertise on a one-to-one basis to help with the growth and knowledge of quilting for our
members. A special thank you to the mentors for volunteering to help their fellow guild
members.
Areas of Expertise Name Area Phone Email Preference
Beginning quilting;
clothing, piecing,
borders, cutting basics.
Beckmeyer,
Shirley
Granite
Bay
916
300-
5977
[email protected] Please call or
email.
Hand applique Bolton,
Clareen
Lincoln 916
434-
1214
[email protected] Mon, Tues, Fri.
Not Wed or
Thurs.
Miniature; precision
piecing skills; machine
applique.
Callahan,
Pat
Rocklin 916
632-
1290
[email protected] Please call or
email.
Cutting, sewing; putting
borders on correctly.
Claassens,
Fran
Roseville 916
782-
2252
[email protected] Any time
Bindings; general sewing
questions; pillowcase and
stocking construction;
sewing machine trouble
shooting.
Crouch,
Paula
Rocklin 916
632-
1407
[email protected] Mon thru Fri 10-
3; not Sundays
Redwork Fisher,
Shellie
Roseville 916
759-
0856
[email protected] Weekends, not
weekdays
Quilt-Cut; Accu-Quilt;
intermediate/advance
quilting
(piecing/designing); wool
embroidery
Kisbey,
Betty
Lincoln;
Rocklin
916
408-
7757
[email protected] Please email to
set date.
Paper piecing; rotary
cutting; piecing quilts.
Krummell,
Marcia
Roseville 916
782-
1757
[email protected] Usually available.
Embroidery; English
paper piecing
Overman,
Martha
Rocklin 916
770-
0772
Most Thurs, Fri (all
day) & Tues & Wed
afternoons. Not
available Tues or
Wed mornings or
weekends.
Hand embellishments;
embroidery stitches;
beading; attaching
fibers.
Paehlig,
Janet
Auburn 408
888-
4580
[email protected] Most days; your
house or mine
Machine embroidery;
paper piecing
Pyers,
Robin
Roseville 916
208—
3311
[email protected] Mon & Fri; not
weekends
Designing for quilting
your quilt top on your
own machine.
Volker,
Kristina
Lincoln 916
543-
9668
[email protected] Fri or Sat;
maybe Sun
Beginning sewing &
quilting; all aspects of
measuring & rotary
cutting; piecing; basting;
walking foot quilting;
binding; color choices.
Westbrook,
Christine
W.
Roseville
916
439-
7740
[email protected] Days
Long Arm Quilters
PIONEER QUILTERS GUILD
LONG ARM QUILTERS DIRECTORY
(as of 03/12/18)
Barbara Baker
B&B Custom Longarm Quilting
721 Cole Road
Meadow Vista, CA 95722
Shop: 530-878-6729
Home: 530-878-6066
Katie Carnahan
The Canyon Quilters
530-863-0007
Fran Claassens
1527 Sierra Gardens Drive
Roseville, CA 95661
916-782-2242
Patty Clausen
Long Arm Quilting
1006 Down River Ct.
Roseville, CA 95747
916-765-6611
Sheila Pond
Sheila's Quilt Studio
916-257-2075
Sue Salinger
Longarm Quilting
Cell: 562-201-0340
Home: 916-409-5106
Margo Wilson
Margo's Beach House Quilts
Longarm Quilting Embroidery
9200 Rock Canyon Way
Orangevale, CA 95662
916-988-8516
2018 Executive Board Meetings by Fran Claassens
January 4 for January 8 meeting
January 29 for February 5 meeting
February 26 for March 5 meeting
March 26 for April 2 meeting
April 30 for May 7 meeting
May 29 Tuesday for June 4 meeting
July 30 for August 6 meeting
August 20 for August 27 meeting
September 24 for October 1 meeting
October 29 for November 5 meeting
November 26 for December 3 meeting
Executive Board Meeting Minutes
PQG Executive Board Meeting Minutes
March 26. 2018
The Meeting of Executive Board was called to order by President Fran Classaans at 6:41PM.
Members present were Fran Classaans, Chris Westbrook, Valerie Price, Patty Clausen, Martha Overman, Marcia Krummel, Debra Carlisle, and Diane Hamilton. Visitors present were Beth Ann Gardner, and Colleen Voet
Minutes from the February 2018 Board meeting were approved as written in the newsletter.
Old Business:
30 copies of the release form and description pages for the June mini quilt show at the Shepherd of the Sierra Church have been made for distribution at the general meeting. Each member must sign the release waiver and fill out the size of the their quilt and must list a price if the quilt is also for sale.
Several quilt kits were passed around and discussed as potential opportunity quilts for 2020. A solicitation for volunteers to take on the 2020 Opportunity Quilt project will be made at the general meeting.
New Business:
Dana Swain has stepped aside from the 2018 Program Elect position due to her full time work schedule and being unable to attend the workshop days related to this Program. A request for a volunteer to fill the vacant position will be announced.
NCQC renewal was discussed and will be renewed for two years.
Officer and Board Reports:
Programs: An announcement for volunteers to help set up and clean up before and after a workshop will be made by the Program Chair until a new Program Elect person is recruited.
Vice-President:
The yearly required fiscal review is being set up between the President, Vice-President, and Treasurer.
The old facebook page on the internet has been taken down. A new facebook page has been set up for the guild as a non-profit and can profile a quilting event, primarily our annual quilt show.
Purposes for a blast were discussed. Primarily blasts can only be used to distribute guild news items that cannot wait for the next newsletter; or to get the latest instructions or information to participants of workshops. A blast may not be used as a advertisement for the sales of personal items or for commercial enterprises to advertise upcoming sales or promotions.
Ways and Means:
Sign ups are needed to take the 2018 opportunity quilt to Grass Valley, and Woodland. The Ways and Means chair has suggested a contest to sell tickets for the quilt. Or a point
system was suggested for jobs performed by guild members. The prize to be one quilt, no larger than a twin, to be quilted free in an all over pattern by a long arm quilter. Fran Claassens volunteered to be the long arm quilter.
Treasurer: The tax return for 2017 has been submitted to the guild's CPA and is not due to the IRS until May 17, 2018.
Newsletter and Website:
The newsletter is still having some challenges, but those issues are being handled by the help and cooperation from the new website master.
The use of mail-chimp for the distribution of the newsletter is being canceled. The newsletter will be distributed to the membership through mygrove in the future.
Changes to the website are on-going. Use of the website will be simplified.
The next Executive Board meeting will be at Christ Westbrook's house on May 28, 2018 at 6:30 pm.
Next PQG General Meeting will be Monday, April 2, 2017 at 7:00 pm
The meeting was adjourned at 9:01 pm.
Minutes prepared and submitted by Martha Overman for Sally Vandervort.
General Meeting Minutes PIONEER QUILTERS GUILD GENERAL MEETING MINUTES
April 2, 2018
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by President Fran Claassens.
New members and guests were welcomed.
The minutes from the March general meeting were approved as printed in the Guild newsletter.
Vice President Chris Westbrook introduced the Piecemakers Quilt Guild from Oroville, who
showed and sold tickets on their lovely quilt, Starbright.
Old Business:
Fran announced that those members who are interested in hanging their quilts in the Shepherd of
the Sierras Church mini quilt show should pick up the instructions and application form during the
break this evening. Quilts must have a sleeve and be delivered to the sanctuary on Wednesday,
May 16, 2018 between 2 and 4 PM.
The Board is continuing to seek an individual or group who would be willing to plan and construct
the 2020 Opportunity Quilt. Please contact someone on the Board, immediately, if interested.
There are currently 13 openings in our Guild membership. Interested parties could join
immediately instead of waiting until next January.
New Business:
The Guild is in need of a Program Elect Chairperson, who would work with Patty Clausen, and take
over those duties next year.
President Fran introduced our new webmaster, Colleen Voet.
The Executive board will be doing the review of the Guild bylaws. If any member has suggestions
for changes, please contact a Board member.
Committee Reports:
Colleen Voet, Webmaster explained the changes that have occurred on the website. Her
recommendation is to keep the current website, but to have several people working on it. Barbara
Victorino will be adding member photos to it soon.
Beth Gardner, Newsletter Chair advises that there are still some members who have not been
receiving their Newsletter. She urged those members to be sure that the PQG address is in their
contact list ([email protected]) and to check their Spam or Junk folder, in the event that the
newsletter could be sent there.
Colleen Voet, Mt Hope Co-Chair handed out information about the upcoming April retreat.
Chris Westbrook, Vice-President explained that there will be guidelines set for sending e-blasts to
the membership. One of the guidelines is that the deadline for sending out information is the Friday
before our General meeting.
Patty Clausen, Programs, announced that there are still openings in the Colleen Granger workshop
tomorrow.
Diane Hamilton, Ways and Means informed us that this year there will be an incentive prize for the
member who sells the most Opportunity Quilt tickets. The prize will be: Edge to Edge quilting on a
quilt (no larger than queen-sized) donated by Fran Claassens.
Valerie Price, Challenge Co-Chair announced that tonight is the final time for someone to purchase
a challenge packet. So far we have 65 participants who have purchased packets.
Nancy Colwell, Community Service, advised that our May meeting will have recipients of some of
our quilts and other items. There will be no Community Service workday in the month of April.
The Committee’s wish is to have 100% percent of our members participating in Community
Service, no matter how minimally!
Shirley Shingara, New Members Chair, announced that we are still adding new members this year,
and they will be introduced at upcoming meetings.
Block of the Month Chair, Barbara Baker displayed the upcoming Block for this month.
Bev Rognlien, Get Er Done Chair explained that the current participants have one more month to
complete their quilt and then prizes will be awarded.
Cornelia Smithson, Show Quilts, announced that forms will begin to be collected at the June
meeting, for those interested in showing a quilt at our Quilt Show in November. This year, the
committee is asking for a photo of each quilter who submits a quilt, and it will be hung along with
her entry at the show. More information is available in the Newsletter or on the Website.
A Mentor list is now available on our Website.
The speaker for the evening: Colleen Granger.
Show and Tell took place, as well as Drawings for Sew & Sew, Block of the Month and
Workshops.
The next PQG Executive Board meeting will be held: April 30, 2018
The Next PQG General meeting will be held: May 7, 2018
Respectfully submitted by: Sally Vandervort, Secretary
2018 Officers & Board Members
President: Fran Claassens
Vice President: Chris Westbrook
Past President: Martha Overman
Secretary: Sally Vandervort
Treasurer: Debra Carlisle
Ways & Means: Diane Hamilton
Members-At-Large: Marcia Krummell, Valerie Price
Programs: Patty Clausen
Don't Forget Coffee Klatch Tuesday!
Come meet with fellow guild members in a casual, non-rushed atmosphere. And even enjoy
a cinnamon roll or two...
Where: La Bou 6801 Five Star Blvd., Rocklin, CA
When: Every Tuesday, 8am-9:30am.
Join us when you can- you are welcome to come and go as you please.
Hope to see you there,
Lana LaPlante & Kitty Cortez
An open invitation to all Pioneer Guild members for lots of chatter and laughter at the weekly Tuesday coffee
get together. These 17 quilters don’t think 8:00 am is too early for fun.
2018 Committee Chairs
Block of the Month: Barbara Baker
Bulletin Board: Karen Reyes & Cathy Fitzgibbons
Challenge: Valerie Price, Margot Wilson & Rhonda Myers
Community Service: Nancy Colwell,
Facility Manager: Mary Hammarin
Historian/ Show & Tell: Sandy Weis & Vera Dowling
Hospitality: Bobbi Cornejo
Librarian: Kimberly Timms
Membership: Shirley Beckmeyer
New Member Orientation: Shirley Shingara
Newsletter Editor: Beth Gardner
In-House Retreats: Diana Meier
Mt. Hope Retreats: Colleen Voet & Shelly Fisher
Sew & Sew Raffle: Shelly Jose & Andi Burckhardt
Social Correspondent: Valerie Price
Website: Colleen Voet
2019 Opportunity Quilt:
2020 Opportunity Quilt:
2018 Quilt Show Committee
Quilt Show Chair: Colleen Voet
Awards: Babs Jonas
Boutique: Diana Meier & Trudi Riley-Quinn
Café: Chris Westbrook
Property: Mary Franz
Publicity:
Raffle Baskets: Karen Ostiguy
Reception:
Show Floor Layout: Shellie Fisher & Colleen Voet
Show Floor Marking: Alex Enneking
Show Quilts: Cornelia Smithson & Mary Franz
Quilt Sales: Wendy Ellinger
Vendors: Billie Sanderson
Volunteers: Linda Cherry & Sarah Carroz
THE PIONEER PRESS—
The Pioneer Press is a monthly publication of the Pioneer Quilters Guild, a non-profit organization dedicated to
contributing to the growth and knowledge of quilting techniques, patterns, and the history of quilt making.
NEWSLETTER INFORMATION/CONTENT: Articles, information, and notices must be quilting or sewing
related, submitted by members only, and should be in the body of an email or a Microsoft Word document. To
submit information to the newsletter, contact the newsletter editor, [email protected].
Deadlines for information are the Friday after the first Monday of each month unless otherwise stated. The
Pioneer Press reserves the right to edit all submissions for publication.
Prices monthly for ads are as follows: Business Card size, $6.00; Quarter page, $12.00; half page, $20.00; Full
page, $35.00. Please note: Content of want ads and advertisements is not restricted to quilting or sewing. For
information on PQG, write to P. O. Box 126, Rocklin, CA. 95677.
Active membership is $35.00 annually, $15.00 annually for newsletter subscribers, 11 issues per year with
June/July combined.
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