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Flying Geese Quilters Guild

Goose Tracks

June 2020

Email Address:

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Inside This Issue

Quilt Auction 2 Sunshine & Shadows 4

Quilt Challenge 3 Philanthropy 5-6

Workshop Update 3 What We’re Up To 7-11

President’s Message By Sandy Sutton

Hello everyone! As our society starts to get going again, your Board has been considering ways for us to come together to support our craft and maintain our friendships during a time

when we still cannot meet face to face.

To facilitate this, we will be conducting a Guild meeting by Zoom

next Monday evening at our regular meeting time. You will need to download Zoom to your computer before then to access the

meeting. A big thank you to Trudy Cleveland, Michelle Howe, Mary Howland and Mary Lu Booker for heading up this effort for

the Guild!

We had to postpone our Auction that had been scheduled for May and have decided to hold it next year instead of the Quilt

show. This of course impacts our income for the current year, but I want to reassure everyone that due to our reserve funds,

we will have no problem paying our bills and continuing our

activities.

You should have received the current directory in the mail. Thank you to everyone who helped with this effort! Please keep

in touch with one another, and for our new members, everyone

now has your information!

I am looking forward to getting my activities back on a calendar, providing the structure for my days, weeks and months. It seems like I have been living in a time warp where it is hard to

keep track of what day it is, let alone the date! The good news is

that I have been getting a lot done on my projects!

And next Monday we will be hearing from some members about what they have been accomplishing during our time at home.

Looking forward to seeing you on Monday! And I am planning to

have a haircut before then!

mailto:[email protected]


Auction Update

By Julia Renaud

For the Calendar Girls Auction Committee

As we reported in the May Newsletter we had to cancel our Auction for this year

because of the Virus. We are returning all of the quilts that were donated to us. Thank

you to everyone who donated quilts.

Below are 3 quilts that were donated but we are unable to locate the owners because

there is no label on the quilts and there was no registration form with them. If you

recognize your quilt please contact Julia Renaud at 949-306-5450. They are beautiful

quilts so please contact Julia so she can get them to their owners.


Coming Attractions—Workshop Update: By Juliet Sandquist and Mary Lou Booker

There is not much to report on workshops this month as things are still a bit unsettled. Those who paid for the Trudy Cleveland workshop and the Anne Shaw

workshop will have their fees refunded. We are in the process of contacting the speakers who were scheduled for the rest of the year and are exploring possible options

for providing workshops as we move forward. Thank you for your patience!

2020 Guild Challenge

Winter Wonderland

By Pam Hadfield and Trudy Cleveland

We hope you are working on your Winter Wonderland Challenge. You still have plenty of time to complete it. Turn in time will be September 14, 2020 at guild or at a drop off place. If we are not back in the school by October, we will still have the Challenge in some way, shape, or form. Challenge quilts will still be judged by a qualified judge so we can enter the top 8 into the 2021 Ultimate Guild Challenge. So, take advantage of this down time in our lives and create an exciting Winter Wonderland

piece.


Sunshine and Shadows

This information is being shared with you in case you would like to

contact members or send cards to them.

Sunshine

Ursula Hartunian has recovered.

Shadows

Sandy Ingraham fell and broke her hip during her morning walk on May 22nd, and had surgery on May 24th at Hoag NPB. She has been transferred to the Acute Rehab Unit of Hoag Hospital where she will be for approx. 2 weeks and then she will go home, where arrangements have been made for her family to care for her and Tom

until she is fully recovered.

Lisa Dallman's mother-in-law passed away at the age of 94 from

natural causes.

Community Education By Fay Kerneen

Along with the Guild not being able to meet as a group in this unusual time, the events in which we would normally participate have been cancelled for 2020. The

Tustin Home & Garden Tour was postponed from early May to September, and that

date has now been cancelled. They plan to resume the show in May 2021.

And of course, there is no Orange County Fair this year (my personal favorite). The Fair Board is planning a virtual fair and has put out a request for short

videos. Not my area of expertise, but if anyone is interested in making a short

video promoting quilting, similar to what we do at the fair, please contact me.

Stay safe, everyone.


Philanthropy

By Julia Renaud

On Behalf of the Philanthropy Committee

I hope you are all staying in good health during this trying time. I’m sure I

can hear all your machines humming along making masks, Challenge

quilts, personal quilts and items for our philanthropy committee.

I’d like to share our report for donated items since our March Guild

meeting.

69 quilts – 64 baby quilts and 5 adult quilts.

47 bupees, 2 flannel blankets, 6 quilts donated to Stand Up For Kids,

41 pillowcases donated Hospice and 50 pillowcases to Vitas.

Right now the only agencies accepting donations are Vitas and Hospice for

pillowcases and Military Showers. We are still donating to the Military

Showers so please continue to make burpees, baby blankets and quilts.

In order for our committee to receive the items that members are sewing,

Stephanie Schneider, earlier this month, sent an email out asking if

anyone had completed items to contact her. She received quite a few calls

and the items were picked up. We will be continuing this process until we

have a guild meeting. If you have any items that you would like to donate

or if you would like kits for quilts, pillowcases and placemats please

contact Stephanie at her email: [email protected].

For the month of June we will not be having our sew day at Orange

Quilt Bee. Information regarding future sew days will forthcoming.

Please take care and hopefully we will back to together in July.

Thank you to Lisa and Pebble for the use of the

sewing room at The Orange Quilt Bee for our Philanthropy sew days.

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Philanthropy

Some of our beautiful, donated quilts


“Here is a small wall

hanging I recently

finished. It was a UFO I pulled out at the

beginning of this stay at

home period. I painted

the doves, pieced the

border and machine

quilted it.“

Eileen Wintemute

“This is a wrap I

crocheted. (Okay, I

know it’s not a quilt,

but it’s a similar

hobby.)”

So, what have you been up to?

“This is a top I fin-

ished. It’s now

ready for quilting. It is my husband

and his friend on

our favorite river.

It measures about

36”x40”.”

Nancy Mueller

“I have finished many quilt projects and pillowcas-

es for family during this Covid time. I didn't get

many pictures. However, I am proud of the bigger quilt that I finished.

This quilt measures 74" x 87" and took longer than

usual because it was hard to get fabric supplies!

It is made with Moda Crystal Lake. It is quilted by

me on my Bernina Q20.

I made it to enter the Fair....but there is no fair this year...so I decided to be brave and enter in the

Pieces of the Past quilt contest!

Presently I am working on trying new things, for

example, I am trying my hand at prairie points and

a scalloped border on a toddler quilt.”

“I made this "memory quilt"

in April. I've had the pattern

by Java House for years and always meant to make it.

When the pandemic hit, my

guest bathroom remodel had

just been finished and it

needed some art. I added the

wording so we would always remember the toilet paper

hoarding of 2020.”

Michelle Howe


Bretta Gunther

“I Embroidered on a jean

jacket for my daughter.”

“Close up of jean jacket for

my daughter.”

“Tooth fairy pillows for my grandkids.”

“Baby quilt for grand

niece.”

>

“Baby quilt for grand

nephew.”

“I haven’t made any quilts (too distracted),

but I have been

gardening, baking, and

making masks. I thought

you’d like to see this special mask that I made

with hexagons and

pentagons. I was curious

if the roundness of a

soccer ball could

translate into a comfortable mask. Yes, it can! It’s a fair amount of

work because it was English paper pieced; I did it

just for fun, not to mass produce.”

Jan Johnson

“Floral jelly roll with

scalloped edges by Jan

Johnson, quilted &

enhanced by Jean Impey

(sewjean.com).”

“35 "happy masks" sent to Chicago County

Hospital for Docs & Nurses, with Ric-rac ties and

dart nose holder.”


Cindy Cooksey


Fay Kerneen

“Penny Sturges’ Mochachino

Bag—

I purchased the pattern and

fabrics for this Mochachino Bag when Penny Sturges

was our guest speaker in

August 2016. One more

UFO done!”

Tamara Ambroson

“I recently finished this

quilt using French General fabrics by Moda.

I chose this project

because it represents two

“firsts” for me.

First time making a quilt

with appliqué.

First time using mainly

red and white.

I used a French General pattern, “Maison de

Garance”, for the house. The farmhouse critters I

got off the web. Because of their intricate shapes, I ended up doing raw edge appliqué using the

smallest stitch length on my machine. I do wonder

if they will fray when washed.

It was a fun project!”

Katie LeFlore

“I made these blocks with my Bee Hive Project Group

(12 quilters from around

the country), in January

and quilted it in April.”

Pam Hadfield

“’Whale Watching for

Mason.’ A quilt for my grandson.”

“This Label is from

my challenge quilt

that I have

finished.”

Pat Chambers

“10 year old UFO.. it pays to

clean my sewing cupboards!”

“Philanthropy project”




Cheryl Herbstman

“These first 3 are from

Australia. They are from

Tess Harper’s “Camelot”

pattern. All sewn by hand,

and I’ve used fabric dye to

paint on the 2nd & 3rd

patches.”

“I got Alex Anderson’s book called “Paper Piecing”

from the library. It was an ebook. I wanted to learn

how to do it. However when this pineapple block

came up I found I was having trouble drawing the

template, so I bought the book- as the pattern

could not print being it was an ebook. Anyway, I

made 3 of them to give as Mother’s Day cards.”

“The first block I did from Alex’s

“Paper Piecing” book for a friend’s

birthday.”

“My neighbor had a baby

girl, so I made the new

baby a rag quilt.”

Sharon Bozman

“These are a couple

of projects I have

been working on.

This was a mystery

quilt offered by

Edyta Sitar. I did

this with a group of

quilting friends in

Northern California,

as a virtual retreat.”

“This is a UFO that I

finished. It’s a

modern take on the

1930’s Farmer’s

Wife pattern.”



Joanna Florence

“Who doesn’t need another

Fourth of July quilt? I am finishing this flag quilt to

help celebrate the

holidays! The pattern is

by Edyta Sitar.”

Holly Batterman

“I’ve mostly been working

on the Moda Blockhead 3 challenge, when I’ve had

time to sew.”


Carlene Archibald

Jan Barbieri

Linda Benjamin

Helen Borne

Leslie Cushing

Pam Hadfield

Judy Hager-Schmid

Susan Helliar

LaDean Hischke

Ruth Honer

Mary Howland

Janice Johnson

Karen Ley

Pamela Ludwig

Claire Purcell

Becky Reed

Arlene Somerville

Judy Swytak

Sandra Usher

Diane Weinhold

Beverly Ziese

June Birthdays


Shhhhh…..

Please limit the conversation at guild to pre-meeting or designated breaks. It is nearly impossible for those sitting in the back of the room to hear the speaker, announcements, or the officers’ presentations.

Please be kind to those sensitive to perfumes, and refrain

from wearing your fragrances to the Guild meeting.


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Who Support Us

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2020—2021 Flying Geese Quilters Guild

Officers and Committees

Executive Board

President Sandy Sutton

1st Vice President Mary Lu Booker

2nd Vice President Nancy Chocek

Secretary Joann Florence

Treasurer Jo Whitley and Ellen Reibling

Standing Committees

Community Education Fay Kerneen

Membership Lisa Dallman, Chair, Carol Moore and Linda Richards

Newsletter Katie LeFlore, Becky Reed and Holly Batterman

Parliamentarian Darla Cox

Philanthropy Pat Chambers, Chair

Special Committees

Advertising Judy Crotts

2020 Auction Calendar Girls Friendship Group

Birthdays Donna Huffman

2020 Challenge Pam Hadfield and Trudy Cleveland

Directory Nancy Chocek

Facilities Cindy Kruse

Facilities Storage Eileen Wintemute

New Members

Friendship Groups

Historian Melissa Nelms

Hospitality Sue Watkins and Gina Whitelaw

Monthly Creation Cindy Hinds and Roseann Tennison

Opportunity Quilt Linda Smith

Photographer Holly Batterman

2021 Quilt Show

Retreats Kristen Holden

SCCQG Rep Holly Batterman

Show & Tell Ruth Honer

Website Gale Slagle

Web Mailing Michelle Howe

Work Shop Juliet Sandquist


Flying Geese Quilters Guild is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to promoting the art of quilting. Goose Tracks is a monthly publication of the Flying Geese Quilters Guild. Deadline for newsletter submission is Friday after the second Monday of each month. Articles in the newsletter may be reprinted if proper credit is given. Copyrighted artwork may not be reprinted without the permission of the artist. Website: http://www.flying-geese.org/.

Our (Tentative) Next Meeting

Monday

July 13, 2020

6:00 PM Browsing and socializing

6:30 PM Business Meeting

Rancho San Joaquin

Middle School

4861 Michelson Drive

Irvine CA 92612

Come to the meeting

Check in at the Membership Desk,

Wear your Name Tag

Introduce yourself to someone new

Bring Goodies to share

Carpool with a buddy

Bring Show & Tell projects to share

Sign up for a Workshop

Volunteer

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FGQG Goose TracksFor the Calendar Girls Auction Committee As we reported in the May Newsletter we had to cancel our Auction for this year because of the Virus. We are returning all