OCQG Weekly Posts through Friday 10/4/2024 (4 posts)
Upcoming Workshop
Ladies, it’s almost time to go Clamming with me: Friday, October 11, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. You will need to bring the following:
Clips; Thread to match your fabric; Stiletto (If you don’t have one, let me know; I have a few extra.); Ruler; Scissors and/or Rotary Cutter; Flex Pen; Lunch. Don’t worry if you don’t have all of these things, because I will have mine with me and I will share.
If you don’t mind, would you please take a picture of the fabric that you quilted that I gave you? I have misplaced some of the pictures, and I need to make sure I have your coordinating fabric to go with the pieces.
Look forward to Clamming with you! Just a warning! These bags are addicting!
Thank you all!
Penni
NOTE: CLAM BAG CLASS is full! Penni will send out details about what we need to bring to class on Friday, October 11. Looks like we will be having great fun!
Workshops and Programs
MY QUILTY LIFE
Alex Anderson will be the featured speaker at our October 10 Guild
meeting. She is a quilter, television series host, and is the author
of various quilting books and fabric lines. She has also developed an
award-winning magazine. Anderson is a former host of HGTV’s “Simply Quilts,”
which aired for 13 seasons. She has also hosted a web series and a podcast.
She will be speaking about, “My Quilty Life.”
BOXES AND BEYOND!
Last month we delighted in hearing from Colleen Wise about her amazing
work with shadows to give a three-dimensional look to our quilts. Those of
us who took the class worked diligently with light, medium, and dark
contrast to create Boxes and Beyond! If you took the class, please bring
your work, finished or not, for show and tell.
Get ‘er Done Frequently Asked Questions?
Worth Repeating: 2025 Guild Retreat
It’s that time! Starting October 1, 2024, you can sign up for the 2025 Retreat, which will be held at the Aldersgate Conference Center in Turner, Oregon. The dates for the retreat are April 22 – 25, 2025.
Really good news: The lighting has been upgraded, and the auditorium where we sew is much, much brighter.
The cost for a room, nine meals, and all the fun is $360 per person. RV spaces with full hookups are $190 and include all the meals and fun. If you choose the RV option, it is still $190 per person.
We will take in-person sign-ups at the October, November, January, and February meetings. A $50 deposit will hold your place; you must be paid in full by the February 2025 Guild meeting.
The Guild website has the updated information and a fillable registration form (at the top of the Retreat page). A completed registration form is required with your deposit. If you are unable to print the form from the website, we will have paper copies at the meetings. If you mail in your form and deposit, please send it to: Viki West, PO Box 349, Yachats OR 97498. When you fill out your form, please indicate any dietary needs and whether you want to participate in the Jewel Tone 2-1/2” Strip Exchange.
The 2025 Retreat is also offering a challenge: When you sign up, if you want to participate, you will get a piece of fabric to use in anything you want to make. You can add as many other fabrics as you want, and your item does not have to be a quilt or quilted. The only requirements are that the fabric we give you has to be visible and the item needs to be completed when you arrive at the retreat. If you are sending your registration in the mail and want to participate in the challenge, we will mail you the fabric.
Any questions, please email Viki West at bogie07@comcast.net.
OCQG Weekly Posts through Friday 9/27/2024 (3 posts)
Community Quilts
Thursday, October 3rd, will be our first meeting at our new storage at the St. Luke’s by the Sea Episcopal Church in Waldport. Stop by anytime from 10 am to 2 pm to see what we’ve got going on. Address is 1353 Hwy 101 South.
2025 Guild Retreat
It’s that time! Starting October 1, 2024, you can sign up for the 2025 Retreat, which will be held at the Aldersgate Conference Center in Turner, Oregon. The dates for the retreat are April 22 – 25, 2025.
Really good news: The lighting has been upgraded, and the auditorium where we sew is much, much brighter.
The cost for a room, nine meals, and all the fun is $360 per person. RV spaces with full hookups are $190 and include all the meals and fun. If you choose the RV option, it is still $190 per person.
We will take in-person sign-ups at the October, November, January, and February meetings. A $50 deposit will hold your place; you must be paid in full by the February 2025 Guild meeting.
The Guild website has the updated information and a fillable registration form (at the top of the Retreat page). A completed registration form is required with your deposit. If you are unable to print the form from the website, we will have paper copies at the meetings. If you mail in your form and deposit, please send it to: Viki West, PO Box 349, Yachats OR 97498. When you fill out your form, please indicate any dietary needs and whether you want to participate in the Jewel Tone 2-1/2” Strip Exchange.
The 2025 Retreat is also offering a challenge: When you sign up, if you want to participate, you will get a piece of fabric to use in anything you want to make. You can add as many other fabrics as you want, and your item does not have to be a quilt or quilted. The only requirements are that the fabric we give you has to be visible and the item needs to be completed when you arrive at the retreat. If you are sending your registration in the mail and want to participate in the challenge, we will mail you the fabric.
Any questions, please email Viki West at bogie07@comcast.net.
Executive Board Meeting Minutes
The September 19, 2024, Guild board meeting minutes are posted on the Meeting Minutes web page.
OCQG Weekly Posts through Friday 9/20/2024 (5 posts)
Finishing School
We invite you to join us on September 26 from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm at the Carriage House at the Lincoln County Historical Museum at 545 SW 9th St. in Newport. Come at any time and stay as long as you’d like! Bring a sack lunch or go out–whatever you would rather do.
It is a great time to work on a project without being interrupted. You may bring your machine or hand work, and we will have an iron there for you to use. It’s also a great way to get to know other guild members and get help on a project that you need advice on.
Finishing School is a fun time for all!
Community Quilts New Meeting Location
Community Quilts meets on the first Thursday of the month from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at its new location: St. Luke by the Sea Church, 1353 Hwy 101 South, Waldport (south of town on left before Range Dr.).
Come Clamming with Me
Friday, October 11, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
If you’ve never done a byannie bag, this is your chance!
$45 will get you a complete kit, including pattern and everything else you’ll need to make the bag, plus a full day of FUN! This is a fun and easy bag to start with and a great gift idea. Christmas is around the corner.
You will need your sewing machine and regular supplies, including the following:
- Lunch
- Wonder Clips
- Thread
- Stiletto
- Small Ruler
- Scissors and/or Rotary Cutter
- Flex Pen
I’d love to have you join me!
Penni Myers
September 2024 Guild Meeting Minutes
The latest guild meeting minutes are posted on the Meeting Minutes web page.
A Gentle Reminder:
Our guild general meetings will go back to monthly daytime meetings starting with the October 10 meeting:
Meeting: 1:00 to 3:00 pm. Table Walk: 12:30 pm
OCQG Weekly Posts through Friday 9/13/2024 (3 posts)
Same Place, Different Time
A gentle reminder: Our guild general meetings will go back to daytime meetings starting with the October meeting: 1:00 to 3:00 pm. Table Walk: 12:30 pm.
“Get ‘er Done” Project-of-the-Month
We challenge our Guild members to get those UFOs done! We know it is sometimes hard to motivate yourself to finish old projects or start on a project that is intimidating. We want to help you get over the hurdle and help you create and enjoy the satisfaction of a finished project!
From October through May, we will choose one project a month–out of eight projects you select from your unfinished or yet-to-be-started projects that you would love to complete in 2024-25. Here’s how it works:
1) Choose eight projects in SEPTEMBER and make a list, numbering the projects 1 through 8. This way, you’ll know exactly what they are. You can list the pattern name or the kind of fabric you’ll be using, or any other comments you’d like to make about the project. Bring your list to the October guild meeting. NOTE: You can choose fewer projects, just number 1-?, but will only participate in the month that your number is chosen.
2) Find a convenient way to store your projects, so they are accessible and easy to find. As you know, it’s very easy for things to get lost in the sewing room! (I have my projects in shoe boxes or bigger containers, if needed, each with a number taped to the box.)
3) At each monthly Guild meeting, starting in October, we will randomly select a number from 1-8 and that is the project you will work on during the month. Some will be easy-peasy (I’m thinking pillow cases); others will be a challenge to complete in a month. Even if you don’t get a project all finished, you’ll be way ahead of where you were on that project. If you finish it, you can celebrate and maybe win a fun gift!
4) Bring your finished project to the next Guild meeting to share and celebrate your accomplishment. Each member who finishes their project-of-the-month on time will go into a monthly drawing for a fun prize (two winners). In addition, everyone who finishes their challenge for the month will go into a grand prize drawing in June. The more projects you complete on time, the greater your chances to win!
Let’s have fun and get these done together!
Jane Szabo and Nancy Nash
Reminder: If you have a challenge idea, please bring it to the September 19 board meeting at 10 a.m., via Zoom. Please contact Nan, and she will send the Zoom link to you, if you don’t already get it. See article below.
You’re Being Challenged . . . to Challenge the Guild!
It hardly seems possible, but it’s time for another challenge to be selected by the Executive Board! Please join the meeting, if possible, so that the Board can clarify any questions, and it would be helpful to send a copy of your idea to President Darcy de la Rosa before the meeting so that she can send it out with the agenda.
Usually, challenge entries are size-limited (20”- 30” on a side) so that there will be room to display them in the quilt show. There are special ribbons for first, second, and third place. The participation ribbons are often handmade, but that’s not a requirement. Remember, if your challenge is selected by the board, you must coordinate the submissions by:
–Communicating the “rules” and requesting entries at each meeting;
–Accepting the entries at the June meeting;
–Displaying them at the June and July general meetings. (Voting will be online.)
–Hanging them at the quilt show in August (with a helper or two); and
–Attending Executive Board meetings as Challenge Chairperson.
OCQG has had some wonderful challenges over the years, and hopefully 2025 will carry on the tradition. Questions? Ask a former challenge coordinator (Diane Tillotson, Becky Mershon and others) for answers. Please—challenge the guild with your challenge!
Jean Amundson
OCQG Weekly Posts through Friday 9/6/2024 (3 posts)
Quilt Show Co-chairs Needed
The Guild needs new co-chairs for the 2025 Quilt Show. It takes two to three members to make it easier. The Guild already has lots of volunteers continuing on their subcommittees. Please consider rounding up your friends for this job.
Your first duty will be to choose the next Featured Quilter to be revealed in December. There is a lot of helpful info available.
Chat with Jane Szabo or Darcy de la Rosa for more information and to sign up.
Leftover Sale
The Guild has some leftover notions from the Quilt Show: pins, thread, Steam-A-Seam, and more will be for sale at the September 12th Guild meeting.
Check out the bargains during the 5:30 pm Table Walk, bring some extra cash, or charge (with an over $10 purchase).
These bargains won’t last long.
This is our last evening meeting for the year, so come and enjoy Colleen Wise talk about adding depth to your quilts.
Jane Szabo
I Goofed!
In the article last week asking for challenge ideas, I should have said that the participation ribbons are often handmade . . . I wrongly typed that the challenge quilts are often handmade—a big error! It’s the ribbons, folks, not the quilts! (See revision in bold below.)
Jean Amundsen
You’re Being Challenged to Challenge the Guild!
It hardly seems possible, but it’s time for another challenge to be selected by the Executive Board! If you have a challenge idea, please bring it to the September 19 board meeting (10 a.m., via Zoom). Please join the meeting, if possible, so that the Board can clarify any questions, and it would be helpful to send a copy of your idea to President Darcy de la Rosa before the meeting so that she can send it out with the agenda.
Usually, challenge entries are size-limited (20”- 30” on a side) so that there will be room to display them in the quilt show. There are special ribbons for first, second, and third place. The participation ribbons are often handmade, but that’s not a requirement. Remember, if your challenge is selected by the board, you must coordinate the submissions by:
–Communicating the “rules” and requesting entries at each meeting;
–Accepting the entries at the June meeting;
–Displaying them at the June and July general meetings. (Voting will be online.)
–Hanging them at the quilt show in August (with a helper or two); and
–Attending Executive Board meetings as Challenge Chairperson.
OCQG has had some wonderful challenges over the years, and hopefully 2025 will carry on the tradition. Questions? Ask a former challenge coordinator (Diane Tillotson, Becky Mershon and others) for answers. Please—challenge the guild with your challenge!
OCQG Weekly Posts through Friday 8/30/2024 (4 posts)
Community Quilters Move to New Location
If you are planning to come to help Community Quilters move on September 5th, Thursday, please text or call, so Lindanne knows you are coming.
You’re Being Challenged to Challenge the Guild!
It hardly seems possible, but it’s time for another challenge to be selected by the Executive Board! If you have a challenge idea, please bring it to the September 19 board meeting (10 a.m., via Zoom). Please join the meeting, if possible, so that the Board can clarify any questions, and it would be helpful to send a copy of your idea to President Darcy de la Rosa before the meeting so that she can send it out with the agenda.
Usually, challenge entries are size-limited (20”- 30” on a side) so that there will be room to display them in the quilt show. There are special ribbons for first, second, and third place. The participation ribbons are often handmade, but that’s not a requirement. Remember, if your challenge is selected by the board, you must coordinate the submissions by:
–Communicating the “rules” and requesting entries at each meeting;
–Accepting the entries at the June meeting;
–Displaying them at the June and July general meetings. (Voting will be online.)
–Hanging them at the quilt show in August (with a helper or two); and
–Attending Executive Board meetings as Challenge Chairperson.
OCQG has had some wonderful challenges over the years, and hopefully 2025 will carry on the tradition. Questions? Ask a former challenge coordinator (Diane Tillotson, Becky Mershon and others) for answers. Please—challenge the guild with your challenge!
Meeting Coordinator Volunteers Needed
The Guild is in urgent need of a new Meeting Coordinator. Their duties include:
–Arriving early to the meetings to make sure the setup is correct (the church sets up chairs and tables and puts them away);
–Unlocking the doors, opening the blinds, turning on the lights and getting out the speaker system (a moving cart is provided), and turning on the TV;
–Making sure everything is put away at the end of the meeting, although each committee puts away their own things.
Instructions are all laid out in picture form to make it easy.
It would be a great two- to three-person job, so ask your friends to help you, then you have a backup if you can’t make the meeting. I know most people come early to the meetings anyway.
The Zoom meeting person is also looking for help when they are gone. You just need a laptop and to know how to sign into Zoom, easy. Instructions are provided.
Please talk to Jane or Darcy for more details and to volunteer.
Jane Szabo, janeszabo@yahoo.com
OCQG Board Meeting Minutes
The minutes of the July 18 and August 15 Executive Board meetings of the Guild are available on the Meeting Minutes page of the website.
Lap App for Sale
Cheryl Kramer has a gently-used Lap App for sale. $35. Those interested can check out an informational video on The Lap App here.
OCQG Weekly Posts through Fri 8/16/2024 (3 posts)
Finishing School will be meeting on August 22 from 10 to 3:30 at the Carriage House at the Lincoln County Historical Museum at 545 SW 9th St, Newport.
It is a great time to work on a project without being interrupted. Bring your machine or hand work. We will have an iron there for you to use. Come at any time and stay as long as you like. Bring a sack lunch or go out–whatever you would rather do. It’s a great way to get to know other Guild members and get help on a project that you need advice on. Fun time is had by all.
Clam Up Bag Workshop
Friday October 11, 9:00-4:00
If you’ve never done a ByAnnie bag, this is your chance.
$45 will get you a complete kit, everything you need to make the bag, the pattern and a full day of fun.
I will be handing out at the September guild meeting the piece that you need to quilt before class. If you will not be at the September meeting, we can make arrangements to get that to you. Just call me.
This is a fun and easy bag to start with and a great gift idea. Christmas is around the corner.
Things you will need, besides your sewing machine and regular supplies you sew with, for the Clam Bag Class on Oct. 11:
- Lunch
- Wonder clips
- Thread
- Stiletto
- Small ruler
- Scissors and or rotary cutter
- Flex pen
Love to have you join me!
Penni Myers
OCQG General Meeting Minutes
The minutes of the August 8 meeting of the guild are available on the Meeting Minutes page of the website.
Host Volunteer Schedule
This link should have the full host schedule for the quilt show on Friday and Saturday. Check to find your name and plan to check in 15 minutes before your scheduled time. There are a few spaces left. Contact Pamela Potter to sign up.
If you have entered quilts in the show, be sure to bring them to the church (Atonement Lutheran) in Newport TODAY (Monday 7/29) from 1-3 for Intake.
See you then!
OCQG Weekly Posts thru Fri., July 26, 2024 (2 posts)
Quilt Show Week is Here!
Monday, July 29: 1:00-3:00. Deliver quilts to Atonement Lutheran. Remember sleeve, paper label and insurance waiver.
Tuesday, July 30: 8:00-5:00. Judging. Volunteers only at ATL.
Wednesday, July 31: 8:00-5:00. Judging. Bring snack if working.
Thursday, Aug. 1: 7:30 am until done. Rec. Center.
Potluck: Bring dish to share. 8:00-11:00. Eat: 11:30-1:00.
Sponsored Ribbons: 1:00-5:00. Pick your winner.
Boutique: Deliver 9:00-3:00. Remember inventory.
Friday, Aug. 2: 8:00-9:00. Boutique. Members only. 9:00 am Opens to public.
9:00-5:00. Show. Please park a couple of blocks away! Bring name tag for free admission. Come to Break Room for aprons and schedule.
Saturday, August 3: 9:00-4:00. Show. Come and bring friends.
Takedown: 4:00-6:00. Help. Only volunteers helping inside gyms or hallways after 4:00 pm.
Pick up quilts when Viki says so! 4:30-5-ish.
Sunday, August 4: REST and RELAX
Happy Show Week! Jane Szabo
Quilt Show Host Volunteers Update
7/20/2024 Quilt Show Signups
Here is the latest Quilt show signups sheet:
OCQG Weekly Posts thru Fri., July 5, 2024 (4 posts)
DEADLIINE for Raffle Ticket Sales: July 11
Thanks!!
Calling All Boutique Vendors!!
The Boutique Committee will accept your priced and inventoried items on Thursday, August 1st, between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Be sure all your items have a tag securely attached with price, inventory number and your vendor number on the front. It’s helpful if a very short description is on the back of the tag, in case the tag gets separated from the item during the sale. We will ask for a copy of your inventory sheets to keep during the sale.
Remember: Members will have exclusive shopping rights Friday morning from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m.
Text or call Gail Chipman if you have any questions regarding marking items, inventorying items, etc. at 541-602-7760.
Quilt Show Host Volunteers
Here are the most current signups for the Quilt Show Host Volunteers. Viki West will be at our meeting this month with the poster to allow for in-person signups. We have 41 vacant spaces to fill (21%). Thanks to all who have volunteered. Please consider how you can best support our quilt show .
Reminder: Challenge Quilt Voting is Online Now
View the creative takes on the theme and make your vote on the 17 entries in the 2024 OCQG Challenge: The Four Seasons. Follow this LINK.
You can also find the link on the Guild website home page at https://oregoncoastal quilters.org./
Voting ends Saturday, July 13th.
Nan
OCQG Weekly Posts thru Fri., June 28, 2024 (5 posts)
Program at the July 11 Meeting
At the General meeting on July 11th, member Nan Scott will give an overview of some of the capabilities of Electric Quilt (EQ), a very powerful digital quilt designer. She will also illustrate many of the capabilities, using several projects that she has designed. If you have ever wanted to take your design from imagination to reality, EQ may just be your secret sauce!
2024 Quilt Show Host Volunteers
Currently, we have 43 spots left to fill (22%)! Here is a description of the jobs to help you with your decisions. Please consider representing the greatest quilt guild on the Oregon Coast! Your presence will make a difference for our attendees AND it is a great opportunity to have fun!
Lincoln County Fair
Help! We need members to man our booth at the Lincoln County Fair. It is an opportunity to sign up new members, talk about our Veterans Project and Documentation and sell raffle quilt tickets and merchandise. We need to fill the following shifts:
10:00-2:00, 2:00 to 6:00, 6:00-9:00
Saturday, July 6th: We need 1 person for 10:00-2:00 and 2:00-6:00 and 2 people for 6:00-9:00
10:00-1:30 and 1:30-5:00
Viki
Challenge Quilt Voting is Online Now
View the creative takes on the theme and make your vote on the 17 entries in the 2024 OCQG Challenge: The Four Seasons. Follow this LINK.
You can also find the link on the Guild website home page at https://oregoncoastal quilters.org./
Voting ends Saturday, July 13th.
Nan
June OCQG Executive Board Meeting Minutes
OCQG Weekly Posts thru Fri., June 21, 2024 (4 posts)
Finishing School Meeting
Lincoln County Fair
Challenge Quilt Voting is Online Now
View the creative takes on the theme and make your vote on the 17 entries in the 2024 OCQG Challenge: The Four Seasons. Follow this LINK.
You can also find the link on the Guild website home page at https://oregoncoastal quilters.org./
Voting ends Saturday, July 13th.
Nan
June OCQG General Meeting Minutes
OCQG Weekly Posts thru Fri., June 14, 2024 ( 2 posts)
Quilt Show Volunteers Update
The most current signup sheet for our Host volunteers at the quilt show is available online. The word “host” has been added to help us distinguish from other signups. WE are 75% toward our goal! We have 47 slots left (See yellow highlighted areas).
Please consider signing up for the Guild Activities. Clarification of the position may be helpful. Tamara Craig is preparing information sheets that clarify our amazing activities (Community Quilts, Retreats, off-shoot quilting groups, Veterans Quilting, AND the annual quilt show! We will have membership applications. We will have some baskets to auction (2 per day) and some notions to sell. The position is seated. You won’t be left alone without direction. This can be great fun! It will give you an opportunity to let people know how you benefit as a member of this organization.
Pamela Potter
Remembering Florence Roberts
We’re sad to announce that Florence Roberts died in early June. Florence taught many of our present and former members how to quilt. She was a stalwart OCQG member and prolific quilter until a few years ago.
