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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.

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.

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.

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 9^th 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!

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

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

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!

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.

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.

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!

Here is the latest Quilt show signups sheet:

Quilt Show Signups (PDF)