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2021 Community Quilt
High Desert Quilt Guild
NEWSLETTER January 2022
Dear Members,
MAGIC SHOW*
Sometimes in winter
while I’m sleeping
through the night
inside the house
all snug and tight,
outside
the world is turning
white.
I ran across the children’s book Pieces: A Year in Poems & Quilts by Anna Grossnickle Hines. It’s
a book of poetry, but my eye was drawn to the illustrations. Her illustrations are quilts, often made
up of 1 1/8-inch squares and not much larger than the page of the book. In the back of the book
she talks about her love of quilting, and how she creates these tiny little pieces of art. You can now
check out Pieces from the guild library. Also we have Peaceful Pieces : Poems and Quilts About
Peace by the same author.
The Deschutes Library has another of her books, Winter Lights: A Season in Poems & Quilts. And
in the back of the book you will find more inspiration on quilting. (They also have Peaceful Pieces)
January is a month of snow. A good month to curl up with a quilt and a good book. And a good
month to create a “small” quilt depicting a cold winter day. If you get inspired, bring your piece of
art to a guild meeting and share it with your friends.
Happy New Year,
Bobbe Schafer
*Magic Show is from the book Pieces
REMINDER: Masks are required at our meetings. The governor of the State of Oregon has mandated that masks be worn in-
doors. We are a 501c3 corporation, granted tax exempt status by the State of Oregon. As such there is no question that masks
should be required at our indoor meetings. That is what the law requires. If we were flagrantly in violation of the safety mandates
in the State of Oregon and someone contracted Covid, our organization could be held liable. IF we do all that the state requires in
the way of safety measures, and right now that is to simply have everyone wear a mask indoors, we are in compliance with what
the State of Oregon has mandated and we are operating in good faith.
High Desert Quilt Guild - January 2022 Page 1 of 14
Jan General Meeting - masks required
VFW HALL 9am - 9:30am Social Hour
6th 9:30am Meeting Begins
HYBRID—In Person and ZOOM
Feb General Meeting—Masks required
3rd HYBRID—In Person and ZOOM
HDQG Board Members and
JANUARY FAT QUARTER THEME - Red/Pink - solid Committee Chairs and Contacts
or Print (think Valentines Day) President Bobbe Schafer
Vice President Jemila Bennett
Secretary Karen Perkins
Treasurer Renee Schindele
Volunteers Needed BOM Help Needed
Christmas Party Help Needed
Come and volunteer with us. We still need Community Quilts Susan Bray
a Block of the Month Coordinator for 2022, Door Prizes Pam Hiatt
and historian and a Christmas Party Coordi- Fat Quarters Laura Tawney
nator. Finance Chair Mike Denton
Find a friend to co-chair or make new Google Acct Mgr Sarah Spady
friends with committee members. Historian Help Needed
Hospitality June Isaac & Becky Johnson
Library Debbie Bleile
Or, be on a committee when a chair asks
Membership Judy Wells
for volunteers.
Mystery Quilt Susan Olsen & Petie Auxier
Newsletter Deborah Medlar
Right now the Raffle Quilt Creation Com- Parliamentarian Cheri Herr
mittee needs volunteers to help pick a Programs Stef Hinton
pattern and fabrics for the raffle quilt. Con- Quilt Show Shirley Smith & Sarah Spady
tact Deborah Medlar to volunteer. Click
Raffle Quilt Creation Deborah Medlar
here
Raffle Quilt Sales Angi Lannigan & Jean Ennis
Retreat Margaret Chappell
High Desert Quilt Guild Sew Days Petei Auxier
PO Box 2387 Silver Thimble Award Jan Romeis
Redmond, OR 97756 Sunshine Sue Nikiel
https://highdesertquiltguild.org/ Website Melissa Heuser
highdesertquiltguild@gmail.com Workshops Caroline Lincoln
High Desert Quilt Guild - January 2022 Page 2 of 14
WORKSHOPS By Caroline Lincoln I will be sending out a survey before the end of January and asking for your feedback . I'd like to get new feedback on what you would like to see for workshops in the coming year: clas- ses, techniques, new products, etc. I would also like to know of any members who are willing to teach workshops for us. Right now there is a $20 limit on workshop fees. We have made exceptions and charged $25 last year. But, we may want to get a "special" instructor at a higher cost. I would like to find out how much you would be willing to spend. PROGRAMS By Stef Hinton January 6, 2022—Mary Ann Lisk Our guest speaker is Mary Ann Lisk. Many of you know her; she works at Sew Many Quilts, quilt shop in Bend. Mary Ann has visited before and also taught a wonderful art quilt class. She will be sharing her new passion for quilts and show- ing us how to make use and manage our fabric stash. You won’t want to miss it. In person or on ZOOM. February 3, 2022—Tools and Notions from the Stitchin’ Post Crew We will have the team from the Stitchin’ Post Quilt shop, in Sisters. Jean Wells, Valori Wells, and Jackie Erickson will share many of the latest and greatest notions available at the Stitchin’ Post. You will hear about these tools, get to see them in person and see them demonstrated. I am really looking forward to this. (You may not know this, but I am a notions/tools junkie! In person or on ZOOM. High Desert Quilt Guild - January 2022 Page 3 of 14
HDQG Library
by Debbie Bleile
Welcome 2022. As we start a new year, I would like to suggest a block of
the month. We have many books that showcase this, and provide instruc-
tion and ideas for seasonal blocks. They can be made up as a single wall
hanging that you change out monthly, or put together into a quilt. I have
personally done this and it is fun to gather them together at the end of the
year.
One book in our library is Quilter’s Dozen Plus and it suggests a wall
hanging that you attach the blocks using snaps or Velcro, so you are able
to change out the focal block each month. This book also provides lots of
ideas to frame your single block as well. Of course it provides ideas and
instruction on completing a quilt that measures 78x92. I wish for you to
challenge yourself this year and happy quilting.
P.S. Big thank you to Cheri for 2020-21 leadership of the Guild.
MEMBERSHIP AND 2022 DUES
By Judy Wells
HDQG membership now stands at 138. Two new members joined us at the December meeting and
renewals are coming in steadily. I will be available at the January 6 meeting to receive more cash
and checks for membership renewals for 2022.
As your new membership chair, I’m busy learning the many facets of this job.
SUNSHINE COMMITTEE
By Sue Nikiel (link here),
Know someone in the guild who could use get well wishes
and/or encouragement?
Please let me know so that I can send them an HDQG card.
IN MEMORIAM—ERNIE BROOKS
Long time quilt guild member, Mae Brooks, lost her husband, Ernie Brooks,
last week.
There will be a memorial service for Ernie on January 3, 2022 at 2:00 pm
at Redmond Memorial Chapel, 717 SW 6th St Redmond, Or.
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Community Outreach - Head Start & Hospice Quilts By Susan Bray As we begin the New Year, I want to thank you again for making all the Quilts for Kids that we delivered to the Walker Center of NeighborImpact Head Start! We delivered 93 quilts to the teachers so they could or- ganize the quilts and present a quilt to each child. NeighborImpact shared a couple pictures on their FaceBook page. The pictures showed the teachers choosing which quilt to give to which child. They loved seeing the quilts the day we delivered them. There were lots of ohhh’s and ahhh’s as they looked at the different quilts. It was fun to see the joy! As usual, this is a project we will continue to work on all year. So continue making quilts for us to give to the Head Start kids next December. And during the year we will also share quilts with the Early Head Start babies, and the Camp Sunrise of Hospice of Redmond. SCANDINAVIAN STAR INSTRUCTIONS Directions for making Scandinavian Star you found in your Christmas Goodie Bag (click link below) You Tube Instructions 12 step pictorial directions High Desert Quilt Guild - January 2022 Page 5 of 14
Fat Quarter Drawing
By Laura Tawney Fat Quarter of the Month Chair Person
Each month, members have the opportunity to grow their ‘stash’ by
participating in a fun exchange of fat quarter fabric. A pattern will be
also provided that is Fat Quarter Friendly.
Fat Quarter Drawing
The Fat Quarter of the Month Chairperson organizes the monthly
drawing of fat quarters at guild meetings.
A fat quarter of fabric is a one-fourth yard cut that usually measures
18" x 22". To create a fat quarter, cut a half-yard of fabric, 18" along
the fabric's lengthwise grain, then cut that piece in half at its midpoint.
Or, you can purchase precuts.
What is a Fat Quarter?
Fat Quarter fabric should be 100% cotton quilt-shop quality, approxi-
mately 18" x 22”.
This is a great way to expand our stashes with quality materials.
Each month there is a theme. You bring your fat quarter to the fat
quarter table at the back of the meeting room. Your name is entered
into the drawing. The drawing will be held at some point during the
How It Works! meeting.
1. Bring a fat quarter that coordinates with that month’s theme to
the meeting.
2. Turn in your fat quarter at the Fat Quarter Table located at the
back of the meeting room.
Guidelines for Fat 3. Sign in and your name will be entered once in the drawing.
Quarter Drawing 4. The drawing will be held at some point during the meeting.
5. If your name is drawn you win the lot of fat quarters.
Jan: Red/Pink - solid or Print (think Valentines Day)
Feb: Batiks
Mar: Floral (think Spring)
Apr: Grunge, any color
May: Juvenile
Jun: Red, White, & Blue
Fat Quarter Themes
Jul: Safari Prints (zebra, tiger, cougar, leopard, etc.)
2022 Aug: Black & White Prints
Sep: Vintage, Civil War
Oct: Fall
Nov: Winter Wonderland
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THE SILVER THIMBLE AWARDS FOR 2021
by Jan Romeis
The Silver Thimble Award is given annually to individuals
within the High Desert Quilt Guild in recognition of their
exceptional efforts to promote the art of quilting, for their
dedication and involvement in quilt activities. Previous
winners may not be recipients.
Congratulations to the 2021 HDQG Silver Thimble Award Recipients
DEBBIE BLEILE created our guild library. That library now has over 350 volumes. She in-
dexed the books and a list is now available on our website. She brings any books requested to
the meeting. Debbie also helped create the blocks for the raffle quilt, and bound the quilt. She
was the presenter at one of our meetings this year. In the first three years of the guild Debbie
also shlepped around all of the community quilt materials to meetings.
SUSAN BRAY has managed community quilts for 5 years. This includes gathering and storing
quilts, making fabric and batting available to members, and sewing HDQG labels on the back of
each quilt. With her guidance we are now making over 100 community quilts per year. In addi-
tion, Susan, with Melissa was also the co-chair of the workshop committee through 2021.
MELISSA HEUSER has been our webmaster for 5 years. She designed our website and keeps
it running. She installed Wild Apricot and sends out e-mails and surveys to members. Melissa
was also the co-chair of the workshop committee through 2021.
DEBORAH MEDLAR was our treasurer for three years. She was also on the nominating
committee, newsletter sub for 4 months, the co-chair of this year’s Christmas Party and Chair of
the Raffle Quilt Creation.
KAREN PERKINS has been our Secretary for 2 years. In addition, last year she made 11 com-
munity quilts, was the presenter at one meeting, and also part of the presenters at another
meeting. She also assisted in creating the raffle quilt blocks, and completed the sashing and
border herself. She made half of the Christmas ornaments in the Christmas gift bags.
SHIRLEY SMITH has been the quilt show co-chair for two years, and is continuing for this third
year. She has managed countless meetings, overseen the budget, and generally made sure the
quilt show will be a success. In addition, she ran the Mary Pope silent auction this year. Finally,
when Debbie Bleile can't make it to meetings Shirley acts as librarian.
Previous Winners of the Silver Thimble Award are:
2017 Petei Auxier, Margaret Chappel, Stef Hinton, Sue Olsen, Joy Soderquist
2018 Ann Davis, Jan Romeis, Bobbe Schafer, JoAnn Turo
2019 Mike Denton, Carrie Dulay, Cheri Herr, Debbie Stumbaugh
2020 Not awarded
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11 Questions (YES TO APPLE PIE)
JUDY WELLS — Membership Chair
Where were you born: Riverton, Wyoming
What was your last job: Library Coordinator for Linn-Benton ESD
Where have you lived in past 30 years: Past 8 years on Crooked River Ranch, before that,
Lyons, OR
Hobbies other than quilting: Machine embroidery
Favorite Dessert: I don't eat dessert, but favorite to make for others is apple pie
What year did you make your first quilt: Started it somewhere in the '80's--still not finished. It's
being hand-quilted. My aunt was helping me, but she's gone now and I've never gone back to
it. I'm not a hand quilter!
Favorite quilt shop not in Central Oregon: A Gathering Place in Rupert, Idaho
Quilt pattern/quilt you would most like to make but haven’t: There are many, but High Desert
Paprika by Valori Wells is at the top of the list
Favorite activity sponsored by quilt guild or at meeting: Show and Share--I love seeing the
wonderful quilts others make
Something that no one would ever guess that you did: I got a tattoo last summer.
A fun fact about yourself: I love, love, love major league baseball!
RENEE SCHINDELE — Treasurer
Where were you born: Seattle’s Ballard Hospital
What was your last job: SGS Development, Accounting Man-
ager
Where have you lived in past 30 years: Redmond, Shoreline
(WA), Mill Creek (WA)
Hobbies other than quilting: Knitting, Cross Stitch,
Bicycling
Favorite Dessert: Apple Pie (I make a fantastic crust!)
What year did you make your first quilt: 2013
Favorite quilt shop not in Central Oregon: Lickety Stitch Quilts in Lusk, WY.
Quilt pattern/quilt you would most like to make but haven’t: I recently bought “Tabletastic 2”.
But, which one to do first?
Favorite activity sponsored by quilt guild or at meeting: I’m new to the club, so I’m looking
forward to all the activities the club has to offer. I enjoyed the ugly fabric auction at the August
meeting.
Something that no one would ever guess that you did: I fly fish. I met my husband because of
fly-fishing.
A fun fact about yourself: I joke that I took up quilting, because I couldn’t find a good yarn shop.
I missed my favorite yarn shops in Seattle.
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UGLY FABRIC CONTEST The ugly fabric contest had six entries. Lynnette Durst was awarded both the ugliest (first place) and ugly (third place). Note her ribbons denoting ugliest and ugly. Caroline Lincoln won the uglier prize (2nd place). DONATIONS TO ADVENTIST CHURCH FOOD BANK Thank you note from Adventist Church "The Redmond SDA Community Center would like to thank you for all the food you donated to the center. Bonnie, Gordon, Linda and Bart.” High Desert Quilt Guild - January 2022 Page 9 of 14
WOMEN OF COURAGE CHALLENGE BLOCKS – 10 & 12 By Stef Hinton Block #10 Melissa Heuser - Crystal Bayat Crystal Bayat is an Afghan, social activist and hu- man rights advocate; she protested against the Taliban takeover. She is continuing the fight to preserve Afghan human rights achievements es- pecially for women. #12 Shirley Smith – Grace (McConnell) Allum My Grandmother was a Woman of Courage. She helped settle South Dakota when it opened to homesteading. She taught school in early 1900s, driving to school in a buggy. She delivered Tem- perance papers around town and fought for women’s right to vote, in town and country. She sewed all her own clothes and those for her children, making dresses for the girls out of feed sacks and later tailoring suits for herself. She al- so taught me to do this. I own a ‘Trip around the world quilt’, that she and my mother-in-law made. I can rub my fin- gers over those stitches and know that I am still connected to her. High Desert Quilt Guild - January 2022 Page 10 of 14
WOMEN OF COURAGE CHALLENGE BLOCKS – 14 & 15
By Stef Hinton
Block #14 by Susan Bray – Sarah Franklin
Bache 1743-1808
Sarah was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin,
she was always interested in politics and
was committed to the Whig party. She close-
ly followed the events leading up to the Revo-
lution.
She helped raise money for the Continental
Army. She was involved in the Ladies Associa-
tion of Philadelphia as the Leader, she su-
pervised the sewing of 2200 shirts for Ameri-
can soldiers.
Block #15 by Caroline Lincoln - Anna
Mikolecky Silvry
My Grandmother was born in Slovakia and
emigrated to the U.S. as a young woman.
She worked as a maid in American homes to
learn English. She returned to the old country
to bring her sister to the U.S. She raised 5
children on a farm without electricity or in-
door plumbing. All four of her sons served in
the military during WWII.
My Grandparents made me a crazy quilt as a
child; they sewed on a treadle machine. I still
have it!
High Desert Quilt Guild - January 2022 Page 11 of 14JANUARY BIRTHDAYS
Joyce Arves
Karen Eastburn
Jean Ennis
Novella Erickson
Georgia Frick
Lynette Hedin
Melissa Heuser
Becky Johnson
Sharon Peterson
Rachel Raburn
Margie Todd
Laura Weston
THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO MADE
THE CHRISTMAS PARTY HAPPEN
Folded Star ornament directions
Gift Bags and candy donated by Pam Hiatt
& Deborah Medlar
Fabric donated by Debbie Bleile, Lynette
Durst, Pam Hiatt, Deborah Medlar, Karen
Perkins
Swiss Miss donated by—Caroline Lincoln
Making Ornaments—Karen Perkins, Petei
Auxier, JoAnn Turo
Folding Fat Quarters—Debbie Bleile
Ugly Fabric Contest—Caroline Lincoln and
Stef Hinton
Decorating—Susan Bray and Pam Hiatt
Opening Doors Ridiculously Early-
Jeff and Margaret Chappell
High Desert Quilt Guild - January 2022 Page 12 of 14Many Thanks to our Sponsors!
Hi Everyone,
Happy New Year to all of you quilters, makers, and crafters, from Stitchin’ Post in Sisters! We wish you all the best.
Quilter’s Affair (July 4-8, 2022) classes are currently up on the QA website, quiltersaffair.com, for your perusal. (They all
say they are out of stock at this time, because we haven’t added the seats yet, but you can still click on the classes and
read about each of them.) We will disable the website after January 6 in preparation for registration to begin on
Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at 10 am. Supply lists have already been posted on the Supply List page, so you can see
what items you may need to purchase for any given class. If you are interested in signing up for classes, please check
the website by January 6 to make sure that your account is accessible and has your correct email address and other
information.
All of us at Stitchin’ Post are very excited for 2022 and you will see from our new in-store class schedule that we are full
of ideas and surprises. Education is the foundation that the business was built on 47 years ago and we continue to pur-
sue new ideas and techniques to share with you. There is something about January that feels like a new beginning, and
with the colder weather I like to settle in and sew to my heart’s content. Stitchin’ Post’s January and February classes
are live now, and we will be adding the rest of the spring classes as we get them set up. We have both in-person and
online classes available this winter/spring.
We are promoting a series of “New Year, New You” articles in our newsletter, and we are encour-
aging everyone to learn a new skill in 2022. If you haven’t already signed up for our newsletter,
you may do so on our website—just scroll to the bottom of the home page.
Please note: We are closing early on New Year’s Eve at 3pm, but we are open normal hours, 10-4
on New Year’s Day. The shop will be closed January 3 & 4 for inventory.
Thank you for all your support this year, and we look forward to a wonderful new year for all.
Val and Jean
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www.redbuttonquiltco.com www.woodenspooldesigns.com https://arttoheart.com/
www.thewoolenneedle.com www.onesisterdesigns.com www.barnchickquilts.com
www.bitsandpiecesbyjoan.com https://whimsicalquilts.com/ https://www.mulqueen.com/
High Desert Quilt Guild - January 2022 Page14 of 14QUILT RAFFLE 2021/2022
The High Desert Quilt
Guild’s
“Emerald Valley” Quilt
on display at our
QUILT SHOW
Saturday, September 17, 2022
From 10am - 4pm
at
Mountain View Fellowship
147 SW 35th St, Redmond, Or
* DRAWIING *
will be held at our
General Guild meeting on
October 6, 2022 at 11 am.
The winner will be notified by
Phone or E-mail
67” X 76 “ Valued at $575
Tickets are available online now or at
Tickets are $1.00 each or the Quilt Show
6 for $5.00
To purchase and for details go to:
Credit card purchases have a $5.00
minimum
https://highdesertquiltguild.org/Raffle-Tickets
Special thanks to photographer
Special thanks to Photographer Dale Strouse Digital Solutions 360-600-2259 dstrouse552gmail.comOREGON & WASHINGTON
March 18-20 Looking Back, Moving Forward
Quilters Anonymous Quilt Guild
Evergreen State Fairgrounds, Monroe, WA
Cost: $10 for all three days
MORE 2022
March 25-26 The Magic of Color
Tri-City Quilters’ Guild
Three Rivers Convention Center
QUILT SHOWS
Kennewick, WA
Cost: $10
SOME OF THE BIGGIES
April 7-9 Quilt, Craft & Sewing Festival
January 19-22 Road to California
Portland Expo Center
Ontario Convention Center
Portland, OR
Ontario, CA
April 22-24 Umpqua Valley Quilters’ Guild
Douglas County Fairgrounds RV Park February 16-20 Quilt Con
Roseburg, OR Phoenix Convention Center
Phoenix, AZ
May 12-14 Mid Valley Quilt Guild
Polk County Fairgrounds April 27-30 Paducah QuiltWeek
Rickreall, OR
Schroeder Exp Center
Cost $8
Paducah, KY
May 13-14 Emerald Valley Quilt Guild
Exhibit Hall, Lane Events Center June 9-11 Quilt Show Reno
Eugene, OR Reno-Sparks Convention Center
Reno, NV
July 9 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show
Downtown Sisters, OR
Aug 11-13 Quiltfest New England
July 22 & 23 Catch the Wave Springfield, MA
Mountain Stars Quilters Guild
Medford Armory, Medford, OR
Nov 3-6 Quilt Festival Houston
August 5-6 Quilts by the Sea Brown Convention Center
Oregon Coast Quilt Guild Houston, TX
Newport Recreation Center, Newport, OR
See a list with 72 quilt shows
October 20-22 Quiltfest Northwest around the country here.
Clark County Quilters
Ridgefield, WA
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