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Next guild meeting:

September 11, 2017 1 PM & 6 PM meeting times

RRQ Guild Meetings

Broadmoor Presbyterian Church

1915 Grover Place,

Shreveport, LA

News From Around The Block AUGUST 2017

Mary’s Meanderings

Many thanks to Cindy Williams and Cathy Callaway for their very informative explanation of the guilds service project program. These projects are very important to the area communities as well as keep-ing one of our golds as a guild. Any way you can contribute to this worthy cause will be greatly appre-ciated. Check out the ad in this newsletter from Accuquilt. If you are interested in purchasing one of their ma-chines this is a good time to do so. They have been good to us as a guild. Several years back, they donated a an Accuquilt GO to the quilt show. If you would like some personal feedback on the ma-chine just ask Marie England, our Day Vice-president as she was the lucky winner of the GO. We are approaching the ending day for entries for the quilt show. Remember August 23rd at Haughton Quilters is the last day to register your quilts. Remember your quilt does not have to be finished to be photographed and entered in the show. But it does have to be completed when you turn it in to be hung in the show.

Notice: There was a black cardigan St. John ’s Bay, XL sweater left after the August meetings. Check with the Membership Desk for information.

Happy Quilting,

Mary

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Red River Quilters Guild Membership 205 afternoon meeting: 55 Guests attending: 1 Evening Meeting: 26 Guests attending: 1

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2017—2018 Board of Directors

President Mary Sewell 949-3332

Day Vice-President Marie England 747*9520

Night Vice-President Phyllis Watson 377-9548

Treasurer Linda La Fever 549-2843

Day Secretary Carol Shoul 347-9073

Night Secretary Sharon Thomas 423-2130

Membership Chairman Jan Trump 402-3733

Program Chairman Jacquie Cottrill 742-6994

Community Relations Jeannine James 294-6353

NON ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS

Service Projects Cindy Williams 393-2345

Newsletter Editor Cathy Callaway 798-5959

Librarian Carol Shively 862-3500

Sunshine/Shadows Lenita Smith 658-9179

Red River Quilters’ Tributaries Group Meets Contact

Haughton Quilters

2nd & 4th Wednesdays 9 am, , Southern Methodist Hwy 80, Haughton, LA

Bobbie Branch 318-742-1753

Mission Outreach

one Saturday a Month Immanuel Lutheran Church

Cathy Ward 422-3177

Sew n Sews 2nd Monday, 1 pm PC Embroidery & Cottage Quilts

Bobbie Deeter 798-0493

Sew Pieceful Quilters Thursdays, Little Country Quilt Shop, Minden, LA 9am-4 pm

Nona Sale 377-2462

Sunday Strippers

3rd Sunday Rotational meeting place

Mary Sewell 949-3332

Thread Benders

Every Wednesday Cavalry Chapel, Line Ave

Louise Smith 865-7972

UFO Quilters 3rd Saturday History Center, Bossier Library

Bobbie Deeter 798-0493

Nimble Thimble Quilt Club

Every Tuesday 10-2 Atlanta Public Library 101 W. Hiram, Atlanta, TX

Fern Porter 903-691-9717

Art Quilt Group 3rd Sunday of every other month at St. Matthias Episcopal Church

Kelly Pugh 938-6620

Longarmers Bossier City Library, Conference Rm., Bossier City, LA

Jan Trump 402-3733

Red River Quilters Financial Report for August 2017 Income: July YTD Annual Cash Position BFCU Saving Interest 2.69 2.69 20.00 Beginning Balance 22275.36 BFCU CD Interest 4.28 4.28 50.00 Income 5200.87 Birthday Day Raffle 0.00 0.00 600.00 Expense 349.70 Birthday Night Raffle 0.00 0.00 225.00 Ending Balance 27126.53 Membership Dues 1020.00 1020.00 5500.00 Misc. Income 0.00 0.00 350.00 Newsletter Ads 360.00 360.00 1200.00 Quilt Show Income 685.00 685.00 13250.00 Service Projects Income 3128.90 3128.90 3129.00 Workshop Fees Income 0.00 0.00 5000.00 Main Checking 9160.80 Total Income 5200.87 5200.87 29324.00 Savings 12653.88 Certificate of Deposit 5311.85 Total Cash 27126.53 Expenses: Administrative/Office Supplies 0.00 0.00 1200.00 Donation 0.00 0.00 100.00 Donations (to church meeting) 0.00 0.00 1200.00 Library 0.00 98.04 200.00 Membership 42.74 0.00 300.00 Newsletter 0.00 0.00 600.00 Postage and Delivery 0.00 0.00 1200.00 Programs 0.00 0.00 1250.00 Quilt Show Expenses 330.00 330.00 13250.00 Service Projects -98.04 -98.04 3129.00 Socials 0.00 0.00 225.00 Storage 0.00 0.00 2220.00 Website Maintenance 75.00 75.00 450.00 Workshops 0.00 0.00 4000.00 Total Expenses 349.70 349.70 29324.00

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2017 Quilt Show Important Dates

DATES OF PHOTO ENTRIES:

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

10 AM - 2 PM PC Embroidery/Cottage Quilts, Mansfield Rd Wednesday, August 23, 2017

10 AM—2 PM (Southern Methodist Church on Hwy 90) Haughton Quilters

Last Day to Register Quilts-

Aug 23, 2017 September 26, 2017—Drop off quilts for hanging at

Riverview Hall September 28, 2017—Quilt Show Banquet September 29—October 1, 2017 Quilt Show

Programs and Workshop Reports

Hello everyone, Remember our meeting in September will be on the 11th since the first Monday is Labor Day. Melanie Cobb will be demonstrating the Silhouette Cameo electronic cutting machine. Lisa McGuire will show us her stained glass window technique October 2nd. November 6, Linda LeFever will be sharing instruc-tions and ideas for fabric wreaths, just in time for the holidays! It’s Social time on December 4th. Looking forward to next year, January, Shirley Manis-“Inchies”, the art of very small quilts; February, Jeanine James-Vintage Trunk Show. Mark your calendars for January 15—MLK workshops (still firming up the programs) April 14—Marty Mason-Improvisational Quilts July20 &21—Cynthia England-Picture Piecing

May your needles stay sharp and your thread not shred!

Jacquie Cottrill

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Custom Monogramming and Embroidery Gorgeous Fabrics-Quilting Supplies-Books

Long Arm Training and Machine Rental Red River Quilters: 15% off with card

Handi Quilter Longarm Machines

STORE

SPECIALS:

Quilt Batting Roll 96 x 30 yds. $121.50

Quilting Thread 45% Discounted price

Maderia Embroidery Thread 45% off price

Mettler Threads 45% off price

Mission Outreach Mission Outreach participants are doing a fantastic job making Love Wrappers of various designs. Also a HUGE thank you to our volunteer long-arm quilters, Sue Chase, Lisa McCurdy, and Jeanna Spilker for quilting Love Wrappers for our group. Some members prefer to make tops but are not overjoyed quilting on home sewing machines. While other members would like to practice certain techniques to master them, such as bindings. Working on Love Wrappers is an excellent way to improve and master your skills. So, our plan is to meet the needs and desires of the participants as best we can. Each can do the part she prefers for any given meeting date. I have several kits made: 3"squares for making Irish Chain style 9-patch blocks, strips of various widths for the "strip quilts", 2.5" strips ready to make a different style strip design that might form 6.5" Rail Fence blocks or you might prefer triangle blocks, etc. Then I have kits with 4.5" x 6.5" cuts to be sewn with two 1.5"x6.5" cuts to create 6.5"square blocks. There are a few orphan block kits and a few "brick" kits (4.5x2.5 cuts). We also expect to have some newly quilted love wrappers ready to practice machine bindings techniques. Oh, we do have a few traditional kits for Love Wrappers or bring one you pick up at RRQ monthly meetings. However, if you want to work on YOUR project, whether it is a start-finish-lovewrapper or your own personal pro-ject (maybe for quilt show or not)..... OF course you are welcome to do that, we want your company and encour-agement to others. (Yes, we have participants of Mission Outreach who do not sew Love Wrappers.) Bring your project and supplies and a friend. JUST COME and join us. Remember we have great lunches together. Meeting dates are August 25-26, September 22-23, October 27-28, and November17-18. I will soon share the 2018 dates. Place: Immanuel Lutheran Church, 2565 Airline Drive, Bossier City. Time: 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. each meeting date. Be sure your name is on the email reminder list (if not, contact me, cathyhward@bellsouth.net ). Cathy Ward 422-3177

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SERVICE PROJECTS CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

Love Wrappers: The month of August we received 30 baby quilts from Cathy Callaway, Lisa McGuire and Mission Out-reach - Lisa McCurdy, Sue Chase, Mary Bradford, Marilyn Tisdale, Suzanne Heim, Lana DeVille, Linda McCullough, Marilyn Hammett, Jeannine James, Kiley Yohn, Gail Pearce, Priscilla Bogart, Cathy Ward, Stephanie, Kriss B Joyful. Thank you ladies. This week I delivered 30 quilts to Christus Highland NICU and 45 quilts to University Health NICU. Contact person: Cindy Williams

COMFORT CAPS: At the August guild meetings we received 6 caps which were turned in by Mary Fussell and Dottie Mur-ray. On August 7th, I delivered 50 caps to Christus Cancer Center. and on August 4th 50 caps to WK

Cancer Center Contact Person: Cathy Callaway

Pull Tabs Break those tabs and bring to the next guild meeting. Tops can be removed from soda cans, soup cans, pet food cans etc...These tabs help to cover the cost of sick children and their families stay at the Ronald McDonald House for free while they receive treatment. See Thank You note at the top of this page .

QUILT SHOW CHAIRMAN’S REPORT Jackie Pierce We are in the “home stretch” (so to speak) leading up to our quilt show and I hope you are as excited as I am. As I prepare this report, some of the remaining key dates are as follows: Quilt registration at P&C Embroidery on August 16, quilt registration at Haughton Quilters on August 23, quilt check-in at RiverView Hall on September 26 from 9:00-12:00, awards/preview banquet on September 28, quilt show from September 29 through October 1, and quilt return to owners at the October guild meeting. Wow! Things are happening rapidly now and signs in-dicate that everything is under good control. Remember: August 23 is the last date for quilt entry and 12:00 noon on September 26 is the cutoff time to receive quilts for hanging in the show, so please take notice. I was so thrilled to be informed after the afternoon guild meeting that 134 quilts had been registered. Likely, a more quilts were registered at the night meeting and more will be added to the number on August 16 and 23. The quality of work that you produce is beyond belief. We are going to have a great show!!! Be prepared to sign up for the awards/preview banquet. Reservations are $20 per person. Spouses and friends are invited to attend also. See Cindy Williams at the September guild meeting or mail your check to her (clearly indicate your name and that it is for the awards banquet). If you have never attended our awards/preview banquet, you are in for a treat. We get to mix and mingle with fellow quilters, then sit down to a catered meal. After dining, the awards list is read and the celebration begins, reaching a crescendo as the doors open to the show room where all beautiful quilts with their awards ribbons are in place for you to see. So do plan to join us for this fun event. Have you decided where you want to volunteer during the show? There are fun jobs for everyone. The sign-up sheets will be at the September guild meeting, and Sharron Thomas will help you find your places. In fact, you are invited to come spend the day at your show. You can work your scheduled events and then visit around, enjoy the quilts, eat lunch and/or snacks in the hospitality room, meet visitors and get better acquainted with our members. When you turn in your quilts on August 26, we would love for you to remain to help hang the show. We are like a group of busy bees on that morning: receiving quilts, sorting them, staging them at the rows, and then hanging the show. We will have a sandwich lunch for you. With lots of help, the entire show should be hung and ready for the judge to start her duties around 1:00 pm. If you have never seen a show go up, you will be amazed at the speed and efficiency this crew can produce. We will also need a take-down crew after the show closes at 4:00 pm on Sunday afternoon. As a caveat to your help at this time, volunteers may take their quilts home Sunday night after takedown is completed. Please be sure to tell the volunteers who receive your quilts on September 26 that you are part of the take-down crew and will be taking your quilts home after the show closes, so that they can put an identifying dot on the quilt’s paperwork. In the meantime, let’s finish the quilts that have been registered and look forward to the joy of being a part of Red River Quilters’ “The Great Cover-Up” quilt show!

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For September birthdays please bring your new raffle item in a gift bag to the September 2017 meeting. (approximately $10 in value)

September Phyllis Gorman 1 Karen Carr 12

Jacquie Cottrill 2 Vickie Wayne 14

Jean Fisher Philip 2 Mary Cockerham 14

Diane Rachal 3 Kaye Reilly 19

Sammie Turner 4 Carla Gilmartin 21

Linda Villemarette 4 Lou Ella Lowrey 22

Karen Bryant 5 Dorothy Rosson 22

Barbara Walker 7 Linda Tonnies 25

Mona Freeman 9 Lisa McGuire 27

Jill Metzger 9 Mary Bradford 29

Karla Hardaway 10

Hello from Ac c u Q u i l t

This is Stephanie from AccuQuilt! To show our appreciation for quilting guilds, we are offering an exclusive promotion! We are inviting your members to take advantage of our FREE SHIP-PING promotional code “GUILD2017.” This code will allow you to receive free shipping with no minimum purchase. Free shipping with this coupon is only valid within the continental U.S. Un-fortunately, free shipping is not available for shipments to Hawaii, Alaska or Canada, but it is still quick and affordable.

Not only are we offering this free promotional code, we also have more than 700 free patterns on our website! We would love to have you share this information on your website to make it easy for your guild members to find our free and helpful resources.

Here are the links:

AccuQuilt Homepage: https://www. accuquilt.com/

Free AccuQuilt Patterns: https ://www.accuquilt.com/shop/ patterns/free-quilt-patterns. html

PROMOTIONAL CODE: GUILD2017

Happy Quilting,

Stephanie Hughes, Outreach Coordinator at AccuQuilt

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Sunshine and Shadows Report Lenita Smith is our representative. Please send any and all information to her at 658-9179 . This is a report of the sunny and sad times of our members. We want to share the Sunshine and Shadows in our members’ lives. Sunshine August 10th—Sylvia Neil received an all clear report from the oncologist after her latest PET scan!!!

No sign of cancer—-Hurray!! Elaine Emmons’s mother turned 97 on July 28th.

Cindy Williams’ dad is out of hospital from 2nd cancer surgery infection. Praying for test to be free of can-cer.

Shadows

Susie Powell is going to MD Anderson with daughter August 8 for treatment for melanoma

Debbie Butler’s brother went to MD Anderson for treatment

Carol Shoul had hip replacement August 7th .

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September 2017

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2

3 4 HOLIDAY Labor Day

5 NIMBLE THIMBLE

6 Thread Benders

7 Sew Pieceful

8 9 Quilt Show Committee

10

11 Guild meetings

12

NIMBLE THIMBLE 13 Thread Benders Haughton Quilters

14 Sew Pieceful

15

16 UFO Quilters

17 Sunday Strip-pers

18 Sew n Sews

19

NIMBLE THIMBLE 20 Thread Benders

21 Sew Pieceful

22

23

24 25 26 QUILT SHOW HANGING DAY NIMBLE THIMBLE

27 Thread Benders Haughton Quilters

28 QUILT SHOW Banquet 6 pm Sew Pieceful

29 QUILT SHOW

30 QUILT SHOW

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318-865-8705

All Red River Quilters get a discount on purchased notions with their member card.

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* Shadow-free workspace with 9 lights * AcuFeed Flex perfectly guides your fabric * ample work area and ergonomic design al-

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New Members: Kay Rhodes 135 Shadow Dr Texarkana, TX 75501 rhodesKy@yahoo.com Gladys Thompson 1515 Bonapart Dr. Ruston, LA 71270 gsewg@suddenlink.net Holly Young 1267 Shreveport-Barksdale Hwy. Shreveport, LA 71105 the1sewingcenter@yahoo.com

Q u i l t S h ow B a n q u et

September 28th Riverview Hall

Menu:

Pork Tenderloin Au gratin Potatoes Vegetable Medley Salad with Ranch Rolls Peach Cobbler Tea/Water/Coffee

Cost will be $20.oo per person. Make your check out to “Red River Quilters”

Mail your check to : Cindy Williams, 316 Breitling Rd, Haughton, LA 71036 Or you can pay at the September guild meeting. There will be no paper tickets but your name will be on the roster that Cindy Williams will maintain. Deadline for purchase will be no later than September 21st in order to give the caterer the number of people attending. Only those who have purchased tickets to banquet will be allowed into the hall for the pre-view of the quilts.

S H O W A ND T E LL , A UGUS T 7 TH * Vicki Wayne—Baby Quilt, Fabric Covered Canvas * Mary Fussell—Wedding Ring Quilt * Bobbie Deeter—Snake River Log Cabin Quilt and Poppies Quilt * Sharon Runyon—Christmas Quilt * Jeannine James—World Traveler Quilt and Apple Core Top (hand pieced) * Susie Powell—Applique Quilt * Jean Lowrey—Placemats * Nelda Martin—Sampler Quilt, Row by Row Quilt, Count-down Christmas Wall-hanging * Wynonna Adcock—Scrappy Quilt * Jean Fisher Phillip—Twin size quilt * Marion Sanderson—Halloween wall hanging quilt and BOM Applique Wall-hanging quilt

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News From Around the Block Volume 34 Issue 02

Monthly newsletter publication of the Red River Quilters’ Guild, Cathy Callaway, editor Email: www.redriverquiters.com

P.O. Box 4811 Shreveport, LA 71134-0811

Red River Quilters is a not for profit organization formed to promote the appreciation and preservation of quilts, to encourage the art itself, to foster charitable endeavors with quilting, and to provide a forum in which quilters and quilt lovers might share their common interest in the craft. Meetings are the first Monday of the month at 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. at Broadmoor Presbyterian Church, 1915 Grover Place, Shreve-port, LA. Membership is open to anyone interested in quilts or quilting. Annual dues (July-June) are $20. Visitors are always welcome at the meetings.

Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage Paid

Shreveport, LA Permit No. 35

SAVE THE DATE:

2017 Quilt Show

“The Great Cover-Up!” 29 September—1 October

Riverview Hall

Shreveport, LA

Merchant Mall * Demonstrations

Silent Auction * Special Exhibits

Quilted Items for Sale

Featured Quilter: Jerrie Thornton

Part of Red River Revel Arts Fes-

tival