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San Juan Quilters Guild

Inside

Page 2—President’s Letter Page 3—Quilt Show Poster Page 4—Board Minutes Page 5—Birthdays Page 6—Advertising Page 7—Board Members Page 8—Quilt Show Challenge

Bring A Fat Quarter for the Drawing:

April – Pink & Yellow May – Floral Prints

TUESDAY, April 10, 2018 9:30 am Gathering 10:00 am Meeting

Meeting will be at the

Civic Center

April: We will have another fun and informative Tutorial at the Civic Center. I’m unsure of the

availability of video feed at the Baptist church, which is where we’ll be having our meetings May through October. So, I’m using our video feed access while

we have it.

TUESDAY, May 8, 2018 9:30 am Gathering 10:00 am Meeting

Meeting will be at First Baptist Church

Fellowship Hall May: “Caring for your Body and the Importance of Movement”. A local PT/Massage Therapist will be giving a talk regarding upper body posture and care while sewing. She’ll focus on exercises you can do to help with your posture to protect your neck, arm, and back muscles. This is very

important for “HAND FUNCTION”. Special surprises are in store so you really won’t want to miss this one. We’ll also be enjoying a healthy lunch

together to kick-off the Memorial Day and pending summer festivities! See you at the meeting!!!! Any questions please email or text me!

pdcut90@gmail.com

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Letter from the President

Thank you to all who have been attending the meetings. Hopefully, you’re enjoying them as much as I have. I’m looking forward to seeing pictures of your buckets since I’ll be on the quilt safari during our next meeting. A special thanks to Brenda Bloomfield for conducting April’s meeting. Your meeting sounds like a lot of fun and we will be thinking of you while we are at Missouri Star Quilt Co. that day!!

At our Board Meeting we decided to wait until we are back in the civic center for ReStash. Look for ReStash in 2019.

A big Thank You and Welcome to Deb Cutler and Orleen Barber-Deschiney for agreeing to be our program chairladies.

We will be meeting at First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall beginning with the May Meeting. This is at the back of the church (Northwest side). Parking is available on the side of the building and across the street at the corner of Auburn and Arrington. There is parking available against the back of the build-ing for handicapped guild members. Please leave the spaces available facing office for church members. They are not charging us but we will make a contribution to them for use of their facilities.

Those of you at the March meeting were able to view the beautiful op-portunity quilt which was sewn by Danette Roundy and quilted by Deb Williams. This quilt was totally donated to the guild from Patchwork Pig. Please thank them for their generosity and time. It is gorgeous!!!! Sincerely, Bev Spellbring

The Civic Center has insisted that we use the side doors for loading and unloading only; Not as an Entrance or Exit.

Please remember this rule.

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San Juan Quilters Guild Board Meeting 15 March 2018

Meeting called to order by Bev Spellbring, President. Minutes of 11 Jan 2018 meeting read by Brenda Bloomfield. Approved by Kim Duke, seconded by Connie Polzin. Committee Reports: Brenda Bloomfield- helping Linda Barlow with the boutique Jill Tanis—Treasurer report Gail Hoffman—sign ups for fair and has opportunity quilt tickets. Pictures at Sam's Club are a mess so went to Walgreens instead. Kim Duke—announced at meeting the need for a place to hold meetings. May meeting has to be at another location. First Baptist was suggested and approved by Jill Tanis, seconded by Brenda Bloomfield. Carolyn Blair, an old member, renewed her membership. Bev Spellbring—recognition of members that are a great example and support of the communi-ty- (Quilters of the Heart) Karen Bain and JoAnn Oaks, Connie Polzin will call. Talked about budgets- Community service $2000.00 Deb Cutler and Orleen Barber as co-chairpersons for programs, approved by Connie Polzin, seconded by Gail Hoffman. ReStash to be rescheduled possibly when we return to the Civic Center. Kim Duke— no bill from Civic Center for last year. Deb Cutler— lunch for next meeting- salads- exercise person for neck and shoulders and may-be a massage therapist. Geri Tyler may help- Deb will call her. Quilt show deadlines need to be met by everyone- NO EXCEPTIONS- food trucks will be arranged along with picnic tables. Kim asked about a community service display. Gail Hoffman— 22 past president quilts- will find clothes pins to attach to edge of quilts to fa-cilitate looking at the quilt backs. Will have a booth in the commercial building for the fair to promote the quilt show. Will have a framed picture of the opportunity quilt and be able to direct people to the other building to purchase a ticket. Connie Polzin— presentation of decorations foam core board covered with quilt patterns. Pos-sible budget? Metal cans for stands for division numbers. Bev Spellbring— has access to fall decorations from her church No artifacts display this year. Mary Winter- surgery –- not feeling well. Meeting adjourned by Kim Duke, seconded by Connie Polzin. Members in attendance, Brenda Bloomfield, Edna Smiley, Jill Tanis, Connie Polzin, Kim Duke, Gail Hoffman, Bev Spellbring, Deb Cutler. Minutes taken by Brenda Bloomfield, tran-scribed by Ellen Vandruff.

Respectfully Submitted, Ellen Vandruff, Secretary

The Raffle tickets will be handed out at our April meeting. Each person is expected to sell or buy 2 books.

It’s time to start on your project for the County Fair.

Any quilted item will be used for the side raffle. Quilts, wall-hangings, bags, table toppers etc. They need to be turned in by the July meeting.

Thank you, Gail Hoffman 505-330-7037

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Bev Spellbring 1-Apr

Janis Adams 11-Apr

Andrea Johenk 23-Apr

Deb Cutler 27-Apr

Mary Foust 28-Apr

Gail Hoffman 29-Apr

Connie Nordstrom 30-Apr

Ester Nanez 1-May

Pamela A. Miller 14-May

Joanne Elliott 26-May

Morgan Ingram 30-May

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2018 San Juan Quilters Guild Officers

& Committee Chairman

President Bev Spellbring

1st Vice President Brenda Bloomfield

Secretary Ellen Vandruff

Treasurer Jill Tanis

Past President Deb Cutler

Door Prizes Bev Maeschen

Hospitality Edna Smiley

Membership Ruth Sultz

Cynthia Myler

Newsletter & Website Shellie Purcell Newsletter Ads Julie Wilder

Community Outreach Kim Duke

County Fair Raffle Items Gail Hoffman

JoAnne Oakes

Programs Deb Cutler

Orleen Barber-Deschiney

Quilt Show Chairman Deb Cutler

Mini Quilt Auction Linda Barlow

Raffle Quilt Danette Roundy

Quilted by Patchwork Pig

Raffle Quilt Ticket Sales Marlene Galindo

Gail Hoffman

Sunshine Rita Jaquez Arnold

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2018 Quilt Show Report

Theme of the Show: “Over the Top”

2018 Guild Quilt Challenge “A Blast from the Past”

Goal: Is there a technique or tool that is new to you that you’ve been wanting to learn? Inspire your quilting talents by trying something new. It could be paper-piecing, applique, embroidery, machine or hand quilting, thread play, various binding techniques, etc. Here’s an opportunity to share the outcome with other quilters. Project must be totally 100% constructed by you. You will be asked to identify what was new to you and what knowledge you could share with others. Focus: Fabrics that bring that nostalgic feeling of years past. Your project must be completed with 50% or more of the challenge fabrics. Fabric: Choose from — 30's Reproductions, Kansas Troubles, Civil War Reproductions, Thimbleberries Size: Total perimeter cannot be more than 144 inches. Shape: Rectangle, square, circle, wedge, odd-shaped, etc.

Timeline: Finished quilts will be taken at the same time show quilts are submitted. Challenge quilts will be displayed at our annual Quilt Show 2018. Remember everybody is winner when we take the opportunity to learn something new.

Need more information? Contact Orleen at odeschiney@ymail.com.

Programs

I hope this finds you enjoying our New Mexico spring weather. Hang on to your fabrics…the New Mexico Spring winds are blowin!!! Following is the program information for April and May. Shellie’s been patiently waiting for this info (at

least it’s not the night before!!!). Things are improving! April and May have been a challenge as I’ve had to move things around as our meeting site is changing due to the Civic Center remodel. 2018 will be a year of patience!!

April: We will have another fun and informative Tutorial at the Civic Center. I’m unsure of the availability of video feed at the Baptist church, which is where we’ll be having our meetings May through October. So I’m using our video feed access while we have it. Thank you for your patience.

May: “Caring for your Body and the Importance of Movement”. A local PT/Massage Therapist will be giving a talk regarding upper body posture and care while sewing. She’ll focus on exercises you can do to help with your posture to protect your neck, arm, and back muscles. This is very important for “HAND FUNCTION”. Special surprises are in store so you really won’t want to miss this one. We’ll also be enjoying a healthy lunch together to kick-off the Memorial Day and pending summer festivities! See you at the meeting!!!! Any questions please email or text me! pdcut90@gmail.com or 505-486-6122.

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Visit us on the web at www.sjqg.org

San Juan Quilters Guild P. O. Box 5541 Farmington, NM 87499

The San Juan Quilters Guild meets the sec-ond Tuesday of each Month at the Farm-ington Civic center, 200 W. Arrington St. (Due to Construction, this may change reg-ularly during 2018 so, check the web site before each meeting) Random Scraps is published in January, March, May, July, September and Novem-ber of each year. Quilting related articles, tips, hints and news are welcome. Items are due to the editor no later than Midnight on the Tuesdays, one week after monthly meetings. Mail submissions to the editor: Shellie Purcell, 733 Sunrise Ct. Farmington, NM 87401 or PREFERABLY, email at quiltingbean1@msn.com Items received prior to publication date will be included as space permits.

Morning Meeting Socializing at 9:30AM Meeting at 10:00 AM

Evening Meeting

Temporarily suspended.