Round Robin......2012

This year's Round Robin will be conducted a little differently.

The participants will select the block they will work on

for each round.

1- Blocks selected to work on

2- Blocks selected to work on

Cindy's Block

Jessica's Block

Joan's Block

Judy's Block

Libby's Block

Marianne's Block

Naomi's Block

Peggy's Block

Stephanie's Block

We look forward to watching as each

round is added to these blocks.

Good luck to all of you!

Photos Courtesy of Naomi Weidner

CLICK HERE to view: 2011 Round Robin Quilts

CLICK HERE to view: 2010 Round Robin Quilts

CLICK HERE to view: MRQG Slideshows

Next Meeting:

Thursday, March 22, 2012 @ 7pm

Benton County Historical Museum, Philomath, OR

Show 'n Tell at every meeting!

Speaker: Jody Houghton

Remember to bring your BOM

January 2012.....Meeting

Welcome to the January meeting of

The Mary's River Quilt Guild

Photos Courtesy of

Naomi Weidner

Our Speaker Tonight:

Mary Gallagher

curator of the Benton County Historical Museum

Topic:

Curating, accessioning, deaccessioning, storing and exhibiting a quilt collection.

Enjoy the Slideshow:

CLICK HERE to view: MRQG Website

CLICK HERE to view: MRQG Newsletters

CLICK HERE to view: 2011 Challenge Quilts

MARY’S RIVER QUILT GUILD

GENERAL MEETING OF JANUARY 26, 2012

Lisa Ullmer, guild president called the meeting to order and welcomed three visitors. Then the following announcements were shared:

-The members who won a block of the month grouping in 2011 were invited to bring completed quilts using their blocks; their names were placed in a drawing for a gift certificate later in the meeting.

-The Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show sent an announcement of the first juried art quilt exhibit to be held in Bend on February 3 with quilts being on display until February 25^th.

-Benton County Historical Museum announced the annual fundraising event, “Valentines in Vegas” and is looking for gift baskets for a silent auction and inviting people to attend the event.

-People are needed to help set up prior to guild meetings and clean up afterwards thus a clipboard was sent around for volunteer sign ups.

-There is still a need for a site coordinator for the 2012 raffle ticket sales at the Coburg quilt show which takes place at the end of July.

-Still needed is a person(s) to head the 2013 Raffle Quilt program.

-During break members were invited to pay dues for 2012 and pick up raffle tickets to sell for this year’s quilt.

The library committee reported on books available and the extensive number of books and video material available for members to check out.

Service committee reported that fifty-seven quilts were donated in 2011. Twenty-six went to Community Outreach, one to the American Legion to aid in their fund raising efforts, one to Dial A Bus for fund raising efforts, one to loss of home by fire, nine to Uzhgorod, fourteen to Corvallis Manor and five to ABC House.

Challenge Quilt committee advised that all packets have been sold but it is still possible to arrange to get a packet of fabric.

Anniversary Quilt committee advised that the quilt top is done and found members willing to bind it.

Program committee noted that the speaker in February will be Tresa McConachie; March will be Jody Houghton; April will be Allison Aller: and Janet Fogg will present in May.

-Round Robin’s first meeting was cancelled due to snow but they have scheduled their next meeting at Grand Oaks club house on January 30^th.

Secret Sisters welcomed eight new participants and their next meeting will be at Lisa’s Tea Room prior to the February guild meeting.

The MRQG show will be held July 13 to August 15^th at the Benton County Historical Museum. The members are being asked to select one of their favorite quilts, submit two pictures (one of the entire quilt and one a close up of some detail) and complete an entry form by June 1. Due to limitations of space not all quilts may be able to be a part of the show. With permission others can be taken to Sisters for the show there. Quilts submitted for the museum show may be sold with a portion going to the museum and a portion to the guild. In addition members are asked to make a couple of potholders to be sold at the museum with proceeds going to support our guild programs. At a future time there will be information on making Chicks with Attitude pin cushions for fund raising efforts.

Block of the month reviewed the program for visitors and the drawing for this month’s blocks took place.

Hospitality had its monthly drawing for fat quarters and a gift certificate.

Show and Tell time for members to share quilts was led by those who brought completed quilts from their 2011 block of the month wins.

After a short break Mary Gallagher, Collections Manager for the Benton County Historical Society, shared with the guild how quilts are selected for the museum and history on some of the quilts in the collection.

The guild meeting adjourned after the program.

Respectfully Submitted,

Sharon Fries

MRQG Secretary

Road to California Quilt Show

Our very own Jean McDaniel

is on her way to California in January 2012

Her Quilt....Branching Out

has been accepted in the Road to CA Show:

Branching Out

Detail: Branching Out

CLICK HERE: Road to CA Show

Congratulations Jean!

Mary's River Quilt Guild

Next Meeting: Thursday 7pm January 26, 2012

Benton County Historical Museum, Philomath, OR

We are eager to share quilting news about our members. Please send your images and commentary to LuAnn Kessi: kessi@pioneer.net

November 2011 Meeting

Welcome to

The Mary's River Quilt Guild

We meet each month at the

Benton County Museum

Philomath, Oregon

Enjoy the Slideshow:

CLICK HERE to view: Challenge Quilts

CLICK HERE to view: MRQG Website

CLICK HERE to view: BOM Patterns

Next Meeting: January 26, 2012 @ 7pm

Benton County Museum, Philomath, Oregon

Everyone Welcome!

Please send MRQG related activity info and photos to be included in this blog to:

LuAnn Kessi kessi@pioneer.net

October 2011 Meeting......Challenge Quilts Revealed

Welcome to the October 2011 Meeting

Mary's River Quilt Guild

Philomath, Oregon

Tonight was the BIG Reveal of our

2011 Challenge Quilts !

Sit Back, Relax and Enjoy the Slideshow:

Digital slideshow created with Smilebox

Mary’s River Quilt Guild

General Meeting

October 27, 2011

The meeting was called to order at 8 PM by President Lisa Ullmer.

General Announcements Made by Ms. Ullmer:

Ms. Ullmer advised that there were four visitors and they were invited to introduce themselves.

The Program chairs resigned for personal reasons which will push the annual auction until spring next year. November’s meeting will now include an ugly fabric exchange and members are invited to bring something that they consider ugly to exchange for another fabric. November is also our service month and there will be several tables set up to tie quilts.

Theresa Valentine and Peggy Peirson have volunteered to work on programs for the coming year.

Marketing for the raffle ticket sales will be split into venue segments, allowing guild members to take leadership for specific venues and the presentation of the 2012 raffle quilt and ticket sales.

We are still in need of a person / group to head the 2013 raffle quilt design and creation process.

Lisa asked that the quilt county banners be returned to her.

An announcement was made that former guild member Marion McNamara will be visiting from her Peace Corps assignment in Armenia on December 19^th from 5 to 9 PM at Fire Station Five.

CHALLENGE QUILT TIME

Judy Juntunen introduced the 2012 challenge quilt title, Traditions With A Twist; packets are available for ten dollars. The packets will include the rules and a portion of the rules were reviewed. Cindy Graff then took over to introduce this year’s challenge presentations with the theme Just Add Color. Judges for the theme categories were Kelli Esbenshade and Kathy Cunnigham for the twenty-nine projects which were presented to the guild members.

After the quilt showing and story time a break was given to allow members to inspect and vote for the Viewer’s Choice Award.

CHAIR REPORTS

Ms. Ullmer passed a form containing the slate of candidates for Vice President and Secretary for the November guild election. There is also a proposed change to the by-laws which were available to members or may be found on the web site. An opportunity to sign up for Stitches in Bloom was given with the guild having seventeen of twenty-five quilt registrations required to allow the sale of raffle quilt ticket sales at the event without a venue fee. Stitches in Bloom takes place at the Oregon Gardens in Silverton on January 27 and 28^th, 2012.

Jean McDaniel reported that two new books have been added to the library and there are a few funds left if anyone has suggestions. The full library list is available on the guild web.

Service Committee reminds us that next month we will be tying quilts.

Jan Tallis advised that items for the next newsletter are due by October 28^th.

Secret Sisters sign up have begun for 2012 with Jan Andrews-McKirdie passing around information and signup sheets.

Cindy Graff encouraged members to join in the round robin programs for 2012. The groups meet typically every other month.

Joan Helzer displayed the October block of the month and Linda Brown won the blocks. Next month’s block will be Christmas Package.

Hospitality hostess Debbie Garvin conducted the drawing for our prizes with her name being drawn for fat quarters and Theresa Preddy winning the JanniLou gift certificate.

The 2011 Raffle Quilt Drawing was led by Shirley Strub with the winner being Hank Weitz .

The 2012 raffle quilt top, Sunset Over Mary’s Peak, was displayed by Theresa Valentine.

AWARDS TIME FOR CHALLENGE QUILTS

Best Story went to Shirley Kerr.

Most Creative Color Name was presented to Jan Andrews-McKirdie.

Best Use of Fabric was Marianne Johnson.

Best Representation of Theme awarded to Debbie Garvin.

Viewer’s Choice as selected by the guild went to Cindy Graff.

Grand Prize for Cherry Cordial winner was Flo Calhoun.

Ms. Ullmer reminded that our next meeting is November 17^th, bring an ugly fabric to exchange and the meeting was ended at 8:50 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Sharon Fries, Acting Secretary

Machine Quilters Exhibit in Portland

Look what I saw in Portland this week at the

Machine Quilters Exhibit...

Click Images to Enlarge:

Our very own MRQG Member

Jean McDaniel

To see a slideshow of Quilts

CLICK HERE

September 2011 Meeting

Welcome to the

Mary's River Quilt Guild

Philomath, Oregon

September 2011

Guest Speaker: Bill Volckening

Portland Quilt Historian

Volunteer with the Oregon Quilt Project

Trunk Show of private vintage quilts

Enjoy the Slideshow:

Next Meeting: October 27, 2011 Challenge Quilts Our Most Popular Meeting of the Year! Photos Courtesy of: Naomi Weidner