QUILTERS GUILD of PLANO
May 2025 Newsletter
This month’s meeting will be held on Thursday, May 8, 2025.
Social time starts at 6:15pm and the meeting starts at 7:00pm.
We will be meeting in person at Hunters Glen Baptist Church, 4001 Custer Road, Plano, TX and via Zoom.
To attend via Zoom, log into your Quilters Guild of Plano account/Membership/Member Dashboard/Monthly Zoom Meetings.
Click on the words “Monthly Zoom Meetings.”
The purpose of the Quilters Guild of Plano is to unite individuals who have a passion for quilts and the art of quilting.
LETTER FROM GUILD PRESIDENT – Jeanne Vogel
QGP President, Jeanne Vogel
Dates to mark on your calendar:
May 3—New Member’s Day Retreat
May 8—Guild Meeting—be sure to bring:
- items for Bones Table (and a bag to take home)
- Cash, check or credit card (for your show items)
- 1 or 2 spring fat quarters
- Enter your quilt into the show with no fee
May 13—Community Service Sew Day 10-2
May 19—Quilt Plano 2025 Committee Meeting
June 2—Board Meeting
June 12–Guild Meeting
August 8 & 9–Quilt Plano 2025
CONGRATULATIONS!
First Congratulations to a dozen of our members that won ribbons at the Dallas Quilt Show in March! Congrats to Alice Payn, Azenath Wright, Dena Smith, Diane Nestande, Diane Poor, Karen Edmonson, Judy Kriehn, Linda Neal, Linda Newman, Lori Hutyra and Tonya Littmann and both of our raffle quilt entries for 2025 and 2026 entered by Donna Petrick. Congrats to all that entered and showcased their work.
MAY MEETING BONES TABLE
May is Spring Cleaning time–bring your quilt related items to our Bones Table. Community Service has gotten lots of fabric from some donations and will have these items on the table for you to take home and make a donation quilt. Leftovers will be donated to the Welman Project in Fort Worth, TX.
Please donate only cotton fabric and no heavy books.
QUILT PLANO 2025 ROLLOUT
May meeting will be all about Quilt Plano 2025—raffle quilt tickets, show t-shirts, show pins and signing up to work Quilt Week starting Tuesday, August 5 with delivery of quilts through take down on Saturday August 9th. We’ll show you some behind the scenes so you will be a wonderful volunteer at the show! We’ve got a job for you! Come and meet some of your peers and get to know one another.
UPCOMING BOARD POSITIONS
The present board has several members that have done a great job working together to accomplish our goals (while having fun!) and now want to share our knowledge with those taking on the next year’s term. Call the present board member and you can shadow her these next five months and have an easy transition to the new board starting in October.
– Jeanne
Nominating Committee 2025 – Chair Roxy Gross
It’s the time of the year when we look to the future of the Quilters Guild of Plano. We are a very active guild with a wide variety of opportunities to enjoy and promote quilting knowledge and education. Many thanks to the current and past Board leadership for giving of their time and talents to help the guild grow and expand. Won’t you help carry on with the tradition?
I am thrilled to say we have a fabulous nominating committee of active members that are eager to put together the slate for the 2025-2026 Board by June. According to the Bylaws the Nominating Committee has 5 members plus a representative from the current board and 2 alternates: Roxanne Gross, chairman (805.857.8788), Fran Levy, Sally Pitre, Beth Smietana, Caryn Schniederjan, Donna Petrick (Board rep) and alternates Janet Carver and Deanna Tucker.
If you are interested in a Board position, you will find information about the duties and responsibilities of each position in our Bylaws and Policy & Procedures on our website. Please take a look and see what position fits your talents the best. Did you know that most of our VP positions are filled by 2 people? Talk to a friend and sign up together. Not ready for a Board position? There are plenty of committees that could use your time and expertise. And lastly, if a committee member contacts you, please say yes! We know that you will enjoy your time on the Board.
NEW MEMBER RETREAT – Saturday, May 3, 2025
If you have never had an opportunity to attend a New Member Retreat, we have something special for you. Open to all who have never attended before. Please be sure to register as soon as possible as registration will close when all spaces are booked.
We will meet at The Best Little Retreat Center of Texas located at 7989 N. Beltline Road at Coit Road, Dallas, TX. The Center is open from 9 am to 9 p.m. Come as early as you like and stay as late as you like. You can register by using the link below. The cost is $12.50 for the full day. (The Quilters Guild of Plano will pay the balance.) Click on this link to register or copy and paste into your browser: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/catalog.php?owner=13010695&action=addCart&id=1911167&clear=1
Bring your sewing machine, project and sewing tools and spend the day getting to know others and some Board members. If you have any questions, please contact us at Membership@qgpplano.org. We look forward to seeing you on May 3.
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
- Jeannie Neckar
- Jill Isakson (returning)
- Gail Haterius
WELCOME TO OUR GUESTS
- Jacque Burgin
- Virginia Hammond
- Betty Matthews
- Lorraine Mattis
- Victoria Akers
- Lisa Maddux
- Sandi Markstrom
- Diane Ball
- Hillary Macabare
SPECIAL THANKS to:
- Beth Swiatek for her many donations for door prizes.
- Rosie deLeon-McCrady for donating door prizes
- Julie Schaefer for our Special Drawing donation
APRIL MEETING RECAP
Ann Lau and Sue McCormick
Wow! We had 101 members in person, 20 members on Zoom, 9 guests and 3 new members.
Thank you to our Greeters, Sally Pitre and Barbara Collins.
DOOR PRIZE WINNERS
Barbara Goetz, Kaye Dunn, Libby Triolet, Linda Chappell, Mari Semrad and Jacque Burgin (guest)
SPECIAL DRAWING WINNER
Sandi Markstrom (guest)
MAY MEETING SPECIAL DRAWING
Sunshine & Shadows
The Quilters Guild of Plano was organized in the fall of 1982 by Ginny Kenney and Nancy Vencevich, former members of the Quilter’s Guild of Dallas. They met at a small group meeting and discovered they were both from Plano. At the time, the trip to Dallas for the meeting was more of an undertaking, so they decided to see if others in the Plano area were interested in meeting in each other’s homes. By advertising in the Plano Star Courier, they found enough interest to start the “Happy Hoopers.” By the end of the first year, they had enough members so that they could no longer meet in individual homes. In May of 1986, the group officially adopted the name Quilters Guild of Plano. In 1989 the Guild became incorporated as a 501(c)3 tax exempt educational organization.
Sadly I got notified from the brother of one of the Quilters Guild of Plano’s founders that Nancy Vencevich passed away on April 6, 2025 at the age of 81. So, doing my math she would have been 38 years old in 1982 with 3 children when she embarked on starting the guild in Plano. Her family is very proud that she started this club and that it continues on! 43 years and counting!
May Birthdays
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4 – Barbara Snyder 5 – Toni Ray 7 – Sue Rentz 8 – Jeanne Fletcher 9 – Sara Collins 10 – Patricia Becerra 12 – Kristin Eoff |
17 – Laurie Tanas
18 – Libby Triolet 19 – Valerie Pearson 20 – Norma Bautista 22 – Caryn Schniederjan 24 – Lori Hutyra 26 – Nancy Worst |
27 – Kathy Steglich
27 – Kathy Watson 30 – Joan Hammett 30 – Margaret Lakie 30 – Verla Shelar 31 – Barbara Goetz 31 – Lisa Pruett |
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QUILT PLANO 2025
We will be honoring our past show chairs and our past featured quilters, with a special gift and certificate. We will also be revealing the 2025 featured quilter!! Come help us celebrate these two groups of people.
That’s not all – learn how and where to sign up for volunteering your talents at the show. We will be revealing this year’s show charm!! Everyone who volunteers earns a charm!
Don’t forget to enter your quilts. May 8th is the last day to enter your quilt before the late fees go into effect. Of course there will be people on hand to help you get your quilts entered!
We’re not done yet. The fun continues with the purchase of food tickets, and if you hurry, you might be able to get one of the very last Show T-shirts we only have a handful left! 2 medium; 2 X large, 2 XX large to be exact.
Don’t forget to purchase your raffle tickets and don’t forget to turn in your volunteer hours to Donna Petrick so that you can get a 2025 bar to hang your charm on!
Don’t forget to enter your quilts. May 8th is the last day to enter your quilt before the late fees go into effect.
Tammy Kinley
Laurie Lumston, Quilt Plano 2025 Chair
PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS
May 8th Guild Meeting
QUILT SHOW 2025
ROLLOUT
June 12th Guild Meeting
Christa Watson: How Do I Quilt It?
June Workshops
Friday, June 13: Walking Foot Bootcamp
Saturday, June 14: Free-motion Bootcamp
Quilts, curtains, splashers, and aprons! Wow! What an amazing variety of Redwork samples Rosie deLeon-McCrady had to share with us at the April meeting. Fun continued Saturday as we modern day ladies used our domestic machines to create beautiful redwork pieces.
Domestic machine skills will continue in our June workshops. We have heard many times “I wish I could quilt my own tops on my own machine, but I don’t know how.” Well now’s your chance to learn! Christa Watson is visiting us from Las Vegas to teach you these coveted skills. She’s a pro at using the walking foot or free motion foot on her regular sewing machine to finish her own quilts.
Her bootcamps are filling up quickly, so don’t wait if this is a skill you’d like to dabble in. Sign up on the website, in person at the May guild meeting, or print a registration form off the website and mail it to the address on the bottom. (You do need to purchase a copy of her book to use at the workshop, so don’t wait till the last minute).
See you at the May guild meeting!
Beth Swiatek & Linda Sullivan
Fun at April Redwork Workshop with Rosie deLeon-McCrady
GUILD ACTIVITIES
Wasn’t the April meeting so much fun! We had 19 ladies show off their stained glass quilts and each one was absolutely amazing! Congrats to challenge winner Deanna Tucker – it was definitely a well-deserved win!
Deanna Tucker
Don’t forget to bring in 1 or 2 fat quarters for the May fat quarter raffle in spring prints or spring tonals. Wewill raffle off a bundle or two or three (depending on how many we receive). You will receive a raffle ticket for each fat quarter you provide (max of 2).
Please, please reach out to us if you are interested – but unsure – about taking on the Co-VP spot for guild activities when the next term begins in October! It’s a fun position as you get to facilitate activities for members to participate to enjoy. A mystery quilt, fat quarter raffles, a yearly guild challenge, holiday exchanges are just a few of the activities we provided during our term. You create the activity and members choose to participate. It’s fun to be involved – even if you’re new to the guild as it’s a great way to meet people.
Chris & Anna Marie
EDUCATION
Debbie Burns
The last 2 months, we worked on organizing and preparing all of our scraps. Then we shared ideas on how to actually use them. You can find the handouts for both demos on our website at:
https://www.qgplano.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/SCRAP-QUILTING-Part-1.pdf
https://www.qgplano.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/SCRAP-QUILTING-Part-2.pdf
If you have any suggestions for demos you would like to see and/or if you would like to present a demo, please let us know.
Lorrie Gray and Debbie Burns
education@qgplano.org
COMMUNITY SERVICE
We have had an amazing month! Quilts created, quilts quilted and quilts bound. Thanks to all that lend a hand helping to make our quilted gifts for those in our community in need of a little kindness. We couldn’t do what we do… without your help.
Reminders:
- You are invited to Sew Day, the second Tuesday of the month at the Plano Sewing Center from 10 until 2. Just bring a sewing machine and basic sewing supplies and we will bring the rest. We have a great group and are always happy to have a few more!
- We have a Workday coming up on Tuesday May 6th from 10 until 4 prepping projects for the following May and June. We could use a few extra hands. If you are interested, please contact us for details.
- Grab and Go: For those wanting to help but unable to join us on Tuesday, no problem, as we have Grab and Go Projects. They can be picked up (and dropped off) during our 2nd Tuesday “Sew Day” or at the guild meeting. We have kits to make, quilts to quilt, quilts to bind and more. We have something for everyone that is interested in helping provide comfort to those in need in our community.
- It takes a Village! Please consider joining our Community Service Team and be part of something special. Such a great way to meet new friends creating quilts and quilted gifts, all while doing what we love to do…SEW.
Valerie Schlake
Debbie Blair
Email: CommunityService@qgplano.org
QUILTS OF VALOR
I was honored to make the QOV presentation in April to three of our veterans, all purple heart recipients. The men and their families were very appreciative of our efforts and participation in this program. One of the wives shared several of her pictures with me.
I have chosen two to share with you–I wanted you to see the veterans so they would be real to you. I had six quilts for them to choose from because Carolyn Cosgriff made sure all had the labels prior to leaving town. Multiple quilters contributed to these six quilts. I know we are all pressed for time and have our favorite people to give our quilts to, but please spend a little time and make a special quilt for these worthy veterans. They gave up so much for us. We can give up a little time for them. Make a beautiful quilt.
–Donna Petrick
There are so many servicemen and women deserving of a Quilt of Valor! We currently have over a dozen people waiting. Please support the effort by participating in the May Community Sew Day. Fabric and pattern will be provided. Or, recruit some buddies to make a top on your own. The guidelines are 60 – 70” by 80 – 90”. Tops without flag fabric are preferred as some recipients are very sensitive to flag protocol. Vibrant red, white and blue patterns are popular. The guild has generous long-armers willing to donate their time and talent. Finished quilts are welcome, but not necessary.
–Carolyn Cosgriff
BEEKEEPER BUZZ – From the Beekeepers
Spring is a great time to start something new, meet new quilters and enlarge your circle of friends. Fran Levy and Kelly Ann Hebeler are available to help you form a small group if interested. Please contact them or chat with them at the guild meeting.
Great news!! Bonnie Cook is interested in hosting an evening Small Group (Bee) for women who aren’t available during the day. Please email her at bcook111698@gmail.com
News from the Zoom Bees
From the Bee Keeper — In Person Meetings
Sew Happy Quilters
Aurora Chancy
1st and 3rd Thursday 9-4pm
- Sam Johnson Recreation Center @ 401 W 16th St. Plano, TX
- Bring your own project, sewing machine & supplies
- We have lunch together at the Gazebo Cafe for $5 or less.
Fourth Friday Featherweight Friends
Jeanne Vogel
Meeting at the Best Little Retreat Center in Texas from 9am-9pm.
- Make your reservation by calling 469-708-2378 or email: info@blrcit.com
- Either bring your lunch or we’ll go out as a group to eat together.
Sit N Sew Community Service Day
Val Schlake & Debbie Blair
2nd Tuesday from 10-2 pm
- Plano Sewing Center, 2070 Spring Creek Pkwy # 326, Plano, TX
- Bring your sewing machine and sewing supplies.
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