This month’s meeting will be held on

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Social time starts at 6:15pm and the meeting starts at 7:00pm

We will be meeting in person at Hunter’s 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.

President’s Message

Carolyn Cosgriff

The October meeting was a challenge.  Regardless, if you attended remotely or in person, it was far from perfect.  The equipment that wasn’t working right is the ceiling—while we had witches’ hats, nobody brought a broom to fly up to investigate the problem.  We’ve requested technical support from the church.   We’ll reinforce where to stand for the remote camera.

Sara Collins, VP of media, found herself suddenly facing family medical needs and an exciting, challenging new work assignment.  Sara is going to act as a technical resource.  Stacey Procter has graciously moved from Finance to Media.  Stacey is already hard at work.  Both ladies have earned my appreciation and gratitude as we work through this transition.  This is just one more example of why the guild needs 2 volunteers at each spot—life happens!  Please step up (president@qgplano.org) if you want to get more involved and we’ll match you with a perfect spot.

Jackie Brown is such a creative force—I cannot wait to hear what she has to share.   See you in November!

Important Dates

Nov 11——Sew Day (Community Service) @ Plano Sewing Center 10-2

Nov 13—–Guild meeting–wear your lanyard for an extra door prize! Bring items for PISD new parents.

     Bring 1 or 2 fall print or solid fat quarters

Nov 15—–Quilts of Valor presentation 2pm

October Meeting Recap

116 members attended the October meeting in person or on Zoom

Guests

Kay Wiese

Susan Marshall

Dian Vasil

Jo Douglas

Rosa Pena

Yvonne Hahn

Kemberly Wilshire

Cynthia McDonald

We are welcoming 5 of the 8 guests as new members!  Welcome and thank you for joining us!

Dues were due October 1st — but it’s not too late to renew!

Renew online or come see us at the Membership table at the November 13th meeting.

You don’t want to miss all the great programs, workshops and community service opportunities we have planned for the upcoming year!

Special Drawing

(includes pattern and fabric)

• November 2nd

  • Donna Blackmon

  • Roxanne Gross

• November 3rd

  • Sally Pitre

  • Terry Reisinger

• November 5th

  • Carole Murray

• November 6th

  • Margaret Neyman

• November 10th

  • LuGay Chiang

  • Victoria Dean

• November 11th

  • Toni Hair

  • Judy Larson

• November 12th

  • Michael Davison

• November 13th

  • Jeanne Smith

• November 15th

  • Yvonne Knight

• November 16th

  • Judy Horton

• November 17th

  • Lisa Terry

• November 19th

  • Sue Dexheimer

  • Melinda Propes

• November 20th

  • Pam Crocker

  • Linda Newman

• November 21st

  • Debra Malone Reeve

• November 22nd

  • Carol Surrells

• November 24th

  • Virginia Braley

  • Debbie Burns

• November 25th

  • Sandra Lowstetter

  • Jeannie Neckar

• November 26th

  • Stacey Procter

• November 27th

  • Rose Davis

  • Diane Duda

  • Matthew Modesitt

• November 28th

  • Chris Simon

Guild Activities

Gobble.. Gobble!  It’s almost turkey time, so bring 1 or 2 fall print or solid fat quarters to the November meeting.  Participants will receive an activity sheet to play the Memory Game!  Get a chance to win a bundle of fat quarters! 

There will also be sign up sheets at the activities table for the December Holiday Party!  What tasty treat will you be bringing?   We want to know.  It’s not too late to sign up for the Holiday Gift swap.  If you would like to be on the holiday committee, please sign up at the November meeting.  This committee will collect the Holiday snack sheets and coordinate the supplies & set up of the December Party. 

It’s not too late to join the following activities: Kicking off Moda Blockhead 6 (16 participants);Holiday swap (7); April Apron(7); and Summer Block (6).

And at every meeting we will have Show and Tell to feature the wonderful works of art that our members have created.  Quilts, bags, table runners, jackets and more…share and be inspired! We want to see all the holiday gifts you will be giving your loved ones.

If you have any questions, contact Donna Allenbaugh or Sally Pitre, Co-VP’s of Guild Activities, at activities@qgplano.org

Education

For the November education demo we will learn some great tips on binding your quilt from one of our board members, Christi Ables.  

Also we are planning new and fun demos for 2026.  If you have any suggestions, ideas for a demo or would like to present a demo at one of our guild meetings.  Please stop by our table and let us know.

Debbie Burns and Deanna Tucker

education@qgplano.org

Wow, what a program we had in October!  Dee Bushrod shared her amazing story going from novice quilter to the Queen’s pixel quilter.  

November brings us another fabulous speaker.  Jackie Brown will be sharing her love of design and long arm quilting in her trunk show presentation, Evolution.  We all had a chance to see her amazing work in the 2025 Plano Quilt show as she quilted Linda Neal’s quilt “A Calm Day at Sea” winning Best of Show.  

In December we have our annual holiday celebration and will have a short program presented by Donna Petrick sharing with us the importance of blocking quilts.

It’s never too early to start planning which workshop you will attend in 2026 (if not all of them)!  Block your calendars now and register to reserve your spot.  Workshops make great Christmas gifts too!

Co-VPs of Programs

Andrea McMahan & Kim Iverson

programs@qgplano.org

November 13, 2025 Guild Meeting

Jackie Brown of Jackie’s Machine Quilting

“Trunk Show – Evolution

December Meeting Details

Our own Donna Petrick will share about blocking quilts.  What a perfect way to end the year!

Upcoming Workshops

March – Joyce Hughes presenting Dimensional Thread Painting & Sketch, Color and Quilt, March 13th and March 24th.

April – Rob Appell presenting Quilts from the Sea and Beyond April 10th and April 11th.

Stop by the Progams table to check out the other 2026 offerings.  We look forward to chatting with you!

Community Service

In November we are collecting infant items for the PISD School-Age Parent Program. We accept small quilts, receiving blankets, clothes, newborn toys and diapers. The challenges of teen pregnancy while in high school can be  helped by your donations. The students earn credits to purchase the baby items we provide. Thank you for your donations!

The Community Service team is up and running! We are in need to have about 75 quilts long armed! If you have a long arm, please come help us with this mission.

We have been given fabric and sewing supplies that are too small for our needs, so please come look into our scrap basket we have on our table each month. Take home a small treasure!

Big thank you for all the pillowcase kits going out as we do give one out with each adult size quilt we give to our organizations.

And we would love to see more of the Mission (Not) Impossible quilts. We have kits ready for pickup if you would like to do one–or more!

Please go to our website/activities/community service and down to Organizations Supported by Our Guild to see the list of where our donations are given.

Come sew with us, pick up and drop off kits/quilts/bindings/pillowcases at the meeting or at the Sit & Sew Day on Nov.11.

Visit our table at the meeting and get to know some of our helpers at the meeting–thanks to Nancy Simpson and Carol Esch for helping in Oct. And to Linda Benson–who will be delivering to PISD later this month.

Jeanne & Susie

communityservice@qgplano.org

Quilts of Valor

The East Plano Rotary Flags of Honor is an amazing week-long celebration at the Red Tail Pavillion.  The Quilts of Valor presentation is at approximately 2 pm, Saturday, November 15^th.  It’s open to the public. We follow the Patriot Paws Service Dog Demonstration—the dogs will amaze you!

Three veterans were wrapped with Quilts of Valor in private ceremonies in October.  Every recipient always asks that the makers of their quilt be thanked.  Please know your efforts are deeply appreciated and cherished.

News from the Zoom Bees

Hoop it up Bee

1st Monday from 10am – 12pm

Donna Petrick

Hoop It Up!

Come join us for a machine embroidery Zoom meeting

Contact donna.petrick@gmail.com

Chicks with Feathers

3rd Saturday from 1pm – 3pm

Dana Braden

Sit & sew at home with your Singer Featherweight.  Tips, tricks, and advice to make straight stitch sewing simple and precise.

If you have not previously notified me, please email: pickincotton26@verizon.net to get the invitation to join the Zoom meeting.

Sew Happy Quilters

Aurora Chancy

achancy@msn.com

1st and 3rd Thursday 9am-4pm

• Sam Johnson Recreation Cetner @ 401 W. 16th St. Plano

• Bring your own project, sewing machine, and supplies

• We have lunch together at the Gazebo Cafe for $5 or less

Fourth Friday Featherweight Friends

Jeanne Vogel

pickincotton26@verizon.net

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 will go out as a group to eat together

Sit N Sew Community Service Day

Susie Luttrell &       Jeanne Vogel

communityservice@qgplano.org

2nd Tuesday from           10am – 2pm

• Plano Sewing Center, 2070 Spring Creek Pkwy #326, Plano

• Bring your sewing machine and sewing supplies

For Trade: HandiQuilter Little Foot Frame

Will trade for 15 yards of quality quilt shop fabric – you choose the fabric!  I’ll take yardage, precuts, fat quarter bundles, etc.

• Must pick up in Dallas/Richardson area

• In excellent condition – nothing missing

• Includes 4 casters, 2 channel locks, super quilt clamp, 4 clamps and table overlay

• Easy to transport but must be reassembled.  No boxes.

• Reason for selling: I recently upgraded to a larger frame.

• Perfect for someone who’s just starting out and wants a reliable frame for a small space

If you have questions, contact Bonnie Cook at

214-632-5853 or bcook111698@gmail.com

FOR SALE 

Bernina 740 and Kaffe Rolling Cart

Beautiful Bernini 740 machine complete with extended arm, multi feet attachments and a new Kaffe rolling cart.

Recently serviced and installed with new upgraded firmware. It has a beautiful stitch and 10” throat area for all your projects.

This machine online is listed for $5,999. Since this is more machine than I need, I will sell this for $3,500.

If interested contact me,

Dana Braden, at (214) 709-7234 or

DLCBRADEN@YAHOO.COM

Turn your treasured tees into a cozy quilt!  Our custom T-Shirt quilts are perfect for preserving memories.

Longarm edge-to-edge and custom quilting available.  Call for more information.

Liz’s Quilting Corner

Allen, Tx

214-532-1394