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Welcome to the West Houston Quilter's Guild's Website!
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| We would like to invite all quilters (and
quilt lovers!) to our meetings held on the third Wednesday of
every month from 6:30 - 9:00 pm. |
JULY Meeting July 21, 2010:
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July 21--Dot Collins from Port Neches
will be helping us choose colors for our next quilt with her
lecture entitled, "Color and Value Theory--How to Choose
Color for your Quilt." She will bring quilts to show how the
theory works. Several of our members have taken a class from
her at International Quilt Festival. Dot enjoys lecturing
and teaching quilting classes to share her love of quilting,
learn from other quilters and to keep quilting "thriving" in
today's world. She is a member of Golden Triangle Quilt
Guild and has served as President, Vice President, Quilt
Show Chairman, Retreat Chair, and Newsletter Editor and is
currently a member of four bees.
One of her Bees made the Houston Festival donation quilt in
1993. She commented that "quilting is my passion and
quilters are wonderful friends."
www.dotcollinsquilter.
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2011 Donation Quilt
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July Newsletter is ready!
Don't Forget:
Roster UPDATED
(June 1, 2010) in the
Members Only area. Just added an Excel version as
well. PLEASE let Joan Rondeau know if
you have a new address or phone number to keep this current.
Check out the AWESOME Table Banner that Member Carol Ann
Maurer created for us! This table banner will
accompany the Donation Quilt on its rounds around the state.
THANK YOU Carol Ann!
2010 Membership Form is
online. Regular dues are $30. Please Note: Dues
are $40 if you choose US Mail over e-mail to receive your
newsletter to cover postage and printing costs.
Don't Forget:
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Turn
Trash into
Cash!
 We
can earn $$ collecting empty inkjet printer cartridges. Start
saving those cartridges from home, family, and friends and
bring them to Guild meetings (or just give to Betty Baker) who
is coordinating this effort as part of the new Ways and Means
Committee.
It's a simple and easy way to help your planet and WHQG;
just Recycle your used Inkjet Cartridges and help us raise
money!. The types of cartridges we are looking for are: HP,
Lexmark and Dell. So please help by recycling your cartridges
today! We cannot use laser toner cartridges at this time. If
you have any questions, just ask Betty Baker. Thanks for your
support!
WHQG BUCKS
 The
program for October 2010 will be an auction of donated items
which you will bid on using EARNED
WHQG Bucks. You will earn
Bucks by attending guild meetings, going to workshops,
turning in Linus and comfort quilts, bringing refreshments,
donating a door prize, attending a Quilt Show Guild Shop
workshop, bringing a visitor, taking a class at Festival,
showing quilt/ wallhanging at Show and Tell (other than
Linus/comfort), participating in the challenge blocks, etc.
click on the BUCK for more information and
a listing of some of the ways YOU can earn Auction Bucks.
The Meetings
Our meetings begin at 7:00 PM with social time from 6:30 -
7:00. Each month we have a short "business" meeting before
members share their latest accomplishments with "Show and
Tell". We then take a break for cookies and drinks before
enjoying our speaker (for a calendar of upcoming speakers
click here). Past speakers have
included Billie Lauder, Trish Hodges and Pat Speth. Some
months we are also able to offer a separate workshop (usually
the following Thursday or Saturday) with that month's speaker.
Meetings are at the Salt Grass Trail Building, Farm & Ranch
Club, Abercrombie Drive off of Patterson. Click
HERE for a map.
We design our programs to be attractive and educational for
all levels of quilters from beginner to experienced. Every
meeting provides new tips and/or inspiration. To further this
goal, one meeting during the year is devoted to exhibiting
different quilt making techniques instead of hosting a
speaker.
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Our History
The West Houston Quilter's Guild is a non-profit
organization founded in 1993 with the purpose of developing
and nurturing appreciation for the art of quilting and its
history. Simply put, we are a group of people who love quilts! |
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2011 DONATION
QUILT TOUR |
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highlighted, still need volunteers to take the quilt. |
| July 2010 |
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| 22 |
Quilt Guild of Greater Victoria |
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9:30am Victoria |
| August 2010 |
| 3 |
Tri-County Quilt Guild |
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7pm Cypress |
| 4 |
Woodlands Area Quilt Guild |
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7pm The Woodlands |
| 14 |
Greater San Antonio Quilt Guild |
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10am San Antonio |
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| 19 |
Golden Needles Quilt Guild |
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7pm Conroe |
| 30 |
Tall Pines Quilt Guild |
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7pm Huntsville |
| September 2010 |
| 1 |
Coastal Prairie Quilt Guild |
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7pm Missouri City |
| 7 |
Peace by Piecing Quilt Guild |
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7pm Humble |
| 10 & 11 |
Coastal Prairie Quilt Show |
| 14 |
The Plantation Quilt Guild |
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9:15am Lake Jackson |
| 16 |
Friendship Quilt Guild |
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7pm Brenham |
| 20 |
Lakeview Quilters Guild |
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7pm Houston |
| October 2010 |
| 4 |
Austin Area Quilt Guild |
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7pm Austin |
| 5 |
Chisholm Trail Quilt Guild |
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10am Georgetown |
| 5 |
Happy Hearts Quilt Guild |
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6:15 PM |
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Martin Luther Church, Giddings |
| 7 |
Kingwood Area Quilt Guild |
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7pm Kingwood |
| 16 |
Vereins Quilt Guild |
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9am Frederickburg |
| 21 |
Golden Triangle Quilt Guild |
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12:30pm & 6:30pm Beaumont |
| 26 |
Colorado Valley Quilt Guild |
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7 pm LaGrange |
| November 2010 |
| 9 |
Brazos Bluebonnet Quilt Guild |
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7pm Bryan |
| 18 |
Mainland Morning Guild |
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10am Texas City |
| 18 |
Island Quilters Guild |
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7pm Galveston |
| 2011 |
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| Jan 5 |
Gulf Coast Quilters |
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7pm Alvin |
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 Picture
takers needed! If you bring your digital camera to
guild, quilt shows, Bee events or other candid shots, please send
your digital photos for the website to the web-mistress!
Please remember that workshop fees help enable
the guild to bring top quiltmakers to lecture and teach.
If you've never attended before, give it a whirl!
You'll find it can be great fun - and give you lots of ideas for
new projects or ways to finish old ones.
Be sure to check the
PROGRAMS links for upcoming events and the
Calendar EVENTS page for Quilt show and other events
around Texas!
For those who love applique, and detest carrying around
a whole bunch of spools of thread, buy one of those bobbin cases
that are made of clear plastic and hold about 30 bobbins. They are
made of clear plastic. Then fill the bobbins with all kinds of
colors. This way you can clear out some of those nearly used up
spools. Place them in a logical order (i.e.) all the shades of
pink / blue/green in a row. Put the lid on and wrap a strong
elastic band around. When you travel you have all the colors you
need.
Comfort Quilters
The 2010 WHQG Community Service Bee (Comfort
Quilters) has started working on projects for this year. If
you have any questions or suggestions, please contact Helen
Mauldin.
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