Pioneer Area Quilters Guild

11/21/2024

Since next week will be a busy week for most--here is an update to prepare you for the December Meeting:

AND Please bring your Bolt Bags from the class to Show-n-Share!!

As announced in an earlier email, The Quilt Barn is closing. Beginning tomorrow, Monday, November 11. All merchandise is 40% off.
The Quilt Barn is located at 4152 W Coleman Rd, Ponca City OK
The hours are 10 am to 5 pm, Monday-Saturday
Telephone number 580-763-3475

Our Christmas Luncheon is December 2, please bring a covered dish to share with up to 10 people, bring a serving utensil, and the recipe. We'll eat at 11:30.

During our Christmas Luncheon we are going to have a Fat Quarter drawing of Christmas fat quarters as a Fundraiser. For every fat quarter of Christmas fabric you enter, you also enter $1.00. The money stays with PAQG and the Fat Quarters will be as drawing/s. Depending on how many people participate will determine how many drawings. Just as an FYI -- There is BEAUTIFUL Christmas fabric at the Quilt Barn on sale at 40% off.

Please see Cindy Russell and pick up your fundraising tickets. Our Fundraising prizes this year are fantastic, First Place is a Quilt, Second Place is a Bolt Bag filled with goodies, and Third place is a Brother P-touch. Pictures will be sent out soon. The prizes are great and that makes it easy to sell chances. We will fill the Bolt Bag like we did last year. Again, be thinking about what you would like to donate to help fill the Bolt Bag while you are at the 40% off sale at the Quilt Barn.

January is our "Charity Sew Day." For those of you who have a favorite charity you would like to sew for, please do so. If you would like to try something new, please consider making a Storybook Quilt, which will be donated to the Ponca City Library's Children's Library. Here are the guidelines:
1. Select a book you would like to turn into a quilt. The quilt does not have to be an exact duplicate of the book's illustrations, just an interpretation of it.
2. There are several books which the library has suggested and are on loan to us. These will be at the next few meetings. If you are interested in one of these books, please sign up for that book. You may borrow that book, if you like.
3. You may quilt any book you like, shooting for toddler to age 8 range. If the library doesn't have that book, you may want to donate the book to accompany the quilt. Please write down on the sign up sheet your name and the title of the book you want to do, so that we don't have duplicates.
4. The quilt should be about 3 feet square. There should be no choking hazard embellishments, but soft embellishments, like embroidery, rick rack, etc. are fine.
5. The quilt should be ready to turn in at our May luncheon. It can be quilted or tied.
6. There may be an optional challenge for those interested. Details will follow.

In addition: January will be our Bring Your Stuff and Get Rid of It Day. Stuff can be snagged to be used on any charity quilt. Further details later.

And finally: those coming to sew on Charity Day will be fed! More details to come.

10/29/2024

Pioneer Area Quilters' Guild will host sewing machine technician, Kent Sechrest of Stillwater, at its November 4 meeting. His presentation is titled "Tips and Tricks from a Sewing Machine Technician." Mr. Sechrest has been servicing sewing machines for over 36 years. His program will begin at noon, following the 11:00 meeting. PAQG meets the first Monday of every month at St. Paul's Methodist Church at Pecan and Hartford. For more information, please contact Judy Wohletz at 580-716-4405 or Cathy Lester at 580-716-2199.

10/01/2024

September Show-n-Share

See you all on October 7th for the guild meeting!!

10/01/2024

Photos from Show-n-Share n August

10/01/2024

The Pioneer Area Quilters' Guild will be hosting pattern designer Laura Piland of Slice of Pi Quilts as its speaker on Monday, October 7 at noon. The meeting will take place at St. Paul's Methodist Church in Ponca City. Laura, a former math teacher from Smithville, Missouri, will be giving a presentation titled "Try Something New." Laura has made over 400 quilts in which she has tried something new with each one. She will be presenting a sample of her efforts. The following day, Laura will be giving a workshop of one of her designs, Exploding Heart. For further information on the meeting, please contact Judy Wohletz at 580-716-4405 or Cathy Lester at 580-716-2199. For workshop information, contact Colleen Patterson at 580-761-4293.

07/26/2024

July's Show-n-Share.
Hope to see you in August on the 5th at 10:30 for Tips & Tricks. Teresa Ryhnard is demoing a Fat Quarter Bag. The meeting is at 11:00. Then the Program is Susan Oliver on One Block Wonder quilts. Followed by the cutting portion of the One Block Wonder class in the afternoon. Class will continue on Tuesday. We meet at St. Pauls Methodist Church.

06/28/2024

Show-n-share from June meeting. Late because I had a wedding to prep for 🤣😍

06/21/2024

GUILD WILL MEET ON July 8th instead of the 1st!!

Tips and Tricks 10:30
Business Meeting and Show n Share 11:00 – 12:00
Program 12:00

Here is the program information.

At our July 8 meeting, we will have Demonstration Stations.

Michiel Landers will demonstrate how to baste a quilt using a table, glue stick, and iron.

Sue McMillen will demonstrate how to piece using gridded interfacing.

Penny Stover will demonstrate how to finish a quilt by "facing" it, rather than binding it.

On August 5, PAQG member Susan Oliver will give a presentation on One Block Wonder Quilts. She will be conducting a workshop that afternoon and the following day on making a One Block Wonder quilt. The Workshop is full.

05/31/2024

05/31/2024

Just a reminder about Monday's meeting and Tuesday's workshop.

Scott Flanagan's LECTURE WILL START at NOON!!

05/31/2024

My apologies--I've had a hectic month!!
Here are important pictures from May's meeting.

05/23/2024

We will have a national speaker on Monday June 6th followed by a class on Tuesday (which is full). Stillwater does have open spots for their class on Friday, however.
Come join us to hear Scott Flanagan speak--he is quite entertaining and knowledgeable.

05/16/2024

The Stillwater quilt guild "Cimarron Valley Quilters Guild" has six spots left for Scott Flanagan's workshop on FRIDAY, June 7th. Please contact Joyce Campbell at [email protected] if you are interested. Non members will be charge $40. And we are doing the Garden Lattice pattern. His lecture will (different than Ponca's lecture) will be on Saturday, June 8th at 10:00 am. Both will be at the CREC Community Building in Stillwater.

04/30/2024

Guild meets on Monday, May 6th. Below is the schedule and events happening. Bring your own lunch and various other items!!

May 6, 2024 Luncheon Activities
Ponca City News has been invited to our luncheon.
Bring your own lunch. Cookies, tea, and water will be provided.
Placemat Entry must be by — 10:30 (This pertains only to placemats to be entered for prizes)
Business Meeting — 11:00
Lunch — 11:30
Installation of Officers — 12:00
Judging of Placemats --- 12:15
Show N Share — 12:30
Fundraiser Drawing — Following Show N Share
Placemat Challenge – Must be handmade to be eligible for prizes.
Suggested size 16” x 20”, give or take an inch. The placemats will be donated to Meals on Wheels.
Three prize categories – Most Placemats Donated -- Most Cheerful -- Judge’s Choice
Volunteers of Meals on Wheels have graciously accepted our request to be our Judging Panel
Winner of each category will be presented with 10 Free Fundraising Tickets

New Emergency Resource Agency (NERA) – Christopher from NERA will be at the meeting.
Please bring items to donate. NERA does not purchase personal hygiene items, but they save space on their shelves for such items. Products that are hypo-allergenic are preferred. Nothing with perfumes. Many clients have skin problems. Items greatly needed are:
Pop-top canned meat or fruit
Toilet Paper - This is the personal care item that they would like to have most. Currently, each shopper gets 1 roll and they always run out.
Kleenex
Paper Towels
Sanitary Pads
Bar Soap, Ivory brand was mentioned since it is hypo-allergenic.
Hand Lotion, unscented preferred
Toothpaste
Deodorant, unscented preferred
Grocery sacks – plastic and/or paper

If you want to make a monetary donation by check, please make your check payable to NERA.

Make-up or perfumes are not desired.

04/16/2024

Found Gloria Linville's two quilts. The first one is from a PAQG workshop and the second is made from the leftovers. Bonus!!
Both quilted by Susan Oliver

04/15/2024

Here are the Show-n-Share pictures from the April meeting. Sorry I'm late!!
I'm also missing two photos of Gloria Linville's quilts--will post if someone gets them to me (quilted by Susan Oliver) 😀

03/29/2024

Kent Sechrest will be the guest speaker for the April 1, 2024 meeting. He will discuss information about maintaining sewing machines to keep them in great working order.
There will also be a challenge issued to make placemats for the Meals-on-Wheels recipients. Judging to take place at the May luncheon.
The May luncheon meeting will also be discussed. Including what items members need to bring for the New Emergency Resource Agency.

The Guild meets on the first Monday of every month (except holidays—will be the second Monday) at:
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
1904 N. Pecan Road
Ponca City, OKM 74604

10:00 a.m. is Social Hour
10:30 a.m. is Tips and Tricks
11:00 a.m. is the Business meeting followed by Show-n-Share
NOON is the program.

Hope to see everyone there!!!

03/12/2024

Here are the photos from Show-n-Share in March. The first photo is of our donation(s) for Living Hope.