Golden Triangle Quilt Guild
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Quilting Bees Quilting bees are small groups of quilters who meet on a regular bases. The guild has several bees who meet one or more times a month. These meetings are a combination of quilting and social activities. Belonging to a bee is a great way to learn quilting skills and develop close friendships. Contact our guild beekeeper Patsy Broussard if you are interested in joining a bee.
GTQG BEES Bear Threads The Bear Threads Bee was founded in 1999 by Aileen Talton. We originally met in her home and had limited space. After Aileen passed away, we began meeting in each others homes. We exchanged ideas and techniques and of course deserts. Later we moved to a church in Beaumont and now enjoy a lovely spacious place to sew and enjoy our projects. We enjoy each others company and have shared sorrow and happy times together. We go on shopping excursions and field trips. We supplied the Block of the Month for two years. We have contributed to several charities, homeless veterans, Boys Haven, Etc. One of our members; Theresa Jordan is a heart transplant recipient and we made and donated a heart quilt to be raffled by the Heart Transplant Association. Of course we have Marge Campbell who makes lots of cute doll clothes for the Guild around Christmas. We have kept our member to ten and if someone wants to join they are added to a list and when we have an opening, the first name on the list is asked to join. Blockhead Bee Date of formation lost in the mists of time, but could have started as far back as 1979. Mavis Luquette remembers when she joined as 1984. Today the group is Mavis, Linda Mathews, Jerry Kelley, Linda Taliaferro, Carolyn Slack, Renella Deloney, Dot Collins, and Laverne Mathews. We fondly remember past members Norma Clubb, Pauline Smith, Betty Johnston, Gloria Gaar, Jessie Dickerson, Robin Campbell, Mary Ray. Our group made "My Stars! It's a Baltimore!" for the Houston International Quilt Festival in 1993. We often make trips together, most outstanding was flying to Montana with Hugh and Jerry Kelley in their plane. Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Paducah, Dallas, Galveston, etc, and just plain ole shopping in Houston many times. Beach trips to Linda Taliaferro's are a regular occurrence. Projects are always ongoing, and we are open to any new ideas for pleasurable quilting. We have done programs for the guild on Amish quilts, color studies, and Round Robins. Friendship Bee This bee is probably the most loosely organized bee the guild has because we are a group of friends (all members of the guild) who line in Longview, San Antonio, Fredericksburg area, Jasper, Port Arthur, and Port Neches. We get together at small retreats and large quilt shows, travel together when we can, and visit each other when we can. We have no regularly scheduled meetings or projects - but we have done several projects together, including small quilts to exchange, group round robins, block exchanges, and we have made two quilts for guild auctions. We have been meeting irregularly since our first small retreat on the Angelina river in January 1997. We were all working then. Now that most of us are retired we seem even more busy and we meet even less frequently. Hopefully that will change in the future because we love each other dearly. It is a wonderful group to be a part of! Girl Gang Bee This newly formed bee is part of the Jan Patek's Girl Gang. Jan provides us each year with a block of the month and 6 to 8 other projects. The 2007 quilt is "Flags of the American Revolution". Belonging to this bee means: road trips, sew days, working on our 2009 auction quilt and just having quilting fun. The 17 members meet on the second Thursday of each month at the Hebert Public Library in Pt. Neches, Texas. Material Girls This bee consists of 10 members and 1 at-large member, and meets 2-5 times monthly. A group project consists of a quilt for the auction that is donated bi-annually to the GTQG. We are planning to make pillow cases for the terminally ill Children as out Community service project, but have not decided which hospital will be our donor site. Mostly, we work on our own projects and enjoy socializing with each other. When a member leans a new technique, we share with the other members. Thanks to one of our newer members, we are learning traditional rug hooking, and have all laughed a lot about learning to be hookers. Raggie Mae Quilters The Raggie Mae Quilters meet monthly on Saturdays at the Spurger Baptist facilities in Spurger, Texas to learn the craft of quilting. "Raggie Mae" is a nickname for one of the younger quilters in the group who has Cystic Fibrosis. This group has committed to making one raffle quilt a year to donate the proceeds to the CF Foundation. Round Robin Bee The purpose of the bee is to make a quilt block for each person in the group. Each person chooses a block and is assigned a month as a due date for receipt of her block. Each of the other members in the bee make a block for that person using their fabrics. At the end of the year, each person in the bee has 12 blocks ready to assemble into a quilt. There are no designated meetings; the delivery of each month's blocks are completed either before or at the quilt guild meeting. Sassy Scrapper Quilt Bee The Sassy Scrapper Quilt Bee meets the second Tuesday at 9 am of each month for their meeting. They also meet on the 4th Tuesday for sit and sew - same time. We currently meet in Doucette. When the Fiber Arts Building is completed at the Heritage Vilage, we will move our meeting there. We have just completed our Donation Quilt and will begin selling chances on it. The money from the donation quilt is given to the Dogwood Princesses. Most of our energies right now are focused on raising money for the Fiber Arts Building. They still need $25,000 - $30,000 to complete the building fund. Our membership is currently at 25 and we are open to new people. We have never closed our membership and when we move to the new building there will be no need to close it. We are crowded right now, but we still manage to work. We usually have some sort of program at our meetings a dn we participate in our own shop hops occasionally. At our March meeting, one of our members is going to demonstrate machine applique. Sew Bee It Sew Piecefull Sew Pieceful Bee had 8 Mid-County members. We have kept our bee small so that we may meet in our homes and so that we may take occasional road trips together. We have had a challenge within our bee for the quilt show every year. Our latest challenge was to make the Blooming 9-Patch quilt which will be entered din the 2008 quilt show in the un-judged category. We went to the quilt shop, chose the one fabric to begin and each member added her own choices to complete the quilt. Some, but not all, members are now exc hanging batik fabrics, choosing that one common fabric that may be used in any way and any pattern. Each year in January we exchange small wall hangings or miniature quilts. We are exchanging in such a way that at the end each of us will have a quilt from each member. For the past two years, we have gone somewhere for lunch for our exchange. We made a quilt for Boys Haven and we have made a quilt for the auction each year. The Barn Bats The Happy Scrappers The Pine Needle Quilters bee The Pine Needle Quilters bee is really a bee within a larger group of non-guild members. There are about ten guild members within the group of 29 ladies. We meet the second Tuesday of each month at the First Presbyterian Church in Jasper, Texas. At out December Christmas Luncheon, we plan the next year's calendar and projects. Everyone is asked to volunteer to come up with a project or day trip and then take the lead on it. We also have free sewing months so we can catch up on unfinished projects. We usually host a quilt show at the Beaty-Orten House in Jasper during the Fall Festival in October. We decorated the Victorian home with our quilts -- old and new. We also participate in a community service project for one of the local charities. Because we are a bee within another group, we are under space restrains and are pretty much closed at this time to other than Jasper or Lake Sam Rayburn residents. Treasured Friends |
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Last Updated 01/24/2008 |
