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Cyber Friends Quilt Guild was founded Jan. 1, 2004 in order to bring quilters from around the world together in one place to exchange ideas, techniques, and global friendship.

President: JudyOR

Hi, CFQG Members! I am Judy Minami (rhymes with salami), Judy OR on the message board. I live in Portland, Oregon with my husband of 41 years, Steve. We have four adult daughters. Two of the married daughters (Susan, 37, and Lee, 31) live within 15 minutes of us; the third married daughter (Kami, 34) is in Washington State as are our two grandchildren (Casey, 5, and Kylie, 3), and the unmarried “baby” daughter (Katie, 27!!!) is in Virginia. Steve is in the process of retiring and is a super hyperactive guy. He always has one project or another going on and just never stops moving except to eat or sleep! He says he needs to retire to get all the stuff done around the house that he wants/needs to do!
Until three years ago, I worked for 37 years for a non-profit organization as a Professional Liaison, a medical researcher and department head, writer and editor as well as a staff member for the international organization. I ran a department of 25 people with a staff of three. And when someone on the Division Staff left her position, I was the one who made her Farewell Quilt. I also like to knit and do counted cross stitch. I never watch TV at night; I listen to it while I am working on a project in my recliner. I don’t know what most of the people on my favorite shows look like, but I know all their voices!!! When my girls were in school, I volunteered in the classroom and school buildings and for a couple of years, actually worked and got paid for it. I helped the high school girls in the band shop for fabric and made their performance dresses, and did a lot of tutoring in writing, math and science courses. In the grade school, I helped out the teachers and did a lot of helping kids learn to read, and was the Laminating Machine Queen!
I have been quilting since 1970 when I decided to put some hand-embroidered squares into a quilt top. That quilt is still in my UFO bin but many others followed and were finished. I now teach quilting at a local quilt shop. Most of my classes are for beginners, but I also teach paper piecing and finishing school, occasionally teach a specific pattern, and I also help lead our Thimbleberries Group, Little Quilts Club, and Dear Jane Club, and very occasionally, I work at the store. I also make a lot of the shop samples. My absolute favorite quilts to make are miniatures, about half of which are paper pieced. I try to do at least a few mini quilts each year. In the last year, I have designed two quilts, both of which have yet to be made. They are on the list, but right now I’m thinking about and making Christmas gifts! Although I haven’t had much time for them lately, I’ve also been known to sit in my little corner of the basement workshop and build miniature furniture for dollhouses. I have all my own miniature tools, hand and power variety. For some reason, if I do build miniatures, it’s always in the dead of winter when I’m sitting down in the basement in my little niche and get totally lost in it, just as I do when I’m quilting! It’s wonderful to love what you are doing!
I have been a member of the Guild since the beginning and have served as Bylaws Chairman the last couple of years. I also served on the Nominating committee last year. I am co-Queen Bee with MaureenKS of the Cross Country Quilters. I have come to love this group of gals – we have wonderful bonding chats on Thursday nights in the chat room and some of us have met while traveling. Last year, many of us attended the SewExpo in Puyallup, and went out to lunch and had a ball doing a mini- shop hop together. We are hoping to do that again this coming March, and hope to have Maureen join us from Kansas since she’ll be here visiting me!
I feel so privileged to have gotten to know so many wonderful women throughout the country - and even outside the country! – as I have read and posted on the message boards, and participated in some of the swaps and various opportunities offered on the board. Everyone has been so generous and caring and kind. I look forward to many more years of participation in this guild and I would love to serve all of you as President.

Vice President/ Treasure: LindaTx

My name is Linda Beasley, known on the boards as LindaTX. I'm running for the office of 1st V.P. I've been a member of the CFQG since it started and cherish all of the friends that have become a part of my life.
I'm 66 years old, widowed now longer than I was married. The mother of 3 beautiful children and 3 grandchildren. My oldest son is a forensics expert in Abilene, Texas, my daughter is the Human Resource Manager for a local TV station and my youngest son, unfortunately. Has been dec'd for 13 years. He had his own upholstery business.
When they were growing up, I was a stay-at-home mom and room-mother for all of them. It was so much fun planning parties for all the kids at school. Sometimes I was the room-mother for all 3 kids at the same time. Kept me busy.
During that period I was also into quilting. I organized and taught quilting classes at the YWCA and several Hobby/Craft Shops. The classes covered everything necessary to make a quilt from start to finish. Last year I saw a quilt in a show that was made by one of my former students from the classes in the mid 70's. I was so proud to know that she continues to quilt. I wonder if she is as excited as I am with all of the new tools and shortcuts to making quilts now. Soooo easy and much faster than then.
In March of 2004, I retired after 23 years of employment with a plastics manufacturing plant in Tyler, Texas. Just before I retired I was in the Graphic Arts department. That was my favorite position of all. .
Quilting is my passion now and I have the stash (books, fabrics, tools, etc) to prove it. Also have some UFO's, don't we all? Ideas for quilts keep my mind full and some day I'll get more of them done.

2^nd VP Membership Nana7:

I am fast approaching my 71st birthday and have been retired for 5 years. I have been single for the past 23 years and have grown terribly independent. (My children think I scare off potential relationships). I have three grown children and 7 grandchildren, hence the moniker Nana7. Two live here in MO and my eldest & family are in MN.
I started my career as a RN and as the children grew older was able to go back to school part time and work full time. My undergraduate degree is in Health Care Education and my graduate degree in Curriculum and Instruction for Health Care Professionals. I have a post graduate certificate in Health Care Risk Management. Jack of all trades, master of none I served as Director of Risk Management/Quality Assurance in several hospitals.
Have always enjoyed sewing and crafting but didn't do much in the way of quilting until I retired. Guess I'm probably the world's worst traditional quilter; those silly pieces just don't fit the way I think they should. My quilting is pretty much limited to paper piecing, which I love, and a wee bit of appliqué. Love making miniatures and have a great circle of 5 ladies that get together weekly to sew, laugh and of course eat.
I honestly have enjoyed being a member of this guild and doing what was needed this past year. Think our membership is the greatest and will be very glad to just limit my involvement to being a really great 2nd VP/membership person.

Secretary: KyQuilter

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