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Important Dates:
Applications must be submitted by April 27, 2024 Winners will be announced in May 2024 |
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The Mission of the Tall Pines Quilt Guild is “to foster appreciation of quilting and fine quilts, to increase knowledge of traditional and contemporary techniques of quilting, to provide an encouraging environment in which quilters can practice and exchange ideas, to educate the public as to the significance and history of quilting as an art form, as well as an ongoing craft, and to preserve this rich heritage of quilting for future generations."
We are thrilled to support exceptional students who hold these same values.
The Tall Pines Quilt Guild of Huntsville, Texas began offering scholarships in 2007 to graduating seniors within our membership area. Initially there were two $500 scholarships offered. Scholarship awards have varied from $500 to $2,500, depending on the funding available. Scholarship awards are based on fund-raising activities and vary from year to year. Primarily our scholarships are funded by proceeds from the sale of tickets for our raffle quilt of the previous year which is lovingly designed and quilted by some talented volunteer quilt members. Thanks to all the ladies who have contributed to this endeavor from deciding on a design, selecting fabric, sewing and quilting the raffle quilt, selling tickets or participating in the selection committee. Special thanks to the members of the selection committee 2023 (Kim Street, Pam Ray, Martha Wilson, and Grace Burzynski) but this is truly a total TPQG team effort and we all feel blessed to be able to contribute.
Private monetary donations are also accepted towards our scholarship awards. Memorial donations are acknowledged with handwritten notes to the families. Contact our treasurer. Debbie Birdwell, or our scholarship chairman, Linda Wetherell, for donation information.
2022 quilt:
We are thrilled to support exceptional students who hold these same values.
The Tall Pines Quilt Guild of Huntsville, Texas began offering scholarships in 2007 to graduating seniors within our membership area. Initially there were two $500 scholarships offered. Scholarship awards have varied from $500 to $2,500, depending on the funding available. Scholarship awards are based on fund-raising activities and vary from year to year. Primarily our scholarships are funded by proceeds from the sale of tickets for our raffle quilt of the previous year which is lovingly designed and quilted by some talented volunteer quilt members. Thanks to all the ladies who have contributed to this endeavor from deciding on a design, selecting fabric, sewing and quilting the raffle quilt, selling tickets or participating in the selection committee. Special thanks to the members of the selection committee 2023 (Kim Street, Pam Ray, Martha Wilson, and Grace Burzynski) but this is truly a total TPQG team effort and we all feel blessed to be able to contribute.
Private monetary donations are also accepted towards our scholarship awards. Memorial donations are acknowledged with handwritten notes to the families. Contact our treasurer. Debbie Birdwell, or our scholarship chairman, Linda Wetherell, for donation information.
2022 quilt:
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Tickets were sold at many local community activities where our quilt was on display at various times during the 2022 year. The drawing for the 2022 quilt was held at Huntsville’s Fair on the Square on October 1, 2022.
The TPQG strives to promote and share the joys of quilting within this community. Along with our charitable support to organizations such as the local Family Care Center, Hospitality House and others, most years a team of members get together to make these beautiful quilts for the Fair on the Square event here in Huntsville. With the funds collected through the sale of the raffle tickets we are able to award at least 1 scholarship each year to graduating seniors in our community.
Our Scholarship Category for 2 each 2024 award of $2500.00
Proficiency in Sewing
Regardless of declared major, outstanding students who demonstrate proficiency in sewing are eligible and encouraged to apply. Please see attached application which will be due by April 27,2024.
All public, private and home school graduating seniors are eligible to apply if they attend school within our membership area counties. We thank our membership and our community for the overwhelming support of our community youth.
Please feel free to contact us via email or phone if you have any questions.
Linda Wetherell
Tall Pines Quilt Guild
Scholarship Chairman
[email protected]
936 439 7825
The TPQG strives to promote and share the joys of quilting within this community. Along with our charitable support to organizations such as the local Family Care Center, Hospitality House and others, most years a team of members get together to make these beautiful quilts for the Fair on the Square event here in Huntsville. With the funds collected through the sale of the raffle tickets we are able to award at least 1 scholarship each year to graduating seniors in our community.
Our Scholarship Category for 2 each 2024 award of $2500.00
Proficiency in Sewing
Regardless of declared major, outstanding students who demonstrate proficiency in sewing are eligible and encouraged to apply. Please see attached application which will be due by April 27,2024.
All public, private and home school graduating seniors are eligible to apply if they attend school within our membership area counties. We thank our membership and our community for the overwhelming support of our community youth.
Please feel free to contact us via email or phone if you have any questions.
Linda Wetherell
Tall Pines Quilt Guild
Scholarship Chairman
[email protected]
936 439 7825
TPQG 2023 scholarship recipient, Miss Kinley Waldrop
We celebrate another worthy recipient of the Tall Pines Quilt Guild 2023 Scholarship.
Applicants were rated on a scale of 1 to 5 in several categories including their Essay (subject of Where do you want to be in 5 years?), High School GPA and Community Service. Each applicant was required to submit 2 letters of recommendation and most importantly photos demonstrating proficiency in sewing.
The 2023 recipient of the $2500 Scholarship is from Willis High School.
While at Willis, the recipient served as the FFA Chapter President and was a member of the National Honor Society, Kats for Hope, the Drill Team and 4H club president. She spends some spare time cooking, baking and sewing. For the past 10 years, she has raised livestock for various projects. Some of her awards include a win in the Ft Worth Stock show/market for Goat Class and Texas State Fair Doe Class and Montgomery County Fair Grand Champion Market Goat in 2023.
The recipients community service and volunteer work is impressive as well; 3 years at TLC Pantry Food drive, FFA back to school supply drive, Project Linus, Morgan Luttrell Intern, Local Nursing Home Christmas celebration, Willis High School Kats for hope which is a suicide awareness group. She also led various showmanship/livestock care clinics for local youth from 2019 through this year.
The committee was impressed by a comment from Willis High School's Associarte Principal who wrote an amazing letter of recommendation stating that our awardee quote, "Exemplifies high work ethic and knows where she wants to go in the future." The Montgomery County Extension Agent for A&M applauded her leadership abilities and service work within the community which he states was "second to none."
The recipients grandmother taught her to sew when she was 8 years old and crochet the year after. She learned to make pillows, pillow cases and such. I think many of us can relate to what she wrote in her essay when she said "Sewing gives me a creative outlet and I'm at peace at the machine and when I'm matching fabrics. She also was exposed to cooking and canning at a young age which is almost a lost interest these days.
Her senior year was full of challenges, some personal and some academic, but she attributes her faith, her mom and support system for seeing her through. She graduated with a GPA of 4.32. Good Job!!!
With plans to attend Blinn College/Texas A&M in the fall, she will major in Animal Science. Her desire is to have a career in Animal Chiropractic.
It is our great privilege to introduce the 2023 Tall Pines Quilt Guild Scholarship Award winner, Ms. Kinley Waldrop.
Applicants were rated on a scale of 1 to 5 in several categories including their Essay (subject of Where do you want to be in 5 years?), High School GPA and Community Service. Each applicant was required to submit 2 letters of recommendation and most importantly photos demonstrating proficiency in sewing.
The 2023 recipient of the $2500 Scholarship is from Willis High School.
While at Willis, the recipient served as the FFA Chapter President and was a member of the National Honor Society, Kats for Hope, the Drill Team and 4H club president. She spends some spare time cooking, baking and sewing. For the past 10 years, she has raised livestock for various projects. Some of her awards include a win in the Ft Worth Stock show/market for Goat Class and Texas State Fair Doe Class and Montgomery County Fair Grand Champion Market Goat in 2023.
The recipients community service and volunteer work is impressive as well; 3 years at TLC Pantry Food drive, FFA back to school supply drive, Project Linus, Morgan Luttrell Intern, Local Nursing Home Christmas celebration, Willis High School Kats for hope which is a suicide awareness group. She also led various showmanship/livestock care clinics for local youth from 2019 through this year.
The committee was impressed by a comment from Willis High School's Associarte Principal who wrote an amazing letter of recommendation stating that our awardee quote, "Exemplifies high work ethic and knows where she wants to go in the future." The Montgomery County Extension Agent for A&M applauded her leadership abilities and service work within the community which he states was "second to none."
The recipients grandmother taught her to sew when she was 8 years old and crochet the year after. She learned to make pillows, pillow cases and such. I think many of us can relate to what she wrote in her essay when she said "Sewing gives me a creative outlet and I'm at peace at the machine and when I'm matching fabrics. She also was exposed to cooking and canning at a young age which is almost a lost interest these days.
Her senior year was full of challenges, some personal and some academic, but she attributes her faith, her mom and support system for seeing her through. She graduated with a GPA of 4.32. Good Job!!!
With plans to attend Blinn College/Texas A&M in the fall, she will major in Animal Science. Her desire is to have a career in Animal Chiropractic.
It is our great privilege to introduce the 2023 Tall Pines Quilt Guild Scholarship Award winner, Ms. Kinley Waldrop.