Meeting Minutes of the
meeting of 5th of August 2014
The meeting
was called to order by President Sarah Huechteman on time.
Visitors and members were in attendance. Four new members joined this evening.
Committee Reports
Welcomed and
performed introductions of guests.
Advised
that last month’s minutes have been posted on the website.
Treasury report will
be posted on the blog soon. Treasury report was given by Sherry.
Community
service and charity blocks were collected. Advised group of the criteria of charity
blocks. For every 5 brought in, your
name goes in a drawing for a prize.
Charity
sewing days will be Sunday sept 7 from 1 pm to 6 pm as well as Nov 2nd
from 1 pm to 6 pm. Tips were given on how to produce charity blocks quickly and
easily. Asked for yardage donation for
backing and background. Any quilt shop quality fabric and any style
accepted. Finished block size should be
an even number. Drawing for the charity prize
occurred. Sara Macha won.
New Business
Program: WIPS were presented and shown and then
donated to charity.
Name tag
challenge reveal occurred. Any new name
tag brought in the future will earn an extra door prize ticket as well.
Community
service signup sheet for is available.
Signup still
available for bees. We currently have 2
small bees and 2 large bees.
Ellyn
presented next month’s challenge. Paint
swatch challenge. Each person picked 3
swatches from a bag and will need to make a sewing project in the combination
of the 3 colors. Voting will occur with
everyone’s favorite project.
Modern Quilt
Guild winning quilts were shown.
Fun sewing
day for the guild. Sunday October 5 and December 7 1 pm – 6 pm at Stitched with Love. Sit and sew whatever you want and
stay however long or short you want to stay.
Signup sheet available.
Quiltcon
challenges were discussed. You must sign
up yourself on the website. Panasonic
Bias Tape Applique Challenge and Cotton Couture Challenge.
Birthday
certificates were distributed.
Show and
Tell occurred.
Door Prize
raffle occurred.
Next Meeting
at 6:30 on Sept 2nd.
Meeting was
adjourned timely.
Things to bring to September’s
Meeting:
· Your Paint Swatch Challenge Piece
· Any fabric to be donated to community
service
· Community Service blocks
Items, Blogs, and other interesting
items mentioned:
· Art Gallery Website
· Moda Bakeshop
· Plano Quilt Show is August 15th
and 16th