Meeting Minutes of the
meeting of 9th of September 2014
The meeting
was called to order by President Sarah Huechteman on time.
3 Visitors and 22 members were in attendance.
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 Sherrie.
Community
service and charity blocks were collected.
Advised group of the criteria of charity blocks. Blocks should finish at
an even number.
This upcoming Sunday
will be charity quilt sewing day from 1 pm to 6 pm.
Bring five blocks for charity and you will
get a ticket to enter into a drawing.
Drawing occurred and Chris won.
New Business
Program: Paint chip challenge was revealed. Everybody showed what they made.
Name tag
challenge reveal occurred. Any new name
tag brought in the future will earn an extra door prize ticket as well.
Next month’s
challenge was presented by Ellyn: Basket
Swap: Next month bring a gallon sized
bag of scraps from your stash and scraps.
You will fill out a sheet of questions about what kind of basket you
want and what you will use your basket for.
Then the scraps will be redistributed and a basket will be made for you
using your scraps and brought in the following month.
Next month,
Moda Bakeshop will do a presentation.
In November,
there will be a demo night. Looking for
4 – 6 items to demo and people to volunteer to demo small items for holidays or
gifting. If you volunteer, please have a
handout typed up and ready for a reference guide. If you want to volunteer, please email
Jessie: daphne090@aol.com
It will only be a 5 minute presentation.
December’s
meeting will be a potluck and party.
Discussed
bee and the blocks that were brought in.
Signups are
available to start another bee group.
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 October 7th.
Meeting was
adjourned timely.
Things to bring to September’s
Meeting:
· Gallon sized bag of scraps.
· Any fabric to be donated to community
service.
· Community Service blocks.
Items, Blogs, and other interesting
items mentioned:
· Patchwork Threads
· Moda Bakeshop
· Sew Together Bag
· Craftsy
· Celestial Star @fromblankpages
· The Social Tote
· Quick Curve Ruler
· Schoolhouse Tunic
· Washi Dress
· Olive and Ollie
· Pearl Soho
· North Texas Fall Shop Hop