Meeting Minutes of the
meeting of 7th of April 2015
The meeting
was called to order by President Sarah Huechteman on time.
37 members and
2 guests were in attendance.
Committee Reports
Welcomed and
performed introductions of guests. Advised
that last month’s minutes have been posted on the blog.
Treasury
report was given by Chris.
Stephanie discussed
charity blocks that were collected. Goal of 15 charity quilts for the
year. Charity quilt kits were made and
offered up for people to take home to complete.
Charity sew day was March 29th here at Stitched with Love
from 1 pm to 5 pm. Christy won the
charity drawing. Quilt tops were made at the sew day and looking for volunteers
to machine quilt them. If you bring back
a quilted quilt, you get a prize. You do
not have to bind. Quilt kits are also
available if you want to piece tops. If
you have completed quilts you want to donate, we will accept those as
well.
New Business
Catherine is
running the bi-monthly member spot light.
If you want to be spotlighted, go to http://bit.ly/mckmqg People will be randomly selected and
spot lighted twice a month.
Discussed
the new bee blocks. We currently have three bees occurring right
now. See Ellyn or Sarah if you are
interested in joining a bee.
Pastel
Modern fat quarters were collected. Three drawings occurred. Sandy, Nelda, Kristy won. Each month we will
have a theme for fat quarters. Anyone
who wants to participate brings a fat quarter for the lot and receives a
ticket. Drawings are held to win the lot
of fat quarters. Next month’s theme is
Polka Dots.
One Yard Rip
off reveal occurred. Everyone showed off
what they made with their one yard ripoff fabric. Prizes were given from drawings.
Riley Blake
challenge should be due around July.
Each individual will have to post their own photos to the modern
guild. Plan to bring your finished
project to the July meeting so we can vote on our favorite.
Next month
bring a gallon size zip lock bag of your favorite scraps. Scraps will be swapped and pillow covers will
be made for those that brought their scraps. (Include a half yard with your
scraps to make the backing to the pillow form.
16 x 16 inch finished pillow form.
Looking for
a volunteer to co-chair Sherry’s position of VP Membership/Greeter. Martha Wolf volunteered.
Lisa Hauth
stepped up to discuss a possible retreat at Sunset Retreat in Sunset, Texas,
north of Decauter. Lisa stated that she
could get dates for June or September.
If we can get 20-22 folks to participate, then no other people will
book. 3 nights, includes dinner on Thursday, lunch and dinner on Friday and
Saturday, and brunch on sun. Continental
breakfast Friday thru Sunday. $225 for
all 4 days. $175 for Friday thru
Sunday. 4 beds to a room. Sewing room is the same size as the shop here
(Stitched with Love). There is a small
quilt shop area in the retreat building in case something is forgotten. There is also a massage therapist available
to book. (More interest in September rather
than June) Once dates are secure, we
will send out an email.
Quiltcon
Presentation by Catherine and Alice occurred.
Show and
tell occurred.
Door Prize
drawings occurred.
Birthday
certificates were handed out.
Pay your
dues. $50 cash or check.
Next Meeting
at 6:30 on May 5th.
Meeting was
adjourned timely.
Things to bring to May's Meeting:
· Any fabric to be donated to community
service
· Community Service blocks.
· Quilted community service quilt
· Bee Blocks
· Polka Dots quarter(s) lottery
· 1 Gallon Size bag of scraps including
enough fabric for backing
· 2015 dues ($50, cash or check
accepted only)
Items, Blogs, and other interesting
items mentioned:
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