Meeting Minutes of the
meeting of 5th of May 2015
The meeting
was called to order by President Sarah Huechteman on time.
28 members and
3 guests were in attendance.
Sherry
Martinez resigned as Membership VP and Martha Wolf has been appointed.
Welcomed and
performed introductions of guests. Advised
that last month’s minutes have been posted on the blog.
Treasury
report was not given as Chris was not in attendance.
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. Explained what a bee
is. We currently have three bees
occurring right now, but some bees have lost and added people. Bee groups will be redistributed soon, to
consolidate to 2 bee groups unless we get enough new people. See Ellyn or Sarah if you are interested in
joining a bee.
Extra guild
T-Shirts are available. See Sarah if you
want a T-Shirt.
Polka dot
fat quarters were collected. Three drawings occurred. Cathy, Elizabeth, and
Lynn won. Each month we will have a theme for fat quarters. Anyone who wants to participate in the fat
quarter lotto 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 Text
Prints.
Gallon size
bags of scraps were collected to make pillow covers. Any scraps not used, please return back with
the pillow cover. Bring the finished
pillow cover to next month’s meeting. No
extras needed. 16 x 16 inch finished
pillow form.
Available
retreat dates are June 11-14 and Sept 17-20 at Sunset Retreat in Sunset, Texas,
north of Decatur. 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. Contact Lisa Hauth to make a
reservation and arrange payment. Watch
email, Facebook, and blog for more information.
If you have a form, mail it directly to the retreat with your
payment. Make sure you put your dietary
restrictions on your form.
Micheal
Miller fabric challenge coming up from national MQG. May 9th, you will get an email
from the challenge. The challenge will
be due Nov 30th. Watch the QuiltCon site.
Half Square
Triangle presentation from Sarah 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 June 2nd.
Meeting was adjourned
timely.
Things to bring to June’s Meeting:
· Any fabric to be donated to community
service
· Community Service blocks.
· Quilted community service quilt
· Bee Blocks
· Texty Fat quarter(s) for the lottery
· Your finished pillow cover
· 2015 dues ($50, cash or check
accepted only)
Items, Blogs, and other interesting
items mentioned:
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