Meeting Minutes of the
meeting of 7th of October 2014
The meeting
was called to order by President Sarah Huechteman on time.
7 Visitors and 3 new 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. Bring five blocks for charity and you will get a ticket to
enter into a drawing. Almost have 10
quilts ready to donate to Alberta’s Hope.
New Business
Program: Jesse presented a Powerpoint Presentation on
the Moda Bake Shop. A trunk show of
various items from the Bake Shop were shown.
Moda generously donated a charm pack for members of the guild. If a member brings back a project that they
have made from a tutorial on Moda Bake Shop using their charm pack, they will
receive an extra door prize ticket.
Scrap Basket
Swap was explained and those that are participating exchange their scraps. You must bring your completed basket to the
November meeting to reveal to your partner.
It is customary to include an extra “treat” with your item. If you cannot attend the meeting, please drop
off your basket prior to the meeting.
In November,
there will be a demo night. Still looking
for volunteers 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.
Discussed
bee and the blocks that were brought in.
There has been interest in an additional Modern Bee Swap. Sign up to join group #3. Ellyn will get it set up.
T-Shirt
Design Challenge was issued to all members.
We are looking to have a t-shirt for our members to purchase so that
they may wear at QuiltCon or any other time.
They will be screen printed.
Designs should be emailed to Sarah at sarah.huechteman@yahoo.com. You may enter more than one design. Anonymous voting by the membership will take
place at the November meeting.
QuiltCon
Mini Quilt Challenge was issued to all members.
There will be a booth for all Texas Modern Quilt Guilds at
QuiltCon. Our guild has been asked to
donate a mini quilt that will be given away to those attending the show. Guidelines for the quilt are: must be 18” x 24”; must be made from QuiltCon
Challenge Colors (they will be listed on the blog); must include a 1 ½” hanging
sleeve; deadline is the Dec. 2
meeting. An anonymous vote will be taken
at the December meeting.
Ellyn
reported that 8 members participated in the September 25 retreat at Creative
Cottage. Everyone had a great time and
lots of projects were completed.
Sarah asked
for 3 volunteers to form the nominating committee – must not be interested in holding
an elected position. Martha Wolf, Martha
Fipps and Holly Canatelli volunteered.
Show and
Tell occurred.
Birthday
certificates were distributed.
Door Prize
raffle occurred.
Our next
meeting will be November 4.
December’s
meeting will be a potluck and party with an ornament exchange.
Charity
Sewing Day will be Sunday, November 2 from 1:00-6:00 @ SWL.
SewFest
Sunday will be Sunday, December 7 from 1:00-6:00 @ SWL.
Meeting was
adjourned timely.
Things to bring to November Meeting:
· Completed Scrap Basket for your
partner
· Any fabric to be donated to community
service
· Community Service blocks.
Items, Blogs, and other interesting
items mentioned:
· Patchwork Threads
· Moda Bakeshop
· Craftsy
· Chalkboard labels @ Dollar Tree
· QuiltCon