September Guild Meeting
Tuesday September 1, 2026
Social time 6:00pm, Meeting starts at 6:30pm
Carriage House at Heard-Craig Center for the Arts
Please avoid wearing perfumes, scents or essential oils to guild meetings.
We have a number of members who are sensitive to scents
WHAT TO BRING TO THE MEETING
Name Tag
Show and Tell
Community service projects
Destash sale items
LowVolume Art Blocks
Guild Board Elections
We will be looking for several guild members
to serve on the nominating committee, and there will be a number of
board/committee positions coming up to fill for the coming year. If you
would like to be part of the nominating committee or if you would be
interested in a board position, please let Sharon Tucker know!
Programs
September Meeting:
Guild member Sterrett Coleman will present on the topic of Quilt & Fashion
(September is Fashion Month)
Membership
Did you know? We can use our Membership Receipts to get
10% off at McKinney Knittery. If you have thrown away your receipt, you
may be able to take a photo of it in the receipt book maintained by the
Membership Committee.
Community Service
We delivered 24 quilts to CASA on August 11. They were very happy to
get them, so now we will work towards our final delivery right after the
December guild meeting.
Does your employer track charitable time? Our
organization is a 501c3, which means time spent on guild work may be
eligible for being tracked by employers who encourage tracking of
charitable time. Our quilts are also donated to a charity (CASA of
Collin County in McKinney), so any time worked on Community Service
quilts should be eligible as well.
Events
September is when our Modern Textile Art Sale squares are due! The
Modern Textile Art sale is a 12” Square Sale + 1-Yard Low Volume
Rip-Off Challenge - what to make with your winnings. (if you did not
participate in the low volume rip-off that's fine, just use low volumes
from your stash in your project) Create a piece to be mounted on a
canvas square to possibly sell for approximately $100/item at a venue in
downtown McKinney. Quilted with batting, no binding needed, and the
back doesn't matter as it won't be visible. A group will add a black
outside border to your finished item and mount it on the canvas, so
please make sure your item measures 12.5" square.
We will also be swapping the Scrap Jar for another fun month.
Fundraising
The next DESTASH sale is October 17. We will be accepting
donations at the August, September and October meetings of quilting
related items to go into the destash sale. The previous sale really
pulled in some much needed funds, so this is a good opportunity to go
through things you no longer need, and help the guild.
|
