August Picnic

BASIN PIECEMAKER’S QUILT GUILD BUSINESS MEETING   Aug 25, 2009

 

 

 

Emma Lou graciously hosted the picnic at her lovely home.  “A good time was had by all.”

 

 

OLD BUSINESS:  

Sewing Room Tour:  Tues., Sept. 1 at 6:00.  Meet at the church to pick up your maps.  Lynda, Roylene, Eddie, and Dona are hosting.

 

 

NEW BUSINESS:

New brown bag group:  Emma Lou described the process and sent around the sign-up sheet.

Retreat:   Lutherhaven was having difficulty with their well and is building a new one.  It should be opened by the retreat in Oct.

Fabric:  Judy’s daughter donated fabric for community service projects.  Contact Lynda if you are interested.

Photo Print Class:  Virginia will be doing a class on photo print quilts on Sept. 19 at the church.  Contact her if interested.

Raffle quilt:  Eddie graciously accepted the duties of chairing the next raffle quilt.  She showed samples and handed out patterns.  Contact her if you are interested in participating.

 

 

Day Meeting:  2^nd Tuesday, various homes

Night Meeting:  2^nd Thursday, 7pm Immanuel Lutheran

Business Meeting:  4^th Tuesday, 7pm Immanuel Lutheran

 

Dates to Remember:   Sept. 1-Sewing Room Tour

                                         Sept. 19 – Photo Quilt Class

 

History Moment:

“A girl from Kansas decided this town needed a quilting club so she ran an ad in the paper.”  Dona, Wilma, Betty, Charlene, Debbie, and another Odessa girl met at The Treadle about 25 years ago for the first, what was to become Basin Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild, meeting. (Compliments of Dona.)

July Minutes

BASIN PIECEMAKER’S QUILT GUILD BUSINESS MEETING   July 28, 2009

Guests:  Naomi, a member visiting from the west side.  Judy, Kathy’s neighbor.

Introduction of new officers:  President-Leslie and Barbara, VP-Virginia and Cheryl, Secretary-Kathy K, Treasurer-Brenda

Treasurer’s Report:  Checking account $2,855.76, Savings $1,100.34.

Correspondence:  Barb’s cousin, Jane, who had a booth at the quilt show, sent her thanks.

Day meeting:   At Clara’s.  Good attendance.  Next meeting to be held at Dona’s.  2^nd Tues of the month.

Night Meeting:  well attended.

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Quilts of Valor:  48 blocks are ready to quilt. 

Blog:  Be sure to check the blog for pre-meeting meal places and refreshments. Pre-meeting meals are at 5:30.  We are excited that the blog is a success with 8,000 hits so far.

 

OLD BUSINESS:  

2009 Quilt Show:  169 quilts; 400 paying visitors; the raffle quilt made $1445.00, the boutique made $234; after expenses, the guild made approx. $400.  Many positive comments.   The refreshments were appreciated by guests.  Thank you to everyone who helped, especially the committee chairs. 

Annual garage sale:   Penny reported $657.70 was made. Thank everyone for their donations.  Thank you to Penny, Marilyne, Nancy, Wilma, Virginia, and Donna.

NEW BUSINESS:

T-Shirts:  Lynda brought T-shirts to support breast cancer.

Chairs:  Chairwomen needed for the 2010 raffle quilt to start in Nov. and the Christmas party.  Mary will chair the raffle quilt tickets/sales.  Thank you Mary.

Sewing Room Tour:  Tues., Sept. 1 at 6:00.  Meet at the church to pick up your maps.  Lynda, Roylene, Eddie, and Dona are hosting.

Grant Co. Fair:  Sign-up sheet was passed around.  Barb and Roylene appreciate all help.

Refreshment Sign-up:  Sign-up sheet sent around. Check at the next meeting if you want to help.

New brown bag group:  Emma Lou explained the process.  The next group will start at the September meeting.

Picnic:  August picnic at Emma Lou’s.  Aug. 25, 6:00.  Bring a chair, a dish, and beverages.

Challenge:  Penny and Marilyne explained the May 2010 challenge using crayon colors.  Directions are on the blog.

 

Quilts of Valor:  Long arm quilters needed to donate time and thread to help finish quilts for the 1161^st.  Sewing time available at CBQ 3^rd Thursday every month, except Dec. 

Name tag drawing:  Maureen won the name tag drawing

 

Day Meeting:  2^nd Tuesday, various homes

Night Meeting:  2^nd Thursday, 7pm Immanuel Lutheran

Business Meeting:  4^th Tuesday, 7pm Immanuel Lutheran

 

Dates to Remember:  Sept. 1-Sewing Room Tour

 

History Moment:

This is a quote from a ballot from our first quilt show at Frontier, May 1995 provided by Roylene. 

“I am voting for the person(s) who designed the venue & settings for this quilt show. It is perfect; it is appropriate; it is representational of how real quilts are used by real people in their homes. I have seen too many quilt shows in art museums (no light); hotels/motels (too sterile) and the lobby of high rise buildings (lets face it, IBM does not like quilts). The accessories to the quilts are wonderful and so is the building with lots of natural daylight.”

August Picnic

Date: Tuesday,  August 25

Place: Emma Lou’s

Time: 6:00 pm

Bring: food, chairs and show & tell

See you there!

June 23rd, 2009 Business Meeting

 

Guests:  Cody and Callie, Karen’s granddaughters

Treasurer’s Report:  Checking account $770.47, Savings $1100.15

Day meeting-   15 people in attendance.  Next meeting to be held at Clara’s July 14^th.

Night Meeting- We came, we talked, good stuff.

Committee Reports:  

Programs:   No reports this evening

Block lotto:  Two blocks were turned in this evening. 

Raffle quilt tickets: Please turn in your money, and or bring remaining tickets and dollars to the Quilt Show.  The drawing for the raffle quilt is Saturday at 3:00pm.

Hospitality:  A correction to last month’s information.  Although ill, Shawlene’s mother is thankfully still with us.  No other news to share. 

2009 Quilt Show:  Barbara has more applications for the Quilt Show.  The sign-up sheet was passed around, as there is still space for demonstrations.

Blog:  Be sure to check there for pre-meeting meal places and refreshments. Pre-meeting meals are at 5:30.

Old Business:  

Annual garage sale:  at Penny’s, July 25th.  Proceeds from the sale go to the Basin Piecemakers.  The sale is to be held at Penny’s friends on Marina.

New Business:

2009 Challenge winners: We’ll need a new committee for the 2010 Challenge.

New brown bag group- Begins in September, please see Emmalou

Nominating Committee:   The names that had been forward for the 2009-2010 officers are: President-Leslie and Barbara VP-Virginia and Cheryl, Secretary-Kathy K, Treasurer-Brenda.  Nancy L moved to accept the slate of officers, Dona S seconded.

Quilts of Valor:    Sewing time available at CBQ 3^rd Thursday every month, except December.  Sewing time at Fabric Patch Saturday July 11^th and in August from 9:30 to 3:00.

Name tag drawing:  Betty L. won the name tag drawing

Day Meeting:  2^nd Tuesday, various homes

Night Meeting:  2^nd Thursday, 7pm Immanuel Lutheran

Business Meeting:  4^th Tuesday, 7pm Immanuel Lutheran

Dates to remember:   August picnic-more info to come.

May 26, 2009 Business Meeting Minutes

Guests:  None

Treasurer’s Report:  Checking account $535.44, Savings $1100.15

Day meeting-   At Melanie’s in Soap Lake

Night Meeting- 3 attending

Committee Reports:

Programs: For tonight, show and tell of your favorite gadget. 

Block lotto:  Six blocks were turned in this evening.  The tickets will also be sold at the Ephrata Quilt show.

Raffle quilt tickets:  Members will be signing up to sell raffle tickets at the Farmer’s Market on June 3^rd, and June 20^th. 

Hospitality:  Mabel’s grand daughter was in a motorcycle accident.  Shawlene’s mother in law passed away.  Nola says thanks for the card.  A thank you to the guild from Grace.

2009 Quilt Show:  A sign-up sheet was passed around, for those wishing to provide demos during the quilt show.  Boutique; not much interest has been expressed at this point.  Forms for the quilt show are available on the blog.  Quilt show entry forms should be to Lynda by the June 15^th.

Blog:  Be sure to check there for pre-meeting meal places and refreshments. Pre-meeting meals are at 5:30.

Old Business: . 

 Quilts of Valor:  Seven quilts have been returned from quilting.  Information was shared that the quilts prepared for the group effort by Ephrata can be quilted by anyone, and labeled as QOV.

Annual garage sale:  at Penny’s, July 25th.  Proceeds from the sale go to the Basin Piecemakers.

New Business:

2009 Challenge winners: High skill level-Penny,   Best design- Dona,   Best embellishment- Dona,    Best of show-Dona

New brown bag group- Begins in September, please see Emmalou

Nominating Committee:   The names that have been forward for the 2009-2010 officers are: President-Leslie and Barbara

VP-Virginia and Cheryl, Secretary-Kathy K, Treasurer-Brenda

Program:  It was fun to see what members treasured as their favorite tool, as well as some that they didn’t!  We had a market report from Barbara.

Name tag drawing:  Artie G. won the name tag drawing

Day Meeting:  2^nd Tuesday, various homes

Night Meeting:  2^nd Thursday, 7pm Immanuel Lutheran

Business Meeting:  4^th Tuesday, 7pm Immanuel Lutheran

Dates to remember:  June 26^th and 27^th, Quilt show