Here’s a link to an online quilt show. Enjoy and a very Merry Christmas to you all. Stay warm and see you next year!

BASIN PIECEMAKER’S QUILT GUILD BUSINESS MEETING   __December 8, 2009

Guests:  Marilyne brought Johnnie who has lived in Moses Lake for 5 years.

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

NEW BUSINESS: 

Brown Bag-Brown bags were exchanged.

Show and tell – again, lovely quilts were shared.

Christmas Elf – A Christmas Elf gave everyone fat quarters. 

Game – While Shawlene read, Nancy and her friend Mouse, acted out a Christmas story.  Gifts were passed back and forth until the end of the story when everyone opened their gift.  An abundance of quilted projects were made and given by our talented ladies.

Thank you Lynda, Sally, and Shawlene for a wonderful evening.

Day Meeting:  2^nd Tuesday, various homes

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

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

BASIN PIECEMAKER’S QUILT GUILD BUSINESS MEETING  _Oct. 27, 2009

Guests:  Lois came with Betty.

Minutes:  Reviewed and approved.

Treasurer’s Report:  Checking account: $2,957.55, Savings: $1,100.04.

Correspondence:  Clara wrote to Brenda who moved to Kansas.  She has already attended a quilt show.

Day meeting:   At Lavita’s.  9 present; good meeting.   Next meeting to be held at Barb’s.  2^nd Tues. of the month.

Night Meeting:  None.  Same place and time in Nov.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Programs:  Cindy has been changed to January’s meeting.

Hospitality:  Lavita and her husband have relocated.  Norma will visit next week and send a card from us.

Brown Bag:  Trade after the meeting.

Quilts of Valor:  We got 2 blocks tonight.

Christmas Party:  Lynda is the chairperson. The potluck will be Dec. 8 at 6:00 p.m. at the church.  Gift exchange is something made from 6 charm squares handed out tonight.  Wrap gift so it can’t be seen.

Raffle:  Thanks to Gail, Donna, and Eddy for all their work.

Tickets:  Mary will run off the tickets and hand them out in Dec.  Nov. 14 is Soroptimist Bazaar where the quilt will be shown and tickets sold.

Challenge:  Anyone who still wants to do the challenge, see Marilyne.

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

OLD BUSINESS:  

Make a Difference Day: Lynda asked us to continue to bring in 12 ½” QOV blocks.  They made 7 tops that were on display tonight.  Great job ladies!  Nine quilters were present and they had a great time.  All blocks went together really well and they were done by 3:00.  Eddy donated a quilt top, so we will have 8 quilts to send off.  Fabric for sashing and backing can still be donated for future quilts.  There was a motion made and passed for the club to pay for postage.

Retreat:  Penny did an outstanding job at the retreat.  Everyone had fun, but Nancy thought the pincushions were “very stressful”!  The power went out for a couple of hours one morning so there was no hot water for showers.

NEW BUSINESS:

Pincushions:  Barb gave another pincushion pattern to everyone.  The felt balls may be found at the Fabric Patch.

Extra Rulers:  Extra rulers from the retreat were for sale for $13.

Postcard:  Barb shared a postcard for a book for sale about quilts made featuring American troops.  See Barb if interested.

Lost bag:  Cheryl has misplaced a bag full of goodies after one of the Jo Morton classes.  Anyone who may have knowledge about it, please see Cheryl.

Retreat:  Cougar cabin is in charge of the next 2 retreats.

Kindergarten class:  Penny’s brother’s class is making quilts.  Anyone interested in donating a yard of fabric, bring it to Eddy.  Anyone wanting to help with the project, see Penny.

Program:  Barb, Virginia, and Eddy shared what they got at the Houston quilt show.

Name tag drawing:  Grace 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 (No meeting in Nov.)

Dates to Remember: 

Dec. 8 Christmas Party

A fun day at Barb’s with the girls.

Photos of Emma Lou in Chieftain, Florida on a visit with her sister at a Quilt Museum…

Thanks Emma Lou!

2/3 cup oil

2 2/3 cup sugar

4 eggs

1 can 29 oz. pumpkin or 1 quart fresh pumpkin

2/3 cup water (if using fresh pumpkin use less water)

3 1/2 cup flour

2 tea. soda

2 tea. salt

1/2 teas. baking powder

1 tbs. cinnamon

1 tea. cloves

2/3 cup chopped nuts

2/3  cups raisins

Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease 2 loaf pans.  Cream oil and sugar till fluffy.  Stir in eggs, pumpking, water.  Blend in flour, soda, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and cloves.  Stir in nuts and raisins.  Pour into pans and bake 70 min.

Thanks to Marilyne H

For a change use dried cranberries instead of raisins.  To make it spicier add 1/2 teaspoon allspice, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg and or 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice.

Ladies

“Make a Difference Day” is Saturday, Oct. 24 and we will be making Quilts of Valor again this year.  Last year we sent off 6 quilts to Quilts of Valor.

We will meet at the First Presbyterian Church on Ivy at 9am on Sat. Oct. 24.  We will quilt until we get done?!?!?!?! with the blocks we have and make as many quilts as we can.

Bring your sewing machines and supplies.  We will need some sashing and border material so check your stash for red, white, and blues or ones that might be appropriate for a QOV quilt.

AND if you have any appropriate yardage that could be used for backs for these quilts – please bring if you would like to donate.

Bring a sack lunch, also.

Not all Basin Piecemakers have emails so if you see someone that is a member of our guild, ask her if she received this email otherwise let her know this information.  We need many hands!!!! to sew.

If you have any questions, please call me.

THANKS ahead of time for your participation in this worthwhile event!!!

Lynda Williams

ljw@scml.us

765-3922

750-9090

Virginia and I arrived last night in Houston.   We thought you’d like to see a couple of our pictures. 

We were stuck in the snow in Wyoming so changed our route and went thru Colorado, New Mexico and Upper Texas.  Went right by lots of cotton fields.  Stopped and took pictures.  Also a dog almost got me, but that’s another story. 

BASIN PIECEMAKER’S QUILT GUILD BUSINESS MEETING   Sept. 22, 2009

Guests:   Anna, Sandi’s, neighbor, who moved back to Moses Lake, after many years.

Minutes:   Reviewed and approved.

Treasurer’s Report:  Checking account $__2,790.76___, Savings__$1,100.53 _.

Correspondence:   Sharon thanked us for her fair award.

Day meeting:   At Grace’s.  Next meeting to be held at Lavita’s.  2^nd Tues of the month.

Night Meeting:   A woman new to town came to the meeting after reading about us on the blog.  They had a very nice visit and we will hopefully see her at more of our meetings in the future.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Programs:  Cindy will be doing the Oct. program.

Hospitality:  Emma Lou sent Mary a card for her daughter who is recuperating from an accident.

Brown Bag Group:  Starts tonight.  Meet after the meeting to exchange bags.

Quilts of Valor:  Pat has about 48 blocks.  She will need fabric donations for borders and backing for 4 quilts.  Lynda will check to see if the church is available either Oct. 17^th or 24^th for a day of quilting the QOV quilts for Make a Difference Day.

Christmas Party:  Thank you Lynda, Sally, and Shawlene for hosting the Christmas Party Dec. 8. More details to follow. Reminder:  No regular business meeting in Nov. or Dec.

Raffle Quilt:  Have lots of blocks.  Need them by retreat, Oct. 6^th. Contact Eddy.

Challenge:  Marilyne will bring crayons next meeting for anyone who still needs them.  Directions on the blog.

Blog:  Be sure to check the blog the day of the meeting for pre-meeting meal places and times.

OLD BUSINESS:  

Raffle Quilt:  Remember to turn in to Eddy by Oct. 6.

Photo Class Show and Tell:   Awesome.

NEW BUSINESS:

Retreat:  Penny showed the cake stand and cupcake pincushions that will be the retreat project.  She also had Bingo card patterns/fabric for the fat quarter exchange, and thumb pincushions Wilma will teach. Cindy will teach potato bags.  Contact Penny if needed.

Pincushion:  Barb showed us pincushions she made and handed out patterns.

Program:  Elizabeth gave a wonderful program on Civil War era quilts and woman of that time.  Period quilts were displayed.

Name tag drawing:  Maureen won the name tag drawing.

Refreshments:   Thank you Brenda, Emma Lou, and Betty.

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:   October 6-11^th Retreat

                                                   October 9-10^th Wenatchee Quilt Show

History Moment:  The first quilt retreat was in March of 1998.  Shawlene, Lynda, Karen, Norma, Cindy, and Cheryl went to Lutherhaven for a 3 day weekend.  Starting in the spring of ’99, it became a twice a year event.  A day a year was added until the present, 5-day retreat was established.  (Compliments of Sally and Lynda)

Penny called with a reminder: payment is due before retreat. You can pay at this Tuesday’s business meeting. The  amount for a full stay is same as last time $215.50. Call Penny if you have any questions.