MINNEKAHTA QUILTER’S GUILD—November 13, 2008
CALL TO ORDER: President Julie Standen called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Twenty-five members were present with two guests, Dee Watson’s brother Joe and Leta Shively, a resident of the State Home.
MINUTES: Minutes of the October 9, 2008 meeting were approved.
TREASURER: The ending balance for this month is $1864.49. Income deposited included $105.00 from CITH raffle tickets. Expenses included $114.90 to Karen Meston for the newsletter and $212.00 for CITH quilt show room rental at the Mueller Center.
LIBRARIAN: no report
HISTORIAN: no report
2008 PROGRAM:
Guild members basted several quilts on the November 1 workday.
The next Quilt Block Giveaway will be at the December meeting. Blocks should have a Christmas theme, but may be any size or any shape – “anything goes”
UFO’s should be done tonight!
The Christmas party will be held at the next meeting, including the fabric giveaway. Christa will contact the State Home about furnishing drinks. Members are to bring Christmas goodies to share.
2008 PROGRAM:
1. Bobbie, Cora, and Joan will present the entire program plan for 2009 at the December meeting.
2. Cora presented information about the “Strip Mine” class to be held on January 10, 2009. A sample was displayed. Members need to sign up at the meeting tonight so that patterns can be ordered. Patterns will be $5.00 each (with 15 or more ordered) and will be available at the December meeting. Please pay Delores at the December meeting for your pattern.
3. Joan has verified meeting and workday dates with the State Home. Fliers will be available at CITH and the December meeting.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
NEWSLETTER: no report
2008 CITH Raffle Quilt: The quilt has been displayed at HeartSong Quilt Shop. Thank you Ann! Karen now has the quilt and will take it to the Passionate Quilters retreat in Custer. Ann has the raffle tickets numbered and in envelopes with pictures. Be sure to pick up your packets from her.
2009 CITH Raffle Quilt: The completed quilt was displayed. This quilt was made from a kit donated by a friend of Ginny Coates. The quilt will go to Julie’s home until it is time to start selling tickets on it.
Guild Blog/Email site: Be sure to check each month for any changes. The address is http://minnekahtaquiltguild.blogspot.com .
Tuesday Group: Sandy reported that Sheila at the State Home would like to have quilters present each Veterans Day. Several quilters worked this year. Festivities included a band, as well as cookies and drinks. Guild members could also sell ornaments or other small quilted items that day.
Signature Quilt: The quilt will be tied by the Tuesday group this coming Tuesday. Beth needs all blocks by this weekend. The quilt will be displayed at CITH.
OLD BUSINESS:
Bobbie presented information about the CITH quilt show. Copies of quilt info forms were distributed and also have been emailed to members by Julie. Rent for the room at the Mueller Center has been paid. Going rate for two days is now $265.00. Julie was able to get a reduction to $212.00. Next year, the guild should rent the room for only one and a half days and make sure that the Mueller Center knows we are a nonprofit organization. Members will start hanging quilts at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, December 5. A signup sheet for workers and quilts was distributed. Quilts may be dropped off at Heartsong Quilts by 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 4. Julie and Helen will look for the wooden MQG sign.
The Christmas Tree at the State Home will be decorated following tonight’s meeting. The Tuesday group will take down the decorations after the holidays.
NEW BUSINESS:
The annual officer meeting of out-going and incoming officers (president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, program chair) will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 6, at the CITH show. Other members are welcome to attend. Please bring your copies of the 2008 budget and be prepared to develop the 2009 budget.
1. Please let Helen know if you have quilts to hang, as we need three each month. Quilts are needed for December.
2. The Minnekahta Quilters Guild website can be accessed at http://minnekahtaquiltguild.blogspot.com .
3. The International Quilt Study Center in Lincoln, Nebraska will hold the 4th Biennial Symposium on April 2-4, 2009. “The Global Quilt: Cultural Contexts” will be for individuals interested in exploring quilts as a means of cultural expression and cross-cultural transmission. Julie has a brochure if you are interested.
4. Julie also shared a photo of a garden in the shape of quilt blocks.
5. Ann reported that Heartsong Quilts will be participating in National Tie One On Day on Saturday, November 15. Members are invited to come to the shop to make aprons to honor women this day. Members may also bring aprons in to the shop. In conjunction with Sonny’s, aprons and loaves of bread will be delivered to WEAVE on November 26. Ann has free apron patterns. She also had requests for quilts to buy; contact her if you are interested in consigning quilts. Franz Brown has requested that the guild do a long-term show.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
NEXT MEETING: The next business meeting will be December 11 at 7 pm.
NEXT WORKDAY: December 6 will be the CITH quilt show; there will be no workday at the State Home.
ADJOURN: Meeting was adjourned at 7:35 p.m.
SHOW AND TELL:
Cora Fugier: Sue Cleland’s Strip Mine wall hanging
Elaine Anderson – Gutzy Geisha table runner (UFO)
Laurna Nelson – Angel quilt, Dora Quit, Care bear Quilt, Heart table runner, apron,
Christmas quilt block
Ann Powers – two Birdie Sling bags, apron, Love All Around quilt
Helen Schillinger – Santa wall hanging
Beth Mazzella – Autumn Braid runner (UFO)
Gloria Korell – Spring Quilt (UFO)
Sandy Taylor – Sunbonnet Sue square for Linda V, Round Robin
Carolyn Terrill – pumpkin wall quilt
Sheryl Brost – 9 Patch quilt (UFO)
Pat Cerney – table runner
Ginny Coats – Sunbonnet Sue block for Linda V., two table runners, appliquéd dish towel
Delores Hickman – striped table runner
Marilyn Rowley – Sunbonnet Sue block for Linda V., fourth Block of the Quarter, Winter Friends Round Robin, Christmas Triptych (UFO), Christmas table topper (UFO)
Julie Standen – Round Robin 2008 (UFO)
Christa Achtenberg – children’s apron
TELL
The Dakota Men’s Ensemble will perform at the Mueller Center on Saturday, December 6. Tickets are $8.00 in advance and $10.00 at the door. Joan’s son is a part of this group.
The high school fall play will be held November 20 and 21 at the Mueller Center.
NEXT TIME
Saturday, Dec. 6– Christmas in The Hills Quilt Show. There will be no workday this month.
Thursday, December 11, 7:00 p.m. Regular monthly business meeting.
Quip
Quilting with a friend will keep you in stitches.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
MINNEKAHTA QUILTER’S GUILD—October 9, 2008
CALL TO ORDER: President Julie Standen called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Twenty-seven members were present with one guest, Peggy Kaan, the new postmistress.
MINUTES: Minutes of the September 11, 2008, meeting were approved.
TREASURER: The ending balance for this month is $2086.39. There was no income deposited. Expenses included Library to Jan Weisser, $99.09, and Quilting the 2009 CITH raffle quilt to Beverly Carlson, $100.00.
LIBRARIAN: Jan reported that Beth Mazzella has donated Blanket Statements and Quilters Get Organized to the library. Free magazines and patterns from both Beth and Sandy Taylor are available to whoever wants them. The AQS order sheet was circulated.
HISTORIAN: no report
PROGRAM:
Beth Mazzella will do a lesson on folded fabric tonight.
The next workday will be November 1. Lunch will be potluck.
The next Quilt Block Giveaway will be at the December meeting. Blocks should have a Christmas theme, but may be any size or any shape – “anything goes”
UFO’s should be done by the November meeting.
The fourth Block of the Quarter pattern was distributed.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
NEWSLETTER: Distribution errors have been corrected.
2008 CITH Raffle Quilt: The quilt is now displayed at HeartSong Quilt Shop. Thank you Ann! Ann has the raffle tickets numbered and in envelopes with pictures. Be sure to pick up your packets from her.
2009 CITH Raffle Quilt: No report.
Guild Blog/Email site: In the absence of Sue Cleland, Dee Watson has agreed to take on this task with back-up from Karen Meston. Helen will take photos at CITH. Sue will probably also make additions from her Arizona location.
Tuesday Group: Several quilters meet on Tuesday mornings about 9:00 at the State Home. They have tied quilts for some of the State Home residents and also work on their own projects.
Signature Quilt: Beth needs all blocks now (clap, clap). The quilt will be finished this year (clap, clap). Plans are to tie the quilt at the November workday so that it can be displayed at CITH. It will probably go to the Pioneer Museum.
OLD BUSINESS:
Caroline presented the following slate of officers for election: President, Julie Standen; Vice-President, Ginny Coates; Secretary, Caroline Standen; Treasurer, Delores Hickman; Program, Sue Cleland with a committee consisting of Bobbie Augustine, Cora Fugier, and Joan Nettinga; Librarian, Jan Weisser; Historian, Helen Schillinger; and Newsletter, Karen Meston.
Elaine offered a motion that the entire slate be elected. Beth seconded. Motion passed!
Bobbie will present the 2009 program at the December meeting.
NEW BUSINESS:
Congratulations to Ann and Brian Powers on the opening of HeartSong!
Bobbie has agreed to chair the Christmas in the Hills show; Joan will help with publicity. Members should plan to sign up in November if they are willing to help at the show and what they expect to display at the show. Karen will check on the form for information labels used last year so that labels can be distributed at the November meeting. Julie will contact the Mueller Civic Center regarding the room and the rental cost. Old and new officers should plan to have the annual “board” meeting and plan the 2009 budget during the CITH show.
Ginny will contact Randy at the State Home regarding decorating a Christmas tree again this year. The 2007 decorations have been stored at the State Home so the tree can be decorated after the November meeting if all is in order with the State Home. The Tuesday Group agreed to take down the decorations early in January.
A photo of the project for the January work day was distributed along with a sign-up sheet. Patterns need to be ordered for this project. The date needs to be confirmed with the State Home.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Please let Helen know if you have quilts to hang, as we need three each month. Quilts are needed for November.
2. Deb Winter attended the Black Hills Quilters Retreat Oct. 3-5 and had a great time.
3. Remember to make a Sunbonnet Sue block for Linda Vossberg. The 12 ½ inch blocks will be collected by Ruth. Be sure to sign your block.
4. The Minnekahta Quilters Guild website can be accessed at http://minnekahtaquiltguild.blogspot.com/ .
5. Free fabric is available on the side table.
6. Ann reported that opening day at HeartSong was awesome. Several people have requested lessons. Please contact Ann if you are interested in teaching beginning machine quilting or beginning hand quilting. She also had requests for quilts to buy; contact her if you are interested in consigning quilts. There were also requests for someone to make a T-shirt quilt and for someone to make drapes.
7. A scissors sharpener will be at HeartSong Quilts on October 30 from 4:00 until 6:00. Prices vary from $4.00 to $13.00 depending on the size of the scissors.
8. Nancy asked for information on how to wash photo transfer quilts without the photos disappearing. Suggestions included cleaning the quilt by vacuuming through a screen or by fluffing it in the dryer. It was also suggested that the owner search for more information on the Internet.
9. Dorothy passed on the program folder from Sue to Joan.
NEXT MEETING: The next business meeting will be November 13 at 7 pm.
NEXT WORKDAY: The November workday will be November 1.
ADJOURN: Meeting was adjourned at 7:35 p.m.
DEMONSTRATION: Beth demonstrated how to create tucked fabric to use in quilts.
SHOW AND TELL:
Marilyn Rowley: Figuoro bag, Weston charms table topper
Caroline Standen: Round Robin
Jan Weisser: Mom’s Quilt (UFO), Sunbonnet Sue block
M.J. Varick: Scrap Therapy
Elaine Anderson: Peter’s Log Cabin (UFO)
Beth Mazzella: Timtex wall hanging; Army throw
Helen Schillinger: Applique quilt
Carolyn Terrill: Lila wall quilt
Lynda Andersen: Christmas Lights (UFO)
Ruth Angerhofer: Wall hanging (Challenge by Nuts and bolts); third Rosemaling block
Shirley Green: Sunbonnet Sue block for Linda Vossberg
Gloria Korell: table runner; Red Hat bag
NEXT TIME
Saturday, Nov. 1– This is a work on your own project day. As always, remember to bring a potluck dish to share.
Thursday, November 13, 7:00 p.m. Regular monthly business meeting.
TIPS
If you starch the back of your fabrics before cutting, avoid starch buildup on your ironing board cover. Cover the board with an old towel or a length of muslin and wash that when needed.
CALL TO ORDER: President Julie Standen called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Twenty-seven members were present with one guest, Peggy Kaan, the new postmistress.
MINUTES: Minutes of the September 11, 2008, meeting were approved.
TREASURER: The ending balance for this month is $2086.39. There was no income deposited. Expenses included Library to Jan Weisser, $99.09, and Quilting the 2009 CITH raffle quilt to Beverly Carlson, $100.00.
LIBRARIAN: Jan reported that Beth Mazzella has donated Blanket Statements and Quilters Get Organized to the library. Free magazines and patterns from both Beth and Sandy Taylor are available to whoever wants them. The AQS order sheet was circulated.
HISTORIAN: no report
PROGRAM:
Beth Mazzella will do a lesson on folded fabric tonight.
The next workday will be November 1. Lunch will be potluck.
The next Quilt Block Giveaway will be at the December meeting. Blocks should have a Christmas theme, but may be any size or any shape – “anything goes”
UFO’s should be done by the November meeting.
The fourth Block of the Quarter pattern was distributed.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
NEWSLETTER: Distribution errors have been corrected.
2008 CITH Raffle Quilt: The quilt is now displayed at HeartSong Quilt Shop. Thank you Ann! Ann has the raffle tickets numbered and in envelopes with pictures. Be sure to pick up your packets from her.
2009 CITH Raffle Quilt: No report.
Guild Blog/Email site: In the absence of Sue Cleland, Dee Watson has agreed to take on this task with back-up from Karen Meston. Helen will take photos at CITH. Sue will probably also make additions from her Arizona location.
Tuesday Group: Several quilters meet on Tuesday mornings about 9:00 at the State Home. They have tied quilts for some of the State Home residents and also work on their own projects.
Signature Quilt: Beth needs all blocks now (clap, clap). The quilt will be finished this year (clap, clap). Plans are to tie the quilt at the November workday so that it can be displayed at CITH. It will probably go to the Pioneer Museum.
OLD BUSINESS:
Caroline presented the following slate of officers for election: President, Julie Standen; Vice-President, Ginny Coates; Secretary, Caroline Standen; Treasurer, Delores Hickman; Program, Sue Cleland with a committee consisting of Bobbie Augustine, Cora Fugier, and Joan Nettinga; Librarian, Jan Weisser; Historian, Helen Schillinger; and Newsletter, Karen Meston.
Elaine offered a motion that the entire slate be elected. Beth seconded. Motion passed!
Bobbie will present the 2009 program at the December meeting.
NEW BUSINESS:
Congratulations to Ann and Brian Powers on the opening of HeartSong!
Bobbie has agreed to chair the Christmas in the Hills show; Joan will help with publicity. Members should plan to sign up in November if they are willing to help at the show and what they expect to display at the show. Karen will check on the form for information labels used last year so that labels can be distributed at the November meeting. Julie will contact the Mueller Civic Center regarding the room and the rental cost. Old and new officers should plan to have the annual “board” meeting and plan the 2009 budget during the CITH show.
Ginny will contact Randy at the State Home regarding decorating a Christmas tree again this year. The 2007 decorations have been stored at the State Home so the tree can be decorated after the November meeting if all is in order with the State Home. The Tuesday Group agreed to take down the decorations early in January.
A photo of the project for the January work day was distributed along with a sign-up sheet. Patterns need to be ordered for this project. The date needs to be confirmed with the State Home.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Please let Helen know if you have quilts to hang, as we need three each month. Quilts are needed for November.
2. Deb Winter attended the Black Hills Quilters Retreat Oct. 3-5 and had a great time.
3. Remember to make a Sunbonnet Sue block for Linda Vossberg. The 12 ½ inch blocks will be collected by Ruth. Be sure to sign your block.
4. The Minnekahta Quilters Guild website can be accessed at http://minnekahtaquiltguild.blogspot.com/ .
5. Free fabric is available on the side table.
6. Ann reported that opening day at HeartSong was awesome. Several people have requested lessons. Please contact Ann if you are interested in teaching beginning machine quilting or beginning hand quilting. She also had requests for quilts to buy; contact her if you are interested in consigning quilts. There were also requests for someone to make a T-shirt quilt and for someone to make drapes.
7. A scissors sharpener will be at HeartSong Quilts on October 30 from 4:00 until 6:00. Prices vary from $4.00 to $13.00 depending on the size of the scissors.
8. Nancy asked for information on how to wash photo transfer quilts without the photos disappearing. Suggestions included cleaning the quilt by vacuuming through a screen or by fluffing it in the dryer. It was also suggested that the owner search for more information on the Internet.
9. Dorothy passed on the program folder from Sue to Joan.
NEXT MEETING: The next business meeting will be November 13 at 7 pm.
NEXT WORKDAY: The November workday will be November 1.
ADJOURN: Meeting was adjourned at 7:35 p.m.
DEMONSTRATION: Beth demonstrated how to create tucked fabric to use in quilts.
SHOW AND TELL:
Marilyn Rowley: Figuoro bag, Weston charms table topper
Caroline Standen: Round Robin
Jan Weisser: Mom’s Quilt (UFO), Sunbonnet Sue block
M.J. Varick: Scrap Therapy
Elaine Anderson: Peter’s Log Cabin (UFO)
Beth Mazzella: Timtex wall hanging; Army throw
Helen Schillinger: Applique quilt
Carolyn Terrill: Lila wall quilt
Lynda Andersen: Christmas Lights (UFO)
Ruth Angerhofer: Wall hanging (Challenge by Nuts and bolts); third Rosemaling block
Shirley Green: Sunbonnet Sue block for Linda Vossberg
Gloria Korell: table runner; Red Hat bag
NEXT TIME
Saturday, Nov. 1– This is a work on your own project day. As always, remember to bring a potluck dish to share.
Thursday, November 13, 7:00 p.m. Regular monthly business meeting.
TIPS
If you starch the back of your fabrics before cutting, avoid starch buildup on your ironing board cover. Cover the board with an old towel or a length of muslin and wash that when needed.
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