| March Guild Minutes The Guild President opened the meeting at 7:05PM & welcomed all the members & guest.
No guest was present at the meeting. 46 members attended the meeting.
The February minutes were motioned to accept by Karl McDaniel & Jeannie Wyreck. The minutes were passed by Guild members.
The Treasurer’s report was motioned to accept by Marion Williams & Carol Reed. The treasurer’s report was passed by Guild members.
The Board meeting was scheduled for Tuesday April 3rd at the church for 7pm.
Committee Reports:
Newsletter-Sherry Purcell; please give your address to Sherry if you are not getting your newsletter or unable to get by email or off the website.
Library-Carol Reed; she had one book returned but she is still missing others, please check your books at home to see if you have any checked out. She will have a list posted in the Newsletter.
Trip Planner-Charlotte Duke; Quilt hop in KC the last weekend in March, Quilt shop hop in Rogers AK, & Joplin Quilt show is scheduled in a fe weeks.
Donation
Quilt- Arlene Schuberger/Cynthia Workes 2008 quilt; the new quilt is progressing. Fran McDaniel for the 2007 quilt-tickets are being passed out to the members to start selling. The quilt was on display at the meeting. Size of quilt is 94"x94".
Quilt Show-Barb & Karl will be in charge of organizing the quilt show for this year. The quilt show will be in October. Delivery of quilts will be on October 5th & 6th & the quilts will be on show from Oct 12th to Oct 31st. Voting on the quilts will be on the weekend of Maple Leaf parade.
Web Master-Marolyn Medders; Website doing ok. Website address: http://www.fourcornersquiltersguild.com
Retreat planner-Marion Williams & Donna Underwood; they had a good spring retreat. Had 18 people there & 3 local quilt shop vendors. The fall retreat will be the last weekend in Sept. & will include a cookout. They had 5 new quilt guild members sign up at the retreat.
Charity-Chadalee Durham; we had approx. $28.00 in donations last month. She is asking for quilts for children for the Children’s Haven, will need by Oct./Nov. To present to the Children’s Haven. She is talking about possibly having a sewing work day to work on quilts for the Children. If anyone is interested in quilting the quilts please contact her. Membership-Barb Pipkin, Ruth Pendleton, Lynn Alexander; 46 members at the meeting tonight with 2 new members. Membership books with info are still available.
Program-Erin Wampler; next month is the White Elephant Sale/Silent Auction so clean out your sewing rooms & bring some great stuff to sale. Money raised goes to the Guild. Next month Sherry will be having a workshop starting at 1PM in the afternoon & sewing up to meeting time. There is no cost for the workshop. Info & supplies available through Sherry. Project-Terri Hershey; next month block will be green, yellow & orange, she suggested you watch the directions close on putting the block together. 6" squares will be spring flowers & fat quarters will be 1930 prints. Brown bags for brown bag project handed out, directions will be available on the Website & projects to be completed for the July meeting. There is also a short mystery quilt starting.
Old Business: If you need to renew your Fons & Porter magazine see Sherry.
New Business: Pat Moore is engaged to be married in July. There was a discussion on getting a projection screen for speakers. Erin offered to check on prices for a screen. Motion for checking on a screen was motioned by Judy McCoy & Fran McDaniel, motioned was passed for Erin to check on projection screen prices. We still need someone to step up & be Co-program chair with Erin. Need any photos you have for the Guild scrapbook with info about the photos. Jeanne lost her Quilt in a Day Triangle ruler at the retreat & has her initials on it. She request if you were at the retreat to check your supplies. Show & Tell: Quilt top from retreat was shown; present quilt - Christmas presents, cupcakes from retreat pattern. Bright colored food quilt from a pattern out of Quiltmaker Mini quilt from the last workshop & quilt from Block by Block quilt class. Quilt was made from dresses from grade school she started on it when she was 10. Pink & brown quilt given to by a friend, Pillow cases made to go with quilts. Had a quilt from brown bag project a few years ago & was made from a panel. Last month’s 6 inch squares, red, made into 2 small quilts. Block-by-Block class quilts; Bunny quilt & bunny wall hanging. Had another quilt from Block by Block class Train quilt. Had break after Show & Tell Door Prizes given: Rachael Mobley & Pat Moore Program: Introduction of Guest Speaker Carol Elmore with Vintage Aprons from her collection. 9:00 PM had show & tell with members & the Aprons they brought to show from their own collection. 9:10 PM Program ended & meeting adjourned.
Minutes submitted by Pat Barlow
| Beginning Balance |
$4,241.80 |
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| Income (03/27/07) |
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Expenses |
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| Membership Dues |
$15.00 |
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Check # 1241 Ozark Camp & Retreat |
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$902.50 |
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*March 2007 |
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| No Name Tags |
$2.50 |
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Check # 1242 Sherry Purcell |
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$6.31 |
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* Newsletter copies |
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| Retreat |
$1,091.00 |
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Check # 1243 Carol Elmore |
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$471.60 |
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* Lecture $200.00 |
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| Advertising - Country Store |
$60.00 |
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* Mileage $271.60 |
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Check# 1244 Erin Wampler |
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$72.71 |
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| Pin |
$5.00 |
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* Hotel - $64.55 (Carol Elmore) |
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* Meal $8.16 (Carol Elmore) |
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| Total |
$1,173.50 |
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Check # 1245 R. H. Methodist Church |
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$5.00 |
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* Projector Screen for programs |
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Total Expenses |
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$1,458.12 |
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| Ending Balance: |
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$3,957.18 |
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Program News
Hello, I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter! April Shhhh.......it’s time for our Silent Auction!! Get your elbows out and get ready to bid on the wonderful treasures that everyone will be bringing from their sewing rooms!! We you arrive to this month’s meeting, please place the item(s) you brought on a table next to a bid sheet. The bidding will begin and so will the fun!
April workshop Sherry will be showing us how to put together a cute spring wall hanging. It has both piecing and machine appliqué, so come and learn both! The workshop will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on April 24th. Or stay and sew until the meeting that night. Cost: Free! Please let Sherry or I know if you plan to attend or contact one of us if you need the fabric requirements.
May Our own Juana Green will be giving a trunk show at our May meeting. Come and see all of her beautiful appliqué quilts! You could also take her workshop and learn how to hand appliqué yourself. The workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on one of the following days; Saturday, May 19th or Tuesday, May 22nd (the day of our meeting) The cost is $30 plus your pattern (around $8.00) Please let me know by the end of our April meeting which day would work best for you. Juana will need to order patterns no later than April 30th.
Block by Block Quilt Shop will be vending at our May meeting so don’t forget to bring some extra cash!! See you on the 24th! Erin erin.wampler@leggett.com FYI
Charity - Children Haven
Chadalee Durham charity liaison reported that $34.95 was collect for Children’s Haven
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April Birthday Donna Underwood 4/06 Debra Pugh 4/19 Charlotte Duke 4/22 Sue Boyles 4/30
May Birthdays Rosemary Holden 5/8 June Hatfield 5/19 Beckie Haile 5/25
Library News
Carol Reed Librarian I would like for guild members to check and see if they have any of the following guild books. If so would you please return them? Happy Ending - Mini Dietrich Turning Twenty- Tricia Gibbs Frosty Folks- Debbie Mumm Inspirational Block of the Month - Marian Shenk Antique Animal Quilts - Mary Koval Fat Quarter Quilts - M’liss Rae Hawley Fast Forward Your Quilting-Dina Pappas Favorite Little Christmas Quilts Better Homes and Gardens Crafts to Decorate Your Home We do have a number of good books in our Library. If you know of a book that you would like to see added to our Library, please let me know. Also if you have any books that you no longer want, consider donating them to the library.
Thanks, Carol
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