Volume 7
Issue 4

February 2008

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2007-2008 Officers

President: Barbara Pipkin

Vice-President: Theresa Block

Secretary: Pat Barlow

Treasurer: Tina Giebel

Program Chair: Sherry Purcell

Co-Program:

Project Chair: Rachael Mobley

Co-Project: Lynn Alexander

Librarian: Sharon Boatright

Co Librarian:

Newsletter: Carol Reed

Parliamentarian: Amy Campbell

Standing Committees

Publicity/Recruiter/Historian:
Charity Liaison: Chadalee Durham

Trip Planner:

Donation Quilt: Pam Braeckel

Co Chairman:

Retreat: Marion Williamson

Donna Underwood

Webmaster: Lee Cushing

Quilt Show: Susan Griffith

Membership:

Message from the President

It’s February! Winter is almost behind and Spring is coming! Sew as much as you can while the weather is still cold. Get ready for the spring shop hops and quilt shows. Both will give you a lot of inspiration for new projects. We have had some interesting programs last year and more neat programs are scheduled for this year. I hope you will consider participating in some of the workshops that will be offered. A lot can be learned – not just from the teacher, but also the other students.

Happy Quilting, Barbara

Meeting Volunteers

Refreshments:

Patricia Barlow and Carolyn Oplotnik

Please bring drinks and snacks for break, and set up prior to meeting time. If you cannot fulfill this duty, please call someone else to act as your replacement.

Door Greeters:

Teresa Chorn and Fran McDaniel

Please arrive 30 minutes prior to starting time, welcome the members and guests, have them sign in, collect fines for no name tags, and answer any questions. If you cannot fulfill this duty, please call someone else to act as your replacement. ***Please be sure to read the instructions located in the Door Greeter Box for additional duties.***

There will be a board meeting at 5:30 before the general meeting

NOTE: The March meeting will be on March 18. For those who are attending the workshop and/or meeting with the Joplin day guild, the location has been changed to the St. Paul’s United Methodist Church 2423 West 26^th Street.

Project

Project Chair: Rachel Mobley

Co-Chair: Lynn Alexander

Fat ¼’s - Spring

6” squares - Floral

Block of Month – Drunkard's path

Theme for February is "Mardi Gras"

Hope everyone makes a block!!!

Teasure Report February 2008

Beginning Balance	$6496;99

Income (01/23/07)		Expense

Membership Dues	$60.00	Check 1266 Sherry Purcell - Hand project supplies	$35.93
Pin Sales	$25.00	Check 1267 Carol Reed - Newsletter Printing	$15.46
Fons & Porter Subscriptions	$80.00	Check 1268 The Country Store Quilt Shop - Prize for ugly fabric challenge	$25.00
		Check 1269 Fons & Porter Subscriptions	$60.00




Total	$165.00	Total	$136.39

Ending Balance			$6525.60

January 2008

Four Corners Guild Minutes

GENERAL MEETING AGENDA

OPEN MEETING-WELCOME EVERYONE-INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS WITH MEMBERS

One Guest 40 Members

From 7:00-7:30 PM ; We had sewing, snacks, & visiting. Also voted on ugly fabric challenge.

PROGRAM: Group work on Block project for twin size quilt for Children’ s Haven.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Next Board meeting will be at 5:30 PM prior to the Guild meeting.

SHOW & TELL : 19 quilts were shown by members for show & tell.

REVIEW MINUTES-CHANGES-MOTION TO ACCEPT-SECOND-VOTE:

Minutes were accepted as printed in the Newsletter.

REVIEW TREASURER’S REPORT-CHANGES/QUESTIONS-MOTION TO ACCEPT-SECOND-VOTE:

Treasurer’s report was accepted as printed in the Newsletter.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

NEWSLETTER: Let Carol know if you can’t get Newsletter by Email so she can mail it to you. Check out Websites listed in the Newsletter. Also get info to Carol ASAP around the 1^st part of the month for the Newsletter.

PUBLICITY: no new report

LIBRARY: no new report

TRIP PLANNER: April 2^nd & 3^rd Quilt hop in KC/St. Louis areas. In March 4 days of shopping with 13 shops; March 6^th through March 9^th, free pattern at each shop & grand prize is Pfaff sewing machine.

DONATION QUILT: Finishing touches being put on quilt before quilting.

QUILT SHOW: no report

WEB MASTER: no report

RETREAT PLANNER: Sign up for retreat in March. Cost is $75.

CHARITY: $49.62 collected this meeting. Request quilts for charity, smallest size 40x49 up to 68x96. Night lights are needed.

MEMBERSHIP: no report

PROGRAM: Feb. is silent auction which is a fund raiser for the guild, please bring UFO’s, Fabric, Old books, anything good, & money to spend! If whatever you bring doesn’t sale you must take it home.

March program we will have Betty Lentz who will also be with the daytime guild. We will be moving our March meeting to March 18^th the 3^rd Tuesday of the month to share the speaker with the day guild. Workshop is $20 for Dutchman Puzzle from 9AM-12PM. She will have a lecture at our meeting & will have quilts to show. She has 14 quilts that have been accepted in National shows. Checks for workshop need to be made out to “Town & Country”, bring a covered dish to the workshop. She will also have a lecture for the day guild after the workshop. Workshop will be held at the Methodist Church at 4^th & Byers in Joplin.

PROJECT: BOM blocks were won by Arlene. Next month bring BOM, fat quarters, & 6” squares. Next month brown bags will be handed out. Ugly fabric Challenge was voted on, Charlotte Duke received an Honorable Mention & Susan Griffith won the challenge with the most votes.

OLD BUSINESS:

NEW BUSINESS: Secret Sister starts for this year, forms were filled out at meeting & names drawn. Spiva Art Center will be having a Quilt Exhibit, info to come out in Feb, will be a juried show,will run June 13^th through August.

Door prizes:

Winners: Jan Kindel, Deann Post, Karl McDaniel, Carolyn Oplotnik, Fay Rocca, Charlotte Duke, Theresa Block, Rosemary Holden, Nina Raney, Donna Edwards

Minutes submitted by: Pat Barlow

INFORMATION REGARDING CHILDREN’S HAVEN

Charity Quilt Sizes: No smaller than 40” x 49” and up to 68” x 90”

For February Charity Quilts, make 9 patch blocks using dark and light scraps. Make each square 3 ½ “. When sewn together the unfinished size is 9 ½” and when sewn into a quilt will be 9” finished. Make as many blocks as you want to.

At the January meeting $49.62 was collected for Children’s Haven. They always need nightlights and pull-ups if you would like to donate something extra.

Program Notes

February 26 – This is our Annual White Elephant sale, so be cleaning out your sewing room and let other quilters purchase your items. This is the second largest fundraiser of the year so clean, clean, clean. You may donate unfinished projects, finished projects, books, fabrics, patterns, any tools, fabric, etc.

March 18 – Note the date change. We will be doing a workshop with Betty Lenz at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 2423 West 26^th Street in the morning with the day guild (Town and Country). Hurry and reserve your space. This is your chance to take a class from a nationally known artist. Dutchman Puzzle will be the project Betty will be doing. She will be doing a lecture for us that night at Royal Heights Methodist Church. She will also be showing her quilts that have been accepted in national shows. www.bettylenzquilts.com