PTQ Meeting September 10, 2016

Show and Tell:

Julia's "Ruby Stained Glass" sliced quilt for Barbara Cline's new book

For National Quilt Museum Show-New Quilt from and Old Favorite using flying geese

  Judy & Colleen "Soaring to new Heights"  Julia "Twirly Birds"

Watana was asked to put these family heirloom Sue and Sam blocks together and quilt them.

Label for Sue and Sam quilt.

Keri quilt for her second grandchild  to be born in October.

Tonya's  Leah Day block of Month #9

Tonya's Sugar Club BOM "To and Fro"

Tonya "Shopkins" change purse.

Kathy H : Applique and pieced "Almost Free"

She used an extra block for the Label

PTQ  Sept. 10, 2016  Meeting Minutes

Old Business

Guild approved minutes for August meeting and the August treasurer’s report.

Secret Santa information sheets were distributed to participants.

T-Shirt Order:  Eva Marie sent guild e-mail about t-shirt order.  Today was ordering and pre-payment deadline.  

MQA Fall Gathering Friday, October 21 through Saturday, October 22— a Mississippi Quilt Association Members event---not a quilt show for the general public.  MQA Newsletter going out this week with registration forms and information.

·        Sept 24 during the Sit-N-Sew, the guild will assemble goody bags.  Judy will store at her home until Oct 21.

·        SIX ladies will be recognized as MQA Outstanding Mississippi Quilters on Saturday, Oct 22, from 1 – 3 pm. Naomi volunteered to coordinate/make preparations for refreshments for the afternoon.

·        Supper coordinator, Barb, shared the good news of a updated FULL kitchen at the Trotter. 

·        Needed are 2 turkey roaster pans, 2 nice large soup ladles; 2 carafe “Air Pots” for coffee service

·         no creamer pitchers will be needed for salad dressing

·        HOME MADE DESSERTS BUFFET – Bring your most decadent, most beautiful, most scrumptious HOME MADE dessert.  No store bought this time ladies. Trifles, layered desserts, bring on the delicacies!  

Hanging Quilts—Please bring your LABELED quilts.  They may have been made as a result of a guild class, small quilts from Susan Cleveland class, small quilts from Julia’s silo art quilt class, challenge quilts, friendship quilts, medallion quilts, Art quilts of all sizes, fractured quilts—The upstairs of the Trotter has a balcony railing that will need to be filled with quilts. We’d rather have an abundance to choose from than not enough.  If your quilt does not have a hanging sleeve, we will use clothes pins or binder clips to hang it, so bring what you have.  If you are planning to complete a 25 x 25 Celebration of 25 years of MQA, you still have time.

Diane has the PTQ quilt racks.  MQA has some as well.

Commercial Dispatch will be contacted about the MQA Outstanding Quilters being honored.

PARKING:  Friday, pull up to the 5^th street upper level entrance, unload, and then go park in the free parking beside the Trotter and behind the former Gilmer.  Leave the spaces in front for loading and unloading. FRIDAY the “meter maid” will chalk mark tires and write tickets.  Saturday park your vehicle at the soccer complex, the farmers market, or behind the Law Offices next door to Zachary’s.

Opportunities for the Log Cabin Quilt and the Featherweight will be priced as follows:

$2 per single ticket                          $5 for 3 tickets             $10 for 10 tickets

NEW BUSINESS

Time to select a slate of officers to serve in 2017.  The nominating committee-- Julia, Carol, and Diane—will present nominees at the October meeting.

Annette and her team gave us a preview of MQA Friday evening skits.

Julia had Studio Art Quilt Associates Trunk show from around the world on display for all to feast the eyes upon; beautiful pieces of art, each one.