April Business Meeting

The meeting came to order at 9:30. There were no visitors present. The treasurer's report was approved as read. The minutes were approved as posted to the blog.

Old Business:

All of the nursery rhyme blocks were due at the April meeting.

The guild received a very special thank you card from the Columbus Public Library for the assistance with their program and all of the support from the ladies who were there to help. The guild also received a thank you card from St. Vincent dePaul(?, not sure if I have the name correct) for the donation.

Artisan's Day was a huge success and three charity quilts were sold.  PTQ could have sold more quilts if they had been available.

We will be working to update the membership in our handbooks.  I will try to have something ready for everyone to look over at the next meeting.

Door Prize Winner: Gwen  - Congratulations!

There are many ways to win a door prize. You get a ticket for wearing your name badge, completing a challenge block and by participating in that meetings activity. (For this meeting, it was the ugly fabric swap).

New Business:

Karen A. made an announcement regarding a non-profit called "100 Women Who Care." There will be a meeting on Tuesday, April 16th, at 5:30 at the Courtyard Marriott in Columbus. There will be a social at 5:30 followed by a meeting at 6:00. If you would like more information, please contact Karen A.

April 27th - Sit & Sew will be held by Patti M. They meeting will take place on the fourth Saturday beginning at 9:30. This is the supply list for the class: at least 3-4 T-Shirts (do not cut any until class), light weight iron-on interfacing (a couple of  yards), good scissors for cutting fabric, and the largest square ruler that you have (Patti has 16.5 inch ruler you may borrow if you don' have one). You may bring your sewing machine if you would like to begin sewing. You may also bring more T-Shirts and interfacing to keep making the  squares if you would like.

THE MEETING FOR MAY 25TH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NO SIT & SEW FOR MAY!

Naomi volunteered to search for a quilter to come and teach a class for our guild. She is going to try and contact Linda Hahn (New York Beauty). However, she may not be available until 2020 or 2021. Naomi will update us as she has news or information.

At next month's meeting, we will have a demonstration by Watana on a simplified Stack - N - Whack called Whack - A - Posie. If you have quilts where you have used this method, please bring them to the next meeting. You may bring fabric for this if you would like to work on it after lunch. Large print with brigh colors works best. Bring your sewing machine and lots of flat-head pins (flower top) if you would like to work on one of your own. 

We will be trying to get up a new T-Shirt order for those who like another Possum Town Quilter T-Shirt or if you would like a different order. Judy S. was going to check with Eva Marie.  Hopefully, we can do this at the May business meeting.

We are scheduled to participate in the Pilgrimage again next year. Rita W. said the visitors at the church were very impressed with all of the beautiful quilts.

Medallion Quilts - For this month, you should have squares around your centerpiece (Medallion). Next month’s assignment is half - square triangles. Make sure you bring it in so that you might win a door prize. Here are the Medallions that we got to see today!

Ina, Gwen and Karen

Tonya, Glenna, and Ina (got you twice)

Michelle and C.C.

Judy with her Medallion

Barb

Ruby

Door Prize - Tonya - Congratulations!!!

The Ugly Fabric Swap took place at today's meeting. Each person who participated brought 1/3 of a yard of ugly fabric in a paper bag. Each person then drew a bag of ugly fabric. Their next task is to take the ugly fabric and make four blocks with the ugly fabric being the primary fabric. The block has to be a minimum of 8 inches. The  participants will then bring their blocks to the business meeting and the guild will award a viewer's choice award for the ugly fabric block that gets the most votes. Sounds like fun!!!The due date is yet to be announced. 

The meal for next month is BBQ. The following ladies volunteered to bring sides:

Marilyn and Kathy - Baked Beans

Julia - Cole Slaw

Barb and Watana - Desserts

Ruby - Rolls and BBQ Sauce

Thanks for volunteering!!

SHOW AND TELL

Tonya - Chicken Block of the Month

Tonya - Gnome Grown

Linda - Wheel of Mystery (class taught by Judy at Pigeon Forge)

Linda - Medallion - Fractured (Linda Goley)

Linda - Mickey Mouse for Grandson

Linda - Jungle Animals (for grandbaby) 

Brenda - Quilt that was made and hand - quilted by her mother

Ina - Midnight Stars (class taught by Judy)

Ina - Scrappy Turquoise

Glenna - Ribbon Quilt (class by Watana)

Kathy -  Challenge Block for Rent Quilt

Kathy - One Block Wonder - Peter Rabbit 

Karen - Maple Street Reject - made changes to the  blocks and is hand quilting it

Watana - Remi's Flowers

C.C. - Charity Quilt

Karen - Sunshine in My Soul (class taught by Julia)

The meeting was adjourned and lunch followed. Please feel free to come and visit when you can. We would love to have you.