The Possum Town Quilters Of Columbus, MS, USA: October 9, 2021 Meeting

Oct 10, 2021

October 9, 2021 Meeting

Update:

PTQ will meet November 13 at the RAC. Doors will open at 9:00 and meeting will start at 9:30.

Possum Town Quilters met Saturday, October 9, at the YMCA. There were 15 members present and 7 guests. Ina Johnson, Vice President, opened the meeting introducing Gregg and Alice Deakle from Tupelo, who are District Coordinators for Quilts of Valor . They were to give a Quilt of Valor presentation plus share their Quilt of Valor story.

The first recipent was Sargent Doug Lee, US Army Viet Nam Vet. He and his family live in Columbus.

Dave Deacon designed, made and quilted this amazing quilt.

Doug Lee, wife, daughter and grandson

Dave Deacon, Mr. and Mrs. Lee

PTQ member, Karen Cauley was also presented with a quilt. She was Petty Officer 1st Class in the US Navy for 20 years. The Thursday Morning Quilt Group made the quilt to present to Karen.

Karen receiving her certificate from Gregg Deakle

Karen with Marilyn, Ina, Ruby, and Pat. (not pictured, CC)

Karen and Alice Deakle

Mr. and Mrs. Deakle shared a lot about their involvement with Quilts of Valor. Gave us information about how we can join as a group/individual. We can also donate fabrics, quilt tops, or finished quilts. We will share more information at our next meeting.

Old Business

Minutes: It was pointed out that the minutes were on the blog. Voted to accept as written.

Treasurer Report: Karen gave a summary of what has transpired since March 2020 with the revised balance. Report was approved.

Discussed the Crayon Challenge again. Revisited what was written in the minutes from last meeting. There was a bag of crayons for those who had not yet drawn their colors, (or didn't know where theirs were). We will decide on a date of completion at the next meeting.

Discussed the T-Shirt Design Challenge. It was determined that Julia was the only person who came up with a proposed design. Ina asked Julia and Lauren to work together to bring the design before the group in November.

New Business

There were a few members who attended the MQA Fall Gathering, October 1 and 2. Lauren and Patti gave a short report.

Annual Christmas Party. Patti volunteered herself and Rita to head up the planning committee.

Nominating Committee. Since we have not met recently, Julia and Marilyn volunteered to serve on the committee. They were successful and presented the new slate of officers for 2022:

President - Ina J

Vice Pres - Gwen S

Secretary - Molly C

Treasurer - Karen C

A motion was made and seconded to approve as presented.

Ina asked what committees we needed to have for the new year.

Suggestions were: Artisan Day, Habitat for Humanity, Charity Quilts, Challenge Quilt (we still have the 2020 Half Square Triangle quilt that is complete plus extra blocks; there are 6" Blockhead blocks that were made in 2019; so we're not sure what the next step is).

Gwen said she has already reserved a Christmas Tree for the Library in November. Decoration time is usually the week after Thanksgiving.

There was a motion made and approved to resume our 2nd Saturday meetings. Ina and Lauren are going to meet with the Director of the Art Center to see if we will be able to meet there.

Meeting was adjourned so we could move on to Show and Tell. Enjoy!

PTQ will meet November 13 at the RAC. Doors will open at 9:00 and meeting will start at 9:30.