April 5, 2017 Invitation

Invitation to Kathy McNeil Lecture
The West Alabama Quilter's Guild has extended an invitation to PTQ to attend

a Lecture and Trunk Show
presented by Kathy McNeil.
 
Friday evening, May 5, 2017 at 7:00 pm
Tusacloosa Department of Transportation - 1000 28th Ave, Tuscaloosa AL 35401

"How to Razzle Dazzle Your Quilts"
Lecture filled with suggestions and tips for adding fun visual effects to your quilts.

Presentation is FREE and open to the Public.

Kathy McNeil is an internationally award winning quilt artist,  author, pattern designer, teacher, and judge.  Hand appliqueing thousands of little scraps of fabric together, she creates quilts which appear to be paintings.  Her quilts are frequently featured in museums, magazines, calendars, as well as international shows.  Many of her quilts are in private collections.

Saturday, January 14, 2017 PTQ Meeting

Saturday, January 14, 2017 Minutes

Tonya called our meeting to order and requested all to turn phones to vibrate/silent.

Visitors recognized and welcomed.

$15 Dues due by end of January according to by-laws…please see Michelle M

PTQ Guild Meeting Frequency Discussion

-          Once/Twice a Month?  After a little discussion the guild voted to hold meetings once a month on the 2nd Saturday.

-          Possible other meeting venues were discussed for occasions when the RAC needs the basement in the afternoons. Public library, member's studios, Flint Hill United Methodist church fellowship hall

-         Possibly having an extra sit n sew on 5^th Saturdays or once a quarter

-          Studio Hop -  guild members will volunteer for times to allow us to visit their studios.

-          Carpooling – Local Shop Hops--Naomi listed plans to go visit quilt shops on the 4th Saturdays.  Watch your guild  e-mail for those details.

Classes for 2017 – none booked yet

                -guild quilters that have volunteered to lead a demo/workshop- 

                 Karen A  --lecture; Julia G - Improv quilt; Gwen S--Christmas tree ornaments,                                        Rita W-Barn quilts

               

Snippets –guild members invited to present a quick tip or favorite tool, or great book -something new each month (keep brief)

Goals List – Guild was encouraged to list 3 SMART-specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, time related- Goals for themselves this year.

                -cost $5 to be placed in a fund and awarded as a prize during the Christmas social

Committees (duties listed in red handbook we received from Lauren last year)

*List of Chair and helpers for each committee will be posted in link on blog and with your calendar of events for the year if you need to locate a committe chairperson.

*The Chairs of the committees are as follows.  They will be selecting the members that they wish to work with them on each committee.

                Challenge – Karen A

                                *RAC quilt

                Charity – Carla F

                                *Status of quilts available – habitat quilts – Carla

                Historical – Michelle M

                Internet – Gwen –blog

                                Did you know PTQ also has a Facebook page?  Come join in the FB fun.

                Pilgrimage/Artisan Day – Rita, Patti, and Karen volunteered to organize

                Publicity – Kathy H

                Raffle Quilt –  Julia G

Update Contact Sheets

                *Everyone Email Tonya -Name, address, email, phone number, and birthday and she will update list

Black and White and One other color challenge

                *due Feb 11.  Quilts to be mailed Monday, Feb 13.

                 *Judy distributed Quilt Show Entry forms

                 *Quilt must have sleeve to be complete

Sign-up Sheets

                *Guild members were reminded to register on the sign in sheet

                *Contact sheet – check your information to make sure you are on email list

                *Sign up to bring a side dish each month to help with chef on shoestring lunches

                                -Gwen – updated on new game plan for this - $3/person--PTQ will furnish the       main dish, guild members will bring sides or sweets and their own drinks.

               

 *Coffee club – Brenda C and Shirley G volunteered to be responsible for making coffee before meeting and clean up after.  Coffee will be $0.25 per cup.

               

 *Set up and break down crews

Please help by setting up and storing away your own chair each meeting.  Please help store away the sit and sew tables before you leave the meeting.  All work together to accomplish speedy set up and clean up.

MS QUILT ASSOCN Members--Spring Gathering Friday Evening Feb 17 and Saturday Feb 18 in Brandon MS.  See your Common Thread newsletter for details and Hotel information

Thank You note was received from Pigeon Forge quilt shop we gave a generous donation at Christmas.  Other donations were collected to send.

Show and Tell--

Very busy quilters have created beautiful quilts and blocks, and other projects.

Tonya introduced us to Amy Gibson's book The Quilt Block Cookbook and blocks she made from the book;  Her newest block for 2017 Leah Day's Block of the month using quilt as you go method; and her completed 2016 Leah Day Block Of The Month quilt.

Naomi displayed her Black, White, and one other color using a variation on Cathedral Windows.  She also had panels she had practiced free motion quilting.

Ina J. shared her rail fence black and white quilt with cornerstones and sashing.

Rita completed her Friendship stars quilt.  She also made pillowcases for The Case for Smiles with her left over fabrics.

Brenda C displayed her Irish Chain.

Donna H Completed her birthday gift from her daughter--a 2016 R X R  kit from Lancaster, PA

Karen has completed her "Tree of Life"  applique quilt.

Terri H used a "Man quilt Kit" utilizing digitized fabrics.  Her husband loved his oversized quilt.

Eva Marie completed her Bonnie Hunter 2015 Mystery--Allietare.

Judy S shared her daughter's quilt and the red  one she made for her grandson.

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.