Possum Town Quilters April Meeting, April 12, 2014

Possum Town Quilters Minutes for April 12, 2014

President Patti called our meeting to order and welcomed everyone.  We had 20 members present and one guest, Katie, who later joined our PTQ.  Welcome Katie.  We hope you will enjoy our special group of ladies, who love to quilt and create.

Our April birthdays are:  Joy B. - 29 April.  Hope you have a wonderful birthday!

Old Business:

Challenge blocks are due by May 10th, our next PTQ meeting. If you have any questions, please contact Lawana.

For those who wanted to do the "Friendship Block" this year, we will each have to do 25 blocks.  They will be due at our 2014 Christmas party.  For more info, refer to last month's minutes.

Mary Ann will be taking your T-shirts on May 10th for those who want one with PTQ on the front and our emblem on the back.

The Education committee is still working on getting us a teacher for a project this year. We will be checking with Norma Grissom about a class on applique on a Friday or Saturday date. We will take the first 12 responders for a possible class.  A motion was made to pursue contact with her with PTQ members paying their own fees, and PTQ will do her expenses. More info to follow.

Tonya gave our treasurer report. There were no changes, so a motion was made to except and a second was made.

New Business:

Lauren announced about our 2015 Ultimate Guild Challenge. A package was given out to those who want to participate for $10.00 with all this information, plus more. Our theme will be a "Southern Magnolia Flower". The finished size will be 36" x 36" +/- 1 inch. Your binding will be furnished by the committee with extra material available for purchase. A quilt label will need to be made and stitched down in bottom left corner of back.  A hanging sleeve is required and made in accordance with AQS requirements. The deadline for this quilt is 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 10, 2015. PTQ will submit 8 quilts to AQS. The committee will have "check-in" dates to see your progress.  If you have any questions, please contact one of the PTQG UCG committee members-CC, Julia, Terri, Lauren, Judy or Terry T.

Lawana was nominated for the "Outstanding Quilter for MQA". Congratulations, Lawana! Well deserved!

There will be quilts at our Lowndes library at 2:00 on Thursday, April 24. The ladies from the Columbus Sewing Circle will be telling the stories of the Underground Railroad to explain how people communicated during a difficult time in history. The quilts were full of codes for those searching for freedom from the bondage of slavery. The exhibit and Programs are free and open to the public. Call Brenda at 329-5300 for more information or check their website at www.lowndeslibrary.org. Hope you will take time to check this out and share with others.

A big thanks goes out to all those who helped work during the Pilgrimage.  Next year we may do things a little different.

Thanks for our delicious lunch by Shirley, CC, Linda B. and Ebba. 

Our lunch for May will be by Diane, Michelle and Patti.

                                Show and Tell - Enjoy!

Ebba, Julia and Judy quilting at Pilgrimage 2014

Linda B. with 85 Little houses-Pigeon Forge

Linda

Ebba's Dresden Block-Kay England in Pigeon Forge

Tonya's blocks

Tonya w/children's Easter clothes

Terry - Covenant Quilt

Terry's Art block

Leada - Dresden block quilt - done by hand

Lauren w/her Iguana quilt

Next step on Medallion is to add different blocks, your choice.
Sample of some different kinds.

CC with her Medallion quilt

Lawana with her Medallion quilt

Diane's Christmas Medallion quilt

Mary Ann w/her Medallion quilt

Carol w/her Medallion quilt

Tonya with quilt for son and one for daughter

Patti with her medallion quilt

Lawana nominated for "Outstanding Quilter for MQA"

Ebba's - Klaudeen Hansen "Where's the Nine Patch" 

Judy's RR Crossing by Cindy Blackberg

Judy-9 patches by Joe Morton

Judy-Jamestown landing-half sq triangles

rent quilts

Both Rent quilts were finished and turned over to the RAC on Saturday.  Wooot!!

I brought a bunch of orphan quilt blocks gifted to me from Jason Spears to the sit and sew, and Watana took them for the Wana Bees to use for their charity quilt works.  

See you next time!!  

Sew on,

Terry

Possum Town Quilters, March 8, 2014

Possum Town Quilters Minutes for March 8, 2014

President Patti welcomed everyone. We had 25 members and 4 guests - Linda, Kimberly, Kathie.  Leada W,  joined today. Leada, we look forward to having you and learning from you. Welcome! We love having visitors and hope you will come back to join us. 

Our March birthdays are: Judy S-8; and Terri H-20.  Hope you both have a wonderful birthday!!

Old Business:
Sign up for our "Friendship block" that will be due at our 2014 Christmas party, Saturday, Dec 6th. Remember to use those scant seams. Please pre-wash your black fabric because it is sure to fade on white. Your center block will be light fabric so you can sign your name with date (2014) using a black pigma pen. Carol will be letting us know next month how many blocks we will be making to swap.

Tonya presented our treasurer's report.  It was accepted and approved by the members.  Our WIP now has $54 in it.

New Business:

Our committees and members for 2014 are:
Challenge Block Committee: JoAnn, Chairman; Brenda, Ebba and Lawana
Historical: Judy, Chairman
Publicity and Internet: Judy and Diane
Inventory: Donna, Chairman; Shirley
Opportunity/Raffle for Education Fund: Watana, Chairman; Ebba, Shirley and Barb
Ultimate Challenge: Lauren, Chairman; Judy, Terri H, Terry T, Julia and CC
Education: Julia, Chairman; Carol
Pilgrimage: Judy
Charity: Linda B, Chairman; Watana and Carla

Our last challenge quilt is ready for CC to quilt it, and then it will be ready to give to the RAC.

The Challenge committee sold packets for $5 with 8.5"x 9" piece of muslin material and a sample to choose your color for your block. Block will measure 12.5 x 12.5 square. You picked your block to do. Please do not use black, but civil war fabrics. This block will be due at our May 10th meeting with no exceptions. Everyone is encouraged to take a block because it will take 30 blocks. These blocks came from the book, "A Path to the Civil War - Aurelia's Journey Quilt" by Sarah Maxwell & Delores Smith. This quilt will be used to pay our rent.  If questions, please contact JoAnn.

Judy reported for the Pilgrimage committee which will be working on a quilt at several of our homes on tour.  The Spring 2014 Pilgrimage dates are March 28 - April 12, 2014. Please sign up to help hand quilt at one of the homes when Judy gives us the times and dates. Artisans Day will be Saturday, April 5 at the Tennessee Williams Home at 300 Main Street, where there will be handcrafted period articles and homemade food items.  

Donna reported for our Inventory committee that we have three finished quilts, six completed tops, and ten ideas in process.

Linda B. said the Charity committee was working on several ideas.  Annette donated a quilt to be given away.

In Mary Ann's absence, we had the report that the wedding ring raffle quilt is still a work in process. Shirley reported for the Raffle committee saying the wedding ring quilt will be one of our raffle quilts once finished.  We will also be doing a log cabin in Civil War fabrics with 64 blocks using 1-3/4" stripes. More info on the log cabin will follow.

Julia filled us in for the Education committee.  They are looking for a teacher for this year with several ideas given. All members are excited and will be anxious to hear who they are getting for us. A motion was made and seconded for the committee to proceed looking for a teacher for next year now.

Lauren reported that the Ultimate Challenge committee will not have a challenge for 2014, but we will have one for 2015.  It will be presented in April for members to think about. 

Thanks to Carol, Tonya and Keri for lunch.  Lunch for April will be prepared by Shirley, CC-eggs, Linda and Ebba.

SHOW AND TELL

Shirley showing Log Cabin pattern we will

use for quilt to be done for next year's "Raffle Quilt".

Joann-scarf she made

Joann-baby blankets for dolls-front

Joann-baby doll blanket back

Joann-blocks doing with Wanna Bees

Judy-Easy Street Mystery Quilt by Bonnie Hunter

Judy-Quilt for TN William Home - 9 patch-snowball

Barb-block using Civil War materials

Patti & Donna with their blocks

More blocks

Patti - small quilt

Barb-Airplane quilt for grandson, Jimmy

Julia-quilt to show in Charlotte

Diane-sample of 1st log cabin block

Diane-table runner w/matching pot holders

Diane-flip side of table runner-

can be used for two occasions

Linda- blue and white blankets

Linda-center of her quilt

Annette-fun with hexies made from circles

Tonya-blocks of the month-kitchen things, 

"Explore" Christmas block, quilting samples

Tonya-Craftsy Quilt made for her preacher's wife

Lawana & Diane w/Medallion blocks

Brenda's Medallion block

Patti's Medallion block

Linda's Medallion block

Finished Silos/tree trunk taught by Julia-

Thanks again Julia for sharing!