May Business Meeting

Greetings Ladies,

These are the minutes from May’s meeting. The treasurer’s report was tabled until the next meeting due to Karen being absent from the meeting. The minutes were approved as posted to the blog. 

OLD BUSINESS:

There are still nursery rhyme blocks out and they are due at the next meeting (June 8^th). There will be no Sit-N-Sew due to the Memorial Day holiday.

Naomi had an update on procuring Linda Hahn for a sewing class. She is available on April 25^th and May 23^rd. The cost was $650.00 plus the cost of the trip, including room and board. It was suggested that we contact additional guilds in order to help with the costs. The class is limited to 35. Her “New York Beauty State of Mind” was one possibility for the class.

Remember that this is the last year for the fall meeting at Paducah.

Medallion Quilt – You may pick and choose what you do with your medallion. This is not a competition. For the next meeting, the suggested pattern is a square and a half square.

The Ugly Fabrics Challenge is a competition. Don’t forget!

Door Prize: Tonya 

NEW BUSINESS:

The guild has been approached about doing a demonstration and bed turning at Garden Hill Assisted Living. There will be more information to follow. 

Next month’s meeting (June) is a bed turning by Kathy H.

There is a quilt show June 8^th in Yazoo City. It is the second year. There are two categories to enter and the deadline to enter in May 30^th at a cost of $10.00.

The June Gathering is May 31^st and June 1^st. The deadline for registering is May 13^th. Karen, Watanna and Naomi are scheduled to teach classes.

On June 14^th and 15^th, there is a Quilt Gathering in Trussville, Alabama.

Ugly Fabric Challenge due in October

Challenge Blocks are due in July

DEMO: By Watanna

Stack a Posey – start with a brightly colored piece of fabric with at least a 12 inch repeat. You must have at least 4 pieces to make sure they match. Make sure to check both sides of the fabric to see that they match. Start pinning your fabric at the top and pin at about every four inches. Pin all the way to the bottom of the fabric. After pinning panels thoroughly, (make sure selvages are cut off), cut in the pre-determined measurement (example was four inches). Measure the next cut from the edge of the previous cut. After cutting panels across, cut your squares out of these strips. Be sure to shake your fabric out once you have pinned the four panels together. Once everything is pinned, you will start cutting. It is best practice to cut no more than four inches. Once you have cut your blocks,   pin them together. (DO NOT PRE-WASH YOUR FABRIC). Fold right square over the left and begin sewing. Next, chain stitch with a quarter inch seam.

DOOR PRIZE: Eva Marie!

We will have sandwiches on June 8^th. Please make sure to bring your sides.

Glenna – Mayo & Mustard            Sue – chips          DeWhyte – Potato Salad 

Pat H. – Side                                 Ina – dessert        Gwen - dessert

SHOW AND TELL

Kim - Chunky Churn Dash (first finish)

Carol - Wheel of Mystery

Sue  S. - Wheel of Mystery

Naomi - Ugly Fabric Challenge

Naomi - Medallion

Sue S. - Table Runner

Sue S. - Wall Hanging

Medallions

Medallions

And more Medallions

Tonya (?)

Judy - Medallion

Lawanna - Ribbon Quilt

Marilyn - Ribbon Quilt

Ruby - Ribbon Quilt

Ruby - Medallion Quilt

Watanna - Trip Around the World

Watanna - Majestic Mountain

Marilyn - Quilt for grandson

CC - Snail's Tail

Tonya - Hen Party

Tonya - Knome Grown

Carol - Displaying the quilt top of the blocks the guild made for rent 

 Julia - Fairy Tale Block


Judy - Rooster Crowing


Judy - Bonnie Hunter's Leader and Ender


Judy - Chunky Churn Dash

Judy - Square in a Square (7th finish for the year)


Eva Marie - Fairy Tale Block


Ruby - Quilt for grand

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.