September 2011 Minutes

Meeting Minutes

Watana called the meeting to order. 
Ebba won the name tag challenge.
Sign up for Name that Tune block is being passed around.

Visitors:  Emily Bruce,  Kay Tubbs, Jennifer Hogan, Rachel Long, Mary Ann Dee,Carol Jo Haggerman
Show and Tell

 

Jennifer Hogan brought the above projects.  They are really neat!  

Linda Baines showed her UFO from last year.

Lawana and Carol with the quilts made at Barbara Clines

Sandi quilted one of the charity quilts she also had the binding ready to hand stitch down.

Business

Minutes were read and accepted.

Tickets for the Karen Combs workshop are still on sale for $10

Lawana is the substitute treasurer today.  There will be no report.

Karen Combs – Sandi and Brenda have volunteered to be holders and folders.  With Mary Ann’s help.  Sales help will be needed.  Set up will be Watana, Sandi, Christine, Lawana and MaryAnn.  Bring power strips and extension cords.  Food:  Carla will be in charge.  Check your email, she will be contacting you for your order.  If you would like to bring your machine Friday you may bring your things and set up for the meeting. 

MQA meeting.  Those who want to car pool meet at Lowes at 3 PM on Friday and be ready to pull out of the parking lot at 7:45 AM on Saturday.  You need to pay $5 to come on Saturday, plus cost of meal.  Registration needs to be sent in today!!!  MQA Guild membership is $15 per year.  Friday night is free (except for the meal).  Memorial Hall, MSU.  We will take turns sitting with the raffle quilt and selling lecture tickets.

Mountain Quiltfest is March 14-18 in Pigeon Forge Tennessee. 

Challenge block theme was birds at home.   The committee announced the winner.  Annette made the winner ribbons.  They are beautiful.  Julia Graber won third place, second place is block number 7, Brenda Crownover, and drum roll…first place was block number 17, Sue Skipper.  Viewers choice is block number 2, Annette Pennington. 

Pillowcases:  there were 79 pillowcases delivered to Jackson hospital by Jennifer’s husband.  We believe we have met the need they had requested 200 pillowcases here.  http://conkerrcancer.org/home/.  Our contact here is Jennifer Haggard.  Her email is artisticjen2981@yahoo.com.

Nominating Committee:  Carol James, Lawana Schultz, and Mary Ann Abrams.

Christmas Party:  December 10, voted by a majority.  Pot luck.  Dirty Santa:  Gifts pertaining to quilting, limit of $15.  Victoria has volunteered her home.  Meet at  10:30 AM.  She will have directions later.

A Quilt exhibit is being planned at the Agricultural and Forestry Museum.  Nine patch is the theme.  Forms are available.  It will hang in the museum from January to May of 2012.

Judy announced that the Jackson quilt show is tomorrow at the Mississippi Craft Center off the Natchez Trace in Ridgeland.

Chef on the shoe string, Judy, Carla, CC and Brenda volunteer for the November 19^th Meeting.

Terry gave the program.   She talked about quilt labels and Eye spy quilts.  She used the templates by Pat Yasmine.  http://www.comequiltwithme.com/shop/home.php

In the name that tune block...Lawana put the title on the song in her computer and found the words and heard a recording that gave her lots of ideas.

Terry and Donna working on the post.

Sandi working on the binding.

Don't forget to put your name tag on, BEFORE you come in the door.

Important Dates
September 30 MQA meeting Starkville
October 1       MQA meeting Starkville
October 14    Karen Combs lecture 7 PM
October 15   Karen Combs workshop
November 19 PTQ meeting
December 10 PTQ Christmas Party

Birthdays
10/6 Watana Cantrell
10/9 CC Coggins
10/16 Carolyn Ward
10/17 Ebba Kellum
10/30 Annette Pennington

ConKerr Cancer Pillowcase Drive Columbus, MS

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

A bunch of "happy campers" from PTQ met at the country home of Walter & Annette Pennington for a full blown"HOT DOG PARTY". Machines were humming like a swarm of bees. With the rolling, sewing,serging, turning, and pressing, those "Hot Dog Pillowcases" in some of the most beautiful fabrics you can imagine were being completed as we visualized the patients' smiles when they receive them as a gift. By the time all of them are turned in, we will have made over 100 ! How 'bout that ?

Of course we had to stop our activity long enough to enjoy the best ever lunch of cold drinks,hot dogs with chile & cheese and Jo Anne's special relish we all liked, potato chips,a delicious trifle by Linda Baines, & sooooo goooood cookies by Sue Skipper.

It was a wonderful day enjoyed by all. Special thanks to Walter & John for their help.

August 2011 Show at the Arts Center

If you are in the Columbus Area it is worth going by the Rosenzweig Arts Center at 501 Main Street to see the 2011 show. It will hang till around the end of the month when we will take it down. The Arts Center is closed on Sundays and Mondays. The hours are 9 am to 5 pm Tuesday through Saturday. Not only are there quilts, but other needle arts, like bowls, blankets, doilies, hats, layettes, etc.

Here are a few highlights from the show (but it is better in person):

August 2011 Minutes

Meeting Minutes

Meeting was called to order by Julia Graber.

Name tag winner  Linda Baines

Linda’s sister, Loretta Sykes, from Montgomery visited.

Jennifer Hogan visited from the base.

Show and Tell

Lawana showed her strip quilt

This was made from the blue and white strips the guild gave her.  We are anxious to see what the red and white strips will bring.

JoAnne showed her mystery quilt tops.

Christine showed a tube quilt charity quilt that Sue Skipper, Linda Baines and Carol James.

Watana show a Stack of Posie quilt made for her son in law’s birthday called Max’s Sunday Quilt.

Annette showed her Reflecting of Flowers quilt.

Colleen showed two quilts, The Witch is In and a 1600 quilt.  The 1600 quilt was made in 4 hours including the border.  It is called 1600 as it has 1600 inches of strips.

Watana showed a quilt that she quilted for an art patron.

Mary Ann showed a sunflower pattern (or wagon wheel or Dresden plate).  Her mother pieced it when she was pregnant with her.  So she has been involved with quilting since before she was born!

Carla showed a quilt top her daughter made using  a 10 minute block.

Judy showed two mystery tops and one back. 

Notice the secondary pattern she made by adding the sashing and stones.

Sandi showed a tossed nine patch that boys and girls club kids made and she quilted.  It will be raffled.

And a collection of the mystery quilts revealed.

Business

Minutes were read and accepted with amendments.

Today is NOT the deadline on the challenge block to be in the quilt.  If you still have yours, please bring it to the 17^th of September meeting. We really want your block!!!

Barbara gave a treasurer report and as of August 20, 2011 this was our status: 

$4,460.48 Total

$2180.00 Educational Fund

$2,280.48 Regular Fund

The first weekend workshop in Sept. is cancelled due to the Labor Day Holiday.

Tickets are ready to be picked up and sold for the opportunity quilt.  Drawing is to be held at the November meeting.

Bring any articles for the scrapbook.  If you have photos you would like to have included please print them off and bring them to the October meeting.

Judy shared that we can sell tickets at the Fall Gathering.  It is Sept. 30 and Oct 1.  She will be asking for volunteers to sit with the quilt and sell tickets during the gathering.  It is at the Memorial Hall building on MSU.  It is going to start at 4:00. Registration is coming out on common thread.  McAllister’s is doing the food for both Friday and Saturday.  There will be mini demos called School House Projects and registration starting at 4 pm on Friday.   The meeting starts at 6. Goodie bags alone make it well worth coming.

The motion is to accept the arts guild proposal to have a show in July.  The guild is requesting specifications on what can be shown and size restrictions.

Karen Combs workshop discussion on what to do about lunch.  We voted to order lunch with the option to bring lunch if you do not want to order it. 

Watana talked about the Name that Tune Block.  Make sure to use black in the quilt, but not for the back ground.  You may use part of the name, but not all of it.  Use good judgment on your embellishments, remembering it must be quilted.  The block is to be 15 inches trimmed to 14.5 inches.

Start thinking about the location of the Christmas party.  

Barbara reminded us to get tickets for the Karen Combs lecture.  They are $10.

Jennifer has the program on Miles of Pillowcase Smiles.  This program, gives cheerful pillowcases to cancer patients.  She asked if the guild would be a sponsor being part of this for September.  The goal is a mile of cases in one month.  Terry proposed we schedule a workshop on September 10 to make pillowcases.  We will see if the arts center is available. 

Mary Ann also did a demo on a quick block from the November/December issue of the Quiltmaker Magazine.  Thanks Mary Ann...wish I had remembered the video camera.

Nominating Committee will be formed next meeting.  Judy proposed that the new slate of officers be proposed in the November 19 meeting.  Motion passed.

Meeting was adjourned.

Chef on a Shoestring

Watana Cantrell, Carol James, and Sue Skipper

Birthdays

9/18       Linda Dawkins

Important Dates

September 10                   Possible workshop for pillowcases

September 17                   PTQ meeting 9:30

September 30 4:30          MQA meeting Starkville

October 1                            MQA meeting Starkville

October 14                          Karen Combs Lecture $10.00 at RAC   7 PM

October 15                          Karen Combs Workshop

Habitat House Donation August 12, 2011

Hey all,

Judy, CC and JoAnne took the latest Habitat for Humanity quilt to the dedication.  Here are a few photos from the day.  This quilt was tied.  It was made with red, white and blue card trick blocks.  This house was built by the Heritage Academy team, so the red, white and blue, there school colors, was particularly appropriate.  Makes me realize God's guidance in even the little minor things in our lives.

The homeowner. 

The unvailing....

Love the homeowners expression here!