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The Woodlands Area Quilt Guild General Meeting
August 6, 2008
PRESIDENT: Roberta Klvac
VICE-PRESIDENT: Lynn Schieber
TREASURER: Freda McDaniel
CO-TREASURER: Vacant
RECORDING SECRETARY: Jackie Yost
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: Eleanor Moland

INTRODUCTION: Roberta called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. She announced that the Christmas buckets were being passed. Roberta also said the garage sale was a lot of fun and that this meeting was the last time donations could be accepted for this fundraiser. Roberta stated that a calendar for taking our quilt for a ride would be passed around and that members should indicate times they would be available to do this. Then when an opportunity arose, the committee would have an idea of who might be available.

Roberta asked for a motion to approve the minutes as published in the newsletter. Evelyn Huddleston motioned that the minutes be so approved and Star Strahle seconded the motion. The motion passed.

Roberta then asked for the treasurer’s report to be approved as published. Mary Carpenter moved that the treasurer’s report be so approved and Kathy Cervenka seconded the motion. The motion passed.

GARAGE SALE: Lonnie Schlough

Lonnie said that the garage sale had been a great success and that she wanted to thank the volunteers. She asked that anyone who had helped with the garage sale stand and they were greeted with applause by the members attending the meeting. The garage sale made $2,515 and donations are still being received tonight. Rebekah has the forms for income tax purposes for those who did not previously get one or who make a contribution during the meeting.

Roberta announced that Plain and Fancy has moved and that postcards are on a table to be picked up so that members can find the new location on Budde Rd.

Roberta announced that the guild would again be sponsoring the Ethiopian Quilt Project at the International Quilt Festival. Volunteers will get free admission on the days for which they volunteer. Anyone volunteering for at 6 hours gets early registration for next year’s classes. If you were to volunteer for 3 hours on two different days, you would qualify for early registration and you would have gotten two days’ free admission. Information on the project is available. Anyone interested should email or call Roberta.

Roberta announced that Patti Dixon took home some items from the garage sale leftovers and will continue to accept things. She is making up grab bags for the quilt show next June. Patti said that the grab bags at the Kingwood show were a big hit. If you have items you were unable to get to the garage sale, she will be glad to go through them for you. If there are items suitable for the boutique, she will pass them along.

Roberta then announced that the board had voted unanimously to recommend that dues be raised next year. The dues will be raised from $20 to $30 for regular members and from $15 to $20 for members over 65. The dues for junior members will remain at $10 and members over 75 will continue to have free membership.

QUILT SHOW: Cheryl Bennett

Cheryl requested that members try to step out of the box in thinking of ways to make money at the quilt show. The kick-off will be the September meeting. Roberta showed an apron which she hopes all members who work at the show will wear. The aprons are to be made in bright and cheerful floral or bug fabric. She handed out several kits to make aprons. Roberta said she had already made about 15 and hopes to have 70 made for the show. She will publish the directions in the newsletter.

MEMBERSHIP: Rebekah Casey

Rebekah announced that the new discount cards for JoAnn’s will be available at the September meeting. There are 8 guests and 3 new members in attendance tonight. The winner of the handmade name tag drawing was Lonnie Schlough.

BLOCK OF THE MONTH: Patti Dixon

The winner of the blocks was Pat Battey.

FAT QUARTER LOTTO: Venetta Morger

There were three drawings in the fat quarter lotto this month. The winners were Helen Wasylciw, Patti Dixon and Michele Haskins.

DOOR PRIZES: Nelma Cowser, Joan Gunter

The winners of this month’s door prizes were Susan Walker, Cheryl Bennett, Terri Woodcock and Lindy Bingham.

WORKSHOPS: Judy Purgason, Amy De Pan

There are still a few places available for tomorrow’s workshop. The September workshop will be with Elsie Campbell. In November Brenda Papadakis will be here doing a “Dear Jane” workshop. In January we will be dying our own batiks in a workshop. There are already some people signed up for that workshop and Judy said there had been interest from a lady from Arlington. Interested members need to sign up and pay for the workshops as soon as possible.

Amy showed a large basket full of the charm squares which had been turned in for the exchange. She will take anyone else’s within the next week. The packets of charm squares will be distributed at the next meeting.

COMMUNITY SERVICE: Kytrena Tuttle

Kytrena announced that there will be a Christmas stocking challenge this year. The pattern was emailed to members. And she has a few paper copies for distribution. The stockings will hang at the Christmas party this year and be voted on by monetary contributions. The money will be given to CPS to purchase Christmas gifts. The stockings will also hang at the quilt show next June and be voted on in the same manner. The stockings and the June contributions will be donated to CPS for Christmas 2009. Kytrena said that she is also still requesting quilts for Camp for All. She would still like to contribute 50 in February.

BEEKEEPER: Debbie Bates

Debbie asked that members help in the greeting process for visitors and new members. This would mean greeting people, introducing yourself, taking them around and explaining what is happening at various tables, and making sure that they have somewhere to sit.

BOUTIQUE: Mary Carpenter

Mary announced that the first workshop for the quilt show boutique will be September 17th at the community center. She showed some rag bags or purses which participants will be making. There will be both a day and an evening workshop. There will be a sign-up sheet at the next meeting.

Roberta said that this could be the start of an evening bee for the guild. The room is available Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday evenings without charge. So members could start out working on boutique things and meet others interested in an evening bee.

COOKBOOK: Stephanie Patterson

The deadline for recipes has been extended until the end of the year. For every recipe contributed, members will receive a ticket for a drawing which will be held after the deadline. Stephanie and Roberta asked that each member bring at least one recipe for an entrée or side dish to the September meeting.

SCHOLARSHIPS: Roberta Klvac

Roberta introduced the winners of the scholarships or their relatives who accepted for them.

SPECIAL EVENTS: Sharron Evans

Sharron announced that there are still some spaces left for the September retreat at Aunt Faye’s. The cost is $144 which covers food. She also said that she had arranged for a bus for preview night at Festival. And she is trying to arrange a small bus to Winedale, TX for a quilt turning at a museum there. This trip would be for around 20 people,

Roberta’s tip of the day was about cooking. She suggested that you should mark recipes you use whether or not you liked them and what you added or did differently. In the front of the cookbook you should write the page numbers of the recipes you like.

SHOW AND TELL: Star Strahle, Wendy Smith

There was a large and wonderful show and tell this month.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 p.m.



Respectfully submitted,
Jackie Yost
Recording Secretary




 


 

The Woodlands Area Quilt Guild
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The Woodlands, Texas 77387-8494