Monday, September 12, 2016
Friday, February 14, 2014
February Newlsetter
Can you believe the weather we have had. I have been covered in a quilt
that I am doing handwork on. It has kept me nice and toasty. I hope you
have all managed to stay warm and dry.
I am really looking forward to Joy's presentation on ergonomic quilting.
I sure can get a sore neck. I also hope we have a great turnout for our
charity sewing day. See you all Monday.
Theresa
- Feb – Charity Sew-In 9:00-4:30. Joy Wegand will give a presentation that evening on Ergonomic Quilting.
- Mar – Marianne Webb Trunk Show
- Charlotte Angotti will be our speaker for April's meeting. She has entitled her presentation “Why Aren't You Making More Quilts? I Know You Have The Fabric!”
- May – Auction
- June – Open
- Debbie Santinelli announced that Kiwi Quilts is presenting a Jodi Barrow trunk show on Wednesday, March 5th from 10:00-1:00. Jodi will also demonstrate the use of the Square in a Square Ruler. The cost is $15.00. A light brunch will be served.
- Renee LaFranca announced the Quilts of Valor Foundation is asking the 10,000+ quilters all across America to join their local group or shop on Saturday, February 1, 2014 to participate in the Quilts of Valor National Sew Day to help make quilts for our combat service members and veterans.
- Sharon Beaulieu presented our own Carol Bausch with a beautiful Red/White/Blue themed quilt for her 20 years of service in the U.S. Air Force. This quilt was made by members of the Silver Comet Stitchers. Carol was very touched and very gracious in accepting. She briefly gave us the highlights of her career.
Saturday, October 12, 2013
September Newsletter
Letter from the President Hi all, This summer has really flown by. Our ice cream social was really tasty. I was so impressed with how many snacks you all brought for the school kids. What a great group of ladies we have in our guild. I am looking forward to Judy Worm's presentation and also really looking forward to our retreat. I saw something on Pinterest that I wanted to share with you all. I am sure you can relate. Vocabulary Word: Proquiltinating: Working on quilts when you should be doing laundry, or dishes, or picking kids up from school. See you all at guild. Theresa From Jean Kosty we had 48 members, 3 visitors attended August meeting. If you want to participate in the fq drawing bring checked fabric.
- Proposed operating budget for this new year. Proposed budget was passed out. The committee that worked on this stated that they just added up to $50.00 per item in most cases. There were immediate questions and intense discussion. A move was made to adopt this proposed budget by Susie Guyton, and seconded by Debbie Sentinelli. The motion carried.
- Ways and Means: Tonight’s offerings (books, patterns, stabilizer).
- Membership: 44 in attendance, 3 visitors. It was reported that most have renewed recently. Question was asked about how many members were currently on the roster? 75! (Handclap!)
- Hospitality: Ready to dish out the ice cream and play LCR.
- Service: NR
- Treasury: NR
- Sunshine: NR although, several were here tonight after illness (see report).
- Historian: Position open. Duties include taking pictures at meeting show & tell and keeping physical scrapbook, and posting pictures on web. Please see Sarah Parrot if interested.
- Newsletter: Joy Wegand has volunteered to take minutes at the meeting and produce the newsletter (Deb to facilitate web training)
- October is the month to bring in your embroidered pincushions (remember the kit we got?) and also the Chevron Challenge. Please see Sarah Sorenson if you need the challenge fabric and instructions.
- Easy Street: keep working!!! These will be viewed in January.
- Quilts of Valor: raffle tickets $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00.
- Kiwi Quilts needs our guild brochures.
- Upcoming workshop: The Judy Neimier workshop will be Nov 2nd and the trunk show will be the October program in September. Please see Sarah Sorenson if you would like to sign up / get the pattern / need information.
- There were 21 new members added last year! (Membership answered question).
- The Fat Quarter giveaway for September is checked fabric.
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Letter from the President
Hi all,
This summer has really flown by. Our ice cream social
was really tasty. I
was so impressed with how many snacks you all brought
for the school kids.
What a great group of ladies we have in our guild.
I am looking forward to Judy Worm's presentation and
also really looking
forward to our retreat.
I saw something on Pinterest that I wanted to share
with you all.
I am sure you can relate.
Vocabulary Word:
Proquiltinating: Working on quilts when you should be
doing laundry, or dishes, or picking kids up from school.
See you all at guild.
Theresa
From Jean Kosty we had 48 members, 3 visitors attended
August meeting.
If you want to participate in the fq drawing bring
checked fabric.
- Proposed operating budget for this new year. Proposed budget was passed out. The committee that worked on this stated that they just added up to $50.00 per item in most cases. There were immediate questions and intense discussion. A move was made to adopt this proposed budget by Susie Guyton, and seconded by Debbie Sentinelli. The motion carried.
- Ways and Means: Tonight’s offerings (books, patterns, stabilizer).
- Membership: 44 in attendance, 3 visitors. It was reported that most have renewed recently. Question was asked about how many members were currently on the roster? 75! (Handclap!)
- Hospitality: Ready to dish out the ice cream and play LCR.
- Service: NR
- Treasury: NR
- Sunshine: NR although, several were here tonight after illness (see report).
- Historian: Position open. Duties include taking pictures at meeting show & tell and keeping physical scrapbook, and posting pictures on web. Please see Sarah Parrot if interested.
- Newsletter: Joy Wegand has volunteered to take minutes at the meeting and produce the newsletter (Deb to facilitate web training)
- October is the month to bring in your embroidered pincushions (remember the kit we got?) and also the Chevron Challenge. Please see Sarah Sorenson if you need the challenge fabric and instructions.
- Easy Street: keep working!!! These will be viewed in January.
- Quilts of Valor: raffle tickets $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00.
- Kiwi Quilts needs our guild brochures.
- Upcoming workshop: The Judy Neimier workshop will be Nov 2nd and the trunk show will be the October program in September. Please see Sarah Sorenson if you would like to sign up / get the pattern / need information.
- There were 21 new members added last year! (Membership answered question).
- The Fat Quarter giveaway for September is checked fabric.
Monday, June 13, 2011
June Newsletter Addition
Class Title: Basic organization tips for maximizing your quilting enjoyment
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
June Newsletter
Dear Stitchers,
Greetings to everyone and wishing you a happy summer. I love the warm weather and the flowers in the yard but I do have a more difficult time in finding time to sew and quilt. My strategy this season is to work on smaller projects, ones I can get done in fewer sewing sessions or that I can carry along with me. I might even break out the ongoing appliqué blocks that has become a project of many years.
One thing that may help my sewing to be more productive this season is to get better organized. Our guest presenter for our next meeting, June 20th, will be Debbie Santanelli. Debbie will share with us ideas and inspiration to organize our sewing spaces.
It’s that time of year again……time to renew our guild membership. The dues remain a great value at $25.00 for twelve months. Our dues cover the bulk of the yearly budget providing our meeting facilities, operating expenses for our committees, and our monthly programs. The dues have remained at $25 for several years. Your committee and program chairs have and will continue to work hard to keep within the budget parameters. Please bring your checkbooks or cash to renew your membership. If you will not be able to join us in June consider sending your check to our post office box #1552, Hiram, GA 30141.This will help our Membership Committee to move along with this annual project.
Last newsletter I mentioned one of our neighboring shops, Sew Bee It in Ringgold, GA, that was devastated from the tornado that hit their town. I am pleased to share that they have already begun to rebuild and have the outlines of a brick structure replacing the former metal building. The owner Gloria Black and her staff are resilient and pouring their efforts into reopening the shop.
Your response to volunteering for the committee openings for this next guild year has been outstanding. All areas are covered except one. The Publicity Chair has gone untended lately as the former chair had to withdraw from guild due to work responsibilities. This person develops simple flyers about the guild to take to our local quilt shops and contacts the local area newspapers to place notices in the community section of the paper about our meetings. If you have any questions about this position or are available to serve in this way please contact Jackie McDaniel or myself.
Those who are planning on attending our upcoming Red Rooster Retreat, Sept 22-25th, our deposits will be due at our August meeting on the 15th. The deposit will be $25.00 and the check should be made out to Red Rooster Retreat. If you will not be attending the August meeting please see that I have your check by the 15th of August.
I look forward to seeing you June 20th,
Susie
SILVER COMET STITCHERS
Minutes May 16, 2011
Submitted by Sandra Wilson
Susie Guyton, President, called the meeting to order and welcomed our members and four visitors. May birthdays were recognized. The April minutes were printed in the newsletter. A motion was made by Kathy Teall and seconded by Eve Williams to accept the minutes as written. If you did not get an email notice that the minutes were ready to be viewed, please give Theresa Bradley your email address. Kathy Selfe reported that our bank balance is currently $4,501.74. Please turn in your receipts before the next meeting so all expenses can be accounted for in this year’s budget.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Ways and Means — Bea: Our raffle for this month and next month is a Glow Happy quilt kit from Red Hen. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. Our program guests tonight donated two goody bags which were raffled off after the break. (They were won by Renee LaFranca and Susie Guyton.)
Community Service – Pat: We will have an emphasis on our charity quilts at the June meeting. If you took a panel, please bring back the completed quilt in June, if possible.
Hospitality — Toni: Thanks for the goodies tonight. She will continue to bring coffee and ice next year as someone else takes over the Hospitality responsibilities.
Membership — Jackie: Tonight we had 38 members present out of 51 and four visitors. Next month is membership renewal. Renewal dues are $25. Dues for new members are $30 which includes a name tag.
Historian — Carole: Current scrapbook is on the membership table. Please take a look at it.
Sunshine — Eve requested prayer for a niece and a cousin with cancer. Betty Shepherd’s son has been diagnosed with leukemia.
Programs — Tonight Karen Williams from Quilt on the Main in Jasper will present a program on “Rulers and What to do with Them.” We revealed our quilts (blocks) from our stashbusting workshop at Quilts and Fixins and also our cathedral window pillows from our workshop at Kiwi Quilts. Debbie Santinelli will present a program on organization in June and we will also have a display of our charity quilts. In July we will have a picnic and 5th guild birthday celebration and the reveal of our bull’s eye quilts (blocks).
ANNOUNCEMENTS — Susie: The Georgia Quilt Council will host a Quilts of Valor Symposium August 12-14 in Mansfield, GA. Details can be found on their website. There is an article in the current issue of Family Circle magazine about the founder of ConKerr Cancer.
OLD BUSINESS — Jackie: Keep working on your crayola challenge quilts. We will display our completed quilts in October.
NEW BUSINESS — Patsy Estes: The Nominating Committee (Patsy, Linda Hubbell and Charlene Payne) presents the following slate of officers for the July 2011-June 2012 guild year: President – Jackie McDaniel; Vice President – Sarah Sorenson; Secretary – Theresa Bradley; and, Treasurer – Linda Hubbell. These officers were unanimously approved by the membership. A brief discussion was held regarding committee positions that still need to be filled. We need someone for Publicity and another person for Membership. Eve Williams will work on the Membership Committee.
Susie presented Kathy Teall, Sandra Wilson and Kathy Selfe, our current officers, with a beautiful wall quilt that she had designed especially for each one with her thanks for a job well done. (Thank you, Susie — Kathy, Sandra and Kathy.)
With no further business or announcements, we had Show and Tell and then adjourned the business portion of the meeting for our program from Karen Williams, owner of Quilt on the Main in Jasper, GA.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
MAY Newsletter
Greetings to all and hopefully you are safe after the terrible round of sad and destructive weather we have had. One result of the tornados that has affected the quilting community is the loss of the building and merchandise of Sew Bee It in Ringgold, GA. Their building took a direct hit but fortunately the staff, their families, and homes were unaffected. Gloria Black, Sew Bee It*s owner plans to rebuild and I will keep you posted as this award winning shop and it*s wonderful staff face this challenge.
Thank you to Teresa Kent for presenting our April program, *A Virtual Field trip.** I went home with many notes jotted on my handout referencing places to check out on the internet. Teresa gave us sites to check out for inspiration, shop locations, quilt history, patterns, and supplies. We now have new knowledge to add to our stash.
Many of our members have techniques, experiences, and quilting information that would be beneficial to the group. Many of our best programs are *home grown* from our membership. If you are willing to present a program or do a short demonstration be sure to contact our in-coming Vice-President Sarah Sorenson. Sarah is already searching and developing the programs for our *new* year which begins in July.
Our Nominating Committee has developed a slate of officers that will be presented for your vote at our May meeting. The officers presented are:
President- Jackie McDaniel
Vice-President- Sarah Sorenson
Secretary- Theresa Bradley
Treasurer- Linda Hubbell
Be sure to show your support and thanks to these who are committing their time and efforts for all of us by being at the next meeting to cast your vote of support.
We would not have this upcoming group of officers without the work of our Nominating Committee. A vote of appreciation is extended to Patsy Estes, Linda Hubbell, and Charlene Payne for garnering this exciting circle of officers. Thank you ladies!
I hope to see you all on May 16th,
Susie
SILVER COMET STITCHERS
Minutes April 18, 2011
Submitted by Sandra Wilson
Susie Guyton, President, called the meeting to order and welcomed our members. No visitors were present. April birthdays were recognized. The March minutes were printed in the newsletter. A motion was made by Sherry Palmgren and seconded by Ann Smith to accept the minutes as written. Kathy Selfe reported that our bank balance is currently $4,580.80.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Ways and Means * Bea: Our raffle for this month and the next two months is a Glow Happy quilt kit from Red Hen. The completed quilt was shown. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5.
Community Service * Sherry: We received a thank you card from ConKerr Cancer for our continuing support. They have started providing pillowcases for the Child Protection Center. A pillowcase is on every pillow on the exam tables and the child gets to take the pillowcase home. Susie: When you bring items for community service, bring them to the membership committee*s attention when you check in prior to the meeting. That way the community service committee can distribute the thank you cards from Kiwi Quilts. Tracy at Kiwi offers a 10% discount after donating one comfort quilt or three pillowcases.
Membership * Jackie: Tonight we had 36 members out of 51 present.
Programs * Kathy: Teresa Kent will bring us a Virtual Quilt Tour tonight. In May Karen Williams from Quilt on the Main in Jasper will present a program on *Rulers and What to do with Them.* Also in May we will reveal our quilts (blocks) from our stashbusting workshop at Quilts and Fixins and also our cathedral window pillows from our workshop at Kiwi Quilts. Debbie Santinelli will present a program on organization in June and we will also have a display of our charity quilts. In July we will have a picnic and 5th guild birthday celebration and the reveal of our bull*s eye blocks.
OLD BUSINESS * Jackie: There has been a change to the *rules* for the Crayon Quilt Challenge. There is no maximum size for the quilt. It must be a minimum of 80* around but it can be as large as you like. We will display our completed quilts in October.
Patsy Estes: The Nominating Committee (Patsy, Linda Hubbell and Charlene Payne) presents the following slate of officers for the July 2011-June 2012 guild year: President * Jackie McDaniel; Vice President * Sarah Sorenson; Secretary * Theresa Bradley; and, Treasurer * Linda Hubbell. These will be voted on at the May meeting. Susie: Thank you, committee members, for your hard work. As our new fiscal/committee year begins in July, it is also time to re-form committees. If you are interested in working in a particular area, please let me know. I am compiling a list to hand over to our President-elect to give her a head start on next year*s committees.
With no further business or announcements, we had Show and Tell and then adjourned the business portion of the meeting for our program from Teresa Kent.