2024 February Meeting Minutes

Country Star Quilt Guild Meeting Minutes

2/12/2024

Call to Order: Vice-President Lynn Talek opened the meeting at 7:00 PM.
Welcome:
Our visitors this evening are Michelle Ajdinovich, Kim Cesare, Betty Getz, and Anueke
Kennedy.
Our devotion and prayer was led by Charlotte Taylor.
Tracey Calhoun thanked everyone for their prayers. She said she does not have
cancer!
Announcements:
February 22nd thru 25th is the AQS Show in Daytona Beach. Details are available on
the website AmericanQuilter.com.
The retreat is February 27th thru March 2nd. Sue Deyo has requested everyone bring
paper scissors and $5 in quarters. Check in is at 10AM.
The last Sit-N-Sew for February is cancelled due to the retreat. The next Sit-N-Sew will
be March 8th and March 22nd from 9AM till 4PM.
The next monthly meeting will be on March 11th. The Show-N-Tell theme will be red &
white quilts. Two color quilts will get extra door prize tickets.
Lori will have pillow case kits available at the retreat.
BOM:
The next 4 blocks are posted in our Facebook group. The numbers are 23, 33, 35, &
17. There is an alternate block available.
You can find it on www.generations/quiltpatterns.com.
VA Quilt:
We still need someone to volunteer to make the VA quilt this year.
Opportunity Quilt:
Eileen VanFossen brought the quilt for everyone to see.

February Birthdays:
Birthdays this month: Diane Dienes, Darlene Cole, Sandra Street, Billie McCray, and
Lisa Propper.

Other Items:
Sara & Peggy gave out the pocket hearts we made for each other.
Sara showed us a project to make and return to our May meeting. She provided us
directions and showed the one she had made of herself.
Sara reminded everyone about the Laura Heine workshop on March 12th.

Program:
Sara presented a program on the Quilters of Gee’s Bend in Alabama. Her discussion of
African American women during slavery, who made quilts, was very interesting. Their
descendants are still active in quilt making today.
Billie McCray and Anueke Kennedy showed quilts from that era.

Door prizes were distributed. We had show-n-tell. The meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully Submitted:
Karen Hurst,
Secretary