2025 April Meeting Minutes

Country Star Quilt Guild Meeting Minutes
4/14/2025
President Lori Frederick called the meeting to order at 6:55 pm.
Nadine Loyd led us in our devotion and prayer.
We were asked to pray for Carol Blanchard’s daughter-in-law, who is in the hospital. She is pregnant
with Carol’s first grandchild.
Sue Deyo made a motion that we amend the bylaws to allow an officer to serve another year in the
event that there is not another qualified candidate. This is in article 6 number 6. Glenda Stonecipher
seconded the motion. The motion passed with a unanimous vote.
Announcements
• Our next sit-N-sew will be April 25th, May 9th, and May 23rd.
• The June 9th meeting will be a pot luck dinner. The Guild will provide the meat. Everyone else will
bring a side dish or dessert. We will be playing “Left / Right Center”. Bring (1) fat quarter that is a
dainty floral!
• There will be a mobile Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Callahan this weekend.
• Quilt of Valor – We will have a service at NJBC June 3rd at 6:30 PM to present (3) Quilts of Valor.
Lori has fabric available if needed for a Quilt of Valor.
• Block of Whatever – All the blocks are posted in the Facebook Group. Make sure you get your pink
tickets from Lori for the blocks you have completed. We will conclude this activity at the June
meeting. A prize drawing will be held at that time.
• The Lake City VA quilt will be delivered this Wednesday.
Programs – Sara Aicher
• Sara has buttons available if wanted.
• The Guild purchased a DVD on landscape quilting for the memberships use. Please see Sara to
borrow the DVD.
• Sara will present a program on “Quilt As You Go” at the next Sit N Sew.
• The May program will be “Everyone Walks A Runway”. We will be presenting pieced / quilted
articles of clothing. You may also show Bags / Necklaces / etc… or wrap a quilt around you that you
have made.
Meeting Program
Our program tonight was a zoom presentation by Ann Wasserman who has 40 years of experience
dealing with antique quilts. The title was “How Old Is It? Dating Antique Quilts”. Her website is
Annquilts.com.
Birthdays
Our April birthdays are Sue Deyo, JoAnn Cicero, Charlotte Taylor, Lilah Sykes, Norma Johnson,
Karen Byrd.
Door prizes were given out, and we had Show & Tell.
Minutes submitted by Karen Hurs