Country Star Quilt Guild Meeting Minutes

9/9/24

 

Call to Order

President Lori Frederick called the meeting to order at 7 pm.

 

Welcome

Lori welcomed everyone to the meeting. We have one new member, Michelle Adjdinovich, and one visitor, Norma Johnson.

 

Charlotte Taylor led us in our devotion.

 

Quilt of Valor

Sue Deyo has volunteered to manage this year’s service. It will be held on Nov. 18,2024 at the Anchor Church at 7:00 p.m.. This event will take the place of our monthly meeting. Your quilts must be finished by our meeting on October 14th. They will be inspected by ALL STAR Quilt Guild for adherence to the size requirements of Quilt of Valor Foundation.

We have been contacted by Tammy Arnold – QOV Director for the State of Florida about becoming a QOV organization. This was at the recommendation of Samantha Howell. There is only one QOV organization in Jacksonville – The ALL STAR Quilt Guild in Arlington. The Jacksonville area has about 22 Veterans waiting for quilts.

This involves paying an annual fee of $75 to be listed as a group in the QOV. We would have a group leader and 1 or 2 assistant group leaders. The group leaders are required to pay a $10 fee for an online course. Sue Deyo has volunteered to be the group leader. We would be responsible for making the quilts. After discussion, a motion to become a QOV Group was made by Eileen VanFossen. A second was made by Karen Anderson. Approved by a unanimous vote.

Programs

Sara Aicher distributed a tentative schedule of programs and workshops for this year.

Our quilters soup jars are due at our next meeting.

Sara also handed out a form, to complete and return next month, for a sewing machine directory.

Upcoming Events:

Sept 21 – Jellyroll Day

Sept 19 thru 21 – Jacksonville Quiltfest

Sept 29 – Last day of Fabric of Nations at the Cummer Museum Oct 12 – Gees Bend airing of quilts

Opportunity Quilt

Peggy Smith has volunteered to manage the quilt raffle at the Callahan Fair for this year. This event runs from October 10 thru 20th. She needs volunteers to run the booth. Lori asked every member to purchase $20 of tickets (especially if you cannot work at the fair).

Retreat

Eileen VanFossen is in charge of the retreat for 2025. The retreat will be held at the Stephen Foster

Eco-Lodge in Fargo, GA. The retreat dates are February 25th thru March 1st. The cost for the retreat is $275.00. All members should have received an Email with the registration form. If not, please see Eileen. The deadline for your deposit of $75 is due October 14th.

Elaine Wilkerson is in charge of the games for this event! Lisa Maechtlen is our chef for the event!

Miscellaneous

The Paper Doll Quilt will be shown at the quiltfest. It was made by Sara Aicher, and quilted by Bonnie Eisenhower.

Lori has pillowcase kits available.

Ellie Boette asked everyone to save scraps of fabric for her to make cat beds.

Bea Mehl is donating fabric for the retreat, and will do the Finders / Keepers.

We will NOT be giving an award for perfect attendance this year.

Our next Sit-N-Sew is Friday, September 13th.

An audit of our books was done by Lisa West and Bonnie Cressey.

Lori has created a rough draft of our budget for the upcoming year, and will present it to the board for approval. She stated that IF you have a receipt, please submit to Sue Deyo for reimbursement (within 30 days of purchase).

Block of Whatever

The patterns for this month are #3, 5, 36, and 41. They will be available on our Facebook page.

 

 

July, August, and September Birthdays

Our July birthdays are Bonnie Cressey, Deb Cain, Mary Sparrow, Barbara Lovett, Bonnie Eisenhower.

Our August birthdays are Debbie Duncan, Helen Henderson, Jean Sears, Nadine Lloyd, Elaine

Wilkerson, Barb Stroud, Kaye Mulliniks, Marsa Detscher

Our September birthdays are Carol Blanchard, Gail Bowen, Karen Beaumont, Lynne Pomerleau, JoAnne Martin, Lisa Maechtlen, Peggy Smith.

Door prizes were given out, and we had Show & Tell.