November 2017 Meeting Minutes
Country Star Quilt Guild Meeting Notes, November 2017
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm.
President, Mary Ann Waite prayed and then read a letter addressed to the guild from Kelly’s RV Park. In the letter, thanks were expressed to the guild for the quilts that were made for Kelly’s Family Reunion. New parking arrangements were outlined, and a reminder was given on the 5-mph speed limit in the park.
Visitors were welcomed and introduced.
Mary Ann asked for a motion to have the minutes for the October meeting amended to add an explanation for the 355 tickets mentioned in the Treasurer’s Report. A motion was made to add ‘for the charity quilt (opportunity quilt)’. Bea Mehl made the motion and it was seconded by Gail Bowen.
Mary Ann went over dates for upcoming events.
There will be quilting on a frame at the Okefenokee Pioneer Days. No items will be sold on this day. Members were needed to man the Quilt Guild Information Table.
Hilliard Elementary Secret Santa Shop – 12/4/17 – 12/8/17 from 7:00 am – 2:30 pm. Chris Sandstrom has tags for sale items.
December Guild Meeting – 12/11/17 – Potluck, sign-up sheet was passed around.
Challenge for the December meeting will be to make a home décor holiday item. It can be for any holiday.
Bring 1 yard of batik fabric to the December meeting to use in a game.
Sit’n’Sew for November was changed from 11/21/17 to 11/28/17. We will be making bags for the Secret Santa Shop. Bring wrapping paper.
Drawing for Opportunity Quilt will be held on 12/15/17 at Southeastern Bank in Hilliard and the winning ticket will be drawn by a bank official.
Treasurer Report by Gail Bowen – as of 10/31/17 we had $2,749.51 in the account. We had $319.04 going out to Sandy by the Stream for the following: material for the Christmas Charity quilt, the VA Memorial quilt, the Heritage Days Quilt at Conner’s Amazing Acres and material and printing of tickets for the Opportunity Quilt. As of 11/7/17 $1,400.00 brought in just for the Christmas Opportunity quilt, $600-$700 was from the fair. We’re hoping to get somewhere around $2,000.00 in ticket sales for the Opportunity Quilt. There are two more opportunities to purchase tickets for the quilt, Pioneer Days and Secret Santa Shop. Chris had tickets available for sale at the meeting.
Membership Report by Sherry Curtis – 33 members and three visitors.
Communications Report by Sara Aicher – Sara went over website access. The only time you’ll need a user name and password is when you want to pull up the directory. Sara has the log-in information for any who’d like to access the directory.
Chairman Report by Mary Ann – A couple education opportunities are coming up. One is the ‘Storm at Sea’ quilt. Mary Ann showed the meeting a Storm at Sea quilt top and explained two rulers that would be used to make this quilt top. Bea Mehl has the rulers, with instructional videos, on her website. A Storm at Sea class will be starting after the first of the year.
Chris Sandstrom talked about the Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt for 2017 – This year’s quilt is named On Ringo Lake. Go to Quiltville.com, click on Bonnie’s blog where you will find a tab for the On Ringo Lake Mystery Quilt. Print out the clues, which will start coming out after Thanksgiving. The reveal is New Year’s, but don’t print out the reveal. A class will start in January for anyone interested in making the mystery quilt. Dates will be on the calendar. Sandy Arcari showed a Mystery Quilt she made.
Chris asked for more members to come to Pioneer Days at Okefenokee. She talked about how much fun was had at Heritage Days at Conner’s Amazing Acres and how appreciative the Conner’s were when they realized the quilt we were quilting was going to be given to them.
Chris mentioned the need for crafters and workers for the Santa’s Secret Shop. Spouses are welcome to help at the sale.
Shop Hop information was available.
Chris is working on retreat plans.
Mary Ann went over the proceeds from Santa’s Workshop. 15% went to school last year. An idea was brought up to donate 7.5% to school and 7.5% to be paid out of budget. A motion was made for discussion. A motion was made to give 15% to the school with 7.5% coming from crafter and 7.5% coming from budget $. After discussion, a vote was taken by a show of hands with 10 in favor and 14 opposed.
New Programs Report by Sue Deyo – In December we’re doing a covered dish meeting and something fun with a yard of batik fabric that could be your Christmas Gift, Gift Exchange and Challenge for another year.
Sherry Curtis asked if we could start the meeting at 6:30 next month. Mary Ann will put out reminders for the 6:30 starting time for next month.
Charity Report by Mary Ann – Sherry delivered the VA quilt to Lake City. Sherry reported on her trip to deliver quilt. It was well received.
Dane told us that pillowcases were going very slowly. Mary Ann suggested a sit’n’sew after the first of the year could be spend making pillowcases.
Sue Deyo reported on delivering the heart pillows made to Pinky Promise. The possibility of making small quilts for the chemo room will be re-addressed after the first of the year. There was mention of making a cash donation to Pinky Promise to be used for gift cards, in lieu of making quilts.
Mary Ann reported on her visit to The Nest. She was told The Nest would love to have some handmade items.
New Business – Mary Ann brought up the concern with people having trouble hearing in the guild meetings. There was discussion about purchasing a PA system for guild use. A motion was made that a PA system was needed. Motion was seconded. A vote was taken and passed to look for a PA system.
Sue Deyo presented a very interesting program on memory quilts. Many guild members shared the memory quilts they had made.
Members showed their show and tell items.
Door prizes were awarded. The first 50/50 raffle was drawn. The raffle brought in $88, ½ of which was given to the winner, Gail Bowen, and ½ went to the guild.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 pm.