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 Guild Meeting Minutes 2011

  
January  February
 

The regular meeting of the Quilting Guild of The Villages was held February 1, 2011.  The meeting was called to order by President Jeannette Flint at 7:00 pm. The pledge of allegiance was recited by the members.

Jeannette thanked the three quilt showcase co-chairs, chapter chairmen and all members for the very successful quilt show.  She noted that the boutique was superb this year and the extra room allocated to the boutique contributed to that success.

Jackie Whitehead announced three quilts with no name and no identifying tags were left at the end of the boutique and she asked for help identifying the owners.

The secretary’s report for January was read and Tonia Brock moved to accept the report with Rose Luehrsen seconding the motion.

Beth Bender gave the treasurer’s report with beginning and ending balances for January.  Beth also gave a preliminary report of income for the quilt show.  There were slightly under 4,000 individuals who paid to attend the show. Beth thanked all who helped out in the ‘green room’ with handling the money.  A motion to accept the treasurer’s report was made by Regina Wolf and seconded by Lucie Verbois.

The Piecemakers chapter is sponsoring a bus trip to The Quilter’s Place in Rockledge on February 15th.  Cost is $16.00 and there are 20 seats available.

Call Mary Shara at 643 1370 if you are interested.

Laura’s travel service is sponsoring a trip to Rockledge on February 23rd and to Dunedin on February 25th.  Call 259-1200 if you are interested.

Micki MacCumbee gave the vice-president’s report.  Upcoming guild meeting programs are as follows:

March - Guild Garage Sale (host Friendship Star)

Members should price items and bring change as each member will be responsible for their own items.  Tables will be set up by chapter for those interested in selling.

April -  David Taylor’s lecture and trunk show (host Lake Miona)

May -   Lisa-Marie Sanders, author of “Quilting with Aliens” (host Chatham)

June - Joy Dudis home decorating talk and her grandmother’s quilts (host Allamanda)

July – August – September – Programs to be announced

October -  Demo Night (host Seabreeze)

November – The story of quilting during the Civil War (host Sunset Point)

December – Annual guild Christmas party (host TBD)

Micki MacCumbee also announced changes to the class schedules and location.  All classes will now be held at the new Villages/Sumter County Services Complex and Library on 466A.

Dorene Hunter’s Mystery Quilt Class – new date Wed Feb 9, 16 and 23rd

Jackie Whitehead’s Needleturn Applique – new date Thursday, March 3rd

Beth Bender’s Beginning Quilt Class – new date Thursdays March 10, 17, 24, 31.

David Taylor’s It’s Pointless Applique – Same day Tuesday April 5th but at the new library location.

These classes are currently full but the committee will keep a waiting list.  Members were reminded that they must pay for a class to be a confirmed participant.

Sign-up sheets were available for two new classes.

Crazy Quilting  with Micki MacCumbee and Doris Woodward – No  Points to Match, No Rules – Wednesdays May 18 and 25

Bargello with Dale Angione Thursday, May 19th

Future Classes are:

Two-Tone Quilt with Dale Angione Wednesday August 17th

Machine Applique with Mary Shara September date TBA

Showcase winners in attendance were called up to the stage to present their winning quilts.  There were 230 entries in the showcase and 63 ribbons were awarded.

Door prizes were awarded and there were six $10 winners in the 50/50.

The meeting concluded with a video presentation of the quilts from this year’s show.

Respectfully submitted,

Joyce McKee, Secretary

 

 

January

The regular meeting of the Quilting Guild of The Villages was held January 4, 2011.  The meeting was called to order by Vice President Micki MacCumbee at 7:00 pm.  The pledge of allegiance was recited by all members.

Vice President McCumbee reported that our President, Jeannette Flint is still in the hospital but doing better and looking forward to being back with the group.

There were no secretary’s minutes as last month’s meeting was our Christmas Party.

Beth Bender gave the treasurer’s report including  November and December checkbook balances.   There are still three chapters that need to report their charitable donations for 2010.  A motion was made by Joe Comer to accept the treasurer’s report, seconded by Doris Woodward and passed.

Quilt Show co-chair Kathy Howe reported all is going well with preparations for the show and she thanked everyone who has helped to date.

Micki McCumbee gave the vice-president’s and program chair reports.  The program committee met 12/28/2010 and the members are looking forward to working together this year.  They are requesting members give program suggestions to their chapter chairs.  The chapter chairs will be surveying their members on preference time and frequency for guild meetings.  The survey results should be complete by the January 25th committee meeting.

Class lists were available at tables in the back of the room for classes through April along with samples of the projects.  Flyers were also available for the Lakeland FL Sewing & Quilt Expo and Yely’s Floriani Event.

Guild meeting programs for the next three months are:

February- Showcase winners

March – Garage Sale

April – David Taylor Lecture

The speaker of the evening was Leigh McDonald, fiber artist and quilting instructor.  Leigh spoke about the process of writing her book ‘Adventures In Quilting’ and her inspiration for her quilts.  She showed some of her unique quilts.

There were 4 members who participated in Show and Tell.

There were nine name tag winners and eight members shared $72.00 from the 50/50.

Respectfully submitted,

Joyce McKee, Secretary