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January February March April(1st) April 27th May June July August September October November MULBERRY QUILTERS – NOVEMBER 16, 2010 MEETING 1) President Lucie Verbois acknowledged all November birthdays. Refreshments were served and the meeting was called to order at 9:30. Lucie led the membership in the Pledge of Allegiance. 2) The secretary’s and treasurer’s reports were read and accepted. 3) Program report: a) The following chapter classes are scheduled: i) Nov. 30th - Snippets – Christmas Wreath. There is one opening. b) The fat quarter drawing was won by Bobbie Welter and Peach Poulin. December’s color is GREEN. 4) Membership Report: a) Gail Richards will be accepting the dues money today since Ginger is taking the Nancy Chong class. 5) Charity Quilts: a) Joan read a thank you letter from the Infant and Toddler Pantry. b) Gae asked that all quilts be turned in by the end of November. USA Cares will be here on Dec. 7th to collect the remaining quilts for the veterans. c) Bobbie Welter will be the chairperson for the charity quilts in 2011. 6) Library: a) Lois reported that there are a lot of books checked out and asked everyone to check at home and return them if you are done using them. 7) Christmas Charity: a) Char Hack announced that she needs five shoppers for our Christmas family. She has their wish & needs lists. Please see her after the meeting if you are interested 8) Chapter Christmas Party: a) Kathy Lazenby announced that we will have a breakfast meal on Dec. 14th. There is only $100.00 budgeted for the party. Joan Henry made a motion that we allow up to $500.00 to be spent. Marilyn Tafro seconded. The motion was passed. b) We will have a Yankee Swap. Please bring a $10.00 wrapped gift (it does not have to be quilt related). 9) Blotto: a) The drawing will be held next week. 10) Guild Programs: a) Tonight @ 7PM @ Hacienda Rec Center – Nancy Chung lecture b) Dec. 7th – Christmas party. 11) Guild Classes: a) Dec. 7 – Snippet Christmas tree. b) Jan. 4th - Leigh McDonald – Adventures in Circles – cost is $25.00 c) Feb. – Three week Mystery Quilt with Doreen Hunter. 12) Quilt Show report: a) Tonia reported that the information is being sent out this week to various quilt shops. In December, they will be distributing the show posters to our local shops. b) Silent Auction – Nella has handed in 11 items to the committee. c) Dale said that she will need our help in January to fold and staple the programs. d) Marian and Mary Ann have the tags for the boutique. Our color is red. Please remember that when you price your items that sales tax and 10% to the guild will be deducted from the proceeds. You have a choice of receiving the money or giving it to the chapter. e) Magazines must be bundled in groups of 6 and wrapped in both directions with fabric strips. 13) Retreat: a) The retreat is Feb. 8th to the 10th at the Life Enrichment Center in Fruitland Park. The final amount is due by the end of November. 22 people have signed up to attend. b) Helen will be giving a class on stack-n- whack. She will have a meeting before the retreat so you know what is needed. 14) Old Business: a) Mary Ann has not received any more information on the bean bags needed by the vets. 15) New Business: a) Ann Moroz is one of 8 shadows for the next quilt show. It is not know how the next chairpersons will be chosen. b) Quilter’s Dream is sponsoring a trip to the Quilter’s Museum and Hancock’s of Paducah on Oct. 16 – 21, 2011. The information will be posted on the bulletin board. c) Tonia suggested that instead of bringing in food for the pantries, we have a monthly baby shower for the Infant and Toddler pantry. It will be discussed at a later meeting. d) Sylvia presented the December blotto – there are 3 paper pieced patterns – a house, a single tree and 2 trees. The blue background will be provided. e) The gift basket was won by Gae. f) Show and Tell featured beautiful items made by our members. 16)
Meeting was adjourned at 10:20. Respectfully submitted, Carol M. Knoll Secretary
MULBERRY CHAPTER October
26, 2010 MEETING 1.
Returning
snowbird members were welcomed by President Lucy Verbois, who also recognized
the October birthday members. Refreshments
were served and the meeting was called to order at 9:25 am.
Lucy led the membership in the Pledge of Allegiance. 2.
The secretary’s
report was read. One correction
should be made: Item 12c should
read that the food pantries have been designated as the charities for the quilt
show donation quilts. The
report was accepted as corrected. 3.
Treasurer’s
report was read and accepted. 4.
Program Report (a)
Carol LaFleur
reported that the last Block of the Month class for this year will be November
23d because the business meeting has been rescheduled to November 16th.
(b)
Carolyn Heald
thanked members who brought refreshments to the brunch for Chatham chapter,
which was received favorably. Judy
Hansen of Quilt Shop of Deland told Carolyn several members had already visited
the Deland Shop. (c)
November 9 is the
Trio of Hearts appliqué class by Paula Cherron (d)
November
30 Christmas Wreath Snippets with Dale. (e)
Jessie Scott won the fat quarter drawing.
BLUE is the color for November. 5.
Charity Quilts (a)
Gae Nocella
reported that a representative from Infant and Toddler Pantry will be present
next week to accept 33 children’s quilts. Angel Flight will be presented with the quilt made by Joan
Henry and quilted by Bobbie Welter as well as a few of the larger quilts.
In December US Cares will collect the quilts made for the veterans. (b)
A total of 202
quilts were made this year for charity. 6.
Christmas
Charity (a)
Char Hack will
have the information such as names,
ages, needs from the All One
Family on November 16th and will need shoppers who will spend $50 on
each recipient. 7.
Membership
(a)
Next week Ginger
Cullen will have the chances for the donation quilts as well as labels with
members’ names and phone nos. She
will also have pictures of each of the two donation quilts.
Those members who pay their 2011 membership dues before the end of the
year will receive 6 more tickets on these quilts.
Paid dues allow members free admission to the Quilt Show.
8.
Library (a)
Lois Carder
showed a new Karen Kay Buckley pattern book purchased for the library and
reported she still has 3 magazines for sale for $1. 9.
Blotto (a)
There were two
blotto drawings—won by Betty Millard and Anita Kimsal. 10. Guild Programs (a)
November 2
Material Girl (b)
Novemer 16 @ 7pm
at Hacienda Nancy Chong (c)
December 7
Christmas Party (d)
January 4
Leigh McDonald Circle 4 Patch demo (e)
February - Quilt
Show Winners 11. Guild
Classes (a)
November 2 Mary
Shara machine appliqué follow-up (b)
November 16 Nancy
Chong (c)
December 7
Snippet Xmas Tree Dale Angione (d)
January – no
class (e)
February--
Three-week Mystery Quilt with Doreen Hunter (f)
Marge Jensen and
Ginger Cullen’s names were chosen to attend the Nancy Chong class.
12.Guild Christmas Party centerpieces
(a) Carol Knoll has already ordered the poinsettias.
13. Executive Board
Report
(a) Tonia Brock reported a
Guild balance of $17,492.30. (b) A Hinterberg
frame has been donated to the Guild for sale.
A Poster will be displayed at the Boutique at the Quilt Show.
Tonia would like price suggestions for the Mulberry frame, and she will
have a poster displayed for our frame sale also. (c) Names of members who joined in 2000 should be given to
Lucie for presentation of their 10-year pins at the Christmas Party. (d) Tonia read an email from Kathy Howe regarding a news
story to run in the Daily Sun about the challenge quilts on January 4th.
This would be before the Show. She
provided an email for those members who would like to voice their opinions on
this story. (c) Tonia reported that the Executive Board has decided to
lower the dues from $5 to $1. At
present at Mulberry we pay $15 dues divided into $5 for the Chapter, $5 for
tickets and $5 for the Guild. Lucie
opened the floor to discussion on the dues and referred to our budgeted items.
End of year bank balance in 2009 was $3100 vs. $2600 at present.
After discussion Joan Henry made a motion to keep dues at $15, motion
seconded by Doris Woodard, motion passed.
14. Quilt Show Publicity (a) Tonia would like to know if members are going to quilt
shops so they can bring posters and pinkies. (b) Mary Ann questioned if we were going to show the donation
quilts at art shows and/or in the squares. Dale explained that historically the membership tickets bring
in more money than selling tickets at venues such as the squares.
15. Quilt Show Silent
Auction
(a) Nella Rose needs donations. She
needs a total of 8 from Mulberry.
16. Quilt Show Boutique
(a) Marian Burke just returned to the Villages.
Will know more next week.
17. Retreat (a) Mary Ann has 20 members signed up for the Feb. retreat.
Final payment due in November.
18. Officer Nominations
(a) Robyn and her committee presented the following slate of officers for
election
President Lucie Verbois
Vice President Mary Ann Pankowski
Secretary Carol Knoll
Treasurer Addie Tavares (b)
There were no
nominations from the floor.
19. Old Business (a) Lucie checked again with Custom Apparels on the shirt for
Mulberry. They showed her a new
stitchout of the logo. It has been
enlarged and the design straightened. There
are two styles—one a regular polo, the other with a v-neck.
Both have collars. The new color is Royal Blue.
You can go to shop to try on sizes and style, and when they have orders
for 15-20, they will embroider them.
Price is $22.00. It would be nice to have these before the Quilt Show.
Custom Apparels is located to the left of Ace Hardware in Plaza La
Grande.
20. New Business (a) Mary Ann Pankowski spoke to a representative at the VA
Hospital opening, who told her the vets need bean bags sewn for a game they
play. He said they would supply the
filling. Mary Ann will contact him
for further information. (b) Both Joan Henry and Gail Rathgeber expressed their thanks
for the cards and calls to each of them during their recent illnesses. (c) Marge Jensen
presented a popsicle block for the next Blotto. The stick and background will be provided. (d) Joan Henry won the raffle. (e) Dale Angione said there will be a Shop Hop
Nov 10 – 13 with 4 local shops. Both Deland and Quilters Dream will give participants a free
fat quarter. She also reported on the Sisters La Di La Luncheon to be held
this coming Feb. 12 in the Villages. Price
of tickets is $25. If interested,
see Dale. (f)Sue Huber has a friend who wants to sell a 10-year old Bernina #234 serger for $50. If interested, see Sue. (g)Show and Tell
featured approximately 15 beautiful items. Meeting
adjourned at 10:35am. Respectfully submitted, Patty Rizzo Secretary Pro Tem MULBERRY QUILTERS – SEPTEMBER 28TH MEETING 1) President Lucie Verbois acknowledged all September birthdays and all Wedding Anniversaries 50 years and over. A special recognition was given to Anita & Bob Kimsal who will be celebrating their 61st anniversary. She asked everyone to have some refreshments. Lucie then called the meeting to order at 9:25. 2) The secretary’s and treasurer’s reports were read and accepted. 3) Program report: a) The following classes are scheduled: i) Oct. 5th – Stuff Who ii) Oct. 19th – 60º angle placemats – Judy from Deland from 8:30 to 10:00. You will need to bring a 60º ruler. Judy will have fabric for sale. Then Judy will give a trunk show from 10am to 1pm. Members of the Chatham chapter have been invited to join us. Please sign up for refreshments after the meeting. iii) Nov. 9th – Trio of Hearts (hand appliqué) iv) Nov. 30th - Snippets – Christmas Wreath. b) Please remember that sign up and money collection is only at the business meeting. All programs are $10.00. c) The fat quarter colors are: October - MAROON, November - BLUE and December - GREEN. 4) Membership Report: a) If anyone did not get the new member list, please see Ginger. b) The raffle tickets for the charity quilts will be handed out in either Oct. or Nov. when pictures will be available. She has printed labels for everyone so you will not need to fill out the tickets. c) Dues for 2011 will be collected starting in mid October. 5) Charity Quilts: a) Joan reported that 184 quilts have been made so far. We will be contacting the Infant and Toddler Pantry to make a presentation. A few more baby and toddler quilts are needed. 6) Library: a) Lois said the new books will be available for check out on October 12th. Library day will be changed to the 1st Tuesday of each month starting in November. 7) Christmas Charity: a) Char asked that we vote on this year’s charity. After a discussion, a motion was made, seconded and voted upon to have All One Family as our Christmas Charity. 8) Blotto: a) Brooke Black won the Sept. blotto. 9) Guild Programs: a) Oct. 5 - demo night b) Nov. 2 – Material Girl c) Special Meeting – Nov. 16 @ 7PM @ Hacienda Rec Center – Nancy Chung d) Dec. 7 – Christmas party 10) Guild Classes: a) Oct. 5 – Fantastic Fans by Jackie Whitehead b) Nov. 16th – Nancy Chung. The fee is $25.00. We will pick 2 names from our chapter to attend this class. Please give your name to Marge if you are interested. c) Dec. 7 – Snippet Christmas Tree. 11) Guild Report: a) 634 members b) Dale’s quilt show program idea has been accepted and $2400. has been budgeted. Details to follow. c) All chapters have been given a responsibility for the Christmas party. We are in charge of the centerpieces. Carol Knoll volunteered to be the chairperson. We will have to wait to see how much money is available. d) Judy Porter, the nominating committee chairperson, announced the following slate of officers to be voted upon: Vice President - Micky McCombe and Secretary – Joyce Mckey (since she is a snowbird, Dale Angione will be her summer substitute) e) Another chapter is needed and the board is looking for an available rec center. f) Our guild membership cards will no longer be valid at JoAnn’s for a 10% discount. You must apply by calling JoAnn’s @ 877-604-2280 or going online @ Joann.com/VIP to apply for a discount card. g) Complete minutes are on our bulletin board. 12) Quilt Show report: a) Silent Auction – Nella still needs more items. She has 5 items with 2 more promised. b) Sheila said that ads have been placed in the County Register. Our “pinkies” were given out at the Jacksonville quilt show. A mass mailing is going out on Oct. 10th. c) The food pantries in all 3 counties have been designated as the charities for the quilt show. d) There will be a special meeting on Oct. 18th for the boutique. 13) Retreat: a) A deposit of at least $40. is needed now. The retreat cost is $ 140. It will be held from Feb. 8th to the 10th at the Life Enrichment Center in Fruitland Park. The final amount is due in Nov. 14) Nominating Committee: a) Robyn is the chairperson and her assistants are Gail Richards and Char Hack. Please see her if you are interested in any officer position. 15) Shop Hop: a) Please see Robyn is you have any interest in a shop hop in November. 16) Old Business: a) Gail Richards said that Tonia has the pictures and measurements and will take the information to the next board meeting. If anyone has any other ideas on how to sell it, please see Lucie. b) Lucie presented the shirt from Custom Apparel. After a discussion on the size of the logo, it was decided that Lucie will check with Custom Apparel if it can be increased in size. The cost of the shirt is $22.00. After much discussion on the color and other factors, this item was tabled till a later date. 17) New Business: a) It was decided to move the business meeting in November from the 23rd back to the 16th. Installation of officers will be held before the Christmas party on Dec. 14th. There will be no business meeting in Dec. 18) Joan Henry presented the Oct. Blotto – A batik snowflake. 19) The raffle was won by Barbara Fish. 20) Show and Tell featured beautiful items made by our members. 21) Meeting was adjourned at 10:30.
MULBERRY QUILTERS – AUGUST 24TH MEETING 1) President Lucie Verbois acknowledged all August birthdays and asked everyone to have some refreshments. Lucie then called the meeting to order at 9:30. 2) The secretary’s report was read and accepted with two corrections. The treasurer’s reports was read and accepted. 3) Program report: a) The following classes are scheduled: i) Sept 14th – Jean Purse – you will need a sewing machine and a pair of child’s jeans. ii) Oct. 5th – Stuff Who iii) Oct. 19th – 60º angle placemats – Judy from Deland from 8:30 to 10:00 then she will have a trunk show. It was suggested that we have refreshments and invite the Chatham group to the trunk show. This will be discussed at a later date. iv) Nov. 9th – Trio of Hearts (hand appliqué) v) Dec. 7th – Snippets – Christmas Wreath Please remember that sign up and money collection is only at the business meeting. All programs are $ 10.00. b) The Block of the month class will be held on Aug 31st. Carol said three blocks will be worked on: Army Star, Radio Windmill and Sky Rocket. c) The fat quarter drawing was won by Madaline Montgomery, Brooke Black, Anita Kimsal and Sue Huber. September’s color is BROWN. 4) Quilt Show report: a) Tonia said that the entry forms are now due by Oct. 1st and the picture is due Nov. 1st. She will accept the picture along with the entry form if it is ready. b) The hand outs and posters are ready for distribution. If you are out shopping, please grab some and fill out the sheet with the number of items that you took. Each shop should get 1 poster and at least one pack of handouts (50 in a pack) c) The web site will be updated in the near future. d) Silent Auction – Nella still needs more items 5) Charity Quilts: a) Gae had information on a new charity – Infant and Toddler Pantry in Lady Lake. She would like to have some baby and toddler quilts made by the end of September. She has purchased charm packs and anyone wishing to use them can get them from her at the end of the meeting. Two charm packs (48 squares) would be the right size. b) There are 20 quilts in the back (10 of which are suitable for babies and toddlers). 6) Library report: a) Lois reported that a neighbor of Betty Millard brought in a stack of books. She and Brooke will organize them and have them available for the next library day. 7) Blotto: a) The 18 broken dishes blotto squares was won by Bobbie Welter. 8) Scrapbook: a) Joan said she has two scrapbooks – one for pictures and one for newspaper articles. She will bring them in soon. 9) Retreat: a) Mary Ann will collecting the money for the Feb 8th – 10th retreat on Sept. 21st. The cost is $ 140.00 and the check should be made out to Mulberry Quilters. Helen will be giving a class on stack ‘n whack. She will put the information in the next newsletter. b) Carolyn said the final payment is due for the October retreat. There is an opening for 1 person. 10) Guild Report: a) There will be a special guild board meeting at 6:30 prior to the regular meeting on Sept. 7th. Each chapter will need to give a name of a volunteer to serve on the nominating committee. The vice president and secretary positions will be filled this year. b) Guild Programs: i) Sept. – Joyce Brace from Laurel Manor ii) Oct. – demo night iii) Nov. – Material Girl iv) Nov. 16th - Special meeting at Hacienda Rec Center at 7pm – Nancy Chung v) Dec. – Christmas party c) Guild Classes: i) Oct. 5th – Jackie Whitehead – Dresdan Fan ii) Nov. 16th – Nancy Chung will give a class on a Celtic table runner. It will be held from 9 to 3 at the church. She is only accepting 20 students. Please sign up with Marge if you are interested – this does not mean that you will be able to attend. A decision will be made later to determine how the 20 people will be selected. d) Please see Marge to sign up for any of the other classes. 11) Old Business: a) Gail is not here so we will discuss the shirts at a later date b) Gail Richards and Madge Scheffler and her husband put together the quilt frame. She has some pictures but still needs to get the measurements. It is made out of hardwood and assembles easily. Joan said that there were no wooden quilt frames on Ebay so we could get an idea of prices. Tonia will take the information to the next board meeting and see if anyone is interested. If anyone has any ideas on how to sell it, please bring them to the next meeting in September. 12) New Business: a) Senior Adventures is sponsoring a bus to the Jacksonville Quilt show on Sept. 24th. The cost is $ 40. and includes the bus and admission to the show. b) Joan Davis donated an iron for our use. 13) The raffle was won by Lois Carder. She wanted everyone to know that this is the first time she has ever won. 14) Show and Tell featured beautiful items made by our members. 15) Meeting was adjourned at 10:25. 16) Gail Rathgeber came later and presented the Sept. blotto – the border squares from the “Stuff Who” wall hanging.
MULBERRY QUILTERS – JULY 27TH MEETING 1) President Lucie Verbois acknowledged all July birthdays and asked everyone to have some refreshments. Lucie then called the meeting to order at 9:20. 2) The secretary’s and treasurer’s reports were read and accepted. 3) Program report: a) The following classes are scheduled: i) August 10th – Star Trivet ii) Sept 14th – Jean Purse iii) Oct. 5th – Stuff Who iv) Nov. 2nd – Trio of Hearts (hand appliqué) v) Dec. 7th – Snippets – Christmas Wreath Please remember that sign up and money collection is only at the business meeting. b) The fat quarter drawing was won by Lois Carder, Pat Trenor and Sue Huber. August’s color is AQUA. 4) Quilt Show report: a) Tonia will put the “time line for the quilt show” and the information on categories on the bulletin board. She has the entry forms and they are due back to her by Sept. 7th. The picture of the quilt is due by Nov. 1st. Two entries per person are allowed plus the challenge quilt. b) Lucie asked that Tonia send this information to Ginger so it can be sent out to our snowbirds. c) All the quilt show information is on the guild website (www.QGOTV.org). d) She will check the requirements for sleeves and report back. e) Tonia and Ginger will work on the business card ad for the Jacksonville Quilt Show program. f) Nella has collected 3 items for the Silent Auction – we are allowed 8. The items are due by the end of Nov. 5) Shop Hop: a) Robyn said that everyone seemed to have a good time on the shop hop. Everyone gave her a round of applause for doing such a GREAT job. 6) Charity Quilts: a) Gae showed a sample of a Fun and Done quilt by Gail Richards made with scraps of fabric and batting. She thought that would be a good pattern for charity quilts since it goes together fast. She has the instructions if anyone is interested. b) We have collected 137 quilts for charity so far. 7) Library report: a) Lois reported that 2 Jennifer Chiaverni books and 1 Bodacious appliqué book have been purchased. 8) Blotto: a) The square in a square blotto was won by Marilyn Horton. 9) Old Business: a) The color for our new shirts is Ultra Marine Blue. b) Gail is away and we will wait till she gets back to place the orders. 10) New Business: a) Gail Richards brought up the quilt frame that is stored in her garage and owned by our chapter. It was offered to the quilt show but they did not want it. It was decided that it should be put together so measurements and a picture can be taken. Joan will check prices on E-bay so we can get an idea of what to charge if we decide to sell it. Once this is done we will continue the discussion. b) Lucie received a flyer about quilting ladders for sale. It will be put on the bulletin board. c) Madaline presented the August Blotto from Jessie Scott – broken dishes. 11) The raffle was won by Gae Nocella. 12) Show and Tell featured beautiful quilts and wall hangings. 13) Meeting was adjourned at 10:00.
MULBERRY QUILTERS – JUNE 22TH MEETING 2) The secretary’s and treasurer’s reports were read and accepted. 3) Program report: a) Carolyn Heald reported that a “tie” purse class will be held on July 13th and on August 10th, a class on a star trivet. Madaline will have the instructions for the tie purse at the July 6th meeting and Madge has the instructions available now for the Star trivet class. In September, they are looking at scheduling a beginner and advanced hand quilting class to be given by A Quilter’s Dream. Please sign up if you are interested. Please remember that sign up and money collection is only at the business meeting. b) The fat quarter drawing was won by Anita Kimsel and Gail Richards. July’s color is PINK and August’s color is AQUA. 4) Guild Program report: a) September’s program will be a trunk show by Joyce Brace from Laurel Manor; October’s program will be a demo night; November’s regular meeting will feature Material Girl and December’s meeting will be a Christmas Party. b) There will be a special evening meeting on Nov. 16th. It will be at Hacienda Recreation Center at 7 PM and will feature Nancy Chung from Pacific Rim. c) Classes are as follows: 7/6 Snippets given by Dale Angione; 10/5 Dresden Fan by Jackie Whitehead. There are no classes in Aug. or Sept. 5) Quilt Show report: a) Sheila reported that the flyers and handouts are here. If you are visiting any shops, ask them if we can send them information. We will probably start sending out the info in October. Items are still needed for the Silent Auction. Dale reported that Staples will produce a 24 page program for approx. $893.00. This information will be taken back to the Quilt Show committee. 6) Shop Hop: a) The shop hop is next week. The bus will leave Mulberry at 8:00 SHARP. We arrive at Boutique for Quilters in Melbourne at approximately 10:15. She will be giving a 10% discount. The bus will leave at 11:30 and arrive at the Quilt Place in Rockledge at approximately noon. Everyone will receive a gift. The bus will leave at 3:15 and it will arrive back here at approximately 5:30. 7) Charity Quilts report: a) Joan read a thank you letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs. 8) Blotto: a) Bobbie Welter eventually won the Dandelion blotto 9) Library report: a) Lois still has quilt patterns available. We have collected $ 35. She asked for suggestions on what to buy for the library. Mary Ann Pankowski said she will check with the used book store for the latest Jennifer Chiaverini book to complete our collection. Dale suggested a Bodacious appliqué book by Margie Engel. 10) Old Business: a) Carolyn Heald reported that she has 18 people signed up for the Oct. retreat and there is room for 30 people. You have until Aug. to sign up if you are interested. It will be held at Lake Yale from Oct. 13th to 15th. 11) New Business: a) Nancy reported on the membership advantages in the National Quilt Association. i) Individual: Cost is $25 a yr or $ 45. for 2 yrs, quarterly newsletter, scholarships, a quilt teacher certification program, a quilt judge program, a master quilter program and reduced entry fee for the NQA quilt show. ii) Chapter: Cost is $45. for 2 yrs., 5 individual members are needed in the chapter, access to insurance coverage for a quilt show, specially printed ribbons for a show, networking with other chapters. A coordinator would need to be appointed whose duties would be to keep the chapter informed of activities and submit information to the Quilting Quarterly magazine. iii) A motion was made to table this till fall when the snowbirds are back. b) Madaline presented the July Blotto – Square in a Square 12) The raffle was won by Carol Knoll. 13) Show and Tell featured beautiful quilts and wall hangings. 14) Meeting was adjourned at 10:15.
MULBERRY QUILTERS – MAY 25TH MEETING 1) President Lucie Verbois acknowledged all May birthdays and asked everyone to have some refreshments. After refreshments, we distributed the wheelchair quilts for the veterans in the Tampa hospital to USA We Care and quilts to the Shepherd’s Lighthouse in Belleview. They each gave a short presentation about their organization. Lucie then called the meeting to order at 9:45. 2) The secretary’s and treasurer’s reports were read and accepted. 3) Program report: a) Carol LaFleur reported that the quilt as you go is on June 8th, a “tie” purse class on July 13h and on August 10th, a class on a star trivet. Please remember that sign up and money collection is only at the business meeting. b) The fat quarter drawing was won by Marilyn Horton and Eleanor Grieve. June’s color is GREEN, July’s color is PINK and August’s color is AQUA. c) Block of the Month will be on June 15th and there is no class in July. 4) Membership report: a) Ginger requested that you notify her of any changes and she will email the information to all members. 5) Executive Board report: a) We now have 610 paid members. b) It was decided to leave it up to the teacher if the class will be cancelled if less than 10 mbrs. signed up. c) The minutes are on the guild website and bulletin board so please read them for further information. 6) Guild Program report: a) Beth Bender’s class on basic quilting in June is full. Dale will have a class on snippets on July 6th, spaces are available. See Marge for information on the class. b) The October program will be a demo night. Volunteers are needed. c) There will no guild meetings in June, July or August. 7) Quilt Show report: a) Dale and Monica are getting prices from different printing businesses for programs. The prices so far are between $2200. & $2500. for 5000 copies. We will need enough advertising income to cover the cost. Dale is getting the prices that the Lake County quilt show charged for ads. Monica has commitments from 5 businesses. 8) Shop Hop: a) The shop hop will be June 29th. The cost is $30. which includes a box lunch from Panera’s. The bus will leave Mulberry at 8:00 SHARP. We arrive at Boutique for Quilters in Melbourne at approximately 10:15. The bus will leave at 11:30 and arrive at the Quilt Place in Rockledge at approximately noon. We will have our lunch in the classroom and she will give a demo while we eat. Each shop is planning on giving out door prizes and they will have new items from market. The bus will leave at 3:15 and it will arrive back here at approximately 5:30. Friends are welcome. 9) Charity Quilts report: a) Gae and Joan are very proud and happy to report that we have given out 130 quilts so far. If you have not brought in a quilt, you have about 6 months left. They are still accepting small wheelchair quilts for the vets. b) Gae will have information on the shirts from USA cares at the next meeting. c) Dale questioned whether it is in the bylaws about being a charitable organization. Carol Knoll said that when the guild applied for the 501(c) 4 non profit status from the IRS a few years ago, they reported that we are an organization that provides education for members and does charitable works for various charities. 10) Blotto: a) Louise Mediate eventually won the stained glass stitch and flip blocks 11) Library report: a) Lois said that there were duplicate pages in the notebooks and they will be for sale on the next library date which is the second Tuesday of the month. The pages will be $1. per page, if you buy 3, then each page after that will be 50 cents. 12) Old Business: a) Gail Rathgeber will report on the shirts at a later time. b) Carolyn Heald needs to collect the deposits for the fall retreat which is Oct 13th to the 15th. You can either pay a deposit of $40. or $100. or the full amount of $140. 13) New Business: a) A motion was made and carried to only collect the food for the food pantry at the business meeting. b) Lucie asked for a volunteer to check whether it would be advantageous for our chapter to join the National Quilting Association. Nancy Atkinson volunteered. c) Lois presented the May Blotto – Dandelions – a 30’s pattern. 14) The raffle was won by Jessie Scott. 15) Show and Tell featured beautiful quilts and wall hangings. Meeting was adjourned at 10:25.
MULBERRY QUILTERS – APRIL 27TH MEETING 1) President Lucie Verbois acknowledged all April birthdays and asked everyone to have some refreshments. She called the meeting to order at 9:10. 2) The secretary’s report was read and accepted with one correction. Treasurer’s report was read and accepted. 3) Program report: a) Carol LaFleur reported that there will be a Quilt as you go class by Rose Luehrsen in June. There will be a “tie” purse class on July 8th by Madaline Montgomery and in August Madge Scheffler will give a class on a star trivet. The fat quarter drawing was won by Sylvia Millard, Karen Meetz and Lucie Verbois. Next month’s color for the fat quarter drawing will be ORANGE. 4) Membership report: a) Ginger noted that there is a correction in our directory. Inez’s last name is incorrect. It should be Caswell, not Carder. b) We have 79 members. c) She has a list of 6 quilters that do machine quilting. She will put this list on the bulletin board. 5) Executive Board report: a) We now have 583 paid members. b) Carolyn Heald has accepted the position of Vice President of the guild. c) The upcoming guild meeting activities are May 4th – Linda Cantrell – lecture; June – pot luck. There will not be any meetings in July and August. Nancy Chong from Pacific Rim will be here for a class and evening lecture on Nov. 22nd. The lecture will be held at Hacienda Rec Center at 7 PM. They are working on signing David Taylor, a fabric artist, for April 2011. d) Tonia reported that ten people must be signed up for the guild classes or else the class will be cancelled. e) The Christmas party is still being discussed but it will not be a catered luncheon. f) There was a reminder to all the chapters that all members need to participate in charity projects. g) The minutes are on the bulletin board for further review and also on the guild website. 6) Guild Program report: a) Marge reported that the May class will be given by Mary Shara on machine appliqué. Beth Bender will be giving a 4 week class on basic quilting in June. Dale will have a class on snippets on July 6th. Lorene Gruber will be giving a class on hand piecing in the fall. Details to follow. See Marge for information on the classes. b) Marge needs 7 volunteers to staff the various tables at the June guild meeting. See her to sign up. 7) Quilt Show report: a) Doreen Hunter reported that the last day to sign up for the challenge quilt will be May 4th. Please see Joy or Bev if you are interested. b) Each chapter may bring in 1 item per 10 members for the Silent Auction. Nella will be collecting the items. They are due by Jan 4th. c) Antique quilts will be given to Kris Loffler. d) There will not be an entry fee for quilts. e) The raffle quilt will be coming here for more quilting. f) It was suggested that members wear their name tags or shirts at the show. g) Ribbons have already been purchased. h) We will be collecting Crystal Light containers for the show. i) There was another discussion on programs. The Villages will provide a program but it will only be 12 small pages. Dale and Monica have received permission to go forward to see about getting advertising so that a more presentable program can be printed. They have until Oct 15th to gather information. Dale asked for your help on contacting advertisers. 8) Shop Hop: a) Robyn has a sign up sheet on the front table. The shop hop will be June 29th. We may be hiring a bus if enough people sign up. She needs 47 people. We will be going to Rockledge in the Melbourne area. There are also a couple of other quilt shops close by. 9) Charity Quilts report: a) Gae reported that we gave 40 quilts to Angel Flight. We have collected over 100 quilts so far. About 20 ladies have not turned a quilt in. The next group of quilts will go to Haven House and Shepherd’s Lighthouse in Belleview. b) We have received more information on the lap quilts for the Veterans Hospital in Tampa. They should be approximately 31 X 41 or 31 X 46. 10) Blotto: a) Marge had 21 blocks for the blotto. Jessie Scott won but asked that we draw again since she had just won a blotto and Lucie won the blocks. 11) Library report: a) Lois said that we will now be able to sign out pages from the big notebooks that are in the library. 12) Old Business: a) Ginger will keep the raffle tickets until Sept. Each chapter will eventually have two containers with pictures of the raffle quilts so we can drop in our tickets. b) The scrapbook is now here in the cabinet in back. It is available for anyone to look at. See Lucie or Joan for the key. c) Verna Cheney is recovering at home and we received a thank you note from her. 13) New Business: a) Carolyn Heald announced a fall retreat at Lake Yale. If anyone is interested, she will be available after the meeting. b) There was a question about new shirts. Gail Rathgeber will get information on different options and report back to us. c) Barbara Fish presented the May Blotto – a stained glass stitch and flip. 14) The raffle was won by Barbara Fish. 15) Show and Tell featured beautiful quilts and wall hangings. Meeting was adjourned at 10:15.
MULBERRY QUILTERS –MARCH 25TH MEETING 1) President Lucie Verbois acknowledged all March birthdays and asked everyone to have some refreshments. She called the meeting to order at 9:20. 2) The secretary’s and treasurer’s reports were read and accepted. 3) Program report: a) Carol LaFleur reported that there is one opening for Joan Shea (April 6th). Quilter’s Dream is having a class on April 10th, the cost is $10.00. The Evergreen Wall Hanging class is on May 4th. Sally Harrison will have a class on hand sewing on June 1st. There will be a “tie” purse class on July 13th and on August 3rd, Ginger will give a class on Christmas folded cards. The fat quarter drawing was won by Madge Scheffler, Carol LeFleur, Lois Carder and Mary Ann Pankowski. Next month’s color for the fat quarter drawing will be PURPLE. 4) Membership report: a) Ginger thanked everyone for all the compliments on the directory. Please see her if you have not received your directory. b) Ginger has all the raffle tickets for the quilt show quilts and a decision will be made on whether to distribute them now or later when we find out if and when the quilts and raffle boxes will be available. 5) Executive Board report: a) Tonia reported that there was a special meeting on Feb 23rd in conjunction with the program committee. The Oxford United Methodist Church at CR 301 and CR 466 has a room we could use for classes. It is available on Tuesdays, seats 30 people and costs $50.00 per six-hour day. b) We now have 579 paid members c) Packets containing ticket/receipts, description of the class and supply lists were given to all chapter presidents. The first class is April 6th given by Doreen Hunter. The second class is May 4th given by Mary Shara on machine appliqué. d) The upcoming speakers at guild meetings are April 6th – Diane McClure – trunk show and lecture and May 4th – Linda Cantrell – lecture. The program committee is working on getting Nancy Chong for the November 2nd meeting. e) We have a new chapter starting at the Sea Breeze Rec Center. f) Each chapter was asked to discuss what type of Christmas party they would like and bring it back to the board. After a short discussion a motion was made and carried to suggest a catered luncheon. g) The minutes are on the bulletin board for further review and also on the guild website. 6) Guild Program report: a) Marge reported that the April 6th class will be at the Oxford United Methodist Church. Diane McClure will give a class on a 3D 9 patch table runner. 7) Refreshment report: a) Mary Ann thanked everyone for bringing in their refreshments. She suggested that a note be put by any refreshments that could have dietary issues (i.e. peanut butter or dairy). 8) Charity Quilts report: a) Joan Henry reminded everyone that this is an ongoing project. We will be donating to more than 1 charity. We have 40 quilts so far and thanked everyone for their efforts. There will be labels available next week. Several letters have gone out to different charities and we have received a response from Angel Flight. Our first batch of quilts will be donated to them the second week of April and the newspaper will be here. b) The Veterans Hospital in Tampa has requested quilts for their wheelchair patients. It was suggested that we get more information from them. c) Joan said that Downey is sponsoring quilts for kids. They will give you precut material and backing. You only need to provide batting. More info is available at www.downy.com. 9) Blotto report: a) Kathy Lazenby said that there was a misunderstanding over when the blotto was due so the drawing will be held next week. The blotto is always due during the business meeting which is the 4th week of the month. 10) Library report: a) Lois thanked everyone for returning the books in a timely manner. The library will be open on the second week of each month. 11) Nella brought in the scrapbook. It was decided that it should be kept here for everyone to look at. Ginger thinks that she has a locking file cabinet that she can donate. Lucie thanked Nella for all her work. 12) Old Business: a) Patty Rizzo said the audit was completed. It was discovered that there was an overage from the 2009 and 2010 retreat. A motion was made and carried that the money should be returned to the people that overpaid. Another motion was made and carried that the retreat money should be reconciled within a month after the retreat so, if there is an overage, it can be refunded right away. 13) New Business: a) Marge presented the April Blotto – a random scrap log cabin block. 14) The raffle was won by Robyn Patterson. 15) Show and Tell featured beautiful quilts and wall hangings. 16) Meeting was adjourned at 10:25.
MULBERRY QUILTERS – FEBRUARY 23RD MEETING 1) President Lucie Verbois called the meeting to order at 9:05AM. 2) Lucie welcomed all newcomers. All the February birthdays were recognized. Lucie changed the format by asking everyone to get their refreshments and the meeting would continue while everyone is eating. 3) The secretary’s and treasurer’s reports were read and accepted. 4) Program report: a) Carol LaFleur reported that there are two opening for Joan Shea (April 6th). Anyone who has already signed up needs to pay. b) There are also 2 opening for the Evergreen Wall Hanging class (May 13). c) Three rulers were left after the block of the month class. Please claim them. d) Next month’s color for the fat quarter drawing will be YELLOW. 5) Membership report: a) Ginger asked that new members see her instead of Addie (treasurer). She needs to get your information and take your photo. b) She is working on the booklet and hopes to be done in about 2 weeks. c) We have 77 members. 6) Executive Board report: a) Gae reported that the guild has 552 members. b) Pam Henry from the Recreation Department explained the new rules for paying for speakers. (Lucie will form a committee to make sure we are in compliance with the guidelines.) c) The guild is looking to start a new evening chapter at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center. d) The board voted to pay for the hostess’ class fee. e) Someone has contacted the guild about coming in and giving a trunk show and offering appraisals. They would only be available in July or August and the board was not interested but asked if any chapters would be interested in hosting this. After a short discussion, Dale Angione agreed to contact the person and see if it would be something our chapter would be interested in. f) The board has asked that each chapter pick a charity for the quilt show in 2011. After a discussion four charities were named and voted upon: Juvenile Diabetes – 19; All One Family – 9; Make a Wish Foundation – 7; Angel Flight – 6. The general membership will vote and the top three will be selected. The proceeds for the charities are from the two charity quilts and the silent auction. g) The board voted that you can only be a member of one chapter. h) A vote on whether to have refreshments again will be taken at the 3/2 guild meeting. i) The minutes are on the bulletin board for further review. 7) Guild Program report: a) Marge had no new information – their meeting is this afternoon. The information on the upcoming programs are on our bulletin board and the guild website. Please check it out. 8) Refreshment report: a) Mary Ann thanked everyone for bringing in their refreshments. The sign up sheet is on the front table. 9) Retreat report: a) Carolyn Heald said that everyone had a wonderful time. She thanked Mary Ann Pankowski and Rose Luehrsen for a great job. Mary Ann Pankowski will take over as the retreat chairperson. b) Next year’s retreat is tentatively scheduled for Feb. 8th, 9th and 10th, 2011. A stack n whack class may be given. Sign ups will begin shortly. 10) Charity Quilts report: a) Lucie read a letter written by Gae requesting free batting from Fairfield Marketing and their reply. They have sent us 2 cartons of queen size batting. b) She asked that each member make a charity quilt which would give us at least 77 quilts. c) We have received several requests for quilts from various organizations. d) There are 10 ladies on the committee and Joan Henry is co-chairperson with Gae. e) When you are done with your quilt, you may turn it in to Joan. f) We are cutting up material into 5” squares. The quilts should be lap size (42 X 60) which measures approximately 10 X 12 5” squares. They may be tied or machine quilted. There will be packets available by next week. You can also make a quilt out of any pattern you wish. As soon as we have enough, we will schedule a donation time. 11) Blotto report: a) Kathy Lazenby has volunteers for every month. Marion Burke is responsible for the March blotto and she will be at the meeting next week. 12) Library report: a) Lois asked that books be brought back to the library as soon as possible. 13) Quilt Show report: a) Pat Wallace reported that all the information regarding the show will be on the guild website by next month. b) Angels – if you want to volunteer, please remember that you should be able to stand for 2 hours. c) They are requesting that all volunteers be dropped off to save parking for visitors. d) You must be a paid member of the guild in order to put items in the boutique e) Silent Auction items should be submitted by November 1st. f) Chinese Auction items will be donations from the vendors. g) Each member can enter 2 quilts into the show. The Challenge quilt will not be counted as an item. h) Vendors will give demos away from their products. 14) Old Business: a) The fabric sale is next week. Tables will be set up in the front. Volunteers are needed to help set up at 8:00. Please remember to bring small bills and change or checks. b) The audit is being finalized and Pat Rizzo will give her report at the next meeting. c) Patty Wallace asked that you let her know if you are not getting the emails. Some people reported having problems receiving the attachments. 15) February Blotto was won by Jessie Scott. 16) The raffle was won by Lynn Heipershausen (a pair of Gingher scissors). 17) Show and Tell featured beautiful quilts and wall hangings. Meeting was adjourned at 10:30.
MULBERRY QUILTERS – JANUARY 26TH MEETING
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