SeaBreeze Chapter

SEA BREEZE QUILTERS

December 2010 Minutes

December 7              The Guild Christmas Party is tonight. Our chapter is in charge of cleanup.

                        December 14^th is our Sea Breeze Christmas Party.  There is a sign up sheet that lists what people have said they will bring. Also, remember your fat quarters.

SEA BREEZE QUILTERS

MINUTES – November 2010

November 2        Introduction of returning members and visitors. There is a Guild meeting tonight. Raffle tickets go in the boxes, be sure to put names and phone numbers on each.

                           Barbara O’Brien (Quilt Show) Update

                                    Boutique disclaimers

                                    Old quilt books can be sold, tied with cloth strips

                           Ellen Koenig (Sunshine)

                                    Sea Breeze Christmas party, December 14^th.  There is a sign up sheet for the party.

                           Mary Ann Sasenick (Program)

                                    Ocala Quilt Show Nov 5 & 6

                                    Tampa Applique Show – Nov 12 and 13

                                    Guild meeting tonight – Material Girl shop (Apopka)

                           See Brenda to order Sea Breeze shirts and name tags

                           Brenda – info for the SB retreat next spring.

                                    Life Enrichment Center. Vote decided on Feb 28, Mar 1, 2

November 9        Carolyn Heald – collecting deposit for next year’s Guild retreat.

                           Alice Nicholas

                                    Silent Auction – we have met the quota of 5. Boutique items still can be made.

                                    Sign up for the quilt show.

                                    Quilt guild party, Dec 7. Bring finger food – enough for 8.

                                    December 14 – SB party                    

                                    There is a shop hop Nov 10 – 13

                                    Spring Chapter retreat, approximately $146 per person.

                           Carol Windle

                                    Carol is collecting dues for 2011.

                                    Treasury update - $940 collected. We can get a grant from the guild. Income so far $1207. Expenses $585.

                           Open for discussion – ideas for programs for next year. Possibilities – bus trip to Suwanee Valley quilt shop in Trenton. Barbara O’Brien – beginner’s quilt corner (Mary Elizabeth is willing to teach this). Sheddy – Block of the Month

                           Mary Ann – officers should meet to formulate budget and program ideas.

                           Alice & Mary Elizabeth – the closet needs to be organized. Charity quilts need to be finished. Fabric in closet needs to be cut.

                           Question – where do charity quilts go?

                           Mary Ann – Nancy Chong – Nov 16, La Hacienda, 7 PM.

                                    Beth Binder – Beginning workshop – March 2011

November 16      Charity quilts – cutting fabric into strips (1.5, 2, 2.5, 3.5 inches) X 12”

                           SB Retreat – need deposits by Nov 29

                           Better Nelson attended the Houston Quilt show and has pictures on her computer.

November 23      Alice – we have 17 people signed up for the retreat and need 25.

                           Mary Ann – there is a problem filling classes (Guild) for national teachers. Do we want to continue with them. If so, any suggestions?

                           Alice – each chapter is to host a Guild meeting.

                           Mary Ann – Tuesday Guild classes.

                                    Jan 4    Leigh McDonald – Circle Four Patch

                                    Feb 8, 15, 22 Doreen Hunter – 50” Mystery Quilt

                                    Mar 1   Jackie Whitehead – Needleturn Applique

                                    Mar 8, 14  Molly Waddell Clown Applique on Pieced Background

                                    Mar 15, 22, 29, Apr 1  Beth Binder  Quilting Basics

                                    Apr 5  David Taylor  Pictoral Applique

                                    Jan 21 Quilt Show – Orlando – Florida Cabin Fever Quilters

                                                Senior Advantage price $47 includes visit to Quilt shop

November 30      Alice – out to lunch (Lopez)

                                    Social coordinator for 2011 – Bette Nelson

                                    Christmas Parade  - do we want to be in it?

                                    Chatham quilters wants to get together with our chapter on the fifth Tuesday of (?) month.

                                    SB Retreat – we have 20 people signed up. The second deposit or remainder is due by Dec 21.

                           Carol – next year’s membership – 6 definite No’s (open to wait list)

                           Officer’s for 2011 – group voted to retain present officers.

                           Mary Ann – a copy of the list of Guild classes for part of 2011 is posted on the bulletin board.

SEA BREEZE MINUTES – OCTOBER 2010

October 5^th      Trip to Quilter’s Dream for a tool demonstration.

October 12^th     Brenda has copies of the directions for the three projects demonstrated at the October 5^th Guild meeting: circles, paint sticks and bias binding/potato bags.

                        Mary Ann Sasenick (program)

                             The Nancy Chong class is November 16^th at the Oxford Methodist

                             Church. The cost is $25. Two members from each chapter will be

                             chosen by lottery. Those interested wtill email Judy.

                             The night of November 16^th Nancy Chong will do a presentation at

                             La Hacienda Recreation Center.

                        Ellen Koenig (Sunshine)  Ellen sent a card to Jeannette Flint, who is ill.

                        Dues for 2011 are due by December 7^th.

October 19^th     We had an introduction of new or returning members.

                        Alice Nicholas (President)

                             Talked about the retreat at Lake Yale. The 2011 retreat will be Oct

                             12-14, fee is $140 which includes the room and 6 meals. Deposits

                             Should be given to Carolyn Heald, who will visit our chapter on

                             November 9^th to take deposits.

                        Quilt Show update

                             Each chapter needs to donate 1 item for every 10 members for the

                             silent auction. There will be sign up sheets for members to man the

                              front and side doors durning the show.

                        Program – Barbara Holtermann and Kathy Pugh were selected to take the N

                             Nancy Chong class on November 16^th. Ellen Koenig is the alternate.

October 26^th      Out to lunch today is at Cane Garden.

                        Dues (2011):     

                             After a discussion by the officers, the membership voted to

                                  retain $14 for the chapter, with $6 going to the Guild.

                        November 9^th Carolyn Heald will be here.

                        Quilt Show (Barbara O’Brien)

                             Sign up sheets for the Quilt Show.

                             Chapters need volunteers for judging, set up and breakdown for the

                             show.

                             Boutique – revenue for items goes back to the chapter, with 7%

                             sales tax, 10% going to the guild. Individual items can also be sold.

                             Only quilted items are allowed. Larger items will have photos

                             displayed on a bulletin board.

                        Program (Mary Ann Sasenick)

                             Guild programs are listed on our board.

                             Guild Christmas Party is December 7^th, 7PM Laurel Manor. Each

                             person to bring an appetizer - enough for 8 people.

                        Ellen Koenig

                             Chapter Christmas Party is December 14^th during our meeting. So

                             far a fat quarter exchange (put in brown paper bag) is planned. Ellen

                             and Brenda Hendricks are planning the party.

                             Joann’s will allow guild members to sign up to get 10% off all

                             orders. Online at Joann/vip.

                        Alice Nicholas – does our chapter want to have our own retreat spring of

                             2011.

Sea Breeze Quilters – September 2010 Minutes

September 7^th

There is a guild meeting tonight at Laurel Manor. There will be a trunk show.

Everyone introduced themselves again (for benefit of new members).

Mary Ann Sasenick is our new Program Committee representative. She will attend meetings on the 4^th Tuesday of the month at 1 PM.

We worked on the Trust Me quilt project (taught by Alice Nicholas).

Brenda will bring shirt samples to our Sept 21^st meeting.

Photos for quilt show entries must be in by November 1^st.

Barbara O’Brien gave us a quilt show update.

September 14^th

On Sept 21^st we will have a minister from The Babies and Toddler’s Pantry to speak about his charity. Mary Ann gave us an update on Guild programs. On November 16^th Nancy Chung of the Pacific Rim Quilt Co. will give a class at La Hacienda. Two names from each chapter will be drawn for this class. Each person will pay $25.  There is a fan class on October 5^th at the Oxford United Methodist Church.

Mary Ann demonstrated how she made her design wall.

September 21^st

Alice asked for a volunteer to be our member-at-large to the Guild. This person would attend meetings at Saddlebrook the 3^rd Tuesday of the month at 3 PM.

James Keough of the Lady Lake Congregational Church Spoke to us about his Infant & Toddler Pantry. It is for children up to age 2.  They distribute food, clothing, diapers, quilts, etc to needy families for their children. His group also refers people to Love, Inc for training and other help.

Brenda took orders for shirts for our chapter after the style and color was decided. Orders will be repeated again in October for people who did not attend the meeting.

A vote was taken on the type of name tags to be ordered (plastic won).

It was brought up that Joann’s offers a 10% discount to guild members (in addition to sale prices).

Carol Windle has asked for the address of all chapter members and the year they joined (required by the guild).

On October 5^th Alice will participate in a demo of chapter projects. She asked that we bring our circle projects to the guild meeting that night.

It was decided that open slots in our chapter will be filled from our waiting list (in the order that names are on the list).

September 28^th

Brenda ran the meeting today. Sheddy bought a DVD that has pictures of the quilts entered in the Jacksonville QuiltFest. 13 of our members attended the show Friday September 24^th.

Today is out to lunch day at Toojays.

We have two new members, one from the waiting list and one who was promised a spot previously.

Below is a schedule of previous and upcoming projects for our chapter.

Minutes – July 20 – August 31, 2010

July 20

Carolyn Heald stopped by early and gave receipts for those who signed up for the Quilt Retreat in Oct. 

Brenda gave us receipts for the bus trip to the Quilt Show in Jacksonville in Sep. 

Gay was back from MI and went over the instructions for the Trust Me Quilt she is giving a class on in Sep. Maryann had purchased a quilt book on-line  at Half.com by Martha Thompson "SquareDance" that had the template needed for the Trust Me/Square Dance quilt pattern.  Carol & Brenda will get the plastic template sheets and make 10-15 templates for all of us for the class. Some of us will first try a placemat using the design then attempt the quilt, if we wanted. 

Thelma suggested that we go to lunch after quilting. Cane Gardens was suggested.  Sounded like a great idea to all. 

 Sheddy suggested some web sites for machine quilting patterns...try 365 days of free motion quilting.

July 27

Mary-Elizabeth told us that we need to sign up as greeters for the Jan 2011 Quilt Show.

A group was going out to lunch at Cane Garden after the meeting.

Ginny Cope suggested two ideas for quilting projects – The La Borsa purse and the Okra Coke Quilt.

Brenda told us that Connie from Quilter’s Dream (Leesburg) would do a tool demonstration for us either at her shop or at our meeting (possibly in October). We need to come up with a list of tools for her to demonstrate.

Mary-Elizabeth had kits for the Yellow Brick Road pattern we are making next meeting.

We need to bring a fine sharpie pent to make templates for the Trust Me quilt.

August 3

We decided that we need a sign in sheet at every meeting.

Lunch last week was good and our chapter talked about doing it once a month after the last meeting of the month.

To date we have 45 members. Starting in the fall any new member will pay $10 membership dues till the end of the year. Annual dues follow the calendar year. Members who have not paid their dues need to do so as only those paid up will be considered members of the chapter.

We had a discussion as to whether we will share our membership list, phone numbers and email addresses with the whole group. We will find out from the membership who wishes to opt out of this published list (by Sept 1).

Mary-Elizabeth taught a class on the Yellow Brick Road quilt.

August 10

We now have 46 members. The treasury has $560. Alice Nicholas has made up a calendar and will try to email it to everyone. It was decided that the last Tuesday of the month will be our lunch out day. Sept 7^th is the Villages Quilt Guild meeting at 7 PM. Our trip to QuiltFest is Friday September 24^th.  On October 5^th we will be going to Quilter’s Dream in Leesburg for a tool demo. October 13-15 is the Quilt Retreat. In October Alice will be showing Circle Quilts at the Guild meeting. Judy requested anyone not wanting their phone number and email address in a roster to be sent to our members to please let her know by Sept 1.

August 17

We worked on charity quilts today. It was reminded that people can still sign up to go to QuiltFest. Anyone interested in going on the quilt retreat in October can call Carol Heald at 751-0840. October 1^st is the deadline to sign up to have your quilt judged in the January 2011 Quilt Show. We will be working on the Trust Me quilt on September 7^th.

August 24

We now have 50 members. Correction to date: Oct 5^th is the deadline to submit quilts for judging in the January 2011 Quilt Show. Lunch out after our August 31^st meeting will be at Bob Evans. 15% of sales will go to Operation Shoebox. Candidates are needed for officers for both our chapter and the Guild for 2011. One of the places that will be visited as part of the Oct 6-9 shop hop is Sew Many Things in Mount Dora.

August 31

Alice Nicholas is our new president.

Mary-Elizabeth told us that we need two people from our chapter who will be on the nominating committee for Guild candidates for office (by the meeting on Sept 7^th). The Guild is holding a class on Dresden Fans on October 5^th.

Upcoming events:

Sept 7^th Trust Me quilt in Sea Breeze, Trunk Show at Guild meeting; Sept 14^th Jennie Haskins Machine Embroidery Demo 9 AM – 12 PM; Sept 24^th Senior Adventures trip to QuiltFest; Oct 5^th Trip to Quilter’s Dream and Guild meeting Demo night (Alice is doing Circles); Oct 6-8 Shop Hop; Oct 13-15 Quilter’s Retreat. 

Minutes of Meetings: We will attend Quiltfest in Jacksonville on Friday, September 24^th. 7 members have signed up with the bus company. Anyone else wanting to attend will need to sign up individually with Senior Adventures.