August 11, 2009
7:00 P.M.
Visitors Welcome
Speaker Fee: $5.00
Pictorial Quilts Enhanced with
Fabric Paint
Great August to you fellow quilters! We are hosting Annette Kennedy this month and she
will be sharing with us some “Possibilities with Paint”.
Topics will include how Annette
came to make quilts from photos and started painting on them, samples of
prepared for dying fabric vs. commercial fabric and a Q & A time. She may
have some items for sale during the break period.
There will be a $5.00 guest fee.
Two spots remain in each of the two
classes Annette will be teaching class…don’t wait
until the last minute if you want to get in. The cost is $65 per class or $117
for both (includes kit fee). Supply lists and samples are on her website: www.annettekennedy.com.
Classes will be Wednesday and
Thursday, August 12 and 13, at the Appalachian Quilt Shop. For full details, see the guild website.
Our July
fund-raiser was a big success! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE! We received so many
donations from such a charitable group of people. If I thanked you all
individually I would forget someone.
This was a big new thing for me and the ladies who helped out. I realize
there were some things that we did right and some things that can be done
better next time. (If the next vp wants to do this again...hint
, hint, are you out there?)
I am so thankful
for the outcome of $581.00 that
we raised! This is really going to help with programs! Once again, thank you.
Vice President
sharing.stitches@yahoo.com
A
Note from the President
Well, wasn’t that a fun meeting? Lots
to do, lots to learn and room to chat. I loved it. Thanks to Shari Brindley and her working
group. They did a great job.
I hope everyone
is as excited as I am about the possibility of making some quilts for Extreme Makeover. By the time
you read this we will have finished them and the house will have been revealed.
We will try to have pictures and will definitely let everyone know about this
giving project.
(NOTE: The
Extreme Makeover people were not in as big a hurry as
they first indicated. Kim has not heard
their final decisions, so keep the sewing machines oiled for if or when they decide
on quilts for the makeover.)
I have finally finished doing my UFO
sheet and have sent it to Ed.
Chairman for
Hospitality…boy this was a hard position to fill; however, Joyce Marrs has been kind enough to
accept the position. Thanks Joyce.
The next Executive
Board meeting will be August 5
at the Beavercreek Library at 6 p.m. It’s a Budget Meeting.
See everyone soon.
Susan Hill
President,
426-4740
3rd Monday Evening Stitch-In
(NOTE: This month will be a pot luck cookout, and remember the different
time.)
The 3rd Monday evening
stitch-in will be held August 17th at 6:30 p.m. at Debbie
Ginsburg’s home. The address is
This
get together will be a Pot Luck Cookout!
Meat, drinks and tableware will be provided. Please
bring a side dish or dessert and your stitching!
Community Quilt Project Day
Do you have unfinished community quilts? Would you like
to help make community quilt kits? Would you like to start a community quilt?
The
goal of this Project Day is to work on community quilts, have fun and to eat, drink and be merry. So
bring your favorite covered dish and beverage of choice to:
Southern
The
event will be on Saturday, August 22,
from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. If you plan to attend or need more details/directions,
please contact Becky Siva at
937-681-3569.
The
Southern Hills Methodist Church has graciously allowed us to use their facility
free of charge. As a Thank You, please bring nonperishable food items for their
food bank pantry.
Looking Ahead:
October Meeting: Challenge
Winter Retreat: February 10–21, 2010
MVQG Quilt Show: May 7 and 8, 2010
Calling
All Secret Stitchers
Sign-ups
for a new season of Secret Stitchers will begin in August and go through
October with the first gift exchange in November. This is a fun way to get to
know another guild member.
Each month you
will bring a small gift such as a fat-quarter, sewing notion, a treat, or other
inexpensive item for your assigned Stitcher, and you will receive a gift from
your Secret Stitcher. In May the identities of the Stitchers are revealed.
Participants
from last year seemed to enjoy the experience. New secret stitchers
are most welcome.
Look
for the Secret Stitcher basket with the sign-up cards on the shelf by the
kitchen.
If
you have any questions, please contact Barbara Carruth
at jccbsc@gmail.com or at 254-8136.
Sunshine News
If you hear of a member
who could use our support, please call Diane McLane at 964-4142 or e-mail dmclane@woh.rr.com.
Our deepest
condolences to Janet Stohr whose
son passed away in June. If you would like to send her a sympathy card, her
address is:
Janet Stohr
Our
thoughts and prayers are with Connie
Howard who recently lost her mother. If you would like to send her a
sympathy card, her address is:
Connie Howard
Beavercreek OH 45432
MVQG’s Quilt Show
May 7 and 8, 2010, Greene Co. Fairgrounds,
We are in need of a FACEBOOK person for the Guild/Quilt
Show. This is a new position that we want to try. Facebook is so new and
utilized by so many people.
We
can make FACEBOOK as big or small a job as you like. As an example, if four
people volunteered for the position, each person could take a week out of the
month. I’m open to any and all suggestions. It’s just something we could use
for a lot of publicity. It’s also a way to reach to so many more people.
Please
think about it and let me know. Thanks.
Susan Hill
President,
426-4740
rk_hill@ameritech.net
Quilt Show Reminders
Yes, May 2010 is not far away and there is lots to do.
First comes getting all of those
quilting projects finished to display. Then starting a list of all the people
and places you can sell raffle tickets. Our raffle quilt, “Shadow of the Bear”,
is queen size. It is a combination of a bear paw block
and log cabin and is done in fall colors.
Next
comes boutique items. We know all of you make great gifts, why not make extra
to sell in the boutique. The other option is to donate items for sale. One way
you get to make a little extra cash and the other adds
to the guild funds. These are a few things to get started. Each month we will
remind and encourage all of you to be ready for the Big Show in May 2010.
Linda Adams
Quilt Show Committee
Membership
There were 58 members and 3 guests who attended
the June meeting. The July meeting had an attendance of 65 members and 9
guests.
New Member
Patty Tuell
105 Settlers
Trail
(937) 836-2121
pattysjeeep@aol.com
(yes 3 e’s)
Fons & Porter Renewal
Help your guild by renewing your Fons & Porter “Love
of Quilting” subscription through the guild.
Cut
your address label off your magazine and give it and $20 to Karen Engel. The guild gets $5 for
every subscription, so this gets your subscription while assisting the guild,
too.
Deposit
magazine labels and checks made out to MVQG in a plastic shoebox on the sign-in
table labeled “Love of Quilting” subscriptions. There will also be forms
available to get the magazine for the first time in the plastic shoebox.
This
will be an ongoing renewal, so any time the magazine informs you that your
subscription is about to expire, just remember to renew through the guild…it is
a way for you to help keep the guild solvent.
Karen Engel
409-7002
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Quilt Shows
Check the website as
shows are added throughout the month.
July 30th – August 2nd
10th Anniversary Quilt
Odyssey
Show held at the
Hershey Lodge and Convention Center,
August
27th –
29th
Quilting, Stitches & Craft Expo
Creative
Girlfriends Productions is sponsoring the expo and it will be held at the
September
3rd – 5th
The Goodtime Quilters’ 2009 Show
Show held at The
Trinity Lutheran Church,
September
12th and
13th
A Quilter’s Harvest 2009
The Cal-Co
Quilter’s Guild show is held at the Marshall Activities Center, 15325 W.
Michigan Ave., Marshall, Mich. Hours are Saturday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sunday,
10 a.m. –
4 p.m. Admission is $6. Over 200 quilts will be on exhibit, 15 vendors and
demonstrations, quilt raffle, member challenge and food court. For more
information, contact Terry Doty at 269-274-3674 or handquilter53@yahoo.com.
October
3rd and
4th
Farmersville Quilt Show
Show held at
Farmersville Elementary School Gymnasium,
Treasurer’s Report
Submitted by Mary C. Miller, Treasurer
For period ending June 30, 2009
BEGINNING BALANCE $13,568.28
INCOME
Challenge 140.00
Workshop 686.00
Advertising 100.00
Fons
& Porter 20.00
Door
Prize 25.92
TOTAL INCOME $971.92
expense
Newsletter—Printing 70.40
Fons
& Porter 15.00
Program
Expenses 50.17
Workshop/Programs 374.00
Library 326.40
TOTAL EXPENSES $923.47
ENDING
BALANCE $13,616.73
Earmarked Funds: $2,000.00 — The Sally Kerr Scholarship Fund is being held in
the main account, but will only be used in accordance with the agreed
stipulations set forth by the retreat committee on behalf of the donor.
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Quilt Pins
Quilt pins are available at each meeting from Kim Gros. Each pin is $3, up to 2 pins. After that they are $5 apiece.
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Deadline for the September 2009 Issue: Monday, August 17, 2009
All articles are
subject to editing and approval by the editor. Materials received after the
published deadline date will be considered for publication only if space and
time permit.
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MVQG’s 2009 Officers
President Susan Hill 9374264740 rk_hill(at)ameritech.net
Vice President Shari Brindley 9373728861 sharing.stitches(at)yahoo.com
Treasurer Mary C. Miller 9378901010 marysews(at)woh.rr.com
Corresponding Secretary Debbie Bertke 9378845078 debertke1(at)juno.com
Recording Secretary Ed Chamness 9373725821 mrandmrsquilter(at)aol.com
2009 Board Meetings
February
May
August 5
November
Note: 6:00 p.m. at Beavercreek Library, 3618
Dayton-Xenia Road, Beavercreek.
No Food or Drinks
The Miami Valley Quilters’ Guild Board includes: The elected officers
President, Vice-President, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, and
Treasurer plus the chairs of the standing committees, the immediate past
president of the guild, and the founder of the guild, Suellen
Wassem. All officers and committee chairs are
expected to attend the Board meetings which are held quarterly as
announced. All Guild members are invited to attend.
Minutes of
Board meetings are posted in the News section of the website.
Quilting stories, ideas, news?
Send to:
Chris Garcher
MVQG Newsletter Editor
6258 Gander Road East
Dayton OH 45424
E-mail: DJGarcher(at)compuserve.com
Advertisers
For fees and contracts, please contact:
Ed Chamness
P.O. Box 694
Wilberforce, OH 45384
Phone: 9373725821 E-mail: mvqgoh(at)aol.com
Need to reach us?
Please send all guild correspondence to our post office box address. That way our officers will receive it. Our address is:
Miami Valley Quilters’ Guild
P.O. Box 340141
Beavercreek, OH 45434
E-mail: mvqgoh(at)aol.com
Website www.miamivalleyquiltersguild.org
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than personal use in any form, in part or in whole, without the written consent
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