DECEMBER MEETING
December
11, 2007
6:30 P.M.
878-4141
Members Only
Unfortunately, it is that time of year. Meetings will be canceled if
oH Well,
we have a busy program for everyone in December. We are going to do a few
things we have done in the past and something new! We will have a box as you
come into the big meeting room for mittens and hats. We will donate them to
those who are in need.
We will also have an optional fabric
exchange! Please no Christmas fabric! When you are out shopping and can’t stand
it anymore, go to your favorite quilt store and take a deep breath and relax. You need to buy one yard of
fabric for the exchange. As long as your gift bag has one yard of fabric in it,
you can buy two pieces in 1/2 yard increments or one whole yard or three pieces
of 1/3 yard fabrics. So have some fun with this and remember when everything
else is stressing you out, go shopping for fabric!!!
We are
also going to have a speaker from Indiana, Ann Calland. Some of you know her and
some have heard her speak. She is the curator of the Marie Webster home and
Headquarters for the Quilters’ Hall of Fame. She will do a combination lecture
and trunk show. She wants to tell us a little about the Hall of Fame and then
bring out her brother’s quilt tops. The trunk show is called “Fred Calland Quilt Designs: Quilting from a Man’s Point of
View”.
Most
importantly, don’t forget to bring your dish for potluck! Each member is
requested to bring a covered dish, a serving utensil and a drink of their
choice. The guild will furnish tableware (paper plates and plastic utensils).
We will start eating at 6:30 p.m. See you there for fun and friendship.
Susan Hill
Vice
President
426-4740
A Note from the
President
My
special thanks this month goes to Susan
Hill who has done a superb job as Vice President. Susan has provided us with interesting
programs and challenging workshops. The fruits of her labors will continue
through much of next year giving Shari
Brindley a great head start as she takes on the position of Vice President.
We had a
very successful class with Shirley
Stutz. We can all look forward to seeing lots of wonderful fans and
ferns from the machine quilters in the guild.
On
December 7, I’m going to be demonstrating the construction of Ricky Tims’
convergence quilts at Appalachian
Quilts, the new shop in Enon. Appalachian
Quilts has a supply of Ricky’s book on Convergence Quilts, as well as his newest book on Rhapsody Quilts. I have so much fun
doing the convergence quilts; my next one will be 51. If you are interested,
call Appalachian Quilts for
details: 937-863-0070. I’ll do the same presentation twice, one in the morning
and one in the afternoon.
All this we do
for the love of quilting,
Ron Lundquist
President,
294-7844
December 3rd Tuesday
Stitch-in
Evening stitch-in held on the third
Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.
There will be no
stitch-in this month because of the holidays.
Retreat Information
Reminder:
Final payments
for retreat are due in JANUARY this year.
Thanks,
Membership 2008
The 2008 membership dues must be paid by the end of January to
remain active on the mailing list. The fee is $20.00.
Dues can be mailed to:
Kim
Gros
Medway OH 45341
If you want to receive your card by mail, please include a
self-addressed, stamped envelope. Please mark your check with “Dues for 2008.”
Welcome New
Members
For your information, there are currently 212 members in our guild and
71 plus 9 guests attended the November meeting. Currently for 2008, 50 members
have renewed.
Karen Spencer
288
937-426-3889
Martha Ulmer
937-433-3748
mullmer6(at)aol.com
Fons and Porter
A new or
renewed subscription to Fons and
Porter magazine is $20 for 1 year. Please make check out to MVQG. Include mailing label for renewals, if you can.
Our guild will get $5
for each subscription that we get.
This makes a great gift that will last all year long.
Connie Combs
Treasurer’s Report
Submitted by Sandy Hartz,
Treasurer
For the Period October 1 – 31, 2007
BEGINNING
BALANCE $13,425.00
INCOME
Membership 340.00
Workshop 80.00
Door Prize 55.44
TOTAL INCOME $475.44 $13,900.00
EXPENSES
Stacy Robinson—Setup Room 50.00
Speaker–Vikki Pignatelli Deposit 200.00
Speaker–Linda Cantrell 113.22
Speaker–Anita Shackelford Deposit 100.00
Newsletter Postage 41.00
Newsletter—Otcober 70.40
TOTAL EXPENSES $678.12
ENDING BALANCE $13,222.00
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.
Proposed Budget for 2008 (Prepared by Susan Hill)
Income
Quilt Show $4,000.00
Membership (200
people (at) $20) 4,000.00
Advertising
Fees 250.00
Door Prize
Collection 250.00
Special
Projects (Auction/Selling quilt frame/Fund Raisers 500.00
(Fons
& Porter/City BBQ)
Workshops 1,500.00
Total $10,500.00
Expenses
Challenge $0
Community
Projects
(Storage Unit—½
Guild, ½ Quilt Show) 405.00/405.00
Contingency
Plan 500.00
Hospitality 0
Library 500.00
Membership
(Folders, rosters, copies/nametag buttons) 500.00
Newsletter 1,500.00
Office (post
office box, paper, stamps, phone calls, etc.) 500.00
Programs/Workshops* 4,500.00
Room Rental
($87.50/meeting plus $16/Executive Board) 1,115.00
Set-Up/Take-Down 599.00
Room Rental for
Winter Retreat 0
Sunshine 200.00
Total *$10724.00
*The Executive Board has voted to carry over all $ the Vice
President has not used in 2007 to be used for the purposes of
Programs/Workshops. This will be in addition to the proposed budget amount of
$3,000.
2008 Retreat Mystery Quilt
Fabric Requirements:
Light ¾ yard
Medium 1 ¼ yard (Could
be focus/floral fabric)
Dark 1 yard
Inner Quilt
Cut:
Light
Cut (24)-3
½" squares
Cut (10)-3
7/8" squares
Cut (2)- 4 ¼" squares, then cut in half diagonally twice
Medium
Cut (12)- 3 ½" squares
Cut (4)- 3 7/8" squares, then cut in half diagonally
Cut (2)- 4 ¼" squares, then cut in half
diagonally twice
Dark
Cut (9)- 3 ½" squares
Cut (18)- 3 7/8" squares, then cut in half diagonally
Inner Border
Cut:
Medium
Cut four strips 1
½" x 32"
There are
options for the outer border/s that will be given after the top is made at
retreat. Bring all leftover fabric with you.
Heidi Young
429-1373
Quilt Shows
February 8th – March 19th
Quilt Show 2008 at
Show is held at Lake Metroparks Farmpark,
5 p.m. and closed on Mondays (open Presidents’ Day). One of
June 19th
– 21st
39th Annual NQG Quilt Show
Show is held at the Greater
Columbus Convention Center. The show will feature exhibits, classes, lectures,
an extensive vendor mall and special events. The 400+ competition quilts will
be joined by a special theme exhibit of Rose
Quilts, selected quilts from Sacred
Threads: 2007, a fascinating exhibit of Vintage Kit Quilts from the collection of noted quilt historian
Xenia Cord, an exhibit called Contemporary
Colorations: The Wow Factor and a sampling of wonderful NQA Chapter Challenge Quilts.
Class information brochures will be available to
all current members of NQA in the winter issue of The Quilting Quarterly. Registration information will be posted
on their website on or about January 2, 2008. Advance registration is available
for all volunteers who worked two shifts during the 38th Annual Show in 2007.
Sunshine News
If you hear of a member who could use our support,
please call Lee Peterson at 439-7298.
No news is good news! If you hear
anyone in need of our support, please give Lee a call.
Reminder
Quilt
pins are available at each meeting from Kim Gros. Each pin is $3, up to 2 pins.
After that they are $5 apiece.
Deadline for January 2008 Issue: Monday, December 17
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.
MVQG’s 2007 Officers
President Ron
Lundquist 294-7844
Vice President Susan
Hill 426-4740
Treasurer Sandy
Hartz 429-9031
Recording Secretary Kathy
Bean 433-3343
Corresponding
Secretary Debbie Bertke 884-5078
Quilting stories, ideas, news?
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to:
Chris
Garcher
MVQG Newsletter Editor
937-233-4641
E-mail: DJGarcher(at)compuserve.com
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937-372-5821
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412-1026
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