December 8,
2009
7:00 P.M.
Special Time: 6:30 P.M.
Members Only
December Meeting
2009
Come one,
come all with your potluck dish for the December meeting (members only). Bring
a dish to share and your own beverage. The guild will furnish paper plates and
plastic utensils for the dinner. Our potluck will begin at a special time of
6:30 p.m.
For the evening’s entertainment, we
will have a fabric exchange. The theme for the exchange is the same as the 2010
Quilt Show: Traditional, Innovative, and Challenging. Bring 1/3 yard of fabric
for each category. Traditional is a fabric that your mother or grandmother
would have purchased. Innovative fabric is a fabric that you wonder what you
were thinking when you purchased. And, challenging fabric is when you scratch
your head and wonder.
Join us for an
evening of fun and fellowship.
Joyce Marrs
Hospitality
A Note from the President
Boy, can you believe it is December
already! I know we all have a lot to do for Christmas and such, but I hope
everyone gets all their preparations done and will have a little time for
family and quilting.
I want to say thanks to Debbie
Bertke and Shari Brindley for their volunteering this year. Both have done a
lot for our guild and we are all better for it.
Thanks also to Lesa Bame (vice
president) and Barb Hartings (corresponding secretary) for filling these vacant
spots. I look forward to working with you both. Please let me know if you have
any questions or problems.
I’ve said this before, we have a
great guild. I’ve had such fun being president and I thank all of you for your
support and friendship. I loved working with everyone on the Extreme Makeover
quilts. It was hectic but fun. We proved what can be done when we pull together
and put our minds to it. I look forward to retreat, being with 90-95 ladies,
sewing and having fun all weekend. If you haven’t signed up, please do so.
Then, we will have the Quilt Show in May. I’m looking forward to seeing
everyone there and volunteering to help out.
So,
happy holidays and stay safe and healthy.
Susan Hill
President, 426-4740
Welcome New Members
Seventy-one members attended the
November meeting. Please add these new member to your
roster and welcome her as you meet her at future meetings.
Connie Lim
937-238-0572
Please make the
following changes to your roster:
Tricia Fecher
Lynn Hunger
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.
Best wishes go to Connie
Howard who is recovering from surgery. If you would like to send her a
get-well-soon card, her address is:
Connie Howard
Community Quilts Stocking
Stuffer Ideas
Fourteen people attended the
Community Quilts sew-in on October 24, 2009 and thirty-one Christmas stockings
were made. They will be donated to the Family Violence Prevention Center of
Greene County. The stockings will be delivered to the center the week of
December 14. If you would like to put on your Santa Hat and help fill the
stockings, below are some gift ideas. Gifts can be brought to the December
meeting. Adult suggestions: Hairbrushes,
socks, foot crème, hand lotion, lip gloss/balm, perfume, emery boards,
flip-flops, gloves, bookmarks, pocket calendars, journals, food/gas gift cards,
little books with inspirational quotes or stories, pencils/pens, gum/small
candy bars.
Kid suggestions: Christmas coloring
books, markers (they have lots of crayons), color pencils, activity books,
travel size games, small stuffed animals, Playdough, toy cars, bubbles, yo-yo,
stickers, toothbrush/toothpaste, fun socks, candy.
Any questions, please contact Becky Siva at 937-681-3569.
January 3rd Monday Stitch-In
The 3rd Monday evening stitch-in
will be held January 18th at Sue DeSantis’s home. The address is
Please call Sue for
directions and to let her know you’ll be coming. Enjoy a summer evening with
friends and get some of your quilting and piecing done!
There will be no
December stitch-in because of the holidays.
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Guild Members Art Quilts on
Display
Guild member Susan Voegtly,
is among fiber artists featured in a new display at the
The
Fran
LaSalle will have many of
her new art quilts on display from November 30 to December 31 at the Glen Helen
Building Atrium, 405 Corry Street, Yellow Springs. The show also will include
ceramics by Geno Luketic. Hours at the
Looking Ahead: MVQG’s 2010 Retreat
Come to the Luau!!!!
The Blue
February 19th, 20th and 21st, 2010
Come and sew without the home distractions!!!
There will be a lot of door prizes and special treats.
Sign up for the retreat so you don’t miss out.
The fun will start in the islands.
Janet
Stohr
Retreat Chairman
(Retreat Forms are at the end of this Newsletter and are
available on line. Additional retreat
information will be available on the website.)
For
50" x 60" cutting table with
drawer and lower storage shelf. Excellent condition. $75
Alto Cutting System with bolt holder. New/Never Used. I paid $329. Will
sell for $275.00
Email Marian Gebele at gebelehouse@sbcglobal.net or 937-429-2636.
Workshops Update
Merry Christmas
Fellow Quilters!
I am looking forward to the fabric
exchange this year along with good food and fellowship.
The Julianne Kravetz’ class was
fabulous! Most of us were just about done with the project by the time we left
Appalachian Quilt Shop.
We are now taking payments for Maria
Elkin’s class in February. There will be hard copies of a supply list for
students to pick up at the meeting. If you would like me to e-mail a copy to
you, please let me know and either I or Lesa Bame will do so. Because this
workshop is so soon after Lesa becomes VP, she and I will be working very
closely to get you the information needed for this class. The Saturday class is
full and has people waiting, but as of now there are two spots open for
Wednesday’s class.
Lesa will have more information at
the December meeting. Remember to pick up your supply list because there is a
photo deadline and photo requirements on that list.
Vice President
2010 Quilt Show
Quilt Show — May 7,
8, 2010
Set Up — May 6,
2010
Isn’t the raffle quilt looking
great! A great job was done by Pam Bohnke and Billie Ferguson assembling the
top — and Chris Landis has don the wonderful machine
quilting. We appreciate all of your quilting expertise!
As Chris said in our last meeting,
the raffle quilt is a huge chunk of our profit. I already have the raffle
tickets printed. Once the quilt is bound, Ed will photograph it and we will get
photos for your packet. I’ll have a picture and raffle tickets for everyone to
pick up. We are almost there!!
Susan Hill
Quilt Show
Chairperson
Quilt Show 2010 Reminders
I know that it’s
holiday time and we are all very busy, but May isn’t far away. So when you are
feeling the need for some time alone, make it with your quilting and sewing.
Enjoy the holidays and be ready for me as I continue to remind you of the
boutique, raffle tickets and quilts for the big show in May.
Linda Adams
Quilt Show
Committee
Treasurer’s Report
Submitted by Mary C. Miller, Treasurer
For period ending
October 31, 2009
BEGINNING BALANCE $14,754.48
INCOME
Door Prize 35.00
Retreat 1,390.00
Membership 330.00
Classified Ad 5.00
Fons & Porter 40.97
TOTAL INCOME $1,800.97
EXPENSES
Jennifer McCann 210.00
Fons & Porter 30.00
Newsletter—Printing 70.40
Newsletter—Postage 44.00
TOTAL EXPENSES $2,876.30
ENDING BALANCE $13,679.15
Earmarked Funds: $2000.00 — 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.
Quilt Pins Sold Out
All quilt pins have
been sold and will no longer be available. Thank you for your support with this
project.
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Deadline for
the January 2010 Issue: Monday, December 14
All articles are
subject to editing and approval by the editor. Materials received after the
deadline date will be considered for publication only if space and time permit.
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MVQG 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
2010 Board
Meetings
February
May
August
November
Dates To Be
Determined
Note:
6:00 p.m. at Beavercreek Library,
No Food or Drinks
(Tentative Location)
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.
