March Meeting......Cancelled due to weather

Mary’s River Quilt Guild

General Meeting

March 22, 2012

The general meeting of the guild was cancelled due to weather.

Respectfully submitted,

Sharon Fries, Secretary MRQG

Round Robin.......Round 2

Here we go.....ROUND 2

Joan's Block....MariAnn added the first border

Cindy's Block......Joan added the first border

Jessica's Block......Judy added the first border

MariAnn's Block.......Jessica added the first border

Judy's Block......Stephanie added the first border

Libby's Block......Naomi added the first border

Naomi's Block......Libby added the first border

Peggy's Block......Cindy added the first border

Stephanie's Block......Peggy added the first border

The Round Robin members have chosen the

next block they will add a border to:

Group 1

Joan, Naomi, Libby, Stephanie

Group 2

MariAnn, Cindy, Peggy, Judy, Jessica not pictured

It is FUN watching the progress on your quilts!

Looking forward to the next ROUND.

Photos Courtesy of Naomi Weidner

CLICK HERE to view: Challenge Quilts

CLICK HERE to view: Mary's River Quilt Guild Website

CLICK HERE to view: 2011 Round Robin Quilts

Mary's River Quilt Guild

Next Meeting:

Thursday, March 22, 2012 7pm Benton County Historical Museum

Remember to bring your Block-of-the-Month

MRQG....February Meeting

Welcome to the

Mary's River Quilt Guild

Meeting

Our Speaker this evening:

Tresa McConachie

Molalla, Oregon

Enjoy the Slideshow!

Slide Show Photos Courtesy of Linda Brown

CLICK HERE to view: Tresa's Website

CLICK HERE to view: MRQG Website

CLICK HERE to view: BOM Patterns

Mary’s River Quilt Guild

General Meeting

February 23, 2012

President Lisa Ullmer welcomed everyone to the meeting, requested the two visitors introduce themselves and then Ms. Ullmer made the following announcements.

-Raffle tickets were sold at Fitness Over Fifty with excellent results.

-Karla Alexander is teaching at JanniLou’s on Saturday and there is room for more students.

-Round Robin discussed a book and it is available at tonight’s meeting.

-Annual dues may be paid to the treasurer and raffle tickets are available during the break.

The program speaker was Tresa McConachie who is a pattern designer from Lake Oswego area. Her patterns are published under the name of Quilts By Nature Pattern Company. She spoke of her quilting history, quilting choices, tips for building quilts and how patterns are published.

A short break allowed attendees to purchase patterns, pay dues and purchase raffle tickets.

Committee Reports:

Newsletter articles need to be submitted by March 9^th.

The 2012 raffle quilt will be at JanniLou’s during Quilt Safari from April 27-29. A clipboard was passed for sign-ups to sell raffle tickets during the event.

A small group held an informal meeting and came up with some ideas for the 2013 Raffle Quilt project – a color wave associated with the theme of “hot flash” may be used. A clipboard was passed so that members could sign up to volunteer for fabric purchases, fabric cutting, etc. In addition the 2014 Raffle Quilt will be built this year so that it can be prepared for hand quilting by guild members over the next year. It is hoped that it may be ready for work during the summer guild quilt show.

Secret Sisters met at Lisa’s Tea Treasurers with twenty-five members attending.

The Mary’s River Quilt show was discussed with a request that members please go to the website to obtain the application and information for quilts. Two pictures need to be submitted with the application and if possible be submitted electronically (paper pictures and application also accepted) by June 6^th. The museum is allowing us to sell potholders and Chicks with Attitude to aid in support to the guild and the museum. In addition members may have small quilts or table runners sold by the museum with a portion of the monies going to the museum and remainder to those submitting items.

Pot Holders have begun to be submitted by guild members and a little contest will take place with the member submitting the most receiving a small award. On March 10th from 9 AM to 3 PM at Consumer Power Inc. there will be a work day for making Chicks with Attitude, fun, laugher and treats.

Members presented quilts and shared their stories on these new accomplishments.

Hospitality and Block of the Month drawings took place.

The meeting was closed by the president.

Respectfully Submitted,

Sharon Fries, Secretary

Next Meeting:

March 22, 2012 7pm Benton County Museum, Philomath, OR

We are eager to share quilting news about our members. Please send your images and commentary to LuAnn Kessi: kessi@pioneer.net