Welcome to the Marys River Quilt Guild
September Meeting 2017
Block of the Month
Show and Tell
The Program: Mary Arnold
Art Quilt Techniques
Mary’s River
Quilt Guild
General
Meeting, September 28, 2017
President Barbara G. began the General meeting with announcements.
· Four new members joined today. Welcome, Sandy, Sara, Joann and Susan
· Oct 7 is Chocolate Fantasy for the
Arts. Beth is working on this fundraiser
and encourages you to buy your tickets on the Art Center website. $40 each.
At the event it will go up to $50.
Amazing auction items.
· Thank you Beth Reitveld for
volunteering your driveway last Saturday to sell raffle tickets on the first
day of Fall Festival. Sold $101 worth of
tickets.
· Treasurer wants to close this year’s
bills. If you have expenses that need
reimbursement, please hand them in by the October meeting. In addition, please submit your volunteer
hours.
· Library Quilt County show needs help
to take it down in Corvallis. If you can
help Thursday, October 5th at 4:00 pm, we look forward to you just showing
up.
· Raffle tickets at back table to take
and sell. Please return the tickets you
have checked out by the October meeting.
This is the meeting where we draw for the quilt.
· Looking for a slate of volunteers to
run for VP and Secretary. The election
is in November. The slate of the
volunteers will be available at the October meeting.
Hospitality: Fat quarters were won by Sharon F. Gift certificate by Libby.
Block of the Month: This month is Rainbows. Blocks this month were won by Cindy G. 2018 Slate will be available on the Website
by November.
Raffle quilt 2017: Encouraged membership to sell
raffle tickets. Post on Facebook, use
your social media. Take packets
home. We have lost two major venues this
year and need your help.
Raffle quilt 2018: Top was shown and is being
quilted by Jean. Top was made in honor
of the OSU 150th anniversary occurring in 2018.
QnG: Six gardens have been selected. Date is July 21, 2018. Jan A.
will coordinate a quilt sale at one of the gardens to benefit the guild
and possibly an outside organization TBA.
Think about selling a small quilt to benefit the guild. Recruitment of volunteers to help in the
gardens will begin in January. Jan T. is
applying for a Grant to help with the cost of putting this event on.
Secret Sisters: Debbie G. reports they had a nice picnic at
Maple Grove shelter. It was an opportunity
to get to know each other better.
October is the Halloween event hosted by Wendi. Recruiting for next year – must be a member;
the group rotates through homes and offsite venues, may take summer off. It is an opportunity to meet people in a
small group setting and make new friends within the Guild. First meeting is January. Sign up by November meeting.
Round Robin: Cindy reports that the group just finished
their 2017 series of meetings. The
finished projects will be shown at the Guild at the October meeting and they
are very excited about them. It’s time
to start thinking about next year. It is
an opportunity to meet people in a small group setting and make new friends
within the Guild. First meeting is
January and then they meet every two months through August. She gave a brief discussion of the
committee. She has a frequently asked
question sheet if you are interested and want to know more. You must sign up by Dec 31 and be a member of the Guild. All meetings take place at Cindy’s house.
Challenge: You have until November meeting to finish
your quilt.
Quilt County 2017: Displays are up and plenty of
brochures are available to hand out at your favorite quilt stores and service
organizations. Some of the shows are
starting to be taken down. Many end
around Sept 30. Museum has had record
attendance for their show; it will be taken down October 14th.
Library: Several new books on the Library table.
Service: Carol F. and the service committee displayed recently
handed in quilts that have been returned after being worked on by guild
members. There are quilts ready for
members to quilt and bind in the back.
In addition, there is a table of free magazines; patterns, books and
fabric for sale. Our on-going Quilts of
Valor project to provide wall hangings for Hospice Veterans is continuing and
there is 4th of July themed fabric available for free for you to use
in that project. They are requesting additional quilts in a
smaller size (17 x 17 square). We have
packets to make pillowcases with handles for Love, Inc to provide to foster
children to carry around their belongings.
In October, we will have a slide show and two speakers. Philomath library has the Service committee
Quilt county show until mid October.
Show and Tell: Only one show and
tell!
BOM: This month was Rainbows. October is a Bat. This month’s blocks was won by: Cindy G.
Program: October meeting will feature Service
committee report (Hospice – Lumina and one other recipient organization will
speak), Round Robin show and tell, small silent auction and drawing for the
Raffle Quilt. Challenge quilts will be
moved to November. You have one more
month to finish those challenges!
Mary Arnold is guest speaker for
September and will discuss Art quilt techniques – how to get there from here. Her quilts are on the stage for your review
before her talk.
Next General Meeting is October 26 at
7:00 pm.
Next Board Meeting is November 1 at
the Wine Vault at 6:30 pm
Minutes respectfully submitted by
Lisa U.
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