July 2009 Volume 4 Issue 7
President's Report
After my oops last month of resubmitting the May report instead of the one I wrote for June, I will try to do better. For those who are intrigued about the June report and its loss in cyber land...it has not surfaced.
This has been a busy time for me. I have been working on "new" ideas for the 2009-10 year. The board decided not to compete with the two local spring retreats and start a new tradition...a one day "retreat" with a mystery quilt program from Sunnie Malesky of Sunshine State Quilting Association. Some of you may have taken a mystery quilt class at "Expo on the Beach" from Sunnie. She teaches all over the state and customizes her program each time. Saturday, March 13, 2010 is the date to put on your calendar from 9 am-4 pm. Speaking of calendars we are trying to put all dates in this year's book. I am working on another set of Gulf State Quilting Association classes and hope to have them set up soon so that the dates can be included in the yearbook also.
We have held our first board meeting and everyone seems enthusiastic. We will continue holding the board meetings at 9:30 am monthly except during March, June, September and December when we will hold them at 6:30 pm. This schedule affords the night members of the board a chance to interact with the day members.
Our quilt show program is gearing up and looking very promising. The quilt is really coming along; it looks like we have a judge and are working on a location. Remember to get working on the Christmas Shoppe items! November will be here before we realize it...the older I get the faster time seems to fly by. I appreciate all the worker bees that are in our guild. Keep up the good work!
Respectfully Submitted,
Jo-Ellen Rogers
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JUNE MEMBERSHIP REPORT
Seventeen quilters will celebrate their birthdays in July. They are Patty Hack, Sally Bendschneider, Irene O'Shea, Elma Stewart, Mary Oliver, Shirley Vaucher, Reida Surber, Jean Coroleuski, Jan Jasper, Kathy Todd, India Belisle, Donna Gibbens, Kristin Rolle, Marylu Baxter, Dorothee Tremaine, Cathy Butts and Candie Smith. Happy Birthday to all.
Forty-nine members and six guests attended the June daytime meeting.
A timely reminder, DUES ARE DUE. Dues are delinquent after 1 July 2009. If you want your contact info to be in the 2009-2010 Directory, your dues must be paid by 1 July 2009. Dues can be mailed to Patty MacMonigal.
Fall Retreat
Place: Blue Springs Conference Center
Marianna, FL
Dates: Friday, September 25th thru Sunday, September 27th
Cost: $127.00 Double Room (2 or more to a room)
$177.00 Private Room
$181.00 Administrative Room
$36.00 for Saturday Only
Signup for the retreat will start at the July meetings. You can also mail your registration fee to Teresa Stonecypher.
Name: ________________________________________ Paid: _______________________
Address: ___________________________________________________________________
Roommate: _________________________________________________________________
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DID YOU KNOW!
The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens
829 Riverside Avenue
Jacksonville, Fl
904-356-685
The quilts of Gee's Bend are on display until August 2,2009. Also an in-depth discussion is being held on July 14 from 7:00- 9:00 pm (fee $5). Entry Fees $10, senior (62) $6. Free entry after 4 pm
COULD BE A ROAD TRIP FOR SOME!
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NEWS FROM THE HOSPITALITY CORNER
July's Sit-n-Stitch will be hosted by JoEllen Rogers on July 1, 2009 at 9:30 a.m.
CHANGES FOR THE AUGUST SIT-N-STITCH. (Day and Night)
The August Sit-N-Stitch will be held on Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at the Bay County Library at 898 11th St., Panama City. The Library is open from 9:00a.m. to 8:00p.m. that day. The Guild would like to have members present throughout the day to demonstrate and talk about quilting. We will meet in the Meeting Room. Please bring a project of your own to work on. Drinks will be furnished by the Guild and members are welcome to bring light snacks (finger foods). Members are welcome to stay as long as they desire. There will be a sign up sheet at the Guild meeting for members to designate the times that they could be present. Please try to sign up and support this event.
This Sit-n-Stitch is being held at the Library in conjunction with the Antique Quilt Show, which the Guild is sponsoring. This educational display will feature quilts from different decades and is a feature of the Centennial Celebration of Panama City.
*****Note: There will be no evening Sit-n-Stitch on Thursday! *****
ALSO REMEMBER JULY BIRTHDAY LADIES ARE HOSTESSES FOR JULY MEETING! BRING A REFRESHMENT AND, IN TURN, WE GET TO SING HAPPY BIRHTDAY TO YOU AND PRESENT YOU WITH A FAT QUARTER.
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E-WORDS information
To receive official notices from our guild between the Patchwords Newsletters, please let me know. I will drop last year's list and make a new fresh one to use. Even if it is the same, as before, I need for you to send me an e-mail so I can copy and paste your address into the new list.
To assure that the e-words do not get sent to your spam folder, please put my e-mail address in your address book.
If during the year ahead there are changes in your e-mail address, please let me know the new information. In order to delete your old e-mail address I need it to be included.
Sue C. Gulkis
Panama City, FL
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...It's about learning to dance in the rain.
God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage.
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July Meeting Program
Don't forget, the July program with be 'Holidays in July' if you have any gift or decorating projects that you can share with the group please bring them. It can be for any holiday during the year. Thanks, Mary Nelson.
ST. ANDREWS BAY QUILT GUILD
Minutes of General Night Meeting - June 18, 2009
The meeting was called to order by the Vice President, Sally Bendschneider. There were 31 members present and no guest. Members were reminded that dues are due by July 1st. If not received by that date you will NOT be in the yearbook. Fill out change information sheet if any changes are need to your member information.
Sally is retiring after 40 years of recess with the kids and she is going on recess with her husband. They will spend the summer/hot months in Washington State near the Canada border. She will be missed. Linda Kelly will fill her duties while she is playing
Jo-Ellen reported that there will be no 2010 Spring Retreat. Arrangements are being made for a one day retreat in March at the Church with a mystery quilt designed especially for the Saint Andrews Bay Quilters Guild by designed and taught by Sunny Malesky from the Sunshine State Quilters’ Guild.
The last person who used it did not return the storage room key to the storage facility's office. There is now a sign-in sheet in side the storage room. Please sign in and list the reason for your visit if you are there.
On July 23, 2009 the Work night Thursday will be Freezer Paper piecing from the Fons and Porter July-August 2007 issue taught by Cathy Short.
Sit and Stitch in August will be on Wednesday August 5, 2009 at the Bay County Library in the meeting room.
Sarah Hough stills needs Quilts for the Centinnel exhibit at the Library that will be at the library during the month of August. Loretta will be doing a bed turning on opening day (August 2nd)
Night Sit and Stitch slots have been filled and co-hostess are needed
Linda Kelly held a program on photo quilts. She shared her knowledge of transfer products on the market with a hand out to help remember and information on different printers. She shares her work and that of her sister.
Donna Hall gave report on the Relay for Life event. Over $1,600.00 turned in.
The Frayed Knots are in charge of the Opportunity Quilt for 2010.
Lee Brahier wants to know what will take sticker residue off of fabric.
The Church officials sent Jo-Ellen a letter with the new set of facility regulations regarding the use of any of their properties. The new regulations were read so our members will know what is expected when having a function at one of the properties. The meeting was adjourned and all enjoyed a Flee Market.
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