November 2008
President's report ... November 2008
I hope everyone enjoyed Beverly Pierzchala' program of "Then and Now". I have always found it so interesting to hear how other quilters began their LOVE AFFAIR with quilts. There was much laughing at the stories of THEN and lots of aahs at the NOW.
I hope all of you are putting your many talents to good use in preparation for the Christmas Shoppe, which is just about a month away. We really need everyone to pitch in and donate items for sale. We did pretty well last year for our first effort and we need to do it again this year. Remember a big task is much easier to accomplish if everyone does her portion of the work. November 22 will be here in a "heart beat".
It is hard to believe that we are almost ready to present our quilts to Catholic Social Services for their Barnabas House. We still have a few tops at the long armers and some bindings to be completed. All quilts need to be turned in prior to November 18, 2008. Diane Williams will be on hand to accept our quilts. I will try to stir up some interest at the News Herald, but I cannot make any promises yet. To everyone who helped in this charity project.....you deserve a round of applause. Without the block makers, the quilt top assemblers. the quilters, the binders and the cheering squad there would be no quilts.
Linda Aspinwall warned all of us to get our reports in before we head to our Fall Retreat in Marianna. I am not packed yet, but my report will be turned in on time. We wish everyone could attend the retreats. They are so much fun with NO HOUSEWORK for a whole weekend.
Take care...keep stitching... and wear a smile,
Jo-Ellen
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Evening Report for October 16, 2008
We had a great turnout for the evening meeting, 38 members and 2 guests. Linda Aspinwall, Bobbie Clemens and Carolyn St. Amant provided refreshments, they were wonderful, and the table was decorated for Halloween in black and orange. They even worn black and orange!
Tickets for the Opportunity Quilt are coming in fast, Bobbie gave out tickets to those who hadn't gotten them and it looks like we won"t have any trouble selling them.
Don't forget to sign up for the Christmas Luncheon, this year it will be at the Boat Yard Restaurant, it will be on the 6th. The cost is $20; they need you to pay when you sign up.
Also don't forget the Christmas Shoppe that will be The 22nd of November, contact Aking Osborne. They will be at the Church on the 21st to set up the items for sale. Please remember that you must mark your items with a price and you need to have a number to identify the items if you want them returned if they don't sell.
Sam Lopez sent around an order sheet for magazines
Beverly Pierzchala gave an update on the Quilt Show; they have only had 20 quilts registered as of the evening meeting. The goal is to have 80 quilts in the show. We will have someone on site to do appraisals of new and old quilts for a fee or $45, $9 of that will come back to the guild. Hurry and get your quilts entered.
Quilts can be sold at the Quilt Show, with 15% of the total sale going to the Guild.
Teresa Stonecypher gave an update on the Spring Retreat, it will be held in Destin the last weekend in February 2009. Contact Teresa with questions.
Edyth Brown will be teaching the Stack The Deck block at the January workday. These squares will be used to make a quilt for the Barnabas House.
The November meeting will be the 20th with Denise Miller providing the program and Linda Kelly & Loretta Akerlind providing refreshments
Sit 'N Stitch will be at Janice Roberts home with Donna Gibbens assisting on the 6th of November.
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From the Library
If anyone has a suggestion for a new book for the Library, please call Millie Cobb, Librarian. |
News from Sarah
I just discovered a website that I think is great for lovers of quilt history http://www.womenfolk.com/ I think you will like it. |
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The Beach Bee is meeting on the second Thursday of the month. Our next meeting will be Thursday, November 13th at 1:00 pm at Mary Oliver's house. We are looking for more members.
Sew n Sews meet at St Dominic's the first 3 Mondays of the month in the Parish Hall 6pm –9pm for more information call June Bauman 871-4842.
Baltimore Babes meet the 4th Thursday of the month at the Quilt Room 8:30-11:30Am, open to anyone and everyone, bring hand sewing or come just to chat.
Flamingo Flock Blocks are working on the Christmas Luncheon, December 6th...
Hugs and God Bless
Rosemary
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Fall Retreat
The Fall Retreat was wonderful this year. We had 30 ladies who attended. The weather was cool and beautiful. Friday night we had a "Create you" block fun. Each lady created a block based on how they saw themselves, how they wanted to be seen, or of the neighbor sitting next to them. 27 participated, and of those, each ladies name was put in a drawing for all the blocks that were made. Barbara Cotton won the blocks at the Saturday night party. She plans on having a few of the blocks at the next meeting.
Spring Retreat 2009
It is going to be a great time for all. Put it on your calendar and plan to attend.
Date: Friday February 27, 2009 thru Sunday March 1, 2009
Where: Emerald Grande Resort
Destin, Florida
Cost: 4 Persons to a room $154.00
3 Persons to a room $189.00
2 Persons to a room $258.00
Room Type: 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath Condo with a kitchen. Includes a queen bed in each bedroom, a queen sofa bed in the living room, and a bonus room bunk bed. The lady's in each room will need to decide who gets to sleep on the sofa bed and the bunk bed.
Meals: As part of the room cost a $50.00 meal card will be given to each guest and can be used at any of the 3- onsite restaurants.
Sign up today to reserve your spot. Don't forget to indicate which ladies you would like to share a room with. If you can't attend the meetings, please mail to Teresa Stonecypher at 706 Lyndell Cir, Panama City Beach, FL 32407.
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Name: __________________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________
Telephone #: _____________________ Amount Paid: __________________
Roommate: ______________________________________________________
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QUILTERS ROCK!
'Twas 3 weeks before Christmas and all through the town, not a quilter was scowling, there was nary a frown - and that was because it is GUILD CHRISTMAS PARTY TIME, December 6 at 11:30 at the Boatyard.
The meal choice is Grilled Caribbean Jerk Chicken, Cilantro-rubbed Mahi Mahi, Prime Rib or Bow Tie Pasta with Shrimp and Tasso. Dessert is a choice of New York Style Cheesecake or Key Lime Pie on a Stick - dipped in dark chocolate and frozen. These will be served with freshly baked bread, coffee, soda or iced tea - all for a cost of only $20. If you have not made and paid for your reservation, you are in still in luck. There
is a limit to the number people we can accommodate and we still have a few openings. You have until November 10 to make a reservation and until November 15 to pay for it. There will be no refunds for cancellations after November 21.
Remember to bring a Christmas stocking to donate to "meals on wheels." These stockings can be handmade or purchased. Innovations Federal Credit Union employees will fill the stockings.
Try your hand at making an 8 ½" x 11" "journal" quilt based on our theme, Quilters Rock! Use your imagination. Embellish to your heart's content. It's always exciting to see the creativity of our talented members. Who knows, there may be a GRAND PRIZE!
Questions? Call Donna Gibbens 874-2238 or Sarah Hough 265-3133 Frayed Knots
THE CHRISTMAS SHOPPE FAST APPROACHING
The Christmas Shoppe will be here shortly….we plan to have many interesting items available for sale. Please pass the word to your families, friends, neighbors, co-workers to check us out. This is a good way to start shopping for the holidays. There will be many holiday items but many other gift ideas as well. And don’t forget the wide assortment of homemade goodies.
REMEMBER THE DATE: NOVEMBER 22, 2008 9:00 – 3:00 P.M.
Set up for the sale will be on Friday, November 21, 2008 from 9:00 -1:00. There will be no prior sales. Everybody gets an equal chance to buy her goodies starting at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. See you there! |
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ST. ANDREW BAY QUILT GUILD
General Meeting Minutes - October 15, 2008
President Jo-Ellen opened the meeting. There were 50 members and 2 quest present. We have 179 paid members. The hostesses were Linda Aspinwall, Susie Pippin, Carolyn St. Amant, India Belisle, Bobbie Clemens, Carol Penrod and Bonnie Wynne.
Patty MacMonigal: If you want your items that were not sold at the Christmas Shoppe back, you need to get a number from Patty. Any item without a number that is not sold will go into storage for next year's Christmas Shoppe. Patty cleaned out her yarn stash. If any member would like any of the yarn, please contact her.
Beverly Pierzchala: Sit & Stitch will be at Patty MacMonigal's. Janet Adams and Aking Osborne will be helping Patty. If you would like to help, give Patty a call.
Our November meeting will be a Thanksgiving Pot Luck - bring your favorite dish to share - place mat. The Board will be the hostesses proving ham, turkey, set-up, drinks and utensils.
Bobbie Clemens: She had 3,000 tickets printed for the Opportunity quilt. After November's meeting, tickets will be mailed to those members that have not picked them up. The credit union has sold 50 and requested 100 more tickets. Those members that have sold lots of tickets were recognized. Bobbie suggested buying tickets for gifts for family and friends.
Rosemary Martens: The Beach Bee is looking for new members. They meet the 2nd Thursday at 1:00 pm. November meeting will be at Mary Oliver's. Sew & Sew meet the first three Mondays of the month. Baltimore Babes meet the 4th Thursday in the room across from the church. Flamingo Flock Block is working on the Christmas luncheon. They are selling tickets for the quilt they made. The monies will go to "Relay for Life".
Aking Osborne: Workday October 22, 2008 will be for working on charity quilts. The guild will be presenting the quilts for the Barnabas House to Diane Williams of Catholic Social Services at the November meeting. Aking showed a few of the quilts that have been made for the Barnabas House. All items for the silent auction at the guilt show need to be turned in to Aking at the November meeting. There will not be a workday in November nor December. Our workday January 2009 will be a teaching class for blocks for our charity quilts. The block will be Stack A New Deck. Edyth Brown brought a book to show how to make the block. Aking will be accepting Christmas Shoppe items at the November meeting and Friday, November 21st at the church.
Amanda Watson and Sheila Surber of the "There’s No Place Like Hope" presented a overview of their shop. The shop is for all types of cancer but focuses on breast cancer survivors. Prosthesis, bras, wigs, radiation coolers are just an example of what they have in their shop. A breast cancer survivor bookmarker was given to all members that have survived breast cancer. Amanda talk about how important it was to do a self-examination each month. In 2001 - one in nine women were diagnosed with breast cancer. Just six years later - one in three. In Bay County, there are three diagnoses of some type of cancer everyday. If cancer is caught early, there is 95% chance of survival. The shop’s motto is "Until They Find a Cure" there is "There’s No Place Like Hope".
Linda Aspinwall indicated that we have 33 paid for the Christmas Luncheon at the Boatyard Saturday, December 6th. The dead line for the newsletter will be this Saturday an midnight. Those that are going to the retreat need to get items in before they leave.
Jo-Ellen gave information on the fall retreat that is this weekend in Marianna. The spring retreat will be at the Emerald Grand Resort in Destin. Two bedroom condos. A queen bed in each bedroom, plus on bunk bed and a couch that makes into a queen bed. The cost is: $154.00 each for 4 in a condo, $189.00 for three and $258.00 for two. There will be a $50.00 food coupon to be used in one of the three restaurants in the resort.
Beverly: The pins have arrived for the quilt show. They will be available to members at the January, 2009 meeting. The coast will be $5.00. She has received 20 entries for the show. She is looking for more places to show and sell tickets for the quilt. If any member knows of a place, please contact her. Cathy Short will be in charge of the "Quilt Cove" for selling of quilts. Please contact her in advance if you plan to sell a quilt. There will be an appraiser at the show. The cost will be $45.00. Call to set up a time if you are interested in having an appraisal done.
Susie Pippin sent around the sign up sheet for volunteers for the quilt show. Needed are volunteers to help with the turning in of quilts, the Quilt Cove, angels, admission, opportunity quilt and take down. The Gadabouts will hang the quilts. We would like to have an opening night party and need a chairperson.
UFO - there are slips, the book and labels on a table.
Mary Nelson introduced Beverly Pierzchala for the program "Then and Now". Beverly gave a history of quilting. Various members showed their first quilts and present day quilts. It was great seeing the improvements. The program was very informative and fun.
Sally Bendschneider needs totes, suitcases (large and small) for the Children Home Services. If you have any that you don't need or want, please donate them.
Needle and Threads in Port St. Joe is closing their store. They are having a sale of items October 3rd through October 25th.
Jo-Ellen indicated that we need to get as many flyers of the Christmas Shoppe out and displayed as soon as possible. She has the flyers. Ads are being placed in the newspaper.
The Show and Tell was wonderful once again. Jo-Ellen adjourned the meeting.
