The August newsletter has been posted

The August newsletter has been posted.

August 2013 Newsletter

2013 July Newsletter

2013 07 Newsletter

May Meeting Minutes

6:00-6:30:
Hospitality

6:30-6:45:
Welcome – any guests or new members?  7 guests, 2 new members, 1 renewing member

Newsletter Corrections - Any corrections to the minutes of last month’s meeting, as published in the newsletter?  No

Officer reports:
Membership  -- lyn Seaver - None
Secretary – Kitty Hindle – None
Programs  --    Nikki Rainey – Latifah Saafir  from LA Modern Quilt Guild tonight; workshop will be held at the Church at Briargate.  Nov. Cynthia England will be our speaker; we are sharing her with 2 other guilds; the workshop will be held in Longmont, CO.
Treasurer – Jalinda Gieck  - Balances are: Operating - $24,424.46; Raffle - $796.69

Committee Reports:
Eddie Gray-all slots for retreat are filled; all monies must be paid by July meeting; fabric requirements for the retreat mystery quilt will be available at July meeting.
Vickie Anderson-monthly raffle was a table runner donated by Kathy Dailey
Gloria Lesher-only 3 people are signed up for June’s hospitality
Emily Ferri-CQC meeting will be held in CS in June, speaker is Sally Collins, meeting begins at 10:00 a.m.
Nikki Rainey-Christmas block of quarter drawing winner – Jeanie Brooks
Terry Putzstuck-Strips & Charms-next month colors black & yellow
Dana Zimmerman-Raffle quilt is at Nala’s and will be at the CQC meeting

Old Business:
-Any old business?  No

New Business:
-Any new business?  No

Announcements:    
-Any announcements?  No

6:45-7:00:
Show and Tell  -Please remember to give your name, a brief description of the quilt.  Please put your name in the box.

Door Prize Drawings-winners - Kathy Dailey, Wendy Riggs, Cheryl Griffin, Pat Cramer, Vickie Anderson

7:00-7:10:
***** Break for refreshments*****

7:10-7:15:
Drawing for the Monthly Raffle  - winner Judy Gebben

7:15-8:30:
PROGRAM:  Latifah Saafir, Modern Quilts

8:30-8:35:
Name Tag Drawing-Karen Axell

Meeting Adjourned – 8:20
Next board meeting is Thursday, June 6 at 5:30 pm at Panera Bread, Southgate.
Next guild meeting is on June 13th.

February Meeting Pictures

The link to the show and tell for the February Meeting can be found on Flickr. Click the picture above to see. Because of Kitty's attention to detail each picture now has the name of the person....yay Kitty.

CSQG February Meeting Minutes

Colorado Springs Quilt Guild
February 14, 2013 Meeting Minutes
Angela Gilpin called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.

There were no additions or corrections to the minutes printed in the last newsletter.

New Members:                                                        Guests:
Cynthia McGrew
Karen Axell, Karen
Bowman
Donna Kunkel                               

Nikki Rainey (Programs) announced that Annette Kennedy will be the speaker next month.  She displayed the sample for next month's workshop and explained that next month's meeting would be held in a different room, it will be a "hands-on" program and members will be seated around tables.  Nikki said there will be 6 workshops this year.

Lyn Seaver (Membership) said there are 73 members so far this year. We had three visitors, 7 renewing members and 4 new members (Cynthia McGrew, Karen Axell, Karen Bowman, Donna Kunkel).
Jalinda Gieck (Treasurer) said there is $23,718.85 in the operating account and 640.17 in the raffle account.
Kitty Hindle (Secretary) did not have anything to report.
Committee Reports:
Cheryl Griffin (Put & Take) reported that there was a lot of fabric to be had on the table and anything that was not picked up would be taken to ARC next week.
Dana Zimmerman (Raffle Ticket Sales)  reported that the license was received and tickets have been printed.  Next month they will be distributed to members for sales.  There is a sign-up sheet for members to take the quilt to CQC meetings to sell tickets and also a sign-up sheet for members to man the ticket sales at the Firehouse Quilts Show in Castlerock.  There is a $6 fee to get into the show that will not be reimbursed by the guild.
Mary Hattick (Quilt Guild Challenge)  Mary talked about the charm squares she has been passing out and explained the rules of the challenge again:  You must use 1 more than half of the squares (21 colors).  You can add what you want as long as they are solids.  Your entry must be quilted and there can be no embellishments or additions.  There can be no fabric painting.  The reveal will be in December before the Holiday Party.
Mary Hattick (Newsletter / Blog)  Mary is distributing 14 newsletter via mail and the rest through e-mail. Mary asked for links to add to the blog, either links to members' quilting websites or links to other quilting websites that may be of interest to other members of the guild. The newsletter is
also available via a link on the blog.  Blog:  csqg.blogspot.com
Ann Seymoure (Charity Quilts)  Ann said there had been some confusion as to the number of charity quilts needed for Safe Passage. She said about 100 per years go to children who are being interviewed and examined there as a result of sexual or physical abuse. Approximately another 100 go out "just because" (i.e., to a sibling that is accompanying the victim, to children being placed in foster care etc.)  On the 4th Thursday of every month around 11 a.m.,  the committee meets at Nuts & Bolts to finish quilts. They get lunch across the street as desired.
Debbie Davidson (Secret Pals) asked if the members would prefer to do Secret Pals March - September (7 months) or in 2 sessions of 5 month (March-July and Aug - December).  It was decided to do one pass of 7 months.  Debbie encouraged members to come sign up at her table.
Eddie Gray (Retreat Committee Chair)  Eddie reported that the treat would be at the same facility as last year (Christ Haven Lodge) only this year we would be renting the entire facility and there would be no other groups there at the same time. It will be September 6-8. Rooms will be on a sliding
scale (1st come 1st served).  Three to a room will be $175 per person.  There are 4 room available.  Two to a room will be $200 per person.  There are 15 rooms available.  One to a room is $225 and there are 3 rooms available.  There is room for 45 total.  There is a big house on the property that has
1 single room, 2 double rooms, 2 bathrooms, a kitchen and a living room to if a group of members wanted to stay there, they need to tell Eddie ASAP.   3 p.m Friday will be check-in.  There will be 2 nights (5 meals).  All money must be paid in full by the July meeting. Minimum deposit $50. No refunds. Program will be a mystery quilt and you will receive fabric requirements and cutting instructions. There will be door prizes.
Wendy Riggs (2012 Block of the Quarter) :  Donna Lewis won the blocks.
Nikki Rainey (2013 Block of the Quarter) -- Theme is "Christmas All Year Long."
Gloria Lesher (Hospitality) -- Gloria says she has a committee that includes Pati Driscoll and Pat Stephenson.  Gloria thanks the ladies who brought food this month: Dolly Copeland, Bev Bauer, Jean Rebello, Debbie Korrell, Barb Rhoads, Barb Czarniecki, Wendy Riggs, Kathy Huber & Pat Stephenson  There is a sign-up sheet for bringing food this year.  More sign-ups are needed for March and April.
Vickey Anderson  (Birthday Party and Monthly Raffle)  Vickey showed this month's raffle item which was a basket full of valentine fabrics and goodies
donated by Terry Putzstuck.  The raffle netted $87.50
Terry Putzstuck  (Strips & Squares)  The theme for February is Purple Prints and for March it is Polka Dots.  April is Batiks.  May is small flowers.  June is Black/yellow. July is reproduction prints. August is animal skin prints.  September is shades of blue.  October is Black/orange.  November is
flannel.  December is snowmen / snowflakes.


No New Business
No Old Business
Announcements:  Please recycle your plastics in the bin provided.  Bev Haring has flyers for the Studio Art Quilt Associates.
SHOW & TELL 
Angela encouraged everyone to show their work regardless of skill level.  We were all beginners once.  There is a box where you can put your name in
each time you bring Show & Tell.  There will be a drawing at the end of the year and the winner will have 5 trees donated for Waldo Canyon in their
name.
Those displaying Show & Tell were:
Mary Hattick -- 2 charity quilts
Donna Lewis -- an American Farm Scene UFO
Kath Dailey -- a wall quilt made with African fabric
Barb Czarniecki -- 2 tablerunner tops for the auction
Pat Stephenson -- a purple charity quilt
Joan Musick -- UFO Jellyroll race quilt w/ appliqued yellow roses  and class sample for April day guild workshop.
Nani Kaai -- Her nieces quilts that have won numerous ribbons:  McKenna's quilt and Kelly's 1st show quilt (her own design)
Jamie Krause and Dana Carr -- lap blanket
Chris Hodges -- Charity comfort quilt top
Ann Anderson -- 4 wk embroidery project
Bev Haring -- put & take charity quilt top
Fran DiSalvo -- 3 charity quilts from Put & Take
Pati Driscoll -- Veggie Tales baby quilt and a baby quilt top
Vickey Anderson -- quilt for brother that she started at last year's retreat
BREAK
Door Prizes -- Bring one if you win.  There is no set amount for the gift.   This month's door prizes were won by :  Susan Reed, Wendy Riggs, Nikki
Rainey and Terry Putzstuck.
Monthly Raffle -- the basket of valentine fabric and goodies was won by Gloria Lesher.
SPEAKER
Nikki Rainey introduced the speaker, Laura Farnham from Na-La's Quilt Shoppe in Fountain.  She does not piece -- she is a long-arm quilter.  Her talk
was about long-arming and designing your quilts.
Name Tag Drawing:  Julie McNames won the drawing and she will have a tree donated in her name for Waldo Canyon / Flying W Ranch.
The meeting was adjourned.
Kitty Hindle, Secretary

Board Minutes-7 Feb 2013

Colorado Springs Quilt Guild Board Minutes

February 7, 2013 5:30 p.m. at Ruth’s Stitchery

Present were: Angela Gilpin, Lyn Seaver, Jalinda Gieck, Nikki Rainey, and Kitty Hindle.

Committee chairs present for the first part of the meeting were: Eddie Gray, Gloria Lesher, Ann Seymoure, Mary Hattick, Vickey Anderson, Terry Putzstuck, Sheila Plagman, Susan Reed-Throckmorton, and Debbie Anderson.

Committee Chair contracts were discussed

Budget was discussed

By-Law changes will be addressed at the next meeting.

Programs for 2013 were discussed.

Check Out the Other Pages

The front page of the blog has most of the new information available, but there are other pages you might be interested in. The announcements page has stuff from CQC and other quilt or craft related announcements. If you're looking for a quilting book, you could check out the library page. It has an up to date list of the books in the guild library. (If you have books you no longer want or need, you can donate them.)

Danielle Keenan

The Guild Member Sites page has links to website or blogs by members of the guild. There aren't many now, but if you have one, it can be added. Danielle Keenan's blog just got listed. I read through it....she's an interesting woman, you should look at it too!








Bev Haring has a diverse set of interests. Take a look at this...

Joan Musick is an author and quilter, check her site to see what she is up to.

Mary Hattick posts about quilting and dyeing and other stuff.

Newsletter is Posted

The February Newsletter is posted on the links page. You'll find information about the next program, and a list of all the programs for the year with links to speaker websites.

Also, an announcement by the Coconino Center for the Arts in Flagstaff which is holding a juried quilt exhibition this summer. You can find more information on the announcements page.

Our program for February will be presented by Laura Farnham, co-owner of Na-La's Quilt Shoppe in Fountain. She will talk about preparing your quilt for sending to a quilter and how she decides what designs to use.

Come and enjoy the fun.

Links for all newsletters since 2010 are now on the links page. Look at the tabs above and click on Links and you'll find them.

If you have a blog or would like to share some of your quilting, email using the form on the right. I'll be happy to add to our blog.

Photo Links

I have been remiss in posting links to our flikr page, so here are the links for July, August and September. Enjoy!

July

August

September

Quilt-a-Fair Quilt Show, 2012

April, 2012--Quilt-a-Fair Quilt Show, 2012

            Curator, Laural Hoppes

            Quilt-a-Fair is just around the corner, well at least 5 months away. Please let me know that you will participate with a quilt or two to be hung at the show. You can call and leave a message (536-0577) or send me an email (quiltinglaural@comcast.net). You can then turn in the paperwork (due by August 26^th) when you know about the quilt you wish to display, or sooner if you know which one you are going to display.

            The display is an exhibit, -- no judging, just an exhibit for a large crowd of attendees to see our guilds quilts.
            When considering participating please keep the following in mind.
First, this does not have to be a new quilt. You can display any quilt you have made that you would like to share with us. It could have been made anytime in the past. You can, of course, have just made the quilt too.

Second, we would prefer the twin size 72” X 90”, and up.

Third, quilts must have a 4” sleeve and identification information (name, address, phone#) on the back of the quilt.
Fourth, the quilts will be hung high up in the convention center, so please have bright designs – white on white or light pastels will probably not show up. Also no tied quilts.

Lastly, all quilts must be in a cloth bag like a pillow case, with identification written on the cloth.

            This is an enormous honor to be selected to hang our guild’s quilts at the show, we haven’t been asked since the 1980s!  Let’s make it a picturesque show of our quilts.

February and March Board Minutes

Board Meeting Minutes  February 23, 2012

(Meeting date changed due to weather cancellation on February 2, 2012)

We met at Ruth’s Stitchery at 4:30.  Members present were:  Bonnie Burt, Susan Reed Throckmorton, Cindy Pring, Mary Hattick and Gloria Lesher

We went over the proposed 2012 budget line by line and it was approved by a quorum.  The membership will vote on it at the March meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 6:00.

Board Meeting Minutes  March 1, 2012

We met at Ruth’s Stitchery at 4:30 pm.  Members present were:  Bonnie Burt, Mary Ruttner, Dana Zimmerman, Susan Reed-Throckmorton and Gloria Lesher.

Budget was emailed to membership.   Dues need to be paid for the present year.  Ruth’s and HCQ were asked for fabric donations for Safe Passage and Veteran’s Quilts.  Discussed charity program for March meeting.  A couple of Veteran’s stitching bee dates may need to be canceled due to conflicts later in the year. 

Meeting adjourned at 5:30.

March Guild Meeting Minutes

Colorado Springs Quilt Guild General Meeting Minutes for March 8, 2012

Call to Order:  President Bonnie Burt called the meeting to order at 6:32 pm.  The minutes from our February meeting were approved as published in our newsletter.  A motion was made by Barb Czarniecki to approve the proposed 2012 budget.  Jeanie Brooks seconded the motion.  There was no discussion and the members voted to approve the budget as published.  Bonnie thanked Cindy Pring for her help while Kathi LaFrance was absent.

Officers Reports:

Treasurer – Kathi LaFrance:  We have $23,715.52 in our total account which includes  $1914.20 in our raffle account and $21,801.32 in our operating account.

1^st VP Membership –  Susan Reed Throckmorton:  New members include:  Mary Ann Kramer, Regina Bechard, Terry Putzstuck and Kathleen Huber.  Elaine Goodrum was a guest this evening.  Susan  congratulated members who have March birthdays.

2^nd Vice President – Jeanie Brooks for Mary Hattick:  Cat Mikkelson will be our speaker in April.  Pat Richie will show us Fire Quilts in May.   There are 4 slots open for our September retreat.

Committee Reports:

Secret Pals – Julie McNames:  The new secret pal round has started and will run until  September.

Block of the Quarter – Wendy Riggs:   Someone will win the Scrap Bag blocks in April.   You can still bring in blocks and turn them in at the start of the meeting next month.

Strip & Charm Exchange & a Challenge! – Barb Czarniecki:  April colors for strips and charms are an Easter theme with ducks, chicks, etc.     Barb is challenging us to make a bag, garment, jacket, vest, etc.  using one technique that we’ve never done before for our July meeting. 

Monthly Raffle – Mary Ruttner:  Pat Stephenson donated a basket of goodies and Bonnie Kerbs was our lucky winner. 

Raffle Quilt – Dana Zimmerman:  We have 5000 tickets printed for our raffle quilt.  There are 25 tickets in a ‘pack’ or envelope.  Return your sold tickets to Dana in that same envelope.  Make sure the stubs you return to her are completely filled out.

Auction – Eddie Gray:  We made $3800.00 last year at our October auction.  Let’s beat that this year.   Plan now what you can sew / donate.

Hospitality – Debbee Jacobs:   Please sign up to bring food and drinks to our meetings.

New Business:

There will only be 5 raffle quilts displayed at Quilt-a-Fair this year.  We have applied to have our raffle quilt be one of them.    Bonnie has also applied to have our raffle quilt displayed at the Pueblo Quilt Show.

 We will have a drawing at our April meeting including names of people who participated in Show and Tell in January, February and March.  Thank you to Angela Gilpin who has donated some incentive prizes.

Show and Tell:   Members who participated in Show and Tell this month were:  Angela Gilpin, Lana Thomas, Amy Duell, Bev Haring, Cindy Link, Mary Ruttner, Janet Mohler & Ann Seymoure.

Door Prizes:   Winners were:  Barb Swenson & Wendy Riggs

Announcements:

Nikki Rainey:  Piecing Partner’s  March 21^st meeting will feature Marci Baker from Alicia’s Attic in Fort Collins speaking on the ABC’s of 3D piecing.  She will teach a half-day class on the afternoon of the 21^st for $25 and a full-day class on March 22^nd .  The April 18^th speaker will be Carolyn Beam from Quiltmaker Magazine.

The Pikes Peak Branch of the National League of American Pen Women is sponsoring a non-juried quilt competition titled “HerStory:  Prominent Women in Colorado Springs”.   The entry form is due by July 15, 2012.  For more information contact:   info@ppb-nlapw.org

Elizabeth Barber, Lead Interpreter for the Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site, and Patty Burns, quilting liason to the Rock Ledge Ranch:  The Quilting Friends of Rock Ledge Ranch are asking for volunteers to serve as docents.  You will be trained and you can wear period clothing and interact with visitors through quilting demonstrations and talks.  The quilting friends also meet on the 3^rd Thursday of the month at Lady Bug Hill Quilts from 10:00 – 2:00 where they make items to sell in the Rock Ledge Ranch gift shop.   Contact Patty at 719-494-1120 to join the Quilting Friends.  Attend an orientation session at Rock Ledge Ranch on Friday, April 13^th, from 1:00 – 4:00.  Call Elizabeth for more information at 719-578-6781.

Next  board meeting is  April  5^th at Ruth’s Stitchery at 4:30.   All are invited to attend.  Our next general meeting will be April 12^th, 2012, at 6:30 at the Senior Center.

Program:

Wilene Lampert spoke to us from Safe Passage.  Julie McNames & Jeanie Brooks talked about Veteran’s quilts.  Terry Putzstuck spoke on welcome home quilts for female medics from the 4^th Brigade at Fort Carson who are currently serving in Afghanistan.  Ann Seymoure showed us many charity quilts and gave us ideas for patterns.

The meeting was concluded at 8:48 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Secretary – Gloria Joy Lesher

Colorado Springs Quilt Guild General Meeting Minutes for February 9, 2012

Call to Order: President Bonnie Burt called the meeting to order at 6:32 pm. The minutes from our January meeting were approved as published in our newsletter.
Officers Reports:

Treasurer – Kathi LaFrance: We have $22,450.92 in our total account which includes $1846.99 in our raffle account and $20,603.93 in our operating account.

1st VP Membership – Becky Straup reporting for Susan Reed Throckmorton: We had 11 members who renewed their membership this evening. Pat Kramer was introduced as a new member and we had 3 guests. Becky congratulated members who have February birthdays.

Committee Reports:

Secret Pals – Julie McNames: More “old pals” were announced. Our new secret pal round will run from March to September.

Block of the Quarter – Wendy Riggs: Make a Scrap Bag block to participate in our block of the quarter drawing. Please pin your name on any blocks you make so Wendy knows who to enter in the drawing.

Strip & Charm Exchange & a Challenge! – Barb Czarniecki: March colors for the strips and charms will be St. Patricks’ Day / green fabric. Barb is challenging us to make a bag, garment, jacket, vest, etc. using one technique that we’ve never done before for our July meeting. Let Barb know if you’d like to participate.

Monthly Raffle – Mary Ruttner: A beautiful valentine quilt was made by Barb Shie. Our lucky winner was Dana Zimmerman and we raised over $100.00 for our guild!

Charity Quilts & Challenge Quilts - Ann Seymoure: Please bring a charity quilt for show and tell in March. The new executive director of Safe Passage will be at our March meeting. Sign your name on a clipboard to be included in our UFO’s and PIGS (Project In a Grocery Sack) drawings.

Charity Quilts for Veterans – Joan Musick: We are continuing to sew quilts for veterans living at the VA home in Pueblo. Masculine- type fabric donations are requested for this committee! Everyone is welcome to join in and help sew, cut, etc at Ruth’s Stitchery on the Friday’s after our guild meeting from 1:00 – 5:00 or 6:00ish.

Unfinished Business:

*We received our raffle license today and we will soon be ready to sell raffle quilt tickets.

*Nikki Rainey has volunteered to be our comfort quilt chairperson.

*Since the February board meeting was canceled due to weather, the budget will be worked on at a to-be-determined date and the membership will be able to vote on it.
Show and Tell: Remember, when you show us your quilts your name is included in a quarterly drawing for a gift! Members who participated in Show and Tell this month were: Mary Hattick, Carol DiGiacomo, Kitty Hindle, Marsha McCain, Ann Seymoure, Judy Gebben, Cheri Shields, Ramona Johnson, Carol Green, Jeanie Brooks, Janet Frank, Judy Ferguson, Donna Lewis & Kathi LaFrance.
Door Prizes: Winners were: Deborah Jacobs, Nikki Rainey, Barb Rhoads, Kitty Hindle & Kathy Dailey.
Announcements:

Barb Shie: The next CQC meeting will be February 25th in Loveland. The speaker will be Linda Thielfoldt speaking on “Adventures in Wearable Art”. Quilt Colorado will be at the Loveland Embassy Suites July 11 – 15 and you can register for classes starting February 21st at http://www.quiltcolorado.com/
Nikki Rainey: Piecing Partner’s February 15th speaker is Charlotte Warr Anderson. She will teach a ½ day class on the 15th and a full day class on the 16th. The March 21st meeting will feature Marci Baker from Alicia’s Attic in Fort Collins.
Debbie Korrell: Debbie’s Mom, Jean Woofter, is feeling better and is back with us. Yay!
Bonnie: Presented heart blocks to Laural Hoppes as a thank-you for being our guild president last year.
Next meeting is March 8, 2012 at 6:30 at the Senior Center.
Program:

Jeannie Brooks & Cindy Pring presented on strips and charms. Check out the Jelly Roll Race on You Tube! (Only a quilter would enjoy this.)
The meeting was concluded at 8:05 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Secretary – Gloria Lesher

February Meeting Pictures

If you would like to see the pictures from the last guild meeting, click this link or the picture to the left.

Colorado Quilt Council

If you are interested in finding out what is going on with the state guild, you can follow this link. If you click on the Meetings link you get information about where and what will be presented for each month's meeting. In February it will be on February 25, 2012 in Loveland at LifeSpring Covenant Church and will be presented by Linda Thielfoldt: Adventures in Wearable Art. There will also be a workshop: February 26: Taking the Fear out of Machine Quilting. If you are intersted in seeing her website check here: www.thequiltedgoose.com

Every other year CQC puts on  a quilting symposium. If you want to have information about the next one, check this link.

Meeting Minutes-January 2012

Colorado Springs Quilt Guild General Meeting Minutes for January 12, 2012

Call to Order:  President Bonnie Burt called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm.  The minutes from our December meeting were approved as published in our newsletter.  Bonnie thanked all new board members and committee chairpersons for volunteering to serve this year.  Ann Seymoure will be our raffle quilt custodian and Cheryl Ross will be our historian.  We need a comfort quilts coordinator as Patty Loewenkamp is moving to Nevada.  L  (She’ll be coming back for our retreat, though.)  Bonnie has asked members to serve on a hospitality committee to welcome new members.  The financial committee appointed by Bonnie has reviewed our books and our guild is good to go!

Officers Reports:

Treasurer – Kathi LaFrance:  We have $20,147.82 in our operating budget and $3097.33 in our raffle account.  This gives us a total of $23,245.15.

2^nd VP Programs – Mary Hattick:  Our February program will be charm and strip quilts.  Plan to bring in some that you’ve done to share!  Also, bring in the pattern (if it is shareable) or the name of the pattern.   Mary handed out Hoffman 2011 challenge fabric (H8709 Moss Gold #98G) to paid members.  Make something (anything!) for our August meeting as a Hoffman 2011 challenge trunk show will be our featured program.  Mary handed out surveys for our input on program interest.  These can be turned in to her in February.

1^st VP Membership – Susan Reed Throckmorton:  We ended 2011 with 99 members.  As of this evening we have 51 paid members.   New members include:  Donna Lewis, Lorraine Goodmen, Connie Patterson, Donna Stephens and Jean Lemesany.  We had 6 guests this evening:  Kristi Smith, Chris McQueen, Mary Guthery, Mimi Wheeler, Donna Mathewson and Pat Gamer.  Susan congratulated members who have January birthdays.

OLD 2^nd VP Programs – Jeanie Brooks:  (She’s not really old!)  Programs for 2012 are:  February – Strippers vs. Charmers;  March – Charity night;  April – Ruth from Ruth’s Stitchery;  May – Pat Richie;  June – Margo Krager including a Saturday, June 16 AM and a PM workshop;  July – 25^th Birthday Party;  August – Hoffman 2011 Challenge Trunk Show, shared with Marsha McCain from Nuts N Bolts; September – Beth Lonnquist;  October – Auction;  November – Sally Schneider with a workshop on November 10^th  and  December – Christmas Party.  Would we like a program at our Christmas party again?   Can you bring a charm quilt or a strip quilt to our February meeting?   Let Jeanie know!   Also, let Jeanie know if you can attend our retreat September 21^st – 23^rd.  Beth Lonnquist will teach a Saturday morning class during the retreat.   Bring a friend!

Committee Reports:

Secret Pals – Julie McNames:  We revealed our “old” pals.  The proposal for this year is to only have one round of secret pals.  Fill out a form and return them to Julie and we will have a FUN secret pal round from March to September.

Block of the Quarter – Wendy Riggs:  The lucky winner of our Winter’s Day block of the quarter was Susan Reed-Throckmorton.   Our new block of the quarter is a Scrap Bag Block.   Wendy showed us which fabrics would be appropriate and she has plenty of patterns if you’d like to join in the fun.

Auction – Eddie Gray:  Eddie and Angela  will be coordinating our 2012 October auction.  Eddie reminded us to make something that we would want to give to a close friend for a gift.  We made $3800.00 for our guild last year (in 1 hour and 15 minutes) at our auction.

Strip & Charm Exchange & a Challenge! – Barb Czarniecki:  The colors for the strips and charms have been determined and are published in the newsletter.  February will be heart motifs.  Barb clarified the directions for cutting.  Barb is challenging us to make a bag or a garment using one technique that we’ve never done before!   Get these done for our July birthday party.

Newsletter & Blog -  Mary Hattick:  Kitty Hindle will be writing our newsletter this year.   She would like all articles and submissions to be e-mailed (cospringsqg@gmail.com) to her by the 20^th of the month.  Mary will continue to keep our Blog updated.  Ask Mary if you don’t know how to find links  for past newsletters, quilt pictures or free patterns!

Monthly Raffle – Mary Ruttner:  We will have a monthly raffle starting next month as our license application still needs to be processed. 

Charity Quilts & Challenge Quilts -  Ann Seymoure: We had 12 participants in the UFO project challenge.   26 UFO’s were completed and the winners of 85 fat quarters were:  Patti Driscoll, Cindy Pring, Susan Reed-Throckmorton, Barb Czarniecki and Laural Hoppes.

The new challenge will include UFO’s and PIGS (Project In a Grocery Sack).  Each month bring in what you’re completed for Show and Tell.  If your PIG is completely finished, you will sign and be eligible for a drawing for a $25 gift certificate. 

We will feature charity quilts for Safe Passage at our March meeting.  Please bring charity quilts for Show and Tell that night.  The executive director of Safe Passage will be at that meeting.  There will be a Sew Day at Ann’s home on Saturday, January 28^th, at 10:00 AM to work on quilts.  Bring food to share for lunch or snacks.

Charity Quilts for Veterans – Joan Musick:  Our very own celebrity, Joan (as featured in the Gazette) reported that 28 twin sized or larger quilts were delivered in December to the Veteran’s Home in Pueblo.  Masculine- type fabric donations are requested for this committee!  Everyone is welcome to join in and help sew, cut, etc at Ruth’s on the Friday’s after our guild meeting from 1:00 – 5:00.

Hospitality – Debbie Jacobs:  Please let Debbie know if you can help with snacks and drinks for our February meeting.   sewingangel@gmail.com

Raffle Quilt – Dana Zimmerman:  Dana has sewed and quilted our 2012 Storm at Sea raffle quilt.  The quilt was on display for our meeting and it is just BEAUTIFUL.   Thank you, Dana, for your hard work.   Dana will be in charge of ticket sales for the quilt.

Show and Tell:  Remember, when you show us your quilts your name is included in a quarterly drawing for a gift!    Members who participated in Show and Tell this month were:   Barb Czarniecki, Mary Hattick, Amy Duell, Laural Hoppes, Kathi LaFrance & Patti Driscoll.

Door Prizes:  If you win one, please bring one to our next meeting!  It should be a new item, $10.00 or less in value.  Winners were:  Kathy Dailey, Judy Ferguson & Carole DiGiacomo.

Announcements:

Barb Shie:  The next CQC meeting will be January 28^th in Littleton.  The speaker will be Lois Hallock speaking on “Your Perfect Quilting Space”.  Quilt Colorado will be at the Loveland Embassy Suites July 11 – 15 and you will be able to see a preview of the classes offered at CQC’s January meeting.  Registration for the classes will be on-line this year.

Bonnie:  Make heart blocks (any size) to give to Laural Hoppes, showing her our appreciation for being our 2011 guild president.  Please bring these to our February meeting.  (Laural likes reds, pinks and purples.)   

 Bonnie thanked Kathi LaFrance and Mary Ruttner who attended a games license training with a very short notice.

Next board meeting is February 2, 2012 at 4:30 at Ruth’s Stitchery.  Anyone is invited.

Next meeting is February 9, 2012 at 6:30 at the Senior Center.

Program:

 Jilly McCloy  presented on Lazy Way to Quilting.

The meeting was concluded at 8:50 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Secretary – Gloria Lesher

Board Minutes for January 2012

January Board Meeting:  Gloria Lesher

We met January  5, 2012, at Ruth’s at 4:30.     Members present were:  Bonnie Burt, Ann Seymoure, Eddie Gray,  Angela Gilpin, Kathi LaFrance, Barb Rhoads, Laural Hoppes, Jeanie Brooks, Cheryl  Ross,       Susan Reed-Throckmorton,  Mary Hattick, Mary Ruttner,  Cindy Pring and Gloria Lesher

Bonnie would like a welcoming committee to greet new members at meetings.  Bonnie requested that we estimate our financial needs for our 2012 budget so this can be discussed at our February board meeting and printed in the March newsletter.  The by-laws committee will also publish proposed changes in the March newsletter.   We discussed which committees need to be filled and the need for some of our members to attend game manager training.

Cheryl  Ross, Barb Rhoads and Susan Reed-Throckmorten reported on the records inspection of our finances and all was found to be in order.  We discussed  committee budgets, receipts and invoices.

Meeting was adjourned at 5:54 pm.

By-Laws

Since the by-laws of the CSQG are going to be reviewed with the possibility of revision this year, a copy of the 2005 revision of the by-laws is available for download on the Links tab above. Click on the link and a pdf version of the by laws will be downloaded. In order to view the file you must have Adobe Reader on your computer. It is a free program and can be downloaded and installed by clicking on this link and following the directions given.

Show n Tell Pictures-December 2011

If you want to see the pictures from show n tell at the December meeting, click the picture above.