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

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

General meeting minutes: October 13, 2011

General meeting minutes:  October 13, 2011

Laural Hoppes opened the meeting at 6:30.  The minutes from our September meeting were approved.  The membership voted and approved to display our quilts at Quilt-A-Fair next year. 

The drawing for our fall block-of-the quarter will be in November.

If anyone has ideas for strip quilts / projects please e-mail or call Jeanie or Cindy.    We will be stripping in November!

CQC will meet in Colorado Springs on October 22^nd and Linda Poole will be speaking.

Laural congratulated our members with October birthdays.

The meeting adjourned at 6:34 and our program, the Auction, concluded at 8:00.

Gloria Lesher, Secretary

Meeting Minutes-July 2011

Colorado Springs Quilt Guild General Meeting Minutes for July 14, 2011

Call to Order:  President Laural Hoppes called the meeting to order at 6:30.

Officers Reports:

Secretary – Gloria Lesher:  Correction to the meeting minutes from June: The quilt guild in Woodland Park is called Quilters Above the Clouds.

2^nd VP Programs – Jeanie Brooks:   In August, Nani Kaai will be speaking.  In September, we’ll have Carolyn McCormark talk to us about No Stress Paper Piecing.  Carolyn will teach a workshop on Saturday, September 10^th.   144  tickets were sold on our raffle quilt during the Shop Hop.   We are at $1450 in raffle quilt ticket sales to this date.

1^st VP Membership – Susan Reed Throckmorton:    Four  guests this evening were:  Marilyn Brandkorst, Brenda Walsh, Eunice Ciaccio & Lois Boschee.   We now have 95 members in our guild.

Committee Reports:

Strip Exchange – Barb Czarniecki:   Strip colors for August are white or tone on tone whites.  Instructions are on the website for our mystery quilt.  We’re on step 7.  

Block of the Quarter – Wendy Riggs:  The Go’in Fishing blocks were won by Mona Wood.  Wendy handed out a new pattern:  Days of Autumn.  The drawing for these blocks will be in October.

Charity Quilts – Ann Seymoure:   Safe Passage really appreciates the quilts we give them.     UFO challenge:  The year is ½ over.   Are you ½ done with your UFO’s?

Monthly Raffle –  Our raffle for this month was a basket of goodies (fabrics, stamps, mug, candle & dish towel) donated  by Patricia  Driscoll.   The lucky winner was Marie Blowers.  

Raffle Quilt – Laural:  The quilt will hang at NaLa’s in July.  Check your calendars to see if you can sell some raffle tickets at the Rock Ledge Ranch craft show – September 16, 17 & 18.  It’s a fun way to visit with people and everyone who sees our raffle quilt always wants to own it!

Charity Quilting Bee- Julie McNames & Joan Musick:  8 members met on July 8^th and they sewed some quilts for the VA Home.  If you have fabrics that would be appropriate for older veterans (especially men) please consider donating them to this worthy cause.  Come and sew with the bee at the Senior Center in the Ceramic Room from 1:00 – 5:00 on the 2^nd Friday after our next guild meeting, August 12th.

By-Laws Committee- Cathi LaFrance:  The committee has been meeting and some proposed changes have been written to our existing by-laws.   Go to our website to view the proposed changes.  We will discuss this in August and vote in November.

Auction- Edie Gray:  Edie has some flyers printed advertising our October auction.  Please pass them out to your favorite shop, workplace lounge, etc.  Edie will be gone in September, but get ready to bring auction items  to the meeting in October so we can make tons of money for our guild.

New Business:

We need a new chairperson for the monthly raffle.   Lyn Seaver and Cathi LaFrance have graciously volunteered to take over this position from Barb Shie for the rest of the year.

Announcements:

Laural Hoppes:  Congratulated our July  birthday members and gave them candy bars.

Jeannie Brooks:  The Quilters Above the Clouds guild will have a quilt show on Saturday, July 30^th from 10 – 4 at the Woodland Park library.  Marsha McKane, owner of Nuts N Bolts was happy to have us at her shop during the Shop Hop.

Joan Musick:  Joan now has 14 applique patterns for sale that are from “The Missing Flower Tops” and “The Midnight Snack” quilt.

Marie Blowers:  The Friends of Rock Ledge are asking for hand sewed donations to sell at the Rock Ledge general store.  If you can make pot holders, baby blankets, dishtowels, doll clothes, etc., please consider donating some to the general store.  Talk to Marie if you have questions.

Marsha McKane:  Marsha thanked us for being at Nuts N Bolts for the Shop Hop.  She is offering a discount to all of our members on July 25 – 30^th.  Nuts N Bolts Needleworks is at 200 S. Chestnut Street in Woodland Park.

Next board meeting is August 4, 2011 at 6:30 at Ruth’s Stitchery.   All are invited.

Next meeting is August 11, 2011 at 6:30 at the senior center.

Show and Tell:   Members who participated in Show and Tell this evening  were:  Laural Hoppes, Bev Haring,  Dana Zimmerman , Sandra Graham, Barb Czarniecki and Marie Blowers.

Door Prizes:  We will resume door prize drawings in August.   If you’ve won one in the last while, please bring one to our meeting.

Program:  We ate delicious food and birthday cake and cupcakes.   We played some fun games and we thank Marie Blowers and Julia Grigsby  for a wonderful 24^th birthday party.

The meeting was concluded at 8:15 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Secretary – Gloria Lesher

Meeting Minutes-13 January 2011

Colorado Springs Quilt Guild General Meeting Minutes for January 13, 2011

Call to Order:  President Laural Hoppes called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm.  She welcomed all members by reminding us that the CSQG was founded in 1987 by a small group of women sharing a common interest in quilting.  We will be celebrating our 24^th birthday this year.   What began as a quilting bee has grown into a large nonprofit organization of 80 plus members.

Officers Reports:

Secretary – Gloria Lesher:  There were no minutes submitted from the December 2010 meeting.  The Board Meeting Minutes from December 3, 2010 are printed on our website.

Treasurer – Cindy Pring:  Our $$$ balance is on-line.  Cindy is referring to the budget that was created for us from last year.  She is currently interested in line item amounts on the budget.

2^nd VP Programs – Jeanie Brooks:  Our February program will be Kaleidoscope Quilts, Stack N Whack.    Jeanie and Mary Hattick showed us examples of the Kaleidoscope Spring Star pattern and the Four Patch Posie pattern.   There will be a workshop offered on February 12^that Ruth’s Stitchery.  If you are interested in signing up and / or want to know more about a supply list, contact Mary Hattick.

Our March program will be advocacy or charity night.  Members are asked to bring in their favorite advocacy quilts and quilt patterns.   Patterns will be handed out for members to use.

Jeanie asked for a show of hands of people who might be interested in a quilt retreat in September of 2012. 

1^st VP Membership – Susan Reed Throckmorton:  We have 52 paid members as of 6:45 this evening.  We had 7 guests this evening and some of them have joined us as paid members.

Committee Reports:

Secret Pals & Hospitality – Jill McCloy:  Sophie Hamilton assisted Jill with having members sign up for Secret Pals.  Secret Pals from July – December 2010 will be revealed at our next meeting in February.  Secret Pal names for our current months (January – July 2011) will be mailed to participants this month.  Jill offered a $15 Starbucks giftcard to someone to clean up at the end of our meeting.

Block of the Quarter – Wendy Riggs:  Wendy showed us the Spring Flower Garden Block using greens and florals.  She will have the pattern available next month, also.  The pattern will also be available in our newsletter.  The drawing for the blocks will be in March.

Auction – Eddie Gray:  Eddie will be coordinating our 2011 October auction.  She reminded us to make something that we would want to give to a close friend for a gift.  She reminded us of the value that people put into the items they make.  The auction is a big money maker for us.

Strip Exchange – Barb Czarniecki:  The colors for the strips have been determined for the year.  Barb will be giving us some patterns that we can use to use our strips, too.  Barb also had the first of a Mystery Quilt pattern that will make a crib sized quilt.

Newsletter & Blog& Library – Mary Hattick:  Debbie Korell is storing all the books for our library at her name.  The library quilting books are listed on our website.  To borrow books, send an e-mail to:   cospringsqg@gmail.com      Include your name and e-mail address in the request.

Monthly Raffle – Barbara Shie:  Our raffle for this month was a lovely purse made by Angela Gilpin.  Barb is encouraging everyone to sign up for a monthly raffle.  It helps us pay our rent!  Our lucky winner for the purse this month was Cathy LeFrance.

Charity Quilts & Challenge Quilts -  Ann Seymoure:  Remember to keep sewing quilts for Safe Passage.  Our challenge is to complete more unfinished projects.   Bring a batik fat quarter to Ann for each unfinished project that you want to complete.  Give her your list next month.  Let’s challenge each other to finish some UFO’s!

Unfinished Business:   At the board meeting on January 6, 2011, the decision was made for the guild to not purchase an Accu-Cut Roller Die Cutting Machine.  Perhaps a small group or an individual would like to purchase one and rent it out to members. 

New Business:

We have openings for the following positions which can be filled by a member or by a group of members:  Raffle Quilt 2012, July birthday party, December Christmas party, Nominating Committee

The top of our Raffle Quilt for 2011 was revealed.  Jeanie Brooks and Cindy Pring did a wonderful job.  It now goes to Bonnie Burt, who will machine quilt it. 

Laural passed sign-up sheets around for members to sign up to sell raffle tickets for our quilt at the Denver Merchandise Market (Rocky Mountain Sewing Expo) in February and for the CQC monthly meeting in February in Longmont.

The Woodmen Edition (northern local newspaper) has interviewed Laural about our quilt guild.

Laural handed out candy bars to our members with January birthdays.

Laural is challenging all of us l to make / donate 4 charity quilts this year.  If you meet the challenge, you will receive a small scissors charm.

Show and Tell:  Remember, when you show us your quilts your name is included in a chance to win a Jim Shore angel or a gift certificate.  Drawings will be held in June and in November.  Members who participated in Show and Tell this month were:   Barb Czarniecki, Sandy Graham, Kathy Barrett, Jalinda Gieck, Cat Mikelson, Joan Musak, Karen Leigh, Debbie Jacobs, Mary Hattick  & Pat Richie.

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:  Barb Czarniecki, Karen Leigh, Bonnie Burt, Kathy Barrett, Sandra Graham, Wendy Riggs, Debbie Jacobs & Kathy Dailey.    Linda Babcock won a $25.00 gift certificate from Ruth’s Stitchery.

Announcements:

Our new mailbox number is 8221.

Next board meeting is February 3, 2011 at 6:00 at Ruth’s Stitchery.  Anyone is invited.

Next meeting is February 10, 2011 at 6:30 at the senior center.  There will be a Kaleidoscope workshop on February 12^th.

Program:

Jeanie introduced Bev Haring who presented on art quilts.

The meeting was concluded at 8:12 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Secretary – Gloria Lesher

Guild Meeting Minutes October 14, 2010

The meeting was called to order at 6:30 by Barb Czarnieki

On Tuesday, October 19 there will be an open house at the Fine Arts Center from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm.. There will be a quilt artist who uses textures for colors so the blind can enjoy art.

Jilly McCloy wrote a letter to the Senior Center. She found out that it is now under the housing authority and not the city of Colorado Springs. The center is open to negotiations about the price of using the space, so we may be able to continue using it for the same cost.

Mary Hattick reported that the First United Methodist Church downtown is willing to rent us space. It will cost $25 per meeting and the church staff will include set up and take down of chairs and tables. She will include more information in the newsletter and on the web site.

If you are not going to be at the November meeting when we hold the vote about where we will meet next year, you can vote by emailing cospringsqg@gmail.com or send a letter via regular mail to Barb Czarnieki indicating your vote.

Jilly had a message from Nikki, who is in charge of the Christmas Party. She is suggesting a Hawaiian theme with platters from Chik-fil-a and food donations from members. She also has ideas for games, with each member bringing 2 fat quarters (batiks) to use as prizes. Each member will be asked to bring 2 fat quarters, a side dish, and an item to be donated to charity. She will give more information at the November meeting about the charity aspect.

Wendy Riggs is heading the nominating committee. Some people have already volunteered for positions in the guild. Gloria Lesher is the most recent volunteer, she will take over the secretary's position. Other available spots will be posted in the newsletter and on the web site.

Tonight is the guild's auction. The auctioneer is Leo Christner.

Submitted by Deb Korrell

Update from Cindy Pring, treasurer.

We grossed $2,715.00 from the auction.  After expenses, that is $2500.00 donated by our members!  

So far, we have sold $822 in quilt raffle tickets.