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
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
February Meeting Pictures
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.
Every other year CQC puts on a quilting symposium. If you want to have information about the next one, check this link.
Monday, January 16, 2012
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.
2nd 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.
1st 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 2nd 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 – 25th 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 10th 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 21st – 23rd. 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 20th 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 28th, 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 28th 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.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
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.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Show n Tell Pictures-December 2011
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