November 20, 2012 Meeting minutes

Nishnabotna Valley Quilters Guild

Meeting Minutes

November 20, 2012

I.     Call to order

LeAnn  called to order the regular meeting of the Nishnabotna Valley Quilters Guild at 7 pm  on November 20, 2012 in Walnut Public Library.

II.     Roll call

LeAnn conducted a roll call. All 13 members were present.  Roll call was “How many years have you been quilting”.

III.     Approval of minutes from last meeting

LuAnn read the minutes from the last meeting. The minutes were approved as read.  Vivian gave the treasure’s report of $1020.04.

IV.     Open issues

a)     Round Robin – there were 4 participants this month.  Next month, and the last month will be diamonds.  Tops are to be completed by the January Meeting

b)     Christmas Tree will be decorated by the group and will meet after 10 a.m. tomorrow.  Judy and Ion volunteered to set up the tree at the welcome center. LeAnn and Nancy will take the tree down after 4 on Sunday.  Remember to take photos. There was a nice show and tell of red and white ornaments.

V.     New business

a)     Christmas Party will be December 11 at 6 pm.  The food signup sheet was passed and completed. There will be a $10 gift exchange.  Plan to plan Trader’s dice games – bring 4 white elephant items from your sewing room!  There will be a drawing for finished star quilts and personal challenge.

b)     The group plans to make a donation to the food pantry in January.  Robin motioned and Judy Seconded this.

c)     Gift for the library was discussed and will plan to make a $50 donation.

d)     Challenge committee gave the outline for next years’ group quilt challenge. Roxie presented an overview, Betty presented the fabrics and a first and second choice of the group was identified, Robin showed the blocks that will be optional to draw from – each member will teach one block on a month of their choice.  LuAnn discussed settings and overview

e)     2013 Program ideas were discussed.

f)      January meeting will be 22.  There were no objections. 

g)     A wonderful show and tell followed the meeting.

VI.     Adjournment

LeAnn adjourned the meeting at 8:10 pm.

Minutes submitted by:  LuAnn

Minutes approved by:  

NVQG 10, 16, 2012

Nishnabotna Valley Quilters Guild

Meeting Minutes

October 16, 2012

I.     Call to order

LeAnn Keenan called to order the regular meeting of the Nishnabotna Valley Quilters Guild at 7 pm  on October 16, 2012 in Walnut Iowa Public Library.

II.     Roll call

LeAnn conducted a roll call with 12 members present.  Vivian lead the meeting with a reading “Making friends in 20 seconds”.

III.     Approval of minutes from last meeting

LuAnn read the minutes from the last meeting. The minutes were approved as read. Vivian gave the Treasurer’s report which remains at $1020.04.

IV.     Open issues

a)     Rose had requested $75.00 to complete the hand quilting on the Sunbonnet Sue Quilt.  Charmayne moved that we pay $100 and LuAnn Seconded this motion.  Motion carried.

V.     New business

a)     Our group has been asked to decorate a Christmas Tree for the Christmas Tree Walk.  It was decided that each member will make 2 red and white quilt block tree decoration that is no larger than 4 inches. These will be brought to the next meeting

b)     Round Robin had 5 participates with at least 1 flying geese block completed. Some quilts are becoming very eye pleasing.

c)     Program was a discussion of new ideas and tools from the APS show in Des Moines and other sources. 

d)     Next meeting will be November 20 – To bring gadgets that you might have forgotten how to use or what they are for.

VI.     Adjournment

LeAnn adjourned the meeting at 8:10.

Minutes submitted by:  LuAnn

Minutes approved by:  

September 18 Meeting Minutes

Nishnabotna Valley Quilters Guild

Meeting Minutes

September 18, 2012

I.     Call to order

LeAnn Keenan called to order the regular meeting of the Nishnabotna Valley Quilters Guild at 7 pm on September 18 in the Library - Walnut, IA.

II.     Roll call

LeAnn conducted a roll call. There were 11 members answering the question:

“Who taught you to quilt?”

III.     Approval of minutes from last meeting

LuAnn read the minutes from the last meeting. The minutes were approved as read. Vivian gave the treasure’s report of $1020.04.

IV.     Open issues

a)     Judy reported that the library will be available for our Christmas meeting

b)     Sunbonnet Sue quilt was brought to be delivered to Rose for hand quilting.  Prices were discussed; plan to ask her what she charges to quilt.

c)     Personal challenges.  Progress was discussed.  Plan to bring the quilt or a picture to the December meeting along with the completed Star Quilts from last year’s challenge to be eligible for prizes.

d)     Next year’s program – adding Ruching class to the list

V.     New business

a)     Round Robin – this month’s challenge was met and exceeded by some and still in planning mode by others.  Quilts are becoming quite eye catching.  Next row is to be Flying Geese! 

b)     Robin presented “Free Motion Quilting”.  Your set up can make the difference in how it works for you.  Gave practice demonstrations as well.  Excellent program.

c)     Nancy announced that the Stitchin' Tree in Harlan is looking for quilts to display for the Apple Days Quilt Show and there are still openings for the  Nancy Prince workshop scheduled for this weekend.

d)     Doreen brought flyers for the Warm Threads Quilt show going on in Omaha at the Mormon Trail Center through the end of the month.

e)     Next meeting will be October 16 – discussing the new ideas and tools from APS show. 

VI.     Adjournment

Leann adjourned the meeting at 8:30.

Minutes submitted by:  LuAnn

Nishnabotna Valley Quilters Guild

Meeting Minutes

August 21, 2012

I.     Call to order

LeAnn called to order the regular meeting of the Nishnabotna Valley Quilters Guild at 7 pm on August 21 in Walnut Public Library.

II.     Roll call

LeAnn conducted a roll call. 12 members were present

III.     Approval of minutes from last meeting

LuAnn read the minutes from the last meeting. The minutes were approved as read. Vivian gave the treasure’s report remaining at $1050.04.  She also reported that the bank signature card has now been changed.

IV.     Open issues

a)     The field trip to Creston was enjoyed by all, especially the pie! Joy did a less on curved paper piecing for them and overall was a very nice day.

b)     Logo ideas for the web site were discussed.  The banner will include a friend ship star block, spool and bobbin block and corn and beans.  Other possibility would be if an Iowa Star block could be found.  Sewing around the banner will indicated “work in progress”.  Mission statement was “we thrive on friendship and learn as we create”. Roxie submitted a very nice summary of the group.  A motion was made from the floor, seconded and passed unanimously

c)     Committee for Challenge Project for next year is LuAnn, Chairman, Robin, Roxie and Betty.

V.     New business

a)     Program issues were discussed: Trunk shows by members, more on curved piecing, possibly by Joyce, Applique, and a possible shop hop by the group to quilt stores in Omaha.

b)     Sunbonnet Sue – Group quilt still needs to be hand quilted.  Charmayne will ask Rose to complete. 

c)     Vivian gave an update on a past member

d)     Round robin was a challenging task but well addressed with completed and some not so completed borders. Next month’s border will be “Applique”.  It was decided that November will be the last month drawing of border design and the quilt then should be completed by our January meeting.

e)     Christmas meeting will be December 4.  Judy will check on the availability of the library

f)      Dorine gave an informative presentation on “Wedge Ruler Table Runner”. 

g)     Show and tell was enjoyed by all.

h)     Next Month’s meeting will be September 18 and Robin will present  “Free Motion Quilting”.

VI.     Adjournment

LeAnn adjourned the meeting at 8:11.

Minutes submitted by:  LuAnn

President's Challenge

Last month LeAnn led our program entitled "President's Challenge."  Back in June she handed out a mysterious ziploc bag & then told us all to fill it with items from our sewing room floors!

Then we were instructed to bring pins, a glue stick & scissors to the July meeting. 

That evening she handed out pieces of material & told us to create a collage from the items in our ziploc bag!  Our member's came up with some great designs!

Overall we had a great time playing & we must say thanks to LeAnn for this fun & creative experience!