September minutes as prepared by Shelly Storjohnn for Sharon Guffey-Lewis

Nishnabotna Valley Quilters Guild

Minutes for September 20th, 2016

The Nishnabotna Valley Quilters Guild met on September 20th, 2016, at the Walnut Public Library. There were 10 members in attendance.

President Betty Morris called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.

Shelly Storjohann read the minutes of the August meeting. Fran Dixon made a motion to approve the minutes, Seconded by Kristina Larson. Motion carried

Shelly Storjohann gave the treasurer’s report having a balance of $755.31, with no debits or credits in the past month.

Roxie Hester made a Motion to approve Treasurers’ report, seconded by Dorothy Eggerss. Motion carried.

Roxie Hester confirmed the “SEW Date” will be on October 1st, beginning at 9:30 a.m.  at her home. We will be working on the Veterans quilts, as they need to be completed by the October meeting.

Roxie also brought 5 kits that needed to be pieced.

If you know of any Veterans in our area, Please submit names to Roxie.

Elaine finished 3 more Veteran quilt tops and Dorine took them home to be quilted. Also, two more completed quilts were returned.

Amy Hoffman from “Family Inc.” was present and passed out flyers to announce the upcoming 25th Anniversary of Family Inc. There will be a celebration with a Fall Family Fun day in Avoca on Sunday October 9th, from 2:00-5:00pm, with Family activities and a BBQ meal.  Amy invited all members to attend. There will also be a Recognition ceremony at 4:00pm. For more information visit www.familyia.org or contact Amy or Erika at 712-343-6551

Amy also expressed her heartfelt gratitude for all the gifts from our Guild.

Members brought many handmade baby items for Family Inc. Elaine had been very busy, as well as Betty and Kristina.

There were many Beautiful show and tell quilts.

Kristina brought many quilting kits and patterns for anyone that would like them.

Dorine Rasmussen passed out stocking patterns for Christmas tree ornaments. Dorine will be setting up the Tree again this year, in Walnut at The Welcome Center.

A reminder of the Guild Christmas party; will be Saturday, December 11th at 1:00pm. At the United Peace Church in Walnut. We will be having a “Pot Luck” dinner. We will have the sign-up sheets at the October meeting. Please bring a $10 gift for our mystery game. The gift can be homemade or bought. Also bring a gift for your Secret Quilter Pal. The meeting was closed at 7:45pm

Fran Dixon brought YUMMY treats, and Shelly helped serve. Followed by a lively game of CLR with Shirley W. winning the 2 ½” Fall strips.

Our next meet will be October 18th, 6:30 pm., at the Walnut Library.

Please bring (3) 5” Christmas Fabric squares.

July minutes submitted by Sharon Guffey-Lewis



The Nishna Botna Valley Quilt Guild met on July 19th, 2016 at the Walnut Public Library.   Ten members and 2 guests were present.   We missed, Shirley J. , Shirley W., and Charmayne P.   Our guests were Joyce Hansen and Karma Sorensen and Dixie Armstrong.   We also were happy to see a former member, Tammy Langlois and her granddaughter Katrina and another former member Julia  ??  
Betty Morris, president opened the meeting and the June minutes were read and approved.  Sally – Motion; Dorothy-seconded.
Treasurer’s report was given.   A refund check of $25.22 was received from Walmart for the roll of batting that was ordered.  Balance is $732.76.
Betty and Elaine reported on items purchased for Family, Inc with our $50.00 donation.  Here is what they purchased:
9 blouses or shirts; 9 skirts or shorts; 2 jackets; 4 sundresses.    Good job ladies!
Roxie did not have any report on charity quilts.   6 Patriotic quilts were finished since our last meeting and given to Roxie.
Fran had a new project for us.  Strip blocks were distributed and due next month.
Sally gave a very helpful demonstration of how to make a “sausage pillowcase”.   Interesting process and will be useful for Christmas gifts.
Fran gave an equally helpful demonstration on “coping strips”.   This a helpful tip to know when one has blocks that are not the same size.  
Both Roxie and Kristine were remembered for their birthdays.  Each received a cute gift.
Many had “show and tell” items to share.   Kristine, Sharon, Dorine, Shelly, Fran, Sally and Dorothy all had been busy making items for gifts and showing items completed.  
Roxie served delicious refreshments and Karma won the CLR game.  
Next month bring  3 – 5” squares of children’s print.  Can be cotton or flannel.   ALSO if you didn’t bring diapers last month please bring them this time.  
Date of next meeting is August 16th!    Refreshments by Shirley W.
Respectfully submitted,
Sharon Guffey-Lewis

The Nishna Botna Valley Quilt Guild met at the Walnut library on June 21 st . We missed Charmayne and

Kristina. Betty Morris opened the meeting and the minutes from May were read and approved. Sally

–motion; Roxie – seconded.

Shelly gave the Treasurer’s report. Our balance as of June 21 st was $782.76. Shelly is still working on

getting our name on the checking account to reflect the correct name of the guild. Elaine – motion;

Fran – seconded. All approved the treasurer’s report.

Roxie’s report on our charity quilt project. She brought batting cut to size for some lap quilts and for

some patriotic quilts, plus more tops and backings. We have some patriotic quilts that are finished and

others need bindings. We discussed what the label should say and decided on the following:

Thank you for your service. Nishna Botna Valley Quilters Guild - 2016

Sharon brought up that Family, Inc. in Avoca is in need of little girl’s clothing items - especially sizes 3

and 4. After some discussion Sharon made a motion to take $50.00 from the treasurer account and

purchase clothing for that age. Betty seconded. Motion carried. Betty and Elaine will shop at

Outfitters in Avoca for the clothing and take it to Family, Inc.

Show and Tell time proved that everyone had been busy with their machines humming.

Shirley J. - Patriotic Quilt for a friend who is a Veteran

Elaine S. - Patriotic Quilt made for an Army Veteran

Sharon L. - Friendship Quilt from her mother’s Extension Club

Fran D. - Penguin Quilt (CUAQ project) and and Exchange Block Quilt

Sally D. - Pillowcase for her grandson and a Table Centerpiece Candle Ring

Betty M. - Tote Bag

Shelly S. - Table Runner from the Guild block exchange and a Baby quilt

Happy Birthday to Elaine S.

NEXT MONTH -

Sally will give a program on how to make a pillowcase

Fran will give a program about coping strips

Roxie will have refreshments

BRiNG: 3 5 inch squares of a child’s or baby print

Fran won CLR. Yeah Fran!!!

See you on July 19 th !

Respectfully submitted

Sharon Guffey-Lewis, Sec.

The Nishna Botna Valley Quilt Guild met on May 17, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. at the Walnut Public Library.

Those present were: Betty Morris, Elaine Snedden, Dorine Rasmussen, Shelly Storjohann, Sharon Guffey-Lewis, Roxie Hester, Sally Dea, Kristina Larsen, Charmayne Presley, Shirley Jacobson, ShirleyWingert, Dorothy Eggers, Fran Dixon. It was so good to have Charmayne back with us after her foot injury. We had 2 visitors: Karma Sorensen and Joyce Hansen.

President Betty called the meeting to order. Minutes were read and approved. The treasurer’s report showed we had a balance  as of May 5, 2016 . Two more members paid dues and all dues are paid now. One check  was written to Sally Dea for a roll of batting the Guild ordered from Walmart.

We discussed the name on the checking account being different from the name on the bank statement. Betty Morris made a motion that Shelly Storjohann be authorized to talk to the bank and get our truename Nishna Botna Valley Quilt Guild corrected on the statement and eventually the checks.Charmayne Presley seconded that motion and it carried. The bank will allow us to use the current checks until they are finished;then order new checks with the correct name on them.

Sharon distributed a new roster. A few corrections had to be made, but otherwise up to date.

The members who participated in the sampler quilt showed their pieced tops or their completed quilts.All were very attractive and well done.

Shelly gave a demonstration on the “disappearing nine patch” block. Very interesting and a good way to use up scraps.

Several shared something they had completed since our last meeting. A few more lap robe quilts were completed and given to Roxie. Roxie brought kits that had been assembled at Sew Day. Several took them to work on during the summer.

Dorothy served delicious cream puffs for refreshments and we played CLR with Dorine winning the red,white and blue strips we brought

Next meeting is June 21 st . Shirley J. serves refreshments. We are to bring 3 5inch squares

of red, white and blue fabric. No July birthdays.

Respectfully submitted,

Sharon Guffey-Lewis

The Quilt Guild met at the Walnut library on April 19, 2016.   Kristina Larsen has joined the group.  Her Mother-in-Law Marilyn Larsen was a visitor.  Charmayne Presley was unable to attend because of her foot injury.  

 Shelley gave the treasurer’s report.       4 people paid dues    A check  cleared the bank.      .   

Saturday, April 23rd  is a Sew Day at Roxie’s.   Shelley showed 2 lap robe quilts that she had finished.  Shirley J.  made a patriotic quilt from one of the kits.   Elaine S. showed her patriotic quilt that she made to give to her own personal veteran.  Kristina also shared her patriotic quilt.   

Fran gave us her block of the month quilt for charity quilt.  It is called Dublin Steps.   We are to use the exact colors that are on the instruction sheet.  

Betty brought up the guild purchasing a roll of batting to be used for charity quilts.   Sally had a sample of Pellon 80/20. Nature Touch.   Fran made the motion and Roxie seconded to order the roll of batting.   Motion carried.   $112.74.  is the cost.   Sally will order it.  

Betty had made a couple of swaddling blankets for the group in Avoca.   She made them 45 inches square.  

Show and Tell – Dorothy shared her daughter’s quilt of grays and blacks – very modern.  Beautiful.   Shelley showed 2 lap robe quilts that she had finished.  Shirley J.  made a patriotic quilt from one of the kits.   Elaine S. showed her patriotic quilt that she made to give to her own personal veteran.  Kristina also shared her patriotic quilt.   Sharon shared her felted flowers she had made while in Germany.  

Sampler quilts are due next month in May.   They do not have to be quilted but the top should be pieced.  

Next month 2 ½ strips  -  3 strips of red, white and blue.    Full 45 inch width.  

Sharon served refreshments.   CLR was played

Sally moved the meeting was adjourned.  

 

October 20, 2015

OK.. gals I think I am caught up.... thanks for your patience with me.

The meeting was called to order by VP Betty Morris  with 8 members present.

Minutes were read by Charmayne and approved

Shelly gave the treasurers report and it was also approved.

Roxie reported Oakland will probably now take 10 quilts.  There was some discussion on where else to deliver quilts.  Shelly will check and see if Atlantic would like some.  

Old business.... we turned in Christmas ornaments.

Charmayne showed us her beautiful table runner made for the CLR fabric from last month.  She said it will be on her Thanksgiving table...... It was so cute. Great job Charmayne.  See photo below.

Fran was not at the meeting ,but she had sent her block and instructions for the sampler quilt.  

New business.  There was discussion about what to do if there was bad weather.  We talked about a phone tree and decided everyone could just check for themselves... if the weather was questionable just stay home and stay safe.  If there was no school,  no meeting for sure.

Charmayne said that she would take the office of Vice president and all approved.. Thanks Charmayne for stepping up... you will do a great job.  

CLR for next month is 3, 5 inch blocks of winter fabric

lots of pretty show and share.....

Lunch was served by Sally.

Next meeting will be Nov.16..

Sept 15th

I am back... these are still late being published... Let me know if there are any corrections.

The meeting was called to order by Dorine with 12 members present.

Minutes were read and approved and Treasurers report was also approved.  There was only one bill with a reimbursement to Roxie for the Shop hop trip.

Roxie reported that 5 persons attended the sew day.  We have 39 quilts that will be taken to various placed.  Oakland only wants 3-4, so we will have many to distribute to other homes or charities.

Old business included collecting Christmas ornaments and a reminder to keep making them for the tree in Dorine's shop.  There was a discussion about delivering the quilts.  No time was set yet, so we will discuss it again at a later meeting.  

Christmas party will start at 6:00pm at Dorine's.  Bring a finger food, wine ( if you like) $10 homemade exchange, and a gift for your secret quilter, if you like.

Sally shared her block for the Sampler quilt and Fran will have hers for Oct.  and Dorothy for November.  

We had a lot of beautiful show and tell quilts as always.... great job girls.

New Business    Sharon made a motion to contribute $75 to the Food Pantry in Avoca and Fran seconded.

Sally was also collecting quilts for Carsten's Farm days again this year.

Shelly suggested  we should plan a trip to Missouri Star Quilt Co  in Hamilton, Mo... No date could be agreed upon, so it was tabled.

Clr game for Oct will be 3, 9 inch strips of Christmas fabric

Food pantry will not be collected since we are making a donation.

Next meeting is Oct 20th. 

Fran served yummy snacks.

August meeting.

Still playing catch up with these minutes.  I am still MIA.. so Shelly provided the notes for this post. Hope I get everything right... Let me know if there are corrections.

Meeting was called to order by Dorine .   We had two guest present Friends of Shelly's Shirley Haupert and her guest Pat Marshall.  We hope they enjoyed the meeting and will want to join our group.   Secretary's and Treasurer's reports were read and approved.  There was no activity in July for the treasurer, so balance stayed the same.

Old business included Elaine showing her CLR sampler that she made from last months blocks.  

Betty had the block for August a double pinwheel for the Sampler quilt.  Fran also passed out her blocks for the charity project along with pattern and focus fabric.  

There was another discussion about 2016 officers.  Motion for 1 year term for President and vice president and  secretary.  Treasurer will stay the same ( until Shelly decides not to do it anymore.) 

Sharon offered to be nominated for Secretary . Betty Morris will move up to President.  All approved.  We will just need someone to take the VP position.

New business included Roxie telling us about her friend Charlene McGlenn who has some patterns in Keepsake quilting called Island Batik's.  They are miniatures. ( ooooo I must check those out)

The shop hop was well attended and they found 22 barn quilts along the way.

Doreen donated  a book to the group "Quilters Roadmap "  for anyone to use.  Roxie has it now.

LRC game for Sep will be 3, 2 1/2 inch strips of fall colors.  Our guest Penny Marshall won the CLR game tonight and received the florals

  Food pantry items will be cold cereal.

The annual Christmas party will be at Dorine's on Dec 8th, with a Christmas exchange of $10.00 a homemade item.  Also if you have a gift for your Secret Quilter we will exchange those also. Appetizers will be brought by all.... 

Sew day at Roxie's will be Sept 13th at 12:30 ...cancel 8/29..

Dates to remember are Aug 29th Cut up and quilts 3rd anniversary.

Aug 30 Big sale in Exira at Log Cabin quilting

Meeting was adjourn and a delicious lunch ( I am sure it was delicious) was served, but not sure by whom.....  

July 2015 meeting.

 Ladies, I apologize for the lateness of these minutes.  I was out of town and everything got put on hold, then I was out of sync ( do any of you ever feel that way) ... so now I am going to spend a few minutes and catch up.

Shelly took notes for me , so these will be brief notes to you , but for the record they will be here.

Dorine opened the meeting and minutes from the Secretary and Treasurer were read and approved.

Elaine passed out her choice for the Sampler block.   A cute little rail fence... Elaine I thought you would pick a bear claw.   Everyone is reminded to keep working on your sampler...

Clr was played and I think from these notes you should bring 5 inch florals next month.

Fran passed out her continuing blocks to be made into our charity quilts.  This months was named Navajo block and again she gave us the focus fabric.  Fran we really appreciate you doing this.  It is so much fun to see what everyone comes up with.

In October we will have the nomination of officers.  It was decided to have 1 year for President and Vice president and Secretary.  Shelly said she would keep the treasurers job.

Meeting was closed and lunch was served...... yum... I bet.... not sure who, but thanks.

June 16th meeting

Nishnabotna Valley quilters met on June 16th with 9 members present and one guest, Dixie Armstrong.

There was no secretaries report.. Charmayne... we missed you.  Sharon will take notes for us for this meeting.

Shelly read the treasurers report and it was approved.

Roxie reported that we had a successful sew day with a big enthusiastic group. We got a lot accomplished.  We are still working on walker bags and 40x40 inch lap quilts for our Oakland nursing home project.

Shelly shared the Churn Dash block with instructions for our Sampler quilt.

Show and share had many pretty projects.   Dixie shared  a beautiful quilt that she had made and Fran had quilted for her.  Shelly gets credit for the binding.  It was beautiful. She also shared a small EPP project she is just starting.    Sharon also had a lovely quilt.  Shirley shared 2 quilts for the Elk Horn nursing home that she made.  Betty showed a twisted quilt , Elaine a bed runner made from the CLR men's strips from last month and Dorine showed 3 quilts she had made.  We have been busy girls.

Dorine announced a new addition to her family, great-granddaughter "Millie Marie".  She also reported on her Questors excursion at Jamesport, MO.  Anyone having ALS quilts should give them to Dorine by July 30 and she will mail them.

Old business also included talk of the Shop Hop.  Roxie is looking into several routes and possibilities. We are looking at an August 1st date for the hop.

New business  included program schedule. We decided no program for July and Dorothy will show us her tuck quilt technique for August.

Food bank items for next month will be condiments and spices... and for August mac and cheese if you want to shop early.

Sally won the red, white, and blue squares and the CLR game.  Next month is 10/ 2 1/2 in squares scrappy.

Shirley served us delicious root beer floats... yum yum... Roxie will have lunch for next month.

Meeting was adjourned.

The May 19th meeting was called to order with 11 members present.

Secretary's and Treasurer's reports were read and approved.

Roxie reported that we would have a sew day on May 30th at 9:30 at her home in Avoca.  We will be working on our Lap quilts and walker bags for the Oakland Nursing home.

Fran collected the blocks from last months projects and distributed the new pattern for this month.  If any of you have outstanding blocks from previous months, please get the to Roxie. We are short a few of the blocks with the dark red flower in it. We would like to finish those tops.  Thanks Fran for taking on the project.  Your blocks are great and this is a wonderful project. You are very generous to share your fabric with us.

Betty's surprise quilts are completed and members are working on quilting those also. It was a great project and I know that I tried to step out of my box to make an interesting block.  It was a lot of fun and created lots of really pretty lap quilts.

We all shared the sampler block that we had made and Charmayne gave us the instructions for a Bear Claw square for next month.  Keep working on those Samplers girls.....

A few Christmas ornaments were collected too.

Dorine had the program and showed us all how to make Mitered Corners on a quilt.  It was very interesting.

Show and share was great as usual. Shirley showed us continuous Praire Points and gave us all a sample to show us how she did them.  Elaine showed us her quilt made with the florals  from last months LRC game.  Shelly and Sally also had projects to share.

We had another fun game of Left Right Center and lucky Elaine won again and took the manly fabrics home with her.  Next month we will bring  3 /10 inch squares... Red, white, and blue.

New Business included talk of a Shop hop for the group. Roxie "volunteered' to organize something with help from Fran.  We tabled it for now and will discuss it more at next meeting.

 There are several orphan blocks and we are still working on making those into lap quilts.

Dorine also talked to us about the ALS charity quilt project. She showed us a beautiful quilt that she will be sending to the project headquarters.  She also shared information for the group if anyone else is interested in making a quilt for them.

Shelly shared fabric that Sharon had received from the UCC Church in Atlantic.  We will use it for quilts and walker bags.  Isn't it wonderful that others share their fabric with us.

Next months food pantry item is Pork and Beans.

We were notified that Renee's mother-in-law has passed away. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family.

Snacks were served by Dorothy...and they were delicious... She is really raising the bar in the snack department.  Please make it easy on yourself girls....  next month Shirley Jacobsen ,

The next meeting will be June 16th

April 21 meeting

Our meeting was called to order by Dorine with 8 members present.  Charmayne and Shelly gave the secretary's and treasure's reports and both were approved.

Sally reported on the sew day at Roxie's .  Shelly, Betty, Dorothy, Fran, Roxie, and Shelly were able to attend.  Quilts and walker bags were completed.  The gals found lots of orphan blocks and they decided to use these  in a Round Robin quilt.  The orphan block will be used in the center and the first quilter will add a border and then pass to another quilter to add an additional border until the quilt reaches 40x40.  The blocks were distributed at the April meeting. 

Old business included finishing up Betty's surprise square.  We will add a 4th block and sashing and bring it to the May meeting.  Betty said she would finish the quilts...... or if you want to finish them you may.

Dorine passed out the yardage for the Guild Sampler quilt project.  She started us out with a block.  In May Charmayne will be providing us with the next block pattern  Shelly will bring the pattern in June and Betty will have July's pattern.  We will have a sign up sheet for the rest of the months.    The only requirement is that the focus fabric MUST be used in each monthy square you make.  You make your choice of the other colors , the same colors each month or different colors that go with the focus fabric.

Fran gave us the last instructions for the circle table mat.  Please bring your finish mats to the May meeting.

Fran also supplied us with more fabric and another block to make for the lap quilt project. 

Show and share included quilts from Shirley , Shelly, Dorine, Fran, and Sally .

We play CLR for the flowered fabric. Elaine was the winner  and she will bring her project next month. It was decided to continue with this game.  We will bring 3 / 2 1/2 inch strips of a manly print.  Sally also displayed the quilt that she had made with the pastel charms... she donated the 40 inch square to the quilt project for the group.

Shelly and Charmayne served a delicious lunch.  Next month Dorothy  and Renee will have the lunch.  

We should bring small jars of peanut butter and jelly for the food pantry.

The next meeting is May 19th.  

March 17, 2015

Meeting was called to order by Dorine with 16 members present and 1 guest.

Charmayne read the minutes and they were read and approved.  Shelly gave us the treasurers report which inclueded 5 more dues.

Roxie reported on the community project.  She will have a sew day at her home on March 28th at 9:30.

Old business inclued the gathering of the Christmas ornaments, a reminder to those that have not paid dues yet to please do that as soon as you can.  Betty had us all pass our surprise blocks... we will all make one more square but we will not attach it yet .  Fran also continued her circle project and gave us the next instructions.  Fran also had a focus fabric and new pattern for us.  She collected last months green and red squares and passed them on to Roxie to be distributed for our lap quilts.

Show and share was full of beauties

Fran will have the April program.

Sally presented all members with a green rug mug that was made from the green charms from February  quilto.  Sally also won the quilto for March and will be making something with her 5 inch  pastel charms.   April  quilto will need floral 2 1/2 inch wof.  

New business included the list for Snacks a very important new addition to our meetings.

April  Shelly and Charmayne

May   Dorothy and Renee

June  Shirley Jacobsen

July   Roxie

Aug  Shirly W

Sept  Fran

Oct  Sally and Mary Beth

Nov  Betty and Elaine

Betty and Dorine had brought along 3 focus fabrics to start a year long project.  Those wishing to participate will receive 1 yard free from the guild and they may purchase what ever else they would like.  Members will be sharing patterns that will be made into a sampler quilt.  More instructions to follow at the April meeting.  

Darla and Sharon served us a delicious lunch. 

  

February 17, 2015

Our monthly meeting was called to order by Dorine at 7PM with 10 members and 2 guests present.  Minutes were read and approved by Betty in Charmayne's absence.   Shelly gave the treasurers report.  The only bill was for books that were purchased for the Walnut Library.   Dues are being collected.  If you haven't paid them , please contact Shelly.

Our group presented 4 new books about quilting to Margo Matthix the Walnut librarian as a gift from the group for allowing us to use the library.

Roxie reported on the Charity quilts.  We are working on quilts for the Oakland Nursing home and we will be making 40x40 inch lap robes and 15 inch walker bags.  There will be no sew day this month.  It will be rescheduled at our next meeting.

We all turned in lovely Christmas ornaments for Dorine's ornament project.  Please continue to make ornaments.  They will be collected at each meeting.

Betty finished her project for the little bag that she was sharing with us.  Bring them next month to continue the trade. 

 They are so cute and fun to make.  We also traded our 12 1/2 inch blocks.  Sashing will be added to one side and another 12  1/2 inch block added to it.

Sally won the quilto game and received the  green charms.  Next month we will bring charms in Easter Pastels.  

New business  included that Fran will have the project demo next month.  Fran also shared a pattern with all of us... We are to bring the quilt square back with us next month.

We all brought paper goods for the food pantry and next month we should bring cleaning products.

It was also decided to have members share a treat at each meeting Darla  and Sharon will bring treats for out March 17th meeting.

Another great meeting with lots of fun activities.  Can't wait to see what Fran has in mind for us next month... I am sure it will be fun.

Lots of pretty show and share too.

photos from the past

I want to add some photos from our Christmas party, from Elkhorn on Quilt delivery day and from our January meeting.. Thanks Roxie for taking such wonderful shots.

January 20,2015


First of all I need to apologize for not getting notes in on our November meeting.  I will try to insert them at a later date.

Also I would like to thank Dorine for hosting our Christmas party.  It was a super fun evening with lots of good food and drink and many lovely gifts were exchanged.  Dorine gave us a lovely tour of her home and we all enjoyed the evening very much.

Our January meeting was held in the Walnut Library with 10 members present and 2 guests.

Charmayne was ill and no minutes were read.  Shelly gave the treasurers report  and collected dues from those present.  It was noted that $10 of our dues will go to a community project. We are concentrating on the Avoca food pantry at this time.  At each meeting  we will also bring items that can be donated to the food pantry.  In February we will bring paper products.

Roxie reported that 43 quilts were donated to the Elkhorn Nursing home.  We will now move on to making walker bags ( 15x15) and quilts (40x40) to be donated to the Oakland Nursing home next December.  A February 21 sew day is tentatively scheduled at Roxie's home.

Betty Morris demonstrated the first step of a little tote.  We will all bring back our start of the project with the second step demonstrated in February.

We play Quilto and Elaine won the 10" bright colored squares.  Next month we will bring 5, 5 inch St Patty's themed blocks.  

New Business included members sharing ideas for programs for future months.  The executive board (Betty) distributed colored blocks to all members.  We are suppose to use any or all of the blocks to create a new 12 1/2 ( to finish 12") block.  Bring that block in February.These will be exchanged and we will continue to add blocks to them. More info to follow on this project. Another idea (Dorine) was to make a 4" Christmas decoration by each member.  We should label the back with name of block and our initial.  Bring your ornament in February. They will be used to decorate a tree at the Walnut Christmas walk or a tree at Dorine's shop.  Roxie also suggested everyone bring a fat quarter with a holiday theme... then we would trade fat quarters and create a quilt according to that theme... We will table that idea for the time being.

Fran will do the next member demo in March.  It will be her choice as to what she wants to share with us.

Roxie and Shirley brought treats to celebrate Shirley's birthday.  Happy Birthday Shirley.

We need to keep Dorothy, Dorine,Vivian, and Charmayne especially  in our thoughts and prayer.  All are having health issues.

I am looking forward to another wonderful year of lots of fun projects, shop hops, ice cream, fellowship, and friendship with all of you ladies...

October 21st meeting

Our meeting was called to order at 7:00pm with 9 members present.  Minutes from the Sept 16th meeting were read by our secretary, Charmayne and approved as read.  Shelly gave the treasurer's report.  Our balance was given and mentioned that one check from the shop ( I originally wrote sock hop.... showing my age) hop is still outstanding. 

Roxie reported that the quilts will be delivered on Dec.10th.  Anyone wanting to go along should contact her. Also any quilts unfinished or being stored should be given to Roxie as soon as possible.  There won't be another work or sewing day until January.  November and December are such busy months for everyone.  We should now be working on our 40x40 quilts and our walker bags.

Old business included a reminder of the Christmas party held at Dorine's.  Remember to bring a homemade gift for a member exchange.  Some quilters are diabetic and some have allergies, so keep that in mind if baking something.  Approximately a $10 limit on these gifts.. Also bring the gift for your secret sister as they will be revealed at this time.  If you are unable to attend don't forget your secret sister.  We all need to remember our obligation , if you took a name you should try to fulfill your gifts. 

Roxie also had our program for October. She showed us how to make the cutest origami bags.  She gave us all a pattern so we can make them at home... Great idea for Christmas gifts.


There were only a few show and share quilts...

all very nice... and we enjoyed seeing them.

We played Quilto.... who was the winner??? I think Elaine.... she will get our turkey/thanksgiving material to make something with.  Next month we will bring a 10" square , Blue and white, snow/snowflake/snowman fabric.

Betty Morris will have the November program.... "surprise bags"   a pattern I think she found in Paducah.

Remember UFO's are due in November... If you have had to give them as a gift... be sure to bring a photo.  Next meeting will be November 18th.

See you then.....

Quilto, in November

Thanks to all that gave me heads up for October meetings Quilto game. It is a 10 inch square of Thanksgiving pattern....

See you Oct 21.

Sally

Spotlight on our members

Sharon Guffey Lewis has loved quilts all her life and started quilting herself a couple  years ago.  Sharon prefers small wall hangings, table runners and lap quilts. 

Sharon was a teacher for 20 years. She then went to seminary and became a pastor in the United Church of Christ.   Besides her work in the ministry she enjoys sewing and gardening, along with quilting, of course.

Sharon really enjoys our group and especially enjoys the sew days, where she feels she learns a lot.

Even though she hasn't been quilting long she has 6 totes, 2 chests, 2 hampers, and 2 piles that consist of her stash.

Sharon married Steve Lewis in 2001.  Together they have 5 children and spouses and 9 grandchildren.