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