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!

Meeting Minutes

July 17, 2012

I.     Call to order

LeAnn called to order the regular meeting of the Nishnabotna Valley Quilters Guild at 7 p.m. on July 17, 2012 in the Walnut, IA Library.

II.     Roll call

LeAnn conducted a roll call - “What’s your favorite quilting book?” was answered by 12 members and 1 guest.

III.     Approval of minutes from last meeting

LuAnn read the minutes from the last meeting. The minutes were approved as read.  Treasurer’s report was given by Vivian - the bank balance is $1020.05 as the is an outstanding check from March.  LeAnn will look into this. 

IV.     Old Business

a)     A motion was made and seconded to remove Julia's name from the Bank Checking Account as she is no longer a member of this club, and add Vivian and LeAnn's name to the account.  The motion passed unanimously.

b)     Our blog is up! Members are to bring pictures, blocks or quilts and ideas for the banners.  Also to think about what we are about as a group.  It was agreed to use first names only on the web site minutes.  The site is Nishnaquilgers.blogspot.com

c)     Plans were finalized for the 5 members going to Creston.  If there are additions or subtractions to notify Vivian by Saturday.  All will meet in the Catholic Church Parking Lot and plan to leave by 9:30.  Plans are to go to Kelly’s Greenhouse for lunch at 11. LeAnn will meet the group down there.

V.     New business

a)     Bring ideas for next year’s programs.  Suggestions discussed included Website update, possible individual members giving a trunk show each month,

b)     Plan to form a new committee for the group challenge next meeting.

c)     This year’s challenge, - Stay at home Round Robin will end in December. Each member’s progress was either shown, or if forgotten, was explained.  Some gorgeous quilts are developing!  Then next round will be “curved piecing”.

d)     President’s challenge was addressed.  Each member brought the items found on the floor of the sewing room and used glue, pins and scissors to assemble a mini quilt sampler with the “found” items.  Some very interesting mini quilts resulted!

e)     Show and tell – members have been very busy!

f)      Next meeting will be August 21

VI.     Adjournment

LeAnn adjourned the meeting at 8:10

Robin volunteered and gave a short in-service on doing curved piecing.

Minutes submitted by:  LuAnn

June 19 Minutes

Nishnabotna Valley Quilters Guild

Meeting Minutes

June 19, 2012

I.     Call to order

LeAnn called to order the regular meeting of the Nishnabotna Valley Quilters Guild at 7 p.m.  on June 19, 2012 in the library, Walnut Iowa.

II.     Roll call

Leann  conducted a roll call, “Where are you in the process of your personal challenge projects” was answered by 10 members with much discussion on issues and help was offered. Several members have all completed, several have not started.

III.     Approval of minutes from last meeting

Vivian gave the treasure’s report with $920.04.  LuAnn read the minutes from the last meeting. The minutes were approved as read.

IV.     Open issues

a)     Quilt blog – an email had been sent out, but received only 1 response. Name was decided to be “Nishna Quilter’s. org”. 

b)     Round Robin – 8 participates and rows in various states of completion.  1 member has quilt almost completed. Next row was drawn and is to be “Log Cabin”.

V.     New business

a)     Avoca is making a web site and wants to list local clubs.  Roxie will submit our club with information on meeting locations and dates with a link to our new web site.  All levels of quilters are welcome for sharing quilting ideas.

b)     President’s challenge – zip lock bags were distributed with instructions to collect everything that is on your sewing room floor for next meeting.

c)     Program was presented by Robin with much information on “Web Working”.  She covered Threadbias.com, A Quilt Place, Pinterest, Quilting Blogs, and Podcasts.  No time left for quilting, we will all be on the web!

d)     Show and tell

e)     The “WWIT” challenge results were presented and voted on.  The winners are:

Best Technique – Shirley

Best Use of Eyeball Fabric – Roxie

Worthy of a Second Look – Vivian

Overall Favorite – LuAnn

Prizes were presented to winners and participation prizes were given. 

Next meeting will be July 17 and July 28 will be a trip to Creston Fabric Store.

VI.     Adjournment

LeAnn  adjourned the meeting at 8:42. .

Minutes submitted by:  LuAnn

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