COASTAL QUILTERS NEWSLETTER

November 2017

Minutes of November Meeting

The monthly meeting of the Coastal Quilters Guild of Northeast Florida was held on November 2, 2017 at the Neptune Beach Senior Activity Center. President Yvonne Wecker called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. The minutes of the October meeting were approved as written. Yvonne reminded members to set aside Fri-day, November 10 to help cover chairs at the Senior Center. Anyone interested in helping is welcome.

Reports from Officers:

1st Vice President: Ginger Benoit called for a vote on which Flavin Glover class will be presented in January. The Log Cabin design received 10 votes however the House design won overwhelmingly. Susie pointed out that Glover had one of the top 100 quilts of the 20th century.

Ginger advised the Edge to Edge class with Patty Thomas is coming up on November 11. Bring your embroi-dery machine if you have one. Patty will show an ‘in the block’ method as well. Sign-up sheets are available at the meeting. Ginger also reminded members of Sit and Sew on Fridays. She added it is a great way to learn to quilt.

2nd Vice President: Patti Purcell reported in Robyn Arrington’s absence. She advised blocks three and four

President’s Message Happy Holidays BQFs (Best Quilty Friends)

We are clearly now in the midst of the holiday season, where the calendar has finally caught up to craft store decorations. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and is get-ting ready for Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanza. Our Christmas party on December 7th is going to be a fabu-lous event, and I look forward to seeing everyone there. Reminder: bring a yard of fabric (any combination of yard-

age or precuts) and wrap in a festive bag or wrapping paper. We will be making last minute holiday gifts or just sewing on Saturday, December 9th. I count myself fortunate to be in the midst of such a fantastic group of sewists. Our membership is strong and our common thread is our love of quilting.

Yvonne

The purpose of the Coastal Quilters Guild of Northeast

Florida is to preserve the her-itage of quilting, to be a

source of information and inspiration, to perpetuate a

high quality of excellence in quilting and related arts, and to be a gathering for people

with a common interest.

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have been sent out and pointed out copies available at the meeting. Rachel is collecting money for participants in the activity. Several members shared some very impressive blocks, and Yvonne advised that if anyone wants to share on the Guild Facebook, we will add to the blog.

Secretary: No report

Treasurer: Susie Clauson shared the Treasurer’s report.

By-Laws: Patti Sanders brought up the requirement to have a con-senting vote from members at a meeting before committing the Guild to any project. Discussion followed regarding the ‘commitment’ of the Guild. It was decided to leave the rule as it stands.

Reports from Committee Chairs:

50/50 Raffle – Jane Shad reported collecting $61 and the drawing of $30.50 was won by Karen Bradley.

Charity Quilts/Community Service – Ann Carraway reported taking nine quilts to Hospice, and another ten will be taken which include some Christmas quilts. Gift cards were collected, and she reminded us to give them to her early at the December meeting so they can be counted prior to presenting them to BEAM.

Education – Lynette reported there is still some room in both ses-sions of the Flavin Glover classes as well as the Edge to Edge class.

Exhibits – Sue Hart reported thirty-four Coastal quilts were sold at QuiltFest, which is down from last year. All miniatures sold. The number of tickets sold for the show was also down this year. Martha reported she will be ready with tickets for the 2018 Opportunity Quilt.

Hospitality – Michelle Lemmers wished happy birthday to the No-vember birthdays and thanked them for refreshments. She also sent around a sign-up sheet for the Christmas party to get a tentative count for preparation planning.

Membership – Patti Purcell welcomed new member Mary Jo Leland. Ann Mimms won the drawing. Patti added the application for 2018 membership is now available. It can be mailed or brought to Decem-ber meeting.

Newsletter – Deadline for the newsletter is November 21.

Publicity – Kathy Lahr-David reported new Guild business cards are available, a meeting notice appeared in the Beaches Leader and the Guild now has ten paid 2-year sponsors for the newsletter.

Social Media – Program and Education calendar will be posted on the blog.

Sunshine – Lynette reported twelve pet beds were turned in. Cards and fat quarters were sent to Lynne Hartman, Franci Sheffield and Carole Jackson. Robyn Arrington was sent a card. Sue Hart added that Cathie Smith is also having some medical issues and she sends her regards to the group.

UFOS – Ann Mimms hosted the UFO activity. UFO’s were shown by Claire Bartolett and Lynette Ellzey and Claire won the drawing.

Meeting December 7

Sit & Sew

December 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

Last Minute Christmas Sewing December 9

Handwork with Friends December 5, 12, 19, 26

Meeting January 4

Sit & Sew

January 5, 19, 26

January 5 and 6 Flavin Glover Classes

Handwork with Friends January 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

Bring to the Next Meeting

Gift cards for B.E.A.M.

Quilts for Show and Tell

Completed UFOs

Your favorite covered dish

One yard of fabric

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Old Business – Susie Clauson reported she is stepping down as Treasurer, and Patti Sanders has accepted the positon. Patti’s position as By-Laws coordinator is now open.

New Business – None

There being no additional agenda items, Linda Oester-reich made a motion to adjourn the meeting, and it was seconded by Lena Loveless. The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned at 7:30.

Respectfully submitted, Leslee Burch, Secretary

2nd Vice President Moda Be My Neighbor BOM Blocks 5 & 6 are at-tached to this newsletter. The blocks will be available at the meeting if you need to make copies. Please re-turn the originals! Thank you. Robyn Arrington

Community Service

Don’t forget your gift cards for BEAM. Cards from Walmart, Publix, Winn Dixie, Target or similar stores should be for $5 and up. Please take a sharpie and mark the amount on each card to make it easier for staff to distribute the gift cards. If you can't make it to a store, we do take checks made out to BEAM.

Ann Carraway

Education

Remember to scan in and log in at the Senior Center for all classes and workshops

Some people have not paid their deposits for the Janu-ary class. It is refundable when you show up. Space is still available. For the December workshop, I will bring some copies of small projects. They are mostly holiday projects. Bring your own fabric and sewing supplies if you want to do one of them.

I found someone who will take pet pillows for cats. Also, a special ed teacher I know would like pillows (a little larger) for propping up her children, and child-size bibs. So keep the scraps and fabric coming.

Lynette Ellzey

Hospitality

Everyone bring your favorite covered dish for our Christmas party. Also, please bring a total of 1 yard of fabric in any combination (two 1/2 yd cuts, three 1/3 yd cuts, four fat quarters, eight fat eighths, or any combo of jelly roll strips or charm squares...you get the idea), and package your fabric as a gift.

Michelle Lemmers

Show and Tell

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Great meeting last month. Chinese Auction was fun! Only six ladies brought in items for Show and Tell:

1. Clara Haak Calendar Quilt for this month 2. Dianne Anderson Circles Quilt 3. Rachel Angers 1 Quilt 4. Sara Ashauer Baby Quilt 5. Alice Hogan Nov. Calendar Quilt, MSQ Fall Shenanigans Quilt Shop Hop Quilt from 2016 6. Susie Clauson Mummy and Ghost

Alice Hogan

QuiltFest

The QuiltFest board met on Thursday, November 14. *The 2017 show operated at a loss so there will prob-ably be no money distributed to the guilds for educa-tion this year. *The vendor fee will be raised from $450 per 10 ft. x 10 ft. space to $500 for 2018 *Each guild is responsible to submit their report for education money spent in 2017 to Linda Benton by Dec 31 *The judge for 2018 will be Jane Hall *$2700 will be the donation given to the Shriners

from the Silent Auction *There will be no board meeting in December but the Christmas party is Friday, December 8 at the Morocco Shrine. Sue Hart

December Birthdays

RACHEL ANGERS 12/10

JANET RANKINE 12/13

PATTI PURCELL 12/16

ANN MIMMS 12/18

CLAIRE BARTOLETT 12/19

CATHIE SMITH 12/21

CARMAE DEPALMA 12/24

DEBORAH RODGERS 12/24

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The deadline for en-tries and articles for the next newsletter is December 23

Linda Benton

Charity Quilt Sizes

Hospice: adults - 40” by 40” (min) and up to 70” by 90”

Pedscare: children – 40” by 40” and up

Hospice Grief Camp: about 42 - 45” by 56 - 65”

Quilts of Valor: 55” - 72” wide by 65” - 90” long

Linus: 36” x 36” or larger

If you make it, we will find a home for it. Please contact Ann Carraway with any questions.

Handwork With Friends

There is a group which meets at the Senior Center on Tuesday mornings. It is called Handwork with Friends.

This group is made up of women who enjoy doing handwork. That is anything that can be put into a bag or basket….knitting, crochet work, embroidery, hand

sewing (bindings) and even hemming and mending.

It is wonderful to see what everyone is working on and fun to “show off” a finished project. What is even better, there is always someone to help you un-derstand a part of the directions that seem to be writ-ten in a foreign language. Come join us and have an enjoyable morning.

Pat Sena

Accuquilt Club

We have a club at Coastal Quilters called The Cutting Crew. It is open to any Guild Member who owns an Accuquilt Cutter or any Dies. The purpose of the club is to share dies, ideas,

patterns, tips, websites and anything else pertaining to the use of our Accuquilt cutters. To participate in the lending of dies please submit a list of your dies, including the code number of each. Please label each of your dies. Each person will use their own cover sheet.

Questions? See Jane Shad or Erin Evans

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