Pacific Piecemakers Quilt Guild      

General Meeting

September 19, 2008

The meeting was called to order by President Dunsmoor at 1 p.m.
No guests were present.
Two new members were present.

Announcements: Karel Metcalf had a table of fabrics she was giving away.

Treasurer: The balance at present is $19,572.32.

Programs:Bonnie Toy’s free motion machine quilting class is October 13 and 14.
The October meeting on the 24th is a workshop for Festival of Trees from 10 am to 4 pm.
In November Rami Kim will give a class on origami flowers on Wednesday and Thursday the week before Thanksgiving. She’ll speak to the guild the next day, Friday.

Membership: Members are encouraged to wear name tags.

Newsletter: Thursday, September 25, is the newsletter deadline. Members are asked to send notice of honors and acceptances in quilt shows..

Library: PPQG library is in the classroom. It is self checkout.

Festival of Trees: Items donated for FOT will be for sale at the preview on November 8. The FOT is Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving. There is no opening on Wednesday night before Thanksgiving , as in the past.

Retreat: The quilting retreat will be a the Dry Creek Inn in Healdsburg January 26--29, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights. Contact Anita Kaplan if you wish to attend.

Challenge ‘09: The Challenge quilts will be hung April 11--May 3. Our deadline for entering is April 7. The theme is “It’s Easy Being Green.” Two quilts per person; a third quilt can be entered as part of a group. 30” x 60” is the maximum size. A blue folder with ideas to carry out the theme is on the quilting shelf in the GAC library.

Comfort Quilts: At least four were given away this month.

Quilts of Valor: These are quilts for returning injured soldiers. We make tops and a case to hold the quilt. We label and bind the quilt after donated long arm quilting is finished. We distribute them at the Palo Alto Veterans Hospital. Patriotic quilts are the most popular; we need both feminine and masculine themes. Hobbies are a good theme also. Ready-made labels can be obtained from Marilyn Limbaugh, or you can make a personal one with a message. 53” x 60” is the usual size.

Block of the Month: The blocks were raffled as a group. Monica Zarkowski was the winner.

By-Laws: The committee presented copies to members attending. Members are asked to comment by e-mail to Jan Carter or Barbara Dunsmoor. If you are not heard from, the committee assumes you have nothing to say. This meeting is the first reading. Membership will vote on adoption at the October meeting.

Name Tags: Members are encouraged to make nametags and wear them to meetings. When you wear it to a general meeting, you get a raffle ticket for a choice from a goodie basket.

The second and fourth Tuesday afternoons quilting group is open to new members. The group was formed from the latest beginning quilting class.
Show and Tell was conducted.

Janet Windsor introduced our speaker Cindy Needham, whose topic was “All About Threads.”

Submitted by Karen Shanower, Secretary