SSQG Meeting Minutes - 5/19/2016

SSQG Meeting Minutes

May 19, 2016

Minutes taken by Valerie Kazlauskas

http://sassistrippersquiltguild.blogspot.com

1. President / call to order (Pam T) - 6:30 pm

2. Sign in, welcome to Members and Guests - 12 members attended along with 1 guest

3. Reading of the minutes and motion to accept -

a) Motion made by: Becky F

b) Motion seconded by: Marilyn H

c) Accepted by membership - yes

4. Reports of officers and committeesa)

a)Treasurer’s report (Elsie H) -

i. Beginning Balance: $1,014.66

ii. Deposits: $72.00

iii. Expenditures $25.00

iv. Ending Balance: $1061.66

v. Motion to accept:

1. Motion made by: Sharon H

2. Motion seconded by: Karol G

3. Accepted by the membership – yes

b) VP/Programming (Sharon H) - Introduced Sandra Guilbeaux who did a program on Threadology.

c) Secretary (Linda B) - Minutes were taken by Valerie K.

d) Historian/Blog (Marilyn H) - Continues to take pictures as well as post on the blog.

e) Unfinished Projects (UFO’s - Kathy S) - No UFO’s were shown. UFO’s are quilts

that are started before December 31, 2016 & finished all the way to the binding in the year 2016.

f) Tabs (Betty B) - Tabs were collected to give to Betty B.

g) Door Prizes (Renee H) - Winners of the door prizes were Becky F (Folk Art

Applique), Cheryl A (Piecing is my thing), Sandra Guilbeaux (Modern), Elsie Hamway (Bunnies & Angels)

h) Just Do It (Pam T) - Scheduled the “Road Trip” to Mia’s Cafe & to eat at Duke’s onSaturday, June 18, 2016. If you are interested in going, please let Pam T know. We will meet at 10:00 am at the Target parking lot on Millerville.

i) Quilt Show (SSQG membership) -

We scheduled the dates for the Quilt Show atthe library, I just need to confirm all of them & get the times from Gayle. Quilt Show set up is Saturday, July 30, 2016. Take down is Wednesday, August 31, 2016. Demo date (TBD) may be on Saturday from 10:00 am- 2:00 pm, August 20, 2016. These dates and times will be finalized at the June meeting, you can mark your calendars tentatively for now.

j) Charity Quilts (Merlene L & Cheryl A) - We have scheduled a “Bear Sew Day” that

will be at Pam T’s Salon house on June 6, 2016. It will be very casual, come if you can, we will start at 10:00 am until. We will have the bolt of fabric that Kathy S donated for anyone to use.

5. Unfinished Business - If you are doing a Storytime Quilt, please bring the name of the quiltand the name of the author so we don't have any duplicates. I will be emailing a list of the dates above and a list of the Storytime quilts that have already been made.

6. New Business - We will be adding a pic to the banner of the blog.

-Elsie H passed out an updated Quilt Guild Membership List for 2016.

-We will be doing the Storytime Quilt activity again at the 2016 Quilt Show.

7. Program - Sandra Guilbeaux gave an impressive presentation on “Threadology”. Sheshared all the different kinds of threads and what they are used for. Sandra did a slide presentation full of information as well as passed out 3 handouts toall the members. Thread charts and different types of thread were shown. We appreciated everything she taught us and had a wonderful time too! We evenlearned about tension and now we may try to fix any issues that arise. Superior Threads is her choice to use!

8. Show and Tell - Bonnie M shared all the English Paper Piecing blocks she has done.

-Cheryl A shared her quilt she made for her Dad.

-She shared an Olivia quilt.

-Merlene showed many charity quilts & Storytime quilts.

-Janell showed a butterfly quilt.

9.Announcements - The June meeting will be solely dedicated to working on bears and anydiscusion or decisions about the 2016 Quilt Show at the library.

-The next Montage meeting will be on June 12, 2016 at theFairword Library from 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm. Everyone is welcomed.

-The next meeting will be on June 16, 2016 at 6:30 pm.

10. Adjournment -8:29 pm