Sassi Strippers Quilt Guild Meeting Minutes – March 15, 2012
Vice President Jessie Comeaux called meeting to order at
6:30pm welcoming 12 members and 4 guests (Andrea Goehert, Liz Zeringue, Helen
Larkin, Judy Holley). President Becky
Fincher was not in attendance.
Secretary’s report was accepted by Valerie Valle and Jessie
Comeaux, respectively.
Treasurer Heidi Brochard reported a balance of $935.23 in
the SSQG account. This includes the previous month’s balance of $824.23 and a
deposit of $111 (based on 8 paid memberships and 3 cookbook sales ($15)). A copy
of the treasurer’s report was given to the secretary. Treasurer’s report was accepted by Renee
Hoeprich and Betty Braud, respectively.
An additional $261.50 was given to the treasurer to deposit
based on the used book and magazine sales.
Old business –
Blog Site –
Valerie Valle
Valerie provided an overview
of posts and the blogsite. Documents
cannot be posted in word or .pdf on the blogsite. Valerie Valle told everyone to let her know
if there were any questions about the blog site.
Guild members are encouraged to look at the blog site to
access meeting minutes, pictures of guild events, etc. and also to make
comments on the posts. The address for
the blog site is http://sassistrippersquiltguild.blogspot.com/.
Tabs
Madeline
Monroe is the guild contact for this charity project. Please detach the flip tops from all aluminum
soda, soup, juice, vegetable, etc. cans.
Bring them to the meeting. Tabs
will be sent to Ronald McDonald Children’s hospital in Monroe for another
year. Becky’s sister will take them when
she travels to Monroe. There were no can
tabs collected at this meeting.
Quilt Show –
August 2012
We
are back on the books for our annual quilt show at the Jones Creek
library. Our month is August once
again. Betty Braud and Renee Hoeprich
will co-chair the show. Betty, Renee, and Merlene met at the library to
start the planning process.
Most
quilts will not be able to be hung until August because the library has another
display planned for July. There are some
areas where quilts/items will be able to be displayed earlier than others.
Bring
all quilts to the July meeting (July 19th is the meeting date). All quilts must have labels and hanging
sleeves. Renee handed out index cards to
fill out – name/size/how many quilts will be provided to hang in show. The committee is just trying to get an idea
of whether we have enough hangers for the quilts. Updates to your index card can be revised as
you make your plans for quilts to bring.
Betty
Braud asked for additional volunteers for the quilt show committee. If you are interested in helping out, please
let either Betty or Renee know.
Volunteers are needed to plan demos, kids’ projects, and to help with
the display cases.
Jessie presented the two quilts
from last year that have been quilted and will be donated to charity as part of
the show. The quilts were given to the
quilt show planning committee.
Fabric swap
There was one member that
brought her two yards of fabric to the meeting.
We will try one more time next month to see if there is enough interest
for this project. It’s not too late to
join in on the fun.
Rules: Put two yards of fabric in a brown paper bag. Please do not put your name on the bag. We will have a person that is not
participating that will log in the bags and hand them back out to a new
person. The finished quilts need to
incorporate the fabric that you receive and also any other fabrics of your
choice. The size of the quilt must be a lap size or greater. The finished quilts should be brought back to
the Christmas party (December meeting) and the original fabric owner will get
their finished quilt. Please do not tell
anyone whose fabric you receive, as it should be a surprise at the end of the
year. Please keep a swatch of your fabric – just in case you forget which
fabric you supplied by December.
New Roads Quilt
Show
There will be a judged quilt
show in New Roads on March 22 through the end of March. Jessie Comeaux has additional
information. The show will be held at
the Poydras High School.
Krotz Springs
Quilt Guild
The
Sassi Strippers accepted the invitation from the Krotz Springs Quilt Guild to
bring a show and tell of our quilts to their quilt show which will be held on
Saturday, July 14th from 10am-2pm.
Lunch will be included and the Sassi Strippers would need to be in Krotz
Springs for approximately four hours.
More discussion to come in the future about transportation and
logistics. You can bring as many quilts
as you would like to the show and tell.
Quilt Guild Book
Sale
The
Sassi Strippers were given a collection of magazines/quilt books after the last
library quilt show in August 2011. An
additional donation of books/magazines was recently made to the guild. A total of $261.50 was presented to the
treasurer for deposit of proceeds from the sale. The remaining books that were not sold will
be donated to the library and the duplicates will be given away as door prizes
at future meetings. The magazines will
be used as door prizes as well.
Hand Quilting at
the Rural Life Museum
The Rural Life Museum wants
folks to hand quilt at the museum on Mondays and Tuesdays. Renee has volunteered to help. The group meets for 2 hours on Monday and
Tuesday in an “old time” quilt bee fashion.
For more information, contact Renee.
Charity Quilts
The guild will use its
donated fabric to construct charity quilts.
Jessie provided 6 different patterns and the guild voted on 2 choices
during last month’s meeting. Jessie presented
the winners Bento Box Block (#1) and Nine Patch Lattice (#2) during the March
meeting. Lap size quilts will be made. We will have a sew-in at the library and the
date will be announced in the future.
Another option would be to meet at River City’s 2nd Sat
sew-in to work as a group. Two charities
were contacted for possible quilt donation – Cancer Services on Lobdell, which
will take any size quilts, and a veteran’s home, which will take lap/twin
quilts.
Unfinished Projects
(UFO’s) – Jessie Comeaux
Jessie will remain the chairman
for 2012 and has copies of forms for members to sign up. The quilt needs to be quilted and finished to
be counted as completing the UFO. You
can add a quilt at any stage to the list (blocks, fabric, kit, etc.) at the start. It’s not too late to sign up for the UFO
challenge. Just give your list to Jessie
Comeaux.
New business
Block of the Month
- Becky
We are doing a block of the month project
for 2012. Becky Fincher is the guild
contact for this activity. Becky sent
out an email with the details as well as the blocks for January, February, and
March. Please note that each block will
be 12” finished. Several members brought
their blocks.
See 2/23/12 email to guild from Becky Fincher (copy
below)…
Dear Ladies,
I don't know where the
last week went. I apologize for taking a week to get this out. I will have
printouts at the next meeting to be copied if you have problems downloading.
Call me if you have a problem and maybe I can walk you thru. I went back to www.quilterscache.com for free blocks we can use. Each person will be making their own
quilt.
Fancy Stipes for
January, Mr. Roosevelt's Necktie for February, and Four Corners for March, if
you want more let me know.
Enjoy making new blocks,
Becky Fincher
Teddy Bear’s for
Kids
Merlene
Lewis presented this charity project before the guild last year (as noted in
August 2011 minutes and voted on in November 2011). There has been no additional interest shown
by the BTR General Hospital Bluebonnet location. The guild came up with a list of additional
charities: Children’s Hospital, Battered
Women’s shelter, or Connections for Life.
More details to be discussed at the next meeting. The guild would make teddy bears out of
donated fabric for the patents. Merlene
has a copy of the pattern to be used.
Update since the last meeting –
See email from Karol Guidry on 4/2/12 and below…
Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical Center
Emergency Room called &
notified Merlene that they very much wanted the bears Sassi Strippers was
offering to make for child patients. The lady asked her how many were
already made up & could she deliver them right away. Please feel free to
make as many as you would like to & bring them to this month's meeting.
Merlene will bring some to show guild members who haven't seen them.
They can be made of materials you have in your stash, plaids, prints,
solids or Flannel, what ever you want to use. Maybe Valarie might like to
bring some guild materials from donated fabric she is storing.
P. S. Fair Oaks Hospital mentioned in thanks in the instructions was
recipient of bears made by Merlene's prior guild before she & her husband
moved back to Louisiana.
notified Merlene that they very much wanted the bears Sassi Strippers was
offering to make for child patients. The lady asked her how many were
already made up & could she deliver them right away. Please feel free to
make as many as you would like to & bring them to this month's meeting.
Merlene will bring some to show guild members who haven't seen them.
They can be made of materials you have in your stash, plaids, prints,
solids or Flannel, what ever you want to use. Maybe Valarie might like to
bring some guild materials from donated fabric she is storing.
P. S. Fair Oaks Hospital mentioned in thanks in the instructions was
recipient of bears made by Merlene's prior guild before she & her husband
moved back to Louisiana.
More information to be discussed at the next
meeting! Thank you, Merlene and Karol.
Alzheimer’s
Priority Quilts (AAQI)
This initiative will be open
to the entire gulf coast quilting community. Please see the following websites for the
rules and entry forms:
http://rivercityquilts.blogspot.com
The River City Quilt Guild issued a challenge to other
local quilt guilds (including the Sassi Strippers) for quilts.
Alz. quilts were collected at the March meeting. A total of 5 quilts were collected and these
will be displayed in the GSQA quilt show in Slidell.
The library quilt show planning committee would like to
have a small display of Alz. quilts to hang in our library quilt show as well
so there is still time to make one.
Quilts can still be donate to AAQI at any time.
The AAQI challenge is to make a quilt that is a maximum
of 9 x 11 inches. It has to have a
hanger (either o-rings or fast-triangle method). See the websites for tutorials on the hangers
if necessary. Every quilt must be
accompanied by a registration form.
If you use a pattern that has a copyright, then you need
to obtain permission to use it for your AAQI quilt. Please attach the permission slip to the
registration form.
You can use any 8” block or smaller and turn it into a
quilt.
Program – Judy
Holley
Judy made a presentation to the group on color and value
and how to make choices on quilt design.
Door Prize Drawing
Andrea
Keith is the guild contact in charge of door prizes. These were items donated by other guild
members or members of the quilting community.
If there is something that you don’t use or have a duplicate of
something in your quilt room, please consider donating it to the group to use
as a door prize. Stay tuned for more
chances to win a door prize at a future quilt meeting.
Show and Tell
There were 16 folks in attendance at the meeting – 12
members and 4 guests.
Next month –
Let’s talk fabric. Bring your favorite
fabric line and your not-so-favorite fabric to use in a quilt… and JoAnn is
open so we will be creating guild membership cards so that you can get your
JoAnn discounts…
Sassi Strippers Quilt Guild Meeting Minutes – March 15, 2012
Vice President Jessie Comeaux called meeting to order at
6:30pm welcoming 12 members and 4 guests (Andrea Goehert, Liz Zeringue, Helen
Larkin, Judy Holley). President Becky
Fincher was not in attendance.
Secretary’s report was accepted by Valerie Valle and Jessie
Comeaux, respectively.
Treasurer Heidi Brochard reported a balance of $935.23 in
the SSQG account. This includes the previous month’s balance of $824.23 and a
deposit of $111 (based on 8 paid memberships and 3 cookbook sales ($15)). A copy
of the treasurer’s report was given to the secretary. Treasurer’s report was accepted by Renee
Hoeprich and Betty Braud, respectively.
An additional $261.50 was given to the treasurer to deposit
based on the used book and magazine sales.
Old business –
Blog Site –
Valerie Valle
Valerie provided an overview
of posts and the blogsite. Documents
cannot be posted in word or .pdf on the blogsite. Valerie Valle told everyone to let her know
if there were any questions about the blog site.
Guild members are encouraged to look at the blog site to
access meeting minutes, pictures of guild events, etc. and also to make
comments on the posts. The address for
the blog site is http://sassistrippersquiltguild.blogspot.com/.
Tabs
Madeline
Monroe is the guild contact for this charity project. Please detach the flip tops from all aluminum
soda, soup, juice, vegetable, etc. cans.
Bring them to the meeting. Tabs
will be sent to Ronald McDonald Children’s hospital in Monroe for another
year. Becky’s sister will take them when
she travels to Monroe. There were no can
tabs collected at this meeting.
Quilt Show –
August 2012
We
are back on the books for our annual quilt show at the Jones Creek
library. Our month is August once
again. Betty Braud and Renee Hoeprich
will co-chair the show. Betty, Renee, and Merlene met at the library to
start the planning process.
Most
quilts will not be able to be hung until August because the library has another
display planned for July. There are some
areas where quilts/items will be able to be displayed earlier than others.
Bring
all quilts to the July meeting (July 19th is the meeting date). All quilts must have labels and hanging
sleeves. Renee handed out index cards to
fill out – name/size/how many quilts will be provided to hang in show. The committee is just trying to get an idea
of whether we have enough hangers for the quilts. Updates to your index card can be revised as
you make your plans for quilts to bring.
Betty
Braud asked for additional volunteers for the quilt show committee. If you are interested in helping out, please
let either Betty or Renee know.
Volunteers are needed to plan demos, kids’ projects, and to help with
the display cases.
Jessie presented the two quilts
from last year that have been quilted and will be donated to charity as part of
the show. The quilts were given to the
quilt show planning committee.
Fabric swap
There was one member that
brought her two yards of fabric to the meeting.
We will try one more time next month to see if there is enough interest
for this project. It’s not too late to
join in on the fun.
Rules: Put two yards of fabric in a brown paper bag. Please do not put your name on the bag. We will have a person that is not
participating that will log in the bags and hand them back out to a new
person. The finished quilts need to
incorporate the fabric that you receive and also any other fabrics of your
choice. The size of the quilt must be a lap size or greater. The finished quilts should be brought back to
the Christmas party (December meeting) and the original fabric owner will get
their finished quilt. Please do not tell
anyone whose fabric you receive, as it should be a surprise at the end of the
year. Please keep a swatch of your fabric – just in case you forget which
fabric you supplied by December.
New Roads Quilt
Show
There will be a judged quilt
show in New Roads on March 22 through the end of March. Jessie Comeaux has additional
information. The show will be held at
the Poydras High School.
Krotz Springs
Quilt Guild
The
Sassi Strippers accepted the invitation from the Krotz Springs Quilt Guild to
bring a show and tell of our quilts to their quilt show which will be held on
Saturday, July 14th from 10am-2pm.
Lunch will be included and the Sassi Strippers would need to be in Krotz
Springs for approximately four hours.
More discussion to come in the future about transportation and
logistics. You can bring as many quilts
as you would like to the show and tell.
Quilt Guild Book
Sale
The
Sassi Strippers were given a collection of magazines/quilt books after the last
library quilt show in August 2011. An
additional donation of books/magazines was recently made to the guild. A total of $261.50 was presented to the
treasurer for deposit of proceeds from the sale. The remaining books that were not sold will
be donated to the library and the duplicates will be given away as door prizes
at future meetings. The magazines will
be used as door prizes as well.
Hand Quilting at
the Rural Life Museum
The Rural Life Museum wants
folks to hand quilt at the museum on Mondays and Tuesdays. Renee has volunteered to help. The group meets for 2 hours on Monday and
Tuesday in an “old time” quilt bee fashion.
For more information, contact Renee.
Charity Quilts
The guild will use its
donated fabric to construct charity quilts.
Jessie provided 6 different patterns and the guild voted on 2 choices
during last month’s meeting. Jessie presented
the winners Bento Box Block (#1) and Nine Patch Lattice (#2) during the March
meeting. Lap size quilts will be made. We will have a sew-in at the library and the
date will be announced in the future.
Another option would be to meet at River City’s 2nd Sat
sew-in to work as a group. Two charities
were contacted for possible quilt donation – Cancer Services on Lobdell, which
will take any size quilts, and a veteran’s home, which will take lap/twin
quilts.
Unfinished Projects
(UFO’s) – Jessie Comeaux
Jessie will remain the chairman
for 2012 and has copies of forms for members to sign up. The quilt needs to be quilted and finished to
be counted as completing the UFO. You
can add a quilt at any stage to the list (blocks, fabric, kit, etc.) at the start. It’s not too late to sign up for the UFO
challenge. Just give your list to Jessie
Comeaux.
New business
Block of the Month
- Becky
We are doing a block of the month project
for 2012. Becky Fincher is the guild
contact for this activity. Becky sent
out an email with the details as well as the blocks for January, February, and
March. Please note that each block will
be 12” finished. Several members brought
their blocks.
See 2/23/12 email to guild from Becky Fincher (copy
below)…
Dear Ladies,
I don't know where the
last week went. I apologize for taking a week to get this out. I will have
printouts at the next meeting to be copied if you have problems downloading.
Call me if you have a problem and maybe I can walk you thru. I went back to www.quilterscache.com for free blocks we can use. Each person will be making their own
quilt.
Fancy Stipes for
January, Mr. Roosevelt's Necktie for February, and Four Corners for March, if
you want more let me know.
Enjoy making new blocks,
Becky Fincher
Teddy Bear’s for
Kids
Merlene
Lewis presented this charity project before the guild last year (as noted in
August 2011 minutes and voted on in November 2011). There has been no additional interest shown
by the BTR General Hospital Bluebonnet location. The guild came up with a list of additional
charities: Children’s Hospital, Battered
Women’s shelter, or Connections for Life.
More details to be discussed at the next meeting. The guild would make teddy bears out of
donated fabric for the patents. Merlene
has a copy of the pattern to be used.
Update since the last meeting –
See email from Karol Guidry on 4/2/12 and below…
Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical Center
Emergency Room called &
notified Merlene that they very much wanted the bears Sassi Strippers was
offering to make for child patients. The lady asked her how many were
already made up & could she deliver them right away. Please feel free to
make as many as you would like to & bring them to this month's meeting.
Merlene will bring some to show guild members who haven't seen them.
They can be made of materials you have in your stash, plaids, prints,
solids or Flannel, what ever you want to use. Maybe Valarie might like to
bring some guild materials from donated fabric she is storing.
P. S. Fair Oaks Hospital mentioned in thanks in the instructions was
recipient of bears made by Merlene's prior guild before she & her husband
moved back to Louisiana.
notified Merlene that they very much wanted the bears Sassi Strippers was
offering to make for child patients. The lady asked her how many were
already made up & could she deliver them right away. Please feel free to
make as many as you would like to & bring them to this month's meeting.
Merlene will bring some to show guild members who haven't seen them.
They can be made of materials you have in your stash, plaids, prints,
solids or Flannel, what ever you want to use. Maybe Valarie might like to
bring some guild materials from donated fabric she is storing.
P. S. Fair Oaks Hospital mentioned in thanks in the instructions was
recipient of bears made by Merlene's prior guild before she & her husband
moved back to Louisiana.
More information to be discussed at the next
meeting! Thank you, Merlene and Karol.
Alzheimer’s
Priority Quilts (AAQI)
This initiative will be open
to the entire gulf coast quilting community. Please see the following websites for the
rules and entry forms:
http://rivercityquilts.blogspot.com
The River City Quilt Guild issued a challenge to other
local quilt guilds (including the Sassi Strippers) for quilts.
Alz. quilts were collected at the March meeting. A total of 5 quilts were collected and these
will be displayed in the GSQA quilt show in Slidell.
The library quilt show planning committee would like to
have a small display of Alz. quilts to hang in our library quilt show as well
so there is still time to make one.
Quilts can still be donate to AAQI at any time.
The AAQI challenge is to make a quilt that is a maximum
of 9 x 11 inches. It has to have a
hanger (either o-rings or fast-triangle method). See the websites for tutorials on the hangers
if necessary. Every quilt must be
accompanied by a registration form.
If you use a pattern that has a copyright, then you need
to obtain permission to use it for your AAQI quilt. Please attach the permission slip to the
registration form.
You can use any 8” block or smaller and turn it into a
quilt.
Program – Judy
Holley
Judy made a presentation to the group on color and value
and how to make choices on quilt design.
Door Prize Drawing
Andrea
Keith is the guild contact in charge of door prizes. These were items donated by other guild
members or members of the quilting community.
If there is something that you don’t use or have a duplicate of
something in your quilt room, please consider donating it to the group to use
as a door prize. Stay tuned for more
chances to win a door prize at a future quilt meeting.
Show and Tell
There were 16 folks in attendance at the meeting – 12
members and 4 guests.
Next month –
Let’s talk fabric. Bring your favorite
fabric line and your not-so-favorite fabric to use in a quilt… and JoAnn is
open so we will be creating guild membership cards so that you can get your
JoAnn discounts…
