SSQG Meeting Minutes
April 16, 2015
Minutes taken by Kathy S.
- President/Call
to order (Pam T.) – 6:35pm
- Sign In, Welcome to
Members and Guests – 14 attended, with 13 members and our guest, Judy
Holley. Pam T thanked Valerie V for her presentation last month on scrap
and fabric organization. Judy
Holley was first up from the agenda to give her program on tie and shirt
quilts.
- Reading of the
minutes and motion to accept –
a) Motion
made by: Marilyn H
b) Motion
seconded by: Elsie H
c) Accepted
by membership? - yes
- Reports of officers
and committees
a) Treasurer’s
report (Elsie H.) –
i. Beginning
Balance: $1,083.07
ii. Deposits: $60.00
iii. Expenditures: none
iv. Ending
Balance: $1,143.07
v. Motion to
accept:
1. Motion
made by: Valerie V
2. Motion
seconded by: Sharon H
3. Accepted
by membership? - yes
b) VP/Programming
(Sharon H.) –
i.
Betty Braud will present a program on Wool
Applique/Embroidery at the May meeting.
ii.
Reviewed upcoming year programs (Cherry Guidry, Gayle
Soileau on rug hooking, Sharon H. Christmas ornaments) and asked for additional
ideas.
c) Secretary/Blog
site (Valerie V.) – minutes are added to site within a week of meeting, along
with any additional information that is sent.
Betty B’s guild block pic was added to the banner of the blog.
d) Historian
(Marilyn H.) – SSQG pictures are uploaded to a storage site and the link to the
site is posted on the SSQG Blogspot site.
Some members cannot view pics.
Marilyn is checking permissions.
e) Unfinished
Projects (UFOs – Kathy S.) – Cheryl A. presented a completed quilt and chose a
book from the Treasure Box.
f) Tabs (Betty
B.) – Tabs were collected by Jessie C who will pass them on to Betty B.
g) Door
Prizes (Renee H.) –Winners of this weeks door prizes were Pam T who chose the
“I love machine quilting” bag, Marilyn H (scrappy innovations), Merlene L. (on
the road), and Mynan G (meditation package).
Karol G received the Christmas quilting bag as a swap out from January.
h) Just Do
It (Pam T.) –
i.
New Just Do It challenge – KRAZY QUILTS! Any size from a block to a quilt, or any
project you have in mind. Valerie V will
post some instructional links on the blog site.
A soiree will be held on Saturday, May 16 (10am -?) at Pam T’s place. Pam will have some materials to share. Please
bring any books, info, etc.
ii.
Roadtrip to All Stitched Up in Slidell LA – June 6th
. We’ll meet at the Target on Millerville at 9am. Drive is 1.25 hours and we plan on the shop
visit, lunch in Slidell, then drive back.
i) Quilt
Show (SSQG membership) – No volunteers to become chairperson so the show this
year will be a group activity and organized by the entire membership.
i.
Betty B. has discussed set up, take down and demo
days with library. 8/15 is scheduled as
the date for demo day. Set up days are
7/30-7/31 with assistance by an intern. Take down is still TBD.
ii.
Suggested displays are Quilts of Valor, completed
Quilts in a Box, Charity quilts of any kind, also Safari and Dancing Square
theme quilts, Storybook quilts, member’s personal quilt projects.
j) Charity
Quilts/Projects (Merlene L. & Cheryl A.) –
i.
SSQG will continue to donate both bears and quilts
to Cancer Services and Our Lady of the Lake
ii.
Merlene Lewis and Cheryl Armstrong have lots of
fabric from Wasted Women Everyone is
encouraged to take as much as they like to make charity quilts with.
iii.
Decision was made by membership that a Charity
quilt sew day was not needed at this time.
- Unfinished Business –
a) Mynan G
has completed a quilt top from the Inverted Star blocks that the membership
made. The top was handed over to Pam T
for quilting. Any additional blocks
collected will be made into an additional top.
These will be added to the charity quilts for donation.
- New business
a) Karol G.asked
for prayers for Dixie Kirkland and her husband who has been diagnosed with
terminal leukemia, and is now in hospice at Carpenter House.
b) Merlene L
invited people to come to her house to stuff bears.
- Program Report – Judy
Holley presented her tips on making tie and/or shirt quilts:
a) Sharon
introduced Judy and gave a brief summary of her quilting history. Judy is a circuit teacher for GSQA and some
of her upcoming classes are Pet Portraits, NY Beauty and machine quilting
b) Judy has
been working on quilts for clients who wished them made from clothing of loved
ones. Using ties and shirts Judy created
some fabulous pieces:
i.
Shaw Quilt – made from logo shirts
ii.
Tie and Shirt quilts – 4 memory quilts from 6 ties
and numerous shirts
iii.
Log Cabin and Court House Steps quilts from ties.
iv.
Japanese silk brocade quilt.
v.
Mariner’s Star quilt for Sherry Herringshaw and
family.
c) Judy
demonstrated how to cut up a tie to get the most usable amount of fabric from
one, including using the labels to enhance the quilt or cover up a booboo. She also described how to cut up a shirt and
stated that a quilter can get a lot of fabric from a men’s shirt.
d) Judy gave
some of her tips for sewing using the fabric from ties and shirts.
i.
100% cotton can be used much the same as any
quilting cotton fabric
ii.
Work with silk ties carefully as the fabric can
slip. Judy paper pieces some quilts.
iii.
Placing odd type fabric blocks next to cotton
blocks helps to stabilize all the blocks.
iv.
Ties made great bindings as they are already cut on
the bias.
e) Stitching
in the ditch is one of the best ways to quilt these pieces.
- Show and Tell –
members showed off projects, both old and new.
a) Marilyn H
showed her ideas for children’s book/storybook quilts, which included the
Wizard of Oz, Little House on the Prarie, Curious George, etc. She also gave tips and suggestions on how to
present these at the Quilt Show in August.
Sharon H suggested hiding the name of the book by the quilt and having
viewers guess which book the quilt represents.
b) Pam T.
passed around a local paper which showed pictures from the Giving Quilt show,
including SSQG members stuffing bears.
Pam also showed her personal pictures from the show.
c) Jessie C
showed some Beatle Bags and a piece she had quilted for Merlene L. daughter
d) Merlene L
showed off one of her latest real flower quilts
e) Carolyn B
presented a Tipsy Tumbler quilt that was qullted by Pam T.
f) Bonnie M
showed off a few of the kids charity quilts she has been making from the
donated fabric.
- Announcements –..
a)
Next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 16th
where Betty Braud will present a program on Wool Applique/Embroidery.
b)
For those who attend River City Quilt Guild
meetings, the May session has been moved to May 14th.
- Adjournment – 8:25pm
