Founded in 2005 by quilters who wanted to share their love of quilting with others, our guild's purpose was to promote appreciation and interest in quilting and to provide educational opportunities. Reimagined in 2023 -- The Sassi Stripper Stitchers meets every third Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m at the Jones Creek Library. Come and go during that time. Work on any kind of stitchery. Sharing, show and tell, and fellowship.
Elsie H. was a long-time member of the Sassi Strippers Quilt Guild.
She loved to make charity quilts, sometimes dozens a year.
At the time of her passing in 2020, Elsie left behind several quilt tops.
Guild members are now quilting and finishing those quilts.
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| This one was finished by Karen W. |
Hello my talented beauties,
All I can say is , WOW, it was so great to see everyone in person at our last meeting!!! We had a total of 11 members attend the meeting in person or through zoom! The Jones Creek Library is now open until 9:00 pm again. Our SSQG meeting will be Thursday, on July 15, 2021 @ 6:30 pm. We will be offering zoom as well again for the meeting. I will be sending a zoom link out tomorrow.
Lots of creativity & quilting has been taking place during and after the stay at home order with COVID-19. So many bear skins were done and turned in at the last meeting, it was amazing. We are putting the bear skins on hold for now until further notice. We also had a ton of charity quilts that were made during that time as well. You ladies rock and never disappoint!
We were so excited to catch up with all the prizes that were owed to some members, whether it was for UFO or door prizes. through the end of June 2021! With that being said, any donations you can bring to replenish our door prizes and UFO prizes, would be greatly appreciated.
Also, please bring your completed quilts to turn in at the July 15th meeting. Make sure they have a label attached to the back of the quilt with Sassi Strippers Quilt Guild on the label. If everyone would bring a needle, thread and scissors, just in case someone didn't have time to get their label on before, we can do it for them at the meeting. I will bring a marker, scissors and muslin in case it is needed.
FYI, our year runs out for Zoom on September 18, 2021. So, our last meeting to provide Zoom will be through September 2021. We can discuss this at the July meeting to see if y'all want to renew for $149.90 or if it is not necessary to have by the October 2021 meeting and after anymore.
Please bring your tabs, UFO's, donations and Show 'n Tell to share with the guild members. Of course I will always have a couple of tricks up my sleeve, can't wait to see all of you! So come on, join me for some fun, creativity, laughter & fellowship!
Humbly yours,
Pam Tennyson
SSQG Meeting Minutes
Thursday, June 17, 2021
Minutes taken by Cheryl M.
http://sassistrippersquiltguild.blogspot.com
President/Call to order (Pam T.) – meeting at library and on ZOOM – 6:58 pm.
Sign In, Welcome to Members and Guests – No guests. Members present: Merlene L., Karen W., Marilyn H., Karol G., Pam T., Cheryl M., Becky E., Donna E., Betty B., Robin C., and Valerie K.
Reading of the minutes and motion to accept –
Motion made by: Betty B.
Motion seconded by: Cheryl M.
Accepted by membership? - yes
Reports of officers and committees
Treasurer’s report – Treasurer not present, report by Pam T.
Beginning Balance: $1,459.13
Deposits: 12.00
Expenditures: none
Ending Balance: $1,471.13
Motion to accept:
Motion made by: Val K.
Motion seconded by: Becky E.
Accepted by membership? - yes
An updated membership list will be provided to the members soon.
VP/Programming (Dee J.) – no report
Secretary (Cheryl M.) – no report
Historian / Blog site (Marilyn H.) – the blog is up to date including minutes
Unfinished Projects (UFOs – Valerie K.) – Prizes earned by members through May 2021 were distributed. There were no UFOs for June 2021.
Tabs (Cheryl M.) – Pam brought a large bag of tabs.
Door Prizes (Valerie K.) – Door prizes were caught up and distributed through June 2021.
Just Do It (Pam T.) – Contemporary Fiber Arts of Louisiana (CFAL) exhibit at the main library through June.
Quilt Show (SSQG membership) – no report
Charity Quilts (Merlene L. & Karen W.) – continue to make quilts. Current quilt count: Merlene 15, Marilyn 6, and Karen 4. Merlene already had 185 bear skins. Bear skins were brought in by several members: Donna E. 47, Betty B. 52 and Marilyn H. 440. We do not need any more bear skins currently, as OLOL Children’s Hospital is not currently accepting bears.
Veterans Quilts (Sharon H./Mynan G.) – no report
Unfinished Business: N/A
New business: Members were asked to bring items for the UFO prize box.
Program – no program this month. Donna E. will give program on “How to Quilt Your Quilts” in August.
Show and Tell – Val, Betty, Donna, Becky, Karen, and Merlene.
Note: Val is using warm gray 4 glide thread for her embroidery project and Pelon SF101 stabilizer which gives it body and keeps back from showing through.
Announcements –
Members were requested to bring finished quilts for charities to July meeting.
Next meeting – Thursday, July 15, 2021 at library and on Zoom
Adjournment – 7:50 p.m.
