SSQG minutes from the meeting held on 1/15/15

SSQG Meeting Minutes - January 15, 2015

1. Call to order –  6:37pm
2. Sign In, Welcome to Members and Guests –
3. Reading of the minutes and motion to accept –

a)    Motion made by: Renee Hoeprich

b)    Motion seconded by:  April Reeves

c)    Accepted by membership? - yes

4. Reports of officers and committees

a)    Treasurer’s report –

                             i.     Beginning Balance:  $987.00

                            ii.     Deposits:  $20.00

                           iii.     Expenditures:  none

                          iv.     Ending Balance:  $1,007.00

                           v.     Motion to accept:

1.     Motion made by:  Sharon Holder

2.     Motion seconded by:  Karol Guidry

3.     Accepted by membership? - yes

b)    Blog site (VValle) – New officers have been added and outgoing removed.  All previous posts have been added so blog is current.

c)    Unfinished Projects (UFOs - JComeaux) - TBD

d)    Tabs (BBraud) – will continue to collect tabs

e)    Door Prizes (RHoeprich) – Renee Hoeprich is taking over from Sharon Holder.  Winners of this weeks door prizes were Carolyn Blanchard, Kathy Sandahl and Elsie Hamway.

f)     Just Do It (PTennyson) –

                             i.       Pam Tennyson will continue to head the Just Do It committee and is asking for project ideas from the membership. 

                            ii.       112 blocks (out of 121) have been finished for the Quilt in a Box project.

g)    Quilt Show (??) – asking for a member to volunteer as chairperson; Renee Hoeprich will continue to be on the committee.

h)    Charity Quilts (MLewis & CArmstrong) – Elsie Hamway has stepped down from this committee; Cheryl Armstrong has volunteered to assist Merlene Lewis.  Details for this year’s charity quilts will be detailed at the next meeting.  There is some fabric left for members to use.

5. Unfinished Business –

a)    Guild banner status.  Jessie Comeaux was not available to give report

6. New business

a)  Need a new Quilt Historian/keeper of publicity – Marilyn Halvorsen volunteered;  Thank you to April Reeves for past service.

b)  Reinstate the Greeter position – Karol Guidry volunteered

7. Program Report –

a)  Elsie Hamway gave a sewing demonstration on how make tube quilt blocks.  A video may be viewed at http://blog.missouriquiltco.com/like-totally-tubular/.  Elsie also a quick demo showing how to make a wonky tumbler block that involved sewing an odd shaped fabric piece on top of a conventional square block.  Thank you Elsie for an excellent presentation.

b)  Pam Tennyson requested that the membership think of ideas for programs for the upcoming year and present these ideas at the next meeting.  What do we wish to see?  Thread types and usages?  More sewing demos?  Hands on projects?  Put your thinking caps on and let’s hear the ideas!

8. Show and Tell – members showed off their current projects.
9. Announcements –..

a)    Quilting Opportunities

                           i.       Livonia, LA Guild has a Sit & Sew every 4^th Monday of the month in 2014 from 9 a.m.‘til at the First Baptist Church in Livonia

                          ii.       Red Stick Wool Hookers meet at library every Thursday from 10am to 2pm at the Jones Creek Library.

                         iii.       Embroidery Guild of America has both day and night meeting at our library.

b)    The Quilt the Swamp exhibit, “Metamorphosis”, is being held at the Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center 1/18-2/15

c)    Superior Threads is having a sale at http://www.superiorthreads.com/

d)    The Giving Quilt show will be at the Lamar Dixon Center 2/7 – 2/8.  Charity bears will be available for stuffing on Saturday, 2/7 from 10am-5pm

e)    Quilts of Valor Foundation now has a local representative – Roxanne Brown (Roxanne.brown@qovf.org).  More information on this foundation, along with information on how to donate a QOV quilt may be found at www.QOVF.org

f)     Next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, February 19^th.

10. Adjournment – 8:15pm

SSQG meeting - Thurs 1/15/15

Hello to my talented beauties,

We will be kicking off our first "Sassi Strippers" meeting of 2015 on January 15th!🎉  It will be at the Jones Creek Library @ 6:30pm.  I will ask everyone to make an extra effort to be there for this meeting. Please bring your $12.00 to pay your membership dues, Elsie will hand out the membership paperwork for you to fill out & give back to her at the meeting.  Please think about what you would like to do or see in the year of 2015 & to share this with our members.  We have such a talented group of ladies & I am honored to serve you this year.  I am open to all ideas & suggestions you bring. My wish for Sassi Strippers this year is to further our craft, our creativity & our friendships!  We will be wrapping up the "Quilt in the Box" in the beginning of 2015 & moving it into the second phase. Please bring your finished blocks & if you have any boxes as well to this meeting. I can't tell you how it still warms my heart that you all have enjoyed it so much!  Please bring something for show-n-tell to share your talent. Looking forward to our program Thursday night where Elsie will be sharing a technique to making a quilt that you will all enjoy!  You know you have a rookie when you asked me to be your President, so strap on your seat belts, it's going to be a crazy ride!!!😃

Pam Tennyson

Meeting minutes November and December 2014

President Karol opened meeting at 6:35 PM.

Treasurer Elsie reported the prior balance $1033.80. Quilt show expenses were $46.80. Present Balance is $987.00.
                         Motion to accept - Renee & Valerie

Secretary's report was accepted with additions & corrections by Valerie & Elsie.

COMMITTEES;

    Blog Site- Valerie- All is going smoothly.you may comment & access forms.

    Unfinished Projects- Jessie- Only Jessie reported completed projects & won for 2014.! Members turned in lists of itemised entries but timed out.

    Just Do It- Pam- 101 completed blocks were turned in.

    Charity Quilts- Merlene & Elsie- Request was made to members to please, with right sides together cut out teddy bears via the pattern with pinking shears or regular sissors, leaving enough fabric edge to not allow the seam to pull free (pull out).  Clip where marked via pattern. turn right side out, press. Now they are ready to stuff by us & the public at the Giving Quilt Show Saturday Feb. 7, at the Lamar Dixon Center in Gonzales. We will do this Saturday only.  Please come help our Guild service those who want to stuff the bears. There will be many quilts on display, door prizes, raffle quilt, quilt vendors etc. This show is held every two years & is a destination close to home for quilters.

   Pull Tabs for Ronald McDonald House in New Orleans- Betty- Made delivery & the staff was appreciative. Please continue to collect the aluminum pull tabs.

  Door Prizes- Pam for Sharon - winners were Pam(who provided on
- Pam for Sharon-(who was unable to be present). winners ones were Pam-(who provided 1 prize) & Elsie.

  Nomination Committee- Marilyn & April- There were no nominations from the floor (2nd month). Slate presented at October Mgt. was then voted in unanimously. Sass Stripper Quilt Guild Officers for 2015 are;
 President -  Pam Tennyson
 Vice President - Sharon Holder
 Treasurer - Elsie Hamway
 Secretary - Valerie Valle

 Activitys Following Program- Members brought in & showed projects we are woking on at home.  Notions, Tips, & Tools we have found to help us in our quilting &  Preparations.
 Show & Tell was held.
 Meeting was adjourned at 8:17 PM

 December 2014 Christmas Party was enjoyed at 6PM Monday nite Dec. 11 at City Cafe with Dee as our waitress. A warm wonderful evening was enjoyed. Thanks again to Elsie for making our reservation.

Respectfully Submitted,
 Karol Guidry
For Becky Fincher
Secretary

Christmas Party - City Cafe - 12/15/14, 6pm

Hello Ladies, 

   Just a reminder that our Christmas Party is Monday, December 15, 2014.  The party is at 6:00pm at "City Cafe" located at the corner of O'Neal Lane & George O'Neal. We will be doing a gift exchange if you would like to participate please bring your gift.  Also if you have any blocks to turn in for the "Quilt in a Box" please bring those as well. Looking forward to a wonderful evening of friendship & fun!  See you there! 

Karol

SSQG Meeting - November 20, 2014

Hello Ladies,

We will wind down 2014 with our last meeting at the library this Thursday, Nov. 20th at 6:30pm.  Please bring & share the projects you are working on at home. Tips, notions, & tools you have found to ease preparation onto completion of your work will be welcomed by each of us too!

Please also bring your finished blocks & boxes you may have for “Quilt in a Box".

Looking forward to the our Christmas Party on Monday night, Dec.15th  at 6:00pm at City Cafe, located at the corner of O’Neal Lane & George O’Neal.  Will be ringing in the season & looking forward to the New 2015 ahead!


Karol

SSQG Minutes - Oct 16, 2014

Sassi Strippers Quilt Guild

October 16, 2014

President Karol Guidry called the meeting to order at about 6:47 p.m.

She introduced the officers and welcomed everyone.  We had no visitors.

Elsie Hamway is visiting her daughter in Tennessee. She right after our last meeting and did make it to the bank.  Therefore, our balance remains the same at $1,046.30.  She and her husband also celebrated their 55^th wedding anniversary.  Jessie made a motion for the Treasurer’s Report to be accepted as given.  Renee’ second the motion.  The treasurer’s report was accepted. 

The meeting minutes for September were presented by Becky.  After some name changes, Betty made a motion for the minutes to be accepted with changes.  Sharon second the motion and the minutes were accepted.

BLOG SITE - Valerie Valle

Meeting minutes and pictures and etc. are posted on the blog site. The address for the blog site is http://sassistrippersquiltguild.blogspoit.com/

Unfinished Projects (UFO’s) – Jessie Comeaux

A copy of the blank form is posted on to the blog site.  Enter the game and have fun racing for the lead and have the bonus of moving a lot of unfinished projects.  To qualify as finished, the quilt has to be quilted, bound and preferably brought to show and tell during a meeting. 

Tabs - Betty Braud

Betty Braud is the quilt guild contact for this charity project.  Just remember when you pop a top pull the tab and collect them to bring to a meeting. We are giving them to the reopened New Orleans McDonald’s house. 

Door Prizes – Sharon Holder

Sharon needs more items for the door prize basket.  Three door prizes were given out.

Quilt Show – Renee’ Hoeprich

Renee’ was the chair for our Annual Quilt Show this year. 

Charity Quilts – Merlene & Elsie

We need more teddy bears ready to stuff for the Giving Quilt Show.  Chemo caps challenge made to us by the Krotz Springs Guild.

Just Do It – Pam Tennyson

“Quilt in a Box” involves each member picking a block to make for everyone.  We will end up with 12 blocks that are 12 inches in size.  Pam has emailed the instructions.  We are also invited to enter The Giving Quilt challenge, which involves making a quilt using the red dimple fabric as one of the fabrics in the quilt.  There have been 88 blocks turned into Pam so far.

New Business

A nominating committee made up of three members, April, Sharon and Marilyn, nominated Pam T. for President, Valerie V. for Secretary/Treasurer and Sharon H. for Vice-President.

Program

Renee completed her program of “Improvisational Quilt Program.”

Show & Tell

Beautiful work as always.

The meeting ended at 8:25 p.m.

Quilting opportunities

Livonia, LA Guild has a Sit & Sew every 4^th Monday of the month in 2014 from 9 a.m.‘til at the First Baptist Church in Livonia. 

Red Stick Wool Hookers meet at library every Thursday.

Embroidery Guild of America has both day and night meeting at our library.

Island Batiks web site has free patterns for Veterans “Quilted in Honor”.  www.islandbatiks.com

Red Stick Quilt Shop new address is 5664 Stumberg Lane.  (225)456-2873

Fabric Crazy is still having their brick-and-mortar closing sale.

SSQG Minutes - Sept 19, 2014

Sassi Strippers Quilt Guild

September 19, 2014

President Karol Guidry called the meeting to order at about 6:40 p.m.

She introduced the officers and welcomed our visitors. 

Elsie Hamway presented the treasurer’s report.  The balance for September is $1,046.30.  Renee made a motion for the Treasurer’s Report to be accepted as given.  Sharon second the motion.  The treasurer’s report was accepted.  The meeting minutes for August were presented and approved.

 
BLOG SITE - Valerie Valle

Program

Judy Momengadeh gave us a wonderful trunk show.  Her quilts are stunning and everyone enjoyed her and the quilts.  She also discussed her technique and products that work for her.  She designs and sales patterns and teaches classes at the local quilt shop.

Meeting minutes and pictures and etc. are posted on the blog site. The address for the blog site is http://sassistrippersquiltguild.blogspoit.com/

Unfinished Projects (UFO’s) – Jessie Comeaux

She was not available for the meeting this month.  A copy of the blank form is posted on the blog site.  Enter the game and have fun racing for the lead and have the bonus of moving a lot of unfinished projects.  To qualify as finished, the quilt has to be quilted, bound and preferably brought to show and tell during a meeting. 

Tabs - Betty Braud

Betty Braud is the quilt guild contact for this charity project.  Just remember to pop a top, pull the tab and collect them to bring to a meeting. We are giving them to the reopened New Orleans McDonald’s house. 

Door Prizes – Sharon Holder

Sharon needs more items for the door prize basket.  As you clean out your quilting treasures remember items for door prizes.  One person’s junk is someone else treasure.

Just Do It – Pam Tennyson

“Quilt in a Box” involves each member picking a block to make for everyone.  We will end up with 12 blocks that are 12 inches in size.  Pam has emailed the instructions.  We are also invited to enter The Giving Quilt challenge, which involves making a quilt using the red dimple fabric as one of the fabrics in the quilt.  Everyone is excited about this project and have blown through it.  Looking forward to seeing the new quilts.

Quilt Show – Renee Hoeprich

The Quilt Show was another successful project.  Wonderful comments were left in our visitors log and of course the library folks always love them.  MS Yvonne reported the library will be including a virtual tour on their website for each library.  The filming was done while our quilts were up.  Something else for us to look forward and enjoy. Karol reported the winners for Viewer’s Choice. First Prize went to Jessie, second went to Elsie and third prize went to Valerie.  Everyone needs to be thinking about next year’s show as you are quilting.

Charity Quilts – Merlene and Elsie

Merlene shared the good news of how many quilts and bears the guild had made this year.  We have given Generations 11 quilts, Cancer Services received 12 quilts and OLOL received 14 for a grand total of 37.  We also have sewn a total of 257 bears.  We have given 29 to Generations, 29 to Cancer Services and 25 to OLOL.  We have 164 bears left for the show at Lamar-Dixon.

Christmas Party in December

The Guild decided to check out Portobello’s and City Café.  The Party will be in lieu of the monthly meeting December 15, 2014 at 6pm. Please remember to bring a quilting related gift for $15 to participate in the gift exchange. More information next month.

Show & Tell

We all enjoyed the wonderful quilts everyone is finishing.  It is fun to hear the stories.

Marilyn brought the prize she won in the Quiltmakers drawing.  She received quite a haul. 

Quilting opportunities

Livonia, LA Guild has a Sit & Sew every 4^th Monday of the month in 2014 from 9 a.m.‘til at the First Baptist Church in Livonia. 

Red Stick Wool Hookers meet at library every Thursday.

Embroidery Guild of America has both day and night meeting at our library.

Island Batiks web site has free patterns for Veterans “Quilted in Honor”.  www.islandbatiks.com

Red Stick Quilt Shop new address is 5664 Stumberg Lane.  (225)456-2873

Meeting Thursday, 10/16

Hello everyone. We are looking forward to being together at 6:30 this Thursday at the Jones Creek Library. Hope you can be there to hear the slate of new officers announced.           

Nominations from the floor will be accepted from the floor Oct. & Nov. meetings. We will vote at the November meeting.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Elsie Hamway secured arrangements for our Christmas Party 2014 at City Cafe on O'Neal Lane Monday nite Dec. 15th at 6pm. Dee will be our waitress. If you wish to bring a

$15 wrapped gift to exchange you may but participation is not manditory.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Pam Tennyson, Just Do It,asks that all Quilt in a Box ladies to bring all participating members boxes to the meeting. We quilters are not always on the Q T & require a second chance

to cut. Please also bring back the fabric you mis cut to go back into the members box to add to her stash.                                                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Thanks, see you Thursday nite.     Karol

June Minutes

Sassi Strippers Quilt Guild

June 19, 2014

President Karol Guidry called the meeting to order at about 6:30 p.m.  The topic for this meeting was the upcoming Annual Quilt Show.

Elsie Hamway presented the treasurer report as unchanged.  The balance for  the month of April was 1,065.90.  Valerie V. made a motion for the Treasurer’s Report to be accepted as given.  Jessie second the motion.  The treasurer’s report was accepted as given.  Elsie also gave us a members list with contact information and asked everyone to check for errors.

The meeting minutes for April were not available.   Secretary Becky read the May minutes.  Sharon made a motion for accepting the minutes and Karol second the motion.  The minutes were accepted with some changes.

BLOG SITE - Valerie Valle

Meeting minutes and pictures and etc. are posted on the blog site. The address for the blog site is http://sassistrippersquiltguild.blogspoit.com/ .  Everyone is encouraged to read the blogspot.  Valerie added Renee’ and Pam as administrators because of her time limitations.

Unfinished Projects (UFO’s) – Jessie Comeaux

A copy of the blank form is posted on the blog site.  Enter the game and have fun racing for the lead and have the bonus of moving a lot of unfinished projects.  To qualify as finished, the quilt has to be quilted, bound and preferably brought to show and tell during a meeting. 

Tabs - Betty Braud

Betty Braud is the quilt guild contact for this charity project.  Just remember when you pop a top pull the tab and collect them to bring to a meeting. We are giving them to the reopened New Orleans McDonald’s house. 

Door Prizes – Sharon Holder

Sharon needs more items for the door prize basket.  Three door prizes were drawn for.

Quilt Show – Renee’ Hoeprich

Renee’ is the chair for our Annual Quilt Show this year.  Bring your quilts labeled and with sleeve attached to be in the quilt show to our July meeting.  Plan to be part of the hanging of the quilts and changing the library into a colorful museum.  Plus, we get to spend time with our quilting friends while doing it.The quilts will go up August 1^st.  Demo day is scheduled for the 23^rd.  It is a wonderful day to share our love of quilts and the art of quilting with the public young and old. 

Charity Quilts – Merlene & Elsie

The guild will making charity quilts will go to Generations Hospice, OLOL Children’s Hospital and The Cancer Services.  We will also continue to make the stuffed teddy bears to donate for the Children’s Hospital.  The quilts you make need be no smaller than 50 x 60.  You may use any pattern you wish.  Need more bears sewn to be stuffed at the Giving Quilt Show.  Also discussed wheelchair quilts that would be 36 x 26 inches. 

Just Do It – Pam Tennyson

“Quilt in a Box” involves each member picking a block to make for everyone.  We will end up with 12 blocks that are 12 inches in size.  Pam has emailed the instructions.  We are also invited to enter The Giving Quilt challenge, which involves making a quilt using the red dimple fabric as one of the fabrics in the quilt. 

Program

Renee issued a challenge that we join GSQA as a guild.  Also she continued with her program.  The information for the program is on the blog.

Show & Tell

Beautiful quilts were shared with the group

Quilting opportunities

Livonia, LA Guild has a Sit & Sew every 4^th Monday of the month in 2014 from 9 a.m.‘til at the First Baptist Church in Livonia. 

Red Stick Wool Hookers meet at library every Thursday.

Embroidery Guild of America has both day and night meeting at our library.

Island Batiks web site has free patterns for Veterans “Quilted in Honor”.  www.islandbatiks.com

Red Stick Quilt Shop new address is 5664 Stumberg Lane.  (225)456-2873

Fabric Crazy is still having their brick-and-mortar closing sale.

May Minutes

Sassi Strippers Quilt Guild

May 15, 2014

President Karol Guidry called the meeting to order at about 6:40 p.m.

She introduced the officers and checked for visitors. 

Karol introduced our guest for the night.  Laura Marcus Green, is a Folklife Field Worker with Louisiana Division of the Arts & Folklife Program.  She will address us.  Later LPB Art & Travel Auction 2014 will put a call out for artists to donate a quilt or something quilted.  Entry deadline is Friday August 1^st.  Information at www.LPB.org/Auction.  The show will air live in October.  75 percent of the bids will come thru online.  Enter today!  Have a chance to win cash.  Artwork will be hung in Governor’s Mansion.  Auction will be statewide.  The funds raised will support LPB programming.

The meeting minutes for April were not available for this meeting to be voted on.

Treasurer, Elsie Hamway presented the treasurer report as no change from the month before.  The balance for March was $1,065.90.  Sharon made a motion for the Treasurer’s Report to be accepted as given.  Becky second the motion.  The treasurer’s report was accepted. 

BLOG SITE - Valerie Valle

Meeting minutes and pictures and etc. are posted on the blog site.  Everyone is encouraged to read the blogsite and make comments.  The address for the blog site is http://sassistrippersquiltguild.blogspoit.com/

Unfinished Projects (UFO’s) – Jessie Comeaux

A copy of the blank form is posted on to the blog site.  Enter the game and have fun racing for the lead and have the bonus of moving a lot of unfinished projects.  To qualify as finished, the quilt has to be quilted, bound and preferably brought to show and tell during a meeting.  Just sign up your ufo’s with Jessie.  A quilt can be added anytime during the year.

Tabs - Betty Braud

Betty Braud is the quilt guild contact of this charity project.  Just remember when you pop a top pull the tab and collect them to bring to a meeting. We are giving them to the reopened New Orleans McDonald’s house. 

Door Prizes – Sharon Holder

Sharon will collect the door prizes. She needs more items for the basket. 

Quilt Show – Renee’ Hoeprich

Renee’ is the chair for our Annual Quilt Show this year.  She will need some committee members to help her.  Our annual quilt show is always greatly received by the community.  Setup is planned for August 1 & 2.  Demo Day is planned for August 23^rd.  We plan to take down the show August 28^th.  Need to decide on demos for demo day.  Get your quilts ready for the show.

Charity Quilts – Merlene & Elsie

The guild will making charity quilts will go to Generations Hospice, OLOL Children’s Hospital and The Cancer Services.  We will also continue to make the stuffed teddy bears to donate for the Children’s Hospital.  The quilts you make need be no smaller than 50 x 60.  You may use any pattern you wish.  Need more bears sewn to be stuffed at the Giving Quilt Show.

Just Do It – Pam Tennyson

Sew Day was a success.  “Quilt in a Box” involves each member picking a box to make for everyone.  We would end up with 12 blocks that are 12 inches in size.  Pam will email the instructions.  The Giving Quilt challenge involves making a quilt using the red dimple fabric in it. 

Program

Renee issued a challenge that we join GSQA as a guild.  Need more members to join.  Make more blocks using color wheel to select the fabric color.  More lessons to come.

 

Show & Tell

Quilting opportunities

Livonia, LA Guild has a Sit & Sew every 4^th Monday of the month in 2014 from 9 a.m.‘til at the First Baptist Church in Livonia. 

Red Stick Wool Hookers meet at library every Thursday.

Embroidery Guild of America has both day and night meeting at our library.

Island Batiks web site has free patterns for Veterans “Quilted in Honor”.  www.islandbatiks.com

Red Stick Quilt Shop new address is 5664 Stumberg Lane.  (225)456-2873