Tips and blogs

Good afternoon everybody:
Just wanted to share some more finds:
www.pleasant-home.com
This is is full of eye candy and she has some cute tutorials for the 4 seasons.  She also has a link for her scrap quilts that are a breath of  fresh ideas.

Have you been to Tip Nut? It has just about everything you need to know about cooking, cleaning, embroidery,  quilting, sewing, gardening, and more.  I can't remember all of the topics.  Did I mention they have free patterns too! You can sign up and they send a newsletter.

www.tipnut.com

I know you have heard of 15 minutes of play.  I went back to the site today because I still can't throw away my scraps.  She has several different ideas on how to use your made fabric.  I hope you will check it out. www.15minutesplay.com

Well that's all for today.  See everybody tomorrow
Jessie

Show and Tell from Past Meetings - Pictures!

August 2012 Meeting Minutes

Sassi Strippers Quilt Guild Meeting Minutes – August 16, 2012

President Becky Fincher called meeting to order at 6:30pm welcoming 14 members and 1 guest. 

The meeting minutes were accepted by Jessie Comeaux and Valerie Valle, respectively.

Treasurer Heidi Brochard reported a balance of $1,220.73 in the SSQG account. There were no deposits or withdrawals made to the account during the month of July.   A copy of the treasurer’s report was given to the secretary.  Treasurer’s report was accepted by Elsie Hamway and Renee Hoeprich, respectively.

Quilt Show – August 2012

Betty Braud gave an update on the details of the show.  The members started hanging the quilts on Thursday and Friday, July 26^th and 27^th and completed hanging the quilts on Wednesday, August 1^st. Approximately 85 quilts were submitted for hanging this year and many items were brought for the display cases.  The donation quilts were displayed on the ledges on both sides of the central lobby.  The library staff and the public were very appreciative of the many talents of our members.  The guest book that was on display in the lobby contained many positive remarks about the show and the quilts.

 

Many members showed up for the work days and the committee appreciated all the help that was provided.  Hanging this show is time consuming and hard work, but many hands made it possible. 

 

Our demo day was on Saturday, August 18^th from 11am to 2pm.  We had several demonstrations going on at the time and representatives from the chosen organizations were invited to receive the quilt donations.  The presentation took place at 1:30pm.  Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge (contact - Lindsey Wilson in charge of children’s programs) received one of the quilts that were made during the presentation.  The remaining quilts will be brought to the Veteran’s Home (contacts - Ms. Charlie Kelly and Mr. Paul Hiestand) and to Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge after the quilt show is taken down.  Bears were made for Our Lady of the Lake children’s hospital during the show.  Viewer’s Choice awards were also given out during the show.  Jessie Comeaux provided the ribbons for the contest.  The awards went to the following individuals: 1^st place - #33 Celebration by Merlene Lewis, 2^nd place - #3 Barn Raising by Karol Guidry, and 3^rd place - #83 Lovebird Lane by April Reeves.  Renee provided business cards which described the guild and the meeting time to hand out during the demo day.  Refreshments were provided in the library conference room.  Madelon Mitchum ordered the sandwiches and picked them up from Albertson’s.

 

The take down day for the display was Thursday, August 30^th. (The take down day was moved up due to Hurricane Isaac approaching the gulf coast.) Workers helped to organize and hold the quilts as they were taken down.  Renee took the quilts that were not picked up to her house until she could meet with the quilt owners due to the expedited schedule.

 

A quote from Betty Braud at the last meeting, “I am proud of the work our small guild has done and hope that we can continue to create quilts for our own enjoyment and to share with those in need in our community.”

 

 

 

 

New Business - Planning for Future Quilt Shows and Activities

 

                The remainder of the August meeting was spent planning for future meetings and soliciting ideas from the guild members.

 

During the August meeting, Becky requested input from the quilt show committee regarding the following: (1) How many quilts will we be limited to for future years?  85 quilts, 6 garments

 

This year we had 18 charity quilts completed by the August meeting. 

 

For budgeting purposes, there will be 2 separate line items added to the budget and a vote will be taken to approve the expenditures at the beginning of the year. One line item is for the quilt show and the second is for our charity projects.

 

                The guild is looking for a volunteer to chair the charity quilt committee.  Please contact a board member if you are interested in volunteering for this role.  The person is responsible to choose a project/pattern and provide it/them to the guild for a vote. 

 

Other items were discussed as possible opportunities for future meetings/events:

-          Sit and sew after business meetings

-          Group activities

-          Quilt show/charity quilt items

-          Issue a challenge for our own guild, quilt could go to charity or to keep

-          Community outreach project

-          Field trips

-          Ideas for modern quilt guilds

-          DVDs, videos with techniques

-          Technique demonstrations

-          Ruler/gadget day

-          Block swaps

-          Popcorn and movie night with quilt videos

 

As a follow-up to the meeting, please ideas send to Becky Fincher and Jessie Comeaux and they will work to prepare a survey after the next meeting.  April Reeves agreed to help Becky and Jessie prepare a survey to send to the guild members to take a vote on future activities.

 

                Becky read an amendment to the treasurer’s duties.  A vote was taken in favor of the updates to the by-laws.

 

The guild also decided not to participate in the Giving Quilt challenge this year and to table the Alzheimer’s Quilts discussion for another time.

 

Just-Do-It Chair

                Pam Tennyson volunteered to be the guild’s Just-Do-It chair.  She will send out emails every so often planning activities for the guild.  The first one was a lunch after the quilt show demo day at George’s on Coursey and the second event is a Teddy Bears for Kid’s sew day (Bear Bash Day) at Pam’s house on Saturday, September 15^th at 10am.  Contact Pam via email for more details.

 

Name the Quilt Block Game

                This game was played as a guild activity during the August meeting.

 

Old Business

 

Blog Site – Valerie Valle

                Meeting minutes and pictures are posted on the blogsite.  If anyone has info to be posted on the blogsite, please give it to Valerie Valle. 

 

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 House in Monroe for another year.  Becky’s sister will take them when she travels to Monroe.

 

Unfinished Projects (UFO’s) – Jessie Comeaux  

Jessie Comeaux is the chair 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.   The guild has finished 10 UFO’s so far this year through June 2012.  Get quilting ladies…

 

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 from 11am-2pm on Monday and Tuesday in an “old time” quilt bee fashion.  For more information, contact Renee.  

 

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).  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 hospital mentioned that they look forward to getting more bears.

 

Karol Guidry sent an email to the guild members on April 2, 2012 which included the instructions for the bears. 

 

Please feel free to make as many as you would like to & bring them to the next meeting.  If you do not have the instructions, please let us know and we can provide extra copies at the next meeting.

They can be made of materials you have in your stash, plaids, prints, solids or Flannel, what ever you want to use.  Please let us know if anyone would like some of the guild’s donated fabric to make the bears.  Let’s keep this project going for the remainder of the year.   

               

 

Charity Quilts

                The guild will use its donated fabric to construct charity quilts.  We will be using the Bento box pattern.  Valerie Valle sent out an email to the guild on May 17, 2012 with the pattern instructions.  Lap size quilts will be made.  Renee provided a handout with websites that have value layouts and an alternate piecing method during the June meeting.

 

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.

 

There were 18 quilts finished in time for the August meeting.

               

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. 

 

Please note that each block will be 12” finished.

 

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 Stripes 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

 

The April block is Soaring Past Time and the May block is the Snowball block.  

 

The June block is Anvil. 

 

July – Lady of Lake II

August – Easy Pieced Butterfly

September – Bear Tracks

 

See 9/12/12 email from Becky Fincher to guild –

 

October – Shooting Star 2

November – Sting Stars 2

December – Friendship Circle

 

Other items

A&E Pharmacy in FL and JoAnn’s gives discounts to quilt guild members, just show your membership card. 

 

The guild still has cookbooks for sale.

 

We have a Bingo game and we will be playing in the future.

 

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.   Winners were drawn during the July meeting.

 

Show and Tell

There were 15 folks in attendance at the meeting – 14 members and 1 guest.

 

Next Month’s Program

                Jessie Comeaux will present half square triangle techniques.  Please bring your half square triangle quilts.

 

October – Healthy Quilting presentation

November – Movie and Popcorn night

December – Guild Christmas Party

U tube

Good afternoon:
I just wanted to let you know I found this lady on u tube.  It's called Missouri Quilt Company.  They have some really neat ideas to use jelly roll, layer cakes and you know all the lingo.  But one that I like was called Amazing jelly roll by 3 Guys.  I hope you will enjoy this site.

I found a website that has 260 free quilt patterns.  I hope that you will find at least one thing you like. www.equilter.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_patmain.html 

As you all know I love scrap quilts (well any quilt to tell you the truth) I went to Bonnie Hunter's website and she has over 50 quilts to share with you.  If you need inspiration check it out quiltville.com

I hope to see you at the next quilt meeting September 20, 2012

Jessie

Patterns, Blogs and More

Good morning everyone:
I know that you are amazed that I'm posting.  This is a first for me.  So I hope you will bear with me.
I found a few blogs, you tube videos, block of the month and free patterns sites that I'm in love with.  So I hope that you will take time to look at them.  I will only post a few at a time so you will be able to enjoy them.  Have a great day and hope to see everyone tomorrow at our meeting.

Patchworktimes.com  Judy Laquidara

Quiltbus.com  This is a fabric store but it has over 1500 free (yes I said free) blocks, patterns and mysteries.

Quiltoutloud.com  I must admit I have not joined this ($24 for a year or $2.99 a month) but  I'm thinking about it.  They have lots of free videos some are just a few minutes so they can lure you in but others are an hour long.  A lot of subjects are covered. 

Have Fun!!!
Jessie

Meeting Minutes - July 19, 2012

Sassi Strippers Quilt Guild Meeting Minutes – July 19, 2012

President Becky Fincher called meeting to order at 6:30pm welcoming 11 members and 1 guest. 

The meeting minutes were accepted by Karol Guidry and Jessie Comeaux, respectively.

Treasurer Heidi Brochard reported a balance of $1,220.73 in the SSQG account. There were no deposits or withdrawals made to the account during the month of June.   A copy of the treasurer’s report was given to the secretary.  Treasurer’s report was accepted by Renee Hoeprich and Dee Jeffers, respectively.   A question was brought before the guild as to reimbursements for items related to the quilt show such as a sandwich tray and drinks for the open house for guild members, payment for materials used to make the jacket hangers, and the payment that will be made for the library worker that helps to hang the quilts.  There was a motion made to authorize the spending of $350 to cover these costs.  All folks were in agreement when a vote was taken.  Next year a budget for the quilt show and any batting needed for the charity quilts will be agreed upon before the planning process starts.

Blog Site – Valerie Valle

                Valerie provided an overview of posts and the blogsite.  Meeting minutes and pictures are posted on the blogsite.  If anyone has info to be posted on the blogsite, please give it to Valerie Valle. 

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 House in Monroe for another year.  Becky’s sister will take them when she travels to Monroe.   Becky Fincher took the can tabs that were donated during the July meeting.

Unfinished Projects (UFO’s) – Jessie Comeaux 

Jessie Comeaux is the chair 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.   The guild has finished 10 UFO’s so far this year through June 2012.  Get quilting ladies…

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.  

The important dates are finalized - Quilts will be hung on July 26^th and July 27^th at 9am each day.  An additional day will be chosen and that will be announced, as necessary, if more time to hang the quilts is needed.  Volunteers are needed to help hang the quilts.   All quilts/display items were brought to the July meeting. 

The title of the show will be Kaleidoscope of Quilts 2012, so that eventually the name of the show will get some recognition. 

                Members from each organization receiving charity quilt donations will be invited to the open house.  One quilt will be given to each group during the show and the remainder of the quilts will be on display during the entire duration of the show.  Karol will contact Cancer Services and Jessie will contact the Veteran’s Home to invite them to the open house and let them know that their organizations have been chosen to receive the community service quilts this year.  We are also inviting the OLOL Emergency Room representative to accept a donation of teddy bears (see more on project below).  Between 15 and 25 charity quilts were made in 2012 for donation.

                There will be an open house on Saturday, August 18, 2012. The Storybook Room will be available during the open house for the guild’s use and we will have sandwiches and drinks available.

 The time will be from 11am-2pm.  Voting for viewer’s choice quilts will be held during the open house.  There will be ribbons given to winners (1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd place) of the viewer’s choice selection.  A discussion related to prizes occurred for the viewer’s choice and it was agreed upon to discuss with the library first.

There will be various demonstrations to the open house: a felt board to arrange quilt blocks and coloring pages for the kids, a community sewing machine (April), stuffing donation bears (Karol), locker-hooking (Becky Frederick), Alt. quilt demo (Valerie Valle), handquilting (Jessie Comeaux), redwork (Merlene), Swedish embroidery (Elsie Hamway).

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 was held on Saturday, July 14^th from 10am-2pm. We met at the Target on Millerville at 8:30am that morning to carpool to Krotz Springs.   Eight members of the Sassi Strippers were in attendance and it was a lovely event.  A thank you card was given to Jessie Comeaux to give to members of the Krotz Springs Quilt Guild thanking them for the invitation and the kind hospitality.  The flyer for their quilt show was passed around at our July meeting because it contained the Sassi Strippers’ name in it.

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 from 11am-2pm on Monday and Tuesday in an “old time” quilt bee fashion.  For more information, contact Renee.  

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).  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 hospital mentioned that they look forward to getting more bears.

Karol Guidry sent an email to the guild members on April 2, 2012 which included the instructions for the bears. 

Please feel free to make as many as you would like to & bring them to the next meeting.  If you do not have the instructions, please let us know and we can provide extra copies at the next meeting.

They can be made of materials you have in your stash, plaids, prints, solids or Flannel, what ever you want to use.  Please let us know if anyone would like some of the guild’s donated fabric to make the bears.  Let’s keep this project going for the remainder of the year.   

               

Charity Quilts

                The guild will use its donated fabric to construct charity quilts.  We will be using the Bento box pattern.  Valerie Valle sent out an email to the guild on May 17, 2012 with the pattern instructions.  Lap size quilts will be made.  Renee provided a handout with websites that have value layouts and an alternate piecing method during the June meeting.

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.

There are between 15 and 25 quilts that will be finished in time for presentation at the quilt show.

               

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 Stripes 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

The April block is Soaring Past Time and the May block is the Snowball block.   Please remember that we are making 12” finished blocks.

The June block is Anvil.  Remember that we are making 12” finished blocks.

Other items

A&E Pharmacy in FL and JoAnn’s gives discounts to quilt guild members, just show your membership card. 

The guild still has cookbooks for sale.

We have a Bingo game and we will be playing in the future.

Kalpana, a member of our guild is moving, and she donated the blocks of the month she made to the guild which Jessie will put into a quilt and enter into the Giving Quilt Show in her name.  We will miss you, Kalpana.  Good luck in your new town. Keep quilting!

Program

Collection of quilts for quilt show

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.   Winners were drawn during the June meeting.

Show and Tell

There were 12 folks in attendance at the meeting – 11 members and 1 guest.

 

Reminder-Quilt Show Hanging

Here's a reminder to all SSQG members.  The Quilt Show committee will be hanging quilts at the Jones Creek Library on Thurs (7/26) and Fri (7/27) starting between 9 and 9:30am until finished.  Anyone who is available is encouraged to come help.

Thank you!

SSQG Meeting Minutes - June 2012

Sassi Strippers Quilt Guild Meeting Minutes – June 21, 2012

Secretary Valerie Barth called meeting to order at 6:30pm welcoming 13 members and 3 guests.  President Becky Fincher and Vice President Jessie Comeaux were not in attendance.  Valerie Valle acted as secretary for this meeting. 

A correction to the secretary’s report was made by Betty Braud.  Regarding the quilt show, there will be one form needed per quilt and one form needed for all the display items.  The meeting minutes were accepted as corrected by Elsie Hamway and Betty Braud, respectively.

Treasurer Heidi Brochard reported a balance of $1,220.73 in the SSQG account. There were no deposits or withdrawals made to the account during the month of May.   A copy of the treasurer’s report was given to the secretary.  Treasurer’s report was accepted by Madelon Mitchum and Renee Hoeprich, respectively.   

Blog Site – Valerie Valle

                Valerie provided an overview of posts and the blogsite.  Meeting minutes and pictures are posted on the blogsite.  If anyone has info to be posted on the blogsite, please give it to Valerie Valle. 

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 House in Monroe for another year.  Becky’s sister will take them when she travels to Monroe.   Valerie Barth took the can tabs that were donated during the June meeting.

Unfinished Projects (UFO’s) – Jessie Comeaux 

Jessie Comeaux is the chair 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.   Jessie reported last month that Valerie Valle is winning the UFO challenge at this time.  The guild has finished 10 UFO’s so far this year through May 2012.  Get quilting ladies…

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.   The quilt show committee met at the library on June 13^th. 

The important dates are finalized : Quilts will be hung on July 26^th; Wall hangings will be hung on July 27^th; Demo day is scheduled for August 18^th from 11am-2pm.

                Bring all quilts/display items to the July meeting (July 19^th is the meeting date).  All quilts must have labels and hanging sleeves.  If you cannot attend the July meeting, please contact the show chairs to arrange for alternate drop off time. 

Valerie Valle updated the entry forms and they were distributed during the June 2012 meeting along with the entry rules and instructions for putting a hanging sleeve on your quilt.  One entry form is needed for each quilt and only one form is needed for all display items.

This year we are looking at having some stands for quilted jackets.  If you have wearables, please let Merlene know and she will arrange that they have a stand to be displayed.  There will be a small AAQI quilt display as part of the show and our charity bears will be on display in a laundry basket.

                Betty provided an update on the planning process at the June meeting.   The title of the show will be Kaleidoscope of Quilts 2012, so that eventually the name of the show will get some recognition.           During the show the quilts will each have a number and display the name of the quilt on the card which will accompany the quilt.  We have 34 poles, the longest being 73”.  If you want to display a quilt larger than 73” please contact a committee member.  Some quilts may have to be folded if it’s too large to safely hang from a sleeve.  The committee now has the hangers in their possession. 

                Members from each organization receiving charity quilt donations will be invited to the open house.  One quilt will be given to each group during the show and the remainder of the quilts will be on display during the entire duration of the show.  Karol will contact Cancer Services and Jessie will contact the Veteran’s Home to invite them to the open house and let them know that their organizations have been chosen to receive the community service quilts this year.

                There will be an open house on Saturday, August 18, 2012.  The time will be from 11am-2pm.  Voting for viewer’s choice quilts will be held during the open house.  There will be ribbons given to winners (1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd place) of the viewer’s choice selection.  There will be various demonstrations to the open house: a felt board to arrange quilt blocks and coloring pages for the kids, a community sewing machine (April), stuffing donation bears (Karol), locker-hooking (Becky Frederick), Alt. quilt demo (Valerie Valle), handquilting (Jessie Comeaux), redwork (Merlene), Swedish embroidery (Elsie Hamway). Renee has covering for the tables and black cloth to put in the display cases.  We have 6 to 8 tables in the center of the library for demos.

                Valerie Barth offered to make a flyer for the quilt show and will provide it to Betty Braud via email.

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 14^th from 10am-2pm. We will meet at the Target on Millerville at 8:30am that morning to carpool to Krotz Springs.   You can bring as many quilts as you would like to the show and tell. The Krotz Springs quilt show will include a “boutique” with items for sale.  There will be door prizes given as part of the quilt show.  Jessie has the directions.

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See email from Valerie Valle on May 30, 2012 –

(Info from Jessie follows)

Krotz Springs Quilt Show

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Time: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

At the Alon Rec Club Building, 324 South Levee Road, Krotz Springs, LA

Free Admission / Free Parking / Handicap accessible

Door prizes available, Indoor Display of Beautiful Quilts, Raffle Quilt - Tickets $1.00, Silent Auction, Quilts for Sale, Boutique with lots of great buys, Mystery & Challenge Quilt Exhibit and Needle Work Demonstrations

Our Guest Quilters this year: The Sassy Strippers

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 from 11am-2pm on Monday and Tuesday in an “old time” quilt bee fashion.  For more information, contact Renee.  

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).  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 hospital mentioned that they look forward to getting more bears.

Karol Guidry sent an email to the guild members on April 2, 2012 which included the instructions for the bears. 

Please feel free to make as many as you would like to & bring them to the next meeting.  If you do not have the instructions, please let us know and we can provide extra copies at the next meeting.

They can be made of materials you have in your stash, plaids, prints, solids or Flannel, what ever you want to use.  Please let us know if anyone would like some of the guild’s donated fabric to make the bears.  Let’s keep this project going for the remainder of the year.   The first batch of bears donated included 99 bears and the second batch included 66 bears.

               

Charity Quilts

                The guild will use its donated fabric to construct charity quilts.  We will be using the Bento box pattern.  Valerie Valle sent out an email to the guild on May 17, 2012 with the pattern instructions.  Lap size quilts will be made.  Renee provided a handout with websites that have value layouts and an alternate piecing method during the June meeting.

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.

At this time, Renee has all the charity fabric and has put together kits to take home from the June 2012 meeting.  Valerie Barth has the guild’s batting so if you need any, please contact her.  Various layouts of the Bento Box quilt pattern were shown at the June 2012 meeting.

               

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 Stripes 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

The April block is Soaring Past Time and the May block is the Snowball block.   Please remember that we are making 12” finished blocks.

The June block is Anvil.  Remember that we are making 12” finished blocks.

Program – Candy Bergeron from The Giving Quilt

Candy made a presentation on The Giving Quilt, Inc. Guild Challenge.  Please see attached instructions that follow.

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.   Winners were drawn during the June meeting.

Show and Tell

Distribution of charity quilt kits continued for the remainder of the meeting.

There were 16 folks in attendance at the meeting – 13 members and 3 guests.