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.
Sunday, August 11, 2013
2013 Kaleidoscope of Quilts pictures
If you haven't been to the library yet, here are some pictures of the quilts hanging in the show. This is just a sampling. When you visit the library, peek into all the corners, behind the desks, in the display cases and in the children's section. Once again, the show committee has done a wonderful job of displaying the entries.
Saturday, August 10, 2013
SSQG Meeting Minutes July 2013
Sassi Strippers Quilt
Guild Meeting Minutes – July 18, 2013
President Becky Fincher called the meeting to order at 6:30pm
welcoming 7 members.
The meeting minutes were accepted by Jessie Comeaux and Valerie
Valle, respectively.
President Becky Fincher provided the treasurer’s report as Treasurer
Heidi Brochard was not in attendance at the meeting. It was reported that there was a balance of $1,074.47
as of June 30, 2013 in the SSQG account. There were no deposits or withdrawals
during the month of June. Treasurer’s report was accepted as given by Jessie
Comeaux and Valerie Valle, respectively.
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/
Unfinished
Projects (UFO’s) – Jessie Comeaux
Jessie Comeaux is the chair for 2013. 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.).
Please bring your UFO lists to the next meeting! A copy of
the blank list has been posted to the blog site. There are 5 participants
and 3 completed projects for 2013. Keep up the good work.
Send Jessie Comeaux an email with the name of the quilts that
you complete throughout the year.
Tabs
– Becky Fincher
Becky Fincher 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 New Orleans for 2013.
Door
Prize Drawing – April Reeves
April Reeves volunteered to be 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.
Quilt
Show
The quilt show has been scheduled for August 2013. There
were approximately 50 quilts turned in thus far. Demo day is going to be on August 17th, which
is the 3rd Saturday of August. Demo day will be held from 10-2pm, and
will include the Charity Bears, Handwork, YoYos and Children’s activities.
All quilts/quilt items were collected at the July meeting. WAFB noon show
with Diane Deaton will announce quilt show and demo day. For the kid’s
table this year, the kids will be drawing on quilt blocks to make a quilt
during the show. We need teddy bear
bodies ready to stuff for the 17th.
Take down of quilts is scheduled for Thursday, August 29th. Please plan
to pick-up for 8-8:45pm or authorize someone to pick up your quilts for you.
Renee Hoeprich has a press release that was distributed and will
have SSQG information cards printed.
Charity
Quilts
The guild will continue to use its donated fabric to construct
charity quilts.
Merlene Lewis and Elsie Hamway are the co-chairs for 2013.
Members can choose whatever pattern they would like as long as it makes a lap
size quilt (50”x60”). The due date for charity quilts was the July 2013
meeting.
Representatives for charities (Raven’s Outreach and Cancer
Services of Greater Baton Rouge) will be present at the Demo Day on August 17th. Merlene reported that Generations is excited
about giving teddy bears for dementia patients.
River City Quilt Guild is also making bears at this time.
Block
Exchange – Jessie Comeaux
We have decided to have members continue in August by bringing
another set of blocks to exchange. Same rules as last month – see below.
If you
wish to participate in the block exchange for 2013 for Sassi Strippers, please
bring the following to the July meeting:
5 (or
10) completed Split 9 Patch Blocks - you get the same number back that you
bring in!
Please
bring multiples of 5.
The
block is 9" finished (9.5" unfinished).
Cream-based
fabrics should be used for the lights and you can use any color you wish for
the darks. (In the pattern, several different red fabrics were chosen.)
You can choose either to bring scrappy blocks or ones that look
more like the pattern pictures. It’s the way you construct the quilt at
the end that will make the quilts interesting.
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 Children’s Hospital 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.
Please
see the blogsite for a posting of the pattern.
Please
feel free to make as many as you would like to & bring them to a future
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, anything you want to use. Please let us know if anyone would like
some of the guild’s donated fabric to make the bears.
Merlene
went to Generations Hospice in Denham Springs in May. A representative was interested in the bears
and would like to come to talk to the guild.
A vote was taken to provide bears to Generations Hospice in the future.
After the first delivery of bears, we will invite the representative to come to
speak at a future guild meeting.
New
Business
.
Program
Collection of quilts for show.
Show
and Tell
Some of the show quilts were shared.
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Local Hoffman Challenge participant
Our very own Merlene Lewis! Her quilted jacket, skirt and top have been selected to travel with the 2013 Hoffman Challenge tour.
Congratulations Merlene!
Congratulations Merlene!
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Saturday, July 6, 2013
SSQG June 2013 Meeting Minutes
Sassi Strippers Quilt
Guild Meeting Minutes – June 20, 2013
President Becky Fincher called the meeting to order at 6:30pm
welcoming 10 members.
The meeting minutes were accepted by Jessie Comeaux and Karol
Guidry, respectively.
Treasurer Heidi Brochard provided the treasurer’s report that
was read at the meeting. It was reported that there was a balance of $1,074.47
as of May 31, 2013 in the SSQG account. There was a deposit of $34.00 from dues
collected during the month of May, plus Becky Fincher found $10 in one of the
club boxes. Treasurer’s report was accepted as given by Valerie Valle and Betty
Braud, respectively.
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/
Unfinished
Projects (UFO’s) – Jessie Comeaux
Jessie Comeaux is the chair for 2013. 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.).
Please bring your UFO lists to the next meeting! A copy of
the blank list has been posted to the blog site. There are 5 participants
and 3 completed projects for 2013. Keep up the good work.
Send Jessie Comeaux an email with the name of the quilts that
you complete throughout the year.
Tabs
– Becky Fincher
Becky Fincher 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 New Orleans for 2013.
Door
Prize Drawing – April Reeves
April Reeves volunteered to be the guild contact in charge of
door prizes. Thank you April!
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. There were two door prizes given at the June
meeting to Becky Fincher and Valerie Valle.
Quilt
Show
The quilt show has been scheduled for August 2013. Demo
day is going to be on August 17th, which is the 3rd Saturday of August.
Demo day will be held from 10-2pm, and will include the Charity Bears,
Handwork, YoYos and Children’s activities. The hanging of the quilts will
take place on August 1st, 2nd and 3rd or earlier
depending on the library’s schedule. All quilts/quilt items will be
collected at the July meeting, which will take place on July 18th. At
this time, we are not at a point to limit the number of quilt entries for the
quilt show. For the kid’s table this year, the kids will be drawing on
quilt blocks to make a quilt during the show.
There will be a quilt show committee meeting on July 19th
at 10am in Room 1 of the Library to organize the entered quilts. Only
members of SSQG are eligible to enter quilts.
Viewers Choice voting will be held only on Demo Day. Renee Hoeprich has a press release ready for
distribution and will have SSQG information cards printed.
Charity
Quilts
The guild will continue to use its donated fabric to construct
charity quilts.
Merlene Lewis and Elsie Hamway are the co-chairs for 2013.
Members can choose whatever pattern they would like as long as it makes a lap
size quilt (50”x60”). The due date for charity quilts is at the July 2013
meeting, which will be held on July 18th.
Becky Fincher found a contact for homeless veterans – Michelle
Scott at Raven’s Outreach. There are 50 people that stay at Raven’s
Outreach at a time. Only men stay at Raven’s Outreach. Michelle
with Raven’s mentioned that someone donated quilts in 2008. The guild
recommended that individual quilts be donated and that they would be close to
lap size (50” x 60”). Please consider making quilts that are patriotic
for this charity as well, although it is not necessary. The quilts should be
masculine.
Other quilts will be donated to Cancer Services of Greater Baton
Rouge.
Elsie Hamway still has some fabric if you would like to make a
scrappy quilt.
There are 20 charity quilts completed thus far for 2013.
Keep up the great work ladies.
To label the charity quilts, please use the following text – Sassi Strippers Quilt Guild 2013
Block
Exchange – Jessie Comeaux
There were a large number of participants in the block exchange
during June. We have decided to have members continue in July by bringing
another set of blocks to exchange. Same rules as last month – see below.
If you
wish to participate in the block exchange for 2013 for Sassi Strippers, please
bring the following to the July meeting:
5 (or
10) completed Split 9 Patch Blocks - you get the same number back that you
bring in!
Please
bring multiples of 5.
The
block is 9" finished (9.5" unfinished).
Cream-based
fabrics should be used for the lights and you can use any color you wish for
the darks. (In the pattern, several different red fabrics were chosen.)
You can choose either to bring scrappy blocks or ones that look
more like the pattern pictures. It’s the way you construct the quilt at
the end that will make the quilts interesting.
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 Children’s Hospital 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.
Please
see the blogsite for a posting of the pattern.
Please
feel free to make as many as you would like to & bring them to a future
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, anything you want to use. Please let us know if anyone would like
some of the guild’s donated fabric to make the bears.
Merlene
went to Generations Hospice in Denham Springs in May. A representative was interested in the bears
and would like to come to talk to the guild.
A vote was taken to provide bears to Generations Hospice in the future.
After the first delivery of bears, we will invite the representative to come to
speak at a future guild meeting.
Challenge
Block
A challenge was issued to members of the guild to make 8.5”
blocks that represent the Sassi Strippers Quilt Guild. Please make a
block that represents our guild. Please bring your finished block to the
July meeting. We will take a vote for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners
and all blocks will be displayed in our library quilt show. The block will
be used on the blogsite as our “official” quilt block that represents the
guild.
New
Business
.
Program
Becky Fincher demonstrated an applique technique that is
suitable for both hand and machine applique.
She also provided handouts showing the basics of the technique. Members brought fabric, machines and irons
and were able to try out this form of applique.
Show
and Tell
Block
Exchange time
Next
month
The July meeting will be primarily devoted to intake of the
quilts for the 2013 Kaleidoscope of Quilts show. Renee Hoeprich provided the 2013 Entry Form
which was emailed to all members and will be posted to the blog site. Remember each quilt entry must be submitted
with a form and have a sleeve.
SSQG - May 2013 Meeting Minutes
Sassi Strippers Quilt
Guild Meeting Minutes – May 16, 2013
President Becky Fincher called the meeting to order at
6:30pm welcoming 7 members.
The meeting minutes were accepted by Elsie Hamway and Karol
Guidry, respectively.
Treasurer Heidi Brochard provided the treasurer’s report
that was read at the meeting. It was reported
that there was a balance of $1,040.47 as of April 30, 2013 in the SSQG account.
Treasurer’s report was accepted as given by Renee Hoeprich and Elsie Hamway,
respectively. A copy of the treasurer’s
report was provided to the secretary.
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/
Unfinished Projects
(UFO’s) – Jessie Comeaux
Jessie Comeaux is the chair for 2013. 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.).
Please bring your UFO lists to the next meeting! A copy of the blank list has been posted to
the blog site. There are 5 participants
and 3 completed projects for 2013. Keep
up the good work.
Send Jessie Comeaux an email with the name of the quilts
that you complete throughout the year.
Tabs – Becky
Fincher
Becky Fincher 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. A vote was taken to send can tabs to the
Ronald McDonald house in New Orleans for 2013 during the May meeting.
Door Prize Drawing
– April Reeves
April Reeves volunteered to be the guild contact in
charge of door prizes. Thank you April!
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.
There was no door prize given at the May meeting as April Reeves was not
in attendance.
Quilt Show
The quilt show has been scheduled for August 2013. Demo day is going to be on August 17th,
which is the 3nd Saturday of August.
(Please note date change.) Demo
day will be held from 10-2pm. The
hanging of the quilts will take place on August 1st or earlier
depending on the library’s schedule. All
quilts/quilt items will be collected at the July meeting, which will take place
on July 18th. At this time, we are not
at a point to limit the number of quilt entries for the quilt show. For the kid’s table this year, the kids will
we be drawing on quilt blocks to make a quilt during the show.
Renee will provide forms to register your quilts to hang
in show soon. More information will be
sent out via email soon.
Charity Quilts
The guild will continue to use its donated fabric to
construct charity quilts.
Merlene Lewis and Elsie Hamway are the co-chairs for
2013. Members can choose whatever
pattern they would like as long as it makes a lap size quilt (50”x60”). The due date for charity quilts is at the July
2013 meeting, which will be held on July 18th.
Becky Fincher found a contact for homeless veterans – Michelle
Scott at Raven’s Outreach. There are 50
people that stay at Raven’s Outreach at a time.
Only men stay at Raven’s Outreach.
Michelle with Raven’s mentioned that someone donated quilts in
2008. The guild recommended that
individual quilts be donated and that they would be close to lap size (50” x
60”). Please consider making quilts that
are patriotic for this charity as well, although it is not necessary. The
quilts should be masculine.
A vote was taken during the May meeting to send some of
the charity quilts to Cancer Services of Baton Rouge. Merlene and/or Elsie will contact Cancer
Services.
Elsie Hamway still has some fabric if you would like to
make a scrappy quilt.
There are 20 charity quilts completed thus far for
2013. Keep up the great work ladies.
To label the charity quilts, please use the following
text –
Sassi Strippers
Quilt Guild
2013
Block Exchange –
Jessie Comeaux
There were a large number of participants in the block
exchange during April. We have decided to
have members continue in June by bringing another set of blocks to exchange. Same rules as last month – see below.
If
you wish to participate in the block exchange for 2013 for Sassi Strippers,
please bring the following to the next meeting:
5 (or 10) completed Split
9 Patch Blocks - you get the same number back that you bring in!
Please bring multiples of
5.
The block is 9"
finished (9.5" unfinished).
Cream-based fabrics
should be used for the lights and you can use any color you wish for the darks.
(In the pattern, several different red fabrics were chosen.) You can choose either to bring scrappy blocks
or ones that look more like the pattern pictures. It’s the way you construct the quilt at the end
that will make the quilts interesting.
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 Children’s Hospital 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.
Please see the blogsite for a
posting of the pattern.
Please feel free to make as
many as you would like to & bring them to a future 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, anything you want to
use. Please let us know if anyone would
like some of the guild’s donated fabric to make the bears.
A total of 238 bears were made
as a result The Giving Quilt show booth.
Merlene went to Generations Hospice in Denham Springs in
May. A representative was interested in
the bears and would like to come to talk to the guild. A vote was taken to provide bears to
Generations Hospice in the future. After the first delivery of bears, we will
invite the representative to come to speak at a future guild meeting.
Merlene told a story about someone who received one of
the donated bears from OLOL Children’s Hospital.
Challenge Block
A challenge was issued to members of the guild to make
8.5” blocks that represent the Sassi Strippers Quilt Guild. Please make a block that represents our
guild. Please bring your finished block
to the July meeting. We will take a vote
for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners and all
blocks will be displayed in our library quilt show. The block will be used on the blogsite as our
“official” quilt block that represents the guild.
It was noted that the guild has a logo which is found on
the cover of the guild cook books and was designed by Kathy Brown.
New Business
We will take a vote at a future meeting on whether we
would like to design t-shirts for the guild.
New charity project – It was suggested that the guild
make pillows and bags for female cancer patients. Instructions for various mastectomy pillows
and bags were provided. Becky will make
copies of instructions. Other ideas
discussed included walker totes. We will
take a vote on this at a later date as it can be a project for 2014.
Program
Elsie Hamway – Swedish Embroidery
Block Exchange
time
Show and Tell
Next month
Becky Fincher – Applique techniques
Bring a favorite book or pattern to share and any quilts
that you made from them.
Saturday, June 22, 2013
2013 KoQ Entry Form
Here is the entry form for the 2013 Kaleidoscope of Quilts show. Only SSQG members are eligible to submit quilts to the show.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
SSQG - April 2013 Meeting Minutes
Sassi Strippers Quilt
Guild Meeting Minutes – April 18, 2013
President Becky Fincher called the meeting to order at
6:30pm welcoming 9 members.
The meeting minutes were accepted by Renee Hoeprich and
Karol Guidry, respectively.
Treasurer Heidi Brochard provided the treasurer’s report
that was read at the meeting. Becky
Fincher read the treasurer’s report. It
was reported that there was a balance of $1,040.47 as of March 31, 2013 in the
SSQG account. There was a deposit of $36.00 from dues collected during the
month of March. TA copy of the
treasurer’s report was given to the secretary.
Treasurer’s report was accepted as given by Jessie Comeaux and Merlene
Lewis, respectively.
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/
Unfinished Projects
(UFO’s) – Jessie Comeaux
Jessie Comeaux is the chair for 2013. 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.).
Please bring your UFO lists to the May meeting! A copy of the blank list has been posted to
the blog site. There are 5 participants
and 3 completed projects for 2013. Keep
up the good work.
Send Jessie Comeaux an email with the name of the quilts
that you complete throughout the year.
Tabs – Becky
Fincher
Becky Fincher 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 2013.
Door Prize Drawing
– April Reeves
April Reeves volunteered to be the guild contact in
charge of door prizes. Thank you April!
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.
There was no door prize given at the April meeting as April Reeves was
not in attendance. There will be two
door prizes given at the May meeting.
Quilt Show
The quilt show has been scheduled for August 2013. Demo day is going to be on August 10th,
which is the 2nd Saturday of August.
Demo day will be held from 11-2pm.
The hanging of the quilts will take place on August 1st or
earlier depending on the library’s schedule.
All quilts/quilt items will be collected at the July meeting, which will
take place on July 18th. At this time,
we are not at a point to limit the number of quilt entries for the quilt show. For the kid’s table this year, the kids will
we be drawing on quilt blocks to make a quilt during the show.
There will be a quilt show committee meeting in May. Renee Hoeprich will send out a notice of the
date of the meeting.
Charity Quilts
The guild will continue to use its donated fabric to
construct charity quilts.
Merlene Lewis and Elsie Hamway are the co-chairs for
2013. Members can choose whatever
pattern they would like as long as it makes a lap size quilt (50”x60”). The due date for charity quilts is at the July
2013 meeting, which will be held on July 18th.
Becky Fincher found a contact for homeless veterans – Michelle
Scott at Raven’s Outreach. There are 50
people that stay at Raven’s Outreach at a time.
Only men stay at Raven’s Outreach.
Michelle with Raven’s mentioned that someone donated quilts in
2008. The guild recommended that
individual quilts be donated and that they would be close to lap size (50” x
60”). Please consider making quilts that
are patriotic for this charity as well, although it is not necessary. The
quilts should be masculine.
Betty Braud will contact Cancer Services and we will vote
on whether we should send some of the quilts to this charity during the May
meeting.
Contact Merlene Lewis if you are in need of batting for
the charity quilts. Elsie Hamway still
has some fabric if you would like to make a scrappy quilt.
There are 20 charity quilts completed thus far for
2013. Keep up the great work ladies.
To label the charity quilts, please use the following
text –
Sassi Strippers
Quilt Guild
2013
Block Exchange –
Jessie Comeaux
There were a large number of participants in the block
exchange during April. We have decided to
have members continue in May by bringing another set of blocks to exchange. Same rules as last month – see below.
If
you wish to participate in the block exchange for 2013 for Sassi Strippers,
please bring the following to the April meeting:
5 (or 10) completed Split
9 Patch Blocks - you get the same number back that you bring in!
Please bring multiples of
5.
The block is 9"
finished (9.5" unfinished).
Cream-based fabrics
should be used for the lights and you can use any color you wish for the darks.
(In the pattern, several different red fabrics were chosen.) You can choose either to bring scrappy blocks
or ones that look more like the pattern pictures. It’s the way you construct the quilt at the
end that will make the quilts interesting.
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 Children’s Hospital 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 see the blogsite for a
posting of the pattern.
Please feel free to make as
many as you would like to & bring them to a future 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, anything you want to
use. Please let us know if anyone would
like some of the guild’s donated fabric to make the bears.
It was noted that Pentel gel
pens work well with drawing faces on the bears.
We had a wonderful turnout at the Giving Quilt show
during the month of March. Members of
Sassi Strippers demonstrated the preparation of the bears and the public was
allowed to participate while working at our booth. We stuffed over 200 bears. The remaining bears were stuffed at the April
meeting.
Thank you to all who came to help with the project. We had run out of stuffing and the Giving
Quilt show went out and purchased a huge box of stuffing for the Sassi
Strippers to use. A thank you note was
provided to Candy Bergeron and members of the Giving Quilt organization for the
donation.
Challenge Block
A challenge was issued to members of the guild to make
8.5” blocks that represent the Sassi Strippers Quilt Guild. Please make a block that represents our
guild. Please bring your finished block
to the July meeting. We will take a vote
for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners and all
blocks will be displayed in our library quilt show. The block will be used on the blogsite as our
“official” quilt block that represents the guild.
New Business
New charity project – It was suggested that the guild
make pillows and bags for female cancer patients. We would like to look into
this project further and take a vote on it at the May meeting.
Program
The program involved members bringing a project which had
a problem with putting it together or to tell the process that you were
using.
Becky showed how to use borders to bring all the colors
of a scrap quilt together. Merlene showed how to use just 3 colors to make a
quilt stand out. Betty showed up that you can use cotton and wool to make a
quilt. Desiree explained that she likes
to work on lap quilts at this time. Jessie
explained that she is learning a new technique for applique and its called
“back baste.”
Block Exchange
time
Next month
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