SSQG Meeting minutes - October 15, 2015

SSQG Meeting Minutes

October 15, 2015

Minutes taken by Valerie V.

http://sassistrippersquiltguild.blogspot.com

1. President/Call to order (Pam T.) –       6:37pm
2. Sign In, Welcome to Members and Guests – 16 members (including new member, Katie Jaeger) attended along with 1 guest.
3. Reading of the minutes and motion to accept –

a)    Motion made by: Elsie H

b)    Motion seconded by:  Sharon H

c)    Accepted by membership? - yes

4. Reports of officers and committees

a)    Treasurer’s report (Elsie H) –

                             i.     Beginning Balance:  $948.86

                            ii.     Deposits:  no deposits

                           iii.     Expenditures:  $25.00

                          iv.     Ending Balance:  $923.86

                           v.     Motion to accept:

1.     Motion made by:  Sharon H

2.     Motion seconded by:  Merlene L

3.     Accepted by membership? - yes

b)    President (Pam T)

                           i.         Thanked the membership for all the help and support making bear shells at last months’ meeting for Senior Craft Night.

c)    VP/Programming (Sharon H) –

                           i.       Reviewed remaining year programs (Sharon H. Christmas ornaments, Christmas party).

d)    Secretary/Blog site (Valerie V.) – minutes are added to site within a week of meeting, along with any additional information that is sent.  Marilyn H continues to add links for photos.

e)    Historian (Marilyn H.) – Continues to add picture links and is also organizing notebooks that include pictures, articles highlighting SSQG activities.  Pictures of charity quilts made with fabric from the Wasted Women group will be sent to Sherry Herringshaw.

f)     Unfinished Projects (UFOs – Kathy S) – no UFOs shown this month.

g)    Tabs (Betty B.) – 4 ½ gallons of tabs were taken to the Ronald McDonald House in New Orleans.  Betty B presented the thank you letter that was received from RMH Charities.

h)    Door Prizes (Renee H.) –Winners of last month’s door prizes were Marilyn H (Tools for Beginners), Mynan G (Logs & Nine Patches), Bonnie M (Stars & Pinwheels).  This months door prizes were Mynan G (Applique for Christmas), Cheryl A (I Love Needlework), Katie J (Modern Quilter).  Sharon H chose Wild & Goosey as her thank you for giving the program.

i)      Just Do It (Pam T.) –

                             i.       Reminded all members that this year’s challenge is Krazy.

j)      Quilt Show (SSQG membership) – For anyone interested in making a storytime quilt for 2016, Miss Gail presented SSQG with a list of books that the children are currently interested in reading. This list will be sent out via email to the membership. 

k)     Charity Quilts/Projects (Merlene L. & Cheryl A.) –

                         i.         Merlene L. read thank you notes from Cancer Services and Our Lady of the Lake for the quilts, bears and port pillows that were donated after the 2015 Quilt Show. (CS received 27 quilts, 61 bears; OLL received 27 quilts, 88 bears)

                        ii.         Cheryl A. described taking the donations to each facility and the enthusiastic responses that were received.

                       iii.         Merlene gave a tally of bears that have been made since 2011 (2356 bears)

                      iv.         Cheryl A gave an account of Senior Craft Night, held at the Jones Creek Library on October 12.  Thirty people showed up to stuff bears.  Merlene L, Betty B, Sharon H. Becky Fr, Mynan G, Cheryl A, Bonnie M and Pam T supervised and worked with the group.  In about an hour and a half, 225 bears were stuffed and SSQG ran out of fiberfill. 

5. Unfinished Business –

a)    No unfinished business.

6. New business

a)  Pam T and Merlene L each purchased more fiberfill.  A motion was made by Marilyn H to reimburse them, which was accepted by the guild.

b)  Pam T appointed Merlene L, Betty B and Mynan G as the nominating committee. The committee, in turn, nominated the current board (Pam T, Sharon H, Elsie H and Valerie V) to serve a second term.  No other names have been nominated so far.  Voting will be held at the November meeting.

c)  Date for the Christmas party has been set for December 10, 2015.  Location is still TBD, but leaning towards City Café again.

7. Program Report – Sharon H presented a demo on making folded fabric Christmas ornaments

a)    Sharon provided instructions, Styrofoam balls, fabric squares and pins for the membership to make their own. 

b)    Sharon also provided individual instruction as members required it.  Everyone enjoyed the class so much that the guild will continue this activity at the November meeting.  Sharon will show the members how to embellish and finish the ornaments.

8. Show and Tell – members showed off projects, both old and new.
9. Announcements –.

a)    Next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 19^th.

10. Adjournment – 8:40pm

October Show and Tell

SSQG Meeting - 15 October 2015

Hello my talented beauties,

   I hope everyone has been enjoying their road trips, family time & quilting! There has been a lot going on & it has been a very busy month personally, for our guild members.  I am sure you will have lots of stories & experiences to share with each other.  I can hear the laughter now!  We have our Sassi Stripper meeting on October 15, 2015 @ 6:30 pm at the Jones Creek Library. I would like to thank the members who came to the September meeting & worked on the bears for "Senior Craft Night".  Thanks to Mynan, Merlene, Cheryl, Marilyn, Bonnie, Betty & our newest member of the guild, Katie Jaeger!  "Senior Craft Night" was a huge success, we had 30 wonderful people stuffing bears!  They had a great time & stuffed 225 bears in just an hour and a half, it was fantastic!!!  I know our volunteers from the guild, enjoyed meeting & working with them as well.  A huge thank you for coming & helping out that night goes out to:  Merlene, Betty, Sharon, Becky, Mynan, Cheryl & Bonnie!!!  Thank you for taking the time & making a difference in other people's lives, well done ladies!  We will have pictures to share at the meeting from "Senior Craft Night".  Please bring a needle, thread & a pair of scissors to sew some butts while we conduct the business portion of the meeting.  We will all need to pull together as a team & take some bears home & sew some butts as well.  For the October program, Sharon Holder will be showing us how to make "Folded Christmas Balls".  She has graciously, supplied us with what we need to try this technique.  Thank you so much Sharon, I am so excited & can't wait!  Since so many couldn't attend September's meeting, we need to discuss Officers for 2016 & what y'all would like to do for our Christmas Party in December.  I postponed discussing these matters because I wanted everyone's voice to be heard.  Bring your names & suggestions on these two topics and remember, working together as a team is what makes us the Sassi Strippers that we are today.  Please bring your tabs & completed UFO's, if you have some.  Also, bring something for show-n-tell to share with the guild!  Let's get this party started!  Come on, join us for another night of fun, creativity & fellowship!

Humbly yours,

Pam Tennyson😃

SSQG Meeting minutes 9/17/15

Sassi Strippers Quilt Guild Meeting

September 17, 2015

Minutes taken by Pam Tennyson

Call to order:  6:42pm

Sign in, welcome members & guests:  7 members attended & 1 guest (Katie Jager)
Katie Jager is now a new member as of 9/17/2015

Reading of the minutes to accept:  Pam
Motion made by:  Mynan
Seconded by:  Betty
Accepted by membership?:  yes

Treasurer report:  Pam
Motion to accept:  
Motion made by:  Marilyn
Motion seconded by:  Merlene
Accept by membership?  yes

VP/Programming: Pam  
All the bears being worked on at the September meeting will be donated to Cancer Services without faces drawn on them.
Sharon will be doing two types of folded fabric Christmas ornaments 

Secretary / blog site:  Pam will send the minutes to Valerie

Historian:  Marilyn left a message with April to see if she had anymore items from being Historian in 2014.

UFO's:  Pam-no one had any

Door prizes:  Pam - the 3 door prizes will be given out at the October meeting to the following winners:
Marilyn H.
Mynan G.
Bonnie M.

Tabs:  Betty received a thank you letter from the Ronald McDonald house for the last delivery of tabs.
Pam read the thank you letter

Just Do It:  Pam
Confirming date & time for Senior Craft volunteers at the Jones Creek Library
Monday, October 12, 2015 @ 6:30pm until


Charity Bears: Merlene & Cheryl
Merlene & Cheryl delivered the following below:
OLOL received 26 quilts & 85 bears
Cancer Services received 26 quilts & 58 bears (some of those did not have the face drawn on (per their request)
Both charities were given 1 quilt & 3 bears at presentation of charities at demo day.  They were also emailed a picture of the representative receiving the quilt & bears.
From 2011 until this delivery, Sassi Strippers has donated 2,356 Bears!

New Business: None

Show & Tell:  Guild members
Marilyn showed a cosmetic bag done by needlework, it was a kit.
Bonnie showed her Puff baby quilt & a quilt block.
Merlene shared that her "Road to Mandalay" Jacket is traveling with the Hoffman 2015 Challenge!  She showed the book with her picture of the jaceket.

Announcements:
October 17, 2015 GSQA Quarterly Meeting, Pensacola, FL, with PJ Anderson on Sweet 'N Sassy Templates diamond quilts.

Next meeting:
October 15, 2015

Adjournment:  
8:30pm

September Show and Tell

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SSQG Meeting - 6:30pm Thursday Sept 17, 2015

Hello my talented beauties,

    I hope everyone has been enjoying the cooler temperatures.  These are beautiful days to sit outside & do any type of handwork!  We have our Sassi Strippers meeting on Thursday, September 17, 2015 @ 6:30 pm at the Jones Creek Library.  I would like to thank Cherry Guidry, for the sharing her valuable time & knowledge with our guild.  She spent almost an 1 1/2 showing us her incredibly intricate, beautiful quilts , as well as her knowledge on preparing your quilts for longarm quilting!!!  She is one talented artist & I am so happy for her success!  Everyone enjoyed her with lots of chatter, questions & smiles!  Thursday we will be working on Bears, Bears, Bears!!!  This batch we are working on, we want to get to the body of the bear stage & they will not have a face drawn on them. We will be taking these bears to the "Senior Craft" night on October 12, 2015 @ the library, for the participants to stuff that evening with our volunteers from the guild.  Cancer Services has requested bears without a face drawn on them, so we will send these bears to them after completion.   Please bring what you would personally like to work on for the bears & the supplies to do so.  It is coming to that time of the year to appoint a committee to nominate  Officers for the 2016.  Please start thinking about who you would like to serve & if anyone is interested in any of the positions please let me know.  Congratulations again, to all our ladies that won ribbons for Viewer's Choice in the "Kaleidoscope of Quilts" for 2015 Quilt Show!!!  

1st Place :  "Fractured Rainbows" by Becky Frederick

We had a 4 way tie for 2nd Place

2nd Place:  "Pinwheels Galore" by Elsie Hamway

                   "French Quarter Brees" by Merlene Lewis

                   "Lots of Dots" by Sharon Holder

                   "American Eagle in Flight" by Pam Tennyson

We had a 2 way tie for 3rd Place

3rd Place:   "September Song" by Merlene Lewis

                   "Sweet Tarts" by Merlene Lewis

Please bring your tabs & finished UFO'S.  Also bring your show-n-tell to share with the guild.  Come on with all that fabulous enthusiasm & join us for another night of fun, creativity & fellowship!

Humbly yours,

Pam Tennyson😃

August Show and Tell

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Quilt Show take down - 9am Sat Aug 29th

Hello my talented beauties,

   Calling all Quilt Angels!  We are confirmed to be at the Jones Creek Library to take down the Quilt Show at 9:00am.  Please make plans to come at that time to help. With everyone there working as a team,  we way can take down the quilts, quickly & efficiently.  Please make arrangements to take your quilts, garments, case items, etc home with you on Saturday. Thank you again for all that you do & congratulations for another successful show!  Well done ladies, see you Saturday.

Humbly yours,

Pam Tennyson

SSQG Meeting Minutes - August 20, 2015

SSQG Meeting Minutes

August 20, 2015

Minutes taken by Valerie V.

http://sassistrippersquiltguild.blogspot.com

1. President/Call to order (Pam T.) –       6:38pm
2. Sign In, Welcome to Members and Guests – 16 members attended along with 1 guest and our speaker.
3. Reading of the minutes and motion to accept –

a)    Motion made by: Sharon H

b)    Motion seconded by:  Marilyn H

c)    Accepted by membership? - yes

4. Reports of officers and committees

a)    Treasurer’s report (Elsie H) –

                             i.     Beginning Balance:  $1,093.07

                            ii.     Deposits:  no deposits

                           iii.     Expenditures:  $no expenditures

                          iv.     Ending Balance:  $1,093.07

                           v.     Motion to accept:

1.     Motion made by:  Kathy S

2.     Motion seconded by:  Karol G

3.     Accepted by membership? - yes

b)    President (Pam T)

                           i.         Thanked the membership for all the help and support with the Quilt Show and gave her impressions on its success.

                          ii.         Handed out some sheets that listed GSQA affiliated shops, and one on machine quilting.

c)    VP/Programming (Sharon H) –

                           i.       Reviewed upcoming year programs (Bear making, Sharon H. Christmas ornaments.). Programs for the remainder of the year is almost filled.

d)    Secretary/Blog site (Valerie V.) – minutes are added to site within a week of meeting, along with any additional information that is sent.  Marilyn H continues to add links for photos.

e)    Historian (Marilyn H.) – Added link to Quilt show pics.

f)     Unfinished Projects (UFOs – Kathy S) – Betty B presented her Farmfresh quilt.

g)    Tabs (Betty B.) – no donations this month

h)    Door Prizes (Renee H.) –Winners of this weeks door prizes were Cherry Guidry (Groovy Tool), Becky Fr (Christmastime), Kathy S. (Colorful Bits and Pieces), Linda B (Animal Kingdom), and Jessie C (Traditional Quilting).

i)      Just Do It (Pam T.) –

                             i.       No new information

j)      Quilt Show (SSQG membership) –  The 2015 Kaleidoscope of Quilts show is a resounding success.  Participation day was held on August 15^th where visitors to the library helped stuff charity bears, took the children’s book quilt quiz, colored paper quilt blocks, had the opportunity to sew quilt squares and learn about appliqué and other various handcrafts.

                           i.       53 votes were received for the Viewer’s Choice competition.  There was a tie for 3^rd Place with two of Merlene L’s quilts, a 4-way tie for 2^nd place between Elsie H, Merlene L, Sharon H and Pam T, with 1^st place going to Becky Fr for her “Fractured Rainbows” entry.

                          ii.       Show takedown day is tentatively schedule for Saturday, August 29^th.

                         iii.       52 charity quilts were displayed along with the show entries.  Elsie H was presented with the Charity Quilt Queen ribbon for making a whopping 19 charity quilts.  Many thanks to all members who took the time to make and quilt the pieces.

k)     Charity Quilts/Projects (Merlene L. & Cheryl A.) –

                         i.         Merlene L. did not have a final count of completed bears, but does have a “bear room” set up in her home to hold them.  The Cancer Services representative asked that some of the bears not have faces drawn on as they would like to use the blank bears to help children through their treatments.

5. Unfinished Business –

a)    No reports.

6. New business

a)  No new business at this time.

7. Program Report – Cherry Guidry presented a trunk show of her quilt patterns and fabric designs, and also a program on preparing a quilt for a longarmer.

a)    Cherry is a long time sewer and quilter, having begun a fascination with fabric and sewing as a child.  She started quilting in 2004 and since quilting is her favorite part of making a quilt, she became a longarmer, which morphed into fabric and quilt pattern design. Benatrex carries her fabric lines.  She also started blogging to share her knowledge.  A link to her online shop and blog can be found at http://cherryblossomsquilting.com/

b)    Cherry presented a trunk show of completed quilts that used her patterns and fabric lines.  These included quilts made from the same pattern but using different fabrics, batting, techniques, etc.  Many of her patterns are raw edge appliqué.

c)    Cherry discussed the various types of batting that she prefers to use in her quilts and the whys and wherefores of her choices

d)    Cherry held a discussion on various types of thread that can be used both for pieceing and quilting.

e)    Cherry went over the necessary steps for preparing a quilt for longarm quilting along with problems associated with inaccurate piecing, uneven borders, hanging threads, etc.  She also detailed why a longarm quilter needs backs and batting that are 6-8” longer and wider than the top, and why a neatly pressed quilt is essential to beautiful quilt designs.  She recommended a bedspread hanger wrapped in pool noodle as a good way to transport a quilt.

f)     Cherry passed around some handouts that expanded on her explanations.

8. Show and Tell – members showed off projects, both old and new.
9. Announcements –..

a)    Next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 17^th.  The guild will be making bear shells. 

b)    Renee H is to be the GSQA President in 2017, and will fill the President Elect roles in 2016, and outgoing President in 2018.

10. Adjournment – 8:35pm