Welcome to our year long celebration of 40 years of the Colorado Quilting Council.

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1 Welcome to our year long celebration of 40 years of the Colorado Quilting Council. Each month we will showcase a fantastic CQC event or committee We will have a Special Show & Tell each month focusing on a specific theme. Special Door Prizes, Surprises and visitors! Don t miss a meeting or you might miss a once in 40 year experience.

2 WELCOME Thank you American Mountaineering Center for the venue and technology support. Thank you to Columbine Quilt Guild for the refreshments and planning for this meeting.

3 Local Area Quilt Guilds Columbine Quilt Guild 2nd Mon monthly, Arvada United Methodist Church, 6750 Carr St, Arvada. Guest $6 fee. Web site: columbinequiltguild.org Jeffco Handquilters Meets every Mon 10:00a 2:00p (except holidays) at the Lakewood United Methodist Church, 1390 Brentwood, Lakewood. We hand-quilt quilts for the public. All proceeds go to the Jeffco Action Center.

4 Local Quilt Shops Golden Quilt Company Saturday 10 5 Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Saturday 10-4 The Craft Box Saturday 10-4

5 New Item for Drawing PLEASE PURCHASE A TICKET ON THIS ADORABLE QUILT DONATED TO CQC BY BETTY AND DARRELL McGAHHEY - TICKETS ARE A $1.00 EACH AND PROCEEDS WILL HELP PAY SPEAKER EXPENSES WINNING TICKET WILL BE DRAWN AT THE JULY MEETING

6 CQC 40 th Anniversary Signature Quilt We are so excited to have Sally Saulmon, a long time CQC member and Colorado teacher/lecturer on Signature Quilts and Two Block Quilts design and create a quilt for our collection. Please plan to be part of this exciting Ruby Jubilee quilt. Please sign a block or contact Sally at saulmon@bresnan.net

7 From Quilt Colorado 82 to Quilt the Rockies 88 to Pieces in the Rockies and back to Quilt Colorado

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9 Quilt Colorado Show Chairs and Directors 1982 June Ryker 1988 Shirley Sanden Doris Seeley& Bobby Aug 2002 Jackie Anderson & Gwen Oberg 2004 Barb Guest & Beth Soderquist 2006 Barb Guest, Beth Soderquist, & Rose Neff 2008 Barb Guest, Doris Seeley, & Charlie Wilson 2010 Barb Guest 2012 Pat Syta 2014 Mary Rush

10 Tomorrow s Workshop: Fearless Free Motion Golden Quilt Company Golden Co 9-4 Quilting is a Contact Sport

11 15 Minute Break

12 2018 CQC Raffle Quilt Scarlett Galaxy of Stars Raffle Information Kay Hefner, Tickets are on sale today, see Kay at the Raffle Table during the break. New Members your packets are ready also. Quilt designed made by Jan Rold 4303 Pieces and 215 Different Red Prints There are 148 Star Blocks Quilted by Cindy McChesney Took over three weeks to quilt Remember Annual Dues $25.00 Raffle Tickets $15.00 Total Cost of Membership $40.00 Binding by Mary Rush/Sue Keck

13 Don t forget to us on Facebook We hit 1K likes and followers!!!!! CQC website CQC has a book Purchase it on Amazon and we get royalties. Colorado Quilting from Mountains to Plains

14 General Meeting Agenda Minutes from the last General Meeting Minutes from the Board Meeting Treasurer Report Mary Rush 2018 Program Announcement Ellen Nepustil Membership Report Pat Cleaveland

15 Programs 2018 Please access the CQC Website at coloradoquiltcouncil.com for links to these speakers websites. June: Pueblo - Diedra McElroy Tahitian Applique July : Happy 40 th Birthday CQC Ricky Tims Lecture and Entertainment August: Hotchkiss

16 CQC Needs You!!! Open Positions Hospitality Please talk to Dawn if you would be interested this positions.

17 Help us save postage and deliver our publicity to local Shops & Guilds

18 Committee Reports Library Quilt Show 2018 Pam Walsh Library Quilt Show 2018 Denver Central Public Library, Gates Reading room on the 5th floor Mon/Tues 10-8 Wed-Fri 10-6 Sat 9-5 Sun 1-5 Theme Western Prize and quilt will become part of the Western History Collection. See the Newsletter and Website for more details and contact info.

19 Fall Retreat October 5 th, 6 th, and 7 th 2018 This year we will be at The Hideaway in the Black Forest again. Our teacher will be Wendy Matheson from Poway CA for a workshop about Storm at Sea. See Registration Form on the Website and in the June Newsletter.

20 Project Warm Hearts Nancy Samuel, and JaNelle Erickson our Project Warm Hearts Co-Chairs We have 3 kits for assembling blocks to give out, one quilt for binding, and one quilt for quilting. We want to hit 100 Charity Quilts this year!! Look for sew days and make some blocks to support this committee. The new pattern is in the Newsletter.

21 Don t Forget These things Be sure to be entering your hours of volunteering for CQC. See the volunteer pin on the website, click to enter your hours or see Laurel/Chris to learn how. Quilt-a- Fair 2018 Committee Meetings The first Saturday of each month at Mary Rush s Meeting Room. Join the committee to plan the next show. Everyone is welcome. Come and be part of the planning of our annual fund raising event. See newsletter for dates and address. 40 th Anniversary Planning and Celebration Also being held on the first Saturday before the QAF Meeting. See the newsletter for dates and topics. Be a Guild Liaison for CQC Do you attend another Quilt Guild Meeting somewhere in the state? Would you be willing to take flyers to the meeting and give an announcement about our upcoming speakers or events? See Pat Cleaveland at the sign in desk to sign up to be this representative. We want to use social media and word of mouth this year to publicize CQC and get more quilters involved in our statewide quilting guild. Are you making your Red & White Quilt and/or Small Wall Quilt The quilt show at QAF will be Red & White Quilts, anything made or purchased in the last 40 years. Minimum 52 Maximum 120 Make a wall hanging/quilt for the return of the Mini Auction 70% of the selling price goes to the maker, 30% to CQC. Auction will be Saturday September 22, 2018 to wrap up the Quilt-a-Fair. The form is in the newsletter and on the website. Date of the July Birthday Luncheon is July 28 th See Karen Brown for tickets.

22 Announcements Please hold your announcement to 2 minutes. Give a written copy to Karen Brown our secretary.

23 Show & Tell Quilts from Quilt Colorado Shows & Workshops

24 Shirley Sanden Memorial Scholarship Fund Red Ticket Chairpersons: Lucille Rypinski & Sue Keck Remember that we offer Scholarships not only for CQC Workshops but classes at your local quilt shop. The form is on the website or at the table

25 Door Prizes Please mention and thank them for these beautiful door prizes when you are shopping in these shops in the coming months.