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1 QUILTERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA Dedicated to recognizing individual quiltmakers and quilt groups throughout South Carolina; to providing opportunities for communication, education, and participation; and to promoting the history, art, and craft of quiltmaking. Summer 2012 Pg. 1 Pg. 2 Pg. 3 Pg. 4 Table of Contents From the President List of Advertisers Spring Meeting 2013 NQA Yahoo Group In Memoriam Board Members Pieceable Retreat Update Covering SC Kids District News From the President Wow! Did we have a good time in Sumter or what? Thanks to District 5 for hosting such a fantastic Spring Meeting. Spring seems to have sprung straight into summer this year. It is only the first week of May but we are already picking squash and zucchini from our garden and have tomatoes set on the vine. The pool is ready for swimming and floating around and the AC has been running. I am anxiously awaiting our next event the Spring into Summer Retreat at White Oak the first week of June. I can hardly wait to sew with my friends, walk the grounds, sit in a rocker, and enjoy the firepit and some Sm ores in the evening. Pg. 5 More District News Pg. 6 Even More District News Pg. 7 Another Page of District News I want to thank everyone who contributed the 87 quilts for Covering SC Kids that were turned in at Spring Meeting. What a wonderful kick-off for our challenge. I hope you are continuing to make the 36 by 48 childrens quilts to turn in at Pieceable Retreat in October. Pg. 8 Pg. 9 Pg.10 Board Meeting Minutes Spring Meeting Minutes Board Meeting Minutes Congratulations to. Summertime is a time for travel and fun. I hope yours is a wonderful summer and that you get to include something quilty and inspiring whether you travel to far flung places or stay close to home. Be sure to check out the QSC website for listings of quilt shows around the state. Karen Kendo Look for these advertisers Awesome Quilting Bead Bliss Busy Bee Designs Creative Sewing Machine Center Heirlooms & Comforts Inman Quilt Cottage Quilting with Karen Sew n Sew The Heirloom Child Viking Sew N Quilt The QSC Spring Meeting in 2013 will be held on February 23, 2013 on Hilton Head Island. Our speaker will be Carol Taylor of Pittsford, New York. Carol has made over 500 quilts, many of them prize winners. She loves the fun of creating designs with fabric. Her quilts are contemporary in style and often abstract in design. Her lecture, Sew Many Quilts, So Little Time will include a trunk show of her latest quilts. In addition to her lecture, she will teach a class on Friday, February 22 and another on Sunday, February. Enjoy learning more about her and seeing some of her work at PG. 1

2 IT S TIME TO BECOME AN NQA CHAPTER As an NQA Chapter Member, your Guild can participate in the mission of the National Quilting Association (NQA) to spread the love and art of quilting to others, and to promote the craft and legacy of quiltmaking, encouraging high standards through education, preservation, and philanthropic endeavors. By becoming an NQA Chapter, your guild will receive the following benefits: A subscription to THE QUILTING QUARTERLY magazine for your library. Access to insurance coverage during your quilt show to cover both the quilts and personal liability. Specially printed ribbons for purchase to use at your Chapter's quilt show. Ribbons are available only to active NQA chapters. An opportunity to share your activities or special programs and network with other chapters and members through THE QUILTING QUARTERLY. A free announcement for your chapter's quilt show in THE QUILTING QUARTERLY magazine and in the List of Events on this website. An official Charter and Seal that can be used on your website to acknowledge affiliation. Other sale items listed in THE QUILTING QUARTERLY A minimum of five (5) individual memberships is required to become an NQA Chapter. We ask that you have a designated person to keep the chapter members informed of NQA-sponsored activities; handle the chapter renewal of $45 every two years; send your chapter newsletter to the NQA office; and provide newsworthy items, photographs, and updated material to the editor of THE QUILTING QUARTERLY for possible inclusion. Special Note: One of our own QSC members, Ruth Pollow, will become the NQA President in September, Yahoo group for QSC members Go to to sign in. Your membership will be verified to approve you. Any questions or help contact, Vicki McCormick at vmccormick@sc.rr.com or before 9pm. In Memoriam: Mary Lynn (Cole) Isbell 4/20/1933-4/10/2012 The QSC Newsletter... is the quarterly newsletter for members of the Quilters of South Carolina., a nonprofit organization. The QSC Newsletter is published four times a year. Although every effort has been made to provide timely and accurate information, Quilters of South Carolina shall have no liability to any person or entity with respect to liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the information contained in this newsletter. This publication is intended to provide generalized information only and not to render professional advice. If you are interested in becoming a vendor at the fall retreat or spring meeting, you must be a QSC member in good standing; must have your business located in the State of South Carolina and must have advertised in a QSC publication (newsletter or directory) in the 12 months prior to the event. The next issue is FALL The deadline for submitting ads and articles for the next newsletter is August 5, All advertising fees must be included with any submitted advertising. Quilt Shop, Professional Quilt Instructors, and Long-arm Quilt service providers may place ads in the QSC Newsletter at a cost of: -- Advertising Rates -- Business Card $ 15.00/issue 1/4 Page Ad... $ 30.00/issue 1/2 Page Ad... $ 50.00/issue Make check payable to QSC and send with camera-ready ad although ing your ad would be preferred. Please send in *.jpg or *.gif format. All ads and articles may be sent by to quiltmarket@comporium.net or sent by mail to: Cathi Gainey QSC Newsletter Editor 1320 Pine Dale Ct. Rock Hill, SC PG. 2

3 ELECTED QSC OFFICERS BOARD MEMBERS PRESIDENT - Karen Kendo, Harleyville (843) k.kendo@yahoo.com * VICE PRESIDENT Patricia Bartholomew, Orangeburg (803) rbartholomew001@sc.rr.com * TREASURER Karen Preston ConwaySC (843) kpreston002@sc.rr.com RECORDING SECRETARY - Frances Kelley, Hartsville (843) fkelley321@bellsouth.net * MEMBERSHIP CHAIRPERSON Jodi Spillane, Irmo (803) Jodilynn_72@yahoo.com * FALL REGISTRAR Evelyn Richards, Charleston (843) itsevelyn@knology.net NEWSLETTER EDITOR Cathi Gainey, Rock Hill (803) quiltmarket@comporium.net *ELECTED IN EVEN YEARS APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS PUBLICITY Virginia Schrenker, Summerville (843) virg17@yahoo.com WAYS AND MEANS June Fish, Gaston (803) jfish@hsblawfirm.com PIECEABLE RETREAT CHAIR Anita Bowen, Columbia (803) bowen.anita@gmail.com 2013 SPRING MEETING CHAIR - Diane Sala, Hilton Head Island (843) gofeline@yahoo.com PAST PRESIDENT Diane Schonauer, Anderson (864) d_schonauer@bellsouth.net HISTORIAN Amanda Brown, Greenwood (864) abrown@acsd.k12.sc.us WEBMASTER Debby Stone, Anderson (864) stonedebby@bellsouth.net MEMBER AT LARGE - Veronica Moriarty, Spartanburg (864) kja101@bellsouth.net Pieceable Retreat Registration Underway! If your membership is up to date, you should have received your Pieceable Retreat packet. You will find a wealth of information on classes, White Oak Conference Center, a registration form, and a notice that tells about a new surprise that we will feature this year. Mary Carlton who is a licensed massage therapist will be available for chair massages! What a perfect time to have a massage to relax those tight and tense muscles! I for one will be one of the first to sign up. Mary s fee is $1.00 per minute of minute sessions. A sign up chart will be at the registration desk and Mary will be with us from Friday at noon until Saturday evening. We will also have a few new vendors for the weekend as well as just for Friday. Be on the lookout for them and please provide a warm QSC welcome. So take a few minutes to get with your quilting buddies and send in your registration forms. Plan to have a wonderful time once again at a great facility with a couple hundred of your closest quilting friends. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at bowen.anita@gmail.com or call me at Anita Bowen Pieceable Retreat Chair COVERING SC KIDS! CHALLENGE UPDATE Don t forget to bring your finished 36 by 48 children s quilt(s) to Fall Retreat in October if you have them finished. NEWS FLASH: A printable label for your quilt is available on the QSC website: QSC is partnering with The Children s Miracle Network for this challenge. They will distribute the finished quilts to the four hospitals that treat children with critical needs which are in Columbia, Florence, Charleston, and Greenville. We want to thank The Children s Miracle Network for their support and assistance in our goal to comfort kids with critical, life-threatening illness and disease throughout our state. PG. 3

4 District information is listed in the appropriate District Box. For more information, contact the district rep. DISTRICT 1 OCONEE, PICKENS, ANDERSON, GREENVILLE COUNTIES Carolyn Harris, Fair Play chrrs@clemson.edu, (864) Nimble Thimbles A personal challenge has been issued to make twin size quilts to be donated to Hospice in memory of Mary Isbell to be collected next year in April on the anniversary of Mary s death. Mary was founder of the Nimble Thimbles guild. Upcountry Members are planning a four day Retreat in the cool mountain Wesleyan Camp in Sunset. Four members of the guild will be teaching classes and techniques during the Retreat. Lake and Mountain Plans are underway for the September Quilt Show in Seneca scheduled for September 19 22, Upcoming programs include Jane Hall and Foundation Piecing in June, Ellen Lindner and Marti Michell. Prickly Fingers Will be enjoying a Long-Arm Quilting program by two of their own members. Electric City The Anderson County Museum will be hosting a Salute to Textiles and has asked quilters in the two county guilds to join them by doing demonstrations. Foothills Piecemakers recently enjoyed a program by Flavin Glover. Ruth Pollow shares that the National Quilting Association Quilt Show is June in Columbus, Ohio at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Check out the quilts at nqaquilts.org DISTRICT 2 SPARTANBURG, CHEROKEE, YORK, UNION, CHESTER, AND LANCASTER COUNTIES Angela Faulkenberry, Heath Springs faulk@comporium.net, (803) Piecemakers Guild-Heath Springs Lots of sewing going on for these girls! They planned a couple of Saturday Sew days to work on their favorite projects. It was decided that this was a great way to share ideas and tips. Afterwards they always have a delicious covered dish meal. Magic Needle Guild-Lancaster These ladies decided to treat themselves to a special lunch for their May birthday party. This will be a day of fun and fellowship. A new year brings lots of new programs. First being a Christmas in July workshop with their sister guild, Piecemakers, of Heath Springs. Piedmont Piecers Guild-Spartanburg Block of the month is another favorite for this guild. Appliqué blocks any way they like. Some of their speakers have been: Darlene Roberts, Carolyn Harris and Marilyn Wall. York County Quilters-Rock Hill York County Guild has agreed to join Art Council of York and Clemson Extension to participate in Barns to Bedcovers. June 9-10 you can enjoy a walking tour of historical homes with quilts displayed on porches. Pat Sloan and Judy Lilly are just two of their recent speakers. And yes, they are busy working on plans for their quilt show in October! Landrum Quilters-Landrum Even though these ladies still work hard on plans for the Landrum Quilt Trail, they still find time to work on their favorite projects. PG. 4

5 DISTRICT 3 ABBEVILLE, LAURENS, NEWBERRY, GREENWOOD, McCORMICK, SALUDA, EDGEFIELD, AND AIKEN COUNTIES Amanda Brown, Greenwood abrown@acsd.k12.sc.us, (864) Emerald City Quilters The Emerald City Quilters meet on the 1 st Saturday of the month between 9am and 12pm at Harris Baptist Church, Greenwood, SC. The members are still creating their very first philanthropy quilt, to be donated to QSC for the Covering SC Kids Challenge. The members are learning how to hand appliqué, machine appliqué, and stitch redwork animals for the quilt. The members enjoyed a field trip to rainy Charleston in March for the Cobblestone Quilt show. This was the first quilt show for many of the members, they had a great time! Joanna Harmon taught a lesson on crazy quilting and we look forward to learning a few hand embroidered decorations to complete the crazy quilt project. The Berry Patchers The Berry Patchers Quilt Guild meets on the 1 st Thursday of each month at 6:30pm at Summer Memorial Lutheran Church. The church is located at 1609 Milligan Street, Newberry, SC. Members presented their Scrap Quilt Challenge quilts. Anything from a quilted notebook cover to small wall hangings and full sized quilts were displayed. Guest speaker, Sarah Looney, gave a wonderful presentation on Underground Railroad quilts. A distributor for Pellon s Legacy Batting, Judy Howard, gave a very informative lecture on the variety of battings and their uses. The members recently donated children s pillowcases to the Whitmire Branch of the Newberry County Library. The pillowcases will be used for the library s 2012 summer Reading Program. Loose Threads Quilt Guild Please remember that The Loose Threads Quilt Guild has a new meeting place: Holly Grove Baptist Church in Laurens, SC. We are still meeting on the 3 rd Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm, please join us at our new site, guests are always welcome to attend. Members are participating in a Birthday Club this year that consists of making a 12 1/2in block for the members celebrating a birthday each month. In April, a few of the members were able to travel to Fountain Inn for a Trunk Show with Pat Knoechel. A Halloween themed mystery quilt will continue through the June meeting. It has been decided that this year s philanthropy project will be creating pillowcases for Jamie s Tree House, through Hospice. PG. 5 DISTRICT 3 (CONT.) Carolina Pine Quilters of Aiken The Carolina Pine Quilters meet the second Monday of each month at 7PM at Trinity United Methodist Church. The address is 2724 Whiskey Road, Aiken, SC. Guests are always welcome. In honor of National Quilt month CPQ welcomed the well known fiber artist, teacher, lecturer and judge, Priscilla Hair, to the March meeting. Priscilla spoke on "Being Creative and Ignoring Critics. Members are participating in a fat quarter drawing each month. Each participant brings one fat quarter, according to a monthly color chart, to the meeting. Winners take home the fat quarters, Yippee, more fabric to add to the stash! An Initial Color Challenge has been issued. The finished quilted project must be made with fabric colors that start with the same letter as your initials. How creative! Pieceful Hearts Quilters Guild The Pieceful Hearts Quilters have two scheduled guild meetings each month. The AM group holds its regular meeting on the 2nd Thursday of each month at Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in North Augusta at 10 a.m. The PM Group holds its regular meeting on the 1st Monday of each month at St. Bart s at 7p.m. The guild members enjoyed an exciting get-away retreat at Hickory Knob. They welcomed over 50 participants. A block challenge is issued during the annual retreat. This year s challenge was to make a "spool" block in one of four sizes. Congratulations to this year s winner, Linda Yehle! DISTRICT 4 FAIRFIELD, RICHLAND, LEXINGTON, KERSHAW, ORANGEBURG, AND CALHOUN COUNTIES Verity Creekmore, St. Matthews vvc51@hotmail.com, (803) APPLIQUE LOVERS (an FCL Club) Dolly Arends our president was named Club Leader of the Year by FCL. We continue to work on our quilt for the Orangeburg County Fair. The top is finished and the quilting begins. DEVINE QUILTERS in January 2012 Sue Spillane became the president. We continue making quilts for two groups-- Children's Garden and Lap Quilts for a Cancer Center. Jane Przybysz, Executive Director of McKissik Museum; a Trunk show from the Hoffman Challenge and Linda Barrett showed us how to make our plain quilts sparkle when quilting them are some of the programs that have been keeping us busy. STITCH IN GRACE continues to work on the two banners we are making for the church that hosts our meetings. Our challenge for the year is to work on our UFO s.

6 DISTRICT 4 (CONT.) EDISTO QUILTING SISTERS had a booth at the Rose Festival in Orangeburg to promote quilting in our area. Our latest charity project is Rag Dolls to be distributed at local nursing homes. GREATER COLUMBIA QUILTERS have been busy finishing up last year s UFO challenge and doing the specific challenge each month for this year. We have taken a class with Judy Lilly learning how to make a landscape quilt, hosted the Aiken Quilt Shop, and had a program by the Fringe Sisters from the Myrtle Beach area. Our guest in June will be a hand appliqué expert from Laurens. LAKE MARION PIECEMAKERS in February celebrated our 20th Anniversary. Carol Calianese opened her home inviting all members to a luncheon. We had a lovely "quilt" decorated cake. This year our members are taking turns doing a program each month. March was a class in the "10 Minute Block and April was a placemat. Speak with you-all next time. ORANGEBURG QUILT GUILD assisted in the 40th anniversary celebration of the Orangeburg Council on Aging by demonstrating quilting skills and displaying quilts at an open house on May 17. A lovely display of children's quilts made by our members was featured in the window of the Orangeburg County Library in March. Susan Field was the lucky winner of our draw blocks this spring. SOUTHERN PIECEMAKERS (an FCL Club) in May hosted with other local groups an activity day for Special Needs Adults including games and food. We have made 70 pillowcases dresses for Africa. One of our members Jeanette Jeffry was named Over-All Leader of the Year by FCL. STARLIGHT QUILTERS donated 10 quilts for the Alzheimer s Study Quilt Project and our picture was in the local newspaper with all the quilts displayed. We are welcoming a new president in mid-year, Jane Westbury, because Allison Andrews is moving out of the area. STITCH IN GRACE continues to work on the two banners we are making for the church that hosts our meetings. Our challenge for the year is to work on our UFO s. QUILTERS OF KERSHAW COUNTY has been busy finishing projects, working on charity sews kits, attending classes and making plans for next year. At our next meeting, we will be electing officers. On Thursday, April 19, Jan Shore judged the Challenge project we did using one of her fabrics. On the 20th of May, the quilts went on display in the Basset Building of the Fine Arts Center in Camden and will remain there through May. DISTRICT 5 CHESTERFIELD, MARLBORO, LEE, DARLINGTON, DILLON, SUMTER, FLORENCE, MARION, HORRY, CLARENDON, WILLIAMSBURG, AND GEORGETOWN COUNTIES Karen Kirkland, Sumter kirklandks@aol.com Swamp Fox Quilters enjoyed a great program in March presented by the Fiber Fanatics from the Grand Strand. They shared many of their techniques and a trunk show of their art quilts. At the re-enactment the guild displayed quilts and led quilting demonstrations. We had a Southern Tea Party in April. Members shared their memory quilts and the stories behind them. In May, member Marcie Eaddy gave us a close up look at her Hoffman Challenge quilts and explained the entry process. Quilts for our annual challenge will be displayed at the Hartsville Museum beginning June 7 through August. We continue to have our BOM, fabric postcard swap and work on donation quilts for children and the homebound elderly. On February 13th, many Coastal Carolina Quilters members took the annual bus trip to Mary Jo s Cloth Store with a side trip to Jim Shore s White House in Heath Springs, NC. We had about 120 members and guests attend our meeting. We had two of our award winners teaching us about appliqué. Tina Roth taught us the art of machine appliqué and Jerre Reese demonstrated her hand appliqué method. Judy Lilly and Margo Woolard presented the new Colorplay block to the group and talked about the color wheel. The next day 25 students took Tina Roth s 3 D Mariner s Compass workshop. The 18 th Annual Quilt Gala was a huge success. Over 300 quilts and wearables were on display. Our first annual live and silent auction was held in March. Over 100 members and guests attended. We were able to raise over $2100 for our education fund in an auction. Linda Schillaci, our PHD Coordinator, got 40 members to sign up for this year s PHD (Projects Half Done) Challenge. CCQ members, Pat Mariano and Meg Filiatrault won awards for their fiber art at the Spring Art Show for the Seacoast Artist Guild. Joyce Walton from Rock Hill was our guest lecturer at our April meeting. Joyce shared with us her own Journey of Quilting. She showed us many of her own beautiful creations and discussed each quilt as it was shown. Many of the quilts were hand appliquéd and were embellished with beads and beautiful threads. The following day Joyce held her Creative Border Piecing workshop for 18 students. All enjoyed learning this interesting technique that can be used as a border or even a background. Our own Carolyn Brackat has a number of her art quilts on display at the Collector s Café in Myrtle Beach. Kathy Aparicio and Lillie Hucks will teach us the basics of fabric dying at our May meeting. PG. 6

7 DISTRICT 5 (CONT.) As an early announcement of our up-coming 2013 Quilt Show, SWAN LAKE GUILD members displayed our Opportunity Quilt at the QSC annual meeting held in Sumter in March. Tickets will be available from Guild members. At our meeting on April 12, the guild enjoyed a presentation by Pat Knoechel and were introduced to her sister Eleanor Burns' newest quilt book entitled Tales of First Ladies. As part of the annual Iris Festival here in Sumter, the Quilt Guild will be hosting the Iris Festival Quilt Display at Swan Lake Gardens Visitor Center on May Entries are not limited to Guild members and anyone who quilts is welcome to enter a quilt into the display. Star Gazing A Quilt Show presented by the York County Quilters When: Fri. and Sat. October 26 & 27, 2012 Where: Baxter M. Hood Center at York Technical College 452 So. Anderson Rd., Rock Hill, SC For more info visit: DISTRICT 7 BERKELEY, DORCHESTER, AND CHARLESTON COUNTIES Marcie Vyse, Summerville mormorv@knology.net, (842) ISLAND QUILTERS - Island Quilters just presented 20 quilts to Harvest Health and Rehab on John's Island. We are about to begin a queen size quilt for The Point. All monies donated toward the quilt to The Point will go to Hollings Cancer Center. Pat Knoechel, Eleanor Burns sister, was our guest speaker this month. She really put on a great trunk show and also brought the latest patterns, books and rulers. What a great time we had. COBBLESTONE QUILTERS GUILD - Oh, those lazy, hazy days of summer, and we are taking advantage of them. June we are going to enjoy a relaxed sit and sew, July our annual Ice Cream Social and a beach retreat to Seabrook. We then will enjoy a lecture and trunk show in August by the Fiber Artist, Linda Cantrell. In the meantime, we busy ourselves making quilts for Project Linus, placemats for Meals on Wheels and quilts for Covering SC Kids! Please join Cobblestone Quilters at our monthly meeting (the 2 nd 7pm) anytime you are in town. DISTRICT 6 BARNWELL, BAMBURG, ALLENDALE, HAMPTON, COLLETON, JASPER, AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES Robin Cleveland-Gardiner, Hilton Head Island robinhhi@roadrunner.com, (843) The LOWCOUNTRY SCRAP QUILTERS of Walterboro, SC have been very busy. Three members attended the Spring Meeting in Sumter, SC. This was our very first meeting with the Quilters of South Carolina. On March 19, 16 members went to Hilton Head, SC for a morning of quilting for the Linus Project and Thread of Love. After completing the quilts in April, 2012 we donated 10 lap quilts to each organization, plus having a beautiful write up and picture placed in the Press & Standard Newspaper of Colleton County. The group meets 10:00 a.m. on Monday after the first Sunday of each month at The Rev. Eugene Cryer Family Life Center, 300 Fishburne Street in Walterboro, SC. We have twenty-two members on roll. One of our member has embarked of opening up a quilt store May 11, 2012 in Downtown Walterboro. Our next project is to plan for our second Quilt Show, which will take place in More at a later date. We are looking forward to attending the Fall Retreat at White Oak, SC. Having co-presidents and co-vice-presidents this year has really gotten the SEA ISLAND QUILTERS off to a running start. We began with an informative discussion of sewing tools that save time and improve the results. Then a presentation of our Women s words of wisdom challenge quilts displayed a wide variety of styles and subjects in various sizes of quilts. They were then hung in the USCB gallery for a few weeks. Pat Wys presented a trunk show/lecture and then a workshop demonstrating how shades of neutrals can be used to make a vibrant quilt; something we don t usually consider. Fiber Artist, Barbara James lecture at our March meeting prepared our minds for our all day fabric dyeing class on Saturday. With our teacher, Jeanne Flanagan of Boston, we dyed primary, secondary and tertiary colors, learning how to use the same three basic dyes to create a large and varied set of colors that all blend well together. We re starting to put blocks together for our mystery quilt which we decided to make instead of blocks of the month. We are still working with a group of seniors through Beaufort County PALS and have secured sewing machines for them, showed them how to create a quilt, and in some cases even taught them how to use a sewing machine. In our last show they were thrilled to have a special area to hang their quilts. PG. 7

8 Minutes of Quilters of South Carolina Board Meeting. Meeting was held January 28, 2012, at Mt Tabor Lutheran Church, West Columbia,SC. - Members in attendance: Karen Kendo, Linda Cassell, Virginia Schrenker, Marcie Vyse, Carolyn Harris, Verity V. Creekmore, Patricia Bartholomew, Anita Bowen, Sandra Baker, Diane Schonauer, Vicki McCormick, Genny Lindler, Amanda Brown, Connie Richardson, June Fish, Karen Kirkland, Angela Faulkenberry, Debby Stone, Robin E. Cleveland, and Frances Kelley. - President Karen Kendo opened the meeting at 10:00 a.m. - There were no corrections or additions to the Minutes dated October 23, 2011, and they were accepted as published. - Treasurer Linda Cassell presented her report. She distributed a current Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss for the year 2011 and a 2012 budget. Sandra Baker is retiring from the board after 8 years as of the Spring Meeting. Cathi Gainey will acknowledge receipt of information for the newsletter to assure nothing is left in space. - Virginia Schrenker discussed publicity brochures and membership forms. -There are now 668 members in the Quilters of SC - Debby Stone announced that pictures from the 2011 Pieceable Retreat are now on the web site. - Historian Amanda Brown was asked to bring the most current scrapbook to the Spring Meeting and to take pictures of this meeting. - Spring Meeting 2012 will be held in Sumter, SC. Connie Richardson is Chair. District V will host the meeting. Gyleen X. Fitzgerald will have lecture and quilt show. Her site is and she will have classes Friday and Sunday. - Spring meeting in 2013 will be hosted by District VI; 2014 by District I; and 2015 by District VII. - Robin Cleveland reported that the 2013 Spring Meeting will be held at Hilton Head February The 2012 Fall Retreat will be October Reports were given by District Representatives: VII: Marcie Vyse Cobblestone Quilt Show March 2-3, VI: Robin Cleveland - Quilt Show March 30 31, 2012, at St Andrews by the Sea. V: Karen Kirkland Horry County Museum Gala Quilt Show, February 24 25, 2012 at Ocean Lakes Campgrounds, Myrtle Beach, SC IV: Verity Creekmore They are having District meeting on February 11, III: Amanda Brown discussed Emerald City Quilting, Greenwood, SC II: Angela Faulkenberry Shop Hop in Lancaster on February 25, I. Carolyn Harris February 4, 2012 Gathering of Quilters at Williamston lst Baptist Church All About Fabric - Nominating Committee recommendations presented by Diane Schonauer. Vice President Pat Bartholomew Treasurer Karen Preston Membership Jodi Spillane Spring Registrar Vicki McCormick Fall Registrar Evelyn Richards Dist. Reps: II Angela Faulkenberry IV Verity Creekmore VI Robin Cleveland - The QSC Challenge this year will be Covering SC Kids. Size is dictated by Hospitals where they will be given Children s hospitals in Columbia, Greenville, Charleston, and Florence. 36 in. x 48 in. Each member is asked to bring at least one quilt to the Spring meeting or the Fall Retreat. If a member can not attend, they are asked to send a quilt by someone. - The new scholarship quilt for will be Red Star at Night made by Vicki McCormick. - Amanda Brown will make the Scholarship Quilt. - Show and Tell held included some of the Challenge quilts already made for Covering SC Kids. - It was announced that the next board meeting will be Saturday, March 24, 2012, immediately following the Spring meeting in Sumter, SC. Respectively submitted, Frances S. Kelley - Recording Secretary PG. 8

9 Minutes of Quilters of South Carolina Spring Meeting March 24, 2012 President Karen Kendo called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. Welcome was given by Spring Chairman Connie Richardson. President Kendo recognized District V as host for this meeting and thanked them for all of their hard work. Current QSC Board members were recognized. Officers leaving the board were recognized and thanked for their work ( Linda Cassell, Sandra Baker, Jenny Lindler, Connie Richardson.) Budget was presented. Joyce Greer made motion to approve the budget, Seconded by Laura Horton. Motion carried. Diane Schonauer, chairman of the nominating committee, presented the proposed slate of officers: Vice-president Pat Bartholomew Treasurer Karen Preston Membership Chair Jodi Spillane Spring Registrar Vicki McCormick Fall Retreat Registrar Evelyn Richards District II representative Angela Faulkenberry District IV representative Verity Creekmore District VI representative Robin Cleveland Motion to elect these officers was made by Carol Lindler, motion was seconded, carried and officers were elected unanimously. The President s Challenge Covering SC Kids had 85 quilts turned in. It was noted that all members are requested to make at least one quilt to be turned in at Fall Retreat in October. Ruth Pollow, President-elect of NQA was introduced and she spoke to the group. Laurel Horton and Chris Taylor represented the American Quilt Study Group asked for volunteers to serve as chairs of several committees. Carol Lindler recognized deceased members: Peggy Andrews, Cathy Houser, and Nadine Dozier. A moment of silence was held and noted that donations can be made to the scholarship fund in remembrance. Spring meeting 2013 will be held February in Hilton Head Crown Plaza Shipyard Plantation. Carol Taylor will be guest speaker. The first Spring into Summer retreat will be held June 3 6, 2012 at White Oak, Winnsboro, SC Anita Bowen introduced the teachers for the 2012 Fall Retreat and described the classes offered. There will be 26 teachers offering 34 classes. Pat Bartholomew introduced the guest speaker Gyleen Fitzgerald who presented a very entertaining and informative program. Following the program, a delicious buffet was enjoyed by all. Show and Tell was held. A gift certificate for the October Fall Retreat 2012 was won by Ann Funderburke and the gift certificate for the 2013 Spring meeting was won by Ruth Pollow. Tish VonHagel won the Ugly Fabric Challenge. Connie Richardson and Angela Faulkenberry won the Challenge Block Drawing. Francine Gugger won the scholarship quilt. The new scholarship quilt was made by Vicki McCormick and will be given away next year. Submitted by: Frances S. Kelley - Recording Secretary PG. 9

10 Congratulations to: Pat Kerko and Barbara Goodman for winning The Judge s Recognition award for their quilt, Coeurs de la Soie, chosen by Libby Lehman for machine quilting at AQS in Paducah, KY. Teresa Justice for having her quilt, Circus Stars, accepted by the International Quilt Festival to be a part of the In the American Tradition 2012 special exhibit in Houston this fall. Minutes of Quilters of SC Board Meeting March 24, 2012 Minutes of Quilters of South Carolina Board Meeting Meeting was held March 24, 2012, at 3:30 p.m. at the Bernie Hope Center, Sumter, SC. Members in attendance: Pat Bartholomew, Vicki McCormick, Debby Stone, Diane Schonauer, June Fish, Verity Creekmore, Angela Faulkenberry, Robin Cleveland, Anita Bowen, Karen Kirkland, Marcie Vyse, Jodi Spillane, Diane Sala, Virginia Schrenker, Evelyn Richards, Amanda Brown, Karen Kendo, Veronica Moriarty, Connie Richardson, Cathi Gainey, and Frances Kelley. New board members include: Veronica Moriarty, member at large; Karen Preston, Treasurer; Diane Sala, co-chairman of 2013 Spring meeting; Evelyn Richards, Fall Retreat Registrar. Spring meeting and Fall retreat registrars will be in charge of name tags. Carol Taylor will be guest speaker at February 23, 2013 Spring Meeting. Fall Retreat letters will go out April 16 th. Applications cannot be postmarked before May 7, The deadline for the information for the newsletter is May 5, Cathi asked that the District Representatives put a specific subject in the subject line. Be sure that your is acknowledged by her to assure that it was received. Lynn Baker, member of Piecemakers, asked for contribution to send sewing machines to mission field in Cambodia. This request was tabled and will be discussed and guidelines set for this request and future requests. The next meetings will be May 5, 2012 and August 25, The location will be announced. Submitted by: Frances S. Kelley - Recording Secretary PG. 10

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12 Quilters of South Carolina 736 St. Andrews Rd., PMB 201 Columbia, South Carolina TIME SENSITIVE MATERIAL