Stitchers Quilt Guild

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1 Stitchers Quilt Guild A HARDIN COUNTY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION HOMEMAKER CLUB MARCH 2016 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Birthdays...3 Bus Trip...4 Charity/Veteran Quilts...6 Calendar Meeting Minutes...5 Meeting Activity...5 Quilt Show...3 Refreshments...4 Treasurers Report...4 Workshops/ Events...5 SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST Brown Bag Exchange Name Tag! You cannot win a door prize without one!!! Sign up for the Paducah Bus 2016 Workshops and Classes! National Quilting Day Presidents Message Hello Friends, Hope you have a wonderful Easter! Thank you to the Refreshment Committee, Pat Nahal, Leigh Burba, Jean Mindock, Becky Schroeder, Marty Greenlee, Brenda Arnett, Pat McMillian and Beth Hunter. The meal was wonderful. Linda Griffin joined in February, please make her welcome! I would like to thank Martha Claycomb for the presentation of the Scarf and Toilet topper and Patty Pruitt for the sharing the video on making straight seams and pressing. They were very informative and will give us all something new to make and help us do the seams and pressing better. Remember if you want your Vets lap quilts quilted free just call anyone on the list below. Here is the list of those who volunteered: Beth Hunter ( ), Teresa Jenkins ( ), Brenda Arnett ), Tia Kennedy ( ), Pat McMillian ( ) and Darlene Chenault ( ) They will quilt for you and then give back to you to do the binding. The Quilters Day out February 27 th in Shepherdsville was lots of fun. I hope you were able to go. The 2016 Quilt Show committee is coming together. There is still plenty of room for more help. Opportunity Quilt 2016 Do you have proposal for our 2016 Opportunity Quilt. We are entertaining your ideas. Please bring a photograph or a quilt top to the March meeting, or send your suggestions to Darlene for consideration. Our next monthly meeting is March 30th; See you there! Darlene Sincerely, Dayna Parrett County Extension Agent for Family & Consumer Sciences

2 Stitchers Quilt Guild Officers President Darlene Chenault st Vice President Martha Claycomb nd Vice President (s) Patty Pruitt Pat McMillan Secretary Judy Applegate Treasurer Margot Vanlengen Newsletter Beth Hunter Cheri Green National Quilting Day! Did you know that March is National Craft Month? And Saturday March 19 is National Quilting Day. If you don t have an plans for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Quilt Show at thequiltshow.com will be making most of the past shows available free all weekend!!! Guild Cancellation Policy If you sign up for workshops, classes or other activity you need to notify Patty Pruitt or Pat McMillen if you are cancelling. Refunds are only given with a 7 day notice of cancellation. All Photos are courtesy of Kelly Pruitt. Refreshment Committees The Members that have volunteered to bring treats to the February meeting are below. If you have signed up, but cannot attend please find a replacement or send your contribution with another member. March - Linda Griffiths, Frances Heinen, Martha Brooks, Heather McClanahan, Virginia Coomes, Kelly Pruitt, Marilyn Smith April - Pat McMillian, Eileen Heinen, Carolyn Jones, Janice Conder, Margot VanLengen, Patty Pruitt, Darlene Chenault, Judy Applegate, Martha Claycomb Have you signed up for a month yet? Check the signup sheet at the March meeting!

3 Quilt Show The show is the weekend of September 22 thru 24. We had a second Quilt Show Planning Meeting and our committees have all been filled, many with new members to the guild or Quilt Show production. Members that have served on some of the committees in the past have volunteered to mentor and assist this years Committee Chairs. We will need all members to contribute in all areas and committees to help make this show as successful and profitable as years past. These are our Quilt Show Committees and Committee Chairmen: Quilt Show- Darlene Chenault - Barbara Jeffries Treasurer - Beth Hunter Quilt Coordinators - Teresa Jenkins - Ruth Hayden County Store - Dawne Johnson, Chair - helping Peggy Brown, Jim Savoy, Martha Brooks, Kathy Mitchell Vendors - Peggy Brown / Patty Pruitt mentor Programs - Kelly Pruitt Café - Debbie McQueary - Lynda Griffin / Patty Pruitt and Whitney Antique mentors Volunteers/Demos - Virginia Coomes - Judy Applegate Door Prizes - Sharon Whitfield / Patty Pruitt and Martha Claycomb mentors Opportunity Quilt and Tickets - Patty Pruitt Publicity - Heather McClanahan - Kelly Pruitt Quilt Turning - Martha Claycomb Setup/tear down - no chair everyone helps Our next meeting is April 4 Extension Office Project room at 6:00 THANK YOU EVERYONE! Darlene

4 Treasurers Report Balance forward, Jan 31, $10, Income Nametag fines Membership Workshops Bus deposits Total income...$1, March Birthdays Kathy Goodman 3 Ruth Hayden 6 Jonagwen Dew 7 Kathy Cravens 17 Sharon Haynes 18 Marilyn Smith 27 Expenses Donation (treadle sewing machine) Hardin Co Homemakers, membership Workshop refund Total expenses...$ Final balance, Feb. 29, $11, Respectfully submitted, Margot Vanlengen The Paducah Bus Trip Patty Pruitt wearing a scarf made by Martha Claycomb April is just around the corner and so is Paducah. Half of the seats have been claimed and there are still 14 seats open. The sign up sheet for the bus to Paducah will be available at the meeting. To reserve your seat you must pay a deposit of $25.00, which (if you worked the quilt show) will be refunded to you the day of the trip. Your seat will be reserved with your payment. Questions: Pat McMillian If you purchase your ticket online, you will be able to head straight for the Entrance at AQS QuiltWeek without standing in line to purchase your ticket. Single Day tickets are available for purchase directly from AQS, until 4:00 p.m. CST, April 18, Any tickets purchased on or before April 6, 2016 will be mailed to you. Tickets purchased after April 6, 2016 will be held for you at the AQS Information Center inside the exhibit hall. Purchase your ticket on or before March 21, 2016, and receive advance ticket pricing of $10.08 for members and $12.60 for nonmembers. Ticket prices after March 21, 2016 and at the door are $11.20 for members and $14.00 nonmembers. Single Day admission tickets for AQS QuiltWeek Paducah Kentucky 2016 can be purchased in any quantity. Each ticket is valid for one day s admission to the show for one person, valid April 20 23, Bring Your Ticket to the Show. If you forget or misplace your ticket, you will need to purchase another at the show. All Sales Final.

5 Meeting Minutes from February Minutes of Stitchers Quild Meeting February 24, 2016 Social Time with refreshments 6:30 7:00 and the meeting was called to order by President Darlene Chenault. Thank you to the Refreshment committee Pat Nahal, Leigh Burba, Jean Mindock, Becky Schroeder, Marty Greenlee, Brenda Arnett, Pat McMillian, and Beth Hunter. We had one new member, Lynda Griffin welcome to our club. Kelly Pruitt made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Beth Hunter. Treasurer s report was presented in the newsletter and filed for audit. 1 st VP Martha Claycomb discussed next months project, brown paper bag. Paper bags were passed out to members. Fill the bags for next months meeting with sewing items you may have two of and bring to the next meeting and to be exchanged with others. Sounds like fun. 2 nd VP s Patty Pruitt/Pat McMillian reported on the March 12 applique workshop with Susan McCombs. April Mariners Compass with Kelly Pruitt; May Thread Play with Beth Hunter. Patty showed samples of class projects and reported on UFO weekend. Pat McMillian reported that there are seats left on the bus for Paducah. Old Business Please sign up for refreshments. Bus trip to Paducah and Quilts for Veterans. New Business Quilt show organizational meeting Feb. 26. in the extension office at 6:00. Ideas for the opportunity quilt show are open. Martha passed out gifts to anyone making a veterans quilt. Brenda Arnett, Pat McMillian, Theresa Jenkins, Beth Hunter and Darlene Chenault volunteered to quilt any quilts anyone may have finished. Quilters Day Out Saturday Feb. 27 Paroquet Springs Conference Center 9-4 Shepherdsville. Name tag door prize winners were Pat Nahal, Ramona Peterson and Marty Greenlee. Patty Pruitt presented a video on Points and straight lines and pressing by Sally Collins. Martha Claycomb presented demo on bathroom tank covers, infinity scarfs and fold and stitch wreaths. Meeting adjourned and next meeting will be March 30, Please bring any errors or omissions to the attention of the Secretary, Judy Applegate at or before the next meeting. Minutes by Judith Applegate Stitchers Secretary Meeting Activities The March meeting activity will be a demonstration of the 10 minute Tablerunner. The Brown Bag Exchange: Each quilter should bring items in a brown bag (if they were not at Feb meeting to get a bag they may bring items in? and I will put them into one). Items may be anything we as a quilter would like (thread, needles, a new or gently used pattern, material, tape measure and other items). You will exchange your bag of goodies for a ticket. The value should be $10.00 or more.

6 WORKSHOPS April Workshop (April ) with Kelly Pruitt - Mariner's Compass. We still have a few open spots for this class. Let Kelly show you how easy it is to make this beautiful quilt. There are several size options available. Patterns are available at Sew Much More. Cost for Workshop is $15.00 and this includes Fri dinner and lunch on Sat. May Workshop (May ) with Beth Hunter - Thread Play. There is still space available for you to register for this class. This is a great project to work on technique. Sign up and come have a fun weekend. Cost is $15.00 which includes dinner on Fri and lunch on Sat. NEW - NEW - NEW WORKSHOP INFO June we will be hosting a "Quilter's Accessory" weekend where you can come and make 5 different items that are extremely useful to you as a quilter. Mark your calendars now because you won't want to miss this exciting weekend. Following is the schedule for that weekend. Sign up and supply lists will be available at the April meeting. Cost is $5.00 per workshop or $20.00 for all 5. Friday 10 Jun "Machine mat/accessory" with Darlene Chenault Sat 11 June "Sewing Machine Cover" with Martha Claycomb Sat 11 June "Fat Quarter Bag" with Pat McMillian Sat 11 June "Project Board" with Ilse Comenzind Sat 11 June "Pincushion" with Kelly Pruitt Sonjas Windows Workshop (June 30) with Candace Hassen. This workshop is full but there is a waiting list. If interested let Patty know so you can get on the waiting list. Things do happen and openings do occur. For those attending the workshop, the hours for the class are 9-1 BUT we have the room until 9:00p.m. so you may continue to work on your project. OR if anyone wants to come after 1 feel free to come and work on UFOs. DATE CHANGE. We have changed dates for the October workshop. New dates for the Braided Quilt with Pat McMillian is Oct. Please mark this change on your Calendar of Events. To sign up or if you have any questions or concerns regarding workshops please contact either Patty Pruitt or Pat McMillian. Charity/ Veteran Quilts 30 finished quilts for the Veteran's Nursing Facility. We are really hoping to give them 50. Please consider sewing one. Size: 36x48, gender neutral colors. If you are able to make the top, we have several long-arm quilters who have volunteered their time to quilt them at no charge to you. BIG THANKS to the many who have participated in this worthy project.

7 Christina Cooper Jean Mindock Ava Allen

8 The 2016 STITCHERS CALENDAR OF EVENTS March 12 March Applique workshop with Susan McCombs 30 Mar meeting Brown Bag Exchange April April Mariner s Compass with Kelly Pruitt 23 April - Paducah bus trip 27 April meeting Physical Therapist May 14 May Thread Play with Beth Hunter 25 May meeting English Paper Piecing with Sharon Haynes June June Quilter s Accessories Weekend make 5 different projects 29 June Potluck meeting (Trunk Show with Candace Hassen) 30 June Workshop with Candace Hassen July July Christmas in July workshop 27 July meeting August August Painting Tropical Flowers with Amy Aldenderfer 31 August meeting September Sep Quilt Show 28 September Meeting October **21-22 Oct Braided Quilt with Pat McMillian **date change 26 Oct meeting November November Loucon Retreat 30 November meeting Resolution quilts December 14 December Christmas Party ** We do not follow Hardin Co School Closings. If there is a cancellation of workshop/meeting it will be sent via and posted to Facebook. Stitchers Quilt Guild Hardin County Extension Office 201 Peterson Dr. Elizabethtown, KY 42701