Cotton Patch Dispatch

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1 Cotton Patch Dispatch Cotton Patch Quilters, PO Box 49511, Athens, GA Website: JUNE 2017 CPQ Calendar Tue, June 13, 2017, 6:30 PM Potluck and installation of officers Presidents Note This year has gone by so fast and we have enjoyed serving as your Presidents. We would like to thank all of our Board Members and Committee Members for all their help in making this year successful in every way. Good programs, a great quilt show and new and old members working together to make Cotton Patch Quilt Guild a fun time for all. We encourage all of you to join in on the fun, volunteer and get involved. The more you participate, the more you will learn and get to know and share with fellow quilters. We wish Pat and Barbara much success this coming year and will be there to support them. Thanks again for a wonderful year. ~Sherry and Fay Officers Presidents: Fay Rawls & Sherry Paul President-Elects: Barbara Redman & Pat Schroder 1 st VP (Member ed.): Sheila Shepherd 2 nd VP (Membership): Julie Allen & Pat Schroder Secretary: Hanna Chupp Treasurer: Diane Klonowski Past President: Chris Langone Committee Chairs Door Prizes - Denise Stanchek Challenges - Cleo Ward Community Service - Ellen Nelson & Carol Ann Burns Fund Raising - June Sanders & Mary Colley Internet - Charles Nicolosi Library - Pat Dwinell Show and Tell - Bobbie Monk Social - Linda Murray Sunshine - Pat Schroder Bee Keeper - Chandler Pike Newsletter Nupur Kittur 1

2 May CPQ Meeting Minutes The meeting was called to order by Fay Rawls. There were 41 members present and 2 visitors. Fay was pleased to announce that we have filled all board offices for the upcoming year. Sharon Rockholt has agreed to be President Elect. Ginny Hunsinger will be in charge of our Social events, Sue Brassard will be in charge of Show and Tell, and Christina Dickerson will take over the door prizes. All new officers will be installed at our June meeting. The May birthdays were announced and Sherry Paul will be glad to know that we sang to them even though she wasn t able to be there! Our speaker was Jane Broaddus. The title of her lecture was 49 Years of Quilting- From traditional to outrageous and back. She started quilting at age 16 and her Grandmother taught her. Her first patterns were Aunt Martha patterns and English Paper Piecing. It took her 15 years to complete her first quilt, but those were the busy years of school, marriage, children, and job careers. After some time she realized that not all quilts were made using the EPP method and started learning to piece quilts on a machine. She also started moving toward Art quilts and feels that they are a good way to express what is going on in your life. She has learned to embellish her quilts with beads and a few other items and her work is amazing. Some of her quilts have enjoyed the honor of being accepted into shows internationally and others have never been accepted. She encouraged us to not give up that sometimes quilts are rejected for other reasons than the quality of the quilt, such as it didn t fit the theme of the show or it didn t fit in with other quilts that were in the show. Even though she enjoys the Art quilts, she still likes to come back to her first love of EPP and traditional quilts. She had many wonderful examples of her work that she shared with us. Next month will be our Potluck meeting and the new officers will be installed. We will start eating at 6:30, so please try to arrive before that. A motion to approve the minutes was made by Bobby Monk and Rachael Carlson seconded the motion. The treasurer s report was accepted as published. Ruhanna gave a Quilt Show Treasurer Report. We made a profit of $ The entire report was published in the April Newsletter. Nan Powell announced that the Wool Bee and Handwork Bee have merged. They will be meeting at the Lyndon House on the first Thursday of each month from 1-3pm. She is also heading up a book drive to benefit Books for Keeps. Please bring any book to the June meeting and she will see that the organization gets them. Feel free to call her with any questions. Carol Ann Burns shared that the Quilts of Valor need 14 quilts made. They have received two tops and four more are in production. If you can help them they meet on the 2 nd and 4 th Wednesday of the month from 12-4:30 at the Lyndon House. Joan Garland was unable to attend the meeting, but she wanted to let everyone know that our next retreat will be September The cost is $ and will require a $100 deposit. Please contact Joan with any questions. Refreshments for May were provided by: Pat Dwinnell, Ginny Lynch, Bobby Monk, Mary Colley, Nancy Klotz, and Linda Murray. Everything was delicious! Thank you! Door prizes were won by: Christina Dickerson, Deborah Wing, and Scott Mason. Next month will be a bonus prize, so come ready! Those that had show and tell were: Carol Ann Burns, Rachel Carlson, Fay Rawls, Sheila Shepherd, and Pat Schroder. -Sheila Shepherd 2

3 Introducing the CPQ Team! Officers Presidents: Barbara Redman & Pat Schroder President elect: Sharon Rockholt 1 st VP (Member education): Sheila Shepherd 2 nd VP (Membership): June Sanders & Deborah Wing Secretary: Hanna Chupp Treasurer: Diane Klonowski Past Presidents: Fay Rawls & Sherry Paul Committee Chairmen Door Prizes: Christina Marie Dickerson Challenges: See note below! Community Service: Ellen Nelson & Carol Ann Burns Internet: Charles Nicolosi Library: Pat Dwinell Newsletter: Nan Powell Show N Tell: Sue Brassard Social: Ginny Hunsinger Sunshine: Pat Schroder Seeking a new Challenges Committee Chair First, we want to thank all of you who have volunteered (or responded to a direct approach) for positions on the CPQ board for the upcoming year. The guild s success depends on member participation and support. There is still one position that need filling and herein we ask for volunteers. Please consider joining in the guidance of our guild. Cleo Ward has done yeoman s work creating challenges for the past two years. She has presented us with stimulating projects. Thank you. Thank you, Cleo, for carrying on through difficult times. We need a new leader to tickle our creative spirit. Think about this position. Contact Pat Schroder at knitnpurr@yahoo.com when the spirit moves you. ~ Barbara and Pat 3

4 CPQ Notes Handwork Bee: Join the Handwork Bee! First Thursday, 1:00 3:00 p.m. The Handwork Bee is happy to welcome the Wool Bee members who are combining with us. We welcome one and all to join us on the first Thursday of each month in the downstairs lounge of the Lyndon House from 1:00 3:00 p.m. Your handwork might be hexies, embroidery, hand quilting, applique, binding anything goes. Inspired by our April speaker Karen Stockwell, we are also making plans to start a Round Robin in the fall! For questions or to join, please contact our beekeeper Nan Powell at nanp34@att.net. Potluck: Just a reminder that June's meeting is pot-luck and we eat at 6:30 ~Linda Murray CPQ Fall RETREAT We have planned our next retreat for September 25th to September 28, 2017, Monday to Thursday. The cost for this 4 day retreat is $ This includes a bedroom for 2, with a private bathroom and 10 delicious meals. FFA supplies bedding sheets, pillows and blankets towels, washcloths and soaps. Most rooms have TVs. Patrick's Feed & Seed, yes it's a quilt shop too, generously gives us a nice discount on a single cut of fabric and she donates a gift certificate. We play a gift swap game, everyone has a lot of fun with this but it's not mandatory to play. You bring a "quilty/sewing" gift valued between $ $ You pick a gift but it can be stolen. Everyone goes home with a nice quilty gift from the game and usually a goody bag too. Don't wait too long to join us. We are over half full of our limit of 26 people already. In order to cut down on extensive paper work, there will be a 15% fee taken if you cancel up to 2 weeks before retreat. If you cancel the week before or that week, there is no refund as I will have already sent my guarantee form and gotten the check from the treasurer for payment. You will have to find a replacement if you can, in order to get your money back. There are no exceptions. You can mail your payment to me at: Joan Garland 4438 Caney Fork Cir Braselton GA Please make your checks out to Cotton Patch Quilters. As always you can me or call me if you have any questions or concerns jagarland@bellsouth.net We have a great group of ladies and lots of fun during our retreats. If you haven't tried it, you don't know what you are missing. ~ Joan Garland 4

5 Cotton Patch Quilters Bees and Meetings, 2016 Bee/Meeting Day Time Location Leader/Contact* Charity Bee Every Wednesday 10 am-1 pm Fiber room at Lyndon House Ellen Nelson & Carol Ann Burns Night Owls 1 st Monday 6:30 pm Denise Stanchek s home Denise Stanchek Hand work 1 st Thursday 1-3:00 pm Downstairs lounge at Lyndon House Nan Powell Stitch and Bitch 1 st Saturday 10 am-3 pm Fiber room at Lyndon House Mary Grider Monday Madness 2 nd Monday 4 th Monday 10 am Judi Caputi s home Judi Caputi Guild Meeting 2 nd Tuesday 6:30-9:00 pm Community Room at Lyndon House Chris Langone Wool group 4 th Thursday 1-3 pm Downstairs lounge at Lyndon House Sherry Paul Travel Bee Occasional To be decided for each event To be decided for each event Chris Reynolds *Please consult the member directory in the members only section of our website for addresses and telephone numbers of the bee leaders. 5

6 TREASURER'S REPORT FOR APRIL 2017 OPERATING ACCOUNT Beginning Balances as March 31, 2017 $11, CREDITS Member Education $ Kroger Rewards $33.68 Door Prizes CPQ Total Credits $ DEBITS Community Service $ Door Prizes Member Education Library Treasurer CPQ Total Debits $1, Designated Funds - Retreat Income $0.00 Expenses 2, Total Designated Funds -$2, BALANCE AS OF APRIL 30, 2017 $8, MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT Beginning Balance as of March 31, 2017 $9, Deposit 6, Interest 0.33 BALANCE AS OF APRIL 30, 2017 $15, ~Submitted by Diane Klonowski, Treasurer Books for Keeps Book Drive June 13 Guild Meeting: Help stop summer slide. Our guild will be hosting a book drive at our June meeting to benefit Books for Keeps. New, used, adult, children, any book at all can be used. New or gently used children s books will be given to elementary school children in Athens so they don t fall behind in school over the summer without access to books. Any other types of books will be sold at the annual book sale (held in August) to raise money to buy books. Learn more at booksforkeeps.org I will be out in front in the parking lot before the meeting from 6:15 7:00 p.m. so you can bring your books straight to my car (a white Honda CR-V). I am also happy to help you carry books from your car to mine. Thanks! ~ Nan Powell 6

7 JUNE: Happy Birthday to 11: Solange Mears 16: Frances Arnold 27: Chris Langone 27: Gertrude Schilsky 30: Katherine Clark See you at the next guild meeting PROGRAM: Summer Potluck DATE: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 TIME: 6:30 PM VENUE: Lyndon House Arts Center 7