Brandon Quilters. Cindy Barnett. Upcoming Events

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1 DATES TO REMEMBER Monday, November 3 6:30 PM Monthly Guild Meeting Brandon Library Friday, November 14 9:00 AM-9:00 PM Community Sit-N-Sew Mississippi State Extension Center Saturday, November 15 10:00 AM-4:00 PM Community Quilt Day Brandon Library-Genealogy Room Saturday, November 29 10:00 AM-4:00 PM Community Quilt Day Brandon Library-Genealogy Room Brandon Quilters October 25, 2014 MQA DATES INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Show and Tell Quilts 2 Minutes of Meeting 3 UFO Quilts 3 Community Quilts 4 This is our one money making event of the year. Time to clean out your sewing room or any other room, bake your special recipe, or thin your garden, then bring all your items to our November monthly meeting to be auctioned off. Be sure to bring your wallet and/or checkbook to participate in this event. It s going to be a great time for all! A special word of thanks to all those that assisted me in making our 2014 Fall Quilt Retreat a great time, especially to Kathleen Greer and Mary Boyd who made our goody bags, Martha Ludke, who got up every morning before anyone else and had the coffee going and opened the sewing room for us, Lucy Large, who kept up with our payments and retreat bills, Delene Browning, who took over for me when I really need to rest, and to the 25 quilters and 2 husbands who helped to make this the best quilt retreat yet. THANK YOU! Cindy Barnett Upcoming Events November's Special Feature Annual Make It, Bake It, Grow It, Sew It Auction Submit articles for newsletter to cindybar@bellsouth.net by the first Friday of each month. WEBSITE: BRANDON QUILTER S OPPORTUNITY QUILT REMINDER The blocks for our Opportunity Quilt to be raffled off at the Greater Jackson Quilt show were passed out at the October meeting. Those who took a block or blocks are reminded to bring them completed to our December meeting. COME JOIN BRANDON QUILTERS for COMMUNITY QUILT DAYS at the Brandon Library in the Genealogy Room 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. November 15 th and 29 th December 13 th and 20 th Community Sit-N-Sew Mississippi State Extension Center 601 Marquette Road Brandon, MS Friday, November 14-9 am -7 pm Saturday, December 6-8 am-7 pm

2 Page 2 Show and Tell Diana Carey Melanie Priest Melanie Priest Polly Duggan Nita Stone Polly Duggan Brandon Quilters

3 Minutes of Monthly Meeting October 6, 2014 President opened the meeting. Forty members were present and one visitor, Lawana Ainsworth from Brandon. Kathleen Greer made the motion to accept the September 8, 2014 minutes as written, the motion was seconded and a vote called and the motion passed. quilted. In the absence of Judy Cooper no Sunshine report was given. Delene Browning announced that Judy was still having pain with her shoulder following her September 16 surgery. Lucy Large, Treasurer, presented the following financial report: Beginning Corrected Balance $7, Expenses Cindy Barnett-Newsletter Marilyn Rose Retreat Overpayment Cindy Pannier Retreat Overpayment Missy Lee Opportunity Quilt Fabric Lake Tiak-O Khata - 6, Retreat Payment Deposits Retreat Deposits + 1, End of Month Balance $ 2, Polly Duggan reminded guild members of the MQA Fall Gathering taking place October 17 and 18 at Trinity Baptist Church in Vicksburg. The Opportunity Quilt Committee had individual blocks for members to sign out and complete and bring back by the December guild meeting to be placed in Brandon Quilters Opportunity Quilt. Members were asked to use black or dark gray thread when sewing the blocks. Cindy Barnett announced that 27 persons attended the Fall Quilt Retreat at Lake Tiak-O Khata and that every one had a really great time. Community Quilts Ten quilts have been donated to the Star Fire Department, fourteen baby quilts are on hand, six quilts are ready to be delivered to the Methodist Children s Home, and seven quilts are ready to be Community Quilt Day at the Brandon Library will be October 11 and 25. The Nominating Committee made up of Joan Howard, Ann Callender and Lucy Large, who was appointed by the guild president, presented the slate of nominees for officers for 2015 as follows: -President Janet Lindsey-Vice President Ann Fox-Program Chairman Cindy Barnett-Secretary/Newsletter Treasurer-Missy Lee Appointed Positions Judy Cooper-Sunshine Kathleen Greer-Greeter Martha Ludke-Greeter Marcella Comans-Historian Cindy Pannier-Parliamentarian Polly Duggan-MQA Representative Linda McGill-Charity Quilts Sarah McCormick-Web Master announced the Greater Jackson Quilt Show will be September 11-13, The theme will be Stitches in Bloom. She reminded members to get quilts ready to enter into the show and asked for 24 X 24 miniature quilts donations from which our guild will receive a percentage of what the quilts are sold for returned to the guild. Each guild in the Greater Jackson area has two representatives. and Martha Currie will be the representatives for Brandon Quilters. October s Community Sit-N-Sew will be Friday, October 10. Bettye Housley and Sarah McCormick won the fat quarter drawings. announced that next month s special feature would be our annual Make It, Bake It, Grow It, Sew It Auction. Members were reminded to bring items for the auction to the November meeting, October s Special Feature was two videos on English Paper Piecing. The first was a Fons and Porter video on machine piecing and the second was by Sue Daley on hand piecing.. Joan Alliston reminded guild members that Christmas quilts will be hung October 27 and 28 at he Ag Museum in Jackson. She also announced that on December 13 the Historical Society will host a Holiday Tour of homes in Brandon. Tickets are $10 each. Marilyn Rose, Janet Lindsey, Delene Browning, Debbie Wilson, Cindy Pannier, and displayed quilts tops they completed at the fall retreat. Janet Lindsey and Polly Duggan showed UFO quilts. Community Quilts were presented by Sarah McCormick and Linda McGill. Show and Tell Quilts were displayed by Polly Duggan, Nita Stone, Diane Carey, and Melanie Priest. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Cindy Barnett. Page 3 UFO Quilts Janet Lindsey Polly Duggan Polly Duggan Brandon Quilters

4 Page 4 Community Quilts Sarah McCormick Linda McGill Linda McGill Brandon Quilters 103 Northridge Drive Brandon, MS Linda McGill Linda McGill Crisp Autumn Days Are Great for Quilting!

5 Brandon Quilters Fall Quilting Retreat October 25-28, 2014 Lake Tiak - O Khata Louisville, MS

6 Debbie Wilson Beth Boone Betty Ferguson Missy Lee Marilyn Rose Marilyn Rose, Ann Tullos, Ann Tullos, Martha Currie Jette Williams Bettye Housley Lucy Large and Amy Schwain Ann Tullos Helene Tann Ann Tullos Polly Duggan and

7 Martha Ludke Beth Boone Missy Lee Debbie Wilson Kathleen Greer Cindy Pannier Ann Tullos Jetta Wi8lliams Cindy Barnett Martha Ludke Marilyn Rose Lucy Large Polly Duggan Sarah McCormick Retreaters worked all day and into the night. Friday night starting at 11:00, there was a pajama party, complete with a pajama style show, followed by an all-nighter. Only three brave souls were able to make it completely through the night. What a way to go, Kathleen Greer, Mary Boyd, and Cindy Barnett. Special prizes were awarded throughout the night given by Village Cloth Shoppe in DeKalb. This was a great experience, but even the three who made it through the night decided that this would probably be our first and last time for a sewing all-nighter.

8 Cindy Barnett Janet Lindsey Missy Lee Joan Ayers Martha Ludke Twenty-seven persons attended the 2014 Brandon Quilters Fall Retreat twenty-five quilters and two husband/chauffeurs. The delicious food prepared by Lake Tiak-O Khata s staff made up our buffet breakfasts and lunches and most suppers in the lodge building overlooking the beautiful lake. We more than stuffed ourselves at mealtime and worked it off at the sewing machines. Everything was in walking distance and most attendees walked to and fro from the chalet, Smyth Hall, to Pineridge Lodge, our sewing facility, to the Lodge where we ate our meals. Mornings started early as Martha Ludke was up before dawn brewing coffee for early risers at the sewing room before 6:00 each morning. Most sewed into the night and went to sleep by 11:00 each night, some earlier, some later. We had two side trips to quilt shops. Friday morning we went to Main Street Fabric in Ackerman. Saturday afternoon it was a trip to DeKalb for a visit to Village Cloth Shoppe. The retreat ran from Thursday morning around 9:00 until Sunday afternoon around 3:00. Everyone had a GREAT time!

9 Sarah Youngblood Jette Williams Debbie Wilson Marilyn Rose Sarah McCormick Kathleen Greer Amy Schwain Sarah Youngblood

10 Marilyn Rose Janet Lindsey Marilyn Rose Janet Lindsey Debbie Wilson Cindy Pannier Debbie Wilson Each quilter attending was given a bag containing instructions and all the materials needed to complete a folding case to hold various quilting tools. Everyone that completed their kit during the retreat received an extra prize a needle threader and case. See Billie s case below. We had a lot of fun, great fellowship, and shared helpful hints and sewing problem solving with each other. We even managed to finish a good number of quilting projects, as you can see. Kathleen Greer and Mary Boyd made goodie bags and stuffed them full of wonderful items. Then we had drawings for the bags throughout the retreat and each quilter received a bag. To identify our group, each participant was given a name tag that was a miniature quilt with their name on it. This was our meal ticket as our retreat fee included our lodging, meals, and rent for our sewing room. At the end of the retreat we turned in our name tags to assure their use next year when we once again gather. To take home, each quilter received a tag to hang on their rotary cutter with their name spelled out in beads and a tag letting the world know we love quilting. Each year participants receive a different charm. This year it was a small silver thimble to add to our collection on our retreat pins. For those that did not make it this year, hope the pictures here will inspire you to sign up for next year s retreat. See you there!