Volume XXV # 3 P. O. Box 1712, Clarkesville, GA March, 2018 Tuesday March 20, 2018 Founded in 1994 New Fellowship Hall

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1 Volume XXV # 3 P. O. Box 1712, Clarkesville, GA March, 2018 Tuesday March 20, 2018 Founded in 1994 New Fellowship Hall Sack lunch at 11:30, Show and Tell 12:30 Clarkesville United Methodist Church Meeting to follow thereafter Clarkesville, GA Program for March 20, 2018 Viewing the World Through Quilt Colored Glasses The March program will be presented by Frances Arnold of Bishop, GA. She is a member of Cotton Patch Quilters in Athens. She will have a Power Point presentation & Trunk Show. We are excited to welcome Frances. See you there! Claire Hiscox President's Message Thanks to all who participated in the Silent Auction. Special thanks to those who donated things, those who purchased items, and to the ladies who were my runners, Linda Hynninen, Claire Hiscox, Sherrie Cramer, and Janice Santoro. Let s not forget our treasurer Kathy Lewis. It was a great success and you all made it possible. THANK YOU THANK YOU. MaryAnn Prue LIFE - is like a camera FOCUS- on what is important CAPTURE - the good times DEVELOP - from the negatives if it turns out badly TAKE - another shot. Mission Statement The purpose of the guild is to promote and perpetuate the art of quilting. The work of the guild is designed to benefit and educate those interested in preserving, continuing and advancing this art. The guild is a Not-for-Profit Educational organization. Workshop News for March 23, 2018 Digital Sew Day!! In March, we are doing something a little different for a workshop. You are asked to sign up to work at home for the day. Be sure to put your I m Quilting Today sign up so that everyone at home knows you are busy!! If you have questions, please contact Janice Chiaffredo at janice@chiaffredo.org. BULLOCH HALL QUILT GUILD Is Hosting The National Park Service Centennial Quilt Show Travelling Exhibition Great American Cover-Up Quilt Show March 9-18, 2018 Contact: Holly Anderson quiltholly@bellsouth.net Bee Artful are carpooling on March 13; Contact Hilary Johnson Our website is very up-to-date with lots of information about meetings, programs, workshops and bees. The current newsletter and health articles are posted as soon as they are released, so if you ve lost yours, go there to download it. The comfort quilt patterns are also on the Service Projects page. So keep it bookmarked for easy clicking! Let me know of things you d like to have added or corrections. Bev Mannes bjm999@windstream.net 1

2 Minutes for Mountain Laurel Quilt Guild February 20, 2018 President MaryAnn Prue opened the first meeting in the new community hall at 12:30 pm. Many beautiful quilts were displayed and talked about at Show and Tell along with several donation quilts and Quilts of Valor. Bee Artful displayed the landscape quilts they had made last year, which will be on show at the March Expo. Minutes and Treasurer s Reports: Approved as printed. Membership: Gini Cawood reported 52 members present. There were no door prizes today because of the silent auction but Marge Striggow won the President s door prize. Basting: Marge Striggow said there will be basting before next month s meeting. Please call her if you have a quilt that needs to be basted. Books and Tools: $5.00 was collected from members who did not have their name tags. Achievement: Janice Santoro asked that members please fill out the sheet listing all the quilts they show that day. Donation Quilt: Jane Threlkeld thanked everyone who has signed up to help at the Expo March A list was made available for members to check their shifts. Jane is collecting members $10 donations and ticket stubs. If you haven t picked up your packet, please see her. Sunshine: Peggy Saum had sent a sympathy card to Claire Hiscox. Please let her know if a card needs to be sent to either guild members or a sewing buddy. Programs: Claire Hiscox thanked everyone for their kind thoughts and prayers at the passing of her mother. At the March meeting, Frances Arnold from the Cotton Patch Quilters will be presenting a trunk show entitled Viewing the World through Quilt Colored Glasses. Workshops: Friday, Silke Cliatt will be teaching us how to make beautiful pins. March will be our first Digital Sew Day and in April Hilary Johnson will be showing us 2 blocks and incorporating them into something special. Old Business: Diane Turner presented the report of the Audit Committee. No problems were found and their certification will be kept with today s minutes. A quilter on the east coast of North Carolina had sent information on her long arm quilting services. If interested in sending your quilts to NC, see MaryAnn Prue. New Business: The Executive Board met and are proposing some minor changes to the By-Laws and Policies and Procedures. These changes will be printed in this month s newsletter and questions will be taken at the March meeting. MaryAnn will be on vacation next month so Diane Turner will run the meeting. You may also call one of these ladies with your questions, and/or changes. Bee Buzziness: Bee Creative will be meeting the 1 st Wednesday of the month at Mary Ann Prue s home. Bee Artful are going on a road trip to the Bulloch Hall Quilt Show in Roswell Tuesday March 13. If anyone from the guild would like to go, please contact Hilary Johnson. They are carpooling. Bee Sharps will be on a retreat Feb 26 Mar 2. Today s Program: Our annual silent auction bought out lots of unwanted items that other members were only too happy to purchase. All proceeds go to the Guild funds. Meeting adjourned at 2:20 pm. Respectfully submitted, Hilary Johnson, Secretary 2

3 Treasurer s Report February, 2018 FIBER ARTS in the VALLEY At Sautee Nacoochee Center Friday, May 4 & Saturday, May 5, 2018 All day event with food, music and Llamas. There will be workshops to attend. We also need helpers and Vendors. Applications on website: FOR SALE Janome 6600P I have many extra bobbins, the special presser that come standard with the machine, besides the regular walking foot I have two others. One is a ¼ inch walking foot, also a stitch in the ditch walking foot. It comes with an additional sole plate and was serviced six months ago and is in great condition. $ Marie Kinneer Greene St. Cleveland, GA

4 Officers for 2018 President Maryann Prue 1 st VP Programs Claire Hiscox 2 nd VP Workshops Janice Chiaffredo & Glenda Hall Secretary Hilary Johnson Treasurer Kathy Lewis Committee Chairs for 2018 Achievement Basting Books & Tools Circle of Hope Comfort Quilts Door Prizes Historian Hostess Mail pickup Membership Newsletter Official Hugger Opportunity Quilt Parliamentarian Publicity Quilts of Valor Sunshine Webmaster Happy Birthday March Judy Bratt 2 Terry Wright 6 Anne Bullard 25 Marge Striggow 26 Carey Coghill 29 Janice Santoro & Kathy Ingmundson Marge Striggow & Anne Bullard Linda Hynninen Connie Stephenson Anne Bullard Sharon Ruth & LuAnn Luedtke Bonnie Finne Diane Turner Anne Bullard Gini Cawood Gail Routt Rita Sander Jane Threlkeld Lucia Scroggs Pamela Prosser Karen Trombley Peggy Saum Bev Mannes Show and Tell Ribbon Guidelines Items to be kept or given away by maker 1 Ribbon Baby Size 2 Ribbons Small Lap or Twin Size 3 Ribbons Double Bed Size 4 Ribbons Queen Bed Size 5 Ribbons King Bed Size Redeem 10 ribbons for a level pin Charity and QOV Quilts 1 Rose for each donation quilt Redeem 15 Roses for a Heart In Hand or Flag Heart pin. Redeem 10 Heart in Hand pins for 1 Heart & Angel pin Achievement Awards February, 2018 Linda Hynninen Level 22 Hilary Johnson Level 10 Charity donations Hilary Johnson 1 5 quilts to First Steps Shirley Trepte 5 6 quilts to Power House Sherrie Cramer 1 2 quilts to Habitat for Humanity Bev Mannes 1 Sharon Ruth 2 Quilts of valor Marie Kinneer 1 Linda Hynninen 1 Anne Bullard 1 Ruth Spencer & Gini Cawood 1 Marge Striggow 1 Thank you all for your generosity, Janice Santoro 2018 Mountain Laurel Quilt Guild Challenge Put a Bird On It January May, 2018 Timeframe: From January May, At the May Guild Meeting members will submit their entries and vote for their favorites. Everyone at the May meeting will get to vote. Prizes: 1st, 2nd & 3rd place Size Requirements: No smaller than 18 square and no larger than 28 square. (They don t have to be square but they do need to be somewhere between those sizes.) Members can submit as many entries as they wish. You can use your submission from the guild s show at the Georgia Botanical Garden in January, If your entry goes to the Botanical Garden, you also need to mount a hanging sleeve and rod (with your name on it). You may also submit your entries for sale. There will be a reception on January 6, Further details are available from Lynda Doll, or Jan Pitman,

5 Bee Buzziness Bee Creative Will be meeting the first Wednesday at MaryAnn Prue's home, start at 9:30 am to?. Call for info Bee Sharps Meet 10 am 1st Thursday of each month at Bethel Baptist Church in Tiger, GA. Bee Sharps will be on retreat Feb. 26 to March 2 at The Mountain, Highlands, NC. Bee Artful Meets 9:30 am 2nd Tuesday of each month at 1st UMC-Clarkesville. However are going on a road trip to the Bulloch Hall Quilt Show in Roswell Tuesday March 13. If anyone from the guild would like to go, please contact Hilary Johnson. They are carpooling. QOV workshop Meets 10 am 4th Wednesday of each month. Meeting at Bethel Baptist Church, Clayton, GA. Please bring lunch & $1.00. Karen Trombley, Welcome Back former member Sandra White 304 Scenic View Drive Alto, GA gingerbreadgirl1939@gmail.com September 23 Basting There will be basting before the meeting at 10 am. Marge Striggow & Anne Bullard March 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat :30 am Bee Creative Bee Artful Road Trip am Basting; 12:30 Show & Tell; Meeting All Day Cyber Sew Day am QOV

6 Mountain Laurel Quilt Changes Proposed Changes to Policies and Procedures 69 Meeting Times and Places Para 1: Line 1 delete beginning approximately at 1:00 pm.. Line 4: After start at 12:30 pm add followed immediately by the Guild meeting. after Membership Line 2: After,,,,,,includes add the fee for the Thereafter one word Para. 3: name tag should be two words throughout paragraph. Bee Groups Para. 3: Line 1: e.g. instead of i.e. Line 6: attractions - plural Current Committees/Chairpersons Para 1: Line 3: Omit sentence: At the conclusion that committee. Membership Line 8: Sentence starting The MC,,,,,,,,, for collection of Newsletter Para. 1: Line 3: change anyone to any guests Para. 2: Line 2: Add information after workshops Delete and information from the minutes of prior meetings Door Prizes Line 1: Take out a Line 4: Add fund to door prize Line 5: Add the in front of committee chair Line 6: Change into to in to and the in front of Treasurer Donated Books and Tools Line 3: Should read, can be attached by owner. Program Line 1: Spell out Vice President Workshops Line 1: Spell out Vice President Line 2: Delete, When hosting a national or international speaker for a workshop New sentence starts Non- members wish to participate in a workshop.. Line 5: Add to the attendees after given Opportunity Quilt Line 2: Delete a before every year Publicity Add sentence at the end of paragraph. The chairperson will be responsible for submitting and article and photograph of the recipient of the Level 50 award to the local newspapers that publish our announcements. Achievement Awards Para 1: Line 4 and an article.announcements. This sentence moved to Publicity. Para 2: Line 5 Add s to donation 6

7 Mountain Laurel Quilt Guild Proposed Changes to the By-Laws Article IV Membership and Dues Section 2 Line 4: Change February to March Delete the in front of voluntary Section 5 Line 1: Should be Members Article V Officers and Duties Section 4 Para D: Line 5: Changes it s to its Line 6: Change February to March Para E: Line 3: Delete formulate and add assistance in preparing. the annual Article VIII Executive Committee Section 2 Line 3: Add after February.(review of the By-Laws) After June remove (review of the By-Laws) Line 4: After General Meeting and organizing for the coming year. Article IX Elections Section 1 Line 5: Change nomination to nominating Section 3: Line 1: Delete counterparts and add incoming officers 7