DATES TO REMEMBER July 5, 2011 6:30 PM Monthly Meeting Brandon Library July 18, 2011 10 AM-2 PM Sit & Sew Brandon Library July 15 16, 2011 Gayle Wallace Classes Brandon Library August 13, 2011 9:00 AM Nita Stone-T-Shirt Quilt Class 911 Building Brandon, MS President s Message June 11, 2011 September 17-18 Greater Jackson Quilt Show Mississippi Crafts Center 950 Rice Road, Ridgeland, MS October 20-23, 2011 Fall Retreat Lake Tiak-O Khata 213 Smyth Road Louisville, MS AQS DATES July 13-16 AQS Show Knoxville, TN MQA DATES July 18-23 MQA Educational Classes with Deb Karasik -July 18-19 Starkville, MS -July 20-21 Jackson, MS -July 22-23 Hattiesburg, MS September 30-October 1 MQA Fall Gathering Starkville, MS At our June monthly meeting everyone was charged up and excited about recent quilting activities in our area and the ones coming to our area in the near future. Brochures were given out about the Fall Quilting Retreat. The dates of the retreat will be October 20 th through October 23 rd at Lake Tiak-O Khata in Louisville. Betty Ferguson and Nita Stone Classes will be making a trip soon to take donated quilts to Louisville. We need your help! One quilt was left after the Library Quilt Exhibit. Will the owner of the quilt please contact me at 601-829-0029. It is a 5 x 5 patch design. I think it is made from men s ties. Till next time keep on quilting! Virginia McGrane This Quilt was left behind at the Library s Quit Exhibit. If it is yours, please contact Virginia McGrane to have it returned to you. INSIDE THIS ISSUE: UFOs 2 Greater Jackson Quilt 2 Celebration Parade of Quilts 3 Challenge Quilts 4 Minutes of Meeting 5 Fall 6 Retreat FAT QUARTER FOR JULY TURQUOISE AND YELLOW Submit articles for newsletter to cindybar@bellsouth.net by the first Friday of each month. WEBSITE: www.brandonquilters.org T-SHIRT QUILT CLASS Nita Stone will be teaching a T-shirt quilt class on Saturday, August 13 th at the 911 Building on Marquette Road. The class will begin at 9:00 AM and continue until around 4:00 PM. The cost is $25 for, and $35 for non-members. You will need 15 T-shirts for a throw or twin quilt, 20 T-shirts for a full size quilt, 30 T-shirts for a queen size quilt, and 36 T-shirts for a king size quilt. For more information on this class contact Nita Stone. Gayle Wallace Classes July 15 & July 16 Gayle Wallace, a national teacher will be teaching two classes. The first one will be on string quilts taking place on Friday, July 15 th. Saturday, July 16 th Gayle will be teaching a geometrical quilt. The price for each class is $40.00 for non-members of Brandon Quilters and $25 for members of. Friday evening Gayle will have a trunk show. Gayle will judge the President s challenges Friday and on Saturday she will present the awards. Brandon Raffle Quilt Tickets for Raffle Quilt, Stars Galore are now on sale for $1 each or 6 tickets for $5. Lucy Large has packets of tickets for those who wish to purchase or sell the raffle tickets. The quilt will be raffled off on September 18th at the Greater Jackson Quilt Show. Please Note: Due to the lack of interest, the June 18 th Sit- N -Sew has been cancelled
Page 2 UFO Quilts Rachel Courtney Missy Lee Billie Thompson Betty Magee Janet Lindsey Sarah Ketchum Betty Magee Greater Jackson Quilt Show Greater Jackson Quilt Celebration Saturday-Sunday, September 17 th 18 th Mississippi Crafts Center 950 Rice Road Ridgeland, Mississippi 9:00 am 5:00 pm on Saturday, September 17 th 11:00 am 4:00 pm on Sunday, September 18 th Sponsors: Allison Well s Quilters,, Jackson Quilters, and Quilters By Hearts Desire Featured Block: Nine Patch Theme: Tic-Tac-Toe, All the Places Quilters Go Quilt Entry Deadline: August 15, 2011. There is a limit of three entries per person and an entry fee of $5 per entry. Oversized Quilts (more than 92 length) will be limited to 12 quilts. Quilt Drop off: Mississippi Crafts Center Wednesday, September 14 th 9:00 am 12:30 pm
Page 3 Parade of Quilts Judy Cooper Deborah Williams Cindy Pannier Missy Lee Storm Victim Quilt Ruth Pullen Polly Duggan-Quilter by Hearts Desire Raffle Quilt Cindy Pannier Ann Callender Janet Lindsey Gwen Harris Gwen Harris Quilt of Valor
Page 4 Challenge Quilts Marilyn Rose
Page 5 Minutes of Monthly Meeting June 6, 2011 President Virginia McGrane called the meeting to order. Forty-four members were present at the June meeting along with visitors, Billy Stilley and Janice Cates. Brochures and registration forms for the Fall Retreat set for October 20 th through October 23 rd were given out. Nine persons had signed up for the Gayle Wallace Class at the beginning of the June monthly meeting. Based on a financial concern, Sarah McCormick made the motion to cancel the classes. Billie Thomas seconded the motion. After much discussion a vote was called. The result was as follows: 24 votes against cancelling the classes, 4 votes for cancelling the classes, and 13 neutral votes. The classes will take place. Virginia told guild members that on Friday, Gayle will present a trunk show. A boxed supper will be served for $6.00 per person. Virginia thanked those members who sold raffle tickets for the Brandon Raffle Quilt at the MQA June Gathering. Since the funds from the sale of raffle tickets is a large part to the guild s means to raise money for classes and retreats, It was pointed out that the guild needs to work harder on sales of raffle tickets. Lucy Large, treasurer, presented the following financial report: Beginning Balance $4,958.64 Expenses Nita Stone - 64.15 for plant Cindy Barnett - 22.52 for printing & postage Sarah McCormick - 131.28 for website Deposit dues quilt challenge + 110.00 Month End Balance $4,850.69 Virginia stated that she had talked to the Salvation Army and asked what the needs were of the resent tornado victims of Smithville, Mississippi. She reported to the guild that anything considered a necessity was needed, including paper towels, cleaning supplies, personal hygiene items, etc. Ann Fox contacted a quilter in Tupelo who told of a boy in Smithville with needs. Nita Stone has gotten in touch with a church in Smithvile which reports that they lost everything and are in need of quilts for their baby s area. Also the pastor reported that there is a need for any size quilt since everybody in Smithville has just about lost everything. Nita and Betty Magee plan to take donated quilts to the church in Smithville as soon as they have received enough to carry with them. Someone has left a quilt at the library after the quilt showing. Virginia McGrane is keeping the quilt safe until the owner comes forward to claim it. Virginia reminded the guild that the President s challenge is due Friday, July 15 th. Gayle Wallace will judge the quilts entered Friday night and will present the awards Saturday, July 16 th. Virginia reminded the guild of the Greater Jackson Quilt Show. It was reported that not many quilts have been submitted. Virginia encouraged members to submit quilts for the show. Joan Alliston informed the guild of a new display of quilts made by ladies over the age of seventy. The next exhibit of quilts will be Christmas quilts followed by nine patch quilts in January. Prior to the meeting Virginia had placed four aqua tags under four chairs. When she announced to look under your seat, aqua tags were discovered by Debbie Williams, Cindy Barnett and Gayle Matlage who were awarded prizes. Billie Thompson gave a report on the MQA June Gathering. She stated that over 150 quilters attended the event. The membership of MQA is now over 400. Billie announced that the June Gathering for 2012 will be the first weekend in June, 2012. Billie also reminded the guild members of the MQA National teacher, Deb Karasik teaching Quilts with an Attitude. She will be teaching three classes one in Starkville, one in Jackson, and one in Hattiesburg. Each class will be limited to 20 quilters. After taking a survey from members present at the June meeting, Debbie Wilson announced that the June Sit-N-Sew would be cancelled. Marilyn Rose presented a program on quilt challenges. She showed some of her many challenge quilts. Her theme for quilt challenges was What If. Seven persons showed UFO quilts followed by thirteen persons showing show and tell projects. Door prizes were won by Ruth Pullen and Billie Thompson. Betty Sutton won the fat quarter drawing. She chose turquoise and yellow for July s fat quarters. There being no further business, the meeting was closed. Respectfully submitted, Cindy Barnett
Page 6 Fall Quilt Retreat 2011 Fall Retreat Thursday, October 20 th -Sunday, October 23 rd Lake Tiak-O Khata Louisville, Mississippi Lots of fellowship, food, fun, and of course quilting! Bring quilting project or projects of your choice to work on. Retreat will begin at 8:00 AM Thursday and end at 1:00 PM Sunday. Hotel accommodations at Lake Tiak-O khata Inn Cost of retreat includes hotel room, food, and meeting room for sewing. Individual price is determined by number of persons staying in room. Sign-up now going on. Brochure and registration form on website. 103 Northridge Drive Brandon, MS 39042-4030