Month: February 2020

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March 2020 Newsletter

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NEXT MEETING: MAR. 2, 2020

WHAT TO BRING TO THE MEETING:

  • Name tag
  • March B-O-M
  • Show-and-Tell
  • Door Prizes for M and N

BIRTHDAYS

  • Sharon Shroeder … March 20

PRESIDENT’S CORNER

Is good lighting in your sewing area a priority for you? For several years, my lighting has been less than ideal in my sewing room but I compensated with extra lamps. Recently I decided that my old eyes deserved better so I called an electrician to come to install a new ceiling fan with better lighting. What a difference! I still have my extra lamps and hanging light, but with this new lighting, I probably won’t use those even at night. Why did I wait so long?

I am still sewing at least ten minutes a day (usually more). Are you? I finished one of the UFO projects I showed at the January meeting and am working on the second one. There are so many new projects I want to start, but I am trying to finish some old ones before starting something new.

Happy sewing,

Shirley Lewis

MARCH PROGRAM

Our March program will be all about the latest and greatest quilting and sewing items. We’ll talk about what’s all the rage according to the quilting community as well as talk about what your favorite items are. What items are on your sewing table all the time? What items can you not live without? Bring the one quilting or sewing item that you cannot live without to the meeting on March 2nd and tell us what you love about it.

Michelle Rodriguez

TAQG REPORT

Save the date! Rally Day will be at 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 11th at Sunnyvale First Baptist Church, 3018 N Belt Line Rd., Sunnyvale, TX 75182. Rally Day will be FREE for everyone in honor of TAQG’s 20th anniversary. The speaker this year will be Marti Michell. Check out her web page to find out more about her quilts: http://www.frommarti.com

We will be collecting new sewing related items to use to assemble a couple of door prizes to give away at Rally Day. We also need two people to volunteer to make a mini-quilt or other quality hand-crafted item for the Silent Auction. If you make a mini-quilt, no side can exceed 24 inches in length. Items which have sold well in the past are table runners and purses

Registration has begun for the workshops. The cost is $79 for guild members. You can download them from the TAQG website. Be sure to mail them in along with a check payable to TAQG to the address on the form ASAP. We are expecting these workshops to fill up quickly this year. Don’t miss out. You do NOT need to logon to download the forms. Here is a list of the 3 different workshops offered this year, with a link to the registration forms on the TAQG.org website:

We will begin selling lunch tickets, and Rally Day pins at our April meeting. If you have any questions about TAQG or Rally Day, please contact Katrina Lindley (krazykat1952@gmail.com) or (817) 691-5433.
Katrina Lindley

MINUTES

  • The meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. by President Shirley Lewis. Our quote for the month: ‘I like to come here because you don’t roll your eyes when I talk about fabric.’
  • The minutes of the previous meeting were approved as printed in the Newsletter and filed.
  • The Treasurer’s report was approved as printed in the Newsletter after a notation that it should read Ending Balance with no month mentioned. The report was then filed for audit.
  • February Birthdays: Debi (3rd), Carol (7th), Jeri (10th), and Diane (13th).
  • There were no remembrances this month.
  • Announcements: There is free fabric on the front counter. Barbara Cochran, GP Historical Organization, inquired if any of our ladies would like to set up a booth at the annual Prairie Days celebration on March 21st to sell quilts and also to talk with anyone interested in quilting. This is also open to anyone who does crocheting. If interested, please let Shirley know tonight.
  • Publicity – Meetings listed in the Grand Prairie monthly calendar.
  • Membership: 20 members present tonight plus 2 visitors (Lydia Reyes and Connie Charters from the Frisco guild with their beautiful donation quilt).
  • Newsletter – Deadline 10th
  • BOM – 6 ladies tonight: Barbara B, Michelle, Elisabeth, Ann, Grace, and Lillie.
  • Workshops – Next workshop to be held on April 18th from 9 to 3 at 1st Presbyterian. It will be a charity day where we can work together on a QOV or bring our own charity project to work on.
  • Stitch-a-Bit – Will continue to meet on the 4th Thursday at 1st Presbyterian Church from 9 to 12. It will be a work on your own projects meeting.
  • TAQG – Rally day will be on July 11th at 1st Baptist Church, Sunnyvale. Speaker is Marti Mitchell. If interested in workshops, sign-up has already started. There will only be 3 workshops this year. They asked for door prize baskets, 2 auction items, and 500 items for the goody bags. This is the 20th anniversary of TAQG, so admission for everyone attending Rally Day is free. TAQG representatives will be voting this year on disbanding TAQG. Janice motioned and Michelle seconded that Katrina vote to disband. A discussion was held; motion carried.
  • Door Prizes: Paco, Shirley L, Becky, and Elisabeth.
  • QOV – Becky said the cost for the Guild to join is $30.00. Then each individual member who wished to join is an additional $5.00. This entitles members to have access to free long-arm quilting. We can participate by offering long-arm quilting service, making blocks, donating fabric, or making quilt tops. If you are interested in joining as an individual, please bring your $5 to the next meeting.
  • New Business – Shirley offered 500 Christmas Panels/Christmas Fabric for the goody bags for Rally Day this year. Michelle moved we accept the offer. Becky seconded; motion carried.
  • No Old Business
  • Show and Tell – Sharron, Shirley L, Grace, Elisabeth, Michelle, and Nicole.
  • Our program next month will be on notions – those we can’t live without and modern notions.
  • Tonight, we learned about the different types of scissors and their uses. Debi won a pair of embroidery scissors at the end of the program.

Sue Heard, Secretary

REMINDERS

  • Be sure to wear a name tag at our meetings. If you don’t wear a name tag, you will be charged 50 cents each time.
  • Articles for the newsletter are due by the 10th of the month. Any articles not received by the 10th of the month may or may not get published in that month’s newsletter.
  • The newsletter is published monthly usually within 10 days of the meeting date (first Monday of each month). You will receive an e-mail with a link to the website (qgogp.wordpress.com).
    All previous newsletters are archived on our website. You may also go to our Facebook page. Our newsletter link is posted there monthly. If at any time, you cannot find your newsletter or have deleted the e-mail with the link, you could do an internet search for “quilter’s guild of grand prairie” to find our website.
  • If you have a question about a program, a workshop, or the block of the month, be sure to contact the person(s) in charge of whatever you have a question about. The names, phone numbers, and e-mails are all listed in the newsletter.
  • Please silence your cell phone during our meetings.

BLOCK OF THE MONTH

If you have any questions about these directions, please contact Elisabeth McMahon.

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Elisabeth McMahon

TREASURER’S REPORT

Beginning balance … $1415.03
Deposit … 30.00
Ending balance … $1445.03

Ann Stevenson

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