Month: May 2022

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June 2022 Newsletter

GUILD MEETING PROTOCOL

Thanks for all your cooperation in the months of COVID-19. In keeping with the protocols of First Presbyterian Church of Grand Prairie, masks are optional. As always, if you are sick, please stay home.

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NEXT MEETING: JUNE 6, 2022

WHAT TO BRING TO THE MEETING

  • Name tag
  • Show-and-Tell
  • Sew-Along Block
  • Door prizes for N or O

BIRTHDAYS

Grace Norris … June 19

PRESIDENT’S CORNER

The older I get the harder it is to be away from home for any length of time, so this month has been a little busy. First I had a reunion with several high school classmates from Healdton, Oklahoma. We meet outside Corsicana at a friend’s lake house and the six of us talked for four days. It was wonderful to catch up with old friends, eat good food and relax outside for morning coffee and evening glass of wine.

I was home two days when I left for a quilt retreat. Now, what is not to like about quilting for a few days without interruptions or taking care of things around the house! I did get to work on a couple of projects but the real entertainment was the deer and squirrels and rabbits that would come visit in the morning and evening.

Good to be home where I can control my eating…I really liked eating like I shouldn’t.

Deborah Cypert

JUNE PROGRAM

The June program will be about signature quilts. This type of quilt was made as early as the 1600s and is still popular today. If you have made a signature quilt or received a signature quilt as a gift, please bring it to show as a part of the program. Hope to see you on June 6.

Shirley Lewis

WORKSHOP NEWS

Our next workshop will be June 4th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church. It will be a charity workshop. Some of you may remember that when TAQG (Texas Association of Quilt Guilds) disbanded in 2020, we received a grant of about $200 (I think a bit more than $200) to use to purchase batting/backings to complete some Quilts of Valor tops. I would like this workshop to be a Quilts of Valor workshop. We can make some blocks and then use those blocks to make some quilt tops. The pattern that I will be providing is the 2022 Quilts of Valor National Block Drive block from their website: https://www.qovf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-Floating-Churn-Dash.pdf. It should be done in reds or blues with a neutral background color. If you would like to make some blocks ahead of time to have some ready-to-make quilt tops, you may do so. If you prefer to make a different quilt block, you may do so, but please make sure it is 12.5 unfinished and is done in reds or blues with a neutral background.

Lunch will be on your own.

Michelle Rodriguez

MINUTES

  • Minutes — prior meeting minutes were approved with no changes.
  • Treasurer report — balance $1652.08
  • Remembrances — Marlene Tanner died May 10th. She was a past member of the guild.
  • Please keep Carol Franklin in your thoughts and prayers
  • Birthdays — Sue Heard May 16th.
  • Membership — there were 14 members in attendance for the meeting.
  • New Members — none for May
  • Monthly sew along— Block #3 is a total of 7 of the same blocks. Instructions for block are available online or on paper copy.
  • Workshop — Charity workshop scheduled for June 4th, 2022. Guild will work on quilts of valor; hours 9 to 3.
  • Stitch Group — Will meet on May 26th at the Woods Methodist Church. 9 to 2.
  • April there were 9 members in attendance.
  • Door Prizes — there were three door prize winners this month. Shirley Lewis, Debi Cypert and Cathy Mullin
  • Old Business — none
  • New Business — none
  • Show & Tell — Shirley Lewis & Michelle Rodriguez.
  • Program — May program was presented by Shirley Lewis. The theme was Indian Quilting and the Navajo Quilt Project.
  • PROGRAM JUNE — TBD
  • Meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.

Cathy Mullin

TREASURER’S REPORT

Beginning Balance … $1,652.08
Ending Balance … $1,652.08

Diane Lewis

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.