Everett Quilt Guild Newsletter (edited for web) August 2018 Good Day, We are already into the month of August, and summer is almost over. The display is up at the Marysville Library, go check out the fantastic job Donna and Susan have done putting it all together. A special thanks goes out to both of them and all that shared their projects for display. Donna has asked if there are any pictures you have taken from past years of the Everett Quilt Guild, please send them to her, with names of the members, if they are no with the guild. She would like to combine our pictures and store them digitally September 21st at 10:30 am we have a Warm 'N Natural tour scheduled. The space is limited to 10-15 people, there will be a sign- up sheet for attending and car pooling. It is about a 2 1/2 hour drive, it is well worth the drive to check it out Please read over the Minutes for June and July for approval at our next meeting. I am having the email from Shawna, President of All in Stitches sent me about the North Summit meeting for Guilds. If you are interested in going please let me know. See you at the meeting Cheers Deb L President If you shop on Amazon please remember to sign in using Amazon Smile and select Everett Quilt Guild as your charitable organization so our guild can receive a percentage of your purchase price. The Northwest Quilt and Craft Show Where: Puyallup Fair Grounds When: October 18 thru October 20 Time: 10am to 5pm Thurs & Fri 10am to 4pm Sat Carpool?? It s always more fun when you go with friends! Lets set up some carpools at the August and September guild meetings. Page 1
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Pat J Ronnie L Becky P Joyce T Karen L Everett Quilt Guild Membership Meeting Monday, August 27th at the South Precinct of the Everett Police Department. Doors open at 5:30 PM Meeting Begins: 6:00 PM August Program Susan and Pat will give us an overview and some tips on attaching a sleeve to a quilt for hanging. Road Trip - Warm and Natural September 21, 2018 Its time to run away with your fellow guild members and visit the factory where our favorite Warm and Natural cotton batting is produced. We need to be at the factory by 10:15 to check in for the morning tour. We are suggesting that we carpool and leave Everett around 8AM. You can sign up for the tour and arrange carpools with your fellow guild members at the August guild meeting. After the tour plan to have lunch and if you wish, visit the local quilt shop before meandering back home (visiting shops along the way???). Call Susan E. with any questions. Page 2
GENERAL GUILD MEETING June 25, 2018 Debbie, President, called meeting to order 6:00 pm Old Business: Nomination Committee - Guild members will need to elect some new Executive Board members, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. Our President, Debbie, has elected to continue as President for 2019, but the position is open, if anyone would like to toss their name in for the members to vote. Charlene has volunteered to be the Chairperson of the Nomination Committee. Any questions, contact Charlene. Also, some committees may need new chairpersons for 2019. More to come on this. By-Laws Look in the newsletter for the recommended changes for the By-Laws, as noted before there is a suggested change for when membership is due and another recommendation is to remove the executive board member s names. Both these recommended changes will be in the July/August/September newsletter and we will vote on these recommended changes at the September Business Meeting. Retreat 2019 Diane, Chairperson, passed around a sign-up sheet for 2019. She is trying to get an idea of who is interested in next year s retreat. Camp Casey has raised the price on renting the kitchen from $200 to $250. Also, they have not decided what they are going to charge to move the furniture for next year. At this time the approximate cost is $160 per person for the entire retreat and that is for 22 people to attend. Keep in mind the back room is available for sewing as well. This might be a way to accommodate additional quilters. A signup sheet went around for volunteers to be the Hostess of the day at the retreat. Enrollment for the 2019 Retreat will start in August of this year. Hospitality - A sign-up for the Snack Schedule for the general meeting went around for members to commit to providing snacks/drinks for the next 3 months. Susan will give this to Jackie, Chairperson. On a side note, Jackie is recovering well from her surgery. She is back to driving and should be at the July meeting. Membership It was recommended that we try to put our membership form on our website so potential new members could go there to print form off and bring to meeting. As a reminder our membership fees are going up to $30 per year. In January members will pay $15 for 6 months, then in June members will pay $30 for a full year. We are changing our year from June1 to May 31. The newsletter will have the suggested By-Law change for us to vote on at the September Business Meeting. Block Exchange Donna, Chairperson, let everyone know that the July theme is Shades of Green. Sew Day for guild members will be Saturday, June 30 th. Information on this fun-filled day of sewing. Family and/or friends are welcome. Don t forget to bring your snacks and lunch. There will be a few community quilts to work on, if you choose to do so. Page 3
New Business: We have a new member, Karen. Welcome to the Everett Quilt Guild, Karen! At the next meeting, get to know this crazy quilter J! Publicity Donna, Chairperson, shared with us that the guild will be doing a display at the Marysville Library. The emphasis will be on where we donate our community quilts and classes we ve had. Space is limited. Anyone who would be interested in helping her and/or sharing items, please contact her directly. Fund Raising - A wonderful basket is being raffled to raise money for the guild. Raffle tickets were being sold $3.00 per ticket or $10.00 for 5 tickets. With this in mind, if any members have items that they would like to contribute for future baskets to be raffled off, please let Susan know. Show N Tell - Thank you to all the Guild members who shared their wonderful work! It gives us motivation to continue our love of sewing! Door Prize Winners are Gay, Jo and Donna. CONGRATULATIONS to you all!!! Dawn, brought quilting magazines to the meeting for anyone to take home. Presentation Quilter s Coop did an awesome Trunk Show!! Thank you so much, Joanne and Jen. Not only were the quilts that you shared with us wonderful, but the items you brought for us to purchase was fantastic! There are a couple of classes coming up. One class will start December 8 th A Journey for Quilters and another class that will start on August 27 th, but I didn t get the name of it (sorry). Check out their website for additional information. Thank you for all the wonderful snacks and drinks at tonight s meeting. Meeting adjourned 7:50 pm Minutes taken by Becky, Secretary. Page 4
Everett Quilt Guild General Meeting July 23, 2017 Debbie, President, called meeting to order at 6:04 pm Updates: Debbie, President, thanked everyone who attended the Fun Sew Day and said it was wonderful to see everyone. She reminded everyone that there is a raffle basket being raffled at the August meeting. Tickets are $3.00 per ticket or 5 tickets for $10.00. Tickets weren t available at tonight s meeting, but they will be available at the August meeting. Susan, Community Chairperson, reported that 7 of the 65 Transient House quilts are completed. There are 16 quilts in various stages of being completed. A motion was made by Shelly to remove fiscal from the June General meeting minutes, so it reads we are changing our year to instead of we are changing our fiscal year to Karen motioned to approve the amended meeting notes, Gay second the motion and it was passed to change the minutes. Donna, Publicity/Historian Chairperson, reported that some items have been collected for the Marysville Library Display for August. She would like to add a variety of different methods of quilting into the display i.e. Red work, applique, etc. Please get a hold of Donna, if you have anything to add. Debbie has the banner that she will be getting to Donna. Diane, Retreat Chairperson, reported that Camp Casey is not going to increase the cost of moving the furniture in and out of the building. It will remain $100.00. Diane handed out the Registration forms to the Guild members tonight. She will be accepting Registration forms and money at the August meeting. New Officers for the Executive Board Charlene will be calling members to see who would like to volunteer for the different positions that are open on the Board, President, V. President, Secretary and Treasury. Each position is for 1 year. Can be up to 2 years. Karen requested that a brief description for each position be put in the newsletter. Debbie said she would make this happen. Snack Thank you to the members who provided the snacks and drinks tonight. Show N Tell There were quite a few wonderful projects shared tonight. Thank you everyone for sharing!!! New: Gay, Vice President, presented Quilt Rulers for our educational portion of the meeting. Gay brought in her sewing machine and showed us how to use a quilt ruler for Bernina sewing machines. Debbie also brought in some rulers and a book on different designs using quilt rulers. Thank you, Gay!!! Debbie, President, asked the guild members what they thought of doing a Mystery Quilt. Donna will bring a pattern to the Exec. Board Mtg. to share with the board. If any members have any ideas, please share. Donna did recommend a finished block exchange, one that would have a theme. Alice motion to end meeting. All in favor YES. Meeting adjourned 7:21 pm. Small Groups Jingles - Meeting is August 21 beginning at 6:30 at Pat J s home. We will be working on our Christmas projects. Meeting dates for 2018: Sept 18; October 16; November 20; December 18. Scan-N-Cut - The next meeting is Sept 10 at Pat J s home. The meeting starts at 6:30. We will be using our machines to draw on fabric. Bring your STARCHED fabrics and pen holder, pens, scanning and cutting mats and machines to the meeting. Meeting dates for 2018: October 1; November 5; December 3. Not in a small group or want to start one - contact the group hostess to join or your vice-president to form a new group. Page 5
August 6 Square Theme: Chickens and only Chickens 19 Squares The theme for August is Chickens and only Chickens. All the squares do not have to be the same. If you signed up for more than one set, the sets should NOT be identical and each set must be in a separate zip lock bag. Note: Because some people were confused about the total blocks to bring each month, I have added the Quilt Guild in the list of participants as every month one block is always donated to the Guild for Charity Quilts. PARTICIPANTS Charlene L (3) Donna M (3) Shelly R (1) Deb L (1) Pat J(4) Ana (1) Susan (2) Diane C (2) Barbara B (1) Quilt Guild (1) The theme for September is Shades of Red. If you have suggestions for future block exchange themes, please let Donna M know by email, phone, or at Guild functions. Mission The Everett Quilt Guild is organized for educational purposes to encourage all interested individuals in the study of quilting in all it s forms and to prepare and provide finished quilts to service/charitable organizations of the Snohomish County community. Page 6