Monday, June 22,
2015
Janet Steinke
opened the meeting at 7:00 promptly with the following business:
“Row by Row” has started nationally. Stop by your favorite shop to pick up your
pattern and get started!
“Red & White” challenge – your board listened to your size
feedback and will add a small quilt category.
To clarify, we have 2 size categories and 2 style categories:
Small – anything below
a total of 216” total (outside dimension)
Large – anything above
216” total (outside dimension)
The two style
categories remain the same – Traditional and Art/Modern
This means you can
enter 4 quilts, a small and large Traditional style, and a small and large
Art/Modern.
Your entries need
to be complete by our June 2016 meeting.
Entry forms will be made available later, and turned in at our April
2016 meeting. For now…….get quilting!
Guild Fundraiser -
Start gathering things to donate for our quilty garage sale, September
28, the 4th Monday, in lieu of our sew in date. All proceeds go to BRQG. Items not sold will be donated to Gilda’s
House. If you have questions or would like to volunteer, please see Vice President
Marie Yutendale. You can bring items to
our August 24 general meeting. Items
will be organized and priced as follows:
Books - $3
Patterns - $2
Fabrics – $1 a
yard
BRQG Member Pins – are available to guild members
for $12, with $2 going to the guild.
Please see the member table when you check in at the next meeting for a
form.
The Program Committee - lead by Barb Walsh is hard at work
searching for interesting and new programs for the guild. Some names being explored are Ann Loveless,
ArtPrize winner, well known art quilter Sue Holdaway Heys, Kelli Perkins,
author of the Stitch Alchemy and Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts. If you have ideas for a program, please let
Barb know. If you’d like to volunteer to
lead or be a part of this hard working group, please let any Board member know
as soon as possible as we will be voting on leadership in August, beginning
your tenure for the next year.
Election of Officers – yes, it’s that time already at
our August meeting. If you’d like to run,
or know someone who would be perfect, let us know immediately. Vetting will
begin soon. The Guild does not exist without our generous volunteers, so if
you'd like to step up, the newly appointed officers will start in October. Possible positions are:
President (Janet
would like someone to step up…..)
Vice President
(Marie will be stepping down)
Treasurer
Secretary/Blog
Membership
Programs (3 people
needed) (Barb will be stepping down)
August 24 Program – ‘The Bee from Downers Grove’, five
ladies that have quilted together FOREVER, forming a wonderful bond of friendship. They will present a large trunk show and
share how they organized group challenges throughout their years. Plan to attend and bee inspired to join a bee
if you aren’t in one….you don’t want to miss this!
Welcome NONA JONES! - The guild was thrilled to
welcome Nona Jones, long time quilter and teacher from Downers Grove, Illinois
to our guild. Nona has made hundreds of ‘small
quilts’, or doll quilts as some refer to for many years. She’s been in the same bee and guild for many
years, thankful for the many wonderful quilters she calls close friends as a
result. Nona began quilting in 1975, and
recommends everyone join a bee. We are
honored to see this ONE TIME ONLY trunk show!
Her quilts are mostly small, but she hopes they will inspire all of us
to try new blocks, or color combinations or techniques by creating small
quilts. She wants us to leave saying “I
can do that”…..then do it. You can exchange
blocks, use leftover blocks, or find blocks at antique malls…..just be
inspired. We thank Nona for her enthusiastic
presentation!! Here’s a sample of the
quilts she shared including a few large ones for good measure:
Guild Raffle - We’d like to thank these
contributors for generously donating to our raffle, followed by the winners:
Doll quilt rack made
by Jerry Nyhof (616)836-7448 – won by Barbara Schippa
Custom Quilts Unlimited
of Fennville gift certificate – won by Mary Bos
Pressing Matters ‘red
& white’ fabric collections (2) – won by Sue Schultz and Deedee Hanson
Slightly loved
quilting books – won by Beth Schmidt
Show & Tell - Members sharing their lovely work
this month:
Deedee Hanson,
Joan Nyhof, Judy VanLoo, Linda Chambers, Lorelle Eberly, Beth Schmidt and Janet
Haines
Happy Quilty
Summer!
Barbara Schippa
Big Red Quilters Guild Secretary
Big Red Quilters Guild Secretary
