February 2014 Minutes
Meeting started: 7:10pm
February 12, 2014
Attendance: 39
Treasurer’s report: $XXXXX
Thank you notes: We
received thank you notes from Cape May County Office of Aging for the placemats
for Meals on Wheels, CASA for the quilts we donate to them and the DAV for the
pillowcases we made and donated for their children’s Christmas Party. Great job everyone!!!
Committees:
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Name Badge - please sign in at each meeting and
wear your nametag.
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Charity – Margareta P and her committee
have been looking into outlets for our donations and have found many
organizations that can use our handmade goods. We will be making a variety of
projects, you may choose one or
more projects to make and donate. Kits of pre cut fabric are available to our
members to use to make a quilt for one of the recipients of our generosity. *Please
see below (and the blog soon) for more info on the organizations and details on
dimensions, colors and items being accepted.
The next workshop for charity is Tuesday March 25th 1pm
at the Millman Center. We
will continue to cut fabric to make kits for our guild members to use for
making quilts to be donated.
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Photography – no report
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Program – Terry Kramzar will speak at our May
meeting and the following day will hold a workshop. Cost and details of the
workshop will be presented at the March meeting. There is a limit of 20 people
for the workshop, first come first served.
You can see Terry’s work at terrykramzar.com . March meeting is Machine Madness we will
have demos for free motion quilting on your domestic machine.
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Sunshine – Contact Flossie if you know of
someone who needs a little love. We’re sending our healing thoughts and hugs to
Ellen G and Janet B this month.
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Ways & Means – We will continue the fat
quarter lottery for March, bring in a green fat quarter, get a ticket to be
entered in a drawing to win a portion of the fat quarters at the meeting. If
you didn’t bring a fat quarter you may purchase a ticket for $1 at the meeting.
There were 3 lucky winners at tonight’s meeting.
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Refreshments – Bernie S will contact the
next people on our membership list to bring refreshments for March’s meeting. If
you are asked to bring a refreshment, please plan to arrive 15 mins early and
stay to set up/clean up the refreshments.
Old business:
Star BOM: Diane D presented the Star BOM for
February, Carol’s Star and also revealed the final two BOM’s so if you are
using our sew day on March 2nd to construct your quilt you can work
on those also, Dolly Madison Star and Stairs to the Stars. All directions are
on http://www.quilterscache.com they are listed alphabetically in the 12 inch
block list. The entire list of patterns including links, for our stars are on
the blog in the Pages sidebar, Star BOM Information and Links.
Quilt Retreat: Doreen D and Kathy B will
be organizing the quilt retreat for 2015, they started looking at places in the
Lancaster PA area and took a poll to see if everyone would be willing to attend
a retreat this fall instead of winter 2015 because traveling that far in bad
winter weather could be an issue. We all agree Fall 2014 would be a better time
for a retreat in PA. They will keep us posted on any info and decisions they
make.
Camaco Quilt Guild has a new blog, go visit!! http://camacoquiltguild.blogspot.com We will put important info pertaining to our
guild there…if you have info or an idea for the blog let Denise know. If you sign up for follow by email, you automatically get an email
every time there’s a new blog post… so you don’t miss anything!!
New Business:
Timeless Treasures Fabric Company donated a selection of
beautiful precuts to our guild to be used as ways & means and prizes for
our activities throughout the year, thanks to a connection of Denise’s daughter
Chelsey’s Metro Modern Quilt Guild…thank you Hayden at Timeless Treasures and Chelsey!
Meeting Program: UFO's were presented and photographed for future reference!!!
Next meeting’s notes:
Bring a green fat quarter for the fat quarter
lottery. March Machine Madness, demos on free motion quilting on your domestic
machine, nothing required.
*Charity info so far:
We agreed to continue pillowcases, they can be donated to other
organizations besides the DAV if there are extras, and CASA, they accept quilts
for children between the ages of 0-18 yo that are in the foster care system.
The Christ Child Society makes up layette sets that can contain a baby quilt
30X36 or a receiving blanket 30X30, they also will accept knit or crochet
booties and blankets in blue, white or pink. Contact Sonia H for obtaining
yarn to use in the Christ Child projects. Head Start uses quilts/blankets for 3
yr olds. Tote bags are being accepted by DYFS, Diane D is looking into
a pattern for a tote bag to hold children’s personal items.*update March 12, 2014**
Respectfully submitted,
Denise~
*The tote bags for DYFS is not confirmed...so don't go crazy with tote bags yet!
**It's been confirmed, DYFS is happy to use tote bags we make! There's directions in April's meeting minutes for a tote.
*The tote bags for DYFS is not confirmed...so don't go crazy with tote bags yet!
**It's been confirmed, DYFS is happy to use tote bags we make! There's directions in April's meeting minutes for a tote.
