March 2022 Meeting Minutes

The March meeting of the Camaco Quilt Guild began at 7:10pm. In attendance were the officers, Donna, MaryLou, Connie & Bev and 27 members.

The treasurer’s report was given and approved. The following is a summary of our committees:

Badge: $2.75 was collected.

Charity:
Sue Tarrant has suggested other charity pieces that we can make and donate such as reading pillows (Sue has directions), walker bags, placemats, scrap hearts with tags and squares for Ukraine donations being requested by Patchwork Plus Ukraine.

A request was made for batting to be purchased for the guild to be used for charity quilts and projects. It was voted on and passed.

Caring for Kids and B.O.W.L. (Bless Others with Love Ministries) will be sponsoring a Cape May County Community Baby Shower at the Byrne Community Center in Wildwood on Wednesday, April 27, 2022 from 11:00 am - 3:00pm. All are invited. Please RSVP to Lataysha Matos @ 609-339-4109 if interested.They are asking for donations of quilts and/or baby items.

Clare has any information regarding the Historic Cold Spring Village quilt show and challenge.

Ways & Means:
The donation basket was won by Eileen & made $56.

Refreshments:
Shirley announced the names for April refreshment donations

are: Sharon W, Betsey Y, Trish Z, Connie A & Denise B. Please contact Shirley if you are unable to bring any refreshments.

Open Sew:
A reminder that Open Sew is the last two Wednesdays of the month, unless there are 5 Wednesdays in the month and then it will include the last 3 Wednesdays. Sandee W does post on the Camaco Facebook page the times for the day.

Classes:
Helen E will be holding a class in raw edge applique on

Wednesday, April 27 at the Millman Center. There is a 15 person limit. The cost is $25 and you bring your own lunch (or order out). Doors open at 9:30. Please contact Joey Goodman for any questions.

Programs:
The row by row challenge presented by the Program committee yielded 18 quilts total. They were shown at Show & Tell in February. You can see some on our FB page.

Beth Polvino was the guest speaker & gave a very informative presentation on fabric postcards with beautiful examples of her work. She gave us a hand out on how to get started making our own postcards with lots of info on them. Excellent program. If you are not aware, Beth is the lady who started the Camaco guild in 1986!

***Reminder that the HST (half square triangle) challenge will be revealed at the June meeting, so try to get yours done and share your talent with the Guild members. ***

Show & Tell was great eye candy as always and if you missed the meeting, please go to our Facebook page and you can see the quilts shown there by our photographer of the year

Misc: Diane D showed a beautiful 3 pocket credit card wallet at the meeting. She generously agreed to share the information with us.

The meeting was adjourned and everyone enjoyed chatting & refreshments.

Connie A