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About Our Guild

Welcome to the website of CAMACO Quilt Guild.  We hold our meetings on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm September thru June. We meet at the Millman Center, 209 Bayshore Road Villas, NJ 08251.   Here you can learn about who we are and how diverse our guild is. Should you want to join our guild, you will also find information about becoming a member.  You are always welcome. Come visit us at a meeting to see our member's quilts and be inspired! 

Our address:

Camaco Quilt Guild
P.O. Box 5
Green Creek, Nj 08219

 camacoquiltguild@gmail.com

December 2024 Meeting Minutes

CAMACO Meeting Minutes

Date: December 11, 2024

Meeting called to order by: Eleanor Neff at: 5:40 to eat and meeting at 6:20

Visitors:  Hollis R (Joey’s granddaughter) Roberta M (who joined tonight)

Minutes: Approved as submitted

Treasure: Opening balance - XXXXXX Income $331.75 (workshop payments, badge, Ways and Means), Expenses $308.17 (refreshments, program expenses, deposit for speaker fee). Balance:  $XXXXXXx.

Sunshine Committee:  Connie will send card to Joyce J who cracked a rib.

Hospitality: For meeting on January 8, 2025:  Ann Marie M, Pam N, Eleanor N, Roberta O, Bernadette P and Justine P

Badge: collected $1.50

Open Sew: No Open Sews in December.  January 15 will be the Mystery Quilt instead of Open Sew.  January 22 – during Open Sew we will be helping members make their Name Badge Holders (make sure you have the paper pieced light house done beforehand), January 29 – regular Open Sew.  Time for Open Sew is 9:30 – 4:00

Media:  A motion was made and approved to minimize what is on the Blog and just have basic information, Clare will work on that.  It will just have general information about the guild allowing the public to realize we exist and how to get in touch with us.  We will move files to our Facebook page (By Laws, Code of Conduct, patterns we are working on, etc)  The officers will meet and figure out the details. 

Committee of Fun: This was held at the end of the meeting and Kitty had presents under the tree for every member.  Each person was able to come up and select a gift.  What a generous and FUN activity!!  Thank you, Kitty!

Charity:  Sue reported that 4 quilts have been donated to CARA (3, 4, 10 and 17 year old girls).  We are low on quilts because many were sent to Asheville.  Sue is also donating a queen size quilt to a fire victim.  Please keep the quilts coming, they are truly appreciated!!

Old Business: None

New Business:  None

Ways and Means: None

Programs:  

Blocks of the month for this month are Blocks 6 and 9.  Only 2 more left after these.  

January 8, 2025 we will have Early Girl Quilt Company coming for a trunk show, they will have items for sale so make sure you bring some money or credit card.  

There will be no Show and Tell and our meeting will start at 6:30.

Dues will be collected.  They are $40.  If you need to mail them, our mailing address is:

CAMACO Quilt Guild

PO Box 5

Green Creek, NJ 08219

Tonight’s program: We shared a meal tonight and enjoyed each other’s company.  Blocks 10 and 11 were displayed. Home made ornaments were exchanged and we each got to show off the amazing ornaments we received.

Show and Tell:  Many beautiful projects, see pictures on Facebook.

Meeting called to close: 7:20 pm

Respectfully submitted by Joey Goodman

Upcoming Dates:

     January 8, 2025 – Meeting Time 6:30, Early Girl Quilt Company (bring money), dues due

     January 15, 2025 – Mystery Quit – make sure you leave yourself enough time to have your homework done before class.

     January 22, 2025 – Open Sew and Name Badge Holder – make sure you have the paper piecing part done beforehand

     January 29, 2025 – Open Sew

Camaco Minutes, November Meeting

CAMACO Meeting Minutes

Date: November 13, 2024

Meeting called to order by: Eleanor N at 7:00

Visitors: Nancy C and Robert M

Minutes:  Minutes were approved with the correction of Betsy Y's frame.

Treasure:  Opening balance $XXXXX.  Income $XXXXX (dues, badge and Ways and Means).  Expenses $10 (program).  Current balance $XXX

Old Business: None

Media: None

Badge: collected $.75

Committee of Fun:  Won by Gail B

Sunshine Committee: Cards will be sent by Eleanor to Denise, Carolyn and Michelle since no member of the Sunshine Committee was present.  If anyone wants to send notes to Inga L, we are sure they would be appreciated.

Refreshments: Once again people outdid themselves.  Next month (December 11, 2024) will be Helen E, Eileen I, Janet I, Nancy J, Clare J, Diane M and Joyce H.  The guild will be providing sandwiches and salads.

Charity:  46 quilts were sent to Ashville, NC.  This emptied a lot of our quilts so we need to replenish.  The Charity Committee has fabric for reading pillows and pillow cases.  There are 3 quilts tops we have that need to be quilted (Dale and Clare each took 1 so there is one left to be quilted).  Hold off on prayer quilts for now.

Ways and Means: $111 was collected.  Donna F won the Ways and Means gift.

Programs: 

We have pillow forms for any Reading Pillows that are made.

Blocks of the Month this month are #10 and #11

Name Badge Holders – we will work on during Open Sew 1/22/25.  Joey will also be at Open Sew next week and can help anyone who wants to get started.

Mystery Quilt is 1/15/25.  Sue distributed additional steps to those who have signed up to be completed before that date.  Supplies, Steps 2, 3 and 4 to be done at home.

December – we will meet at 5:45 for sandwiches and salads.  The guild approved spending no more that $350.  

Members can participate in a homemade ornament exchange.  Put in a brown bag with your name on the inside.

January 8, 2025 meeting – Early Girls Quilt Co. will do a truck show and have items for sale.  Bring your money or credit card.

Open Sew: November 20, 2024.  This is the last one for this year.  No Open Sew the day before Thanksgiving or in December.

New Business:  Officers for next year are:

     Eleanor Neff – President

     Pam Nagle – Vice President

     Joey Goodman – Secretary

     Kitty Winkworth - Treasurer

Tonight’s program: 

     Joey G made a presentation and distributed kits to make CAMACO Name Badge Holders.

     Dale W made a presentation and shared ideas and patterns for using scraps.

Show and Tell:  Amazing as usual.  Pictures were posted on Facebook.

Meeting called to close: 8:45?  Once again, I forget to pay attention when I’m enjoying so much.  It was a late one.

Respectfully submitted by Joey G

Upcoming:

November 20, 2024 – 9:30 – 4:00 Open Sew

December 11, 2024 meeting 5:45 share a meal together.  Voluntary handmade ornament exchange.  Blocks 10 and 11 due.

January 8, 2025 meeting – Early Girl Quilt Shop

January 15, 2025 – Mystery Quilt

January 22, 2025 – Name Badge Holder

CAMACO Meeting Minutes

Date: October 9, 2024

Meeting called to order by: Eleanor Neff  7:00

Visitors:  Lin W and Roberta M

Minutes:  There were no corrections or additions to the September minutes.

Treasure:  The balance in our treasury is $4,051.07 after adding $206.25 with dues, badge and Ways and Means.  Our expense of $354.04 were from charity supplies, program expenses and refreshment expenses.

Old Business:  There was no old business

Media:  Elena H will be taking pictures for media

Badge: Collected $1.25

Sunshine Committee:  Nothing needed this month.  Welcome back Sharon W

Hospitality: Those to bring for November are: Robin G, Anna H, Frances H, Elena H, Judy H and Eileen I

Charity:  There were 12 reading pillows delivered, 6 to Family Promise and 6 to Coalition against Rape and Abuse.  $205 was raised by the group that we donated the mason jar quilt to.

Ways and Means: $114 was raised.  The basket was won by Doreen

Programs:  Block 14 and 15 are the blocks for this month.  

In December we will have a voluntary ornament exchange.  

For our January 8 meeting we will have a trunk show by Early Girl Quilt Company from Audubon, NJ.  They will have items from their shop for sale.  

January 15, 2025 is our Mystery Quilt program, the cost is $10.  We still have room for 1 or 2 more people.  

The committee asked for permission to book a speaker for the new year.  A motion was approved to allow up to $1,200 to book a speaker.

Open Sew: There will be 3 this month.  October 16, 23 and 30.  They are from 9:30 - 4:00.

New Business:  Betsy Y has a quilt from for sale.  She described it.  You can contact her for more information if you’re interested.  

The Lima Bean Festival is this coming weekend (October 12 and 13)

South Shore Stitchers Quilt show is the following weekend (October 18-20).  

A paper was distributed asking for self-nomination for any of the guild officers.  Someone must have been a member for at least 2 years to hold an office.

Tonight’s program: A game was played using strips of fabric.  It was a fun time.

Show and Tell:  Amazing works of art!  It’s so nice that people bring things to share and inspire.  Pictures were shared on Facebook.

Meeting called to close: I was having too much fun and forgot to take note.

Respectfully submitted by Joey Goodman

September 11, 2024 Meeting Minutes

CAMACO Meeting Minutes

Date: September 11, 2024

 

Meeting called to order by: Eleanor N at 7:02 pm

 

Visitors:  Michele G, Linda W, Andrea S and Jean F

Minutes: there were no additions or corrections to the minutes from June 2024

Treasure:  XXXXXX less expenses for charity supplies, program expenses and refreshment expenses leaves us with a balance of $XXXXXXX

Old Business: None

 

Media:  Pictures were taken by Pam N and Robin G  There were a lot of pictures taken during this meeting!!

Badge: collected $2.25

Sunshine Committee: No cards were sent over the summer, cards will be sent to Sharon W and Inga L

Hospitality: October meeting will be Doreen D, Roxanne D, Helen E Marge F, Linda F and Donna F.

Charity: 

• Doreen’s father’s church is appreciative of any 24” ish square quilt/knitted or crocheted afghans for their prayer quilts.  Several members have made some and they are very much appreciated.
• Charity Committee is in need of boy quilts.
• We are still doing reading pillows and pet beds.

Ways and Means: Pam N. raffled a basket which was won by Susan T.

 

Committee of Fun: Won by Eleanor N and Sandee W

 

Programs: 

• Patterns were handed out for Block 16 and Block 17 of our Blocks of the month challenge (I will send these patterns out as an attached file for those of you that didn’t get it).  We did Blocks 19 and 20 over the summer.  We will do this for 6 months and then have 12 blocks to make into a quilt.
• Next month, bring your 15 to 20 red, white and blue strips (2 ½” x WOF – they can be pieced).  We’ll be playing a game with them.
• Mystery Quilt will be on January 15, 2025.  We are still taking sign ups for this.  The cost is $10.  Doreen has the supply list.  It’s a lot of fun.
• The gift exchange in December will be an ornament – anything you want to do.
• January we will have a trunk show by Early Girls Quilt Company from Audubon, NJ.  They will also bring things from their shop to sell.

 

Open Sew:  Back to our winter schedule.  Third, fourth and if there is a fifth Wednesday of the month.  Up coming dates are:  October 16, 23 and 30.  We have use of the building from 9:30 – 4:00.

New Business: 

• One of our guests, Linda W, was requesting help from anyone who crochets or knits.  She is looking for people to make washcloths to donate, in the memory of Diane Dunwoodie, to Diane’s church.  Cloths should be about 8” square.  Connie An has volunteered to be in charge of this.
• Kitty W showed the Santa quilt she made, “So Many Santas”.  It is being raffled for Women for God of First United Methodist Church in Cape May Court House.
• Betsy Y has a quilting/long arm frame for sale.  Eleanor Neff has information or contact Betsy.
• Quilts of Valor is having a yard sale on Saturday, September 21, 2024.  120 Butter Road, Ocean View (Upper Township).  8:30 – 3:00. You fill a bag and offer a donation.  All proceeds go to Quilts of Valor.  This sale is not only sewing items
• The Museum of Cape May County is having a Local’s Day on Saturday, October 5, 2024 from 10:00 to 2:00 pm.  Half price admission and 10% off gift shop items. 

504 Rt. 9 North, Cape May Court House, NJ 08210.

Tonight’s program:

• The Round Robin projects were revealed.  There were 21 participants and the results were amazing!  I think everyone agreed that we learned a lot doing this project.  Three $20 gift certificates to Early Girl Quilt Company were awarded by drawing names of the participants.  The winners were Karen B, Winna Sand Connie B.
• The 4 Mason Jar Quilts and 3 Mason Jar Runners were shown.  This was a group effort that turned out amazing.  Thank you to Karen V for the idea.  1 quilt was given to Karen for the Cape May Community Food Closet Harvest Social.  It will be auctioned off during their fund raiser.

Show and Tell:  Members showed Blocks 19 and 20 from the Blocks of the month.  There were also many other items for Show and Tell.  Looks like members were busy this summer.  Items can be viewed on our Face Book page.

Meeting called to close at 8:30

 

Respectfully submitted by Joey G