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April Guild Meeting
Guest Speaker:
Clarence Glover –from Dallas ISD
"African/American Culture and
The Underground
Railroad"
Clarence Glover works
for the Dallas School District. He gives talks on Black American culture and
uses his family’s quilts as examples. We will get to see however many quilts
his mama lets him bring.
Cotton
Patch Quilt Guild
Regular
Meeting, March 22, 2001 Kavanaugh Methodist Church, 6:30 p.m.
Forty-three members and two guests met at the
church for the monthly guild meeting. Welcome, Lisa Coker and Linda Weatherly.
We hope you’ll visit with us again! Also, a special welcome to our new member,
Norma Johnson.
The Railroad quilt is finished; Debra Hagar will
make the label. Joy Gregory asked that any outstanding fabric packets that were
distributed for the Butterfly quilt be returned to her. There will be a workday
on April 21.
The library cabinet has arrived and was
immediately filled with books, tapes, etc. by Mary Lou Strohm.
Jane Martyn is still refining the guild website,
and would appreciate suggestions and comments from members.
Alice Cooney reminded us that we may still sign a
commitment to finish those pesky UFO’s languishing in our closets.
Thirty-five people have signed up for Pebble Rehm’s
Mystery Quilt session on May 19. Pebble currently has 14 on the list for the
Jacobean Applique workshop in July. Please contact Pebble if you or someone you
know are interested in participating. There will be a $5.00 guest fee to attend
the Jacobean guild program on May 24, presented by Pat Campbell. Light
refreshments only, will be served that night.
Many, many thanks to Kathy Vestal for compiling
our very first directory. Many hours of work went into the project and we
sincerely appreciate her efforts. In addition to a member roster, the directory
contains guild by-laws, program calendar, current list of library resources and
blank pages for added notes and information.
A committee was appointed, consisting of
Katharine McCaw, Debbie Hagar and Joy Gregory, to consider possible
beneficiaries of surplus guild funds, amounting to between $1500 and $1800.
Several worthy suggestions have been made, including but not limited to, the Win
shelter, church summer camp scholarships and an academic scholarship. The
committee will present recommendations at a future meeting.
"The Texas Quilt That Changed My Life"
was presented by David Lieber, columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Lieber’s humorous and heart-warming tale of his on-going evolvement as a Texan
centered around THE QUILT, a forlorn and left-behind remnant of a segment of his
life. After deciding that, as a hobby, he would restore the quilt, Lieber’s
life took paths eventually leading to new friends, personal happiness and a
brand new quilt.
The program was followed by Show and Tell.
Door prize drawings smacked of nepotism; Ruth
Bacon and her daughters, Michele Chitsey and Debra Hagar, dominated the
drawings. What is the mathematical probability of that happening? Shirley Hogan
and Sherry Worley also won prizes.
Respectfully,
Katharine
McCaw– Recording Secretary
FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE NEWS:
Cotton Belles
The Cotton Belle’s meeting for April was
cancelled due to illness. The next meeting will be at the home of Allen Day. The
program will be "Working With Wool" by Sherry Worley.
Cotton
Blossoms
Cotton
Blossoms circle met on March 19th at the Presbyterian Church on Monroe St. in
Commerce. We put together a group donation quilt to be taken to the Ronald
McDonald House. Nine Blossoms met again on April 2nd for a very productive work
day. Viola Brummet and Priscilla had their challenge quilts ready to show and
they were impressive to say the least. Viola had another quilt ready that will
be given also. After a short business meeting, we got busy and tacked the group
quilt that was started in the last meeting. We then pin basted two full sized
quilts for members. Alice Cooney has graciously agreed to present the program
for our next meeting on April 16th. We are all looking forward to her
presentation. Join us if you can on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month at the
Presbyterian Church on Monroe St. in Commerce.
Cotton
Strippers
Members
of the Cotton Strippers met Thursday, April 12th, at the church. Services were
going on upstairs for Easter so it was difficult to keep the laughter under
control but we managed. Debra’s sister joined us from Arkansas as our only
guest. Several members arrived early and managed to baste a quilt. The food that
was provided was just wonderful. It was great to have Anna and Annette back with
us. They have been extremely busy with the shop and haven’t been able to come
in several months. Sue is still taking reservations for the July retreat so don’t
forget to sign up. It will be here before you know it! Congratulations to our
circle members, Maejean Nixson and Barbara Booth; they both won ribbons at the
Tyler Quilt Show.
The Strippers made plans to work on the WIN quilts and then Show and Tell
followed.
The Refreshment committee for the May meeting is Paula, Mary Lou, Kathy,
Lindy, Shirley and Annette.
Sunbonnet
Sues
The
Sunbonnet Sues met at the home of Kathy Vestal. Members discussed the upcoming
retreat to the mountain and Sue will work up a food list. Kathy provided a great
dinner and everyone enjoyed seeing Kathy’s new sewing machine table that she
got for Christmas. The May meeting will be on the mountain and the June meeting
will be at the home of Katharine McCaw.
The Gingerbread Gang got loose recently. Are you missing any??? If so, check
with the GBG’s ringleader.
After hitting the local quilt show in Tyler and absconding with one of the
door prizes, the gang headed for the ranch near San Antonio to hide out for the
weekend.
The gang would like to say a BIG thanks to Pebble and her folks for making
their wildflower trip so wonderful!
Membership News
We are now up to 68 guild
members for 2001!
Cotton
Patch Quilt Guild
2001
Directory Now Available!
If you are a guild member and have not received your copy of the wonderful
new directory put together for us by Kathy Vestal, please see Kathy at the guild
meeting.
Charm Squares Exchange
We will be cutting 26 Squares this month.
The following is a schedule for the next year . Bring your new squares to Sue
Childers and pick yours up if you were in last month’s exchange. There will be
a sign up sheet for the next year. We are asking those interested in doing the
exchange to commit themselves through January of 2002 so that we can prepare our
fabrics according to a final count and be able to purchase them when they are on
sale. Thanks.
April
— stripes
May
— ugly
June
– Purples and Blues
July
— your choice
August
-yellows and Oranges
September
- calico prints
October
- Fall prints
November
— Homespuns
December
— tone on tones
Upcoming
Quilt Shows
April
19-21 Kingwood Quilt Show -Humble Civic
Center
April
20-21 Lufkin
April
25-28 Paducah, KY
May
3-6 Irving
May
4-6 Bossier City, LA
May
18-20 Fort Worth
May
25-27 Kerrville
June
22-24 Tulsa, OK
Aug
31-Sept 1 Plano
Nov.
1-4 Quilt Festival Houston-preview night
October 31st
IMPORTANT NOTICE
At 12:55 p.m. on 03/25/01 ; Pebble Rehm stands corrected. Questions? - ask
Kay Colcleasure
REFRESHMENT
LIST
You
are responsible for bringing finger foods that you can eat off a napkin. If you
are not going to be there, find a substitute, trade with someone, or give money
to the Captain* to cover your share. Captains, please make sure you call in to
everyone to make sure they read their newsletter.
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April |
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Sue
Miller*
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Donna
Moon
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Maejean
Nixson
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Sue
Nixson
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Huey
Nobles
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Norlyn
Quinn
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Barbara
Ratcliff
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Pebble
Rehm
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Dianne
Ross
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Vickie
Schumann
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Shirley
Shaw
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Karen
Smisek
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NOTICE
FOR MAY: For those of you on the list for May, please bring light
refreshments only, since we have opened up the meeting to guests that night to
hear our guest speaker, Pat Campbell. Thank you.
Treasurer’s Report
| Inflows: |
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| Raffle Tickets |
$ 175.00 |
| Memberships |
96.00 |
| Guild Pins |
5.00 |
| Total |
$ 276.00 |
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| Outflows: |
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| David Lieber |
$ 125.00 |
| Guild directories |
101.76 |
| Newsletter |
28.11 |
| Film & Develop |
41.79 |
| Pebble Rehm (fabric
for butterfly quilt) |
43.30 |
| Total |
$ 339.96 |
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| February balance |
$5503.48 |
| Inflows |
276.00 |
| Outflows |
339.96 |
| March balance |
$5439.52 |
Jacobean
Hand Applique Workshop
Taught
by Patricia B. Campbell
There
are still a few spaces left to participate in the workshop. If you are
interested in and/or have any questions about the workshop, contact Pebble Rehm
at 972-442-3317.
Fee: $35.00 +
$3.00 supply fee
(fee is
nonrefundable unless workshop is cancelled)
Date: July 7,
2001
Time: 9:00
a.m.—4:00 p.m
WIN Shelter Quilt Project
Quilts on the Square will volunteer
their classroom the last week in May for any group that wants to come work. If
you have a spare machine that is easy to use, you are welcome to leave it there
for others to use so we don’t have to carry our machines back and forth.
The following members have already volunteered to make quilts :
Roberta
Vanderburg– 1 twin quilt
Debra Hagar-1
double quilt
The Mt. Vernon
quilters lead by Ruth
Bacon-2 twin
quilts
Alice Cooney-1
twin quilt
If you have a quilt top already pieced that just needs to be quilted, contact
Sara Bobbit t
so she can update the list and keep our count straight.
There will be a work day on the Butterfly quilt on Saturday, April
21, at the church
from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Please bring basic sewing needs. Thank you.
The Design Committee
Mystery
Quilt
On May 19,
2001, Pebble will be holding a Mystery Quilt workshop. The cost is $1.00 for the
supply list of the fabrics you will need to make a quilt that is 57" X
75". If you would like to participate in this workshop, or you need
additional yardage information to make your quilt bigger, please contact Pebble
at 972-442-3317.
Happy Birthday to You!
April
Birthdays
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Mary
Lou Strohm
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4/06
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Huey
Nobles
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4/09
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Paula
Bowman
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4/10
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Linday
Hammons
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4/20
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Gini
Keith
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4/29
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| May Birthdays |
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| Donna Moon |
5/15 |
| B. Wood |
5/15 |
| Dorothy Ford |
5/18 |
| Joy Gregory |
5/20 |
| Norma Johnson |
5/25 |
REMINDER
How
are those UFO projects coming along?
The next Newsletter Deadline
will be Monday, May 14, 2001
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