Letter
from the President
Mind
you, I'm not complaining about all the rain, but I would like to be
able to get out to the garden before the squash and cucumbers rot on
the ground! Seems as though it's either drought or flood. My water
bill this month will appreciate all the rain, as do the fishermen.
During the brief lulls between downpours, they scatter out in my
cove, always close enough to the pier that they can scoot back in a
hurry. Ah, well, if we can't work outside, what's the perfect
alternative? Quilting, of course! Or cleaning out the sewing room
(inspired by Donna). Or just plain daydreaming about the next
project. I've even gone so far as to put mine on graph paper, but it
may stay right there for months?, years?. But it's the first step,
isn't it?
Piecefully,
Katharine
He
who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and
head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his
heart is an artist.” - St. Francis of Assisi
June
Guild Meeting
June
26, 2003
6:30
pm
Guest:
Nan Bentley - Ergonomics of quilting
Nan
Bentley is the supervisor of seniors for the Weatherford Recreation Center
in Mesquite. She teaches exercise and swimming and is certified by the
Arthritis Foundation to teach exercises in and out of the water for
arthritis relief. She is aware of the strains quilting can put on our
bodies and has techniques to share with us on how to alleviate our aches
and pains. She has a masters degree in Therapeutic Sciences from Texas
Women’s University and has worked for Timberlawn and the Terrell State
Hospitals. She has presented this program to the Mesquite Quilt Guild. She
will be showing us simple exercises to try, so wear loose fitting clothes
and be ready to get in shape (to quilt, of course!!)
Library
News
A
big thank you for the four new books donated to the Library by Tracy
Greenlee (from her mother).
Jacket
Jazz - Murrah
Double
Wedding Ring Design Variations
Appliqué
Quiltmaking - Bass
Appliqué
- Better Homes and Gardens
Sue
Childers
Just
a Few Minutes...
Kavanaugh
United Methodist Church was the setting for the regular monthly meeting of
the Cotton Patch Quilt Guild, May 22, 2003. The social began at 6:30 p.m.
and the meeting at 7:00 p.m. Fifty-eight members were present and
President Katharine McCaw recognized thirteen guests from Quinlan: Peggy
McDaniel, Yvonne Stuttlesworth, Shirley Chovan, Clarice Sager, Janice
Janee, Mary Lou Holly, Streta Starnater, Donna Holtsclaw, Helen Cliburn,
Rozanne Clounts, Deadra Henderson, Frances Wiler, and Sherrie Perkins.
McDaniel explained that this group was seeking to form a quilting guild in
south Hunt County.
First
report given in the business meeting was by treasurer, Connie Cawthon who
stated that the beginning balance for the month was $2, 983.42 and the
ending balance was $3,222.16. Outflows were $199.28 and inflows were
$438.02. McCaw began the Sunshine report by welcoming back Ruth Bacon who
has been unable to attend meetings recently because of an extended
illness. Maxine Leverett reported that Maejeane Nixson’s hand surgery
was successful and that Maejeane was doing well. Donna Moon reported that
Huey Nobles was presently going through a battery of medical tests. McCaw
asked up to remember him daily as he had been an important and integral
part of the Guild over the years. Kay Colcleasure reported that Connie
Colbert was doing great after her serious surgery, and that Colbert sent
her thanks for the prayers, cards, and letters received from Guild
members.
Pam
Hodapp announced that the directories are now complete. The newly revised
by-laws and the list of officers made the completion. McCaw gave praise to
Hodapp for the timely work performed to get the directories completed.
Librarian, Sue Childers announced duplicate copies of library books were
for sale during the evening, and that Tracy Greenlee had donated four
books to the Guild library. Pebble Rehm asked that members look for the
missing mystery quilt patterns, and reported that all programs were still
on go for the year. She also canvassed the group for interest in a second
Silent Auction for either July or August. Gwen Schroth reported that 18
blocks have been completed for the 2004 raffle quilt and reminded members
that all blocks were due in June. She asked that the Design Committee meet
for a few minutes after the meeting.
Allen
Day reported that the 2003 raffle quilt to be drawn for at the end of the
meeting netted $2000. He also announced that Calico Junction, owned by
Misty Duke of Winnsboro, had donated six bolts of fabric to the Guild. He
also stated that the Catalogue of Quilts featured at the Paducah Show
could be ordered. Sherry Worley showed the new ironing board purchased for
the Guild with monies earned from the sale of hand-dyed fat quarters
provided by the Community Service Committee. Worley also mentioned the
possibility of a community quilt work time previous to the next Guild
meeting or on a Saturday. Lisa Coker announced that there were several
kits available for piecing and quilting. Coker showed a quilt done by Jo
Ann Cross from a bag of scraps as an example of creative excellence.
The following showed
quilting projects during Show and Tell: Mary Lambert-Smith, Michelle
Chitsey, Shirley Shaw, Cawthon, Elaine Sprague, Nora Quinn and guests,
McDaniel and Chovan.
Announcements by McCaw:
1) send change of address and phone numbers to both Hodapp and Greenlee;
2) bring a fat quarter to the June meeting; 3) call her the night before
the meeting if the elevator is needed or call the church secretary so that
the key to the elevator can be available; and 4) visit the bookstore in
the Crossroads Mall for 75% off bargain books.
After the 10 minute
intermission, Rehm introduced special guest and program speaker for the
evening, Lisa Erlandson of Gainesville. Erlandson’s program, “Who’s
Quilt Is It, Anyway?,” featured copyrighted patterns from the aspect of
the quilter, guild member, teacher and designer.
Fourteen winners carried
away door prizes for the evening.
And the winner of the
2003 raffle quilt is...none other than our own Betty Day! Erlandson drew
the name from the bag of some 2000 entries.
Carolyn Burt, Secretary
Treasurer’s
Report
No
Report received
Refreshment
List
You
are responsible for bringing finger foods that can be eaten off a napkin.
If you are unable to attend the meeting, find a substitute, trade with
someone, or give money to the Captain* to cover your share. Captains,
please call everyone to make sure they are aware it’s their turn! Thank
you for faithfully serving!
June
Michele
Chitsey* Allen Day
Betty
Day
Vickey Dees
Louise
Devenport Linda Franklin
Tracy
Greenlee Jackie Clark
Lisa
CokerKay Colcleasure
Alice
Cooney Jo Ann Cross
July
Joy
Gregory* Debra Hager
Bettie
Hammock Pam Hodapp
Belva
Isham Norma Johnson
Pat
Jonz Gini Keith
Anna
Knutson Maxine Leverett
Mary
Alice MacDonald
A
sincere Thank You to Joan Biggs for donating many months supply of paper
goods to the guild. We go through plates, napkins, cups, forks, etc. very
quickly and this gift is sincerely appreciated!
Design
Committee News
Raffle
Quilt
REMINDER:
Your blocks for the Patriotic Quilt are due at the June meeting. If you
can not attend the meeting but want to turn in your work, please contact
Gwen Schroth to make arrangements to get your block to us (903-568-4956 or
e-mail rschroth@texoma.net). The Design Committee will be meeting July
first to begin construction of the quilt and we look forward to having the
quilt pieced for you to view.
Gwen
Schroth
Sunshine
& Shadows
Joy
Gregory is on a mission trip to the Philippines
Sue
Miller is recuperating from an injured hip
Ruth
Bacon is recovering well
Huey
Noble has had Lasik surgery and doing well
Mary
Lou Strohm’s mother-in law, Alice Strohm, 89 passed away May 19 in
Waterloo, Iowa
Mary
Lou Strohm’s sister, Marge Salo is recovering well and plans to attend
the fall Eufala retreat!
Maejean
Nixson starts physical therapy on her hand soon (to strengthen
“squishy” muscles!)
Katharine
McCaw won two ribbons at the county fair!
Sue
Childers is still on antibiotics for bronchitis
Note
to members: Please bring a couple of fat quarters to the June guild
meeting to replenish the Sunshine baskets! Thanks so much!!
Friendship
Circles
Cotton
Belles
The
Cotton Belles met in the small dining room at Kavanaugh Methodist Church
on June 2. The business meeting focused on the Salvation Army Stocking
Quilt. We have decided to have the quilt machine quilted and hope to have
the quilt ready for the quilter after our June 24th workday at
LaNell’s. Work is progressing on the tulip quilt, which is to be donated
to the Critter’s for their fall bazaar. Show and Tell included Nora’s
big tote bag and snowman for the FISH auction, Marcia’s vintage Crazy
Quilt units, shaped baby towel (just too cute!), and finished Community
Service quilt. Sherry also showed three finished car quilts (one more
thing off of the challenge list!). Kaye told of finishing the spool dolls
and Christmas spiders from her challenge list, and Jeanne is working hard
finishing more items for the FISH auction. Kaye’s dessert was a
wonderful White Chocolate Cake with mandarin orange garnish. During the
work session we got a lot done on the Stocking quilt. Our next meeting
will be July 7th at 10:00 a.m. in the small dining room. Please
bring your own project for the work session. Marcia will be bringing
dessert. All visitors are welcome.
Sherry
Worley
Cotton
Blossoms
Several
Blossoms enjoyed a day trip to the Durant Quilt Show. We also enjoyed
running into other Guild members. June 2 the Blossoms met for a day of
sharing. Show and Tell was great. Nancy shared a new technique for a Big
Star baby quilt and a wavy curved log cabin pattern. She also had a wall
hanging consisting of 4 layers of various kinds of fabric to show the
effect of an underwater lily scene. Madeline showed the wall hanging she
acquired at the silent auction at the Durant Quilt Show. Her piece was
flowers by Paula Platter. Helen had been
busy
making tote bags for all her sisters. Work then began on completing two
donation quilts. June 16 the Circle will meet at the Northeast Children's
Museum for a weaving demonstration from Tina Selvaggi on the loom. This
loom is not only used for demonstrations but the items completed are sold
in their gift show. Our Circle has cut many cotton strips for this
project.
Belva
Isham
Cotton
Strippers
Twenty-one
Strippers met Thursday, June 12. A wonderful meal was provided by Huey,
Tracy Lisa, Maejeane, Sara, Sharon and Maxine. There will be no meeting in
July due to Summer Retreat. You will be receiving your information on
Summer Retreat via email or regular mail from Katharine since she was
unable to attend the meeting. Pebble updated us on all the particulars.
Congrats to Katharine for her ribbons at the County Fair! The refreshments
for the August meeting will be hosted by Donna, Joy, Linda, Shirley H,
Michele, Ruth (Debra) and Pat.
Jane
Martyn
Sunbonnet
Sue
The
Sues met at Katharine's. We had a wonderful dinner and dessert.
Unfortunately the weather kept us from eating outside and admiring all the
work she had done on the yard and her new deck extension. There will be no
July meting due to the 4th of July holiday. The August meeting
will be at the home of Sara Bobbitt.
Jane
Martyn
ATTENTION
- GUILD OFFICERS
The next meeting of the executive board will be July 21, 2003, at 6:30
p.m. at the Cracker Barrel in Greenville. Please be thinking about topics
and issues that should be brought before the board. If your office works
within a budget, please have your YTD balance sheet available for each
board member.
Sew
Many Quilts, Sulphur Springs – Magazine & Hera
Quilt
Country, Lewisville - $10.00 gift certificate
Stitching
Post, Denton - $20.00 gift certificate
Linda’s
Quilt Shop, Denton - $15.00 gift certificate
The
Rail Fence Quilt Shop, Aubrey - $10.00 gift certificate
Lisa
Erlandson – choice of patterns
Quilting
Design Studio, Plano – Redwork pattern
Quilts
on the Square, Commerce – 3 magazines
Fabric
Fanatics, Plano – packet of fat quarters
Quilt
Mercantile, Celeste – magazine and fat quarters
Because
of the noise level during the giving of door prizes, we will be trying
some new methods at the June meeting. Sherry will have an assistant to
deliver the prizes; she will also draw all tickets and use the microphone.
We hope these changes will allow us to continue to give out large numbers
of door prizes. Please be courteous to other members and keep the noise
level very low.
Remember
to send Thank you notes and to patronize these generous vendors!
Happy
Birthday!
June
Pam
Hodapp 06/03
Joan
Biggs 06/06
Vickey
Dees 06/09
Tracy
Greenlee 06/10
July
Jo
Ann Cross 07/01
Gladys
Trammell 07/03
Connie
Cawthon 07/07
Sherry
Worley 07/11
Carolyn
Burt 07/12
Maejean
Nixson 07/14
Shirley
Shaw 07/17
Alena
Helm 07/29
C
ommunity
Service
The
Community Service Committee will be hosting a work session before the
Guild Meeting at 2:30 p.m. June 26th. We will be working in the
small dining room. Just in case you get there and the door is locked
please note that Sherry’s cell phone number is 972-816-5507. We will
make every effort to make sure that this is not a problem; this is given
just in case. You will need to bring equipment. If you would like to sew
bring your sewing machine and a basic sewing kit. If you would like to cut
bring cutters, mats, rulers, etc. Two fans will be available for use, but
I would suggest that you bring a small fan as it could get warm. Please
don’t worry about your skill level. We feel that part of our focus on
Community Service extends to helping to teach the art of quilting. Feel
free to bring your questions! We will be providing light refreshments.
We hope to see many of you!
Sherry
Worley
Membership
Please
update your directory with the following changes.
New
Email address:
Lisa
Coker quiltbizzy@earthlink.net
Vickey
Bradley pbradley@netzero.net
Quilt
Plano 2003 will be held August 29th and 30th
at Plano Centre. Sherry Worley will bring the donation quilt to the Cotton
Patch Quilt Guild June meeting. You will be able to purchase tickets on
the donation quilt and pick up a coupon for $1.00 off admission to the
show. Please see Sherry if you have any questions.
BY-LAWS
COMMITTEE REPORT
Kay
Colcleasure, Sherry Worley, Mary Lou Strohm and Katharine McCaw served as
the ad hoc by-laws revision committee to consider updating the by-laws of
the Cotton Patch Quilt Guild. The group met in January, 2003 and examined
each article and section, making suggestions for additions, deletions and
clarification. In February the committee approved the suggested changes,
which were then printed in the March newsletter for the guild membership
to examine. There were no questions or objections from members and the
proposed changes were approved by acclamation at the April guild meeting.
Copies of the updated by-laws were distributed at the May meeting.
Programs
List for Remainder of 2003
July
- Julie Spangles - Bible Quilts
August - Gwen Schroth - As I saw India's Textile World
September - Susan Allen - String Quilts
October - Garage Sale
November - Skill Night
December - Make & Take and challenge
Guild
Member Recipes
Sweet
& Sour Pasta Salad
1
cup (6 oz) uncooked rosamarina (orzo) pasta
1
pkg (16 oz) frozen stir fry vegetables
1
can (14 oz) baby corn nuggets, drained
1-1/2
cups fully cooked ham, cubed
3/4
cup sweet & sour sauce
Cook
pasta as directed on package, but do not drain. Place frozen vegetables in
colander. Drain pasta by pouring over frozen vegetables in colander. Let
stand until vegetables are thawed. Place vegetables and pasta in large
bowl. Add corn, ham and sweet & sour sauce and toss.
Joan
Biggs (served at the May meeting)
A
sweet alternative to the traditional cheese ball.
1
Pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese
1/2
Cup butter, softened
1/4
Teaspoon vanilla
3/4
Cup confectioner's sugar
2
Tablespoons brown sugar
3/4
Cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips
3/4
Cup finely chopped pecans
Graham
Crackers
In
a mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla until fluffy.
Gradually add sugars; beat just until combined. Stir in chocolate chips.
Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours. Place cream cheese mixture on a large
piece of plastic wrap; shape into a ball. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
Just before serving, roll cheese ball in pecans. Serve with graham
crackers.
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2003
Quilt Shows
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June 27-29
“4th Annual De Leon Quilt Show” De Leon City Hall, De Leon, TX
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July 12
“Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show”, Sisters, OR
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July 31-Aug. 2
“Celebration of Quilts 2003” Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, OK
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Aug. 21-22
“Labors of Love” Plano Quilt Show 2003” Plano Centre, Plano,
TX
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Sept. 26-27
“Celebrate American Quilt Harvest 2003” Lake Jackson Civic
Center, Lake Jackson, TX
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Oct. 3-5
“Greater San Antonio Quilt Show 2003” Live Oak Civic Center, San
Antonio, TX
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Oct. 4-5
“Chisholm Trail Quilt Show 2003” Fulkes Middle School, Round
Rock, TX
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Oct 30-Nov 2
International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
Please
let me know of any other shows not listed! We don’t want to miss any
show, if at all possible!!
Newsletter
Editor
The
Newsletter Deadline for July is
Saturday,
July 12 , 2003
Newsletter
Editor — Tracy Greenlee
972-475-5448
tracy@greenleecpa.com
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