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A
good friend is like a quilt. She comforts you when you are blue and gets
wrinkled as you age together!
Letter
from the President
Dear
Quilters,
Can
you believe that Christmas is just a little over three months away! Where
has the time gone? So many of my well-intentioned plans may not make it
this year, but at least I'm making progress. The border is ready to go on
the Triple Irish Chain I started in Alice Wilhoit's class and I'm making a
crib cover for the church bazaar. But there's just never enough time for
all the wonderful projects waiting for us. Since the pears were ready to
pick, my daughter and I spent a whole weekend making pear relish. Then it
was time to lift and divide the Iris and that took the better part of two
days. And I'm trying to respond to Alice Cooney's challenge to make
something for Christmas. Don't you just stare in disbelief when someone
tells you that they're bored!!
We're
finally getting some pleasant weather, which should give us all a burst of
energy. Fall is my favorite season. In another month the colors will
inspire leisurely driving; our electric bills will reflect the cooler
temperatures and I'll begin thinking about making a pot of chili. And when
yard-work time eases up we'll all have more time to spend on our quilting
projects.
One
final word - mark your calendars for October 11 and make plans to come to
the Kavanaugh Pumpkin Patch Bazaar. There'll be something for everyone!
And don't forget the guild's Garage Sale at the October meeting. Get in
there and clean out that fabric closet!!
Piecefully,
Katharine
September
Guild Meeting
September
25, 2003
6:30
pm
Speaker:
Susan Allen
Susan
Allen will be our guest speaker and she will be showing us String Quilts.
If you have a string quilt, you might consider bringing it for Show and
Tell.
Don’t
forget... next month is the garage sale, so be gathering your items (if
you can’t remember why you bought or have little or no sentiment for it,
let it go!!), pricing them and have them in a safe place so you don’t
forget to bring them! Remember, your “trash” may just be someone
else’s “treasure”!! Call me if you have large items or any questions
regarding the sale.
Pebble Rehm,
Program Chairman
Cotton Patch Quilt
Guild
Financial Report as
of 9/7/03
Cash in Bank 8/27/03 $ 1,912.20
Deposits
Directory Ads
$ 12.00
Guild Pins $
10.00
Library Donations
$ 139.60
Membership Dues
$ 24.00
Raffle Tickets
$ 19.00
Total Deposits
$ 204.60
Expenses:
Donation Quilt Expenses
$ 30.00
Library Expenses
$ 22.10
Newsletter Expenses $
82.70
Program Expenses
$ 41.23
Supplies, Paper Products
$ 15.76
Supplies, Office and Postage
$ 5.98
Total Expenses $
197.77
Cash in Bank 9/7/2003
$ 1,919.03
Mary Lambert Smith, Treasurer
Just
a Few Minutes…
Kavanaugh
United Methodist Church, Greenville, Texas, was the setting for the Cotton
Patch Quilt Guild meeting, August 28, 2003. President Katharine McCaw
opened the meeting at 7:00 p.m. following the social at 6:30 p.m.
Forty-six members and seven guests were present. Guests were: Virginia
Johnson, Faye Coffman, Erika Northcutt, Diane Zunigha, Mandy Weaver, Wanda
Wilson, Carolyn Wright, and Kyle Childers.
Pam
Hodapp, membership, reported 81 members in the Cotton Patch Quilt Guild.
New members of the guild are: Linda Black, Carolyn Wright, and Dana Cash.
Alice Cooney and Tracy Greenlee then presented the first five of 10 door
prizes awarded for the evening. Pebble Rehm, programs, introduced Gwen
Schroth, one of CPQG’s own members who gave a slide presentation on
India‘s culture and fabrics. Schroth brought several fabric examples.
Carolyn
Burt volunteered to coordinate the guild’s Solid Rock salad supper, May
12, 2004. Treasurer, Mary Lambert Smith gave the CPQG’s financial report
as of August 27, 2003. Expenditures for the year are $3,408.31 and
deposits are $4,409.56. There is a cash balance of $1,912.20.
Treasurer’s report is filed with the records of the guild held by the
secretary. Smith announced that new procedures requiring forms for member
reimbursement will be put into place. Rehm presented the monthly
installment of the Mystery Quilt and reviewed the programs for September
through December. The Community Service Committee presented the following
proposal: “that the guild allow a raffle of the Cotton Belles Stocking
Quilt as the second raffle of the Cotton Patch Quilt Guild. (2003) The
Cotton Belles and the Committee will be responsible for tickets,
donations, and collections. No guild member will be expected or asked to
sell tickets on this quilt. However help would be cheerfully accepted. The
end of the raffle will be determined by joint decision of the Board, with
recommendations by the Design Committee and the Community Service
Committee. All proceeds will be donated in the name of the Cotton Patch
Quilt Guild, with proper credit to the Cotton Belles, to the Salvation
Army in Greenville. Cost for tickets will be the responsibility of the
Cotton Belles.” The proposal was voted on and accepted by the CPQG
membership, and the entire proposal, including rationale, is on file with
CPQG records held by the secretary.
Show
and Tell presenters were: Maejean Nixson, Maxine Leverett, Madeline
Sullivan, Rehm, Belva Isham, Pat Jonz, Jo Ann Cross, Jackie Clark, and
Lisa Coker. Allan Day announced that one of Rehm’s hand quilted quilts
had won the Legacy Award in the Plano Quilt Show. Rehm added that the same
quilt had been accepted for the Houston Quilt Show. Sue Childers reminded
the group that there were still places available for the Lake Eufala
retreat November 13 - 16. Sign up for the retreat ends September 30. Tracy
Greenlee announced September 13 as the deadline for Newsletter
information.
President
McCaw made the following correction to the July guild minutes: receipts
from Raffle Basket should read $89.00.
President
McCaw adjourned the meeting at 9 p.m.
Carolyn
Burt, Secretary
Refreshment
List
With the growth in membership,
we need to have additional members bring refreshments starting this month!
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.
September
Barbara
Ratliff*
Pebble
Rehm
Sue
Ross
Marcia
Ryder
Gwen
Schroth
Shirley
Shaw
Mary
Lambert Smith
Elaine
Sprague
Frances
Stinnet
Mary
Lou Strohm
Madeline
Sullivan
Shelia
Sunday
Annette
Swartz
Paula
Talley
Jennifer
Tenney
October
Gladys
Trammell*
Denise
Turner
Roberta
Vanderburg
Kathy
Vestal
Mary
Welch
Nora
Whitehead
Beth
Winn
B. Wood
Sherry Worley
Carolyn Wright
Jane Asberry
Ruth Bacon
Lee Ann Baker
Janice Bennett
Joan Biggs
Design
Committee
The
Patriot Quilt is in the process of being quilted. In December, we will be
handing out tickets for you to sell so make plans to bring in as much
money as possible and let's break all records on this one!
Gwen
Schroth
Sunshine
& Shadows
Joan Biggs will be having
surgery for herniated discs in her neck. Contact Jane Martyn if you
would like to volunteer for meals
Joan Biggs’ mother is also
having surgery, the day before Joan’s surgery, for her stomach.
Pebble Rehm’s quilt won the
Legacy Award for hand quilting at the Plano Quilt Show and it has been
accepted for the Houston International Quilt Festival in October!
The regularly
scheduled meeting of the Executive Board will be October 20, 2003, at 6:30
p.m. at the Cracker Barrel in Greenville. Officers: Please mark your
calendars.
Friendship
Circles
Cotton
Belles
The
Cotton Belles met on September 8th in the small dining room at
Kavanaugh Methodist Church. After a short business meeting we had Show and
tell, dessert, and worked on our Santa's for the Fish Auction. Show and
tell included Sue - two folded pot holders, Sherry – Miss Murphy’s
Crazy Cat’s Eyes quilt made with cat theme and bright fabrics, Nora –
primitive Santa made from an old quilt for the Fish Auction, Kaye –
Boston Commons work in progress. Thank you to Kaye for bringing the
wonderful Aunt Pat’s coffee cake! The next meeting will be October 6th,
same place, same time! Visitors are always welcome. LaNell will be
bringing dessert, and Sue and Sherry will be showing the folded fabric pot
holders. If you would like to make a pot holder bring 6-8 ½” inch
squares of fabric and 1 or 2 same size squares of batting. Some sewing is
required, but a machine will be available.
Sherry
Worley
Cotton
Blossoms
A
group of Blossoms took a road trip to Plano on the 29th for the quilt
show. We all agreed that it was an exceptional show and we enjoyed it very
much. We came home with a few things that will surely make our lives
easier. We met again on September 1 for a regular meeting. We had a short
business meeting, show and tell, and caught up on all the latest news. The
program was then presented by Belva and Norlyn. The group was given a
crash course in machine appliqué, using the techniques learned in the all
day workshop of Paula Platter. The Blossoms still meet on the 1st. and
3rd. Monday of each month at the Presbyterian Church on Monroe Street in
Commerce.
Belva
Isham
Cotton
Strippers
Twenty-two
strippers met in Fairlie at the home of Carolyn Burt. Thanks to Katharine
for heading up the food committee. We all enjoyed touring Carolyn’s home
and visiting with her husband and really appreciated all the effort she
went to have all of us there. Lisa announced that Quilt Works will order
another bolt of the Sunbonnet Sue aprons, if we have enough interest. If
you didn’t get your name on the list give Jane a call. Susan announced
(in her big girl voice) that the last day to sign up for Fall Retreat is
9/30. She is considering having a small mystery quilt (miniature size) at
retreat if anyone is interested. Katharine announced that she has 5 spaces
left for the 2004 Summer Retreat. It only takes $5 to hold your spot. Pat
brought some great plastic to use for appliqué templates to give away.
October 11 is the Church Bazaar and Sept 19 & 20 is the Sulphur
Springs Quilt Show. Congratulations to Tracy on getting a new job in
Dallas!
Our
October meeting will be held at Quilt Works in Rockwall. Members will meet
at the shop between 5:30 and 6. Dinner will be held afterward at a
Rockwall Restaurant. If you are going to car pool, meet at the church at 5
pm. Contact Katharine if you wish to car pool. November meeting will not
be held due to Fall Retreat.
Jane Martyn
Sunbonnet
Sue
The
Sue’s met at the church and began working on quilt tops for the
Samaritan House. Jane fixed a great meal and a great time was had by all.
Maejean brought a visitor, Carol Wright, who was working on her quilt for
Samaritan House. The October meeting will be at the home of Donna Moon.
Jane Martyn
Quilters
are like bananas...they hang around in bunches!
Community Service
Lisa
and I have a trip to United Notions scheduled to pick up books for the
donation to the Greenville public library. Would anyone who lives in
Greenville volunteer to have your phone number listed with the Guild
Information that will be placed in each book? You may occasionally get
calls requesting information on the Guild. If we have a volunteer please
call Sherry or Lisa. We would like to have the books donated before the
next Guild Meeting. A complete list of books will be published after
donation.
The
Stocking quilt has been named Quilted Christmas Dreams, and it has a very
heavy social calendar. It had two showings last week and has one next week
at the McKinney Guild meeting. Sue Miller took it to the KC supper Friday
and sold an amazing 106 tickets in just a couple of hours. Some were sold
in the parking lot before she could even get into the building! Tickets
will be available at the guild meeting if anyone is interested in helping
with sales.
As
always, kits are available for community service quilts. For those who may
be new, we make baby sized quilts through out the year and make donations
when we have accumulated about a dozen quilts. Usually, the quilts are
donated to local charity groups. You may work on any part of a kit then
return it for someone else to finish. You may piece the top, quilt it, or
do bindings. There is no time limit, just return it when you can. Fabric
is also available if you are working on a special service project. Because
space is limited at the Church you will need to contact Sherry to bring
fabric.
The
Community Service Committee proposes that any finished quilts that are
available be donated to Ronald McDonald house with the quilts that are
being made by the Cotton Blossoms. There are two or three quilts ready to
go right now, and any quilts that come in between now and when they go
should be included.
Sherry
Worley
Happy
Birthday!
September
Sharon
Callahan 09/01
Jane
Martyn 09/04
Doris
McManus 09/05
LaNell
Bundick 09/11
Susan
Childers 09/13
Nancy
Nall 09/15
Lee
Ann Baker 09/19
Allen
Day 09/25
Gwen
Schroth 09/29
October
Marilyn
McGill 10/02
Denise
Turner 10/02
Louise
Devenport 10/06
Norlyn
Quinn 10/06
Kathy
Vestal 10/08
Ruth
Bacon 10/10
Michele
Chitsey 10/12
Beth
Winn 10/16
Bettie
Hammock 10/25
Pat
McCarroll 10/31
Quilters
Birthday Song
Happy Birthday to
you! Happy Birthday to you!
Have you finished
that quilt yet?
Happy Birthday to
you!
How old is your
stash? How old is your stash?
Did you pay
plastic or cash?
How old is your
stash?
Did you see the
new Hoffman? Did you see the new Hoffman?
Did the price
make you cough, man?
Did you see the
new Hoffman?
Have you bought
the latest book? Have you bought the latest book?
So many UFOs I
shouldn’t even look!
Have you bought
the latest book?
Will you make the
show deadline? Will you make the show deadline?
An hour left,
I’ve plenty of time!
Will you make the
show deadline?
Welcome
to New Members!!
Linda
Black
5505
Kayway
Greenville,
TX 75402
(H)
903-455-5757
email:
anblack@academicplanet.com
Birthday—October
25
Spouse—Lynn
Dana
Cash
5432
FM 2947
Greenville,
TX 75402
(H)
903-883-4343
(C)
972-345-5363
email:
sjdncash@9plus.net
Birthday—October
5
Spouse—Stanley
Carolyn
Wright
3274
CR 569
Farmersville,
TX 75442
(H)
972-734-6400
(C)
214-803-4743
email:
milt972@msn.com
Birthday—May
20
Spouse—Milton
Address
Update
Joy
Gregory
2553
CR 3385
Saltillo,
TX 75478
Top
10 Reasons for Buying Fabric
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It helps keep
the economy going! It is our patriotic duty to support the cotton
farmers, textile mills and quilts shops!
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It is less
expensive and more fun than psychiatric care!
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I am
participating in a contest - the one who dies with the most fabric
wins!
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It keeps
without refrigeration, you don’t have to cook it to enjoy it, you
never have to feed it, wipe it’s nose or walk it!
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Because I am
worth it!
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When the big
earthquake comes, all the quilt shops might be swallowed into the
ground and may never be seen again!
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Stress from
dealing with the fabric control officer (my husband) made me do it!
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It’s not
immoral, illegal or fattening. It calms the nerves, gratifies the soul
and makes me feel good!
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Buy it before
your husband retires and goes with you on all your shopping trips!
-
A yard a day
is all the quilt shops of America ask!
(As if you
NEEDED 10 more/different reasons!!)
August
Door Prizes
Quilt
Country, Lewisville - $10.00 gift certificate
Fabric
Fanatics, Plano – packet of fat quarters
Stitching
Post, Denton - $20.00 gift certificate
Texas
Quiltworks, Rockwall - $25 gift certificate toward a class
Suzy’s
Quilt Shop, Garland – bag of goodies
Suzy’s
Quilt Shop, Garland – bag of goodies
Carriage
House Quilt Shoppe, Plano - $10 gift certificate
Quilt
Asylum, McKinney - $10 gift certificate and magazine
Quilt
Mercantile, Celeste – gift certificate and fat quarters
Anonymous
– packet of Christmas fat quarters
Remember
to send Thank you notes and to patronize these generous vendors!
And now a
word from our advertisers! (Hint...we need some more!!)
Lisa Coker
Custom Machine
Quilting
Gammill Longarm
Machine
PO Box 347
Commerce, TX
75429
Shop 903-367-7534
Mobile
903-456-0124
quiltbizzy@earthlink.net
Weaving
Life’s Design
As
a knot appears unexpectedly in a thread, so disappointment blocks the
smoothness of life. If a few deft strokes can untangle the skein, life
continues evenly. But if it cannot be corrected, then it must be quietly
woven into the design. Thus the finished piece can still be beautiful -
although not exactly as planned.
Author
Unknown
(This
applies to quilting too! Just because we make a block that is less than
perfect, don’t fret! It will still be beautiful when combined with the
others - “although not exactly as planned!”)
2003
Quilt Shows
Sept. 19-20 Lone Star Heritage
Quilt Guild, Sulphur Springs High School Gym
Sept. 26-27 “Celebrate
American Quilt Harvest 2003” Lake Jackson Civic Center, Lake Jackson, TX
Sept. 27 –28 “Golden Harvest
of Quilts” Golden Triangle Quilt Guild, Beaumont Civic Center, Beaumont,
TX
Oct. 3-5 “Greater San Antonio
Quilt Show 2003” Live Oak Civic Center, San Antonio, TX
Oct. 3-5 “Louisiana Purchase
1803-2003” Shreveport, LA
Oct. 4-5 “Threads of Texas
Quilt Show” Erath County Courthouse, Stephenville, TX
Oct. 4-5 “Chisholm Trail Quilt
Show 2003” C.C. D. Fulkes Middle School, Round Rock, TX
Oct. 11 Midland Quilters Guild,
Golf Course Road Church of Christ
Oct. 16-18 “Arkansas Heritage
Quilt Show” Clinton, AR
Oct 30-Nov 2 International Quilt
Festival, George Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX
The Newsletter
Deadline for October is
Saturday, October
11 , 2003
Newsletter Editor
— Tracy Greenlee
972-475-5448
tracy@greenleecpa.com
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