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COTTON
PATCH QUILT GUILD
Greenville,
TX
August,
2004
“Set
me a task in which I can put something
of my very self, and it is a task no
longer,
it
is joy, it is art.”
Bliss
Carman
Letter
from the President
Dear
Quilters,
Although
the summer is far from over, so far
we've managed to dodge the (official)
bullet. No 100-degree days! All the rain
- Yeah! – has allowed farmers to get a
third hay cutting, for which they are
grateful. Lake levels are up, gardens
produced plentifully (all but mine) and
our outdoor watering hasn't been as
desperate and intense as in past years.
I hope it's been a good summer for each
of you.
One
of the highlights of my summer was the
Strippers' Cleek Retreat. We had a great
time and already have 23 signed up for
next year, as well as a commitment for
the massage therapists to return. I
decided to use up some of my Christmas
stash on the Mystery quilt, but the real
mystery is how the stash keeps growing
instead of getting smaller! Is this one
of Murphy's Laws?
Now
that school is starting and families are
returning from vacations, I hope that
everyone will make a special effort to
attend the August meeting. It's
extremely important that there be a
quorum present. Elsewhere in this
newsletter you will find explained the
problem facing the guild and the
proposed solution. Please consider this
carefully; it will only intensify as our
membership continues to grow. It is very
frustrating when trying to conduct guild
business, and be stymied for lack of a
quorum!
We're
coming down to the wire on the patriotic
quilt. The drawing will be at the
October meeting, so please make every
effort to sell whatever tickets you
still have and turn the money in to
Gwen.
Hope
to see everyone on August 26.
Piecefully,
Katharine
August
Meeting
August
26
6:30
pm
Carol
Morrissey—Big Picture, Hand Dyed
Fabrics
Carol
Morrissey caught the quilting bug in
1986. She comes from a long line of
quilters and will bring a few vintage
family quilts to show us as well as a
trunk show of her own work. A few years
ago she started dying fabrics when she
couldn’t find what she needed at the
quilt shops. Now she sells her dyed and
painted fabric, designs quilts from
photographs, teaches quilting and
publishes patterns. She also works at
Quilt Country in Lewisville.
Pebble
Rehm, Programs
Cotton
Patch Quilt Guild
Financial
Report as of 8/01/2004
Cash
in Bank, 1/1/2004
$ 1,395.08
Cash
Receipts
Community
Service Income
$ 175.45
Library
Donations & Sales
$ 223.58
Membership
Dues
$ 2,041.00
Membership
Directory Ad Sales
$ 407.00
Patriotic
Donation Raffle Quilt
Ticket
Sales
$ 971.00
Pending
Sales Taxes Payable
$ 6.80
Due
to Strippers for 2005 Cleek
Creek
Retreat
$ 183.00
Total
Cash Receipts
$ 4,007.83
Quilt
Association Dues
$ 50.00
Community
Services Exp, Fabric
$ 99.12 **
Donation
Quilt Expenses
$ 152.96
Library
Expenses
$ 38.31
Membership
Expenses
$ 362.85
Newsletter
Expenses
$ 127.00
Program
Expenses
$ 815.12
Rent,
Facilities 2004
$ 500.00
Supplies,
Paper Products
$ 42.17
Sunshine
& Shadow Expenses
$ 10.78
Misc.
- Internet Name Fee
$ 35.00
Misc.
- Cash Box
$ 8.62
Total
Expenses
$ 2,241.93
Net
Increase in Cash for 2004
$ 1,765.90
Cash
in Bank, 8/1/04
$ 3,160.98
Less:
Sales Taxes Payable
$ (6.80)
Less:
Due to Strippers for 2005
Cleek
Creek Retreat
$ (183.00)
Net
Funds Available for the Quilt Guild
$ 2,971.18
Mary
Lambert Smith, Treasurer
**$31.20
Batting for Community Service Quilts not
to be charged against Community Service
Budget
Happy
Birthday!
August
Mary
Alice MacDonald
08/06
Jackie
Clark
08/11
Connie
Colbert
08/11
Alice
Cooney
08/14
Mary
Lambert-Smith
08/14
Pebble
Rehm
08/16
Lisa
Coker
08/19
Pug
Wichern
08/23
Aline
Dillahunty 08/24
September
Jane
Martyn
09/04
Doris
McManus 09/05
LaNell
Bundick 09/11
Susan
Childers 09/13
Nancy
Nall
09/15
Allen
Day
09/25
Gwen
Schroth 09/29
The
drawing for the Patriotic Quilt is
drawing near. We need to get as many
tickets sold as possible before October.
If you do not think you are going to
sell your tickets, please turn them in
at the next Guild Meeting so that we
don't run short at the last minute. Of
course, we prefer that you sell those
that were distributed to you. If
you have sold tickets and not crossed
your name off of Gwen's list, please let
her know how much money you turned in
for your tickets.
Gwen
Schroth
"Asking
a quilter to do your mending is
like asking Picasso to paint your
garage."
Author Unknown
Refreshment
List
If
your name appears on the food committee
and you know that you will be unable to
attend the meeting, please let your
chairperson* know as soon as possible.
If you need to make arrangements to have
someone else deliver your dish, that
would be appreciated. You could swap
months with someone else. In lieu of
either of those options, a $10 donation
would allow the chairperson to ensure
that we have enough food for all our
members and guests.
August
Sherri
Parsley *
Mary Lambert-Smith
Norlyn
Quinn
Mary Jane Spinar
Barbara
Ratcliff
Elaine Sprague
Pebble
Rehm
Greta Starnater
Sue
Ross
Frances Stinnett
Marcia
Ryder
Mary Lou Strohm
Gwen
Schroth
Madeline Sullivan
Shirley
Shaw
September
Jennifer
Tenney *
Beth Winn
Gladys
Trammell
Carolyn Wright
Roberta
Vanderburg
Jane York
Kathy
Vestal
Jan Ainsworth
Mary
Welch
Jane Asberry
Nora
Whitehead
Joan Biggs
Sherry
Worley
Linda Black
Pug
Wichern
Membership
New
Members!
Jeanie
Herring
3371
CR 1105
Celeste,
TX 75423
(H)
903-776-2123
email:
196330@ev1.net
Sherie
Kao
2254
Village North
Richardson,
TX 75081
(H)
469-831-1812
email:
sheriekao@aol.com
February
10
Spouse
- Peter
Margaret
Patton
2803
Charity Road
Commerce,
TX 75428
(H)
903-886-4303
email:
pattonlaur@aol.com
February
13
Spuse
- John
Member
Update
new
email for Alena Helm
tahelm@accessmo.us
Sunshine
& Shadows
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Maxine
Leverett’s husband, Harold
suffered a massive heart attack
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Donna
Moon is recovering from surgery
for breast cancer but is having
complications with her implant
If
a guild member has had a death in
the family or has had surgery,
please let us know. If you have had
a happy event in your life, please
let the guild members rejoice with
you.
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Betty
Day betallday@ev1.net, 903-496-2897.
Friendship
Circles
Cotton
Belles
The
August meeting for the Cotton Belles was
held at Kavanaugh Methodist Church. The
Fish donation was $42.00. Kaye gave a
talk on making labels for our quilts.
Sherry gave a talk on the TAQC in Tyler.
Everyone was told to bring their sewing
machines, mats, short rulers, 12"
square rulers and neutral thread at the
next meeting. Everyone will be able to
make their own quilt square. A working
day was held Monday, August 9 at the
church. The Christmas quilt, which was
made by the members, was given as a
surprise to Jeanne & Ollie Kirby who
have been so faithful working with Fish.
La Nell provided desert.
Marcia
Ryder
Cotton
Blossoms
The
Cotton Blossoms took a road trip to the
Quilt Mercantile store in Celeste to see
the Eleanor Burns trunk show on July 16.
The trunk show had now yet arrived but
we had a great time visiting and
shopping anyway. We stopped in on the
way through Greenville for a good
lunch at Audrey's tearoom. On the
way back home we stopped at the Up Town
Mall for a little more looking and
shopping. We are always ready for
a good road trip. Our next meeting
was on August 2nd at the Presbyterian
Church in Commerce from 1:30 to 5:00.
Joyce McCord did the program on using
the Square in a Square ruler. By the
next meeting we should all have our wall
hanging completed or almost.
Belva
Isham
Cotton
Strippers
A
big "Thank You" to Greta
Starnater who welcomed 24 members
of the Cotton Strippers Circle into her
beautiful new home and to the
refreshment committee for the wonderful
meal. Kathy Vestal gave us an update on
Donna Moon's recent surgery &
recovery. For all those who wish to send
get well cards they may be sent to her
at her home address or to her daughter's
where she will be recuperating.
Donna
Moon
c/o
Brenda Fenn
7841
Old Hickory Drive
North
Richland Hills, TX 76180
Sue
Childers advised that the deadline to
sign up for November Retreat is Sept.
15th. All CPQG members are welcome to
attend. Contact Sue (903-883-3578) for
dates and cost. Kay Colcleasure
presented the Strippers with a challenge
for the 2005 CPQG quilt show. If you
wish to participate, please bring 2
fat quarters of "ugly" fabric
and $1.00 to the next meeting. Kay will
provide additional instructions at that
time. For more information, contact Kay
(972-924-4151) or Kathy (903-883-4132.)
Pebble Rehm gave all the
"Blooming 9 Patchers"
encouragement & incentive to
complete their quilt tops by the Dec.
meeting in order to be included in
the prize drawing. She also, gave us a
wonderful description of her trip to the
Sisters, OR. Quilt Show, the
northwestern US and national parks.
Show-n-Tell was enjoyed by all.
The
next meeting will be held on Sept. 9th
at Kavanaugh Methodist Church in
Greenville with refreshments provided
by: Mary Welch, Carolyn Wright, Barbara
Ratcliff, Kathy Vestal, Sue Ross, Huey
Nobles, Jane Asberry
Kathy
Vestal
Sunbonnet
Sue
The
Sues met at the home of Sue Childers.
She had new porch all fixed up and a
delicious supper. Everyone brought
something for the "get well
box" for Donna Moon. The next
meeting will be at the home of Jane
Martyn.
Jane
Martyn
COTTON
PATCH QUILT GUILD EXECUTIVE BOARD
The
executive board met at The Cracker
Barrel restaurant in Greenville at 6:30
on July 19, 2004. Attending were
Katharine McCaw, Barbara Ratcliff, Linda
Franklin, Mary Smith, Tracy Greenlee and
Pam Hodapp. Absent were Kay Colcleasure
and Pebble Rehm.
McCaw
had compiled the YTD expense-to-budget
figures for each office. All are
operating very safely at or below the
mid-year point.
Membership
Chair, Pam Hodapp, reported 82 members
through June 30. Of these, 5 live out of
state, 3 live more than 100 miles away,
and 11 drive between 50 and 100 miles
(one way) to attend meetings. That is a
total of 23% of the membership for whom
attending a meeting may not be
realistic. However, our guild by-laws
state that the entire membership must be
used for counting a quorum, without
which no vote may be taken. (Note: A
by-laws amendment was proposed for a
vote this past April, but failed for
lack of a quorum. On another issue the
following month, proxies barely achieved
a quorum, and at the July meeting an
issue that would have required 44
members could not be voted on because we
had no quorum.) We will always encourage
new members, no matter where they live.
There are a number of our members with
whom we are able to visit only at
retreat, opportunities we eagerly look
forward to. But for monthly operating
purposes, it is necessary that a
modification to Article IV of the
by-laws be made as soon as possible.
This can be done at any time, according
to Article IX.9.02. Therefore, the
executive board will present a
recommendation in the August newsletter
and hopefully be able to call for the
vote at the August meeting.
The
board addressed, once more, the variety
of opinions concerning food at guild
meetings. A ballot will be distributed
at the August meeting, giving members an
opportunity to vote their preference.
The
next executive board meeting will be
October 11, 2004.
Respectfully,
Barbara
Ratcliff
EXECUTIVE
BOARD RECOMMENDATION
The
executive board of the Cotton Patch
Quilt Guild recommends the following
modification to its by-laws, effective
upon approval:
Reference:
Articles IV and Article IX.
ARTICLE
IV - MEMBERS
4.01
Any person shall be declared a member of
the Cotton Patch Quilt Guild upon
payment of the annual or semi-annual (
after July 1 ) dues.
4.02
There shall be three (3) membership
designations.
1.
Junior membership - (as written)
2.
In-Area membership - available to those
whose residence is less than
seventy-five (75) miles from the
location of the meeting. Each In-Area
member at a meeting is entitled to one
vote on each matter submitted to a vote.
3.
Out-of Area membership - available to
those whose residence is more than
seventy-five (75) miles from the
location of the meeting. These members
shall not be counted for purposes of
achieving a quorum and shall not vote.
All other benefits and responsibilities
shall remain unchanged.
4.03
- 4.07 Former 4.04 through 4.08 as
written
Just
a Few Minutes…
The
Cotton Patch Quilt Guild met at
Kavanaugh United Methodist Church on
July 22, 2004 at 6:30 p.m., with 42
members and 6 guests present. Visiting
our group were Courtney Greenlee, Linda
Hevron and Deborah Schlief. Three guests
joined the guild. Welcome to Sherie Kao,
Margaret Patton and Jeanie Herring. Ice
cream and toppings of your choice
followed a delicious supper.
Many
thanks to Linda Franklin, Librarian, for
all the hours she has spent cataloguing
our library and separating the
duplicates and orphans for a sale to
benefit the library. The library fund is
approximately $60 richer now, and
following Quilto tonight, there will be
more.
Seven
members displayed their handiwork during
Show and Tell. Jo Ann Cross announced
that the miniature she made for the
Scottish Rite Charity Auction had sold
for $1700! Congratulations, Jo Ann!
Pebble Rehm, Program Chair, has asked
whether there is interest in having 1) a
floor cloth workshop - $60 includes all
materials, and/or 2) A Mystery Quilt day
on August 28 - $5 payable in advance.
Contact Rehm for more information.
The
Community Service Committee has a new
selection of kits available and ready to
be completed.
The
Sulphur Springs guild displayed and sold
tickets on their raffle quilt. The
drawing will be September 18. Gwen
Schroth, Design Committee 2003, asked
that anyone still holding tickets for
our own Patriotic Quilt raffle, contact
her. Also let her know if you have
turned in money to anyone other than
Schroth. She is very low on the ticket
supply and members are asking for more.
Over $200 was sold at the meeting
tonight!
Lisa
Coker suggested that those going to
Tyler on July 31 for the TAQG Rally Day
to arrive early. More attendees are
expected than there are goody bags!
Following
the business meeting and intermission,
our favorite caller and ex-officio
member, John Martyn, led a rousing round
of Quilto. Lots of our members - some
more than once! - added to their
fat-quarter stash before the evening was
over; sadly, this writer wasn't one of
the lucky ones. Quilto is an annual
event, and always benefits the library
generously.
Good
friends, lots of ice cream, and Quilto!
Life is good!
Joyfully,
Barbara
Ratcliff
BOOKNOTES
- from the librarian
We
made $59.75 in book and magazine sales,
and collected $48.96 from Quilto donations
at the July meeting. After we pay
taxes of $4.93, we'll have made $103.78.
Thank you one and all for your support!
We're
putting in another bookcase in the
guild's storeroom, and I'm ordering
books. Let me know if you
have a title or subject that you'd like
to see in the library.
Are
you interested in the library offering stencils
and templates? We have some
now to lend out and I will get more
if there is a demand.
Did
you know that we have videos for
you to borrow? We have videos that
show you how to quilt the perfect
stitch, strip piece like a pro, rotary
cut efficiently, and more. Famous
quilters such as Debbie Mumm and
Sharlene Jorgenson show you their
techniques for country quilting.
At our library you not only read the
how-to’s, but can also view them.
Email me your titles and
suggestions: lcftexas75402@yahoo.com
Linda
Franklin
Don’t
Forget
Turn
in any money collected for
Raffle
Quilt tickets to Gwen Schroth
UFO
Projects (completed, of course!)
and
I-O-U fat quarters to Alice Cooney
2004
Quilt Shows
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August
27-29 “Birds of a Feather Quilt
Together”, Quilter’s Guild of
Arlington, Arlington Convention
Center
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Sept.
9-12 “Fatten Your Stash” 7th
Annual North Texas Shop Hop, 17
shops with a free fat quarter at
each shop!
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Sept.
9-11 “Memories in Cloth” Green
Country Quilters Guild, Tulsa
Oklahoma Convention Center Featuring
Bethany Reynolds “Magic Stack”
& “Whack Quilts” (www.greencountryquiltersquild.com)
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Sept.
16-18 Ozark Piecemakers Quilt Show,
University Plaza Trade Center,
Springfield, Missouri
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Sept.
17-18 Lone Star Heritage Quilt Guild
of Sulphur Springs, TX Quilt Show,
Hopkins County Civic Center,
1-888-300-6623
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Sept.
24-26 “Celebrate the Adventure”
Austin Area Quilt Guild, Crocket
Center, 6301 E. Highway 290, Austin,
TX
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Oct.
15-16 “Heritage Quilt Stars”
Heritage Quilt Guild of Van Zandt
County, Canton Civic Center, Hwy 64,
Canton, TX
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Oct.
16 “Friends & Neighbors”
Albany Study Club, 3rd Annual Quilt
Show, Main Street, Albany, TX
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The
Newsletter Deadline for September is
Saturday,
September 11, 2004
Newsletter
Editor — Tracy Greenlee
972-475-5448
tracy@greenleecpa.com
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