“The line between
failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know
when we pass it -
so fine that we often are on the line and do not know
it.” Ralph Waldo
Emerson
Letter from the
President
Dear Quilters,
Welcome to another
year of opportunity! For many of us, that translates
to
“resolution”. More power to you. I quit making resolutions
years ago
because I never
followed through on any of them.
I prefer, instead,
to approach the coming year with expectation and
anticipation.
Expecting to maintain continued good health and
prosperity, and
anticipating making new quilting friends as the guild
continues to grow.
My expectations also include finishing some of those
pesky UFO’s in
the closet, but realistically, I'm not going to agonize
over it.
The opportunities
for our guild are exciting! The area of community
service is
limitless, and our visibility will broaden, as we
participate in the
Texas Association of Quilt Guilds. Most exciting is
the prospect of
working with such an outstanding board and committees.
It just gets better
and better every year, thanks entirely to YOU. My
sincere thanks to
each of you!
Piecefully,
Katharine
January
Guild Meeting
January
22, 2004
6:30
pm
Annual
Business Meeting
The January 22
meeting is our annual business meeting. We will be
voting in the
proposed slate of officers, renewing membership and
hearing ideas open
for discussion for the upcoming year. Katharine will
present her
President’s message and share history of the guild, which
is helpful to new
members and brings back wonderful memories for those
who have been on
the quilting journey of our guild.
We hope to see you
there!
Pebble Rehm ,
Program Chairman
Membership
February 1, 2004 is
the deadline for paying your membership dues in
order tohave your
name printed in the new directory and to continue receiving the
monthly newsletter.
I will be taking photographs at the meeting for
inclusion in the
directory. You must pay your dues at the January guild
meeting or mail
your check for $24.00 to me by the deadline. It is
important for
everyone to get their dues paid on time!
We ended 2003 with
84 members!
Pam Hodapp
Patriotic Raffle
Quilt Committee Report
12/8/03
Chair - Gwen
Schroth
Committee Members -
Lisa Coker, Maxine Leverett, Sue Childers, Mary Lou
Strohm, LaNell
Bundick, and Jane Martyn
Expenses for the
raffle quilt to date: Materials $100.34
Quilting
- 305.00
Total -
405.34
Credit for
unclaimed deposits - 19.00
Grand Total
- $386.34
(This does not
include price of printing tickets)
The Patriotic Quilt
is completed. The raffle tickets will be made
available at the
January meeting. The guild voted at the November, 2003
meeting to conduct
the raffle at the October, 2004 meeting.
Gwen Schroth
Proposed Slate of
Officers for 2004
President -
Katharine McCaw
Vice President of
Programs - Pebble Rehm (4th & final year)
Recording Secretary
- Barbara Ratcliff
Corresponding/Membership
Secretary - Pam Hodapp
Treasurer - Mary
Lambert Smith
Newsletter Editor -
Tracy Greenlee
Librarian - Linda
Franklin
Happy Birthday!
January
Betty Day 01/06
Jennifer Tenney
01/18
Elaine Sprague
01/20
Sue Ross 01/20
Mary Welch 01/23
February
Shelly Childers
02/01
Barbara Ratcliff
02/05
Jane Asberry 02/06
Maxine Leverett
02/24
Letha Bost 02/25
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!
January
Sara Bobbitt * -
Dorothy Boettcher, Barbara Booth, Letha Bost, Vickey
Bradley, LaNell
Bundick, Carolyn Burt, Sharon Callahan, Connie Cawthon,
Shelly Childers,
Susan Childers, Michele Chitsey, and Jackie Clark
February
Pam Hodapp * -
Shirley Hogan, Belva Isham, Norma Johnson, Pat Jonz,
Gini Keith, Anna
Knutson, Maxine Leverett, Mary Alice MacDonald, Jane
Martyn, Pat
McCarroll, Katharine McCaw, and Marilyn McGill
2004
Programs
January 22 -
Installation of officers, President’s message, membership
renewal
February 26 - Sue
Welton - Glorious Quilts with Tricks
March 25 - Shelley
Hilton Pace - 50 Things I Wish I had Known on My
First Quilt
April 22 - Lynn
Welch - Landscape Quilts
May 27 - Judith
Patricele Stone - Red & White Quilts
June 24 - To be
determined
July 22 - Quilt-O
and Ice Cream Social
August 26 - Carol
Morrissey - Big Picture
September 23 - To
be determined
October 28 - To be
determined
November 18 - Skill
Night
December 16 -
Christmas Party & Make and Take
Pebble Rehm
Sunshine
& Shadows
Mary Lou Strohm’s
mother passed away on December 16 in
Pensacola, Florida.
She was 85.
Pebble Rehm’s
father was hospitalized with pneumonia. He has
since been released
but is anticipating hip surgery.
Linda Franklin
shares this information - Eleanor Burns will present a
trunk show at the
quilt shop in Celeste, TX from February 20 thru
March 5. Check with
the shop for further details!
Friendship
Circles
Cotton Belles
The January meeting
was held at Kavanaugh United Methodist Church.
Members voted to
continue collecting money and food at the monthly
meeting for FISH.
Twenty-six dollars was collected for this month.
Rally day at the
Texas Association of Quilt Guilds was discussed, which
is July 31 in
Tyler. Hopefully, everyone attending will be able to
carpool. Sherry
Worley thanked
everyone for their
hard work and effort on the stocking quilt with $1,660
going to the
Salvation Army. Dessert was provided by Sue Miller. Nora
Whitehead showed a
children’s quilt that her granddaughter had brought her
from a mission to
Honduras. LaNell Bundick showed her butterfly quilt she
made for her
granddaughter. Sherry Worley showed her embroidery project
started in January,
2003 and hopes to finish in 2004. Members talked about
their “12 step”
projects for the year and how productive it had been in
2003 for
those who participated.
Marcia Ryder
Cotton Blossoms
No report received.
Belva Isham
Cotton Strippers
Five Strippers met
at the church building and car pooled over to the
Plano Quilt Guild
meeting. About 10 more Strippers met us at the Plano
meeting. The
speaker was Ricky Timms, a quilter and singer. The program
was excellent and
we laughed and laughed! He was just fun and we were
all his friend by
the end of his program!
The Strippers have
signed up to serve Solid Rock at the church on
February 11.
Someone will be calling with menu and schedule
information.
The February 12th
meeting will be held at the church. Refreshments to
be provided by:
Mary Welch, Maejean Nixson, Sara Bobbitt, Maxine
Leverett, Kay
Colcleasure & Debra Hager. Everyone that is participating
in the Blooming
9-Patch will begin to bring in their fabrics for a
“trial run” by
Pebble. You can either participate in a round robin or
make your own and
follow along with the group. Suggested yardage to
start—color 1-3/8
yard; color 2-1/2 yard; color 3-3/4 yard; color 4 -1
yard; color 5-1-1/8
yard. Plaids, checks, geometric and solids not
recommended.
Florals, leaves or bushy fabrics are best.
Jane Martyn
Sunbonnet Sue
There was no
meeting in January for the Sunbonnet Sues. The February
5th meeting will be
hosted by Kay Colcleasure and we will be meeting at
the church.
Treasurer Report
2003 Actual
Income/Donations
Community
Service
$ 125.00 $ 125.00
Donation
Quilt
Raffle
Tickets $1,108.00
Salvation Army
Raffle Quilt Tickets $ 1,659.00 $2,767.00
Library $
490.00 $ 490.00
Membership
Directory Ads
$ 352.00
Guild Pins $
55.00
Membership
Dues $ 1,945.00 $ 2,352.00
Non Budgeted
Items
Garage Sale $
153.00
Silent
Auction $ 216.00 $ 369.00
Programs
Workshops $
520.00 $ 520.00
Total
Income/Donations $ 6,623.00
Expenses
Committees
Community
Service
Books, Public
Library $ 81.00
2002 Donation
Quilt Exp $ 328.00
2003 Donation
Quilt Exp $ 458.00
Salvation
Army Raffle Quilt Monies $ 1,659.00
Other
Community Service $ 72.00 $2,598.00
Historian
Expenses $ 140.00 $ 140.00
Library
Expenses $ 452.00 $ 452.00
Membership
Expenses
Directory
Expenses $ 314.00
Membership
Expenses $ 97.00 $411.00
Newsletter $
406.00 $ 406.00
Programs
Program
Expenses $ 884.00
Workshops $
500.00 $ 1,384.00
Total
Committees $ 5,391.00
Misc. $ 26.00
Dues - Tx
Asso of Quilt Guilds $ -
Rent $ 500.00
Return Check
Charges $ 5.00
Silent
Auction Expenses $ 75.00
Sunshine
& Shadow Expenses $ 53.00 $
659.00
Supplies
Office
Supplies & Postage $ 21.00
Paper
Products $ 69.00 $ 90.00
Total
Expenses $ 6,140.00
Net Income $
484.00
Cash in Bank,
Beginning of Year $ 911.00
Cash in Bank,
End of Year $ 1,395.00
Newsletter Editor
Note: I apologize for the 2004 Budget not being
included. I
thought the budget was included with the Treasurer's Report for
2003,
however it wasn't.
There will be copies provided at the January meeting
for your review.
Audit Committee
Report
The audit committee
of the Cotton Patch Quilt Guild met on December 18,
2003 to review the
books of the guild. All entries were found to be in order and
the balance in
agreement with supporting documents. As of this date, the
balance in the
checking account was: $2,889.45 less $1,247.00 for the
Salvation Army
quilt leaving a balance of $1,642.45.
Certificate of
deposit, #56202211, at Cypress Bank, Commerce, Texas,
original amount of
$1,800.00. Balance on 12/31/03 was $1,872.99.
Total monetary
assets of the guild are $3,515.44.
Members of the
committee: Katharine McCaw, Mary Lambert Smith, Jane
Asberry, Norlyn
Quinn
Newsletter Notes
Please be sure to
mark on your membership renewal whether you want the
monthly newsletter
via regular mail or internet (e-mail). I believe
this year went well
with nearly 2/3 of the membership receiving the
newsletter via
e-mail. This saved the guild a lot of postage! Thanks to
everyone for their
patience while getting the e-mail going.
Tracy Greenlee
Executive Board
Meeting Minutes
The Cotton Patch
Quilt Guild Joint Executive Board met at the Cracker
Barrel Restaurant,
Greenville, TX on January 12, 2004. Board members present were
Linda Franklin, Pam
Hodapp, Katharine McCaw, Carolyn Burt, Mary Smith,
Tracy
Greenlee, Barbara
Ratcliff, Pebble Rehm, Kay Colcleasure and Sue Childers.
Addressing
By-laws’ inconsistencies was the first item of business
presented by
President McCaw. The board agreed to add the Audit Committee as an
ad
hoc committee under
Article VII as section (8:09) thereby making the previous
(8:09) now (8:10).
Justification of this agreement was to include all ad
hoc committees that
operate annually. McCaw noted that the By-laws on the guild
website need to be
updated.
President McCaw
emphasized that each officer and committee chair is
responsible for
maintaining his/her budget/financial records. “This
pertains especially
to any area where collections are taken. Each chair
should count the
money and make a record of it before turning over to
the treasurer,”
stated McCaw.
Fund raisers for
2004 were considered. One consideration discussed was
the possibility of
the guild sponsoring a quilt show in September or
October, 2005 in
lieu of a raffle quilt. This proposal will be
generally presented
at the January, 2004 guild meeting with detailed
guidelines and
discussion to be held at the February, 2004 meeting.
The status of the
damaged Butterfly quilt is still in limbo, however
Rehm has taken
responsibility to find the procedure to contact the
Sullivan Company
(manufacturer of the basting spray used.) For future
consideration, an
Endowment Fund was suggested to be established in
order to underwrite
grants, projects, etc. and provide a depository for
memorials and
honoraria with the idea of one money making project per
year allocated to
increasing the endowment funds.
The 2004 budget was
presented by Smith and board adopted the budget as
presented pending
approval by the guild members at the January meeting.
Other items brought
before the board by President McCaw included the
return/exchange of
the lapel microphone, the direction to the library
chair to pass the
hat every two to three months, and to send a copy of
the newsletter to
each first time visitor to a guild meeting. The board
was provided a
review of he programs for 2004 by Rehm. She also took
suggestions for
workshops in 2004.
Executive board
meetings in 2004 are to be held April 13, July 12 and
October 18.
President McCaw adjourned the meeting at 8:30 p.m.
Carolyn Burt,
Secretary
Just a few
minutes…
The Cotton Patch
Quilt Guild met at Kavanaugh United Methodist Church,
Greenville, TX on
December 18, 2003.
President Katharine
McCaw opened the meeting at 7:00 p.m. and welcomed
guests Ollie and
Jean Kirby. McCaw thanked the hostesses for the social
at 6:30 and the
guild for FISH donations.
Officer and
committee chairmen reports were taken from treasurer, Mary
Lambert-Smith
reporting a balance of $1,642.45 as of December 18;
Pebble Rehm who
explained the “make and take” placemat projects being
made during the
meeting and she encouraged members to mark the 2004
program survey; Sue
Childers reported nine new books for the library;
Gwen Schroth
announced that the address was available to order quilts
from India; and Pam
Hodapp announced that photos would be taken at the
January meeting for
inclusion in the 2004 directory of those members
who had paid dues
by that deadline. Hodapp announced and welcomed
Monica Denney as a
new member.
Sherry Worley’s
door prize bonanza included 24 door prizes during the
meeting. Worley
announced that more than 40 baby quilts had been
donated to various
charities for needy children and that 200+ Christmas
stockings had been
made and donated. Worley and her committee presented
Mr. & Mrs.
Kirby, representatives of the Salvation Army a check for
$1,247 earned from
the guild-sponsored raffle of the Stocking Quilt.
Sue Miller’s name
was drawn as the winner of the quilt.
Jane Martyn
reported that the Cotton Strippers would meet at Kavanaugh
parking lot at 5:00
p.m. on January 8, and convoy to the Plano Guild
meeting, and that
the February meeting would feature the Blooming Nine
Patch challenge.
In the business
portion of the meeting a special vote to waive a
by-laws restriction
(Art. VI - 6.05) was taken and passed.
Alice Cooney showed
the gift items made by members that were brought
for Show and Tell.
The Sunshine and Shadows committee expressed
concerns for Mary
Lou Strohm in regard to the death of her mother.
President McCaw
closed the meeting after the sharing of gifts at the
Christmas tree.
Carolyn Burt,
Secretary
2004 Quilt Shows
Continuing thru
April 2004 -Quilt Mania, Dallas Texas
Feb. 13-15, 2004
“Heirloom Quilts of Tomorrow” Cleburne Area Quilters’
Guild, Cleburne
Civic Center, 1501 Henderson, Cleburne, TX
Feb. 14, 2004
Stitches from the Heart, Brenham Community Hall, 101 N.
Chappell Hill St.,
Brenham TX
Feb. 20-21
“Carousel of Quilts” Bear Creek Quilt Guild of Keller,
Grapevine
Convention Center, Grapevine, TX
Feb. 28, 2004
Cotton Pickin’ Quilt Show, Munday Elementary School, Hwy
222, Munday, TX
Feb. 28-29, 2004
7th Annual Mesilla Valley Voices, Las Colcheras Quilt
Guild, Las Cruces,
NM
March 18-21 Dallas
Quilt Show
March 26-28 Tyler
Quilt Show
May 14-15, 2004
“United We Quilt” Lakeview Quilters Guild, Bay Area
Community Center,
Seabrook, TX
The Newsletter
Deadline for February is
Saturday, February
14, 2004
Newsletter Editor
— Tracy Greenlee
