Newsletter 2

SNIP-ITS FROM THE PRESIDENT

Wow, we've held our 2nd guild meeting, already. I'm sure everyone had a great time. Dorothy brought a yummy chocolate creation to start out our meeting, and we discussed our fellow member Jean Van Gunten who runs a quilting service out of Tennessee. She has generously offered to quilt our charity quilt for free and will be sending more information on her services.Thank you, Jean. We also talked about ideas on how to use our dues. Here are some of the possibilities:hiring teachers, retreat fees, fabric for exchanges.

We also discussed how we'll make the use of our dues fair for our out of state members. We have a lot of ideas and believe me, we'll keep you all very busy. Dorothy gave us a demo on how to make a binding that doubles as a hanging sleeve. It was very informative and she gave us a handout that is in the mail to our away members.

CALENDAR
Thursday, November 5- Next meeting. Terry Kogane will do a short presentation and Doris Kempen is providing the dessert.

Saturday, November 21- CASA Quilt Silent Auction at the Conoco Phillips Atrium.

SHOW & TELL

Jackie showed us a beautiful Scrappy Batik quilt using The "Turning Twenties" Pattern Carol made the most adorable "Pumpkin Angels" Dorothy was almost finished with a hand quilted lap quilt absolutely beautiful using a pattern called "Winter's Bouquet" Kathy showed us one of her first quilts a beautiful Fall colored Log Cabin quilt Doris brought her Hawaiian applique table runner she was working on. Beautiful blue and red will be a real show stopper she also showed us a Bargello quilt that was made for her daughter, what a stunner Doris also showed us a gorgous wedding ring quilt she had made and asked for advice on how to do a scalloped binding

BLOGGING

My daughter Kimberlee is going to set up our Newsletter as a blog so we can all participate and share pictures, chat and leave comments. I think this is a great way for our out of State members to really feeling close to us and for us to be able to see what they're up to.

To visit the blog, just go to http://sewbeeitguild.blogspot.com

GUILD MEMBER ROSTER
Kathy Apolloni- Secretary

Brenda Bomberry

Dorothy Cobb- Vice President

Erin Kastelic

Doris Kempen- Events/Social Planner

Terry Kogane- President

Jackie Letts- Treasurer

Marlene Mills- Sargeant Arms

Carol Seitz- Historian

Jean Van Gunten

Cheri Worley

LOVE SCRAPPY?
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First Newsletter!

CALENDAR

Thursday, Oct 22- Next meeting. This is a workshop meeting, so make sure to bring your machines!

NEWS

Here are the newly elected officers:

President- Terry Kogane

Vice President- Dorothy Cobb

Secretary- Kathy Appolloni

Treasurer- Jackie Letts

Sergeant Arms- Marlene Mills

Historian- Carol Seitz

Events/Social Planner- Doris Kempton

Dues will be $25 (for every 6 months) and will be due at the next meeting (October 22 from 6-9). Dorothy volunteered to conduct a short demo on how to make bindings/hanging sleeves.

MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING

We decided to jump into making a donation quilt for CASA. Quilts are due by mid November, so we elected to use a block of the month quilt that Terry Kogane already had. Blocks were passed out and are due back ASAP. All blocks should measure 12 1/2" finished.

We agreed on the following by-laws:

First and foremost, no stressing, have fun! New members will be accepted depending on a group vote and they must already know how to quilt.

If you have tips or anything else you would like put in the newsletter, you can pass along that information to Terry in person, or by email (sewhappy57@gmail.com).

SHOW & TELL

Jackie Letts showed her log cabin scrap quilt.

Dorothy Cobb showed a mini quilt with 800 individual pieces that were made into 1"x1" triangle squares. She also showed her gold bias tape medallion wall hanging, batik exchange quilt blocks that were made and exchanged during a class at the Quilt Tree, and paper-pieced mini flying geese.

Carol made individual embroidered "Sew Bee It" coasters for all of the guild members. Thank you, Carol!!

Doris showed her cathedral windows project that is still in progress.

Terry showed a turquoise and white flannel baby blanket.

Kathy showed 2 scrap quilts, disappearing nine patch and bricks and stepping stones.

MONEY SAVING TIP

Here is a spray starch recipe submitted by Cheri Worley:

One quart (4 cups water)

4-5 TBSP liquid startch.

Bring the water and starch to a boil and remove from heat.

Add two more cups of water and stir until clear.

When clear, add two more cups of water.

Add your favorite essential oil. One of mine is lavender, and I use 10 drops.

Store extra in refrigerator.

NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT:

I am really excited about our new guild. I'm looking forward to new challenges and some quality sewing time. Oh, and also the yummy desserts!

That's it for now!

See you soon,

Terry