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October 2002
From the President:
Hello
Ladies,
What a
schedule our guild has had and is still expecting. One last Hoorah for Deanna
and her co-chair, Pat Pillard, for the huge success of the Quilt Show. It was hard work but, WOW, did we have a good
time. Deanna has taken the meaning of Events Chairperson to unexpected heights.
I realize I’m
statring a little ahead of time but I want you to remember NOVEMBER: our guild meeting will be at the Sulphur
Springs Public Library. We will have an informal reception/dedication of our
completed wall hangings that will be adorning the walls of the children’s stort
area. I think you will be thrilled with the overall impression. The reception
will be from 5:00-6:00 with the dedication part lasting 15 minutes, 5:45-6:00….
I want to thank all of you who have contributed blocks for the panels and those
of you who helped assemble, quilt and bind. This truly has been a group effort,
but out of our group, I especially want to thank
At 6:00 we
will go into the Library community room for our refeshments and program. Remember, even though our official starting
time is 6:30, we can sign in and start eating at 6:00. That way we lose no time lining up and have
maximum time to eat and chat.
Regarding
our Nominating Committee, concern was relayed to me that I had not followed the
bylaws in appointing the committee members. After reviewing the bylaws and
minutes going back to the beginning of our guild, indeed the bylwas do refer to
the nominees being elected. Has this been done every year? No. They’ve been nominated
and elected, and they’ve volunteered and been appointed.. Under Article 5.08,
the bylaws state that “ the President may create any temporary committee for a
specific purpose, which will cease to exixt after its specific function is
completed.” I believe that this is an accurate description of the Nominating
Committee, however due to the delay this has created, the committee will not
have a slate of officers to present at the October meeting. Therefore, I will
be asking the Guild to approve the Committee along with the tow alternates,
Ethel Winton and Wanda Beaty. This will
throw the functions of the Committee off schedule, and since we need to install
officers at the December meeting, I will be asking for a recommendation and
approval to present the slate of officers and vote on them at the November
meeting. I’ll appreciate your cooperation in this matter.
Our Quilt
Show at Heritage Park gets better every year. The Children’s Corner was the
most successful we’ve every had, thanks to Danna Darty and her children.
Nothing like children helping children. Deanna had prepared quilting objects
for 40 and they used 39. While I can’t
give you a specific count, I do believe there were actually more boys than
girls participating. On the other side of the Wilson house, Sharon Callahan and
Elaine Sprague were baking their brains in the sun while tackling everbody to
buy a raffle ticket, and I might add, very successfully. One of the 1st helpers to show up
was a newcomer from last month, Misty Thurtman from Wionnsboro. What a thrill
it is to have a newcomer like that. She did everything from helping to hang
quilts to selling tickets and providing her sewing box for our cash box. Thanks
everybody who came to help. It really isn’t a chore. We see so many people we
know and I’ll be suprised if we don’t get several new members from this event.
A new event
that is being added this year, thanks to Pat Pillard, who acquainted us with
the Cotton Jubille that will have taken place at the Cotton Museum in
Greenville. She indicates that sometjing like 15,00 people come thru during the
2 day event. So keep your fingers crosses and maybe we’ll find this a very
profitable effort for one more opportunity to sell our raffle tickets. Our ladst event to sell raffle tickets this
month weill be Autumn Trails in Winnsboro. We had a request from
Billie Ruth
Standbridge
From Vice President:
The program
for October 28th will be Barabara Booth from Terrell. She will show
her “Water Color” quilts. She will demonstrate how to make the changing colors
into a beautiful quilt using your material.
Looking
ahead to our December meeting, which will be held on the 9th of
December, since there is so little time from the November meeting, I would like
to remind you about the gift exchange we will have. This year we would like yo ask you to make
something homemade to exchange or bring a ready made gift valued at $5 to
exchange. Please do not feel pressured
to make something, we just want to have fun at a very important time of the
year.
Also be
thinking about a decorating theme for our tables as we will explain at our
meeting in October. I know this may seem early to talk about Christmas, but we
all need time to prepare.
Cecilia
Anderson Program chairman
Recording Secretary:
The complete
minutes will be available for review at the October meeting.
Louise
Stripling,
Membership Secretary:
I will have invitations for the December/Christmas
meeting. Please RSVP by the designated date in order for us to plan food. Also dues for 2003 will be $18 and will need
to be paid in January, no later than February.
Elaine
Sprague
Community Service:
Our wall
hangings for the library are completed. Don’t forget the dedication and
reception for them at the November meeting.
Shirley
Burney
Friendship/Librarian:
Don’t forget
the library as a resource for your next projects.
Design Committee
No report
this month.
Hostess Chairman:
Thanks to
our quilters that served us such great food in September. Our October hostesses
wil be:
Carol Reeves
Special Events:
Thanks!
Thanks! Thanks to all the guild members
for your enthusiasm, cooperation, and support for making our third annual quilt
show such a fantastic success… and so much fun!
Just the comments alone from show visitors make such an event worth all
the time and effort… and yes, sleepless nights! My special appreciation to the
wonderful quilt show committee for their committment to making the show the
very best possible. The donation ticket
sa;es and attendance were far above our highest expectations, which truly are
an indication of an interest in quilting in our community and surrounding areas
(even as far away as Hot Springs Village, Ark.) and the couple who read about
our show in Quilter’s Newsl;etter. It is a pleasure to work with each
one of you as we preserve and promote the art of quilting together!
The Viewer’s
Choice ballots (all 160 of them) have been counted and the results will be
announced at the October guild meeting. There
were several tie votes, so more ribbons will be awarded. A special
showing of the winners is being planned for the Novcember meeting which will be
held at the Sulphur Springs Public Library.
Deanna
Hasten
Treasurer Report: Wanda Beaty
Sept 1
balance: $5552.51
Expenses 85.83
Deposit 793.00
Sept. 30
balance $6259.68
Newsletter Deadline: November 6 , 2002
Directions
to Roberta’s:
Take 19
north toward Paris. Take the first
county road to the right after the
roadside park (#4588)
Follow 4588
for approximately 2 miles until it “T” into County Road 4586; turn right onto
4586. 4586 will make a sharp left turn . Our driveway is at the turn on the
right side of the road (the 1st right on 4586). The sewing room is
approximately 600 feet up the driveway.
Drive slow as the driveway is packed dirt.
A special Thank You to everyone who
has donated door prizes.
As you know,
we normally make blocks for the President each year. This year I would like to alter this
tradition just slightly—Billie Ruth’s daughter, who lives in Italy, will be
getting married sometime in the next year.
As Billie Ruth has been and will continue to be strapped for time, what
with her mother’s health, family responsibilities and guild acxtivities—I thought
w could help her out by making Crazy Quilt blocks for a wedding quilt for her
daughter. I will have packets with size,
basic instructions and a piece of fabric we would like to have used in all the
blocks. This will be a good
way for
those of you who have never done the crazy quilt technique to learn on a
smaller scale. All completed blcoks can
be forwarded to Elaine or myself. If you
have any questions please feel free to call me at 903-945-3483.
Upcoming Quilt Shows:
October 3- November 29 Great Arkansas Quilt Show
Historic Arkansas Museum
Little Rock, Arkansas
Oct. 31-Nov 3 International Quilt Festival
Houston, Texas
Nov. 2-3 McAlester, Ok.
Nov. 8-9 Heritage Quilters
Wills Point, Texas
Van Zandt Co. Quilt Show
Van, Texas