2020- NOV & DEC MTG | piecemakers

November 10, 2020

St. Mark's Lutheran Church

Middleburgh, NY

1-3pm

Schoharie Valley Piecemakers Quilt Guild Minutes

November 10, 2020

Meeting was called to order at 1:05 by Sharon Vrooman, president.

Members present: 13 Guests: 0

Treasurer’s Report:
Savings: $1,262.21
Checking: $132.02

Total: $1,394.23

Motion to accept report by Joan Youmans and seconded by Emily Davis.

October minutes read by Colleen DeMuth, motion to accept by Barb Haverly and seconded by Joan Youmans.

Historian, Stephanie Liddle reported that photos from the last meeting were updated on the guild web site.

Old Business:

Sharon has brought fabric, books, quilting supplies and plastic storage containers that were donated by Mary Ambrose’s family. Mary was a former member. Please take whatever you would like.

Ginny Schaum said that a 3D Quilt cube is now set up in the Railroad Ave. Park.

Ginny Schaum also showed the snowman and snow lady wall hanging that will hang near the Middleburgh Library.

New Business:

Due to the pandemic we will not have our traditional potluck meal for our December meeting. Sharon Vrooman will get trays of cookies to place on each table. Please bring your own drink is desired and you may bring your lunch if you would like.

The President’s Challenge Block theme for the December meeting is National Pride. Two sites Sharon suggested for information are http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/ and http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/. Betsy Macomber said she uses Block Base from the Electric Quilt Company for block information and patterns.

Name Tag drawing won by Ginny Schaum.

Show and Tell:
Joan- Corn and Beans, she said she was redoing her block
Ida- Shoo Fly
Betsy- Broken Wheel
Stephanie- Churn Dash
Diane- Turkey in the Straw
Kathy- Corn and Beans
She also showed two quilts for her church raffle that were made using embroidered blocks, one a wall hanging and one lap sized.
Colleen- the cut out pieces for Hen and Chickens
Emily- Fence Rail, She also showed two quilts with bats, one with different landscape fabric backgrounds with a diamond border and an Amish bats with solid colors and a star border.

Sharon V. Hen and Chicks and she did a house block with a variation of the block and her take on all the blocks that were made by quild members last month.

For the December meeting bring your pillowcases washed and dried in scent free products and placed in a plastic Ziploc bag. Sharon gave out bags at meeting and had more she will bring in December.

Meeting adjourned.
Program: Ginny Schaum- fabric holiday cards

Donation Items to SVP by Mary Ambross, (former SVP member)

Show & Tell

President Block Challenge:

"Farm Life"

Program:

Fabric Cards with Ginny Schaum

Quilt Block Cube

(Schoharie County Quilt Barn Trail - quilt cube created & installed with help of BOCES & Midtel) Near Town Hall on Railroad Avenue, Middleburgh

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December 8, 2020

St. Mark's Lutheran Church

Middleburgh, NY

1-3pm

Schoharie Valley Piecemakers Quilt Guild Minutes

December 8, 2020

Welcome:

Meeting was called to order at 1:05 by Sharon Vrooman, President

Members: 14 Guests: 0

Sharon Vrooman discussed the need to watch the COVID restrictions for gatherings in the upcoming months and to monitor positive COVID numbers in the counties where our members live. Sharon will notify the members by email regarding any meeting cancellations due to COVID or weather.

Officer’s Reports

Treasurer’s Report: Checking: $132.02 Savings: $1,262.21 Total: $1,394.23 Motion made by Joan Youmans to accept report and seconded by Ginny Schaum. Motion was passed by members.

Secretary minutes: on web site, motion to accept by Joan Youmans and seconded by Stephanie Liddle. Motion was passed by members.

Old Business:

Dues: If you haven’t paid your dues please give a check to Sharon Nesbitt.

Snow People: Our snowman now has a snow lady and they will hang together in front of the Middleburgh Library.

Other: There is a light show in the Timothy Murphy Park in Middleburgh that you can drive through the next two weekends.

New Business:

Schoharie Library: Cathy Caiaccio, the librarian is retiring. There is raffle for a gingerbread house.

Other: The renewal for the web site is coming up in February and the cost previously for two years was approximately $219. A motion was made by Emily Davis to continue to have the web site for two more years and to reimburse Kathy Livingston for that expense. The motion was seconded by Betsy Macomber. Motion was passed by members.

Name Tag Drawing: Won by Colleen DeMuth

Show and Tell:

Alyssa Coons: flag block

Edna Lower: variation of a friendship star

Ron Lower: Land of Liberty block and a turkey block for last month

Stephanie Liddle: Dolly Madison block

Emily Davis: Burgoyne Surrounded

Sharon Nesbitt: Log Cabin and Anvil blocks

Sharon Vrooman: Kanas Star and Union Square block was inside her house block Sharon also showed two antique quilts she is repairing.

Kathy Livingston: Yankee Pride block, originally called Lemoyne Star

Betsy Macomber: Railroad Crossing

Ginny Schaum: Cabbage Rose quilt with raw edges

Diane Warner: Hull Victory (Old Ironside)

Joan Youmans: Corn and Beans and Martha Washington Star

Meeting adjourned at 1:53.

Program: Bingo game with quilting words and Christmas song teaser. We enjoyed cookies provided to each table by the quilt guild. Pillowcases were collected for our charity donation.

****January and February meetings were cancelled due to COVID.

January program will be moved to our March 9th meeting. Sharon Vrooman will provide kits for a make and take pin cushion. ****Please bring sewing scissors.

If you have made pillowcases or placemats for donation and haven’t turned them in yet please bring to March meeting. Please bring any President challenge blocks you have made and not shown yet.

January meeting theme: Family

February meeting theme: Floral

March meeting theme: Biblical