Schoharie Valley Piecemakers Quilt Guild Minutes for September 12, 2023 Meeting was opened by Barb Haverly, president at 1:07 Members present: 22 Guests: 0 Welcome to our two new members, Denise and Louise. **Secretary’s report: Colleen DeMuth reported the minutes were emailed to members by Diane Warner who recorded the June 13th meeting. A motion was made by Betsy Macomber to accept the minutes and it was seconded by Betty Pillsbury. The minutes were approved by the members with 1 abstention. ***Treasurer’s report: Ron Lower reported that there was a balance of $1,991.24 on 7-13-23 after the change of officers. After a deposit from Lily Quilt raffle tickets ($425) the balance is $2,416.24. A motion to accept the treasurer’s report was made by Sharon Vrooman and seconded by Stephanie Liddle. The motion was passed by the members with one abstention. ***Quilters HOF report: Kathy Livingston talked about the summer picnic. She said kits were handed out for a quilt block for a raffle. Sharon Vrooman said the block was chosen to represent the Catskill Mountains. There will be a HOF meeting on October 2 nd . Old Business: ***EQF show: Kathy Livingston reported the theme will remain Diamonds and Daffodils in April 2024 (2020 show cancelled due to Covid). A site visit was made to Fulton Montgomery Community College by committee members. Kathy said she is beginning to receive vendor applications. ***Lily Quilt report: Since the spring tickets have been sold at several events including the Schoharie Library show, Middleburgh craft show and the Lily Fest. ***On 9-16-23 the village of Schoharie is holding a village yard sale. If you are available to sell raffle tickets, see Kathy Livingston. ***Bennington Quilt show will be held on September 16 and 17th . ***Old Stone Fort Harvest Fair will be held on October 14th. There will be a display of quilts that feature historic blocks. A sign-up sheet was passed around for set up October 13th and for the Lily quilt raffle ticket table on the 14th . *** Major’s Inn Quilt show will be held on October 6, 7 and 8 th . If you are entering a quilt in the show, Sharon needs the quilt with the paperwork by September20th. New Business: ***Log Cabin’s Quilts in the Yard will be held on Sunday, September 17th rain or shine. ***Windham Quilt show will be held October 7 and 8th . ***Dues are due as soon as possible. Please see Ron Lower and give him a check for $20.00 to Schoharie Valley Piecemakers. ***A payment of $500.00 will be made to St. Mark’s for the monthly use of the gathering room from September 2023 through June 2024. Name Tag Drawing: Emilie Wright Program Committee: Members spoke about the plans for monthly programs listed in the brochure. Each month there will be a two-color block of the month. Members were given a piece of fabric, a needle and a card of floss. Please bring these each month along with scissors. Show and Tell: Ruey Schell: Halloween witch wall hanging, a Sue Pritt pattern Sharon Vrooman: said she has been making commissioned shirt and sweatshirt quilts this summer Marlene Laraway: showed her two completed color challenge quilts Ruth Veley: a table runner and an iPad case Emily Davis: black, gray, white quilt made with wonky bat squares with a wavy border Denise Tracy: a patriotic star quilt made from a kit from the sale of Helene Langan’s quilting supplies Kathy Livingston: completed her color challenge, the Fire and Ice quilt Kathy Gorczyca: Welcome wall hanging from a Sue Pritt pattern Martha Crockett: wall hanging made with printed barn blocks with pieced squares Betsy Macomber: winter wall hanging of birds at a feeder, a wall hanging of a moose from Northern Reflections quilt shop in Alaska, a quilt of bright stars paper pieced on a black background (Catch me if you can) Stephanie Liddle: color challenge chicken quilt completed Meeting was adjourned at 2:36.

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