Schoharie Valley Piecemakers Quilt Guild Minutes

DATE: 6/13/17

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Welcome:  The meeting was called to order at 6:40 PM.  21 Members signed in.

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Guests/New Members:

None

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Treasurer’s Report:  

Savings:  $1299.99

Checking: $822.44

Balance: $2122.43

 Motion to accept: Sue Smith  Seconded: Sharon Vrooman Approved by membership

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Secretary’s Minutes of Last Meeting:   May meeting minutes--Posted to website

Additions: change Cobleskill Quilt Show to October

Deletions: none

Motion to accept:  Joan Youman's   Seconded: Betsy Macomber   Approved by membership

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Old Business: 

Website: www.schoharievalleypiecemakers.com. Take a look and see if it works!

Hall of Fame: Several nominees from SVP

EQF: No updates tonight.

SCQBT: New 4 x 4 block for West Fulton Puppet Festival, New Quilt blocks on Schoharie Elementary School

Still have cookbooks left

Patchwork Co. Sponsoring "Warriors in Motion" will be collecting quilts made--next year.  They will discount patriotic material if being used for charity quilt.

 

New Business:

Nominees for 2017-2019 Officers:

President: Sharon Vrooman

Vice President: Betsy Macomber

Secretary: Karen Frankel

Treasurer: Sharon Nesbitt

Program: Kathy Livingston

Historian: Stephanie Liddle

Sunshine: Diane Warner

Audit: Diane Warner and Marlene Laraway

The ballot was accepted as is and the new officers for SVP 2017-2019 are as written above.

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Quilt Shows:

Vermont Quilt Festival: June 23-25, 2017 Kathy asked if anybody was interested in going, taking classes, and staying overnight.

Cobleskill Methodist Church Quilt Show; October 2017. Sharon Vrooman has packet for applications to submit quilts.

Quilt Show sponsored by Heartworks Quilts and Fabrics, August 12, 2017

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Name Tag Drawing:

Sandi Johnson: Black and white fat quarters, needles, thread, conditioner

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Summer Challenge:

Make a bag out of jelly rolls, or 2 1/2 inch strips. More info to come.

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Show & Tell:  

Stephanie Liddle: Pansy park quilt

Marlene Laraway: Christmas tree wall hanging

Sandi Johnson: Asian Mum, Yipes Stripes

Joan Youman: Paper Piece and soft piece wall hanging

Sue Smith: Blue and White nine patch-LARGE, Rainbow zig-zag Quilt

Ginny Schaum: They Touched the Quilts wall hanging

Kathy Livingston: Super Nova quilt

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Program:

Quilt Quiz

Ginny Schaum presented a DVD called the Threads of Life, Migrant Worker's Quilts by Lee Serrie.

 

President Quilt Block presentation to Kathy Livingston

 

Adjourned:  Meeting adjourned at 8:25 pm.

 

 

 

Karen L. Frankel

Secretary

Schoharie Valley Piecemakers