Schoharie Valley Piecemakers Quilt Guild

                                     Minutes for March 11, 2025

 

The meeting was opened at 1:07 by Barb Haverly, president.

Members present:  21          Guests: 0

***Secretary's report: The minutes were emailed to the members by Diane Warner who recorded the minutes in Colleen DeMuth's absence. A motion was made by Dolores C. to accept the minutes and it was seconded by Nicole R. The motion was passed.

***Treasurer's report: Ron Lower reported the SVP checking account balance is $2,653.38. A motion was made by Sharon Vrooman to accept the treasurer's report and seconded by Ginny Schaum. The motion was passed.

**Historian: Stephanie Liddle reported the quilt guild's album is available to look at today.

***By-Laws: There hasn't been a meeting recently.

 

***Catskill Mountain Hall of Fame: Betsy said we should think about nominating a SVP member for this year's HOF. SVP members who are in the HOF are Joan, Sharon V., Betsy, Betty, Kathy L., and Debra. A nominee must have completed all work on their quilt  from piecing to hand or machine quilting. A sponsor is needed for a nominee to take the quilts for judging. No SVP guild/ HOF members will be allowed to judge a nominee from our guild. It was reported that the building previously used for the HOF show is up for sale but they don't believe it will be an issue for this year's show. The picnic will be held in July.

***Empire QuiltFest: Fulton Montgomery Community College has confirmed the last weekend in April 2026 for the next quilt show. The theme for the show is "Revolution in Color".

***Program Committee: Charity quilts are due at the April meeting. The quilt has batting available. If needed please see Ron and tell him the size of batting  you need. Next month's Curvy Challenge is a Dresden Plate. Kathy L. and Ron L. showed their Grandmother's Fan block.

 

New Business:

***The Schoharie Library will hold a quilt and flower show again this year. The first weekend of the show will feature the quilts and the following week will include flower displays along with the quilts.

***The Bennington Quilt Show will be held on September 13th and 14th.

*** The NYS Shop Hop magazine will be coming out.

***Name Tag Drawing: 

February: Barb H.

March: Debra S.

Kai scissors was one of the gifts.

 

Show and Tell:

***Nicole R.- She used fabric from the free table to make a strip quilt bordered in black with decorative stitching across the center of the sashing.

*** Deb S.- dog wall hanging, miniature quilt in bright colors and a quilt class using panels in a window pane effect

***Dolores C- showed a fleece hat with penguin fabric, it's a charity project

***Ruth V- showed her completed 2 color quilt challenge quilt

***Emily D- she was part of a group who each made a tree of life block. Emily and Mike have been caving in Thailand and found  a group of woman weaving strips that they made into crossbody bags. She said their work was beautiful.

Kathy L-She showed a strip quilt she made for her mom when she was in a nursing home; it survived many hot water hospital machine washings.

***Martha C-showed a beautiful panel she used in a window pane quilt class at an Oneonta quilt shop

*** Kathy G- showed a quilt she made with blocks from a quilt panel with a ribbon border

***Stephanie-showed a tree of life block and a strip quilt in green fabrics

***showed a tree of life block and an early quilt she made using scraps she was given by other quilters

***Ron- showed an I spy kid's quilt and a four patch posey

 

Program: Kathy L demonstrated wheat flour batik she learned at a workshop.

Meeting adjourned at 2:41.

Submitted by Colleen DeMuth, secretary