SPACE COAST QUILTERS NEWSLETTER Dawson Holiday Newsletter Page 1 Where Quilts Are Launched Volume 3, Issue 4 May 2011 Editor: Ann Hurst 321-693-0872 [email protected] A NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT 2010-2011 OFFICERS President Ann Giles We are in April and getting close to May. I think these are two of the nicest months in Florida with rain showers and pretty flowers. On my recent trip to Texas, I was looking for the wild flowers that Lady Bird had covered the Texas highways but Texas has had little rain this year and there were few flowers. We actually saw more flowers in the roadways in northern Florida. This beautiful season does inspire me to try new projects and new techniques. I hope you will all feel the same. 268-1969 [email protected] 1st VP Elaine Glasgow 383-1850 [email protected] 2nd VP Joseph Wilkins 749-9398 [email protected] Donations/ Ann Hurst 693-0872 Charity VP [email protected] Being a member of a club, organization, or guild should be a meaningful part of your life. You need to make commitments to any group you join. The group will benefit from it but you will benefit the most. In may we will elect new officers for the coming year and there will be many positions that need to be filled. The present group has functioned without a food chairman for many months. I knew that we could function without a chairman because so many of you jumped in and helped out every meeting. We need to have these chairmanships filled so that everyone has a stake in this guild. We are a loving, giving, group and we need to support our officers in any way they ask. Be open to new challenges and new tasks and stretch yourself for the better good of the guild. [email protected] Secretary Barbara Arden 264-6159 [email protected] MAY MEETING Date: May 18, 2011 Where: First Baptist Church 303 Main St., Titusville, FL. Time: 9:30 A.M. MAY BOARD MEETING Date: May 25, 2011 Time: 9:30 AM at Church 1 SPACE COAST QUILT GUILD GENERAL MEETING^ APRIL 20,2011 cont. Dawson Holiday Newsletter Page 2space Meeting was opened by the president at 9:23. There were 76 members present. Ann announced that member Love Lucas is at Vista Manor and welcomes visitors. Rose Palek is in the hospital. Cindy Flachmeir came to pick up a raffle quilt and announced a wine tasting that would benefit many services to the community. This is an annual fundraising event to benefit seniors, Sunflower House, and other community service programs and gave 4 tickets for the event. The quilt we donated for the event was shown in pink and blues colors. Other announcements: Dorothy McBride’s husband is in Parrish Hospital. A comfort quilt was delivered to Myra and her thank you note was read. Comfort quilts were also given to Ann Lofton and Love Lucas. A thank you note and pictures from the 4H club was read. Ann Mentioned she judged the quilts from the 4H club. A motion to accept the minutes of the previous month and voted on. Kathy Stewart announced a class at St. Gabriel’s at 9 a.m. on May 4th for the Spain Quilt. Bring half square triangles made up. These quilts will be for male veterans, so off white with appropriate colors should be considered. Thanks were given to Pat Wilkins for doing the newsletter for the past several years and all her other contributions to Guild activities. Ann Hurst is the new editor. DUES are being accepted now for the coming year. Members of the nominating committee Cora Postlethwait, Paula Lint, Lucille Gibbons, Barbara Arden and Love Sullivan announced the slate of officers for 2011-2012. The slate of prospective officers consists of Pres. Kathy Stewart, Vice-Pres. Joyce Tesdall, 2nd VicePres. Ann Giles, Sec’y Renee Goodie, Treas. Cecilia Reid. 2 coast quilt guild general meeting: Pat Reid announced that 109 Lullaby quilts completed. The goal is 200 and by the end of May all will be done. Ann suggested a “thread shower”, at the June meeting. All old spools of thread of any color be brought in and used in the making of the donated quilts. There will be a summer quilt camp for kids on July 25th-29th at St. Gabriel’s from 9 a.m.12:30 p.m. Split rail fence will be the pattern and volunteers are needed to help out Ann suggested enrolling our Guild in the NQA. Cost $45. for 2 years. It also gives reduced rates on liability insurance, ribbons at low price, a newsletter and advertising. Kathy Stewart made a motion to join, Nancy Smith seconded and members voted to approve. The treasurer gave a detailed financial report on the quilt show. She also announced a donation of $157.25 to the food pantry at the church where we meet and a $20 donation to St. Gabriel’s. Food snacks for May will be provided by Paula, Carolyn, Sharon, Linda Smith and Betty Kiner. Guest lecturer for May will be Mary-Jeanine Ibarquen of Florida Network Quilts. Her lecture will be on stash quilts and a class will be held that afternoon at St. Gabriel’s. Hidden Star will be the pattern and cost will be $15. Ann consulted Jerry Allender about whether we should be made a tax exempt group. He referred the guild to a tax accountant. Our bank account opened in 1982, the manager suggested a business account but also said we were grandfathered in with the account we had… The Guild was incorporated with the State of Florida in 1992 as a non-profit organization. We pay yearly to keep that corporation and pay our sales tax when we incur income. The guild registered with the IRS at the same time, but not with tax exempt status. The membership will decide what status they prefer. Ann says the guild needs to write a budget, and do a professional audit when changing directors. She will bring this up again next meeting. The meeting was concluded and Show and Tell followed. Guest speaker Alice Means was introduced and gave a program. Pat Widick substituting for Barbara Arden. May KIDS QUILT CAMP th th Mary-Jeanine Ibarquen is the creator od Florida Quilt Network and has been teaching quilting for 15 years in Florida. She will join us on May 18th for a lecture on Stashbuster, which is how to use our scraps in a successful way. She is planning to stay that afternoon and do a class called “Hidden Star”. Pick a certain color and use your scraps in this color. The class is $15 and we need to have at least 10 members. If we do not have at least 10 members participating we will reschedule for later in the year. Call me if you wish to join this class. You can see a picture of the quilt at www.floridaquiltnetwork.com Just click on classes and take a look. Dawson Holiday Newsletter Page 3 The dates are July 25 - 29 at St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church from 9am-12:30pm. We hope to serve 12-15 children, therefore we need 12-15 volunteers. If you can volunteer for one day, two days or all week…you are needed. We will use the Split Rail pattern and create kits ahead of time. Take a look at your calendar and decide what days you can help. June You will be surprised about all the fun you will have- I’m not sure who will have the most fun, the campers or the volunteers. You can sign up at the May meeting. We will celebrate the election of our new officers and turn the gavel to a new group of directors. Join us as we celebrate the end of a successful year with a covered dish luncheon. July This is our vacation month for the guild. Happy Mother’s Day to Everyone MAY’S HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL 1 Micki Carleton 1 1 2 3 12 14 14 17 22 25 29 30 30 31 PROGRAMS April I hope you all enjoyed seeing the beautiful work that Alice Means creates with her fabric and her machine and a few tricks. She truly has artistic ability. Those who took her class enjoyed learning some new techniques. It was a little challenging at times but that is the reason we take classes, to improve our skills. Alice will schedule more classes with us in the coming year. 3 Sherrianne Larson Mischele Scherf Carol Ness Gloria Beckett Crystal Mays Ann Hurst Mary Pat Lynch Nancy McPhee Betty Kiner Calleen Coiner Sally Krause Wanda Masek Mary Owens Dorothy Morgan