Minutes

PRIDE CITY QUILT GUILD

Minutes – October 21 2024

The meeting was called to order at 9:35 by Jill Jespersen.

Please silence cell phones.

Minutes are accepted as published.

In-house raffle:

1. 4 yards batiks + 4 fat quarters – Stana Graham

2. Halloween layer cake with container – Cathy Hamilton

3. Quilt themed jigsaw – Eloise Wenzel

4. 2 Christmas panels + 2 patterns – Cheri Walker

5. Mary Engelbreit cross stitch book with 1.5 yards even weave fabric and embroidery floss – Teresa Grice

6. Notions in a Halloween bucket – Carol Briscoe

Programs:

• Today – Kari Nichols will present a trunk show and a class on panel quilts.

• November – Peggy Gonzales will start a mystery quilt.

• December – More mystery quilt. Collette's lunch. Money must be received by Diane May by the November 16th meeting.

• January – President's table with prizes for completed show and tell quilts throughout 2024.

Committee Reports:

• Treasurer's Report: As of the end of July, the balances in our accounts: General Acct. – Start - $9647.55, End - $9780.58, Quilt Show Acct. - 722.16, Raffle Acct. – $ 178.90. Moved and seconded to allow expenditure for new checks. The proposed budget was accepted. Lorraine must add something for our guild's 40th anniversary next year.

• Cathy Ortega – 68 members and 6 guests (Linda Collins, Cami Bregar, Darlene Ealey, Kris Person, Joann Weidman, and Margaret Arnot) in attendance today. Chris Magan won the yard of fabric for wearing a nametag.

• Kristine McAllister – Five fat quarter bundles were brought in. The winners were Kay Loudenberry, Julie Racine, Gale Miller, and Kris McAllister. Kris is taking suggestions for next year's monthly designs.

• Diane Sabus reminds us to return the plastic bags that contain the charity quilts. These quilts go to Pueblo Child Advocacy Center, Nurse Family Partnership, Pregnancy Center, YWCA (Maricopa), Hospice, and Casa. The standard size is approximately 45" by 60".

• Mary Beth Shaufler needs input for the newsletter by October 28th.

• Quilt show began meeting to plan the 2025 show.

     o There will be a registration form at the December guild meeting. We will be discussing registration next month and will have more information for you.

     o We will pay the museum $1000 in rent. This is our 15th show and we have paid $600 each year for 14 years.

     o This year we will lose space in the International Gallery (Tipi). This allows the museum to earn money from field trips. We hope to make up the space by building additional quilt stands and placing them in the community gallery. More information will be available to the guild in the next month.

     o Mary Kay Witte is our featured quilter. We are excited for you to see her display "Quilts are not just for beds."  She utilizes several quilting techniques in very creative forms.

     o Jill reports she has 10 items for the bucket raffle. The raffle helps pay for programs.

     o We have not decided on the charity project for this year.

     o We are exploring the speaker for the first Saturday, maybe from Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum.

     o Take in quilts on Tuesday, April 1st. The show is April 3rd – 12th at El Pueblo Museum. We return the quilts on Monday April 14th.

     o We look forward to you entering your quilt in the show. We need you to volunteer and help advertise. More information is coming soon. Always check your newsletter.

Announcements:

• As usual, Stitcher's Garden is open on the Mondays we have guild.

Respectfully Submitted,

Mary Beth Shaufler

Several members asked questions at the September meeting about how someone is nominated to receive a Quilt of Valor.  See the discussion under  Announcements.

Meeting Photos - October

Barbara B. brought us 4 presentation cases for QOV, and a lot of charity quilts were finished!

Show & Tell - October

Program - October

Kari Nichols, designer of quilt patterns using panels, provided a short lecture on the use of various panels.  Her patterns were available for sale, and she also led a class on ways to use horizontal panels vs vertical ones, and the differences to be concerned with whether your panel is screen printed vs the newer digital prints.  Below are some of her quilts which she brought to demonstrate the use of different borders for panels.