Minutes
and Show & Tell
Minutes
Pride City Quilt Guild
Minutes – November 17, 2025
Call to order: 9:30 by Jill Jespersen Please silence cell phones.
Minutes for October 20, 2025 are accepted as published.
Committee Reports
Welcome & Sunshine: Cathy Ortega
- Attendance: 51 Members
- Drawing for wearing a name tag: Cynthia Fuentes
Fat Quarter Drawing: Yvonne Cleaver Nancy Shaw substituting
- Anything Goes – Kathy Turner, Kay Loudenberry, Carol Nachtigall, Susie Rimsky & Judy Byrne
- Next Month: Flannel (Fat Quarter schedule found in News Letter)
Membership for 2026 starts in December - enrollment forms are available on the website or with Yvonne Cleaver. Membership forms can also be mailed to the PCQG P O Box 1404, Pueblo, CO 81002. Yvonne will only be taking membership with both form and $25.00 membership dues. She will not be taking information and/or money individually!
Presentation Cases (Quilts of Valor):
- Barbara Bell
In-House raffle: Allie Russell
- Sewing tin of miscellaneous notions & pattern notebook – Mary Beth Shaufler
- Fall Basket & 10 Fall FQ – Cynthia Fuentes
- Six (6) bag patterns – Kay Loudenberry
- Two (20 puzzles – Nicole Scott
- Five (5) Christmas kits – Kathy Hamilton
- Over 3#'s Scrap Beige fabric – Kathy Turner
Treasurer's Report: Pat Rotolo
As of October 31, 2025
- General Fund: Beginning $8,327.78 - Ending $8,448.63
- Quilt Show Account: Beginning $1,637.01 - Ending $1,637.01
- Raffle Account: Beginning $469.00 - Ending $469.00
Motion was made for approval of the Pride City Quilt Guild budget for 2026 and approved.
Election of 2026 Officers: No volunteers came forward for the nominating committee.
Nomination was made for President-Jill Jespersen, Secretary-Diane May, and Pat Rotolo as Treasurer.
- Seconded by Tracy Dempsey
- Voting Approved
Guild is looking for a Vice President to replace Holly Vigil. Interested guild members should talk to Cathy Ortega. Vice President will be taking on arrangement of programs.
- Programs for the first three (3) months of 2026 have been setup; along with annually scheduled May fabric sale and December holiday party.
Programs: Holly Vigil (Vice President)
Holly and Diane will be relinquishing their duties in April, 2026 so a new Program Team will be needed to take over programs.
December 15, 2025 – Christmas Party Luncheon - $9.00
- Chicken or Salmon Piccata, mashed potatoes & vegetables
- Sign-up with Holly Vigil or Diane May by November's meeting
- Dessert provided by Board members
January 19, 2026 – President's Table
- Prizes for completed "Show & Tell" quilts from throughout 2025
- If a guild member knows they will not be attending this meeting a friend can pick up prizes they may have won.
February 16, 2026 – Ann Bush – Hand Quilting
- Ann will teach a class on hand quilting
- Register with Ann ASAP so she can prepare kits for class
March 16, 2026 – Joan Musick – Class & Trunk Show
- Class fee - $20.00
- Twisted Four Patch w/Panel
- Supply list pending
Love (Charity) Quilts: Diane Sabus
- Charity quilt kits need to be checked out providing name and quilt information in notebook.
- Diane explained quilt bundles for guests
- Reminded members to return all the Zip Lock bags
- When washing quilts before returning them use Color Catchers
- Sizing for quilts made individually without kits
- Baby quilts: 42/45" x 60"ish
- Teen quilts: 53" x 68"ish
- Larger sizes for bigger teens: 60" x 80"ish
- Diane also has labels for individuals making quilts without kits
- Turn under edges or sew into binding as edges will raffle.
- Diane washes and examines quilts for repairs and etc. after each monthly meeting. Quilts then go to agencies as soon as the following day.
- Diane continues to look for the following quilt kits that have not been returned:
- July 2024 – Snow teddy bears and red plaid – Pickups and dogs for backing
- August 2024 – Red and green flower on tan background with red and green contrast – wide back tan backing
- August 2024 – Happy faces on black and assorted colors – black with white dots for backing (Joann)
- October 2024 – Baby print in pastels on white and lavender with lime green dots contrast – lime green snowflakes for backing
- November 2024 – Blue with brown bunnies and red hearts, contrast light brown – blue with reddish hearts for backing
Regional Quilt Show: Cass Pearson
- Show will run from April 2nd – April 12th
- Quilt check-in will be Monday, March 30th
- Opening Reception will be Thursday, April 2nd from 2:00-4:00
- Quilt Pick-up will be Monday, April 13th
- The Community Gallery will display "Proclaiming Colorado's Black History" opening on Martin Luther King Day. We will be showing the Quilting Women of Gee's Bend (Alabama) in the South classroom.
- Kids Classes are scheduled for April 3 and April 10. We will be introducing the children to the Underground Railroad.
- April 3 – Scavenger hunt and Judy Byrne will lend her Underground Railroad quilt to show the children.
- We will ask guild members to make 12 ½" unfinished (12" finished) blocks of the Underground Railroad blocks utilizing civil war fabric or vintage fabric. Fifteen (15) blocks will create the Underground Railroad the children will follow for a scavenger hunt. Extra blocks will be displayed throughout the show. Blocks will be sewn into quilt(s) for drawing held in December, 2026. Those providing blocks will be entered into the drawing.
- Nancy Shaw will be taking names of guild members who are interested in making blocks. She will then email guild members patterns. Once completed pin your name and name of block to completed blocks. Nancy would like these completed blocks by March 16 or sooner.
- The 2nd class is a hands-on project where the children will design a block using foam board and scrap book paper that would guide someone to their home, school etc. We want the children to sew, so we are asking for orphan blocks 9" or larger. They will sew a border around the block. We will need sewing machines and volunteers.
- Saturday, April 11 Speaker is pending: RMQM bed turning, speaker about the Gees Bend experience, crazy quilt and Bethlehem Baptist Choir. Cass is looking for anyone who might have a contact with Bethlehem Baptist Choir.
- Jill has nine (9) items for the raffle and has eleven (11) cans.
- Tracy Dempsey is the new volunteer coordinator. Volunteer (White Glove Ladies!) sign-up sheets will be available in February & March. Five (5) volunteers will be needed for each day for two shifts running from 10:00-1:00 and 1:00-4:00. Please sign up for the whole shift, no partial shifts. We are also considering reminder phone calls for responsible shifts.
- Tracy will also have the lawn signs
- Our Community Project this year will be collecting nonperishable food items for Cooperative Care which started this month continuing through the quilt show. Wish list will be available at each meeting and in the newsletter.
- Advertising: Nancy has checked into Wet Mountain Tribune (Westcliffe, Wetmore and Canon City), Green Horn Valley (Beulah, Colorado City, Rye, San Isabel and Hatchet Ranch). Posters and small sheets for distribution will be provided. Diane May is checking the best way and when to contact Nursing homes/assistant living facilities.
- Registration forms are in process of updating and will be available on the website or at the coming meetings.
- Registration per quilt is $8.00
- Quilts must have a hanging sleeve – split for larger quilts; and tag with owner's name.
- Stories on quilts are emailed or hand written to Jill Jespersen and need to be 50 words or less. Don't do both.
Stephanie Walker from Pueblo Cooperative Care presented information on the organization and needs. They are a community faith-based organization with a mission to prevent hunger and improve the quality of life to citizens residing in Pueblo County. Cooperative Care center is the largest non-profit emergency assistance program in southern Colorado.
- PCC offers the following types of services: Food (grocery sacks), clothing, Voucher program (i.e. Colorado ID, Birth Certificate, Death Certificate or Driver's License), Medical Prescription assistance, city transportation, Hygiene essentials, shower program and nutrition on wheels.
- Additional information is available at cooperativecare.org
Announcements:
Stitcher's Garden – Patti Rodriguez
- Stitcher's Garden is in the process of moving to a new larger location at: 104 S. Victoria Ave. – the old South West Trading Company. Building includes two (2) stories.
- Main – fabric and etc.
- 2nd – additional fabric, quilting and class rooms
- Stitcher's Garden is in the process of becoming a Bernina sewing machine dealer.
Jill has a red spiral notebook with lots of information/notes that was left at a previous meeting. Contact her to claim.
Additional Kitchen help will be needed in the coming months – please see Cass Pearson.
- Notice: Please dump remaining liquid from containers into the sink. Liquid in trash leaked as bag was carried from the facility last month making a big mess to be cleaned up!!
Jill reminded guild members at the close of meeting to fold tables - chairs and prop them against the wall if not staying for additional programs. The metal chairs need to be hung on racks at entry hall.
Respectfully Submitted,
Diane May