Minutes
and Show & Tell
Minutes
Pride City Quilt Guild
Minutes – July 20, 2026
REVISED
Call to order: 9:30 by Jill Jespersen Please silence cell phones.
Minutes for June 15, 2026 are accepted as published.
Committee Reports
Welcome & Sunshine: Cathy Ortega
- Attendance: 56 Members
- Guests: 1
- Naomi Zeleny's Daughter
- Drawing for wearing a name tag: Teresa Grice
Fat Quarter Drawing: Kids – Allie Russell, Margaret Arnot, Cammie Bregar
- Next Month: Batiks (List found in New Letter)
- Yvonne has a new roster on the welcome table for everyone to double check.
In-House raffle: Allie Russell
- Templates for Curves and a book – Barb Predovich
- Notions (Calendar with quilt patterns tiles) – Linda Fernandez
- 9 Panels – Cathy Ortega
- Jigsaw puzzles – Jill Jespersen
- Sun Bonnet Girl clock – Trudy Aron
- Basket of blue fat quarters – Cha Cha Hanson
Treasurer's Report: Pat Rotolo
- As of June 30, 2026
- General Fund: Beginning $9,760.91 - Ending $9,435.13
- Quilt Show Account: Beginning $1,063.26 - Ending $1,063.26
- Raffle Account: Beginning $802.85 - Ending $752.85
- There will be an audit on August 25 at 1:00 pm at Pat Rotolo's house. Holly, Tracy, and Eloise have volunteered to participate.
Holly – Holly put sheets on the tables to choose what we want for our Christmas Lunch. Do we want potluck, catered, Dutch lunch, Gaglianos, or pasta and chicken. If we do anything that requires the guild to pay a portion, we must have a vote.
Programs: Holly Vigil
Ann Bush had been evacuated from her home in Rye. She is now back in her home. Her hand quilting class will be postponed until next month. Confetti class is also postponed.
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
- We contribute to Nurse Family Partnership, Pueblo Child Advocacy Center, and others.
Scent Heart for Newborn Hope: Judy Case and Margaret
- The scent heart is worn on the chest near the heart and then goes to the baby.
- Judy will walk us through the process.
- Judy makes 500 each year. They are distributed along the front range.
- The scent of the mother on the heart helps the baby to bond and be comforted.
- Supply list and instructions will be sent out to the membership.
Announcements:
- We have several members of our guild who have been affected by the fire:
- Eloise Wenzel
- Cheri Walker
- Sue Turnquist
- Nancy Shaw
- Ann Bush
- Janet Zurovski
- Mary Ellen Naughton
- A blast was sent out to members to bring donations to the meeting. Jill will take the donations to the disaster center at Beulah Heights Elementary.
- State Fair 2026:
- Allie Russell has sign-up sheets for Colorado Day (August 1) and for the State Fair at her table.
- Volunteers enjoy perks of Free Parking & Free Entrance to the fair for that day.
Lorraine Kohrs has sold her house and moved to Denver to be nearer her children.
Stitcher's Garden quilt shop is accepting resumes for part-time work.
Linda Pace would like to start a round-robin quilt square project. Each person that signs up will bring in a small pieced square. The next person will add a border and return that. Another person will add another border. Any block will do. The finished square should be no bigger than 18".
Respectfully Submitted,
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Mary Beth Shaufler