September 2024 Minutes

 Minutes, Crescent Quilters Meeting, September 9, 2024

Location: Brella in person meeting on the upper level

Date: September 9, 2024

Time: 6:30 – 9:00 pm

Attendance: Bea F., Carole N., Carolyn Smith., Cherie M., Cindy S., Deb M., Donna M., Gloria F., Helen V., Jean H., Joan W., Karen B., Karen D., Liz P., Lori P., Lynne D., Marette W., Monika M., Nancy F., Rosalyn H., Ruth P., Sarah Neff., Shelagh C., Susan M., Vivian C., Wendy W.,

Minutes: taken and distributed by Carole N.

Karen D. opened the meeting by thanking everyone for coming.

Bonnie Rothe’s family kindly gave us a treat basket as a thank you to everyone. Bonnie passed away early in the summer.

Karen D. welcomed all new and returning members. Our new members are Cindy Semkew, Deb Morton, Liz Paynter, Lori Perchie, Ruth Pisko, Sharron Gibbs, and Sally Sheppard. Karen apologized for an error about Sally’s last name in the newsletter. The new members who were attending told us a little bit about themselves.

Karen introduced the executive who described their roles.

Karen asked everyone to fill out a confidential ballot asking:

“Do you want your e-mail, home address, phone number on list for other members to see?

Show & Tell – do you consent for photos of your work to be on Crescent Quilters blog? No faces will be shown.”

Fundraiser: We will be selling Purdys chocolates again this year, as it was very profitable last year. All information and catalogues will be given out at the October meeting.

Snack sign up: The doors will be open at 6:30, for you to come early and socialize with other members. A light snack will be provided, cookies, loaf etc., please bring your own beverage. We have a sign-up sheet if you are interested in bringing a small snack. We are hoping for three ladies per meeting.

Fat Quarter Draw: Karen introduced a fat quarter draw. For every fat quarter you bring, you will receive a ticket that goes into the draw for your chance to win the fat quarters. For October, bring fat quarters with red in them or that are related to Halloween.

We have one space left to bring our numbers up to 40 plus 1 honorary member. Susan reminded us about the posters she emailed to us promoting our group. She encouraged us to post them in good places.

Karen D told us that Carol MacNamara passed away suddenly. Many of our members knew her.

Gloria asked the group about interest in workshops. One suggestion was a “shirt protector” workday. She asked for a show of hands about whether weekdays or weekends were preferred. She also offered to host informal zoom chats for members if there is interest.

Groups – In case you don’t have a copy of Gloria’s program for the year, I’ve included it here.

Crescent Quilters’ 2024-25 Year at a glance

October- Guest Julie Faulker. She was our guest once before. It was the first meeting we had after the Covid restrictions were over. She presented a fabulous show of her paper pieced quilts. She is coming back. This time she will bring a mix of quilts and bags she made to show us. (October 21st)

November- Members trunk show. Several Crescent quilter members will be asked to put on mini trunk shows for us. Always an enjoyable meeting! (November 18th)

December- Christmas Party --Details to be announced. It will be the second Monday of December. (December 9th)

January- The group in charge will present us with some sort of challenge. The challenge will go until the end of the year (June). They will also plan some sort of fun activity for us. (January 20th)

February- The group in charge of this month will plan something interesting for us. (Either it will be demos, or an alternate choice) They will let us know more details closer to the date. Note due to the stat holiday on the third Monday of the month, the meeting will be held on the second Monday of the Month (February 10th).

March-Guest speaker. To be announced. (March 17th)

April- Theme night. The group in charge will choose a theme. They will ask that members bring items of the theme they choose along. Be prepared to show and tell the item. The more participation the better! (It doesn’t matter if you have shown it before, bring it again) Note due to the Stat holiday on the third Monday of the month, the meeting will be held on the second Monday of the month (April 14th)

May- Guest speaker. (To be announced) Note due to the Stat holiday, it will be the second Monday of the month instead of the third Monday of the month. (May 19th)

June- Wind up party. Details will be announced. It is usually a potluck. (June 16th)

Show and Tell

Karen Bryson showed her Halloween quilt. It had hand embroidery and crayon painting.

Susan McL showed her son’s wedding quilt. She machine quilted it using a programmed stitch on her machine. She also asked about removing pencil marks.

Helen brought 14 shirt protectors for Brella that she made from donated fabric. She also showed two pinwheel community quilts, one blue and yellow, one mauve and green.

Carolyn showed a black and white and green Christmas quilt for her daughter.

Sarah N. showed a Carnival Flower Quiltworx quilt she made for her husband’s boss’s anniversary. She personalized it with the names of some of their pets.

Wendy W showed a shirt protector with circles made from a sheet and two knitted half-square triangle throws with wool backing.

Jean H demonstrated how she uses strip vinyl lettering for her picture books and quilts.

Carole N showed a blue and white quilt called Nordic Frost.