October 26 meeting

Fundy Quilters Meeting on Oct. 26

Grandview Manor

We had a very busy meeting this month. We tried to plan activities for all of our upcoming meetings and discussed ways to improve the efficiency of how we do things.

Several things:

1.      We will pay our dues in one lump sum--$20.00 and that will prevent people from having to do fancy accounting each month.  Brenda I collected $160.00 this month

2.    Monthly topics and activities

November-Chair auction-you put everything on a chair and sell it. You keep the proceeds.  Rumour has it that some people will be selling jelly rolls of fabric.

December—no meeting this month, just Sew In on the 2^nd Saturday as usual

January—our winter potluck supper. This will be our Secret sister unveiling.

February—our quarter auction. Bring in items to sell, Alice will be the auctioneer and all proceeds will go to the Foodbank.

March—this is a regular meeting just in case we have had a cancellation due to bad weather the other months

April—this will be a sewing meeting. We will be working on Childrens Quilts. This will be a group effort –we will need sewers, pressers and cutters.
May—Pat is going to do a workshop for us on making the “Pointless Star”.  This really is a star pattern without points!

June—this will be our summer potluck and the revealing of the mystery quilts

3.    We are going to do a mystery quilt.  Janet passed out the first month’s block at the meeting. We decided we will need to do 2 blocks per month if we want to see the end project in June.  The blocks will be using 2.5 inch strips so it is intended to be a scrap project. If you wish you could get a jelly roll to be coordinated.  However we all have lots of scraps and this might be a chance to use them up.

4.    The Paradise Guild is hosting a “Gathering of the Guilds” at 11:30 on Nov. 2.  This should be a fun event if you are able to go.  There will be sandwiches and desserts provided and there is no charge to attend.  Our group is invited, along with other quilting groups in the area.  There will be a penny auction held to raise money for the hall. 

5.    The spring challenge for the Centreville Quilt show to be held on Mother’s Day 2012 is called “In a Country Garden”  The minimum size is 900 sq. inches and it can be bigger than that!  It does not have to be square. There is also a rug hooking challenge for the same theme.  You do not have to be local to win. The winners are decided by the viewers voting on their favourite selection.

6.    Alice won the fat quarter draw and she has chosen red for next month. 

     7. Please email Janet Trites (jtrites@eastlink.ca) if you would like me to email you the block for the first month of the mystery quilt.

Pre meeting notes

We have several items on the agenda this month:

1. paying our dues all at once-it is hard for Brenda to keep records, especially if she happens to have to work.

 2. workshop ideas
3. our winter fundraiser idea

4.  Check out the new fundy quilters blog --last month's minutes will be there with our fat quarter theme this month!!

 5. Alice has asked me to design a mystery block of the month quilt for the group.  I will bring the first month's  pattern with me--of course it will be a scrap quilt--and made up of 2.5 in. strips.  We will get a new block each month.

6.   Sew In at the South Berwick Hall is on Nov. 12. We always have a great time sewing. 

I am so delighted that I can be there this month to sew at 3 PM--finally!