Informal Minutes of the March 29 Meeting

Informal Minutes of the March Fundy Quilters Meeting

Grandview Manor, March 29, 2012

This was a very busy meeting.  We completed 19 bibs for the seniors and a few people took some home to finish. It was fun and the bibs looked beautiful. ( see below for the pictures)   Mary  Jane was going to deliver  them. 

Sharon won the fat quarter draw and she has chosen flowers  for the theme next month .

Our balance is quite healthy--  $416.72

The Fundy Foodbank sent us a thank you for our donation of $300.00.  Their supplies are very low and they were glad to have such a generous donation.

Molly has designed quilt labels for the Thimbleberries Safe Haven quilt that some of us made.   Contact her if you want one. She will charge $10.00 for it to cover her supplies.

We had a discussion on what we should do for a charity quilt next fall. People seemed to be interested in doing another quilt of valour. Everyone is supposed to look for patterns –most people thought that the Bear Paw or a log cabin pattern would be good to do. The idea is that everyone would make a block and that we would take the money for backing/batting etc. out of our funds.

WE ARE GOING TO CANCEL OUR MAY MEETING because it is the same time as Quilt Canada in Halifax and everyone will probably be going to that. We will still have our Sew In Saturday.  The workshop “Pointless Wonder” taught by Pat will be postponed until the June 9 Sew In day.  We will have our potluck in June. 

Another discussion was about the getaway to the US to fabricshop/quiltstore visit. Most members thought that the latter part of September looked to be the best date.  MaryJane is going to scout out things for us her next trip.  The plan is to stay at Janet’s cottage on the way up and back to cut down on hotel bills—stay tuned for more details. We were all very interested to hear about the new limits for bringing goods home. This is good news for fabric shoppers.

Pictures of our Projects

This was a group project and is now on display at Grandview Manor

Emily's Project

 Another Emily Project

I forgot who did this one

Judy's Thimbleberry Top

Some of our mystery blocks

Alice' s Quilt

I forget who did this one!

Sharon's Quilt for her grandson

Another Emily Project! 

Some of the bibs we made

Minutes of our February 2012 meeting

Minutes of February 2012 Meeting

This was our quarter auction and we all went home with some treasures!  Thank you Alice for organizing it.

Our fat quarter theme last month was red and the winner was Emily.  She has chosen batiks for March’s theme. 

Mary Jane spoke about the bibs we are making at our March meeting. She says we need 2 layers of flannel and one of cotton for the front. We will have some ties/velcro donated to fasten them.  I am sure the residents will feel special wearing them—and we will have fun making them!

We had a thank-you from Molly for all the best wishes after her recent surgery.  She is recovering well.

8 people are participating in the secret sister exchange.

The manor is now locking the back door at 4 o’clock for security reasons.  Please knock on the window and someone will let you in.  Also if you are the last person leaving, please make sure the door is securely closed and locked.

Some dates:

March 8-- Retreat and potluck supper with Pins ‘n Needles at the Centreville Hall. It starts at 9:00, costs $3.00 and you can stay and sew all day.

March 26—Ann is giving a double Irish chain class at the Centreville Baptist Church Hall.  It costs $20.00, includes lunch,snacks etc. You can sew all day until 4:00.  Call Ann Steadman if interested.

Our balance (not including charity money for the food bank) is $458.07.

Sew In Saturday is on for Saturday March 10. Lunch will be provided because we are having a Pampered Chef demo—and she is preparing some delicious treats.  I will make the soup I made last month because everyone deemed it was safe to eat!  We had a great time again  last month . 

February Reminders for our Meeting

We had a great time at our pot luck supper. Thanks to everyone for the great food.

This month is our quarter auction, with Alice doing the auctioneer duties. All our profits from this will go to the Foodbank.  Anything you would like to donate will be gladly received. Items can be of a quilt theme like fabric or notions, or baked goods, preserves or anything you think someone will want. It does not have to be new so perhaps you have some old patterns or magazines you no longer need. (Husbands do not count as used items for sale)

Alice won the fat quarter draw last month and this month our colour will be anything red.

We hope to have the secret sister signup this month.

The pictures of the blocks we brought in last month for the mystery quilts are posted on our blog.  At the top of the page it looks like a bar and when you click on it, it will take you to the pictures. Also is a picture of the Christmas quilt we made for the Manor. 

Hope to see you on Thursday for Fundy Quilters!

Minutes of Fundy Quilters Nov. 24^th Meeting

There were 15 people at our meeting this evening and we had a great time at the chair sale. 

We discussed several things and agreed to pay Brenda for the cash box she purchased to keep the money in. We also talked about opening a bank account. If we decide to open a Fundy Quilters Account we have to have by laws, be audited etc. which sounded like too much work for our little group.  Perhaps two members can open up an account and just keep the funds there. Brenda had to work so we will discuss this with her at another time.

We agreed to pay the south Berwick Hall $100.00(motion was made by Molly and seconded by Suzanne and all were in favour)

Mary Jane is going to check with the manor to see if there is anything they would like us to do for them. Perhaps we could make bibs for the residents or something similar.  She will let us know at the January meeting.

Everyone showed off their block of the month block. Please bring them in each month so we can all see.

Verna won the fat quarter draw.  She has chosen snowflakes/snowmen for the January theme. 

We will NOT meet in December for our Thursday night gathering.  )SEW IN Saturday will still be held the 2^nd Saturday of the month.

Our meeting in January will be a pot luck supper. Our start time will be 6PM for that. We will have the secret sister revealing, show and tell and all our usual activities.  We passed around a signup sheet to see who would bring what to eat. It looks like a yummy supper so far.

Alice-dessert

Sharon—chicken casserole

Molly—Date Squares

Suzanne—Party Pork

Mary Jane—dessert & rolls

Karen—lasagna

Verna—meatballs

Sandra-Fried Rice

Ann-salad

Pat—Veggie Tray

Emily-Salad

Judy—fruit tray

Ann C—dessert

Janet—appetizer, juice, tea, coffee

We talked about storm closings and we decided that if school is cancelled, then we will cancel too.

We did not get a balance form Brenda, but it will get posted on the blog when I find out what it is.

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!