The Pointless Sisters, a mini-group of the Santa Rosa Quilt Guild, are holding an exhibit of quilts related to water. It can be seen at Sprint Copy Center, Sebastopol, between August 4 and September 30. The featured quilt is “Along the Russian River”, a twenty panel group quilt designed by Linda Morand and quilted by 20 individuals of the Pointless Sisters. This exhibit is in conjunction with the Russian River Watershed Cleanup, scheduled for September 26-27.

There will be a reception at Sprint Copy Center, 175 N. Main, Sebastopol on Wednesday August 12 from 6-7:30 p.m.

Thanks!
Judy Mathieson

Santa Rosa Quilt Guild
Business Meeting
July 2, 2009

The meeting was called to order by President Linda Hooper at 10:00 AM.

Linda Hooper introduced our guest.

Minutes: Mirna Estes moved to accept the June minutes. Ruth Blanchard seconded. The motion carried

Treasurer’s Report: Jan Head gave the Treasurer’s Report. There was a positive cash flow in June. The budget is very close to being on target year to date. Jan announced that she’s leaving the Board at the end of the year and encouraged members to consider the Treasurer position. The books are on Quicken and she is available to advise the new treasurer.

Announcements:

Linda Hooper reported that the Guild will participate in First Friday on 4th tomorrow, July 3. The Guild booth will be in Courthouse Square and the festivities run from 4-8 PM. The Guild will also have a booth at the Windsor Quilt Show on July 5.

Linda explained that the Guild is involved in so many quilt-making activities that it can become confusing. The Guild donates quilts to more than 20 agencies and the list is on the Guild Community Projects web page. She reminded members that suggestions for new or enhanced projects should be cleared with both the Community Projects chair, Lavella Casinelli, and the full Board.

Janice Juul announced that the Nominating Committee for next year’s slate of officers has been formed. She encouraged members to consider running for a position. Contact Nominating Committee members Anne Dondero, Jan Head, Linda Emis, Judith Clarke, Earlene Maffioli or Janice Juul if you’re interested.

Tera Antaree and others have been making Community Quilts from flannel scraps. She encouraged members to join in at the next Quiltathon on July 30th when she’ll bring her stash and show her two favorite methods for using up scraps.

Judith Clarke belongs to the Habitat for Humanity quilter’s group which provides quilts for new homeowners and for raffle fundraisers. The group will have a booth at the Windsor Quilt Show. Contact Judith for more information.

The “Color, Craft and Comfort” quilt show will run from May 20 through August 19 at the Healdsburg Historical Museum.

New Business: There was no new business.

Committee Reports:

Program and Workshops- Genie Becker and Janice Rodgers: The programs for July and August were introduced. Janice and Genie encouraged members to consider running for Programs and Workshops committee chair. They described the process of selecting and hosting presenters, including the NCQC program “Meet the Teachers” which is a way to meet potential presenters and see them in action.

Nominating Committee – Anne Dondero, Jan Head, Linda Emis, Judith Clarke, Earlene Maffioli, Janice Juul: The Nominating Committee will meet on July 16. Janice Juul encouraged members to consider running for the Board. It’s a great way to get to know Guild members and the outgoing board members and committee chairs will help their replacements during the transition.

Hospitality: Carolle LeMonnier and Georgiann Morrissey received a round of applause for volunteering for June, July and August. They reminded members to bring luncheon contributions that need little or no special preparation on their birthday month and again 6 months later.

Quilt Challenge- Carolle LeMonnier, Georgiann Morrissey, Kathy Hannan: Carolle and Georgeann reminded members that it’s time to get going on this year’s challenge. The theme is homonyms – two words that sound alike but have different meanings such as “a pair of pears.” The quilts can be any color, any size. More details are available in the Newsletter or contact any of the committee members. The quilts must be completed for the Founder’s Day Luncheon on September 17.

Sunshine – Jenine Giblin: Jenine encouraged members to sign the card for Pat Meiswinkel who is recovering from surgery.

Fair Liaison – Pam McVey: Volunteers are still needed to hang quilts and demonstrate quilting. Contact Pam to sign up and receive your pass to the fair.

Sew-A-Row – Joanie Bellinghausen: Joanie announced that it’s time to rotate the rows. There’s still time to sign up. See Joanie.

Friendship Blocks – Veline Ball: Linda Hooper asked members to hold their completed blocks and bring them to the next meeting.

Block of the Month – Rhonda Denny, Linda Ziemer and Barbara Cortelyou: Linda introduced the evening star or patriotic star (depending on the colors used) which is the next block for “Create a Village.” She reminded members that the BOM program also benefits Community Quilts. When a member submits two blocks, one goes to the drawing and the other to Community Quilts. Then she gave Lavella a stack of BOM blocks for Community Quilts.

Newsletter – Jan Andrews: Jan reminded members to send newsletter articles to her in an email memo

Boutique – Betty Upchurch: Carol Jarvis announced that the Boutique doubled their sales at the annual quilt show in June bringing in record $1176. She thanked all who contributed to the effort. She said that the Guild received many compliments on the Boutique.

TSW – Tera Antaree and Phyllis Gallaway: Phyllis introduced the TSWs for July and August.

Community Projects – Lavella Cassinelli: Lavella graciously received a stack of blocks from the BOM program. She thanked members for doing a “fabulous job” and asked them to keep it up. She received a round of applause when she described that the goal of Community Projects is to “keep Sonoma County covered” and that the mission has been expanded to comfort the wounded military during this war effort. She announced the donation figures for 2008 (which are also on the web page) and 2009 to date. It looks like we’ll have a record year!

UFO Challenge – Melissa Trunick: Sign up for the challenge by the next business meeting on August 6. Don’t forget to bring $5 and your UFO.

Librarian – Sharon Fry: Sharon introduced a variety of new books and magazines.

Show and Tell was held along with the Fifty-Fifty and Name Tag drawings.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:07 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,

Cathy Rapp, Recording Secretary

Nominations are being accepted!

The nominating committee will be meeting on Thursday July 16th to create a slate of officers for 2010. We welcome all active members, new or experienced, to volunteer.

We are seeking nominations for positions on the executive board: President, Vice President, Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, and Program Chair Elect (2 positions), and Parliamentarian.

This is a great way to get involved in the Guild. Please contact anyone on the nominating committee with your suggestions prior to the July meeting.

Thank you,
Janice Juul, Anne Dondero,
Jan Head, Linda Emis,
Earlene Maffioli, Judith Clarke
Nominating Committee

Click on the link below to download the instructions for the continuous Prairie Points from the July 2nd Technique Sharing Workshop.
Prairie Point Instructions

Group shot of Lavella and some of the guys at Travis.

Here are the pictures from the Lily Marie Amaru workshop on June 19th.

Notice the smiles? Everyone is having a great time!

Is he praying or concentrating? He had so much fun in his first quilt workshop with all those fun loving ladies!

This workshop not only was fun but look how hard everyone was concentrating and working!

More smiles from a happy quilter!

Lily Marie provided lots of samples and techniques!

So, that is how you got your boarder! This technique is like the one Betty Upchurch showed us at a TSW last winter!

Finally made a trip to the Camp Pendleton Wounded Warrior Battalion to deliver quilts. After my weekly odyssey there every week during tax season I was going through withdrawals, not hopping in the truck every Wednesday. Funny how patterns can be so easily established and difficult to break. Things are sure humming there. Construction on the new facility is ahead of schedule, with a guestimate of 30% done (mostly foundation work). Right now they think that the ribbon cutting ceremony will be around March 1st. I don’t know whether that will be the date of occupancy or of completion of construction, with moving in date after that. Whatever it is, the 800 pound gorilla is racing our way with a vast number of beds to be filled. The current facility is busting at the seams, having residents all over the local accommodations, due to the rooms being full. Want to hear my heart stop: all the beds are supposed to be queen sized due to ADA requirements. You could have pushed me over with a pin at that point. I am going to continue to ask for full size quilts, however, as they DO fit on a queen bed. Yikes!!

I delivered three boxes of quilts from the uber-generous Santa Rosa Quilt guild. The Marines kept commenting on how nice the colors were. One young Marine had just been admitted as a resident and was very fascinated with the quilts. He told me that his mother made one “just like that” and kept fondling this one quilt. I asked the SSGt, and no, his bed had no quilt on it. I handed that quilt to him and he turned beet red, stammering “are you SURE”; You could really tell he lusted after it but did NOT want to ask. When I saw him walking across the parking lot later he was about three feet above the ground with a big grin on his face.

They took me to the duty storage room and there were no full size quilts, so most of those delivered were left for rotational residents. Some (a very few) are being held in reserve until the March opening freight train….

There are two head slaps for me in this newsletter (you **do** watch NCIS, yes?). Last newsletter I very carefully wrote down the names of donors and the list was typed in order that I stacked the quilts. In the enthusiasm of the Marines, the order got shuffled and I mis-identified quilts and donors. Hello!! There were only five quilts, but in a small amount of my defense I was quite exhausted from the conclusion of tax season. The head slap comes from relying on paper and stacking order. I’m so used to the limitations of camera film (let’s see, I need to shoot this, this and yet this and there are only 6 frames left on the roll……). We are in a DIGITAL age and I can (and now do) take shots of the box label and contents before they leave my house. The digital memory card is almost impossible to fill and I can do as many identification shots as needed……and promise to do this in the future.

The second head slap was for seeing but not SEEING an obvious use and need. Ken and Toni S from Texas came through on a vacation spin (love those airline miles) and brought a beautiful quilt for the WWB. They also handed me a prezzie – a pillowcase. I looked at it and the 5 watt light bulb finally engaged. Pillowcases!! I’ve seen several donated by the quilt makers but never thought about them. Perfect for going with a quilt. Perfect to use up more scrap material. Perfect for a gift for my 95 year old pop so he can have dreams of his kitties. Perfect for the 8 grandkids who have huge weight restrictions when the military moves their family – yet again! Thanks Toni!!

Click on the link below for the instructions for the Stars and Bars block for the wounded warriors project.
Stars and Bars Block

The Pieced Baskets workshop presented by Sally Collins Friday was well received! Sally presented so much valuable information that some said this should be Quilting 101; a must for everyone! After completing a 1 7/8” block or the bigger block 3 1/8” many people felt that prior to this class they were “sloppy” quilters. Sally taught how valuable it is to cut and sew accurately and to measure each seam as you sew! It is a new habit to learn but one that allows the quilter to always have perfect points, seams, etc. No longer would the quilter with this new habit say, “hmm, what happened?” Did you know that after pressing it is best to put a ruler with a little weight on the piece until it has cooled? It allows the seams in the piece to become completely flat!

Everyone worked hard and had a great time!
Enjoy the pictures.

Santa Rosa Quilt Guild
Business Meeting
May 7, 2009

The meeting was called to order by President Linda Hooper at 10:03 AM.

Two new members were introduced.

Minutes: Linda Sims moved to accept the April minutes. Mirna Estes seconded. The motion carried

Treasurer’s Report: Linda Hooper gave the treasurer’s report.

Announcements: Congratulations to Vicki David who won second place at Paducah in the “first time participant” category.

A volunteer is needed to coordinate quilts for wounded military members when they arrive at Travis Air Force Base. Contact Lavella Cassinelli.

The Moonlighter’s Quilt Show will be held June 6 and 7 at the Veteran’s Building in Santa Rosa. Hospitality still needs volunteers. Contact Vicki David if you’d like to volunteer or if you need to verify your volunteer schedule.

Janice Hartzog, the winner of the Kaleidoscope opportunity quilt, eagerly accepted the quilt.

New Business: Linda Hooper explained that Hospitality often misses the meeting or guest speaker because they’re preparing food. In order to allow Hospitality to enjoy the meeting, members are asked to bring cold dishes and desserts (pre-cut if possible) that will take little time to prepare. Hospitality will begin preparations after show and tell and lunch will be served approximately 15 minutes after the close of the meeting. Members are reminded that the pot luck is a supplement to your brown bag lunch.

Committee Reports:

Program and Workshops- Genie Becker and Janice Rodgers: Judy Sisneros’ April workshop was well received. The June and July workshops both require special rulers which you can purchase at the workshop or borrow from a friend. Supply lists for workshops through July are in the notebook by the storyboard. Supply lists will also be emailed to participants a couple of weeks prior to each workshop.

Fair Liaison – Pam McVey: Exhibitor books for the fair are available through Pam. Paper entry forms are due June 5 and entries on-line are due June 19.

Sew-A-Row – Joanie Bellinghausen: A few Sew-A-Rows still need sewers.

Block of the Month – Rhonda Denny, Linda Ziemer and Barbara Cortelyou: The apartment building block for “Create a Village” was introduced.

Community Projects – Lavella Cassinelli: To date, 636 quilts have been distributed.
Opportunity Quilt – Glenda Ross and Judith Clarke: Tickets for this year’s Opportunity Quilt “Family Ties” will be available at the meeting on May 21.

Librarian – Sharon Fry: Sharon introduced a variety of new books, CDs and DVDs.

Show and Tell was held along with the Fifty-Fifty and Name Tag drawings.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:07 AM and the Quiltathon began.

Respectfully Submitted,

Cathy Rapp, Recording Secretary