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July Meeting Minutes
MINUTES: Heart of Dixie Quilter’s Guild, July 12, 2010, meeting
Mary Ann Raley, President, called the July 12 , 2010, meeting to order.
The minutes from the June, 2010 meeting were approved.
The treasury report is a balance $3125.70.
Mary Ann reviewed her recent e-mail about manners, being quiet, and listening to the speaker(s), during meetings. Interruptions when a speaker has the floor are being discouraged.
Linda Layfield reported on the fall retreat, as Dianna Kennedy, retreat chair, was absent. The dates are Oct. 15 -17, cost is $125, theme is UFO, held at Camp Cottaquilla. Please pay by the September meeting so the reservation can be held.
Linda, as vice president, reported the guild needs programs for the September, October, and November meetings. Members are to offer suggestions, and volunteer if possible.
Mary Ann reported for Beth Arnett, school days chair, that a Sew-in may be the theme this year, and we can work on UFO’s. What dates do we want: August 28, Sept. 11 or 25. No votes were taken, but members expressed varying schedules.
Mary Ann says she got a call from the Heart Ball committee about the annual quilt the guild makes for them. Mary Ann gave the number to Ginny Stephens.
Mary Ann also got a request from the Alabama Organ Donation Center, saying they have blocks, and are looking for someone to assemble and quilt a quilt for their donation purposes.
She also received an e-mail about flour sack fabrics being for sale, for interested members.
Linda Layfield discussed the Block of the Month, with an American flag, paper pieced with 13 red/white stripes.
Mary Ann says the next Friendship Blocks will be available at the August meeting, and will be half-log cabin blocks, at $2 per packet. Members will need to add one fabric of their own, to make the quilt representative of the guild.
Scrap Exchange blocks are due at the August meeting. The theme is patriotic.
Cheryl Clabough presented a program about Mug Buckets, or an accessories holder for coffee mugs.
Show and Tell followed.
Attendance: 19 members; 1 visitor.
Four July birthdays: May Helen McGinley, Phyllis Morse, Patty Frye, Kathy Tubbs.
Meeting adjourned.
Meg McKinney,
Secretary
