Date: Saturday, November 2nd, 2024
Time: 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Location: St. Giles Presbyterian Church, 1021 Hudson Rd, Greenville SC. In the single-story building behind the main chapel.
Members Present:
Guests: Brenda
Agenda for Meeting: Call to order @ 1:02 PM
Vice President Michelle Giles – Welcome and Comments
Business Mtg:
Board and Committee:
- Social Media Dagmar Theodore (If she is there)
- Philanthropy Duski Coleman and Cindy Lange
Quilts to Julie Valentine center and how they are used. Our quilt are going to the group that is part of Prisma Health. Not being given out as frequently as we thought they were. They receive the quilt after they are evaluated. Not everyone receives a quilt. They have other gifts to give and they give what is most appropriate for that child. They recently found a lot of quilts when they were doing a big clean out process. They have a lot of quilts for right now. They are asking for us to hold out donating for a few months and will probably re-start beginning of 2025.
We have the possibility of adding another group for our quilts if needed. We can discuss.
- Membership Linda Cassell & Teresa Melonson -- Welcome Guests and New Members
New member – Colleen. Moved to Greenville in August. Was in guild in Massachusetts. Found us through the internet.
- Discuss 2025 Membership Renewals and Nov 15 deadline.
We are currently in transitional season.
- Zeffy:
- Process payments
- Maintain database
Draw for winner of those who renewed early through Zeffy! Congratulations to Dawn Holder.
Holiday Lunch:--Kerry Newberry and Julie Biggs
You can buy your tickets for the raffle items ahead of time through Zeffy. The tickets will be filled out with your information. It is preferred if you purchase by the Wednesday before the holiday party. The raffle is our fundraiser.
If you want to bring items in December, bring them by 11:30, but it would be preferred to bring prior to that time.
Julie Biggs will set a date where she will be at home for people to drop off at her home.
Sign ups for the luncheon are at meeting – soups, salads, breads
December meeting/party starts at Noon
- Treasurer Dawn Holter –Financials
$4366 in account at end of September
- Secretary Sherri Eisenstein– Photo reminder for Show and Share
- Programs Dawn Bianco, Michelle Giles and Barbara Stroup – Program and workshop updates—any updates at this point.
- January 2025 – guild member show and tell. Bring your quilts and share ideas. Bring 1-2 quilts.
- Check with Ruth about any library updates.Donna is taking over next year. Thank you.
Books are marked with different letters on them. M- modern, T-traditional, etc. QA quilt as you go, E- everything else. Number of Quilt Folk magazines. We take donations of books that are about modern quilting. We like for you to return in a month or 2 if possible. You check out the book on that card with the month/year of when you check out. You don’t have to worry about due date.
- Asheville Donations—Julie Biggs and Kerry Newberry
If anybody has anything to donate, let Julie know. Julie’s husband worked in Asheville last week. There is a lot of stuff coming in from donations. Random donations are not super helpful. Julie would like to collect quilts and sheet sets. Julie’s husband was working on a building that was flooded for wounded warriors/veterans. Julie will send the bed info to Sherri for the minutes.
- November 9th Sew-In—Alexa and Renae
November sew-in on November 9th from 10-3 at Marietta’s Quilt & Sew. Bring your own project.
- Vote on slate of officers for 2025:
President: Dawn Bianco
VP: Michelle Giles
Secretary – Cindy Brother
Treasurer - Dawn Holder
Membership - Theresa Melonson
Committees –
Duski philanthropy
Alexa Harper – social media
Program committee – Ruth, Cindy, Sherri
Library – Donna
Dagmar made motion. Second – Marilyn. Passed
Show and Share—photos will be posted on Instagram and FB
Alexa - mondo bag, sweatshirt, Halloween quilt, Meg, Donna – portable design wall. She used microfiber instead of flannel, Polly – bags, Mitzi – 2 quilts, Ruth – 3 quilts, Faye, Dagmar, Colleen,
Faye, Cindy
Program: How Not to Wreck a Quilt
Diane Kent – degree in textile design. Has 16 patents in engineering.
Hang your flimsy on a hanger – recommend upholstery hanger. You can get on Amazon.
PowerPoint Presentation from Sat., Nov. 2, 2024 as a PDF- See emailed file.
Word Spreadsheet for keeping up with your quilting projects. This is a Word document so you can rename or adjust the columns to fit your needs! - See emailed file.
Quilter's Moonshine Recipe - a starch alternative similar to Best Press that you can make at home - See emailed file.
Two "favorite things" that I shared during the presentation and where to find them:
1. Boogie Board: Reusable digital notebook for practicing free motion quilting and designing on your quilt without "marking" directly on it, from Amazon (presently only showing it available in blue), $44.99.
Amazon Link:
https://a.co/d/3ho28al
2. Drapery Hangers with tall "shoulders" and cardboard tube for hanging your quilts while finishing. Several sources such as drapery supply companies, Amazon, or even your local dry cleaner if they do drapes sell this type of hanger. If a group of people or the Guild had enough interest we could buy a box of them and then sell them individually. Note: Some companies sell the wire hanger and the tube separately so read carefully before you order!
Here are a couple of links:
https://www.draperysupplies.com/18-wire-drapery-hanger-tube.html
https://www.cleanersupply.com/packaging/packaging-products/hangers/commercial-grade-metal-drapery-hangers-w-tubes-18-length-115-gauge-gold/#sku=hng1141
Amazon: https://a.co/d/gnQ8Xzu
Meeting ended at 2:33 PM
Respectfully submitted,
Sherri Eisenstein
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