9:00 General meeting opens with hospitality time.
9:30 President CoCo Alaniz calls the General Meeting to order
- Announcement: We must be out of the building today by 12:00 noon in order that the Lodge can perform some maintenance.
- Reminder: Shirlee Smith and CoCo Alaniz read through the “High Five Promise” as printed in the Membership Directory reminding all members of our call to participate.
- CoCo shared that member Karen Johnson is in hospice care. A card will be sent to her.
Liz Hart – Ways & Means Report
- Thank you to all volunteers for working at the county fair. We raised $479.00!
- Two new venues for Opportunity Quilt ticket sales: Chino Valley Quilt Show and Lonesome Valley Boutique. Future venues: High Desert Art Guild and “Last Minute Stocking Stuffers” ~ PLEASE SIGN UP TO SIT WITH THE OPPORTUNITY QUILT.
- Please pass along other venue ideas to Liz. Consider taking the quilt out of the area if you are planning a trip where it can be shown.
Dawnell Muecke – Membership Report
- To date our guild has 155 members.
- Reminder to pick up your new Membership Directory from Dawnell today. Be sure to look through it and mark the month that you will help to hostess at a monthly meeting.
Jamie Davis – Handmade Hugs Report
- Jamie shared that thirteen members helped at Handmade Hugs this past week.
- Kristine White thanked the members for flannel donations ~ always appreciated!!
- Please continue to pick up packets of projects that you can complete and return on your own schedule.
- Next Handmade Hugs gathering will be Saturday, October 5th, from 9:00 to noon.
Mary Ellen Coe & Georgia Lindsey – Newcomers Report
- The next gathering will be Tuesday, September 24th, beginning at 10:00 at Prescott Quilt Works. This month’s focus will be a name badge “make and take” workshop and ALL interested in making a name badge/lanyard are welcome. Please let Mary Ellen or Georgia know so that they can have enough supplies ready.
Deb Johnson – Programs Report
- Deb expressed thanks to everyone that took the time to complete the Programs interest survey last month. Fifty-eight were completed and returned. If you’d like to complete a survey or submit another one, please contact Deb as she is happy to accept them.
- Today’s presenter will be our own CoCo Alaniz and her “Mish-Mash Trunk Show”.
- Our October program will be Heidi Pridemore presenting her tips, tricks, tools, and shortcuts on both construction and finishing projects.
- Our November program will be devoted to our Quilt Show “Qick-Off”. Come, hear, see and learn all about how we will all pull together as a guild and create a wonderful quilt show next summer.
- December meeting – Annual Christmas party!
Kathleen Bond – Workshops Report
- Tuesday, September 10th: Coco Alaniz will teach her Nana Big-Styler Apron pattern. The pattern costs $8.00 and the workshop fee is $35.00. See the website for a supply list. The workshop starts at 9:00 at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Prescott.
- Tuesday, October 15th: Heidi Pridemore will teach “Rippling Waves,” a curved seams technique workshop. Pattern cost $14.00; optional kits and ruler for sale; Workshop cost $35.00. If you’d just like to make a small sample/project, bring five fat quarters.
- Monday, November 11th: Following the general meeting starting at 1:00 PM, Jamie Davis will present a demonstration on how to use an AccuQuilt fabric cutting system. She will also bring a mini-trunk show of her own projects completed with AccuQuilt dies. Deb asks that you please sign up to attend.
Speaker: CoCo Alaniz’s “Mish Mash Trunk Show”
~ Break ~
President CoCo Alaniz – Further announcements:
Cathy Day – Guild Store
- Cathy asked the members to please consider lending their hands/vehicle to help get the books for the store to each meeting and back to storage. She also clarified about the two “antique” (non-operable) sewing machines that were for sale for $10.00 in the store.
Sharon Harris – Friendship Groups
- We want to encourage every member of our Guild to join OR start “Friendship Groups” which allow like-minded quilters to gather in small groups to advance their interests.
Shirlee Smith – Block of the Month Report
- Drawing for the July/August pattern of “Kaffe’s Kats”. We had 23 blocks turned in and there will be two drawings for the blocks. Great participation!
- The NEW Block of the Month instructions are posted on the Guild website for the months of October and November. There is also a video tutorial link available. You may choose a monochromatic colorway or any prints with a solid light background.
Arleen Morris and Sheryl McLain – Birthday Drawing
- As part of our “High Five Promise”, each guild member is encouraged to bring a birthday gift to be raffled off during the general meeting on the month of their birthdays. Today seven gifts were raffled off. Purchasing birthday raffle tickets helps support our guild’s programming throughout the year.
Mary Vaughan – Show and Tell
- Please line up, sign in, and share your talents and treasures.
- Martie Winkelman announced that she will be presenting a wearables trunk show next week at the Mountain Top Quilt Guild meeting. All are encouraged to attend.
CoCo Alaniz – President’s Challenge
- CoCo presented her PRESIDENT’S CHALLENGE to our members to make a baby/small quilt with a Nursery Rhyme theme. These quilts will be donated to a charity that CoCo will research and choose in the coming months.
11:25 Meeting adjourned by President CoCo Alaniz
Respectfully submitted – Dana Swain, Guild Secretary