Join us as we assemble some charity quilt backs from orphan blocks, larges rectangles, and leftovers. We need sewing machines, a few irons and cutting boards, and lots of design ideas that come to you as you see what is on offer. Work alone or in a group. Many hands make light work and the results are always interesting!
Meet at Pine Hill Lutheran Church at 1 PM. Bring your Sew & Tell!
These proposed changes were introduced at the June annual picnic and will be voted on at the July meeting.
By-Law Proposed Changes for Centre Pieces Quilt Guild: June 1, 2024
The By-Laws, as they currently read, are located on the CPQG website and in the back of the Green Book for reference. These proposed changes must be announced to the membership 30 days prior to voting whether to adopt them or not. Vote will be a verbal yes or no at the July 9, 2024 Tuesday evening meeting. Absentee votes are not taken and the changes must pass with 2/3 of the meeting attendance voting yes.
Proposed changes: Article 3: Membership, third paragraph in Section 2 - Dues and Privileges. Reads - “Full payment of dues is expected whenever joining membership from July through March. However dues will be assessed at 50% if joining in April or May.”
Change - The second sentence above will be stricken and instead read “Those considering membership during April and May may attend Guild meetings and defer payment of dues until June. They may participate in the June picnic once their dues are paid for membership.”
Article 3: Membership, Section 3 - Guests Reads - Guests are invited to attend one monthly meeting without payment.”
Change - “Guests are invited to attend two monthly meetings without paying membership dues.”
Article 5: Meeting, Section 3 - Management of Meetings 2 proposed changes in wording Reads - “Prior to a Board or monthly business meeting, an agenda and the immediate past meeting minutes should be presented to the membership by email and posted on the Guild website.” Also… in the next paragraph “A hard copy of the minutes will be available at the monthly business meeting.”
Change - … immediate past meeting minutes should be presented to the membership by posting them on the Guild website.” Also… eliminate having a hard copy of the minutes at the meeting and state “A copy of the past minutes is available on the CPQG website.”
Our Tuesday evening meeting has had a change of programming. The presenter needed to reschedule, so the evening program will be "Winning YouTube Videos" from the voting at the picnic. We will see a Missouri Star quilt tutorial on connecting stars with discussion afterwards and a short video on the difference between liquid spray product (Best Press, Acorn Starch, Terial Magic) which is quite informative.
The meeting is at 6:30 with some social time before a 7 PM meeting start. Location is Blue Course Community Church in State College. Bring your Sew & Tell!
It's not too late to join the fun and get a UFO knocked out. Start now and at the next meeting bring this contract and $5 to make it official.
I, _______________________________, plan to work on the UFO described below this summer. I will bring it to the October 8 evening meeting for Show and Tell. Describe quilt (i.e. color, approx. finished size, what is left to do, pattern name, how long has this quilt been in timeout or been maturing, etc.) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Describe goal by the October 8 evening meeting. (i.e. Ready to send to long-armer, quilted/bound, something else, etc.) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
If I accomplish this goal, I’ll get my $5 back. If I have
not accomplished the work described above, I will forfeit my $5 to the CPQG
Kitty. Any money left in the Kitty at the end of the October 8 EVENING meeting
will go to the CPQG Programming fund.
FINE PRINT: It is acceptable
to Kitty to show your work at the September 18 Daytime meeting to have your fee
refunded.
Please remember, this is all
for fun. There are no quilt police in CPQG. If you need encouragement or
motivation to get this quilt moving, perhaps this challenge will do it for you.
You may join this challenge anytime, but the end date is fixed. Please leave
this contract and your $5 with Kitty.
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| PeggyT presentsLynnS and FranH 2024-25 Presidents' Award |
They are the best of friends, like sisters joined at the hip, making two brains work as one.
From the very beginning (meeting at QBs) this team thoughtfully pitchs in to help others pin quilts or help with whatever was needed.
They are always ready to lend a helping hand when they notice a job needs to be done and have been known to finish duties that others are unable to complete, with no (or little) thought to the inconvenience.
They have a willingness to obtain/purchase, donate, and make supplies and party favors. Remember the cute thread catchers?
They are idea people who make ideas come alive.
They have created and supported programming opportunities for the Guild and have dug deep into their creativity to use our programming budget carefully.
They prepare food supplying foods for those with dietary concerns when they run picnics, luncheons, and anniversaries.
While making our Guild a better place for all of us, these women continue to sew beautiful quilts, share techniques they have learned, and invite quilters to take advantage of opportunities like classes, retreats, and new patterns.
Both like to shop for quilt fabric, find new quilt shops and “show and tell”. If you go with them, be sure your bank account is full because there’s nothing they like better than to spend other people’s quilt money as they encourage stash improvements.
They
have always supported the Guild board and offered to head committees or take
Board positions
And most importantly, these two ladies are genuinely nice people: positive, upbeat, who bounce back from occasional mishaps with flexibility and a sense of humor.
Thank
you, Fran and Lynn, for sharing your talents and love of quilting with us.
Since we traditionally consider the June picnic as a combined day and evening social event, we don't meet on the third Wednesday in June.
This month's Tuesday evening meeting will be a members' only event. We will be having a picnic at Blue Course Community Church starting at 5:30 PM. Bring your dues for the new year, your Challenge Quilt, your Kitty Challenge, and any other show and tell you have.
