Letter from the President
Having our first board meeting with the five new members was on Oct. 28. Excited to have new energy on the board as we make changes, improvements and progress to make QGP your favorite guild. We closed last year’s membership at 333 but at the latest count we have about 75 that have not renewed. Please see that your friends rejoin as yearly membership starting in the fall always seems a surprise to folks as our fiscal year starts in October. Year-end financials are complete as well as next year’s budget is balanced and approved. With that comes the exciting news of getting a new and improved website!! It is so exciting to see the preview and to have the ability to capture all the scheduling and payments for Quilt Show 25 will be a great improvement.
Understanding that as a new member coming to a meeting with 100 women (and a couple of men) can be intimidating, we have a seasoned member and a new member aka: BeeKeepers that will be getting the new members together to form small groups to know and recognize at the meeting (and out shopping) so let me know if you are new and need to find a friend to sit with at the meetings and getting together to sew.
If you have volunteered 30 or more hours since January 2024—you have earned a 2024 service bar! Please see Donna Petrick to have it added to your QGP sewing machine pin. Want to understand QGP Awards, Bars, Show Charms and Show Pins? Look for the details later in the newsletter.
Looking forward to a great year with new board members!
May all your stitches be straight.
Dates to remember: (wear a name tag)
Nov. 12 –Community Sew at Plano Sewing Center
Nov. 14–Guild meeting – Bring 1 or 2 Fall colored fat quarters to play BINGO
Nov. 16–New Members Day Retreat
Nov. 16—Quilts of Valor presentation at 2pm Red Tail Pavillion, East Spring Creek Parkway
Dec 10–Community Sew at Plano Sewing Center
Dec. 12–Guild Holiday Party–Stained Glass Window Challenge
Financial Report
By Donna Petrick and Penny Reeves
Programs and Workshops
By Beth Swiatek and Linda Sullivan
Add to the straight, cut to the curve, use one pin for placement and PRESTO! One beautiful, stress-free foundation paper pieced New York Beauty block Linda Hahn style! Linda’s entertaining lecture style continued into two productive workshops as attendees all quickly mastered her tricks. It was pretty amazing to see all the color choices and progress. Laurie Lumston even FINISHED her top from the Saturday workshop on Sunday! (See pic below).
Now we move on to November and award winning quilter and pattern designer Sylvia Schaefer. Come hear her wisdom on how to add negative space to traditional blocks to accomplish a more Modern feel. Check out her website at flyingparrotquilts.com to get a preview.
Next workshop is in February with Nova Montgomery’s Featherweight Maintenance class. All workshops are now open for sign up, either online with Paypal, or by printing a Registration Form and mailing or turning it in with check/cash. See you at Guild Meeting!
Beth Swiatek & Linda Sullivan
November Guild Meeting, November 14, 2024
Sylvia Schaefer: Designing with Negative Space
Guild Retreat 2025
By Pam Walsh
We still have a limited number of openings for the Guild’s 2025 Retreat. The retreat will return to Tanglewood Retreat Center in Pottsboro from Thursday February 20 through Sunday February 23, 2025. The cost this year is $444 per person for a double room and $563 per person for a single room. This includes 8 meals beginning with dinner Thursday night. The maximum capacity under our contact is 75 people.
As usual, we have a retreat shop, lots of door prizes and other fun activities planned.
We will be accepting registrations and $100 NONREFUNDABLE deposit checks at the Guild Meeting on Thursday, November 14th. Registrations will be accepted in the order that both the registration form and the check are received. Forms will be available, but if you are interested, please remember to bring your check.
We will also be taking orders for the Retreat T-shirts, and will have order forms available. The gray T-shirts are short-sleeve and V-neck (except for size 3XL which is crew neck). Cost is $20 for sizes Small through XL and $22 for 2XL and 3XL. T-shirt orders must be accompanied with payment by check or cash at the time of the order. All T-shirt orders must be RECEIVED no later than Tuesday, November 26th.
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