Prairie Pioneer Quilt Guild
August 10, 2023
President Anna Wood opened the meeting with our business meeting.
Our speaker, Ilene Bartos from Urbandale, Iowa has brought her patterns and kits for members to purchase after her presentation.
The July minutes were printed in the newsletter. A motion was made by Kay McCaffery to accept them as printed. Seconded by Debbie Krugman.
The July treasurer’s report was printed in the newsletter. A motion was made by Susie Powell to accept them as printed. Seconded by Amanda Blackburn.
There as a signup sheet for white gloving at the state fair. Several spots were left. Janice Stuhmer will begin calling tomorrow for those spots still open.
Marilyn Johnson brought the first finished Quilt of Valor that members had made blocks for. It was beautiful. More information on helping with blocks will be given before the end of the year.
Threads in Kearney will take place in October. Our raffle quilt will be displayed and tickets will be available for purchase. Anna Wood is looking for volunteers to sit at the table.
There have been 487 quilts registered for the State Fair. Terri Uden, State Fair quilt room supervisor, is looking for more volunteers:
White Gloving
On Aug. 22 after 2 will be hanging of the quilts
Needs volunteer to help put together the locator book for the quilt room
Take down will be on Monday, Labor Day. Anyone wanting to help, please be in the quilt room by 4:45
We will need nominations for officers for 2024. We need a Vice President and Secretary. We will also need a Program Coordinator, Art in the Park Supervisor and a Yearbook Coordinator.
Vice President Debbie Krugman reported that the registration forms for quilts going to Threads will be printed in the newsletter. We would like to have a nice showing from our guild.
The Budget committee will consist of President Anna Wood, Treasurer Vanessa Green, Linda Kruse and Tina Johnson.
Items of news for the September newsletter will need to be submitted by the end of day September 4.
We still need a Parliamentarian.
We still have openings for Ilene Bartos’ class tomorrow if anyone is interested. Class is $40 plus cost of kit.
Next month’s speaker is Debbie Gallaway. She will have a trunk show and a panel Stack and Whack class. You will need 7 panels, preferably pillow panels, 16 – 24” in size. Class is $40.00
Janice Stuhmer has the information sheet if interested.
We had 6 members show their quilts and bags for show and tell.
Raffle winners for the evening were: Kay McCaffery, Anna Wood, Susie Powell and Linda Ebel.
Submitted by Vicki Bartels