50 pillowcases, pillows, and a few quilts were delivered to Green Hills Women's Shelter. They are in need of other donations and volunteers if you are interested. Here is a link to their website:
http://www.greenhillswomensshelter.net/

Here's a few pictures from show-and-tell from the December meeting (courtesy of Charlotte).


This quilt is called Glorified Nine-Patch. Beautiful job, Pat!

This quilt will be added to our community service collection.

This is our Round Robin, which still needs a few more rounds.

A few photographs of the members' show and tell last evening. 

     We had a wonderful night last night at our guild meeting! We have moved our meeting place, and are now meeting in the fellowship hall of the Hamilton Federated Church.
     An employee of Missouri Star Quilt Company was kind enough to show the members around their warehouse as our special event of the month. I think that all were impressed with the expanse of the establishment.
     The meeting was a very eventful one. We have made many decisions about the new year and are now tossing around certain ideas about future programs and possible field-trips.
We elected new officers last evening. Many have chosen to keep their positions, but some have been handed down to new officers.

Officers for 2015:
President - Romme Darrah

Treasurer - Linda Schwaninger

Secretary - Deloris Burnett

Program Chairman - Carolyn Peterson

Director of Charity Quilts - Sue Jacobs

Internet Resources Manager(s) - Charlotte Bigler and Katie Darrah

Block of the Month - Romme Darrah  




     The guild has decided to revive the old tradition of Friday Night Sews since everyone seemed to enjoy and miss them so much. We have been made a very generous offer by the Kidder Methodist Church to use their fellowship hall whenever we choose free of charge. We have decided as a group that we would like to accept that offer, and have decided that (with the consent of the church) we will be meeting there on the first Friday of every month starting in December at 6pm for our Friday Night Sews. We will, however, be in the Federated Church's fellowship hall for our regular meetings on the third Thursday of every month.

     There were some exceptional ideas mentioned for program, workshop, and shop-hop ideas for the new year, including fabric painting lessons and a group trip to the Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Museum. A computer class is planned for this next year, and some changes will be made to the blog. We plan to make this an open resource for all the members to have access to, and the class will help you maximize your computer utility potential. We hope this will not only help the members learn to better use the blog and their emails, but to also open up opportunities to be able find other very useful online resources not only regarding quilting but for all areas of life.

We had a wonderful turnout at our quilt show this past weekend. We had 67 quilts registered, around 70 visitors, and ended up selling hundreds of chances on our opportunity quilt. It was well worth the effort that everyone put out to make it a fantastic show. We would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank everyone who helped out last weekend. You made it possible to get through it enjoyably with all sanity intact.

The winners are as follows:
MISCELLANEOUS

1ST – Debbie Youd – Jan Patek’s Spring Fling

2nd – Romme Darrah – How Much is that Doggy in the Window

3rd – Maxine Hicks – Palm Trees



APPLIQUE

1st – Judy Carroll – Mother’s Garden

2nd – Judy Carroll – Rose of Sharon

3rd – Lee Watkins – Hawaii



ANTIQUE

1st – Jean Bell – Butterflies

2nd – Debbie Youd – Red and White patchwork

3rd – Leonard Vanderpool – Signature Quilt



EMBROIDERY

1st – Linda Schwaninger – Redwork birds

2nd – Linda Schwaninger – Brownwork houses and barns

3rd – Carolyn Pratt – Chicken Scratch



MACHINE QUILTED

1st – Judy Carroll – Starburst

2nd – Romme Darrah – Star of Bethlehem

3rd – Rita Jacobs – Feathered Heart



HAND QUILTED

1ST – Carolyn Peterson – Applique Flowers

2nd – Romme Darrah – Flying Geese

3rd – Margaret Higginbotham – Liberty



BEST OF SHOW – Romme Darrah – Star of Bethlehem


And some pictures from the show:

 

We had a great meeting last night! 5 quilts were brought to participate in the president's Guild Challenge. The guild members were asked to make a quilt representing a song title of their choice, and everyone else would take a guess as to what song the quilt represented. It was a lot of fun and we had some lovely quilts entered. Though we took a vote as to which quilt was the best interpretation of the given song, I think everyone was a winner.

WE WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE ALSO OF OUR UPCOMING QUILT SHOW NEXT WEEKEND (26th AND 27th). To those who were not present at last night's meeting, we will outline the schedule here.

On Friday the 26th, we will be registering quilts, preparing the pin cushion exhibit, and setting up the showroom at the Hamilton Federated Church from 3pm-8pm. *Please bring your pin cushions that you would like to include in the exhibit along with your quilt(s)*  Anyone who is free for any amount of time that evening will be most welcome to come and help out. If you have not been previously assigned to a specific duty that night, fear not. We expect there will be plenty for everyone to do.

Saturday the 27th is the big day. We will open at 10am and close at 4pm. We will need people on hand to hand out ballots at the door and to attend to the visitors and quilts throughout the day. We also will be selling chance tickets for the Opportunity Quilt through the day. The voting on the quilts will end at 3pm, and the show closes at 4pm. *The drawing for the Opportunity Quilt will take place within the 3pm-4pm hour*. We hope to have the votes counted and the ribbons pinned on before closing time. Quilts will be picked up between 4:15pm and 5pm. We will have a system to make sure that no quilts are lost and they all return home to their rightful owners. It is our paramount goal that this time is as less confusing and stressful as possible. After this, we will be "tearing down" and restoring the church to it's pre-show state. This entails tearing down the quilt racks and moving the chairs and tables back to where they were. 

Again, anyone who is available during these times to help out a bit would be most welcome. PLEASE bring as many quilts as you want to enter. We want to have a full show.

It is our aim to return each and every quilt to their owners in exactly the same shape as they were given to us. Every precaution will be taken to preserve the quilts throughout the duration of the show.

We endeavor to make this a very organized event. We want to cut as much stress as possible out of the equation. No one can be perfect, so we must keep in mind that everyone is doing what they can and that this is supposed to be ultimately FUN.

If anyone has any questions or concerns, please email Romme Darrah.

Last night we had a great meeting at Julie Shirley's Quilt Studio. Here are some pictures of the member's show-and-tell quilts:

Below, you can see our Round Robin has grown! It still needs more rounds, so we'll see what the next person adds.

Congratulations Pat O'Connor for winning the Row by Row Challenge at Crossroads Quilt Shop! 

This beautifully appliqued quilt resulted in a request for a needle-turn applique workshop!

Julie Shirley shows her scrappy quilts featuring Bonnie Hunter techniques and methods. Julie gave a presentation on her interesting scrap-saver storage and categorization system. She says the secret is not to get overwhelmed if you have a large collection of small scraps. You can find free quilt patterns and information from Bonnie Hunter at quiltville.com .