August Meeting

I apologize for the lateness of this post, but I would like to review Thursday's meeting.

It was a good meeting with a good attendance (welcome back, Amy!) and it was very enjoyable to see Darlene and others' holiday quilts.

Momentum is picking up in anticipation of September's quilt show with the Crazy Quilters. Deloris is getting the categories lined up and we are now shopping for ribbons to award to the winners of each category.

We have decided to have the same policy regarding help as we have in past years: Everyone is urged to help whenever they can. There will be no working shifts or stiff obligations. Also, I believe the decision has been made to not use Missouri Star's PVC pipe quilt display racks as they were a bit too tall and wide for our provided facility, and we would like to provide more space to walk and better, brighter lighting. Even though our use of the church will not be confined exclusively to the fellowship hall this year, we still are only going to have only the east-facing door open and a single reception table so we can cut down on the places that we will all have to try to be at once. This year we will be needing more monitors to walk around and keep an eye on both the quilts and church property as we will be using the sanctuary for quilt display as well as the fellowship hall. Deloris is going to be at the helm of this operation, so if you have any questions or concerns later down the line, please email her sister Bernice (she will be happy to carry the message next door to Deloris, who is experiencing some problems with her email server).

We are also trying to coordinate how to get flyers for our show to different areas of the state. Romme has already figured out ways to get ads in the Caldwell County News and the Chillicothe newspaper, but we need to get our flyers out to as many places as possible. So when the flyers are ready, we may need some of our members from different communities to cover their area. It has not been decided whether it would be possible to email the flyers to each other to be printed and distributed to different communities again because of Deloris' aforementioned email issue.

So the bottom line is, please mark your calendars for Friday, September 25th and Saturday, September 26th. We will be needing quilts to enter in the show as well as some help. Whenever you can help and in whatever way, your help will be MUCH appreciated so the weekend can be fun for all, and not a nightmare for a few. 


Anyway, now that that's covered, I will discuss the fun part of our meeting; Darlene's presentation! Darlene is a lady who loves the holidays, it seems to me, as she has made more holiday quilts than most of us.

More pictures

Pictures from the Baptist Home

A few additional pictures as provided by the ever-helpful Sue:

Baptist Home Show

To further discuss the Baptist Home Show on Friday, I will repeat myself and say that it was a very pleasing, fulfilling, uplifting experience. To those who didn't make it, you missed out. There was a fairly small attendance, but there was enough enjoyment for a large program. A few of the residents owned some vintage quilts that they brought along to include in the show which was very interesting.

The most frequently voiced question by the residents was 'And you're just giving these away?!'. They were in disbelief that we had made 21 quilts just so they could find new homes at the Baptist Home, and they thanked us repeatedly. We met several very nice folks (including one lady who was 103 and sharper than a tack!). We were short on quilts to show that already had homes with some of our guild members, which cut the program a tad short, but I think the main event was giving away the quilts.

Something I found particularly touching about the experience; patterns that quilters find simple or easy to sew up in one or two days are 'ooo'ed and 'ahhh'ed over by others and the quilts are cherished and appreciated by those who accept them. But the most beautiful things of all weren't the quilts; they were the charitable and caring thoughts of the quilters as they made every stitch. So a big thanks to everyone who took time out of their own projects to quilt and/or piece what has become a treasure to someone else.

I also want to extend a special thanks to our community service quilt director, Sue. While she wasn't the only quilter involved in making the quilts, she has been kind and patient enough to store 21+ quilts in her home so the rest of us wouldn't have to try to find the space. Not even to mention having to lug them to and from meetings for months. So thanks, Sue.

We hope to see all of you at our meeting next week on the 20th! PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR CHRISTMAS QUILTS SO DARLENE CAN HAVE A FULL PROGRAM FOR HER CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST PRESENTATION!!

A few pictures from the program:

A beautiful hand-quilted quilt owned by a resident. 

 Our selection of community service quilts that all found a home immediately (except for two).

Another quilt owned by a resident. She said it was made by her mother-in-law when she and her husband got married, and the pattern was called "London Stairs".

A Quick Update

Just to let everyone know, our show at the Baptist Home went great. It was a very fun time and I think we made the day of a few ladies who were residents at the home. That is always a very nice feeling. I (Katie) will make a more lengthy post about this as soon as I get the pictures together.

Also as part of the quick update, I just wanted to quickly let everyone know that while it is not definite that we will be having another Penney Days quilt show with the Braymer guild, it is looking likely. Romme has been in touch with Dana and she says that the board of the Federated Church says it is okay to use the sanctuary as well as the fellowship hall for our show, and it will be available to rent on the weekend of Penney Days (which I believe is Friday the 25th and Saturday the 26th of September).

Baptist Home Show

Hello everyone :) Tomorrow is the quilt show at the Baptist Home Nursing Home in Chillicothe.

For anyone not from the Chillicothe area, you may not be very familiar with it as it is located a little out of the way. The Baptist Home is located on the very north edge of Chillicothe on Highway 65 (Washington Street). If you are familiar with the turn-off off of 65 onto Highway 190 that takes you out to the high school, this is should be easy to find. Instead of making a left turn out to the school, you continue on through that traffic signal straight out north as if you were starting for Trenton. You continue past the Social Services Office and the Salvation Army, and then on your right there will be a large brick building set back off the highway, and in front of it a pond. That is the Baptist Home.

Once you get there, there is parking in front of the building near the entrance that way may use (the one with the awning). Directions to the room we will be in are explained in an email from the president.

The activity director, Mrs. Stark, is a wonderful lady and will be very helpful and cooperative.  

We hope to see you there, and don't forget to bring any quilt(s) you want!