Stitchers Quilt Guild

A HARDIN COUNTY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION HOMEMAKER CLUB

Letter From The President

Hello Friends,

Woo who! It’s March already. It will be time to go to Paducah Quilt Show (April

24-27, the bus on Saturday April 27th) before we know it! Paducah bus trip: is a wonderful benefit, especially if you worked the quilt show last year. YOU RIDE FREE! Just put your $25 down to hold your seat and you get it back as you

board the bus. If you didn’t work our Quilt show it only costs $25. The cost for Non-members is $50 non-refundable. Talk with Kelly Pruitt (270-766-9732 or

mek219@yahoo.com) if you have any questions and/or want to pay.

There have already been several Quilt Show meetings for our Show in September. It is

coming along, please come to the meetings to help, it takes all of us to make it a success. What a wonderful way to have great time. If you have any questions or want to help, just

talk with Patty Pruitt (270-307-2226 or gypsyquilter7@yahoo.com)

Remember to be getting your Volunteer Hours ready (estimate hours for May and June) and the number of books you have read. The months covered are 1 July 18 – 30 June 19

and any hours volunteered count even for your family. I need them turned into me at the April meeting.

The officers that are up to election this year are President, 2nd Vice President and Treasurer. If you are interested in serving please let Tia Kennedy (270-828-3901 or

quilttilidrop@yahoo.com) know as soon as possible.

Our next monthly meeting is March 27th; See you there!

Darlene

MARCH 2019

Sincerely,

Dayna Fentress

County Extension Agent for Family & Consumer Sciences

Our next meeting is

March 27th

Time is 6:30.

Don’t forget to check out our Facebook page for

pictures from the meetings, copies of newsletters,

class supply list and much more.

Workshops

All classes are held at the Extension office, 201

Peterson Drive, in Elizabethtown.

Classes are Friday evening and all

day Saturday, unless otherwise noted.

If changes occur, everyone will be notified via

Stitchers Email. These classes are for beginners

to advanced quilters.

On Saturdays - please bring your lunch,

sewing machine, and supplies needed.

March 23 Precision Piecing with Susan McCombs

April 27

Paducah Bus Trip

July 20 Painting Fabric w/MJ Kinman

Guild Workshop Cancellation Policy

If you sign up for workshops, classes or other activity, you need to notify Kelly Pruitt if you are cancelling. Refunds are only given with a 7 day notice of cancellation.

We’d like to give a big WELCOME

to our new members!

Tracy Knutson, Amy Labriola, Eileen Robbins and

Cathy Garrett !

Spring

Bazaar

Saturday

April 13th

9am-2pm

The Hardin County Extension

Homemakers annual Spring

Bazaar is a vendor affair

showcasing local artisans and

businesses with handmade items,

good food and fun that supports

scholarships for local students in

Hardin County.

Hardin County Extension Office

201 Peterson Drive

SNACKS

The March meeting, March 27th,

will be a refreshment meeting of

appetizers and/or desserts.

Members whose last

names begin with

letters A through G

will be responsible for

bringing “snacks.”

Patty’s Corner

1st Vice President News

Schedule for Meetings.

Please let me know if you have an idea for a meeting or if

You would like to do some type of demo/presentation.

Mar 27th-Jennifer Carter from Busy Lady Quilt Shop, Mt Washington, will be presenting

a demo/lecture on using creative grid rulers. Should be a fun and educational evening. April 24th– Patty has something planned. Make sure to be there. May 29th- Pat McMillian will have a presentation for us on Long Arm Quilting - do's -

don'ts and more .

June 26th-Annual Meal and Karen Riggins (KHQS) will be there with a lecture/trunk

show. July 31st -Appli-Piecing with Patty Pruitt - not what you think - be sure to attend. August 28th - Needles and Threads (Oh My) with Linda Griffith.

Animal Shelter Donation

Thanks to everyone that brought donations for the Animal Shelter. They were so excited to see the amount of love our members have for our furry friends. Thank you!

Block of the Month

Each month a new block will be presented at the meeting with

instructions on how to complete. You may make it any

size you want (4", 6" or 12"). All measurements ar e on the

instructions. The previous month's instructions will be attached to the newsletter. Bring your block to

next month's meeting and have your name entered for drawing at

end. You may just be the one to

win a great prize.

Stitchers Quilt Guild Officers

President

Darlene Chenault 270-401-1404

1st Vice President

Patty Pruitt 270-307-2226

2nd Vice President

Kelly Pruitt 270-766-9732

Secretary

Anne Aubrey 270-766-7644

Treasurer

Rebecca Gary 270-765-9799

Newsletter

Barbara Dixon 859-913-0045

Happy

Birthday!March

Kathy Cravens

Ruth Hayden

Marilyn Smith

Bonnie Young

2019

Heartland of Kentucky Quilt Show

Plans are being made and great progress is

under way with an amazing committee! Thanks

to those who have volunteered to make this

show amazing.

Opportunity Quilt

If you took fabric/pattern to make a block

make sure to bring it to the March

meeting. Wendy has reserved the auditorium

at Extension office for Friday, 5 April to

assemble the quilt.

Entry Forms are available now so please make

sure to pick up several and get those entries

in. Ruth Hayden will take those until 6

Sep. You may also turn those in to Patty.

“Bear Scraps, designed by Emily Bailey. Pattern appears

in Quiltmaker Jan/Feb 2016. quiltmaker.com”

SHOW

&

TELL

&

UFO’s

Photos

Courtesy of

Kelly Pruitt

Minutes of Club Meeting – Stitchers Quilt Guild

Date of Meeting: February 27, 2019 Place: Hardin County Cooperative Extension

Time of Meeting: 7:00 P.M.

Before the start of the meeting quilt items belonging to Maxine Warnshuis were sold with the proceeds going to the U.K. Ovarian Cancer Research project.

The meeting was called to order by President Darlene Chenault at 7:00. She thanked members who assisted with the charity sale and those who purchased items.

Acknowledge Visitors & New members (if any) – The guild welcomed in 4 new members; Kathy Garrett, Amy Labriola, Eileen Robbins, and Tracy Knukson. There were 2 guests; Marilou Jacob and Linda Slye from the Louisville Nimble Thimbles Quilt Guild. For a total of

fifty-seven members and 2 guests present.

Approval of Minutes – The minutes were emailed out to members prior to the meeting, Sharon Whitfield moved the approval of the minutes. Wendy Shepard seconded the motion. It was approved without correction.

Treasurer’s report – Report was emailed to members. Since there was no objection, the report will be filed for audit.

Report of Officers and Standing Committees:

1st Vice President Patty Pruitt reminded members that the UFO Resolution Quilts would be displayed later in the meeting, due to the cancellation of the January meeting when they were originally due. She said the forms for the 2019 Resolution Quilt project were due at this meeting. Patty said she would pass out directions for the January and February block patterns for the Block of the Month project in 3 different sizes later in the meeting. She explained that participants who completed their blocks and brought them to the meeting would have their name entered in a drawing for a nice prize to be awarded at the end of the project. Patty reported that the guild held a very successful workday on January 21 with many baby quilts made for the Linus Project and Snug as a Bug. Jennifer Carter, owner of the Busy Lady Quilt Shop in Mt. Washington, will be the featured speaker in March and Karen Riggins will be the guest speaker in June during the pot luck gathering.

2nd Vice President Kelly Pruitt reported that a sign-up sheet to ride the bus to the Paducah Quilt Show in April was available. Members who worked at the guild quilt show in September could ride the bus free of charge. They would be required to put down a $25 deposit to save their space, but would be refunded. Non guild members could ride the bus for $50 if there was space available. The bus would be open for non-members to sign-up any time after February 27. She reported that the sign-up sheets for Susan McCombs Precision Quilting workshop (March 23) and the Pretty Package workshop which she would be teaching May 18 and 19 were also available. She said the Pretty Package workshop was $15 with pattern and $5 without pattern. She also said it would be taught at the Church of the Nazarene on North Miles.

Secretary Anne Aubrey introduced three of the new members (Amy, Tracy, Eileen) and gave them a Stitcher pin and membership card. She mentioned that she had membership cards ready for any members who failed to pick theirs up at the December meeting. She also reported that the article she sent in to KHQS was printed in the current KHQS newsletter.

Treasurer Rebecca Gary said she could collect dues at any time, but they are not due until June.

Quilt Show – Quilt Show Chairman, Patty Pruitt, said there had been 2 meetings thus far, and seems were coming along well. The quilt entry forms were ready and pictures would not be necessary this year. Non guild members could submit quilts for $5 per quilt. The Vendor’s Choice quilt would feature flying geese and could be any size larger than 24” x 24”. Larry McKinney would be the featured quilter. She asked members to donate nice containers or baskets if they had any to be used for gift prizes. She also reported that Sonia Cruz-Putney and Cathy Garrett had volunteered to chair the country store. A chairman for the café is still needed, although several community groups might be invited to take on the café, if guild members did not want to run a café. Vendor space was nearly full, and the Opportunity Quilt pattern had been selected. Three different sizes of the Bear Paw block would make up the quilt and members were asked to volunteer to make one for the quilt. The quilt would be scrappy and would be a small king or large queen in size. The quilt show would be September 27 and 28.

Old Business: Quilts for Hosparus are still needed and can be given to Suzanne Davis or Vicki Loyall.

New Business: President Chenault reported that she attended the last Homemaker meeting. Plans for the Spring Bazaar to be held on April 13th were discussed. She asked the club to make the usual $5 donation for the Bazaar. Since there was no opposition, the request will be honored. Amy Aldenderfer moved that the club give 2 $25.00 gift cards for the Homemakers Gift Card Tree. Christy Huffer seconded the motion, which was passed. Patty Pruitt, Eileen Robbins, Lesa Bennett, Martha Claycomb, and Barbara Jeffries volunteered to donate baked goods for the Bazaar. President Chenault said we might also be interested in sponsoring a child to attend 4 H Camp. Judy Applegate moved that the guild donate $250 to sponsor a child. Barbara Dixon seconded the motion which passed. Bonnie Young moved that the guild donate $100 to go to the Friends of Hardin County Animal Shelter. Dawne Johnson seconded the motion which passed.

Announcements: The next food event meeting will be in March rather than April. Members whose last names begin with the letters A through G will provide the treats.

Mini grant forms are due by March 1. Anyone who receives a grant is required to demonstrate something that they learned at a guild meeting sometime within the year.

Guest, Marilou Jacob, announced that her quilt guild, Louisville Nimble Thimbles, was sponsoring their 3 rd annual Children’s Quilt Show featuring quilts made by children 17 years and younger on July 28, 2019 at the Jeffersontown 2 Fire Department. There is no entry fee, but registration in required by July 8th. For more information contact Marilou at 502-291-5731 or 3524mwj@gmail.com. Flyers were distributed.

Margot VanLengen said she had taken a trip to Guatemala where she learned about providing clean water systems to the people. She also learned about Guatemalan fabric arts, and shared some of this information. She donated 2 door prizes won by Paul Wimp and Martha Brooks.

Demo – Patty Pruitt demonstrated how to make the first 2 blocks for the Block of the Month.

Door Prize Drawing – Ramona Peterson

Show and Tell – Pat Nahal, Joleen Filler, Geralyn Bostic, Donetta Faultner,-Elmore, Cheri Green, Pat McMillian, Martha Claycomb, Darlene Chenault, Kelly Pruitt, Janice Conder, and Wendy Shepard

UFO Resolution Reveal – the following members were successful in completing their UFO:

Ava Allen, Whitney Antique, Anne Aubrey, Susan Byers, Darlene Chenault, Martha Claycomb, Ilse Comenzind, Janice Conder, Kathy Cravens, Veronica Culberson, Barbara Dixon, Joleen Filler, Rebecca Gary, Leona Gilliam, Ruth Hayden, Beth Hunter, Barbara Jeffries, Carolyn Jones, Deanna Lively, Debbie McQueary, Jean Mindock, Pat Nahal, Ramona Peterson, Kelly Pruitt, Patty Pruitt, Wendy Shepard, Denise Sloyer, Margot VanLengen, and Bonnie Young. All received a foldable Otte light for achieving their goal. Additional prizes were received by; Debbie McQueary, Ilse Comenzind, Eileen Heinen, Margot VanLengen, Jean Mindock, Joleen Filler, Darlene Chenault, Barbara Dixon, Ramona Peterson, Denise Sloyer, Kathy Cravens, Martha Claycomb, Ruth Hayden, and Kelly Pruitt.

Next Meeting – March 27, 2019.

Meeting adjourned at 9:10.

Anne Aubrey, Secretary

Stitchers Quilt Guild

Hardin County Extension Office

201 Peterson Dr.

Elizabethtown, KY 42701