The Quilt Line

The Quilt Line 1 September 2014

Dues are expected to be paid at this meeting. They are $25.00. Bring your check book and pay now!

President's Message: It’s September already; where did the summer go? I don’t know about you, but I haven’t checked everything off my summer to-do list! There’s still way too much work to be done in my gardens. Maybe I can squeeze some things into the next few weekends if Mother Nature cooperates with the weather. It’s the start of a new guild year and I’m excited to be your President. The survey that many of you completed has given the Board a lot to think about and discuss. We’ll also give members a chance to talk about the re-sults at an upcoming meeting. Some of the answers were surprising, some not so much. In any case, the survey will point us in new directions this year. This year’s 2015 Challenge will be unveiled at the September meeting. I’m very excited about it and I hope you will be, too. I look forward to seeing everyone at the next meeting. Til then … keep on stitchin’!

Lois

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Calendar: September 10 - The Challenge is on! It's new, it's exciting, and it’s one-of-a-kind! All the details along with a special fabric will be unveiled at the meeting. And best of all - this challenge is Free! We will be discussing the 2015 Quilt Show at this meeting.

The Quilt Line Pocono Mountain Quilters’ Guild September 2014


September 24 – Meeting for Charity quilts at Grace Park. The meeting starts at 6:45pm. We will be concentrating on quilts for babies, bring your ideas and fabrics if you would like. Be prepared to sew with a machine, all are welcome. October 8 – At the October meeting Marianne Bridges and Louise Price will lead an appliqué demo that is a hands-on event! Please plan to bring a basic sewing kit. More information will be available at the September meeting, and in the October Newsletter. This demo will start you on a project that will produce a small wall hanging. If we have time, we will also be including a demo on squaring up a bordered wall hanging. November 12 - Christmas Ornament Project We will be making Christmas ornaments from kits. The kits will be available for viewing at the October meeting. Kits will be $2 and members can purchase up to 2 kits. The kits will be handed out at the November meeting. If you can’t attend the October meeting, have a friend sign you up for the kit purchase as we need a count in order to make up the kits.

Treasurer’s Report: Report for September 2014

August Activity 2014 Beginning Balance: $10,748.79 Income: $0.00 Income: $00.00 Expenses: $00.00 $10,748.79 Total Expenses $00.00 Ending Balance: $10,748.79

Minutes: General Membership Meeting 8/13/14

The meeting was brought to order by Lois Kirkwood at 6:40. The Secretary’s Report as printed in the newsletter was accepted by motion of Marianne Bridges and seconded by Linda Doll. The Treasurer’s Report as printed in the newsletter was accepted by motion of Rose Frailey and seconded by Sandy Hance. All at the meeting accepted both reports. Lois announced that a Treasurer is needed for the new guild year. Quilter’s Day Out information was announced by Barb Ebert, the application is now online. At a previous meeting, Audrey Planer gave a Barn Quilt Presentation. Audrey didn’t have a fee for the presentation, but requested that a donation be made to Haven of Hope for Kids for illnesses, hospice, bereavement and breast cancer support in Northern New Jersey. Marie Schriever motioned to donate $150 and seconded by Louise Price. To-night tickets were sold at a raffle for a quilt rack. Winner was Kathleen Rambo, $7 was raised. A Community Quilt was presented to St. John’s Church, Marshall’s Creek.


Antoinette and Tim Fitzgerald were present to accept the quilt. The money raised for their raffles goes back to the community for free Sunday night dinners at Bushkill Out-reach. Barb Ebert made a motion to postpone swearing in of new offices until the Sep-tember meeting, Ellen Stanley seconded this motion. Ellen Stanley, Kathleen Rambo and Lorraine Hare volunteered to do this year’s audit of guild financial records. Jane Maughan e-mailed out a survey for members to take. She received enough response to announce the results at the September meeting. She will also e-mail to everyone results received to date. Miscellaneous sewing items were brought to tonight’s meeting as a donation; members were invited to choose whatever they wished to keep. Other committees needed chairs are Celebration Quilts, Helping Hands and Hospitality. Sheri Seip will continue with Celebration Quilts and Barb Wenton will handle Hospitality. Raffle Quilt and Quilt Show 2015 will be discussed at September’s meeting. Fat Quarter Raf-fle winner was Andrea Kash. Show and Tell participants were: Pat Bruck, Marianne Bridges, Judy Mehl, Linda Doll, Pat Cudney, Ann Lambert, Barb Hall, Barb Ebert and Sheryl Flatt. Bea Kasebier talked briefly about Sew & Vac and their recent fire. Also, she will be doing Block of the Month, this year; you will keep your block. $37 was raised tonight from Ways & Means. New Member/Guest tonight is Vickie (not sure of last name). Quilt for Kids, Marie Schriever announced the annual luncheon is September 13 at a cost of $25 and a Coach Handbag Bingo will be held on October 26. Submitted by Barb Wenton

Activities: Ways and Means: Please give any items you have to donate to Kathleen Rambo or Mary Santoro, at this time they needs donations. Thank you to all members who have been gener-ously given donations.

Charity Quilts: Thank you to Lois Kirkwood, Kathy Rockliss and Mary Santoro for donations of dog and cat beds. These donations were not reported in the newsletter from June’s meeting. Thank you to Donna Conto for quilting two of the charity quilt tops. There was no official meeting in August as only Laura Lyman and Lorraine Hare came out to go to the meeting. We decided not to sew that night. We have kits available; please see Judy Mehl or Lorraine Hare if you would like a kit. Some kits require you to sew the top together, whilst others the top is already made. We ask that you take a kit that you can finish AND return in a timely man-ner. Remember the tops need to be trimmed, if a binding is appropriate please add one; otherwise the quilts can be quick turned and quilted. Also please return all


fabric and batting scraps. If you have any fabric you think would suit this cause, donations are always welcome. We would like to see other members come to the meetings! Submitted by Lorraine Hare and Judy Mehl

Community Quilts: There are two quilt tops that need to be quilted if anyone is interested in quilting one please let Rose Frailey know. If anyone has an idea for a community quilt, please speak with Rose Frailey. At the last meeting a quilt was presented to St. John’s Church from Marshall’s Creek, thank you to Rose for making and quilting this quilt. Submitted by Rose Frailey

Celebration Quilts: Do you have a special occasion coming up? Or know someone that does? Let us help you celebrate. The birth of a baby; a wedding; a 25th anniversary; a 50th or 60th anniversary are important occasions. It is important to celebrate. Contact Sheri Seip

Fat Quarter Exchange: No report available. Submitted by Mary Dickison

September’s Birthday’s Ann Jennings September 13th Mary Santoro September 15th Laura Lyman September 16th Kathy Rockliss September 24th Lorraine Hare September 30th

September’s Anniversaries: Lois Kirkwood 9/02/1984 Barbara Walters 9/17/1966 Sheri Seip 9/19/1992 Alyce Rehwaldt 9/04/2010

Hospitality: No report available. Submitted by

Block of the Month: No report available. Submitted by Bea Kasebier

Tea Time: Our tea social is back again at 6:00pm; bring your favorite mug and enjoy some social time before the meeting with fellow members.


Wear Your Name Tag Please wear your name tag or stop at the sign in sheet for a paper Hello My Name Is tag. Submitted by Jane Maughan

For your information: Audit Committee: The Audit committee met on Thursday September 4th to look over the financial records. The committee consisted of Lorraine Hare, Ellen Stanley and Kathleen Rambo. The committee found the books in order and only had one recommendation. The recom-mendation is: Please remember to record dates of checks written.

Quilt Shows / Events: The Guild website can be found at www.thepmqg.com. The current program calendar is updated on the website every month and the current newsletter is available as a link to a pdf file. Pocono Chapter of Quilts for Kids 7th Annual Luncheon Saturday, September 13th at 12 noon Boulder View Tavern, Lake Harmony, PA Please see Marie Schriever or Ann Lam-bert Pennsylvania National Quilt Extrava-ganza XXI September 18 -21, 2014 Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, Oaks, PA www.quiltfest.com

Courthouse Quilters Guild Oct. 3-5, 10 am-5 pm Prallsville Mills, Route 29 Stockton, NJ Linda J. Hahn will be there on Saturday from 11-2 to sign books. For a $1 off coupon, go to www.courthousequilters.com.

Pleasant Valley Quilter’s The Mountain Quilt Show Saturday October 11th, 9am to 4pm


Pleasant Mount Community Center Route 371 Mountain Laurel Quilters Guild 19th Annual Quilters Day Out Sunday, November 9, 2014 Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort Shawnee on the Delaware, PA. Cost is $35.00 For Block of the Year directions go to MLQG.snappages.com Editor’s Note: If you have something you want included in the newsletter please forward to [email protected] Articles such as recipes or quilt shows/events, tricks or tips, news about members are due to the Editor by the first Wednesday of the month.

Community quilt presented (top left). The winners of the table setting contest at the picnic.


Officers: President Lois Kirkwood Vice President Jane Maughan Treasurer Secretary Loraine Hare Financial Secretary Ann Marie Kizer Committees: Activities Jane Maughan Historian/Photos Celebration Quilts Sheri Seip Helping Hands Barbara Wenton Ways & Means Kathleen Rambo / Mary Santoro Hospitality Newsletter Lorraine Hare Community Quilts Rose Frailey Block of the Month Bea Kasebier Publicity Pat Cudney Raffle Quilt 2014 Quilt Show 2015 Webmaster Jane Maughan Challenge 2014 Jane Maughan Charity Quilts Lorraine Hare Fat Quarter Exchange Mary Dickison

POCONO MOUNTAIN QUILTERS’ GUILD P.O. BOX 1465 EAST STROUDSBURG, PA 18301

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