August 28, 2013
Lost & Found 2
If you happened to find a sewing machine box that attaches to the machine (the part you take off if you want to sew a sleeve), please CALL Mary Ann Cox at 706.353.1406. She thinks she might have left it in the fiber room.
Today we found this remote control in some of the donated fabrics.
If you brought in fabric in the last month or so, you might want to ask the person you got the fabric from if this belongs to them.
Ellen was kind enough to take a picture with her cell phone of this FOUND item. Gotta love technology!!! Thanks Ellen!
August 23, 2013
Probably most of you are familiar with Missouri Star Quilts on you tube and get their email. In case you don't, here's what came today. I really like the tip about how she sews off the corner edge at an angle when she's attaching binding. (It's one of these "I never knew that!" moments).
Best tip I've ever viewed on how to join ends of the binding strip. If you were at the end of Peggy Barkle's workshop, she showed the same technique.
if the link doesn't open, try searching in you tube for MissouriQuiltCo
then The Ultimate Quilt Binding Tutorial
August 22, 2013
Welcome to Diane Klonowski who pitched right in. Lola had invited her to our guild meeting and when Diane heard about the Community Service (AKA Charity) Bee she decided to come and was at the Lyndon House at 9 AM.
We opened the "florals" crate and pulled anything that was a width of fabric. Pressing out the wrinkles, cutting 2.5" strips, eating some delicious apple coffee cake (thanks to Lola) and doing many other things that we do had the room buzzing and the time just flew by.
Frances A had two D9P tops, one more planned, one more scrappy
Jan found a way to make those horse squares into a very nice top. Backing fabric was found for it, so it's off to be quilted.
Vicki busy making more dog bags so scraps won't go to waste.
Lola making another preemie quilt.
August 13, 2013
Reminder that 3rd Friday is this week, August 16.
Work on anything you wish while enjoying ladyship (feminine version of fellowship ?) with other quilters in the fiber room.
August 11, 2013
I would like you to be aware of what applies to Community Service.
Section 3: Standing Committees: All Standing Committees must submit an end of the year report in accordance with the Policies and Procedures.
The Chair of the Community Service Committee shall be responsible for providing community service opportunities for all guild members.
Community Service shall include but is not limited to presenting educational information about quilting to the community, making quilts by individual guild members or groups of members to be given to individual special needs members of the community, and making quilts by guild members as a group to be donated to community organizations for their own fund raising efforts.
The Chair will be responsible for screening various community organizations and for presenting to the Executive Officers appropriate organizations to receive such quilts.
The Chair shall be responsible for maintaining the supplies for such projects and for keeping records of these projects.
Records must include a list of what community organization(s) were recipients in which year(s), a list of events at which educational information was presented, and an accurate accounting of how guild funds which were allocated to community service committee were disbursed.
Above all, the Chair’s main duty is to encourage member participation. Should the President appoint a separate person to specifically coordinate community education efforts, that person shall function as a non‐voting member of the Board of the Cotton Patch Quilters.
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Article IV: FINANCIAL GUIDELINES
2. Each committee chair and sub‐chair shall submit to the President in writing a proposal for the portion of the annual budget directly related to her committee. Each proposal should reflect an amount to fund that committee’s work and a description of the proposed use of said funding for the upcoming guild year. The requested amount should reflect an understanding of the budgeted amount from the previous year. The Quilt Show budgets are addressed in Section V
of this document.
- The part of the annual budget referred to as the operating fund is simply the amount of revenue generated by membership dues. Therefore, the place to start when developing a new annual budget is to assume that there will be 100 members paying $20 dues in that guild year, i.e., $2,000. Therefore, the operating fund available to be distributed throughout the various committees in a proposed budget is $2,000. This should cover all committees and activities planned for the new guild year with the exception of Member Education and Community Service.
- The part of the annual budget referred to as the money market fund is to be available strictly for Member Education and Community Service. Recommendations for distribution of those funds is detailed in Article III, Section C of this document.
Section B: Adjustments to the Budgeted Amounts During the Guild Year
Should the occasion or need arise for any particular committee to expend more resources than have been allotted to them in the annual budget the following standard will apply.
1. Any and all proposed expenses in excess of a committee’s budgeted funding by an amount of between $25 and $75 must be approved by the Executive Officers BEFORE the expense is incurred.
2. Any and all proposed expenses in excess of a committee’s budgeted funding by an amount of between $75 and $200 must be approved by the Board of Cotton Patch Quilters BEFORE the expense is incurred.
- Any and all proposed expenses in excess of a committee’s budgeted funding by an amount in excess of $200 must be approved by the membership of the Cotton Patch Quilters BEFORE the expense is incurred.
Section C: Distribution of Funds from the Profits of the Quilt Show and Raffle Quilt
- The term “profit” herein refers to the net proceeds of the show or the raffle after all invoices pertaining to that show or the raffle quilt have been paid.
2. Please note that these two events, the quilt show and the raffle quilt, raise the vast majority of the funds for the Cotton Patch Quilters. Discussions or references to these two events often cover a two to three year time period. For the sake of referring to these three years as clearly as possible, the following scenario will be used throughout this section:
Year A = The year in which the quilt show is held (example: 2011) Year B = The year immediately following (example: 2012) Year C = The year of the next quilt show (example: 2013)
3. Distribution of the profit from the quilt show.
- All of the profit from the show is intended to fund the guild’s member education efforts, i.e., workshops and programs.
b. Said profit from year A is intended to fund Member Education in both year B and year C.
- It is recommended that 60% of the profit of the show held in year A be distributed to Member Education of year B and that 40% of said profit be distributed to the same in year C. NOTE: The distinction between year B and year C and the reason for the 60/40 split is that one is a non‐show year and the other is a show year.
4. Distribution of the profit from the raffle quilt.ar B and year C and between the Member Education Committee and Community Service Chairs and Officer Yearly Reports
1. All Committee and Sub Committee Chairs and Officers shall submit a report to the Board of Cotton Patch Quilters at the end of the fiscal year. This report shall include the following information.
The Chairperson for Community Service will be the only person who will make purchases.
Any expenditures for Community Service by someone other than the Chairperson must be approved by the Chairperson BEFORE any of the budgeted funds can be spent, no matter what the item is or the amount. There is a form that the Chairperson must use prior to approving any expenditures.
Nothing will be reimbursed without prior approval.
Approved expenses will only be reimbursed if the guild's expense form has receipts attached.
The Chairperson will give the form, with receipts attached, to the Guild Treasurer.
If you make any purchases for Community Services without prior approval, then you can donate the items or not donate the items, your choice.
August 7, 2013
Thanks to everyone for your happy, enthusiastic work today. I am sure Sylvia's yummy cookies and Lola's tomatoes and peppers had a lot to do with that, thanks you two!
Collectively we put in 32.5 hours of volunteer service today just at the bee.
We have several kits to take to the guild meeting for folks to make one or more 9-patch blocks.
Some of you also took fabric home to do some more cutting for more blocks.
Maybe we'll get a lot of kits back at the September meeting and can begin arranging the new blocks into scrappy D9P tops in time to have them for the Athens Folk Festival at Sandy Creek.
Some of you want to sew the tops together, some of you think the newly arranged blocks could go into new kits for members to sew.
It will take 12 new blocks to make one top.
The Neonatal ICU's at Athens Regional and St. Mary's LOVE the preemie quilts, especially if the quilt has a flannel back. Both nurses I spoke with said how much the families of the babies really appreciate the quilts. Both hospitals said any size from 12"X18" to bassinet to crib size would be great, as the quilts are sent home with the families.
Shannon (LH staff) brought someone up to view our bee, and she took pictures. I never did squeeze in time to take a few pictures myself - we were busy!!!!
Ellen has 3 fewer cats. Hooray, what a relief!
Remember, no bee next Wednesday due to the workshop. I'll probably send a reminder next Monday or Tuesday.
August 6, 2013
Hello busy bees
First, a Reminder, we do meet tomorrow, but August 14 the Guild is hosting a workshop in the Fiber Room, so we will skip that week.
Some kind person brought in labels, I don't know who to credit, but THANKS!!!. They were on the cart and we can use them to label kits. Vicki helped put ziplock bags for kits into a larger bag, and sorted the other bags, all are in the space next to the counter, near the sink.
Some of you have been making kits for D9P (disappearing 9-patch). We need to get the directions out of our book and put them in with those pieces and get all of it into labeled bags. I know you know that, but I had to say it anyway. Who wants to help do that?
For those of you who like to cut, it would be great to cut all squares at 5.5".
This week, please select from the juvenile fabric under the window, selecting "focus" type fabric for the outside 4 corners of the 9-patch, and coordinating colors for the "inside" four corners, and either a light or dark for the center piece. That would make one block. Twelve blocks are needed for a kit.
If we work in teams with one pulling fabric, one ironing and one cutting, we could get at least one kit prepared for Tuesday's guild meeting. Who knows, maybe we'll get a lot of kits made. I hope so, 'cause it'll be in the newsletter.
Kathy will bring a D9P for show and tell, get members juices flowing. If you've got a D9P, please consider bringing it for show & tell also.
Before the meeting Tuesday night, say 6:30 - 7:00:
Who wants to help hand out kits?
Who wants to help sell those items in the basket at 50 cents each?
Regarding that income (if we get any). I'll do the paperwork and two of us need to sign off on the amount and give it to our treasurer, Anne Hill. Just a business practice that we don't need to do very often.
I'll be asking the guild to donate "retired" rulers to the Charity Bee, any size, both at the meeting and in the newsletter.
I'll also invite the whole guild via the meeting and newsletter to make preemie quilts. Just saying.... A lot of people are generous with their skills and fabric, but can not attend our bee and might like to do this a time or two. Lola, Do you want to bring some to Show & Tell? (see?, I'm doing a little planning ahead this time )
Did y'all know that Sherry Paul's husband makes really nice, good sized light boxes? Sells them at a very reasonable price.
Have you used your very cool sewing machine lint cleaner "thingie" that Sylvia gave out with Frances' help? Or at least I think it was Sylvia. Best little gizmo I've ever used for that purpose.
What do y'all think about selling them at the Athens Folk Festival at Sandy Creek on Oct 5? I suspect we could make lots and lots of them in 15 - 20 minutes on a Wednesday at the bee IF you think it's a good idea. And/or have some made to sell but also have supplies for kids to make for their Mom (or person at home who sews). I gotta remember to be more inclusive!
Well, enough hot air from me today.
Cya tomorrow,
Terri AKA mama bear
July 31, 2013
Pictures of finished quilts and picture of some foundation piecing that was donated. 
Jan wrapped up in a quilt while finishing up some handwork, and everyone else kept busy, busy, busy.
Jo adopted the orphans. All of them had orange centers already sewn on and a couple had the next round sewn on. She made templates and sewed up all the blocks. Now "we" can make potholders for Sandy Creek.
Speaking of Sandy Creek... Remember to put Oct 5 on your calendar. And the "Sandy Creek" tubs/crates were right there to the right of the design wall - thanks Nancy for the heads up, and thanks Julie and Vicki for taking a little time after 12:00 to have a look.
August 7 is regular meeting however August 14 there will be the Becky Goldsmith workshop so we won't meet that day.
If you make the twisted rail pattern, I hope it will be quick and fun and look forward to hearing about it, and seeing the results!
Sylvia showed some of us a 16 patch block that got sliced and added to, really cool. More about that another time.
July 30, 2013
I'm attaching a Twisted Rail Fence pattern to put into our pattern book. Maybe we can cut some kits for it?
Stratas are made of 4 strips, in values from
light to dark. 3.5" strips make 11" finished blocks,
3" strips make 9" finished blocks.
Sew strips together into stratas. Press
the seams toward the darkest strip. Layer them right sides
together with colors going in opposite directions as seen above.
Seams will be going opposite directions for easy matching.
Measure the width of the stratas and cut blocks
that size. Cut in half diagonally and sew the 2 sets of
triangles into blocks.
You will have 2 different kinds of blocks.
I call the little square up in the corner the 'eye'.
Place the blocks with the 'eye' in the same
position on all of them, alternating the 2 kinds of blocks. It
will automatically form a twisting pattern with a light twist and a
dark twist. You can make it scrappy or in just 4 fabrics.
Here is a baby quilt made with just 4 fabrics.
Anyone have the Education Box? We will need it for Sandy Creek.
Joan has another commitment tomorrow, but I'll see her later and will take any tops/backs that need to be quilted. She met me last week so I could give her one of the pkg of batting and she had a quilted top for me to bring this week.
She couldn't see that Twisted Rail fence stuff. Let me look for where I found it and send the website.
found it!
http://exuberantcolor.blogspot.com/2010/06/twisted-rail-tutorial.html
Hey y'all.
I've checked my camera, and then email to the bee looking for pictures of the zebra quilt and one with cowgirl boots, can't find them. Hopefully I sent them a few weeks ago (or maybe a month ago?). I have a note to send pictures of them to Pat Schroder. I copied her on this email. If you have time to search your email and have those pictures, please forward them to her.
July 24, 2013
Wow, did y'all ever rock it!!!
Lots of goodies from the box and basket were adopted and went home with you. It was suggested that the leftovers are brought to the guild meeting and we ask 50 cents per item - then put the money into buying fabric for blending and/or backing.
Jan finished binding 2 more quilts and either Jan or others brought in 2 or 3 more finished quits, all on the shelf now.
Who brought in those 9-patch blocks?, (sorry I've forgotten) Did you see Kathy slice them up, rearrange them, and then sew them into the D9P (disappearing 9 patch blocks? Those are on the shelf, and when more blocks come in, they will get the treatment.
Lola was focused on sewing for the preemies.
Sylvia took some to the quilts that need binding, so that cleared off a pile from the counter. She also showed us 2 aprons made from men's shirts, see attached. She made it sound very easy to do, contact her if you want more info about that.
Phyllis took the white quilted top and some various "leftover" bindings, it will be fun to see what she comes up with.
Vicki and I started to tidy up. She got empty zip close bags consolidated into one large bag so we have them available for kits. Small bags, empty, are in the binding drawer, and maybe the fairies will come and put like bindings into them, by color or theme or whatever the quilt fairies decides. We have lots of other size bags that could be used at Sandy Creek.
There's a good amount of homespun fabric in a bag or box as well as some plaid. Anyone want to tackle sewing either into something for the Sr Citizen Ctr or for Sandy Creek (which is Oct 5)?
Vicki came across some pre-quilted fabric that could be made into snap bags, she even has the tape measure that makes the bags "snap". We will need painters tape or duck tape to tape the metal tape measure edges, and tin snips IF we are going to make some at the bee.
Google search: a few links for tutorials if you want to see (in no particular order) each is just a little different.
http://www.ludlowquiltandsew.co.uk/free-quilt-and-sew-patterns/free-bag-patterns/simple-snap-bag-pattern/
Here's one on you tube
Here are 3 of the 4 pix of the Aprons being modeled. Accessories (buttons & trim) sure make them nice. And notice that sleeve pocket on one of the aprons. Cute! 
I asked Sylvia to show the apron ties so you can see it's from the same shirt fabric.
Two of the finished quilts, one with cats, one with fairies.
Vicki found these in our stash.
There's a lion and camel that has piecing between them. It needs one more each of the lion and camel and whatever you want to add to let it be the quilt it wants to be.
That would leave 2 lions and 2 camels if anyone wants to adopt them and let your creative juices flow and make a separate top (doesn't have to match the first top. Guess I really didn't need to write that, duh!)
Anyone want to fool around with some of this?
This panel became a quilt, some little person and parents will love it.
The pre-quilted fabric is on a bolt. Might become tote bags? If so, anyone want to direct us in a sewing Wednesday sometime to do that? Other suggestions for using it?
Open for suggestions as to what to do with it, and who will do it.
I wonder if some of that plaid fabric would be of use with this?
Thanks, love it. And you are right; uses up fabric, should be a quick sale.
The 2 bags Terri Jarrett had for sale at the Boutique were snatched up fast.
Thanks, love it. And you are right; uses up fabric, should be a quick sale.The 2 bags Terri Jarrett had for sale at the Boutique were snatched up fast.
I was asked about the quilting on the fairy quilt.
I forgot to mention that the quilting on the fairies quilt was done by our own Joan Garland.
When I take pictures of backs that show off the quilting, I'll try remember to let y'all know which of our fabulous quilters did the deed.
July 23, 2013
Hello busy bee people!
Mystery solved: Frances Lang is the Project Linus contact and has picked up the quilts. THANKS Frances for all you do for us and in the broader community.
If Ellen is able to be with us, will be interesting to hear about the Kitty Kaper and hopefully its conclusion.
Please make suggestions for the Athens folk festival at Sandy Creek on Saturday, Oct 5. What should we be making to sell? What should we be demonstrating? Who wants to volunteer to be there for 2 or more hours? Other thoughts?
Recent donated items: let's empty the box and basket of goodies and take a few minutes to see what the bee really needs to keep and put whatever it is away, and then you adopt the rest and take home. Will that work for y'all? The basket belongs to Phyllis and will be returned to her.
Do you have a favorite pattern that could be used for making a kit that you'd like to share?
cya tomorrow,
Terri
July 19, 2013
Horse panels
Vicki shared flower bulbs.
Some of the donated fabric being sorted
Phyllis's friend, Diane, came to the bee
A basket of patterns
Getting more fabric out to see what we have received
July 17, 2013
I feel like I'm missing someone who was able to come to the bee today.
For reasons I don't understand, I can't download the pictures I took today, but... have sent out an SOS and hope to hear something and get it taken care of sooner than later.
Meanwhile, Ellen and Sarah have been having an adventure helping Diane. Such good hearts. I sure hope it has a happy ending.
Lola makes another premie quilt.
Nancy shows her new machine.
July 10, 2013
Hello everyone,I hope y'all had a lovely, although moist, 4th and had a wonderful time.
Well I'm no longer lap-topless and will get "stuff" (great word, "stuff") back onto the desktop, but not hurrying 'cause I'd rather be sewing.
I'm looking forward to Wednesday's bee and will see whoever can come for however long. Jan's birthday was last week, so let's wish her a Happy Belated Birthday!
Maybe Gwen will have all her t-shirt blocks with her to put up on the design wall and we can give her some ideas for placement, as this is her first one.
Phyllis has a friend from out of town who might come, and she has more donated fabric. I'll bring a few boxes that reams of paper come in so we can put "stuff" in them to make it easy to move our "stuff" from the counter on Saturday to across the hall during the workshop.
Frances L also has some donated fabric that she might bring this week, or maybe wait until next week.
We sure are blessed and very fortunate to have been given so much to work with and make kits from. I'm so grateful to y'all for saying "Yes!" to donations and for continuing the accomplishments and fun of the bee.
I'll get one of my Round To Its out later and download the pictures I took last time. Already had some surprises just with gmail that I need to address, so don't hold your breath. Seems to be a different version and I don't have my group contact list for some reason, so using the reply all feature.
Thank you note was snail mailed to Rose Handy.
July 11, 2013
Community Service worker bees have been blessed with several
donations of fabric and other quilting related items. One of
our donors is Rose Handy of Wild Child. She donated several
bolts of fabric when the store was closed. We’ve also received
a lot of other fabric from our members as well as people who’ve
contacted the guild.
We will certainly continue making laptop size quilt kits for
guild members to take home at guild meetings. You might not be
able to attend the Wednesday bee but would like to put together
a simple top from a kit once in a while.
Some of our community recipients are Project Safe, Prevent Child
Abuse, the Council on Aging, and the Preemie unit at the
hospital. The Charity Bee has also been making large bags from
heavy fabric that we then stuff with scraps. Those are donated
to the Clarke County Animal Control unit.
There are several guild members who use their longarm quilting
skills to get the tops quilted, and do beautiful work. Joan
Garland brought nine quilted tops to our July guild meeting. Those will need the binding added, and some members took a few
home to do that. If you’d like to try out your regular home sewing machine
quilting skills at home on one of the Charity quilts, please
contact Terri Bear at bearwalksinbeauty@gmail.com. It’s a good
way to learn a new skill, and the recipients are always happy to
receive a quilt.
Two views of the 11 dog bags all sewn up and ready for delivery, which Jan did this time.
June 19, 2013
I took a few pictures on Wednesday.
Phyllis delivered several bags of donated cloth, thanks!
Some of the pictures show about 10 - 20% of what was donated.
