Guild Executive 2013-14
President - Myra Tallman
Past President - Sheila Schuette
Vice President - Colleen Edwards
Secretary - Cathy Jeffrey
Treasurer - Judy Brown
Fund Raising - Pat Pepper
Program - Colleen Edwards, Judy
Brown, Lauren MacDonald
Workshop - Colleen Edwards
Historian & Internet site - Melissa
McIntosh
Hospitality - Barb Bright
Newsletter - Lauren MacDonald
Librarian - Judi Parkinson, Sue McIlquhamn, Evelyn Nelson
Block of the Month - Barb Dawson,
Kathy Grant
Membership - Pam Martin, Nancy Lyne
Publicity - Rolanda Tovey
Fire Quilts - Barb Dawson
Tinners - Sue McIlquham
Charity Quilts - with BOTM
Island Quilters Guild General Meeting -
Dec. 12, 2013
Our Christmas meeting started with punch and appetizers and
then a delicious buffet dinner served by the Missionary Church
members.
A Hanover Holidays representative, Christine Yanke, spoke
about her upcoming bus tour to the Paducah Quilt Show, starting on April 23, 2014, for 6 days. For more details, Christine’s
email is [email protected].
Lynn Dunlop came as our guest to thank us on behalf of the
Children’s Aid Society for all the gifts that member gave to the
foster children on the island. Our generosity of greatly appreciated.
Nancy Lyne encouraged members to take a block kit and return
the finished block in January to make a comfort quilt for Joe
Price. Jackie Batman has offered to machine quilt it. The backing will come from the charity fabric stash and Kathy G will donate the batting.
Jackie White talked about the CQA and in particular the Trend
Tex Challenge, Quilt Canada and the Youth Challenge.
The Block of the Month Draw will be in January.
From the October Block of the Month there are 2 bags of blocks
waiting to be made into charity quilts.
The Quilt Show will be Sept 13 and 14, 2014 and plans are in the
2013-14 Meetings & Special Dates: works to have the Quilt of Belonging on display. It will need to
be transported from Kingston.
Generally our meetings are on the
Manitowaning United Church is looking for flannel, Velcro,
third Thursday of each month:
terry cloth and thread to make reusable sani х