March 2024 Meeting Minutes

Candlelight Quilt Guild
General Meeting Minutes
March 12, 2024
 
Passports- Will be available at the April meeting for $5.00.  First show is April 26th.  Have your passport stamped at each show and give passport page to Lisa at the end of all the shows and it will go into a drawing for prizes.  A member won a sewing machine for last years drawing!

Genesee Valley Quilt Show- The last day to enter your quilts in their show will be March 14th
Raffle Quilt- The raffle quilt for our show in 2025 will be the Mystery Queen quilt.  Blocks to be completed will be available at the April meeting.

April Program- Lydia Middaugh will be our guest speaker on wool applique

May Program- We are trying to set up a demo on making clothesline rope bowls.  A list of tolls and materials will be included in the April Newsletter.  Some of the items needed will be a jeans needle, rope and fabric
Pick Your Stitch- has offered their shop to our guild on any Sunday for community service sewing.  Lisa can open up the registers for shopping!  Lisa wants to know if there is any interest.

Consortium Show- Held October 12 & 13 at Camp Cory on Keuka Lake.  Admission is $10.00, and if you have the passport, admission is only $6.00

Guild Positions- Lisa will have a list of positions with a description of duties for the April meeting.  We are trying to fill some positions so take a look to see if you would like to volunteer.

Skills Night- tonight is skills night and Lisa will be demonstrating the Square Squared ruler, the folded corner clipper ruler for exact half square triangles and the quick curve ruler.  Sharon will be demonstrating paper piecing and Wendy will be demonstrating the binding tool.

Board Members-voted to take Stephanie Baker off the guild account and add Lisa Wennberg to the account.  Paula Cutrone motioned the change and it was approved by the Board.

Show  & tell was held directly after the meeting
 
Alice