September 2017 Meeting

September 18, 2017 Ritzy Thimble Meeting Minutes

 

Celia opened the meeting with a few announcements.  We were called to order around 6:10pm.  For our November and December meetings, Celia reminds us that we w!ill meet ONE WEEK EARLY to avoid a conflict with our upcoming holiday schedules.
 

Attendance & Membership - Wanda Somers

Visitors - 2 were in attendance - Debbie Norris and Mary Rummage - both from Knoxville (please forgive any misspelled names!)

Members - 46 or 47 (we kept trickling in and not sure how many actually signed in!)
 

Door Prizes - Colleen Thomas

Winners were:

Kathleen Cooksey

Narda Hipsher

Julie Niles

Linda Johnson

Faye Geiger
 

Hospitality House - Cindy Conrad

Cindy reported that 31 quilts were turned in.  Great job ladies!

 

Pillowcases for Children's Hospital - Lynda McLaren

Many pillowcases are being turned in.  15 - 20 pillowcases were brought in tonight and Lynda tells us she has about 95 at home.  Remember, pillowcases are due in November, but Linda is accepting them anytime!  Let's get busy!

 

UFO's - Allison Darken 
12 completions by 6 people since May with 15 members participating.

 

Round Robin - Narda Hipsher

We had our big reveal and saw some really amazing quilts completed.  It has been a fun project but next year we will probably have a Mystery Quilt Challenge!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Block Drawing/Fat Quarter Exchange -- Julie Niles

A total of 62 Fat Quarters in Civil War prints were brought in and divided between two lucky guild members!. 

Congratulations to Dee West and Nancy Marsh!

We are done until next year Julie says...

 

2017 Christmas Challenge - Patty Ashworth

Please make 2 paper pieced mug rugs to exchange for our Christmas Party in December.   Mug Rugs can be made using coffee filters as the foundation or they can be rectangular.  Any shape will work...Remember to make 2! 


Child Advocacy - Linda Cole

Linda has received several quilts.  She showed some really nice quilts during Sew n Tell that she will be donating.  Thank You Linda!

Animal Shelter Pads - Nancy Rayside

Also some pads for animals at our local shelters were brought in for donation.  Thanks Nancy!

Norris Guild Visit on August 23 - Celia Shanks / Patty Ashworth

Five members joined the Norris Guild for their 8/23 meeting.  We are calling the Norris group our "sister guild" and it has been sugested that we to work together to accomplish projects.   Celia and Narda put together kits to make blocks for a finished quilt.  The Norris Guild took lots of the kits so more were made for Ritzy Thimble.  Lots of the kits were taken by our members.  A great way to get a quilt ready to use as a fund raiser or donation quilt.

WORKSHOPS/CLASSES

Chenille Scarf - September 9

Beautiful scarves were shown by Nancy Marsh and Shirley Pridemore.  Julie Niles was wearing hers...great job ladies!

Crackers (Judy Niemeyer Pattern) Paper Piecing - September 16

Class was taught by Pat Bilski from Village Quilters - A fun class was held.  Lots of blocks were completed and shown at our meeting...Some are hooked on paper piecing now!!!

NEXT CLASS
X-Block Table Runner Class taught by Anne Schulz - Saturday, November 18, 2017 in B Room at the OR Civic Center

$10 for members

$15 for non-members

$10 for Pattern

$15 for ruler

Please let Wanda Somers know if you would like to sign up for this class.  Anne showed a beautiful table runner that will be perfect for Christmas or what ever special occasion you would like to make one for!

A motion was made to have the Guild pay for Room Rental for classes but actually this is already being done.  Many of us did not know this!  Good discovery!

Mini Quilt Show for Greenfield Assisted Living in Oak Ridge - Narda Hipsher

Narda received an email from a manager at Greenfield asking if we could provide some quilts to be displayed for the residents of Greenfield to admire.  They have a large quilt on display in one of their big rooms and would like to expand this.  The Guild responded favorably and decided we could do this on Friday, October 20th.  Each of us will need to bring a quilt and a couple of pants hangers (will be used to hang the quilts) to our October meeting in order to accomplish this.  There will be no formal judging.  Let's make this a success and show what our Guild can do on short notice.  This will bring a lot of joy to these elderly residents.

DISCUSSION and MOTION
A motion has been made and passed to move our meeting date beginning in January 2018. 

We will begin meeting on the 2nd Monday night of every month at 6 pm.

Hopefully this will allow us to avoid having to move the meeting date throughout the year! 

Sew & Tell
The following showed their beautiful work:

Wanda Somers,Arlene Murphy, Faye Geiger, Bonnie Miller, Shirley Pridemore,

Anne Schulz, Mary Turner, Linda Cole, Karen Larabee, Cindy Conrad, Narda Hipsher, and Celia Shanks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What a talented group we are!

See you at our October 16 meeting - same place, same time!