The BEE LINE

NEXT MEETING

OCTOBER 14, 2006

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

26 W. Commerce Street

Chambersburg, Pa.

12:00 P.M. Social Gathering

1:00 P.M. Business Meeting & Program

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OCTOBER PROGRAM FEATURE

by

JUDI GUNTER

Join us in October to meet Judi Gunter of Severna Park, Md. Judi is a NQA certified judge. She has had her quilts exhibited in Houston and Paducah. She also has a local connection—she juries the quilts for Quilt Odyssey.

Judi will be presenting her lecture “What Judges See.” This is a lecture about the standards and practices used to judge quilt shows. If you are interested in entering quilt shows, this is invaluable information. Or it may help you answer a question we’ve all had about quilt judges—“What were they thinking?” Can’t wait–check out Judi’s website at www.quiltjudge.com.

P.S. There will be a $5.00 fee charge for guests.

MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER MEETING

The regular meeting of the Chambersburg Quilt Guild was held at Trinity Lutheran Church on Saturday, September 9, 2006. There were 98 members present.

• Meeting called to order by President Linda Schwalm, members welcomed back and new members and guests were introduced.
• Linda noted that the Social Gathering time will be from noon to 1:00 P.M. to give people the chance to mingle. She also thanked facilities committee for setting up the room and noted that they would need help afterward to put the room back together. Linda also noted the important contribution of the Hospitality and Sunshine committees and noted that Lee Hively, Sunshine Chairperson would rather have many calls about one member than none at all.
• Linda made of the wonderful job that Amy Ensley and her husband and son have done with the website. Members were asked to think about printing their newsletter off from the website to help cut costs and therefore having more funds available to bring in speakers or workshops. Sign up sheet is in the back of the room.
• Linda made a public apology to Carole Smith for omitting her name from the publications and website information for Publicity. This will be corrected in future publications.
• Regarding membership–Linda reminded members that dues must be paid today for inclusion in the directory. She also made note of the upcoming Quilt Bee on September 25 at Dottie Moreland’s house.
• Secretary’s Report: there were omissions in the version printed on the website; Barb Taylor handed in the corrected version for the archives; Nancy Bender will put it in the notebook. Motion given to approve by Barb Taylor, Seconded by Helen Lagasse.
• Treasurer’s Report: Jan Hirneisen gave the treasurer’s report. Embroidered Shirts: See Peg Buck for orders. Peg noted that the golf shirts are only available in men’s sizes so order a size smaller.
• Retreat: Dottie presented information on the upcoming retreat at Byer’s Conference Center in Roxbury Nov 3-5; we will be sharing the newly expanded building with the Buchanan Trail Quilt Guild from Waynesboro and the Friendship Quilt Guild from Hagerstown, Md. Friday night covered dish is possible; Nancy Bender suggested everyone pitch in for a meat/cheese platter to avoid having a lot of leftovers to deal with. Cost of retreat can be found in the September newsletter or by calling Dottie Moreland.
• Celebration Day at Luther Ridge: Dottie Moreland presented information on this event: September 30 from 7:30 A.M. (Set-up) to approximately 2:00 P.M. Need people to sit and demo. Also need a few quilts for display.
• Documentation: Dottie stated we have documented close to 800 quilts and more coming in. Two more documentation days are being scheduled this fall. See Dottie to sign up to help.
• Sunshine: Lee Hively is ill today; she asks that when you find a member is in need of sunshine, please call her.
• Library: Fran Chamberlin and Judie Svoboda; Library cart will be in the hallway to relieve congestion at the door and it is getting too heavy to roll very far. Library will be open ½ hour before the meeting, and ½ hour after the meeting—also during break. They are reworking the cataloging system. Second cart is coming soon. If you made donations and have not received a thank you, please let them know. Also, reminder of fine of $1 per book per month.
• Mystery Batt: Judie Svoboda has forms to fill out; due by October 14. Will start in November bringing in 9 FQs. Use quality fabrics; perhaps something a little extra for birthday month. A table will be set up right by the door for people to put their packages on to avoid accidental identification of secret batt.
• Chambersburg Reads: Mim Huffman; wall hangings are on display at the Council of the Arts on Main Street, just pass the Capital Theater. Jennifer Chiaverinni cancelled and the presentation at the brunch is now going to be the co-author of the book “Hidden in Plain View” which is about the Underground Railroad. Luncheon is from 10:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. and Mim said that they need people to help serve, etc. The guild has 8 of their allotted 50 spaces left.
• Mystery Quilt: Mim Huffman described the mystery quilt; cost is $5.00. Each person will received a set of instructions each month; starting in October. It will be a 40x40 wall hanging and have stars in the middle. Projects will be revealed in May.
• Baby Quilts: Nancy Bender said workshops will be scheduled and members notified in the newsletter. She challenged each member to make at least one baby quilt. Quilts we have will be given to Pregnancy Ministries in December.
• Christmas Block Exchange: Nancy Bender, Judie Svoboda, Fran Chamberlain and Carole Smith present the block and instructions. Blocks will be due back November 11 or no later than the December meeting.
• Swap Blocks: Nancy Bender presented the four choices for the block swap. Directions and yardage calculations will be given out at the October meeting.
• 2007 Quilt Show: Helen Lagasse and Carol Rice presented information. Show dates are July 20-21 at Falling Spring Church. Show title is “Quilt Traditions Old & New.” This year there will be demos. We need a chair for the frames set up/take down committee. Carol reminded us that every member is needed to help the show succeed.
• Programs: Sue Frederick, Missy Molino and Helen Lagasse presented the schedule for programs. Sue also reminded members that there is a $5.00 charge for guests who attend a lecture/program and this will be strictly enforced from now on. Also, checks for workshops will be held until after the workshop. Refunds will only be given if the workshop is cancelled. Sue went over the program schedule for the year.
• After the break; program committee held a drawing for door prizes of Quilt Odyssey merchandise and a sewing basket donated by Sew’n Place. Jan Hirneisen and Nancy Heishman won the Odyssey merchandise; new member Jane Eiker won the sewing basket.
• Show and Tell: Members share the beautiful creations. Sue Frederick made note of Missy Molino’s new charity “Hugs & Kisses Quilts” that was created to replace ABC quilts at Quilt Odyssey. They donated 50 quilts to Hershey Medical Center this year.
• Raffle Quilt: winner was Esther Gift; ticket sold the previous day by Anna Marie Swartz.
• Ruth Mollack made an appeal for someone to work the membership table at October meeting; Grace Pace volunteered.

Ruth Mollack made the motion to adjourn the meeting; second by Peg Buck. Meeting adjourned at 3:25 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Nancy Bender

Recording Secretary

ROAD TRIP—SHOPPING

Saturday October 28—Road trip to Lancaster, Pa. visiting Sauder’s and Dutchland Quilts. And of course we’ll be stopping for lunch. We are leaving the JC Penny parking lot at Chambersburg Mall at 9:00 A.M.

Sign up at the Oct. Meeting—indicate if you are willing to be a driver. Also be ready to chip-in for gas. Call Sue Frederick if you have any questions at 597-2200.

MYSTERY QUILT

There is already a nice group signed up—but there is still time for you to join!!! Telephone Lani at 264-6323 or

Mim at 263-3983 before Oct. 11. You will receive the first installment in Oct.

QUILT BEE

October 23 Missy Molino will be our hostess from 9:30 A.M. to 2:30 P.M. providing beverage and dessert for us to enjoy with our own bag lunch. Please contact Missy for directions to her home at 423-6694. Bring your own project for a relaxing day!!!

HISTORIAN

Our Historians, Mary Barnhart & Laura Morningstar, need your help. Please save them any newspaper items that pertain to the guild so they can be part of the scrapbook. They do not subscribe to the local newspapers so your help is needed. Thank you.

WEB PAGE

Anyone who has had trouble printing the newsletter from the website may not have Adobe Acrobat Reader on their computer. This is required to print out the newsletter. There is now a link right on the website to download this free software if you need it. You only need to do this once, then after that you will have no problem. Also, for anyone having trouble getting to the website at all, all we can say is make sure you are ending with .org  NOT .com, and type chambersburgquiltguild VERY CAREFULLY. All of the q’s, and g’s, and u’s, and i’s make it difficult to notice typos. Once you have it though, just bookmark and never have to worry about it again!!! Please call our web coordinator, Amy Ensley at 530-9550 if you have any questions.

We are very glad that many ladies signed up to receive the Bee Line from our web page. Many, many thanks!!!! This will save on expenses for the guild. There will be a sign-up sheet available at the meeting for others to use.

BOWL-O-RAMA

This will be a ½ day workshop prior to the meeting on November 11. Cost is $10.00. You must sign up for this at the October meeting. A supply list will be available. These are a lot of fun to make–and are great gifts!! Sue Frederick will be your teacher–any questions please telephone her at 597-2200. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

10-1 Eleanor Garris                10-2 Judy Vulgamott              10-2 Judith Wagaman

10-7 Dorothy Bathory            10-9 Ruth Turner                    10-10 Joyce Dice

10-11 Megan Music               10-12 Judy Findon                  10-14 Marilyn Collins

10-22 Mim Huffman              10-24 Grace Pace                   10-25 Karen Effland

SUNSHINE WITH OUR PEOPLE

Please keep in your thoughts and prayers Sondra Mentzer, Helen Lagasse: continuing chemotherapy treatments, and Carole Smith: broken foot.

Please congratulate Lani Breechbill: grandchild # 5 arrived and Jean Druckenbrod: grandson # 2 arrived. Both the moms and babies are well.

Please contact Lee Hively for any good news and sunshine needs. Her telephone number is 717-267-3761. E-mail at hively@innernet.net. Thank you.

RETREAT

We had such a great response for the Fall Retreat. At this time with 2 people/each double room and 1 person/each single room, there are 6 people without a bed.

Would any of the members who signed up for the retreat be willing to have an extra person on a roll-away bed share their room? Each person would have their own bed.

If you can do this there would be 3 people in a double room==2 regular beds plus 1 roll-away bed. The single room would have 2 people==1 regular bed plus 1 roll-away bed.

If you are willing to do this, please contact Dottie Moreland at 263-1476. If you can not do this, I’ll understand.

DOCUMENTATION

We will be doing Quilt Documentation on two Saturdays in October, the 7^th & the 21^st. Also on November 18^th. We still have a list of people with more than 5 quilts or who missed the regular Documentation Days that we will be scheduling by appointment to bring in their quilts these days.

The Documentation will take place at Trinity Lutheran Church ( this is where our regular meetings are held ) from 8:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. If you can help on any of these days, please call Dottie Moreland at 263-1476.

CELEBRATION DAY AT LUTHER RIDGE

 A mini show will be held at Luther Ridge for their Celebration Day on Saturday , September 30 from 8:00 A.M. to about 2:00 P.M. If you can help, please be at Luther Ridge at 7:30 A.M. to help set up the frames & hang the quilts. We also need members to sit and be sewing to demonstrate quilting through out the day. It’s a nice relaxing day and you get a lot done. If you can help, please contact Dottie Moreland at 263-1476.

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