Quilt Guild Meeting is September 9, 2024 

@ 7 pm 

Location is First Baptist West Church 73th and NW Cache Rd in Lawton, OK

 

Let's get some blocks made. 

Letter from the Vice-President

Happy Labor Day! As we celebrate the impact of hardworking Americans, it is good to have a day to celebrate with family and friends. I am looking forward to cooler temperatures. This will make it easier to quilt in our special spaces. I have several projects ready to go under my machine. One is in progress; I had a friend bring me a packet of scrap material from Hawaii. It is coming out great. I am also preparing

to make a bag for my husband to carry his wallet and keys. Hopefully, it will be easy on his back, and everything won’t end up in my bag when we go out.

 

I am looking forward to the program next Monday. We will have a sew day starting at 4 pm at the church. Please bring your machines and sewing tools. We will be making quilts for the C. Cater Crane House. Pizza will be served. 

 

Please RSVP if you are coming early. 

Our program will be Kathy Hepner and the faces construction. This is before the upcoming workshop on the 14th. I would also like to remind those interested that we will be having a Quilt Show meeting on Sunday, September 8 th at Quilt N Bee in Cache, at 2 pm.

In the meantime, happy quilting!

Barbara

 

Program for September

Introduction to FACES in FABRIC with Kathy Hepner.

Come and be inspired.

 

September 9 intro to faces- Kathy Hepner

September 14 Faces workshop 12 pm - 6 pm @ First Baptist West- 

October 14- Potato Chip Quilting- bring machine and supplies

November 11- Color/Value Theory- Marilyn Sikes

December 9- Christmas Party Potluck - bring a dish to share and a donation to the C. Carter Crane Homeless Shelter House.

 

 

I  would like to make Ways and Means raffle baskets bigger

 

I am taking donations for raffle baskets, please no quilt books

 

Also if you have any unwanted baskets, I will sure take them off your hands

 

Thank you for supporting Ways and Means.

 

Teresa

 

 

Wichita Mountains Quilt Guild  Treasurer's Report  28 July - 28 August 2024    

  

Opening Balance    $14,120.18  

  Income    

  Way and Means   $30.00  

Community Service   $13.00  

Membership   $60.00  

Programs Faces   $320.00  

Programs Collage   $105.00  

Bank interest   $1.20  

Total   $529.20  

    

Expenses      

    *Storage funds transferred to show account   $69.00  

Peggy Coe for reimbursement for quilt racks   $1,050.00  

  $1,119.00  

    

  

  Submitted by Marilyn Sikes, Treasurer, 28 August 2024    

  *  Funds will be transferred monthly to pay for storage    

to show account.  This allows for activity on both      

accounts and avoids inactivity fees.    

 

Hope you all are having a great month!!
We had a great day at Quilt N Bee getting ready for our Sew Social. I would like to thank those that came to help, Beverly, Peggy, Kelly and Jean.

Our next Sew Social will be 9 September at 4PM at FBW.
We will be having a Pizza Party at the Sew Social, so please RSVP so we can have enough Pizza!!! The mission is to work on Quilts for the C Carter Cain Center, so bring your sewing machine, cutting mats and rotate cutters, oh and ruler. If you have a project that needs finishing you can bring that.

See Ya there
Traci

Guild Meeting Minutes

WICHITA MOUNTAIN QUILT GUILD

Monday, August 12, 2024

 

The meeting was called to order by president Peggy Coe at 7:00pm. Peggy welcomed all in attendance. Kathy Burnett moved to accept the minutes as printed in the newsletter. Traci Crumley seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Beverly Martine moved to accept the treasurer’s report as printed in the newsletter. Carolyn Vaughn seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Vicky Nightingale shared that we have over 40 members at the present time and tonight 25 members and 1 visitor are present. We had seven August birthdays.

Peggy reminded us that she will be gone for next month’s meeting and Barbara Johnston will be in charge of the meeting.

The next Quilt Show Committee Meeting will be 2pm Sunday, August 25 at the Quilt N Bee.

The Community Service Chair, Traci Crumley has two projects to be finished and three quilts that need to be quilted. There will be a cutting party August 23 rd – 9am – Quilt N Bee for community service. There will be Community Sewing before the next meeting – September 9, 4pm. Peggy gave an update on quilt rack progress. The order for new quilt racks is in our trailer and paid for. The conduit has been purchased.

Beverly reminded us about the current Heart Challenge. Make a two dimensional project with the theme of HEART. Size must be less than 120 inches in perimeter. Any technique is open – embellishment, applique, revere applique, foundation piecing, group project, etc. – the sky is the limit. Projects are due at the December 9, 2024 meeting. They will be displayed at the Leslie Powell Gallery in February 2025. Beverly would like some images of our projects as they are being made, for marketing purposes. Beverly reviewed the next few months programs:

 October – Quilt Sewing @ 4pm, Potato Chip Quilt

 November – Marilyn Sikes, program on color

 December – Crain Homeless Shelter needs donations. We have currently donated 16 quilts to the center. They need 28 quilts. People may stay at the shelter for six weeks. The Salvation Army shelter is currently closed. Center is currently housing mostly aged widows, who are homeless. The shelter also needs socks, t-shirts, sweatshirts, money, washcloths, hand towels, paper towels, cleaning products, personal hygiene products.

Beverly requests that you pay her, if you plan to attend the Portrait Class

Please sign up with Anke to bring treats to future guild meetings.

 

Ways N Means fundraiser winners tonight were Lenor Davis, Kathy Burnett, and Rizelle.

John Abbott’s mother passed away. The family is donating fabric and thread from Mom.

Drag & Brag

 Barbara Johnston and Dee Fizzell – showed quilted sneakers they made at a recent class they attended.

 Carolyn Vaughn – loving bears quilt and friendship star quilt.

 Madison – large triangle quilt and quilt made by her grandma in Minnesota.

 Reselle – small LOVE quilt

 Beverly Martine – small digitized embroidery quilt

Our program tonight is about FAVORITE QUILTING TOOLS. Many members shared their favorite tools and why they are a favorite.

Meeting was adjourned at 7:50pm.

 

LaDonna Meyer

Guild Secretary

OQSO Information

INTERESTED IN ATTENDING AN OQSO RETREAT

OQSO holds two retreats each year featuring national and local teachers. The

national featured teachers in the past have been Jane Sassaman, Karen Combs,

Ellen Anne Eddy, Elsie Campbell, Peggy Barkley, Marsha McCloskey, Flavin

Glover, Debbie Caffrey, Sarah J. Maxwell, and recently Krista Moser.

The spring retreat is held on the 4th Friday in March at Sequoyah State Lodge,

formerly Western Hills Guest Lodge, in Wagoner, OK.

The fall retreat is held on the 3rd Friday in September at Lake Murray Lodge in

Ardmore, OK.

Each retreat features classes of all skill levels. There are classes, contests,

block lotteries, giveaways, and open sewing areas so you can sew on whatever

you choose.

There is one business meeting where we share event happenings in OK. We

also share the triumphs of our membership.

The membership is $15 a calendar year (January-December). Registration fee is

$30 per retreat. Class fees for members teaching are $25 for a half day class

and $35 for a full day class. National teacher class fees are $30 for half day

classes and $45 for full day classes. The OQSO newsletter notification is sent

via email twice a year. The newsletter will be available for download on our

website, OQSO.com, late January for spring and late July for fall retreat.

You can email through the website to be added to the email list. You are

responsible for making your reservations at the lodge. Be sure to tell the desk

you are with OQSO so you get the group discount.

In order to attend you will have to download the registration page, fill it out,

include the fees, mail it to the address on the bottom of the page and you

are set. If you are taking classes your supply list will be emailed after the

registration deadline has closed. The information for each retreat is in

each newsletter. Please read the complete newsletter. Hope to see you at the retreat.