March 2015

Coastal Prairie Quilt Guild Of Texas

Volume 7, Issue 7

President’s Letter 1 Workshops 7 Business Meeting Minutes 14/15

Bylaw Changes 2 Quilts Of Valor 7 Board Meeting Minutes 11/14

Bee News 3/4 Advertisements 8/9 Officers and Committees 15

Community Service 5 Birthday 10

Activities 6 Library 10

Programs 6 Treasurer 10

PRESIDENT’S LETTER Mary Goodman

IT’S SPRING! The bees are buzzing and the applique flowers are budding out! Spring is a beautiful time for renewal, for finishing up those old projects and beginning the new ones. One of the new projects that has begun in our guild is the 2016 Quilt Show Committee. Our grateful thanks go out to Susie Doe, Lisa Patterson, Pam Biswas, Allison Etzler, and of course Julie Dayton who bravely volun-teered to coordinate the Coordinators. These lovely ladies met for the first planning session this last week, along with myself and President Elect Barb Wall. As we start the process of preparing for the work of the Show, I hope that all of you will begin thinking how you want to participate. As anyone will tell you from the 2014 Quilt Show, it was wonderful and new friends were made all around!

One of the ways you can begin right now is to think about what quilt you want to make for the On Line Auction and what quilt will be donated to the Silent Auction (or Small Quilt Auction). Whenev-er you donate a quilt, I hope you will think about what quilt would best represent YOU. What quilt would you be proud to send to the On Line Auction? What quilt is so well done that we would have to put a large reserve on? What wonderful small quilt with gold thread and shiny crystals would you put in the Small Quilt Auction? Think about things that are eye-catching, things that people who don’t quilt would be drawn to and would love to have. These are not throw-aways! These are what we sent out into our community. Let’s send out the best of us! We all share a beautiful talent with needle and thread. Make it count! You have exactly 18 months to make those quilts! Make them your best!

It’s Spring! Start a new, beautiful project for the 2016 Quilt Show!

Best Wishes!

Mary Goodman

NEXT MEETINGS

Evening: March 4th, 6:45 p.m. Day: March 19th, 10:00 a.m.

Meetings and workshops held at the First United Methodist Church of Missouri City.

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Bylaw changes approved by the board on Feb. 3, 2015

Article V-Bill of Rights

Section 1-f.

OLD

f. Approve organization activities, policies and by-laws and by-law amendments, standing

rules, (delete) budgets, and activities such as fundraisers.

NEW

f. Approve organization activities, policies, bylaw amendments, budgets, and activities such as

fundraisers.

Article VI-Meetings

Section 2

OLD

Written notice stating the place, date, and time of the regular, board, and guild meetings shall

be delivered to members (delete) no less than 10 days prior to the scheduled meeting.

NEW

Written notice stating the place, date, and time of the regular, board, and guild meetings shall

be posted (addition) no less than 10 days prior to the scheduled meeting.

Article VII-Board of Directors

Section 2-Duties of Officers

6. The treasurer

g. & h.

OLD

g. Files a 4.01 (delete) report with the Texas State Controller’s Office listing the officers of the

guild, together with the appropriate filing fee every three years.

NEW

g. Files an 802 (addition) report with the Texas State Controller’s Office listing the officers of

the guild, together with the appropriate filing fee every three years.

OLD

h. Files a 1096 transmittal form with the IRS to report a 1099 by February 28 in the event any

individual earns over $600 per year.

NEW

h. Files a 1096 transmittal form with the IRS by February 28 to report all 1099-MISC forms

issued to individuals paid over $600 during the previous calendar year. (change)

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QUILT BEE … Lisa Patterson

News from the Hive … Quilt Bees …

We have had our first month of bee meetings, and are excited for you all to find one that will suit

you … as we get underway, we will have a few changes/adjustments … we are trying to make our

bees easy for the majority of people who are interested to be able to attend! We are also adding

bees, so please check the latest newsletter for the happenings for the month!!

Following is a description of the bees (and Queen Bees) we have to date to offer … we hope you find

one that interests you! There are 2 “styles” of Bees:

(a) RSVP : contact the Queen Bee if you would like to attend prior each meeting. All bees have a

maximum number of ladies they can have at their bee/ homes. You don’t have to commit to attend

regularly, just contact the queen bee a few days prior to the meeting.

(b) Sign up: To attend these bees you need to “sign up” with the Queen Bee, and commit to attend

for a specified period of time. The queen bee will give you details when you contact her.

Please note that general location is listed here. For the exact address, please see the contact infor-

mation in the descriptions.

Monday Bees: Social/Hand Piecing (Sign up) : Carol Bell. Are you interested in hand piecing/

Sewing. This bee is for those ladies who would either like to learn to hand piece or would like to so-

cialize with other ladies who hand piece. Projects or scope of the bee will be discussed at the first

meeting. Meeting the 4th Monday of the month at Carol’s home in Richmond, off of SH99 & US

59. Sign up through bee keeper – Lisa at mardanmom@gmail.com 281-904-0925

Tuesday Bees: Paper Piecing/Social (RSVP): Lisa Patterson: Do you paper piece, or want to learn

to paper piece? This Bee is for you. Each month we will work on a new paper pieced pattern, or you

can bring your own paper piecing project. We will meet on the 4th Tuesday of the month at 10am at

Jen Pazicni’s home in Katy, off of 1463 between I-10 & 1093. RSVP to Lisa

mardanmom@gmail.com 281-904-0925 ** Time has changed on this bee! Please note!

Social/Round Robin (Sign Up): Kathy Perry. This fun bee will meet monthly (2nd week of the

month) socially over lunch for planning a row or border directions for continuous quilt exchange. It

is for experienced quilters who understand round robin commitments. For questions or to sign up,

please contact Katy at kperry4390@yahoo.com or phone 281-928-4666

Wednesday Bees: UFO/Social Bee (RSVP): Rebecca Trevino .....First Meeting date, Feb. 11, 2015

from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. I don't want to reveal the number of UFO's I have in boxes and in my closet.

If that could be you, join our group as we work to complete our UFO's. We will help and encourage

each other to finish what we have started. We will meet every Wednesday at my home in Riverpark

(Sugar Land near Hwy. 99/Grand Pkwy). Please contact me if you will be a part of this group. For

the first meeting, please bring as many UFO's as you dare. Rmt739@gmail.com. 832-363-3951

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Thursday Bees: Block Exchange (Sign Up): Debbie Garner. This bee will be a social/block exchange.

Contact Debbie for more information MDJJCS@aol.com 281-596-9871

Bag Ladies Bee (Sign Up): Julie Dayton. Have you wanted to make a purse or bag but didn't know how

to get started? I will help you make a purse or tote bag with your choice of pattern and fabric. I'll be there

to help you get started, answer any questions, and troubleshoot any problems. An orientation/planning

meeting will be Thursday, February 12, 2015, at 10 a.m. at my house and the first sewing day will be Thurs-

day, February 26, 2015 at 10 a.m. We'll continue monthly after that on the 4th Thursday of the month. I

live in Providence, off Highway 6 between Beechnut and Bissonnet.

Social/Scrap Quilting (RSVP): Pauline Manes. Do you have an abundance of scraps and have been

wanting to get motivated to do something with them? So have I. I have researched and printed several

scrap quilt patterns, but if you have a favorite you want to work on, share it and together we can shrink our

scrap stash – HA! Bring your machine. Cutting and ironing location will be available. Second and Fourth

Thursday evening at 7:00 PM beginning located in SW Houston in Braeburn Valley West. Can only accom-

modate 6 per session. Beginning time can be flexible for those coming from work. Located at Pauline’s

house. RSVP to Pauline pmanes46@hotmail.com or 713-569-9274

Friday Bees: Social Bee (RSVP): Pattie Fox. Meeting Monthly, 3rd Friday of the month. 6:30PM. Loca-

tion TBD Contact Pattie pafox7@gmail.com 832-216-2575

Saturday Bees:*NEW!! “The Great Bee, Social bee” … Saturday Afternoon Social bee in Greatwood …

Contact Brenda at bneleigh@gmail.com for more information … If enough interest, this bee will start in

April.

We also have the following bees, where the Day is To be Determined:

Exploration Bee (RSVP): Susie Doe. Explore techniques, patterns, tools, or other topics that are found in

magazines. This bee is flexible, and day/time will be determined based on interest of participants. This bee

will meet monthly, at Susie’s house (Longmeadow Farms, Richmond). If interested, please RSVP to Susie

at 619does@sbcglobal.net or call 281-342-2534.

Beginners Bee (RSVP): Liz Narcisse: Meeting Monthly, this bee will be located in Missouri City at the

home of Trena Stevens. Bring your projects and Liz will be available to help beginners learn techniques

and assist in project completion. Maximum 6 ladies. Contact Liz at Beulah.narcisse@gmail.com 832-343-

6523

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

2 3 4 UFO/Social (1:00 pm)

5 6

9 10 Social/Round Robin (11am)

11 UFO/Social (1:00pm)

12 Bag Ladies (10am) Social/Scrap (7pm)

13

16 17 18 UFO/Social (1:00 pm)

19 20 Social (6:30)

23 Social/Hand Piecing (10am)

24 Paper Piecing (12:30 PM)

25 UFO/Social (1:00 pm)

26 Bag Ladies (10am) Social/Scrap (7 m)

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COMMUNITY SERVICE Candy Horsley

Our sewing day was a huge success! – thanks again to Chris Ginkens for providing facilities, batting, thread and machines. And thanks to Grace Clarke for her assistance and positive attitude all day long. Grace has been a CPQG member in the past and we are hoping for her speedy return.

Very special thanks also to Barbara Young for organizing this day and making all of us a hot lunch. De-licious!!

Mark your calendars. The next sewing day will be on Monday, April 13. Same time, same place.

The following members attended and donated their time and skill to make this day a success:

Sandi Winston Barbara Baxter Martha Baldwin

Elizabeth Barrow Dixie Mullins Evelyn Cox

Lisa Patterson Deborah Smalling Pauline Manes

Julie Dayton Barb Wall Candy Horsley

Doris Mahaffey Wilma Al-Uqdah Helen Wilems

Joan Bell Barbara Young Kay Paul

Mary Goodman Liz Narcisse Darleen Patin

Sydney Stilling Chris Ginkens Grace Clarke

A great big thanks to the following members for their donations during the month of February.

Pauline Manes Helen Wilems Sakeenah Mubashshir

Julie Dayton Wilma Al-Uqdah Beverly Powell

Dana Comer Sue Choitz Nancie Roach

Laura Boston Suzanne Goubeaud Gina Abdulla

Katherine Onstott Martha Baldwin Deborah Smalling

Janie Schexnayder Kristina Harper Dorothy Reyna

Beth Duffy Carol Ann Barley Barbara Baxter

Kathy Perry Shirley Grover Kay Paul

Elaine Huffer Dorothy Rose Gayle Scholer

Dorothy Kelly

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PROGRAMS Barbara Young

On March 4 Maggie Ball will present Innovative Quilts, Traditional Values - Trunk Show. This is a lecture with quilt show, reviewing Maggie’s years as a quilter including her experiences teaching kids to quilt and voluntary work in Mongolia - inspirations, growth, and evolution. Maggie has written several books on quilting and has devising a template-free method for making Kaleidoscope blocks. Checkout some of her quilts on her website www.dragonflyquilts.com.

On March 19 Kathleen Ackley for “Stamps by Kate” will present a program entitled “LeMoyne Star Adventure” The program will include a history of the LaMoyne Star and it’s many forms. Quilts from 1850 to today will show the wide range of block options.

Becky Goldsmith: “I am a wife, mother, MIL, grandmother, and quilter extraordinaire!”

I design quilts, mostly applique quilts. I write books with my partner, Linda Jenkins. I travel and teach both nationally and internationally. Most know me as half of the Piece O' Cake design team. I am a quilt designer, quilter, and do applique. Becky will be our speaker on April 8.

Becky is an award-winning quilter who travels to teach quilting both nationally and internationally. Her classes are always interesting and informative, with an emphasis on teaching techniques that help you improve your sewing skills without making you crazy.

ACTIVITIES Julie Dayton -Activities Chairman

Flip Flop Applique Block Exchange

The flip flop appliqué block exchange is underway! The completed blocks will be collected at both March meetings. In April, ex-changed blocks will be given back.

You may make as many blocks as you would like and that is the number you will receive in return. Please turn in your squares in a gallon size ziplock bag with your name and the number of blocks you are exchanging written on it in perma-nent ink. Please also include day meeting or night meeting for the return of the blocks.

I look forward to seeing many cute and colorful flip flop blocks! Please let me

know if you have any questions -- 281.575.7726 or juliedayton@sbcglobal.net

QUILTS OF VALOR Barbara Baxter

Two tops and three quilts were turned in at the February sew-in. Several other tops are nearing comple-tion. Eighteen ladies attended this month’s sew-in.

Due to scheduled classes and the Houston Shop Hop, we are unable to reserve the Cottage for a Satur-day sew-in in March. The only date available is Friday, March 20 th from 10 AM until 3 PM as usual. I do look forward to seeing you!

Many thanks to the following for their donations:

Helen Wilems Barbara Young Micky Wong Susie Doe

Julie Dayton Sally Staner Sandi Winston Carol Kettlewell

Sue Choitz Gail Hall Shirley Grover Liz Narcisse

Evelyn Coe Carol Ann Barley Rebecca Trevino Dixie Mullins

Dorothy Rose Donna Sonner Patty Sutton Sandra Bolen

Quilters Cottage Jo’s Quilting Studio Martha Baldwin Pauline Manes

Mary Lou Cooper Carol Bell Dorothy Kelly Elizabeth Barrow

Linda Payonk Kay Paul Kristina Harper Peggy Johnson

Barbara Elloit Candy Horsley Trish Lopes

Barbara Pennington

WORKSHOPS Barbara Baxter

March 19- Kate Ackley (Stamps By Kate) will be teaching “Posey Garden”. It is a fun wall hanging using hexagon stamps for easy accurate hand piecing. No sewing machine is required for this workshop. Collect and use your own fabrics or order a kit of fabric and stamps for $22.50. April 8 We will have Becky Goldsmith (Piece O’ Cake) teaching “Chirp-Appliqué with Attitude”. Learn to appliqué with attitude the Piece O’ Cake way! Your stitches not only hold the appliqué in place, they embellish as well. The edge of the appliqué is needle- turned and sewn with Perle cot-ton. This workshop is from 10 AM until 4 PM prior to the monthly night meeting. No sewing ma-chine is required for this workshop. April 16 Patricia Gates will be teaching a hands on class of Machine Embroidery to include tech-niques such as design placement, multi-hooping, and stitching a Mylar Embroidery design. An em-broidery machine is required and a CD will be provided.

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TREASURER’S REPORT Linda Towle

JAN INCOME: $ 1,560.00 JAN EXPENSES $ 2163.04 FEB INCOME TO-DATE (2-23-14) $ 635.00 FEB EXPENSES TO-DATE (2-23-14) $ 2,555.61 FISCAL YEAR-TO-DATE (2-23-14) INCOME: $ 35,533.96 FISCAL YEAR-TO-DATE (2-23-14) EXPENSES: $ 23,037.41 Account Balance (as of 1-23-14) $ 45,191.48

BIRTHDAYS/MEMBERSHIP Rebecca Trevino- VP Membership

A Very Happy March Birthday to:

Mary Ann Janecka Mar 02 Helen Utay Mar 19

Auian L. Ward Mar 05 Suzanne Goubeaud Mar 22

Nancy Levit Mar 12 Diane Keller Mar 23

Bette Kraus Mar 19 Sylvi Sealy Mar 23

Brenda Neleigh Mar 19 Chris Ginkens Mar 30

Happy Birthday ladies! It would be such a treat for the rest of us to see your lovely faces at a guild meeting very soon! We have scheduled some truly great guest speakers. Give yourself a special birthday gift and attend a meeting!

LIBRARY Linda Towle

Did you enjoy Deb Karasik’s trunk show? Are you ready to make one of her gorgeous quilts? Deb donated her book, Quilts with Attitude to our library. If you don’t think you are ready to tackle one of her complicated quilts, she has several easy projects to get you started. There is a pattern for placemats, a table topper and several small wall hangings.

Do you have a collection of fat quarters or charm packs? We have two more recently donated books that you might want to borrow. One is More Loose Change, 14 Quilts from Nickels, Dimes, and Fat Quarters. The other is 256 Fat Quarter Quilt Blocks.

If you want to borrow any of these books, e-mail me lktowle@pobox.com and I will bring it to the meeting.

Here’s the link to our library: www.librarything.com/catalog/cpqgoftx

Are you interested in a quilt

study group where we

would examine, date an-

tique/vintage quilts & Tex-

tiles (blocks, tops, etc). Con-

tact Ellis Bennett at eben-

nett739@gmail.com or call

254-749-8791

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Coastal Prairie Quilt Guild

Minutes of the January 6, 2015 Board Meeting

(Approved at February 3, 2015 Board Meeting)

The meeting was called to order by Mary Goodman, President, at 1:32 p.m. at the Keegan’s Woods Com-

munity Building.

Board Members in attendance: Mary Goodman, Barbara Wall, Rebecca Trevino, Barbara Young, Barba-

ra Baxter, Susie Doe, Linda Towle, Katherine Onstott, Martha Baldwin, and Trena Stephens. A quorum

was present. Committee members in attendance: Lisa Patterson and Cheryl Jacobs.

The Minutes of the December 2, 2014 Board Meeting were approved as presented.

The January 2014 Treasurer’s Report was approved as presented with one minor change. The donation

from the Appliqué Society will be categorized differently; 50% will be recorded as a donation to Quilts of

Valor and 50% as a donation to the Linus Project under Charity Quilts.

Announcements by Mary Goodman –

Mary thanked Julie Dayton and her committee for a successful job in planning and hosting our Decem-

ber holiday meetings. She commended Barbara Baxter for a wonderful Quilts of Valor presentation at

the December day meeting.

Mary announced that the guild members donated $80 to FUMC’s Seafarer’s Project.

Mary reported that she had contacted Sidney Caver of Houston’s Friendship Force. Guild members who

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wish to participate are asked to fill out a short biographical information form so that they may be paired

with an international quilter. Correspondents will have the opportunity to meet their pen pal at a lunch-

eon in October. (See attached copy of e-mail correspondence between Mary Goodman and Sidney Cav-

er.)

Scholarship Report – Barbara Baxter reported that she had found only one school in Texas with a fiber

arts program (in Denton). Cheryl Jacobs suggested that the Art Institute of Houston might be another

option. The board will continue to look into the logistics of offering a scholarship.

OLD BUSINESS

The Bee Hive – Lisa Patterson presented a summary of the results of her bee survey (see attach-

ment). There seems to be plenty of interest; the most favored bee topics are ‘Block of the Month’, ‘Scrap

Quilting’, ‘Appliqué’, and ‘Paper-Piecing’. The next step is to contact those who agreed to become bee

leaders (Queen Bees) to verify their commitment and set schedules.

Member Survey -- Barbara Wall announced she is in the process of collating the surveys turned in

in December. Unfortunately a number of respondents forgot to fill in the back side of their surveys. A

couple of other problems with the survey were identified – the age question ‘freaked out’ a lot of people

and the survey neglected to ask for respondent’s name if they agreed to volunteer for something. Main

take-away from surveys turned in to date is that members seem to be happy with the programs on offer.

Barbara will have a full report ready for the February board meeting.

BOARD REPORTS

President-Elect -- Barbara Wall Nothing to report.

VP-Programs – Barbara Young

Connie Silber will present a Trunk Show at the evening meeting on January 7. Lisa Erlandson is

scheduled for the January day meeting. February’s speakers will be Karen Lambdin and Deb Karasik.

Barbara asked that Mary remind everyone about the change in April’s evening meeting date; it will be on

the second Wednesday instead of first Wednesday (FUMC asks us not to meet during Holy Week).

Membership – Rebecca Trevino

200 copies of the membership directory are being printed and will be ready for distribution at the

January day meeting.

Secretary – Susie Doe Nothing to report.

Treasurer -- Linda Towle

Linda cleared up Susie Doe’s question about the previous month’s report on the Fall Festival.

$200 was withdrawn from the account as seed money for the bazaar. A total of $943.75 was deposited

after the bazaar; this represents $200 seed money and $743.75 in bazaar proceeds.

Workshop Chairman – Barbara Baxter

16 members are currently signed up for the January workshop, “Quilt Design by the Seat of Your

Pants” by Lisa Erlandson (cost $15). The workshop in February by Deb Karasik, is a paper-pieced wall

hanging called “Turning over a New Leaf”’; the cost is $40 (class + kit fee). Currently 9 members have

registered.

Editor/Advertising – Jennifer Pazicni (absent) No report.

Representative-at-Large – Trena Stephens Nothing to report.

Program Chair-Elect – Katherine Onstott

A committee will meet next week to work on programs for 2015-16. The board discussed a pro-

posed speaker for August 18th, 2016; this date will be the day quilts are to be turned in for our 2016

Quilt Show, so it was decided that we would not engage a speaker for that day. Katherine requested and

received the board’s approval to engage Barbara Henning as a speaker; we would be able to share costs

with another guild. Katherine had received information from Candy Horsley that Judy Taylor and Karen

Blocher (our 2014 Quilt Show judges) would be available to speak at our November 4th meeting and that

travel & lodging costs would be minimal as they are coming in for Quilt Festival at that time and would

also like to stay with Candy. The board approved these speakers.

Workshop Chair-Elect – Martha Baldwin Nothing to report.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Quilts of Valor -- Barbara Baxter

Barbara reported that one of our quilts was presented to a Mr. Perez in El Paso recently. There is a pho-

to on the Quilts of Valor website.

The December Sew-In was a great success with 14 people (2 new participants) in attendance. The next

Sew-In will be on January 24th at Quilter’s Cottage from 10 am – 3 pm.

Barbara reported on Quilts of Valor’s new program of partnering with organizations and individuals who

help them with their mission to provide quilts for soldiers and veterans. Organizations, such as the guild,

can register as partner members for a fee of $30 annually; one benefit to the guild would be the ability to

man a Quilts of Valor booth with our members rather than having to rely on a Quilts of Valor representa-

tive. Additionally individual guild members may register as members for a $5 fee. Trena Stephens

moved that the guild enter into a partnership agreement with Quilts of Valor and pay the $30 annual fee;

the board approved unanimously. Barbara Baxter will send in the appropriate paperwork and collect in-

dividual memberships (payable to Quilts of Valor) to accompany our application. (See the attached

Quilts of Valor ‘Letter of Agreement for Existing Non-Profit Groups’ for further information).

Barbara reported that she had received two separate donations during the month of December (one for

$200 and one for $500) to the guild’s Quilts of Valor project.

Activities – Julie Dayton (absent) No report.

Fall Festival – No report.

Bee Keeper – Lisa Patterson

Report listed under ‘Old Business’ above.

Community Service Report – Candy Horsley (absent)

Barbara Young reported that Chris Ginkens has opened ‘Quilt Your Own’ for a charity quilting day

on February 9 from 10 am - 4 pm. She will continue to offer the use of her long-arm machines every oth-

er month (the ‘off’ months will be for the use of the Greater Houston Guild). There was a question asked

about who would be providing the thread for the quilting.

Donation Quilt -- Cheryl Jacobs

Cheryl is ready to order tickets for the 2015 Donation Quilt; the price is ~ $86. The board ap-

proved the purchase. The drawing date will remain the December day meeting (12/17/2015). The sched-

ule for showings is being prepared. Pauline Manes has suggested adding the showings schedule to our

website so that members will have easy access. It was decided that we would show the quilt during

March Shop Hop this year at Quilter’s Cottage instead of Quilter’s Emporium.

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Guild Guides / Hospitality – Rita Evans / Allison Etzler (absent) No reports.

Librarian -- Linda Towle Nothing to report.

Web Administrator – Pauline Manes (absent)

Mary Goodman stated that Pauline has asked board members to please remember to use the mail-

boxes that have been set up for them through the website to ensure that they are read and that they will

become the standard to help ensure continuity as board members change.

Parliamentarian – Trena Stephens

The Bylaws Review committee was officially approved by the membership at the December gen-

eral meeting. The committee plans to meet this month and have its recommendations ready for the

March board meeting.

The question has come up whether it would be better for the guild to run its fiscal year in accord-

ance with a calendar year rather than from September through August. The board asked the committee

to look into what changes would need to be made to the Bylaws to make such as change.

Retreats – Sandi Pedersen (absent) No report.

Show and Share -- Carol Kettlewell (absent) No report.

There being no other business to come before the board the meeting was adjourned at 3:02 pm.

Respectfully submitted by Susie Doe, Secretary

Coastal Prairie Quilt Guild of Texas

Business Meeting Minutes for February 19, 2015

Meeting was called to order by President Mary Goodman.

Minutes of the last general business were approved as posted

The Treasurer’s Report was approved as posted in the newsletter.

Mary Goodman announced that the Spring Retreat will be held on April 26-30 at the Jordan Ranch. Fee is $250.

Barbara Wall gave a summary report on the recent Member Survey; full report will be available in the upcoming newsletter.

Mary reminded everyone that due to a schedule conflict our night meeting in April will be held on the second Wednesday evening (April 8th) rather than on April 1.

Barbara Baxter announced that the next Quilts of Valor Sew-In will be on February 21 (10 am – 3 pm) at Quilter’s Cottage. The guild is joining the National Quilts of Valor organization as a partner (for a $30 annual fee). Individual members may join Quilts of Valor for $5. She will be sending in the paperwork in the next few weeks.

Mary announced that the Charity Long-Arm Quilting Day at Quilt Your Own on February 9th was a great success. 24 people participated.

Candy Horsley, Community Service Chairman, announced that to date the guild has donated 136 com-pleted quilts, 88 blankets, and 6 pillows. Quilt Kits and Pillow Kits are available for pick-up from Candy

The Monarch is published monthly by the Coastal Prairie Quilt Guild of Texas. It is distributed, via e-mail, free to members. We are always looking for news items, articles, and suggestions. Inclusion subject to space availability. Articles must be received by the Monday following the Thursday morning meeting for inclusion in the next month’s newsletter. Send articles to editor@cpqgtx.org. If you do not have e-mail capability, legibly written information will be accepted by the deadline. According to the CPQG By-laws, if you need a printed copy of the newsletter, please notify the editor. A fee applies to all printed copies of The Monarch.

OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES CHAIRS President: Mary Goodman President Elect: Barbara Wall Vice President Programs: Barbara Young Program Chairman Elect: Katherine Onstott Vice President Membership: Rebecca Trevino Secretary: Susie Doe Treasurer: Linda Towle Workshop Chairman: Barbara Baxter Workshop Chairman Elect: Martha Baldwin Representative at Large: Trena Stephens Editor: Jennifer Pazicni IMPORTANT EMAIL ADDRESSES president@cpqgtx.org editor@cpqgtx.org pres-elect@cpqgtx.org

webmaster@cpqgtx.org membership@cpqgtx.org workshops@cpqgtx.org Activities: Julie Dayton Advertising/Sponsors: Jennifer Pazicni Bee Coordinator: Lisa Patterson Community Service: Bo’s Place: Katherine Onstott Cinderella/Cinderfella: Martha Baldwin Project Linus: Elizabeth Barrow Quilts for Kids: Barbara Young Quilts of Valor: Barbara Baxter Donation Quilt: Cheryl Jacobs Fall Bazaar: Dorothy Kelly Guild Guide: Rita Evans Hospitality: Allison Etzler

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in the break room.

Lisa Patterson, Bee Hive Committee Chairman, presented tiaras to those who had volunteered to be-come Queen Bees (bee leaders). Some of the new bees are already meeting; additional information is available in the newsletter.

Beth Duffy showed our 2015 Donation Quilt at this meeting since no outside group was scheduled to show their quilt. Mary reminded everyone that the show schedule is on our website and to contact Chery Jacobs to volunteer.

Mary Goodman presented the revisions to the Bylaws proposed by the revisions committee and ap-proved by the board. The membership will vote to approve these changes at the April meeting.

Julie Dayton announced the Activity for the next couple of months will be a ‘Flip Flop Block’ block ex-change. Patterns are available in the break room and on the website. Turn in blocks at the March meet-ings and receive your exchanges at the April meetings.

Julie Dayton announced that the Quilt Show 2016 coordinating committee has been formed and will have its first meeting in the next couple of weeks. Members include: Julie Dayton, Head Coordinator; Susie Doe, Quilt Coordinator; Allison Etzler, Vendor Coordinator; Pam Biswah, Facilities Coordinator; Lisa Patterson, Show Activities Coordinator; Mary Goodman, Administrative Coordinator; and Barb Wall, ex oficio member as President-Elect & President.

Barbara Young announced that our speaker for the next evening meeting on March 4th will be Maggie Ball of Dragonfly Quilts presenting a trunk show. The speaker for the next day meeting on March 19th will be Kathleen Ackley of Stamps by Kate presenting “LeMoyne Star Adventure.” On April 8th Becky Goldsmith of Piece of Cake Designs will present a program entitled “A Practical Approach to Color.”