Thursday, November 18, 2010

DECEMBER 13th MEETING

At the December meeting, we will have our annual holiday Mocktail Party. Bring your favorite appetizer or dessert and we'll have a great time!

MORE PROGRAM INFO:
Looking forward to January, we will have our favorite local teacher/author LINDA J. HAHN again. This time her lecture will be "Don't Quit Your Day Job - Careers in Quilting". At the December meeting, we will have a short questionnaire from Linda to help her choose which topics most interest our members. There is a small possibility that she will have copies available of her new book "New York Beauty Simplified", which will be published in January - hot off the press!

Still looking down the 2011 road:
--Start thinking about teams for the February charity race
--Don't forget to bring items to donate for our sale, tentatively planned for March or April. Gently used books, fabric or sewing/quilting items are welcome! Proceeds will benefit the guild's program and library funds.

AT THE DECEMBER MEETING:
We will have our final collection of TEDDY clothes for the year - looks like we will once again have dressed over 200 teddy bears to be given to children in need through Family and Children's Services and the Salvation Army. Of course, we plan to continue the program next year, so keep knitting/sewing!

Please bring back any remaining CHARITY BLOCKS, so that we can put them together for quilts to be distributed as soon as possible. The same goes for any charity quilts that you took home for sandwiching or tying. Barbara and Kim have done a fabulous job with the charity projects this year - we should have more quilts to distribute this year than ever before (and that doesn't count preemie blankets and pillowcases). Thank you to everyone who contributed fabric and batting, sewed one of those wonderful blocks of the month, helped with piecing the quilt tops, or took home kits to sandwich and quilt or tie.

Don't forget your BLOCK OF THE MONTH.

Bring in any NON-PERISHABLE FOOD for the Samaritan Center Food Bank - this is a difficult time of the year

FAT QUARTER OF THE MONTH - DECEMBER's colors are RED, GREEN or HOLIDAY FABRIC. We haven't had too much participation in this - try to remember to bring it in this month.

It's time to turn in your MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL and annual dues of $30 - extra forms will be available if you didn't get one in November.

See you then!