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March Guild Meeting Meeting

Next Meeting: March 14h

Meeting Location: Heritage Quilters of Huntsville Fanfare 2024 Quilt Show, Von Braun Center - South Hall II

Time: Doors open at 6:30 pm. Presentation begins at 7 pm. Brief MSQ business meeting will occur after the presentation

The entry fee onsite is $10 and includes entrance to the quilt show on Friday and Saturday. If you bought the $5 tickets at one of our meetings, those work as well.

Please note: March 14 is MSQ guild meeting night. The meeting will take place at this special presentation at the VBC.

Two opportunities to drop off items for our booth at Huntsville Heritage Quilt Show.

Wednesday March 6th between 10-12pm

Susan Yell will be at Southern Charm

Lisa Rummell will pick up at Sweet Home Quilting

Call them if you need to meet up outside of that time.

Susan Yell 256 509-1289.

Lisa Rummell 256 797-5286.

Can you believe it’s already March? The March HQH Fanfare Quilt Show is right around the corner on March 15-16 and I hope to see everyone there! Our local quilt shops are exhibiting and will be busy this month preparing their booths for the show, so be sure to visit each and every one of them at the show and show your support! 

Don’t forget that our meeting is being replaced by a special presentation that you don’t want to miss March 14 at 7pm in South Hall 2. The special guest, Brandy Maslowski, known as the Quilter on Fire is internationally known and will be speaking that evening. In her presentation, entitled “Your Mind Matters,” Brandy will share her quilting journey through a career as a firefighter to following her passion as an art quilter. Brandy is the certified quilt judge for this show. 

The entry fee for the presentation is $10 and includes entrance to the quilt show on Friday and Saturday…BUT if you already bought your $5 ticket that is what you will use to get into the meeting/presentation and also the show for both days! DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 so come early!  Presentation and a very quick MSQ business meeting starts at 7pm.

I am looking forward to seeing all of our talented quilters in the show this year!

Bee Quilty  

Sue Bartlow

Madison Station Quilt Guild, Secretary’s Report

General Membership Meeting, February 8^th, 2024

Location: St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 786 Hughes Road, Madison, AL 35758

Attendance: 73 members, 5 visitors

Call-to Order: Meeting was started at 6:31 pm by President Sue Bartlow

Old Business: 

·       A motion to approve the January meeting minutes was made, seconded and approved.

·       Opportunity Quilt tickets are $1 each. Please purchase or sell tickets. We are at around $900 and the goal for this fundraiser is $1000. The drawing will be on March 16^th.

·       HQH quilt show:

o  Susan will be at Sweet Home Quilting and Southern Charm Quilting for drop off of additional items for our HQH booths. Drop-off dates will be in the Newsletter.

o  Please sign-up for shifts to work our booths for set-up and the days of the show.

o  MSQ members can obtain tickets for $5 at this meeting or $10 at the door and include entry to the Judge’s Reception on March 14^th and two-day entry to the show. Our guild meeting for March 14^th will be held at the VBC.

o  There will be 250 judged quilts in the show.

·       Charity quilt collection is ongoing. Completed quilts or tops can be given to Lorna.

New Business:

·       A motion to approve the 2024 Budget as presented in the Newsletter was made, seconded and approved by the membership.

·       Keril presented the 2024 Guild Challenge which will be: Self-Portrait in Fiber. Challenge entries will be revealed at the November meeting.

·       Donation gifts:

o  Two members received thank you gifts: Sweet Home Quilting gift card and Three Hens and a Chick gift card.

o  Three (3) donation gifts of St. Patrick’s Day goodie baskets were awarded.

Speaker: The evening’s speaker was Carmen Geddes of TenSisters Handicraft. Carmen shared vignettes of her quilting journey and examples of her Easy Piecing Grid technique. The guild workshop will be on Friday and she will have a class on Saturday at Southern Charm Quilting. She has published five books and additional free patterns are available on her website: www.tensisters.com.

Show-and-Tell: Five members presented six projects.

Meeting was adjourned at 8:07 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Lian Monikowski

2-21-2024

3 Hens and a Chick

1114 Hwy 31 South, Suite B

Athens, Alabama 35611

256-771-2040

Barb's Sewing Center

805 Regal Dr SW #10

Huntsville, AL 35801

(256) 539-2414

Patches and Stitches

603 Humes Ave NE,

Huntsville, AL 35801

(256) 533-3886

Southern Charm Quilting

1847 University Drive NW

Huntsville, AL

(256) 536-3757

Sweet Home Quilting and Supplies Inc.

893 Capshaw Road NW

Madison, Alabama 35757

(256)325-1840