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Remember that November is our annual Thanksgiving Carry-In meal. We will be meeting at the regular time. You are encouraged to bring a guest to the meeting. We will be sharing Show & Tell projects after the meal. We are supposed to have the couple coming to tell us about their AQS trip.
Sylva

MINUTES – Maple Leaf Quilters, October 24, 2005 , Waterford Mennonite Church
Present: Phyllis Windsor, Peggy Hochstetler, Ruthann Hipshire (visitor from Logansport), Becky Yoder, Marcia Vierck, Marie Troyer, Elaine Frey, Edith Shanholt, Claire Baker, Roberta Poscharscky, Pat Stahley, Gretchen Weaver (visitor), Beulah Sample, Sylva Keenan, Leona Martin, Jan Goppert, Sue Stringfellow, Carol Honderich, Laura Kercher, Florence Makousky

President Jan Goppert opened the meeting with a reading called “Quilted with Love” from the book “Quilted with Love” by Debbie Salter Goodwin.

Refreshments provided by Phyllis and Pat. THANK YOU!

September BOM: Beulah presented the September Block of the Month. It was called “Moving Stars”. These quilters presented a finished BOM: Phyllis, Pat, Sylva, & Leona.

Show-n-tell:
Peggy – shared the sampler quilt that her mother hand pieced and hand quilted 25 years ago and gave to her recently. Showed us her neon bright Ohio Star quilt pieced on point for her future daughter-in-law.
Ruthann- a visitor from Logansport shared with us a whole cloth quilt that she hand quilted and entered in the county fair. She also shared a quilt with Blue Herrings blocks, which she quilted in 6 weeks. She had seen our Seven Sisters quilt.
Becky- was working on a hand appliqué square.
Edith – shared with us her Dear Hannah quilt made from vintage fabrics, a zigzag quilt and a Star Log Cabin quilt that she made for her stepdaughter that she started in 1999.
Claire – was working on Birds of Paradise appliqué quilt blocks made out of neon bright colors. Shared with us her Round Robin quilt.
Roberta – shared with us her Nine Patch/Snowball scrap quilt.
Gretchen – was working on a cross stitch square.
Leona – shared with us a baby quilt with stars.
Jan – shared with us one of the quilts that she is putting the binding on. It was one of three quilts that she made from material from one of her husband’s coworker. She had them quilted at Greencroft.
Sue – was working on knitting a baby sweater that has been in the works for a while!
Carol – working on small appliqué blocks.
Laura – made a flannel baby quilt for one of her husband’s co- workers.

Treasurer’s Report: No change in balance

November Meeting: Carry-in Thanksgiving Dinner, BOM – Claire.

Charity Quilts – discussed making lap quilts for nursing homes also along with continuing making quilts for Maple City Health Center. The size requirements for the lap quilts would be approximately 34” x 34”. A vote was taken and it was approved to continue making baby quilts for MCH clinic and also start making lap quilts for local nursing homes. Inquiries will be made to local Nursing Homes to see if they are interested and what sizes they prefer.

Mennonite Relief Sale: It was discussed to do another Seven Sisters quilt in a different color scheme for 2006. It was also discussed to have a program where we all brought certain colored fabrics and shared like we did for the 2005 Seven Sisters Quilt!! It was also discussed to do an appliqué quilt for 2007. Packets for this could be available in early 2006.

Auction Item: Carol gave a home made Needle case and chocolate candy bar form the Netherlands to be auctioned off from her friend Corinne in the Netherlands. Becky was the high bidder at $12.
Submitted by Peggy Hochstetler

The winter retreat at Quaker Haven is scheduled for February 3,4 & 5, 2006.
You will need to pay if planning to attend this event.

Dues: We will also be collecting Dues of $10 in January for the entire year.

Jan circulated a sheet for signing up for 2006 programs, hostesses and BOMs.

Committees:

Block of the Month Project: We will be continuing this project in 2006 and several members have already signed up for a month.
Jan Goppert prepared the following information: Traditional Design - Pattern for 12 inch finished block. The members at the June meeting decided to have a Block-of-the-Month project this year. It was decided to have the patterns be traditional designs for a 12" finished block. The blocks can be traditional designs with a "twist" if it is your own design creation.

NOTE: If you are looking for block ideas for this project on the internet, you might try this site: Quilt Blocks Galore, http://www.quilterscache.com. You will find hundreds of quilt blocks patterns. You will take the pattern home with you and make the block for yourself with your choice of fabrics. Bring the finished block (or blocks) for "Show and Tell" the next month. If you are ambitious, maybe you could make 2 blocks. Make one block for yourself and one block to donate to the guild. At the end of a year we would have quite a collection of blocks to make opportunity quilts (for raffle) or charity quilts. The following people have signed up to bring a block design pattern for one month of the guild's Block-of-the-Month project:

• Janis and Edith's Shipshewana Blessings Quilt - http://community.webshots.com/user/shipshewanablessings

• Women of the Bible Quilt and Study Project - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WOBQ/

• Rachel’s of Greenfield – She has books about Amish & Mennonite quilts along with patterns and kits at her web site. http://www.rachelsquiltkits.com
  

• Electric Quilt - Free downloads, quilting fun, tips and classes. http://www.ElectricQuilt.com
  

• Quilt Blocks Galore (hundreds of quilt blocks with patterns, wonderful site). http://www.quilterscache.com

• Maple Leaf Quilters On-Line Newsletter Archive

• Maple Leaf Quilters BLOCK OF THE MONTH

• Maple Leaf Quilters Programs and Hostesses, 2005