March Meeting: Thursday the 9th

Meeting Location:

St Matthew's Episcopal Church, 786 Hughes Road, Madison

5:00 -6:00 pm Join your friends for dinner at:

Sam and Greg's 364 Hughes Rd, Madison, AL 35758

6:00-6:30 pm - Meet at St Matthew's, and sign in

6:30 pm - Meeting begins

Speakers:

Leigh Hubbard and Susan Yell

It's Challenge Time and Half Square Triangles will be involved this time around.

Show and Tell:

Please bring a quilt for show and tell that uses Half Square Triangles

Quick Reminder - Please renew your members by the March meeting. If you have not renewed by this meeting, you will no longer receive a newsletter.

Pam Dean and Sally Bruer

Membership

Renew Your Membership

Letter from the President

Hello and Happy March,

The trees are budding and the daffodils are blooming, definitely showing signs that spring is on it’s way. I hope everyone that went to QuiltCon had as good of a time as we did. Time to start planning for next year in Raleigh NC.

I wanted to thank everyone for such a great meeting last month. Aunt Henri did an amazing job last month and were a complete success.

Our meetings are getting very full. We have a microphone now, so hopefully the sound will be better for the people in the back seats. I do want to ask that people please control the chatter due to some people not being able to hear whoever is speaking. Lets just be respectful of the other members.

The speakers this month are Leigh Ann Hubbard and Susan Yell. Leigh will give a talk and demonstration and Susan with explain our Mystery Challenge. This sounds like a really fun challenge to take part in. Something for everyone.

There are some interesting events the guild has planned. Helen and Susan are planning a day retreat in April and Sue will be telling you about the Yard Sale. It looks like we are off to a great start this year.

I will wrap this up but I would like to ask one favor from everyone, Please stop by Lynnette Cobbs project table before the meeting. She will be located in the lobby, to make it easier to find her. I have picked up some very good tips from her that can always be helpful.

Thanks,

David O’Dell

Madison Station Guild President.

March Presentation

2023 Challenge

Susan and Leigh will present information on half square triangles and give us an overview of the 2023 Challenge. It's going to be great fun!!

For inspiration - bring quilts using half square triangles for show and tell!

Charity Quilts

Have you been working on Charity Quilts? If you have, please bring them to the meeting. We are planning sew days, so stay tuned for more information.

Lorna Vickers

Guild Sew Days have been added to the Website

Click this link to go to the Events page. There you will find meeting dates, speakers, and sew day dates and locations. We hope you will join us!

Minutes from the January Meeting

Madison Station Quilt Guild, Secretary’s Report

General Membership Meeting, February 9, 2023

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

Attendance: 79 members, 0 new members, 10 visitors

Call-to Order: Meeting was started at 6:33 pm by President David O’Dell

Old Business:

A motion to approve January meeting minutes was made, seconded and approved.
A motion to approve the current year budget was made, seconded and approved.

New Business:

Sit and sew for charity quilts at Southern Charm on the February 11^th was announced, followed by a trip to Sweet Home Quilting.
Announcement was made regarding HQH Quilt Show on March 13-15, 2024. Madison Station Quilt Guild will have a booth at the event.
Donation gifts were provided by tonight’s speakers, Aunt Henri and Barb’s Sewing Center.
Five (5) membership thank you gifts including a $10.00 gift certificate to Barb’s Sewing Center, a key chain bag, a small bag, a tote bag and a key chain tissue holder were awarded
Two donation thank you gifts including a quilt kit with pattern and a fabric pack with Grandma’s Memories fat quarters and yardage for a quilt were awarded
In addition to other methods of communication, information regarding pre-meeting dinners is posted on the guild Facebook page in the “Featured” section.

Speakers: Aunt Henri presented the story of their background and development into a business making quilts and sewn items including working with fabric designers to make unique items for quilt booths and magazine photos. They also make many one-of-a-kind projects including bags and patterns that they sell on Etsy and internationally. Part of their success is well-designed social media and marketing.

Show-and-Tell: Fourteen members shared twenty-seven quilt projects.

Meeting was adjourned at 8:06 pm.

Lian Bonds

Secretary

Financial Report

The February financial summary is as follows:

During the month of February, total receipts were $662 and disbursements were $705.64. The MSQ balance is $18,193.94 at the end of February. I’m happy to report that all tax documents for 2022 have been completed and filed. The 2022 financial reports, bank statements and meeting minutes have been audited by a Virginia Leahy, CPA. This evaluation is in compliance with Article 10 of the MSQ By-Laws. According to the CPA, MSQ is in excellent financial condition and the accounting procedures were found to be sufficient and accurate.

Kathy Cook

Treasurer