Calendar of Events

Block Party Every Thurs. morning 10:00-12:00 Springhill Baptist

Church, Activities Center 2nd Floor –Personal projects

Monday Bunch 1st Mon., Dec. 7, 2015

Old Sew & Sews- Charity Quilts 1st Tues., Dec. 1, 2015

At Joyce Reed’s house—634-0256

ACQG General Meeting 9:30 Registration, 10:00 Meeting

2nd Tue., Dec 8, 2015 St. Mark UMC 439 Azalea Road

Night Guild Thurs. after 2nd Tuesday

Dec. 10, 2015 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Christ UMC on Grelot Rd.

Art Bee 4th Tuesday of the month,

Dec. 22, 10:00 to 12:00 University Church of Christ on Zeigler Blvd.

Baltimore Album Stitching Group 1st Saturday of the month-Dec. 5, 9:30 am

Call Susan Garrett at 645-8304 or 599-4179

Machine Piecing Class 3rd Monday of the month-Dec. 21, 1-4:00 pm

Springhill Baptist Church Activity Center

Azalea City Quilters’ Guild

Nine Patch News

President – Janet Beaverstock Editor – Marie Owens, MarieVOwens@gmail.com

Volume 36, Issue 4 www.azaleacityquiltersguild.com December 2015

PROGRAMS

December: Parade of Christmas Quilts and our

luncheon.

Wilma Toney, Programs

EXCHANGE BLOCK DRAWING We will have the drawing for the Rising Star ex-

change block at the December meeting. Some

really pretty blocks have been turned in, hope-

fully we will have enough blocks so that we can

have at least 2 winners. Remem-

ber to attach your name to each

finished block. Sylvia Dowdle / Yvonne

Taylor

DECEMBER LUNCHEON

It’s time for our December Luncheon. First, I

would like to thank all the ladies that volunteered to

help with the luncheon. Your help makes my job so

easy! This luncheon has always been one of my

favorite meetings and I hope everyone enjoys them-

selves. Please remember to bring a serving utensil

with your covered dish. Also, please slice your des-

serts( pies, cakes, brownies) before you come.

There will be a basket available for donations

($7.00) if you are unable to bring some-

thing. Thanks again for making our luncheons such

a fun time.

Janet C. McCurley

Hospitality Chairman

The President’s December Notes

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Dear Members,

As I write this, we are planning our first

Thanksgiving in our new home. We have so much to be

thankful for and my quilting friends are high on my list

of blessings. I’m happy to report my sewing equipment

and fabric are out of storage and a little progress has

been made toward being settled. One of my first pro-

jects was making the Rising Star blocks for the ex-

change at the Dec. meeting. Thanks to Sylvia Dowdle

and Yvonne Taylor for organizing this activity.

Many veterans were honored with Quilts of

Valor during November. But we keep hearing of many

others who are deserving of our thanks The Old Sew

and Sews had a special Saturday session this month

with a reporter from Channel 10 interviewing and film-

ing as they worked on Quilts of Valor. It was heart-

warming to hear their personal stories.

Thanks to Lola Terranova who agreed to col-

lect donations for the Child Advocacy Center. Many

thanks to Anne Godwin who had been doing this.

Kudos to the Night Guild for collecting and

THANK YOU

I wanted to thank you for the pet pillow donations

we received recently! The dogs (and cats) appre-

ciate them!

Beth Jones

Animal Placement Specialist

Mobile County Animal Control

OAKLEIGH NEEDS QUILTS

A representative from Oakleigh contacted me with a

request. They will be starting up their Christmas candle-

light tours again Dec 1st, and they would like to display

a few Christmas quilts - ones that look antique and are

in red and green. They are looking for one bed quilt and

two lap or throw sized quilts, all in Christmas colors if

not motif, and would need the quilt from Dec 1st

through the 31st. If you have a quilt that meets their re-

quirements that you would be willing to loan them for

that month, please contact me.

Thanks, Susan Mogan 458-0246 or

smogan1@comcast.net

GSQA The next quarterly meeting is January 23rd in Slidell. That is the weekend of our Retreat at Beckwith.

The Rosebud Auction is April 2nd, and our guild will be preparing a basket to be auctioned off. The theme this year is

Stonehenge fabrics. Please help us out by donating Stonehenge fabrics-- a yard, a fat quarter, some 2 1/2" strips or

charm squares or 10" squares. Last year our baskets were among the biggest money-makers. The auction proceeds pay

for quilt show expenses like hanging. Tickets are $30 and must be paid for in advance.

The Quilt Show will be April 7-9 in Slidell.

GSQA renewals are due the same month of the original membership, so check your cards. Let me know when you

join or renew for my annual report.

Any questions about GSQA, call or email Judy Reeves.

donating $73.00 to Life Gate at Christ United Method-

ist Church for Thanksgiving turkeys.

Judy Reeves is reminding you of the resolu-

tions you made last Jan. and Feb. More of us should set

a resolution in Jan. to be accomplished during 2016.

Resolving to help with the QOV program would be a

great start for all of us.

A great resolution for one or two of you would

be to become Chairman of the ACQG Quilt Show

2017. It is time to think seriously of this. It would be a

great opportunity to show your creativity and organiza-

tional skills. Please speak to me and I’ll be happy to

discuss possibilities with you.

I’m looking forward to our Dec. meeting and

luncheon and to a Show and Tell

of Christmas quilts and projects.

Merry Christmas and Happy New

Year to all of you and your fami-

lies. Enjoy your holidays and keep

smiling and stitching.

Janet Beaverstock

Money Market Account balance, Sept. 30, 2015 $ 8,220.78 Interest earned - $0.07 MMA balance, Oct. 31, 2015 $ 8,220.85 Checking Account Beginning Balance, Sept 30, 2015 $ 4,794.04 Income Ways & Means $ 85.00 Membership 525.00 Show DVD 120.00 Workshops, check voided 105.00 TOTAL $ 835.00 Expenses

St. Mark UMC $ 125.00 Newsletter & Postage 100.23 Show DVD 118.72 Workshops 105.00 Chair Setup 2014/2015 550.00 TOTAL $ 998.95

Ending Balance, Oct. 31, 2015 $ 4,630.09

Treasurer, Ramona Thompson

Treasurer’s Report October 31, 2015

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December Birthdays

Those having birthdays in the cur-rent month, please bring a quilt-ing related "Unbirthday gift" to be used in the Ways and Means drawing; (something you would like to receive if you had the win-

ning ticket). HAPPY BIRTHDAY, and may you have won-derful quilting experiences this coming year.

1 Debby Horack

6 Carolyn Weaver

7 Pattilynn Miller

8 Joyce Sprinkle

12 Janet Hilton

13 Judy Moseley

14 Peggy Gudmundson

18 Janet McCurley

18 Sonja Shelley

19 Joanne Caglione

20 Glennie Cobb

24 Betty Todd

26 Sue Ann Borders

26 Fran Hudson

27 Elizabeth McCully

29 Darlene Taylor

30 Paula Marshall

JANUARY PROGRAM

For our January meeting, Melinda Bula will present our program on Tuesday morning. She will teach her Hibis-

cus class on Tuesday afternoon after lunch and all day on Wednesday. The cost will be $55 per student with a

limit of 25 students. A copy of the pattern will be available from Melinda for $15 payable to her. Also, for $50

she will provide a fabric kit for the flower - you provide the green and the background and choose yellow, orange

or red for your flower. Please come prepared to choose your flower color when you sign up for the class and make

your $55 payment. This exciting opportunity is provided to us by GSQA as she will be touring the Gulf Coast for

over 2 weeks with no free time. She will be starting her journey in Mobile. Class size is limited and will be of-

fered on a first come first serve basis. Other guilds will also have her within our region, so if we fill up, you may

be able to help fill another not so-full-class. See me or Barbara Smith to sign up at the guild meetings for this extra

workshop. You are not signed up until fees are paid. See Melinda Bula dot com for more information on this

teacher.

Joyce Reed

RESOLUTION QUILTS

Resolution Quilts for 2015 are due at the December Show and Tell. For each resolution completed, your

name goes in the drawing for a prize, and for each resolution that wasn't completed, please bring a fat quarter

for your "penalty."

Resolution Quilts are a good incentive to finish UFO's or broaden your expertise, so please consider partici-

Free large quilting frame: Diane Grantham 251 -377-9818

President Janet Beaverstock called the meeting to order

at 10:00 a.m. and welcomed our members, guests and

Cindy Baucum, President of GSQA.

The inspiration was given by Alma Moates

Joyce Reed introduced the program—Honoring Veter-

ans with a Quilt of Valor. Ramona Thompson led us in

the Pledge of Allegiance. The Dulcimer group led by

Joyce Harris and Fran Hudson lead us in God Bless

America. Joyce presented Quilts of Valor to Milton Hud-

son, Joshua Grantham and John Warren.

Janet Beaverstock thanked our members for their work

on the Quilts of Valor and also thanked Joyce Reed,

Cathy Wilson and Judy Reeves. Susan Garret was also

thanked for her work on the guild directory and Susan

Mogan was thanked for her work on membership, spe-

cifically the ACQG New Member Guide.

The minutes were approved as reported in the newslet-

ter.

Ramona Thompson reported the treasury balance as of

October 31, 2015 was $4,630.09. The Guild has 5 DVDs

from the quilt show that may be purchased for $5.00.

Cindy Baucum displayed the GSQA Opportunity Quilt,

Flowers at the Cabin Door. Cindy reminded the mem-

bers of the quarterly meeting on January 23, 2016 in Sli-

dell, LA. Melinda Bula will be the speaker.

Susan Mogan advised 73 members were in attendance.

Guests were Annette Quint, Donna Blanchard, A. B.

Grantham, Joshua Grantham, Diana Grantham, Cindy

Baucum, Larry Foots, Milton Hudson, Sharon Eckhoff,

John Warren and Arley Hamilton. The 2015/2016 Mem-

bership Directory and membership cards were distrib-

uted. Please contact Susan Mogan if any corrections are

needed. A suggestion box is available at the meetings for

you to place ideas you may have for the guild. Susan has

also prepared a list of guild members willing to quilt for

the members and the public. Please contact Susan Mogan

if you want to be added to the list. Susan also made

available the ACQG New Member Guide. If you plan to

take the Melinda Belu workshop in January and plan to

purchase the fabric kit , Barbara Smith needs your pay-

ment by November 30.

Please contact Janet McCurley if you want to volunteer

to help serve the December pot luck luncheon. Please

bring a serving utensil as there are a limited number in

the kitchen. Also, please put your name on the serving

piece and your dish. If you are unable to bring a dish, the

guild is asking for a donation of $7.00 for paper goods.

Susan Garrett advised the 2016 January retreat is sched-

uled for January 21-24 at Beckwith Camp and Confer-

ence Center in Fairhope. Barbara Black will be the

teacher. The cost of the retreat for double occupancy is

$300.00 for Thursday through Sunday; $240.00 for Fri-

day through Sunday. The cost for day campers is

$30.00 per day with lunch meal plus $50.00 for the

class. The deadline for registering for the retreat is

January 12, 2016. The retreat will be opened to other

guilds if thirty-five have not registered by the Decem-

ber meeting. Susan showed the Off Year Opportunity

Quilt, Dragon Flies in My Garden and thanked

Lamoyn Keenlyne for the top donated to the boutique

during the Quilt Show. Thank you to Cindy Capell for

the quilting. Tickets will be sold for $1.00 each and the

drawing will take place at the August 2016 luncheon.

Ann Singleton advised $122.00 was collected by

Ways and Means, and seven gifts were won by Ann

Hetrick, Faye Tarleton, Linda Evans, Joyce Reed,

Carol Balch and Patsy Starkey.

Lola Terranova is the guild representative for the

Child Advocacy.

Janet Beaverstock announced a quarterly board meet-

ing will be held Thursday, November 19, beginning at

9:30 a.m. The location will be the Springhill Baptist

Church Activities Center.

Barbara Smith announced a workshop for Tuesday,

November 17, to make bowl cozies and casserole carri-

ers. The cost is $12.00 and will be held at St. Marks

United Methodist Church.

Ann Hetrick apologized to the members that did not

receive a newsletter in November.

Judy Reeves advised the December meeting is the

deadline for turning in the Resolution Quilts. A fat

quarter is donated for each quilt you finish and you re-

ceive one ticket for the prize drawing for each quilt

finished. UPC codes from Hobbs Batting are also

needed for the Quilts of Valor.

The guild members were reminded the exchange

blocks are due at the December meeting.

Approximately sixteen beautiful quilts were shown

during Show and Tell. Six Linus quilts were also

shown.

Janet Beaverstock adjourned the meeting at 11:30

a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Susan Holler

Azalea City Quilters’ Guild

General Meeting

St. Mark United Methodist Church

November 10, 2015

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NIGHT GUILD NEWS

Everyone was very generous and brought money to

help buy turkeys for the homeless program of Christ

UMC Church.

In lieu of our next meeting in December, we will

meet at my house for our annual Christmas party

which involves good food and playing dirty Santa. So

be sure to bring a covered dish and a dirty Santa gift.

Vicki Crooms

Night Guild Wrangler

1062 Chalet Drive, W.

251 680-1591

MANY THANKS

The current count is up to 88 quilts awarded this year for

QOV - that is just the ones I know about. A big thank

you to Sassy Stitchers for about 25 of those quilts, and to

Cathy Wilson and crew who awarded 20 at her

church. The rest have come from various guild mem-

bers and have been awarded at ACQG, County Commis-

sion, City Council, Executive Women International,

DAR, Azalea City Republican Women, and several local

churches.

Thanks to all of those who helped in this years pro-

ject. We even donated 2 doggy beds to the service ani-

mals accompanying their owners. Many are already

looking forward to next year's presentations.

God Bless, Joyce Reed

JANUARY RETREAT

January 2016 Retreat, Guest Teacher Barbara

Black from Huntsville, Alabama. She will be

teaching a class called 2 for 1. Using strip sets of

8 fabrics for each 2 blocks. See her BlogSpot for

more information. I will be sending out the file to

all emails and if your coming to retreat this infor-

mation will help. Please sign up by the December

meeting, after this we will open to other guilds

whom may be interested. Call or

email me for more information.

Thanks ,

Susie Garrett

YEARBOOK CORRECTIONS

Please make the following corrections to your new ACQG yearbook:

Mary Gale Woolford - correct email address should be mgw5400@comcast.net

Lydia Criswell - spelling of street name should be Turmac, not Turmack

Elizabeth McCully - first name should be spelled Elizabeth, not Elisabeth

Please add the following member to your yearbook:

Janice Labonosky, 7769 Twelve Oaks Drive, Spanish Fort, AL 36527. (h) 251-621-8028, (c) 251-802-1337,

JanisLaba@bellsouth.net.

My apologies for these mistakes! Susan Mogan

DVDs

DVDs for the Quilt Show are finished. If you pre-

ordered, I have those, so please contact me. There

were a few left over and Ramona Thomson has

those. If she has sold out, please contact me directly

for additional copies.

Thank you.

Always in Stitches

Susie Garrett

Please Note: Baltimore Album Group will meet

as a sit and stitch if you would like to come to

Susan's in Theodore December 5. Some of us

will not be there but some will.

Always in Stitches

Susie Garrett

QOV

Please save the UPC symbols from Hobbs batting, and

turn them in to Judy Reeves. We use them to buy batting

for QOV quilts at a reduced price. Thank you.

Mobile Arts Council Azalea City Quilters’ Guild, Inc.

P.O. Box 160154

Mobile, AL 36616

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