San Juan Quilters Guild

Volume 17

Issue 7

Christmas Party December 11, 2012

6:00 p.m. Civic Center

Guild Meeting Room

January 8, 2013 9:30-10:00 am Social 1/2 hr. 6:00-6:30 p.m. Social 1/2 hr.

Program: Surprise, Surprise, Surprise See Page 8 for more Information! This will be for both Day and Evening Guild meetings. Fat Quarter Drawing: The Color of your favorite Flower! ( Flowers will be the theme for this year.) For those new to the Guild, you get to put your name in the drawing for each fat quarter you bring, in hopes of winning the days fat quarters. We have this drawing for both morning and evening. Pot Luck for day . Sharon, Pat & Mel will provide evening refreshments!

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Adios! What a great time I have had being the President and CEO of the San Juan Quilters Guild for 2012. A BIG thank you to all the members who took the time and put forth the effort to serve on Guild committees or took the responsibility of being an offi-cer. You all made this year a very special year for the Guild. A lot of effort and time was put into updating the By Laws, streamlining the job descriptions and redesigning the Handbooks. The hope is to make things clearer for those volunteering to fill positions and to cut down on published materials. Our Guild Quilt Show was so well presented. All the people on the committee did a great job. Their hard work certainly paid off. The support of our members work-ing at the show was impressive. Didn’t you just love seeing Edith Ann’s smiling face on the front page of The Daily Times? You go, Girl! I must tell you, I loved being president of our Guild and will miss it but I know I leave it in good hands. Gail will have such a wonderful group of ladies to work with in 2013. I must find a new title that befits my position in 2013. What about Grand Pooh-Bah of Quilting or Queen Mother of Quilting? Surely one of you clever ladies can come up with a new title for me! (Ah, ah, ah - be nice!) Thanks again for a great year! El Presidente & CEO Carol Spangler

Kim Duke 3rd place for her Bed Quilt, “Late Bloomers.”

Carol Spangler-2nd—Theme for

“Chili Sampler”

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San Juan Quilters Guild Board Meeting Minutes – November 15, 2012

The meeting was called to order by the President, Carol Spangler.

The minutes were approved as published. Gail Aspromonte moved to approve the minutes and Viola Kelly 2nd the motion. The Treasurer’s report was distributed by the Treasurer, Kim Duke. Discussion followed about

how much everyone was spending and we all need to look at our expenses and cut back if pos-sible, according to the Treasurer. The newsletter is an area where the Guild needs to consider

cutting costs. Is the Guild losing members do to the cost of membership? Door Prizes are making the Guild money. The workshop fees may be increasing in the future. Old Business:

Bylaw changes: The membership voted at the October 9, 2012 morning and evening meetings to approved the changes. The morning meeting members voted 54 for the changes and 0

against the changes. The evening meeting members voted 32 for the changes and 0 against the changes. The Bylaws changes will be officially published every 5 years, so members must keep their Bylaws/Policy document because a new document will NOT be published every year

Job Descriptions: There will be new Committee Chairman (Job Description) notebooks. They will contain only 5 years of information. There is a one page guideline of what type of informa-

tion will be kept in the notebook so all new Committee chairman will have a starting place. The old notebooks can pass on to the new Committee Chairman or stored or disposed off. One sug-

gestion was to scan pertinent information to a storage device and dispose of that information. Roster: A sample notebook was displayed that included the current roster, the 5 year Bylaws/Policy information and the 2013 basic Quilt Show information. Each member will be responsible

for their Bylaws/Policy information for 5 years. Officers for 2013: The officers for 2013 are as follows:

President - Gail Aspromonte 1st Vice President – Susan Wood 2nd Vice President – Donna Schmitt

Secretary – Billie Whitlow Treasurer – Kim Duke

The current secretary, Cathy Korzan, will produce a letter on Guild letterhead for the new offi-cers to take to the bank for new signature cards. The current President will contact Parkers Office Products for a name tag for the new president.

2012 Quilt Show: There were 2 items that the President received complaints from others: 1. There were many complaints about the take-in process. One of the main problems was

that members did NOT take advantage of the early check-in process. 95% of the quilts hung in the quilt show were submitted the day before they were to be hung. This created major back-ups in entering data, sorting quilts and generally getting ready to hang quilts the next day.

Plus most of the night and the next day were spent producing labels for the quilts. 2. Voting result numbers for winners in the various categories was not kept quiet. This cre-

ated hard feelings among quilt show entrants. The voting results numbers need to be kept pri-vate. Quilt Show discussion: No ropes was great; ballets were handed out individually which worked

well; luncheon on Thursday and the workroom are a must; Thursday lunch is a great way to say thank you to the workers.

Our storage unit is full - nothing else can be fit in the box. There is not room to put the clean sheets in the box. Next year the contents of the storage box need to be gone through and weeded out. i.e. scrapbooks, old Committee notebooks, Discussion followed about what to do

about the old scrapbooks and Committee notebooks.

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Members are bringing food into the quilt show! The members need to set an example for the public! Mem-bers did not take any of the advertising that was produced for the Quilt Show. Contributions for year end: the Presbyterian church gets $200 for the use of their facilities for board meet-ings; the Masonic Lodge in Aztec gets $100 for the use of their building for classes; the 2nd Vice President gets $50 for a job well job. This will be the last year for the 2nd Vice President to get paid. New Business: Complimentary guild membership: Discussion followed on whether to offer complimentary guild memberships to Dwight Lawing and Paul Sawyer. Sue Ludwig made the motion to make Dwight Lawing and Paul Sawyer honorary members of the Guild and Cathy Korzan 2nd the motion. All members present approved the motion. The Secretary, Cathy Korzan, will send thank you notes to Dwight Lawing and Paul Sawyer for their help with the 2012 Quilt Show. Committee Reports: Community Service: A year end report was distributed. Birthright received 51 small quilts, 22 small fleece blankets, 2 bags of hats and 5 bibs. Red Cross received 23 quilts and 10 fleece blankets. SANE received 105 fleece blankets. UNM Pediatric Oncology Center received 34 pillows with pillowcases. San Juan Care/Rehab Center received 12 quilts. Quilts of Valor received 15 quilts. Sunshine Committee received 8 quilts. Opportunity Quilt: There were expenses of $386.27 and receipts/ticket sales of $4016.20. It is recom-mended that the 5 following public venues be used for selling tickets: Spring Art Walk in March – to be at the Patchwork Pig; Four Corners Quilt Gathering in April – Durango; Riverfest in May – Farmington; San Juan County Fair in August – McGee Park; and Fall Art Walk and the Quilt Show. In addition the local quilt shops will display the quilt and sell raffle tickets for the Guild. Discussion followed about other indoor venues for displaying and selling tickets. Programs: the 2013 Programs Chairman presented a tentative schedule and budget for next year’s pro-grams. Action Items:

Cathy Korzan, secretary, will write a letter for Citizen’s Bank containing the names of the 2013 officers. Cathy Korzan, secretary, will write thank you notes to Dwight Lawing and Paul Sawyer for their help with

the 2013 Quilt Show. Attendees: Carol Spangler, Sue Ludwig, Viola Kelly, Linda Barlow, Kim Duke, Gail Aspromonte, Shari Schmitt, Billie Whitlow, Sandy Matlock, Marlene Galindo, Betsy Lee, Cathy Korzan A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Betsy Lee and 2nd by Sue Ludwig. Respectfully submitted, Cathy Korzan, Secretary

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Random Scraps

2012 San Juan Quilters Guild Quilt Show

A great BIG thank you to:

1.) Workers who helped from check-in to take-down.

2.) New members who showed their quilts.

3.) Members who showed a quilt for the first time.

4.) Those who provided goodies in the break room.

5.) And those who shopped at the venders

6. See you October 9th ~ 12th, 2013!

SJQG Christmas Party

6:00PM Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Guild Meeting Room at Civic Center

Glass of wine...currently negotiating price per bottle.

The cost per glass will be as reasonable as possible.

Door prizes, so bring your ticket with your name printed

on the back.

In order to cut SJQG costs, there will be no table

decorations or party favors. Christmas Party Committee

did purchase ornaments for the Memorial Tree for Vir-

ginia Miller that is being sponsored by the Festival of

Trees board, Museum Foundation and SJQG.

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Sandy Matlock– Hand Quilting– For Naomi’s Quilt Auxiliary Members– Lydia, Mary, Rebecca & Tammy Vandruff

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Lorrie McCurdy 2nd- Other–

For her “Day & Night” Jill Fischer– 1st– Bed, Children,

Holiday, and Challenge Viewer’s

Choice for her “Wedding Basket”

Jane Lanberg 2nd-Art Quilts for “Creative Tucks”

Viewers Choice– Susan Bowman– “A Little Slice of Heaven Vicky Wethington– Judges Choice -Best Overall– in the

Challenge category for “Black and Gray”

Presenters are Tami Brown & Bev Maeschen

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What is coming in January to San Juan Quilters Guild?

Join the Block of the Month (BOM). This BOM will be a mystery. You will create a

unique quilt by making choices throughout the steps.. Each step will have choices.

You pick the one that you find interesting or want to try. This BOM will need a focus

fabric (1 ~ 2 yards) and several coordinating fabrics ( ½ yd cuts of light, medium and

dark fabric). You can use your favorite fabric preferences or try something new. There

will not be steps each month so you have time to complete the steps.

Join at the January meeting and you will get your first set of steps to begin the myste-

rious journey. You do not bring any of your blocks to guild until Show and Tell in

October. (You will have a completed quilt to enter in the 2013 show. What a deal!)

Join in the BOM!

Coming in January Fabrics listed below are approximate yardages

1 yard cut into 12—9 1/2 inch squares (Large Print) 1/2 yard cut 12—6 1/2 inch squares (Medium Print) 3/4 yard (this fabric can be used as binding with this yardage) cut 24—21/2“ squares of dark print 1 fat quarter light complementary color—Cut 24—2 1/2 inch squares 3/4 dark complimentary cut 24 - 5 1/2 inch squares 1 1/2 yard cream or background color Cut—30 -1 1/2” strips and sub cut 16—rectangles 1 1/2”x15 1/2” 24—1 1/2”x 9 1/2” 48— 1 1/2”x 2 1/2” 24— 1 1/2” x 2 1/2” Strips that are left will be used for horizontal sashing 1 yard of stripe fabric to compliment fabric for borders! Bring machine & all you need to sew! You will have a 57X73 quilt when you finish! It will be fun!

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December 2012 JANUARY 2013

New Members

Jessica Anderson

P.O. Box 354

Aztec, NM 87410

H – 947-4793

janderson413&@msn.com

10-6

Terri Martin

3814 Wilshire Drive

Farmington, NM 87410

H—990-8120

C – 860-9833

iamgreatful888@yahoo.com

Congratulations to Mrs. Manus as she won our Raffle

Quilt!

Jane Landberg 1

Karen Brimhall 6

Christy Britton 8

Rebecca Vandruff 9

Theresa Fetch 17

Laura Shepardson 23

Martha Orozco 1

Terry Taylor 5

Cheryl Hough 16

Donna Hunter 17

Vicky Wethington 28

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Bernina of the 4 Corners is Closing as

of December 31. Everything goes! All

merchandise and fixtures are for sale.

Stop in everything is 30% off or more!

Store hours are from 10:00 to 5:00

Thank you for your support of our

business for the past 9 years.

Have you heard……..

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San Juan Quilters’ Guild

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