Meeting minutes and adopt a family

Hi ladies -

Below is our information for this years adopt a family from A. W. Becker School. Like last year, we will be wrapping the gifts at our December Make It Sew Meeting. Please click reply to all with what you are going to get for the children....that way we will all know what you are doing.

Thanks to Ruth Robinson for organizing this. Ruth has already made a fleece rag quilt for the 9 yr. old girl and has fleece blankets for each of the boys.

9 yr old Girl Size 8 She wants sweatshirts, pants, shirts, games, puzzles and Barbies.

6 yr old Boy Size 6-7 He also wants sweatshirts, pants, games books and loves Toy Story 3.

3 Yr old Boy Size 4 Wants warm clothes, as above and loves books, puzzles and Toy Story also

6 Month old Twin girls. They are in 6 month size. They can use anything!


Make It Sew Guild Meeting is on December 1 and the guild will be supplying Chinese food. We are having a grab bag with a $10 limit.

Happy Thanksgiving to all. - Pat
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Call for Help

From Londa -
Londa has asked me to send out the following request for young girls and women in local shelters and to the rape crisis center. The Grassroot Givers Group is organizing Girls Kits that have nail polish, lip gloss, nail cippers, emery boards, etc. These item fit nicely in a 1/2 gallon milk carton.........not plastic.

Brownie troops are collecting all of the items and they will also "decorate" the milk cartons to make the package look beautiful.

Fabric is needed for the milk cartons and this is where we step in. Any fabric that would be pretty for women and young firls ages 8 - 18 is appropriate.

The fabric dimensions should be 6 inches (height of the carton) x 17 inches (circumference of the carton) to wrap around the container. They are trying to collect 150 milk cartons. Please save what milk / juice cartons you can and also fabric and drop off at Log Cabin.

Why bother to make the containers you may ask. Reason is that Grassroot Givers donates approximately 500 to 600 kits to local shelter. So even if they purchased dollar store containers, it is better to use the $500 towards basic necessities such as deodorant, shampoo, laundry detergent, for example.

I don't know about you but it amazed me that the demand is so great.

Thanks for any help you may be able to give the group.

Service Day

We had a very successful service day Sunday November 7th. Londa, Phyllis, Monica, Sue, Ruth, Kellieann, Barb, Pat and Bonnie were able to finish up 20 preemie quilts. We had a great time chatting and of course we enjoyed a lunch catered by Lisa's favorite eatery!

October Minutes

Minutes for Make It Sew 10/6/2010

We had 14 members in our group last night. Linda Overbaugh is sick and Judy Frangella's Dad is in the hospital.

Bonnie collected dues from those still owing.
Balance of $874.40 in our treasury includes the dues collected tonight. We
have $400.00 outstanding from the Empire Quiltfest.

We raised $320.00 for our donation to Greenville Elementary Library in
memory of our dear friend, Margaret Alle. $150.00 was from the Guild.

On the topic of Quilter's Paradise, a sign-up sheet was sent around for people to help out. Donations for the Raffle basket will be taken right up until the week before the event. MaryLou Wahl will arrange the basket.

Project day will be Nov.7 from 10 to 3 PM. We will work on Preemie quilts, quilts for our service men and women, pillow cases, etc. Londa will have a few machines set up. Lunch will be provided.

A discussion was held on our December meeting which will start at 6 PM.. We will have our Chinese buffet and grab bag ($10.00)

Ideas for our Jan./Feb meetings were to have a guest speaker. Another request was for Bonnie to show us some embellishments we can use in our quilts. We are open for more ideas.

Ruth Robinson is going to find out about the "Adopt A Family" Program that we can do again this year.

Kathy Pilhofer got a birthday basket filled with wonderful goodies.
Londa Van Der Zee won the Guild basket.

We had a fun time exchanging our 5 inch Xmas squares which will be made into Preemie quilts and brought to our next meeting. Bonnie brought some delicious brownies to share with us!

Respectfully submitted.
Ruth Robinson (in the absence of Pat Rudolph)

Reminder for October Meeting

Just a reminder that our guild meeting is Wednesday, October 6 at 6:30.

Please bring your 25 Holiday 5 inch squares for the swap.

Please bring an item for the raffle basket for Quilters' Paradise which is scheduled for Sunday, October 31 from 10 - 2 at RCS High School.

We have one birthday this month, Kathy Pilhofer.

Hope to see you there

Log Cabin Fall Sale

Don't miss out on Log Cabins Fall sale. Time to stock up for those christmas gifts and next years projects you have in mind!!!


September 28 to October 2. Some fabrics will be 50% off and other fabric will be discounted 20%.

September Meeting

Make It Sew - September 1 Meeting Notes

Dues were payable this month and they remain at $15. Bonnie is collecting.

Account Balance - $1159.40

Quilters Paradise will be held on October 31, 2010 from 10 - 2 at the RCS High School. We need volunteers for the admissions table and for Margaret's table. A sign-up sheet will be distributed at our next meeting. We will be doing the basket raffle again this year. Please bring your contributions to the basket at the next meeting or drop them off at the shop.

In memory of Margaret, the guild is donating $150 to the Greenville Elementary Library. Individual donations can be given to Bonnie.

13 Preemie Quilts and 17 Placemats were collected.

Log Cabin Fall Sale - September 28 to October 2. Some fabrics will be 50% off and other fabric will be discounted 20%.

Blog by Kellieann - Check out the blog at www.makeitsewquiltguild.blogspot.com. In addition to this email, the notes will be posted there for future use. It is really cool. Thanks, Kellieann.

October Meeting will be October 6. Please remember to bring 25 - 5 inch squares of Holiday fabric. It can be Christmas or Hannukah. We will make preemie quilts with the fabric and return them in November.

Falling leaves.....

I hope you all had a quilty Labor Day weekend. There is a certain chill in the air that tells us Fall is on its way and soon those leaves will be scattered about in an array of colors. If you can't wait for those colorful leaves, head on over to Log Cabin and check out the fall fabrics Londa has on hand. I eyed some at our Make it Sew meeting that were just beautiful. I am sure Lisa will have no problem helping you pick them out. I wonder what the valance will be for fall. I always like to check them out and they inspired me to change my kitchen valance over my sink to keep up with the seasons. Just makes washing those dishes a little easier!!! Well keep checking back as our blog continues to grow. I see we already have a few bloggies following us.

September Meeting

Hello everyone - I hope you have had a wonderful summer and are ready to get back into the swing of getting together.

Our meeting is Wednesday, Sept. 1 at 6:30. Our birthdays are August - MaryAnn Peters
September - Judy Frangella, Betty Hamilton and Londa Vanderzee.

September Meeting - Remember to bring (if possible) your first and most recent quilts. That should be lots of fun.

October Meeting - Fabric Swap

October 31 - Quilters Paradise @ RCS

November Meeting - Service Day on November 7 - NO REGULAR MEETING

December Meeting - Chinese and Subs - Grab Bag $10 limit

List to be continued

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